For this year’s AGM we are delighted to be welcoming the EPUG UK&I community back to the British Library Conference Centre for our first physical meeting in over 2 years.

This will be a long-awaited opportunity to not only engage with our speakers from both Ex Libris and the EPUG UK&I community but also a chance to network and have face-to-face discussions.

Whilst we recognise the benefits of attending in person we recognise that this may not be a feasible or preferred option for everyone, which is why this event will also be available remotely, via Zoom, broadcast live from the British Library Conference Centre.

Whether you’d like to attend in person or remotely, your membership fees contribute towards this FREE event, so please register your place today.

The event will take between 10:00 – 16:00 and topics to be covered include:

• EPUG UK&I Business
• Ex Libris Update
• Ex Libris Support Update
• RapidILL
• Networking Lunch (for physical attendees)
• Analytics Data Visualisations and Advanced Physical Holdings Search (Ex Libris Professional Services)
• Leganto Dashboard & Analytics
• Primo VE (possible topic – TBC)

These may be subject to change.

For those attending remotely you will need to have a Zoom account, which you will have if you have attended any other webinars in Zoom such as IGELU or EPUG UK&I AGM. Subtitles will be available.

Register now on Eventbrite

The registration form includes an option for submitting a question for the Ex Libris Q&A, alternatively you can email them to epuguki.secretary@gmail.com.

Registration closes:

• British Library Conference Centre attendance – Thursday 31st March at 17:00
• Remote attendance via Zoom – Friday 8th April at 17:00

Sessions will be recorded and made available on the EPUG UK&I website (with speakers’ permission).

We now have a date for your diaries for the EPUG UK&I AGM, taking place on Monday 11th April 2022 at the British Library Conference Centre, London and also as an online event via Zoom.

A provisional list of presentation topics includes:

• EPUG UK&I Business
• Updates from Ex Libris including Clarivate, Support and Data Excellence
• Rapid ILL
• Alma/Primo VE Normalisation
• Ex Libris Professional Services session – topic TBC
• Library management information dashboard
• British Library API

Please note some of these topics are subject to change, however, if you have any additional topics you would like to see covered or have something you would like to present yourself please do get in touch.

Save this date in your diary if you would like to attend. We will be sending out more information later this month including a link to register and a firmer list of topics/presentations. As EPUG UK&I members this event is free to attend, whether in person or virtually. When registration is available we will ask you to indicate whether you will be attending physically or virtually.

We appreciate this is the first physical event for some time (should you wish to attend in person) and therefore, as always, if you have any questions whatsoever please do get in touch.

For those who attended the online event on 12th October 2021 last week, thank you for your participation. We hope you found the sessions useful and we would be grateful if you would complete this short survey.

Recordings and presentations

Zoom recordings and presentation slides (where available) are included below or can be watched as a YouTube playlist. These may be added to later.

Welcome, EPUG UK&I Business and IGELU update

This session was presented by Alex Forrest (EPUG-UK&I Chair) and Ian Haydock (EPUG UK&I Treasurer).

Fulfilment on the Fly: Alma configuration changes for the pandemic

This session was presented by Thomas Kistell (Sheffield Hallam University).

Ex Libris Knowledge Day Session – Resource Sharing

This session was presented by Stephen Bowman (Ex Libris).

Links referenced in presentation:

• Alma Interoperability: RapidILL (YouTube)

Update from Ex Libris

This session also included answers to your pre-submitted questions and was presented by Tony Nercessian (Ex Libris), Alan Oliver (Ex Libris) and Martin Büscher (Ex Libris).

Links referenced in presentation:

• Upcoming Changes to the New Support Center (ProQuest Support Center)
• The New Support Center: Publishing Cases as Knowledge Articles (Ex Libris Knowledge Center)
• External user data: behavior of SIS synchronization and API (Ex Libris Developer Network)

Primo GoVE: Before and After

This session was presented by Tim Graves (University of Sussex).

Configuring Letters in Alma

This session was presented by Alan Dawson (Bangor University / WHELF).

Wrap up

This session was presented by Alex Forrest (EPUG-UK&I Chair).

For those who attended the online event on 4th May 2021 last week, thank you for your participation. We hope you found the sessions useful and we would be grateful if you would complete a short feedback survey.

Recordings and presentations

Zoom recordings and presentation slides (where available) are included below. These may be added to later.

Welcome & AGM business

This session was presented by Alex Forrest (EPUG-UK&I Chair) and Ian Haydock (EPUG UK&I Treasurer).

Ex Libris update

This session was presented by Ofer Mosseri (Ex Libris).

Community Zone update

This session was presented by Galen Jones (The Open University) and Jane Daniels (Cardiff Metropolitan University).

Ex Libris support update

This session was presented by Martin Büscher (Ex Libris).

Questions & Answers with Ex Libris

Questions were answered by Alan Oliver (Ex Libris) and Aine Rice (Ex Libris). Aine also provided a Rialto update.

EPUG UK&I community collaboration

This session was presented by Alex Forrest (EPUG UK&I Chair).

Switching to Primo VE

Tim Graves (University of Sussex) unfortunately was unable to attend the event to deliver his presentation as planned, however a recording of his session will hopefully be made available shortly.

Instead, Alex Forrest and Gordon Andrew shared their experiences Primo VE at The University of Edinburgh.

Resource Sharing & RapidILL updates

The first session was presented by Alan Dawson (Bangor University).

The second session was presented by Amin Hussain and Claire Hordern (The University of Manchester).

Primo accessibility

This session was presented by Tobe Amadi (The Open University).

Ex Libris Premium Services

This session was presented by Daniel Bortey (Ex Libris).

There’s still time to register for this event, taking place on Tuesday 4th May at 10:00 – 15:00 (online via Zoom).

Registration will close on Tuesday 27th April.

Joining instructions will be emailed to you once registration closes.

There is still time to submit questions for the Questions & Answers with Ex Libris session. To ensure you make the most out of this valuable opportunity please be sure to email over any questions (by Tuesday 27th April) to epuguki.secretary@gmail.com, or in the registration form for those who are yet to register.

Presentations from this year’s digitally hosted conference and Developers Day are available on the IGELU website.

The content will remain freely available up to and including 8 October 2020 when it will be embargoed for 1 year and will be accessible to IGeLU institutional members only.

We have a webinar each month to discuss Alma and any related topics, looking through the release notes, asking questions, and solving problems. The dates and times for the rest of 2020 are:

• Thursday 24 September, 11.00 am – 12.00 pm
• Tuesday 27 October, 11.00 am – 12.00 pm
• Thursday 26 November, 2.00 – 3.00 pm
• (no Webinar in December)

See our Alma webinars – rolling agenda and notes document to look over the topics discussed in the past and to contribute agenda items for future meetings. Join our Microsoft Teams meeting at the start of each session to take part. If you have any questions about the webinars or ideas about how they could be developed, please email the EPUG-UKI-ALMA list.