Academic Libraries
Infor’s library and information management applications are developed in partnership with two leading European universities - the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium and Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e) in the Netherlands. Installed in some of Europe’s foremost educational institutions, our comprehensive suite of library and information management applications addresses the evolving needs of library staff, educators and students in dynamic learning environments. Through flexible collection management tools, a rich search environment, digital repository support and integration with Virtual Leaning Environments (VLEs), academic libraries offer their users seamless access to information regardless of format or source.
Inherently flexible, Infor’s library and information management applications provide library staff, educators and students with the necessary means to find relevant information, communicate around coursework and conduct effective research. Our fully featured Integrated Library System, Vubis Smart, facilitates the circulation of materials, acquisitions, serials management, cataloging and inter-library loan (ILL). Library users, on their part, enjoy an easy-to-use search interface to find information in library catalogs, subscription databases and Internet resources.
Solution Highlights for Academic Libraries:
- Comprehensive applications including an integrated library system, information portal and federated search application, OpenURL Resolver, e-resources management and statistical analysis portal
- Inherent scalability and flexibility to manage metadata, collections in multiple formats, multiple databases and multiple locations
- Support for standard data formats and protocols such as MARC21, UniMARC, Dublin Core, CDWA, XML, Dublin Core, Unicode, OpenURL, OAI-PMH, Z39.50, SRU/SRW and many others
- Electronic resources management including full interoperability with third-party systems and applications
- Web-based statistical portal to analyze trends and facilitate decision making
- Digital repository management to disseminate scholarly publications (support for the OAI harvesting protocol and repository upload)
- Multi-lingual support
- Support for Inter Library Loan (ILL)
- Course and resource management including integration with Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), CRM applications and data harvesting environments using Web Service-based Service Oriented Architecture ( SOA)
- Support for stack requests
- Interoperability with RFID and self-check systems
- Highly flexible search and resource discovery environment with federated searching, OpenURL linking and a graphical Web OPAC including enhanced content
- Information delivery functionality for users to receive customized information in the right place at the right time (SDI, RSS news feeds, journal availability and more)
- Web OPAC ‘Reading Lounges’ to provide students access to course materials in reading lists
