Our Story

Library Impact, Research Outcomes,
Student Engagement

Ex Libris is a product family, proudly part of Clarivate, a global company headquartered in London and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. At Clarivate, we believe in the value of education and research. Our mission is to allow academic institutions to create, manage, and share knowledge. With better tools, our customers achieve their goals and further academic initiatives.

The
Ex Libris
Difference

A tradition of innovation in higher-ed

Built-in product openness and extendable solutions

True user-driven collaboration and partnership with our customer community

Advanced, “born-SaaS” solutions and strong technological backbone 

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Installed in more than 90 countries

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The
Ex Libris Value
for You

Serve

librarians, researchers, students, 
and instructors

Support

research through unified workflows and a wealth of scholarly content

Strengthen

libraries’ strategic role in academic activity

Increase

student engagement and success through personalized innovative services

Drive

decision-making for libraries and research with meaningful analytics

Maximize

value of library collections and services

Our
History

1980

The Aleph team is assembled at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1986

Ex Libris is founded as a corporate entity developing the Aleph library solution

1997

First European subsidiary established in Germany

1998

North American office established

2000
  • SFX is acquired
  • Launch of MetaLib
2002

First Asian subsidiary established in China

2005

Launch of DigiTool

2006

Launch of Primo

2007
  • Acquisition of Endeavor, creator of the Voyager Integrated Library System
  • Launch of Rosetta
  • First North American Data Center established in Chicago
2009

Launch of bX

2011
  • European Data Center established in the Netherlands
  • Fourth North American Data Center established for SaaS support
2012

Launch of Alma

2013

Singapore Data Center established

2015
  • Acquisition of oMbiel, creator of the campusM mobile platform
  • Launch of Leganto
  • Ex Libris is acquired by ProQuest
2016
  • Summon, 360, and Intota join the Ex Libris portfolio
  • Data Center established in China
2017
  • Data Center established in Canada
  • Alma reaches 1,000 institutions
  • RefWorks and Pivot join the Ex Libris portfolio
2018
  • Launch of Esploro
  • Acquisition of Research Research Ltd.
2019
  • Launch of the Rapido resource sharing solution
  • Acquisition of RapidILL
  • Data Center established in Sydney, Australia
2020
  • Launch of COVID-19 initiatives
  • Virtual ELUNA and IGeLU conferences
2021

ProQuest (including the Ex Libris product family) is acquired by Clarivate

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