Late on Thursday June 20 the University Library
went live
with our new library management system Alma, from the leading
global supplier
of library management systems, ExLibris.
The Library has been working as an “early adopter” of Alma,
enabling us
to participate in development and testing.
Going live with Alma places us amongst the leaders in the
UK in moving
our systems to next-generation cloud-based solutions.
Director of Library Services & University
Librarian
Martin Lewis said: “This is an important moment in the continuing
development
and improvement of our library services.
Alma will underpin many of our operations and workflows,
bringing
greater efficiency and resilience, and providing a stable platform
for the
delivery of new services in the future. Getting to this point has
required a
huge team effort by many people in the University Library, and I’d
like to
thank them for their commitment and enthusiasm.”
Alma has replaced a number of previously
separate systems,
and offers an integrated approach to the management of print and
digital
collections, workflows to improve the efficiency of services and
improved
capabilities for usage and demand analysis.
Further information about services during the
transition
period is available from
http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libnews/starplus
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