Tessella has been selected as one of three organizations to provide application development services to the British Library, under a new framework agreement. The agreement allows the Library to quickly and cost-effectively call down additional application development, and related IT services, to undertake tasks to help with peaks of demand.

Kevin Gell, Managing Director of Tessella, explained: “To be selected for the framework, we had to demonstrate that Tessella has the appropriate bespoke application development skill set, a proven track record, and that we provide excellent value for money. We are delighted to be supporting the British Library.”

The British Library is one of the world’s greatest research libraries. It provides world-class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive research collection. It also operates the world’s largest document delivery services providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world.

Dr Robert Sharpe, Tessella’s Head of Digital Archiving Solutions, continued: “Tessella is also supplying the British Library with our Safety Deposit Box technology as key components of their digital archiving solutions. The technology has been designed to help memory institutions (including libraries and archives), who are already skilled at preserving paper material, to face the problems posed by preserving material stored in digital formats.”

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Notes to editors:

• For press enquiries or to arrange an interview with Tessella Support Services plc please contact Alison Smith, Marketing Manager on +44 (0) 1235 546609 or alison.smith@tessella.com

• Founded in 1980, Tessella specializes in the application of innovative solutions to scientific, technical and engineering problems, and its offices within the UK, US and the Netherlands have built long-term relationships with organizations at the leading edge of the scientific and engineering world. Tessella is vendor independent and recommends ‘best of breed’ solutions, whether this involves custom software development or off-the-shelf solutions

• The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive research collection. The British Library’s collections include 150 million items from every era of written human history beginning with Chinese oracle bones dating from 300 BC, right up to the latest e-journals. For further information visit www.bl.uk

Tessella Contact details:

Tessella Support Services plc (Headquarters)
3 Vineyard Chambers
Abingdon
Oxfordshire, OX14 3PX
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 555511, Fax: +44 (0) 1235 553301
Tessella also has UK offices in Burton upon Trent, Cambridge, Stevenage, Warrington and Winchester

Tessella Support Services plc
Tauro Kantorencentrum
President Kennedylaan 19
2517JK Den Haag
The Netherlands
Tel/Fax: +31 (0) 70 354 2296

Tessella Inc
233 Needham Street, Suite 300
Newton, MA 02464
USA
Tel: (1) 617 454 1220, Fax: (1) 617 454 1001
Tessella Inc also has an office in Washington DC

info@tessella.com

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