Serials Solutions

Founded by a Librarian for Librarians

Empowering libraries with solutions for e-resource data, access, management, and assessment

Founded by a librarian for librarians in 2000, Serials Solutions is the global leader in E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) and serves more than 3,000 libraries of all sizes and types. As the nature of library collections has changed, Serials Solutions has changed the way people use and manage electronic resources for research.

Since introducing the first A-to-Z title list, Serials Solutions has continued to advance library technology with a series of firsts:

The first e-resource knowledgebase
The first MARC records updating service for e-resources
The first federated search engine featuring results clustering
The first e-resource management system integrated with a hosted knowledgebase and OpenURL link resolver
The first e-resource management system for consortia and library groups
The first e-resource assessment service to deliver cost and usage analysis
The first integrated e-resource access and management solution
The first web-scale discovery service

Today, Serials Solutions is a global leader in library technology and offers a complete family of solutions for e-resource data, access, management, and assessment:

Serials Solutions® KnowledgeWorks
The authoritative e-resource knowledgebase, now featuring eBooks
Serials Solutions® 360
The only complete and integrated e-resource access and management solution
Ulrich's™ Global Serials Intelligence
The authoritative source for serials and publisher information and analysis
Aquabrowser®
The discovery layer for finding library content in any format, in any location
WebFeat®
The original federated search solution
Summon™
The revolutionary web-scale discovery service

Now libraries can take advantage of data, access, management, and assessment tools that have been designed using consistent software architecture and developed from the ground up to work together. Through its Software as a Service (SaaS) technology model and premier library Support Services, Serials Solutions provides fast implementation, easy customization, and outstanding value to its client libraries.