Date
Attendees
- Andrea Loigman
- Jana Freytag
- (OLD ACCOUNT) Erin Nettifee
- Andy Horbal
- Joanne Leary
- Kai Sprenger
- Elizabeth Chenette
- Cheryl Malmborg
- Emma Boettcher
- Cornelia Davis
- Rachael Smith
- Donna Minor
- Mark Canney
- Kimie Kester
Discussion Items
Time | Item | Who | Description | Goals |
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5 min | Housekeeping | Andrea Loigman |
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25min | Users | Dummy / Generic users | UM has been discussing the need for dummy/generic users. Erin and Jana will cover what's been decided and get our our input. See UM meeting notes at 2019-07-31 Meeting notes | |
20min | Items | Statuses related to lost items | Decide whether to distinguish aged to lost items from patron-reported lost items, and whether to distinguish paid-for lost items from long missing |
Meeting Outcomes
Functional Area | Product Owner | Planned Release (if known) | Decision Reached | Comments |
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Item states | Emma Boettcher | Emma will send out table to solicit information on item states relating to lost and missing items (any item where its physical whereabouts are unknown): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vauwFufDLFBtzQ3TE0QZG6wblAeEaM9-fhrTSEHsqM8/edit?usp=sharing Likely that grossly overdue/aged to lost can be combined with patron reporting item lost | ||
Notes
Erin and Jana discussed the definition of "dummy users":
- To be called "generic records"
- Used for internal processing purposes (ex: checking out books to carrels, internal routing of materials, book and copy service), or for external lending or borrowing (consortial/interlibrary loan operations)
- Need a way to include contact information (name/email/address) in a note field
- Should be able to assign tags and send notices to such records
- Records will be accessible by library staff only
It appears that we will not need any special features for the creation of generic records that are not already present in standard patron records. However, other functionality is needed in general for patron records:
- Deceased flag that prevents use of the record for borrowing or for receiving notices
- Custom fields
- Tags
- Notes
- Ability to disable/suspend notices (toggle setting)
- Overwrite protection for entire record or just for certain fields
- Ability to assign more than one patron block
Forms of "Lost" and "Missing" (Emma):
To clarify which are distinct-use states, we reviewed the list of 5 Lost and Missing statuses from Emma. We agreed that the two Lost statuses (aged to Lost, and patron reports book lost) could be combined into one. The rest of the status variations were not as clear-cut; we are asked to enter our preferences on a wiki page: lost/missing spreadsheet
There will be custom states down the road.
Finally, we are reminded to comment on the JIRA issues that Cate sent out this morning (see list above).