Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the second installment of its next-generation framework for library services, the Unified Resource Management (URM) solution, is now available to development partners. A cloud-based platform developed using agile development methods, URM encompasses the complete management of library resources.
The URM development partners are Boston College; Princeton University Library; Purdue University Library; and K.U.Leuven, which includes the LIBIS library network of 30 independent member organisations (universities, colleges, parliaments, specialized libraries) and a network of public libraries. These development partners will work intensively with the URM team over the next four months and provide in-depth feedback to Ex Libris on the solution's impact on improving and streamlining the full spectrum of their library processes.
Representing a major milestone in the development of URM, the latest partner release focuses on unified acquisition processes for electronic and physical resources; cross format search capabilities including faceted results; advanced web based metadata editing workbench for catalogers; streamlined workflows for fulfilling requests for physical resources; and end to end electronic resource management – from acquisition to activation.
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