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2024 Discovery API Improvements 

Minutes

• Any additional steps for listed improvements?
  • No movement on UXPROD-4805 bulk renewals
  • MODRTAC-68, how do we move forward?
    • For EBSCO, is this why they cannot display multiple holdings statements in new EDS UI? Nicole will follow up.
• WolfCon 2024 presentations
  • Do we have a timeline? Can we have 'Satisfying API' first?
    • Demian will ask
  • Single Satisfying API for Availability Information. (A highly configurable alternative to edge_rtac)
    • Uwe Reh, still working on EBSCO/rep
  • Discussion on APIs for Discovery Front End Systems
    
    • Uwe will check for acceptance email and abstract
    • Last year similar presentation ended in the survey group
    • This year's presentation
      • Create abstract
      • Presentation outline
        • Slide about the survey work
        • slide about apis/middleware/discovery systems
        • Things improved/fixed since survey
          
          • EBSCO's fixes done since survey?
          • VuFind done since survey. (Poppy authentication)
          • none EBSCO/VuFind implementations (Stanford, Cornell/Blacklight)
      • Top things we'd like to still see improved
      • How to follow/advocate for your top improvements
        • roadmaps
        • Product Owners and SIGs. (How do you find the correct PO? SIG? What about going to Vendors/vendor improvements?)
  • VuFind Preconference session
    • Basic intro to installing VuFind and loading data into. Koha and DSpace. All students will have virtual environments. Prereq is some Linux/Command line experience.
• Communication regarding other EDS issues (not only FOLIO related)? Here or somewhere else?
• Are we a SIG? Should we submit to monthly SIG report?
  • Would increase visibility
  • Take this point to another meeting to decide on any action items.

Next meeting

Meetings on Tuesday at 10:00 am EST, dates TBD by #discovery Slack channel and posted here.

Next meeting is July 23, 2024.