A long-standing supporter of HELibTech, Open Fifth is the leading provider of open source library software in the UK.
Open Fifth works with open source software with the aim of making technology easy for libraries and to enable library users. The company is active throughout all library sectors, including public, academic, health, governmental, museum, law, special libraries, and archives.
Open Fifth is an ISO 27001-certified company and is also available through the APUC and G-Cloud 15 procurement frameworks.
Current products available include:
Koha library management system
The most widely used library management system with over 18,000 systems worldwide, Koha is an open source system developed with libraries.
Open Fifth offers secure hosting and support for Koha, which is entirely web-based for both staff and public functions. This helps make the system light, easy to use, easy to deploy and easy to manage. For use of Koha’s OPAC, all features are implemented in currently available major browsers.
Koha’s impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloguing, acquisitions, serials, course reserves, user management, interlibrary loans, and more.
To find out more you can visit Open Fifth’s Koha product page and HELibTech’s open source library systems and Koha page.
Aspen Discovery
Aspen Discovery is an open source, web-based patron discovery and engagement platform. Designed around your users’ browsing experience, this highly featured tool integrates the library catalogue, e-content, photographic libraries, websites, open access databases, events and more, bringing all your library’s resources together via a single search.
Aspen Discovery provides complete integration with your organisation’s underlying library management system and eContent providers, while also offering administrators a high degree of custom configuration.
To find out more you can visit Open Fifth’s Aspen Discovery product page and HELibTech’s library discovery solutions page.
Metabase business intelligence and analytics tool
Metabase is an open source, web-based intelligence and analytics system to enable analysis and reporting of library metrics offering customisable dashboards and reports to monitor specific aspects of library activity.
Adding Metabase to any of Open Fifth’s core library services (e.g. the Koha Library Management System) allows the reports to be visualised graphically and grouped in real-time updating dashboards which can be fully customised for different user groups.
To find out more you can visit Open Fifth’s Metabase product page.
Knowvation digital repository system
Knowvation is a web-based digital repository for over 200 different types of media formats plus records management, browse and advanced search technology with the ability to combine full-text and geospatial searches using graphical interfaces like Google Earth™. Scanned media can be automatically OCRed and indexed when loaded. Foreign language support including cross-language searching is standard. A full range of implementation and support services are provided.
To find out more, you can visit Open Fifth’s Knowvation product page and HELibTech’s archival management page.
FOLIO library service platform
FOLIO is an open source library services platform (LSP). Open Fifth has experience within the FOLIO community and developing for libraries using the software. If you are interested in this solution for your library, get in touch with the Open Fifth team for more information.
To find out more you can visit Open Fifth’s FOLIO product page and HELibTech’s open source library systems and FOLIO page.
AtoM (Access to Memory) archive management system
AtoM is an open source, web-based app which allows institutions to provide and manage public access to their archival holdings.
Built around international archival standards, AtoM allows institutions to describe, preserve, and share their collections efficiently and affordably. Designed for scalability and flexibility, AtoM supports multilingual content, hierarchical data structures, and highly customisable themes.
To find out more you can visit Open Fifth’s AtoM product page.
Omeka collection web-publishing platform
Omeka is a web-based application for curation and discovery of digital cultural heritage collections and other online resources.
Omeka allows you to showcase collections whilst retaining the importance of standards-based metadata, with an easy to use administrative interface and the benefit of a global open source community for support.
To find out more you can visit Open Fifth’s Omeka product page.
DSpace digital repository system
DSpace is an open source software product used for creating repositories for open access and published digital content.
First released in 2002, DSpace was created through collaboration between developers from MIT Libraries and the Hewlett-Packard Company. The DSpace repository software serves a specific need as a digital archive system, focused on the long-term storage, access and preservation of digital content.
To find out more you can visit Open Fifth’s DSpace product page.
Get in touch with Open Fifth
If you would like to know more about Open Fifth products and services you can get in touch with the team at sales@openfifth.co.uk.