Canadian Perspectives on Implementing Alma/Primo

Allison ErhardtBrigitte L’Heureux

Lisa O’Hara

Overview

• Two Institutions, Two Languages, One Alma

• Primo in French and English

• Living in the (American) Cloud

Photo by Marcio Cabral deMora, https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcdemoura/5756650990

TWO INSTITUTIONS, TWO LANGUAGES, ONE ALMA

French Interface (Alma)

Image by Tsahi Levent-Levi https://flic.kr/p/cBFFBS

• Training materials

French interface…

French interface…

• Name searching with diacritics• Éric Vielfaure

• Éric = 0 results• Eric = 0 results• Vielfaure = list of all names with Vielfaure, Éric included

• SpineOMatic

Authorities

• Names in French and English- USB uses French form for personal, corporate and

meeting names where it is different from the English name

- UML uses English form of names for all materials• Subjects in French and English– USB uses RVM exclusively– UML uses LC Subjects & CSH or MAN

Authentication

• Many patrons from many places• Internal and external• Internal and “associated”

Letters & Notifications

• Problems: – Many letters did not have French Translations out

of the box– Customized Translations in Letters were not all

working• Salutations were still English (Fixed in April Release of

Alma)

• One Institution wants to use letters for a function, the other doesn’t want them

PRIMO IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH

Issues

• Two interfaces needed

Primo in French and English…

Continuing Language Barriers

LIVING IN THE (AMERICAN) CLOUD

Issues

Privacy

... And More Privacy

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allison.erhardt@umanitoba.cablheureux@ustboniface.calisa.ohara@umanitoba.ca