Blog 2017

For the past few weeks, we have been reporting on the results of our survey asking libraries how their current technology is working in today’s environment and what is important to them as they look toward the future. Of the libraries who responded to our survey, 70 percent reported that interoperability is important or extremely important to them.

Link resolver customization, managing knowledgebase metadata, and leveraging ERM information were among the hot topics at the Serials Solutions DC Area Users Group Meeting on November 15, 2012.

ebrary’s e-book subscription program, Academic Complete, was awarded Best eBook Database by Library Journal. Academic Complete is essential to ebrary’s strategic approach to e-book acquisition.

We’re adding to our knowledgebase all the time. As always, the latest news about Serials Solutions Knowledgebase updates and database changes as well as newly added providers and databases can be found in the Support Center.

Read the article in Against the Grain to learn more about Intota, Serials Solutions’ new solution for managing all library collections – print, digital and electronic – in a single, “in the cloud” service.

Reporting and statistics are a major shortcoming of current ILS systems. As library resources are increasingly electronic, circulation activity is no longer a good barometer of the value the library delivers.

Find out more about Craig Simmons, VP of Technology for Serials Solutions.

ProQuest is boosting the visibility of e-books in library collections by providing for the full text of an additional 400,000 e-books to be discovered and accessed as part of a broad search of library holdings.

Serials Solutions all-new Knowledgebase spans records for all types of resources, including bibliographic, authority, provider and packages, both print and electronic. Intota fully integrates the Knowledgebase, both for importing records into the library catalog and for ongoing, automated maintenance of records.

Find out more about Mike Showalter, Director of Product Management for Intota™.