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2018 Annual Meeting

May 1–4, 2018

Davenport Grand, Spokane, WA

Tuesday Registration

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 1:00 PM–6:00 PM PDT
Prefunction 2

Presenters

Reception

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 6:00 PM–10:00 PM PDT
Gonzaga
Product or Program Track

Social Event

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Breakfast

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 7:00 AM–9:00 AM PDT
Grand Balllrooms ABC
Product or Program Track

Other

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

ELUNA First Timers Breakfast

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 7:30 AM–8:30 AM PDT
Grand Ballroom C
Product or Program Track

Social Event

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Sacha Jerabek, Université du Québec à Montréal
Habib Tabatabai, University of Central Oklahoma

Wednesday Registration

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 7:30 AM–5:00 PM PDT
Prefunction 2

Presenters

Moderator / Speaker Orientation

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 8:15 AM–8:45 AM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Other

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Shay Beezley, University of Central Oklahoma
Debbie Clark, University of Southern Indiana
Rose Scruggs, University of Southern Indiana

ELUNA Welcome & Opening Keynote: The Academic Library Tech Industry Transformed

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 9:00 AM–10:00 AM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Plenary

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Michael North, Northwestern University
Marshall Breeding, Library Technology Guides

Americas & Global Company Update

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Plenary

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Bar Veinstein, Ex Libris
Eric Hines, Ex Libris

Break

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 10:40 AM–11:00 AM PDT
Prefunction 2

Presenters

Library Management & Discovery

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:55 AM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Plenary

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Dvir Hoffman, Ex Libris
Shlomi Kringel, Ex Libris

Ex Libris Strategy Update

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:20 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Plenary

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Oren Beit-Arie, Ex Libris

Lunch

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 12:20 PM–1:30 PM PDT
Grand Balllrooms ABC

Presenters

Program Committee Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 12:20 PM–1:30 PM PDT
Grand Balllrooms ABC
Product or Program Track

Leadership Meeting

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Shay Beezley, University of Central Oklahoma

Aleph Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track

Aleph

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Carmit Marcus, Ex Libris

Alma Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Asaf Kline, Ex Libris

Discovery Panel (Part 1)

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track
360 Link
Content (formerly Knowledge Base)
Primo
Summon
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Judy Drescher, Molloy College
Christian Haenger, University of Mannheim
Allen Jones, The New School
Randy Oldham, University of Guelph
James Hammons, Ball State University
Fen Lu, University of Texas at Arlington

ELUNA 101

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

General / Strategic--Not Product Specific

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Sacha Jerabek, Université du Québec à Montréal
Habib Tabatabai, University of Central Oklahoma

Integrating the Local into the OCUL: Preparing for a New LSP Within a New Academic Library Consortium in Ontario

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

General / Strategic--Not Product Specific

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Sandra Morden, Queen's University

Leganto Enhancement Requests: Getting the Most Out of Idea Exchange and NERS

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Leganto/SIPX
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Carl Grant, University of Oklahoma
Sue Harmer, University of New South Wales
Gal Darom, Ex Libris

New Books Showcase via Primo

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Wei Xuan, University of Manitoba

Primo New UI Migration: Lessons Learned and How to Let the Healing Begin…

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Anne M. Pepitone , University of Washington
Dan Moore, Oregon State University

Streamline Training of Student Library Assistants Using a Course Management System and Flipped Classroom Method

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Alma
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Emma R. Altman, University of Idaho
Carolyn Will Todd, University of Idaho

Using EBSCOhost's Direct URL to Improve Access and Discoverabililty in Primo

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Miiya Holmes, St. Edward's University

Voyager Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track

Voyager

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Mike Dicus, Ex Libris

Aleph Working Group Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Kevin J. Collins, City University of New York

Alma Working Group Meeting: Ex Libris Alma Q&A

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Dvir Hoffman, Ex Libris
Asaf Kline, Ex Libris
Betsy Friesen, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Authentication via OpenAthens: Implementing a Single Sign-on Solution for Primo, Alma, and EZproxy

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level
Intermediate
Advanced

Presenters

Travis Clamon, East Tennessee State University

Difficult Transitions: Migrating from OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS) to Alma at UNC Charlotte

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Joseph Nicholson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Shoko Tokoro, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Discovery Panel (Part 2)

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track
360 Link
Content (formerly Knowledge Base)
Primo
Summon
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Judy Drescher, Molloy College
Christian Haenger, University of Mannheim
Allen Jones, The New School
Randy Oldham, University of Guelph
James Hammons, Ball State University
Fen Lu, University of Texas at Arlington

Getting Away with It - Rapidly Deploying the New UI in 90 Days (or Less)

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Ashley Brewer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Tim Siegel, Virginia Commonwealth University

How to Write Alma Normalization Rules

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Steve McDonald, Tufts University

Leganto Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

Leganto/SIPX

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Gal Darom, Ex Libris

Primo Product Demonstration

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Marliese Thomas, Ex Libris

Ready, Set, Go: Preparing for a Successful ERM Migration

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Christine Holmes, San Jose State University
Stacy Magedanz, California State University, San Bernardino
Jessica Hartwigsen, California State University

Reboot Your Practices and Policies by Using More of Alma

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Hong Ma, Loyola University Chicago
Chris Martin, Loyola University Chicago

Voyager Working Group Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Cindy Greenspun, Yale University

Session Materials

Where Digital Meets Physical: Helping Users Locate Resources with StackMap

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Aleph
Primo
Summon
Voyager
Gold Sponsor
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Alexa J. Roy, StackMap
Sarah Johnston, St. Olaf College
Jean Vik, University of Texas at Dallas
Debbie Clark, University of Southern Indiana

campusM Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

campusM

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Ido Peled, Ex Libris

Break

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:15 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Prefunction 2

Presenters

"Where Does THAT Come From?": How Primo Uses and Displays Data from Alma

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track
Alma
Content (formerly Knowledge Base)
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Rose Krause, Eastern Washington University
Andrea Langhurst Eickholt, Eastern Washington University
Merri Hartse, Eastern Washington University

Alma Working Group Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Betsy Friesen, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Cloud-based vs. ERP: Two Tales of Workday Integration with Voyager and Aleph

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track
Aleph
Voyager
Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Cindy Greenspun, Yale University
Allen Jones, The New School

Creating Dashboards in Alma Analytics

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Melinda Martin, Community Colleges of Spokane
Dana Mannino, Community Colleges of Spokane

Different Paths for Resource Discovery: Create a New Map to Library Treasures

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Nili Natan, Ex Libris

Esploro Research Platform Product Introduction

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Esploro

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Nadav Doron, Ex Libris

Evaluations and Trials in Alma

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Yoel Kortick, Ex Libris

From Cart to Reader: Shelf Ready Workflows with Gobi and Alma

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Laura Krier, Sonoma State University

Group Fun: Moving to Alma+Discovery in the Cohort Model

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Dan Taylor, Ithaca College

Introduction to RefWorks

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

RefWorks

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Todd Vaccaro, ProQuest

Leganto Working Group Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Carl Grant, University of Oklahoma
Sue Harmer, University of New South Wales

Out with the Old, in with the New... Books: Implementing the New Books Location and a New Items List

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Lisa Wheeler, University of Minnesota Duluth
Danielle Ostendorf, University of Minnesota Duluth

Rosetta Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

Rosetta

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Daniel Greenberg, Ex Libris

Socially and Environmentally Responsible Ideas for Handling Your Discards and Donations

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Gold Sponsor
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

David Ebrite, Better World Books

Summon Over Alma: Getting Everyone to Play Nicely

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–4:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track
Alma
Summon
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jackie Wrosch, Eastern Michigan University

Ex Libris and ELUNA Steering Committee Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 7
Product or Program Track

Leadership Meeting

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Alma Analytics and the IPEDS

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Dana Mannino, Community Colleges of Spokane

BrowZIne API 2018 Suite Expansion: Improving Research Workflow in Primo, Summon, Bento and More

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track
Primo
Summon
Gold Sponsor
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Kendall Bartsch, Third Iron

Cohort Migration to Alma AMA (Ask Me Anything)

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Summon
Voyager
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Dan Taylor, Ithaca College
Matt Gallagher, University of the Sciences
Mary Rausch, WTAMU
Steve Musset, University of Evansville
Shmuel Moss, Ex Libris

Collaborating in the Network Zone: Managing Consortia Ebooks

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track
Alma
Content (formerly Knowledge Base)
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Andrea Langhurst Eickholt, Eastern Washington University
Abigail Bibee, Reed College

Common Aleph Problems/Solutions

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track

Aleph

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jerry Specht, Ex Libris

Content Working Group Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Kathy Varjabedian, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alisha Quagliana, University of Texas at Austin
François Renaville, University of Liege
Stacy Magedanz, California State University, San Bernardino

Developer Meets Developer (Invitation Only)

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level
Intermediate
Advanced
Expert

Presenters

Allen Jones, The New School
Nili Natan, Ex Libris
Guy Ben-Porat, Ex Libris

Esploro Research Platform Product Demonstration

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Esploro

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Adi Alter, Ex Libris

Ex Libris Security and Privacy in the Cloud: a Peek Under the Hood

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track

General / Strategic--Not Product Specific

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Tomer Shemesh, Ex Libris

Lifehacking Excel: ASAP Utilities and Fuzzy Lookup

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

General / Strategic--Not Product Specific

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Wendolyn Vermeer, California State University Dominguez Hills

Moving Your Digital Collections to Alma

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Amy Pemble, Ex Libris
Daniel Greenberg, Ex Libris

Preparing for Your Alma Implementation: Introducing Ex Libris Customer Onboarding

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Tony Gibbons, Ex Libris
Jennifer Pierce, Ex Libris

Primo VE: See the Benefits of Streamlining Primo and Alma

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level
Intermediate
Advanced

Presenters

Yuval Kiselstein, Ex Libris

Resource Discovery in the Academic Ecosystem

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track
Primo
Summon
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Christine Stohn, Ex Libris

Rosetta Working Group Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Teresa Soleau, Getty Research Institute

Leadership Cocktail (Invitation Only)

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 6:30 PM–9:00 PM PDT
Steam Plant
Product or Program Track

Other

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Breakfast

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 7:00 AM–9:00 AM PDT
Grand Balllrooms ABC

Presenters

Alma UX Focus Group Meeting (Invitation Only)

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 7:30 AM–8:30 AM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Leadership Meeting

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Betsy Friesen, University of Minnesota

ELUNA 2018-2019 Handoff (Invitation Only)

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 8:00 AM–9:00 AM PDT
Meeting Room 7
Product or Program Track

Leadership Meeting

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Primo VE Implementation Informal Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 8:00 AM–9:00 AM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Joscelyn Leventhal

Thursday Registration

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 8:00 AM–5:00 PM PDT
Office 2

Presenters

A Well-Aimed Spear is Worth Three: Targeted Messages Using Alma Letters and Notifications

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Lori Hilterbrand, Oregon State University

Communication and Collaboration in the Orbis Cascade Alliance

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

General / Strategic--Not Product Specific

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Molly Gunderson, Portland State University
Cassie Schmitt, Orbis Cascade Alliance
Anne M. Pepitone, University of Washington
Holli Kubly, University of Oregon

Session Materials

Ex Videus: From Media Scheduling to Alma Bookings, a Comedy of Errors

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track
Alma
Voyager
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Chris Martin, Loyola University Chicago
James Conley, Loyola University Chicago

How to be an Alma Ninja: Work Orders

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Sarah Koller, University of California, Davis
Derek Sisneros, University of California, Davis

Library Decisions with Alma Analytics

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Elizabeth Jones, University of Central Oklahoma

Managing Aleph with No System Staff

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track

Aleph

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Jacque Dessino, Tidewater Community College (VCCS)

On TRAC to Success: Creating a Multi-Institution, Statewide Fulfillment Network

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo/MetaLib
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Todd Vandenbark, Wartburg College
Brian Thompson, University of Iowa
Dawn Mick, Iowa State University
Greg Davis, Iowa State University
Andrew Welch, Drake University

Session Materials

Pipe Dreams: Harvesting Local Collections into Primo Using OAI-PMH

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Geri Rinna, Western Michigan University
Marianne Swierenga, Western Michigan University
Emily Gross, Western Michigan University

Preparing Aleph for Migration to Alma (or Other ILS) (Part 1: Bib, Item, and Acq Data)

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

Aleph

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jerry Specht, Ex Libris

Primo Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Yuval Kiselstein, Ex Libris

Setting Up and Maintaining Alma Users – It’s Complicated

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Tari Keller, University of Kentucky

Summon Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Summon

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Brent Cook, Ex Libris

Technical Services Toolbox for Alma: a Windows Application for Technical Services Staff

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Les Moor, University of Manitoba

What's One More Straw? Surviving a Year of Large Data Management Projects

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track
General/ Strategic--Not Product Specific
Alma
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Kimberley Edwards, George Mason University

Withdrawn, But Not Forgotten: Withdrawals in Alma

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Janice Christopher, University of Connecticut

Alma Product Demonstration

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jamie Kutzuba, Ex Libris

Alma in the Special Collections Environment

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Mary Galvin, University of Oregon
Austin James Munsell, University of Oregon

Analytics Dashboards

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Marliese Thomas, Ex Libris

Extending Your Library with the Alma Open Platform

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Josh Weisman, Ex Libris

Getting Your Money's Worth: Exporting Invoices from Alma to PeopleSoft

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Carole Correa-Morris, San Jose State University
Micah Jeffries, San Jose State University

How to Conduct a Usability Study

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Stuart Gaetjens, Tennessee Technological University

Implementing Alma after Aleph

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track

Aleph

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Ellen Jones, University of Iowa
Sue Julich, University of Iowa

Implementing Leganto with Canvas with Multiple Processing Units

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

Leganto/SIPX

Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Charlotte Keys, Tufts University

Migrating from DigiTool to Rosetta at the Center for Jewish History

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

Rosetta

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Kevin Powell, Center for Jewish History

Primo Working Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Allen Jones, The New School

RefWorks Product Demonstration

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

RefWorks

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Todd Vaccaro, ProQuest

Straightforward Data Visualizations for Libraries and Consortia

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Gold Sponsor
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Nicola Poser, Redlink

Summon/360 Working Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track
360 Link
Summon
WG meeting (Working Group)
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Lesli Moore, Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium
Alisha Quagliana, University of Texas at Austin

The Power of Many: an Alma Consortia Panel Discussion

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:00 AM–10:45 AM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Brandon Dudley, California State University
Veronica Kenausis, Western Connecticut State University
John Greer, University of Montana
Al Cornish, Orbis Cascade Alliance
Bruce Hulse, Washington Research Library Consortium

Break

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:45 AM–11:15 AM PDT
Prefunction 2

Presenters

Learning, Research, and Campus Solutions

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 11:15 AM–12:15 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Plenary

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Ido Peled, Ex Libris
Tamar Sadeh, Ex Libris
Nadav Doron, Ex Libris

Lunch

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 12:15 PM–1:15 PM PDT
Grand Balllrooms ABC

Presenters

RUG Leadership Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 12:15 PM–1:15 PM PDT
Grand Balllrooms ABC
Product or Program Track

Leadership Meeting

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Customer Experience: Better & Stronger Together

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 1:15 PM–1:45 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Plenary

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Yair Amsterdam, ProQuest

Ex Libris Management Q&A

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 1:45 PM–2:30 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Plenary

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Yair Amsterdam, ProQuest
Oren Beit-Arie, Ex Libris
Jane Burke, ProQuest
Eric Hines, Ex Libris
Yaniv Cohen, Ex Libris
Shlomi Kringel, Ex Libris
Ido Peled, Ex Libris
Dvir Hoffman, Ex Libris
Shelley Hostetler, Ex Libris
Bar Veinstein, Ex Libris
Dale Poulter, Vanderbilt University

Break

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:00 PM PDT
Prefunction 2

Presenters

360 Link and E-journal Portal/AtoZ List Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track

360 Link

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Amy Pemble, Ex Libris

Alma Fulfillment Configuration

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Katy Aronoff, Ex Libris

Analytics & Interoperability Working Groups Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Margaret Briand Wolfe, Boston College
Mehmet Celik, KU Leuven

Ask the Aleph-to-Alma Migration Experts

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track
Aleph
Alma
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jerry Specht, Ex Libris
Laura Morse, Harvard University
Brian Thompson, University of Iowa
Sarah Koller, University of California, Davis
Derek Sisneros, University of California, Davis
Ellen Jones, University of Iowa
Ana Fidler, University of California Santa Barbara

DIY: Build Your Own Mobile App

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

campusM

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Ido Peled, Ex Libris

Data Cleanup Before Alma -- What Really Matters (From Our Experience)

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track
Alma
Voyager
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Lori Stethers, Wesleyan University
Rebecca McCallum, Wesleyan University

Ex Libris Support & Cloud Services Q&A

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

General / Strategic--Not Product Specific

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Adi Fubini, Ex Libris
Matt Baker, Ex Libris
Eyal Alkalay, Ex Libris

Introducing Primo VE: Streamline Back-end Administration

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Laura Guy, Colorado School of Mines
Jessie Ransom, Ex Libris

Leganto One Year Later: Successes, Challenges, Next Steps

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track

Leganto/SIPX

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Blake Lee Galbreath, Washington State University

Primo Working Group Enhancement Meeting (Invitation Only)

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Allen Jones, The New School
Yuval Kiselstein, Ex Libris
Nili Natan, Ex Libris

Putting It Together: Implementing Books at JSTOR Demand-Driven Acquisition in Alma

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track
Alma
Content (formerly Knowledge Base)
Target Audience Skill Level
Intermediate
Advanced
Expert

Presenters

Stacie Traill, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Kelly Thompson, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Resource Sharing: Local, Regional, National, and Global

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Moshe Shecter, Ex Libris

SFX Product Update, Roadmap and Q&A

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

SFX

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Christine Stohn, Ex Libris

Strategies for Summon

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track

Summon

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Ken Herold, Adelphi University

Who Are You?: Authentication Options in Alma

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM–3:45 PM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Josh Weisman, Ex Libris
Betsy Friesen, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Alma Analytics: Update on New and Upcoming Features

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Yoel Kortick, Ex Libris

Alma ILL Resource Sharing

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jessie Ransom, Ex Libris

Alma Integration: Connecting Other Systems

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Walter Komorowski, Williams College

Creative Solutions to Complex Metadata in Rosetta Implementation

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

Rosetta

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Juliana Nykolaiszyn, Oklahoma State University
Kyle Fortney, Oklahoma State University

From Cloud to Cloud: Migrating to Alma & Primo from OCLC's WMS & Discovery

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Andrea Schurr, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Bo Baker, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO Workflows for Ex Libris Customers

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track
Aleph
Alma
Voyager
Gold Sponsor
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Anne Campbell, EBSCO Information Services
Moriah Guy, GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
Damon Campbell, University of Oregon
Margarita Zamora Saunders, Oregon State University

Inventorying Library Collections: Tips and Tricks

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Stuart Gaetjens, Tennessee Technological University

Linked Open Data Working Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Laura Akerman, Emory University
Josh Weisman, Ex Libris

Rediscovering Summon: Best Practices for Getting More Value Out of Summon

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

Summon

Target Audience Skill Level
Intermediate
Advanced

Presenters

Shelley Hostetler, Ex Libris
Jill Postlewait, Ex Libris

SFX Working Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Dale Poulter, Vanderbilt University

Scaling Technical Services to Alma and Primo

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Geri Rinna, Western Michigan University
Marianne Swierenga, Western Michigan University
Emily Gross, Western Michigan University

Summon Product Demonstration

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

Summon

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Marliese Thomas, Ex Libris

Talk Back: Summon/360 Q&A

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track
360 Link
Summon
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Judy Drescher, Molloy College
Angela Sidman, Yale University
Alisha Quagliana, University of Texas at Austin
Yuval Kiselstein, Ex Libris
Brent Cook, Ex Libris
Amy Pemble, Ex Libris

The Perpetual Access Rights “Problem”

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM–4:45 PM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Alma
Other
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Sunshine J. Carter, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Bluegrass User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

DC User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Eastern Canada User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Georgia User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Great Lakes User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Hawaii User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Law Library Special Interest Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track
Alma
SIG meeting (Special Interest Group)
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Angela Jones, Southern Methodist University

Northeast User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Northwest User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Southcentral Regional User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Lesli Moore, Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium

Southeast User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Southwest User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Upper Midwest User Group Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 4:45 PM–5:30 PM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track

RUG meeting (Regional User Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Networking Cocktail

Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 6:00 PM–7:00 PM PDT
Spokane Convention Center
Product or Program Track

Social Event

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Breakfast

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 7:00 AM–9:00 AM PDT
Grand Balllrooms ABC
Product or Program Track

Other

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Alma Consortia Adovacy Group

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 7:30 AM–8:30 AM PDT
Meeting Room 1

Presenters

Friday Registration

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 8:00 AM–3:00 PM PDT
Office 2

Presenters

A Tale of Two Campuses: Experiences of Two Alma-Primo Implementations

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Voyager
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Yueqing Chen, University of Massachusetts Boston

Alma License Management

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level
Intermediate
Advanced

Presenters

Marliese Thomas, Ex Libris

Books on Demand: How Leveraging Primo, OASIS, and Alma Bring Value to the Print Demand Driven Acquisition (pDDA) Model

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Shixing Wen, Old Dominion University
Audrey Marcus, ProQuest

Consortia Systems Special Interest Group Meeting

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track

SIG meeting (Special Interest Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Enhancing Your Enhancement Request

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track
Aleph
Alma
Summon
Voyager
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Lesli Moore, Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium
Betsy Friesen, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Kevin J. Collins, CUNY City of New York
Cindy Greenspun, Yale University

Ex Libris Content Operations 101

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track

Content (formerly Knowledge Base)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Dave Hovenden, Ex Libris

Introduction to Alma Analytics

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Davin Pate, University of Texas at Dallas

Library Leadership Lessons Gleaned from WWII Submariners

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

General / Strategic--Not Product Specific

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Stuart Gaetjens, Tennessee Technological University

Migrating Forward

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track

Aleph

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Sarah Koller, University of California, Davis

Preserving Access to Your Digital Content Over Time

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Rosetta
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Teresa Soleau, Getty Research Institute
David Allen, State Library of Queensland

Remote Control: Managing Offsite Storage with Alma and Primo

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track
General/ Strategic--Not Product Specific
Alma
Primo/MetaLib
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Scott Carlisle, Northeastern University
Stephanie Hudner, Northeastern University

Springshare Suite Integration!

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Primo
Summon
Gold Sponsor
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Talia Richards, Springshare

That’s the Ticket! Using Leganto to Ensure Your Library Is Where Your Students Are At (Part 1)

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 AM–9:45 AM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track

Leganto/SIPX

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Carl Grant, University of Oklahoma
Ryan F. Buller, University of Denver
Chuk Goodin, San Francisco University

Alma Licensing Advocacy Group Meeting

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

WG meeting (Working Group)

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Sunshine J. Carter, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Janet Morrow, Northeastern University

An Overview of What ILS-related Work We Have Done Since We Migrated to Alma/Primo

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Meeting Room 4
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Ping Fu, Central Washington University

Building a User Testing Toolkit at Your Consortium or Institution

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

General / Strategic--Not Product Specific

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Holli Kubly, University of Oregon
Hilary Robbeloth, University of Puget Sound
Kathy Watts, Whitworth University

Hindsight Is (Not) 20/20: One Library's Experience Implementing the New Primo Interface

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Mike Rogers, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Joe Ferguson, University of Tennessee Knoxville

How Alma Changes the Roles of the Systems Librarian

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track

Aleph

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Margaret Briand Wolfe, Boston College

Intermediate Analytics

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Shannon Eagles, Chemeketa Community College

MARCIVE Services for Ex Libris Libraries: Consortium or Standalone

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Gold Sponsor
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Joan Chapa, Marcive

Managing Serials in Alma: Prediction Patterns, Claiming, and More

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Rebecca Bearden, University of Connecticut

Primo and Summon Analytics: Compare and Contrast

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track
Primo
Summon
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

A. Tippit, Northwestern University Library
Kathryn K. Silberger, Marist College

Project and Change Management for a Successful LSP Migration

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Alma
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Janetta Waterhouse, University at Albany

Rediscovering Primo: Best Practices for Getting More Value Out of Primo

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Shelley Hostetler, Ex Libris
Matt Warnock, Ex Libris

That’s the Ticket! Using Leganto to Ensure Your Library Is Where Your Students Are At (Part 2)

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track

Leganto/SIPX

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Sue Harmer, University of New South Wales
Laura Morse, Harvard University
Ian Chan, California State University San Marcos
Greg Argo, University of St. Thomas

Using Macro Express with Alma

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:55 AM–10:40 AM PDT
Meeting Room 3
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Victor F. Gorodinsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Break

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 10:40 AM–11:00 AM PDT
Prefunction 2

Presenters

Advanced Analytics: Tips for Reporting

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Allison L.T. Erhardt, University of Manitoba

Alma-Summon Integration Product Demonstration

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 11
Product or Program Track
Alma
Summon
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Nate Turajski, Ex Libris

Disaster! Case Study of an Alma System Emergency

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Mike Rogers, University of Tennessee

Discovery Over Circulation: Resource Sharing from Primo and Summon

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track
Aleph
Primo
Summon
Target Audience Skill Level
Intermediate
Advanced

Presenters

Allen Jones, The New School

Facilitating Faceting: Adding Granularity to Audio, Video, and e-Book Resource Types

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track
Content (formerly Knowledge Base)
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Kristin L. Flachsbart, Northeastern University

Leganto Product Demonstration

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

Leganto/SIPX

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jessie Ransom, Ex Libris

Managing Local Customizations in Primo (Without a Safety Net)

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Micki Lubbers, University of Kansas

Migrating Aeon Functionality into Alma

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track
Alma
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Eduardo N. Prieto, University of Miami

SUNY Migration from Aleph to Alma

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 5
Product or Program Track
Aleph
Alma
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Kristy Lee , State University of New York
David Schuster, Binghamton University
Gail Pawlowski, State University of New York
Shannon Pritting, State University of New York
Heidi Webb, State University of New York

Things I Wish I Knew When We Started in Acquisitions

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Shannon Eagles, Chemeketa Community College

Voyager Tips and Hints from Various Voyager Users

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM–11:45 AM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track

Voyager

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Cindy Greenspun, Yale University
Antonella Ward, Angelo State University
Suzanne J. Sprague, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Session Materials

Alma-Leganto Integration Product Demonstration

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:40 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track
Alma
Leganto/SIPX
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jessie Ransom, Ex Libris

Classify All the Things: Enhancing LC Classification Data for Better Collection Assessment and Management

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:40 PM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Alma
Other
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Stacie Traill, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Michael Johnson, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Getting More out of MARC with Primo: Strategies for Display, Search and Faceting

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:40 PM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track
Content (formerly Knowledge Base)
Primo
Target Audience Skill Level
Intermediate
Advanced

Presenters

Kelley McGrath, University of Oregon
Lesley Lowery, Orbis Cascade Alliance

Implementation of Book Acquisitions and Cataloging in a Shared Environment: Alma Integration with GOBI and OCLC

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:40 PM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Ya Wang, San Francisco State University

Network Zone Management for Alma Consortia : Maintaining and Enhancing the Shared Database of MARC Bibliographic Records

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:40 PM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Beginner

Presenters

Marcus Jun, California State University, Northridge

Preparing Aleph for Migration to Alma (or Other ILS) (Part 2: Circ, Cash, and Patron Data)

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:40 PM PDT
Meeting Room 6
Product or Program Track

Aleph

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jerry Specht, Ex Libris

Sharing a Circulation Desk with Central IT: Best Practices and Experience

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:40 PM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Alma
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Rod Bustos, Augusta University

Understanding User Behavior via Analysis of Primo Zero-Result Searches

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:40 PM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Blake Lee Galbreath, Washington State University
Corey Johnson, Washington State University

Withdrawals v. Deletions in Alma

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:55 AM–12:40 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Kirsti S. Thomas, Seattle Colleges

Lunch

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 12:40 PM–1:30 PM PDT
Grand Balllrooms ABC

Presenters

Alma Analytics: Creating Useful Dashboards

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Alison Lanius, University of California, Davis

Create New Pathways for Serendipitous Exploration with Syndetics Unbound

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Terrace Room West
Product or Program Track
Primo
Summon
Gold Sponsor
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jed Reinitz, ProQuest
Allen Jones, The New School

Email Branding for a Multi-Institutional Instance of Alma

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Birch Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

Intermediate

Presenters

Ryan F. Buller, University of Denver

Session Materials

Exploring the Potential for Equity in Primo

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Maple Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Gregory Bem, Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Harnessing Alma's Fulfillment Network for Georgia's One Statewide Library

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Terrace Room East
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Viki Timian, University of Georgia
Barry Robinson, University of Georgia

Migrating from a Standalone Sierra to a Shared Alma: Our Journey to a Unified System

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Ya Wang, San Francisco State University
Cathy Cochran, San Francisco State University

Migrating to Alma and Summon: a Medium Sized Library Experience

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track
Alma
Summon
Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Kathryn K. Silberger, Marist College

Navigating the Alma New UI Administration

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 10
Product or Program Track

Alma

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Jean Vik, University of Texas at Dallas

Optimizing Primo for the Mobile Experience

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Cedar Ballroom
Product or Program Track

Primo

Target Audience Skill Level
Beginner
Intermediate

Presenters

Dan Moore, Oregon State University

Who's in Charge Here? How to be Agile in a Large-Scale Consortial Alma Migration

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:30 PM–2:15 PM PDT
Meeting Room 12
Product or Program Track
General / Strategic--Not Product Specific
Alma
Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Hannah Sommers, George Washington University
Laura Wrubel, George Washington University

Closing Keynote: Libraries as Liminal Spaces: Transformation in a Time of Change

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Plenary

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Lauren Pressley, University of Washington

ELUNA 2018 Closing Session

Friday, May 4, 2018 at 3:15 PM–4:00 PM PDT
Grand Ballroom B
Product or Program Track

Plenary

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

Michael North, Northwestern University
Sue Julich, University of Iowa Libraries
Al Cornish, Orbis Cascade Alliance
Laura Morse, Harvard University

ELUNA Steering Committee, IGeLU Steering Committee, and Working Group Chair Breakfast

Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 8:00 AM–8:45 AM PDT
Meeting Room 1

Presenters

ELUNA Steering Committee, IGeLU Steering Committee Meeting

Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 8:45 AM–12:00 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1

Presenters

Working Group Chair Meeting

Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 8:45 AM–12:00 PM PDT
Meeting Room 2
Product or Program Track

Leadership Meeting

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

ELUNA Steering Committee, IGeLU Steering Committee, and Working Group Chair WrapUp/Lunch

Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 12:00 PM–1:00 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1

Presenters

Steering Committee Meeting

Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 1:00 PM–4:00 PM PDT
Meeting Room 1
Product or Program Track

Leadership Meeting

Target Audience Skill Level

General

Presenters

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