Oliver is a library management solution for schools and education departments, including primary and secondary schools. It supports cataloguing, circulation, acquisitions, borrower access, and personalised recommendations to help students discover library resources. Users can create pre-built or customised reports on usage, borrowing, overdue items, and digital resource engagement, and schedule them to run automatically. A booking system can manage loans of music and equipment. Oliver connects with school management systems, learning platforms, content providers, and authentication tools through APIs, library protocols, and single sign-on. Softlink offers hosted and on-premises deployment; it says Oliver can be accessed with an internet connection without workstation installation. Hosted service includes daily backups, managed updates and patching, and dedicated technical support with service-level agreements. Softlink lists ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 standards, GDPR compliance, IRAP-compliant data centres, and monitored endpoint protection, firewalls, and vulnerability scanning. Pricing is by quote.
Who it is for
Oliver is aimed at primary and secondary schools and education departments managing library resources and student access. It may suit organisations seeking school-system integrations, automated reports, and hosted or on-premises deployment.
What is good
- Supports cataloguing, circulation, acquisitions, and borrower access.
- Offers personalised recommendations for student discovery.
- Reports can be customised and scheduled automatically.
- Hosted service includes daily backups and managed updates.
What to know first
- Pricing is available by quote.
- Hosted or on-premises deployment is offered, not specified as other options.
Verdict
Oliver combines school library workflows, student discovery, reporting, and integrations in a solution offered for hosted or on-premises deployment. Prospective buyers need to request pricing and assess its listed security and hosting provisions against their requirements.
Oliver plans and pricing
All plansCompared on school library management software
- Circulation tools
- Yes
- Acquisitions
- Yes
- Borrower portal
- Yes
- Custom reporting
- Yes
- MARC records
- Yes
- Student system sync
- Yes
- Deployment
- hybrid