California Digital Library and Elsevier renew contract for next 5 years - February 3, 2014
The California Digital Library (CDL) has announced that it has completed a favourable negotiation with STM publisher Elsevier to renew the ScienceDirect journals for 2014-2018. ScienceDirect is the largest journals package for co-investment by the UC libraries with over 1200 titles.… Read More
Springer adds altmetrics information to all articles available on SpringerLink - January 30, 2014
STM publisher Springer has added altmetrics information to every article available on SpringerLink, the publishing company's online platform. The data is provided by Altmetric, a London-based start-up which tracks and analyzes the online activity around scholarly literature. The addition of this feature… Read More
The Bibliothek am Guisanplatz in Switzerland goes live with Ex Libris Alma and Primo - January 29, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bibliothek am Guisanplatz (BiG) in Switzerland has gone live with the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the next-generation Alma resource management service. Bibliothek am Guisanplatz - the leading library of the Alexandria Library Network… Read More
Louisiana Library Network selects EBSCO Discovery Service to improve discoverability - January 28, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the Louisiana Library Network has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) to improve discoverability and help promote LOUIS resources to students and other departments. LOUIS is a partnership with academic libraries, state & private libraries, and museums… Read More
ProQuest and Ex Libris collaborate to improve research workflows - January 28, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group have announced a collaboration to make their key services work better together to improve user experience and support customer choice. The most immediate benefit for mutual customers… Read More
National Library of Russia goes live with Ex Libris Primo and Aleph integrated library system - January 24, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the National Library of Russia (NLR) has gone live with the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution and the Ex Libris Aleph integrated library system, which replace their locally developed system. In a move that… Read More
