IGeLU 2026 – Program Overview

Last Updated: June 26, 2026

(1) Conference Session Titles (19-21 Oct)

Traditional Conference plenary sessions

Community sessions

  1. A Non-Programmer’s Joyride: Using GenAI Scripting to Investigate, Retrieve and Correct Data in Alma
  2. Access Under Pressure: Accessibility in Specto
  3. All answers are there! Creating Interactive Fulfillment Dashboard in Power BI based on Alma Analytics Data, assisted by Claude AI
  4. Analytics Workshop [Workshop]
  5. Applications of AI in Library Services – A Case Study of the NTUL
  6. Beautifying letters with AI help for XLS coding
  7. Between Must-Have and Nice-to-Have: Managing Primo VE in the Real World [Zoom session]
  8. Beyond the Black Box: Reimagining Primo VE Discovery with Explainable AI
  9. Breaking Boundaries: Integrating Alma, Primo VE, and CaiaSoft for Cross-Institutional Collaborative Collections
  10. Bridging Library Expertise and User Insights: Rethinking Usability and Configuration in the NDE UI
  11. Bridging Libraries and Learning: OER Success Stories with Alma, Leganto, and Primo
  12. Bridging Users from Frustrations to Discovery Beyond Primo VE
  13. Bringing Archives to Life: Bond University Library’s Early Adoption of Specto [Zoom session]
  14. Bulk Remediation of Alma Digital File Name Issues Using APIs and AWS S3
  15. Clarivate Nexus Connect development partnership – Oxford’s testing outcomes and decisions
  16. Designing a Library Digital Ecosystem: Practical Paths Beyond Traditional Websites [Panel]
  17. Designing User Experience in the Ex Libris Ecosystem: A Case Study from the Catholic University of Argentina [Zoom session]
  18. Early birds get the worms? Perspectives on early adoption of Primo NDE [Panel]
  19. Enabling Primo display of Art and Architecture Thesaurus terms by use of normalization rules for enhanced discovery of distinctive materials [Zoom session]
  20. Enhancing Primo with AI: Homegrown Solutions for Research, Discovery & Library Management at YVC College
  21. Experiences and lessons learned from two years of our Controlled Digital Lending programme
  22. Expose or Suppress? The Alma Top-Level Collection Dilemma
  23. From Digital Resources to Agent-Native Tools: Bringing Academic Library Services into AI Assistants via the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  24. From insight to implementation: A user-centred transition to Primo’s NDE UI
  25. From Review to Retention: Data, Systems & Workflows for Physical Collections Assessment
  26. From Score to Strategy: Using Bibliographic Rank and AI for Metadata Remediation at Scale
  27. Hands-On BIBFRAME Cataloging Using the Alma Linked Open Data Editor [Workshop]
  28. Hidden Pearls: Technological Insights from a Large-Scale Library Integration
  29. How to Train Your AI Cataloger – Local Theses Cataloging Automation and Subject Heading
  30. Improving OA and OER Visibility in Leganto
  31. Instructor engagement and the Leganto AI Syllabus Assistant: turning challenges into opportunities in the academic environment [Workshop]
  32. Leveraging Alma APIs in LibOW to Create an Emergency Closure Workflow: Turning a Pain Point Into a Pearl of Great Price
  33. Leveraging local fields for Title II Compliance in Esploro [Zoom session]
  34. Linked Data in Production at NTU Library — Wikidata-based Enrichment and Discovery Integration for Traditional Chinese Name Authority Data
  35. Making Alma Visible: Improving the Patron Dashboard Experience
  36. Making accessible a restricted ‘pearl of wisdom’: a case study of Esploro’s Request Access functionality [Zoom session]
  37. Mapping Engineering Courses and Leganto to Support Teaching & Learning
  38. Modernising Alma External User Management: Finding the Right Balance Between Automation and Control
  39. NTROs in Esploro: Metadata, Workflows, and the Messy Reality of Creative Research [Zoom session]
  40. Pearls for Everyone: Accessibility in Primo NDE at SLSP
  41. Pearls from Daily Friction: Thinking Deeply About Alma, Primo, APIs, and User Workflows in a Korean Academic Library
  42. Preserving the Legacy of Hong Kong’s First Private University: Integrating University History into Alma Digital
  43. Primo VE in Japanese: What Search, Content Visibility, and AI Reveal about CJK Discovery
  44. Quick and dirty or slow and clean? How to decide which method is best for your metadata project
  45. Reading Together: Integrating Hebrew and Arabic Academic Libraries into One Bilingual Library
  46. Repositioning Academic Libraries in the Age of AI: From Service Support to Strategic Partnership
  47. Setting up a lost books process in Alma at King’s College London
  48. Systematically Disadvantaged: How Primo Discovery Fails Non-English Students and What We Can Do About It
  49. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Alma
  50. The Pearl in the Shell: Looking Inside AI Search
  51. Think Deeply, Act Practically: Data-Driven Journal Reorganization in Alma
  52. Thinking Beyond the Local: How Rialto Collection Development Supports Shared Print Workflows
  53. Transforming Resource Management: The Synergy Model for Full Leganto Implementation at Tel-Hai University
  54. Troubleshooting the Transition: A Focused Feedback Session Six Months Post-Migration
  55. Using Alma Analytics to Support Liaison Collection Development
  56. Where is 220? Solving Library Navigation with Interactive Shelf Mapping

IGeLU sessions

All these sessions are open to all. Come and join us for an update on the activities of the working groups, sometimes together with Clarivate library solutions updates.

  1. Aleph Working Group Open Meeting and Aleph Product Update
  2. Alma Digital Working Group Open Meeting
  3. Alma Working Group Open Meeting
  4. Analytics Community of Practice Open Meeting
  5. Conference First Timers and What is IGeLU!
  6. Consortia Community of Practice Open Meeting & Consortia Functionality: What’s New and How It Supports Daily Work
  7. Content Working Group Open Meeting
  8. Customer Support Advisory Group Open Meeting
  9. Documentation Advisory Group Open Meeting
  10. Esploro Working Group Meeting
  11. Leganto Working Group Open Meeting
  12. Linked Open Data Community of Practice Open Meeting
  13. Mixpanel Focus Group Open Meeting
  14. Primo Working Group Open Meeting
  15. RapidILL Working Group Open Meeting
  16. Rapido Working Group Open Meeting
  17. Rialto Working Group Open Meeting
  18. Rosetta Working Group Open Meeting and Rosetta Product Update
  19. Why Are People Not Adopting Certain Features? Survey Results

Sessions given by Gold and Silver Third-Party Supporters

  1. Research Solutions: TBD
  2. Third Iron: LibKey Integration with NDE plus New Third Iron Feature Spotlight
  3. Springshare: Springshare Integration with Ex Libris Tools
  4. Flysheet: Navigating Change Together: The Value of a Trusted Local Partner for Academic Libraries — A Taiwan Perspective

Clarivate sessions

Plenary sessions
  1. Growing Forward, Together​: Navigating change. Delivering impact.
  2. Evolving with Change: Trends, Impact and What’s Next for Libraries​
  3. From Information to Intelligence: Shaping Experiences Together
Half plenary sessions
  1. Alma Specto + Customer
  2. Rapido + Customer
  3. What’s Next for Clarivate’s Academic AI: Agentic Workflows, MCP Integrations, and Quality evaluation [To be confirmed]

During IGeLU Conferences, Half Plenary sessions are scheduled alongside presentations from our Gold Supporters, offering attendees a diverse range of parallel content.

Breakout sessions
  1. Accessibility in Action: Supporting Your Library’s Accessibility Needs
  2. Advancing Linked Data Adoption and Adaption in Alma and Primo
  3. Alma AI Overview: Assistants, Agents, and the Path Forward
  4. Alma Analytics: Latest Developments and What’s Next
  5. Alma Product Conversation
  6. Alma Specto Demo
  7. Alma Specto Preservation
  8. Alma Specto Product Conversation
  9. Alma Specto Starter Product Conversation
  10. Building AI Agents with Library Open Workflows
  11. Content Innovation and Operational Enhancements
  12. Empowering Student Discovery Using AI in Discovery
  13. Esploro Product Conversation
  14. Evolving Customer Care – Driving Impact Through Innovation and Collaboration
  15. From Data to Decisions: Reimagining Collection Development for today’s libraries
  16. From Requests to Capabilities: A Holistic Metadata Operating Model for Alma
  17. Inside the Primo NDE UI
  18. Leganto Product Conversation
  19. Primo Product Conversation
  20. RapidILL Product Update
  21. Rapido Product Update
  22. Rialto Product Conversation
  23. Streamlining Content Delivery & Ingest Workflows: A partnership bridging content providers and Ex Libris

In addition to all those sessions:

  • You will find in the program different joint sessions where Clarivate staff members co-present with IGeLU officers or community members
  • Clarivate is also organising their Knowledge Day (see below).

(2) Developers Day Session Titles (22 Oct)

  1. Measuring What Matters: A scalable method for AI search tool evaluation
  2. Practical Applications of Library Open Workflows in the BIBSYS Consortium
  3. [More to be added]
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As the IGeLU Developers Day sessions take place concurrently with the Clarivate Knowledge Day, participants are required to choose between the two, as dual registration is not permitted this year.

(3) Clarivate Knowledge Day Session Titles (22 Oct)

  1. A Spotlight on Functionalities you can Enable to Maximize your Primo VE Experience
  2. AI based tools in Primo VE
  3. Discovery Interface Display Logic Rules to improve end user experience
  4. Leganto Analytics
  5. Linked Data Developments in Alma and Primo VE
  6. Primo VE NDE reporting via Mixpanel
  7. Primo VE NDE View Configurations
  8. The AI Metadata Assistant
  9. The Linked Open Data Editor for BIBFRAME – Hands on exercises
  10. The Linked Open Data Editor for BIBFRAME – Introduction, Background, Live Demo

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As the Clarivate Knowledge Day sessions take place concurrently with the IGeLU Developers Day, participants are required to choose between the two, as dual registration is not permitted.