The IGeLU Steering Committee has decided to offer all new customers of Ex Libris a first year’s membership free of charge. We expect and hope to enlarge our representation among the Ex Libris customer base. Offering new membership for free the first year gives new customers the opportunity to engage with the community and experience […]
This week continues the customer profile series with an implementation from the University of Oklahoma Libraries. This profile was created in conjunction with Carl Grant, Associate Dean/Chief Technology Officer of the University of Oklahoma Libraries. Q: When are you planning to implement? A: As one of the original development partners, we are fully implemented, […]
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The process for the 2016 enhancement voting is finished. Ex Libris will provide the function ‘Provide email, print and push options for list of loans/requests in My Account’ (Ners Id 3441) which will be delivered for the current and the new UI. As this is an huge development work this will cost the community 100 […]
The Rosetta Advisory Group meeting was held in Sheffield, UK between the 12th and 14th of June. The meeting was attended by existing and potential Rosetta members as well and Ex Libris senior management. The Rosetta Advisory Group meeting was held in conjunction with the Rosetta User Group. Discussions were undertaken within the RUG to […]
The Knowledge Base Advisory Board (KBAB), a joint ELUNA/IGeLU group, is now the Content Working Group (CWG). The name change reflects the scope of the content areas we work with – the link resolver knowledge bases and the discovery indexes. It also aligns with Ex Libris’s move to consolidate Content operations. What the Content Working […]
Linked Open Data, along with Interoperability, Analytics, and Content (formerly KBAB) Special Interest Working Groups are planning a combined blockbuster “business meeting” at IGeLU 2017. This will include roadmap updates for Linked Open Data Development (Asaf Kline) and Interoperability/APIs (Josh Weisman). We will be providing more information about your linked data needs and activities based […]
The following profile resulted from a conversation with Charlotte Keys, Director of Library Technology Services, Tisch Library,Tufts University. Q: When are you planning to implement? A: Tufts is in the process of implementing this Summer after we have completed our Alma/Primo implementation. Q: What is the major benefit you hope to see as a result […]
This profile was developed in a conversation with Alex Merrill, the Access Services and Systems/Operations Manager at Washington State University, located in Pullman Washington. Q: When are you planning to implement? A: We went live with a pilot this past January. We are planning on switching all campuses over to Leganto by Fall 2017. Q: […]
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For this one, we talked with Tammy Allgood Wolf, who is the Director of Discovery Services and Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services at ASU Libraries of the Arizona State University. Q: When are you planning to implement? A: The current plan is for implementation in November 2017. Q: What is the major benefit you hope to […]
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Ex Libris, ELUNA, and IGeLU are pleased to announce a joint focus group committed to improving discovery for our users by increasing availability of A&I content in discovery indices. In recognition of the challenges related to discovery in certain subject domains, this initiative includes information gathering, outreach, and definition of best practices and alternative solutions. […]