The Product Development Collaboration Agreement (PDCA) outlines the governing principles for collaboration between ELUNA, IGeLU, and Clarivate|Ex Libris on the development of and enhancements to the company’s products. It details the responsibilities of all three parties in the process of collaboration, and serves as the basis for the development of enhancement agreements for each product.
In 2025, ELUNA, IGeLU, and Clairvate|Ex Libris updated the PDCA. Major changes to the agreement include:
- Updated the company name from ‘Ex Libris’ to ‘Clarivate|Ex Libris’ to align with company branding
- The reallocation of 100 enhancement points from the CDI Enhancement Trial back to Primo and Summon/360 (50 points from each were allocated in 2023)
- Removal of enhancement points from Voyager and allocation of 25 of its points to Alma
- Allocation of 10 additional enhancement points to Rapido/RapidILL
- Inclusion of a new Content and Knowledgebase Agreement (CKA)
- Addition of ‘accessibility issues’ as a responsibility of Clarivate|Ex Libris to remedy (rather than through the enhancement process)
- Addition of ‘premium subscriptions’ to the agreement
The PDCA can be viewed here.
The CKA can be viewed here.
The current enhancement point allocations for all products are as outlined below. All product voting cycles are annual unless indicated with a (*), which occurs on each major release cycle.
- Aleph (45)*
- Alma (245)
- Alma-D (50)
- CDI (0)
- Esploro (50)
- Leganto (75)
- Primo (200)
- Rapido/RapidILL (60)
- Rialto (50)
- SFX (50)
- Summon (200)
- Voyager (0)*
Previous Revisions to the Product Development Collaboration Agreement
2023: ELUNA, IGeLU, and Ex Libris updated the product agreement. Major changes to the agreement include the additions of Rapido/RapidILL, Esploro, CDI and an increase in the total number of enhancement points allocated to Alma.
2021: Ex Libris, ELUNA and IGeLU collectively revised structure of the Product Development Collaboration Agreement. This new version created a master agreement with each product having an addenda to the agreement. This way, development capacity could be reviewed for each product annually without a significant revision to the master agreement. Sections were also added on cross-product initiatives (such as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Search Advisory Group) and large scale development initiatives (Controlled Digital Lending Advisory Group).
2014: Ex Libris, ELUNA, and IGeLU signed a revised Product Development Collaboration Agreement. An addendum to the agreement was signed in 2016, following the ProQuest acquisition, extending coverage to Summon.
2011: All three parties signed a separate agreement in 2011 around Central Knowledge Base (CKB) development. This earlier agreement is also superseded, as it has been incorporated into the 2014 agreement.
2008: This agreement supersedes the earlier Product Development Collaboration Agreement (2008), also signed by all three parties (ELUNA Document Repository login required).