Selecting An Automated Library System for Finnish Research Libraries, Linnea2

Abstract

Finnish university libraries have chosen a new integrated library system. This is continuation to the co-operation that started in the late 80 s when these libraries got their first automated library system. The co-operation is now expanded, when the databases of all university libraries as well as the national and union databases will be assembled on a single server, which is outsourced. This means significant savings, a long with technical improvements, both in the purchase price of software and hardware as well as in the maintenance costs.