Fertile Grounds:
Developing New Potential
ELSUG 2024
ELSUG 2024
Date: December 5-6, 2024
Time: Afternoons, Central US Time (1 pm to 5:30 pm on Dec 5 and 1 pm to 4:50 pm on Dec 6)
Where: Online (Zoom)
About ELSUG: The Ex Libris Southcentral Users Group (ELSUG) promotes the exchange of ideas and innovation among Ex Libris customers in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The conference will provide an opportunity to share your experiences, best practices, lessons, enhancements, and local innovations with others using any of the Ex Libris products, including Alma, Aleph, bX, campusM, DigiTool, Esploro, Intota, Leganto, MetaLib, Pivot, Primo, RapidILL, Rapido, RefWorks, Rosetta, SFX, Summon, Verde, Voyager, and 360.
2024 theme
Fertile Grounds: Developing New Potential
The Ex Libris Southcentral Users Group (ELSUG) is holding its annual conference virtually via Zoom on December 5-6, 2024 in the afternoon, Central US Time. ELSUG represents Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The theme for this year's conference is Fertile Grounds: Developing New Potential.
We invite you to share your experiences with adapting Ex Libris products to your local context. Did Alma’s workflows differ from yours? Are there still unanswered questions post-migration? How have challenges driven growth? We're also interested in how your organization is adapting to the evolving role of AI technology. Proposals can cover any Ex Libris product, their interactions, integration with other systems, or broader developments in library and information systems.
Did you work through an interesting special collections issue in Rosetta? Did you leverage an API or Cloud App to streamline Alma? While these are a few examples, our strength is in our many different voices! We want to hear from you about ways you improved your and others' work.
We welcome proposals from ELSUG members and nonmembers!
This year we are happy to offer 2 kinds of presentations
25 min Classic Presentations: with 20 minutes for presenting and 5 minutes for Questions and Answers.
or
40 min Technical Presentations: with 35 minutes to present, and 5 minutes for Questions and Answers. Appropriate for when you have a lot of details to share and don't want to rush to cram it into a shorter presentation!
PANEL PARTICIPATION: We are also actively recruiting for participation on 2 panels. Panelists will take turns speaking on the topic, with time for questions and answers as well.
Panel 1: Migration Insights – We invite you to share your experiences migrating to Alma or other Ex Libris products (Leganto, Rapido, etc.). We’re excited to hear about any difficulties you encountered and the valuable insights you gained throughout the process!
Panel 2: Onboarding Stakeholders to Ex Libris Products – We invite you to share strategies for successfully onboarding stakeholders, demonstrating value, and helping users make the most of Ex Libris product features. Discuss your approaches to driving user engagement and adoption!
We welcome your nominations and self-nominations for potential panelists! Please email elsouthcentralug@gmail.com with your nominations!
The conference will be hosted via Zoom with real-time captions available. Sessions will be recorded and accompanying slides will be available on the ELSUG 2024 Conference website.
To submit your proposal: ELSUG 2024 Call for Proposal Form
The DEADLINE for proposal submissions and panelist interest is October 18, 2024. Submitters will hear notification of acceptance on or shortly after November 1, 2024.
If you have questions or requests, please reach out to me: svaillancourt@uh.edu