Library Technology Guides

Ex Libris Solutions from Clarivate power 97 of the World's Top 100 Universities. Clarivate shared that 97 of the Times Higher Education Top 100 Universities for 2025 rely on Clarivate to support academic excellence and innovation. From discovery and teaching to resource sharing and library management, the Ex Libris product family from Clarivate helps leading institutions connect people with knowledge and streamline their academic workflows. [Full Announcement].

Accessibility made simple: Alma Specto empowering institutions to go beyond compliance. A major shift is coming, and it's especially important for institutions in the United States. Starting April 24, 2026, the new ADA Title II rule will require covered state and local entities, including public universities and libraries to make their digital services accessible. Alma Specto enables institutions to improve the accessibility of their own content by combining traditional techniques with embedding AI-assisted enrichment directly into existing workflows. With a variety of tools from creating extended visual descriptions and extracting multilingual texts from image scans, to delivering audio transcripts, and captions, Alma Specto helps institutions automate accessibility at scale – transforming what used to be a manual, fragmented process into an integrated, intelligent workflow. [Full Announcement].

IGeLU 2025 Siena: what we announced and what's live now. What happens when a 700-year-old city becomes the stage for the future of libraries? From September 15–18, Siena brought our community together for IGeLU 2025, a week dedicated to practical AI, open workflows, and roadmap breakthroughs across Alma, Primo, Rapido, and more. [Full Announcement].

Universidad de las Américas Puebla selects Alma, Alma Digital, Primo, and Leganto. Ex Libris announced that Universidad de las Américas Puebla, one of Mexico's most prestigious private universities, has chosen Alma, Alma Digital, Primo, and Leganto to support the evolving needs of its library. [Full Announcement].

From one Request to 25 Million: Celebrating the RapidILL community. On August 6, a patron at the University of Colorado at Boulder placed a request through RapidILL. It looked like any other day-to-day interaction — a simple request for a book chapter, America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-2000. But this wasn't just any request. It was the 25th million RapidILL request. [Full Announcement].

University of Coimbra adopts Alma and Primo to advance library services and academic excellence. The University of Coimbra, one of the world's oldest universities and a premier public research institution in Portugal, has chosen Alma and Primo to modernize and unify its library systems. [Full Announcement].

Browns Books joins Rialto. Ex Libris announced a new collaboration; Rialto and Browns Books are expanding their collaboration to enhance both digital and print offerings on the Rialto Marketplace. [Full Announcement].

Introducing the new Leganto marketing kit in Spanish: empowering libraries to promote Leganto with ease. Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, announced the launch of theSpanish Leganto Marketing Kit, created to assist libraries around the world in promoting Leganto effectively to their faculty, staff, and academic communities. [Full Announcement].

Discover the Future of Academic Libraries: explore the new Ex Libris whitepapers hub. Ex Libris announced the launch of a new Whitepapers Hub, a dynamic destination for academic and research library professionals seeking fresh insights, practical strategies, and forward-thinking perspectives. [Full Announcement].

AI in Alma's Next-Generation Platform: The evolving user experience. Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant idea. It's already transforming how libraries are managed. Alma's next-generation platform is built to make library work faster, smarter, and more intuitive, while keeping the human experience at the center. Every innovation is designed to help librarians focus on what matters most by simplifying tasks, surfacing insights, and enabling more meaningful interactions with data. [Full Announcement].

University of Ghent enhances library services with Ex Libris Rapido. Ex Libris, from Clarivate, announced that the University of Ghent has implemented Ex Libris Rapido, in combination with Alma and Primo, to enhance services for library users and streamline internal operations. This strategic choice delivers benefits that strengthen both the public-facing library experience and the efficiency of behind-the-scenes administration. [Full Announcement].

Ex Libris Idea Exchange: Alma community ideas helping to shape the future. The Ex Libris Idea Exchange is where innovation begins. All Ex Libris products — from Alma and Primo to Leganto, Rapido, and beyond — are represented on this open platform, giving customers a direct channel to share ideas, suggest improvements, and vote on the features that matter most to them. [Full Announcement].

The Alma Roadmap for 2025-2026: Ex Libris Unveils New Features and Strategic Plans. Ex Libris has announced the updated Alma roadmap, outlining a series of strategic developments aimed at advancing the capabilities of its flagship library services platform. This roadmap, developed in collaboration with the Alma community and set to roll out from the second half of 2025 into 2026, focuses on integrating advanced innovations, streamlining workflows, and enhancing collaborative features. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate partners with the University of Melbourne to transform library systems. Clarivate, a leading provider of transformative intelligence, has signed an agreement with the University of Melbourne, Australia's leading university, to provide a comprehensive suite of library solutions and services. The solutions include Alma, Primo, Leganto, Rapido and Library Open Workflows, encompassing library management systems, information resource discovery, sharing and subject reading lists. This collaboration will provide the University of Melbourne with a world-class library systems platform that is purpose-fit, efficient, and user-focused. [Full Announcement].

Library Open Workflows: innovation through collaboration. Ex Libris announced the successful completion of the Library Open Workflows Development Partner Program. This collaborative initiative marked a critical milestone in the evolution of Library Open Workflows, a new, flexible framework that empowers libraries to automate and streamline their operations directly within Alma. Library Open Workflows provides an intuitive, visual environment for building and managing workflows. It enables institutions to connect services, configure actions, and automate processes tailored to their unique needs, all without complex coding. By adding a layer of orchestration over Alma's existing capabilities, LibOW offers greater efficiency, agility, and control in managing library operations. [Full Announcement].

Alma customers gain smarter tools and greater flexibility in August 2025 Feature Release. With 2,425 libraries worldwide relying on Alma, the August 2025 Feature Release continues the tradition of delivering meaningful, community-driven innovation. Now available to all customers, this latest update introduces powerful new capabilities that refine day-to-day workflows, simplify access to information, and reinforce Alma's role as a flexible, forward-thinking library services platform. [Full Announcement].

Fresenius University of Applied Sciences transforms library services with Alma and Primo. Fresenius University of Applied Sciences has completed a major technological transformation of its library services by migrating to Ex Libris' Alma and Primo platforms. The move marks a significant step in the university's push to modernize its library infrastructure and deliver a seamless, digital-first experience to students and faculty alike. [Full Announcement].

The Digital Theological Library chooses Alma and Primo. Founded in 2016 as a not-for-profit corporation, the Digital Theological Library has always been dedicated to providing top-tier digital library support for educational institutions specializing in religious studies. As their network of partner institutions grew, DTL recognized the need for a more flexible and scalable theological resource management and library discovery platform – leading them to a strategic decision to migrate to Ex Libris Alma and Primo. [Full Announcement].

Ex Libris releases Primo Next Discovery Experience user interface. Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, announced the Primo Next Discovery Experience User Interface. Designed in close collaboration with the library community through a dedicated UX focus group and 12 design partners, early access was offered to 100 users to provide feedback. The new user interface is intuitive and streamlined, offering a richer, easy-to-use discovery experience that is tailored to the needs of academic libraries and their users. [Full Announcement].

Introducing the Alma Specto Exhibition Platform. Ex Libris announced a major enhancement coming soon to Alma Specto: the Exhibition Platform: a major step forward in how institutions present and share curated collections. This marks the first release in a broader initiative to support exhibition storytelling, beginning with a powerful timeline template. The Exhibition Platform introduces a timeline template that allows users to create compelling visual narratives from their Alma collections. You'll now be able to effortlessly curate exhibition content by selecting titles, images, videos, and diverse visual materials directly from Alma. [Full Announcement].