obvsg.at
Library consortium service centre running the shared cataloguing system and search portal for Austrian libraries
About obvsg.at
The Österreichische Bibliothekenverbund und Service GmbH (OBVSG) is the service and operational management body of the Austrian Library Network (OBV). It runs the network's integrated cataloguing system with data replication into local library systems, provides a search interface based on search engine technology, and manages central authority and foreign data pools.
Its customers are mainly scientific libraries, with the network open to other library types. Over 90 libraries cooperate in the network, and the company also acts as an application service provider for about 50 local library systems and about 50 local search portals. It additionally operates the Visual Library service platform, a digital long-term archiving system for the consortium, the national ISIL registration agency and the national URN resolver.
The company develops software and system integrations, such as interfaces to the Alma library system, and is the national contact point for the SCOAP3 open-access initiative. It also runs the central office of the Verbund für Bildung und Kultur (VBK). Its strategy for 2026–2030 is published on its website.
Product: Shared library cataloguing system, search interface, and application service provision for local library systems in the Austrian Library Network.
Jobs at obvsg.at
Leadership
- Günther Simonitsch · GeschäftsführerSource: company website
- Bettina Kann · AbteilungsleitungSource: company website
- Stefan Majewski · AbteilungsleitungSource: company website
- Ulrich Leodolter · AbteilungsleitungSource: company website
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