On November 30th we received the sad news that Noam Kaminer has passed away. Although some of us knew Noam suffered from a very serious illnes the news came as a shock to us. Many of us have worked in the past years with Noam and we all have good and pleasant memories on him. […]
News from the SFX PWG
So long and thank you Mathias The SFX Product Working Group met in Oxford during the IGeLU 2014 conference to discuss changes in our PWG and goals for the year 2015. We are very sorry to announce that our long-term member Mathias Kratzer has left the PWG after the IGeLU 2014 conference. We would like to […]
News from the LOD SIWG
New members on the Working Body Following an engaging IGeLU 2014, the Linked Open Data LOSSpecial Interest Working Group filled two vacancies on our Working Body, and are looking forward to collaborating with the two newest members of the group: * Dr. Arif Shaon, Lead Technical Officer, Library Repository Services, University of New South Wales […]
News from the ALMA PWG
It’s growing Our Alma community continues to expand. We have over 1400 list members on ALMA-L. Thanks to all of you for your questions and, most especially, for help provided to other users. Here are a few things that the Alma Product Working Group (PWG) has worked on over the past quarter on behalf of […]
News from the Voyager PWG
Combined with ELUNA As more and more libraries move to Alma and other Library Systems, the IGeLU Product Working Group has had people leaving and was unable to attract new members. Therefore, after the Oxford meeting the only member remaining is Nicholas Volk from the National Library of Finland. He is still on a learning curve […]
Azriel Morag Award 2014 granted
Winners of the Azriel Morag Award for Innovation 2014 One of the highlights at the IGeLU 2014 conference in Oxford was the announcement by Daniela Morag of this years winners of the Azriel Morag Award for Innovation. Please see the full news and details on the Ex Libris website […]
IGeLU 2014 Conference closed
It’s over! Dear colleagues, The 9th IGeLU conference was a great success thanks to the many presentations, the wonderful atmosphere and the perfect organisation by the hosts in Oxford! The conference venue at the Examination schools of the Oxford University was a beautiful location perfectly suitable for the many plenary and parallel session of the […]
IGeLU 2014 information
We have a perfect programme As we all know, a good conference can be recognized from the quality of food and social events. Yet, a good programme must not be underestimated! Both Conference and Systems Seminar programme are ready on the event website. Fortunately this year again, we can proudly present a great variety of first class presentations which prove […]
IGeLU Mobile App
Mobile App redesigned In the same spirit as of last year, we will be providing you with an IGeLU 2014 Conference and Systems Seminar mobile app. The mobile app will allow you to ; view session information, enriched with abstracts add sessions to your personal plan (which can be browsed offline) provide feedback on sessions from within […]
IGeLU budgets and Assembly
It’s all in the open! According with the IGeLU Statute, the Assembly of Members (Monday, September 15th, Session 6: 16.50-17.30) will be asked to approve the annual budget of IGeLU. This is a crucial meeting for the Association, in order for the Steering Committee to be able to plan their activity, to organize the annual […]