The Institute of Education adopts Ex Libris Primo - March 6, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris® Group has announced that the Institute of Education (IOE), a renowned center for teacher education and educational research at the University of London, has chosen to adopt the Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Primo will enable the IOE's Newsam… Read More
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, selects Ex Libris Alma to streamline operations and provide insightful analytics - February 27, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. Keen to promote its vision for innovative library services, UT is adding Alma to the university libraries' implementation of the Ex… Read More
SHARE releases Notification System Project Plan - February 7, 2014
The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) - a joint initiative of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) – has released the SHARE Notification System Project Plan. The plan details the first… Read More
The Biochemical Society and Portland Press announce participation in the Access to Research initiative - February 5, 2014
The Biochemical Society and Portland Press Limited have announced their participation in the Access to Research initiative, providing free licensed access to over a quarter of a million journal articles and conference proceedings through participating UK libraries. Through Portland Press Limited, the Society's wholly-owned publishing… Read More
Edinburgh Napier University goes live with Primo discovery and delivery solution - February 5, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Edinburgh Napier University has gone live with the Primo discovery and delivery solution. The first information services department in Scotland certified as meeting the UK government's Customer Service Excellence standard, Edinburgh Napier Library now provides its… Read More
The American Library Association to preserve Library Resources & Technical Services with Portico - February 4, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that the American Library Association will be preserving the e-journal Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS), the research journal of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), with Portico. This will ensure that these… Read More
Library of Congress and OCLC sign agreement for enhanced access to cataloguing services and applications - January 31, 2014
The Library of Congress and the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) have signed a cooperative agreement that will allow mutual subscribers seamless access between the Library's Cataloger's Desktop and Classification Web subscription services and OCLC's WebDewey and WorldShare Metadata Manager subscription services.… Read More
Kansas State University Libraries opt for Ex Libris Alma - January 30, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Kansas State University (K-State) has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. Replacing multiple systems including Ex Libris Voyager, Alma will streamline operations at K-State Libraries by providing a cloud-based, open, and unified platform… Read More
The Bibliothek am Guisanplatz in Switzerland goes live with Ex Libris Alma and Primo - January 29, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bibliothek am Guisanplatz (BiG) in Switzerland has gone live with the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the next-generation Alma resource management service. Bibliothek am Guisanplatz - the leading library of the Alexandria Library Network… Read More
LIBROS selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services - January 24, 2014
LIBROS, the consortium that connects 16 academic libraries in New Mexico, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new cloud-based library management system. WorldShare Management Services is an integrated suite of library management applications - from acquisitions and circulation, to… Read More
