2023-01-27 Discovery Committee Meeting

15min

Meetings with Ex Libris

@brandon dudley (Unlicensed)

Discussion

• Upcoming meetings will discuss issues presented by the CSU.

• Wide representation is desired for those meetings and the DFC should put out a call for those interested in participating.

• Do the title index issues occur in other areas outside of resource sharing an Rapido?

• We are having to reverse-engineer how to change UI elements.

• Ex Libris likes to received proposed solutions when we present issues.

• The goal is to wrap up meetings by end of June.

To-dos

Additional Information

First set of meetings – Data Excellence and Discovery indexes:

1. CSU - main pain points
   We would like CSU staff to describe the main pain points in the area of CDI, CZ, e-resources and Discovery possibly including Rapido/Global Title Index issues here, or during the Res Sharing section below.
   The reason we are asking for this session as the first session, is that sometimes the description in the report is on a high level and we need to get into the details in order to better understand it.
   RMFC: Duplication is the #1 point for me in this discussion. Portfolios and holdings should not appear on multiple search result records - those records should be merged or somehow collocated in discovery - this is one thing that OCLC does way better with their discovery system.
   The #2 issue for me is weighting. I'd like to be able to add ranking to single records, or sets of records - the main the use case for this is seminal works with many derivatives. If someone searches "Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte" we want the actual book to be result #1 not the reviews, commentary, etc.
   
   

2. Data Excellence and Discovery – current status
   We would like to cover what was done so far in this area which includes CDI and CZ
   
   

3. Data Excellence and Discovery – next steps
   What are the EXL future plans in the area of Data Excellence and Discovery

2nd set of meetings on other issues

Discovery = PrimoVE but no issue related to content (CDI, CZ, Linking)

Do you think it is possible or should we wait until we progress with the first series (Data Excellence and Discovery).

What is the Data Excellence Initiative?

The Data Excellence initiative represents Ex Libris’ commitment to content improvement through process review and tool development. The initiative was announced in 2021 and will be a main driver of content development over the next few years.

There are many components to the initiative, but the deliverables should result in improvements like enriched CZ records, faster updates, quicker, more accurate provider metadata refreshes and better linking.

The Aug 2022 update on the initiative can be found here. One major change delivered by the initiative is Community Zone Direct Ingests for Title Lists aimed to speed up CKB refreshes.

Let Brandon know if you have any questions specifically regarding this initiative.

15min

Review and discuss the Primo VE Survey Report

@Ian Chan (Unlicensed)

Next steps pending completion of survey process and purpose sections.

To-dos

10min

Testing for February release

@Hannah Lee

Primo VE Releases

February release testing

• Exciting new features

• Needs testing for scopes at individual campuses

• Need help button might interfere with chat widgets

Discussion from prior meeting

The committee discussed the possible implementation of the Feedback Tool for Primo VE.

Issues, comments, and questions

• Can we customize placement and color of the feedback button

• Is it possible combine our chat buttons with the Primo feedback button

• The categories feature is useful

• How is the UX on mobile?

10min

Any items to highlight from the gathering of UI/UX Assessment research articles and projects?

@Keven Jeffery (Unlicensed)

10min

Configuring secondary resource types

@Hannah Lee

• The Norm rule task force is ready to follow up

• Orbis Cascade started working on this, but stopped due to the number of issues

• The process of implementing this is different from BO – more difficult because configuration udpates for NZ records only applies to NZ, each IZ will require it's own implementation – a major architectural barrier

• There could be difficulties in achieving consensus amongst 23 campuses
  There will need to be consensus on the definition of what types are considered GovDocs

• Committee agreement on starting with GovDocs

• Can we use secondary resource types in facets?
  Yes!

• Committee will share at upcoming open forum and solict feedback via an upcoming Technical Services open forum

• ULMS page on resources types requires update.

10min

Let’s start planning the Jan 27, 2023 Discovery Open Forum

@Ian Chan (Unlicensed)

We will plan an open forum for mid/late February.

Discussion from prior meeting

• Topics will include VE survey report, secondary resource types, Primo UX study, Primo Need Help button

10min

Discuss next steps for partnering with other committees and task forces

@Ian Chan (Unlicensed)

RMFC

• Support for meeting with RMFC in March

ERM

• We have several items requiring follow-up with the ERM committee, such as excluding CDI ebooks

Linked Data Task Force

• no updates

5min

Custom package requests

@Ian Chan (Unlicensed)

Enable Google Analytics version 4

• We’ll need to migrate to GA4 by June

• The committee will discuss at next meeting

5min

Primo Known Issues Updates

@Ian Chan (Unlicensed)

10min

Accessibility Report Updates

@Ian Chan (Unlicensed)

Discussion at ELUNA Primo PWG referenced Primo product managers meeting that briefly describes plans to implement accessibility improvements.

They are working to complete a contract with an external auditor for all the fixes this year. Then will update the VPAT and list of roadmap issues for 2023. Document targeted end of November, finished certainly by end of year.