Perpustakaan Pusat Universitas Indonesia

What Perpustakaan Pusat Universitas Indonesia does

Perpustakaan Pusat Universitas Indonesia (Perpustakaan UI) is the central academic library of Universitas Indonesia, a state university in Indonesia, located in the Crystal of Knowledge building on the UI campus in Depok, Jawa Barat. The library serves the university's students, faculty, researchers, and staff through a portfolio of services including an OPAC-based catalog system, the UIANA institutional repository for UI scholarly outputs, reference and literature search assistance, the RISER remote access gateway, electronic document delivery (EDS), plagiarism and similarity checking, and information literacy programs. Its physical facilities include reading rooms, computer labs, discussion rooms, and cubicle rooms operating Monday–Saturday with extended evening hours for computer facilities.

The library's technology stack centers on its proprietary OPAC system with Boolean, fuzzy, and field-specific search capabilities, supplemented by the Summon cross-database discovery layer and the UIANA repository platform. It maintains subscriptions to a broad set of international academic publishers — Brill (~30,000 e-books), Springer (~5,000 e-books plus 172 journals), Elsevier ScienceDirect (2,500+ journals), JSTOR (4,800+ journals), ProQuest (24,000+ journals), SAGE (700+ journals), Emerald, IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, Clinical Key, Cambridge Core, Oxford, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, and Westlaw — alongside Indonesian legal database Hukum Online. Third-party AI/automation tools integrated include Trinka AI, Turnitin, iThenticate, Mendeley, Scopus, and SciVal.

As a non-commercial state entity, Perpustakaan UI is wholly funded through Universitas Indonesia's institutional budget and provides services free of charge to its community. It does not generate external revenue, has no funding rounds, no external shareholders, and is classified as a government_state_entity under Indonesian jurisdiction. Marketing and outreach are conducted through the library's website (lib.ui.ac.id), social media (Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, Instagram under @ui_library), international webinars on AI-era library transformation, and on-site school visits and study tours.

Name

Perpustakaan Pusat Universitas Indonesia

Legal name

Perpustakaan Universitas Indonesia

Website

https://lib.ui.ac.id

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Perpustakaan Pusat Universitas Indonesia is the central academic library of Universitas Indonesia in Depok, providing OPAC catalog access, the UIANA institutional repository, database subscriptions, reference services, and plagiarism checking to UI students, faculty, and researchers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Library Services

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (519210), Libraries and Archives (51921), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Research Library Operations (College/University Libraries) (EDAEAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Library & Electronic Resources Operations (e-Resources, Repositories, Licensing) (EDAEAGAF), Library User Services & Information Support (Reference, Research Help, Instruction Support) (EDAEAGAL), Interlibrary Loan (ILL) & Resource Sharing Operations (EDAEAGAK)

Keywords

• Academic library services
• Institutional repository
• Scholarly database access
• Information literacy programs
• Document similarity checking

Headquarters

HQ city

Depok

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Others, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Institutional Budget Funding: Funded through Universitas Indonesia's institutional budget. Services provided free of charge to registered UI community members (students, faculty, researchers, staff).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Perpustakaan Pusat Universitas Indonesia operates as the central academic library of Universitas Indonesia, providing access to physical and electronic collections, the OPAC catalog system, the UIANA institutional repository of UI scholarly works, and supporting services including reference assistance, literature search, remote database access (RISER), electronic document delivery (EDS), document similarity checking for plagiarism, and information literacy training. The library serves the UI academic community free of charge through institutional funding and partners with global publishers to provide subscribed access to journals, e-books, and research databases.

Product overview

Perpustakaan Pusat Universitas Indonesia operates as an academic library providing a comprehensive suite of information services. Its core product is the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) system for searching library collections. The library also maintains UIANA, an institutional repository for UI scholarly works including dissertations, theses, and research publications. Supporting services include reference services, literature search assistance, remote database access (RISER), electronic resource delivery (EDS), document similarity checking, and information literacy training. The library provides access to extensive electronic collections through subscriptions to major academic databases and ebook platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) Online public access catalog system enabling users to search and discover library collections including books, journals, theses, dissertations, and electronic resources using Boolean operators, fuzzy search, and field-specific queries. Available to UI community and the public.
• UIANA (UI Institutional Repository) Institutional repository for University of Indonesia scholarly works including dissertations, theses, research reports, working papers, speeches, publications, and student final assignments, with both membership-restricted and open access collections.
• Layanan Referensi (Reference Service) Reference service providing research assistance and information support to library users.
• Layanan Penelusuran Literatur (Literature Search Service) Literature search service helping users find relevant academic sources and research materials.
• RISER (Remote Access Service) Remote access service enabling UI community members to access subscribed online databases from off-campus locations.
• EDS (Electronic Resources Delivery Services) Electronic resources delivery service for accessing and obtaining digital scholarly materials from subscribed databases and e-resources.
• Layanan Pemeriksaan Kemiripan Dokumen (Document Similarity Checking) Document similarity checking service using plagiarism detection tools (Turnitin, Ithenticate, Trinka AI) to ensure academic integrity for theses and publications.
• Literasi Informasi (Information Literacy) Information literacy program teaching skills in library use, information identification, search strategies, information evaluation, citation, and plagiarism prevention.
• Koleksi Elektronik (Electronic Collections) Electronic collections including eBooks, online databases, and digital journals from major academic publishers subscribed by the library.
• Database Online Subscription databases for research including multidisciplinary, health sciences, science and technology, and social sciences and humanities subjects.
• Layanan Salin File (File Copying Service) File copying service for obtaining digital copies of library materials.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration35 records

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Cambridge University PresscoreTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to Cambridge e-book collection (682 titles for multidisciplinary subjects) and Cambridge Core journal database (360 journal titles). Provides access to humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, technology, and health resources.
• Springer NaturecoreTechnology or IntegrationUI has access to approximately 5,000 Springer e-book titles across multidisciplinary fields and 172 Springer Nature journal titles. Includes engineering titles from 2018 onwards.
• Elsevier (ScienceDirect)coreTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to ScienceDirect database with access to 400+ e-book titles and 2,500+ journal titles from 1996 to present. Subjects include Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Materials Science, Mathematics, Psychology, and Social Sciences.
• ProQuestcoreTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to ProQuest database with access to over 24,000 journal titles covering multiple disciplines including full text, index and abstracts of scientific journals, theses, dissertations and other publications.
• JSTORcoreTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to JSTOR for back-issue journal access with over 4,800 titles covering arts & sciences, biology, business, ecology & botany, health & general science, language & literature, mathematics & statistics, and music.
• SAGE PublishingmajorTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to SAGE Premier eJournal with access to over 700 journal titles across humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine. Content accessible from 2015 to 2023.
• Emerald PublishingmajorTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to Emerald database with 876 e-book titles and 298 journal titles in business, management, library and information science, and law. Content accessible from 1994 to present.
• BrillcoreTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to Brill e-book database with approximately 30,000 titles covering Asian Studies, Educational, International Law & Human Rights, Language & Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Middle East & Islamic Studies, Social Sciences, Life Science and Philosophy.
• Taylor & FrancismajorTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to Taylor & Francis e-books (151 perpetual titles) and multi-disciplinary journal packages including Social Science & Humanities, Sciences & Technology, and Medical libraries.
• Oxford University PressmajorTechnology or IntegrationUI has access to 237 Oxford e-book titles covering Biology, History, Neuroscience, Psychology, Public Health and Epidemiology, and Sociology.
• IEEEcoreTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to IEEE Xplore database providing indices, abstracts and full text for articles in computer science and electrical engineering from IEEE and IET.
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)coreTechnology or IntegrationUI subscribes to ACM Digital Library containing journals, magazines and proceedings for computer science and information technology.
• Elsevier (Clinical Key)coreTechnology or IntegrationUI provides Clinical Key database access covering medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, psychology and public health with journals, e-books and multimedia for clinical and research purposes.
• WileymajorTechnology or IntegrationUI has access to Wiley online library perpetual e-book collection.
• TurnitincoreTechnology or IntegrationUI provides Turnitin plagiarism detection service for checking student assignments and theses. Used for national publication checking by lecturers and researchers.
• Scopus (Elsevier)coreTechnology or IntegrationUI provides Scopus abstract and citation database for tracking, analyzing and visualizing research across science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.
• SciVal (Elsevier)majorTechnology or IntegrationUI provides SciVal for citation analysis, research performance mapping and benchmarking UI against world universities for strategic research planning.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Perpustakaan Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM Library): Central library of Indonesia's other flagship public university, offering comparable OPAC, institutional repository, e-database access, and reference services to UGM's academic community. Most direct domestic peer in scale and mission.
• Perpustakaan Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB Library): Library of Indonesia's leading technology university, with similar focus on STEM databases (IEEE, ACM, ScienceDirect), thesis repositories, and information literacy for a research-intensive student body.

Broad incumbents

• Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia (National Library of Indonesia): National library of Indonesia operating a broader mandate across the entire country. Comparable in cataloguing, digital library services (iPusnas), and institutional coordination, but at national rather than university scope.
• Cornell University Library: Large US research university library with comparable institutional repository, extensive e-collections, and research support services. Comparable as a research-grade university library but operates at significantly larger scale and with different funding dynamics.

Regional players

• NUS Libraries (National University of Singapore): Central library system of Southeast Asia's top-ranked university. Comparable in scale, premium publisher portfolio, and digital services, but serves a Singapore-based community with a different funding model and regional mandate.
• Tsinghua University Library: Central library of a top Asian research university with a comparable mission of supporting faculty and graduate research through premium subscriptions, institutional repositories, and digital services.
• Universiti Malaya Library: Library of Malaysia's flagship research university. Comparable in serving a major Southeast Asian academic community with multilingual collections, institutional repositories, and subscribed databases.

Others

• OCLC: Global library cooperative providing shared cataloguing infrastructure (WorldCat), discovery services, and resource-sharing technology that powers many academic library OPACs and interlibrary loan operations including UI's.
• EBSCO Information Services: Major aggregator of academic databases and e-journal packages comparable to ProQuest and JSTOR in UI's portfolio. Relevant as a vendor/peer in the academic content distribution chain.
• ProQuest (Clarivate): Academic content provider whose database UI subscribes to; comparable as a scholarly information platform serving university libraries globally and a key node in the same ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ui_library
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/perpustakaanui
• Facebookfacebook.com/Universitas-Indonesia-Library-160728657297395
• Instagraminstagram.com/ui_library

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