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EBSCO Opens Metadata to Third-Party Discovery Services

By on May 1, 2014
EBSCO Information Services

In a move that will enhance the functionality of discovery services available through its partners and competitors alike, EBSCO Information Services last month announced a new policy on metadata sharing that will make all metadata for 129 of its full-text databases, more than 550,000 ebooks and more than 70 historical digital archives available to third-party discovery services. The policy also outlines a commitment to provide assistance with linking technology that has been requested by customers. Previously, the company had required third-party discovery services, such as OCLC’s WorldCat or Ex Libris’s Primo Discovery and Delivery, to use an EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) API in order to search EBSCO content.

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Boston University Libraries Pushing Forward With Alma Platform

By on January 28, 2013

Roger Brisson, the head of metadata services at Boston University  (BU) Libraries, has been deeply immersed in the cloud-based library services platform Alma from Ex Libris for the better part of two years. BU went live with Alma in November, one of the early adopters, and Brisson, as part of the ALA Midwinter Conference, explained […]

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Ex Libris Group Acquired by Golden Gate Capital

By on November 16, 2012

Golden Gate Capital, a $12 billion San Francisco-based private equity firm with a significant software and technology portfolio, has entered into an agreement to acquire library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group from current owner Leeds Equity Partners, the companies announced this morning. The deal is expected to be completed in December. Under new ownership, Ex Libris will remain an independent business based in Jerusalem and run by the current management team, the company explained in the announcement. Additional terms of the sale were not disclosed.

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Orbis Cascade Alliance Signs Agreement With Ex Libris

By on October 9, 2012

All 37 member libraries of the Orbis Cascade Alliance will replace their current ILS and discovery systems with the Ex Libris Alma unified resource management system and Primo discovery solution, the Alliance announced today. Following an extensive request for proposal process, the Orbis council of library directors decided to enter into a contract with library automation provider Ex Libris in July.

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Boston College Goes Live With Ex Libris Alma

By on July 12, 2012
Boston College Libraries went live with Ex Libris Alma on July 11

  Boston College University Libraries (BCL) has replaced multiple systems previously used for managing print, electronic, and digital collections with a single consolidated solution provided by Ex Libris’ next-generation Alma library management service, the company announced on July 11. BCL is the first of more than 70 institutions that will be using the new cloud-based […]

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News and ALA Programs About Library Services Platforms | ALA Annual 2012

By on June 14, 2012

Some recent news from companies developing library services platforms as well as a listing of ALA programs around these products: Sierra, Intota, Alma, Worldshare Management Services, and Kuali OLE

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