Biblioteca Campus Diagonal-Besòs. EEBE - UPC

What Biblioteca Campus Diagonal-Besòs. EEBE - UPC does

The Biblioteca Campus Diagonal-Besòs (EEBE) is one of 12 campus libraries operated by the Servei de Biblioteques, Publicacions i Arxius (SBPA) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), a public university in Barcelona, Spain. Located at Eduard Maristany 16, it serves the Escola d'Enginyeria Barcelona Est at the Campus Diagonal-Besòs and provides academic resources, study spaces, equipment lending, and research support to UPC students, faculty, and researchers. The UPC library network collectively serves 1.5 million annual visitors across 12 locations, with 3,213 work points, 105 group study rooms, and 194 laptops available for loan.

Core technology centers on the Bibliotècnica digital platform, which integrates several subsystems: DiscoveryUPC (unified resource discovery across all subscribed databases), UPCommons (institutional open-access repository with 280,459 documents), FUTUR (researcher portal with 4,813 profiles and ORCID integration), APRÈN (teaching materials produced by faculty), GeoCommons (geolocation mapping of academic output), and eBIB (authenticated digital library access). Supporting services include real-time occupancy monitoring, online group study room reservations, laptop loan programs, the "Biblioteca de les coses" (Library of Things lending non-book equipment), and inclusive library services for users with educational support needs. The library also operates document lending, interlibrary loan, consortium lending via CBUC, and provides training courses on information literacy.

The library operates as a public university department with no commercial revenue model. Services are provided free of charge to enrolled UPC students, faculty, and researchers, funded through institutional budgets from the Catalan government. There are no pricing tiers, no GTM motion, and no external investors. Its primary customer segments are undergraduate and master's students (primary), faculty (PDI), researchers and PhD students, doctoral candidates, and alumni (with 2-year post-graduation access). Customer satisfaction was rated 5.04 out of 6 based on the 2022 student survey with over 3,800 responses.

Name

Biblioteca Campus Diagonal-Besòs. EEBE - UPC

Legal name

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) - BarcelonaTech

Website

https://bibliotecnica.upc.edu

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Biblioteca Campus Diagonal-Besòs (EEBE) is one of 12 campus libraries operated by UPC's SBPA, serving engineering students, faculty, and researchers at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya with digital resources, study spaces, and equipment lending as a publicly funded university service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Library Services

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (51921), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Library/Media Center & Digital Resource Management Systems (EDAJAMAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Accessibility & Web/App Compliance (WCAG) (EDALAGAG), Accessibility, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Inclusive Content Services (EDAGAKAJ)

Keywords

• Academic library services
• Digital library platform
• Research support
• Document lending
• Study space reservations

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Biblioteca Campus Diagonal-Besòs EEBE is one of 12 campus libraries of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) operating as part of the Servei de Biblioteques, Publicacions i Arxius (SBPA). It provides academic information services including unified resource discovery (DiscoveryUPC), physical and digital document lending, interlibrary and consortium loans, laptop and equipment lending (including the Library of Things), bookable group study rooms, real-time occupancy monitoring, institutional repository access (UPCommons), researcher visibility support (FUTUR with ORCID), teaching materials (APRÈN), open science and FAIR data management support, and information literacy training to UPC students, faculty, and researchers.

Product overview

Bibliotècnica is the digital library system of the UPC (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), comprising 12 campus libraries including Biblioteca Campus Diagonal-Besòs. EEBE (Escola d'Enginyeria Barcelona Est). The system operates as an integrated platform combining DiscoveryUPC as the unified discovery interface, UPCommons for institutional repository and open-access publication, FUTUR for researcher profiles and scientific output tracking, GeoCommons for geolocation of academic production, and APRÈN for teaching materials. Supporting services include document and equipment lending (laptops, the "Biblioteca de les coses" lending library of things), group study room reservations, real-time occupancy monitoring, inclusive library services, and specialized support for open science, bibliometrics, patents, and research data management. The distributed library network serves students, faculty, and researchers across all UPC campuses with physical collections, digital resources, databases, and academic support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bibliotècnica: The digital library platform of UPC providing access to digital resources, discovery tools, and online services.
• DiscoveryUPC
• eBIB
• UPCommons
• FUTUR
• APRÈN
• Biblioteca UPC de les coses
• Biblioteca de les coses

Products and services

• DiscoveryUPC Unified discovery interface allowing users to search across all UPC subscribed databases, catalog contents, electronic journals, and institutional repositories simultaneously, in physical and electronic formats. Designed for UPC students, faculty, and researchers.
• UPCommons Institutional open-access repository preserving and providing access to UPC's academic output including theses, TFG/TFM final projects, books, journals, e-prints, and a UPC exams collection with over 38,927 exams. Targeted at UPC students, faculty, and the broader academic community.
• FUTUR Portal presenting UPC researcher profiles and scientific production to facilitate visibility and tracking of research output, with ORCID integration; includes profiles for 4,813 researchers. Used by UPC researchers and doctoral students.
• APRÈN Portal hosting teaching materials developed by UPC faculty as support tools for educational activities, complementing course management. Designed for UPC faculty (PDI) and students.
• GeoCommons Geolocation platform that maps the academic production of UPC researchers worldwide, providing geographic visualization of research output. Targeted at the research community and the broader public.
• eBIB Authenticated access portal to the UPC Digital Library's electronic resources from both on-campus and off-campus locations. Available to UPC students, faculty, and researchers with valid credentials.
• Préstec de documents (Document Loan Service) Library lending service allowing UPC students and faculty to borrow physical documents including books, with renewal options up to six times the original loan period. Available free of charge to UPC community members.
• Préstec interbibliotecari (Interlibrary Loan) Service for requesting documents, articles, and chapters not available at UPC libraries from other universities, potentially incurring associated costs for some sources. Available to UPC students, faculty, and researchers.
• Préstec consorciat (PUC) Consortium lending service enabling free access to books, articles, and chapters from other Catalan and international universities via DiscoveryUPC, leveraging the CBUC consortium network.
• Servei de prèstec de portàtils (Laptop Loan Service) Loan service for 194 laptops, available by the hour for in-library use and for extended periods for home use, supporting academic activities of UPC students.
• Biblioteca UPC de les coses (Library of Things) Library of things lending educational equipment and materials including laptops, calculators, Arduinos, cameras, tools, and accessibility devices, promoting reuse culture among UPC students and faculty.
• Biblioteques inclusives (Inclusive Libraries) Accessibility services including extended loan periods, home delivery, and equipment such as virtual reality glasses and mobility aids for users with educational support needs across UPC campuses.
• Sales de treball en grup (Group Work Rooms) Bookable group study rooms across 12 UPC library locations, with 105 rooms available and reservation possible up to one month in advance through an online booking system.
• Ocupació en temps real (Real-time Occupancy) Live capacity monitoring system showing current library occupancy levels across all 12 UPC library branches, helping users plan visits and find available study space.
• Turnitin Originality Plagiarism detection service contracted through CSUC (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) for academic integrity support, available to UPC faculty and students.
• Biblioguies UPC Thematic research guides providing curated specialized information resources to support research and study across different disciplines at UPC, accessible online.
• Open Science / Ciència oberta Open science support services including open access publication, transformative agreements (APC), FAIR research data management, and a citizen science portal for UPC researchers.
• Research Café Informal networking events for UPC researchers to share and promote visibility of research projects within the university community.

Quantifiable outcome

• Student satisfaction rating of 5.04 out of 6 based on 2022 survey with over 3,800 responses

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CBUC - Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de CatalunyacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium of University Libraries of Catalonia providing shared resources, collaborative acquisitions, and interlibrary loan services among Catalan universities. The SBPA participates in consortium agreements for electronic resources and shared services.
• REBIUN - Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias EspañolascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish Network of University Libraries coordinating resource sharing, best practices, and collaborative initiatives among university libraries across Spain.
• LIBER - Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de RechercheminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Research Libraries Association working on shared standards, digitization projects, and professional development for European academic libraries.
• SPARC Europe - Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean initiative promoting open access to academic research and advocating for changes in scholarly communication.
• ORCIDcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with ORCID researcher identifier system enabling proper attribution and discovery of researcher publications across institutional systems.
• CSUC - Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de CatalunyacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium of University Services of Catalonia providing shared services including Turnitin originality checking and other academic tools contracted centrally for all Catalan universities.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• OCLC: Global library cooperative providing WorldCat, shared cataloging, and interlibrary loan infrastructure used by academic libraries worldwide. Peer to the consortial/interlibrary loan role SBPA plays within CBUC, scaled globally.
• Ex Libris ( Clarivate ): Commercial provider of integrated library systems (Alma, Primo/Discovery) used by many academic libraries globally. As a vendor of discovery/repository platforms comparable to SBPA's DiscoveryUPC and UPCommons stack, it represents the commercial incumbent alternative.

Direct peers

• TDX - Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa: Cooperative digital repository of doctoral theses from Catalan and other Spanish universities, including UPC contributions via UPCommons. Direct peer in the open-access thesis/repository niche SBPA operates in.
• Recolecta (FECYT / RECOLECTA): National aggregator of Spanish open-access repositories including UPC's UPCommons. Comparable to SBPA's institutional repository layer in scope and function, providing peer context for repository growth strategy.
• CBUC - Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya: Catalan consortium of university libraries coordinating shared collection acquisitions, interlibrary loan, and digital services among UPC, UB, UAB, and others. SBPA is a core member; CBUC sets much of the shared operational baseline UPC operates within.
• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Library ( Servei de Biblioteques UAB ): UAB's library service operates multi-campus physical and digital library services for a comparable public university in Catalonia. Shares CBUC consortial acquisitions and similar digital discovery/repository infrastructure with SBPA.
• Universitat de Barcelona Library ( CRAI UB ): UB's Centre de Recursos per a l'Aprenentatge i la Investigació is the largest Catalan university library system, sharing CBUC infrastructure and serving a comparable student/researcher base. Direct peer given overlapping mission, user segments, and consortium membership with UPC's SBPA.

Others

• EBSCO Information Services: Major provider of subscription databases, e-journals, and discovery services to academic libraries, supplying many of the 105 databases SBPA subscribes to. Ecosystem counterpart rather than direct competitor, but shapes the content layer SBPA depends on.
• REBIUN - Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias Españolas: National Spanish university library network coordinating resource sharing and shared services across 75+ university libraries. SBPA participates; REBIUN is the broader Spanish-level peer governing shared practice UPC follows.
• CSUC - Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya: Catalan university services consortium providing shared IT services (Turnitin, identity, etc.) to UPC and other Catalan universities. Strategic infrastructure partner that parallels CBUC on the services side; comparable in mission and operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

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