Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Boston College Libraries have gone live with the Ex Libris Alma library management service. A development partner for Alma since its conception, this ARL library has played a central role in the evolution of the Ex Libris strategy for unified resource management (URM).
Having implemented the Aleph integrated library system in 1999, Boston College took the first step toward unifying its library services by adopting the Primo discovery and delivery solution in 2007. The libraries have now completed the transition to next-generation services by replacing the multiple systems previously used for managing its print, electronic, and digital collections with a single consolidated solution provided by Alma. Library services at Boston College are now being managed by two next-generation solutions - Alma, which offers unified resource management, and Primo, which provides users with a single discovery platform.
In addition, Boston College has moved its Ex Libris solutions to the company’s cloud environment. This transition to cloud services enables the libraries to devote their resources to providing a world-class research experience to users.
In keeping with its agile development strategy, Ex Libris released the Alma features incrementally over the last two years for testing by staff at Boston College and other development partners - a process that has come to fruition in the current move to production.
