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Information Today July 17, 2014 |
Baker & Taylor Integrates Axis 360 API With Polaris ILS This partnership is designed to simplify patrons' discovery experience and improve digital library administration. |
Information Today March 12, 2012 |
3M Cloud Library Announces Integration With Polaris ILS The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will now be integrated with the Polaris Integrated Library System, allowing patrons at participating libraries to discover both physical and digital collections from wherever they are browsing. |
Information Today July 4, 2013 |
Axis 360 Offers API Integration With The Library Corporation Baker & Taylor announced the first API integration with The Library Corporation and its digital media platform Axis 360. |
Information Today January 7, 2013 |
Baker & Taylor and SirsiDynix Announce eResource Central Integration Under the partnership, the SirsiDynix eResource Central product will deliver seamless electronic resource and ebook access, offering both borrowing and purchase options to end users. |
Information Today April 19, 2012 |
Baker & Taylor and Findaway World to Launch Audiobook Platform Baker & Taylor and Findaway World, LLC announced plans to launch a robust digital audiobook platform for public libraries and retailers later this year. |
Information Today September 5, 2013 |
Polaris Streamlines ILS Migration Quality assurance and new structure for the implementations team helped Polaris Library Systems streamline its integrated library system migration process. |
Information Today January 28, 2014 Brandi Scardilli |
ReadersFirst Contributes to the Ebook-Lending Conversation A new report provides libraries with best practices for ebook distribution and an overview of seven ebook vendors' strengths and weaknesses so they can make informed decisions about which vendor to choose. |
Information Today April 15, 2014 |
Baker & Taylor Rolls Out Axis 360 Upgrades Baker & Taylor released upgrades to its Axis 360 digital media circulation platform that are designed to enhance its user experience and visual appeal, as well as update its site administration and collection management tools. |
Information Today March 12, 2009 |
Baker & Taylor in Licensing Partnership With ebrary The partnership enables Baker & Taylor to develop its own digital content products and services, as well as to integrate tens of thousands of ebooks and other titles that ebrary has aggregated from more than 350 leading publishers. |
Information Today October 22, 2013 |
Polaris Goes Mobile With LEAP Polaris introduced LEAP, its new library automation software product now in the development phase. |
Information Today July 29, 2014 |
Axis 360 Gains Ebook-Filtering Tool Librarians can now filter out content from shared collections in Axis 360 that they do not want to be viewable in their catalogs. |
Information Today May 9, 2013 |
Baker & Taylor Releases New App for Axis 360 The new, free application for tablets and smartphones called axisReader allows patrons of libraries with the Axis 360 digital media platform to discover, checkout, and read ebooks in EPUB and PDF formats on their mobile devices. |
Information Today October 1, 2013 |
Innovative Interfaces Enhances Ebook Discovery Librarians from any type of library can now access ebooks from 3M and local print and electronic collections, all from the Encore interface. |
Information Today July 7, 2011 Paula J. Hane |
Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA At the recent American Library Association Annual conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. |
Information Today October 1, 2013 Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebooks Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. |
Information Today July 2, 2013 |
Polaris Library Systems Upgrades Software With 100 Enhancements Polaris 4.1 improves patron services, circulation, cataloging, and acquisitions. |
Information Today July 21, 2015 |
Baker & Taylor Finishes Migration to TLC's System Baker & Taylor completed its migration to The Library Corp.'s (TLC) CARL*X ILS. |
Information Today April 29, 2013 |
collectionHQ Expands Collection Development Tools to Ebook Titles The addition of these tools, called the ebook module, means that for the first time, librarians can easily access data that compare ebook and print holdings. |
Information Today May 22, 2014 |
The Library Corporation Adds E-Resources Integration The Library Corporation updated its LS2 PAC, LS2 Kids, and LS2 Mobile ILS modules with full catalog integration of e-resources from OverDrive and Axis 360. |
Information Today November 12, 2015 |
OCLC Research Shares Patron Behavior Study Findings It offers an overview of user-behavior findings for librarians, information scientists, and library and information science students and researchers so they can plan for future user-centered library services. |
Information Today November 2000 |
Baker & Taylor Announces E-Book Partnerships Baker & Taylor, Inc. has announced the selection of two key technology partners by Informata.com, its new business-to-business e-commerce venture... |
Information Today January 22, 2015 |
Taylor & Francis Group Wants to Hear Library Voices Taylor & Francis Group will collect libraries' stories as a way to share practices and experiences that can benefit libraries. |
Information Today September 9, 2014 |
Innovative Announces New and Updated Polaris Services Polaris Leap, the new web client for the Polaris ILS, performs public services workflows, including new patron registration and item checkout. |
Information Today March 20, 2006 |
Weekly News Digest OCLC PICA Expands Open WorldCat for Europe... New Social Services Directory Available Online... etc. |
Information Today July 23, 2015 |
Innovative Publishes Report on Libraries and the Web Innovative released a survey report of 4,000-plus academic library users in the U.K. |
Information Today October 6, 2015 Brandi Scardilli |
Four Discovery Services to Watch It's time for a look at some tools that may not be as well-known as the previously covered EBSCO Discovery Service, Primo, Summon, and WorldCat Discovery Services. |
Information Today February 5, 2015 |
Baker & Taylor Unveils New Axis 360 App Axis 360 is compatible with both Apple and Android devices and allows users to discover, download, and access ebooks and e-audiobooks. |
Information Today February 12, 2015 Brandi Scardilli |
Boopsie Improves Library Visibility in the Mobile Space Boopsie's goal is to help libraries "make more services more accessible to more members" -- thereby acquiring new users and increasing circulation -- through the use of a custom-branded, native mobile app |
Information Today July 9, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. |
Information Today February 16, 2010 |
Baker & Taylor Book Data to Be Available in EBSCO Discovery Service Baker & Taylor provides information on books, ebooks, A/V materials, and more, including more than 10 million data elements representing an ever-expanding resource for libraries. |
Searcher April 2012 Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
Information Today June 10, 2010 |
Bowker Enhances Its Suite of Library Resources Enhancements include Books In Print, Syndetic Solutions, and Library Thing For Libraries products. The efforts are designed to enhance the bibliographic content found in library online catalogues. |
Information Today October 20, 2015 |
Boopsie Caters to Small and Rural Libraries Boopsie for Libraries released Express, a feature set for its mobile app specifically for small and rural public libraries serving less than 25,000 patrons. |
Information Today June 21, 2012 |
Bibliotheca to Support Open Source Ebook Model Bibliotheca, a supplier of technologies designed to enhance library efficiency and the user experience, is partnering with the library community to facilitate adoption of open source platforms for the delivery of electronic content. |
Information Today January 3, 2013 |
OverDrive Announces Record Ebook Traffic and Next Gen Services Public libraries using OverDrive's Next Generation digital lending platform served a record number of ebook, audiobook, music, and video titles to patrons on Christmas Day. |
Information Today December 15, 2008 |
SirsiDynix Adds Community Review Features SirsiDynix announced a partnership with ChiliFresh, offering libraries and patrons an easy way to create and read reader reviews, with complete customization abilities for libraries. |
Information Today September 17, 2015 |
Boopsie Reviews Its 2Q 2015 Accomplishments Boopsie for Libraries shared its most recent milestones: It has signed 12 new library clients in multiple library markets. |
Information Today February 11, 2013 |
E-resource Recommendations Added to NoveList Select The recommendations guide library patrons to relevant e-resources -- that may have been hidden or hard to find -- directly from catalog records. |
Information Today April 4, 2011 Paula J. Hane |
Library Ebook Lending Under Attack The options libraries have are poor and our customers are frustrated. There are numerous restrictions on lending, device incompatibilities, proprietary systems, interface issues, privacy issues, and more. |
Information Today November 3, 2015 Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in E-Audiobooks Audiobooks have come a long way since books on tape. Most vendors now offer e-audiobooks as digital files that can be streamed online or downloaded for offline listening. |
Information Today November 19, 2012 |
New Findings Reaffirm Library Borrowers Are Also Buyers An extensive online poll of library ebook readers finds that these patrons purchase an average of 3.2 books (both print and ebooks) each month, and a majority would consider purchasing books discovered on a library website. |
Information Today September 15, 2015 |
Innovative Lays Out Strategic Goals Innovative released a set of strategic goals for the following areas: library success, employee success, product leadership, and library partnership. |
Information Today July 9, 2012 |
NoveList Select Gains New Features and Options New features improve the user experience, as well as offer new upgrade options, including book jackets, professional book reviews, sample excerpts, tables of contents, and more, from Content Cafe -- a database offered by Baker & Taylor. |
Information Today April 18, 2011 |
Boopsie Launches BookCheck--Mobile Check-Out for Libraries Mobile technology provider, Boopsie, announced the availability of BookCheck, a new feature that allows library patrons to check out books and other materials using a mobile phone. |
Information Today June 30, 2011 |
Serials Solutions Developing New Web-Scale Management Solution The new Serials Solutions service will address the industry's fundamental shift to electronic content, while still supporting librarians' needs to manage their print and local collections. |
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Sony Announces Inaugural Participants in Reader Library Program The program will provide participating libraries with in-house training on digital reading devices, educational materials to help librarians and patrons learn more about ebooks, and digital reading devices for library staff use and patron demonstrations. |
Information Today June 24, 2014 |
TLC Unveils Web-Based Product Line The new product line facilitates desk-free interactions with library patrons through the products' web-based, mobile functionality. |
Information Today June 25, 2012 |
Penguin Group Launches Library Lending Pilot Program Penguin Group, The New York Public Library, and 3M Library Systems announced a pilot project that will make Penguin eBooks available to patrons of both The New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. |
Searcher August 2006 Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Fear of Success There is terror that haunts the careers of so many librarians, the notion that some promotional effort, some marketing strategy designed to prove the library's worth will actually succeed and end up putting unendurable pressure on finite library resources. |
Information Today April 3, 2014 |
Innovative Acquires Polaris Library Systems This will allow the companies to work together to enhance support and services to Innovative and Polaris public library customers around the world. |