Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the ongoing expansion of the international Primo discovery and delivery community.
Among the newest members of the Primo customer base, which now totals over 150 sites, are: the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center at Maxwell Air Force Base; the University of Utah and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the US; the Austrian Library Network ; Sainte-Barbe Interuniversity and Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University in France; the Campus-Bibliothek fur Informatik und Angewandte Mathematik (CIAM) and the three Berlin universities in the KOBV consortium in Germany; Unitec New Zealand institute of technology; and the UNILINC network of higher education libraries in Australia.
The Austrian Library Network, which recently celebrated 10 years of managing its collections with the Aleph integrated library system, was reportedly drawn to Primo's ability to support complex consortia. In conjunction with adopting Primo, CIAM - the common library of the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, and the University of Saarland, Department of Computer Science - is replacing its homegrown integrated library system with Aleph.
For the University of Tennessee Libraries, Primo's Web 2.0 features were reportedly a significant requirement. It had wanted to provide its users with a discovery and delivery platform with a simple search interface; expanded access to materials beyond the library catalogue, including digital collections; and a solution that gives intelligent responses to searches.
Primo is claimed to be a one-stop solution for the discovery and delivery of local and remote resources, such as books, journal articles and digital objects. It assists libraries in fully utilising their collections and offering users an up-to-date discovery and delivery experience. Primo services can be embedded in commonly used applications such as course management systems and institutional portals, helping library serve users wherever they are.
