June 2025 - Marug - exlibrisusers.org

ELUNA 2025 MARUG Session Recap and Call for Nominations
by Shane Hickey July 1, 2025

July 1, 2025

Hello Mid-Atlantic Regional User Group members, It was wonderful to see MARUG members at both ELUNA and our dedicated MARUG session. We want to provide you all with some brief notes from the MARUG session and open up nominations for position of MARUG Co-Chair, 2025-2027. Announcing new email list: In case anyone did not see the email from us the other day, MARUG is using a new email list going forward to reflect the rebranding of our regional user group: marug(a)exlibrisusers.org<mailto:marug@exlibrisusers.org> Any email sent to our old list will automatically be forwarded to the new list. MARUG ELUNA Session recap: Highlights from the past year - - Annual meeting in November 2024 - Name change from DCRUG to MARUG reflecting years of feedback from our membership - First ever meeting of MARUG volunteers that discussed format of future annual meetings, ideas around governance, formation of MARUG interest groups, and ways to better engage our membership on this email list - Launch of the MARUG Analytics Interest Group Hopes for the coming year - - Formal governance documents - Increase activity on the listserv Ideas/questions from the audience - - Folks would like to see us move forward with a monthly topic post to the listserv - The next Primo Working Group chair (Cindy Bowen - Georgetown University and MARUG member) is interested in taking ideas/concerns from our membership/listserv back to the PWG. An area of interest for the coming year is the Next Discovery Experience (NDE)<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Produ…> Call for Nominations - MARUG Co-Chair, 2025 - 2027 Shane Hickey is stepping down as MARUG Co-Chair at the conclusion of his term later this summer. With that, we are seeking nominations for a co-chair to join Mary Beth Holm (2024 - 2026) over the coming year. Our co-chair terms run for two years and overlap to ensure a level of continuity from year to year. Any MARUG member is welcome to nominate themselves for this role. Duties of co-chair include: - Organizing our annual meeting (typically occurs in late October/early November) - Moderating of and posting to the MARUG email list - Organizing annual ELUNA in-person MARUG session Please contact Shane Hickey (shickey(a)american.edu<mailto:shickey@american.edu>) or Mary Beth Holm (holmm(a)vcu.edu<mailto:holmm@vcu.edu>) to express your interest. Nominations are open until July 15, 2025. All the best, Shane Hickey, MARUG Co-Chair 2023-2025 Mary Beth Holm, MARUG Co-Chair 2024-2026 Shane Hickey Resource Sharing and Discovery Services Manager American University Library

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Posting to MARUG/DCRUG listserv
by Mary Beth Holm June 19, 2025

June 19, 2025

Good morning, MARUG members, In line with the recent name change from DCRUG to MARUG <https://el-una.org/affiliated-groups/rugs/united-states/marug/>, I recently worked with ELUNA to get the listserv name updated to use the new name as well, and also set up a redirect for those still using the previous listserv email (dcexlibris(a)exlibrisusers.org) They also saved the archived messages to the DCRUG listserv.. However, when the new listserv (marug(a)exlibrisusers.org) was set up, the DCRUG user list was not brought over. I've reached out to ELUNA to correct this, but in the meantime, if you continue to send your posts to dcexlibris(a)exlibrisusers.org, they will be posted. I'll send an update once this issue has been resolved. It's ELUNA week so I expect it may not be resolved this week. Thanks, ~Mary Beth -- Mary Beth Holm Electronic Resources Librarian Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Libraries 901 Park Ave / PO Box 842033 Richmond, VA 23284-2033 Email: holmm(a)vcu.edu PH: 804-827-0925 Fax: 804-828-5672 My working day may not be your working day. Please don't feel obligated to respond to this email outside your normal work hours.

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ELUNA 2025 - MARUG (formerly DCRUG) Meeting, Wednesday June 18 @ 12:30pm
by Shane Hickey June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025

Hello everyone, If you are attending ELUNA 2025 in Atlanta this week, the MARUG in-person session is tomorrow, Wednesday, June 18 at 12:30pm. This is listed in the program as DC Ex Libris User Group (DCRUG) Meeting and is being held in room International 4. Below is a brief agenda for the in-person session, and we will be posting a set of notes from the meeting on this list after ELUNA. MARUG ELUNA session, 6/18, 12:30 -1:00pm - Recap of the past year - Proposals for annual meeting (Fall 2025 - date TBD, online) - MARUG Analytics Interest Group - MARUG Co-Chair nominations for 2025-2027 - Potential Action Items for the Coming Year Mary Beth and I look forward to seeing folks in person tomorrow. Kind regards, Shane Hickey, American University, MARUG Co-Chair 2023-2025 Mary Beth Holm, Virginia Commonwealth University, MARUG Co-Chair 2024-2026

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[DCExLIBRIS] ELUNA 2025
by Mary Beth Holm June 4, 2025

June 4, 2025

Good morning, everyone, ELUNA 2025 <https://el-una.org/meetings/eluna-2025-conference/> is rapidly approaching, believe it or not! Who else plans to attend this year's conference in Atlanta (June 16-20)? What session(s) are you most interested in if you're attending (besides the MARUG breakout session)? 😊 Looking forward to seeing you there! Happy Friday, -- Mary Beth Holm Electronic Resources Librarian Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Libraries 901 Park Ave / PO Box 842033 Richmond, VA 23284-2033 Email: holmm(a)vcu.edu PH: 804-827-0925 Fax: 804-828-5672 My working day may not be your working day. Please don't feel obligated to respond to this email outside your normal work hours.

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