OCLC offers quick start version of cooperative library management service - April 27, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that it is connecting the content, technology and expert capabilities of its member libraries worldwide to create the first web-scale, cooperative library management service. Member libraries can try the cooperative service model with a… Read More
OCLC awarded $5 million grant to develop public information campaign to support libraries - April 16, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a public information campaign. The campaign will help public library leaders heighten awareness of the needs of local libraries and… Read More
Serials Solutions launches new discovery service - January 21, 2009
Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest, US, has launched a new service that will create Google-like searching of the full breadth of content found in library collections - from books and videos to e-resources at the article level. The new Summon unified discovery service is… Read More
NSF to reduce funding support for digital libraries initiative - January 6, 2009
The US' National Science Foundation (NSF) is in the process of reducing its support for digital libraries, according to reports from the Science Magazine. The NSF's National Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL) programme was launched in 2000… Read More
Libraries in Europe and Africa acquire VTLS Archival Management System - December 23, 2008
Library automation company Visionary Technology in Library Solutions, US, has announced that the Slovak National Library in Bratislava and Makerere University in Uganda have acquired the Archives Management System (AMS). AMS, developed in partnership with the National Library of Wales, follows the ISAD (International Standard Archive… Read More
Nielsen Book supports E4Libraries initiative - December 23, 2008
Nielsen Book, part of global information and media company Nielsen Company, UK, has responded to the recent E4Libraries BIC Category Headings announcement by immediately applying the initiative to all the titles in its database - over 8 million records in total. Using Nielsen Book's services, libraries… Read More
OCLC to supply new Swiss metadata hub with discovery tool - December 16, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that it has agreed terms with SwissBib to implement, a 'Library 2.0' meta-catalogue of Swiss university libraries and the Swiss National Library. This metadata hub will provide the platform for collating and publishing the… Read More
National Library of Israel adds 788,000 records to OCLC WorldCat - December 15, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and the National Library of Israel have completed a pilot project that has resulted in the addition of more than 788,000 new bibliographic records and 1.1 million holdings from the national library to WorldCat. WorldCat is… Read More
Serials Solutions announces new and improved reporting for the Serials Solutions 360 Resource Manager - November 26, 2008
Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest, US, has announced new and improved reporting for the Serials Solutions 360 Resource Manager e-resource management system. These reports help libraries optimise e-resource management, increase efficiency, and make informed decisions concerning budgets, collection-development goals, and patron needs. 360 Resource… Read More
ALT announces free workshop to discuss JISC TILE project - November 21, 2008
The Association of Learning Technology (ALT) has organised a free workshop where the results of the TILE (Towards Implementation of Library 2.0 and the E-Framework) project will be presented and discussed. The event, 'Sitting on a gold mine' - improving… Read More
