Library Technology Guides

Oslo's Deichman libraries go live with new Danish library solution. On Tuesday 28 March, 21 public libraries in the City of Oslo were connected to their new library system solution, Cicero. Transferring the data relating to almost two million library items, the profiles of 500,000 borrowers and all the accompanying data went exactly according to plan. Not a single user became aware of the data transfer as it was happening. [Full Announcement].

Systematic enters the Norwegian library market. The Danish software company Systematic has won the tender for a new integrated library solution for the Deichman libraries in Oslo, which consists of 22 public and special libraries. The product Cicero will be the foundation around which Deichman's digital universe will be built. The solution supports functions such as borrower management, circulation, acquisition of materials and the experience in the library room. At the same time, the agreement with Deichman Systematics is the first step on the Norwegian library market. Deichman, which is part of Oslo municipality, has given all Norwegian municipalities the opportunity to buy into the Deichman agreement. Out of 428 Norwegian libraries, 230 have wanted to become option libraries, which gives them the right to be able to buy and connect to Cicero. [Full Announcement].

Oslo Public Library chooses new IT system. The City of Oslo's 22 public libraries have chosen Systematic's library solution Cicero as their future platform for supporting libraries and borrowers. The Danish software company Systematic has won the tender to supply a new all-in-one library solution for Oslo Public Library (Deichman) in Oslo, which comprises 22 public and special libraries. Deichman's digital universe will be based on the product Cicero. The solution supports functions such as borrowing, circulation, acquiring new materials and the library user experience. At the same time, the agreement with Deichman marks Systematic's first step into the Norwegian library market. [Full Announcement].

Södertälje kommun erbjuder alla skolbibliotek en ny och användarvänlig lösning. Som den andra kommunen på bara ett par månader har Södertälje valt bibliotekslösningen Cicero för att öka tillgängligheten till skolbiblioteken i grundskolorna. Under hösten 2020 valde Norrköpings kommun att köpa bibliotekslösningen Cicero till kommunens samtliga 50 skolbibliotek. Nu väljer Södertälje kommun också att göra det, vilket gör det lätt för skolbibliotekarier, lärare och 12 000 elever att hitta och låna exemplar – såväl på biblioteket som i klassrummet. [Full Announcement].

Municipality of Södertälje offering all school libraries a new and user-friendly IT solution. The Municipality of Södertälje is the second municipality in the space of only a few months to choose the library system Cicero to support library users at its primary and lower secondary schools. In autumn 2020, the Municipality of Norrköping decided to buy the library solution Cicero for all 50 school libraries in the municipality. Now, the Municipality of Södertälje is following suit, which will make it easy for school librarians, teachers and 12,000 pupils in the municipality to find and borrow materials – in the library and in the classroom. [Full Announcement].

Swedish heavyweight in library market to pave the way for Systematic. With eighty per cent of Swedish libraries in its customer database, the Swedish company BTJ is the perfect business partner for Systematic, which is busy winning over the Swedish market with its library solution Cicero. BTJ, the Swedish publisher and content provider for libraries, has entered a strategic partnership agreement with the software company Systematic, which means that BTJ can now add the library solution Cicero to its product catalogue. The partnership with BTJ is strategically important for Systematic's plans to create competition in the Swedish market for library systems which has been dominated for many years by one large provider. [Full Announcement].

KOMBIT. Københavns Kommune har ibrugtaget ØiR Debitor. Efter et succesfuldt testforløb har Københavns Kommune netop sat ØiR Debitor i drift på Fælles Bibliotekssystem (FBS). Som den første kommune i Danmark ibrugtog Københavns Kommune den 1. december ØiR debitorintegrationen i forbindelse med brugen af Fælles Bibliotekssystem (FBS). Konkret betyder det, at Københavns Kommune nu kan afsende fordringer automatisk fra FBS til kommunens debitorsystem (KMD OPUS). [Full Announcement].

KOMBIT. Nyheder om Bibliotekernes Data og It. I KOMBIT ser vi frem til et kommende halvår, hvor det forhåbentlig igen bliver muligt for os at komme ud og møde jer medarbejdere på bibliotekerne. Blandt andet vil vi deltage på bibliotekernes netværksmøder - uanset om de bliver fysiske eller virtuelle. [Full Announcement].

KOMBIT. Nyheder om Bibliotekernes Data og It Juni 2020. Den kvikke læser har måske bemærket, at nyhedsbrevet har fået nyt navn. Det skyldes, at vi, som tidligere nævnt, i KOMBIT har valgt at samle FBS (Fælles Bibliotekssystem) og FBI (Fælles Biblioteksinfrastruktur) under en fælles organisering og et fælles projekt kaldet Bibliotekernes Data og It (BDI). [Full Announcement].

KOMBIT. Nyhedsbrev fra Fælles Bibliotekssystem. Som varslet i sidste nyhedsbrev, valgte styregruppen for Fællesskabet FBS den 21. november 2019 at følge indstillingen om opløsning af Fællesskabet FBS. Det betyder, at projekt Fælles Bibliotekssystem overgår til det nye setup for governance - Bibliotekernes Data & IT (BDI) - pr. 1. januar 2020, som også omfatter Fælles Biblioteksinfrastruktur. [Full Announcement].

KOMBIT. Nyhedsbrev fra Fælles Bibliotekssystem. Folketinget behandlede godkendte L 183 - Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om biblioteksvirksomhed den 23. april 2019. Lovforslaget skal ses i sammenhæng med et planlagt salg af den statslige aktiepost i DBC A/S til KL. [Full Announcement].

KOMBIT. Nyhedsbrev fra Fælles Bibliotekssystem. afsluttes, når de bestilte funktionalitetsudvidelser, som var en forudsætning for opgraderingen af Cicero Web til Cicero Surf er leveret. [Full Announcement].

Hjørring municipality in Denmark opts for Cicero and links up with the rest of the country. The Danish municipality of Hjørring decided that staff at the schools' pedagogical learning centres should do as little administrative work as possible in connection with the implementation of the municipality's new Cicero library system. [Full Announcement].