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London August 2017
PTFS Europe, Kortext and the Copyright Licensing Agency
(CLA) agree deal to transform the reading list & course
materials market for universities and students globally.
CLA and Kortext, the UK’s leading Personal Learning
Platform and digital textbook provider have agreed to buy the
rebus:list Reading List Management System from PTFS Europe, a
leading supplier of the Koha library management system and other
products to the library market.
The rebus:list system has been significantly
upgraded to take advantage of modern technologies and to provide
simple connectivity with other systems making it more adaptable for
today’s dynamic education environment. It is already used by over
30 institutions across the UK and Ireland. CLA and Kortext will
work in partnership with PTFS Europe to provide existing customers with
a seamless migration to the enhanced system over the next six
months. Both existing and new customers will be invited to
participate in the future development of the service.
Kortext and CLA are committed to making a
significant investment in the system to enhance its current
capabilities and create a world leading resource management
solution. The system will actively support teaching and learning
across education and beyond. Kortext has already developed the
Digital Content Store (DCS) for CLA, the revolutionary workflow
management system, now used by 77 universities in the UK, to help
manage digital course pack creation and distribution to students.
Mat Pfleger, CEO of CLA commented “We are delighted
to be making this announcement today with Kortext and PTFS Europe.
Our investment further demonstrates CLA’s commitment to develop
solutions and services that simplify copyright and make it easier
to access content.
We will continue to partner with the sector as a
whole and with other third party systems who wish to integrate with
CLA solutions and products.”
Nick Dimant, CEO of PTFS Europe added “We are very
proud of the progress we have made with rebus:list over the last
few years and are pleased that it will become a core component of
many universities teaching and learning infrastructure going
forward. Our collaboration with CLA and Kortext will help
ensure that rebus:list becomes the leading resource management
solution. With the amazing capabilities of both CLA and Kortext, we
see a very strong win for the library sector, and of course the
academics and students they serve.”
James Gray CEO of Kortext added “We are delighted to
work with CLA and PTFS Europe in developing services that support
universities and students within the HE sector. Along with rebus:list
and the CLA we will help to create a seamless learning experience
that enhances access to the widest possible range of learning
resources. Helping universities transition to a more innovative
digital learning environment remains our priority and such
partnerships allow for enhanced interoperability.”
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About Kortext
Kortext is the UK’s leading personal learning
platform providing access to over half a million digital textbooks
from over 850 of the world’s leading education publishers such as
Pearson, McGraw Hill and Wiley. These publishers along with many
other learning content providers use Kortext to help distribute
digital content to students and their education institutions around
the world. The platform provides an enhanced learning experience
with access to powerful study tools that are highly valued by
students. Universities such as the Imperial College London,
Plymouth University, and Middlesex University are adopting the
platform, and are able to utilise the detailed Kortext learning analytics
to better support student retention, progression and success.
Kortext is a founding member of Edtech UK, a
strategic body set up to accelerate the UK’s education technology
sector in Britain and globally. In addition, working with global partners
such as Microsoft and Samsung, Kortext has created a growing
international presence, from offices in the US, Canada, Middle
East, Africa and Australia.
About the Copyright Licensing Agency
CLA are the recognized UK collective rights
licensing body for text and images from book, journal, and magazine
content. We exist to simplify copyright for content users and
copyright owners. Our mission is to help customers legally access,
copy, and share the published content they need, while also making
sure that copyright owners are paid royalties for the use of their
work. We have been providing rights and licences, as well as a
growing range of services that simplify copyright and make it
easier to access content, for over 30 years. This includes our
revolutionary Digital Content Store, an optional workflow tool for
Higher Education launched in July 2016, which currently manages the
digital course pack creation process for 77 UK institutions and
serves content to over one million students. For more information
about CLA, visit our website, or visit our Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
About PTFS Europe
PTFS Europe provides a wide range of products for
the library market. These include the library system Koha,
Rebus:list for list management, RT: request tracker for enquiry
management, Coral for electronic resource management and the
Knowvation digital repository. An ISO27001 company, PTFS Europe
provides the full range of services needed to implement, host and
support these products.
www.ptfs-europe.com
For more information please contact:
Copyright Licensing Agency:
Paul Rollins; 020 7400 3143 or [log in to unmask]
Alexandra Reed; 020 7400 3143 or [log in to unmask]
Kortext:
Yaz El Hakim; [log in to unmask]
Amy Donelan; [log in to unmask]
PTFS Europe:
Nick Phipps; [log in to unmask]
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