Our Callisto service is now available in two versions. Callisto Basic is useful to reference, public service, IT, and e-resource librarians for common troubleshooting scenarios with many popular publishers. Callisto Pro includes far more features and covers virtually all of your e-resource subscriptions.
Callisto Basic is available ongoing free of charge to a limited number of domestic four-year universities and selected other institutions on a first come, first serve basis. Sign up now to make sure your institution is included in this offer!
Features | Callisto Basic | Callisto Pro |
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Cost to qualified institutions | FREE OFFER! | Request Quote |
Automatically discovers your e-resource subscriptions | ✔ | ✔ |
Fast, easy setup (30-45 minutes is common) | ✔ | ✔ |
Maintenance-free hosted web service | ✔ | ✔ |
Ongoing subscription monitoring & troubleshooting for over 40 popular e-resource providers across all disciplines with ebooks, ejournals, databases | ✔ | ✔ + More |
Ongoing subscription monitoring & troubleshooting for virtually all your e-resource providers (hundreds supported and we add your others) | ✔ | |
Locations: Number of IP networks and/or proxy servers from which Callisto will verify your subscriptions | 1 | Any number |
Automatically identifies the subscriptions with incomplete access on your campus (limited by the number of locations above) | ✔ | ✔ |
Reports when you gain or lose access to e-resource subscriptions | ✔ | ✔ |
Reports when you have the wrong institution’s subscriptions | ✔ | ✔ |
Reports when your subscription identifiers change | ✔ | ✔ |
Reports when your e-resource providers have downtime | ✔ | ✔ |
EZproxy and VPN support | ✔ | ✔ |
Title Tracking: Automatic daily detection of the individual titles, collections, and databases actually available in your subscriptions. Change alerts for adds/deletes. | Yes, varies by provider | |
Title Timeline: Historical tracking of your subscriptions’ titles, with the ability to see which changed between any points in time. Very useful to correct your library’s A-Z list, link resolver, LibGuides, OPAC, etc. | ✔ | |
Alerts: Near real-time email alerts of all types of subscription changes, including titles added/removed, subscriptions added/lost, and much more. | ✔ | |
Configurable email alert settings and filters for each recipient. | ✔ |