http://www.bowkernews.com/blb News and updates about Bowker library products Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:43:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AquaBrowser, the leading provider of visual faceted search technologies, today announced the expansion of its North American business development commitment with the addition of a dedicated sales and support force in the U.S. The expansion of the company's direct sales and support team, based in New York City, ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/readers_advisory/aquabrowser-expands-in-north-america-with-addition-of-dedicated-new-york-based-direct-sales-and-support-team/43 The Oklahoma State University Libraries are pleased to unveil a new alternative catalog interface called BOSS: Big Orange Search System. We believe our users will find BOSS to be a more intuitive search interface, providing new ways to search, discover and refine results. The interface is powered by AquaBrowser® from ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/online_databases/oklahoma-state-aquabrowser-present-the-boss/42 R.R. Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, today announced that it has acquired Medialab Solutions by Amsterdam, creators of the highly regarded AquaBrowser Library search and discovery platform that is used by more than 60 million patrons in public libraries throughout the U.S. and ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/readers_advisory/rr-bowker-acquires-medialab-solutions-developer-of-aquabrowser-library/39 R.R. Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, today announced the launch of Non-Fiction Connection, the library industry's first comprehensive readers' advisory tool for non-fiction titles. The new electronic offering allows library patrons to find non-fiction titles based on books they have already read. Users simply log on to the ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/readers_advisory/bowker-launches-non-fiction-connection-new-readers%e2%80%99-advisory-tool/41 Syndetic Solutions, a subsidiary of R.R. Bowker and the premier provider of enriched content for a library's online catalog, today announced the introduction of Syndetics Indexed Content Enrichment (ICE), an enhancement that allows library patrons to search all Syndetics content directly from the library's Online Public ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/opac_enrichment/syndetic-solutions-introduces-syndetics-ice-powerful-new-tool-to-search-all-syndetics-content-on-libraries%e2%80%99-online-catalogs/40 Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, today released statistics on U.S. book publishing for 2006, compiled from its Books In Print® database. Based on preliminary figures from U.S. publishers, Bowker is projecting that U.S. title output in 2006 increased by more than 3% to 291,920 new titles and ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/books_in_print/us-book-production-rebounded-slightly-in-2006/38 Designed to meet the needs of its users, The Software Encyclopedia is a comprehensive, easy-to-navigate guide filled with detailed information on micro-computer software. Listings of over 44,600 software programs from 4,646 publishers and distributors are fully annotated to facilitate research and acquisition. Title entries are classified under 668 subject headings and ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/print_directories/software-encyclopedia-2007-released/37 Syndetic Solutions, a subsidiary of Bowker and the premier provider of enriched content for a library's online catalog, today announced that it has introduced a wealth of video and music content that can be seamlessly integrated into a library's Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC).The new offering from Syndetic Solutions includes ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/opac_enrichment/new-video-and-music-content-available-through-syndetic-solutions/36 Health care publishing has never been more fast-paced -- and this focused two-volume set of Medical and Health Care Books and Serials In Print will help you keep track of all the rapidly changing book and serial developments with its convenient, targeted access. Listings for more than 109,000 books, including some ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/print_directories/medical-health-care-books-serials-in-print-2007-released/35 Essential for every school librarian, El-Hi Textbooks & Serials In Print provides bibliographic information for more than 189,000 textbooks (elementary, junior high, and high school) and pedagogical entries. While the main emphasis is on classroom textbooks, also included is information on appropriate reference books, periodicals, maps, pedagogical books, tests, teaching ... http://www.bowkernews.com/blb/print_directories/el-hi-textbooks-serials-in-print-2007-released/34