Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Western Michigan University has selected the Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution to provide unified resource management and unified resource discovery. Alma and Primo replace multiple homegrown and commercial systems including the ProQuest Summon discovery service.
Alma will enable the University Libraries to manage and deliver a single, cloud-based platform for all its information resources, regardless of physical format or how the items were acquired. Library users will use Primo to readily discover and seamlessly access those resources without needing to know where that information originates or how it was made available to end users.
Western Michigan University joins more than 370 institutions worldwide that have chosen to revitalise their library operations by moving to the cloud-based Alma service, and over 2,100 that have adopted Primo. With its decision to adopt Ex Libris solutions for both resource management and resource discovery, the university is positioning its library to make a greater contribution to the success of students, faculty, and researchers in its learning community.
