OpenURL is now live on DOAJ
(27 Spril 2015) After a hiatus of a year and a half, OpenURL is now fully functional on DOAJ again, upgraded from Version 0.1 to Version 1. More here.
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Boopsie achieves major milestones with 3 million mobile app downloads to date and 400,000 unique app users per month
(23 April 2015, Sunnyvale, CA) Boopsie, Inc., the leading mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide, today announced that it has reached 3 major milestones in Q1 2015. The company, which white labels its native mobile app platform to more than 4,000 library sites of all kinds, worldwide, has been downloaded over 3 million times, has…
DOAJ to develop a metadata harvester and API
(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,…
3M Cloud Library launches in UK and Australia
(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…
Twelve exciting and important developments due for release by DOAJ
(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.
ORCID receives a $3 million grant to build international engagement capacity
(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…
Boopsie launches AccessILS™ platform to streamline integration of digital and physical resources for libraries
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…
pcipolicyportal.com publishes annual White Paper on PCI DSS Compliance for Libraries
(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…
New resources for Orbit connect library life and learning
(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…
Amazon Kindle Voyage to launch in India soon
(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.