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Featuring New Titles via Primo Collections: An Automated, Perhaps Even Elegant, Approach

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At the Los Rios Community College Libraries, providing our users with browseable lists of newly acquired titles in various subject areas had proved elusive since we migrated to Alma/Primo VE in 2019. Upon acquiring the Library Open Workflows tool, we set about creating a flexible and sustainable system for this purpose, which we soft-launched in the fall 2025 semester. Our workflow uses APIs to connect Google Sheets, Alma Analytics, and Alma Collections (Collection Discovery), accommodating diverse needs across our four colleges. We'll discuss the rationale behind this approach and some of the practical challenges we've encountered along the way.

New Titles via Primo Collections
Alma, Primo, Other Ex Libris Products
Attendees will be able to describe the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to presenting newly acquired titles.
Attendees will be able to describe how APIs can be used to automatically populate Primo collections.
May 01, 2026 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM(America/Los_Angeles)
Venue : Silver Lake
20260501T0900 20260501T0945 America/Los_Angeles Featuring New Titles via Primo Collections: An Automated, Perhaps Even Elegant, Approach

At the Los Rios Community College Libraries, providing our users with browseable lists of newly acquired titles in various subject areas had proved elusive since we migrated to Alma/Primo VE in 2019. Upon acquiring the Library Open Workflows tool, we set about creating a flexible and sustainable system for this purpose, which we soft-launched in the fall 2025 semester. Our workflow uses APIs to connect Google Sheets, Alma Analytics, and Alma Collections (Collection Discovery), accommodating diverse needs across our four colleges. We'll discuss the rationale behind this approach and some of the practical challenges we've encountered along the way.

Silver Lake Ex Libris Knowledge Days and ELUNA Conference 2026 eluna-conf-planning@exlibrisusers.org
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Technical Services Librarian
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Sacramento City College
Technical Services Librarian
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Folsom Lake College
 Daniel Naas
Library Discovery Systems Coordinator
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University Of Kentucky
 Donna Bacchiocchi
Manager of Library Technical Services
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Bentley University
 Drew McNaughton
Systems Librarian
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William & Mary
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