Primo / MetaLib

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Objective

The objective of the Primo/MetaLib Working Group (WG) is to co-operate with Ex Libris in developing new services and functions for Primo and Metalib. Core group activity is to conduct the annual enhancement voting process.  Other activities include planning for the IGeLU conference and regular meetings with product management staff to discuss future directions and current issues relating to Primo.

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WG Members

• Noémie Ammann – Liaison with the Content Working Group
  ETH Library, Switzerland
  noemie.ammann@library.ethz.ch
• Gaith Bader – Enhancements Team, Primo VE
  University of Sydney, Australia
  gaith.bader@sydney.edu.au
• Boaz Dotan – Enhancements Team
  University of Haifa, Israel
  bdotan@univ.haifa.ac.il
• Paul Harding – Enhancements Team, Accessibility and UX focus
  University of York, UK
  paul.harding@york.ac.uk
• Lee Houghton – WG Deputy Coordinator, Enhancements Team, Accessibility focus
  University of Nottingham, UK
  lee.houghton@nottingham.ac.uk
• Bettina Kaldenberg – Enhancements Coordinator
  Mannheim University Library, Germany
  bettina.kaldenberg@bib.uni-mannheim.de
• Ulrich Leodolter – Developer Community Liaison, Interoperability
  Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd, Austria
  ulrich.leodolter@obvsg.at
• Stacey van Groll – Working Group Coordinator
  University of Queensland, Australia
  s.vangroll@library.uq.edu.au
• TBC – Liaison with the IGeLU Steering Committee

WG membership rules

Starting in 2020, the IGeLU working groups will follow the guidelines for the ELUNA/IGeLU joint working groups (JWG). These include the following prescription for memberships: “… members are elected for a term of two years with a limit of three terms in a row. In some cases where there is difficulty in finding members to serve on the group, or to retain members for extra terms (for example past chairs), exceptions can be made. An effort should be made to ensure that there is some continuity with membership such that not all experienced members rotate off at once.”

The guidelines are implemented with an exception for those who were members before 2019, when the first WG membership was conducted (as there were more candidates than open positions). Those members will be counted as starting their first term in 2020 and may take two re-elections, which gives us this tabular view:

Name	Start date	re-election	# of 2yr terms
Stacey	2020	2022	1 of 3
Boaz	2020	2022	1 of 3
Gaith	2019	2021	1 of 3
Noémie	2019	2021	1 of 3
Ulrich	2020	2022	1 of 3
Lee	2020	2022	1 of 3
Paul	2019	2021	1 of 3
Bettina	2020	2022	1 of 3

Past members

Amin Hussain, University of Manchester, UK – (left 2020)

Knut Anton Bøckman, Royal Danish Library, DK – Coordinator (left 2020)

Wei Xuan, University of Manitoba, Canada – (left 2019)

Annette Schryver, Macquarie University – (left 2019)

Lauren Ajamie, Hesburgh Libraries, U. of Notre Dame – (left 2019)

Andy MacKinnon, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK – Coordinator (left 2018)

Rachel Collier-Wilson, University of Sheffield, UK – (left 2018)

Bronwyn King, UNILINC, Australia –(left 2015)

Lauren Shipley, Southampton Solent University, UK – (left 2014)

Andrew Brown, Swansea University, Wales, UK – (left 2014)

Masud Khokhar, University of Lancaster, UK – Coordinator (left 2013)

Peter V. Christensen, MiniBib – The Administrative Library, Denmark – (left 2013)

Naomi Greidinger, University of Haifa, Israel  – (left 2012)

Ole Holm, Royal Library of Denmark  – (left 2012)

Gary Johnson, College Center for Library Automation Florida, USA – (left 2012)

Mandy Stewart, British Library, UK – Coordinator  (left 2012)

Jeremy Acland, Queen Mary University of London, UK – Coordinator Metalib (left 2012)