2020-09-14 Meeting notes

Date

Sep 14, 2020

Participants

@Stephen Davison
@Laurel Narizny
@Franses Rodriguez (Unlicensed)
@Mariella Soprano
@Bianca Rios (Unlicensed)
@Christopher Dixon
@Viet Nguyen
@Jocelyn Yamasaki

Discussion topics

Vendor demos followup/status (ExLibris, EBSCO, TIND)
- Our email to vendors:
  - Do you have a staff-side "sandbox" that we could use for more "hands on" experience? That would be very helpful.
  - As a next step, would you be able to engage with the Library staff and some key campus community members through presentations and discussion? In each case we envisage a focused presentation, followed by an opportunity for Q&A. A possible division of topics and audience could be as follows:
    1. Discovery, circulation, patron management, etc. Audience: Library staff (reference, circulation), Campus community members.
    2. Acquisitions, cataloging, and ERM (i.e. standard back end services). Audience: Library staff.
    3. Integrations, batch processes, special projects (e.g inventory), APIs. Audience: Library collection management and technical staff primarily.
- ExLibris: suggest two-hour blocks on any Tues-Wed-Thurs starting the week of 9/21 at the earliest
- EBSCO: are waiting for suggestions
- TIND: Kara has written to Alex requesting more info on their offering
Evaluation criteria (Google Doc)
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K2kaeAjYt76MZKiqgyEB19_fvmJ8Yyi7byLE6KqAwK4/edit?usp=sharing
Staff updates:
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t_wiWSPmJ-5QFQpLvQgyRPY0dTaUW3e2tTpypHWBc_Y/edit
- Presentation for staff: update + intro to vendor demos?

Action items

The ILS/LSP Committee will host a T2T3 with a brief orientation covering developments, upcoming vendor presentations, the evaluation form for staff use, and Q&A.

Decisions

Ex Libris will be presenting their demo for Library staff. The committee is working with them to schedule a date/time.