The reports of the SFX version 4 collaborative testing (March 2010) are available online for IGeLU members only (login): http://igelu.org/members-only/sfx-4-collaborative-testing-reports

For info on IGeLU 2010 on twitter, follow @igelu2010 and @igelu

The twitter hashtag for the IGeLU 2010 conference is #igelu10
See also:

• the IGeLU2010 website wall
• the IGeLU 2010 Twub

• the IGeLU 2010 Archive

DigiTool PWG meeting
Porto, 8-9 June 2009

Present at the meeting: Naomi Steinberger, Luis Miguel Costa, Matthias Gross, Tomer Paz, Guido Goedemé

1. Guido Goedemé: Report on the Meetings of the PWG coordinators in Denver and Richmond; Report on the ELUNA 2009 Conference in Richmond Read more →

IT facilities for presenters available on the IGeLU 2010 Conference website

The IGeLU website has been IGeLU’s home on the web for the last three years, but we need your help to make sure it’s delivering what you need. Read more →

On Sunday, August 29th the 5th IGeLU conference in Ghent, Belgium, will start with the meeting of the representatives of the National User Groups (INUG) and the welcome reception at the Ghent University Library. That is followed by 3 days full of exciting content of Ex Libris and user presentations as well as a unique social event on Monday night. Read more →

This year there will be three vacant positions on the IGeLU Steering Committee. Fiona Burton (Macquarie University, Australia) and Lukas Koster (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) are at the end of their first terms, and Michele Newberry (Florida Center for Library Automation, USA) is at the end of her second term. Steering Committee members can serve for a maximum of three terms. Read more →

As in previous years, there will be a Q&A session with Ex Libris management on Wednesday 1st September. If you have a question you’d like to put to the EL management team this is your opportunity. Questions must be submitted in advance – use the form at http://igelu.org/conference-2010/qaform. Read more →

The Aleph PWG is still soliciting volunteers for the roles of module coordinator and deputy coordinator positions. People like you, who are willing to support PWG activities, are central to the product enhancement process and to the continued improvement of the Aleph product. Read more →

The budget for 2010 is now available to view at http://igelu.org/conference-2010/igelu-budget
The Assembly of Members on 31st August will be asked to approve this budget, so please do take a moment to review it.

Guido Badalamenti, IGeLU Treasurer.

We are looking forward to meeting a large group of National User Group Representatives at the INUG meeting (during the conference) on 29 August.
Please be reminded to let me know who will be attending from your NUG Pat.Busby1@gmail.com, and to send a country report to the INUG list inug@ub.fu-berlin.de, as soon as possible. Read more →

Even before the Ghent conference proper has started the planning cycle for next year is under way. In September 2011 we’ll be meeting in Haifa, Israel – see below for a taste of what we’re planning.

Another survey is in the works: this time it’s the IGeLU and ELUNA product groups who are currently working together to run a survey on the use of Verde. Verde customers will hear more about this in the next few days!

Andreas Sabisch, Coordinator, Verde Product Working Group

As of 6 August, 2010 the Voyager mailing list, Voyager-L, officially moved to its new home. The new list address is VOYAGER-L@listserv.nd.edu and is co-managed by members of IGeLU and ELUNA. The migration of all users to the new list took place automatically, with each addressee receiving an email containing a username and password, to allow you to access archives and set up digests. Read more →

Ex Libris, IGeLU, and ELUNA have been cooperating in the development of an Ebook Management Focus Group, building on some of the work of the original Ebook Focus Group back in 2008.

The group has already had several meetings, focusing on Ebook management in the context of URM, user-driven acquisition of ebooks, metadata and CKB management issues, and business models. Read more →

• Coordinator: Peter Klien, The Austrian Library Network And Service Ltd

• Deputy Coordinator: Ari Rouvari, The National Library of Finland

• 2009 (constitutive) meeting: agenda, attendees