The Ex Libris Users of North America (ELUNA) Esploro Working Group (WG) began work in March of 2021. In close collaboration with the IGeLU Esploro Working Group, the Working Group assists with conference planning and works with Ex Libris management on providing feedback on the product.
Working Group Leaders
- Wendy Robertson (she/her), University of Iowa, USA, co-chair, 2024–2026
- Liz Bodian, Brandeis University, USA, Enhancements Coordinator, 2023–2025
- Jason Cohen, University of Miami, USA, 2024–2026
- Joseph Deodato, Rutgers University, USA, 2023–2025
- David Hodges, Adelphi University, USA, 2023–2025
- Andii Johnson, University of West Florida, USA, 2024–2026
- Dale Poulter (he/him), Vanderbilt University, USA, 2024–2026
- Hannah Purtymun (she/her), Drexel University, USA, 2024–2026
- Kaleena Rivera, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA, 2023–2025
- David Schuster, Binghamton University, USA, ELUNA steering committee liaison
Working Group FAQ
There is a Working Group FAQ that provides additional general information relating to ELUNA WG’s: https://el-una.org/working-groups/product-group-faq/
Mailing Lists
The Esploro email discussion group is hosted jointly by ELUNA and IGeLU. Subscription is open to Ex Libris customers and to employees of Ex Libris and/or its affiliates and resellers. Details on how to subscribe to the Esploro Listserv can be found at:
https://exlibrisusers.org/postorius/lists/esploro.exlibrisusers.org/
The archives for the Esploro mailing list may be found at: https://exlibrisusers.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
Enhancements
The enhancement process is known as CERV (pronounced “curve”) – Community Enhancement Requests and Voting. The platforms are referred to as the Enhancement Portal and the Voting Portal.
Enhancement Portal
- There is a sign-up link on the login page. When creating an account, please use your professional email address from your institution, rather than a personal email.
- Steps for submitting an enhancement are available in this guide. The guide is also linked at the top of the Enhancement Portal.
- Crafting an enhancement
- We recommend including as much information as possible in your request. Focus on the problem that needs to be solved (the desired outcome), rather than proposing specific solutions (there might be multiple ways to address an issue/request). The working groups have the mandate to reject or delete submissions that do not meet certain quality standards.
- These guides may also be helpful:
2025 Timeline:
TBD
Activities
Blog Posts
ELUNA Presentation
Survey
Roadmap feedback
Community Discussions
- 2021-10 — Researcher profiles — Notes — No recording
- 2021-11 — Outreach — Notes — Recording
- 2022-04 — Organizations — Notes — Australia recording — North America recording
- 2022-10 — Integrations — Notes — Australia recording — North America recording
- 2022-12 — Smart Harvesting — Notes — Australia recording — North America recording
- 2023-02 — Quality Control — Notes — Australia recording — North America recording Part 1 & Part 2
- 2024-04 — Researcher Profiles — Notes — Australian recording — North America/Europe recording
- 2024-09 — Esploro to Primo VE — North America/Europe recording
Collaborative Best Practices
Let a PWG member know if you would like to edit them; many of these are in very early stages
- Adding Publication Data to Forthcoming Items in Batch
- Batch import by CSV
- Esploro to Primo
- Link resolver connection from Esploro to Primo
- OAI – creation and sharing output
- Researcher Profiles
- Smart Harvesting
- Spreadsheets for updating tables