OCLC TouchPoint is the new solution for Gateway Bayern
The Bibliotheksverbund Bayern (Bavarian Library Consortium or BVB) have selected OCLC TouchPoint as the preferred solution for their portal "Gateway Bayern". The BVB represents more than one-hundred libraries in Bavaria, and hosts on their behalf a union catalogue with more than 16 million title records. The BVB union catalogue is maintained and updated on an Aleph system.
After a thorough review of the market, BVB selected TouchPoint as they felt it would meet the expectations of their users by providing a more "google-like" experience. The consortium was also keen that Gateway Bayern looked the same as other end user discovery services that individual libraries within the BVB had implemented. Many of the libraries within the consortium are already using TouchPoint in conjunction with a search engine from FAST.
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