BIBSYS: The organisation
BIBSYS Management | Product Owners | BIBSYS Board | Organisational map
BIBSYS began in 1972 as a collaborative project between The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Library (Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Bibliotek), the Norwegian Institute of Technology Library (Norges Tekniske Høgskoles Bibliotek) and the Computer Centre at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (Regnesenteret NTH). 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 the town of 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 (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). In addition to BIBSYS Library System, our product portfolio consists of BIBSYS Ask, BIBSYS Brage, BIBSYS Emneportal, BIBSYS ForskDok, BIBSYS Galleri, BIBSYS Mime and BIBSYS Tyr. All operation of applications and databases is performed centrally by BIBSYS.
BIBSYS can also offer a range of services, both in connection with our products and separate services independent of the products we supply.
BIBSYS Management
- Director: Roy Gundersen
- Head of Customer Centre: Surur Taso
- Head of Product Centre: Arve Olaussen
- Head of Service Centre: Sigrid Smedsrud
- Manager Product Owners/Innovation: Berte Figenschou Amundsen
Product Owners
Each product has one or more product owners. Product owners are, among other things, responsible for:
- prioritising tasks relating to the product
- communicating with the consortiums (administrative committee, working group, user meeting)
- marketing the product in cooperation with the Customer Centre
If you want to get in touch with the product owners or if you have any questions about the products, please contact BIBSYS Support.
| Product | Product Owner |
|---|---|
| BIBSYS Ask | Marit Brodshaug |
| BIBSYS Library System | Gunvald Strømme |
| BIBSYS Brage | Hege Johannesen |
| BIBSYS Emneportal | Jan Erik Kofoed |
| BIBSYS ForskDok | Hege Johannesen |
| BIBSYS Galleri | Gunvald Strømme |
| BIBSYS Meldingssystem | Hege Johannesen |
| BIBSYS Nettportal | Marit Brodshaug |
| Machine-to-machine integrations/SOA (OAI, SRU, Z39,50, OpenURL, Bifrost) | Jan Erik Garshol |
BIBSYS Board
The board of BIBSYS has overall responsibility for the professional activities at BIBSYS, and for carrying out the administrative tasks allocated to the agency. The board must have six members, of which five are appointed by the Ministry of Education and Research, and one member is elected by and from BIBSYS staff. The board makes decisions about the professional activities at BIBSYS as required by the Ministry. The board has strategic responsibility for the future development of BIBSYS.
BIBSYS Board has these members:
- Chair: Sverre Spildo (Deputy Director General, University of Bergen
- Vice-Chair: Bente R. Andreassen (University Library Director, University of Oslo Library)
- Marit Vestlie (Communication Manager, National Library of Norway)
- Else Norheim (Head Librarian, Østfold University College)
- Lasse Lønnum (University Director, University of Tromsø)
- Substitue Board Member 1: Petter Kongshaug (Managing Director, UNINETT)
- Substitue Board Member 2: Dagmar Langeggen, Library Director, BI Norwegian School of Management
- BIBSYS Staff Representative: Jan Erik Garshol (substitute: Hege Johannesen)
Organisational map
Overview of the BIBSYS organisation:
