Five more publishers endorse KBART Working Group recommendations - October 4, 2012
The US' National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the UKSG have announced that BioOne, JSTOR, LOCKSS, the Royal Society of Chemistry and SpringerLink are the most recent organisations to publicly endorse the Phase I recommendations of the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Working Group. The… Read More
Boston Library Consortium chooses ebrary, YBP for patron driven acquisition e-book pilot - October 3, 2012
The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) has chosen ebrary, a proQuest business, and YBP Library Services, the academic division of Baker & Taylor, for a patron driven acquisition (PDA) e-book pilot. The aim is to make it easier and more affordable for its member libraries to acquire… Read More
3M Cloud Library helps Penguin Group enter eBook lending market - October 2, 2012
The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service recently launched a pilot programme that helps to bring Penguin eBooks to library patrons at the New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library. The pilot programme allows the libraries to purchase and lend Penguin eBooks through the 3M… Read More
IE Library selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services - October 1, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has announced that the IE Library serving IE Business School in Madrid and IE University Library in Segovia, Spain, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new library management solution. IE Library is the first library in Spain to commit… Read More
OCLC adds Italian public library records to WorldCat - September 27, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has added the records of a group of more than 100 public libraries in the province of Trento, Italy, to WorldCat. This addition significantly increases the number of Italian language records in what is claimed to be the world's largest database… Read More
OUP ties up with MaRLI, TRNL to deliver monograph content via e-book programme - September 26, 2012
Publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has signed an agreement with the Manhattan Research Library Initiative (MaRLI) and the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN). Under the deal, OUP will deliver monograph content through its University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) e-book programme as well as a "shared… Read More
Neal-Schuman brings out Facet Publishing guide for new library professionals - September 24, 2012
Facet Publishing has published The New Professional's Toolkit, a practical guide to help new professionals in their career development as well as prepare current library & information science students for the road ahead. The resource is available through Neal-Schuman Publishers. Editor Bethan Ruddock seeks to draw… Read More
Credo Reference launches Literati for public libraries - September 21, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced the launch of Literati for Public Libraries. The new solution combines core reference titles, technologies that increase discovery across all digital content platforms and customised training and marketing services and tools developed by on-staff librarians. While a… Read More
NISO publishes COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile as a Recommended Practice - September 20, 2012
The National Information Standards Organisation (NISO), US, has announced the publication of the COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile. The new Recommended Practice seeks to provide a practical implementation structure to be used in the creation of reports and services related to harvesting of COUNTER Release 4 reports using… Read More
Central Michigan University opts for Ex Libris Primo and bX Recommender - September 20, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Central Michigan University (CMU) has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, with the Primo Central Index of scholarly e‑resources, and the bX Recommender. Primo, which will be deployed as a cloud-based service, will provide… Read More
