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 […]
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News from the Primo / Metalib PWG
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. […]
News from the SFX PWG
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 […]
News from the Alma PWG
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 […]
Product Development Collaboration Agreement renewed!
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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News from the SFX Product Working Group
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 […]
News from the Alma Product Working Group
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 […]
SFX PWG update
The SFX Product Working Group met in Zurich last month to discuss priorities and focus for the PWG for the year. While conference planning is always a constant activity, we identified a couple of additional areas to work on. This year we will continue the ongoing KB and software enhancements voting processes – the KB […]
CKB agreement signed
During the conference in Haifa the representatives of Ex Libris, IGeLU and ELUNA finally signed the “Agreement on the procedure for additions of resources to the Ex Libris Knowledge Bases”. This agreement may not be snappily titled, but by confirming the process for getting resources added to the SFX/Verde/MetaLib Central Knowledge Bases it represents an […]
MetaLib CKB resources voting
Two MetaLib CKB voting snapshots have now been carried out in NERS. At the end of each snapshot the top rated 4 global resources and 2 regional resources are presented to Ex Libris. MetaLib CKB voting snapshots are scheduled to be done at approximately two-monthly intervals, but the most recent snapshot was postponed pending handover […]