2018-02-09 Meeting notes

Peter McCracken

Kirstin Kemner-Heek, All

Some Questions to help guide discussion:

• General questions about the ERM proposal
• Is the functionality in the Feature Backlog represented in the proposal, particularly those "below the line," represented?
• What items from the Parking Lot will be covered by this proposal? Do we have new items we want to add, if we are not sure whether they will be covered?
• Do you have concerns about functionality that you feel is not currently in the ERM proposal or about how covered functionality is presented?
• Is there more information regarding the core team and its make-up or timeline for getting started?
• What kind of role should the RM SIG take in this development? Should we appointment a new subgroup? Members?
• How will the work of the ERM fit into the work being done by Stacks and Frontside?

Kirstin Kemner-Heek provided intro on German interest in an ERM tool. "YARM" refers to "Yet Another Resource Manager".

In the last week, she has spoken with many in Germany about FOLIO, and there has been a change in recognition: lots of awareness of FOLIO now. Idea is to bring this interest together to help make FOLIO work for German universities.

Kirstin proposed getting together with German ERM experts to get them up to date on FOLIO and how they can work in FOLIO. Probably then organize a workshop to bring together folks to define what to be done next, and ensure that all are working on the items that have been defined in the SIG and aim to not duplicate other work that has already been done or planned.

She is nearly finished with contract with K-Int; they have a product owner (Owen Wilson) and UX/UI designer (Jill Osgood-Thorpe(?), with initial support from Filip to ensure development continues); funds are in place. Ready to start, just seeking feedback on this.

Kristen Wilson reported on GoKB status. GoKB is Global Open Knowledgebase, started in conjunction with KUALI/OLE; built as knowledgebase for OLE. Two Mellon grants provided support for this, through NC State. Served as proof-of-concept for creating a knowledgebase, identified challenges in creating such a knowledgebase. NC State felt they needed to locate a new institution to carry it forward; GVB and HBZ, two networks of German libraries, offered to take it forward. In the last year, they have had change-over in leadership, from NC State to GBV/HBZ. They have been reviewing and updating tools and German data. They recently got a grant to overhaul the UI design for GoKB, and hope to find additional resources to implement changes that come from that process.

Kirstin Kemner-Heek is working to ensure that GoKB will be a good and effective tool for using with ERM work they are working on.

Feb 20, kickoff for ERM discussion - UI contractors want to sit with four libraries, separately, Kiel where Felix Hammel is located, Rostock, and Research Center - Ulich, plus ZDB. They will meet in Feb to form the concept with the UI company. Information will go back to GoKB steering ctte, and will then determine next steps.