Serials Solutions unveils Spotlighting service for dynamic display options - January 25, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has introduced a new feature in its Summon discovery service, named Summon Spotlighting, which provides dynamic display options for specialised content types. Image Spotlighting is said to dramatically improve the discoverability of libraries' most unique and valued collections. Libraries are expected… Read More
Ingram adds new content access model to MyiLibrary e-content platform - January 24, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, has added a new content access model to its MyiLibrary e-content platform to provide libraries greater flexibility in e-book lending. Access Model, MyiLibrary's latest model, enables libraries to purchase a set of access credits for an e-book and lend it… Read More
3M and SirsiDynix in partnership to deliver eResource Central integration - January 24, 2013
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix and 3M have announced their intent to integrate the 3M Cloud Library content into eResource Central, currently scheduled for release in Q1 of 2013. SirsiDynix' eResource Central seeks to deliver key features such as hit list availability, centralised sign-on and one-click… Read More
ARL releases pre-publication version of an article on The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012 - January 24, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a pre-publication version of an article on 'The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012,' which will be featured in the forthcoming Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282 (Spring 2013). In this article, authors Karla Strieb and Julia Blixrud… Read More
OCLC and Gale expand partnership - January 24, 2013
Library information provider OCLC, US, and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, have agreed to make all Gale databases and archives fully discoverable through WorldCat Local, and to explore broadening discoverability of Gale collections through other applications available through the OCLC WorldShare Platform. OCLC and Gale… Read More
Brandeis University selects Ex Libris’ Primo and Alma library management service - January 24, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Brandeis University has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the Alma library management service. Having used the Ex Libris Aleph integrated library service for many years, the University decided to migrate its library systems… Read More
