Ex Libris Primo Central Index to Cover SwetsWise Online Content catalog

Swets’ electronic content gateway database will be fully searchable in Primo Central.

Jerusalem, Israel and Leiden, The Netherlands—March 14, 2013. Ex Libris® Group, a world leader in the provision of library automation solutions, is pleased to announce an agreement with Swets, the global leader in managing professional information that will enable mutual customers to search the SwetsWise Online Content database via the Primo Central Index of scholarly electronic materials.

The SwetsWise Online Content database covers the metadata and abstracts of over 40 million articles and 14,500 full-text scientific periodicals from more than 5,700 publishers. The Primo Central Index, offered as a cloud-based service to hundreds of libraries around the globe, is an integral part of the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. As a one-stop service, Primo enables users to fulfill their information needs by exploring their library’s locally managed collections along with global and regional resources indexed in Primo Central, and to obtain one blended, relevance-ranked result list.

Frans van Ette, Business Development Director at Swets commented “Our overriding goal is to help customers increase the usage and impact of their acquired content. The Primo Central Index will enable SwetsWise Online Content subscribers to carry out their research within the library’s discovery interface, without losing the rapid, seamless access that SwetsWise Online Content provides. The Ex Libris strategy of supporting scholarship through superior technology aligns with our commitment to enabling libraries to offer cutting-edge and comprehensive resources to their users.”

David Beychok, vice president for discovery and delivery solutions at Ex Libris, remarked: “We are thrilled to be the first discovery index offering the comprehensive metadata and abstracts covered by SwetsWise to mutual customers of Ex Libris and Swets. Searching in Primo Central provides users in the Primo community of over 1300 institutions with instant access to their institutions’ local collections and global resources, providing a seamless discovery experience. SwetsWise content is an important addition to the extensive scope of materials in Primo Central, and one that will provide substantial benefits to Ex Libris customers.”

About SWETS

Swets is the global market leader in managing professional information. It develops and delivers services that enable the use of knowledge to its full extent. From more than twenty offices around the world it actively serves clients and publishers in over 160 countries. The company’s active role in today’s complex information marketplace has been regularly awarded by E-Content Magazine in their annual “100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry.” It is the only information agent to be ISO 9001:2008 certified on a global basis, a standard which affirms the company’s stringent operation and client service procedures. For more information on Swets see our website, watch our videos or follow us on Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Ex Libris

Ex Libris is a leading provider of automation solutions for academic, national, and research libraries. Offering the only comprehensive product suite for electronic, digital, and print materials, Ex Libris provides efficient, user-friendly products that serve the needs of libraries today and will facilitate their transition into the future. Ex Libris maintains an impressive customer base consisting of thousands of sites in more than 80 countries on six continents.

Dedicated to developing creative solutions in close collaboration with customers, Ex Libris enables libraries to maximize productivity and efficiency and, at the same time, greatly enhance the user experience. By empowering users to discover and obtain the information they need, libraries ensure their position as the bridge to knowledge.

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Media Contacts

Damian Leslie
External Communications Executive
Swets
Dellaertweg 9b
Leiden 2316 WZ
The Netherlands
Phone: +3188 – 4679332
Fax: +3188 – 4679388
Email: dleslie@nl.swets.com
www.swets.com