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Ex Libris Alma Overview

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Discovery& Access

Purchasing

BuildingCollections

Personalized Experience

Demand & Usage-Driven

Research Involvement

Joint Collection Building

Providing Additional Value

Resource Sharing

Discovery& Access

Present Services Next Gen ServicesConstituents

Users

Suppliers

Parent Institution

Partners

Scholarly Community

Road to Next Generation Library Services

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Learning Teaching Researching Publishing Preserving

PhysicalResearch

DataShared

CollectionsFree

OnlineDigital

LicensedElectronic

The Ex Libris Strategic Framework

Data Services

Value-added data

provided as a cloud service

URD2 – Decoupled front-end

Single end-user entry point for all discovery and delivery

URM – Decoupled resource management

Management of all materials

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Ex Libris Alma facilitates unified management of all resource types, drives collaboration across institutions and accelerates the

delivery of new value-added services

Introducing Ex Libris Alma

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CONSOLIDATE OPTIMIZE

through collaboration

EXTEND

therange of services

The Strategy – Unified Resource Management

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CONSOLIDATE OPTIMIZE

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EXTEND

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The Strategy – Unified Resource Management

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User-driven collection development Cross-resource type selection Combined acquisition and activation Digitization on demand

Usage-driven evaluation & renewal Overlap analysis – D, E, & P Unified fulfillment – D, E, & P Legal deposit of digital materials

SelectionPhysical

MgmtElectronic

MgmtMetadata

MgmtLink

ResolutionFulfillment

Digital Asset Mgmt

Consolidated Workflows - Examples

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CONSOLIDATE OPTIMIZE

through collaboration

EXTEND

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The Strategy – Unified Resource Management

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• Access from anywhere• On-demand fulfillment

• Network-level architecture• Cloud based service • Open interfaces & open data

• Library process management• Shared data and collection

• Shared resources • Enriched content• Intelligence & analytics

OptimizedServices & Workflows

OptimizedLibrary Resources & Data

OptimizedInfrastructure

OptimizedUser Experience

Optimization Library optimization: Networked library system

Automation Library automation: Integrated library system

Unlocking the Value of the Library

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Optimized Infrastructure - Network Rewrites the Library

Business Core

• Lower TCO

• No initial investment

• Subscription cost model

• Accelerates time to value

• Frees technical staff to createnew services

Technical Core

• Multi tenancy

• Improved security

• Improved sharing

• Automatic upgrades

• Highly Elasticperformance

• Minimal localeffort (browser)

Primary deployment of Alma is via Cloud based service

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Collaborative Metadata Management

A hybrid model to balanceglobal sharing with local needs

Library Zone for private bibliographic & authority records

Library Zone

Inventories to reflect holdings and institutional structure

Inventory

Community Zone for global, shared bibliographic & authority records

Community Zone

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Actionable Analytics and Intelligence

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frameworks

CONSOLIDATE OPTIMIZE

through collaboration

EXTEND

therange of services

The Strategy – Unified Resource Management

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User-DrivenCollection

Publishing

Integration withUser Spaces

DigitalPreservation

ResearchSupport

Extend the Range of Services

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Metadata Providers

Material Vendors

Resource Usage

Suppliers

University Press

Research Management

Open AccessRepositories

ScholarlyCommunity

Union Catalogs

Resource Sharing

Partners

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

User Spaces

Users

Finance & ERP

Student Information System (SIS)

Identity Management

Parent Institution

Integrate Into Your Environment

Library

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Ex Libris Alma in 7 Bullet Points…

• Cloud service

• Collaborations (libraries, users)

• Analytics-driven

• Open, Service Oriented,Extensible

• Enables libraries to offer new services

• Unified management of all resource types

• Consolidated workflows & data

CONSOLIDATE OPTIMIZE EXTEND

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Development Partner Releases

Alma Development Timetable - on Track!

Planned General Release

PR 1

June2010Conceptual

Design

Jan ’08 June ’10

Early 2012

PR 2

Nov2010

PR 3

Mar2011

PR 4

July2011

PR 5

Nov2011

today

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Development Driven by Collaborative Partnerships

Development Partners(4 institutions, NA and EU)

Worldwide focus groups(60+ institutions)

Australia/New ZealandCollaborative Partners(7 ANZ)

Europe Early Adopters Program(~10 EU)

North AmericaEarly Adopters Program(~10 NA)

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Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

Release Release ReleaseRelease

Alma - Agile Release Cycle

• No server or client upgrades

• No data migration

• Always on the latest release

• 3 times a year (spring, summer, winter)

• New features

• User requests & needs addressed in weeks / months (not years)

• Bug fixes, minor enhancements

• Automatic for every customer

• No impact on daily activity

Frequent, small updates Periodical Releases Lower TCO

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Open Data Policy

Customer ownership and open reuse

Rich Workflows

Modeled after best practices

Analytics-Driven

Data-driven decision making

Multi-Format Support

Task-Oriented

User centricity and improved productivity

Open Platform

Extending the libraries services

Consortia-Optimized

Extending collaboration and sharing

Unified by Design

Single solution (not collection of services)

Multi-format metadata & inventory management

Discovery Neutrality

Freedom and open standards

How is Alma better than other solutions?

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>30%

Why Should You Move to Alma?

DIV

Demonstrated Institutional Value

ROI

Return OnInvestment

TCO

Total Cost of Ownership

Efficiency Effectiveness Value

• Improved user experience

• Optimized collection usage

• Increased staff productivity

• Maximized collaboration

• Improved engagement with teaching and learning processes

• Increased faculty research productivity

• Enhanced emphasis on strategic initiatives

• Delivery of new value-added services

• No HW/SW investment • No maintenance for

HW/SW, databases, updates, upgrades

• No IT resources needed

• Reduced administration

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Thank You!

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