IGeLU 2013 Annual Conference Presentations

The archive of presentations at the 8th IGeLU conference hosted by the Free University Berlin, Germany 8 – 10 September 2013.

All user presentations of the Berlin conference now available!

Ex libris presentations will be made available for customers on the company customer centre.

Some of the PWG and SIWG Business meeting reports are available in the members-only section

Keynotes

The History of the World Library, 2050-2150 – Michael Cotta-Schønberg, Director of the University Library in Copenhagen and Dep. Director of the Danish National Library
The imperfect past, the insufficient present, and the absolutely perfect future – Dr. Thorsten Koch, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum Berlin

General & cross-product

The meaning of discovery: SLUB Dresden’s multilingual semantic search – Dr Jens Mittelbach, Head of User Services and Information Department, Saxon State and University Library (SLUB), Germany and Tamar Sadeh, Director of Marketing, Ex Libris
Linked Data: From ALEPH/PRIMO to the Dictionary of Luxembourgish Authors and back – Roxana Popistasu, IT Staff, Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg
The challenges of copy-specific information in Aleph and Primo – Nathalie Schulz, Systems Analyst, Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford

Aleph

Networked GUI scenarios – Theo Engelman, Senior ICT consultant, Utrecht University Library and IGeLU SC
INUIT: The Integration of two large Aleph library systems – Andreas Kirstein, Head IT and Media Services, ETH-Bibliothek, Switzerland
Aleph Direct: First Experiences – Philipp Marti, Head IT, ZHB Luzern, Switzerland
ARC – Make the best out of your Report Studio – Roxana Popistasu, IT Staff, Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg
The challenges of copy-specific information in Aleph and Primo – Nathalie Schulz, Systems Analyst, Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford

Alma

Alma: A driver for organisational change– Lynn Sykes, Head of Customer Services, University of Sheffield Library, UK and Alison Little, Alma Project Manager, University of Sheffield Library, UK
Workflows: creating the happy path to an Alma mindset – Sue Harmer, Alma Project Manager, UNSW Library, Australia
Migrating to Alma from a non-Ex Libris system
- Migrating from Talis to Alma at the University of Manchester Library – Andy Land, Digital Systems Manager, University of Manchester Library, UK
- The University of Sheffield data migration – Andy Bussey, Library Systems Manager, University of Sheffield, UK
- Journal separation anxiety – Rachel Collier-Wilson, Metadata and eTechnologies Section Manager, University of Sheffield, UK
- Alma System Integration at the University of Salford. A Challenge and Opportunity – Angela Walker, Digital Developments and Systems Manager, University of Salford, UK
Alma Panel: View from the Early Adopters
- Alma at the Bolzano University Library:The Early Adopter Experience – Paolo Buoso, Library Deputy Head, University of Bolzano, Italy
- Alma at Northeastern University – Scott Carlisle, Alma Project Manager, Northeastern University, US
- RMIT University: An early Alma implementer – Ebe Kartus, Manager Acquisitions & Cataloguing, RMIT University Library, Australia
Managing Electronic Resources in Alma – Roger Brisson, Head, Metadata Services, Boston University
Monographic Acquisitions Workflow Integration – YBP and Alma – Diane Baden, Head of Monographic Services, Boston College
Library Consortia Are Dead, Long Live Library Networks! – Beate Rusch, Associate Director of the Cooperative Library Network

Digitool

IT staff and librarians pull together: Collaborative development of a new METS viewer – Matthias Groß, Head of Bavarian Virtual Library, Bavarian State Library

Metalib

MetaLib: Dead or alive? – Andrew Brown, Swansea University
MetaLib: Hidden treasures & endangered species – Mario Kowalak, Digital services, University Library, Freie Universität Berlin

Primo

“Where are my Marc records?” – Librarians’ perception of discovery tools – François Renaville, Systems Librarian, University of Liege Library, Laurence Richelle, Librarian, University of Liege Library and Paul Thirion, Director, University of Liege Library
Enhancing Primo for users: viewing videos, indexing PDFs, displaying XML and more – Sue Harmer, Alma Project Manager, UNSW Library, Australia
Primo UI designed for Photograph collections – Miller Hadar, Head of Digital Projects Department, National Library of Israel
Primo at Northwestern – Story of Local Development – Michael North, Sr. SysAnalyst/Programmer, Northwestern University, US
How we FindIt@Bham using Primo – Dr Stephen Bull, Project Manager / Subject Advisor, University of Birmingham and Edward Craft, Digital Library Systems Specialist, University of Birmingham, UK
The drawbridge to knowledge – Linking scholarly publications and research information in Primo – Lukas Koster, Library Systems Coordinator, Library of the University of Amsterdam and Dominique Ritze, Project staff/Research associate, Mannheim University Library, Germany
Integrating Primo and Millennium via OVP – Mr. Alan Ng, Assistant Librarian I, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Primo in Austria- 4 years of operation – Ulrich Leodolter, Systems Administrator, The Austrian Library Network (OBVSG) and Primo in Austria- 4 years of operation – Nadine Cerny, Systems Librarian, The Austrian Library Network (OBVSG) and
Data security, accessibility and performance for a hosted Primo – Robert Watt, Service Development Manager, King’s College London
Managing Primo on Large Scale – Stefan Lohrum, Manager IT, Cooperative Library Network Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV)

Rosetta

Sustainability and Digital Preservation – Edward M. Corrado, Director of Library Technology, Binghamton University, US and John Meador, Jr., Dean of University Libraries, Binghamton University, US

SFX

Your MySQL Database: The Undiscovered Country – Mathias Kratzer, Head of Library Network Services, Bavarian Library Network
Conceptual proposal for an alternative interface to the SFX AZ Books – Michelangelo Mazzardo Marques Viana, Library Systems Coordinator, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul – PUCRS

IGeLU and conference business

Ex Libris presentations and product updates

For all Ex Libris updates and presentations at IGeLU 2013 please go to the Ex Libris Documentation Center.