ebrary’s new Extended Access service offers benefits of multi-user access for purchased titles with less upfront costs - June 19, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced Extended Access for titles purchased under a single-user license. Extended Access reduces up-front costs to the library, eliminates speculative purchases of multiple copies, and prevents turn-aways when titles are in use. There are several ways that libraries can purchase… Read More
State Library of Queensland becomes first state library to adopt Ex Libris’ next-generation library management service - June 19, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has joined the Australia and New Zealand early-adopter programme for the Alma library management service. An institution with a history of leadership in library technology, SLQ was the first… Read More
Credo Reference partners with public libraries to launch Literati Public - June 18, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced plans to serve Public Libraries with Literati Public, a new expression of its suite of Digital and Information Literacy solutions. Literati Public, developed in close partnership with public librarians, is a customisable solution that promotes the mission… Read More
Libraries in Australia begin pilot projects to implement OCLC WorldShare Management Services - June 15, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that libraries in Australia have began pilot projects to implement OCLC WorldShare Management Services just weeks after the company began operating a new data center in Sydney. OCLC WorldShare Management Services is the cooperative’s new cloud-based approach to managing… Read More
Kuali OLE-JISC project to help libraries manage their e-resources - June 14, 2012
Kuali OLE, an academic library software collaboration in the US, and JISC, the UK's expert on digital technologies for education and research, have announced a collaboration. The aim is to make data about e-resources - such as publication and licensing information - more easily available. Together,… Read More
Serials Solutions unveils enhancements to library management solutions - June 13, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that multiple new features and enhancements to its management solutions are now available. The new capabilities with 360 Resource Manager and 360 Counter focus on the ability to populate data into the resource management system more easily; improved workflows… Read More
CQ Press in deal with Credo Reference to include 40 titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections - June 13, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that CQ Press is the latest publisher to join Credo Reference with an agreement to include 40 of their most sought-after titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections. According to the company, apart from attracting new publishers… Read More
EBSCO awards two public libraries with one-year subscriptions to LibraryAware - June 8, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has awarded two public libraries with one-year subscriptions to LibraryAware, an online programme designed to maximise libraries’ promotional resources, helping them to integrate outreach with customisable, scalable tools and resources. The winners were chosen by drawing at a… Read More
NISO members approve project to formalise SIP as American National Standard - June 8, 2012
The voting members of US-based National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved a new project to formalise the 3M Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP) as an American National Standard. Introduced in 1993, the SIP protocol provides a mechanism for Integrated Library Systems (ILS) applications and self-service devices… Read More
CALJ members express concern over cuts to Library and Archives Canada and the National Archival development programme - June 7, 2012
Dr. Frits Pannekoek, the newly-elected President of the Canadian Association of Learned Journals (CALJ), recently addressed a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister Harper and Heritage Minister James Moore, in which, he expressed the deep concern of CALJ members at recent cuts to Library and Archives… Read More
