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Cicero is an Integrated Library System offered by Systematic.

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Cicero has been installed in 102 libraries, spanning 533 facilities or branches)

Cicero implementations by Type of Library

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Distribution of Cicero sites by Country

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System migration patterns for Cicero

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Sales Statistics for Cicero

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Sales and Installation Statistics for Cicero
Product NameCompanyNameProduct TypeYearContractsLibrariesInstalled
Cicero Systematic GroupIntegrated Library System2024742532282
Cicero Systematic GroupIntegrated Library System20231605433047
Cicero Systematic GroupIntegrated Library System202212162414

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Documents or articles featuring Cicero

Breeding, Marshall. Cicero: A New System Designed for Shared Library Management. June 2018. Smart Libraries Newsletter. Recent months have seen the completion of one of the most ambitious library automation projects globally. The Danish Joint Library System (Fælles Bibliotekssystem), based on the Cicero product developed by Systematic, has been put into production by 97 of the 98 municipalities to support their public and school libraries. In terms of libraries served, this project ranks as one of the largest consortially shared library management systems, serving 2,428 library facilities. Other measures of the scale of the project are likewise impressive. The cumulative inventory of items managed within the consortium totals over 62 million items with an annual lending volume of 50 million transactions; the libraries serve a population of 4.2 million.

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News Anouncements for Cicero

Systematic re-wins valuable contract for Denmark's library system
January 13, 2025 - Systematic has just signed an important, three-digit DKK million contract with the Danish municipalities' joint IT organisation KOMBIT to continue the development and operation of the IT system for all public and school libraries in Denmark until 2038. Supplying Denmark's national library system since 2015 has opened doors to new international markets for Systematic with its Cicero library system. The contract expires at the end of 2025, and KOMBIT's choice of supplier for the Common Library System 2.0 has been eagerly awaited by the software company. Systematic was awarded the contract shortly before New Year, and will now develop and implement the libraries' new IT solution as well as handling operations and further development in the coming years. The contract, signed with KOMBIT on behalf of Denmark's 's municipalities, has an estimated value of DKK 220 million, or about $30 million USD.

Stockholm Public Library and Systematic pioneer the future of library services
November 8, 2024 - In the heart of Stockholm, an invisible revolution is underway at the iconic city library and its 40 branches. A 20-year-old IT system is about to be replaced with a new, innovative library system combining the Danish-developed Library Management system Cicero from Systematic with the Intelligent Material Management System (IMMS) from Danish Lyngsoe Systems. The new joint solution will redefine the library experience for users and staff alike.

Systematic wins important contract for new library system in Sweden
October 22, 2024 - The Danish software company takes another big step into the European library market after winning a tender worth SEK 100 million for Stockholm Public Library. With the contract, Systematic takes another big bite of the Scandinavian market. The customer list already includes all Danish public and school libraries, Oslo's main library Deichman Bjørvika and its 22 branches, as well as close to 100 other Norwegian municipalities.

Danish library system breaks new ground in Germany
October 8, 2024 - After successful implementations in Norway and Sweden, Denmark's Cicero system is set to modernise public libraries across Hamburg, marking Systematic's first foothold in the German library market. Cicero, which forms the digital backbone of Denmark's Joint Library System, continues its expansion across Europe. Following successful implementations in both Norway and Sweden, Germany is now ready to acquire the Danish IT solution. Bücherhallen Hamburg has chosen to replace its 30-year-old library system with Cicero, making Hamburg the first German library customer for Systematic, the company behind the solution. Bücherhallen Hamburg operates all public libraries in the state, and with 32 branches spread across the city, it is one of Germany's largest libraries.

Oslo's Deichman libraries go live with new Danish library solution
March 30, 2023 - 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.

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