EDELWEISS+ for Libraries
2019 YEAR IN REVIEW
Edelweiss+ Communities
Communities are groups of users with similar interests or functions. Belonging to a Community is a great way to make Edelweiss+ even more customized and useful.
Users within a Community are able to:
- Share reviews and collections with the Community
- View reviews and collections from other Community members
Public librarians are automatically added to the LibraryReads Community. When you're reviewing a title, you can also easily click to nominate it for LibraryReads! Learn more.
Enhanced Training & Support
Librarians now have access to a devoted Library Client Success Manager, who serves as a consultative expert for both new and existing clients. Additionally, there is a new training program for librarians as well as monthly newsletters full of product updates, news, and best practices.
Email Notification Digests
Librarians can now subscribe to an email digest of your notifications on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. The default is monthly. Learn more.
Additional Refinements
Added the ability to refine a list of titles by language and/or publishing status (to quickly identify forthcoming titles).
Print Review Copies
Introduced the ability to manage print review copies to publishers, as well as the ability for librarians to refine lists of review copies by print availability. Learn more.
Investments in New Technology
The React web framework helps us to deploy fixes and new features faster, exploit modern browser capabilities, and maintain our applications. Cloud-based big data processing technologies allow us to scale our data ingest routines and accommodate ever-growing data streams.
Improvements to Services Architecture
We've implemented more independent services in our application architecture to speed deployment of fixes and new features, take advantage of more efficient cloud-based hosting resources, and promote overall site resiliency.
Online Billing Center
Billing contacts for your organization now have the option to pay invoices and track billing history online.
What Librarians Are SAying
"Edelweiss+ is an invaluable resource, and I appreciate accessing digital galleys before books are published so I can make the most informed decisions for our library."
Eti Berland, Lincolnwood Public Library
"As a librarian, I need to see new books in advance. Edelweiss+ galleys help me decide what to purchase, what to recommend to library patrons, and what will appeal to book club members. Thank you!"
Ellen Getreu, Librarian
"The best collection development tool I have ever used!"
Margaret Donovan, Librarian
"Edelweiss+ is a great tool for finding out what books are coming soon. It helps with collection development, reader's advisory, and selections for book clubs. It is such a fabulous tool for librarians!"
Rachel Reeves, Librarian
"Edelweiss+ is a great collection development tool and aids me in doing readers advisory."
Mary Lorenz, Librarian