Library technology solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, recently signed an agreement with Data Planet to include its extensive collections of original datasets in the Primo Central Index. More than 12,000 summary-level data records from Data-Planet will be available in the Primo Central Index, allowing all PCI users to link directly to Data-Planet Datasheets. It is expected that this number will quickly grow to more than 120,000 records.
Offered as a cloud-based service to institutions around the globe, the Primo Central Index gives users access to hundreds of millions of scholarly e-resources of global and regional importance.
The Data-Planet repository of statistical content currently holds more than 5,000 datasets presented in more than two billion views of data (maps, trends, tables, rankings). The datasets are sourced from reputable public and private organisations and cover topics across 16 broad subject areas, including Agriculture; Banking, Finance, and Insurance; Criminal Justice; Education; Energy Resources and Industries; Government and Politics; Health; Housing and Construction; Industry: Commerce; International Relations; Labor; Defense, and more.
Data Planet recognized the need for a dynamic repository of officially sourced statistical data. The company embarked on making this data usable by applying standards to data that did not adhere to standards, harmonizing disparate datasets and applying descriptive information and metadata to make data more findable. The result, built over several years, is Data-Planet: a dynamic repository with the ability to ingest massive amounts of statistical data combined with descriptive content and a robust suite of visualisation, search, and analysis capabilities on a single platform.
