Alma NERS Enhancement process and voting (from Alma-L Jan 28 2019)
Alma enhancement timelines
Primo enhancement timelines
When | What |
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January 10, 2020 | Final day to submit new enhancement requests in NERS |
Jan 10 - Feb 29 | The Primo Enhancements Team reviews, dedupes, scopes, verifies, transfers to Alma NERS when necessary, and sets up the vote |
March 1 - March 21 | First round of voting |
March 22 - March 31 | The Enhancements Team reviews the results, and prepares them for ExLibris to assign complexity points. |
April 1 - May 16 | ExLibris adds complexity points to the top voted results. The Enhancements Team determines if a second round of voting is needed |
May 17 - May 29 | If necessary, a second round of voting takes place at this time |
Suggested meeting/decision schedule for campuses
Suggested approx dates | Suggested Steps |
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December-January | IGeLU/ELUNA member campuses should submit all pending enhancement requests to NERS. |
Mid-January | Compile enhancement requests for Alma and Primo & submit requests via NERS (or via the Chancellor’s Office for those without IGeLU/ELUNA membership). |
late-March-mid-April | Review Alma and Primo enhancements and determine local voting priorities (if IGeLU/ELUNA member). Participate in voting on CSU Chancellor’s Office survey. |
Mid-June | Review 2nd round Alma enhancements and determine local voting priorities (if IGeLU/ELUNA member). Participate in voting on CSU Chancellor’s Office survey. |
July/August | Submit feedback on the enhancement process to the Chancellor’s Office. |