Alma at the University of Salford Angela Walker, Digital Library Manager
University of Salford 20,000 students 3,000 international students 4 Colleges & 9 schools
The Library: on campus 3 libraries 100 % self service 24 / 7 opening 3
Around 900,000 entries per year Library budget – Total £6.5M information resources £2.4m 85% of IR budget spent on electronic information The Library – Some Statistics
Alma Journey Joined Alma Early Adopter Programme November 2011 Alma is 1 year Salford Live with Alma 13 th July 2013 Review & Improve Identified a need for Change 2009
What we like …
Reduction in systems More Control of system Ease of use Analytics Developing system Alma Community
Now …
Early Adopter Pain: Requests EDI Monthly release issues Analytics issues
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