Applied Network Solutions (ANS) is a software house specialising in on-premise and cloud solutions. ANS was founded by experts in SQL and search technologies. This expertise has been highly valued by the library management system (LMS) vendors and LMS users. ANS is an accredited member of CILIP and are recognised specialists in library management systems and solutions that focus on online resources. This focused expertise is highly valued by clients Applied Network Solutions are the authors of 247lib.com and Hedgehog LMS, which are designed to address libraries of any size including charity, law, health, corporate, special, government, school, university, college and public libraries. 247lib.com and Hedgehog complies with industry standards including MARC-21, Z39.50 and XML, providing interoperability with other library management systems, publishers and major libraries, such as the British Library. ANS are specialists in mobile technology and provide fast and responsive systems that support PCs, tables and mobile phones. ANS were sub contracted to a number of LMS vendors over a period of 35 years to provide development and support services. ANS has the most accomplished LMS developers in the UK. ANS were formerly sub contracted to OCLC inc. to develop and support their Amlib LMS, which is why ANS is also known as Amlib UK. ANS provides a complete support service including migration and integration services, consultancy, training, application support and hosted services.