September 20, 2019

Due to a system upgrade, patrons will be unable to access a number of the library's online resources on Friday, 9/27, 7pm, continuing through Monday, 9/30, 7am – specifically, BadgerLink resources and the interlibrary loan catalog (WISCAT).

Popular BadgerLink resources affected by this outage include:

• U.S. Newsstream
• Newspapers.com: Library Edition
• Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
• Auto Repair Source
• Popular Magazines in BadgerLink
• HeritageQuest
• EBSCO All Databases
• LearningExpress Library
• Consumer Reports
• Newspaper Source Plus
• NoveList K-8

If you have any questions or issues accessing these resources after the outage, please contact us.

Thank you!

Note: Earlier versions of this article stated the outage would be August 9-12 and September 6-9; BadgerLink has postponed this outage twice (on August 7 and and August 28): https://badgerlink.dpi.wi.gov/bulletin/2019/08/postponed-badgerlink-outage-new-date-september-6-9, https://dpi.wi.gov/wilibrariesforeveryone/update-wiscat-and-badgerlink-upgradeoutage-postponed-again-september-27-30.

article by Ben Krombholz / IT Technician

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