Lehi, Utah – Digital Collections
Reserve LLC has agreed to terms in the sale of SimpleDL™, their flagship
digital library platform, to Sobek Digital Hosting and Consulting LLC, a
digital library hosting and consulting company based in Jacksonville, Florida.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The transaction is expected to close on March
25, 2016.
Jon Ward, CEO of Digital
Collections Reserve said, “We are excited about the work Sobek Digital Hosting
and Consulting are doing in the digital library space, and feel they are a
perfect suitor for our platform. We feel
they have what it takes to take our product to the next level and are excited
for what this acquisition will do for our customers in improving their overall
experience.”
Sobek Digital's CIO, Mark Sullivan added, "We
are looking forward to working with the SimpleDL community. This
acquisition will extend the features of the overall suite of digital repository
software offered to our combined customer base. The new synergies and the
resulting economies of scale from this transaction will result in increased
service and response to the needs of all our customers."
SimpleDL™ was created in 2009 as
a fresh, simple alternative to the bloated, tech-heavy digital library systems
of the past. This innovative system was
designed to simplify the process librarians go through in uploading, editing,
and managing their digital assets online to make them accessible to patrons
across the world. It was designed to
provide a user-friendly, enjoyable experience for the librarian and patron
alike.
Sobek Digital Hosting and Consulting was formed as a
partnership that combined over 30 years of library technology experience.
Sobek Digital hosts digital resources for libraries and museums and
provides consulting on digital resource creation and digitization. In addition,
Sobek Digital supports a large and growing open source community of users for
the popular SobekCM™ digital hosting
software.
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