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
Ex Libris’ Voyager integrated library solution expands customer base - November 20, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that several institutions have recently selected the Voyager integrated library solution (ILS). Some of the most recent additions to the Voyager customer community are New York Medical College; Judson College, Alabama; Unitec New Zealand; and the American… Read More
ARL and ALA release guide for libraries on Google Library Project settlement - November 17, 2008
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the American Library Association (ALA) have released a guide titled A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement, authored by Jonathan Band, JD. The guide is designed to help the library… Read More
OCLC Members Council meet to discuss similarities and differences in libraries worldwide - November 14, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that the OCLC Members Council recently met in Dublin, Ohio, to discuss similarities and differences in libraries around the world, continue planning a transition to a Global Council and Regional Councils to extend OCLC… Read More
