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Alma@LIBISnet
IGeLU Oxford Sep 2014
Bart PeetersHead of operations @
LIBIS
Agenda
• Why Alma?• Where are we?• Highs &Lows
Alma@LIBISnet
Why Alma
• LIBIS is service provider for libraries, archives and musea. For libraries we operate 3 networks– LIBISnet (KU Leuven, Colleges, National Bank of Belgium, …)– PBS (public library network of province Vlaams-Brabant)– OpenVlacc (central catalogue for Flanders)
• Experience with library software• => LIBIS became Alma development partner• To consolidate and streamline workflows and the
backoffice softwares.
Alma@LIBISnet
Where are we?
• We just went live on July 15 & August 5 2014– In 2 clusters– We have 33 Alma institutions live (31 institutions + a Network
Zone institution and a sandbox)
• 2009: development partnerTesting … testing … testing
• 2012: change management sessions with library management team of KU Leuven
• 2013: Network Zone, train-the-trainer, ILL workshop, testconversion, recruitment of Alma experts, …
Alma@LIBISnet
Where are we?
• 2014:– March-April: workshops & demo’s, preparing documentation– May-June: training by the “Alma experts”
• 400 librarians• About 30 sessions (most of them hands on)
– July – August: final migration in 2 clusters– August – September: 10 “follow up” sessions and extra
training – September-October: new start up working groups
Alma@LIBISnet
Where are we?• We try to settle down at the moment … NOT
– 3 Alma certified administrators … more to come– 50 calls at hotline– 500 issues in the helpdesk (80% solved)
• 25% Resource Management• 20% Acquisitions• 25% Fulfillment• 15% Primo• 15% Other (user management, printing, …)
– STP + list– Upcoming mergers of Alma institutions …– Reference visits– …
Alma@LIBISnet
Highs & Lows
• Lows– Migration
• Only one real test migration• Data migrated as is• Vendors migrated only once (at test migration)
– Network Zone functionality too limited at the moment– Performance– Different teams/people: implementation, development,
migration teams– STP + list
Alma@LIBISnet
Highs & Lows
• Highs– Alma Analytics– Search (persistent search box, advanced search)– For librarians: simple tools/interface to run jobs– Fulfillment:
• Follow up of reservations• Fulfillment configuration utility
– It’s getting better every month
Alma@LIBISnet
Thank you
Questions? Contact us:LIBIS 54, W. de Croylaan PB 5592
B-3001 Leuven (Heverlee)Belgium
016 32 22 66
[email protected] - [email protected]
http://www.libis.be
