Ex Libris’ scholarly recommender service now available in more library interfaces - June 28, 2010
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the bX scholarly recommender service is now available in even more library interfaces. Launched in May 2009 as an additional service for customers of the SFX OpenURL link resolver, bX is in use at more than… Read More
Serials Solutions Access Control Service to improve remote user access - June 2, 2010
E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) provider Serials Solutions, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has announced that it is developing Serials Solutions Access Control Service, a hosted authentication and proxy service that will improve access for users and free up library staff time. Access Control… Read More
National Library of China joins OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing service - May 28, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced the National Library of China as a new participant in the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing service. Under the initiative, the National Library of China will share its rich collections with libraries and researchers worldwide.… Read More
Ex Libris releases version 3 of search tool Primo - May 4, 2010
Library software provider, Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the general release of version 3.0 of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. The new version is projected to bring together a simplified, modernised user interface, enhanced search and display options, integration of OPAC functionality, and support… Read More
Wiley Online Library to replace Wiley InterScience website - April 28, 2010
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of Wiley Online Library. Built on the latest technology and designed with extensive input from scholars around the world, Wiley Online Library will host multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences,… Read More
BookMyne application opens multi-language SirsiDynix library catalogues - April 15, 2010
Library technology solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that BookMyne, a comprehensive iPhone application, now supports library catalogues in Spanish, French and German. The application, which allows users to search library catalogues and place holds on materials, claims to be the first industry-wide application available for… Read More
More than 16.3 million French records in WorldCat - April 8, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that there are now more than 16.3 million French records in WorldCat, following completion of batch loading projects from the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Système Universitaire de documentation (Sudoc) and the Bibliothèque municipale… Read More
Nature Education founding sponsors to sponsor student access to Scitable - April 7, 2010
Nature Education, the educational wing of scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that founding partners Roche Applied Science, Tata Consultancy Services, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, and New England Biolabs have pledged substantial financial sponsorship to Scitable. Scitable is Nature Education's free… Read More
OCLC adds new MARC Records for items in Google Books and Hathi Trust Digital collections to WorldCat - April 6, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that it is adding records to WorldCat that represent digitised books from the Google Books Library Project and the HathiTrust Digital Library to provide greater access to and increased visibility of these digitised collections.… Read More
NEOS Library Consortium members to implement WorldCat Local service - March 29, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that the University of Alberta, Red Deer College, Lakeland College and Concordia University College of Alberta are the first among NEOS member libraries to implement WorldCat Local. WorldCat Local is the service that delivers… Read More
