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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:51:16 -0500 > From:<gislaine.hame...@statcan.gc.ca> > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Making a serials roadmap of sorts, openly > To:<open-ils-...@list.georgialibraries.org> > Message-ID: > <8e7f583ed6555542abb813d9bca623dd02525...@f6stcemmba10.statcan.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:09:49 +0000 > From: Kivilahti Olli-Antti<olli-antti.kivila...@jns.fi> > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] ***SPAM*** Re: Making a serials roadmap of > sorts, openly > To:"open-ils-...@list.georgialibraries.org" > <open-ils-...@list.georgialibraries.org> > Message-ID: > <8e329c36330e814b9db19d099155da3c963fb...@ks0104.ad.pohjoiskarjala.net> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org > [mailto:open-ils-dev-boun...@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:lebbe...@esilibrary.com | > web:http://www.esilibrary.com > > > End of Open-ils-dev Digest, Vol 83, Issue 12 > ******************************************** > >
