Reading List Application Requirements Document

Target release	Go live
Document status	DRAFT
Document owner	David Walker
Designer	David Walker
Developers	David Walker
QA

Goals

Create a reading list application to to better support reserves and learning management system integration with Alma / Primo.

Background and strategic fit

Alma's reading list functionality – mostly used in support of reserves – is pretty limited and clumsy. This application will provide a better interface to that capability within Alma, as well as integration points into campus learning management systems in an effort to increase usage of library resources for instructional material.

Assumptions

Chancellor's Office will lead development and host the application
We will build applciation using PHP and Symfony
We will use Alma and Primo API's
We will use LTI as the primary method of integration to the learning management system
Taskforce member institutions will provide initial testing, QA

Requirements

#	Title	User Story	Importance	Notes
1	Add resources to list from Primo search	Instructor can search Primo to find books and articles to make part of the reading list.	Primary	Physical materials discovered via this search will need to alert library staff to place item on reserve Links to e-resources that expire will need to directed to library staff to place item on e-reserve or else users will wind-up at dead-end or ILL.
2	Add resources to list from manual entry	Instructor can manually add resources through a web form	Primary	Metadata should be sufficient to identify the resource via an openURL or with a direct link Instructor may enter a direct link to a subscription resources, so will need to add proxy link Should support databases as well as typical book, article, video, etc.
3	Add resource to list from already saved resoruces
4	Add same list to multiple courses	Instructor may elect to use the same reading list in multiple courses, and so we need to distinguish users from each course	Secondary	Could get away with a single course to list assignment in the beginning
5	Instructor and co-instructor roles	Instructor has ability to edit the list, but teaching assistants or librarians should have limited, secondary role to be able to edit the reading list	Secondary	Not critical for initial release
6	Sharing	Instructor can elect to make their list public, allowing other users of the system to see and adopt their list	Secondary	Not critical for initial release
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User interaction and design

Questions

Below is a list of questions to be addressed as a result of this requirements document:

Question	Outcome