“Why are you sending this to me?”: The changing role of consortia in shared technology implementations
Event part
Conference
Abstract
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) hosted a local instance of the VDX interlibrary loan management system on our own consortial infrastructure for 20 years, before migrating to a Network Zone implementation of Alma and using Alma Resource Sharing and an Automated Fulfillment Network for ILL. In both cases, the technical development rests with the vendor, but most support, configuration, and creation of documentation occur at the consortium. With Alma, OCUL has less control over the technology and no access to members' Institution Zones, so we rely on each institution to manage their own configurations.
This session discusses the transition from a consortially-hosted software solution to a vendor cloud-hosted software solution that is managed consortially. This transition had many, sometimes surprising, implications for consortial staffing, local technological development, and the relationship between consortium, vendors, and member libraries.
Track
Conference theme: Celebrating 20 years of community
Products or Areas of Focus
Consortia
Primo / Primo VE
General / Other
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/76ac9cf10bf575b8253f1b31a8b1f247.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Sabina Pagotto, Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries, Assessment & Member Engagement Librarian")
Sabina Pagotto, Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries, Assessment & Member Engagement Librarian
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![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cfcbb1a8958722d99f2ab903a359577c.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Alex Fletcher, Ontario Council of University Libraries, Omni Technology and Network Zone Specialist")