What is "bibliocommons"

BiblioCommons is a privately held company, based in Toronto, Canada, that develops front end interactive catalog and web services for libraries.

Over 200 public libraries in four countries, worldwide, currently use a BiblioCommons OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog). BiblioCore, the online catalog, integrates with existing Integrated library systems (ILSs) and creates a complete OPAC replacement that features intuitive searching, account integration, new tools for discovery, eBook integration, library staff recommendations, and the ability to create a community around the library collection.

Other services include a mobile suite with BiblioMobile; the ability to manage web sites that have dynamic web options with BiblioCMS (content management system); to integrate summer reading microsites with Biblio Summer Sites; to make public library resources available through school library catalogs with BiblioSchools; to integrate ebook lending and buying within the catalog with BiblioDigital; and to integrate event listings straight into the catalog with BiblioEvents. There are more options, modules, and improvements being worked on all the time.

In 2008, Library Journal called BiblioCommons "a revolutionary social discovery system for libraries".

BiblioCommons has an arrangement with Knowledge Ontario that makes it Knowledge Ontario's "Connect Ontario" project.