Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix and Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, have announced a partnership. Under the partnership, the SirsiDynix eResource Central product will deliver seamless electronic resource and e-book access, offering both borrowing and purchase options to end users. The partnership with Baker & Taylor is said to be a major step in the project, integrating the Axis 360 platform with the eResource Central platform.
eResource Central seeks to simplify the discovery and delivery of e-content to users however, wherever or whenever they need it. It will now be available to 100 percent of both SirsiDynix Symphony and Horizon ILS customers via the BLUE Cloud clients which include the SirsiDynix Enterprise and Portfolio discovery solutions, as well as through SirsiDynix Social Library on Facebook and the BookMyne mobile app.
eRC will also be available as part of the new client applications to be shown at this year's annual COSUGI User Conference. It is said to bridge the gap between content providers and users, enabling libraries to manage and deliver e-resources seamlessly and cost-effectively, while also handling traditional collections with proven solutions used by more than 3,600 libraries worldwide.
Building on the existing Project Gutenberg and Open Library e-book collections already integrated and available through eResource Central, this new partnership enables libraries to integrate their Baker & Taylor Axis 360 content into eResource Central and create an even richer user experience, according to the companies.
Axis 360 is Baker & Taylor's digital media circulation and management platform, used by many of the US' top public, K-12 school and academic libraries. It is a fully-accessible platform, which now has nearly 300,000 electronic titles available for library circulation.
For library users, eResource Central provides simple access to library resources, including e-books and e-journals, via a single user interface. This simplifies requests, downloads and matching of compatible e-books and e-reader formats. eResource Central will include full support for the Blio e-reader, as well as other e-readers and the associated digital permissions.
