2024-07-23 Discovery working group

At Meeting

NameAssociation
NameAssociation
Johanna RaddingAmherst College
Villanova University
Nicole TrujilloCU Boulder
Uwe Rehhebis
Bernd OberknappFreiburg
Cory LownStanford

2024 Discovery API Improvements 

Minutes

  • WolfCon 2024 presentations
    • Sched is being updated as we speak! keep looking for updates
    • Single Satisfying API for Availability Information. (A highly configurable alternative to edge_rtac)
      • Uwe sent in revisions
    • Discussion on APIs for Discovery Front End Systems
      • Nicole will create a rough draft of slides using our survey/FOLIO template and the below presentation outline
      • Uwe will check for acceptance email and abstract
      • Updated presentation name and abstract
      • This year's presentation
        • 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?)
      • Two questions:
        • Do we want to include local (non-FOLIO api) improvements?
          • Yes, we want different viewpoints/application examples to share.
        • What date would the slides be due by?
          • 1st week of September


Next meeting

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

Next meeting is August 6, 2024