◆ Course Collections for academic libraries

Every assigned reading, checked against your collection.

Add syllabi, reading lists, or bookstore lists. WyderNet identifies each assigned title, checks it against your holdings, and shows what students can already access, what’s missing, and how to source it. Librarians review the results, add recommended resources, and publish a course collection for each course.

Start with a department or a handful of courses.

Book a demo

See your course materials checked against your collection. Tell us about your library and we’ll set up a demo.

Please add a valid work email and your institution.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Thank you.

We’ll be in touch shortly to schedule your WyderNet demo.

What students can access

Every assigned title checked against your holdings and subscriptions. Uncertain matches are flagged for your staff to confirm.

What’s missing

Readings the library doesn’t provide, with options to source each one through interlibrary loan, open access, OER, or purchase.

What students receive

A course collection with assigned readings and librarian-selected resources, ready to link from the syllabus or LMS.

About us

Built by people who know library technology

WyderNet is built by a small team with decades in library technology and systems, working alongside design-partner libraries to shape the product.

Tamir Borensztajn

Tamir Borensztajn

Founder & Product Lead

Works with libraries to shape WyderNet, drawing on 20+ years in library technology, product, and strategy, including 11+ years at EBSCO.

Guy Shahaf

Guy Shahaf

Chief Technology Officer

Builds WyderNet’s technology and leads the Library Information Systems team at Technion, drawing on 20+ years in enterprise software and cloud architecture.

Shay Gabay

Shay Gabay

Data, AI & Operations

Digs into complex questions, follows where the data leads, and evaluates our AI models to help shape WyderNet for libraries and students.

How it works

From course materials list to course collection

Start with a syllabus, reading list, bookstore list, or assignment. WyderNet does the matching. Your librarians decide what to source and what to publish.

1

Reads the course materials

WyderNet identifies each assigned title and the topics the course covers. A course description alone is enough to begin finding relevant materials.

2

Checks your collection

Each assigned title is matched to your holdings as available, missing, or needs review. Additional resources that fit the course are suggested alongside.

3

Librarians source and publish

Your staff choose how to fill each gap, select recommendations, and publish a course collection for students and faculty.

See it in action

See a reading list become a course collection

A required reading on the course list, matched to the library’s copy and ready to publish.

A course reading list with a required title highlighted, matched in WyderNet's course collection review to the library's copy of A Culture of Growth.A course reading list with a required title highlighted, matched in WyderNet's course collection review to the library's copy of A Culture of Growth.
The platform

What WyderNet does

Course-by-course access checks, sourcing support, and course collections, with librarians in control.

Check every assigned reading

Match assigned titles, editions, and formats to what your library already holds or licenses.

Recommend beyond the reading list

Suggest additional materials that fit the course topics and assignments. Librarians decide what goes in.

Source what’s missing

Compare interlibrary loan, open access, OER, and purchase options for each gap, route it to the right staff, and track it until it’s available.

Share with instructors

Send the course collection to the instructor, who can link it from the syllabus or LMS. Faculty review is optional.

Publish a course collection

One page with assigned readings, access links, selected recommendations, and librarian notes. Students open it from a link, no login needed.

Your existing systems

Works alongside your systems

WyderNet checks holdings through your discovery service and fits the interlibrary loan and acquisitions workflows you already use.

Discovery services
EBSCO Discovery ServicePrimoSummonWorldCat Discoveryand more
Library systems
AlmaWorldShare (WMS)FOLIOSierraand more
Acquisitions & ILL
GOBIMosaicRialtoInterlibrary loanand more
For library leadership

See where the collection meets teaching

Across courses, see which required materials the library provides, where gaps repeat, and where open access or OER could lower costs for students.

Who it's for

Built for the teams who handle course materials

Collection development, acquisitions, course reserves, and instruction librarians. Start with a focused group of courses.

Research UniversitiesLiberal Arts CollegesCommunity CollegesPrivate Colleges & UniversitiesConsortiaCollection DevelopmentAcquisitionsElectronic ResourcesResearch & InstructionCourse ReservesLibrary LeadershipInstitutional Research & Assessment
Pricing

Priced to start small

Priced by the number of courses. Start with a department or a set of courses, then add more once you see results. Ask us for a proposal scoped to your library.

What to expect

How your library gets started

Start small, see the results on real courses, then decide.

See the workflow

Take the 30-second tour or schedule a personalized demonstration for your library.

Choose where to begin

Select a department, program, or group of courses for an initial WyderNet pilot.

Prepare your first collections

We’ll connect WyderNet to your holdings and help your team review results and publish its first course collections.

Evaluate and expand

Look at gaps found, staff time, and faculty feedback. Add courses and departments when the results hold up.

Find out which assigned readings your students can’t get.

Book a demo and see WyderNet with a course like yours.

Book a demo