OCLC adds 500,000 records to WorldCat from China Academic Library and Information System - February 17, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has added 500,000 records to WorldCat from the China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS), a nationwide academic library consortium with a mission to promote, maintain and improve resource sharing among Chinese university libraries and other libraries and institutions. These records… Read More
OCLC’s Website for Small Libraries project now available as a beta service - February 15, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that the Website for Small Libraries project, which began as an OCLC Innovation Lab experiment in 2011, is now available as a beta service for any library wishing to set up its own website. By participating in the… Read More
CLIR and NITLE form digital academic publishing programme - February 14, 2012
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) have announced the formation of Anvil Academic, a digital publisher for the humanities. Anvil will focus on publishing new forms of scholarship that cannot… Read More
ALA President, publishing execs discuss library lending of e-books - February 9, 2012
American Library Association (ALA) President Molly Raphael recently led an ALA delegation to New York to meet separately with representatives from publishers Penguin, Macmillan, Random House, Simon & Schuster and Perseus. The representatives at these meetings included CEOs, division presidents and other executives. Acknowledging that the… Read More
RMIT University and University of Otago join Ex Libris’ Alma early adopter programme - February 7, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that two more universities have joined the Australia and New Zealand early-adopter programme for the Alma library management service. The latest members are RMIT University, in Australia, and the University of Otago, in New Zealand. … Read More
National Library of Japan opts for Ex Libris’ Aleph integrated library system - February 1, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the National Diet Library (NDL) - the national library of Japan - completed its transition from its legacy system to the Aleph integrated library system and switched to full production in early January. The… Read More
Infotrieve announces enhancements to its cloud-based Mobile Library - January 31, 2012
e-content business service solutions provider Infotrieve, Inc., US, has announced a new release of its cloud-based Mobile Library, updated with an improved search function, additional features for Personal and Shared Libraries and general user interface enhancements. This new release also integrates the Mobile Library with Infotrieve's… Read More
Credo Reference launches new solution ‘Literati by Credo’ to promote information literacy - January 27, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that their new solution 'Literati by Credo' is now available to libraries worldwide. Literati by Credo is a collaborative research platform that promotes research effectiveness and information literacy by combining Credo's content with innovative library-centric technology. Beyond… Read More
Ex Libris Group launches version 21 of Aleph integrated library system - January 26, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that version 21 of the Aleph integrated library system has been released to the Aleph community of over 2,300 sites. Among the release’s 74 customer-driven enhancements are numerous features that reduce the total cost of… Read More
Credo Reference joins SwetsWise eBook catalogue - January 25, 2012
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that US-based reference databases provider Credo Reference has recently joined the SwetsWise eBook catalogue with over 1,500 reference works from more than 80 of the world's best reference publishers. Collections and titles are thoughtfully selected to offer broad… Read More
