With Alma development reaching its final phase, the work of the Alma Focus Group has completed its work in contributing to the design phase of the new system. Over 80 participants from our member institutions took part in the various Alma Focus groups on Acquisition, Fulfillment and Metadata management which were later united into a […]
Haifa submissions
We have had a tremendous response to our call for user presentations and posters for the 2011 IGeLU Conference – we can safely say that we’ll have a very good programme for you to experience in Haifa in September. Many thanks to the presenters! Due to the enthusiastic response to our call we have filled […]
Haifa 2011 registration now open
We are happy to announce that the registration for the 6th IGeLU Conference in Haifa is open at http://2011.igelu.org/ We invite you all to come to our Annual IGeLU conference at Haifa University where you can spend 3 exciting days networking with your colleagues from around the world and discussing issues of interest with developers […]
Metadata petition for content discovery
The user groups IGeLU and ELUNA (Ex Libris Users of North America) are gathering signatures on a petition which we intend to present to EBSCO, and other content providers. We’re requesting their support for consolidated indexes such as Primo Central as the basis for comprehensive resource discovery platforms. We believe this would be of enormous […]
Call for presentations, Haifa 2011 – deadline extended to 31st May
Call for Presentations and Posters, 2011 IGeLU Conference, Haifa One of the great benefits of annual conference attendance is the sharing of user experiences among the membership, generating ideas and learning innovative practices. User presentations contribute significantly to this, and create a program that is more than just about Ex Libris products – it’s about […]
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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 […]
Verde and SFX publishing and harvesting
Within the last few weeks Ex Libris has launched the new SFX 4.1/Verde publishing and harvesting process. Beside the new publishing and harvesting process this Verde update includes some smaller enhancements and bug fixes. The Verde Product Working Group are very interested to hear customer reports about this new interoperability – not just about the […]
Enhancement planning: Primo and Digitool on the horizon
Planning for an enhancement cycle for both Primo and Digitool are now in progress: Primo The Primo PWG Enhancement group (Naomi Greidinger, Christian Haenger and Ole Holm) have been working on the de-duping and clarification of a long list of enhancements for Primo which have been extracted from the Pivotal system by Jorgen Madsen, Primo […]
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Aleph enhancements – migrating to NERS
The Aleph 2011 enhancement voting has finished. The Aleph PWG module coordinators will next review, comment upon and approve development specifications for each enhancement, as they are received from Ex Libris. In the next months we can expect to get 15 sets of specs for our 2010 and 2011 voting cycles. However we are already […]
From URM to Ex Libris Alma
Following the URM Focus Group sessions in September and October 2010 concerning the URM conceptual design, a series of recordings of Partner Release (drop) 2 of the URM – newly named Ex Libris Alma – was made available to the members of the Focus Group. Alongside the overview on general concepts that apply to all […]