OvP functionality In the Zurich conference the National User Groups complained about the lack of functionality in the Opac via Primo (OvP) setup. Because of this, libraries have to maintain their Opac or develop the needed functionality themselves. That does not comply with the claim from Ex Libris that Primo would lower the Total Cost […]
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The Alma Product Working Group (PWG) was established in August as a joint ELUNA/IGeLU PWG, since the Alma community is still relatively small. The working body if this group has thirteen! members and can be viewed at: https://igelu.org/products/alma A web page has been established (https://igelu.org/products/alma). We are working to populate the page with content. An […]
Short after the 2012 conference the user community was informed by Ex Libris that the company was acquired by another private equity company Golden Gate Capital. In discussions with Ex Libris management we understand that Golden Gate Capital is interested in further growth of the company with its current management on board and further following […]
Especially for the European customers it wasn’t a good news that Marc Daubach is leaving the company at the end of the year after 17 years working for Ex Libris. For many of us Marc was the “Ex Libris face” from the very beginning. In discussions about our needs we did very much appreciate his […]
As many of us are thinking of moving our systems to the cloud we asked Ex Libris to make their data security policy in the cloud environment more transparent. On the documentation portal (section Cross-Product/Security/Security Updates) you will find now the document “Ex Libris Cloud Security and Privacy Statement” describing Ex Libris’s security policy. If […]
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The 2012 SFX software enhancement cycle officially kicked off on Monday, September 24. IGeLU members had until Friday October 19th to submit enhancement requests to NERS, and voting took place between October 26th and November 26th. Please see the SFX members pages for further details. […]
The IGeLU 2012 conference is over – it was great to see so many of our colleagues in the beautiful city of Zurich, and to have a chance to listen to so many fascinating presentations. You can see many of those presentations here. We want to once again express our thanks to the team at […]
The 2012 conference in Zurich has begun! Keep up to date with the program on the conference website, and follow conference proceedings on twitter using the hashtag #igelu12. […]
We don’t want to miss seeing you this Summer, so please do remember to register for the conference in Zurich, 11-13th September! The conference programme is packed, with many of your colleagues sharing their expertise and experiences, which I know you all value. Ex Libris will be well represented with product updates and insightful presentations […]
A reminder that there are four positions on the Steering Committee which will be open for candidacy at the Zurich meeting. The current terms of Steering Committee members Lukas Koster, Michele Newberry, and Fiona Burton, as well as that of the Chair Jirka Kende will expire. ***Update*** There will now be five positions for the […]
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