Serials Solutions unveils Spotlighting service for dynamic display options - January 25, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has introduced a new feature in its Summon discovery service, named Summon Spotlighting, which provides dynamic display options for specialised content types. Image Spotlighting is said to dramatically improve the discoverability of libraries' most unique and valued collections. Libraries are expected… Read More
Washington University in St. Louis opts for Ex Libris Primo - January 22, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University Libraries of Washington University in St. Louis have selected a cloud-based installation of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Washington University, a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has also subscribed to… Read More
Longwoods Publishing healthcare journals to be indexed in Summon discovery service - January 18, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that it is working with Longwoods Publishing to index the latter's healthcare journals in the Summon discovery service. Most of the content is devoted to Canadian medical practice, but some journals have an international focus. All of the publications… Read More
OhioLINK and EBSCO in deal to provide EDS as a shared service to OhioLINK libraries - December 17, 2012
The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) and its Library Advisory Council have announced an agreement with EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) to provide the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as a shared service to OhioLINK libraries. As a result, member-libraries of Ohio's academic library… Read More
Serials Solutions in deal with five German publishers to index their scholarly content in Summon discovery service - December 14, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the company is working with several eminent German publishers to index their scholarly content in the Summon discovery service. This German-language content is among the most widely subscribed to by academic institutions in Germany, as well as… Read More
BioMed Central unveils semantically enriched search tool, Cases Database - December 11, 2012
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central has launched a new semantically-enriched search tool, Cases Database, which aims to enhance the discovery, filtering and aggregation of medical case reports from many journals. OA to journal articles published under Creative Commons licences, which permit text mining, enable the… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and University Library Online in Russia partner to add educational and scientific literature to EDS - December 5, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and University Online Library in Russia have developed a new partnership. The new agreement allows content from University Online Library to be searched within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The deal will add e-book metadata from the University… Read More
Universita La Sapienza in Italy selects EBSCO Discovery Service - November 14, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that the Universita La Sapienza in Italy has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Universita La Sapienza University claims to be one of the largest universities in Europe. EDS will play a major role in consolidating its… Read More
ProQuest expands full-text searching of ebrary titles in Summon Discovery service - November 8, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is boosting the visibility of e-books in library collections by providing for the full text of an additional 400,000 e-books to be discovered and accessed as part of a broad search of library holdings. The initiative to improve… Read More
Scope eKnowledge Center completes controlled vocabulary project for a leading global information provider - November 5, 2012
Content enhancement and knowledge services provider Scope eKnowledge Center, India, recently completed a review of an existing controlled vocabulary in Physics for a leading, global information provider. The assignment included a significant enhancement of the controlled vocabulary to nearly 11,500 preferred terms, with extensive hierarchies, non-preferred… Read More
