Safari Books Online adds Apress books to the Safari Books Online platform - November 5, 2008
Safari Books Online, a US-based e-reference joint venture between publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, has announced the addition of Apress books to the Safari Books Online platform. The move is in response to requests from the company's growing base of corporate customers and… Read More
Stanford University Libraries and SirsiDynix partner for original script access - November 4, 2008
Library technology solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, and Stanford University have announced the completion of a project that allows searching and display of the library's Chinese, Japanese, and Korean holdings in the original scripts. In a previous related project, functionality for searching, sorting,… Read More
NIH Library opts for Bibliotheca’s RFID technology - November 3, 2008
Library solutions provider Bibliotheca, Inc., Switzerland, has announced that it has been selected as the RFID technology provider for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The NIH Division of Library Services, through a comprehensive range… Read More
Safari Books Online introduces Apple mobile integration with Safari Bookbag - October 30, 2008
Safari Books Online, a US-based e-reference joint venture between publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, has announced Safari Bookbag, allowing the download of chapter and full book PDFs to the iPhone and iPod touch. Safari Bookbag can be installed via the Apple App Store… Read More
Ex Libris releases Primo Version 2.1 - October 29, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the general release of version 2.1 of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. New functionality contained in version 2.1 is a result of continued collaboration with the international Primo user community, currently over 100 strong, spanning 15… Read More
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
