EBSCO announces new search enhancements to easily retrieve German Language Content in EBSCOhost and EDS - November 22, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has further advanced its multilingual support by introducing two new German-Language search enhancements — an improved umlaut search and increased support for variants. These new features are expected to enhance the search experience for German-language users in EBSCOhost… Read More
University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein selects Serials Solutions’ Summon Service and 360 Link - November 18, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein, South Africa, has selected the Summon web-scale discovery service and 360 Link OpenURL link resolver to further increase the discoverability and access to its… Read More
Serials Solutions and BTJ in deal to enable discovery of the ArtikelSök resource from the Summon service - November 17, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has signed an agreement with Swedish publisher BTJ to enable the discovery of their ArtikelSök resource from the Summon web-scale discovery service. With the inclusion of metadata for the over 2 million items including articles from… Read More
OCLC and Sabinet partner to transform resource discovery and delivery in South African libraries - October 31, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has signed an agreement with Sabinet, its partner in South Africa. The deal is to provide WorldCat Local, OCLC's discovery service, as a single point of access and delivery of electronic, print and digital resources to the National Library of South… Read More
Serials Solutions and JST agreement to enable discovery of J-Stage content from Summon service - October 26, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of US-based ProQuest LLC, has signed an agreement with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) to enable the discovery of its Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic (J-Stage) content from the Summon web-scale discovery service. With the inclusion of… Read More
Cornell University selects Serials Solutions Summon discovery service - October 20, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that Cornell University Library is adopting the Summon service to improve the discoverability of its vast digital resources and library materials for its patrons. By utilising the Summon application program interface (API), Cornell University… Read More
Metadata from Gemeinsamer Bibliotheks Verbund now included in Serials Solutions Summon Service - September 22, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of US-based ProQuest LLC, has signed an agreement with the German library consortium Gemeinsamer Bibliotheks Verbund (GBV) to index the vast amount of German-language metadata catalogued by participating consortium libraries in the Summon web-scale discovery service. With more than 34 million… Read More
Five Swedish institutions select the Primo discovery and delivery solution from Ex Libris - September 22, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that five Swedish institutions joined the Primo community within the last month. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Mid Sweden University, Luleå University of Technology, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, and Jönköping University represent the latest in… Read More
Serials Solutions’ Summon Service expands content available from OUP - September 21, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that it has expanded its current agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP). The new deal will enable the discovery of five additional OUP resources from the Summon web-scale discovery service. With the inclusion of the… Read More
UK University selects EBSCO Discovery Service to help end users search multiple eResources from a single search box - September 21, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the University of Cumbria in the UK has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to play an integral role in bringing a readily accessible digital library to students. The University will use its implementation of EDS to… Read More
