Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of technology for libraries, has announced that its Intota web-scale management solution will debut in 2013 with Intota Assessment, a library collection analytics service that provides book and serials analysis and consolidated usage. Available later this year, the new service includes a suite of business intelligence tools to help libraries make informed decisions regarding collection development. Intota Assessment will also be part of Intota delivering best in class assessment functionality in a library services platform (LSP) solution.
Intota Assessment seeks to provide innovative views and metrics of a library's collection, including a number of reporting and analysis tools designed to improve collection management. The aim is to make it possible for library staff to focus on delivering higher value services to their patrons.
Supported by authoritative data from Books in Print, Resources for College Libraries, Ulrich's and Serials Solutions' Knowledgebase, Intota Assessment is designed to provide a wide-ranging view of usage and composition of the library's collections. It also simplifies collection maintenance, serving as a multi-source weeding tool. A comprehensive view of holdings, with consolidated COUNTER and aggregated usage reports, as well as overlap analysis, is seen to deliver a holistic understanding of the library's collection.
Demonstrations of Intota and Intota Assessment will occur during the American Library Association Midwinter conference, January 25-29 in Seattle.
