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    December 6th, 2014LISWire aggregatorLISWire
    (news release publishes Monday, Dec.8) Los Angeles, CA, December 8, 2014 – Reprints Desk, Inc., a Research Solutions (OTCQB: RSSS) company and top-rated document delivery supplier, today announced a limited time promotion for users of ILLiad, the library resource sharing management software from Atlas Systems, Inc. ILLiad users who install Reprints Desk’s document delivery browser plug-in by February 28, 2015 may receive at no cost their selection of two articles valued at up to $100 in total. The offer is available only to new Reprints Desk library customers and for orders of single, full-text copies of scholarly research papers submitted via the Reprints Desk A-Z DocDel Collection add-on for ILLiad. ILLiad users can sign up for the promotion by registering online at http://info.reprintsdesk.com/illiad-account. “Libraries at research-based universities are under intense pressure to evolve their collection development strategies to provide ‘just in time’ rather than ‘just in case’ access for growing faculty and student populations,” noted Ian Palmer, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Reprints Desk. “Reprints Desk’s special copyright royalty rates can help academic libraries provide this access. This special promotion is designed to increase awareness of the numerous benefits of Reprints Desk, and to encourage academic libraries to sign up and get it now.” Reprints Desk’s A-Z Academic Document Delivery Collection is comprised of specially priced scholarly journal articles from more than 40,000 publications – including content often embargoed by interlibrary loan (ILL) as well as hundreds of thousands of book records. Reprints Desk provides a high quality PDF of the article created with software as sodapdf, and with  a small transactional fee plus a special academic copyright royalty charge that can be as low as $15.00. Participating publishers currently include Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Springer Verlag, Nature Publishing Group, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and dozens of others. Corporations, academic institutions, and government organizations around the world rely on Reprints Desk and its online platform Article Galaxy for legal, low cost access to full-text scientific, technical, and medical (STM) content. Since its inception, Reprints Desk has ranked #1 overall and in each category in every Document Delivery Vendor Scorecard survey of buyers from information analyst and advisory firm Outsell, Inc. For more information about Reprints Desk, visit www.reprintsdesk.com. ABOUT ATLAS SYSTEMS Atlas Systems, Inc. is a software development company dedicated to serving libraries. Founded in July 1995 with the mission of “promoting library excellence through efficiency,” Atlas is best known for creating the ILLiad interlibrary loan management system now exclusively distributed by OCLC and used by more than 1,100 libraries worldwide. Focused on bringing the benefits of automation to library processes that have not been addressed by other software services, Atlas has introduced Ares, an electronic reserves solution, and Aeon, an online request and workflow management system specifically designed for special collections libraries and archives. ABOUT REPRINTS DESK® Reprints Desk improves how journal articles and clinical reprints are accessed, procured, and legally used in evidence-based promotions, medical affairs, and scientific, technical, and medical (STM) research. Organizations fueled by intellectual property choose Reprints Desk because of its collaborative business approach, efficient article supply system and services, and commitment to quality post-sales support. Reprints Desk is a wholly owned subsidiary of Research Solutions, Inc. ABOUT RESEARCH SOLUTIONS® Research Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB:RSSS) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk, Inc. (www.reprintsdesk.com) are pioneers in providing on-demand access to scientific, technical, and medical (STM) information for life science companies, academic institutions, and other research intensive organizations. Our customers include 70% of the top 25 pharmaceutical companies in the world. Our cloud based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, Article Galaxy, provides customers with access to the over one million newly published articles each year in addition to the tens of millions of existing articles that have been published in the past, helping them to identify the content that is critical to their research. We have arrangements with numerous STM content publishers that allow electronic access and distribution of their content. In addition to serving end users of content, we also serve STM publishers by facilitating compliance with applicable copyright laws. Forward-Looking Statements Certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking statements. Such matters involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the following: changes in economic conditions; general competitive factors; acceptance of the Company's products in the market; the Company's success in obtaining new customers; the Company's success in technology and product development; the Company's ability to execute its business model and strategic plans; the Company's success in integrating acquired entities and assets, and all the risks and related information described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the financial statements and related information contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and interim Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company assumes no obligation to update the cautionary information in this release. Public and Media Relations Contacts: Ian Palmer, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Reprints Desk, Inc. +1 (415) 533-8308 ipalmer@reprintsdesk.com
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    December 6th, 2014LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    Contact:
    Kat Kamp
    Backstage Library Works
    801.356.1852
    news@bslw.com
    www.bslw.com

    PROVO, Utah, December 5, 2014 — Backstage Library Works (www.bslw.com), has seen significant growth in requests for its customizable RDA enrichment services. To date, Backstage has enriched more than 60 million bibliographic records with RDA elements for more than 60 client libraries.

    To ensure consistency within their clients’ catalogs, Backstage conducted a survey among libraries on the subject of RDA implementation. In response to the feedback, Backstage offered its existing authority control customers the opportunity to receive free retrospective RDA enrichment for their AACR2 records. As a result, institutions with as few as 27,000 records to as many as 6.1 million gladly scheduled the service.

    Noteworthy increase was also seen in 2014 among new clients opting for RDA enrichment. In 2013, 43 percent of new clients chose RDA enrichment for their bibliographic records. In 2014, 93 percent of new clients readily chose automated RDA enrichment as part of the process.

    Nate Cothran, vice president of automation services for Backstage notes:

    “Two key benefits with our RDA enrichment service are customization and consistency. Our libraries have let us know they want processing done the right way, which is their way, and we are happy to oblige.

    With the Library of Congress and other national entities starting to add more RDA bibliographic records, running RDA enrichment for our clients’ catalogs introduces greater consistency for patrons and users alike.

    We couldn’t be happier with the outpouring of support for our RDA enrichment services and for helping to make a difference to our clients and their catalogs.”

    Backstage’s authority control system offers deep customization through an online profile, detailed planning guides and wikis, and a generous set of reports. Processing includes field validation and data cleanup, with optional local authority data preservation, matching against a number of specialized vocabulary files, and RDA enrichment. These services assist libraries in creating consistency and uniformity within their databases.

    Backstage can upgrade existing non-RDA bibliographic records to RDA standards and re-describe the records as RDA in an automated fashion according to an institution’s preferences. To help libraries maintain newly updated catalogs with heading accuracy, and to benefit from future RDA-based discovery capabilities, Backstage offers new bibliographic record upgrades and authority updates as part of its authority control services.

    Backstage’s RDA offerings include:

      Full service cataloging
      RDA-ready authority control
      RDA enrichment for AACR2 records
      Validation and enrichment for existing RDA records
      Rich GMD to CMC mapping
      Custom programming and data processing

    About Backstage Library Works

    Backstage’s objective is to provide the most technologically advanced and efficient means for delivering professional library services. With over 25 years of experience, the company is known for its expertise in handling complex and unique projects. Backstage specializes in solutions for cataloging, authority control, digitization, preservation microfilm, and on-site needs. In providing services to more than a thousand libraries, large and small, public and private, and in locations across the globe, Backstage has cultivated an understanding of libraries, their mission, their operations, and the challenges they face. Backstage offices are located in Provo, Utah, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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