Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that the Library of the University of Konstanz has chosen to adopt the Summon web-scale discovery service, 360 Link and 360 Counter. The Library of the University of Konstanz, which serves the public as well 10,000 students, is home to more than 2 million books, journals, electronic resources, magazines, DVDs and CDs. It is the first German library to adopt all three of these services.
The Library chose the Summon service to provide users the ability to do research from a single search box. The solution will be further augmented with 360 Link, an OpenURL link resolver service, providing patrons with the most accurate, up-to-date results when searching for specific full-text items in databases and journals. The 360 Counter will guide librarians in assessing usage of collections, justifying expenditures and optimising purchases.
With the implementation of the Summon service and 360 Link, patrons will now be able to find library resources unassisted. With the Summon service, the full breadth of the library material is included in one centralised index. This includes print items from the catalogue, items in institutional repositories, licensed electronic content such as e-journal articles, dissertations, newspaper articles and much more. The simple search function and the numerous facets to winnow results will help save patrons' time and effort. Also, this will allow librarians to focus their attention on information literacy and other areas of library management.
As libraries look for ways to control costs, 360 Counter can help librarians assess which resources to keep and which resources to cut based on usage. 360 Counter provides librarians with the ability to take their complex usage data and create pre-filtered reports. These reports provide better visibility and insight into how collections are being accessed and used, including the top 100 collection titles receiving the heaviest usage and those that are the most expensive.
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