IGeLU 2024

Conference

Helsinki University Library, Finland's largest multidisciplinary university library, migrated to Ex Libris Alma in 2019 and uses Alma with Primo VE. It was the first Alma library in Finland to fully integrate Alma’s resource-sharing functionality.

The National Repository Library (NRL), a central Finnish library, holds extensive collections and acts as a hub for inter-library lending using KOHA and Finna. Helsinki University Library heavily utilizes NRL services; from 2019 to 2022, it sent about 1,500 journal titles and annually over 200 shelf-meters of materials to NRL. NRL fulfills 50% of Helsinki University Library’s inter-library loan requests. The service is free to the university's students and staff.

Challenges in integration between Alma/Primo and KOHA and Finna persist due to the absence of a common inter-library lending protocol. The poster presents solutions to make NRL materials accessible in Helsinki University Library’s discovery service and discusses ongoing challenges.

Conference theme: Beyond Limits and Differences: Data, Hidden Treasures and Mermaids...

Alma
Interoperability
National / State / Corporate
Primo / Primo VE

Physical session only (no live streaming)