Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris has expanded its product portfolio by acquiring oMbiel, a UK-based SaaS Platform provider of mobile and portal solutions for higher education.
campusM™, oMbiel’s flagship product, enables educational institutions to deliver services and information to prospective, enrolled, and graduating students, as well as other campus audiences, through a high-quality user experience. Mobile access to information and services as provided by campusM is now a basic expectation of users, particularly the new generation of mobile-first students.
campusM offers users a unified digital experience delivered through native apps and web portals that span a range of academic, administrative, and social activities on campus, such as course schedules, grades, campus maps, library services, and information about campus events.
Already deployed at numerous universities in the UK and around the world, campusM enhances the overall campus experience for the academic community and helps subscribing institutions stay competitive with peer institutions. campusM can be integrated with local services and enterprise systems, including learning management systems, student information systems, and library systems.
Using the flexible, built-in tools of campusM, schools can extend and localize apps to increase student engagement. Customers include London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Sheffield, and Imperial College London (all in the UK), University of Canberra (Aus), University of Sheffield (UK), University of Cape Town (SA), Imperial College London (UK), HEC Paris (France), and Queensborough Community College (USA).
Ex Libris, with its history of innovation and leadership, a large customer base of over 5,500 institutions worldwide, and its robust cloud infrastructure and operations, is well positioned to leverage and extend the oMbiel mobile technology to provide comprehensive, innovative services to the higher-education community and its libraries. The synergy between Ex Libris and oMbiel and their technologies will bring added benefits to the development of the combined companies' products and presents new opportunities for Ex Libris to extend its business beyond the library in higher education.
