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CLIC Selects ProQuest Intota Library Services Platform as its Next
Shared System
SEATTLE, March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooperating Libraries in
Consortium (CLIC) of St. Paul, Minnesota, is the first academic
library consortium to subscribe to ProQuest's cloud-based library
services platform, IntotaT. The CLIC libraries will be taking full
advantage of the transformative nature of the Intota library services
platform, implementing in phases beginning with the Summon discovery
service this spring. During 2014 they also plan to implement Intota
for assessment and for e-resource management, with other components to
follow.
"We are thrilled to be on the cutting edge with ProQuest's new
technology," said Ruth Dukelow, executive director, CLIC. "Our
libraries will be able to leverage the sizeable investments they have
made in print and electronic collections, audio and visual content,
and institutional documents by making these resources readily
discoverable and accessible to our users through Intota's integrated
management and discovery tools."
Trends in library usage and collections, and in higher education
overall, point to a need for more innovative solutions that will
re-invent and surpass, not just match, traditional systems. Intota is
a library services platform with services designed to address the real
needs of today's libraries and help them transform how they manage
increasingly digital collections and how their users discover those
collections and interface with the library. With Intota, ProQuest is
focused not on just replacing the status quo, but on transformation by
addressing the needs for the future. It's a platform built for
workflows of tomorrow that addresses libraries biggest needs today.
According to the Director of University Libraries at Bethel University
and CLIC Board President, David Stewart, "When our libraries began the
process of selecting a next-generation system, we focused on finding a
solution that would provide the maximum benefit to our users. After a
thorough investigation of the available options, our Board concluded
that ProQuest's discovery and management services best matched CLIC's
requirements for outstanding and innovative solutions to serve our
communities."
CLIC member libraries subscribing to the services include: Augsburg
College, Bethel University, Concordia University, Hamline University,
St. Catherine University, University of Northwestern-St. Paul, and
University of St. Thomas.
About Intota Intota is a library services platform designed to address
the key needs of today's libraries - managing electronic collections
and supporting the expectations of the modern patron. Intota combines
discovery, linking, collection management and assessment in one system
built on a single knowledge base. With Intota, ProQuest is focused not
just on replacing the status quo, but on transforming library
management. Intota is built to accommodate the evolution of workflow,
yet also address the biggest pain points libraries face today.
About CLIC Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC), a consortium of
private colleges and universities located in Minneapolis and St. Paul,
Minnesota, was founded in 1969 to support cooperative collection
development, interlibrary loan, and document delivery in and among its
member libraries. Since then, CLIC has expanded its mission to support
a wide range of library services, including a shared automation
system, digitization of selected library collections, and access to
electronic resources. CLIC's Vision is to create a world-class
research library experience for its academic communities.
About ProQuest (www.proquest.com) ProQuest connects people with
vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company's
products are a gateway to the world's knowledge including
dissertations, governmental and cultural archives, news, historical
collections and ebooks. ProQuest technologies serve users across the
critical points in research, helping them discover, access, share,
create and manage information.
The company's cloud-based technologies offer flexible solutions for
librarians, students and researchers through the ProQuest@, Bowker@,
Dialog@, ebrary@, EBL@ and Serials Solutions@ businesses - and notable
research tools such as the Summon@ discovery service, the RefWorks@
FlowT collaboration platform, the PivotT research development tool and
the IntotaT library services platform. The company is headquartered in
Ann Arbor, Michigan, with offices around the world.
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