SCLS All Director’s MeetingJuly 27, 2011Goals for Shared ILS

2011

COMMUNICATIONUsing SCLS Status wiki for most recent news

—outages, new problems, etc. Revamping known problems page to have

more details about the status of problems and development with dates. Will be able to track development.

COMMUNICATIONILS Committee now meeting monthly.The ILS Committee minutes will be reviewed

by committee members first and will be available within one week of the meeting for all ILS libraries.

Two opportunities for input from clusters:2 weeks--ILS call to agenda-cluster rep shares

and gathers input.1 week-ILS agenda sent to link—announce with

reminder to contact cluster rep.

SHARING OPPORTUNITIESModule user groups and workflow sharing

sessionsSemi-annual all ILS library user groupsWiki for workflows (Circ Services Committee)

MORE INPUT FROM LIBRARIESWill continue new development prioritization

process with input from all ILS libraries.Will try to do one a month. Will focus on getting the current problems

fixed before moving on to the next list.

DEVELOPMENT PROCESSSubmit list to librariesLibraries “vote” on top 5Top 10 vote-getters are submitted to LibLime.Bug fixes to existing software can be applied to the next

service pack (not sure yet how far apart these will be)For new development, LibLime will work with

Development Committees on the following process which may take 3 to 4 months.

Develop specification Provide quote Code the feature Submit feature to our sandbox for testing Work the feature into an upgrade

WHAT’S NEXT?Continue developing Koha—focus on

searching improvementsEcommerceMobile device for patrons

WHAT’S NEXT?Prepare for “electronic materials age”

Collection developmentOwnershipCirculation statisticsSeamless access to all types of materials for

patronsOne search interface

LSTA digitization grant will allow us to try PTFS Archivalware interface

KOHA SURVIVOR AWARDAndy Barnett / McMillan Public Library for

creating most adaptable workflow on "go live" day when libraries could not do checkin

KOHA SURVIVOR AWARDRichard Wambold at Dane County--most

innovative way to document response time problems with Koha

http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/dcl/temp/search/search.html

KOHA SURVIVOR AWARDVerona Public Library--first library ever to do

automated materials handling with Koha