This page contains links to resources that will help members evaluate and understand the impact of an Alliance move from Primo PBO to Primo VE. New resources will be added as they become available.
If you're looking for someone local to talk to about Primo VE, you should reach out to the Primo VE "point of contact" assigned by your Dean or Director.
Ex Libris Documentation
- Capabilities of Primo VE with Alma
- Main Primo VE documentation hub on the Knowledge Center
- Go VE program documentation on the Knowledge Center
- Primo VE FAQs
- Primo VE 2020 release notes
- Primo VE Training and Certification hub
- Community Knowledge Center (contains customer-authored content on all Ex Libris products)
- Primo (PBO and VE) customer webinars hub (Click "View event recordings" at the top right for past webinars and search for "Primo VE".)
- Accessibility information:
- Ex Libris's statement on Primo (and VE) accessibility has been updated.
- Ex Libris has had a 3rd-party accessibility audit performed by Deque, in an effort to get Primo compliant with WCAG 2.1, Level AA.
- Approximately 300 fixes have been implemented so far, and more are on the way. Keep an eye on the Primo VE release notes for details as these fixes are rolled out.
Alliance Documentation
- Primo VE: Alma Discovery Menu Items (view-only access) A guide created by Blake Galbreath (WSU) to show the configurations available under each Primo VE configuration menu option.
- Unresolved questions document (view-only access)
- Resolved questions document (view-only access)
- WSU Proof-of-Concept project: Meeting notes 11/18/2020 (view-only access)
- WSU Proof-of-Concept project: Meeting notes 12/8/2020 (view-only access).
- WSU Proof-of-Concept project: Meeting notes 12/15/2020 (view-only access).
Documentation from Other Primo VE Sites
- Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) - Primo VE Resources page
- State University of New York (SUNY) Libraries consortium - Discovery FAQs
Webinars/Recordings
Webinars listed are free to attend unless otherwise noted. When times are given, they are for the U.S. Pacific time zone.
Upcoming Webinars:
- Primo VE Master Class: Introduction to Discovery - January 28th, 2021, 8:00 am (registration link)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: Primo APIs - February 1st, 2021, 10:00 pm (registration link)
- Primo VE Master Class: How Primo Works - February 4th, 2021, 8:00 am (registration link)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: Dedup, FRBR, and Additional Features - February 9th, 2021, 8:00 am (registration link)
- 2021 Primo Roadmap Overview - February 10th, 2021, 8:00 am (registration link)
- Primo VE Master Class: Search Configuration - February 11th, 2021, 8:00 am (registration link)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: Going Live with Primo VE and FAQs - February 15th, 2021, 10:00 pm (registration link)
- Primo VE Master Class: Search Interfaces - February 18th, 2021, 8:00 am (registration link)
- Primo VE Master Class: Branding, CSS, HTML - February 25th, 2021, 8:00 am (registration link)
Past Webinars:
- ExL webinar: Intro to Primo VE - September 9th, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- ExL webinar: Go VE self-switch process - September 23rd, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- ELUNA Learns: Primo VE - September 30th, 2020
- Paid attendees have access to the recording for 1 year through the unique webinar link they received via email.
- Go VE - Become an Expert: View Configuration - October 19th, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: Search Profiles and Slots - October 27th, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: Import External Dublin Core Data Sources - November 2nd, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- Primo VE Demo + Q&A with Michelle Eichelberger from SUNY - November 4th, 2020 (Recording | Questions document)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: External Generic XML Data Sources - November 10th, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: Local Fields Configuration - November 17th, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: Local Fields Advanced Configuration - November 23rd, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: SAML and CAS Authentication Configuration - December 1st, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- Let's Chat: Learn about the new Primo Online Support Tool - December 2nd, 2020 (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- Go VE - Become an Expert: Getting started with Go VE - January 26th, 2021, 8:00 am (WebEx recording | YouTube)
- ExL webinar on Primo VE configuration management - January 27th, 2021, 9:00 am (90 minutes) (recording | slides | notes)
Sites Using Primo VE
Other Resources
- ELUNA/IGeLU Primo Product Working Group Primo VE Summit Report
- The Alma and Primo discussion lists hosted by ELUNA are valuable sources of information from other customers who are currently using Primo VE.
Page last updated 1/27/2021.
Questions about this page? Contact Lesley Lowery