The Alma Product Working Group is responsible for coordinating enhancement requests, organizing Alma-related sessions at the annual conference, liaising with counterparts in ELUNA, and serving as the point of contact for Alma-specific concerns. They hold regular meetings with the corresponding Alma Product Managers. Contact the chair at alma@igelu.org.

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Working Group Members

Leadership

  • Catherine Grove (Northwestern University) – Co-Chair / Coordinator – ELUNA
  • Gijs Noels (LIBIS KU Leuven) – Co-Chair / Coordinator – IGeLU
  • Stacie Traill  (University of Minnesota) – Enhancements Coordinator

Functional Leads

  • Bettina Kann (OBVSG, Austria) – Functional Group Chair: Resource Management
  • Leon Krauthausen (FU Berlin) – Functional Group Chair: Acquisitions (incl Licensing)
  • Joe Ferguson (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) – Functional Group Chair: Fulfillment & Resource Sharing

Working Group Representatives / Liaisons

  • Gijs Noels (LIBIS KU Leuven) Co-Chair / Coordinator
  • Catherine Grove (Northwestern University) Co-Chair / Coordinator
  • Leon Krauthausen (FU Berlin) / Stacie Traill (University of Minnesota) Enhancements Coordinator
  • Bettina Kann (OBVSG, Austria) Functional Group Chair: Resource Management
  • Leon Krauthausen (FU Berlin) Functional Group Chair: Acquisitions (incl Licensing)
  • Joe Ferguson (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Functional Group Chair: Fulfillment & Resource Sharing
  • Shelly Hypes (University of North Carolina – Charlotte) Communications/Education (ELUNA) Coordinator
  • Catherine Grove (Northwestern University) / Gijs Noels (LIBIS KU Leuven) WG representative: Alma UX
  • Bettina Kann (OBVSG, Austria) / Gijs Noels (LIBIS KU Leuven) WG representative: IGeLU Consortia CoP
  • Vic Jones (Florida Gulf Coast University) WG representative: ELUNA Alma Digital
  • Leon Krauthausen (FU Berlin) WG representative: Analytics
  • Michelle Eichelberger (SUNY Library Services) WG representative: ELUNA Primo
  • Emma Clift (Macquarie University) WG representative: IGeLU Primo
  • Alec Munhall (DePaul University) WG representative: Leganto
  • Catherine Grove (Northwestern University) WG representative: Linked Data CoP
  • Nick Pavlovic (Liberty University, Virginia) WG representative: Summon
  • Selina Wang (Oberlin College & Conservatory WG representative: Rialto
  • Marisa Tolbert (CARLI, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) WG representative: CZMG
  • Margaret Corby (Kansas State University) WG representative: Alma Authority FG
  • Xiaotian Chen (Bradley University) WG representative: Content
  • Carrie Curie (Minnesota State University – PALS) WG representative: ELUNA Alma Consortia CoP
  • Katie Sanders (University of Wisconsin – Madison) WG representative: Rapido

Steering Committee Liaisons

  • Allen Jones (New School) – ELUNA SC Liaison
  • James Dodd (Oxford University) – IGeLU SC Liaison

Alma email lists

Task Forces

Community Zone Management Group