A long-standing supporter of HELibTech, PTFS Europe are the leading provider of open source library software in the UK.
PTFS Europe work with open source software with the aim of making the technology easy to use and administer to help and enable library users. PTFS staff are an ISO27001 accredited company working exclusively UK with UK based staff.
Current products available include:
Koha Library Management System
The most widely used library management system with over 15000 systems, Koha open source LMS is developed by libraries. PTFS offer hosting of Koha through a web-based client. As most PTFS Koha customers do not have dedicated systems staff, hosting is designed to reflect this offering lightweight administration and focused customer support.
You can find out more about Koha here and about open source library systems and Koha on HELibTech here
FOLIO Library Service Platform
PTFS offer hosting of the FOLIO open source library services platform (LSP). FOLIO is an open source library services platform, the only completely new system developed in the last 10 years designed by a collaboration of libraries, vendors and developers.
You can find out more about FOLIO here and on HELibTech here
Aspen Discovery
Aspen is an open source discovery tool and the first new discovery tool to be launched for a number of years. You can find out more Aspen Discovery here and about library discovery solutions on HELibTech here
Knowvation Archive Management System
Knowvation formerly known as ArchivalWare is PTFS’ archival management system allowing institutions to store, manage, search, retrieve and browse a diverse set of content and digital objects through one system. Knowvation is web-based, file type agnostic (with over 200 file types in use)and full-text searchable. You can find out more about Knowvation here about archival management on HELibTech here
Metabase Business Intelligence Tool
Metabase is an open source web based intelligence and analytics system to enable analysis and reporting of library metrics offering customisable dashboards and reports to monitor specific aspects of library activity. You can find out more about Metabase here
Get in touch with PTFS
If you would like to know more about PTFS products you can get in touch with Lauren Purton Marketing Executive at lauren.purton@ptfs-europe.com