Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bibliothek am Guisanplatz (BiG) in Switzerland has adopted its Primo discovery and delivery solution and the next-generation Alma resource management service. BiG, the leading library of the Alexandria Library Network, reportedly required an integrated framework to transform the management of its vast collections and to expose and deliver those collections to federal employees, military personnel, scholars and the public. Alma is replacing the library's VTLS system.

According to Daniel Kohler, head of coordination at the Alexandria Library Network, the library was keen to choose a single, unified solution that would enable them to manage the metadata, electronic resources and digital collections. The cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) deployment of Alma is said to be attractive for the BiG, as it prefers to direct the resources to serving and supporting users rather than handling technical maintenance.

He also added that based on clearly defined workflows, Alma would enable the library to improve efficiency and simplify processes across many collections and departments. In parallel, Primo is expected to provide a comprehensive, customisable, and easy-to-use discovery interface for its diverse user community. This includes federal employees, professionals from the military and political communities, scholars and the general public.

Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Brandeis University has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the Alma library management service. Having used the Ex Libris Aleph integrated library service for many years, the University decided to migrate its library systems to the Ex Libris cloud environment and take advantage of the two solutions' tight integration and unified framework for the management and discovery of all resource types and collections.

According to Mark Triest, president of Ex Libris North America, academic and research libraries are increasingly moving all their Ex Libris solutions to the Ex Libris cloud. This trend demonstrates libraries' desire to participate in a collaborative, networked space that also delivers tangible benefits, such as lower costs, higher productivity, and an enhanced discovery experience.

Dedicated to developing creative solutions in close collaboration with customers, Ex Libris enables libraries to maximize productivity and efficiency and, at the same time, greatly enhance the user experience. By empowering users to discover and obtain the information they need, libraries ensure their position as the bridge to knowledge.

Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Portland Academic Health Libraries (PAHL) consortium has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the Alma resource management service.

PAHL members are the National College of Natural Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, and University of Western States. Replacing their Innovative Millennium systems, these schools are joining a community of over 120 institutions that have selected Alma, many of which are replacing systems from other vendors.

The consortium has chosen Alma to transform its libraries' methods of operation and even more important, the way in which they manage their collaboration with a diverse range of partners both in the region and further. Oregon Health & Science University is also a member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, which recently adopted Alma.

Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University Libraries of Washington University in St. Louis have selected a cloud-based installation of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Washington University, a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has also subscribed to the bX Recommender, one of the bX suite of usage-based services.

Washington University chose Primo after evaluating the major commercial products in the discovery market. The university's analysis showed that Primo offers a unique combination of a fully supported cloud environment and optimal flexibility for the library.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the release of version 4.1 of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. In addition to various other enhancements, the new version introduces browsing functionality, yet another method that assists users in exploring their library's collections.

Part of the ongoing incorporation of OPAC functions in Primo, the addition of the browsing functionality enables library users to browse by subject heading, title, author name, or call number. OPAC options that were previously added to Primo include submitting requests for specific items, handling loans, managing fines, and communicating with the library through the discovery layer.

Primo claims to be the only solution that provides library users with access to OPAC functionality within the discovery user interface. The addition of browsing, also a first in the discovery market, comes as a natural next step in the Primo solution's evolution as a one-stop shop for discovery and delivery. With the integration of OPAC functionality in the discovery layer, libraries benefit from a reduction in the total cost of ownership, because they no longer need to maintain their traditional OPAC user interface, and users access all library services from a single entry point.

Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the University of Birmingham libraries have extended their suite of Ex Libris solutions with the selection of the Primo discovery and delivery solution - now live for faculty and students - and the Aleph integrated library system (ILS).

The selection of Primo and Aleph was driven by the Library Division's desire to offer users a robust discovery experience supported by a strong ILS that would be capable of managing the libraries' extensive collections. The university chose a cloud-based deployment for both solutions to reduce the technical burden on library staff members, thereby giving them more time to support users' research and learning activities.

Furthering the university's strategic objectives, Primo - and particularly its ranking of search results according to users' academic level and discipline - substantially increases the visibility of the libraries' diverse collections. Having witnessed the positive impact of Primo implementations on resource usage at other UK institutions, Birmingham is looking forward to a greater use of electronic resources and a higher return on the libraries' investment.

Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Central Michigan University (CMU) has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, with the Primo Central Index of scholarly e‑resources, and the bX Recommender. Primo, which will be deployed as a cloud-based service, will provide the user interface for the university’s Millennium library system.

CMU Libraries carried out an intensive evaluation process before concluding that Primo best meets their requirements, with its powerful relevance ranking, extensive central index, and personalised ranking of the search results, based on the user's academic level and discipline. Among the Primo system's many strengths, library managers welcome its flexibility, which will enable the staff to continually customise and configure the system.

Central Michigan University operates a network of CMU Learning Centers in more than 50 locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Currently over 400 programs are offered at the undergraduate, masters, specialist, and doctoral levels, including non-degree certifications.

Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the University of Manitoba, a Canadian member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has selected the Alma unified resource management solution and the Primo discovery and delivery solution.

The University of Manitoba Libraries will consolidate its resource management systems with Alma as well as the Ex Libris SFX OpenURL link resolver and Verde ERM system. Alma supports the full range of library operations for the entire spectrum of materials -electronic, print and digital - regardless of the materials' format or location. With its unique Community Zone, Alma enables libraries to share high-quality metadata, while the solution's cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) deployment helps libraries streamline their resource-management processes.

Primo will provide advanced discovery capabilities to the University of Manitoba user community. Exploring their library's locally managed collections along with global and regional resources, Primo users obtain a single result list, sorted by the Ex Libris ScholarRank relevance-ranking technology. The ScholarRank technology leverages users' search context to help them discover items that are appropriate to their level of expertise and their area of research.

Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Cardiff University in Wales has added the Syndetics ICE (Indexed Content Enrichment) service to the University’s LibrarySearch installation of the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution. Syndetics ICE adds tables of contents, summaries, and abstracts to the Primo records. In addition to supporting the search, Syndetics ICE data is displayed to users as part of the search results.

This integration was carried out as part of Cardiff University’s initial Primo implementation and is the result of close collaboration between Ex Libris and the library’s system experts. Detailed instructions on how to index Syndetics ICE data in Primo are now available to all Primo customers on the University’s collaborative platform, EL Commons.

Syndetics ICE enhances library patrons’ search experience by making collections more searchable, retrievable, and relevant. By enabling patrons to search valuable Syndetics content right through a library’s online catalogue, Syndetics ICE streamlines the discovery of titles that are undetectable through traditional MARC data searches. In addition to raising the visibility of library holdings and bringing greater relevance to search results, Syndetics ICE enables patrons to discover a broader span of information in their search results than ever before. Syndetics ICE is a service of Bowker, an affiliated business of ProQuest.

Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that George Mason University Libraries have selected the Primo discovery and delivery system.

Combined with the Primo Central Index of scholarly e-resources, the Primo system enables users to search the entire spectrum of a library's collections - e-resources, physical holdings and digital collections - through a single point of access, and to receive a single, relevance-ranked list of results.

George Mason University is an entrepreneurial institution with global distinction in a range of academic fields. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., Mason offers strong undergraduate and graduate degree programmes in 185 fields.

ALEPH Polska Ltd., the exclusive distributor of Ex Libris solutions in Poland, has announced that the Silesian University of Technology has selected a suite of Ex Libris solutions to build a unified discovery service. Library users will enjoy an integrated experience that consists of the Primo discovery and delivery solution, the Primo Central Index of scholarly e‑content, the SFX OpenURL link resolver, and the bX article recommender.

Combined with the Primo Central Index, which connects libraries to hundreds of millions of scholarly e‑resources, Primo enables users to search the entire spectrum of a library's collections - both e-resources and physical holdings - through a single point of access, and to receive a single, relevance-ranked list of results.

The agreement to adopt Ex Libris solutions comes as part of the EU-funded Innovative Economy Programme, which aims to increase the competitiveness of Polish science through the modernisation of the research and information technology infrastructure at leading scientific institutions.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that in recent months, numerous academic and research libraries in North America have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, raising the number of Primo sites worldwide to over 900.

Institutions that have recently selected Primo, including the Primo Central Index of scholarly e-content, include the Fort Hays State University, Idaho State University, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Hawaii, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Virginia Community College System and WISPALS Library Consortium.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution from Ex Libris. With this acquisition, the University Library joins a Primo community of 300 local and regional libraries in North America.

Combined with the Primo Central Index, which connects libraries to hundreds of millions of scholarly e‑resources, Primo enables users to search the entire spectrum of a library's collections - both e-resources and physical holdings - through a single point of access, and to receive a single, relevance-ranked list of results.

The library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign holds over 12 million volumes, more than 90,000 serial titles, and over nine million manuscripts, maps, slides, audio tapes, microforms, videotapes, laser discs, and other non-print material. The University Library is ranked highly nationally and globally, and its collections and services are used heavily by students, faculty, and visiting scholars. More than one million items are circulated annually, and many more are used on-site and from virtually anywhere in the world.

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Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced the selection of its SirsiDynix Symphony integrated library system as the platform for the new Kōtui shared library system. A shared service for New Zealand public libraries, Kōtui provides an affordable, efficient option to help libraries manage their collections with leading-edge products and services.

The concept and delivery of the Kōtui shared service is the result of a collaboration between a group of public libraries, the Association of Public Library Managers (APLM), Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) and the National Library of New Zealand. The SirsiDynix Symphony ILS will serve as the technological foundation for these libraries.

The subscription-based service went live in Blenheim last month and is being progressively rolled out to 15 libraries over the next two years. Librarians attending the LIANZA conference this week can learn more at the Kōtui demo station or by stopping by SirsiDynix booth #40.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that five Swedish institutions joined the Primo community within the last month. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Mid Sweden University, Luleå University of Technology, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, and Jönköping University represent the latest in a line of Scandinavian institutions that have opted for Primo.

Combined with the Primo Central Index, which connects libraries to a mega-aggregate of hundreds of millions of scholarly e resources, Primo enables users to search the entire spectrum of a library's resources - both e-resources and physical holdings - through a single point of access, and to receive a single, relevance-ranked list of results.

Primo, the Primo Central Index, and the bX article recommender join other Ex Libris systems deployed at KTH - the MetaLib metasearch solution and SFX OpenURL link resolver - and are integrated with the KTH library's Millennium system. SwePub, a collection of conference papers, dissertations, scholarly articles, and other academic publications from Swedish universities, and the KTH DiVA database, which contains publications produced by the university's researchers and students, are also searchable through Primo.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Leiden University, Universiteit van Amsterdam (the University of Amsterdam, or UvA), and Hogeschool van Amsterdam (the University of Applied Sciences, or HvA) have selected a cloud-based installation of the Primo discovery and delivery solution, including the Primo Central Index of scholarly electronic resources.

All three universities run the Ex Libris Aleph integrated library system, MetaLib metasearch system, and SFX OpenURL link resolver. In addition to adopting the cloudbased Primo Direct service, the universities are moving their implementations of MetaLib and SFX to the Ex Libris cloud environment.

Ex Libris is a provider of automation solutions for academic libraries. Offering the only comprehensive product suite for electronic, digital, and print materials, Ex Libris provides efficient, user-friendly products that serve the needs of libraries today and will facilitate their transition into the future. Dedicated to developing creative solutions in close collaboration with customers, Ex Libris enables academic, national, and research libraries to maximise productivity and efficiency and, at the same time, greatly enhance the user experience.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Chongqing VIP Information Co. Ltd. (CQVIP), the third largest Chinese aggregator, has made its content searchable in the Primo Central Index. CQVIP will enable both the metadata and the full text of its Chinese journals to be indexed.

CQVIP serves more than 6,000 customers in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among its customers are university libraries, public libraries, research institutions, hospitals, governmental organisations and businesses.

Offered as a cloud-based service to hundreds of libraries around the globe, Primo Central is an integral part of the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution. It seeks to enable library users to enjoy the benefit of a one-stop service for their information needs. Primo enables users to explore their library's locally managed collections along with global and regional resources indexed in Primo Central.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the North American Primo community is continuing to expand rapidly. Numerous research institutions have opted for locally hosted or cloud-based implementations of the Primo discovery and delivery solution.

Academic institutions in North America that have recently selected Primo and the Primo Central Index include Boston University; Purdue University; Texas A&M University; Texas Woman's University; Tulane University; University of Alberta; University of Kansas; University of Texas at Dallas; and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Among the several factors involved in enabling users to carry out high-quality research are information literacy, individual guidance by librarians, and extensive collection development on the part of the library. Recently, members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in North America have been adopting new approaches to set up researchers for success.

Offered as a cloud-based service to hundreds of libraries around the globe, the Primo Central Index covers hundreds of millions of scholarly resources from leading information providers. Primo Central is an integral part of the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution, which enables library users to enjoy the full benefit of a one-stop service for their information needs and to explore their library's locally managed collections along with global and regional resources from the Primo Central Index.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the Italian Primo community is continuing its expansion, with the addition of six institutions that have opted for locally hosted or cloud-based implementations of the Primo discovery and delivery solution.

Italian institutions that recently selected Primo and the Primo Central Index include Ca' Foscari University of Venice; European Library of Information and Culture (BEIC); University of Camerino; University Iuav of Venice; University of Macerata; and Verona University.

As part of a collaborative effort that includes the acquisition of electronic resources and the sharing of information-technology systems, the universities of Camerino and Macerata chose Primo to provide a single, intuitive search interface to their collections. Known as UniVerSe, Verona University's discovery platform is based on the TotalCare cloud service, which includes Primo, with the Primo Central Index; the SFX Open URL link resolver; and the bX article recommender service.

The only entirely digital library in Italy, the European Library of Information and Culture (BEIC) chose a local implementation of Primo as the front end for its digital collections, which are managed with the Ex Libris DigiTool digital asset management system. University Iuav opted for a cloud-based Primo implementation.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the release of version 3.1 of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. The new functionality in this version is the product of continued collaboration with the rapidly expanding international Primo community, which now consists of over 850 sites that span 45 countries on six continents.

The Primo ranking algorithm now incorporates data from the bX article recommender service. The data reflect actual usage of journal articles by the global scholarly community. Grouping of identical results in the Primo Central Index has been enhanced to reduce information overload. Additionally, by displaying snippets from both Primo Central and local records, Primo 3.1 seeks to help users assess the relevance of an item. The snippets, each of which consists of 161 characters, are extracted from the abstract or the full text.

Other highlights of the new Primo version include greater configurability of OPAC functionality in the Primo interface; tailored consortium support; and multilingual support.

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Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that Trinity Western University's Norma Marion Alloway Library has begun the upgrade of their system to the Symphony ILS along with 17 other libraries around the globe.

Alloway Library plans to go live with the new system in mid-August of this year. Meanwhile, library staff are working with SirsiDynix technicians to implement the behind-the-scenes work required to launch the new eLibrary interface for public use as well as the staff client software. Currently, the libraries at Vancouver Island University, Kwantlen Polytechnic and University of the Fraser Valley run the Symphony library system.

SirsiDynix Symphony's comprehensive feature set allows libraries to highlight the breadth and depth of their collections and serve their communities' ever-growing information needs. Fully documented web services and APIs, along with support for library standards, permit users to extend the ILS even further to meet local needs.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Wageningen University and Research Center (Wageningen UR) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, together with the Primo Central Index of scholarly e-content. Both institutions opted for the Primo Direct deployment package.

The Primo platform offers users a complete discovery experience by providing access to all the library's information resources and meeting users' every research need. As a cloud-based solution, Primo Direct spares libraries the tasks of implementation and ongoing maintenance while enabling staff to further configure and customise the system through the Primo administrative interface. At VU Amsterdam, Primo will provide a single interface to the library's Vubis Smart library system along with the library's wealth of electronic resources.

Primo's ability to integrate with Ex Libris and third-party library systems, such as Vubis at VU Amsterdam and LBS at the University of Twente, was central to these institutions' decision to adopt the Primo solution.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the number of academic, national, and research libraries in the UK and Ireland that have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution now exceeds 20. The UCL (University College London), Kingston University and the University of Salford are the latest libraries to implement Primo to maximise the exposure of their collections to library users.

With the addition of Primo, UCL will be running a full suite of Ex Libris solutions. These include the Aleph integrated library system (ILS), the DigiTool digital asset management system, the MetaLib metasearch solution, the SFX OpenURL link resolver, and the bX article recommender.

Along with Primo, Kingston University has selected a number of cloud-based Ex Libris solutions, including the Aleph ILS, the MetaLib metasearch solution, the SFX OpenURL link resolver, and the bX article recommender. At the University of Salford, the selection of Primo was part of a wide-ranging strategy to transform library services. The university is developing a huge media, digital learning, and research space within the groundbreaking MediaCityUK complex, which will house several BBC departments and independent creative media organisations.

Primo claims to be a one-stop solution for the discovery and delivery of local and remote resources, such as books, journal articles and digital objects. It assists libraries in fully utilising their collections and offering users an up-to-date discovery and delivery experience. Primo services can be embedded in commonly used applications such as course management systems and institutional portals, helping library serve users wherever they are.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Tel Aviv University has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, together with its Primo Central Index of scholarly content. The University's over 30,000 students and staff will now gain easy, unified access to the library's collection of local and global resources.

Offered as an integral part of Primo, Primo Central is a mega-index of hundreds of millions of scholarly e-resources that are harvested from primary and secondary publishers and aggregators and from open-access repositories. Through a single search box, users can explore their library's locally managed collections along with the global and regional resources indexed in Primo Central.

Primo displays the results in a single, relevance-ranked result list; provides seamless access to online materials; and, through the incorporation of OPAC functionality, enables users to carry out library activities, such as placing hold requests and managing their personal accounts, directly in the Primo window.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Germany, has announced that the National Library of Luxembourg has chosen the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Following a rigorous evaluation of international products and vendors, the National Library found that Primo best met its principal requirement to offer a highly intuitive way to access and explore the diverse resources and online catalogues that form Luxembourg's bibnet.lu network.

The bibnet.lu network consists of the National Library and 35 public institutions from different sectors, and serves as a central information service provider for its members. With Primo, the National Library intends to significantly improve the discovery experience and open a unique access point to the heterogeneous information resources offered by libraries in the network. By centralising services and optimising the network's operating costs through a consortia platform, Primo seeks to meet the national library's need to reduce the total cost of ownership of information systems in a consortia environment.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that three prominent academic institutions in the UK have chosen the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the Primo Central Index of scholarly e-content to provide users with a unified search interface for their libraries' vast collections and electronic resources. The latest members of the UK Primo community are Imperial College London, the University of Nottingham and Loughborough University.

The Primo Central Index is a mega-aggregate of scholarly content. Managed by Ex Libris in a cloud computing environment, Primo Central is vendor neutral and encompasses scholarly resources from leading information providers. Through the Primo discovery and delivery solution coupled with Primo Central, library users simultaneously explore the library's local collections and extensive global electronic collections, instantly retrieving accurate, relevance-ranked search results.

At Imperial College London, Primo will provide a discovery layer enabling users to search the library's SirsiDynix library catalogue together with its digital and electronic resources.

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Library automation solutions provider VTLS Inc., US, has announced that it has been selected to implement the VITAL repository for the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) VOCED database. The project, which began last April, is going to be a multi-phase process and will involve the integration of traditional, print-based and new, digital knowledge sources. In addition to the standard VITAL implementation, VTLS is creating a custom web portal interface using open-source Drupal to meet NCVER's unique needs.

NCVER selected the VITAL product for the redevelopment of its online bibliographic database, VOCED, because it offers the flexibility of a custom-built system along with the reliability of an 'out of the box' product. This allows VTLS to combine a bibliographic database with a digital repository, and to integrate traditional knowledge sources with new web technologies.

The Software implementation phase was accepted earlier this month with the handover phase to be complete by the middle of December. NCVER is expected to go live in 2011. The project is now in handover phase and VTLS is working towards organising the Customer Support meeting and training.

VTLS has successfully delivered the redeveloped online bibliographic database VOCED for NCVER using the VITAL product. The new system, due for public release in February 2011, enables a bibliographic database to be combined with a digital repository, and the integration of a range of knowledge sources, including new web technologies.

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Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced the 2.0 release of the BookMyne iPhone application. BookMyne claims to be one of the most comprehensive iPhone applications available to libraries today. It features mobile access to in-demand library information, holdings and services.

Version 2.0 expands the application's offering with features including barcode scanning capability to enable library users to scan the barcode of a book at a bookstore or friend's home and retrieve availability information on the book at the patron's library of choice. Social recommendation engine powered via Goodreads, enable iPhone or iPod Touch users to search library holding for friend-recommended reads. Enhanced account interaction help library users to view fines and fees in addition to other account information from their Apple mobile device.

Current customer libraries running the SirsiDynix Symphony ILS with an installation of SirsiDynix Web Services can offer their patrons the full BookMyne application functionality. The BookMyne iPhone app can be downloaded free of charge from the iTunes App Store. More than 1,350 libraries around the world have registered their libraries to be discovered on the iPhone application.

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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Université de Montréal has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, the Aleph integrated library system and the Verde electronic resource management system to serve as the backbone of the university's library services. Following an intensive selection process, the library opted to augment its suite of Ex Libris solutions, having previously implemented the MetaLib metasearch solution, the SFX OpenURL link resolver, and the bX article recommender service.

The Université de Montréal is one of nearly 100 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) who are running Ex Libris solutions. With the newly selected systems, the university joins 16 other ARL members who deploy Primo as their discovery interface and 28 ARL members who are running Aleph.

The Ex Libris Group provides automation solutions for academic, national, and research libraries. The company maintains an impressive customer base consisting of thousands of sites in more than 70 countries on six continents. Dedicated to developing creative solutions in close collaboration with its customers, Ex Libris enables academic, national, and research libraries to maximise productivity and efficiency and, at the same time, greatly enhance the user experience. By empowering users to discover and obtain the information they need, libraries ensure their position as the bridge to knowledge.

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Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the National Library of Finland has chosen the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the Primo Central mega-index of scholarly materials, to provide a unified interface for the discovery and delivery of the entire country's collections and electronic resources.

Representing the full spectrum of museums, academic and public libraries, research institutes and archives, the National Library of Finland chose Primo as the public interface from which users can access digital content and local collections throughout the country. The product was selected as it met all of the network's extensive requirements for comprehensive search technology and impartial access to scholarly global content.

Primo claims to be a one-stop solution for the discovery and delivery of local and remote resources, such as books, journal articles and digital objects. It assists libraries in fully utilising their collections and offering users an up-to-date discovery and delivery experience. Primo services can be embedded in commonly used applications such as course management systems and institutional portals, helping library serve users wherever they are.

The National Library of Finland claims to be the oldest and largest scholarly library in Finland as well as the largest independent institute at the University of Helsinki. It is responsible for the collection, description, preservation and accessibility of Finland's printed national heritage and the unique collections under its care. The library also serves as a national service and development centre for the library sector and promotes national and international cooperation in the field.

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Library solutions provider Bibliotheca, Inc., Switzerland, has announced that it has been selected by the Automated Library Information System (ALIS) of Nassau County, N.Y., to provide a range of RFID library solutions for the 54 independent public libraries that comprise ALIS. ALIS is a consortium of 54 autonomous public libraries serving communities in Nassau County, N.Y.

Bibliotheca has been selected to provide RFID hardware, tags and services to upgrade ALIS libraries' facilities and support staff. The goal of ALIS and its member libraries is to improve the patron experience through more effective customer services, enhance inventory management and improve security of collections.

In May 2010, ALIS made an initial investment in RFID conversion stations, along with 1 million RFID book tags, which will be provided to six libraries taking part in the consortium's RFID pilot installations. Tagging of collections is scheduled to begin in August 2010. Pilot sites will install Bibliotheca patron self-service stations, staff stations and security gates in the fourth quarter of 2010, with these sites fully transitioned to the new Bibliotheca systems during the first quarter of 2011. Upon completion of the pilot installations, other ALIS libraries will be positioned to move forward with their own Bibliotheca RFID implementations under the ALIS contract, without having to undertake their own individual RFP projects.

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Library software provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Monash University Library has chosen the Primo discovery and delivery solution, together with the Primo Central mega-aggregate of scholarly e-content, to provide users with a unified interface for the discovery and delivery of the library’s vast collections and global electronic resources. Monash University joins the rapidly expanding international Primo community, now over 270 strong and spanning 29 countries.

The library selected Primo and Primo Central to achieve a streamlined experience that would enable university students and faculty to search and access the university’s physical and electronic collections with ease. In recent years, the library catalogue at Monash has been supplemented by a host of other sources of information for library users. These changes resulted from the revolution in users’ expectations and behaviour, the increasing number of databases (surpassing 800) to which the library provides access; and the implementation of academic repositories such as the Australian Research Repository Online to the World (ARROW). Primo will enable library users at Monash to access the full breadth of the university’s collections via a single search interface.

Primo Central is a centralised index containing hundreds of millions of electronic resources of global and regional significance, which are obtained from primary and secondary publishers and aggregators. Users can simultaneously search locally managed collections and global e-content, and receive a single relevance-ranked list of results. Now undergoing beta testing by 14 partner libraries around the world, Primo Central will be available to the customer community later this year.

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Library software provider, Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the general release of version 3.0 of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. The new version is projected to bring together a simplified, modernised user interface, enhanced search and display options, integration of OPAC functionality, and support for seamless searching in the Primo Central index of scholarly materials. Primo 3.0 is claimed to enable users to interact fully with the library through a single interface in a straightforward and engaging manner. Primo is reportedly used across 270 sites spanning 29 countries on six continents.

Due to the redesigned, simplified user interface, users can see all information related to an item on the result list page. Users can also obtain seamless access to Primo Central, a mega-aggregate of scholarly materials hosted by Ex Libris in a cloud computing environment. Following the integration of OPAC functionality, library services are now available through the Primo main window.

The integration of two recommender systems — the Ex Libris bX article recommender service and the University of Karlsruhe BibTip recommender for library catalogues — is projected to enable Primo to display the most relevant recommendations generated on the basis of researchers’ usage of scholarly materials.

Additionally, according to Ex Libris, the Primo search engine has been enhanced with a ‘starts with’ (left-anchor) search option and new sorting features, including out-of-the-box ascending and descending sort order and author and title sorting; locally defined fields for sorting; and a customisable sorting order for characters. Other enhancements offer libraries further control over relevance ranking and the grouping (FRBRizing) of search results.

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Library technology solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that BookMyne, a comprehensive iPhone application, now supports library catalogues in Spanish, French and German. The application, which allows users to search library catalogues and place holds on materials, claims to be the first industry-wide application available for Spanish, French and German language libraries.

Through BookMyne, library users can find participating libraries around the world, search library catalogues, place holds, and renew materials they have checked out. Libraries can customise their presence on the global directory in a number of ways. BookMyne 1.2 includes expanded language support, as well as options for users to be reminded of material due dates.

More than 300 libraries now offer their catalogue on the BookMyne directory, with more libraries joining daily. The application is made possible through Symphony Web Services, which libraries can download through the SirsiDynix Customer Care Portal. Library users can download the BookMyne application through the Apple Store at no cost.

Over 600 libraries in Canada, Latin America, Spain, France and Germany use SirsiDynix technology to connect users with their catalogues in Spanish, French and German languages. The company expects to offer the application to Horizon users later this year with the release of Web Services for Horizon.

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E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) provider Serials Solutions, US, has announced that its Summon web-scale discovery service has pioneered a new feature that expands exploration of library collections even further. The Summon service’s new Database Recommender points users to not only the indexed content in a library’s collection, but also to valuable, targeted research tools – all within the context of a single search. A user’s Summon search will now return the specific books and articles that are relevant along with a list of recommended databases to consult for additional pertinent information.

Through the Summon service, users can use a single entrance to the library’s collections, searching all formats in one integrated and instant search. Search results are returned in less than a second and now include not only indexed content, but advice on databases held by the library that are particularly pertinent to their research. This latest feature of the Summon service showcases sources that don’t lend themselves to be indexed by any service such as dynamic or statistical databases. In keeping with the Summon service’s uncomplicated interface, recommendations are integrated in the results screen and a mouse click takes users to the resource’s home page.

Database Recommender is the latest innovation to the service libraries are embracing as their path to bring students and faculty back to the library as the starting point for research. The Summon service was built from scratch using an entirely new technology architecture that delivers a search experience rivaling those found on the Open Web. Rather than federated search, it is powered by a single index that enables sub-second searches and completely unbiased results.

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Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that additional libraries from around the world have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution as a unified gateway to their library collections. These libraries will join the international Primo community and will benefit from the Primo Central mega-aggregate of scholarly e-content, scheduled for release in mid 2010.

Among the newest members to the Primo community, which now totals 260 institutions spanning 29 countries, are: Linda Hall Library (United States); Austrian National Library; Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria); Universite Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle (France); Paris-Dauphine University (France); Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (New Zealand); Saxony State Library – Dresden Technical University (Germany); University and State Library of Munster (Germany); Hungarian National Assembly; Consortium of Icelandic Libraries; Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa); University of the Western Cape (South Africa); and Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.

Primo claims to be a one-stop solution for the discovery and delivery of local and remote resources, such as books, journal articles and digital objects. It assists libraries in fully utilising their collections and offering users an up-to-date discovery and delivery experience. Primo services can be embedded in commonly used applications such as course management systems and institutional portals, helping library serve users wherever they are.

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Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Germany, has announced that the National Academic Library Information System (NALIS) in Bulgaria has chosen a number of Ex Libris solutions to form a unified backbone and gateway to the library’s services. Following a rigorous evaluation process, NALIS selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, the Aleph integrated library system (ILS), the SFX OpenURL link resolver, the MetaLib gateway and metasearch solution and the DigiTool digital asset management system. Two founding members of the NALIS foundation — the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University — have been running Aleph for over 10 years.

NALIS chose Primo for its emphasis on the user experience and streamlined access to information. The solution is expected to give NALIS users the combined benefits of a unified interface, a simple yet powerful search capability, and rapid access to resources, which they have come to expect in the era of Google and Web 2.0 technologies. Integrated with the Aleph, DigiTool, MetaLib and SFX solutions, Primo will ensure that users gain seamless access to the diverse collections of NALIS member organisations.

The Ex Libris Group provides automation solutions for academic, national, and research libraries. The company maintains an impressive customer base consisting of thousands of sites in more than 70 countries on six continents. Dedicated to developing creative solutions in close collaboration with its customers, Ex Libris enables academic, national, and research libraries to maximise productivity and efficiency and, at the same time, greatly enhance the user experience. By empowering users to discover and obtain the information they need, libraries ensure their position as the bridge to knowledge.

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