Be ready to support every course before students arrive
WyderNet is a new library technology venture that helps academic libraries make sure students can access the materials their courses assign. It connects each course's readings to what the library already provides and flags what to add before demand arrives. Connect your LMS or upload syllabi, add your own recommendations, and share a ready-to-use reading list with students and faculty.
Join the waitlist for a free trial and first access when we launch.
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Join for a free trial and first access when we launch. Free, no commitment.
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Thanks! You're on the list. When our alpha is ready, we'll reach out to set up a free trial on a set of your courses. If you opted in as a design partner, we'll be in touch right away.
What you have
Every assigned reading matched against your holdings and subscriptions.
What you're missing
The gaps, and what to obtain via OA, ILL, or purchase.
Where to invest
Priorities ranked by real course demand, so spending follows use.
Built for the spaces we know and love
WyderNet was founded to rethink how academic knowledge is delivered and used in higher education, helping libraries play a central role in connecting students and faculty with the right scholarly resources, and keeping library expertise visible and relevant at the moment of need.
Tamir Borensztajn
Founder & CEO
Spent 11+ years at EBSCO, most recently as SVP of Product Marketing & Communications. 20+ years in library technology, product, and strategy.
Guy Shahaf
Chief Technology Officer
Leads the Library Information Systems team at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. 20+ years in enterprise software and cloud architecture.
From a syllabus to a fully connected reading list
Run it on a single course, a department, or your whole catalog. Connect your LMS or upload syllabi in bulk.
Reads the syllabus
WyderNet reads a course syllabus and pulls out the required, recommended, and supplementary materials.
Matches your holdings
It compares those materials against your library's holdings to find what students can actually access: what you own, what's freely available, and what's missing or out of date.
Gets ahead of demand
Prioritize and secure what's missing before the term begins: request an interlibrary loan, or order through your acquisitions platform, so every assigned reading is ready when students need it.
An early look at WyderNet
This is a working prototype, not a finished product. Here's an example of a course reading list checked against a library. Click through the live version yourself.
HIST 701 · course reading list
Available to students
40 of 47 readings are available to students today
28 already in your collection + 12 with a free open-access copy. 7 are not held and have no free copy — the only items needing a purchase decision.
In your collection · 28
+ 25 more owned
Not in your collection · 19
+ 15 more (10 OA · 5 buy)
What WyderNet provides
Tools that help students reach their course materials while getting more from the collection you already have.
Make what you already own count
Every assigned reading connects to the holdings and subscriptions the library already pays for, so the resources you've invested in actually get used.
Add your own recommendations
Librarians can add recommended resources, better editions, and alternatives. Your expertise shapes every reading list.
Help students access assigned resources sooner
Spot missing titles early, with free open-access and interlibrary-loan copies flagged first, giving your team time to strengthen the collection before demand arrives.
Usage analytics
See how students use the readings, so you can show the collection's impact and where to invest next.
Vendor-neutral by design
WyderNet works alongside the discovery service, library system, and acquisitions platform you already use, with recommendations grounded in your curriculum and your library's priorities.
Built to work with the systems you already run
WyderNet is designed to fit your existing environment, across the major discovery services, library systems, and acquisition and interlibrary-loan workflows.
Show how your collection supports teaching
WyderNet gives directors and deans a clear line from curriculum to collection to student access: what faculty assigned, what the library made available, and where investment is needed.
Built for the way academic libraries actually buy
From research universities to community colleges, and the budgets that fit each.
Priced to start small
WyderNet is priced by the number of courses you bring in, so you can start with a single department, see the value, and expand across campus when you're ready. Pricing scales with what you actually use, with no large up-front commitment. We'll share the details with waitlist members as we launch.
What happens when you join
Founding libraries help shape the product and are first to get access.
It's free to join
Tell us a little about your library. There's no cost and no commitment.
You're first in line
When we launch, people on the waitlist get access before anyone else.
A free trial to start
When our alpha is ready, we'll reach out and set you up with a free trial on a selection of your courses, and walk you through the details.
Become a design partner
Opt in when you join and we'll be in touch right away. Design partners see our roadmap and prototypes, help shape what we build, and get roadmap input and discounted pricing. See the prototype →
Help students access what they need before they need it.
Trusted resources, right when they're needed. Join the waitlist for a free trial and first access when we launch.
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