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4. Also at ALA, a subset of the 2CUL Alma Negotiating Team (Xin Li, Bob Wolven, Kate Harcourt, and Jim LeBlanc) met with representatives from Ex Libris to continue work on a draft contract for joint implementation of an Alma LMS. These negotiations are moving slowly, but surely forward. Of particular note is our concern to be able to test Alma more fully before we commit to implementing what is a conceptually slick, but not yet fully functional system (at least in our minds). Ex Libris understands this concern and we are working towards an implementation plan that will allow for some kind of "pre-testing."a solution to address it. For those interested in what development partners and early adopter library staff are saying about Alma, there is an unmoderated Alma discussion list (ALMA-L) to which Ex Libris customers may subscribe – see ELUNA Alma Email Lists for more details (thanks to Columbia's Mark Wilson for this information).
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