Athens maintenance Saturday 5th January 2013

Reminder: Athens / Eduserv will be carrying out a major upgrade during Saturday 5^th January 2013. This will affect users’ access to databases and ejournals for short periods at some point during the day.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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