Department of Health & Social Care goes lives with RT:Request Tracker, hosted and supported by PTFS Europe.
implementation and is providing the on-going hosting and support services.
provides for review and planning.
Health & Social Care has added Request Tracker to their Koha library management system.
full range of services needed to implement, host and support these products.
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The Koha library management system is a completely web-based application providing staff and public users with access to the system through web browsers. The system comprises core modules: acquisitions with EDI, circulation, cataloguing, serials and comprehensive reporting functionality. The Koha online catalogue (OPAC) offers end users excellent search capabilities together with a full range of personalisation services. Koha’s depth of functionality continues to develop meeting the changing needs of libraries and their users.
Nottingham College is one of the largest Colleges in the UK. It caters for approximately 40,000 students, has more than 1,500 staff members, and works with around 6,000 local, regional and national employers. The College offers part-time and full-time courses in a variety of curriculum areas – from Level 1, right through to degree-level study.
PTFS Europe, Kortext and the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) agree deal to transform the reading list & course materials market for universities and students globally.
CLA and Kortext, the UK’s leading Personal Learning Platform and digital textbook provider have agreed to buy the rebus:list Reading List Management System from PTFS Europe, a leading supplier of the Koha library management system and other products to the library market.
Kortext and CLA are committed to making a significant investment in the system to enhance its current capabilities and create a world leading resource management solution. The system will actively support teaching and learning across education and beyond. Kortext has already developed the Digital Content Store (DCS) for CLA, the revolutionary workflow management system, now used by 77 universities in the UK, to help manage digital course pack creation and distribution to students.
“We are delighted to be making this announcement today with Kortext and PTFS Europe. Our investment further demonstrates CLA’s commitment to develop solutions and services that simplify copyright and make it easier to access content.
Kortext is the UK’s leading personal learning platform providing access to over half a million digital textbooks from over 850 of the world’s leading education publishers such as Pearson, McGraw Hill and Wiley. These publishers along with many other learning content providers use Kortext to help distribute digital content to students and their education institutions around the world. The platform provides an enhanced learning experience with access to powerful study tools that are highly valued by students. Universities such as the Imperial College London, Plymouth University, and Middlesex University are adopting the platform, and are able to utilise the detailed Kortext learning analytics to better support student retention, progression and success.
Kortext is a founding member of Edtech UK, a strategic body set up to accelerate the UK’s education technology sector in Britain and globally. In addition, working with global partners such as Microsoft and Samsung, Kortext has created a growing international presence, from offices in the US, Canada, Middle East, Africa and Australia.
CLA are the recognized UK collective rights licensing body for text and images from book, journal, and magazine content. We exist to simplify copyright for content users and copyright owners. Our mission is to help customers legally access, copy, and share the published content they need, while also making sure that copyright owners are paid royalties for the use of their work. We have been providing rights and licences, as well as a growing range of services that simplify copyright and make it easier to access content, for over 30 years. This includes our revolutionary Digital Content Store, an optional workflow tool for Higher Education launched in July 2016, which currently manages the digital course pack creation process for 77 UK institutions and serves content to over one million students. For more information about CLA, visit our website, or visit our Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
ptfs https://www.ptfs-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web-header-logo.png ptfs2017-08-08 15:00:182017-08-08 15:00:18PTFS Europe, Kortext and the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) agree deal to transform the reading list & course materials market for universities and students globally.
Knowsley Council has chosen the Koha library management system together with the WordPress content management system to replace their existing SirsiDynix solution. PTFS Europe will carry out the initial implementation and provide on-going hosting and support services.
The Koha library management system is a completely web-based application providing staff with access to the system through web browsers. The system comprises core modules: acquisitions with EDI, circulation, cataloguing, serials and comprehensive reporting functionality. Koha integrates easily with other applications such as finance systems delivering efficiency and time saving. The Koha online catalogue (OPAC) offers end users excellent search capabilities together with a full range of personalisation services. Koha’s depth of functionality continues to evolve and expand to meet the changing needs of libraries and their users.
The WordPress content management system will allow Knowsley libraries to manage its entire web presence with the library creating and managing its own themes or using templates provided by PTFS Europe. A wide range of content including the library catalogue, events, calendars, bookings and local information can be presented to the end user in an attractive and easy to navigate format.
PTFS Europe provides a wide range of products and services to the library market. These include the open source library systems Koha and Evergreen, Rebus:list for list management, Rebus:tutorial to support information literacy, the VuFind discovery portal, CUFTS for electronic resource management, WordPress for Libraries and the ArchivalWare digital repository. An ISO27001 company, PTFS Europe provides the full range of services needed to implement, host and support these products.
The Koha library management system is a completely web-based application for staff and end-users. The system comprises core modules: acquisitions with EDI, circulation, cataloguing, serials and comprehensive reporting functionality. The Koha online catalogue (OPAC) offers excellent search capabilities together with a full range of personalisation services. Koha’s depth of functionality continues to develop meeting the changing needs of libraries and their users.
Richmond, the American University in London is a private not-for-profit university with American and British accreditation offering a wide range of academic disciplines. Richmond delivers the very best of both the American and British higher educational systems and prepares students to think independently, creatively and critically in order to address the complex social, cultural, environmental, and economic challenges in a changing world. Richmond campuses are in the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Richmond-Upon-Thames, both vibrant areas providing easy access to London’s arts, cultural, political, and business sectors. Internationalism is at the heart of Richmond, and is reflected in the University motto ‘Unity in Diversity’. Richmond students come from all corners of the world, with over 100 different nationalities represented, Richmond University provides a rich and diverse learning environment.
Valerie Boyle, Head of Library Services, said: “Moving to the Koha Open Source platform, with hosting and support from PTFS Europe, offers us a cost-effective and flexible solution thus enabling provision of a high quality service to all our Library users, wherever they are”.
ptfs https://www.ptfs-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web-header-logo.png ptfs2017-04-18 10:45:182017-04-18 10:45:18Richmond, The American International University selects the Koha open source library management system for its library, hosted and supported by PTFS Europe.
The Koha library management system is a completely web-based application for both staff and public access. The system comprises core modules: acquisitions with EDI, circulation, cataloguing, serials and comprehensive reporting functionality. Koha integrates easily with other applications such as discovery services, finance, student management and online payment systems. Koha’s depth of functionality continues to evolve and expand to meet the changing needs of libraries and their users.
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines. Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen’s Anniversary Prizes.
ptfs https://www.ptfs-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web-header-logo.png ptfs2017-04-07 13:48:402017-04-07 13:48:40Loughborough University chooses Koha and CORAL, hosted and supported by PTFS Europe.
Glasgow Colleges Library Group (GCLG), which consists of City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Kelvin College and Glasgow Clyde College, has chosen Koha as its new library management system to replace the existing solutions from SirsiDynix. Part of the project includes further enhancing the consortial capabilities of Koha. The team at PTFS Europe will be implementing Koha and providing on-going hosting and support services.
The Koha library management system is a completely web-based application providing staff and public users with access to the system through web browsers. The system comprises core modules: acquisitions with EDI, circulation, cataloguing, serials and comprehensive reporting functionality. The Koha online catalogue (OPAC) offers end users excellent search capabilities together with a full range of personalisation services. Koha’s depth of functionality continues to develop, meeting the changing needs of libraries and their users.
The Glasgow Colleges Library Group (GCLG) has an established reputation as one of the UK’s leading Further Education consortia, consisting of three Colleges; City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Clyde College and Glasgow Kelvin College. GCLG has an annual membership of 43,000 staff and student accounts, with nine site Libraries and one digital Library in place across the three Colleges. A reciprocal borrowing programme allows seamless access to stock held across all Libraries. The GCLG service has dedicated centralised support, development and administration with 45 staff client installations in place across the three Colleges. Two Colleges offer ‘self – issue’ and RFID services across a total of five Libraries, with one College operating EDI. Patron Driven Acquisitions is utilised by two Colleges to support and define their current curriculum.
ptfs https://www.ptfs-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web-header-logo.png ptfs2017-03-01 14:05:002017-03-01 14:05:00Glasgow Colleges Library Group chooses the Koha open source library management system, hosted and supported by PTFS Europe.
Bradford College chooses the Koha open source library management system, hosted and supported by PTFS Europe.
Bradford College has chosen Koha as its new library management system to replace the existing solution from Capita. The team at PTFS Europe will be implementing Koha and providing on-going hosting and support services. The public interface will be integrated with the EDS discovery service from EBSCO and the interface further enhanced to provide high levels of accessibility.
Bradford College is one of the largest further and higher education colleges in the UK, with approximately 25,000 students. The college offers a range of full and part-time courses from introductory level through to postgraduate level and caters for a variety of students, including school leavers, adults wanting to return to education, degree-level students and those seeking professional qualifications.
ptfs https://www.ptfs-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web-header-logo.png ptfs2017-02-13 12:10:592017-02-13 12:10:59Bradford College chooses the Koha open source library management system, hosted and supported by PTFS Europe.
City College Plymouth choose the Koha open source library management, hosted and supported by PTFS Europe.
City College Plymouth has chosen Koha as its new library management system to replace the Softlink Liberty Library Management System. Koha will efficiently manage the College library’s valuable collections and deliver an improved service to both student and staff users alike. PTFS Europe will implement the Koha system and provide on-going hosting and support services.
The Koha library management system is a completely web-based application providing students, staff and public users with access to the system through web browsers. The system comprises core modules: acquisitions with EDI, circulation, cataloguing, serials and comprehensive reporting functionality. The Koha online catalogue (OPAC) offers end users excellent search capabilities together with a full range of personalisation services. Koha’s depth of functionality continues to develop meeting the changing needs of libraries and their users.
ptfs https://www.ptfs-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web-header-logo.png ptfs2016-12-15 11:06:502016-12-15 11:06:50City College Plymouth choose the Koha open source library management, hosted and supported by PTFS Europe.
To streamline the overall process of accessing and maintaining reading lists Rebus:list 2.0 has been integrated with the University’s Primo discovery tool and Symphony Library system.