Northern Caribbean University selects EBSCO Discovery Service to help increase database usage - September 28, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to provide an easy to use and powerful discovery tool that will search the university's entire collection. The discovery solution from EBSCO will be… Read More
The University of Birmingham goes live with Ex Libris’ Primo and Aleph solutions - September 28, 2012
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… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and Capita partner to enhance library resource discovery - September 27, 2012
Capita, a UK-based provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions, and research database and discovery service provider, EBSCO Publishing, have announced a partnership to offer integrated access to extensive electronic resources within Capita’s existing library resource discovery solution, Prism and EBSCO Discovery Service. Users… Read More
OCLC adds Italian public library records to WorldCat - September 27, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has added the records of a group of more than 100 public libraries in the province of Trento, Italy, to WorldCat. This addition significantly increases the number of Italian language records in what is claimed to be the world's largest database… Read More
Elsevier enhances ScienceDirect’s eBook content with the addition of digitised foundational book titles across seven key scientific disciplines - September 21, 2012
STM Publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the digitising of its Legacy Collection in seven disciplines, expanding its content on ScienceDirect. With the addition of the Legacy Collection to ScienceDirect, highly relevant, scientific books from the mid-20th century to the present will be accessible online as early… Read More
Credo Reference launches Literati for public libraries - September 21, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced the launch of Literati for Public Libraries. The new solution combines core reference titles, technologies that increase discovery across all digital content platforms and customised training and marketing services and tools developed by on-staff librarians. While a… Read More