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Ebook Management In Ex Libris’ Alma: A Tale Of Two Workflows, Michelle Ehrenpreis, Sonali Sugrim

Publications and Research

In August 2020, CUNY transitioned to ExLibris’ Alma, a cloud-based Library Services Platform (LSP). Led by the Office of Library Services (OLS), the migration resulted in new processes to replace existing ones. This case study describes how Lehman College and Queens College, both part of CUNY, created new workflows for ordering, invoicing, activating, and cataloging eBooks in Alma. A new workflow for activating eBooks was also necessary because CUNY would now be using Ex Libris’ Primo VE, an upgraded discovery system. The article discusses the challenges of staff training and the role of the electronic resources librarian in designing and …

Electronic Resources Updates - 2023 Q3, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.

Alma Link Resolver Title & Issn Report (Top 500) 2022-2023, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2022-2023 on the total number of OpenURL requests by journal title and ISSN made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries. Includes only the top 500 journals.

Information provided includes journal Title, ISSN, EISSN, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Referring Sources Report 2022-2023, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics from 2022-2023 on the number of OpenURL requests made to the Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Source, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Material Type Report 2022-2023, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2022-2023 on the number of OpenURL requests by material type made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Material Type, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, and % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Subject Report 2022-2023, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2022-2023 on the number of OpenURL requests by Library of Congress classification code made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Classification Code, Classifications, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, and % Clicks from Requests.

How Granular Do You Want To Go? Analyizing Marcxml Data With Python, Rebecca Hyams

Publications and Research

While Alma Analytics can be quite powerful, it has its limits when it comes to providing answers to complex questions about bibliographic and holdings records. For those of us that do work that includes maintaining and enhancing records, having good quality data is vital in making informed decisions on the best way forward. You may find you want to know things like which additional identifiers are present in the record to help with deduplication efforts, or how many records have a particular formatting issue that needs addressing. The data is already there in the record and can be accessed via …

Linked Data, Wikidata And Their Implementations, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

An introductory session on linked data, wikidata and related implementations delivered to participating students for a National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Major Collaborative Archives Initiative Grant led by Dr. Rosalind J. Beiler in History and Dr. Amy Giroux in Center for Humanities and Digital Research at the University of Central Florida.

Alma Link Resolver Subject Report 2021-2022, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2021-2022 on the number of OpenURL requests by Library of Congress classification code made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Classification Code, Classifications, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, and % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Title & Issn Report (Top 500) 2021-2022, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2021-2022 on the total number of OpenURL requests by journal title and ISSN made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries. Includes only the top 500 journals.

Information provided includes journal Title, ISSN, EISSN, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Material Type Report 2021-2022, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2021-2022 on the number of OpenURL requests by material type made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Material Type, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, and % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Referring Sources Report 2021-2022, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics from 2021-2022 on the number of OpenURL requests made to the Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Source, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, % Clicks from Requests.

Composers' Collected Works: A Case Study In Remote Work Compatible Catalog Maintenance, David Floyd

Library Scholarship

Approximately 15% of Binghamton University Libraries' 28,000 musical scores are collections of scores comprising a composer's complete works. Ideally, these large, multipart, non-circulating collections are cataloged consistently with either comprehensive records for each set, or individual records for each score within the set. Our catalog is inconsistent in this approach and requires remediation. The resulting workflow maximizes flexibility in who participates, where, and when, by siloing the portion of the work requiring data processing and advanced music cataloging skills. This poster will show both the workflow for standardizing composers' collected works sets, and how the project is designed for remote …

Jetstream Volume 4 Issue 1, Nancy Anzalone, Tabitha Ochtera, Tim Hasin, Susan Bloom, Nikki Palumbo, Donna Headley, Judy Drescher

JETstream: Library Newsletter

The arrival of spring generally brings to mind thoughts and images of new beginnings, op-timism and a sense of resili-ence after a long winter’s sea-son. This current issue of JETstream seems to reflect similar sentiments. Although the JET Library continued to seamlessly provide its services to the Molloy Community throughout the pandemic, be-ing able to interact and en-gage with our students in per-son has been beyond com-pare! One of our most exciting new ventures has been the intro-duction of the Learning Com-mons into the JET Library as part of a pilot program. As ex-plained by Courtney Dalfanso, Writing Center Director, …

From Digital Commons To Alma/Primo: A Systems Interoperability Project, Sara Hoover, Jolinda L. Thompson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Background: In 2018 our library migrated to Ex Libris’s Alma and its discovery service Primo. Alma allows content from OAI-PMH compliant archives to be loaded to Primo for discovery. Our library has a Digital Commons institutional repository (IR) system and librarians were eager to explore including IR content in Primo. Post-migration a feed was established between the IR and Primo, but there were issues with adding all IR content and the feed was removed. Consequently, we wanted to explore alternatives that would allow for the integration of more selective IR content.

Description: For our pilot project, we explored the possibility …

Creating Knowledge Graphs For Collections And Lod Visualization: Some Cases, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This presentation will share knowledge graphs and other Linked Open Data (LOD) visualization the author created or helped in creating for a few projects, including people in the Pemberton Correspondence Collection, WikiProject: Chinese Female Poets, and UCF Teachers & Researchers. It will also cover the current state of LOD in Ex Libris’ library services platform Alma. The purpose of this talk is to help our cataloging folks better understand LOD and be better prepared for the upcoming changes related to LOD in our library system.

Law School News: Rwu Law Receives Major Gift & Matching Challenge To Launch Scholarship Supporting Diverse Students, Public Interest Careers 02/22/2022, Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

How We Implemented Alma Licensing To Manage Electronic Resources More Effectively And Efficiently, Nat Gustafson-Sundell, Lisa Baures, Pat Lienemann

Library Services Publications

At Minnesota State University, Mankato, we pursued a project to improve license management and to utilize the Alma Library Management System. We met as a team to develop a framework for codifying license terms and terminology and to develop plans to migrate licenses to Alma. The goals of the project included: (1) contractually required public display of terms, (2) comprehensive replacement of licenses on a five year cycle, as required by Minn State, and (3) uniform re-negotiation of license terms as university and system needs evolve.

We will share:

• our tool developed to help guide library workers through the journal …

Refining Your Results With Alma Analytics, Julene L. Jones, Mary Ellen Willemsen

Library Presentations

Analyzing your data is important for all aspects of efficient library operations. We will be sharing some ideas to help you effectively gather and analyze your data using Alma Analytics. After our presentation, you will know how and why to create bins, and how to save a filter for reuse in another analysis. We will also be sharing a couple of useful yet complicated formulas that are not included in Alma documentation.

Alma Link Resolver Material Type Report 2020-2021, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2020-2021 on the number of OpenURL requests by material type made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Material Type, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, and % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Title & Issn Report (Top 500) 2020-2021, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2020-2021 on the total number of OpenURL requests by journal title and ISSN made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries. Includes only the top 500 journals.

Information provided includes journal Title, ISSN, EISSN, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Subject Report 2020-2021, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2020-2021 on the number of OpenURL requests by Library of Congress classification code made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Classification Code, Classifications, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, and % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Referring Sources Report 2020-2021, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics from 2020-2021 on the number of OpenURL requests made to the Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Source, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, % Clicks from Requests.

Note: "36520" = EBSCOhost

Alma Link Resolver Subject Report 2019-2020, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2019-2020 on the number of OpenURL requests by Library of Congress classification code made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Classification Code, Classifications, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, and % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Referring Sources Report 2019-2020, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics from 2019-2020 on the number of OpenURL requests made to the Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Source, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, % Clicks from Requests.

Note: "36520" = EBSCOhost

Alma Link Resolver Material Type Report 2019-2020, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2019-2020 on the number of OpenURL requests by material type made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Material Type, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, and % Clicks from Requests.

Alma Link Resolver Title & Issn Report (Top 500) 2019-2020, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2019-2020 on the total number of OpenURL requests by journal title and ISSN made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries. Includes only the top 500 journals.

Information provided includes journal Title, ISSN, EISSN, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, % Clicks from Requests.

It's Automagic Technically Once The Stars Align : 3rd Party Integrations, Import And Publishing Profiles With Alma, David W. Schuster, Marian Stern

Library Scholarship

This presentation at ENUG(ExLibris Users from the Northeast US) discussed several integrations that Binghamton University has accomplished in the 5 months since they went live. New Self Check system from Bintech replacing bibliotheca units. Integrating with the Banner system for Faculty, Student, and staff loads and exporting fines and fee information to Banner. Publishing to Google Scholar, OCLC and other systems to automate updating of content to these services. Also discussed was how to load content into Primo VE.

Alma Analytics, For Fulfillment, Julene L. Jones

Library Presentations

This presentation covers the following topics:

• Analytics information in Alma
• How to get there, Structure of Analytics
• Create a new analysis
• Tips and best practices
• Edit an existing analysis
• Example analyses
• Links to Ex Libris information

Alma Link Resolver Referring Sources Report 2018-2019, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics from 2018-2019 on the number of OpenURL requests made to the Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Source, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, % Clicks from Requests.

Note: "36520" = EBSCOhost