K.U.Leuven chooses Ex Libris Rosetta for Digital Preservation

The scalability, consortial support, and openness of Rosetta make it the ideal choice for K.U.Leuven and the LIBIS network.

Hamburg, Germany—September 15, 2011. Ex Libris Group® is delighted to announce that Belgium’s world-renowned K.U.Leuven has decided to enhance its Leuven Integrated Archive System (LIAS) by adding the Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system to the university’s suite of library products. Rosetta will enable the university to meet the long-term preservation needs of its library as well as those of archives, museums, and other libraries throughout Flanders that are served by the LIBIS network.

The LIBIS network, which provides information solutions to more than 30 institutions, will significantly improve its digital preservation offering through Rosetta by creating a unified digital infrastructure for the heterogeneous information held by libraries in the network. Rosetta’s support for consortia will centralize and optimize library services, increasing their efficiency and lowering the cost of ownership for LIBIS (www.libis.be).

K.U.Leuven, which already uses the full suite of Ex Libris products, will be combining Rosetta with the Primo® discovery and delivery solution to provide instant access to all resources preserved by Rosetta. In addition, LIAS will enable all LIBIS members to access Rosetta.

“In Rosetta, Ex Libris offers the only solution on the market today that is scalable and supports end-to-end long-term preservation for any type of format,” said Jo Rademakers, head of library automation at K.U.Leuven/LIBIS. “With the increasing importance of long-term preservation, it was crucial for us to find a solution that not only integrates with our existing suite of products but also provides us with the full range of preservation services. Rosetta delivers all of this. In addition, the consortial support enables us to offer long-term preservation as a service to libraries, archives, and museums, thus sparing them the trouble of managing hardware and applications.”

Ullrich Jüngling, Ex Libris vice president of sales for Central and East Europe, added, “We are very pleased that K.U.Leuven and LIBIS opted for Rosetta. With Rosetta, K.U.Leuven and LIBIS will strengthen their position as providers of shared services and drivers of innovation in Flanders.”


About K.U. Leuven
Situated in the heart of Western Europe, K.U.Leuven has been a center of learning for almost six centuries. Founded in 1425 by Pope Martin V, K.U.Leuven is the oldest existing Catholic university in the world and is home to over 30,000 students. It also has great international appeal, attracting about 5,000 international students from within the European Union and around the world. K.U.Leuven employs a staff of almost 10,000 and boasts a research budget of approximately 330 million euros.
For more information about K.U.Leuven, see http://www.kuleuven.be.

About Ex Libris
Ex Libris is a leading provider of automation solutions for academic libraries. Offering the only comprehensive product suite for electronic, digital, and print materials, Ex Libris provides efficient, user-friendly products that serve the needs of libraries today and will facilitate their transition into the future. Ex Libris maintains an impressive customer base consisting of thousands of sites in more than 80 countries on six continents.

Dedicated to developing creative solutions in close collaboration with customers, Ex Libris enables academic, national, and research libraries to maximize productivity and efficiency and, at the same time, greatly enhance the user experience. By empowering users to discover and obtain the information they need, libraries ensure their position as the bridge to knowledge.

For more information about Ex Libris Group, see our website www.exlibrisgroup.com, join us on Facebook, visit our Commentary blog, and follow our Twitter page.

Contact:
LIBIS
Tel. +32 16 32 22 66
into-info@libis.be

LIBISzine September 2011, nummer 2

• Alma: Bibliotheekmanagement anno 2012
• Heron: De connectie voor uw museale collectie
• Sociale media: Kunnen we nog zonder?
• LIBISnet: De gebruikersdag in vogelvlucht en werkgroepen in de kijker

 

ECB new LIBISnet partner!

We welcome our new LIBISnet partner: The European Central Bank Frankfurt Am Main. They joined LIBISnet in may 2011 and they certainly are a valuable partner for our network. After the Belgium National Bank, ECB is the second National Bank, who aligns LIBISnet.

Nieuwe medewerker LIBIS

Sinds 1 juli is Annelies Noelmans gestart bij LIBIS. Haar taak is Administratief Coördinator en zij zal tevens instaan voor de communicatie en voor de algemene ondersteuning van de account managers.

U kan haar bereiken op het nummer 016 32 22 66 of via into-info@libis.be

LIBISzine April 2011 nummer 1

• LIAS: 2 in 1
• LIMO: live!
• LIBIS stelt u voor: het account management team
• De iPad: Wat doet hij met ons?
• LIBISnet: Een netwerk in actie

 

LIBISnet gebruikersdag 2011

De jaarlijkse LIBISnet gebruikersdag zal dit jaar doorgaan op 3 mei in de bibliotheek van de Nationale Bank.

9:30 Registratie en koffie
10:00 Welkom (Georges De Ridder)
10:10 LIBIS update (Jo Rademakers)
10:30 Update vanuit de werkgroepen
11:35 UniCat (Jo Rademakers)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Limo (Veerle Kerstens & Mehmet Celik)
14:30 Lias deel 1 (Dirk Kinnaes & Sam Alloing)
15:00 Koffie
15:30 Lias deel 2 (Dirk Kinnaes & Sam Alloing)
15:45 Alma Partner Release 3 (Bart Peeters)
16:30 Q & A
16:45 Receptie

Het inschrijvingsformulier kan u vinden op : https://www.libis.be/libisnet/evenementen/gebruikersdag_2011.php (enkel geregistreerde gebruikers)

LIBISnet data in UniCat

De gegevens van LIBISnet werden opgeladen in UniCat. UniCat is een virtule union catalogue van Belgische bibliotheken. Op dit moment werden ongeveer 14 miljoen records opgeladen van de universiteitsbibliotheken en de Koninklijke bibliotheek. Ook de gegevens van de LIBISnet en ANET bibliotheeknetwerken werden opgeladen.

In een latere fase kunnen ook andere bibliotheken en bibliotheeknetwerken in UniCat instappen.

Kortelings zal ook de link met LibriLinks worden gerealiseerd. In een latere fase zal bekeken worden hoe de integratie met onze IBL en met Limo kan gebeuren.

U kan UniCat vinden op www.unicat.be.