An Ex Libris initative After intensive discussions with the Steering Committee about the aim of the initiative, Ex Libris has announced a new platform for all customers to post ideas for enhancements and extensions to their products. This platform also offers a voting mechanism to facilitate customers to support good ideas. The platform is based […]
Category: Enhancements
Primo SaaS Jerusalem meeting
Move to SaaS During the meeting of the Steering Committee with Ex Libris management in Budapest in March one of the topics was the new Primo policy of Ex Libris with its strong emphasis on the SaaS environment and issues connected to the new policy from the point of view of the user community. As […]
SFX Product Working Group news
The SFX PWG has been going on at a steady pace with all usual activities Software enhancement process Yearly cycle is continuing, with very positive results. Recent and upcoming releases contain enhancements from the Igelu procedure. These results will be presented by the SFX Product Manager, Christine Stohn, during the Budapest conference KB enhancements The […]
Alma Product Working Group news
First Enhancement vote The Alma PWG just completed its first ever enhancement vote. The enhancement process was led by Ann Miller, University of Oregon, US. Over 500 proposals (of more than 600) were advanced for the first round of voting. Many thanks to all of the individuals who served on the enhancement groups chaired by: […]
News in Brief May 2015
We invite you Dear reader, This first News in Brief in 2015 is again loaded with information we believe to be important for you. Of course we have updates on the upcoming 10th IGeLU Conference in Budapest. But there is more… All IGeLU officers work hard on a voluntary base to serve the interest of our community. […]
News from the Primo / Metalib PWG
Primo Central Index Central Knowledge Base (PCI CKB) voting The IGeLU Primo PWG conducted – in collaboration with ELUNA – a Primo Central Index Central Knowledge Base (PCI CKB) ballot which was the first PCI voting at all. The ballot was a great success and 138 resources were added to NERS and sent to Ex Libris. […]
News from the Aleph PWG
IGeLU Aleph voting cycle 2014 The 2014 Aleph Enhancements voting cycle was finished in January, 2015. In this voting cycle we promote the following 5 enhancements to be included in the next Aleph versions. Automatic reset of lost/forgotten account passwords within Aleph/Primo: [NERS #3416] When using F3 or Ctrl+F3 the subfield order in the Cat editor should match the retrieved […]
News from the SFX PWG
2014 Software enhancement voting results The 2014 SFX software enhancement cycle was completed early December and the results of the voting have been sent to Ex Libris for evaluation. According SFX Product Manager, Ex Libris is currently planning to do the first five enhancements: KB Manager: Ability to add author information to e-books records in […]
News from the Alma PWG
Our Alma community continues to grow and the Alma Product Working Group (PWG) continues to work on your behalf. The PWG has been very busy since our last report in December. Licensing You may recall that recommendations from the Licensing Task Force were forwarded to Ex Libris last fall. Some of those recommendations have already […]
News from the Voyager PWG
IGeLU and ELUNA The Voyager PWG’s of both ELUNA and IGeLU have been merged, since the customers of Voyager are almost totally US based and the few remaining Australian and European customers are implementing new products like Alma or considering to leave Voyager for other products. The Finish National Library Network Services is still offering […]