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The Future of Libraries is Open: We're switching to a new open source library system!

We are facing exciting and challenging tasks: Our library management system SISIS-SunRise has been in use for over thirty years and is no longer being developed by the manufacturer. After thorough preliminary investigations and for strategic reasons, the university and college libraries in the Bavarian Library Network have decided to switch to the open source library system FOLIO.

After the THWS library successfully switched to FOLIO in 2024, the TU Munich library followed suit in January 2025. FOLIO is expected to be in use at Regensburg University Library from mid-2025, after which we will switch to FOLIO at Bamberg University Library.

Preparations for the switch to our future open source library management system have already begun in 2024. We will use FOLIO to manage all library processes - the licensing and acquisition of digital and printed literature, the provision of digital and analogue books and media, the financing of open access and much more. You can also look forward to a new catalog portal that will hopefully allow you to search for literature and order media even more conveniently and intuitively.

Internally, the changeover is a major and labor-intensive process for us that affects all areas of the University Library. Therefore, there may be temporary restrictions to our library services during the winter semester 2025/26. We will of course announce these in good time and keep them as short as possible for you.

We hope for your understanding, for which we would like to thank you in advance.

Aktueller Stand:

We are working behind the scenes on the preparations for the switch without you noticing much of it yet. 

We are delighted to welcome the German-speaking FOLIO community to the Practical Days in Bamberg from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1.

The focus of this year's event is on practical applications - from new developments, individual solutions and workarounds to best practices and lessons learned. With exciting presentations, clear demonstrations of new functionalities and interesting discussions, the Practice Days are aimed at experienced users and those who want to become one.

 

Links

The FOLIO-Project

Digitalverbund Bayern (site only in German)

Website of the German FOLIO User Community (site only in German)