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Randolph College’s Lipscomb Library, with just 7 staff members, has gone live with the Alma and Primo unified library services platform. The system upgrade better facilitates access to information resources and addresses staff needs, replacing an aging system lacking functionality and development resources.

Ex Libris is pleased to announce that students can now add their student ID cards directly to Apple Wallet

The IGeLU 2024 conference brought together over 600 people from around the globe to share knowledge, celebrate achievements, and explore the future of library technology in the stunning city of Copenhagen.

Ex Libris™, part of Clarivate™, is excited to announce UC Davis as the first institution to go live with BIBFRAME (a linked open data cataloging ontology)

The unified Alma and Primo solutions are part of a digital transformation that aligns with the university’s aim of improving teaching, learning, and research experiences to enhance overall outcomes for faculty and students.

Fourteen libraries are now Early Access testers of the new AI Metadata Assistant for the Alma library management platform. As Early Access testers library staff are taking an active role in the initial phase of development for the AI-powered solution which is being designed to help library catalogers in their work and save them time.

Since June, more than 200 Ex Libris users have come together in Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, and Argentina to share ideas, see what’s new, and get to know and learn from each other.

Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, is excited to announce that Primo Research Assistant in now available for Primo institutions! This discovery tool enhanced with generative AI capabilities leverages a RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) architecture and the Ex Libris Central Discovery Index (CDI) to provide semantic search, source referencing, and more. The tool utilizes the Clarivate Academic AI platform, ensuring a secure environment for deploying Large Language Models (LLMs).

This annual IGeLU (International Group of Ex Libris Users) gathering brings together approximately 500 library professionals, and many members of the Clarivate executive team.

We've updated our extensive two-year product development plan for the unified Alma library management system for the rest of 2024 and throughout 2025

Alma users continue to benefit from a reliable development approach that delivers significant new management enhancements provided through quarterly releases. The August 2024 Feature Release many enhancements, including 8 Idea Exchange items.

The National Library of Spain (BNE) is now using the unified, cloud-based Alma resource management and Primo discovery platform to improve staff efficiency and enhance the user experience.

Wayne State University is taking advantage of Alma’s advanced electronic resource management (ERM) capabilities to manage its electronic resources.

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee (DEIA) of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced earlier this month that Judith Fraenkel, Senior Director of Product Management at Ex Libris, part of Clarivate, is becoming its new Committee Chair.

Bringing together Ohio’s public and academic libraries’ platforms to enhance and streamline customer-centric library resource sharing

Duke University Libraries Upgrades Core Library Systems by Going Live with Alma