UMass Amherst Libraries join HathiTrust partnership - December 9, 2013
The UMass Amherst Libraries has become one of the newest partners of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in an extraordinary digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. As… Read More
BIBSYS Consortium opts for Ex Libris Alma - December 6, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that BIBSYS, the Norwegian national provider of library services, has selected the Alma library management service. BIBSYS will use Alma in conjunction with Ex Libris Primo to provide next-generation library services for a consortium of over 100… Read More
Serials Solutions Intota Assessment now available - November 22, 2013
Intota™ Assessment, a library collection analytics service from Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is now available. It claims to be the most comprehensive assessment solution that gives libraries a holistic view of both monographs and serials in both electronic and print format, enabling data-driven decisions regarding… Read More
Australia’s national science agency selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo - November 20, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has selected the Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo replace a number of systems including Ex Libris Voyager and Proquest… Read More
Primo Central Index now features metadata from e-books and e-journals published by De Gruyter - November 18, 2013
The Primo Central Index, a discovery and delivery service offered by the library software provider Ex Libris, now features metadata from all of the e-books and e-journals published by De Gruyter as well as its imprints and publishing partners. The Primo Central… Read More
ALA launches Policy Revolution initiative for libraries - November 15, 2013
The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) will immediately begin work on a national public policy agenda and action plan for U.S. libraries with support from a new grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Nearly $1 million in funding over… Read More
Swets and Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization announce partnership - November 13, 2013
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has partnered with the Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization (WALDO), to maximise the effectiveness and expand the impact of libraries throughout the Northeast. The agreement provides WALDO members competitive pricing to a wide array of Swets solutions that address Selection Management,… Read More
Jisc and Ex Libris announce collaboration to support UK academic libraries - November 11, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has entered into a collaborative agreement with Jisc to help academic libraries manage their e‑resources. The collaboration will improve library efficiency by continually updating data from Jisc's Knowledge Base+ (KB+) to the KnowledgeBase of the… Read More
ARL invites libraries to join global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey - November 11, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) invites libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey, which will feature several enhancements. When the LibQUAL+ survey year opens in January, the team will introduce a mobile version of the… Read More
Montana Higher Education Institutions select Ex Libris’ discovery suite for its flexibility and best-in-class consortial support - October 31, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Montana and the Montana State University System - both multi-campus consortia - have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, the SFX OpenURL link resolver, and the bX Recommender. The Ex Libris solutions… Read More
