Library Technology Guides

US News releases 2024-2025 Best Global Universities Rankings. US News & World Report, the global authority in education rankings and consumer advice, published the 2024-2025 Best Global Universities rankings, which evaluate more than 2,250 schools on academic research and reputation. The new edition includes universities from more than 100 countries. [Full Announcement].

Bringing Generative AI to the Web of Science. Generative AI presents enormous opportunities to transform how scientific and scholarly research is carried out. Faced with the pressure to publish, a more complex research environment to navigate, and growing administrative demands, researchers need better tools available to them. To meet these challenges, Clarivate is developing cutting-edge AI technology that will remove roadblocks in the research and publishing process and ultimately contribute to the betterment of research. We previously shared plans to develop and embed market-leading generative AI, including conversational discovery, into our academic solutions, and are delighted to announce that the Web of Science AI Research Assistant will be available for beta testing this December. [Full Announcement].

The University of São Paulo (USP) adopts Dimensions Analytics. The University of São Paulo, the largest and leading research academic university in Latin America and the Caribbean is rolling out university-wide access to Dimensions Analytics. [Full Announcement].

Universidade Estadual Paulista becomes the first institution in Brazil to select Ex Libris Alma. Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, announced that Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (São Paulo State University) has selected the Ex Libris Alma library services platform to unify the management of its physical and electronic library collections and provide seamless access to the digital collection, an aggregate of more than three million items. For the 34 member libraries, the Alma platform will replace the Ex Libris Aleph system, which has served the institution for more than two decades. Unesp is the first Brazilian university to implement Alma cloud services. [Full Announcement].

EDS helps Universidade do Porto in Portugal increase usage of library resources. Universidade do Porto, the largest university in Portugal, has found great success with the implementation of EBSCO Discovery Service from EBSCO Information Services. The university purchased EDS in 2011 after looking at several different services. [Full Announcement].

VTLS, Inc.. VTLS announces 11 new international sales of VIRTUA. VTLS announced today that it has recently sold 11 new systems to international customers. These sales continue to underscore VIRTUA''s flexibility to meet the unique workflows and functional needs of libraries from around the globe. [Full Announcement].

Ex Libris announces DigiTool support for the JPEG2000 standard. Ex Libris announced that DigiTool, the Company’s digital collections management solution, now supports the JPEG2000 standard. [Full Announcement].

Ex Libris releases DigiTool Version 2.4 featuring support for qualified Dublin Core, institutional repositories, and single sign-sn. The Ex Libris Group announced the release of DigiTool Version 2.4, a significant developmental milestone in the Company’s powerful digital asset management solution. [Full Announcement].

Claudia Balby new Ex Libris anager of Training. Ex Libris announced that Claudia Balby has accepted the role of Manager of Training for Ex Libris (USA) for ALEPH. [Full Announcement].

. Innovative expands its presence in Europe. Innovative Interfaces announced that Millennium has been selected by several prestigious European universities—Université de Valenciennes (France), Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal), and Universitaria de Huelva (Spain). [Full Announcement].

Portuguese University says yes to Millennium. Innovative Interfaces announced that the Universidade de Beira Interior in Covilhã, Portugal, has elected to install Millennium, replacing their existing local system. [Full Announcement].

VTLS, Inc.. Twenty-one libraries select Virtua this quarter. VTLS Inc. ended its fiscal year on June 30, 2002, on a very high note with increased customers, revenues and profits. At its Board Meeting on July 15, Board members were presented with unaudited results indicating a six percent growth in revenues with profits at nine percent of revenues. [Full Announcement].

Portugal's most prestigious technical University to install the Millennium Library Automation System. The Universidade Técnica de Lisboa has chosen Millennium from Innovative Interfaces as the replacement library automation system for all of its libraries. The University is one of the largest in Portugal and comprises seven technical institutes, who will be migrating from CDS/ISIS and LIBERTAS systems. The two LIBERTAS libraries, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão and Instituto Superior Técnico, have been customers of SLS Information Systems, now the European Division of Innovative, since 1995 and 1993 respectively. The University''s seven libraries will be linked together and share resources from one Millennium system, which will be located at the University Chancellor''s offices. The system will be licensed for 70 staff users and unlimited OPAC users, and will run Millennium on a Compaq Alpha. [Full Announcement].

VTLS, Inc.. Govenor Gilmore announces international contract for VTLS: Blacksburg firm partners with Rio university as a result of trade mission to South America. During a signing ceremony at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro , Governor Gilmore today announced that VTLS has signed a contract to supply library cataloging software to the 18,000-student university. The Governor met with VTLS executives and UERJ officials today, the third day of his South America trade mission. [Full Announcement].

VTLS, Inc.. VTLS Inc. opens a new subsidiary in Brazil. [Full Announcement].

New ALEPH site in Brazil. The library of the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), has selected ALEPH500 from Ex Libris as their new library automation system. In the southern-most state of Brazil, UNISINOS is located in the city of Sao Leopoldo, the cradle of the German colonization of the country. As a Jesuit institution, the university was conceived and structured as an educational institution where integral human development is fostered through undergraduate, graduate and extension programs, research projects and community outreach and cultural action programs. [Full Announcement].