Secure Electronic Delivery (SED)
Secure Electronic Delivery (SED)
You can receive journal articles electronically using the Secure Electronic Delivery (SED) service from the British Library.
The Inter Library Loan Request Form is completed as usual, but SED is ticked as the preferred delivery option. Charges and 'pre-payment' will apply to 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates.
The British Library will send an email from noreply@bldss.bl.uk
To view an SED article
- Check you have the web plug-in FileOpen* installed on your PC. Further details below.
- Open the email in html and click the link to access your request.
- Check that all the pages are present.
- Print a single copy immediately.
- The electronic copy is available for collection from the server for 30 days, after which the file will be deleted. Your document must be downloaded and printed within that time.
- The document may only be viewed on the PC on which it has been opened.
FileOpen
Students
SEDs should automatically open on all student campus Windows PCs. Please note that SED requests will not open on University Campus MACs.
Staff using campus PCs
Windows 2010
- Open 'UoD Software' on your Desktop
- Select 'File Open' and click 'Install'
Windows 2003
- Open "Run Advertised Programs" on your desktop
- Select "FileOpen- per-system attended"
- Click "Run". A quick Adobe installation box will appear and then disappear.
- FileOpen is now installed.
Off campus PCs (for all readers including Distance Learning Students and Halls of Residence)
- FileOpen will need to be downloaded to your PC following the instructions at the British Library web site. FileOpen is downloaded free of charge.
FileOpen and Adobe Reader 10 / X / Ten: Printing
If you are experiencing difficulties as an off-campus reader using Adobe Reader 10 to print SED requests, you may need to adjust your local Adobe Reader settings:
Open Adobe Reader 10 and then go: Edit / Preferences / General Screen / Look for 'Enable protected mode at start up' and its tick box / ensure that this tick box is 'unticked' / OK / Re-boot your PC. FileOpen printing should now be enabled.
Click here for further details on FileOpen
. Off campus MAC Users. FileOpen will download as a dmg file. Open the file and place to the desktop. Open the FileOpen file and double click Installer. Please contact the IT Desk 01332 591234 should you have any queries.
