2021-03-15 Resource Access Meeting Notes
Date
Attendees
Christine Tobias
Patty Kishman
Discussion Items
Time | Item | Who | Description | Goals/Info |
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2min | Administrivia |
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40Min | Title level requests | Continued Discussion and reveiew of final summary ___________________________________________________________________________ Presentation & Live-Demo by Marie Widigsonfrom Chalmers → Slides Gathering requirements and accessing interest for title level requesting Title Level Requests - Technical information
Name: "Title level requests" vs. "Instance level " requests
| Slides: | |
15Min | Check-out App Feature discussion | Check-Out App: Allow Custom Fields as Patron Identifiers for Check-Out |
Meeting Outcomes
Functional Area | Product Owner | Planned Release (if known) | Decision Reached | Reasoning | Link to supporting materials | Comments |
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e.g. loans, fees/fines | Name | e.g. Q4 2018, Q1 2019 | Clearly stated decision |
| e.g. mock-up, JIRA issue | |
Notes
Title-level requests - Kelly Drake
Summary of discussion to date:
- FOLIO Item level request functionality is very good, well appreciated and must continue
- Title Level Requesting and is an absolute requirement for some FOLIO libraries and would be a welcome additional option for others.
- Item level requests will need to placed even when there are multiple items
Additional info is included on Kelly’s slides.
Multi-volume sets, or periodicals with more than one item per issue = out of scope (still need to determine how to identify). These will still be handled as item-level requests. Additional permissions also = out of scope, and current (and in development) circ rules will be able to handle this.
Discussion of what identifiers institutions using title-level requesting employ now, including what EDS systems do.
Consensus that this is a hard technical problem to solve!
API changes/additions will include information regarding a patron’s place in the instance/title queue, and maybe item vs title request.
Need a new setting to enable title-level requests.
Timeline + next steps are included on Kelly’s slides.
Check-out app - Erin Nettifee
Erin here to get input on UXPROD-2936, which Duke is going to pay to develop. Four configurable (in SettingsàCirculationàGeneral) identifiers that you can use when checking an item out to a patron: barcode, external system ID, FOLIO record number, and username. UM SIG has been batting around idea of adding additional identifiers to record for awhile. Cons: it’s already pretty “busy” and includes a lot of fields. Answer = use custom fields! Proposal is to make changes to FOLIO to allow this. Biggest change that people will see in UI is in Settings, where a fifth option for “Custom Fields” with a drop-down menu would now appear. If your library doesn’t want to use this feature, you can just leave the box unchecked, meaning it shouldn’t impact you at all. Should be no impact on performance of system.
Consensus that this sounds fine to everyone!