National Library of New Zealand reduces costs by moving Te Puna Interloan service to OCLC - October 21, 2013
The National Library of New Zealand is working with OCLC to improve interlibrary lending and reduce costs by moving the infrastructure of the national Te Puna Interloan network to the hosted version of OCLC's VDX resource sharing system. OCLC's VDX document delivery and management system… Read More
Chicago Public Library selects Ingram’s comprehensive library service solutions to support large-scale PDA pilot for print books - October 16, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., has announced that the Chicago Public Library has selected its comprehensive library service solutions to support a large-scale Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) pilot for print books. The innovative Chicago Public Library program puts the power of content selection into patrons' hands.… Read More
University of Mannheim Library selects Ex Libris’ Alma library management solution - October 15, 2013
Library technology solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Mannheim has opted for the Alma library management solution. One of the leading economic and social science libraries in Germany, with a record of continuing innovation, the University of Mannheim joins over 170… Read More
Langston University selects Serials Solutions to streamline library management - October 14, 2013
Langston University has selected Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business to help streamline and improve e-resource management and usage data assessment at its library. The addition of management services, 360 Counter and 360 Resource Manager, will simplify formerly complex tasks, empowering the library staff to focus on… Read More
Serials Solutions Summon Service to index educational content from Flooved.com - October 7, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with new platform Flooved to make their growing collection of textbooks discoverable in the Summon service. With the inclusion of these educational course materials, students will now be able to discover mathematics and physics content contributed by professors from… Read More
Serials Solutions to index Turkish e-book database Hiperkitap in the Summon discovery service - October 3, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with Hiperlink Egitim Iletisim to index the first and only Turkish e-book database Hiperkitap, in the Summon discovery service. With the inclusion of full text and accompanying metadata in the Summon index, researchers will now be able to discover… Read More
ALA seeks nominations for libraries on the cutting edge - October 3, 2013
As part of its ongoing effort to identify and recognise libraries that are delivering quality library services in new ways, the American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting submissions for the best library practices using cutting-edge technology. Nominations must be submitted by November 15, 2013,… Read More
Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense opts for Ex Libris Primo and SFX - October 1, 2013
Library technology solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense has selected the Primo discovery and delivery service, the Primo Central Index of scholarly e-resources, and the SFX link resolver for its research community. A long-standing Ex Libris customer, Université… Read More
EBSCO introduces 15 new EBSCO eBook Subject sets to help librarians build e-book collections - September 30, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has introduced 15 new EBSCO eBook Subject Sets to help librarians build their e-book collections. Subject sets are pre-packaged sets of titles from leading publishers in specific, high-interest topics designed to meet the needs of libraries while simplifying collection… Read More
London South Bank University selects Serials Solutions 360 Link to improve access to content - September 27, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the London South Bank University has upgraded to ProQuest Serials Solutions 360 Link from their existing 360 Core subscription. With two libraries to cater for their 25,000 students, London South Bank University is committed to delivering essential content… Read More
