Following the USMAI migration to Alma, the Consortial Library Applications Support team began an investigation of the Purdue Batch Inventory app. Ultimately, our team concluded that the app should be refactored to utilize the ExLibris Cloud App infrastructure, allowing for easy distribution, reduced administrative overhead, and avoiding restrictions set on API access. Following an initial development period, the "Super Shelf Inventory" app was released for closed Alpha testing in early December 2024 and then for an open Beta in March of 2025. This presentation will start by explaining how the opportunity to develop a Cloud App was discovered, hopefully giving inspiration to other developers. It will then shift to discuss what one needs to know to develop a Cloud App, and will explain some of the technical solutions used, - both to work well with an asynchronous paradigm and to get Alma to perform the actions the app needs to take. Lastly, the unique experience with Alma APIs will be covered, as well as the Development Lifecycle used to get the app available to the public.
Following the USMAI migration to Alma, the Consortial Library Applications Support team began an investigation of the Purdue Batch Inventory app. Ultimately, our team concluded that the app should be refactored to utilize the ExLibris Cloud App infrastructure, allowing for easy distribution, reduced administrative overhead, and avoiding restrictions set on API access. Following an initial development period, the "Super Shelf Inventory" app was released for closed Alpha testing in early December 2024 and then for an open Beta in March of 2025. This presentation will start by explaining how the opportunity to develop a Cloud App was discovered, hopefully giving inspiration to other developers. It will then shift to discuss what one needs to know to develop a Cloud App, and will explain some of the technical solutions used, - both to work well with an asynchronous paradigm and to get Alma to perform the actions the app needs to take. Lastly, the unique experience with Alma APIs will be covered, as well as the Development Lifecycle used to get the app available to the public.
Marquis Ballroom/Salons A,B,C Ex Libris Knowledge Days and ELUNA Conference 2025 eluna-conf-planning@exlibrisusers.org
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