University of Iowa Libraries select Ex Libris Cloud solutions - January 30, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Iowa has selected Ex Libris Alma for next-generation resource management services. Alma will replace a number of systems, including the Aleph integrated library system. Having used Aleph for 15 years, Iowa Libraries… Read More
Baker & Taylor’s new Axis 360 app streamlines access to digital content for mobile users - January 30, 2015
Baker & Taylor, the premier worldwide distributor of digital and print books, has announced the launch of its new Axis 360 app for both Apple and Android devices. The Axis 360 app offers mobile users the ability to discover, download and listen to digital audiobooks, as… Read More
Historical databases now accessible to libraries through WorldCat and WorldCat Discovery Services - January 30, 2015
Accessible Archives, Inc., a publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has entered into an agreement with OCLC, a nonprofit library cooperative providing research, programs and services for libraries, to add MARC records from hundreds of digitised historical book resources to WorldCat for discovery of these… Read More
Academic institutions worldwide select ProQuest Intota for transformative library management capabilities and industry-leading user experience - January 29, 2015
Academic institutions around the world are selecting the IntotaTM library services platform, a transformational cloud-based service that simplifies two major challenges libraries face today - collection assessment and e-resource management. Released last June, Intota v1 combines industry-leading discovery, linking, collection management and… Read More
Wolters Kluwer publishes guide for achieving compliance with USP <797> Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Compounding - January 29, 2015
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer has announced the release of a complementary guide designed to help healthcare organisations stay compliant with U.S. Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> Pharmaceutical Compounding - Sterile Preparations (USP 797). A Step-by-Step Guide to a USP 797 Compliant Pharmacy details the core practice and… Read More
Ex Libris Group announces development partnership with universities from the US, the UK, Belgium and Australia - January 29, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced a development partnership with the libraries of the University of Oklahoma (OU) in the US, Imperial College and Kingston University in the UK, KU Leuven in Belgium, and UNSW Australia. The partners will participate in the development… Read More
