The University of Amsterdam and the University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands opt for Aleph from Ex Libris - October 27, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the library of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Media Library of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) - the University of Applied Sciences - have selected the Aleph integrated library system (ILS) from Ex Libris.… Read More
Serials Solutions announces new Data Retrieval Service for faster analysis of Project COUNTER-compliant vendor reports - October 20, 2008
Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest, US, has announced that a new Data Retrieval Service is now available for subscribers to its Serials Solutions 360 Counter e-resource assessment service. The Data Retrieval Service enables librarians to bypass the time-consuming tasks of downloading and correcting vendor… Read More
CDL selects Serials Solutions 360 Resource Manager and 360 Counter to manage and assess electronic resources and licensing activities - October 15, 2008
Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest, US, has announced that the California Digital Library (CDL) has chosen Serials Solutions 360 Resource Manager and 360 Counter to manage and assess its electronic resources and shared licensing activities. CDL's rigorous evaluation process, including a detailed set of… Read More
Oxford University Library deploys Ex Libris’ search and delivery tool Primo - October 10, 2008
Ex Libris Group, a provider of automation solutions for academic, national and research libraries, has announced that Search Oxford Libraries Online (SOLO) has gone live at Oxford University. SOLO is a one-stop search and delivery solution powered by Ex Libris' Primo discovery tool. Using the… Read More
NetLibrary designated KnowledgeWorks certified by Serials Solutions - October 7, 2008
NetLibrary, the e-content platform of global library cooperative OCLC, Inc., US, has announced that its titles are now certified through Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks. KnowledgeWorks Certified is a new publisher certification programme that helps Serials Solutions to maintain the highest quality bibliographic metadata for e-resources. The move… Read More
Accucoms publishes whitepaper on selling to libraries in Central and Eastern Europe - October 2, 2008
Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has published a whitepaper titled 'Selling to Libraries in Central and Eastern Europe.' The Central and Eastern European (CEE) region is rapidly emerging as an important market for scientific and academic publications.… Read More
CAPES selects MetaLib to power its virtual library - October 1, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Higher Education (CAPES) has selected the MetaLib gateway and metasearch solution to power Portal.periodicos.CAPES, a virtual library of scientific and technological information. Portal.periodicos.CAPES is maintained by the… Read More
ETH Zurich opts for Ex Libris discovery and delivery interface - September 25, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris, Germany, has announced that the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) has selected the company's Primo discovery and delivery solution. Primo will constitute a key element of the ETH Knowledge Portal, which goes beyond a standard library project. ETH… Read More
Gibson Library Connections, CRKN sign multimillion-dollar deal - September 24, 2008
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that Gibson Library Connections, which has licensed its e-publishing services and technology since 2005, has signed a major contract with the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) that will provide millions of dollars in revenues to participating publishers over the… Read More
University of Delaware Library provides access to WorldCat Local service - September 19, 2008
The University of Delaware Library has announced that it now provides access to WorldCat Local, a network of library-based content and services. WorldCat Local combines the cooperative power of OCLC member libraries worldwide with the ability to customise WorldCat.org as a solution for local discovery and… Read More
