Going Live with Alma
Three Library Experiences:
Getty Research Institute
Tarrant County College
California State University, Fullerton
Charleston Conference | November 5, 2015
Ann Kutulas
Tarrant County College
Hurst, Texas
Susan Flanagan
Getty Research Institute
Los Angeles, California
Cataloger
ann.kutulas@tccd.edu
Collection Development
Librarian
sflanagan@getty.edu
Moon Kim
California State
University, Fullerton
Fullerton, California
Acquisitions Librarian
moonkim@fullerton.
edu
@mooncindykim
Getty Research Institute
But really…..
Getty Research Institute
• Private art library
• 1,000,000 volumes of books, serials and auction catalogs
• 100,000 ebooks & 350 databases
• 20,000 linear feet of Special Collections archives
• Research Institute for graduate level or above
• Readers stay one week or forever
• Scholar themed year
• 85% of materials in closed stack vaults; printed material 30 miles in
off-site storage
Getty Research Institute’s Timeline
• Planning, planning, planning
• Voyager and Primo live July 2012
• Alma and Primo September 2012
• Added Rosetta September 2013
Tarrant County College
• Located in Tarrant County
• Five separate campuses in Fort Worth (3), Arlington, and Hurst; as
well as other satellite campuses
• First campus opened in 1965
• Fall 2014 enrollment: 50,628; Spring enrollment: 46,917
• Offering seven types of Associate degrees, as well as degrees and
certifications in more than 60 different occupational/technical
programs, includes 70 Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees and
about 130 Certificates of Completion
• Mission statement: Tarrant County College provides affordable and
open access to quality teaching and learning.
Tarrant County College’s Timeline
• One technical services department that works with all five libraries
• No print card catalog, began with a main frame catalog
• Implemented Voyager in 2001
• Implemented SFX and Primo TotalCare in 2012
• Migrated to Alma on August 15, 2015 (about 4 month migration
timeframe)
• Collection includes print materials, e-books, periodicals, standing
orders, etc…
CSUs
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California State University, Fullerton’s Timeline
• Part of the CSU consortium
• Currently on Millennium, SFX, and Verde
• Go Live in summer 2017
Preparing to Migrate and Early Issues
• The long and short timeframes
• What if you get a migration re-do?
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Current Workflows
• Adapting to changes
• Re-evaluating workflows
• Constant learning
• Interoperability with other ExLibris products
• Third-party integration
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Future is Bright
• It gets better
• Monthly and weekly updates
• Submitting cases and enhancement requests
• Regular ExLibris service calls
• Keeping up with Alma, Primo, and Rosetta via listservs
• Institutional meetings
• Increased collaboration
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Questions and Comments
Ann Kutulas
ann.kutulas@tccd.edu
Moon Kim
moonkim@fullerton.edu
Susan Flanagan
sflanagan@getty.edu