Université de Montréal Selects Primo, Aleph and Verde, all by Ex Libris (26.10.20












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            * Université de Montréal Selects Primo, Aleph and Verde, all by Ex Libris
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            Chicago, IL—October 26, 2010.


            Ex Libris® Group, a world leader in the provision of library automation solutions, is plea
            that the Université de Montréal has selected the Primo® discovery and delivery solution, t

            integrated library system—replacing the university’s GEAC ADVANCE system—and the Verde® el
            resource management system to serve as the backbone of the university’s library services. 
            an intensive selection process, the library opted to augment its suite of Ex Libris soluti

            previously implemented the MetaLib® metasearch solution, the SFX® OpenURL link resolver, a
            recommender service. 


            The Université de Montréal is one of nearly 100 members of the Association of Research Lib
            are running Ex Libris solutions. With the newly selected systems, the university joins 16 

            who deploy Primo as their discovery interface and 28 ARL members who are running Aleph.
            “It’s a jump toward excellence!” remarked Richard Dumont, director of the Université de Mo
            “Now we’ll be able to offer a cutting-edge discovery environment to our users. In this way

            our voice to the most influential universities playing a proactive role in the evolution a
            solutions for finding and using the full spectrum of information resources.”
            “We are honored and delighted by the Université de Montréal’s selection of Primo, Aleph, a

            commented Mark Triest, president of Ex Libris North America. “We know that the university 
            this decision after a long and exhaustive process. We were confident that our strategic vi
            extensibility and rich functionality of our products, and particularly the ingrained Ex Li

            to true multilingual capabilities—together with our strong relationship with other librari
            —helped us reach this positive conclusion. I am delighted to welcome the Université de Mon
            growing community of customers running a full suite of Ex Libris solutions.”





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            * About the Université de Montréal
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            Founded in 1878, the Université de Montréal, with its two affiliated schools, the École Po
            and the HEC Montréal, is the largest university in Québec and the second largest in Canada
            55,000 students from around the world, some 10,000 employees, and over 250 undergraduate p

            masters programs, and 71 doctoral programs, the Université de Montréal awards close to 10,
            annually at every university level. Deeply rooted in Montréal and dedicated to its interna
            the Université de Montréal is one of the top universities in the French-speaking world. Fo

            information on the Université de Montréal, see http://www.umontreal.ca/ [ URL "http://www.




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            * About Ex Libris

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            Ex Libris is a leading provider of automation solutions for academic, national, and resear
            Offering the only comprehensive product suite for electronic, digital, and print materials

            provides efficient, user-friendly products that serve the needs of libraries today and wil
            their transition into the future. Ex Libris maintains an impressive customer base consisti
            of sites in more than 75 countries on six continents.