Clarivate Selected by Abes to Modernize French National Academic Library System

Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT ), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, announced today that the Bibliographic Agency for Higher Education (Abes) has selected the company to modernize France's national academic library system, under a multi-year agreement. Abes supports higher education and research institutions across France with a documentation system including shared library data and services. It also operates Sudoc, a national shared cataloging system for print and electronic resources, containing over 15 million bibliographic records, with a network of 3,000 libraries. The new Clarivate solution will bring together library services, resource sharing and AI-powered discovery in one cloud-based platform. It will replace legacy systems used for the national union catalog and the interlibrary loan service used by thousands of academic libraries and institutions nationwide. Using Clarivate's Alma , Rapido and Primo solutions, Abes will modernize how libraries manage resources, share materials and help users discover content. The move will also support a transition to a linked‑data model aligned with international standards. Bar Veinstein, President, Academia & Government at Clarivate said: "We are pleased to partner with Abes to develop a scalable, interoperable national library platform that meets the evolving needs of France's higher education and research community. Through this partnership, we will support the Agency's strategic priorities to advance library services, information accessibility and resource sharing, including unlocking the potential of AI-powered discovery for users. This will empower learning, discovery and research for years to come." The Abes official announcement says: "The choice of Clarivate's softwa...