Swets’ Libraries R-evolution project now contains contributions from over 70 of Asia’s distinguished libraries and institutions - October 25, 2011
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that www.librariesrevolution.com now contains contributions from over 70 of Asia’s most distinguished libraries and institutions. Launched in July of this year, Swets’ Libraries R-evolution project is a collaborative and informative partnership between Swets and the… Read More
OCLC announces enhancements to WorldCat Local - October 18, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced latest enhancements for WorldCat Local. This includes availability on brief results, Local Holdings Record searching, article links and branch information for mobile views and more. The latest additions to the popular discovery and delivery service now allow users… Read More
Bowker adds content from Doody’s Book Reviews to Syndetics Solutions - October 14, 2011
Bibliographic information management solutions provider Bowker, US, has announced that Syndetics Solutions, its OPAC and discovery layer enrichment tool, is adding content from Doody's Book Reviews, a source of reviews of medical and healthcare works. Libraries who subscribe to Syndetics Solutions can add the reviews to… Read More
Mountain State University Library selects SirsiDynix Symphony and Enterprise - October 14, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that the Mountain State University Library has chosen SirsiDynix Symphony as its integrated library system and SirsiDynix Enterprise as its discovery platform. A private institution based in Beckley, West Virginia, Mountain State University serves students not only… Read More
Casalini Libri collections now searchable via Ex Libris Primo Central Index - October 7, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Casalini Libri has joined the rapidly expanding group of information providers whose scholarly content is searchable in the Primo Central Index. Casalini Libri will enable Primo Central to index Torrossa.it, a full-text platform that contains… Read More
British Library welcomes CENL announcement to support Open Data Licensing - October 6, 2011
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has welcomed the announcement made by the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) to support the open licensing of their data. This will mean that datasets describing millions of books and texts published in Europe will become… Read More
Gale’ new international online business resource to help students transform information into insight - September 30, 2011
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has released Gale Business Insights: Global, a new international online business resource designed to empower students to progress quickly from basic research to higher levels of understanding. The resource is projected to be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate… Read More
University of Michigan to rework orphan works identification as project gets suspended - September 26, 2011
The University of Michigan has suspended its orphan works digitisation project in response to the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against it and four other universities, including Cornell. According to Paul Courant, Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan, the system for identifying orphan works is… Read More
SirsiDynix selected as supplier for the LGSAS framework - September 26, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynixl, US, has been selected as a successful bidder in Lot 5 of the Local Government Software Application Solutions (LGSAS) Framework tender. SirsiDynix is now an authorised supplier in Lot 5 of the framework, which covers library, museum and leisure-related software application… Read More
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola selects SirsiDynix Symphony ILS - September 23, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola in Lima, Peru, has selected the SirsiDynix Symphony integrated library system. Additionally, it will utilise SirsiDynix Portfolio digital asset management and the SirsiDynix Enterprise discovery platform to enable library users to… Read More
