(4 September 2013) ARL invites libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey. LibQUAL+ is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. The program’s centerpiece is a rigorously tested web survey paired with training that…
BASE, the multi-disciplinary search engine for academically relevant OAI-Sources worldwide, which was created and developed by Bielefeld University Library, has hit the 50 million records mark. The records are provided by about 2,700 repositories worldwide. In this year alone, about 10,000,000 records have been indexed. BASE makes it possible to search for more than 50,000,000…
(23 August 2013) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant in the amount of USD437,000 to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with Indiana University for an exciting new project in the HathiTrust Research Center. The “Workset Creation for Scholarly Analysis: Prototyping Project” (WCSA) project will be directed by HTRC Co-director…
(22 August 2013) Futuregov reports that The National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore used analytics to improve accuracy in forecasting patrons’ demand by 60 per cent, reducing waiting time for popular books and frequency of patrons not being able to find the book they want. The story is here.
(21 August 2013) The world of mapping and presenting data sets through geographical representations is no longer relegated to GIS librarians and highly trained technologists. New free and open source applications now make it possible to create complex and robust data visualizations in the form of maps that display statistics and poll results. Ellyssa Kroski…
(Chicago, 6 August 2013) New digital technologies, the internet and user expectations have changed the role of the catalogue in libraries. Catalogue 2.0: The Future of the Library Catalogue, edited by Sally Chambers, takes into account developments that influence catalogue potential and patrons’ needs, such as competition from popular websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Wikipedia,…
(20 Jun 2013, Bristol, UK) The 2012 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, once again show growth for many of the journals published by IOP Publishing (IOP) for the ninth year running. This year, 33 of the titles published by IOP have seen an increase in citations from last year. Additionally, 26 titles have had…
(Philadelphia, 19 June 2013) – The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the release of the 2013 edition of its Journal Citation Reports® (JCR), the world’s most influential resource for evaluating peer-reviewed publications and the source of the annual Journal…
(Adelaide, Australia, 19 June 2013) Ex Libris® Group, a world leader in the provision of library automation solutions, is pleased to announce that the University of South Australia (UniSA), the University of Western Sydney (UWS), and New Zealand’s Otago University have chosen the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution to complement their Ex Libris Alma…
(Seattle, WA, – 18 June 2013) Yale University selected the Summon discovery service from Serials Solutions®, a ProQuest® business, to improve access to its distinctive collection, including 15 million volumes and information in all media. Yale University Library, the most recent of six Ivy League schools to adopt the Summon service, determined ease of customization,…
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