British Library joins FutureLearn Mooc initiative - February 19, 2013
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has announced its intention to join the UK's Mooc platform, FutureLearn Ltd., offering participants of its online courses access to the Library's digitised resources. The Library will be the first non-university research institution to join the initiative,… Read More
Lancaster University selects Ex Libris’ Alma library management solution - February 19, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Lancaster University in the United Kingdom is live in production with the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. Having launched the Primo discovery and delivery solution to users in 2010, Alma now consolidates all… Read More
Higher education institutions in Brazil and Saudi Arabia gain access to Gale’s National Geographic Virtual Library - February 18, 2013
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced the signing of license agreements that will enable higher education institutions throughout Brazil and Saudi Arabia to access Gale’s National Geographic Virtual Library. Developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the National Geographic Virtual Library comprises National… Read More
California State University, Sacramento, selects Ex Libris Alma Library Management Service - February 13, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that California State University, Sacramento ("Sacramento State"), has selected the Alma unified library management solution. The University Library at Sacramento State will consolidate library operations under Alma, which will replace a number of systems: the Innovative… Read More
ARL to be one of ten host institutions for the inaugural National Digital Stewardship Residency programme - February 11, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that it has been selected as one of ten host institutions for the inaugural National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) programme, launched by the Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The NDSR programme… Read More
Google to digitise books from Michigan State University Libraries - February 11, 2013
Books from the Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries will soon be digitised by Google to become part of the Google Books website. Google Books has digitized millions of titles from university libraries and indexed the contents so users can search across the entire set. MSU's… Read More
Australia’s Macquarie University selects Ex Libris’ Alma library management solution - February 5, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Macquarie University has selected the Alma library management solution. By adding Alma to the Primo discovery and delivery solution, which the Macquarie community uses for searching the university library's local and global collections, Macquarie offers… Read More
Swiss library BiG opts for Ex Libris’ Primo and Alma solutions - January 29, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bibliothek am Guisanplatz (BiG) in Switzerland has adopted its Primo discovery and delivery solution and the next-generation Alma resource management service. BiG, the leading library of the Alexandria Library Network, reportedly required an integrated framework… Read More
Web-scale management solution Intota to be released in 2013 with Intota Assessment - January 28, 2013
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of technology for libraries, has announced that its Intota web-scale management solution will debut in 2013 with Intota Assessment, a library collection analytics service that provides book and serials analysis and consolidated usage. Available later this year, the new service includes… Read More
Ingram adds new content access model to MyiLibrary e-content platform - January 24, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, has added a new content access model to its MyiLibrary e-content platform to provide libraries greater flexibility in e-book lending. Access Model, MyiLibrary's latest model, enables libraries to purchase a set of access credits for an e-book and lend it… Read More
