2018-02-26 Open Forum Meeting

1min

• Mike has a new library

2018 Release Plan

• February Release (Launch Date 1/21)  – May Release (Launch Date 4/29)  – August Release (Launch Date 7/22)  – November Release (Launch Date 11/11)

Other Highlights

• Search and Ranking Enhancement -expanded use of controlled vocab, better author/title searches, better handling of language ranking
• Linked open data
• Item relationships (like matching book reviews to the book)
• Grid View
• Image previews
• No more newspapers (there will be a separate interface??)
• Better handling of short searches
• Better identification and handling of open access (including an OA facet)
• Improved a-z database listing with categories
• Remember me (sticky limiters?) 
• RefWorks Integration (searching Primo from within RefWorks)
• Improved My Library Card experience (NERS)
• Zotero support (NERS)

There seems to be interest in the development of a new book carousel. Is this something that could be centrally developed and distributed?

• There seems to be interest across the system for something like this
• Mike will reach out to the disco group and others to help out with this project.

Norm Rules Task Force: Going through older requests that have not been completed. Currently working on making sure that subject headings are aligned with policies. Looking at 7xx fields. The results of that should be available at the next meeting. A reminder that the norm rule schedule is available online. By next meeting should be able to share more.

User Interface and Development Taskforce: Report a problem. The group is looking at a "text a call number" feature. This can be added to the send to menu. Most are using Alma GES, so you see the link for articles, but often not for the local collection. The group is also looking at optional features in the central package. Dave is going to look at all the campus OneSearchs to see if they are using the linkable genre field. We can now turn off tags in the BO, so we don't need to use CSS to hide them anymore. Changes coming by spring break. Dave will send out a spreadsheet where people can opt in or out of CP changes. Dave advises using code from central package for analytics. 

Analytics Joint Task Force:  Continuing to look at Google Analytics. Visualization task force is also doing work.

Outreach and Instruction Task Force: 

• There is an EAR subcommittee that are looking at textbooks across the CSU. Collection development listserv is the place to join this conversation. Check out this LSU site. Here is a link to the GitHub page for a curriculum builder made by Ebsco.