Steve Oberg
Primary Alma Administrator
steve.oberg@wheaton.edu
Jeff Mudge
Secondary Alma Administrator
jeffrey.mudge@wheaton.edu
Wheaton College, along with all other CARLI libraries, will be migrating from our current Voyager system to Alma. In addition, we will transition from using WorldCat Discovery and VuFind to Primo VE. This guide contains information about the project, updates, and training materials for both Alma and Primo VE.
Ex Libris provides a very complete set of openly available training videos and online documentation at knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com. Most of what is linked in this guide is derived from that site.
Sandbox information (Our test instances will be unusable after May 22, so these will be the best option for testing between then and June 24):
https://www.carli.illinois.edu/products-services/i-share/alma/sandbox
Links to our test (and eventually production) instances:
Alma sign in with Wheaton College NetID
Alma for internal accounts (rare)
Alma: The cloud-based, library system created by Ex Libris, which will replace Voyager at Wheaton College.
Primo VE: The library catalog (public interface) which will replace both VuFind and WorldCat Discovery. Wheaton College is using a version of Primo, called "Primo VE."
CARLI has also created its own Alma and Primo VE Glossary that may be helpful as a reference, and there is a complete glossary from Ex Libris as well.
Look here for links to additional, detailed information including presentations, reports on data migration, and more.
Date | Impact | Description |
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April 1 |
Alma Administrators; Acquisitions; |
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April 22 | Everyone |
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April 25 | CARLI; Voyager Catalogers; Circ Staff |
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April 30 | Everyone |
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May 1 | Everyone |
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May 8 | SFX Admins |
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May 22 | Everyone |
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June 11 | Circ Staff and Patrons |
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June 15 | Circ Staff |
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June 17 | Circ Staff |
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June 17-19 | Cataloging Staff |
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June 19 | Circ Staff |
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June 22-23 | Circ Staff |
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June 24 | Everyone |
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