We’re starting to make plans for our Spring 2024 event – this will likely take place remotely (via Zoom) on Wednesday 24th April.
The idea is to try and theme this event around Analytics and processes/workflows across the Ex Libris products – if you’d be willing to present anything related to these themes, please do get in touch with epuguki.secretary@gmail.com. This could be related to any Ex Libris system (Alma, Primo, Leganto, Rapido/RapidILL, Rialto) – have you recently reviewed a particular workflow or process which you’d like to share? Has implementing a new system or feature helped streamline existing processes? How do you use Analytics to make data-driven decisions in your institution or for a particular workflow? Are you doing anything interesting with report which the community could learn from e.g. SCONUL benchmarking, data visualisation? Or if you have any other suggestions, please get in touch!
On behalf of the EPUG-UKI committee I’d like to thank you for attending the October conference – it was great to see so many people attending both in person and online.
If you missed any of the sessions, or want to watch them again or share with colleagues, a playlist is now available on the EPUG-UKI YouTube channel – please subscribe if you haven’t already. The session recordings are also available below
When you have a moment, we would really appreciate it if you could complete the conference feedback survey. Your comments and feedback help us to plan future events and include topics that are most useful and relevant, and if you are interested in delivering a session at a future event we would love to hear from you!
With best wishes
Lee
Lee Houghton
Chair – EPUG-UKI
10:00-10:15 EPUG-UK&I Business & Treasurer Report
Alex Forrest – EPUG UK&I Chair
Ian Haydock – EPUG UK&I Treasurer
10:15-10:45 Ex Libris (Part of Clarivate) Update & New Developments
Alan Oliver – Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
10:45-11:00 Support Update
Martin Büscher – Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
11:00-11:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A
Alan Oliver – Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
Martin Büscher – Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
Alex Forrest – EPUG UK&I Chair
Stephen Harding – EPUG UK&I Secretary
Ian Haydock – EPUG UK&I Treasurer
Amanda Swann – EPUG UK&I Committee
11:45-12:15 Themed Day Feedback – Kiosks and E-Resource Access Management for different user groups
Tom Kistell – Sheffield Hallam University
Laurence Lockton – University of Bath
12:15-12:30 EPUG-UK&I Committee Candidates and Voting
EPUG-UK&I Committee
13:30-14:00 EPUG-UK&I Confirmation of new Committee Members
EPUG-UK&I Committee
14:00-14:45 Rialto, OpenRefine and Leganto: developing a bulk purchasing workflow
Isabel Benton – University of Leeds
Elly Cope – University of Leeds (Elly was unable to attend the conference)
15:00-16:00 Primo facets and normalisation rules
Primo faceting using Open Access licenses in MARC records – Alison Hazelaar and Trevor Hough (University of Leeds)
Local facet for De-Colonisation work in Primo VE – Jill Hazard (Sheffield Hallam University)
We’re looking forward to welcoming the community to our annual conference on Monday 16th October 2023.
If you haven’t already, please register your attendance on Eventbrite, where you can select whether you’d like to attend in person at the British Library in London, or online via Zoom webinar.
The closing date to register for in person attendance at the British Library has been extended to Monday 9th October at 17:00.
Registration for attendance via Zoom remains open until Friday 13th October at 17:00.
We’d love to see you as many of you as possible in person at the British Library, as an opportunity to network with both colleagues at other UK&I institutions and from Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate.
If you have already registered as a Zoom participant, but would instead like to attend at the British Library, please email epuguki.secretary@gmail.com, and vice versa.
One of the sessions will be a panel discussion between EPUG-UK&I reps and colleagues from Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate, where we’ll discuss some of the key issues raised during last month’s IGeLU conference and the INUG report put together in advance of this. The report and notes from the EPUG-UK&I session at IGeLU are included below:
If you have any questions for Ex Libris colleagues, please include these in your registration or email them to epuguki.secretary@gmail.com by Friday 13th October. For those of you attending via Zoom, the joining link and instructions will be emailed to you the weekend before the conference (14th-15th October). You’ll just need to ensure you have Zoom installed and a Zoom account set up in order to join on the Monday.
Hope you’re having a great ‘summer’ and have had some break.
We have a few news items for EPUG-UKI. In chronological order…
The next EPUG-UKI Sharing of Experience callis next Thursday17th August If you have anything to raise please add to the agenda. We’d like to cover some EPUG-UKI business at the start if that’s ok.
Sheffield Hallam In Person Themed Day – 7th September – Kiosks and E-Resource access for different types of library visitors.
Kiosks (how we manage walk in access for our users, particularly visitors, special collections etc) – how are people managing this? What kiosks do you manage? What kiosks do you need?
E-Resources –How do you manage a white list for particular sets of users. How do you manage discovery and access?
We will have an opening talk from one site both morning and afternoon. We will leave a good part of the day open for discussion. The main aim of the day is for us to discuss our needs (common or not) and whether we can help share solutions. If you haven’t signed up (30 attendees max)– here’s the link – please sign up on Eventbrite.
IGeLU 2023 – Leuven 11th-14th September– still time to sign up for physical or virtual attendance. Registration closes end of 28th August for physical registration and 6th September for. More details here
EPUG-UKI Committee – a reminder that all three postholders (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer and Memberships) have reached the end of term. We are inviting nominations. We already have two names. If you are interested and would like to talk to us, please do. We would ask that we have all interested names by the end of August.
EPUG-UKI Autumn Hybrid conference in British Library London – Monday 16th October – we’re actively seeking people to do sessions. Please get in touch if you’d be happy to share experience about any of your work with ExLibris products or integrations.
And last – but definitely not the least – we will be losing Abbie from the committee. Abbie is moving jobs so won’t be able to continue. We send all the best of wishes and a massive thank you to her from the User Group for all the help she has been over the past year and a half. We know we’ll see her again as the library world is a small and lovely thing.
Alex Forrest – EPUG UK&I Chair Ian Haydock – EPUG UK&I Treasurer
10:30 – 10:45 Welcome and High-Level Update
Alan Oliver – Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
10:45 – 11:15 Support Update
Martin Büscher – Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
11:15 – 11:45 Leganto Product Update
Dolav Ben-Artzi –Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
This session will include an update on the product roadmap, the new UX and the DCS multi-course integration.
11:45 – 12:00 Your Questions and Answers
Answered by Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
13:00 – 13:50 Do you know about (i) DARA, (ii) Cloud Apps, (iii) Collection Discovery?
Alan Oliver – Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate Alex Forrest – EPUG-UKI Chair
This session will be presented by Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate and by EPUG-UKI featuring feedback from the user group on which Cloud Apps have been most useful to the UKI community.
13:50 – 14:10 Using Robotics for User Purging in Alma at The University of Manchester
Amanda Swann – The University of Law
14:20 – 14:50 Automating RapidILL
Abbie Ball – University of Plymouth Tom Wicks – University of Plymouth
14:50 – 15:10 Choose Your Own Alma Adventure – figuring out e-collection workflows at NTU
Lee Houghton – Nottingham Trent University
Having been live with Alma for just over a year, in this session Nottingham Trent University will share how they currently manage their e-collections, how they utilise the Community Zone and how some of Alma’s advanced tools have helped along the way.
15:10 – 15:30 Library Mobile at The University of Salford: improving the student experience
Angela Walker – University of Salford
In 2021, the University of Salford implemented Library Mobile, this presentation looks at how the app has improved the user experience.
Just a reminder if you are still to Register for IGeLU 2022 we would love to see you there in person or on screen.
There will be a dedicated EPUG-UKI session for us to meet together.
A reminder – every institution who is an EPUG-UKI member will qualify for £100 discount for ONE ticket (physical or virtual) – so make sure you don’t miss out on the opportunity. Registration is available here https://igelu.org/ – to apply for the discount code please mail epuguki.secretary@gmail.com.
As agreed at our AGM we’ve re-named the Alma monthly call to reflect the fact that we talk about all things Ex Libris and not just Alma. You can find details here https://epuguki.org/about/monthly-calls/
Next call is next Thursday – 18th August – at 11:00
EPUG-UKI Committee membership
We’re looking for a new member
If you’re interested get in touch. Please don’t feel you have to be a Systems/Tech person or know everything about all ExLibris products. We are keen to reflect products and processes as widely as possible.
EPUG-UKI website
We’ve made a few changes to layout and content – let us know if you like it, or don’t like it
Registration for IGeLU 2022 is now open please see below. It is a hybrid conference.
For this year we are joining EPUG-UKI autumn conference to IGeLU 2022 as it’s happening at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.
EPUG-UKI have agreed to offer a £100 discount to ONE person from each member institution. To be able to claim this you need a code to enter during registration. You will also need to be a member of IGeLU or join IGeLU (free the first year).
We’re working out details of this and will have them out to you soon. Until then if you DO want to register and take advantage of the discount please email the EPUG-UKI Secretary – epug.secretary@gmail.com.
If you are still debating attending the event and wondering whether to also present. You can still suggest your topic. It would be great to see more sessions being given by EPUG-UKI members.
Not long to go until this year’s AGM on Monday 11th April 2022.
If you haven’t already, please register your attendance on Eventbrite where you can select whether you’d like to attend in person at the British Library in London or online via Zoom webinar. The programme is available below.
The closing date for British Library attendance is this Thursday, 31st March at 17:00. Registrations for Zoom attendance is open until next Friday, 8th April at 17:00.
This event presents an excellent opportunity to network in a face-to-face environment with other UK&I institutions and Ex Libris. Where possible we’d like to encourage members of the EPUG UK&I community to consider attending in person if you feel safe doing so and are able to. If you have already registered as a Zoom participant but would instead like to attend the British Library please email epuguki.secretary@gmail.com, and vice versa.
If you have any questions for Ex Libris please include these in your registration or email them to epuguki.secretary@gmail.com by Thursday 31st March.
For those attending via Zoom, the joining link and instructions will be emailed to you towards the end of next week.
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.
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.
EPUG-UKI 