Austrian Library Network and Service Center go live with Alma Network Zone - June 21, 2018
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that 13 members of the Österreichische Bibliothekenverbund (Austrian Library Network, or OBV) and the Österreichische Bibliothekenverbund und Service GmbH (Austrian Library Network and Service, or OBVSG), have migrated their federated database to a network zone of the Ex Libris… Read More
Allen County Public Library first to adopt OCLC Wise in the US - June 14, 2018
Allen County Public Library, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has signed on to implement OCLC Wise, the first community engagement system for U.S. public libraries. The agreement represents the first commitment by a US public library to implement Wise. Uniquely holistic in… Read More
SirsiDynix releases BLUEcloud Analytics for EOS.Web - June 8, 2018
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix has announced the release of BLUEcloud Analytics for EOS.Web. BLUEcloud Analytics helps libraries surface insights into how their library is being used so they can make educated, data-driven decisions. Fundamentally, it empowers EOS.Web customers with the enterprise-class tools of analytics, dashboards,… Read More
Liberty University selects Ex Libris Alma library services platform - June 6, 2018
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Liberty University has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform. Liberty University claims to be the largest private, non-profit university in the US and the largest university in Virginia. Alma will be implemented alongside the school's Summon®… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and the Five Colleges Consortium announce EBSCO FOLIO Beta Partnership - June 5, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and the Five Colleges Consortium have agreed to an EBSCO FOLIO Beta Partnership. The consortium includes Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. These institutions will leverage the FOLIO Library Services Platform in a… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and ALZAD Inc. expand partnership to support its libraries using FOLIO Library Services Platform - June 1, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and ALZAD Inc. have expanded their partnership to ensure libraries adopting the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP) will be able to rely on hosting and services support. The agreement confirms ALZAD's commitment to provide FOLIO implementation and support services backed by… Read More
OCLC and Casalini Libri expand partnership - May 24, 2018
OCLC and Casalini Libri, a leading international library service provider based in Italy, have signed an agreement to expand their partnership to provide libraries with high quality bibliographic records that improve library users' access to authoritative content. Under terms of the expanded agreement, Casalini Libri… Read More
Tolstoy Library selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new library services platform - May 17, 2018
The Tolstoy Library (Die Tolstoi-Bibliothek) in Munich has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new library services platform. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the cloud-based library services platform that provides all of the applications needed to manage a library, including acquisitions, circulation, resource sharing,… Read More
Fondazione Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura selects Ex Libris Rosetta and Alma solutions - May 9, 2018
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Fondazione Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura (European library of information and culture, or BEIC) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and Rosetta digital asset management and preservation solution to more effectively manage the… Read More
Public libraries in Norway to add records of collections to WorldCat through Norwegian Library Center - May 9, 2018
The Norwegian Library Center (Biblioteksentralen SA) has selected OCLC to enable public libraries in Norway to load records of their collections into WorldCat, the comprehensive database of information about library collections. The Norwegian Library Center is a public cooperative owned by 416 municipalities, 15 counties,… Read More
