Outages

2024

Scheduled Maintenance – Thursday 11 April 10pm to 11pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Thursday 11 April 10pm to 11pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Scheduled Maintenance – Tuesday 9 April 10pm to 11pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Tuesday 9 April 10pm to 11pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Scheduled maintenance - Monday 25 March

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected on Monday 25 March from 8.30pm to 10.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Scheduled maintenance - Monday 29 January

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 29 January 2024 2am to 4am.
Intermittent service interruptions throughout this time may affect the catalogue, the library app, events and the website. 

2023

Scheduled Maintenance – Monday 11 December 8.30pm to 10.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 11 December from 8.30pm to 10.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Scheduled maintenance – Sunday 15 October 10pm to Monday 16 October 3am

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Sunday 15 October 10pm to Monday 16 October 3am. There will be intermittent service interruptions that may affect browsing the catalogue, logging into your account and placing holds, using eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive, and searching library events. 

Scheduled maintenance – Wednesday 5 April 8.30pm to 10.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Wednesday 5 April 8.30pm to 10.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Scheduled outage – Tuesday 28 March 11pm

Access to our library website, events calendar, catalogue, and other resources will be affected by a planned outage at 11pm. Normal service should resume after around five minutes. 

Scheduled maintenance – Sunday 26 March 10pm to Monday 27 March 3am

Access to our library website, events calendar, and catalogue will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Sunday 26 March 10pm to Monday 27 March 3am.

There will be intermittent outages during the maintenance period. 

Scheduled Maintenance – Monday 27 February 1am to 4am

Access to our library website, events calendar, and catalogue will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 27 February from 1am to 4am.

There will be intermittent outages during the maintenance period. 

2022

Scheduled Maintenance – Thursday 1 December 8.30pm to 10.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Thursday 1 December from 8.30pm to 10.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Scheduled website outage - Monday, 24 October 1am to 3am

Scheduled maintenance on our website and events calendar will take place between 1am and 3am on Monday 24 October.

During this maintenance window work will cause intermittent downtime or service degradation for our website and events calendar.

Scheduled Maintenance – Wednesday 12 October 7am to 8am

Access to the following websites will be unavailable intermittently from 7am to 8am Wednesday 12 October while we carry out an update:

You might also not see book covers in the library catalogue during this time. 

Scheduled Maintenance – Thursday 22 September 8.30pm to 10.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Thursday 22 September from 8.30pm to 10.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Scheduled Maintenance – Monday 27 June 8.30pm to 10.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 27 June from 8.30pm to 10.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Pharos Top Up and MobilePrint outage - Friday 24 June

We are updating the servers that run our public printing and computer booking system on Friday 24 June, while libraries are closed for Matariki. During the upgrade the Pharos Top Up and MobilePrint websites will temporarily be unable. Normal service will resume on Saturday 25 June.

Scheduled maintenance of library website - Sunday 19 June 9pm to Monday 20 June 2am

Access to our library website will be affected by scheduled maintenance from Sunday 19 June 9pm to Monday 20 June 2am. 

During this maintenance window, there will be intermittent downtime and you will not be able to reach the library website.

Scheduled maintenance, website and catalogue – Sunday 29 May 10pm – Monday 30 May 2am

Access to our website will be affected by scheduled maintenance from Sunday 29 May 10pm - Monday 30 May 2am. 

This means that you may be unable to access the library website or the library catalogue intermittently during this period. 

An alternate version of our catalogue will remain available during this time but there will be no access to library account details and eResources. We apologise for any inconvenience

Scheduled maintenance - Sunday 15 May 10pm to Monday 16 May 2am

Access to our website will be affected by scheduled maintenance from Sunday 15 May 10pm to Monday 16 May 2am. 

  • The BiblioEvents v2 page will not be available. You will see a page explaining the system isn’t available.
  • Library web pages may take longer to load during the maintenance window.
  • There may be additional elements impacted off and on during the maintenance window. For example, the header might be slow to load, and carousels might not load quickly or at all.

Scheduled Maintenance – Wednesday 4 May 8.30pm to 10.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Wednesday 8.30pm to 10.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Scheduled Maintenance – Tuesday 19 April 8pm to 11pm

Pharos Payment Gateway, Mobile Print, and some other resources might be unavailable for a short time. There will be no effect on the catalogue or eResources.

Library events scheduled maintenance - Monday 28 March 1am to 3am

Access to the events module - What's on - will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 28 March. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance – Monday 14 March 8.15pm to 9.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 14 March 8.15pm to 9.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance – Sunday 27 February 8pm to Monday 28 February 4am

BiblioCommons' next monthly maintenance window will take place between 8pm Sunday 27 February to 4am Monday 28 February. There is no downtime expected, however, if anything is impacted you will see a standard maintenance message of, "We'll be right back! This site is temporarily down for planned upgrades to improve services. Please check back again later. Thank you."

2021

Some library resources are unavailable from Saturday 11 December

Kia ora koutou katoa. Some library resources are unavailable until further notice. This will affect your access to library services, including:

  • Te Kerēme
  • Papers index
  • Our previous catalogue

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Scheduled outage Monday 6 December 2021 9.30pm to 11pm

Kia ora koutou katoa. Scheduled work on Monday 6 December from 9.30pm to 11pm will affect your access to library services, including:

  • All eResources
  • Logging into BiblioCommons to place holds or check your borrowing
  • Te Kerēme
  • Papers index
  • Online registration
  • Our previous catalogue
  • Library Payment Gateway
  • Mobile Print

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Scheduled outage Monday 29 November 2021 9.30pm to 11pm

Kia ora koutou katoa. Scheduled work on Monday 29 November from 9.30pm to 11pm will affect your access to some library services, including:

  • Some eResources (OverDrive and other popular eResources will still be accessible)
  • Te Kerēme
  • Papers index
  • Online registration
  • Our previous catalogue
  • Library Payment Gateway
  • Mobile Print

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Access to library resources will be affected by system upgrade – Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 November

Saturday 20 November

Papers and Te Kerēme catalogue will be unavailable from 12noon to 2pm Saturday 20 November

Sunday 21 November

From 5.30pm to 9.30pm on Sunday 21 November, you will not be able to access your library account, place holds or access our eResources.

The following resources will be unavailable:

  • eResources
  • Online registration
  • Pharos Payment Gateway
  • Mobile Print

The webpage and catalogue will remain available to browse but the catalogue will not update.

We apologize for the inconvenience this causes and we aim to have services operational again as soon as we can.

Resources available during the upgrade

During the upgrade, you will still be able to:

Website scheduled maintenance – Thursday 28 October 8:30pm to 10pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Thursday 28 October 8:30pm to 10pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance – Thursday 21 October 8:30pm to 10pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Thursday 21 October 8:30pm to 10pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance – Thursday 7th October 8:30pm to 9pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Thursday 7th October 8:30pm – 9pm.

You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Scheduled maintenance - 2pm to 8pm Friday 6 August

On Friday 6 August from 2pm to 8pm, our BiblioCommons catalogue, events, and library app will be unavailable for approximately 6 hours.

During this outage, you can use this alternative catalogue to search for items, check your account, and place holds.
The library website and eResources will still be accessible during the outage.

While the outage is taking place, you will see a maintenance message.

Thank you for your patience.

Catalogue outage 9pm Sunday 25 July to 2am Monday 26 July

Access to our catalogue will be affected by a planned outage from 9pm Sunday 25 July to 2am Monday 26 July. You may not be able to use the catalogue,or to login and place holds. EResources such as PressReader and OverDrive may also be affected.

Website scheduled maintenance – Monday 7 June 12noon to 6pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 7 June between 12pm and 6pm.  You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you may not be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as OverDrive. During this time, you may see a message advising you that your username or PIN is incorrect. Please retry your login details once the maintenance period has ended.

Online registration outage – Monday 31 May from 8pm

You may not be able to access our online registration form on Monday 31 May from 8pm to approximately 9pm.

Website scheduled maintenance – Sunday 28 March 10pm to Monday 29 March 3am

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance from Sunday 28 March 10pm to Monday 29 March 3am.  You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance – Monday 22 February 2am to 4am

Access to our catalogue, eResources, and Library app may be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 22 February from 2am to 4am. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Scheduled outage affecting Mobile Print and Payment Gateway – Sun 7 Feb to Tues 9 Feb

Due to a scheduled outage, the following services will not be available from after 5pm Sunday 7 February until libraries reopen on Tuesday 9 February (libraries will be closed for the Waitangi holiday during this time):

Catalogue and Website Outage, Monday 1 February 2am to 4am

The library website, catalogue, events calendar and eResources may be unavailable from 2am to 4am on Monday 1 February due to scheduled maintenance and upgrades. While this is taking place, you will see a message about the outage, and you won't be able to access the sites.

2020

Access to eResources – Thursday 3 December 9am to 12noon

Access to eResources may be affected by an upgrade taking place from 9am to 12noon on Thursday 3 December.

Major system upgrade - 9.30pm Thursday 12 November to 8.30am Saturday 14 November

Between 9:30 p.m Thursday 12 November and 8:30 a.m. Saturday 14 November, we are taking the opportunity to carry out some IT infrastructure upgrades while libraries are closed for Show Day.

During this time, you may experience interruptions to our online services.  In particular, you will not be able to access your library account, place holds or access our eResources.

We apologize for the inconvenience this causes and we aim to have services operational again as soon as we can.

Resources available during the upgrade

During the upgrade, you will still be able to:

You can also:

Website scheduled maintenance – Monday 9 November 4am to 6am

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 8 November 4am to 6am.  You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance – Monday 27 July 9pm to 11pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 27 July 9pm to 11pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Disruption to some online services, 17 and 18 June

Upcoming upgrades may affect some online services. The windows during which services are may be interrupted are Wednesday 17 June 2020, 7 – 10pm and Thursday 18 June, 7 - 8am.

The following services may experience interruptions:

Pharos payment gateway
Christchurch City Council cemeteries database
Access to historical issues of the New Zealand Gazette
Some parts of the christchurchcitylibraries.com website

Catalogue and eResource outage – Saturday 25 April 7am to 11am

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by a system upgrade on Anzac Day, Saturday 25 April from 7am. The outage is expected to last four hours. You will be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login, add titles to your "For Later" shelf, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

You will be able to access RBDigital Magazines, Beamafilm, and Kanopy, if you already have an account and app.

You will not be able to join the library online during the outage.

Contact us if you have any queries. Fingertip Library (our call centre) is closed for Anzac Day Saturday 25 April and on Monday 27 April, but will be available from 10am to 2pm on Sunday 26 April.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Upgrade on Tues 18 Feb 11am to 2pm will affect backup catalogue, Te Kēreme, and Papers index

We will be upgrading our eLibrary server on Tuesday 18th February between 11am and 2pm.

The upgrade will affect the following:

All three of the above will be unavailable during the upgrade.

The main Christchurch City Library catalogue is unaffected.

Website scheduled maintenance – Monday 9 February 2am to 4am

Access to our catalogue and eResources may be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 9 February from 2am to 4am. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you may not be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

2019

Library events scheduled maintenance – Monday 16 December 2am to 4am

Access to the events module - What's on - will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 16 December. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance – Wednesday 27 November 8pm to 10pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Wednesday 27 November 8pm to 10pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Logging in to BiblioCommons catalogue not working - 12 November

There is currently a problem logging into the catalogue. You might get a message like this when you enter your library card number and password/PIN:

This means you won't be able to place holds, or see what items you have borrowed.

You should be able to access eResources with your library card number and password/PIN as normal.

Library events scheduled maintenance – Monday 4 November 5am to 7am

Access to the events module - What's on - will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 4 November. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance – Monday 7 October 1 to 3am

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 7 October from 1 to 3am. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive. During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance outage – 8.30pm to 10pm Tuesday 1 October

Access to our eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance tonight Tuesday 1 October from 8.30pm to 10pm. You won't be able to use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Mobile Print (emailing in your document from home or your own device) and Pharos Payment Gateway (topping up your Pharos account online) will be unavailable.

Catalogue & eResource Outage – Sunday 8 September 12am (midnight) to Monday 9 September 2am

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Sunday 8 September 12am (midnight) to Monday 9 September 2am. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

During the maintenance window, you will see a message for all affected sites.

Pharos outage Thursday 29 August 2019 8.15pm to 9.45pm

Pharos is an automated computer queuing system that also provides the means for you to pay for printing, photocopying, booking library computer time and other library services and products from your Pharos account. Mobile Print (emailing in your document from home or your own device) and Pharos Payment Gateway (topping up your Pharos account online) will be unavailable tonight from 8.15pm to approximately 9.45pm.

Emergency maintenance on library catalogue, 10.30pm to midnight on Thursday 29 August

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by emergency maintenance on Thursday 29 August from 10.30pm to 12am midnight. You may not be able to browse the catalogue, login or place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Website scheduled maintenance – Monday 26 August Midnight to 2am

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Monday 26 August from 12am midnight to 2am. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Catalogue and eResource Outage – Monday 19 August 8.30pm to 9.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by a planned outage on Monday 19 August from 8.30pm to 9.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Online events calendar scheduled maintenance – Monday 29 July, midnight to 2am

The library events calendar will be unavailable from midnight on Monday 29 July to 2am Monday 29 July due to scheduled maintenance and upgrades. While this is taking place, you will see a message about the outage, and you won't be able to access the events calendar.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Website scheduled maintenance - Wednesday 12 June 10pm to 11pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by scheduled maintenance on Wednesday 12 June from 10pm to 11pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

During this time, you will see a message notifying you about the outage.

Catalogue and eResource Outage – Thursday 6 June 8.30pm to 9.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by a planned outage on Thursday 6 June from 8.30pm to 9.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Catalogue and Website Outage, Sunday 26 May 9pm to Monday 27 May 3am

The library website, catalogue, and events calendar will be unavailable from 9pm Sunday 26 May to 3am Monday 27 May due to scheduled maintenance and upgrades. While this is taking place, you will see a message about the outage, and you won't be able to access the sites.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Catalogue and eResource Outage – Thursday 21 March 8.30pm to 9.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected by a planned outage on Thursday 21 March from 8.30pm to 9.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Outage, Sunday 10 March, 10pm

Due to scheduled maintenance and upgrades our website, including the library catalogue and events calendar, will be unavailable from 10pm Sunday 10 March to 3am Monday 11 March.

We apologise for any inconvenience this temporary loss of online access may cause.

Catalogue and eResource Outage – Monday 4 March 2019 8.30pm to 10.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected on Monday 4 March from 8.30pm to 10.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Most public computers are now available (27 February 2019)

A technical issue affected access to public computers in libraries. Most public computers in our libraries are back in action and working as normal, with the following exceptions as at Friday 1 March:

Tūranga: Free internet computers available on:

Free public wifi is not affected and is available as usual.
Thanks for your patience and we apologise for any inconvenience.

More information

From Wednesday 27 February, we have had issues with our network of public computers. This meant you couldn't use public computers at libraries, and it also affected other services like the laser cutter at Tūranga.

Some disruption to web services, 8pm to midnight, Monday 11 February

Due to a scheduled upgrade there may be some disruption to web services, 8pm to midnight, Monday 11 February. During this period online services may be intermittently disrupted or unavailable. Possible affected services include:

  • library catalogue
  • library website
  • eResources including eBooks
  • My CCL

Catalogue outage - Monday 4 February 2019 1am to 2am

Due to emergency system maintenance by our catalogue vendor the online library catalogue will not be available from 1-2am on Monday 4 February.

There may also be some slowness in loading pages on the library website and events calendar.

Normal service is expected to return after the 1 hour maintenance period.

2018

Catalogue and eResource Outage – Tuesday 13 November 8pm to 11.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected on Tuesday 13 November from 8pm to 11.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Planned Maintenance - 9pm to midnight, Sunday 16 September

Access to our BiblioCommons web site and catalogue may be interrupted when the next quarter maintenance window takes place on Sunday September 16, 2018 between the hours of 9pm and midnight, NZST. Users might be unable to login during this time. Additionally, those who are already logged in might get logged out of their accounts. We apologise for any inconvenience. 

Catalogue and eResource Outage - Wednesday 28 August 9pm to 9.15pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected briefly on Wednesday 28 August from 9pm to 9.15pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Catalogue and website outage Monday 13 August 2am

An important change to our BiblioCommons service means there will be a downtime of 45 minutes for our website and catalogue. During times where sites are inaccessible, you will see a maintenance message indicating the service is currently unavailable as part of an emergency update. We regret any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for understanding.

Outage Sunday 5 August – 9pm to midnight

Due to an upgrade to network equipment some online library services may be unavailable from 9pm to 12am midnight on Sunday 5 August.

Planned internet outage - Tuesday 24 July 8pm to 9pm

A planned Internet outage on Tuesday 24 July will affect online library services from 8pm to 9pm.
Our catalogue and eResources may be affected. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but might not be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Planned internet outage - Monday 23 July 8pm to 9pm

A planned Internet outage on Monday 23 July will affect online library services from 8pm to 9pm.
Our catalogue and eResources may be affected. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but might not be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Planned internet outage, Sunday 22 July

A planned Internet outage on Sunday 22nd will affect online library services from 6pm to 8pm.

Outage - Wednesday 11 July 2018 9pm to 11pm

Due to a scheduled outage, some library services may be unavailable from 9pm to 11pm on Wednesday 11 July.

Our catalogue and eResources may be affected. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but might not be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Outage - Wednesday 4 July 2018 8pm to midnight

Due to a scheduled outage, some library services may be unavailable from 8pm to midnight tonight, Wednesday 4 July.

Our catalogue and eResources may be affected. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but might not be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Catalogue and eResource Outage - Tuesday 26 June 2018 8.15 to 8.30pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected briefly on Tuesday 26 June from 8.15pm to 8.30pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Access to our catalogue via Facebook to be discontinued from 1 July 2018

We will not renewing our subscription to the Facebook App that allows you to access our library catalogue via Facebook. Access to the Social Library Library Search will cease from Sunday 1 July. 

You can continue to use the catalogue via our website or the BiblioCommons app. 

Sun 10 June 9pm: Maintenance may affect speed of searching our catalogue and website

BiblioCommons’ next quarter maintenance window will take place on Sunday 10 June 2018, between the hours of 9pm and midnight Sunday 10 June 2018. Due to the nature of the changes being made, you may experience slowness while searching our catalogue and website.

However, there will be no downtime associated with this maintenance – sites will be accessible at all times.

World Book outage – Thursday 17 May

An outage is affecting access to all World Book eResources. Their technical staff is working on the issue.

BiblioCommons Confirmation and Notification Emails not being sent – Tuesday 8 May 2018

There is currently an issue with confirmation and notification emails not being sent. This affects all features that currently send out emails. For example - forgot password, email change, new registrations, and form notifications.

RBDigital Magazines outage

RBDigital Magazines will not be available 1-4am on Sunday 29 April. RBDigital has advised the library that due to maintenance their eMagazine service will not be available 1-4am on Sunday 29 April.No other library web services or online resources will be affected by this outage.

Scheduled website outage – 24 April

Some library website content will be affected by a brief outage, 2am 24 April. There will be a brief (5 minute) interruption to some services at around 2am on Tuesday 24 April due to server maintenace. Some website content will be unavailable during this outage though the library catalogue will not be affected.

Catalogue and eResource outage – Easter Monday 2 April 5am to 12pm

Due to a system upgrade, access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected on Easter Monday 2 April from 5am to an estimated completion time 12pm.

You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Catalogue and eResource Outage Wednesday 14 March 2018 8.15 to 9.15pm

Access to our catalogue and eResources will be affected on Wednesday 14 March from 8.15pm to 9.15pm. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Here are some alternative access points you can use during the outage:

BiblioCommons outage Sunday 4 March 11pm

Access to our BiblioCommons catalogue and website might be affected between Sunday 4 March 11pm and Monday 5 March 2am. Scheduled maintenance is taking place on our BiblioCommons catalogue and website between Sunday 4 March 11pm and Monday 5 March 2am.

BiblioCommons engineers will make every effort to minimize impact and maintain as much access as possible during this period. During times where sites are inaccessible, you will see a maintenance message indicating the service is currently unavailable as part of a scheduled update.

RBDigital Magazines outage Monday 26 February 2018 11pm

The RBDigital Magazines site is down for maintenance on Monday, February 26, 2018. The process will begin at 11 p.m. NZDT and take approximately two hours.

We apologise for any inconvenience.  

Network outage 9pm to 12am Monday 29 January 2018

There will be no access to our catalogue, website, and eResources for three hours on Monday 29 January while an upgrade takes place. The outage is expected to last from 9pm to midnight.

Outage 8pm Wednesday 24 January 2018

Access to our catalogue and eResources may be affected for an hour on Wednesday.
Our catalogue and eResources will be affected from around 8pm to 9pm on Wednesday 24 January due to an upgrade.

You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

2017

System outage Tues 21 November 2017 10pm to midnight

You may experience outages when using our online resources during this time.
A scheduled system outage is taking place between 10pm and midnight on Tuesday 21 November. During this timeframe, there will be two 5 minute outages.This will affect access to Christchurch City Council sites including our library catalogue and website.

Library website and catalogue outage – Sunday 19 Nov 2017 11pm

BiblioCommons is performing system maintenance from Sunday 19 November 11pm to Monday 20 November 3am. We are expecting approximately 2 hours of service downtime for all our BiblioCommons services.

If you visit the site during that time, you will see a maintenance message page explaining the maintenance window.

Here are some alternative access points you can use during the outage:

Outage Tuesday 24 October 2017 8.15pm to 9.45pm

Due to an upgrade, our free internet service will be unavailable on Wednesday 11 October from 9pm until 11:30 pm.

Our catalogue and eResources will be also affected. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

Website and catalogue issues: Tuesday 17 October 2017

Our website is experiencing intermittent issues.

  • Tuesday 17 October: The issue is mostly resolved, but there are still intermittent issues. 
  • Monday 16 October: An unplanned network issue affected access to our BiblioCommons website and catalogue. BiblioCommons is working on fixing this as soon as possible.

If you cannot access the information you are looking for, here are some alternative access points:

Outage Wednesday 11 October 2017 9pm to 11.30pm

Due to an upgrade, our free internet service will be unavailable on Wednesday 11 October from 9pm until 11:30 pm.

Our catalogue and eResources will be also affected. You may be able to browse the catalogue, but you won't be able to login and place holds, or use eResources such as PressReader and OverDrive.

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