Optional services comprise an offer that goes beyond the basic services and is used individually by individual customers. These can be booked by service recipients for a fee.
The service portfolio of optional services is listed below. If you are interested in a service, you can open a ticket in SLSP Support with the request for the corresponding service.
The onboarding of new customers includes various aspects, such as the configuration of Alma and Primo VE based on SLSP’s configuration specifications. SLSP plans and carries out data migrations for new customers. The data structure, data format and data quality specifications of SLSP are decisive. Libraries wishing to join must adapt their data to the SLSP data quality standards in advance.
SLSP schätzt den Aufwand des Projekts, unterbreitet eine Kostendachofferte und führt die vereinbarten Aufgaben durch. Für die Durchführung der Migrationsprojekte kann die Mitwirkung von 3. Anbieter:innen (Ex Libris, weitere Akteur:innen) notwendig sein, welche als in der Regel als Subunternehmer:innen der SLSP fungieren.
SLSP carries out data migrations and inventory mutations within the Alma and Primo library management systems on behalf of one or more customer libraries. SLSP estimates the cost of the project, submits a cost estimate and carries out the agreed tasks. The involvement of third-party providers (Ex Libris, other actors) may be necessary for the implementation, who usually act as subcontractors of SLSP.
For customer libraries that are able to carry out the work themselves, additional costs may be incurred for the use of SLSP support.
SLSP AG organises a lending courier service for physical media as an optional service. The lending courier delivers media directly to a customer library participating in the SLSP Courier. For this purpose, SLSP AG provides the technical infrastructure and processing in the Alma and Primo library management systems. This enables end users to order physical media directly from swisscovery to the library of their choice and collect them there promptly.
SLSP AG concludes a separate agreement for the use of SLSP-Courier with the customer library that wishes to use this service. The agreement contains the scope of services. The costs for this service are charged to the customer library on a quarterly basis according to the cost tables valid at the time of use of the SLSP-Courier. The SLSP-Courier can co-exist with local couriers. This local courier service is managed by the customer library concerned.
If required, special reports (analyses, evaluations, work lists) can be requested from SLSP AG for a fee as an optional service, which is charged on a time and material basis.
A local view of swisscovery can be created according to the guidelines of the master template (G14), but can also be further customised. This enables customer libraries to implement the standard local view with additional requirements other than just their corporate identity and design (as defined in G14) in swisscovery and to customise it further.
As part of an optional service, it is possible to integrate external data sources (metadata incl. access link) into Primo VE that are not recorded in Alma. The integration of these external data sources can either be carried out by SLSP on behalf of the customer library (subject to a charge) or set up independently by the self-coordinated ICs. In addition to these possible implementation costs, annual licence costs for the additionally integrated data records are incurred by the customer library placing the order. External data sources (optional product) are in principle set up locally at IC level. A prerequisite for the integration of a local external data source is the purchase of the service “Individualisation of the Standard Local View” (O5).
Support with the use of the API interface at IZ level and with the Alma configuration for the integration of peripheral systems:
SLSP supports customer libraries on request in the use of the Alma API interface at IZ level and in the Alma configuration for the integration of peripheral systems. The scope of the support, the work involved and the costs are specified in a quotation.
SLSP provides an interface via which the relevant order data from Alma is transmitted to the storage library. SLSP AG concludes an additional agreement with the Kooperative Speicherbibliothek Schweiz for the use of this interface, which specifies an annual flat-rate fee and contains a cost table for the associated additional support costs.
Support for the use of a Standard Premium Sandbox and the associated additional support costs are charged as an optional service at the hourly rates valid at the time.
The Master Service Agreement between SLSP AG and the system supplier Ex Libris grants the additional individual use of Premium Sandboxes. A customer library can subscribe to a Premium Sandbox. Ex Libris loads the data and configurations of the relevant institution zone in which the customer library is located into this sandbox. SLSP AG mediates this subscription between the customer library / Institution Zone and Ex Libris. SLSP AG concludes a subscription contract with Ex Libris and additionally a service contract with the customer library concerned. The current Ex Libris subscription price at the time applies. The customer library in question is supported directly by Ex Libris. SLSP AG charges an annual fee for handling the contract.
Service for authentication for the use of licensed resources by “private customers” of the customer libraries.
This service includes the creation of additional IZ or library-specific user groups and the allocation of selected special conditions and privileges in the areas of loans, courier and copy orders at customer library and/or IZ level.
This additional service provides 1TB of storage space for digital objects in the Ex Libris cloud environment.
Import of datasets from one or more institutions that are not managed in Alma into a separate view in IZ for verification and searchability in swisscovery.
Provision of an additional, IZ-specific view in swisscovery, which is further customised separately in addition to the general standard configuration (corporate design of the customer library). The view can be configured by the respective IZ or by SLSP for an IZ.
The browser-based solution enables library users to borrow local documents in self-service mode. They use their library card number as a login and can therefore borrow documents independently. The web solution is an interface that communicates with Alma in the background. All successful loans are immediately displayed on the screen and in the library user’s account in swisscovery.
It is a simple solution designed for small customer libraries where users have access even when librarians are not present. The web service is only available in English.
SLSP offers Institution Zones the option of using their own closed area (Space) within the SLSP collaboration platform SLSPhere for the storage of documents and for internal communication between members of an IZ.
The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries is an organisational unit within SLSP AG. The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries is responsible for the acquisition of licences (purchase or subscription) for electronic content and the associated metadata for the libraries participating in the consortium.
Depending on the scope of validity, this data is managed centrally by SLSP AG in the Network Zone (licences can be used by all) or decentrally by the individual libraries in the Institution Zones (licences for individual libraries or groups of libraries). Further details are determined by a concept for the management of e-resources within SLSP and are based on the functionalities of the Alma library management system.
Data (metadata, licence agreement data) from consortially acquired licences can be stored, managed and activated by SLSP in Alma for libraries (Alma ERM).
The service includes the conversion and migration of the desired copies and holdings from the IZ of the owning library to the IZ storage library (collective holdings).
Further information on the basic services or the range of services offered by SLSP can be found here.
Do you have general questions about the optional services or would you like to join swisscovery? We look forward to hearing from you using the contact form.