Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has added new features to its OPAC-enrichment tool, Syndetics. Library users can now expect to easily choose catalogue titles and get ideas for new titles that match their interests.
Syndetics, designed to enhance the bibliographic content of library online catalogues, now enables libraries to provide video clips, book reviews from The New York Times and searchable fiction profiles to their users through their OPACs. Bowker announced the new features at the ongoing Public Library Association's national conference in Portland, Oregon.
According to Bowker, Syndetics offers a range of descriptive information and cover images relating to videos, DVDs, CDs and all types of books from juvenile chapter books to conference proceedings. Much of this data reportedly cannot be found from any other source. Various elements of content are added weekly for more than 100,000 new titles each year. The new elements launch on the heels of the new Syndetics Plus, which is claimed to include a simple, easy-to-use widget that automatically integrates data into a library's catalogue. It also allows customisation of Syndetics content to match the look and feel of the OPAC.
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