Dear PubMan users,
for those who are working with PubMan REST queries, the following namespace changes have to be done after the deployment of Release 6.1 at the end of the week:
Namespace Changes with PubMan Release 6.1 weiterlesen
6.1 release by next week!
After months of intense preparations and testing, we are getting ready to finally complete the development of the long delayed and eagerly awaited PubMan release 6.1.
The planned deployment of the new version within the live system is expected to take two and a half days, starting on Tuesday, September 14 in the evening.
In order to prevent our users from not being able to access their data for more than two long days, we plan to set up a ‘read only’ system during that time. ‘Read only’ means, you will be able to access as well as search or browse within your items, but it will not be possible to enter new data until the deployment of the new version is finished.
6.1 release by next week! weiterlesen
Maintenance operation by the GWDG
The GWDG informed us that they plan to perform the physical relocation of an important server board on Thursday, September 2. Because several server of the MPDL are located here, this operation will affect most of them.
For this reason, all PubMan services, especially the productive and the migration server will not be available for the entire day.
We are sorry for any inconveniences caused by this maintenance operation!
PubMan migration server available again
We are happy to inform you: Our PubMan migration server has been updated successfully and is now available again.
Migration-PubMan update
With regard to future migrations, we need to perform a major update of the PubMan version currently deployed on the migration server. The operation will include an update of the underlying core service as well.
For this reason, we have to shut down the migration server for an undetermined period of time starting Wednesday, August 4.
Unfortunately, working on imported test data and all testing activities have to be delayed until the server becomes available again.
We will inform you as soon as the new PubMan version is deployed.
Short reworking on Wednesday, August 4
Our hosting partner for PubMan – the GWDG in Göttingen – informed us that they have to perform some smaller reworking measures in connection with last week’s storage extension.
The necessary reload of the system will take place on Wednesday, August 4 at 9:00 am. During the restarting operations, PubMan again will not be available for a short period.
The whole procedure is expected to take about 10 Minutes – in case of technical difficulties it could last up to one hour.
Downtime on Thursday, July 29
We are planning to prepare our system for future developments and a growing number of users. To that purpose we will perform a storage extention for our live server on the upcoming Thursday, July 29. During the necessary operations, the live server will unfortunately not be available. The deployment of the new data storage is expected to take place between 8:30 and 11:00 am.
RSS/Atom Feeds in PubMan
Did you know that PubMan provides rss and atom feeds for the whole repository and all search requests?
Subscribing a feed is a very easy way to monitor changes in the repository like new publications were released or a new version of a publication was entered etc.
You can subscribe to a feed whenever you see the feed sign in your browser bar 
, here are some examples:
RSS/Atom Feeds in PubMan weiterlesen
The MPDL at the Open Repositories 2010 Conference in Madrid
Visit us at the Open Repositories 2010 Conference in Madrid (July 6. – 9.)!
- Presentation: „PubMan – one Repository with multiple Usage und Re-Use Possibilities“ Juliane Müller (General Session 2, Tues. 6, 14:00-15:30)
- Poster Session: „The eSciDoc Infrastructure Services and Developments at the Max Planck Digital Library“ Natasa Bulatovic and Friederike Kleinfercher (Tues. 6, 18:30 – 20:00)
- Bird-of-Feather Session: „Reusing and Extending eSciDoc for your e-Research Projects“ at Wed. 7th.
We are looking forward to see you!
A look back at PubMan Days 2010
Berlin, 19thand 20th May 2010
As has been expected, time went by quickly – the PubMan Days 2010 are over. We took many new impressions back with us to Munich and we hope that all of the attendants at least had an interesting and informative time at Harnack-Haus.
Especially, we would like to thank all speakers for their inspiring contributions. Beyond that, we were happy about the lively interest shown by the audience throughout the diverse discussions. Much to our delight, many of the attendants took the opportunity to share their opinions, requirements and ideas with us.
A look back at PubMan Days 2010 weiterlesen