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News Roundup
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, EBSCO, Elsevier, Ex Libris, Gale, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Roundup
1. EBSCO Introduces the Concept of EBSCO Open 2. Bibliocommons Announces Partnership With Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Library For New Discovery Service Note: This is the second Bibliocommons partnership deal in less than a week. Last Friday, the San Diego Public Library said they’re also bringing BiblioCore tech to their library. 3. Innovative: New Service Simplifies […]
News Roundup
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Ex Libris, Libraries, News, Roundup, School Libraries
1. Web Accessibility in Research Libraries: A New Blog from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) 2. Actively Learn Teams Up With HarperCollins Publishers To Provide Popular Trade Titles To Schools 3. Three Major German Consortia and Ex Libris Join Forces for an Alma-Based Common Bibliographic Data Zone
Conference Slide Presentation/Case Studies: “Managing Discovery and Linking Services”
| Academic Libraries, EBSCO, Ex Libris, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Resources
The slide deck (59 slides) embedded below was recently uploaded to SlideShare. The presentation took place at the NASIG 30th Annual Conference on May 28, 2015 in Washington, DC. Here’s the Session Abstract From the Conference Web Site: There is a growing trend towards a consolidation of services for Electronic Resource Management (ERM), A-Z journal […]
A New Report by Marshall Breeding Now Available Online: “Library Services Platforms: A Mature Genre of Products”
| Associations and Organizations, Ex Libris, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Open Access, Reports, Resources
The May/June 2015 (Vol. 51, No.4) issue of ALA’s Library Technology Reports features a new report by library tech consultant, author, speaker and the person behind Library Technology Guides (website and database), Marshall Breeding. The new report is titled, Library Services Platforms: A Mature Genre of Products and the full text is open access/free to […]
The Top 10 “Hot” Articles in Library and Information Science, March 2015
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Ex Libris, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
Powered by bX Hot Articles from Ex Libris. Hot Articles is based on usage data from millions of researchers across journals, publishers and platforms. It helps the users to discover articles that other users found interesting – in general and for a specific topic. More Hot Articles bx Hot Articles for Other Disciplines
Official: EBSCO Acquires YBP
| Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), EBSCO, Ex Libris, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Resources, Special Libraries
UPDATE 4:45 PM: Coverage from Meredith Schwartz at Library Journal UPDATE 2:45 PM: We’ve added links to comments from ProQuest re:GOBI at the bottom of this post. Here’s the official announcement from EBSCO about today’s acquisition of YBP Library Services. More to come on infoDOCKET and on Library Journal. From EBSCO: EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) […]
The Top 10 “Hot” Articles in Library and Information Science, February 2015
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Ex Libris, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
Powered by bX Hot Articles from Ex Libris. Hot Articles is based on usage data from millions of researchers across journals, publishers and platforms. It helps the users to discover articles that other users found interesting – in general and for a specific topic. More Hot Articles bx Hot Articles for Other Disciplines
News Briefs: Items from CHORUS, PeerJ, ExLibris, and Follett
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Conference Presentations, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Ex Libris, News, Open Access, Publishing
1. Altmetric Begins Utilizing Wikipedia as Source For Citations (English Language Wikipedia Only) 2. CHORUS (Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States) Announces Four New Members: Science (AAAS), PNAS, American Diabetes Association, and AAP-PSP Science/AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) AAP/PSP: Professional/Scholarly Publishing […]
Full Text Paper: “Linking Libraries to the Web: Linked Data and the Future of the Bibliographic Record”
| Awards, Data Files, Ex Libris, Journal Articles, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Resources, School Libraries
The following paper by Brighid Mooney Gonzales was the recipient of the 2014 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award. Title Linking Libraries to the Web: Linked Data and the Future of the Bibliographic Record Author Brighid Mooney Gonzales Source Information Technology and Libraries (Vol. 33, No. 4; 2014) Abstract The ideas behind Linked Data and the […]
1. CrossRef’s CrossMark Rolled Out Across All of Taylor & Francis Online 2. Audiobooks: Recorded Books Completes Acquisition of Tantor Media 3. Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm Selects Ex Libris Alma 4. Scopus 2014 Year in Review More to Come
