Phase 4: March 2020 - September/December 2021
SGTF = Shared Governance Task Force
SILS WG = SILS Working Group
Implementation = Alma/Primo Implementation
Alma/Primo Implementation
Onboarding Phase: March - May, 2020
Vanguard Phase: June - October, 2020
Implementation Phase: November 2020 - July 2021
Post-Go-Live transition to support: August - October 2021
Read more about the key activities in phase 4 in SILS migration phases explained.
For details, refer to the Implementation Timeline & Milestones.
Project Milestones
Phase 4 early kickoffs for Implementation Coordinators and Project Management Operation Leads - February 2020
Phase 4 kickoffs for all groups - April 2020
Premortem risk assessment for all groups - April/May 2020
Project wiki opens - June 2020
Work plans submitted to SILS WG for Shared Governance Task Force (SGTF), and Operation Leads groups (Project Manager Leads and Communication Leads) - June 2020
SILS Service Manager starts - July 1, 2020
Budget/Finance projection for campuses (CoUL) - July/Aug 2020
Mid-term report to CoUL - April 2021
CoUL & DOC review & approve the proposed SILS ongoing shared governance (will include shared governance proposal model(s) and proposed timeline to transition to operational shared governance, and recommendation for when phase 4 will end) - late June 2021
SILS go-live on July 27, 2021
Transition to Ex Libris support: August - October 2021
SILS post-go-live work TBD: September - December 2021
End of Phase 4: December 22, 2021 (subject to final approval by CoUL in June)
Final report to CoUL in alignment with phase 4 completion