Axiell News

Wednesday Jun 19, 2013

20 most recent items:

March 7, 2013. The Swedish Axiell Group in global expansion: Acquisition of Adlib Information Systems makes Axiell the largest in Europe. Axiell Group AB develops and supplies advanced IT systems and services for archives, museums, libraries and schools. The acquisition of the Dutch company, Adlib Information Systems, makes Axiell the largest player in Europe in relation to museums and archives, and confirms the company’s position as one of the five largest players in the global market. The deal has given Axiell 1,600 new clients in 30 countries, and has provided a broad international platform for future growth. <<more>>

January 27, 2013. Axiell's EDI-Hub processes its 10,000th file. Many of Axiell’s UK public library customers are using its EDI-Hub for Electronic Data Interchange to automate the order to invoicing processes for library stock, including acknowledgements and quotes from suppliers such as Askews & Holts and Bertrams Library Service. The technology and services specialist’s EDI-Hub technology operates in real-time and recognises the need for local authorities to continue to make cost and time efficiency savings, to automate day-to-day tasks to help improve their services to communities, and to modernise public services. <<more>>

January 8, 2013. Grant Palmer new Managing Director at Axiell UK. Grant Palmer is appointed as Managing Director of Axiell UK from February 1st. Former MD Jim Burton is appointed as Vice-President of Axiell Professional Services to strengthen focus on managed service provision. Axiell is the leading supplier of IT systems and services to European archives, libraries and museums. <<more>>

December 17, 2012. Henrik Been appointed new Vice President Products at Axiell Group AB . Henrik Been appointed new Vice President Products at Axiell Group AB. Henrik is a business software product specialist with long experience from the software industry and previously 13 years with QlikTech in Lund. <<more>>

December 13, 2012. Axiell CALM Limited announces pioneering new Open Linked Data feature in Calm 9.3. The latest release of Calm 9.3 makes Linked Data functionality available for the first time in UK commercial collections management software. Calm 9.3 allows archive services and museums to link to sources such as the British National Bibliography, to allow customers to connect instantly to external sources such as Wikipedia, or to explore collections more deeply through the use of interesting interfaces such as maps. <<more>>

July 27, 2012. North East Lincolnshire Library Service gets savvy with Axiell’s SaaS LMS and digital library portal. North East Lincolnshire Libraries has chosen to replace its existing library management system with Axiell’s Open Galaxy and has chosen a new customer-facing interface: Axiell’s 24/7 digital library website system, Arena. The installation went live in April, allowing the county to see a dramatic improvement in the library website as part of a wider upgrade of the Library Service system. <<more>>

April 30, 2012. RNIB chooses Axiell to enable a better book choosing experience for blind and partially sighted people. The Royal National Institute of Blind People has chosen Axiell as its development partner to create an innovative new way for blind and partially sighted people to access the charity’s library catalogue to enable them to choose, borrow and buy books and audio items from the RNIB’s central library. The system being developed for RNIB is termed the Reading Business Service and involves developing Axiell’s innovative customer-facing Arena library web portal to the OpenGalaxy library management system used by a third of local authorities in the UK. <<more>>

April 10, 2012. Welcome on board! . A number of new board members were recently elected to our different boards within Axiell. <<more>>

February 24, 2012. New VP Technology for Axiell Group appointed. Richard Toth has been appointed VP Technology for Axiell Group. Richard has been working with Axiell for the last four years and is today head of the Group Development Team, a position he will keep alongside with his new assignment. <<more>>

January 9, 2012. New VP Communication and Human Development at Axiell. Magdalena Schultze joins Axiell Group on the 1st of February 2012 as Vice President for Communication and Human Development. She has latest worked as HR Director at Perstorp Holding, and before that as HR Director at BRIO AB and as Senior HR Manager at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. <<more>>

November 8, 2011. Axiell presents award to the Digital Cultural Institution of 2011. UK and Scandinavian cultural services and technology expert, Axiell, regularly presents an award to recognise the Digital Cultural Institution of the Year. The winner, Jönköping School Library Service, Sweden, was chosen for its tremendous success in enabling students, teachers and parents to work digitally 24/7 through its use of Axiell Arena’s library web portal to develop an online digital knowledge bank and to support learning in innovative ways. In the proposal it was mentioned that the school library service in Jönköping has been a front runner and the first school system to develop its services in such an innovative way. <<more>>

September 28, 2011. Axiell signed framework agreement with Avega Group. Axiell has signed a framework agreement with the Swedish company Avega Group AB, which will be ready to supply Axiell with competent staff when Axiell Group Development needs them. <<more>>

September 13, 2011. Axiell's 2011 Symposium: Rethinking Libraries? tackles current and future challenges. Rethinking Libraries? is the theme of Axiell’s third symposium; speakers from the UK, Scandinavia and USA will address key challenges such as improvements in efficiency, opportunities for savings and scope for reorganisation. The symposium is also futuristic in its approach, looking beyond the present day for views on the next steps that libraries should take and how to meet the upcoming challenges in the cultural sector. It will offer inspiration and knowledge-sharing from libraries worldwide and key partners such as The Reading Agency and ePub Direct. <<more>>

August 25, 2011. Joel Sommerfeldt has been appointed new CEO for Axiell Group AB. Joel Sommerfeldt, previous CEO for Kelva AB and board member of Axiell Group AB, will take over the position as CEO for Axiell Group AB – the European leading vendor producing IT services and systems to archives, libraries and museums. Joel Sommerfeldt will take up office the 1st of January 2012 after Jerk Sintorn, who will still work for Axiell but in another position. Joel Sommerfeldt succeeds Jerk Sintorn, Axiell’s incumbent CEO who after 16 years of leadership has decided to step down devoting himself to other tasks in Axiell. <<more>>

July 5, 2011. Axiell strengthens its business by creating a new company to focus on Archives, Museums and Local Studies. Axiell announces the launch of a new company specialising in Collection management for Archives, Local Studies and Museums. The new company, Axiell CALM Limited, previously operated as a separate business unit within Axiell Ltd, supplying the Calm collection management system used by over 400 Archives, Museums and Records Offices. Malcolm Howitt, previously Axiell Business Manager for Calm, has been appointed Managing Director of Axiell CALM. <<more>>

June 20, 2011. Surrey Libraries to get next generation service whilst tax payers save money. Library visitors and staff across Surrey, UK are to get the latest technology kit and services while tax payers save money - thanks to a new technology deal with Axiell UK. Surrey County Council’s new contract will let library visitors enjoy free Wi-Fi in any of the Council’s libraries and visitors using the library computers will sit down at brand new PCs. The self-service machines used to borrow, return and renew books and DVDs will also be upgraded, making them quicker and easier to use and readying them for the next generation Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Staff will also benefit from new PCs with the IT administration managed centrally for improved computer performance and better service to library users. The IT network throughout all the libraries will be completely replaced and the OpenGalaxy library management system that staff use to manage the stock and catalogue will be upgraded. <<more>>

June 6, 2011. Danish local history archive now available on Europeana, Europe’s National Heritage database. Fascinating 100 year-old newspapers, images, music and ephemera from Roskilde in Denmark are now available worldwide thanks to their inclusion in the European cultural database Europeana. The online database brings together material from 27 countries and already includes 15 million records which can be searched simultaneously. Roskilde Local History Archive uses Axiell’s Calm collection management technology which makes it possible to display its cultural history on the web. Renowned for its large image collection, Roskilde has made over 6000 images available to Europeana through data harvesting from Calm, with subsequent additions to come. Roskilde has named its version of Calm Roskildiana. Roskildiana contains mostly local historical pictures from Roskilde including some of photographer Kristian Hude's famous images from the early 1900s. <<more>>

January 25, 2011. Cooperation across borders increases better service. More and more municipalities and councils cooperate on library services in order to make their library even more efficient with a higher degree of service for the library users. This is a significant trend in many countries – among others in the UK, where the London Libraries Consortium continues to increase its amount of members. In the last two months the London Libraries Consortium has increased by two new members - Lewisham and Royal Borough of Kingston and now consists of 14 boroughs. The London Libraries Consortium is giving borough residents access to over 6 million items from 150 library branches across London. <<more>>

January 11, 2011. University of Gävle chooses Axiell Arena. As a modern university The University of Gävle focuses in a flexible learning and to put the student in focus. A large proportion of students are enrolled in distance education. University library needs to be reachable for all. This requires modern information technology tools, but also a well-developed cooperation with libraries and learning centers in the region. The portal takes another step in library development. <<more>>

December 30, 2010. Axiell changes its name. Axiell has changed its name from Axiell Library Group AB to Axiell Group AB. The reason for this is that Axiell has broadened its target group not only to handling the libraries – but also archives and museums – and this has to be reflected in our new name. <<more>>

December 17, 2010. Norddjurs Biblioteker i gang med DDElibra og Axiell Arena. Bibliotekernes data er konverteret til DDElibra og Axiell Arena er nu lånernes flotte publikumsweb. Her hovedbiblioteket Grenaa Bibliotek, der udover alle de systemmæssige omvæltninger også er under en lang renovering af tagkonstruktionen. <<more>>

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Axiell

Box 5151, 426 05 Västra
Frölunda,
Sweden
Phone: +46317102950
Fax:
Web site: http://www.axiell.com/
Email: axlg@axiell.com

Executives

Mats Hentzel -- Chairman
Joel Sommerfeldt -- Chief Executive Officer
Jim Burton -- Vice President of Professional Services
Annika Jägenstedt -- CFO, Finance Manager
Magdalena Schultze -- Vice President Communication and Human Resources
Grant Palmer -- Managing Director, Axiell UK
Richard Toth -- Vice President, Technology
Janne Rouhiainen -- CEO, Ab Axiell Kirjastot Oy
Malcolm Howitt -- Managing Director, Axiell CALM
Göran Hultén -- Vice President, Manager Corporate Development
Boris Zetterlund -- Product Strategy Manager
Graham Wakerley -- Operations director, Axiell, Ltd.
Morten Nørgaard Berg -- Vice President, Sales
Suzanne Richter -- Human Resources Manager

Company Ownership

Library automation systems

Axiell offers the following Integrated Library Systems:

BOOK-IT (177 libraries, 725 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 173
Academic libraries: 4
School libraries: 0
3 libraries have migrated away from this system.
Libra.se (94 libraries, 346 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 86
Academic libraries: 2
School libraries: 1
0 libraries have migrated away from this system.
LIBRA.FI (15 libraries, 29 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 15
Academic libraries: 0
School libraries: 0
0 libraries have migrated away from this system.
DDElibra (76 libraries, 363 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 76
Academic libraries: 0
School libraries: 0
3 libraries have migrated away from this system.
BOOK-IT (177 libraries, 725 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 173
Academic libraries: 4
School libraries: 0
3 libraries have migrated away from this system.
OpenGalaxy (62 libraries, 1157 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 61
Academic libraries: 0
School libraries: 0
16 libraries have migrated away from this system.
PallasPro (83 libraries, 196 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 83
Academic libraries: 0
School libraries: 0
21 libraries have migrated away from this system.
Origo (153 libraries, 280 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 153
Academic libraries: 0
School libraries: 0
4 libraries have migrated away from this system.
Axiell Aurora (34 libraries, 99 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 34
Academic libraries: 0
School libraries: 0
0 libraries have migrated away from this system.

A total of 3920 library facilities included in lib-web-cats use an ILS provided by Axiell.

Corporate Chronology

Mar 1, 2013	Axiell Group acquires ADLIB Information Systems. The acquisition of the Dutch company, Adlib Information Systems, makes Axiell the largest player in Europe in relation to museums and archives, and confirms the company's position as one of the five largest players in the global market. The deal has given Axiell 1,600 new clients in 30 countries, and has provided a broad international platform for future growth.
Jan 5, 2009	DS Ltd changed its name to Axiell Limited. DS Ltd changed its name to Axiell Limited, and operates primarily in the United Kingdom as a subsidiary of Axiell Library Group
Apr 28, 2008	Axiell acquires DS. DS, the UK’s leading public library management system supplier, has reached agreement on a merger with Axiell Library Group AB. With immediate effect DS becomes part of the Axiell Library Group family of companies.
Jan 1, 2008	Axiell Library Group formed as new parent company. Axiell Library Group formed, consisting of a parent company with three operating subsidiaries: Axiell Bibliotek AB (Sweden), Axiell Bibliotek A/S (Denmark) and Ab Axiell Kirjastot Oy (Finland).
Dec 12, 2007	Axiell invests in Akateeminen Tietopalvelu ATP Oy. Axiell Bibliotek AB is strengthening its position in Finland by buying shares in the Finnish company Akateeminen Tietopalvelu ATP Oy.
Apr 2007	Axiell acqires TietoEnator Libraries Oy, Finland for 2.4 million Euros.
2005	Axiell engages with TietoEnator in joint venture for library systems development. TietoEnator also agreed on the establishment of a joint venture in Finland with Axiell Bibliotek AB, a Swedish company specializing in library systems. The purpose of this co-operation is to ensure the competitive development and service level of library systems in the future and to utilize library system solutions developed in different countries in a cost-effective way.
2004	Axiell acquires CSC's Consulting Group's Library Section .
2001	Axiell Biblioteksystem AB and BTJ System AB merge to form Axiell Bibliotek AB.
2001	eHuset Ltd goes into receivership and CSC Consulting Group is formed by CSC Denmark A / S takes over the most essential activities eHuset..
Jan 2001	DS Ltd acquires Crossnet Systems Ltd . Rob Bull was Director of Crossnet Systems from June 1996 - January 2001. Crossnet Systems was formed as a result of a management buyout of Satellites International Ltd. One product of Crossnet was the ZedKit toolkit for Z39.50 support.
Jul 1999	ADLIB Information Systems acquires ROTA and Ocelot automation system from Reekx. Summer 1999, Adlib acquired the Ocelot automation system from Reekx. Ocelot for Windows
1999	Danish Data Elektronik becomes Ehuset A / S .
Jan 1999	Databasix Information Systems renamed to ADLIB Information Systems .
Aug 1, 1998	Adlib acquired SAILS from Swets & Zeitlinger. Swets & Zeitlinger B.V. of Lisse and ADLIB Information Systems B.V. of Utrecht have concluded an agreement to ensure the future development and maintenance of SAILS, Swets serials management software package. ADLIB, through their UK sister company ADLIB Information Systems Ltd. of Swindon, will take over the existing SAILS product. This includes responsibility for support and maintenance of the current SAILS customer base of around 50. As part of the agreement the existing SAILS technical personnel will transfer to ADLIB Information Systems Ltd. where they will provide continuity of support for existing customers.
1991	BTJ System AB is formed.
1991	Databasix Information Systems changes ownership through management buy-out led by Bert Degenhart-Drenth. Degenhart-Drenth led a management buy-out to form Databasix Information Systems, which was renamed later as ADLIB Information Systems.
1988	BTJ 2000 launched. BTJ 2000 presentation: New generation of library computer with a local PC and Unix environment.
1986	Bert Degenhart Drenth joins Databasix Computer Systems and launches a subsidiary office in the Benelux.
1985	Axiell Biblioteksystem AB Founded.
1975	Danish Data Elektronik Founded.
1960	BTJ converted into a limited company..

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