Migration as a Catalyst for Organizational Change in Technical Services

Rinna, Geraldine; Swierenga, Marianne

doi:10.1080/07317131.2020.1810439

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“…The LSP administration was shared by four certified Alma administrators and one discovery administrator residing in the Resource Management department. 23 Although researchers and library practitioners have studied ILS selection and implementation processes and the impact of migration on library operation and staffing, only the studies on the RFP and usability testing have focused on decision-making on the ILS selection. Today, library administrators and leaders face technological change more often while making a transformation to a digital business model.…”

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confidence: 99%

Decision-Making in the Selection, Procurement, and Implementation of Alma/Primo

Guo

2023

ITAL

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This case study examines the decision-making process of library leaders and administrators in the selection, procurement, and implementation of Ex Libris Alma/Primo as their library services platform (LSP). The authors conducted a survey of libraries and library consortia in Canada and the United States who have implemented or plan to implement Alma. The results show that most libraries use both request for information (RFI) and request for proposal (RFP) in their system selection process, but the vendor-offered training is insufficient for effective operation. One-third of the libraries surveyed are considering switching to open-source options for their next automation system. These insights can benefit libraries and library consortia in improving their technological readiness and decision-making processes.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Decision-Making in the Selection, Procurement, and Implementation of Alma/Primo

Guo

2023

ITAL

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“…These systems were designed primarily around print materials and were not reconfigurable for accommodating rapidly growing collections of electronic resources and digital collections. 2 As libraries started to invest heavily in the proliferating electronic and digital content, managing and discovering it using a traditional ILS became increasingly challenging. For example, they were unable to handle subscriptions and licensing information for electronic resources, especially at large scales.…”

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Cracking the Code on Acquisitions: Transitions From Voyager to Alma

Midgley,

Mundle

2023

LRTS

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For decades the University of Illinois at Chicago Library relied on the Voyager integrated library system for acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, and other applications. By 2020, a wide range of stakeholders throughout the Library system had established their processes around its functionality. In the summer of 2020 the Library, along with ninety other members of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, went live in the final phase of a consortial migration to the Alma Library Services Platform. The absence of a “reporting funds” level in the ledger hierarchy in Alma threatened a fundamental premise of our long-established acquisitions processes through which Acquisitions staff translated transactions between a librarian-facing ledger and totally different University financial categories. A creative solution using Alma’s “Reporting Codes” feature was discovered after interviews with stakeholders, which prevented significant confusion throughout the Library and preserved all our processes. This case study describes the history of our acquisitions practices, the fundamental problem raised by the ledger structure in Alma as compared to Voyager, and the solution designed utilizing Alma’s “Reporting Codes” feature.

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Bolin

2023

Refocusing Academic Libraries Through Learning and Discourse

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Migration as a Catalyst for Organizational Change in Technical Services

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Decision-Making in the Selection, Procurement, and Implementation of Alma/Primo

Decision-Making in the Selection, Procurement, and Implementation of Alma/Primo

Cracking the Code on Acquisitions: Transitions From Voyager to Alma

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