Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that its six Development Partners are actively using and providing feedback on the second iteration of Intota, a web-scale collection management solution for academic and special libraries. Integrated with a newly structured knowledgebase, this code drop represents another milestone toward interoperability with other information systems and unified, intelligent workflows.
Functionality within this second release to Intota Development Partners includes end-to-end ability to acquire material in a more efficient manner, with flexible purchase order creation and management, plus new capabilities for acquisitions budget management, fund management and financial reporting; simultaneous search and retrieval of electronic and print records from the library's own catalogue and the Serials Solutions Knowledgebase, resulting in unified resource management, acquisitions and cataloging functions; customisable user management features, including staff user accounts and organizational definitions to support a multi-tenant environment, which results in a more flexible and reliable system.
This iteration is indicative of how the company, founded by librarians, is developing a new web-scale management solution that uniquely addresses library collection management. Since announcing the Intota Development Partners in April, and releasing the first iteration in June, the development process continues to deliver robust features that solve the work flow challenges facing libraries.
