Kingston University Library joins the rapidly growing Alma Community - October 30, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Kingston University has chosen Alma as their next generation, unified resource management solution. Having opted for a complete suite of fully cloud-based Ex Libris products two years ago - the Primo discovery and delivery… Read More
London’s health records open up with the launch of London’s Pulse - October 29, 2013
From smallpox to sun lamps, the health of London and Londoners over 125 years is uncovered with London’s Pulse, an ambitious digitisation project from the Wellcome Library which launched October 28, supported by Jisc. The online resource contains over 5000 fully searchable reports, from… Read More
ARL membership elects ARL Board of Directors 2013–2014 - October 28, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that Carol Pitts Diedrichs, vice provost and director of university libraries, the Ohio State University, began a one-year term as president of the ARL on October 10, during the ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. She succeeds Wendy… Read More
More than 2,500 technology titles now available on the ebrary platform - October 25, 2013
ebrary, a ProQuest business, is now offering more than 2,500 titles for perpetual purchase from O'Reilly Media, Microsoft Press, and several publishers distributed by O'Reilly Media including Maker Media, Rocky Nook, Rosenfeld Media, JIST, TIDBits and XML Press. Offering topics such as programming, open source software,… Read More
Lethbridge College, Tyndale University and University of New Brunswick select OCLC WorldShare Management Services - October 25, 2013
Library information provider OCLC has announced that Lethbridge College, Tyndale University College and Seminary, and University of New Brunswick in Canada are now using OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS), moving library management services to the cloud. More than 240 libraries worldwide have selected WMS; more than… Read More
ProQuest partners with the American University of Sharjah to co-host the Middle East Academic Libraries Symposium - October 24, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is co-hosting the Middle East Academic Libraries Symposium (October 23 - 24) together with the American University of Sharjah (AUS). The event has been created to bring together senior leaders from the academic library market with key representatives from… Read More
