Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) has adopted the Summon web-scale discovery service to improve the speed and accuracy of searching the breadth of its vast library collection. Librarians at UCM have also chosen to implement 360 Counter to gain better insight into the use of their library's e-resources.
Founded in the 15th century, Universidad Complutense de Madrid claims to be one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Spain, boasting more than 70,000 students and 6,000 teachers. The UCM Library presently holds more than three million volumes, of which 200,000 are rare, antiquarian works of incalculable value. The UCM Library has made a clear commitment to the acquisition of digital content, with more than 35,000 electronic journals, 200 databases and thousands of e-books.
The Summon service enables a familiar, one-search-box starting point for fast and easy access to the full breadth of the UCM Library's collections - from books and videos to e-resources at the article level - allowing researchers to find the most relevant information for their papers and presentations. Since the service is offered as Software as a Service (SaaS), it is continuously updated, allowing librarians to focus more time and energy on the information literacy of their researchers, and less on maintaining and troubleshooting their technology solutions.
UCM's librarians chose 360 Counter to more effectively measure usage and report on its vast and growing collection.
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