(16 April 2014) In May DOAJ we will be starting development of a metadata harvester and an API. The harvester will collect he PLoS metadata, doubling the DOAJ article count. The API will allow publishers to bulk upload their own article metadata without having to manually upload an XML file. For mega-publishers such as Redalyc,…
(13 April 2015, London) 3M Library Systems (3M) today announced that it will expand its 3M Cloud Library Digital Lending System to libraries in the UK and Australia. Borrowers in these countries will benefit from 3M’s entry into the market as it boosts public libraries’ options to meet the increasing demand for digital content. 3M…
(8 April 2015) DOAJ has a busy year ahead. Among the deliverables are openURL, a landing page for every article, structured metadata, Google Scholar compatibility, subject browser and shareable, stable URLs. These and several more developments are described in detail here.
(7 April 2015) ORCID has been awarded an 18-month, $3 million grant by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to develop the infrastructure and capacity to support international adoption and technical integration of ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor) identifiers, through staff expansion, regional workshops and localized member technical support. ORCID is a…
New platform enables digital content providers to integrate with all major worldwide legacy integrated library systems (ILS) on desktop and all major mobile devices (2 April 2015, Sunnyvale, CA, PRWEB) Aggregators, publishers and other content providers can now get their products to market faster, reduce costs, and provide a better user experience to worldwide library…
(23 March 2015, Dallas, TX) pcipolicyportal.com has just announced the publication of their annual white paper on PCI DSS compliance for libraries for educational guidance on complying with the newly launched Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. With the launch of version 3.0 of the PCI DSS standards, libraries will be challenged like never before…
(24 March 2015) Softlink has released new backgrounds and avatars representing historical and community celebrated events and holidays for Orbit, the junior and middle school interface for Oliver v5. The new backgrounds and avatars allow school libraries to promote the celebration or observance of important events that are occurring at the school and in the…
(22 March 2015) The Amazon Kindle Voyage e-reader will be launching in India in the next few weeks. Customers will get a chance to purchase either the WIFI only model for INR 16,499 or the 3G variant for INR 20,499. Good e-Reader has the story.
(19 March 2015, Singapore) Ex Libris® Group announces that the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) is live with the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. The first library in Singapore to adopt Alma, SIM expects the migration to serve as a transformative platform to realize the Library’s ‘Vision 2020’ milestones. “The search for a unified,…
(17 March 2015) The 2015 BL Labs Competition has been launched for the third time. Researchers are invited to submit their ideas for projects that highlight the Library’s digital collections. Winners work in residence with the Labs team to make their ideas real. The competition is open to all. Previous finalists of the British Library…
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