SLSP AG welcomes the Swiss National Library as a new shareholder institution, sending a strong signal for Switzerland’s academic library landscape
SLSP AG is delighted to announce the addition of the Swiss National Library as a new shareholder institution. Following the resolution of the Annual General Meeting in June 2024 and the subsequent approval of the capital increase at the end of February 2025, the National Library has joined the shareholder base of SLSP AG.
With this new addition, the shareholder base of SLSP AG has grown to a total of 21 institutions. The addition of the Swiss National Library underlines the central role of SLSP in Switzerland’s academic library landscape. Although the National Library itself will not be using swisscovery directly, its inclusion as a shareholder is a strong sign of the growing collaboration between the institutions. This step will create a closer link between the National Library and the SLSP, which will further strengthen academic exchange and collaboration at a strategic level.
SLSP and the Swiss National Library have already worked together successfully in the past and created a joint research platform for the swisscovery libraries and the National Library in the form of Recherche Patrimoniale.
‘Welcoming the Swiss National Library to our shareholder base is another milestone for SLSP,’ says Andreas Kirstein, CEO of SLSP AG. ‘This addition shows that there is broad support for our vision of uniting Switzerland’s academic libraries on a common platform. Even though the National Library does not use swisscovery directly, its involvement will enable closer collaboration and increased exchange, which benefits the entire academic community.’
Through its ever-growing partnership with the academic libraries of Switzerland, SLSP AG is strengthening its position as a central service provider for research, teaching and open access to knowledge.