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Information Standards QuarterlyISSN: 1041-0031
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| Article Title: | Alma at Purdue: The Development Partnership Experience |
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| Author: | Paul J. Bracke |
| doi: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3789/isqv24n4.2012.03 |
| Citation: | Bracke, Paul J. Alma at Purdue: The Development Partnership Experience. Information Standards Quarterly, 2012 Fall, 24(4):16-20. |
| Abstract: | In mid-2009, we found ourselves at the Purdue University Libraries in a position that will be familiar to many libraries. Library services were undergoing change, but our technological infrastructure was not serving us in developing new services as well as we thought it should. Fragmented and, at its core, oriented toward print collection management, we were struggling with developing more effective models for providing access to our now largely electronic collections. At the same time, a number of new strategic directions were emerging that required that the Libraries shift human resources to new activities. When approached with the opportunity to become development partners on the Ex Libris Unified Resource Management (URM) project, now know as Alma, it was an opportunity to advance the Purdue Libraries' strategic priorities on multiple fronts—and an opportunity we seized. |
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