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Essential OpenAthens maintenance: Saturday 14 April 2018

On Saturday 14 April 2018 Athens/ Eduserv will be carrying out essential maintenance affecting all administrative functions and some end-user/patron services. More details around exact timing will be added to the status page in due course. 

OpenAthens administration and user functions:
  • The administration area will be unavailable for up to three hours.
  • OpenAthens users will be unable to:
    • register for a new account;
    • reset their password;
    • change their email address;
    • activate their account.
  • The sign-on service should not be affected but considered ā€˜at-risk’ for the duration of the maintenance period.
  • Access to the administration area will be re-enabled at the earliest opportunity but account list / search features will be unavailable for up to a further six hours.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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