May 26, 2010
Rosetta’s rich preservation functionality, its flexible, scalable architecture, and its successful track record were decisive factors in the consortium’s decision Hamburg, Germany—26 May 2010. Ex Libris® Group is pleased to announce that the Goportis consortium has selected the Rosetta digital preservation solution to provide sustainable access to digital resources for future generations. With the Rosetta infrastructure and technology, Goportis will preserve the collections under its members’ guardianship and facilitate access to these collections. Goportis provides a comprehensive portal to a vast wealth of resources housed in the three member libraries of the Leibniz Library Network for Research Information. As central libraries, the Goportis members have a mandate to index, store, and provide access to all the resources in their collections in perpetuity. An increasing proportion of these libraries’ collections consists of digitized and digitally born materials, including both textual and audio-visual content. ”Rosetta is a powerful tool to meet the challenges of long-term preservation,” commented Uwe Rosemann, chairman of the Goportis steering committee and director of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB). ”We are now well equipped to deal with the collection and preservation of digital material successfully.” ”The decision by Goportis to adopt Rosetta reaffirms our leading position as a provider of digital preservation solutions,” observed Ullrich Jungling, vice president of sales at Ex Libris Germany. ”Rosetta is the only solution on the market that offers the complete functionality of long-term preservation planning, enables institutions to manage and mitigate risks related to digital formats, and empowers libraries to perform the complete cycle of preservation actions.” About Goportis For additional information on Goportis, see http://www.goportis.de/en.html. About Ex Libris Dedicated to developing creative solutions in close collaboration with customers, Ex Libris enables libraries to maximize productivity and efficiency and, at the same time, greatly enhance the user experience. By empowering users to discover and obtain the information they need, libraries ensure their position as the bridge to knowledge. For additional information on Ex Libris Group, see our Web site, visit our Initiatives and Commentary blogs, and follow our Twitter page.
The Leibniz Library Network for Research Information, also known as Goportis, consists of three national libraries: the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), the German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED), and the German National Library of Economics (ZBW). Goportis provides a variety of services, including fast and simple access to digital and print full texts, articles, books, conference reports, dissertations, research reports and research data, long-term preservation, and support for open access to academic research. Goportis endeavors to bundle knowledge in these fields and to initiate further developments.
Ex Libris is a leading provider of automation solutions for academic, national, and research libraries. Offering the only comprehensive product suite for electronic, digital, and print materials, Ex Libris provides efficient, user-friendly products that serve the needs of libraries today and will facilitate their transition into the future. Ex Libris maintains an impressive customer base consisting of thousands of sites in more than 75 countries on six continents.
