NERS enhancements process:It’s not quite Eurovision, but nearly as exciting… 2019 NERS voting has now closed. There were 75 requests in the ballot. Six requests did not receive any votes. 46 customers voted spread over the following territories: Europe: 4 North America: 17 UK: 12 Asia- Pacific: 13 There were some excellent ideas for development. […]
Linked Open Data Working Group Updates
The Linked Open Data Working Group sponsored a very interesting Show & Tell on August 29, 2018, “Making Linked Data: Catalogers’ Views from the Front Edge.” Two leaders in technical services shared their insights about cataloging/creating metadata natively as linked data, through their experience with linked data projects. Xiaoli Li (University of California Davis), “Making […]
Content Working Group Updates
New CWG members: By the end of 2018, the Content WG was looking for volunteers for a new 2-year term with Summon, PCI, 360 services, Alma, and/or SFX experience. We have been happy to welcome the following new members whose input has already been valuable for the community in the first weeks of their term: […]
Analytics Working Group Updates
A sub-group from the Analytics Working Group is meeting monthly with Yoel Kortick and other Ex Libris staff to discuss: 1) the issues documented in the evidence documents for Alma, Primo and Leganto and 2) other pressing issues in Analytics. After an issue addressed in the evidence documents is discussed with Ex Libris an article […]
14th IGeLU Annual Conference – update from the IGeLU chair, Dave Allen
Notes from the conference chair: The IGeLU Steering Committee had our mid-year face-to-face meeting in Singapore at the beginning of March. As part of the meeting, we met with Ex Libris senior management to discuss various issues impacting our community. In addition, we also had the opportunity to ‘check out’ the Singapore venues and meet […]
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IGeLU member in spotlight
IGeLU member spotlight: Tell us your name, title and some more about Singapore Management University (SMU). My name is Shameem Nilofar and I am the Head of Information Access and Resources at Singapore Management University (SMU) Libraries. SMU is a relatively young institution and was established in the year 2001. Home to around 10,000 undergraduates […]
Code of Conduct and Response Framework
IGeLU seeks to provide an inclusive, collaborative, caring, and respectful community environment for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity/expression, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, age, language spoken, national origin, and/or religion. We are committed to diversity and free expression of ideas, and creating a conference in which participants feel welcome to learn and exchange ideas […]
New User Group – GUAL
Ex Libris User Group of Latin America (GUAL) A new regional user group is starting in Latin America: GUAL. It will be the community of Ex Libris users in North, Center and South America in Spanish and Portuguese languages. The first regional online meeting is scheduled for April 24, it is expected to establish the […]
Singapore 2019 updates
Preparations for the 14th Annual IGeLU Conference to be held in Singapore are well underway. As is customary, the IGeLU Steering Committee held its Spring meeting at the Conference venue and set in train further arrangements for the Conference itself. The main programme will run from Monday 26th August to Thursday 29th August, with the […]
Farewell letter from previous IGeLU chair, Theo Engelman
Dear all, After more than 27 years my work and life at the Utrecht University Library ends. I recently applied for a new job at SURF, the collaborative organisation for ICT in Dutch education and research. This means I will no longer represent an Ex Libris customer and therefore my relation with IGeLU will end. […]
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