ORBIS2 SITE VISIT WORKGROUP
Meeting Notes
11 Nov 00
Possible travel dates:
Dec 7 Dec 12, 13 Dec 15 Jan 2, 3, 4, 5 Jan 8, 9, 10
Sites to visit:
For Endeavor U of Pennsylvania
For Ex Libris McGill, U of Iowa, or Notre Dame
For Innovative Michigan State University
For Sirsi U of Virginia, Rutgers, Rice or Stanford University
Categories of questions and staff we wish to meet at sites:
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Audrey |
data migration, system support, system management, contract negotiation, vendor performance, development initiatives w/LSO |
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David |
performance, migration, configuration, operation, disaster recovery, reliability |
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Joan |
cat/auth, serials control, acquisitions flow (w/Marsha), OPAC index display |
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Sue |
circ, ILL, document delivery processes; training, functionality and productivity; patron empowerment, patron and financial records/structure, statistics |
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Marsha |
acquisition flow, invoices, approval process, productivity, financial reports, vendor files, utility & vendor electronic interface (w/Joan) |
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Danuta |
marketing issues, reader reactions, OPAC ease of use, reader training; process/impact of change |
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All |
handling non-Roman script, staff training, reports |
Possible components of the visit's agenda:
|
Audrey |
System staff, contract negotiations |
|
David |
Campus IT |
|
Marsha |
Business manager |
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Marsha and Joan |
Cat Dept Mger, Acq Dept Mger, AUL TS |
|
Sue |
Circ Mger, ILL Mger, |
|
Sue and Danuta |
AUL-PS |
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Marsha/Sue |
Selectors perhaps w/ AUL-CM |
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Joan/Danuta: |
Reference group |
Demo/tours:
|
Sue |
circ desk/reserve process/ OPAC patron empowerment |
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David |
batch bibliographic updates, at least measurements, tour processing: scheduling/monitors/routines for data batch processing |
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Audrey/ perhaps all |
searching OPAC on site |
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Marsha and Joan |
job stream from order to cataloging [place/receive] |
"TO DO" for next meeting:
Compose specific questions to pose during site visits