Alma at the University of SalfordAngela Walker, Digital Library Manager

University of Salford

• 20,000 students• 3,000 international students•4 Colleges & 9 schools

The Library: on campus

• 3 libraries

• 100 % self service

• 24 / 7 opening

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• Around 900,000 entries per year

• Library budget – Total £6.5M• information resources

£2.4m• 85% of IR budget spent

on electronic information

The Library –Some Statistics

Alma Journey

Joined Alma Early Adopter Programme November 2011

Alma is 1 year Old @ Salford

Live with Alma 13th July 2013

Review & Improve

Identified a need for Change 2009

What we like …

• Reduction in systems• More Control of system• Ease of use• Analytics• Developing system• Alma Community

Now …

• Early Adopter Pain:RequestsEDI

• Monthly release issues• Analytics issues

Happy!

Thank you