[Eg-oversight-board] Update on UI project

[Ben Hyman]

+1 Kathy, Yamil & Grace

On 2013-12-13, at 11:08 AM, Kathy Lussier wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Yamil, Terran, Grace and I had a conference call yesterday to discuss the UI projects. At this time, we have two possible consultants we are considering for the project. We are hoping to schedule conference calls with each of them next week to see if one of the consultants comes across as a clear choice for the group. If so, we plan to engage in further discussions with the consultant to get us to the point where we can get a proposal for the project.
> 
> We also identified some broad goals for the project that you can see at http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=scratchpad:ui:goals. Some points to make about these goals:
> 
> * For the improvements to reach the greatest number of users in the Evergreen community, we agreed that the consultant should focus on the most-heavily used interfaces in circulation and cataloging. Although there are other interfaces that may have more usability concerns, we thought it was important to focus on the interfaces that got the most day-to-day use. We think the results from the Evergreen Use survey done as part of the QA project would be helpful in pinpointing the interfaces that are evaluated. http://nox.esilibrary.com/~jason/qareport/qa.html#_appendix_a_survey_results <http://nox.esilibrary.com/%7Ejason/qareport/qa.html#_appendix_a_survey_results>.
> 
> * We also noted that we need to strike a balance between improving usability, ensuring that the web client project is done in a timely manner, and ensuring that staff do not need to be totally re-trained to use the new client.
> 
> We also talked a bit about what kind of budget we should set for the project. Given the timeline, this is not a project that could be funded through a possible grant. However, there are several Evergreen sites that might be interested in contributing to this project. Grace said she would contact potential contributors to see if we could get a ballpark on what we may have available for funds.
> 
> I will continue to post information about the project to http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=scratchpad:ui:start. If anyone has any questions or further comments, let me know.
> 
> Have a nice weekend!
> Kathy
> 
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