Our solutions for
Libraries

Libraries need digital workflows that make collections easier to discover, services faster to deliver and content safer to provide.

Libraries are expected to turn both physical and digital holdings into reliable services. Users want fast access to literature, better discovery and digital services that fit naturally into study, teaching and research. At the same time, library workflows need to remain traceable, compliant and well connected to existing systems.

Imageware supports libraries at exactly this point: digitising collections, managing document delivery and interlibrary loan, enriching catalogues, indexing periodicals, and presenting or securely providing digital content. The solutions can be used individually or combined into end-to-end workflows that fit the way your library works.

Use cases for libraries

From requests to delivery, from catalogue enrichment to digital collections: Imageware supports key library workflows with software designed for real operational needs.

Digitisation

Analogue source materials are scanned, processed, structured and exported in the required formats. The result is digital content that can be reliably processed, provided or archived.

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Document delivery

Requests are handled in a structured process from intake through checking and digitisation to delivery. Teams keep track of jobs, statuses and feedback throughout the workflow.

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Interlibrary loan

Interlibrary loan workflows bring together requests, checks, delivery channels, acknowledgements and feedback in a traceable process. This helps libraries handle national and international requests efficiently.

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Campus delivery service

Materials from local holdings are requested, checked, digitised and provided to authorised user groups. The workflow helps libraries make their own holdings available digitally.

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Course reserves

Teaching materials are processed in a structured way and made available to defined user groups. This helps organise digital course reserves and provide controlled access.

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Catalogue enrichment

Catalogue records are enriched with tables of contents, covers or other additional information. This gives users more context when searching and helps them assess titles more easily.

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Periodicals

Articles and contributions from journals, yearbooks or conference materials are indexed in a structured way. This makes content below title level easier to find and usable in catalogues or union systems.

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Retrospective digitisation

Historical holdings, books, journals or collections are digitised carefully and prepared for research, use or presentation. Quality, structure and traceability are central to the process.

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Large-scale digitisation

Large digitisation projects remain manageable when jobs, statuses, responsibilities and results are clearly documented. This makes it possible to process high volumes reliably and traceably.

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Digital collections

Digitised holdings are prepared so they become visible, searchable and easy to use. Presentation, structure and access work together in a coherent digital environment.

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Electronic reading room

Protected or sensitive digital content is provided under controlled conditions. Access, display, printing and download can be configured to match the relevant usage scenario.

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Library workflows differ depending on the institution, the collection and the technical environment. A university library running a campus delivery service has different needs from a library managing a major retrospective digitisation project, active interlibrary loan services or an electronic reading room. What matters is software that does more than provide individual features – it needs to fit existing routines, systems and responsibilities.

Imageware solutions are modular and can be adapted to different scenarios. Individual tasks can be supported directly, or several products can be combined into one connected process: from request intake, digitisation and indexing through to delivery, presentation or handover to catalogue, union and presentation systems.

Products for library workflows

Depending on the task, our products support individual work steps or connect several library processes into one continuous workflow.

The workflow management system for document delivery, interlibrary loan, catalogue enrichment and complex digitisation processes.

The platform for presenting and securely providing digital content – from digital collections to electronic reading room scenarios.

Scanning and workflow software for professional digitisation – from capture and post-processing to indexing and structured output.

A solution for semi-automated indexing of tables of contents, article data, periodicals and recurring publication structures.

The shared data pool for tables of contents and covers in catalogue enrichment. Existing data can be checked, reused and made available.

Let’s talk about your library workflows.

Whether you are working on document delivery, interlibrary loan, catalogue enrichment, digitisation or electronic access, we can help you clarify the requirements and combine solutions that fit your collections, services and systems.

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