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ENHANCEMENT REQUEST PROCESS. NAAUG 2000-2001. Key Milestones. Enhancement discussion at NAAUG 2000 Appointment of Working Groups - June 2000 Meeting with Udi Arad at Berlin ICAU meeting - October 2000 Receipt of Enhancement requests from Working Groups - December 2000
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ENHANCEMENT REQUEST PROCESS NAAUG 2000-2001
Key Milestones • Enhancement discussion at NAAUG 2000 • Appointment of Working Groups - June 2000 • Meeting with Udi Arad at Berlin ICAU meeting - October 2000 • Receipt of Enhancement requests from Working Groups - December 2000 • Submission to EL - December 2000 • Response from EL -March 15, 2001
Ex Libris Commitment • Michael Kaplan will be the contact person • No more than 50 requests to be submitted in December 2000 • Ex Libris will assign “development points” up to a total of 150 points • Ex Libris will respond by March 15th • NAAUG will vote on requests and submit final list by end of April 2001 • Ex Libris will implement top 100 points of request in Version 16x
Acquisitions Cataloging and Authorities Circulation Non-Roman OPAC Reports Serials System Administration Enhancement Working Groups
Working Group Membership • Volunteers • Attempt to represent several institutions • Appointment of a Chair • Creation of Working Group Listservs
Enhancement Process • Working Groups identified, described and prioritized requests • Tracking numbers assigned “WG-YYYY-###” • WGs also assigned three levels of priority – high, medium, low • Master Request List assembled • Master list priority – One list of “High Priority” one list with Medium and Low Priority” • High Priority List – 51 items - first priority from each WG, then second, then third, etc. • High Priority List sent to Ex Libris – December 2000
Enhancement Process (cont.) • Enhancement list researched by Ex Libris • Ex Libris assigned “development points” • Annotated list sent back to NAAUG – March 15, 2001 • Five Categories of Responses • Development – points assigned • Already in development • Already available – need to work with Support • Request not detailed enough to evaluate • Ex Libris will not develop at this time
Enhancement Process (cont.) • Ex Libris Responses sent back to WGs- April 5, 2001 • Clarifications received from WGsand sent to Ex Libris- April 2001 • NAAUG selects those enhancements to be formally requested for version 16.x
Proposed Process for Voting on Enhancements • List on a web site all enhancements for which EL has assigned development points • Allot each institution 100 voting points for each “membership” in NAAUG. • Each institution assigns voting points to each enhancement they wish to support
Enhancement Responses • Available now or 14.2 • In the Works (Release #) • Development • Need more information or part of ongoing development • Not Planned
Enhancement Responses CA-2000-001; SE-2000-001; SE-2000-004 MARC Holdings 16.1 CI-2000-001 Dynamic recall 15 points NR-2000-01 Switch scripts in a subfield 14.2 OP-2000-001 Text-based OPAC No REP-2000-001 Third party report writer EL cont RES-2000-001 Live URL links on brief screen 10 points SA-2000-001 Better staff security Z Table privileges No Limit by sublibrary Need info Order groups 15.2 Reporting on proxies 10 points
Enhancement responses AC-2000-002 Improved claiming 10 points CA-2000-002 Documentation Continuing CI-2000-002 Edit of brief record 10 points OP-2000-002 Circulation status Need more info RES-2000-002 Item information in Reserves OPAC Available SE-2000-002 Automatic update of pattern record Serials redesign SA-2000-002 Enhanced documentation Continuing
Enhancement Responses AC-2000-003 Notes on invoice list 5 points CA-2000-003 Consistent diacritics 14.2+ CI-2000-003 Renew all without scrolling 12 points OP-2000-003 Full functionality in all displays More info RES-2000-003 Subsort of instructor list Config. SE-2000-003,005 Bind/Change Items module should reflect Serials Module No Prevent erroneous binding of unarrived issue 14.2 Remove old publication schedules online 20 points SA-2000-003 Pincode functionality Config.
Enhancement Responses AC-2000-004 Edit/delete in order log 10 points CA-2000-004 Change record relationships 14.2+ CI-2000-004 Loan list revisions 10 points OP-2000-004 Call number sorting Config. RES-2000-004 Hourly loan due time Available SA-2000-004 Enhanced GUI printing Add print factor in ini field for each printer 6 points Custom formats Need info Single print command Need info
Enhancement Responses CA-2000-005 Subfiling in indexes Available CI-2000-005 Selective renewal Available OP-2000-05 Title normalization 15.2 CA-2000-006 Brief list call number display Available 14.2 CI-2000-006 Circ history to include sub-library 10 points? OP-2000-006 Phrase searching Workaround? CA-2000-007 Account for non-filing characters 10 points CI-2000-007 Clear “Lost” status Available 14.2 OP-2000-007 Titles in call number browse Config.
Enhancement Responses CA-2000-008 Authority record access from GUI browse 14.2 CI-2000-008 Import patron ID to loan screen 10 points OP-2000-008 Case sensitive browse list 20 points OP-2000-009 Browse request limit extension 25 points CI-2000-010 Independent recall fines ratio 10 points OP-2000-010 Set manipulation 20 points
Enhancement Responses CI-2000-011 Dynamically ordered loans list 16 points OP-2000-011 Increased sort options Support? CI-2000-012 Blocking of recall privileges Available 14.2 OP-2000-012 More locations in brief display More info OP-2000-013 Holdings display More info
2001-2002 Enhancement Process • Keep present Working Groups? • Do we need Reports WG? • Keep membership open or limit to 10? • SC to determine institutional balance? • Chairs elected by WGs or appointed by SC? • Ask WGs to submit their top 10 requests? • Coordination with ICAU?
2001-2002 Proposed timeline • WGs reconstituted - by July 15 • Top 10 requests to Coordinator - Oct. 30 • Combined list sent to EL - Nov. 30 • List returned to NAAUG with points assigned - Feb. 28 • List mounted on Web for voting April 1-30 • Final list to EL - May 1