Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Mercer University has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo will replace the Innovative Sierra library system and EBSCO Discovery Service™.
One of America’s oldest and most distinguished institutions of higher education, Mercer University provides programs on a number of campuses in Georgia. Offering degrees from the undergraduate to the doctoral level, Mercer is committed to constantly improving how departments, students, and faculty work together across the university, as well as how it can serve the larger community. One strategic initiative is the consolidation of the separate automation systems currently serving the university’s law, medicine, and university libraries.
In addition to its comprehensive print holdings, Mercer has a rapidly growing electronic collection. Using the Alma platform, the university will be able to unify workflows and increase the library system’s value for the library staff. The Alma Analytics module will help Mercer align services and resources with patron needs, and the Primo solution will provide customisable real-time discovery and delivery of scholarly materials, both print and electronic.
The Alma platform and Primo solution share the Ex Libris cloud-based higher education infrastructure, enabling Mercer to benefit from the elimination of hardware-related costs and from the simplification of library management. Updated regularly, the system will automatically incorporate new features, including the latest security measures. By investing in the platform, Mercer will deepen its libraries’ impact on teaching, learning, and research.
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