Date

01 Dec 2016

Attendees

• Cynthia Schwarz (Unlicensed)

• David Lacy

• Erin Finnerty
• Sarah Yerger
• Nancy Turner
• Justin Hill
• Catherine Dunn
• Leanne Finnigan
• Former user (Deleted)
• Chad Nelson (Unlicensed)
• Mark Darby
• Emily Toner (Unlicensed)

Goals

• Provide an overview and update on the status of the ILS migration to Alma

Discussion items

1. Report from Acquisitions - Brian
2. Report from Staff UI working group - Kathy
3. Report from Circulation - Justin 
4. Review of data cleanup tasks currently underway - Cynthia
   1. Consolidating and removing Item locations for closed libraries (Brian/Mark/Cynthia)
   2. Circulation Simplification Process
5. Review of project org chart and overall timeline - Cynthia

Notes

General Updates - Cynthia

• Smaller working groups will be created as we go forward with the ILS Migration
• We officially have a signed contract from ExLibris
• Dave and Cynthia will have Sales-to-Service call soon – When we transfer to service, we will receive more project information, including timeline. 
• A lot of things are happening, though, and we need to make sure that we are prepared for what exLIbris is handing off

Report from Acquisitions - Brian

• Acquisitions department is going over the Acquisitions advanced videos from ExLibris

• This will help the acquisitions staff to start thinking about the changes and new terminology in Alma

• They haven't done anything major yet, though. 

Report from Staff UI working group - Kathy

• After the first Alma watch party, one thing that came up was that we should be talking to other schools that have done Alma implementations before
• Carla, Lauri, Kathy, and Chin are looking at the essentials videos
• Kathy has already reached out to other institutions and set up contacts – primarily places that have migrated from Millennium to Alma
• Currently putting together a list of questions about the Millennium to Alma transfer
• For most part, everything seems intuitive 
• Cynthia: at LITA forum, informal conversations suggest that many institutions have migrated to Alma, are in progress of migrating Alma, or are planning to migrate to Alma
• Are we looking for institutions to add to our list?
  • Leanne was recently talking with HathiTrust coordinator, who could put us in touch with more people
  • Currently, we have a good list to start with. 

Review of data cleanup tasks currently underway - Cynthia

• Consolidating and removing item locations for closed libraries (Brian/Mark/Cynthia): work is underway and ongoing
• "Circulation Simplification Process": ExLibris terminology --related to loan rules and item locations

Review of project org chart and overall timeline - Cynthia

• Org Chart: 2016-12-01 ILS Migration Meeting notes
• Note that discovery layer part will be separate and will involve public services staff 
  
  • Two groups: technical and functional
  • Technical group (Jim, Chin): technical configuration with computer services
  • Functional group: Mark, Justin, and Brian as co-leads, with functional experts reporting up to them
    • Functional Expert Description from ExLibris: 
      • Provide expert input from all areas of business processes
      • Facilitate and perform functional review activities
      • Report issues found during testing to Ex Libris via CRM
      • Provide team updates on testing progress
      • Actively participate in training, functional meetings and workshop (to be scheduled in the spring)
  • Is anyone missing from this chart?
• General timeline from ExLibris: more of an idea rather than the exact schedule
  • 2016-12-01 ILS Migration Meeting notes
  • When do we get access to the sandbox?: After we have some of the initial kickoff meetings, we will get access to sandbox (max. 30 people, with just generic data at first). 
  • "Rapid Implementation” methodology: define, build, and deploy phases
  • Projection: “Go live” date will be at the beginning of June
  • We can continue to work with implementation team at ExLibris for 3 months after go live date. We will then transition to regular support people after that. 
  • Will someone from ExLibris be onsite? A representative will be here for the kickoff meeting and then 2-3 times after that. 
  • April and May most intense periods
• Feedback from other schools is that ExLibris is very organized and will expect us to meet their deadlines. 
• Alma is going to need to take priority over other things for this time period. 

Other comments

• Are there principles for how we are going to set up the system?
  • Yes, ExLibris do have a document called “Getting ready for Alma and Primo migration”
  • We are also actively working on reviewing best practices as part of our prep work. 
• Has all of this being communicated to other library locations (Japan, Italy)? Yes
• How will this affect the library's organizational structure? 
  • The full effect has not be fully realized yet. 
  • We will be looking at and reviewing workflow evaluations during this transition.
• How essential is it to do pre-migration cleanup?
  • ExLibris has more detailed documentation about how to flag content for later review (code for specific field). 
• The hope is to get as much cleanup done as possible before migration, but we can also do this, if needed. 
• Dave and Cynthia will communicate information to the group as ExLibris shares more. 

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