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OPAC development ideas and issuesRoundtable#InitialsNotesFCLA Notes on technical level of effort 1=easy 3=difficult ?=unknown

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Revisit/modify OPAC chargeCommunication2nc, btShould have done this already!FCLA - n/a

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Location mappingNew user features2MG bt
2 FCLA - the difficulty lies in creating and maintaining the location, depending on the degree of specificity

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Refworks, Endnote exportationNew user features2MG bt JL2 FCLA - in progress

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Define roles of liaisonCommunication1ncI think the communication stuff should be done by one taskforceFCLA - n/a

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Communication tools inventoryCommunication1ncFCLA - n/a

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Workshops/training with FCLACommunication1ncNot really an action item (nc)FCLA - n/a

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SUL Assessment GroupCommunication1ncFCLA - n/a

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Browse indexes: complete development for Author, Corporate Author, Subject, Tickler and OCLC.Indexing, etc.1btThis is very important to TSPC people. We should get it done.2 FCLA - Once Tickler and OCLC numbers.

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Browse indexes: New indexesIndexing, etc.2 FCLA - New indexes (e.g. LC Call No.)

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Browse indexes: Cross referencesIndexing, etc.3 FCLA - adding cross-references

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Access to database articlesIntegrating new resources1GP2 FCLA - this is tentatively in progress (for metalib users), we are waiting for some server setup. Unknown for serials solutions users

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Send call number via text messagingNew user features1MG JLhttp://phebe.bowdoin.edu/record=b2012891~S11 FCLA - assuming the cell phone numbers are in the Aleph patron records

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Links to research guidesNew user features1MG2 or 3 FCLA - the difficulty depends on how the research guides are included, webcrawler or Endeca pipeline, and if the latter, how much of this work is done by the library

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Embedded chat widget for help w/librarianNew user features1GP2 FCLA - difficulty depends on the software used for this feature and ease of implementation

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Links like "patrons who looked at this books also looked at…"New user features1GP3 FCLA - this feature depends on the ability (and willingness) to store information about patrons' activities

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Tagging w/patron created subject heading, etc. New user features1GP2 or 3 FCLA - difficulty depends on what kind of tagging is implemented, LibraryThing, 'Custom' LibraryThing or FCLA Custom tagging

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Access to non-MARC items in PALMMIndexing, etc.2 FCLA - make modifications to Mango/Endeca to accommodate display of non-MARC records. Will be ongoing work as records are brought in.

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Updating bib records in EndecaIndexing, etc.JLAlso, a TSPC action item3 FCLA - In progress, but involves making changes to several processes (preprocessing and Endeca indexing)

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Fine-tuning of facetsIndexing, etc.2 FCLA - With specs from TSPC, specific changes can most likely be completed fairly quickly

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Single portalIntegrating new resources? FCLA - this will most likely involve ongoing enhancements to Mango, the biggest ones are Article Searching and including DL content.

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Access to non-library resources Integrating new resources? ditto

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Recommender service, "Would you like to see related items?Integrating new resources1 FCLA - if recommendations are based on existing record properties (i.e. Subject Headings)

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Help boxes within the recordNew user featureshttp://phebe.bowdoin.edu/record=b2012891~S11 FCLA - need more detail about what this means

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Search for book reviews optionNew user features2 FCLA - depends on where the reviews come from

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Request via ILL optionNew user features3 FCLA - the difficulty lies in patron authentication and authenticating between systems

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Book jacketsNew user featuresJL1 FCLA - this could happen fairly quickly once we decide on the source of the images

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Book reviewsNew user featuresJL1 FCLA - this could happen fairly quickly once we decide on the source of the reviews

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LibraryElf - notifies patron when books are dueNew user features? Need more information. Aleph already has services that do send notices

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List of books/articles that the book cites (like Google Scholar)New user features3+ FCLA - we would need access to the full-text data or at least the full-text of the citation data

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Course reserve module?3 FCLA - this would involve building an instance of Endeca (or Solr/Lucene) for this purpose

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Merged record issues? JL? FCLA - depends on the specific issue at hand

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Single bibliographic recordTSPC Action item

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Adding Google book search icon JL