ProQuest has announced the availability of Intota, a transformative Library Services Platform (LSP) that integrates market-leading management, discovery and assessment capabilities into a single solution. Libraries struggling with the challenges of managing e-resources now have a flexible solution that will streamline their workflows. Unlike other library management systems, Intota features e-resource lifecycle management including, Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA) and the industry's most authoritative and comprehensive Knowledgebase of library resources.
As library collections have become increasingly electronic, requirements to manage and provide access to those collections have fundamentally changed. Intota's multi-tenant SaaS architecture offers flexibility to evolve how they manage those collections. Intota integrates multiple workflows into one platform and increases value and efficiency by leveraging best-in-class functionality.
Intota offers a flexible approach to managing all aspects of the library's e-resources. Its unified intelligent workflows break down data silos, while automating manual processes. The advanced support for DDA and evidence-based acquisition models streamlines the entire e-resource lifecycle.
Integrated into Intota, the Summon® service generates unbiased search results with one-click access to full-text resources using direct linking and 360 Link.
Integrating both quantitative and qualitative analysis of print and digital content, Intota includes Intota™ Assessment. Exclusive to ProQuest, highly valued data from Resources for College Libraries™ and Books in Print® gives libraries a holistic view of their holdings. Libraries needing only a best-in-class collection assessment solution can subscribe to Intota Assessment as a stand-alone service.
Using a unique approach to interoperability, Intota fully automates library DDA programs. Libraries benefit from an affordable acquisition model and the entire workflow is optimised from acquisition to management and discovery to assessment.
ProQuest's global Knowledgebase of electronic, print and digital resource metadata is foundational to Intota and unmatched in the industry. Enriched and maintained by librarians with expertise in data curation, this comprehensive and authoritative compilation of data is centrally updated on behalf of thousands of libraries. Valuable time spent previously on manual metadata and MARC record management, title list reconciliation, and updating links and holdings, can be directed to higher-value activities serving the patron.
