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
Latest RLI issue features Report of the ARL Task Force on ILL and Document Delivery Practices - May 31, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published issue 275 of Research Library Issues (RLI). This issue of RLI features the Report of the ARL Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Document Delivery Practices. The report, affirmed by the ARL Board of Directors… Read More
ARL affirms international interlibrary loan activities for North American libraries - May 30, 2011
Nonprofit organisation Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has announced that its board has affirmed that it is the right of North American research libraries to participate in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery activities. The decision was taken at ARL's spring 2011 meeting. … Read More
ARL and Ascendant Strategy Management Group partner to bring Balanced Scorecard to 10 Libraries - May 26, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Ascendant Strategy Management Group have agreed to begin development of Balanced Scorecards (BSCs) for a group of 10 libraries. The agreement marks an extension of a partnership between the two organisations that began… Read More
NLM releases digital versions of American medical books from 17th century onwards - May 24, 2011
The US' National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has released 'Medicine in the Americas', a digital resource encompassing over 300 early American printed books. The resource makes freely available original works demonstrating the evolution of American medicine from… Read More
