Arizona Universities Library Consortium opts for Ex Libris Alma, Primo and bX solutions - March 2, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Arizona Universities Library Consortium (AULC) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® library management service, along with the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery platform and bX® scholarly recommender service, to make scholarly resources more readily available to… Read More
Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology goes live with Ex Libris Alma library management service - March 1, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest Company, has announced that Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has gone live with the Ex Libris Alma® library management platform. The Alma service is integrated with the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution, which POSTECH has been using… Read More
Cardiff University to use OCLC Sustainable Collection Services to redefine library collections - February 21, 2017
OCLC has announced that Cardiff University, one of Britain's leading research universities, will use OCLC Sustainable Collection Services (SCS) to analyze and inform decisions about consolidating print collections in preparation for a move to a new purpose-built library in a few years.… Read More
FH Münster now live with OCLC’s cloud-based WorldShare Management Services - February 20, 2017
OCLC and the library of Münster University of Applied Sciences have announced that FH Münster is now live with OCLC's cloud-based WorldShare Management Services (WMS). FH Münster's decision last March to adopt WMS as its library management system was followed by a period of preparation… Read More
Latest release of the Summon discovery service to improve research experience and support librarians’ decision-making processes - January 25, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that a new release of the Summon® discovery service will help libraries improve the user experience and will provide usage insights to support libraries' decision-making processes. Patrons will benefit from enhanced search and ranking technologies, exposure to more relevant… Read More
Washington and Lee University selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo - January 24, 2017
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that Washington and Lee University (W&L) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library management service and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery platform. The University is the eighth institution in Virginia to adopt both solutions. Replacing the… Read More
HELIN Library Consortium goes live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services - January 23, 2017
The HELIN Library Consortium, which includes seven academic libraries in the north-eastern United States, is now live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the library services platform that offers all the applications needed to manage a library, including acquisitions, circulation, metadata, resource… Read More
Cambridge University Press’ new project to improve discoverability of library resources - January 17, 2017
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has reportedly embarked on a huge project to improve the discoverability of resources and ensure that the MARC (MAchine-readable cataloging) records across all eBooks are impeccable. A MARC record is the bibliographic record a library needs for their online catalogues –… Read More
Tsinghua University in Beijing selects Ex Libris Alma library management service - January 16, 2017
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that Tsinghua University in Beijing has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® library management service to replace the university's Innovative Millennium integrated library system. Tsinghua University was ranked as the top university in China by QS World University Rankings®. Tsinghua… Read More
Universitat Politècnica de València opts for Ex Libris Alma and Primo - January 10, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Universitat Politècnica de València, a customer of Ex Libris Aleph® since 2000, has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® resource management service and Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution to help the library meet its strategic goals… Read More
