Alma in the Austrian Library Network and the perspectives for the Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd: 10 questions by Bruno Bauer to Wolfgang Hamedinger, Managing Director of the OBVSG

Abstract

Since 2017 the Austrian Library Network (ALN) is steadily replacing its previous integrated library system software Aleph 500 with the new unified resource management system ALMA. In the interview Wolfgang Hamedinger, director of the Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd, informs about the special challenges of this endeavour, its implementation so far and the planned next steps. Further topics like other business areas of the ALN and Austrian Academic Library Consortium, funding of ALN and characteristics that are distinguishing the Austrian Library Network are also discussed. In the end Hamedinger answers the question if there will be libraries and library networks in ten years time.