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on course to meet the challenge.
Byline: Bobby Pickering
on course to meet the challenge
Consolidation has been a byword of the library automation and information management market in recent years, driven by three major events: the SirsiDynix merger, the Ex Libris takeover of Reed's Endeavour, and OCLC Pica's buy-out of Fretwell-Downing. After this burst of acquisition, organic growth is now the order of the day.
So what do the IT software and services suppliers think was the biggest development or change in the library automation and information management market in 2006?
Tom Gates, VP of product marketing at SirsiDynix, says there has been a clear shift towards portal and search technologies, away from more traditional library operations management systems.
Gates says: "We are seeing more of our customers focusing on portal and search technologies that provide one-stop search and discovery of all library resources, as well as powerful new faceted and visual search tools and digital asset management systems."
Robin Murray, director of strategy and marketing at OCLC Pica, says: "The library community has told us they want to surface local content and services to make them more discoverable, both regionally and nationally. This extraction of services from a local to a regional or national level is most ably demonstrated through our work with libraries to develop resource sharing systems, in the form of LinkUK and UnityUK. Libraries have expressed their frustration with the inability to effectively discover and then efficiently share resources across regions and beyond."
- Ex Libris Launches Open-Platform Program, Reaffirming Its Commitment to...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 30, 2008 700+ words
The Ex Libris open-platform strategy brings the Company's tradition of...the principles and practice of openness already embodied in the Ex Libris environment, Ex Libris Group has embarked on formalizing its strategy of developing...
- Ex Libris and Francisco Partners Complete Acquisition of Endeavor Information...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 22, 2006 700+ words
...focused private equity funds and owner of Ex Libris, a leading global developer and provider of...purchase agreement, combines Endeavor with Ex Libris. Earlier this year, Ex Libris was acquired by Francisco Partners. As a result...
- A contribution in the promotion of Ankara: the art of ex libris.
- Newspaper article from: Turkish Daily News September 3, 2006 700+ words
...is a branch of art that has been promoting and highlighting Ankara recently: ex libris Let me first explain what ex libris is: Also called a bookplate, an ex libris is a small graphic label or print attached inside the cover of a book to identify...
- Ex Libris bought by New York private equity firm.
- Magazine article from: Israel Business Arena August 6, 2008 700+ words
...library automation software developer Ex Libris Group. Yesterday, Francisco Partners...200 million. Francisco Partners bought Ex Libris in July 2006 for $60 million, so it...with great interest the evolution of Ex Libris and its continued success in performance...
- Francisco Partners Announces Successful Ex Libris Group Exit.
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 5, 2008 700+ words
...Prompted Interest in and Purchase of Ex Libris Group LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO...completed the sale of its portfolio company, Ex Libris Group, to Leeds Equity Partners, a...services and information industries. "Ex Libris Group was a very successful investment...
- Ex Libris Forms New Partnerships.(Ex Libris Inc.)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Library Journal ROGERS, MICHAEL August 1, 2001 700+ words
...for ILL, Infotrieve, and Luna Imaging Ex Libris (USA) and The Library Corporation...capitalizing on the new vendor detente. Ex Libris has adopted TLC's Library*Connect...loan (ILL) functions. According to Ex Libris, Library*Connect "allows developers...
- ISI, Ex Libris Target Web of Science and SFX Integration.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Information Today September 1, 2000 700+ words
ISI and Ex Libris have announced plans to integrate the ISI Web of Science with Ex Libris' SFX linking technology by late fall. By combining...sensitive reference-linking technology from Ex Libris, mutual subscribers will have expanded options...
- Ex Libris Integrates the Vivisimo Velocity Clustering Engine into MetaLib.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 12, 2006 700+ words
JERUSALEM -- The Ex Libris(TM) Group and Vivisimo Inc. today...version 4 of MetaLib(R)--the Ex Libris library portal. On-the-fly subject...Clustering Engine as a key component of Ex Libris' MetaLib product," said Raul Valdes...
- Francisco Partners strikes again: endeavor information bought: academic system...
- Magazine article from: Library Journal Rogers, Michael January 1, 2007 700+ words
...comes on the heels of its July purchase of Ex Libris. One investor acquiring two turnkey vendors...announcement detailing the purchase was issued by Ex Libris and read, "Endeavor will be merged with Ex Libris.... and will retain the Ex Libris Group...
- Primo.(Chapter 5)(Ex Libris Inc.'s library catalog development)
- Magazine article from: Library Technology Reports July 1, 2007 700+ words
Ex Libris has developed a new product called Primo...including both print and electronic content. Ex Libris uses the tag line "Find It, Get It...approach for obtaining access to materials. Ex Libris has been working with a several different...
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