Ex Libris Group

The Ex Libris Group is a world leader in software and library services. The company is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel. She's (founded in 1986) in 2006 from the merger of the Israeli predecessor company Ex Libris emerged with the former Elsevier subsidiary Endeavor Information Systems, after both had been acquired by Francisco Partners, a private equity company. In August 2008, Ex Libris at the New York firm Leeds Equity Partners, also sold a company for private equity.

Products

The flagships are Aleph or the smaller version Alephino (Ex Libris ) and Voyager ( Endeavor ). Ex Libris is the manufacturer of Alma - a library management system for all sizes of a library; Ex Libris SFX - one of the first link resolver, the Discovery & Delivery solution Primo and MetaLib. Moreover, the products Verde, DigiTool and Rosetta belong to the portfolio. Eight subsidiaries and 12 local distributors ensure the international presence of Ex Libris in 23 countries around the world for more than 4,500 customers. Competitor of the Ex Libris Group is among other things the American- Dutch company, OCLC EMEA.