Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
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Newsjunkie.net is a resource guide for journalists. We show who's behind the news, and provide tools to help navigate the modern business of information.
Use of Data
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BIBSYS is a Norwegian government administrative agency organized under the Ministry of Education and Research and formally constituted as a unit at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Founded in 1972 as a collaborative project between the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Library, the Norwegian Institute of Technology Library, and NTNU's Computer Centre, BIBSYS began as a library automation project for two institutions and expanded over subsequent decades into Norway's national library system provider for all universities, university colleges, research institutions, and the National Library of Norway.
Oria, the user-facing discovery portal, was launched in 2013 when BIBSYS adopted Ex Libris Primo (known internationally as Primo) as its unified discovery and delivery solution, replacing the earlier self-developed BIBSYS Ask service. All consortium members had migrated to Oria by mid-2015. In December 2015, BIBSYS also transitioned its backend library management infrastructure to Ex Libris Alma. As of 2024–2025, BIBSYS has been conducting a new procurement process, with Clarivate selected for a new five-year contract beginning after December 2025.
Oria aggregates metadata from the shared catalog of the BIBSYS consortium, which encompasses over 80 participating libraries across Norway. It provides a single search interface for books, e-books, journals, articles, theses, music, and films. Users can search across institutional holdings, link directly to full-text resources where available, and manage loans and requests. Integration with BrowZine allows the creation of personalized e-journal shelves.
Oria is publicly accessible at oria.no without login. Authenticated access to licensed electronic resources and personal library account functions requires a Feide institutional login. The service supports advanced filtering by format, subject, and publication date, and integrates with institutional authentication systems across all Norwegian higher education institutions.