<s>
PMB	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fully	O
featured	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
integrated	O
library	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
continuously	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
French	O
company	O
PMB	B-Language
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
follows	O
the	O
rules	O
of	O
the	O
library	O
science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
an	O
integrated	O
portal	O
of	O
news	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
Web	O
2.0	O
content	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
ILS	O
that	O
does	O
n't	O
use	O
a	O
third-party	O
CMS	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
4.2	O
version	O
of	O
July	O
2015	O
includes	O
a	O
watch	O
unit	O
(	O
Watch&Share	O
)	O
and	O
allows	O
geo-referencing	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
collections	O
and	O
several	O
other	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
allows	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Z39.50	B-Protocol
protocol	O
(	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
import	O
bibliographic	O
records	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
directly	O
integrated	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
from	O
different	O
servers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
is	O
also	O
OAI	O
server	O
and	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
's	O
database	O
can	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
an	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
directory	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
base	O
of	O
users	O
reachable	O
by	O
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
allowing	O
to	O
integrate	O
it	O
into	O
an	O
existing	O
information	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integration	O
of	O
PMB	B-Language
into	O
a	O
Virtual	B-Protocol
Learning	I-Protocol
Environment	I-Protocol
(	O
VLE	O
)	O
is	O
functional	O
in	O
many	O
French	O
academies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
is	O
divided	O
in	O
two	O
modules	O
:	O
the	O
management	O
module	O
and	O
the	O
portal	O
module	O
(	O
or	O
OPAC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
management	O
module	O
includes	O
specific	O
functions	O
for	O
the	O
librarian	O
:	O
circulation	O
(	O
loan/return	O
)	O
,	O
catalogue	O
,	O
authorities	O
,	O
editions	O
,	O
SDI	O
(	O
Selective	O
Dissemination	O
of	O
the	O
Information	O
and	O
the	O
watch	O
module	O
Watch&Share	O
)	O
,	O
acquisitions	O
,	O
CMS	B-Protocol
and	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
comes	O
with	O
a	O
user	O
request	O
management	O
feature	O
since	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
improvement	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
in	O
2012	O
added	O
a	O
CMS	B-Protocol
feature	O
offering	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
make	O
highly	O
customizable	O
portals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
web	O
server	O
platform	O
(	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
IIS	I-Application
)	O
+	O
PHP	B-Application
+	O
MySQL	B-Application
or	O
MariaDB	B-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
therefore	O
work	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
has	O
its	O
own	O
search	O
engine	O
,	O
supporting	O
phonetic	O
searches	O
without	O
needing	O
any	O
complementary	O
search	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
is	O
written	O
using	O
PHP	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
can	O
integrate	O
different	O
sorting	O
plans	O
:	O
DEWEY	O
,	O
UDC	O
,	O
PCDM	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
custom	O
sorting	O
plan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
is	O
used	O
by	O
big	O
institutions	O
such	O
as	O
local	O
communities	O
,	O
ministries	O
,	O
the	O
constitutional	O
council	O
,	O
regional	O
councils	O
,	O
metro-poles	O
,	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Rennes	O
and	O
every	O
documentation	O
center	O
of	O
Brittany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
public	O
libraries	O
networks	O
,	O
secondary	O
schools	O
,	O
the	O
ONISEP	O
(	O
a	O
French	O
work	O
and	O
study	O
information	O
institute	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
INSEE	O
have	O
chosen	O
the	O
software	O
PMB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
Radio	O
France	O
has	O
joined	O
the	O
community	O
of	O
PMB	B-Language
users	O
in	O
2015	O
for	O
an	O
FRBR	O
migration	O
of	O
its	O
library	O
(	O
including	O
musical	O
partitions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
also	O
equips	O
private	O
groups	O
such	O
as	O
law	O
offices	O
,	O
Grandes	O
écoles	O
,	O
internationally	O
known	O
fashion	O
groups	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
annual	O
survey	O
of	O
Livres-Hebdo	O
,	O
PMB	B-Language
was	O
the	O
third	O
Integrated	O
library	O
system	O
in	O
France	O
in	O
2005	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
number	O
of	O
installations	O
with	O
165	O
installations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2011	O
,	O
PMB	B-Language
Services	O
refuses	O
to	O
take	O
part	O
to	O
this	O
survey	O
:	O
the	O
numbers	O
given	O
to	O
Marc	O
Maisonneuve	O
were	O
n't	O
correctly	O
reused	O
and	O
there	O
was	O
an	O
amalgam	O
made	O
with	O
the	O
software	O
BCDI	O
,	O
yet	O
not	O
a	O
free	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Alstom	O
or	O
Orange	O
S.A.	O
now	O
use	O
more	O
free	O
solutions	O
such	O
as	O
PMB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
France	O
,	O
PMB	B-Language
Services	O
claims	O
to	O
have	O
more	O
than	O
1	O
800	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
early	O
beta	O
versions	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
called	O
PhpMyBibli	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Eric	O
Robert	O
,	O
an	O
IT	O
engineer	O
fighting	O
for	O
the	O
free	O
software	O
joins	O
PMB	B-Language
founder	O
François	O
Lemarchand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
develops	O
the	O
loan	O
module	O
,	O
the	O
Unimarc	O
imports	O
,	O
the	O
statistic	O
files	O
and	O
the	O
Z39.50	B-Protocol
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
then	O
officially	O
becomes	O
an	O
integrated	O
library	O
system	O
(	O
ILS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
involved	O
developers	O
at	O
this	O
date	O
(	O
Eric	O
Robert	O
,	O
Gautier	O
Michelin	O
and	O
Florent	O
Tétart	O
)	O
then	O
created	O
the	O
company	O
PMB	B-Language
Services	O
to	O
professionalize	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
to	O
offer	O
the	O
services	O
necessary	O
for	O
interested	O
libraries	O
or	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
society	O
provides	O
services	O
like	O
training	O
and	O
installation	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
(	O
local	O
or	O
hosted	O
)	O
along	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
support	O
services	O
needed	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
software	O
:	O
local	O
installation	O
or	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
mode	O
,	O
migration	O
or	O
recovery	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
set	O
up	O
,	O
training	O
,	O
construction	O
and	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
library	O
to	O
be	O
equipped	O
with	O
PMB	B-Language
was	O
the	O
library	O
of	O
Bueil-en-Touraine	O
(	O
in	O
France	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
was	O
initially	O
licensed	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
which	O
ensures	O
the	O
free	O
availability	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wiki	O
,	O
mailing	O
lists	O
and	O
BerliOS	B-Protocol
hosting	O
facilities	O
allow	O
communication	O
between	O
PMB	B-Language
developers	O
and	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMB	B-Language
is	O
now	O
licensed	O
under	O
CECILL	B-License
free	O
licence	O
,	O
that	O
ensures	O
legal	O
security	O
in	O
France	O
and	O
other	O
countries	O
with	O
similar	O
legal	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
