ARL, ACRL, ALA extend Joint Advisory Task Force on IPEDS Academic Libraries component definitions - November 25, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), and the American Library Association (ALA) have extended their Joint Advisory Task Force through August 31, 2022, to continue efforts to bring the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System… Read More
University of Michigan Library selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo to improve resource sharing and analytics - November 13, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Michigan Library has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution to provide innovative services to the school’s diverse constituents. The University of Michigan Library is one… Read More
German NRW Consortium opts for Ex Libris Alma Library services platform - November 6, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Center (hbz) has signed the contract with Ex Libris on behalf of the North Rhine-Westphalian (NRW) consortium in order to introduce the Alma® library services platform to the 43 member institutions of the… Read More
Cairn.info joins OASIS® publisher-direct program - November 5, 2019
ProQuest has announced the addition of 7,000 electronic books from Cairn.info to the lineup of aggregator- and publisher-direct platforms available on the OASIS® platform. Cairn.info offers the most comprehensive online collection of francophone electronic books in the social sciences and humanities, with both frontlists and backlists… Read More
Ex Libris Alma and Primo go live at Keio University and Waseda University in Japan - October 29, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the consortium formed by Japan’s Keio University and Waseda University has gone live with the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Keio University and Waseda University are leading the… Read More
Chalmers University of Technology becomes first institution to go live with FOLIO Library Service platform - October 22, 2019
Chalmers University of Technology has become the first university library to go live with FOLIO with hosting services from EBSCO Information Services. FOLIO is an open source service platform created by a community of librarians, services providers and developers. Adopting the FOLIO platform allows Chalmers to… Read More
University of Twente opts for OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services to offer improved collaborative services - October 21, 2019
University of Twente (UT), an entrepreneurial research university, has chosen WorldShare Management Services (WMS) to support management of electronic content, to enhance business processes, and to facilitate partnerships across the global library network. The selection of WMS confirms UT’s commitment to continued investment in electronic content.… Read More
Bukkyo University selects Ex Libris Alma library services platform - October 8, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Bukkyo University library has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform. It will be used in conjunction with the Ex Libris Summon® discovery service, which the university implemented in 2011. Bukkyo University is replacing a locally… Read More
East Tennessee State University selects Ex Libris RapidILL resource-sharing service to enhance interlibrary loan activities while providing cost savings - October 4, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that East Tennessee State University (ETSU) has chosen the Ex Libris RapidILL resource-sharing service to improve the interlibrary loan experience for patrons of the university’s Sherrod Library. Originally developed by staff at the Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries… Read More
The American College of Greece selects OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services as its library services platform - August 26, 2019
The American College of Greece, the oldest American-accredited college in Europe, has selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as its new library services platform. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the cloud-based library services platform with WorldCat as its foundation, which allows library… Read More
