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Alma & Primo VE

This site keeps the UVic community up-to-date on the upcoming changes to UVic Libraries' search interface. On June 28, 2022, the catalogue and search interface will be moving to a new library management platform called Alma and Primo VE.

Welcome to a new era. We have launched the New Library Search!

On June 28th, 2022, UVic Libraries implemented an all-in-one search box. The new Library Search offers an integrated discovery interface with options to search across the entire collection, or to limit only to certain types of resources like books, journals, electronic, or print.

Over the next few weeks some functions may not behave as expected. Please help us by reporting issues to askus@uvic.ca. Our team will be working hard to to ensure our data is correct.

For documentation and instruction materials to teach students and faculty how to navigate basic and complex searches in this new discovery interface, visit :

Do you remember when we looked like this?

The Original Card Catalogue

The classic wooden card catalogue consisting of small shelves labelled alphabetically and used to find library books before computers were used. The shelf labelled Bookbinders - Boron is open.

Do you remember when we looked like this?

1990s

Before the world wide web was the access of choice, the library used Telenet for the electronic catalogue. Hytelnet was developed as a gateway, and the bright green text on a black screen is reminiscent of computers of the 80s and 90s.

Do you remember when we looked like this?

1998

Welcome to the Libraries Gateway to Electronic Information. This late 90s website includes wallpapered background with an faint image of the UVic crest and the use of frames.,

Do you remember when we looked like this?

2008

The library website of the late 2000s had a more creative way of displaying categories. A graphic with four quadrants and a hole in the middle is reminiscent of the letter G and a mouseover of the quadrants show a list of categories and links.

Do you remember when we looked like this?

2010

Around 2010 the library website had a more modern design, and was when we started to display the library search bar on the home page. It is minimalistic, with no graphics.

Do you remember when we looked like this?

2018

Our current website home page was created around 2018. The search box is prominent and is superimposed on an artistic night photo of Mearns McPherson Library.

Last Updated: Aug 9, 2022 11:21 AM
URL: https://libguides.uvic.ca/alma
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