Is your library dealing with the challenges of managing print, electronic, and local digital content?

Would streamlining technical services workflows help free up staff to handle new tasks?

Do you need more time to focus on managing and exposing your institution’s unique assets?

Has the current economic climate forced you to rethink the design of library functions and services to realize cost savings?

If you’ve answered “yes” to any of these questions, the new Ex Libris Unified Resource Management framework (URM) will provide your library with the solutions it needs. The URM framework unifies workflows associated with managing diverse library materials, enabling you to re-evaluate, re-design, and implement new back-office processes. The result is optimized use of your staff resources, tighter integration with other applications that your institution runs, and increased scope in your library’s interaction within the institution.

Developed in direct response to evolving industry trends and hundreds of interviews held with librarians from around the world, URM redefines library administrative and technical services activities by unifying the processes and workflows associated with managing diverse library materials. The results?  Optimized use of staff resources, tighter integration with other institutional applications, and improved support for teaching, learning, and research activities.

• Designed with efficiency at its core, URM integrates back-office processes across all library materials, regardless of type, format, and acquisition method—enabling your library to streamline current processes and to maximize staff efficiency. 

• URM reduces effort and lowers costs associated with metadata management while providing new services for enrichment and enhancement of materials and community engagement with the collections and with each other. 

• URM provides a flexible environment for libraries to join forces to enhance their purchasing power, collections, the technical support that they offer, and staff knowledge and resources.

• A service-oriented architecture and fully-documented Web services, enable members of the URM community to customize-–and extend-–the framework independently to meet local needs.