Library Technology Guides

Ex Libris refreshes its two-year Alma roadmap. Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, has updated its extensive two-year product development plan for the unified Alma library management system for the rest of 2024 and throughout 2025. The community-driven roadmap is refreshed on a semi-annual basis to ensure that libraries are taking advantage of state-of-the-art technology, such as advancements in Linked Open Data and artificial intelligence, to best manage their resources today and address future needs. [Full Announcement].

Wayne State University adopts Alma to modernize e-resource management. Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, announced that Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, has launched and is now using Alma to manage its broad range of electronic resources. The collaborative implementation and upgrade enables Wayne State library staff to take advantage of Alma's advanced electronic resource management (ERM) capabilities and to enhance user satisfaction. [Full Announcement].

La BNE cambia su sistema de gestión bibliotecaria. The National Library of Spain will be migrating to Ex Libris Alma from SirsiDynix Symphony. En las próximas semanas la BNE sustituirá su actual sistema de gestión bibliotecaria, que es la herramienta que sustenta el catálogo en línea, así como la mayor parte de los procesos bibliotecarios: préstamo, catalogación, adquisiciones, gestión de publicaciones seriadas, etc. La Biblioteca ya ha afrontado con anterioridad diferentes procesos de migración de sistemas bibliotecarios, desde Sabini y Ariadna, a finales de los años 80 del siglo pasado, hasta llegar a Unicorn en 2007 y posteriormente Symphony en 2017, sistema al que ahora sustituye Alma. [Full Announcement].

Universidad San Sebastian joins expanding Alma Community in Latin America. Ex Libris, part of Clarivate announced that the Library Network at Universidad San Sebastian is modernizing its library technology by adopting Alma as its next library management system and will also benefit from advanced library discovery service, Primo. This unified resource management and discovery platform upgrade prepares the university to best meet the current and future needs of both the academic and research community. [Full Announcement].

University of the Free State selects Alma and Primo. Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, announced that the University of the Free State in South Africa has selected the Ex Libris cloud-based unified library management and discovery services platform. Implementation of Alma and Primo will support the library's vision to be a world class digital and virtual information hub for its users. [Full Announcement].

UNC Library Advisory Council announces selection of Alma. The UNC Library Advisory Council announced that a contract has been fully signed with the Ex Libris Group to implement Alma, an integrated library system, between twelve UNC campuses. This contract includes: Appalachian State, UNC Asheville, UNC Charlotte, Fayetteville State, NC Central, NC State, NC A&T, UNC Pembroke, UNC School of the Arts, Western Carolina, UNC Wilmington, and Winston-Salem State. [Full Announcement].

Alma in 2023: More than 400+ Enhancements. The end of the 2023 is approaching and it's been another successful year for Alma. The combination of new features and functionality, additional customers choosing and implementing the service, and a vision to further leverage forward-looking technology is taking Alma to a new level in the area of library unified resource management. [Full Announcement].

Innovation and Customer Growth for Alma throughout 2023. The end of the 2023 is approaching and it's been another successful year for Alma. The combination of new features and functionality, additional customers choosing and implementing the service, and a vision to further leverage forward-looking technology is taking Alma to a new level in the area of library unified resource management. Over 400 enhancements were delivered, with many coming from ideas originating within the user community and significant Involvement from customers across the development process. Alma continues to grow, with more than 180 libraries choosing Alma in 2023 and over 130 implementing the service. This brings the total number of libraries selecting Alma to over 2500. [Full Announcement].

Alma Celebrates 2500 Library Milestone. Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, announced that over 2500 institutions have now selected the Alma unified resource management platform. This milestone is the result of more than 180 additional libraries of various sizes and types choosing Alma in 2023 and over 500 since 2021. [Full Announcement].

Staying ahead of the curve with Alma's November 2023 Feature Release. Ex Libris announced the deployment of the Alma November 2023 Feature Release. Once againthe Alma community can enjoy more than 60 new developments and enhancements. [Full Announcement].

Wayne State University upgrades library services with Alma Starter. Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, is embarking on an exciting journey to modernize its electronic resource management with the selection of Alma Starter. This forward-thinking decision reflects the university's commitment to update and take advantage of today's technology for its library services, bolstering its resource management services, and enhancing user satisfaction. [Full Announcement].

Alma Starter from Ex Libris: the latest innovation to meet library e-resource management needs. Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate, announced the continuing evolution of its Alma library resource management solution to better address current and future library resource management needs. Alma, a unified platform being successfully used by more than 2500 libraries worldwide, can now be adapted by libraries so they can leverage its suite of electronic resource management services to work alongside their integrated library system. [Full Announcement].

Alma August 2023 Feature Release: streamlining the user experience and empowering users. Ex Libris announced the deployment of the Alma August 2023 Feature Release. This is a bumper release in what has been a bumper year of new of developments in 2023, now totaling close to 150 new features and approximately 60 new enhancements. 25 items, directly stemming from ideas contributed by our user community on the Idea Exchange platform have been developed and completed this year. The August Feature Release sees the incorporation of 11 of these Idea Exchange items. [Full Announcement].

Alma roadmap update: look ahead. Ex Libris presented the latest version of the Alma Roadmap for 2023 and 2024. This updated roadmap brings a range of new features and functionalities across various aspects of Alma, including Acquisitions, Metadata Management, Resource Management, Fulfilment, and more. [Full Announcement].

Three Liberal Arts Colleges in Maine select Alma and Primo for a shared library services platform. Libris, part of Clarivate, is pleased to announce that three prestigious liberal arts colleges in Maine – Bates, Bowdoin and Colby Colleges – selected Ex Libris Alma and Primo to improve their library services, and provide a better user experience for students, faculty, and staff. The colleges will go live on their new system this summer. [Full Announcement].

University of Electro-Communications adopts Ex Libris Alma Library Services and Primo Discovery Service to enhance access to academic resources. Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, announced that Japan's University of Electro-Communications (UEC) has selected the Ex Libris Alma library services platform and Primo discovery solution to upgrade the university's library system. UEC is the first national university in Japan to adopt the Alma platform. [Full Announcement].

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek entscheidet sich zur Modernisierung ihrer Bibliotheksdienste für Alma von Ex Libris. Ex Libris, ein Unternehmen von ProQuest, gibt bekannt, dass Deutschlands größte Forschungs- und Universalbibliothek, die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB), die Umstellung auf die cloudbasierte Ex Libris Alma-Plattform für Bibliotheksdienste vollzieht, nachdem diese bisher fast 20 Jahre lang über ein zunehmend komplexes und begrenztes lokales System bereitgestellt wurden. [Full Announcement].

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library) chooses Ex Libris Alma platform to modernize library services. Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, announced that Germany's largest universal and research library, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library, or BSB), is making the transition to the cloud-based Ex Libris Alma library services platform after almost 20 years of providing library services through an increasingly complex and limited local system. [Full Announcement].

Japan's National Institute of Informatics paves the way for Japanese libraries of the future with Ex Libris Alma services. Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, announced that the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform has been selected by the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan, an interuniversity institute that promotes research in information-related areas. The decision was based on strategies defined in the 2019 Vision on Future Scholarly Information Systems, prepared by Japan's Future Scholarly Information Systems Committee under the auspices of the Council for Promoting Collaboration between University Libraries and the National Institute of Informatics. [Full Announcement].

More than Two Million Alma Analytics Reports Were Run in March 2021. Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, is excited to announce that users of the Ex Libris Alma library services platform have set a new record: more than two million Alma Analytics reports were run in March 2021. The number of reports that are run is expected to continue at this level or even increase in the coming months. [Full Announcement].