Dutch Adlib User Group

Jeroen De Meester – Chair of Board of Adlib User Group February 24, 2015 – Adlib, Calm, Mimsy XG UK user group meeting Birmingham

The association of adlib users in The Netherlands and Belgium

Our goal: looking after the needs and wishes of adlib usersrepresent them at meetings with Axiell ALM Netherlandsfacilitate knowledge exchange by organizing meetings and workshops

Our organisation

Our activities

BoardChair, secretary, treasurer and three general board members

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Membership: 50 Euro / Institution

ActivitiesTwo meetings a year for our members

• Spring: workshops - 71 subscriptions

ActivitiesTwo meetings a year for our members

• Autumn: presentations - 82 subscriptions

ActivitiesTwo meetings a year with Axiell ALM Netherlands

• To get the latest news and developments from Axiell ALM Netherlands • To discuss general problems• To protect the interests / to express the wishes of the users

For example: optimalisation of the loans database in adlib

ActivitiesWorkshop ‘Thesaurus cleaning’

• Small groups (maximum five institutions)• Working with (a copy of their) own adlib application • With expert teachers (from the Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Netherlands)• A lot of interaction between participants• Result: second workshop in March

Activities

ActivitiesCreation of an Adapl-taskforce

• Adapl:

ActivitiesCreation of an Adapl-taskforce

• Adapl:

ActivitiesCreation of an Adapl-taskforce

• Aim:• Help people with questions about adapl• Write Adapls that can be used by several institutions

• How:• Team of six Adapl - experts • Free of charge: voluntary • Work together, learn from each other• No pressure, no deadlines

Interested to join ? Let’s go international with the A-team

Please contact me:

• www.adlibug.nl

• voorzitter@adlibug.nl

• twitter.com/DeMeesterJeroen

• http://be.linkedin.com/pub/jeroen-de-meester/b/6b2/3ba

This presentation will be published at Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/JeroenDeMeester