Primo at TUG: Using Primo in
a Consortial Environment
Presented by Alison Hitchens,
University of Waterloo Library
ALA Midwinter, Seattle, 2013
TriUniversity Group (TUG)
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Quick Statistics
# of Undergrad
Students
Waterloo (2011)
Guelph (2011)
Laurier (2012)
28,200
18,296
15,132
95.4
56
Library employee 122
FTE
ACQ Budget
7.5 Million (2012) 6.8 Million
3.4 Million
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Sharing Expertise (and workload!)
Photo credit: Alison Hitchens, ELUNA 2012
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Common User Experience…
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…With Some Differences
• Search scopes
• Calculated availability
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Restrictions
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Primo home page - Guelph
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Primo home page - Laurier
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Note: highlighted area common to all 3 institutions
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Primo home page - Waterloo
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Accessing Primo - Guelph
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Accessing Primo - Laurier
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Accessing Primo - Waterloo
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Configuring individual views
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Configuring tables by institution
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Viewing individual reports
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Involving TUG Staff
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Shared Communications
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/newsatlib/120906/primo.html
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Collaborative Training
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Case Study: Primo Central Index Trial
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/newsatlib/11051
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Questions?
Alison Hitchens
Cataloguing & Metadata Librarian
University of Waterloo Library
Primo Team Lead
TriUniversity Group of Libraries (TUG)
[email protected]
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