Betsy Friesen, Director Data Management Access, University Libraries, University of Minnesota; Alma PWG Coordinator
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University of Minnesota & Alma IGeLU Alma Panel September 2014 University of Minnesota 4 campuses 69,221 students • 17 library locations • #1 North American research libraries ILL lender • Over 2 million annual user visits Implementation • Four campuses – Aleph/Primo – Four SFX instances – One Verde • Six ‘support’ groups – Leadership team -- Workflow 1 & 2 – Data remediation -- Interoperability --Data policy -- Training Library Statistics • 5.6 bibliographic records • 10 million items • 1.6 million electronic resource holdings (according to Alma P2E form – not deduplicated) Student Accounts Receivable External Institutional Systems Moodle University Libraries PeopleSoft Financial UCard Office Problem Areas • • • • • User interface Group settings and e-resources Export of large numbers of records Authority control Handling of withdrawn items Things We Love About Alma • • • • • Import profiles and scheduling Ease of batch changes Capacity gains for systems staff Distributed ownership Easier for students to learn