[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Collection Development

[Dan Scott]

Art:

I read your Woodchip document yesterday
(http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=scratchpad:acq_serials) and
agree that the Desiderata piece would be very useful. Do you envision
the spending scenarios being visible outside the library? It seems
something like a departmental wish list for materials that would go
beyond the classic "request an item" function (which usually goes into
a black hole as far as feedback goes) with an Amazon-style mix of
wanted items, rankings by those in the department, augmentation of
reviews, artwork, etc from other sources to aid those in rankings
would offer a collaborative model for collection development - and
might be another way to encourage quick donations to the library.

All very fuzzy right now (it is, after all, still just 8:00 am) but
I'm excited by the possibilities.

To get this thread back on track, I'm looking forward to seeing what
Chris has in mind for a collection development interface - both from a
user experience and from an architectural perspective.

On 30/04/07, arhyno at uwindsor.ca <arhyno at uwindsor.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> There is a "Desiderata" piece to the work going in acq/ser with OFBiz. The
> idea is that it will be a sort of rolling catalogue of materials that are
> either on order and/or represent potential items to be ordered. I used a
> system like this in a previous life and found it was invaluable for
> automatically calculating different spending scenarios for those, like me,
> who tended to want far more materials than their budget could sustain. Can
> you provide some more details on the type of interface you have in mind?
>
> art


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Dan Scott
Laurentian University