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by Lizzie McCauley January 15, 2026

Accessibility and Local Customisation

While there are many accessibility issues that Ex Libris can help to address, there will also be some that are related to your institution’s customisations. So how do you know when it’s something you can fix yourself?The first step is to view your instance without your customisations. You can do this by adding this code…

by Yoel Kortick Ex Libris January 13, 2026

How to use a Primo VE Normalization Rule to display the 500 subfield a and the corresponding 880 field (Alternate Graphic Representation) in the Primo details section

Question and Background I followed your instructions to display the 500 subfield a in the Primo details section. Thank you for the detailed clear instructions. It works. However, the corresponding 880 field "Alternate Graphic Representation" (which I added to the Alma record following your instructions at Alternate graphic representation 880 field in Alma.pptx ) is…

by Caitlin Bakker University of Regina January 6, 2026

Creating a Report a Problem Banner in NDE

This walk through outlines how you can include a "Report a Problem" banner in your Primo NDE view. When users click on this button, they are directed to a form prefilled with the resource title and URL.This was inspired by the work of the University of Toronto Libraries and the University of Rochester’s Sibley Music…

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information system integration

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Systems

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management systems such as Blackboard™ and Moodle™

Open Source Discovery

Alma libraries have choice when it comes to discovery systems. Learn how to integrate Alma with open source systems such as Blacklight and VuFind

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Thousands of institutions make millions of API calls on the Ex Libris platform every day.

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