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<div>Hi all,</div>
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<div>Since early last week we have been experiencing a frustrating problem with access to Oxford English Dictionary through our proxy server, affecting many students trying to complete an assignment that requires the OED (their prof has had to give them an
extension.) The problem is only with us and not widespread at all, and I am finding OUP’s customer service / technical support response to be very substandard. We get an email once every couple of days from <a href="mailto:online@oup.com"><font color="#0563C1"><u>online@oup.com</u></font></a>
saying they have raised the matter with their technical support. Days have gone by with no resolution, nor any follow up questions from technical support, and I am not able to communicate directly with the technical support staff. The [very few and far between]
customer service messages seem to be coming from the UK so there are likely time zone issues in the mix as well. I am not sensing any sense of urgency on OUP’s part to help resolve our problem at all. Has anyone else noticed inadequacies in OUP’s technical
support lately? I don’t remember it being this bad previously. It’s very frustrating for a licensed resource to be unavailable in this way right when it is needed, with seemingly no recourse or path to timely resolution.</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
<div>Jean</div>
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<div>Jean Blackburn, Collections Librarian</div>
<div>Vancouver Island University Library</div>
<div>P 250.753.3245 ext 2091</div>
<div>C 250.618.7955</div>
<div>E <a href="mailto:jean.blackburn@viu.ca"><font color="#0563C1"><u>jean.blackburn@viu.ca</u></font></a></div>
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<div>With respect, huy tseep q’u to the Coast Salish peoples on whose traditional and unceded territories I live and work. </div>
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