Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of New England (UNE), in New South Wales, Australia, has gone live with the Ex Libris Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Alma replaces the Innovative Interfaces Virtua integrated library system.
The UNE library sought a system that would manage print and electronic resources efficiently, eliminate functional silos, enable staff to create automated workflows, and provide robust analytic tools that would help the staff maximise the potential of the library's collections. In addition, the library wanted a truly cloud-based SaaS platform that could reduce the total cost of ownership of the physical and technical infrastructure, support the requirements of a twenty-first century library, and facilitate the discovery of, and access to, library resources and services by online and on-campus students. UNE found that Alma delivers just what the library requires: a unified management system for electronic, print, and digital resources, along with the Alma Analytics reporting capabilities—all provided as a seamless, cloud-based service.
In addition, UNE are now able to realise the potential of Primo's seamless interoperability with Alma, its real-time availability of holdings and item records, flexible back office, refreshed and intuitive new user interface, and more.
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