Description

ELViS is a one-stop shop for access to the collections in Europe. It provides a unified way to request visits, loans and virtual access. Virtual access requests through ELViS provide digitisation on demand as a new type of access, including support for collaborating on VA ideas and proposal submission. The request mechanism implemented in ELViS also enables future services for tracking usage metrics, monitoring and reporting and connecting collection usage with research outputs.

Version information

Version 1 developed in the SYNTHESYS+ project. Released in March 2021 with support for Transnational Access (TA) and Virtual Access (VA, digitisation on demand) requests. Version 2 to be released in 2022 with support for Loans.

TRL status

7-8. Operational with a limited number of collection providers, in use for TA and VA through SYNTHESYS+ calls.