Your library.
Amplified.
Lean Library is powerful library technology that advances teaching, learning and research.
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Powerful technology that embeds your library into your users’ digital workflows.
Give your library a louder voice
Put your library in users’ online workflows, making resources accessible whenever and wherever they need them.
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Get an uninterrupted research rhythm
Put the library at the heart of every research journey to help students and researchers write, cite and author work smarter, faster.
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Lean Library redefines and amplifies the power of the academic library.
We increase the library’s value both on and off campus, prepare your library for the future.
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Improve Accessibility
Enhance discoverability and streamline access to library holdings and OA alternatives.
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Enhance library impact
Promote and increase usage of your library’s resources and services.
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Improve Workflows
Improve the patron workflow to increase productivity and efficiency.
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Save Time and Money
Gain insights that support acquisition decisions and save time and money.
Improving the workflow of
library patrons at all stages
300K
downloads of Lean Library
15M
references saved to Lean Library Workspace
Trusted by
universities worldwide
Don’t just take
our word for it
Lean Library Workspace (formerly Sciwheel) is the best scholarly tool I’ve seen so far, in terms of its practical usage!
Shervin Safavi, PhD
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
The installation and ongoing dialogue with Lean Library was exemplary; always consistently helpful and very responsive.
Andrew Cheney, Evidence Services Lead
NHS Mersey Care
The judges applauded Lean Library for the clear proposition that added real value for students and lecturers, bringing libraries into the 3rd millennium, starting with looking at how students work and replacing traditional approaches. Judges were particularly impressed by ease of use, and a recognition of the social nature of learning in higher education
Bett Award 2022 Judges
on Lean Library winning the Higher Education – Digital Learning Product Bett Award
We’ve used Lean Library for several years and I’m going to be honest – it’s one of my favourite bits of library technology!
Matthew Smith, Academic Librarian
University of East Anglia
Having invested so much time to provide our patrons with library training materials, we want to see them used. With Lean Library delivering our LibGuides into our patrons’ workflow, we have seen usage for a LibGuide increase by 450%
Jason Folkman, Electronic Resources Librarian
Utah State University
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