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  1. Electronic Resource Management
    1. Overview
    2. Roadmap     
    3. 2024 H2
      1. Automatic Upload of Electronic Holdings - SAGE
      2. Network Zone Managed Electronic Resources - Library/Campus Level 
      3. Electronic Titles Staff Search - Early Access Enhanced UX
      4. 2025 H1
      5. E-Resource Overview - Out-of-the-box Insight Dashboard
      6. Automated Bibliographic Record Suppression for Inactive Portfolios
      7. Improved Auto-Holdings Job Report
      8. 2025 H2
      9. Comprehensive Identifier Integration in Overlap Analysis 
      10. Community Zone Update Task List - Early Access Enhanced UX
      11. Notifications for Electronic Resource Insights Within Alma

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Electronic Resource Management

Overview


Manage Electronic Resources efficiently, leveraging Community Zone services, community collaborations, and integration with providers.

Roadmap     

2024 H2 2025 H1 2025 H2
  • Automatic Upload of Electronic Holdings - SAGE 
  • Network Zone Manage Electronic Resources - Library/Campus Level
  • Electronic Titles Staff Search - Early Access Enhanced UX
  • E-Resource Overview- Out-of-the-box Insight Dashboard
  • Automated Bibliographic Record Suppression for Inactive Portfolios
  • Improved Auto-Holdings Job Report
  • Comprehensive Identifier Integration in Overlap Analysis
  • Community Zone Update Task List - Early Access Enhanced UX
  • Notifications for Electronic Resource Insights Within Alma

2024 H2

clipboard_e4c42bcbea8e2fa88440629798b728696.pngAutomatic Upload of Electronic Holdings - SAGE

What’s New Highlights Impact

Upload Electronic Holdings from SAGE will replace the current manual, multi-step workflow for managing SAGE holdings. 

  • Customer-specific electronic holdings for SAGE content will be activated automatically
  • The integration runs on a fixed schedule.

Reduces manual work involved in activating and maintaining the library holdings of SAGE electronic resources.

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clipboard_e4c42bcbea8e2fa88440629798b728696.pngNetwork Zone Managed Electronic Resources - Library/Campus Level 

What’s New Highlights Impact

Today, the central office operator can manage electronic resources in the Network Zone and make these resources available for the entire network OR member(s) Institution Zone (s). 
With this feature, the central office operator can make electronic resources available for specific libraries/campuses within the member (IZ) institution.

  • Configure Network Zone 'Inventory management' groups based on member (IZ) institutions' campuses/libraries.
  • Activate Network Zone electronic resources and define "Available for" the created group.
  • Enable Link Resolver access to electronic resources managed in the Network Zone for Institution Zone library/campus.

 

The central office will be able to work more efficiently by centrally managing electronic resources on behalf of libraries/campuses hosted in member Institution Zones.

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Electronic Titles Staff Search - Early Access Enhanced UX

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Repository Search 
Enhanced UX

What’s New Highlights Impact

The Electronic Titles Staff Search will be updated and redesigned for better usability, performance, productivity, and overall user experience.

  • A new “side by side” presentation will save users from having to access a designated page to review entity details.
  • Ability to use multi-value selection facets.
  • Ability to perform cross-page bulk operations.
  • Display more information.
  • Quickly perform actions on titles.

Workflow simplification will be achieved by an enhanced user experience, facilitating a smoother user-friendly layout and navigation options.

The new layout will enable easy switching between ongoing tasks in your main workflow and any peripheral tasks, enabling efficient work with electronic resources.

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2025 H1

E-Resource Overview - Out-of-the-box Insight Dashboard

What’s New Highlights Impact

An out-of-the-box insight dashboard providing an overview of E-Resource activity.

  • Out-of-the-box Data Visualization Project
  • Insights on the availability of electronic resources and the growth of the catalog during time.
  • Insights on the usage of electronic resources.
  • Much more.

Providing e-resource librarians an overview of the resource activity to enable them to meet their KPIs and increase efficiency. 

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clipboard_eef92e320562f331776c8f4764d8e4918.pngAutomated Bibliographic Record Suppression for Inactive Portfolios

What’s New Highlights Impact

It will be possible to automatically suppress bibliographic records associated with inactive electronic resources.

 

 


 

  • Upon the various deletion use cases, the existing logic of "handle bibliographic records without inventory" will be enhanced to consider inactive portfolios as "no inventory" and suppress the corresponding bibliographic record.
  • "Handle bibliographic records without inventory" option will be added to portfolio manual deactivation.

A streamlined process for suppressing bibliographic records when inventory consists solely of inactive portfolios ensures the catalog remains accurate, displaying only currently available resources in discovery.

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clipboard_e4c42bcbea8e2fa88440629798b728696.pngImproved Auto-Holdings Job Report

What’s New Highlights Impact

The auto-holdings job report will be improved, including better report navigation and additional information.

  • Information about deleted portfolios and bibliographic records.
  • Number of "multi-matches" and "MMS not found".
  • Separate section for each collection .

The improved report will provide better navigation and additional fields, making it easier and more efficient for customers to understand which data was processed.

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2025 H2

clipboard_e4c42bcbea8e2fa88440629798b728696.pngComprehensive Identifier Integration in Overlap Analysis 

What’s New Highlights Impact

Overlap Analysis tool will support comparison using multiple identifiers.

  • It will be possible to select multiple match methods and the order in which they will be used.
  • The report will include information on the matched identifier and its value.

Enhanced overlap analysis features will facilitate decision-making in purchasing.

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Community Zone Update Task List - Early Access Enhanced UX

What’s New Highlights Impact

The "Community Zone Update" Task List will be redesigned for better usability, performance, productivity, and overall user experience.

  • Additional faceting options and improved display.
  • Ability to define personalized faceted lists.
  • Electronic resource representation in a sliding panel to remain in the context.
  • Improved bulk management options.
Streamline navigation and enhance usability for efficient electronic resource management.

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Notifications for Electronic Resource Insights Within Alma

What’s New Highlights Impact
Insight notifications will appear to electronic resource librarians, with information such as electronic collections that were not in use lately, the number of updates in the last month, etc...

Different types of insights will be presented to  electronic resource librarians, for example:

  • Overlap between collections.
  • Collections that are not in use.
  • etc...

Insights provided will enhance electronic resource librarians' understanding of institutional resources, thereby facilitating informed future purchasing decisions.

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