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SCLS All Director’s Meeting July 19, 2012

This document outlines the goals and progress of shared ILS development, including upgrades, bug fixes, authority control features, circulation improvements, acquisitions, and user experience enhancements.

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SCLS All Director’s Meeting July 19, 2012

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  1. SCLS All Director’s MeetingJuly 19, 2012 Goals for Shared ILS

  2. 2012 Development • √ 4.10 upgrade (2/7/12) • √ 4.10.1-4.10.5 (Feb – April, 2012) • √ 4.12 upgrade (5/31/12) • 4.12 bug fix release – late summer • 4.14 SOLR enhancement – August • 4.16 late fall – planned projects for 2012 • Koha evaluation – complete by end of December

  3. 2012 Development • Cataloging • Authority Control • Authority loader (4.16) • RDA Compliance and other authority control features (4.16) • √ Invalid barcodes (4.12) • Automated materials handling & Self checks • √ Lost items identified (4.10.3) • √ Add Shelving location to sort criteria (4.10.3) • Renew items on self checks (4.16)

  4. 2012 Development • PAC / Patrons • √ Relevancy ranking improvement (4.10) • √ Fix holds message when placing additional hold (4.10) • Title browse (4.16) • Display full titles in PAC & staff (4.16) • √ Limiting by all books and adult (4.12) • Sort facets alphabetically – may be available with SOLR • √ Add drop down box with format search limits on main search page (4.12) • √ Change wording of Browse shelf feature

  5. 2012 Development • Circulation • √ Retain last patron (4.10) • √ Add agency code to checkin messages (4.10) • Ability to save messages to history (4.16) • √ Have Talking Tech check to see if patron picked up hold (4.12) • Improve fines & lost payment process (4.16) – possibly a major re-vamp

  6. 2012 Development • Response time • √ Retrieving magazine titles (4.10) • Improving new bib indexing time (SOLR 4.14) • Data archiving planned for fall • GetIt Acquisitions • √ EDI is fully working • Create items on order • √ Bulk send to catalog works to create on order items • Individual PO lines will create items for new titles • Still need updating items at point of receipt

  7. Other Projects • Ecommerce (2012 plan) • √ Downloadable mobile app for patrons (2012 plan) – 2,793 users in June visited 11,357 times • √ Text message holds notices • √ Series & Awards, Social tags & reviews, Similar Titles, Excerpts (ILS Users Group in March) • Library online authentication • √ Remove fines history for patrons now in sandbox (ILS Users Group)

  8. Reports • √ Email list set up to solicit input on report development • √ Circulation “pipeline” • √ Circulation by Dewey by library • √ Circulation by collection code subtotalling • Circulation by PSTAT subtotalling coming • √ Reports calendar – daily reports and semi-monthly reports

  9. Reports -- Next • Holds Pipeline and Items Pipeline • Investigating options for on demand circ by hour and last patron requests • Crystal reports – LSTA grant • Purchasing server • Planning training • Contracting for report development

  10. ILS Support • Updating manuals – incorporating workflows • Offering training in late summer and fall • ILS Problem & Questions form submissions • 3908 submitted since April 17, 2011 • Highest month: May, 2011 – 897 • Lowest month: January, 2012 – 58 • Last three months: range from 63 to 77

  11. ILS Problems & Questions Form

  12. 2012 & 2013 • Complete additional “wish list” items as possible in 4.16 or later (see 2012 development plan) • Prepare 2013 development plan in the fall • Improvements to Last Patron • Linked authorities (RDA, etc.) • Integrate ability to access and download electronic resource records • Review notice workflow in Koha

  13. Fun Facts • LINK2.0Koha • 197 subscribers • 23 page views per day • Followers from Canada & New Zealand • LINKcat • 234,938 visits in June • Countries include Canada, Ecuador, Germany, UK, Peru, China, Italy, Japan • LINKcat on Facebook has 835 followers

  14. Demos • LINK2.0Koha • News • Reports • Reports • LINKcat enhanced content • SOLR

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