Bristol, UK, June 16, 2008. Infor announced today that Leeds Trinity & All Saints College, located in Leeds, United Kingdom, has selected Vubis Smart, Infor’s integrated Library System. Leeds Trinity & All Saints College will implement Vubis Smart along with Infor’s federated search and information portal (V-spaces), e-resources management application (V-sources), statistical analysis tool (V-insight) and Reading List functionality. Leeds Trinity & All Saints College will also be implementing AquaBrowser, the "discovery platform" by Medialab Solutions.
Steve Barker, General Manager of Infor UK Libraries Division, said: "Leeds Trinity & All Saints selected Vubis Smart following a tender process. The selection of our comprehensive suite of products underscores the strength of our solutions in today’s competitive environment."
Vubis Smart and V-spaces will provide students at Leeds Trinity & All Saints dynamic access to course materials, academic publications and web-based resources. The Library, on its part, will benefit from convenient workflows and administrative functions in Vubis Smart, V-sources and V-insight to manage their collections and electronic resources and gain in-depth insight into overall trends and usage of the Library.
Leeds Trinity & All Saints is an independent higher education institution, offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees subjects in Arts and Social Sciences; Media, Business and Marketing and Education. Through the Library, students have access to print and electronic books and journals, multimedia materials and a growing collection of databases, to support their studies.
Leeds Trinity Librarian, Liz Murphy, said: "We are very excited by the opportunity offered by Vubis Smart and AquaBrowser to create a powerful new information discovery portal, enabling an initial search in a simple search interface to expose a far wider range of our resources to our students and staff than is possible at present."
She continued: "We shall also be able to enhance our existing My Subject portals, using the federated search power of V-Spaces to make them much easier and more intuitive to use."
About Leeds Trinity and All Saints
Leeds Trinity & All Saints is an independent higher education institution, accredited by the University of Leeds. Leeds Trinity offers individuals undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a range of subjects each involving a professional placement for students to extend their experience and explore their career aspirations.
With nearly 3000 students studying for full and part-time degrees we retain a community atmosphere which provides a supportive and friendly environment to help people realise their full potential. See www.leedstrinity.ac.uk
About Infor Library and Information Solutions
Infor Library and Information Solutions offers libraries and information centers a suite of automation products, including an information portal and federated search application (V-spaces), an Open URL Resolver (V-link), an Integrated Library System (Vubis Smart), and an Electronic Resources Management System (V-sources). Our organization has been at the forefront of library technology for three decades and has a rich history of providing innovative solutions to information centers and libraries worldwide. For more information about our products, visit www.vubis-smart.com