2016-04-18 Meeting notes

Goals

  • Define scope and requirements for how to best leverage the capabilities of the Alma User API.
  • Discuss specific applications where Alma user data will be required.
  • Discuss specific applications where Alma user data will be useful.
  • Draft timeline and milestones, and determine point person for tasks and applications.

Discussion items

TimeItemWhoNotes
5minIntroductionsIan Chan (Unlicensed) 
25min

Applications that require Alma user data

Applications where Alma user data might be useful

Ian Chan (Unlicensed)

EZproxy integration with Alma user data to restrict access to authorized users.
Tasks 

Populating ILLiad with Alma user data is a desirable outcome
Tasks

  • Need to upgrade current CSUSM script to REST API 
  • Survey to campuses asking for contact and specific use case details (w/above) - Lauren Magnuson (Unlicensed)
    questions:
    what is process for adding new records to ILLiad?
    what is process for updating records?
    what fields and data are populated in ILLiad?
    what fields are populated in ILLiad via ILS user data? 
     

Create requirements list for the end product - what fields are needed. How are usertypes in Alma translated to ILLiad?
Ian Chan (Unlicensed)  

  • What are Voyager campuses doing for ILLiad patron data via API?

Currently use LDAP for auth and III for patron data.

 

Shib connection to Primo and Alma

Look into use of Shiboleth for ILLiad across the system, as a follow-up project.

Focus on the patron data scripts first.

Issues with campus LDAP not indicating that a user is no longer part of campus community.

How to check Alma for user expiration info for EZproxy?

Hoopla - ebooks, video database (CSUSB)

PC reservation - Envsionware can use SIP2. See what Self-check TF would like to do with this. - Lauren Magnuson (Unlicensed)

Scholarworks - groups in ScholarWorks are dynamically assigned based on user types. Use LDAP data to differentiate user types for ScholarWorks
Tasks

Follow-up with CSUS on who they are facilitating authentication for ILLiad-Alma plugin

 

10minPotential timeline and milestonesIan Chan (Unlicensed)See above
10minWho does whatIan Chan (Unlicensed)See above

Action items

See above 
ILLiad-Alma User Data Integration version 1

EZproxy-Alma User Data Integration version 1