NISO’s draft policy on Physical Delivery of Library Resources available for public comment - July 11, 2011
The US' National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the availability of Physical Delivery of Library Resources (NISO RP-12-201x) for a public comment period ending on August 21, 2011. The physical delivery of library materials is an integral component of the library resource sharing process. … Read More
SirsiDynix unveils latest version of Portfolio digital asset management solution - July 4, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced the release of version 4.1 of its SirsiDynix Portfolio digital asset management solution. The solution builds upon SirsiDynix Enterprise search and discovery, adding digital asset management capabilities, optical character recognition (OCR) technology, open archives Initiative compatibility for web… Read More
OECD iLibrary usage statistics now available - June 27, 2011
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced that OECD iLibrary now provides usage statistics according to COUNTER standards, plus MARC records for all subscribers. OECD now provides reliable standardised usage reports for all content on OECD iLibrary. The… Read More
Ex Libris forms expert advisory group for open data in Alma library management service - June 23, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that it has brought together an international group of renowned library experts who will provide input during the formation of the Alma Community Zone, a catalogue of bibliographic records shared by all libraries that are using… Read More
British Library partners with Google to digitise 250,000 books from collection - June 21, 2011
The British Library and Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, have announced a partnership to digitise 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the former's collections. Selected by the British Library and digitised by Google, both organisations will work in partnership over the coming… Read More
IPA, STM respond to IFLA treaty on exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives - June 15, 2011
International Publishers Association (IPA) and the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) have reviewed verson 3.0 of the IFLA draft treaty ("the text"). IPA and STM strongly believe that addressing fundamental problems and progress on practical issues would require as a first step… Read More
Tilburg University selects Web-scale Management Services and WorldCat Local from OCLC for library management, discovery - June 10, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that the Tilburg University Library, in the Netherlands, has selected its Web-scale Management Services (WMS) and WorldCat Local as its new library management solution and integrated discovery-to-delivery service. The Tilburg University Library plans to become operational… Read More
Latest version of IEEE Xplore offers VDE content - June 8, 2011
Technical professional association IEEE, US, has released an upgrade to the IEEE Xplore digital library that highlights a new partnership with the German Electrical Engineering Society, VDE. The alliance reportedly offers subscribers access to all English language papers from more than 20 annual VDE conferences. … Read More
OCLC set to launch Web-scale Management Services - June 3, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that 32 libraries have committed to using OCLC Web-scale Management Services since the organisation announced that it was making its cloud-based library management services available to early adopters 10 months ago. OCLC Web-scale Management Services is… Read More
Trinity Western University’s Norma Marion Alloway Library selects SirsiDynix Symphony - May 31, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that Trinity Western University's Norma Marion Alloway Library has begun the upgrade of their system to the Symphony ILS along with 17 other libraries around the globe. Alloway Library plans to go live with the new system… Read More
