Key issues
Accessible overviews of key current issues for library technology
Accessible overviews of key current issues for library technology
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NOTE: The vendor/system listed is the one most recently contracted with. In some cases the library may not yet have migrated to the new system and may still be using the 'changed from' system
Institution | LMS Vendor | Resource Management System | Discovery Service | Reading List | Management of digitised chapters etc (typically to support Reading lists) | VLE - Learning Management System (LMS) | Institutional Repository (IR) | Research data solution | Research management system/CRIS | Student Registry System | Finance System | Student Portal |
Aberdeen, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | CLA digitised Content | DSpace | Pure | |||||
Abertay, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Blackboard | DSpace | Pure | SITs | APTOS | |||
Aberystwyth University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | Blackboard | Pure | Pure | Pure | Astra | Agresso | |
American InterContinental University London (AIU London became part of Regent's University London in April 2013) | ||||||||||||
Anglia Ruskin University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Sharepoint | DSpace | SITs | Agresso | |||
Aston University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebOPAC + EDS | Keylinks | Blackboard | EPrints Dsapce?? | SITs | Agresso | ||||
Bangor University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Blackboard | DSpace | Banner | Agresso | ||||
Bath Spa University | SirsiDynix | Unicorn | iLink | Eprints | ||||||||
Bath, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Moodle | EPrints | ||||||
Bedfordshire, University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Aspire | Dspace | Luminis | |||||||
Birkbeck, University of London | SirsiDynix | Horizon | VuFind + EDS | Moodle | EPrints | SITS | BluQube | |||||
Birmingham City University (formerly Univ Central England) | Capita | Alto | Prism? Summon | Keylinks | Moodle | EPrints | ||||||
Birmingham, University College | SirsiDynix | Horizon | EDS | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Canvas | ||||||
Birmingham, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | EPrints | ||||||
Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln | OCLC | WMS | Worldcat Discovery | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | EPrints | Agresso | ||||
Bolton, University | Capita | Alto | Prism + Summon | Aspire | Digital Commons | Oracle | ||||||
Bournemouth University | Capita | Alto | Prism + EDS | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | EPrints | Converis | |||||
Bournemouth, Univesrioty of the Arts | PTFS Europe | Koha | EPrints | SharePoint | ||||||||
Bradford, University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Keylinks | DSpace | ||||||||
Brighton, University | Capita | Alto | Prism + Summon | Aspire | Blackboard | EPrints | Converis | SITs | E-Financials | |||
Bristol, University | OCLC | WMS | WorldCat | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | Pure | Pure | SITs | Agresso | ||
Brunel University | SirsiDynix | Symphony | iLink + Summon | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | Blackboard | DSpace | SITs | BluQube | |||
Buckingham, University | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Enterprise | Contensis | ||||||||
Buckinghamshire New University | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Primo | Keylinks | Luminis | |||||||
Cambridge, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Sakai | DSpace | Peoplesoft- based | |||||
Cancer Research, Institute of | ISOxford | Heritage | In-house | |||||||||
Canterbury Christ Church University | SirsiDynix | BlueCloud (Symphony) | EDS | Haplo | ||||||||
Cardiff Metropolitan University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | DSpace | Converis | |||||||
Cardiff University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | ||||||||
Central England in Birmingham, University of (Now Birmingham City University) | ||||||||||||
Central Lancashire, University of | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | CLA Digitised Content | EPrints | ||||||
Central School of Speech and Drama | ISOxford | Heritage | ||||||||||
Chester, University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Summon | Open Repossitory | Sharepoint | |||||||
Chichester, University | Capita | Alto | Prism | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | EPrints | |||||
City University, London | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Encore | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | EPrints | SITS | ||||
Courtauld Institute of Art | Ex Libris | Aleph | WebOpac | |||||||||
Coventry University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Sharepoint | |||||||
Cranfield University (unified with Shrivenham campus libraty system 2016) | SirsiDynix | BlueCloud Campus | Aspire (also BlueCloud lists?) | DSpace | Converis | |||||||
Cumbria, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | EPrints | |||||||
Dartington College of Arts | ISOxford | Heritage | ||||||||||
De Montfort University | Capita | Alto | Summon | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | DSpace | Sharepoint | ||||
Derby, University | Capita | Alto | Prism | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | DSpace | Peoplesoft | SITS Vision | |||
Dundee, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | DSpace | Pure | SITS | Coda | ||
Durham University | Innovative Interfaces | Millennium | WebOpac + Primo | Millennium Course Reserves | CLA Digital Content Store | Blackboard | EPrints and Fedora | Banner | Oracle Financials | |||
East Anglia, University | OCLC | WMS | WorldCat + EDS + LeanLibrary | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | EPrints | ||||||
East London, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Haplo | ||||||||
Edge Hill University | Capita | Alto/Soprano | Prism + EDS | Blackboard | EPrints | |||||||
Edinburgh College of Art-part of Edinburgh University | ||||||||||||
Edinburgh, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | DSpace | SITs | ||||||
Essex, University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Aspire | Moodle | ||||||||
Exeter, University | Innovative Interfaces | Millennium | Aspire | Dspace | ||||||||
Falmouth, University College | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | |||||||
Glasgow Caledonian University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | CLA Digital Content Store | Blackboard | Pure | Pure | ||||
Glasgow School of Art | Capita | Alto | Prism | |||||||||
Glasgow, University of | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Summon | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | EPrints | ||||||
Gloucestershire, University | OCLC | Wordshare (WMS) | WorldCat | Aspire | Moodle | EPrints | SITS | Agresso | ||||
Glyndwr (formerly North East Wales Insititute -NEWI) | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | |||||||||
Goldsmiths, University of London | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Enterprise + Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | EPrints | |||||
Greenwich, University | SirisDynix | BlueCloud (Symphony) | EDS | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | GALA | Banner | Banner | |||
Guildhall School of Music and Drama | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Enterprise | Sharepoint | ||||||||
Harper Adams University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Moodle | SITS | Dream | |||||
Henley Management College | ISOxford | Heritage | ||||||||||
Heriot Watt University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | |||||||||
Hertfordshire, University | PTFS Europe | Koha | Summon | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Canvas | DSpace | |||||
Heythrop College | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebPAC | Moodle | Eprints | SITs | ||||||
Huddersfield, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Summon | MyReading - in house | Blackboard | EPrints | SITs | Agresso | Campus EAI | |||
Hull, University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Blacklight + Summon | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | Canvas | Hydra (Fedora) | In-house (AIS) | DREAM | |||
Imperial College London | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | CLA Digital Content Store | Blackboard | DSpace | |||||
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | EPrints | |||||||||
Institute of Classical Studies | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebOpac/ Encore | EPrints | Agresso | |||||||
Institute of Commonwealth Studies | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebOpac/ Encore | EPrints | Agresso | Confluence | ||||||
Institute of Education (now part of UCL) | ||||||||||||
Institute of Historical Research | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebPAC | EPrints | Agresso | In-house | ||||||
Institute of Latin American Studies | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebPAC/ Encore | EPrints | Agresso | |||||||
Institute of Modern Languages Research, | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebPAC/ Encore | EPrints | Agresso | UPortal | ||||||
Keele University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | Blackboard | EPrints | SITs | Parabilis | |||
Kent, University | SirsiDynix | BlueCloud (Symphony) | EDS | Aspire | Moodle | EPrints | In-house | Agresso | ||||
King's College London | Ex Libris | Aleph | Primo | Aspire | Moodle | EPrints | SITS | APTOS | ||||
Kingston University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Blackboard | EPrints | SITS | Bluqube | ||||
Lancaster University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Moodle | EPrints | In-house (LUSI) | Agresso | ||||
Leeds Beckett (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) | SirsiDynix | Symphony | iLink + EDS | Aspire | Blackboard | EPrints | Banner | Agresso | ||||
Leeds College of Music | OCLC | OLIB | EDS | |||||||||
Leeds Trinity University | Infor | V-Smart | Iguana + EDS | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | Pure | |||||
Leeds, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | In House | Blackboard | EPrints (research outputs/etheses). Digitool (other digital objects) | Banner | SAP | Blackboard | |||
Leicester, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Dspace | ||||||
Lincoln, University | Capita | Alto/soprano | Prism + EDS | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | EPrints | Agresso | Agresso | |||
Liverpool Hope University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Eprints | |||||||
Liverpool John Moores University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Keylinks | Canvas | EPrints | Oracle Financials | SharePoint | ||||
Liverpool University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Webpac + EDS | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | EPrints | Agresso | ||||
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) | PTFS Europe | Koha | Koha | |||||||||
London Business School | SirsiDynix | Unicorn | Summon | Eprints | ||||||||
London Metropolitan University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Encore | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | Eprints | |||||
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | Moodle | EPrints | Pure | APTOS | |||
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | CLA Digital Content Store | Moodle | EPrints | Elements | SITS | Agresso | ||
London South Bank University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Encore | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | Haplo | QLS | Agresso | |||
London, University of (Senate House Libraries) | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Encore + Summon | Leganto | EPrints | SITS | Agresso | |||||
Loughborough University | PTFS Europe | Koha (+CORAL ERM) | Primo | LORLS | Moodle | DSpace | In-house | Agresso | Luminis | |||
Manchester Metropolitan University | Capita | Alto | Prism | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | EPrints | QLS | SAP | |||
Manchester, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | Blackboard | Fedora (Escholar) + EPrints | Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions | Oracle Financials | |||
Middlesex University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | EPrints | In-house | |||||
Napier University, Edinburgh | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | WebCT | In-house (Worktribe) | Worktribe | SITs | Agresso | |||
Newcastle University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | EPrints + DSpace (for theses) | Sharepoint | ||||||
Newman College of Higher Education | Capita | Alto | Prism | Eprints | ||||||||
Northampton, University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Primo | Aspire | EPrints | In-house | ||||||
Northern School of Contemporary Dance | ISOxford | Heritage | ||||||||||
Northumbria University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | EPrints | SITS | SAP | |||
Norwich University of the Arts (NUCA) | ISOxford | Heritage | Eprints | |||||||||
Nottingham Trent University | Ex Libris | Aleph | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Desire2Learn | Digitool | Banner | ||||
Nottingham, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | Moodle | EPrints. DSpace (RDM) | Campus Solutions | Agresso | |||
Open University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Moodle | EPrints | Luminis | |||||
Oxford Brookes University | OCLC | WMS | WorldCat | Aspire | Equella | Converis | ||||||
Oxford, University | Ex Libris | Aleph | Primo | Aspire | Sakai | DSpace | Oracle Financials | uPortal | ||||
Paisley, University (See West of Scotland) | ||||||||||||
Pearson College | SirisDynix | Symphony | Enterprise | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Pearson LearningStudio | ||||||
Pharmacy, School of Part of University College London (UCL) | ||||||||||||
Plymouth, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Aspire Digitised Content | SharePoint | DSpace | UnitE | Agresso | |||
Plymouth Marjon (St Mark & St John) | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Enterprise | Moodle | ||||||||
Portsmouth, University | Capita | Alto | Prism | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | EPrints | Jupiter | COA | |||
Queen Margaret University Edinburgh | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | EDS | EPrints | ||||||||
Queen Mary University of London | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Summon | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | DSpace | SITs | Agresso | |||
Queen's University Belfast | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebPac/ Encore | Capita's List | Pure | Sharepoint | ||||||
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication | SirsiDynix | Horizon | HIP | Aspire | In-house | |||||||
RCN Institute | SirsiDynix | Unicorn | iLink | |||||||||
Reading, University | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Enterprise + Summon | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | EPrints | SITs | Agresso | |||
Regents University, London | ISOxford | Heritage | EDS | Aspire | Blackboard | |||||||
Richmond The American International University in London | PTFS Europe | Koha | Koha | |||||||||
Robert Gordon University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo VE | Leganto | CLA Digital Content Store | Moodle | Worktribe | Worktribe | SITS | CedAR | ||
Roehampton University | Capita | Alto | Prism | Aspire | Pure | |||||||
Royal Academy of Music | SirsiDynix | Unicorn | iLink | |||||||||
Royal Agricultural University | ISOxford | Heritage | Aspire | |||||||||
Royal College of Art | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Enterprise | CLA Digital Content Store | Moodle | Agresso | ||||||
Royal College of Music | PTFS Europe | Koha | iLink | |||||||||
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (was Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) | PTFS Europe | Koha | Koha | |||||||||
Royal Holloway, University of London | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Moodle | Equella | ||||||
Royal Northern College of Music | Infor | VubisSmart | Iguana | |||||||||
Royal Veterinary College University of London | SirsiDynix | Symphony | iLink + Primo | |||||||||
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Dspace | ||||||||
Salford, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Blackboard | EPrints | Banner | Agresso | ||||
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) | Kuali | OLE | VuFind | EPrints | ||||||||
Scottish Agricultural College | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Encore | Dspace | ||||||||
Sheffield Hallam University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Blackboard | EPrints | Converis | |||||
Sheffield, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | CLA Digital Content Store | Blackboard | EPrints | Figshare | Symplectic Elements | |||
South Wales, University of (Merger in 2013 of Glamorgan & Newport) | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Pure | ||||||
Southampton Solent University | Ex Libris | Aleph | Primo | In-house | Moodle | EPrints | Quercus | Dimensions | ||||
Southampton, University | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Enterprise + EDS | Blackboard | EPrints | Banner | Agresso | |||||
St Andrews, University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Encore | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | DSpace | Pure | |||||
St George's, University of London | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | EPrints | ||||||||
St Mary's University Twickenham | Infor | VSmart | Summon | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | Eprints | Agresso | Agresso | |||
Staffordshire University | PTFS Europe | Koha | Summon | Keylinks | Blackboard | EPrints | in-house | Oracle financials | ||||
Stirling, University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Encore | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | Canvas | DSpace | Worktribe | Agresso | |||
Stranmillis University College (shares system with Queens Belfast) | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebPacPro & Encore | |||||||||
Strathclyde, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | EPrints | |||||||
Sunderland, University | Capita | Alto | Prism | Keylinks | CLA Digital Content Store | Canvas | EPrints | |||||
Surrey, University of | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | EPrints | SITs | Agresso | ||||
Sussex, University of | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | CLA Digital Content Store | Canvas | EPrints | Figshare | Symplectic Elements | In-house | Agresso | |
Swansea Institute of High Education -now Trinity St Davids | ||||||||||||
Swansea University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Keylinks | CLA Digital Content Store | Blackboard | In house (“Cronfa”) | SITs | Agresso | |||
Teesside University | Capita | Alto | Summon | Aspire | Blackboard | OpenRepository (DSpace) | SITS | Agresso | ||||
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance | Softlink | Liberty | Agresso | |||||||||
Trinity Saint David - University of Wales | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Moodle | DSpace | ||||||
UHI Millennium Institute: The University of the Highlands and Islands comprises 13 colleges and research institutions. Argyll College-Highland Theological College-Inverness College -Lews Castle College -Moray College NAFC -Marine Centre North -Highland College -Orkney College -Perth College -Sabhal Mòr Ostaig -Scottish Association for Marine Science -Shetland College -West Highland College | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | Encore | Aspire | Pure | |||||||
Ulster University | Capita | Alto | Prism | Keylinks | EPrints | uPortal | ||||||
University College London (UCL) | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Aspire | Moodle | EPrints | SITS | |||||
University College of Osteopathy | ||||||||||||
University for the Creative Arts | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Enterprise | Blackboard | UCARO (in-house) | SITs | Agresso | |||||
University of Law | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | ||||||||
University of the Arts London | PTFS Europe | Koha | Find-It | EPrints | ||||||||
Warburg Institute | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebPAC | Agresso | ||||||||
Warwick, University | Innovative Interfaces | Sierra | WebPac/ Encore | Aspire | EPrints | |||||||
West London, University | Capita | Chorus | Prism + Summon | Aspire | Blackboard | EPrints | UnitE | |||||
West of England,University (UWE) Bristol | SirsDynix | Unicorn | Summon | Aspire | EPrints | SITS | ||||||
West of Scotland, University of (Was Paisley) | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Pure | Blackboard | |||||||
Westminster, University | Ex Libris | Aleph | Primo | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Haplo | uPortal | |||||
Winchester, University | Capita | Alto | Prism | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Pure | ||||||
Wolverhampton, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Canvas | Open Repository | ||||||
Worcester University of (shared system with Worcestershire public library) 'The Hive' | SirsiDynix | Symphony | Enterprise | Aspire | Aspire Digitised Content | Blackboard | EPrints | SITS | ||||
Writtle College | ISOxford | Heritage | Eprints | |||||||||
York St John University | Capita | Chorus | Primo | Keylinks | Aspire Digitised Content | Moodle | PTFS ArchivalWare | SITS | ||||
York, University | Ex Libris | Alma | Primo | Leganto | Blackboard | EPrints | SITs | Agresso |