The IGeLU and ELUNA Steering Committees have issued a joint letter to each of the MLA Board Members about MLA’s decision to make their content available only on the EBSCO EDS discovery platform. A copy of the letter is available here. The Chairs of both ELUNA and IGeLU are requesting a meeting with the MLA […]
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The Spring 2018 NERS Cycle for Content has now started! Timeline for this Content Enhancement Cycle: Review by the NERS coordinators of the existing migrated requests from Wednesday May 9 to Sunday May 20, 2018 Submission of new requests by the user community: Monday May 21 to Sunday June 3, 2018 Content Working Group review […]
Ex Libris Content team is continuously working on improving the quality of their KnowledgeBases (SFX KB, 360 KB, Alma CZ) and indexes (Primo Central, Summon). And the customers’ feedback matters to Ex Libris! So, don’t hesitate to use the different existing channels to improve KBs and indexes. Idea Exchange Content forum http://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content Use Idea Exchange […]
Founded in 2013 as a result of discussions at the 2012 Zurich conference, the goal of the SFX KnowledgeBase Advisory Board (KBAB) was to promote first class quality of the data stored in the SFX Knowledge Base by reviewing the quality assurance policies and processes together with Ex Libris. The SFX KBAB has been active […]
Primo Central Index Central Knowledge Base (PCI CKB) voting The IGeLU Primo PWG conducted – in collaboration with ELUNA – a Primo Central Index Central Knowledge Base (PCI CKB) ballot which was the first PCI voting at all. The ballot was a great success and 138 resources were added to NERS and sent to Ex Libris. […]
2014 Software enhancement voting results The 2014 SFX software enhancement cycle was completed early December and the results of the voting have been sent to Ex Libris for evaluation. According SFX Product Manager, Ex Libris is currently planning to do the first five enhancements: KB Manager: Ability to add author information to e-books records in […]
Our Alma community continues to grow and the Alma Product Working Group (PWG) continues to work on your behalf. The PWG has been very busy since our last report in December. Licensing You may recall that recommendations from the Licensing Task Force were forwarded to Ex Libris last fall. Some of those recommendations have already […]
It’s fresh and it’s better! We are very proud and happy to announce the new Product Development Collaboration Agreement to better align with institutional priorities and Ex Libris product offerings. The IGeLU and ELUNA Steering Committees and Ex Libris have collaborated in reviewing and updating both prior agreements on Product Development Collaboration and Central Knowledge […]
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SFX KBAB The SFX Product Working Group met in Berlin during the IGeLU 2013 conference to discuss our goals for the year 2014. At IGeLU 2013, an SFX Knowledgebase Advisory Board (KBAB) was formed as a joint initiative of IGELU and ELUNA to advise and work with Ex Libris on issues relating to the quality […]
The Alma Product Working Group members have been active in several areas, including program planning, web presence and documentation, and in soliciting participation from the wider Alma community. Our program chairs are diligently working to provide us with engaging programs at both ELUNA and IGeLU. We will have product updates and open product working group […]