Bridging the Gap:  Annual Meeting in Review

Did you miss the ELUNA 2024 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis?  Although the full ELUNA Annual Meeting experience cannot be replicated online, the ELUNA team has arranged a series of summary webinars capturing recordings of key sessions.  Each 3-hour session is $25 dollars.  The schedule for the events is coming soon; the recording will be available for on-demand viewing.  Attendees of the ELUNA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis will receive complementary access to the online series; please do not register again.

Bridging the Gap:  Annual Meeting in Review – Session 1. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm eastern, June 3, 2024.  Register and/or Watch on Demand!

  • 1:00 pm – 1:35 pm – Welcome & ELUNA Organization Update (Abstract) – Allen Jones, The New School.
  • 1:35 pm – 2:20 pm – From Restructuring to Customer Intimacy (Abstract)– Yariv Kursh, Ex Libris; Eyal Kirshner, Exlibris – Clarivate Library Software Group
  • 2:20 pm – 2:25 pm – Break
  • 2:25 pm – 3:10 pm – Strange New Data World (Abstract) – Jill Strykowski, Cataloging and Metadata Lead, San Jose State University
  • 3:10 pm – 4:00 pm – Q&A with Ex Libris Management – Ex Libris Panel
    • Have a question for Ex Libris?  Submit the question by May 31, 2024 or join the live event to ask in real time!

Bridging the Gap:  Annual Meeting in Review – Session 2. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm eastern, June 4, 2024. Register and/or Watch on Demand!

  • 1:00 pm – 1:05 pm – Welcome
  • 1:05 pm – 2:40 pm – Beyond Boundaries: AI-Driven Quality, Knowledge Partnerships, Excellence and Service Redefined (Abstract) – Jonathan Gear, Chief Executive Officer, Clarivate; Luda Soffer, Vice President Customer Experience, Ex Libris, Part Of Clarivate; Melissa Hilbert, VP Professional Services, Ex Libris, Part Of Clarivate; Osnat Vilenchik, VP Content Operations, Ex Libris, A Part Of Clarivate
  • 2:40 pm – 2:45 pm – Break
  • 2:45 pm – 3:05 pm – Creating the Discovery Walkway: The Next Discovery Experience (Abstract) – Yisrael Kuchar, Senior Director of Product Management , Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
  • 3:05 pm – 3:50 pm – Primo Product Conversation (Abstract) – Yisrael Kuchar, Senior Director of Product Management , Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
  • 3:50 pm – 4:00 pm – Q&A with speakers

Bridging the Gap:  Annual Meeting in Review – Session 3. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm eastern, June 5, 2024. Register and/or Watch on Demand!

  • 1:00 pm – 1:05 pm – Welcome
  • 1:05 pm – 1:45 pm – Laying the Foundations: Alma, Rapido, and Rosetta As the Pillars of Library Technology (Abstract) – Asaf Kline, Vice President, Product Management, Ex Libris, Part Of Clarivate
  • 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm – Alma Product Conversation (Abstract)- Dana Moshkovits, Senior Director Product Management, Ex Libris, Part Of Clarivate; Moshe Shechter, Senior Alma Product Manager, Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate; Lili Daie, Manager, Product Management, Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate; Jamie Kutzuba, Product Manager, Alma, Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate; Maud Arnaud, Alma Product Manager, Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
  • 2:30 pm – 2:35 pm – Break
  • 2:35 pm – 3:15 pm – CDI (Central Discovery Index) Product Conversation – (Abstract) Amy Pemble, Director and Product Manager, Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
  • 3:15 pm – 3:40 pm – Building Bridges To Drive Student Success with Leganto and CampusM Library (Abstract) – Jessie Ransom, Leganto Product Manager, Ex Libris, Part Of Clarivate; Yaara Galili, Director of Product Management, Ex Libris, Part Of Clarivate; Eyal Kirshner, VP Student Engagement Solutions, Ex Libris, A Part Of Clarivate
  • 3:40 pm – 4:00 pm – Q&A with speakers

Bridging the Gap:  Developers Day in Review – Session 4. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm eastern, June 11, 2024. Register and/or Watch on Demand!

  • 1:00 pm – 1:05 pm – Welcome
  • 1:05 pm-2:02 pm – Stop Clicking and Start Building Bridges using APIs: Sending Hold Requests from ILLiad to Alma (Abstract) –  Timothy Jackson, Fulfillment and Resource Sharing Program Manager, State University of New York; Bill Jones, Digital Resources and Systems Librarian, SUNY Geneseo
  • 2:03 pm-2:45 pm – Systems & DEIAA: Thinking Outside the Average User (Abstract) – Tracy Tolf, Systems Librarian, Whitman College
  • 2:45 pm – 2:50 pm – Break
  • 2:50 pm – 3:10pm – Cloud Apps for Offsite Storage Workflows: How JHU Manages Offsite Storage Inventory with Alma (Abstract) – Jamie Little, Software Engineer, Johns Hopkins University
  • 3:10 pm – 4:15 pm – Open Library Workflows (Abstract) – Shai Ben-Hur, Vice President, Product Engineering, Ex Libris, Part Of Clarivate
  • 4:15 pm – 4:30 pm – Q&A with speakers

Bridging the Gap:  Annual Meeting in Review – Session 5. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm eastern, June 12, 2024.  Register and/or Watch on Demand!

  • 1:00 pm – 1:05 pm – Welcome
  • 1:05 pm – 1:40 pm – From Google to ChatGPT – libraries and the tale of two revolutions (Abstract) – Oren Beit-Arie, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation, Strategy And Innovation, Clarivate Academia & Government
  • 1:40 pm – 2:30 pm – Meet your Library Discovery Assistant (Abstract)- Christine Stohn, Senior Director, Product Management,  Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate
  • 2:30 pm – 2:35 pm – Break
  • 2:35 pm – 3:15 pm – ELUNA Closing Session (Abstract) –  Jason Griffith, Systems Librarian, University of Kentucky; Laura Morse, Director, Library Systems & Support, Harvard University; Ellen Jones, ELUNA Treasurer, University of Iowa; Allen Jones, Director, digital Library and Technical Services, The New School
  • 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm – Q&A with speakers