BiblioCommons is the developer of a suite of hosted “Software as a Service” solutions that deliver an integrated “social discovery” experience to the online customers of public libraries. The heart of our offering is BiblioCore, which replaces all search and account management functionality of the library’s traditional “Online Public Access Catalog” (OPAC). We didn’t set out to create a better online catalog.
Our origins were as a non-profit, online youth literacy initiative. But along the way we discovered the power of the local OPAC as a gateway to broad participation and engagement.
To help public libraries deliver the same kind of rich discovery and community connection experiences online that the library has always delivered in its branches -- all built around the heart of the library: its collections.
In delivering on this promise, we are convinced that public libraries can collectively emerge at the center of online discovery and connection for everything books, movies and music.