Unitec Institute of Technology adopts Alma library management solution, migrates to cloud deployment of Primo - May 9, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Unitec Institute of Technology has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management service and is consolidating its Ex Libris solutions into the cloud-based platform of Alma and Primo, unifying both resource management and resource discovery. … Read More
Full text of entire EBL – Ebook Library catalogue now discoverable via Summon discovery service - May 7, 2014
ProQuest is boosting the visibility of ebooks in library collections by indexing the full text of the entire catalogue of EBL - Ebook Library in its Summon® discovery service. EBL's expansive catalogue of more than 400,000 ebooks is now even more discoverable alongside titles from ebrary,… Read More
OCLC names Jeff Jacobs as Chief Information Officer - May 6, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced the appointment of Jeff J. Jacobs, an experienced technology executive, as Chief Information Officer. Jacobs comes to OCLC from JPMorgan Chase, where he served as Chief Technology Officer for the digital consumer businesses. He… Read More
KB/Libris-libraries join WorldCat - May 5, 2014
The National Library of Sweden (KB) has signed an agreement to join WorldCat, one of the world's largest library catalogues, operated by OCLC, after seven years of negotiation. During the entire negotiation period KB maintained that data in LIBRIS should be freely… Read More
Gale’s new InterLink technology enables users to make real-world discoveries - May 2, 2014
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced the launch of InterLink, a new technology that connects current articles from newspapers, magazines and journals with contextual reference content found within e-books on Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), Gale's e-book platform. InterLink document-level hyperlinking is available free… Read More
Academic institutions in Korea now have full-text access to ProQuest’s Periodicals Archive Online - May 1, 2014
Korean Education and Research Information Service (KERIS), a consortium with 300 members, has expanded its holdings of scholarly periodicals from ProQuest. Periodicals Archive Online connects researchers to a rich digital archive of leading historical periodicals, spanning more than two centuries of scholarship in the humanities and… Read More
