Western Sydney University extends its digital textbook program with ProQuest - April 19, 2019
Western Sydney University (WSU) has extended its partnership with ProQuest to offset one major piece of that cost – textbooks. Through WSU’s digital textbook program, all 10,000 first-year students at the university’s 10 teaching campuses located across the Western Sydney region… Read More
ARL white paper on Wikidata brings to light use of open knowledge in scholarly communication, special collections - April 19, 2019
In a new Association of Research Libraries (ARL) white paper, a task force of expert Wikidata users recommend a variety of ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in advancing global discovery of their collections, faculty, and institutions. Librarians are using Wikidata’s structured… Read More
University of Manchester Library selects Ex Libris Leganto solution for reading list services - April 18, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that The University of Manchester Library has selected the Ex Libris Leganto™ reading list solution to help the University realise its 2020 vision for achieving an outstanding learning and student experience. The Ex Libris Leganto solution will replace Talis®… Read More
McGraw-Hill and OhioLINK provide savings on course materials for Ohio College Students - April 18, 2019
OhioLINK, a consortium of academic libraries serving the state of Ohio, has announced that it will continue working with McGraw-Hill to make course materials available at a reduced cost to OhioLINK’s 89 member institutions in higher education-representing more than 800,000 students in the state's higher education… Read More
NISO seeks comments on new Recommended Practice draft for improved access to institutionally-provided information resources - April 18, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) seeks comments on a new Recommended Practice draft for improved access to institutionally-provided information resources. This document details the findings from the Resource Access for the 21st Century (RA21) initiative and provides recommendations for using federated identity as an access… Read More
The Library of Virginia adopts Ex Libris Alma, Primo, and Rosetta services - April 17, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Library of Virginia has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform for library management, the Ex Libris Primo® solution for discovery and delivery, and the Ex Libris Rosetta™ solution for digital asset management and preservation. … Read More
