2023-09-05 - Consortia SIG Notes

Owned by Corrie Hutchinson (Unlicensed)
Sep 18, 2023
2 min read

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Attendees

Corrie Hutchinson (Unlicensed)Noah Brubaker Hedda.Kuban Lucy Harrison Joe Martina Tumulla Hkaplanian Margaret Youngberg Stephanie Chinn Darsi Rueda Lloyd Chittenden Elena OMalley 

Discussion items

TimeItemWhoNotes
Entire sessionWOLFcon 2023All attendees
  • General impressions
    • Impressed by enthusiasm of attendees
    • Good mix of technical sessions and real world practice presentations
    • Good opportunity to meet people in-person
    • For those who attended virtually, there were some technical issues that made it difficult to hear or understand the presentations
    • Lots of interest in watching presentations that attendees were unable to see first-hand
      • Raw footage (individual presentations not yet available on YouTube) 
  • ECS (Enhanced Consortial Support) session
    • Session discussed mod-consortia app as well as shared cataloging
    • Concerns about having to do a separate upgrade for all tenants
      • Is this something the Consortia SIG can advocate for changing?  
      • This particular functionality resides with the SysOps team
    • Planned functionality considered when a consortium is looking to implement
    • General discussion about FOLIO as a platform 
  • Lists app
    • Lots of positive interest; good for task management
    • Of interest to GALILEO and how they might be able to 'push' lists to individual libraries
    • Interest in how it can be used for consortial needs
      • Future Agenda item
  • OpenRS
    • Provides desired DCB functionality
    • Ongoing questions : 
      • What is the end goal for OpenRS?
      • Will it support all ILS?
      • What is the roadmap?
    • Original goal is to support MOBIUS by replacing functionality provided by INN-Reach
    • Long-term goal is to connect all ILS
    • EBSCO is in the final stages of certifying the INN-Reach app with FOLIO; hoping to have it complete soon
  • Dashboard app
    • Interest in how to integrate the dashboard and lists apps
    • Looking forward to the functionality and how it can improve workflow management seen in other ILS
  • Authority control
    • The shared cataloging options of ECS includes shared authority records
    • Still a work-in-progress

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