Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that BIBSYS, the Norwegian national provider of library services, has selected the Alma library management service. BIBSYS will use Alma in conjunction with Ex Libris Primo to provide next-generation library services for a consortium of over 100 institutions that includes all Norwegian universities, colleges, the National Library and a number of research libraries.
Having adopted the Primo discovery and delivery solution earlier in 2013, BIBSYS has now made a strategic decision to modernise its library management systems. After a thorough evaluation of commercial alternatives, BIBSYS chose Alma because it offered unified management of the full life-cycle for all types of resources, based on powerful and streamlined functionality. At the same time, Alma's capabilities for large consortia, its cloud-based SaaS design, and its advanced analytics capabilities were important to the BIBSYS decision.
Among the many requirements set out by BIBSYS in their evaluation process, one of the most critical was the need to increase efficiency by unifying workflows across all resource types.
