Library Technology Guides

Manuela Gerlof and Maurits van den Boogert become Chief Publishing Officers. Manuela Gerlof and Maurits van den Boogert have been appointed De Gruyter Brill's Chief Publishing Officers in a dual leadership role, joining the Management Board. They will replace Jasmin Lange, who has decided to leave De Gruyter Brill. [Full Announcement].

PLOS Announces New Publishing Agreement with German Consortium. The Public Library of Science announced a consortium agreement with Technische Informationsbibliothek that allows member institutions to participate in PLOS' three innovative publishing models. This two-year agreement provides researchers affiliated with consortium members with unlimited publishing privileges in PLOS journals without them having to cover fees themselves. The TIB-led consortium has more than 40 members[1]. [Full Announcement].

Als erste Universität in Deutschland entscheidet sich die Technische Universität Berlin für das Literaturlisten-Managementsystem Leganto von Ex Libris. Ex Libris, ein Unternehmen von ProQuest, freut sich bekannt zu geben, dass die Technische Universität (TU) Berlin sich für das Literaturlisten-Managementsystem Leganto® entschieden hat. Damit werden neue Lehrmethoden ermöglicht, das Fernstudium unterstützt und gleichzeitig die enge Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Bibliothekspersonal und den Lehrkräften gefördert. Die Leganto-Lösung ist in die Bibliotheksservice-Plattform Ex Libris Alma® eingebunden, die ebenso wie der Recherchedienst Ex Libris Primo seit mehreren Jahren erfolgreich von der Universität genutzt wird. [Full Announcement].

Technische Universität Berlin becomes first university in Germany to opt for Ex Libris Leganto course reading list tool. Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, announced that Technische Universität (TU) Berlin has selected the Leganto course reading list solution to facilitate new methods of teaching and to increase support for distance learning. For a number of years, the university's library has been using the Ex Libris Alma library services platform and Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution. Tightly integrated with the library services platform, the Leganto solution will help promote close collaboration between the library staff and teachers. [Full Announcement].

Humboldt State University. HSU Library releases Citing Insights version 1.0. Humboldt State University Library announced the release of version 1.0 of the open source software, Citing Insights. Over the past 18 months, thanks to the support of HSU and the California State University Graduation Initiative 2025, undergraduate students have developed Citing Insights, innovative and powerful software designed to streamline assessment of student learning, and enabling inter-rater reliability norming and analytics. [Full Announcement].

Ex Libris to Expand Its Offering with the Cloud-Based, User-Centric Rapido Resource Sharing Solution. Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, is pleased to announce that it has begun the development of its new Rapido solution for resource sharing and has established the Rapido development partner program. Rapido is built on the Ex Libris higher ed cloud platform and will be live by the end of 2020. [Full Announcement].

OCLC Research and ALISE name recipients of 2018 Library and Information Science Research Grants. OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education have awarded research grants for three projects to be conducted by five researchers. The awards were presented February 8 at the ALISE 2018 Annual Conference Awards Luncheon in Denver, Colorado. [Full Announcement].

Innovative Users Group Commences 25th Annual Conference. Innovative Interfaces announced the kickoff of IUG 2017, the 25th Innovative Users Group conference held in National Harbor, Maryland, marking a significant quarter-century milestone for experience in library partnership. [Full Announcement].

Strong demand for Innovative products drives sales worldwide. Innovative announced that, in the first half of 2015, over 600 libraries selected Innovative library systems, which include the Sierra Library Services Platform and the Polaris ILS. These selections show the growing excitement around Innovative’s Open Library vision for libraries, known as the Open Library Experience. [Full Announcement].

Ein Netzwerk aus vier Universitätsbibliotheken in Berlin entscheidet sich für Ex Libris Alma. Ex Libris gibt mit Freude bekannt, dass sich vier Universitätsbibliotheken in Berlin für die Ressourcenmanagementlösung Ex Libris Alma entschieden haben. Das Netzwerk besteht aus folgenden Institutionen: Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin und Universität der Künste Berlin. Mit der vollständig cloudbasierten Bibliotheksmanagementlösung Alma können alle Bestände und Ressourcenarten – ob elektronisch, gedruckt oder digital – über ein einziges System verwaltet werden. [Full Announcement].

A Network of Four Academic Libraries in Berlin Selects Ex Libris Alma. Ex Libris announced that a network of four university libraries in Berlin, Germany, has chosen Ex Libris Alma to provide unified resource management. The network is comprised of the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Technische Universität Berlin, and the Universität der Künste Berlin. A fully cloud-based library management solution, Alma enables all collections and resource types – whether electronic, print or digital – to be managed within a single system. [Full Announcement].

Academic institutions select ProQuest Intota for transformative library management capabilities and industry-leading user experience. Academic institutions around the world are selecting the Intota library services platform, a transformational cloud-based service that simplifies two major challenges libraries face today: collection assessment and e-resource management. Released last June, Intota combines industry-leading discovery, linking, collection management and assessment in one system, built on a single, authoritative knowledgebase. Since the launch last year by ProQuest, more than 35 libraries around the world have chosen the first version of Intota. [Full Announcement].

Backstage Library Works. Backstage's 2014 RDA enrichment promotion a big success. Backstage Library Works announced the successful completion of a year-long RDA enrichment program designed to ensure consistency within library catalogs. During 2014, Backstage enriched more than 72 million records with RDA elements. [Full Announcement].

iversity. After a successful first year: iversity Receives Funding in the Millions. iversity.org, the leading European online platform for higher education, closes a new internal financing round with the current investors, in which T-Venture significantly extends its commitment to the company. With the closing of the new financial round, iversity has now received more than €5 million in venture capital since its foundation. The financial support of bmp media investors and BFB Frühphasenfonds, and the significantly increased contribution from T-Venture, allows iversity to strengthen its leadership in the field of online education. [Full Announcement].

College of the Redwoods goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the College of the Redwoods, of Eureka, CA. is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. [Full Announcement].

Ex Libris Announces Library Partners for Primo Central. Ex Libris announced the first academic institutions to collaborate with the Company as partners for the Primo Central index of scholarly materials. The following institutions are the first ones to become partners in this exciting initiative: Brigham Young University, Cooperative Library Network Berlin-Brandenburg—KOBV Consortium: Humboldt University, Free University of Berlin, Mannheim University, and the Technological University, Berlin (Germany); Catholic University of Leuven; Michiana Academic Library Consortium institutions: University of Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College, Holy Cross College, and Bethel College; Oxford Universi. (South Korea) [Full Announcement].

Forschungszentrum Jülich and SirsiDynix partner to deliver the first Symphony implementation in Germany. SirsiDynix announced that Forschungszentrum Jülich, one of the largest research centers in Europe and a member of the Helmholtz Association, successfully upgraded from Horizon version 5.3G to SirsiDynix Symphony version 3.2.1. [Full Announcement].

Important hybrid installation at the new Grimm Center in Berlin. th the new “Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum”, the library and the computer and media service of the Humboldt University in Berlin have collaborated to create a modern information and communication center for its location in the city's central district Mitte. As of October 2009, up to 2 million media will be available, making the center one of the biggest open-access collections in Germany. In the course of this year the collections of 12 branches and sub-sections in the fields of humanities, cultural sciences, social sciences and economics will be brought together at this new site. [Full Announcement].

Die drei großen Universitäten in Berlin entscheiden sich für den Einsatz der. The Free University, the Technical University and the Humboldt University in Berlin select Prim from Ex Libris. [Full Announcement].

Over 150 Strong, the Worldwide Ex Libris Primo Community Continues to Expand. Ex Libris Group announced the ongoing expansion of the international Primo discovery and delivery community. Among the newest members of the rapidly growing Primo customer base, which now totals over 150 sites, are: the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center at Maxwell Air Force Base; the University of Utah and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the US; the Austrian Library Network; Sainte-Barbe Interuniversity and Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University in France; the Campus-Bibliothek für Informatik und Angewandte Mathematik (CIAM) and the three Berlin universities in the KOBV consortium in Germany; Unitec New Zealand institute of technology; and the UNILINC network of higher education libraries in Australia. [Full Announcement].