Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that the University of British Columbia Library has adopted its Summon web-scale discovery service, 360 Resource Manager and 360 Counter services.
The University of British Columbia (UBC) educates a student population of more than 50,000 and holds an international reputation for excellence in advanced research and learning. It has major campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna. UBC Library has 21 branches and divisions, including on- and off-campus locations. The UBC Library's collections are large and diverse, including more than six million volumes, 5.3 million microforms, more than 846,000 maps, audio, video and graphic materials, and more than 97,000 serial titles.
UBC Library, a leading library in North America, selected the Summon service as it enables a familiar web-searching experience of the full breadth of content found in the library's collections - from books and videos to e-resources - from a single, unified index. Its software as a service (SaaS) model means that the university does not need to invest in and maintain additional local hardware resources. The six-to eight-week implementation plan for the Summon service was also instrumental in helping UBC Library roll out this new resource to its research community in a timely manner.
With 360 Resource Manager, UBC librarians will be able to more efficiently manage the entire lifecycle of e-resources. All the information about licenses, subscription status and renewal dates will be integrated with the Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks knowledgebase. The benefit to UBC librarians is that all the information will be in one place, helping to improve the librarians' workflow by mitigating the need to check multiple databases or filing cabinets for subscription contracts and other information.
The selection of the integrated 360 Counter service was made to help UBC librarians better assess their collection to make better decisions and reduce costs.
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