EBSCO unveils Explora, a new EBSCOhost interface for schools and public libraries - February 2, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is introducing Explora™, an appealing new EBSCOhost® interface for K12 schools and public libraries. EBSCO designed Explora following a series of user research studies with the goal of better assisting students in completing research and classroom assignments and providing a more intuitive… 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
University of Arizona selects Ex Libris Rosetta to drive large scale digital asset management and preservation for a consortium-led initiative - January 28, 2015
Library automation and preservation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Arizona has adopted the Rosetta digital management and preservation solution as a key component of its repository services. Designed to expose the University's rich digital collections for the benefit of diverse… Read More
Project MUSE in deal with Portico to preserve its complete collection of scholarly electronic journals - January 27, 2015
Project MUSE has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its complete collection of scholarly electronic journals, which contains titles from more than 120 not-for-profit scholarly publishers worldwide. Project MUSE and Portico began their partnership in 2012 with the preservation of… Read More
Creighton University in Nebraska selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo - January 27, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Creighton University has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution to provide unified resource management and discovery. This integrated cloud-based platform will replace several systems, including SirsiDynix Symphony… Read More
Thieme selects TEMIS’s Luxid Webstudio for thesaurus management - January 21, 2015
Semantic Content Enrichment solutions provider TEMIS has announced that scientific and medical publisher Thieme has chosen TEMIS's Luxid® Webstudio to help its teams manage their thesauri and terminologies. Luxid® Webstudio will help different departments of the group to manage, expand and customise… Read More
