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Designed for effortless library acquisition.
Maximize your investment

Expand the Library’s Reach and Impact

Deliver digital course materials, streamline workflows, control costs, and give students instant access to the materials they need to succeed with VitalSource.

library-reach

Unmatched Global Delivery

  • 2,500
    institutional libraries served
  • 12,000+
    collections of titles available through VitalSource's library acquisition platform
  • 10,000+
    publisher imprints delivered content
  • 37
    languages supported worldwide

Unlock Seamless Access for Every Student

Easily acquire and adopt titles through a streamlined workflow with MARC records included. Search and create collections from over 3 million titles from 10,000+ publishers, all without managing multiple relationships. And if you can’t find what you need, our dedicated Customer Success Team is ready to help.
Scale

Flexible Access Models for Optimized Budget Spend

Whether you require subscription, perpetual, or pay-per-use access, we offer scalable models to meet your diverse needs.

  • Title-by-Title Selection - Select relevant titles for your students.
  • Subscription Access - License curated collections for the duration best suited to your library.
  • Usage Based - Only pay for titles accessed by your students.
  • Mixed Model - Combine elements from the above models to find a solution that best meets your needs.
integration

Integration Methods That Fit Your University’s Systems

Integrate with both your learning management system and library management system to ensure a seamless and custom experience for students and staff.

  • IP/EzProxy Integration – Delivers access through recognized institutional IP ranges and supports libraries already authenticating via IP/EzProxy.
  • LTI Integration – Connects directly into your LMS and supports academic roster sync and course-based content linking.
  • Roster Integration – Allows direct upload of student and faculty emails and supports email domain allowlists.

Direct, Instant Access to the Titles You Need

Acquire and deliver content instantly with Explore Marketplace, our self-service platform, and enjoy the flexibility of choosing the number of concurrent users to support your students' needs in real time.

Effortlessly search for and review the titles you need
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Reduce wait times by providing instant access to seamlessly purchased content
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Respond to needs in real time by adding multiple concurrent users
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Keep track of purchase history to maximize efficient budget spend
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Packed with Learning Power

Bookshelf® is the industry-leading platform that brings the entire learning network together. With Bookshelf, students can read, study, and practice in one experience, with millions of etexts from the most extensive catalog for higher education courses. This seamless, flexible experience provides:

AI Backed by Learning Science

Enhance student retention and comprehension with AI-powered tools that provide in-the-moment support right within the etext.

Always-On Resiliency

Learners access materials anytime, anywhere, online or offline, across any device.

Full Suite of Study Tools

Powerful study tools, such as highlighting, note-taking, and flashcards, provide one place to learn it all.

Best-in-Class Accessibility

Students receive and engage with the content they need, no special versions required.

See what everybody is saying about VitalSource

“As part of the broader digital transformation in higher education, this collaboration integrates our market-leading collection of social science textbooks with VitalSource’s world-class technology, empowering students to engage with content in ways that best support their learning. It enables faculty to enhance teaching outcomes and equips university librarians to champion accessibility, foster inclusive learning, support academic success, and demonstrate impact across campus. We look forward to continuing our work with academic partners to expand access and drive innovation in teaching and learning.”
- James Waller, Associate Vice President of Sales, Sage
"Through our integration with VitalSource, we have successfully provided a seamless learning experience that meets the needs of all users."
- Mohmed Said Aboualyazied, Textbooks Services Specialist, United Arab Emirates University
"They invest in the product. Always evolving, responding to market needs, using beta versions to refine their approach. And we want to work with partners that are willing to evolve and adapt and listen to us and change and better the product opposed to just remaining static. So strategically, it was just aligned to what we were trying to achieve."
– Zena Barnes, Senior Operations Manager – International Education Solutions, BPP
"This partnership with VitalSource allows our library, with its expert staff and central role, to continue to deliver an integrated eTextbook programme for simultaneous, remote, and unlimited access to quality learning resources. With a broad catalogue and transparent, easy communication with the VitalSource team, we were able to quickly and effectively launch this partnership and make a difference for our students right away."
– Luke Fowler, Head of Library Content, Digital and Research Support, University of Wolverhampton
"Each institution will have different problems, but what we need to do, especially from the library's point of view, is to analyze what the problems are and to try to find how we can use technology to solve the problem. But one message from me is: do not be afraid of new technology."
– Milana, Library Manager, Universitas Bina Nusantara

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