Full text of HathiTrust collection made searchable via EDS - September 9, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced an agreement with HathiTrust. The deal allows for full text searching of HathiTrust content within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), giving EDS users access to the entire array of HathiTrust's collection. This is seen to greatly expand their… Read More
TEMIS and Alfresco in deal to integrate Luxid to Alfresco’s open source content management solutions - September 9, 2011
Text analytics solutions provider TEMIS, US, and Alfresco, an open source alternative for enterprise social content management, has unveiled an integration enabling the deployment of its flagship content enrichment platform Luxid to Alfresco's open source content management solutions. Based on patented TEMIS technology, Luxid is… Read More
EBSCO and Adam Matthew Group in deal to add Primary Source collections to EDS - September 2, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced an agreement with the Adam Matthew Group. Under the deal, metadata from the Adam Matthew Group's primary source collections and works will be added to the Base Index of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The resources… Read More
Asbury Theological Seminary selects EBSCO Discovery Service - August 31, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that its EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) has been selected by Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky as its discovery service. The seminary was looking for a way to merge the research experiences of both novice and advanced… Read More
Columbia College Chicago opts for EBSCO Discovery Service - August 24, 2011
EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that Columbia College Chicago, the largest private arts and media college in the US, has selected the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The college expects that EDS will help improve return on investment and increase productivity by simplifying the research process and… Read More
Dutch Universities migrate to Ex Libris Cloud Environment - August 22, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Leiden University, Universiteit van Amsterdam (the University of Amsterdam, or UvA), and Hogeschool van Amsterdam (the University of Applied Sciences, or HvA) have selected a cloud-based installation of the Primo discovery and delivery solution, including… Read More
Content from Chongqing VIP Information Co included in Primo Central Index - August 19, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Chongqing VIP Information Co. Ltd. (CQVIP), the third largest Chinese aggregator, has made its content searchable in the Primo Central Index. CQVIP will enable both the metadata and the full text of its Chinese journals to… Read More
Brown University adopts Serials Solutions’ Summon discovery service - August 19, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that Brown University Library has chosen its Summon web-scale discovery service to improve the discoverability and usability of library electronic resources for its students, faculty and staff. The Summon service seeks to enable Brown University's… Read More
More research libraries in North America opt for Ex Libris Primo with the Primo Central Index - August 18, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the North American Primo community is continuing to expand rapidly. Numerous research institutions have opted for locally hosted or cloud-based implementations of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Academic institutions in North America that… Read More
Six more institutions in Italy opt for Primo discovery and delivery solution - August 4, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the Italian Primo community is continuing its expansion, with the addition of six institutions that have opted for locally hosted or cloud-based implementations of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Italian institutions that recently… Read More