2020-08-21 Discovery Function Committee Meeting notes

1:00 PM

Call to Order

• 😭 It is raining ash! 😭

Old Business (OB): Custom GetIt Menu update

@Zacharry Williams

• Some recent update to either Alma or Primo (TBD) has affected Alma API responsiveness. (Taking up to 2 minutes to get the Alma data into Primo display.)

• Zach has been fixing issues previously reported via the Trello board.

• There are extant fixes that have not yet been pushed to the Github repository and current version.

• Testing on the timing of the API needs to be run and a case about responsiveness needs to be opened on Salesforce. Zach will look into filing of ticket and report back.

OB: Discovery Open Forum

• Open Forum Tentative Agenda

  • Introduce task force

  • Go over our priorities: (Primo VE), custom Get It menu,
    CDI grievances, (we should invite the CDI task force members - need to get clarification about how to handle reporting of errors - invite Jessica)

  • Crowdsource input on Cmt. priorities

  • Solicit feedback on VE analysis areas

OB: Primo VE Evaluation

• Speed (page load time)

• Usability from staff side (i.e. ALMA v Primo Back Office)

• Usability from patron side

• Results (e.g. relevancy ranking)

OB: Other

• Custom resource type icons

  • How many custom icons would be required? TBD

  • @Christian Ward has some graphic designers who might be able to mock up some designs.

  • Question: would it be right to just restrict this to getting feedback from library faculty/staff and not students?

  • Question raised: have other universities done custom icon sets? What is the ROI on custom icons? Yes, @Gabriel Gardner (Unlicensed) will investigate and report back.

  • We will pose questions about icon issue at the next open forum to get feedback and gauge level of interest among the campuses.

• Question from @Nerissa Lindsey: Are there potential usability issues from not having full metadata for ebooks ordered via GOBI API and using the CZ records? Answer: none anticipated by Christine Holmes.

New Business

@Gabriel Gardner (Unlicensed)

• CSL update to APA 7th https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/Primo/Back_Office_Guide/110Additional_Primo_Features/Managing_Citation_Styles

• APA 7th CSL file https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/blob/master/apa.csl