EBSCO Opens Metadata to Third-Party Discovery Services
The Digital Shift On Libraries and New Media, powered by Library Journal and School Library Journal In a move that will enhance the functionality of discovery services available through its partners and competitors alike, EBSCO Information Services in April announced a new policy on metadata sharing that will make all metadata for 129 of its full-text databases, more than 550,000 ebooks and more t
Putting the Pieces Together | Library Systems Landscape
Imagine a future library use case: a mom picks up her son from soccer practice, and he mentions that he has a report due the following day. He doesn’t have all of the materials he needs, and the local library is closing soon. So, the mom calls up the catalog using her car’s voice-activated web browser and reserves what he needs while driving. If that sounds like a pipe dream, it shouldn’t. Many ne
Swets Launches Open Access Payment Management Service
The Digital Shift On Libraries and New Media, powered by Library Journal and School Library Journal Global information services company Swets this month launched a new service to help academic libraries pay and manage article processing charges (APC) on an institutional scale. The move comes in response to a sharp increase in fee-based open access publishing in the United Kingdom. “We’ve seen a re
Automation Marketplace 2013: The Rush to Innovate
The Digital Shift On Libraries and New Media, powered by Library Journal and School Library Journal In this time of transition of the library automation industry, stakes are high for the vendors that are creating innovative—or even transformative—products and competing to bring these products first to the market. Establishing momentum early is essential in the library arena, which is attentive to
Google Drive as an Institutional Repository
The Digital Shift On Libraries and New Media, powered by Library Journal and School Library Journal Innovation comes in many guises. When we hear the word we probably most often thinks it means creating something new. But innovation can also be using something that already exists in a new way. Innovation of the latter variety was recently exhibited in an interesting post to the Code4Lib list. The
Library of Congress’ BIBFRAME Initiative: Part 2
The Digital Shift On Libraries and New Media, powered by Library Journal and School Library Journal As I described in Part 1, the Library of Congress’ “BIBFRAME” initiative is finally becoming a lot more public. With the release of the report cited in the previous post, details are now becoming a bit clearer on what the LOC envisions for our bibliographic future. Not long after the release of that
Library of Congress’ BIBFRAME Initiative: Part 1
Ever since the Library of Congress announced an effort to lead us beyond MARC a year ago last May, many of us have been wondering just what the effort would produce. With the recent release of a report titled “Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data Model and Supporting Services”, we have a much clearer, albeit not fully formed, idea of that. The paper sets forward a model that is p
EBSCO Focuses on Discovery and Partnerships
In recent months, EBSCO Publishing has been deepening and extending partnerships with major vendors of library management systems around the world so that it can remain focused on what it considers a core competency—discovery. To that end, the company is planning in 2013 to implement ILS integrations (first announced in June 2012) with OCLC, SirsiDynix, and Innovative Interfaces (III), even though
With SirsiDynix Announcements, ILS Vendors Move Closer to Ebook Integration
You are here: Home / Discovery / With SirsiDynix Announcements, ILS Vendors Move Closer to Ebook Integration With a flurry of partnership announcements pending before ALA Midwinter in Seattle, SirsiDynix is within weeks of the official launch of eResource Central (eRC).The electronic resource management system promises to make ebooks and other digital content from multiple vendors seamlessly avail
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Top Tech Trends | ALA Midwinter 2014
Serials Solutions Launches Collection Analytics Tool Intota Assessment
OCLC WorldCat Knowledge Base Supports Demand Driven Acquisition
Potential Pitfalls for Libraries Unaware of Credit Card Industry Security Standards
Penguin Lifts Library Ebook Purchase Embargo
Open Access Journal PeerJ Publishes First Articles
Innovative Interfaces Founder Sells Remaining Interest in Company to Private Equity
ReadersFirst, Vendors Search for a New Lending Model
Boston University Libraries Pushing Forward With Alma Platform
Consortium Makes Radical Shift Away From ILS
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