(May 6, 2024). campusM, Ex Libris' leading student engagement app, has recently released its comprehensive calendar enhancement, Day View. Day View builds on campusM calendar feature by seamlessly integrating even more events and activities directly into students' schedules. Day View is the first feature based on the new campusM data model, which automatically merges data from multiple product integrations. By connecting the dots between systems, campusM will help students to get things done by showing them everything they need to know about their day within a single app interface ..read more

(May 6, 2024). Innovative, part of Clarivate, announced the release of Polaris 7.6. This release is focused on expanding technical services functionality in Leap, library-requested enhancements, and support for new and updated vendor integrations. This release also expands serials functionality in the web by introducing serial claim actions, the claim alert list, and improvements to publication pattern prediction for Southern Hemisphere titles into Leap ..read more

(May 1, 2024). Clarivate announced that the AI-powered Web of Science Research Assistant, will be available from September 2024. Last year, the company announced its collaboration with the research community to bring a new generative-AI-powered capability to the Web of Science, the Web of Science Research Assistant. Since the release of the beta version to its development partners around the world, Clarivate has identified innovative ways to ensure the quality, strength and suitability of generative AI for academic researchers ..read more

(April 30, 2024). hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, announced today a partnership with Pokémon, one of the world's most popular entertainment franchises, to launch a new BingePass. hoopla's new Pokémon BingePass is one of more than 20 BingePasses available to public libraries and their patrons, supporting hoopla's commitment to providing unique content for free to library patrons. BingePass is a unique innovation from hoopla, offering unlimited access to educational and entertaining collections of streaming content and platforms for s ..read more

(May 3, 2024). Starting in the Spring of 2024, Lyrasis partnered with Open Syllabus to offer Lyrasis members and non-members the opportunity to subscribe to the Open Syllabus Analytics subscription resource supporting open infrastructure in higher education. Analytics is a tool for exploring millions of anonymized syllabi and other curricular materials drawn from thousands of colleges and universities around the world. Analytics helps instructors design classes, students explore fields, publishers develop books, and educators at all levels better understand the curriculum of higher education ..read more

(April 22, 2024). Florida International University has selected TIND Digital Archive as its new digital library platform. Moving to TIND DA's flexible and scalable platform will provide discoverability and long-term access to FIU's ever growing digital collections. In transitioning from a locally hosted open-source system, FIU emphasized TIND's robust infrastructure, ongoing development, and accessible APIs as pivotal factors influencing their decision ..read more

(May 3, 2024). Building on the success of the 2023 inaugural collection of 40 ground-breaking ebook titles oriented around the intersection of Social Identity and Place, Lived Places Publishing has just launched the 2024 Collection of 25 additional titles. Structured as Course Readings, these narrative works are curated under a set of themes including Gender Studies, Forced Migration, Latinx Studies, Artists Studies, Queer & LBGT+ Studies, Disability Studies, Black Studies, and the newest themes Middle Eastern Studies and Jewish Studies. Curated by theme editors, each work is commissioned ..read more

(April 29, 2024). Innovative, part of Clarivate, announced that the Rochester Hills Public Library in Michigan has adopted the Vega Promote email automation tool. Rochester Hills Public Library empowers people to explore and create with resources that enlighten, educate, entertain, and inform. Serving the communities of Rochester, Rochester Hills and Oakland Township since 1924, RHPL provides lifelong learning opportunities, instills a love of reading, and offers equal access to information to over 110,000 patrons. The library serves as a community center where visitors enjoy innovative ways t ..read more

(April 29, 2024). Auto-Graphics, a pioneer in Web-based library resource management solutions for library consortia and statewide systems, announced that its cloud-based resource sharing solution, SHAREit, has been awarded the contract by the Tennessee State Library and Archives for the seventh consecutive time. This achievement solidifies Auto-Graphics' continued presence and expansion across the Southern and Midwest states facilitating resource sharing across state lines ..read more

(April 30, 2024). Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, welcomed Berks County Public Libraries to Evergreen ILS with the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System ..read more