Brussels-Leuven – September 17, 2001

Today ELiAS, IVS and LIBIS/KULeuven announce they will extend their already existing cooperation. This will lead to a further synergy and optimization of the products and services portfolio of the three partners.

LIBIS/KULeuven, ELiAS and IVS offer today a wide range of IT solutions for different types of  libraires and documentation centres.

The integrated AMICUS library management system and the LibriVision web gateway of ELiAS is future proof software, based on international standards. The company is active in over 20 countries with software and services that have been chosen by some of the world’s most prestigious libraries.  Library networks in Europe, the Middle East and Australia serve thousands of libraries with AMICUS and LibriVision applications.

IVS is a leading IT-company in conversionware, distribution and implementation of bibliographic and full-text databases. IVS uses the most advanced internet technologies to dissiminate information in the most efficient way. The company is the sole agent for the British Library in the Benelux and technology partner for OVID/Silverplatter’s ERL® technology. 

LIBIS-Bibliotheekinformatica is active in three domains: development and support of library IT solutions, creation of a virtual library and the research and development of  information technology in the library environment.

LIBIS-Bibliotheekinformatica administers the library system of the Catholic University of Leuven and offers its services to LIBIS-net. For more than two decades LIBIS-net is the leading library system in Belgium serving more than 30 different organisations.

LIBIS-Net offers, next to the catalogue of library holdings, more than 8 million descriptions to their members on a ‘not for profit’ basis.  

The cooperation between ELiAS, IVS and LIBIS/KULeuven in the fields of research, development, distribution and implementation will extend significantly the scope of their ‘state of the art’ products and integrated solutions.

These solutions will fullfil the demands for modern libraries and documentation centres in the electronic era.