BIBSYS is an

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set up and organized by the Ministry of Education and Research in

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. They provide the exchange, storage and retrieval of data pertaining to research, teaching and learning – historically metadata related to library resources. BIBSYS are collaborating with all Norwegian universities and university colleges as well as research institutions and the

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. Bibsys is formally organized as a unit at the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

(NTNU), located in

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, Norway. The

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is appointed by Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. BIBSYS offer researchers, students and others access to library resources by providing a unified search service and other library services. They also deliver integrated products for the internal operation for research and special libraries as well as open educational resources.Harvard i spissen for utdanningsrevolusjon
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'' 5 June 2014 "Mellom fem og ti nye studietilbud har meldt sin ankomst til sommeren og høsten, sier Frode Arntsen i Bibsys, som er ansvarlig for nettportalen." As a

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BIBSYS act as a national

representative in Norway and thereby allow all of Norway's higher education and research institutions to use DOI on their research data. All their products and services are developed in cooperation with their member institutions.

History

BIBSYS began in 1972 as a collaborative project between the

Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (, DKNVS) is a Norway, Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. It was founded in 1760 and is Norway's oldest scientific and scholarly institution. The society's Protector is King Harald V of ...

Library (Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Bibliotek), the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology ( Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was ...

Library and the Computer Centre at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. The purpose of the project was to automate internal library routines. Since 1972 Bibsys has evolved from a library system supplier for two libraries in Trondheim, to developing and operating a national library system for Norwegian research and special libraries. The target group has also expanded to include the customers of research and special libraries, by providing them easy access to library resources. BIBSYS is a public administrative agency answerable to the Ministry of Education and Research, and administratively organised as a unit at NTNU. All operation of applications and databases is performed centrally by BIBSYS. BIBSYS also offer a range of services, both in connection with their products and separate services independent of the products they supply.

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(archived 3 December 2017) {{Authority control Library-related organizations Libraries in Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1972 establishments in Norway Government agencies established in 1972 Library centers Library cataloging and classification

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