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Migrating from Talis to Alma at The University of Manchester Library
Andy LandDigital Systems Manager
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Introduction
• The University of Manchester• largest single-site
university in the UK• 40,000 students• 10,000 staff
• The University of Manchester Library• one of only five UK
National Research Libraries
• 11 libraries• 3 million+ catalogue
records• Used Talis Alto (now Capita
Alto)• Alma Early Adopter since
2011• Primo subscriber since
2010
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Talis – a way of life
• Talis launched as a product in 1992 by BLCMP, a not-for-profit partnership of which The University of Manchester was a founder member.
• 1993 Manchester becomes the first University library to install Talis
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• 1996 – Manchester, Loughborough University, the University of Greenwich, Kingston University and the University of Derby become amongst the first libraries to mount their catalogue on the WWW
Talis – a way of life
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• 2013 – 20th anniversary of Talis in The University of Manchester Library
Talis – a way of life
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“It’s how we do things…”
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Many services built on what Talis could do or would allow
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IT infrastructure and support built around needs of the old system
www.digital60.org
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Data structure and configuration significantly different
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It’s a whole new language
PatronFulfilmentHoldRequestAnalyticsAudit eventCKBCommunity ZoneResource sharingFulfilment unitService unitVendorWork order
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Who does what
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Change is scary!
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Engaging with the vendor
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Don’t under-estimate the impact of Primo
• Primo secondary system 2010-2013
• About 500,000 searches on Primo a month but 600,000 on catalogue
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Usability testing to prepare for move to Alma
Work done in partnership with a specialist user experience consultancy User Vision.
24 participants representing various patron groups
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Key findings
• The pattern of success and satisfaction did not vary significantly between patron groups but according to the sophistication of the individual’s search techniques
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3 things you particularly like about Primo
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3 things you would change
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Task success impacted by three key factors
• Logging in to view all search results was an absolute barrier
• Records from other collections missed
• FRBRised records not understood by all
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Visual design bland and can hinder usability
• Not always clear what is a link
• Tabs and buttons not easily identifiable
• Use of low contrast text colours
• More use of white space
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Primo issues since Alma go live…
• Missing records from migration• Lack of pre-search scopes
• Lack of loan history• Configuration decisions impacting on Primo
functionality - requesting
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Thank you!