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Weekly News Digest
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April 30, 2019 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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Ex Libris Services Join Forces to Become the Central Discovery Index
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, consolidated its Primo and Summon indexes into what it is calling the Central Discovery Index (CDI), a comprehensive content index that “will enrich users’ discovery experience across both flagship discovery services, enabling libraries to better support researchers’ needs through smart discovery services driven by artificial intelligence,” according to the press release. The CDI’s rollout will begin in Q3 2019.The press release continues, “Aligned with the roadmaps of the Primo and Summon discovery services, the unified index will enable customers of both services to benefit from faster update cycles, improved content ingestion, enhanced relevance ranking, and one-time activation of content. The CDI will also be instrumental in the development of new user-centric services that will improve discovery and the access to library collections.” For more information, read the press release.
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