22
Jun
Summary: Dartmouth College Library marks a worldwide milestone with the launch of an open beta of the Summon™ web-scale discovery service, a groundbreaking, Google-like search of the full breadth of content found in library collections. In addition to librarians, the Summon™ service is now being used by students and faculty at Dartmouth College, enabling them to search the contents of the library – physical and digital – from a single search box. The Summon™ service has been developed by Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest.
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20
May
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Serials Solutions announced that it is building a new XML federated search connection to Infobase eBooks, which span a wide range of core, curriculum-oriented subject areas from history, science and literature to geography, social issues, the arts, biographies, and beyond. With the new connection, subscribers to the Serials Solutions 360 Search federated search service will soon be able to provide access to more than 2,000 current and backlist Infobase titles from Facts On File, Ferguson Publishing, Chelsea House, Bloom’s Literary Criticism, and other sources. |
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5
May
University of Calgary and BMJ Sign On for the Summon Unified Discovery Service
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Serials Solutions has added University of Calgary as a beta development partner for the Summon unified discovery service. A variety of new content providers, including BMJ, an international peer-reviewed medical journal and subsidiary of the British Medical Association have also signed onto the Summon service. BMJ joins nearly 100 content providers along with key partners ProQuest and Gale – aggregators representing more than 4,700 publishers. |
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15
Apr
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Serials Solutions announced the release of enhanced Full-Text and Peer Review features for the Serials Solutions 360 Search federated search service. Using a combination of data supplied by the Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks knowledgebase and the Ulrich’s Global Serials Intelligence knowledgebase, these search filters enable users to limit the results of queries to full-text or peer-reviewed sources more reliably than ever before. |
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9
Mar
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AquaBrowser Library has been chosen by the Harvard University Library, the largest academic library worldwide, as its search and discovery platform. The AquaBrowser implementation will include faceted navigation, word cloud discovery, relevancy ranking, an integrated Authority File, real-time availability information for items, and integration with the ILS for patron services such as placing holds, making requests, viewing checkouts, and renewing items. |
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20
Jan
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A revolutionary new service from Serials Solutions, supported by ProQuest and Gale, will create Google-like searching of the full breadth of content found in library collections — from books and videos to e-resources at the article level. The Summon unified discovery service addresses what research shows is a fundamental barrier between libraries and users: a simple, obvious starting point for searches. The Summon service is in beta with academic libraries throughout North America and will be available for purchase later this year. The Summon service goes beyond federated search and leap-frogs next-generation OPACs by searching the library records as well as a full-complement of electronic content – at the article level – all together. |
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2
Dec
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Serials Solutions is pleased to announce the launch of the Serials Solutions Online Community. The new Web-based service provides clients of Serials Solutions e-resource access and management services with a community they can use to interact with other Serials Solutions customers, collaborate on projects, share best practices, exchange thoughts, and suggest innovative development ideas. The co |
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14
Oct
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California Digital Library has chosen Serials Solutions 360 Resource Manager and 360 Counter to manage and assess the CDL’s electronic resources and shared licensing activities. |
October 13, 2008 — California Digital Library (CDL) has chosen Serials Solutions® 360 Resource Manager and 360 Counter to manage and assess the CDL’s electronic resources and shared licensing activities.
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7
Aug
Last update: 9:16 a.m. EDT Aug. 5, 2008
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, ebrary(R), a leading provider of e-content services and technology, has announced that it has become the first e-book provider to become Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certified. As a KnowledgeWorks Certified content provider, ebrary will provide more flexible ways for customers to find and access titles in their subscription e-book databases through Serials Solutions e-resource access and management services. Serials Solutions and ebrary’s mutual customers may now access their subscription content directly through Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks, the most comprehensive and authoritative knowledgebase of content for the library market.
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