[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: Making a serials roadmap of sorts

[Kivilahti Olli-Antti]

Hello all Serials enthusiasts!

I have closed the doodle-poll for Serials roadmapping
http://doodle.com/s6vkmbxt82vbvces

Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:30 PM in Caffe Buongiorno /w Free WiFi 
(https://plus.google.com/114584287468335989632/about)
Unless we all get to meet before that and replan.

OAK


On 02/21/2013 05:09 PM, Olli-Antti Kivilahti wrote:
> Hi Evergreen General!
>
> We have some improvements in mind regarding the Serials module, and 
> would like to hear some feedback from the General mailing list as well.
> We are planning to hold a Serials roadmapping workshop/meeting 
> during/before the conference.
> I have pasted our correspondence in the Developers mailing list after 
> this message.
>
> The link to participate is here!
>
> http://doodle.com/s6vkmbxt82vbvces
>
> Olli-Antti Kivilahti
> Joensuu Regional Library
> Open Library 2014
>
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> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:51:16 -0500
> From:<Gislaine.Hamelin at statcan.gc.ca>
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Making a serials roadmap of sorts, openly
> To:<open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org>
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> Hello list,
>
> One improvement we would like to see is the merging of the two views 
> (I'm sure this has already been raised). We currently prefer Alternate 
> as we use routing lists. We also have asked for a customized routing 
> list to reflect the one we currently have. This will be particular to 
> our library, but we are certainly willing to submit to the community.
>
> A serials related get together is a great idea.
>
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> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:09:49 +0000
> From: Kivilahti Olli-Antti<olli-antti.kivilahti at jns.fi>
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] ***SPAM*** Re: Making a serials roadmap of
>     sorts,    openly
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> Thanks Leb for starting this wonderful thread!
>
> I promised to send the key issues we need to solve and here is an
> excerpt from the HIGHLY classified email I sent to Messrs. Fogle-Weekley
> and Scott:
>
> STARTING TRANSMISSION
>
> We were browsing the git log with Pasi and found out that lately you two
> have made a lot of contributions to the Serials module.
> This made us to believe that you are currently working on Serials and
> you might have some kind of an idea about the Serials development 
> roadmap.
>
> We did some testing sessions last December to identify issues with EG's
> Serials module. We got a selection of issues that are missing or we are
> unable to modify our processes to suit.
> I would like to compare your goals with ours and find out if we can
> somehow align our targets.
>
> The key issues:
> -We need to be able to target holds for serials in acquisition as soon
> as we know they will be ordered. So holds for item predictions.
> -In Serials control view, we need to be able to filter the HUGE
> predicted items group atleast by the org_unit.
> -We need to be able to add Marc-fields (or some kind of searchable tags)
> to specific issue numbers. We might have a "Christmas special" issue, or
> a "Housing heating" special issue.
> -We need to be able to search for specific issue number and for possible
> tags/MARC-fields associated. Issues might have multiple names as their
> names can change during their existence.
> -We need to revert the way issues are displayed in the TPAC. Issues 
> need to be displayed number-first instead of org_unit-first as this is 
> more logical to our public masses.
> -We need to make numbers holdable like we can make items holdable on 
> multiple levels, so our patrons can get the most available issue from 
> the closest org_unit delivered to them.
>
> These are the identified targets but certainly, considering the
> architecture of the Serials module, some might be impossible to 
> implement.
>
> Olli-Antti Kivilahti
> Open Library 2014
> Joensuu Regional Library
>
> P.S. See you in Vancouver!
> P.P.S. We are arriving to Vancouver on the 3rd of April, so we can 
> certainly meet before the conference.
>
> STOP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org 
> [mailto:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of 
> Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley
> Sent: February-13-13 4:26 PM
> To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Making a serials roadmap of sorts, openly
>
> I've recently heard from Olli-Antti Kivilahti, who along with Pasi 
> Kallinen has identified some of his institution's most highly desired 
> serials features.
>
> I'll let them respond here with more detail if they're ready to do so 
> now, but I also wanted to take the opportunity to organize some kind 
> of serials-related get-together at the Evergreen conference.
>
> Let's have all available past, present, and future Evergreen serials 
> developers come together to discuss what we can agree on, design-wise, 
> and let's also talk about what we think we can get done, given that 
> none of us are in a position to work on serials development full-time 
> at the moment.  As far as I know nobody out there is funding any 
> specific serials development work on Evergreen right now, but that's 
> not to say that some work can't happen anyway.
>
> Also, I think we should semi-formally make ourselves available at some 
> appointed time and place to hear questions, concerns, and feature 
> wishlists from serials users at the conference.  There has been a 
> significant increase in the number of sites using Evergreen serials 
> since last year's conference, and it's a good opportunity to identify 
> the most pressing needs of the broader community.
>
> Feedback about all of these things are also welcome right here on the 
> mailing list.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- 
> Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley
>   | Software Developer
>   | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts  | phone: 
> 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)  |email:lebbeous at esilibrary.com    | 
> web:http://www.esilibrary.com
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