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Thanks to new agreements with three publishers of scholarly open access journal and book content, libraries using the Summon service from Serials Solutions can offer researchers more access to freely available resources outside of their own collections.

Each opportunity to talk with librarians has reinforced the notion that each library has different management needs, is at a different stage of evaluating management services, and is embracing change at some level. The single, consistent element across each conversation is that libraries recognize the need to start somewhere, start soon, and prepare for future management services that are more mature and robust.

Meet Michelle D’Couto, Product Manager for Serials Solutions. Michelle is helping to lead the plan and to define the vision and product requirements for Serials Solutions Intota™.

Librarians show how market segmentation is interesting and useful to their profession. Check out these highlights from our session Making the Most of Marketing Resources at Your Fingertips at ALA Annual in Anaheim, CA.

The Summon service has further expanded its discovery of Chinese content with the addition of academic content from CALIS, the China Academic Library and Information System.

Meet Phyllis Kaiden, Senior Product Manager for Serials Solutions who is the lead product manager for complete life cycle management of all library materials, from selection to weeding.

This past week we hosted webinars by two librarians, Mary Walker (Wichita State University Libraries) and Jeffrey Daniels (Grand Valley State University Libraries), which highlighted their use of tools to improve operations, workflow, and service to library users.

Everyone’s talking about the cloud. About SaaS. But what is it really, and what does it mean? We break it down for you in a new whitepaper, "Software as a Service and Cloud Computing: Key Considerations for Libraries."

Discover the value your colleagues are enjoying by moving to the cloud. View this short video and discover how others have reduced staff, server footprint, and hardware costs by leveraging the power of SaaS.

The 2012 IFLA World Library and Information Congress is in full swing here in Helsinki with more than 200 sessions, 4,000 attendees, and over 80 exhibitors. Find out more from the viewpoint of Stephen Gilewski, a senior software support specialist here at Serials Solutions.