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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
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Four Discovery Services to Watch
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Last year, NewsBreaks published an overview of the major discovery services and shared their new features. It's time for a look at some tools that may not be as well-known as the previously covered EBSCO Discovery Service, Primo, Summon, and WorldCat Discovery Services. Read on to learn about their unique features and what kinds of enhancements are planned for the future.
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Download Our October Editorial Sampler
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Want to review some articles from our library publications? Download the free October content sampler (PDF) of recent articles and a discount subscription offer for Computers in Libraries.
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Demco Acquires Boopsie
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Demco, Inc. acquired Boopsie for Libraries, which will add Boopsie's team and software platform to Demco, a global company that has been in the library space for 100-plus years. Boopsie's mobile expertise will help Demco offer additional services to its library customers to help them increase the access and usage of their online materials and services.
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EBSCO Rolls Out 2016 Serials Price Projections
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EBSCO Information Services introduced its "Serials Price Projections for 2016," which notes that the overall effective publisher price increases for academic and medical libraries is expected to be 4%-6% before currency impact.
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Opus Global Acquires Alacra
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Compliance solutions provider Opus Global acquired Alacra, a business information solutions company. The agreement will allow for the integration of compliance data from Alacra's more than 170 external providers into Opus Global's Hiperos third-party management network.
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Reprints Desk Customers Now Have Access to OpenAthens
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Reprints Desk became a reseller of Eduserv's OpenAthens access management system. It will offer OpenAthens, which provides a single username and password to access subscription-based content, to its customer base for the Article Galaxy document delivery solution.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Prepares Resource-Sharing Portal for Teachers
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) announced the upcoming beta version of HMH Marketplace, an online resource to help educators find teaching tools and connect them with educational technology startups. It will feature apps from ed tech developers, games and other classroom resources, and original content created by teachers (e.g., lesson plans).
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The Legal Implications of Banned Books Week
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by George H. Pike
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The American Library Association's (ALA) annual Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read by drawing attention to attempts to censor reading materials in public, school, and academic libraries. The ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), the event's organizer, contributes to the week its list of the 10 most frequently challenged books of the year. ... These objections have given rise to a complex and nuanced legal structure governing censorship and the banning of books and other reading materials. Central to this legal structure is the First Amendment's provision protecting the freedom of speech.
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