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From our Managing Director

I had the pleasure to meet with many of our customers at various occasions in the last few months at industry conferences, user group meetings and of course individual visits. I was encouraged with the very positive feedback regarding our product direction. Libraries are looking at engaging their users in ways that are relevant to our times and we are well-positioned to meet users’ needs - today and in the future - both with our ILS and Iguana, Infor’s new collaboration and marketing portal. More >>

Iguana Goes Live at the Public Library of Breda

Iguana, Infor's user collaboration and marketing portal, went live at the Public Library of Breda on July 5. Iguana provides library users with new and exciting ways to explore the library's collections and services. Users can learn about interesting items through an interactive ‘book river’ for example and view events in the library through an integrated calendar. More >>

Openness and OpenURL at BSG
By Véronique de Kok, Chief Curator, Sainte-Geneviève inter-academic Library

The tradition of openness at the academic library of Sainte-Geneviève University (BSG) goes back to the institution’s roots; starting back in the Middle Ages until the 18th century, the Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève opened its doors to scholars, students, and finally, before the French revolution, also to common people to pursue studies and learn about science and culture. More >>

From ILS to Repository
By Eric Conderaerts, Director of Product Management

In a traditional sense, an Integrated Library System (ILS) constitutes an integrated set of modules to manage the library’s operations. The ILS as it took shape over three decades ago still exists today: cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, serials management and a Web OPAC are the core modules we find in any ILS. More >>

Exposing Scholarly Information with Vubis Smart and V-smart

The ability for academic libraries to make the full breadth of scholarly information easily and readily accessible to their users is a key requirement in today’s learning environments. The Open Archives Initiative addresses this issue by enabling the exposure and harvesting of scholarly communication through the Protocol of Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). More >>

New Customers Join the Infor Ranks in the UK

Infor is pleased to welcome two new customers in the UK: St Mary's University College and the City of Newport in Wales. More >>