Alma in the Austrian Library Network (OBV): From the perspective of the Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd

Abstract

In March 2018 the new Network Zone together with 13 Institution Zones linked went live with Alma as the nucleus of the new network architecture of the Austrian Library Network. Still more than 50 institutions in the Austrian consortium use Aleph as library system and will switch to Alma in the next years. One of the main goals in the project was a fully functional parallel operation between Aleph and Alma. The article will start explaining how the two systems are synchronized on bibliographic level (including MAB to MARC converter) and how inventory from member institutions in Aleph is displayed in Alma. It continues with an overview about additonal services that have to adapted to the two systems (e.g. workflow for reminders, Visual Library, GND, Primo and much more).