2017-06-08 Resource Access Meeting Notes

Date

Jun 8, 2017

Attendees

• @Andrea Loigman

• @Cheryl Malmborg

• @Joanne Leary

• @Deb Lamb

• @Mark Canney

• @Rameka Barnes

• @Sharon Wiles-Young

• @Cate Boerema (Deactivated)

• @Michael Winkler

• @David Bottorff

• @Anne L. Highsmith

• @Hkaplanian

• @Maria Grzeschniok

Goals

• Determine the meeting schedule for the rest of this month

• Delineate needs for system functions related to locations and the location hierarchy

Discussion items

Notes

Housekeeping:  No meetings on 6/22 & 26 (ALA) but will meet while Andrea is on vacation (enjoy!) with Cate as our convener.

Location discussion with Harry, Vince and Cate

• Number of levels:

  • 5, not all need to be configured

  • VZG libraries currently use 5

  • Is having 5 levels a workaround from past systems or needed? 

  • Would it be better to have 5 right now instead of trying to add one later
    
    

• Service Desks / Processing locations

  • not part of the hierarchy but connected to it

  • system needs to understand when an item is 'home' to enable next steps

  • can we have a many to many relationship between desks and locations

    • what are the advantages/disadvantages?

  • Should we differentiate between service Desks & processing locations? Will that help the workflow engine?

• Level Descriptions:

  • each institution will want to define and name their own levels

  • so name conventions could be Level A,B,C or Level 1,2,3

• Consortia needs: 

  • Has not yet been discussed in Consortia SIG

  • many libraries are in more than one consortia

  • how can this be handled?

  • Is there a level above consortia?

  • Sits apart from institution

• Collections:

  • Is collections more of a concept?

  • Location as a purpose? 

  • Workflow as context

  • What would happen if “collection” were not part of location hierarch?

  • What would that do to loan rules?

  • Adding another factor in loan rules (5 instead of 4) would make it more difficult

Seems reasonable to have a level between library and shelving but what would that be?

• Must be able to retain home location when adding a temp location

• Need to be prepared for the future:

  • Floating collections

  • Collective collections

  • ????

Will pick up discussion on Monday’s meeting

Recording - available through 6/22/2017

https://zoom.us/recording/play/A5W90DUgRYZ5n5B4A68gF73drSrOL8vdOkTmD2MsuphXGcNFMfJNA4F8IFvanJED