When ERM Met Alma: The Intricacies of Content Management in a Shared Consortia Landscape

ABSTRACT

In 2013, after nearly two decades of operating in a distributed legacy Integrated Library System (ILS) environment on local servers, the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a consortium of public and private academic libraries in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, began a two-year-long process to migrate its 37 members to a shared implementation of Ex Libris's cloud-based Alma library management system (LMS) and Primo discovery interface. Although much has been written on electronic resource management (ERM) functionality at an institution level, little has been written on serials and ERM functionality and workflows within a shared consortial environment. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities of implementing a consortial-based LMS, with particular emphasis on serials and ERM functionality. Key migration issues related to serials control, acquisitions, licensing, administration, cataloging, statistics, and interoperability are examined at the institutional and large-scale networked levels. Benefits and limitations of using a shared consortial cloud-based LMS are explored, and the overall capabilities of the Alma LMS for electronic resource management are reviewed.     

信息时代图书馆服务机制的创新

信息时代给图书馆带来了机遇和挑战。本文借用创新理论,从服务观念、服务手段、服务内容、服务模式和服务职能等方面阐述了在信息时代转变图书馆服务机制应采取的措施。     

Implementation of a Federated Search System: Resource Accessibility Issues

Abstract

During 2009, the Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, went live with MetaLib, a federated search engine from Ex Libris. This paper presents the implementation process, addresses resource accessibility issues, and suggests a number of resources that can be consulted about these issues. Readers can apply similar strategies to projects involving federated search systems, as many implementation projects involve the same basic considerations presented here. The author did not find any studies specifically focused on configurations of MetaLib resources, so this content should be singularly useful.     

基于智能Agent技术的个性化数字图书馆系统模型

根据智能Agent的特性将其应用于智能信息检索,并应用于图书管理系统。针对个性化数字图书馆的具体需求,对原图书馆系统进行了功能扩充。     

高校图书馆馆员借阅管理探讨

高校图书馆馆员的借阅中，各学校都出现一些不尽人意的现象，加强馆员借阅的管理，已成为高校图书馆管理中首要解决的问题之一，现从不同角度来分析馆员的借阅问题，就加强馆员借阅管理加以探讨，文章提出一些馆员借阅管理上的措施。     

合并高校电子阅览室开放式管理系统的开发与应用

文章简要介绍了合并高校图书馆电子阅览室管理系统的设计原理、流程及方法,实现了对多校区电子阅览室集中管理,不仅方便读者上机,计费准确,同时减轻了管理人员劳动强度,提高管理层次.     

论民族院校图书馆员的人文素养

民族院校图书馆由于其民族性、历史性和地域性,有着与一般图书馆不同的独有的特性。民族院校图书馆馆员的综合素质亟待提高,而中国传统文化中儒家思想的精华应该成为民族地区图书馆馆员自我修身的法宝。     

数字时代大学图书馆的校园阅读文化建设探索

高校图书馆具有丰富的馆藏资源,具有环境课堂和第二课堂育人优势,因此图书馆要充分发挥自身的优势,积极参与校园阅读文化建设,建设与时俱进的大学图书馆校园阅读文化,通过书目推送、举办各种文化沙龙等方式积极引导当代大学生阅读,重塑其阅读品位。     

浅论图书馆的书评工作

本文通过分析书评在图书馆工作中的作用，提出图书馆应该加强书评工作及书评活动的一些组织方法     

努力提高普通高校图书馆社会化信息服务能力

本文以教育部印发的《普通高等学校图书馆规程 (修订 )》为准绳 ,结合高校图书馆社会化信息服务的实际 ,建议从加强特色数据库建设、建立良好的机制和积极开拓市场等方面开展工作 ,以提高图书馆社会化信息服务的能力。