The Aleph PWG met at Haifa for a product update by Carmit Marcus, the Ex Libris Aleph Product Manager, as well as for the annual business meeting. This meeting was very well attended (with additional chairs brought in to accommodate the large audience). Carmit reviewed the many IGeLU enhancements that will be in version 21 […]
Category: Conferences
Special Interest Working Group
In this year’s meeting, the Consortia Special Interest Working Group (SIWG) focused on the main topic “Alma and Consortia”. The session was attended by about 40 people and split into two 45 minute blocks. During the first half, participants discussed impressions, observations, thoughts and misgivings concerning a common future “in the cloud”. A vivid conversation […]
Elections and personnel news
At Haifa we said goodbye to Pat Busby, who has completed her term on the Steering Committee. Her contributions to IGeLU will be sorely missed. With her departure two of the IGeLU Steering Committee positions came up for election by the Assembly of Members. After the votes were counted Peter Klien (Austrian Library Network) was […]
Haifa survey
Thanks to everyone who attended the IGeLU 2011 conference in Haifa, it was wonderful to see so many faces – you made it a great event. News and updates from the conference will follow shortly, and we’re working hard right now to gather together all the presentations so that we can make them available for […]
See you in Haifa!
Hosted by Haifa University, events at our annual conference kick off with an opening reception on the evening of 11th September, on the beach below this beautiful city. The agenda is packed: there are lots of breakout sessions about user experiences and developments, with over 60 individual speakers and presenters; plenary sessions on the road maps and […]
Ex Libris Q&A
As is now traditional at the annual conference, several Q&A (Question and Answer) sessions will be taking place with Ex Libris product managers and executives at the Haifa meeting in September. General questions intended for the Ex Libris Board of Management will be presented in the General Q&A plenary on Tuesday, September 13, while product-specific […]
Ex Libris Q&A
As is now traditional at the annual conference, several Q&A (Question and Answer) sessions will be taking place with Ex Libris product managers and executives at the Haifa meeting in September. General questions intended for the Ex Libris Board of Management will be presented in the General Q&A plenary on Tuesday, September 13, while product-specific […]
INUG meeting, Haifa 2011
The traditional INUG (IGeLU International User Groups) meeting will take place again just before the IGeLU Annual Conference – this time on a Saturday in lovely Haifa. Representatives of the National User Groups (NUGs) will meet with each other, the Steering Committee, and the Product and Special Interest Working Group Coordinators, where feedback will be […]
Conference program announced
We’re very pleased to announce the full program for the IGeLU 2011 conference in Haifa – available here. With over 50 sessions across the 3 days, covering strategic and operational concerns across all the main Ex Libris products, and with two keynotes from prominent figures within the world of library automation, we think you’ll find […]
IGeLU 2011, Haifa
Thanks to a tremendous response by colleagues from around the world, we now have an excellent programme of user presentations and posters to inspire you at the IGeLU conference in Haifa in September. Presentation topics include: Enhancing collection management and technical processes Providing improved, unified search experiences for users in supporting e-research Experiences of implementing […]