Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is adopting the Ex Libris Alma® library management service to replace the university library's Voyager® integrated library system, which EMU has been using for nearly 20 years.
EMU, which runs the ProQuest Summon® discovery service, will be the first institution to integrate Summon and Alma. In addition, having collaborated with ProQuest as an Intota development partner, EMU will continue to advise Ex Libris on the incorporation of Intota features into the Alma service.
With Alma, the EMU Library is looking forward to managing all its resources—physical, digital, and electronic—in a truly unified manner. Improved workflows will include a single process for activating new e-resources and setting them up for linking, discovery, and management.
According to Eric Hines, president of Ex Libris North America, the integration of Summon and Alma offers libraries a greater choice of discovery services. The use of Summon, coupled with Alma, will greatly enhance the current discovery capabilities, leading to a much better patron experience.
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