Ex Libris Group and Swets announce collaborative partnership - January 23, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has entered into a collaborative partnership with Swets, a provider of content management services for libraries. The collaboration will provide staff at academic and research libraries with a new, streamlined acquisition process compatible with both… Read More
Academic Complete adds 20,000 titles to its selection of in-demand scholarly academic monographs - January 23, 2014
Academic Complete, the flagship ebook collection from ProQuest's ebook platform, ebrary, has added 20,000 titles to its selection of in-demand scholarly academic monographs. The additional titles come from publishers such as Ashgate, Edinburgh University Press, Harvard University Press, Peter Lang, MIT Press,… Read More
Springer begins 2014 with two major accomplishments - January 23, 2014
Springer started 2014 by announcing two major accomplishments. The publisher completed its Springer Book Archives (SBA), a four-year project to digitise nearly every book it had published from the 1840s to 2004. While the company originally anticipated that around 100,000 books would be part of this… Read More
OCLC unveils WorldCat Discovery Services - January 23, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced the launch of WorldCat Discovery Services, a new suite of cloud-based applications that brings together the FirstSearch and WorldCat Local services. Set to launch in March, the new suite will enable discovery of more than… Read More
Oliver Pesch appointed to NISO Board of Directors - January 23, 2014
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the appointment of Oliver Pesch to the Board of Directors. Oliver was appointed to replace Patricia Steele, who stepped down as a Director. He will fill her remaining term, ending on June 30, 2014. Pesch is Chief… Read More
University of Auckland selects Ex Libris Alma resource management solution - January 22, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Auckland has selected the Ex Libris Alma resource management solution. Together with the Ex Libris Primo discovery solution, Alma will replace a number of systems currently used at the Library, including the Voyager… Read More
