Such a great event! It is hard to believe but the wonderful conference in Budapest is over! Many colleagues from the Working groups and the Steering committee and especially our colleagues from the host institutions in Budapest were working hard for months to make the conference as successful as it was – with 430 attendees […]
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We are very happy to announce that the 11th IGeLU conference in September 2016 will be hosted by BIBSYS and the University Library of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. BIBSYS BIBSYS is the name of a Norwegian Library Systems Consortium as well as the organization administering the consortium. BIBSYS started out as […]
Read More… from Registration open – 11th IGeLU Conference in Trondheim, Norway
The first ever IGeLU “Developers Day”, co-organized by the Interoperability and Linked Open Data Special Interest Working Groups was a resounding success. Far exceeding the organizers initial expectations, the meeting drew over 90 attendees for a packed day of presentations, lightning talks, and energized discussions. Special thanks go to Guy Ben-Porat and Ohad Shaked for […]
Primo SaaS Primo/Metalib PWG will accompany Ex Libris road map for the future development of Primo SaaS features. Aside from this PWG will deliver in collaboration with Eluna PWG and Interoperability (IO)/ Linked Open Data (LOD) SIWGs a report about development tools needed within SaaS within the next three months. Primo software ballot The ballot […]
An Ex Libris initative After intensive discussions with the Steering Committee about the aim of the initiative, Ex Libris has announced a new platform for all customers to post ideas for enhancements and extensions to their products. This platform also offers a voting mechanism to facilitate customers to support good ideas. The platform is based […]
A recurring theme at IGeLU 2015 was the state of Ex LIbris Analytics tools and an assessment of emerging customer needs in these areas. In the General Q&A alone, there were 6 questions related to analytics, with more questions appearing in the Alma and Primo product QA sessions. This is evidence of a great deal […]
Goodbye We had to say goodbye to two important IGeLU Steering Committee members in Budapest; Jirka Kende, our chair, had to step down because he had served for three consecutive terms of three years each. Peter Klien, chair of the conference programme planning group stepped down after serving for two consecutive terms of two years […]
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Dear colleagues, The 1st IGeLU Developers Day has ended. More than 90 particpants from 25 countries did attend to a very nice and interesting event, having great presentations and discussions. The prize winning presentation was by Mehmet Celik from Leuven, with Corey Harper from NYU winning the runner up award. Please visit the developers day […]
Dear colleagues, The 1st IGeLU Developers day event has started. More than 90 particpants from 25 countries were very pleased to find ourselves in Budapest having better temperatures outside a beautiful historical venue. Please visit the developers day website. […]
Dear colleagues, The 10th anniversary conference has ended. The opening session having the Azriel Morag Award in it was streamed live to the internet. We had 425 particpants from 33 countries and were very pleased to find ourselves in Budapest having beautiful wheather outside and a perfectly air conditioned venue. Please visit the conference website and the […]