Biblio Milestones
2011
The largest ever German project has begun: to equip the network of 80 Berlin Public Libraries (VÖBB).
The US company ITG and Intellident in Great Britain both belong to the international Bibliotheca Group, newly established and still based in Switzerland.
2010
'Building Smarter Libraries': The Next Generation Software and BiblioCockpit create the basis for central, productive system configuration and control.
Bibliotheca builds on Green IT.
2009
At the new Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum in Berlin, Bibliotheca installed an RFID hybrid system which is unique in terms of size and customer specifications.
Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems has successfully certified its quality management system according to
ISO 9001:2008.
Future landmark of modern architecture and technology opts for BiblioChip: the Rolex Learning Center of the prominent École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Patented: conversion "on the fly" at the Biblio SelfCheck.
2008
Bibliotheca becomes a member of the Swiss Association for Standardization SNV.
Asia goes for BiblioChip: West Tokyo Public Library installs BiblioChip system.
Unique product idea: Longlife- and Archive-label with guaranteed 40-year data lifespan in use.
Patented: Automatic media conversion using BiblioReturn.
Asia-Pacific branch established in Melbourne/Australia.
2007
Start of the RFID research programm with the German University of Applied Sciences Wildau.
3rd Leipzig Congress: Bibliotheca as the most innovative exhibitor.
First BiblioChip system installed in Yarra Plenty Regional Library, Melbourne, Australia.
2006
Europe's biggest RFID library project launched with Munich City Library.
New library at the elite Technical University in Karlsruhe opens with the BiblioChip system – the first 24-hour library in Germany.
Company founders Jacques and Marcel Nauer take seats on the Board of Administration.
Strategic partnership with RFID-Invest begins.
German branch established in Reutlingen.
Sales office opened in Canada.
Bibliotheca's growth necessitates move to new premises in Cham, Switzerland.
2005
Bibliotheca wins Swiss Technology Award 2005, Switzerland's most significant technology award.
Fayetteville Public Library in Arkansas, USA, migrates to the BiblioChip system. It is one of the first American libraries to make the transition and wins the coveted Library of the Year Award.
New Copenhagen office established for the Nordic countries.
Bibliotheca opens branch in Italy as well.
Danish Data Model, co-developed by Bibliotheca, is declared the standard model.
2004
In Switzerland, the company wins the Zug Innovation Prize 2004 for the successful development and global marketing of an automation and security system for libraries.
2003
BiblioChip system implemented in Winterthur's main library. Media turnover grows 40 percent in the following years thanks to RFID.
The Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium, is the first academic library to migrate to the BiblioChip system.
Vienna's new Central Library is the first library in a major city to install the Swiss system.
Bibliotheca positions itself as pioneer and market leader among Europe's providers of RFID for libraries.
First international successes in Canada: Richmond Hill Public Library opts for BiblioChip.
2002
Successful test installation takes place in Wülflingen district library in Winterthur. Bibliotheca Inc. founded in the USA, marking the starting point of the company's global activities.
International entrepreneurs and Swiss brothers Jacques and Marcel Nauer founded Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems AG in Zug, Switzerland. They acquire the Lucatron library application with a view to developing it as the BiblioChip RFID System.