IGeLU 2022 Hybrid Conference and Developers' Day 12 -15th September, 2022

Physical session (+ live streaming with Zoom)

The term "library new normal", usually refers to new technologies, online content and services, new library environments, more digital human resources. These changes can't be achieved, without human cooperation: between libraries, with their patrons, vendors, communities. My case study is the Isreali College Consortium (ICC), which contains diverse types of libraries from all over the country, who founded a voluntary consortium in 2004 to purchase together a better LMS and continue to work together up to this day. This cooperation helped us overcome a challenge like moving to Aleph in a unique model: SAS (Software as a System), implementing Alma and Primo, and, of course, the pandemic. In my presentation, I show the problems we face, how we cooperate daily, as well as on those special projects. I suggest how we can continue to face new challenges and technologies, and to deepen our cooperation with our national user group (MELI) and the international users group (IGeLU).

Conference theme: Still here! – the library in a new normal

Consortia

None — General Audience