Duke University Libraries has a new website
(15 January 2014) Thinking of redesigning your library’s website? Duke University has done just that. Visit this smart new website here.
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New ProQuest service preserves and enhances discovery of university multimedia collections
(8 January 2014) Libraries and universities with proprietary audio and video collections can now preserve and provide access to these information resources through a new service from ProQuest. ProQuest Video Preservation and Discovery Service (VPDS) is a continuum of services designed to make video and audio content (to which the library has rights) fully discoverable. VPDS…
Wiley-Knode partnership puts collaboration at the center of the research experience
(8 January 2014) John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced a new partnership with startup technology company Knode to provide customized research expertise portals to learned societies and other academic organizations worldwide. Designed to foster innovation and collaboration, Knode’s expertise profiling system compiles a “research signature” for users based on their publication history, patents, clinical…
ProQuest launches free version of Flow™
(Ann Arbor, MI, 6 January 2014) ProQuest’s powerful collaboration and document management tool Flow™ is now accessible free for researchers – including those in institutions that don’t subscribe to the service. Flow leverages a decade of experience with the RefWorks® suite of tools, resulting in a unique service that manages researcher workflows while integrating document management…
Universiti Putra Malaysia celebrates 25-year anniversary with VTLS
(3 January 2014, Blacksburg, VA) – Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and VTLS Inc. celebrated 25 years of partnership with an anniversary event on 11 November 2013. UPM’s Chief Librarian, Amir Hussain Mohd. Ishak and former Chief Librarian, Tuan Syed Salim Agha, both attended the event along with VTLS President & CEO Dr. Vinod Chachra, library…
CTIA releases KnowMyApp.org to inform consumers about mobile apps and their data use
(26 December 2013, Washington) CTIA -The Wireless Association® unveiled KnowMyApp.org to inform consumers how much data their favorite apps use. While there are tools that allow consumers to learn about app data usage after the fact, KnowMyApp.org, for the first time, gives users the ability to estimate an app’s data usage before it’s downloaded. To…
VTLS integrates 3M Cloud Library into Chamo Discovery and MozGo Mobile App
(10 December 2013, Blacksburg, VA) VTLS has added eBook lending from 3M Cloud Library into the new versions of both Chamo Discovery and the MozGo Mobile App. Patrons can search through the library’s collection of 3M eBooks, check them out or place holds, download them to their devices and check the status of their eBooks…
Research Solutions to Searching Problems
Flinders Centre for Clinical Change & Health Care Research Flinders Filters is a research team at Flinders University, Australia, specialising in information retrieval. The team develops real world solutions including search filters and online search tools. Finding the existing evidence base is a prerequisite to implementing evidence. However, searching for this evidence is difficult. “Search…
CSIRO selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo
(Adelaide, 20 November 2013) The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has selected the Alma library management service and the Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo replace a number of systems including Ex Libris Voyager and Proquest AquaBrowser. The implementation of Alma and Primo will allow CSIRO to consolidate existing systems, thereby…
ALCTS publication takes a fresh look at microforms
(Chicago, 19 November 2013) “Managing Microforms in the Digital Age,” a new online publication from the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) addresses trends in bibliographic control, storage environments, current vendors and resources and microform terminology. Microforms have taken many shapes and sizes over the years and some formats, such as microopaques and…