The ELUNA 2026 Conference kicked off in Los Angeles, bringing together the ELUNA community, Clarivate teams, product experts, and library professionals for a full week of learning, discussion, and collaboration.
Hosted at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, the conference runs from April 27 through May 1, with this year’s theme “Libraries Always Changing.”
The week begins with several focused learning opportunities before the ELUNA Annual Meeting. Clarivate Knowledge Days, taking place April 27–28, gives Alma and Primo VE users access to expert-led sessions from Clarivate Customer Education and Customer Care teams. This year’s tracks include Primo Discovery and User Experience, Smarter Metadata and AI-Powered Workflows, and Linked Data with BIBFRAME.
Also taking place April 27–28, ELUNA Developers Day+ brings together software developers and systems librarians to share local development projects, practical solutions, and tools built around Ex Libris products. The program is designed for customers working with local implementations, APIs, Cloud Apps, Primo customization, and related development work.
On April 28, ELUNA Analytics Afternoon offers a focused forum for intermediate and advanced analytics users, with topics including dashboard prompts, custom functions, regular expressions, subject-area joins, advanced SQL, and data visualization.
ELUNA Annual Meeting
The ELUNA Annual Meeting runs from April 28 through May 1, with three days of sessions taking place from April 29 through May 1.
The annual meeting gives Clarivate customers the opportunity to hear product and strategy updates, meet with product teams and peers, and learn from other institutions working through real library projects and service challenges.
This year’s agenda includes tracks focused on:
- Accessibility
- AI, emerging technologies, and standards
- Analytics
- Discovery
- Migration and implementation
- Product conversations
- Regional user groups
- Special interest groups
- Staffing, strategy, and administration
- Working groups
Across the week, attendees will have opportunities to connect directly with Clarivate product managers, product experts, support teams, and other members of the user community.
A week built around product learning and community expertise
ELUNA continues to be an important forum for libraries using Clarivate solutions to share practical knowledge and shape product direction. The conference brings together users across roles, from new users to experienced practitioners working with analytics, discovery, metadata, and system administration.
Clarivate Knowledge Days offer customers the opportunity to deepen their product knowledge, with 16 expert-led sessions designed to help customers build skills, explore advanced topics, and work directly with Clarivate trainers and product specialists.
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