IGeLU 2025 – Program Overview

Last Updated: June 5, 2025

(1) Conference Session Titles (15-17 Sept)

Traditional Conference plenary sessions

Community sessions

  1. A new workflow in Alma Digital for the provision of Accessible Texts to users with a print disability
  2. Adapting Alma and Primo to school and public libraries
  3. Adapting and Advancing with Alma Releases
  4. Adapting Primo for Korean Users: Challenges and Customization
  5. AI for metadata extraction
  6. AI Metadata Assistant – the Norwegian experience
  7. Aligning the ILO Thesaurus with the UN SDG Taxonomy: From Metadata to Discovery
  8. Ask not what the Enhancement Processes can do for you – ask what you can do for the Enhancement Processes!
  9. Backing a New Horse: A New Approach to Harvesting and Displaying LibGuide Content in Primo VE
  10. Bound together material in Alma and Primo VE
  11. Breaking the Mold: Rethinking Discovery with NDE
  12. Build your own theses AI agent cataloger
  13. Building Community in the Rosetta Working Group
  14. Celebrating the Leganto community: sharing experiences and developing new ideas [70 min. workshop]
  15. Collection Management in Transition
  16. Developing an AI Assessment Strategy: A Case Study using the Primo Research Assistant
  17. DIY – How to integrate new libraries in your network
  18. Does the Primo Research Assistant meet the information needs of a university library?
  19. Dublin Core in Alma Digital: Overcoming Challenges and Finding Solutions
  20. Efficient Invoice Creation in Alma Without Financial System Integration
  21. Empowering Innovation: A Deep Dive into Aha Ideas Advanced CERV
  22. Enhancing Library Integration: Streamlining Data Imports
  23. Ensuring Discovery beyond the Library Catalogue: A Use Case from University of Leeds Libraries
  24. EU Lib Cat: the making of a Union Catalogue for the European Union Institutional Libraries
  25. Experiences with the Primo Research Assistant @KU Leuven Association: what we learned from user perceptions and expectations.
  26. Finding data errors with Alma Analytics: A BYOD interactive Workshop [70 min. workshop]
  27. From Chaos to Clarity: Managing CZ Updates After Migration to Alma
  28. From Four to One: Merging Distinct Academic Libraries with Alma & Primo
  29. Game Not Found: Addressing Discovery Challenges in Primo for Gaming Resources
  30. How low can you go? Exploring the Library Open Workflows as a low-code solution
  31. Implementation of Primo Research Assistant at the University of Manitoba Libraries
  32. Integrating Broker-Based Resource Sharing in Italian Academic Libraries: Challenges and Solutions for Alma
  33. Integrating Dissertation Management in Alma/Primo VE: Challenges, Benefits, and Best Practices. A case study from the University of Milan
  34. Integration of Leganto in the Virtual Learning Environment: Impact on Academic Performance at Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
  35. Library Operations in Emergency and High-Pressure Situations
  36. Making Historical Geographic Collections Accessible: Digital Cataloging and Spatial Discovery Tools
  37. Mass Corrections in SLSP: Organizational and Technical Approaches
  38. MELI’s Journey (2005–2025): Reflecting on Two Decades and Looking Ahead to the Future
  39. Migrating 110 colleges to Alma & Primo VE: The California Community Colleges Statewide Library Services Platform Implementation
  40. More than “Creoles and Pidgins, Other”: Reaching beyond MARC to surface Indigenous-language content for our users
  41. Navigating Complexity: Alma Implementation Across Iceland’s Diverse Library Landscape
  42. Navigating the Transition: Learning from the community
  43. Open a Library Card in Other University Libraries: Using and Connecting Alma and Microsoft 365 to create a better, more efficient customer experience
  44. PHD student dissertations and legal deposit to The National Central Library of Florence with Esploro@LIUC University
  45. (Primo) INVENTIO + AI: Towards an Intelligent Digital Library at Universidad Panamericana
  46. Primo – what is it good for? Re-defining the scope of Primo for Library Discovery at the University of Sheffield
  47. Publishing Bibs and Holdings from Alma to WorldCat: An Alternative Setup
  48. Raising Research Visibility & Impact: Integrating InCites B&A with Scholarship@Miami (Esploro)
  49. Ranking Configuration and Harvested Collections in Primo VE
  50. Resolving problem Host Bibliographic migration data using a batch process
  51. Rialto Reimagined: Navigating Library Acquisitions in Flux
  52. SBS and SBART: a small Consortium within a larger one. Adapting Alma and Primo in a multi-institutional environment
  53. Showcasing research impact in Esploro
  54. Standards-based Resource-Sharing: ISO18626 and Alma
  55. Tailoring training in a consortia environment. Using Canvas for training
  56. The importance of networking: Leganto and the Italian community
  57. The Unknown Knowns – Tightening Patron Privacy in Alma Circulation and Resource Sharing
  58. The Value of AI Research Assistants: Can Primo Research Assistant be the new Google Scholar?
  59. The Year in Search: Exploring User Search Behavior with Generative AI
  60. To share or not to share? A case study of research data management in Esploro
  61. Transitioning to the NDE UI: A Practical Guide
  62. Unifying Knowledge and Breaking Down Silos: Enhancing Access to Professional Insights
  63. Who’s Using Alma Digital and Why? What We’ve Learned From the Alma Digital User Experience Survey
  64. “Why are you sending this to me?”: The changing role of consortia in shared technology implementations
  65. XML normalization with Primo VE: Leveraging generative AI tools

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 | Ex Libris product 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
  7. Content Working Group Open Meeting
  8. Customer Support Advisory Group Open Meeting
  9. Esploro Working Group Meeting
  10. Leganto Working Group Open Meeting
  11. Linked Open Data Community of Practice Open Meeting
  12. Primo Working Group Open Meeting
  13. RapidILL Working Group Open Meeting
  14. Rapido Working Group Open Meeting
  15. Rialto Working Group Open Meeting
  16. Rosetta Working Group Open Meeting and Rosetta Product Update
  17. SFX Working Group Open Meeting

Sessions given by Gold Third-Party Supporters

  1. Technology from Sage: Title TBD
  2. Third Iron: Title TBD

Clarivate | Ex Libris sessions

Plenary sessions
  1. TBD
Half plenary sessions
  1. TBD
Breakout sessions
  1. TBD

In addition to all those sessions:

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

(2) Developers Day Session Titles (18 Sept)

  1. Data Synchronizer and Yale’s Migration to Alma
  2. Hands on with Library Open Workflows [2-hour session]
  3. Integrating Babelio book ratings and reviews on Primo: a case study
  4. Migration of the digitized library card catalogs to Alma Digital
  5. XSLT to Normalize Bibliographic Data in Alma
  6. …

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

(3) Clarivate | Ex Libris Knowledge Day Session Titles (18 Sept)

  1. A Spotlight on Functionalities you can Enable to Maximize your Primo VE Experience
  2. Advanced Normalization Rules Workshop
  3. Configuring and Customizing Letters in Alma
  4. Contributing to the Alma Community Zone
  5. Leganto Analytics
  6. Linked Data in Alma and Primo VE
  7. Making the Most of Rapido
  8. Mastering the Transition to Primo NDE
  9. Overlap Analysis of Electronic Resources in Multiple Electronic Collections
  10. Primo VE Mixpanel User Engagement Analytics
  11. The new AI Metadata Assistant in the Metadata Editor
  12. Understanding the DEDUP and FRBR Processes in PrimoVE
  13. Using Normalization Rules to update Alma Records in Bulk
  14. Working with Local and Global Authorities

(Download the program)

As the Clarivate | Ex Libris 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.

(4) Organization

Check the event outline at IGeLU 2025 Outline.