Parceiros Estratégicos

In June 2001 Ex Libris and the ABLE™ Partnership announced the joint development of an information interface between the ALEPH 500 library management system and the ABLE library binding system. Using the ABLE/Ex Libris binding interface, it is possible to automate binding preparation, to eliminate errors and manual re-keying, and to instantly update the status of an entire binding shipment-all via the Internet. Shared customers, of these two companies, are now able to move data back and forth between the two systems automatically.

ABLE has been in successful operation for the past twelve years and is used by major binderies in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. More than 400 libraries use the ABLE Library component. The system can read and write in the two leading formats used by library binders-ABLE and LARS.

For additional information regarding the ABLE Partnership, please see: http://www.icibinding.com/misc/ablepartner.htm

In June 2003 Ex Libris and Net Snippets™, a leading provider of personal and collaborative research information management solutions, announced a technology integration and cooperation agreement to provide a comprehensive solution for personal and collaborative information management. By integrating Net Snippets into the Ex Libris line of products, on-line researchers interested in saving metadata records can drag these directly into the Net Snippets personal information management application, on their browser. Records saved in Net Snippets maintain their underlying structure and include non-visual components such as an OpenURL.

The Net Snippets software enables on-line researchers to collect, save, and annotate different types of content from a variety of sources and organize it into one hierarchical filing system right in their browser. Using a simple drag-and-drop interface, a researcher can instantly transfer text, imagens, and entire files-such as PDF, Word, and multimedia files-into Net Snippets and save them along with the source information, the researcher's comments, and metadata information that the researcher records. Colleagues can easily share snippets of content and entire folders and effortlessly generate bibliographies in a variety of styles, such as MLA and APA.

For additional information regarding Net Snippets, please see:http://www.netsnippets.com/

SF-Systems and Ex Libris partnered in December 2002 to integrate the LINCPlus full-featured library binding preparation software product into the ALEPH 500 integrated library system. By adding LINCPlus to ALEPH, Ex Libris offers customers a powerful binding preparation tool with many advanced and timesaving features designed with library customers in mind. LINCPlus includes innovations such as user security, binding cost estimation, one-click capturing of binding information, and binding transaction histories, and report generation.

SF-Systems, a proud member of the Library Binding Institute (LBI), American Library Association (ALA) and the Ontario Library Association (OLA), has years of experience in both software development and bookbinding. SF-Systems is based near Canada's capital, in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Our target is to develop affordable software solutions for the bookbinding and library industries.

For additional information regarding SF-Systems, please see: http://www.sf-systems.com/

Since the development of the ALEPH integrated library system on the Sun platform, Ex Libris has become a Sun Higher Education Partner. Over the years, Ex Libris and Sun have worked closely to provide real solutions for the constantly evolving library market. The scalability and reliability of the Sun platform, the Company's strong relationships with best-of-breed library software vendors, as well as its presence and investment in the education community have led some of the largest libraries in the world to choose Sun as their platform of choice.

As libraries shift from physical to digital collections, from repository to gateway, Sun's network-centric computing technologies provide a sturdy platform for the library of tomorrow.

For additional information regarding Sun Microsystems, please see: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/commofinterest/libraries/.

In January 2003 Ex Libris and Syndetic Solutions partnered to deliver Syndetic enrichment options to Ex Libris customers using ALEPH 500 (Version 16+) or SFX. Ex Libris customers operating ALEPH 500 or SFX can take advantage of this partnership with Syndetic Solutions to subscribe to the Company's enrichment options including cover imagens, summaries, fiction and biography profiles, author notes, first chapters, excerpts, tables of contents, and book reviews.

Syndetic Solutions is the premier provider of specialized, quality bibliographic data for the enhancment of library online catalogs. The company's products and services are designed to improve precision in the search and retrieval of information contained within large bibliographic databases, and to enhance the user's experience by presenting a wealth of information about the titles retrieved. Acting as a centralized collection and distribution center for descriptive information about books and media currently in print, Syndetics consolidates and standardizes data formats, and creates additional and uniquely valuable access points and data elements.

For additional information regarding Syndetic Solutions, please see http://www.syndetics.com/index.htm.