Way to go MassLNC & Georgia PINES! And thanks Kathy for your unabashed, shameless (& I hope, very effective) cookie bribery. Cheers Ben
Ben Hyman Executive Director | BC Libraries Cooperative [email protected] | 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001 | cell: 250.889.2738 bc.libraries.coop | Twitter: @BCLibrariesCoop On Jul 25, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Kathy Lussier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm pleased to announce that Georgia PINES has joined MassLNC to help to fund > the Enhancements to Evergreen Alerts and Message Center projects. Thank you > Georgia PINES! > > We have also received some interest from Evergreen sites on the activity > metric project. > > MassLNC would really love to see all three of these projects implemented in a > future release of Evergreen. If anyone is interested in the projects and can > contribute some funds, even if it's only a small amount of money, please feel > free to contact me at [email protected] with your questions. > > What do you get out of being a partner on one of these development projects? > Putting funds to a development project is your opportunity to make a > contribution to the future direction of Evergreen. It's a great feeling to > see a new feature in Evergreen and to say to yourself "I helped to make that > new feature happen." Budgets are tight everywhere, but by pooling our funds > together, we can see some great new functionality at a lower cost for each > partner. The recent MVC/CRA project (aka icon project) is a great example of > a development project where many small development contributions, combined > with a couple of contributions from some larger sites, resulted in some nice > improvements for the whole Evergreen community. Being a development partner > also ensures that you will be part of spec discussions and testing, allowing > you to watch out for the needs of your users while the project is being > shaped. > > But, wait, there's more! If you participate in a MassLNC development project, > your organization will be added to the MassLNC Wall of Fame where we > acknowledge and thank all of the sites that have worked with us on > development projects over the years - http://masslnc.cwmars.org/node/3067. > The large number of libraries and consortia listed there is a testament to > the great community we have and the fact that there are so many sites out > there that want to contribute what they can to help make Evergreen better for > everyone. > > But that's not all! For a limited time only, if your organization decides to > help fund one of these projects, you will receive a batch of cookies made by > MassLNC coordinator Kathy Lussier (that's me). The cookies will be > hand-delivered to you at the next Evergreen conference (or, if we're both > there, at the next Evergreen hack-a-way). > > Please take some time to look over these projects and let me know if you're > interested. > > Have a nice weekend everyone! > > Kathy > > Kathy Lussier > Project Coordinator > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative > (508) 343-0128 > [email protected] > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier > > On 7/1/2014 2:45 PM, Kathy Lussier wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Today marks the first day of the new fiscal year for MassLNC, and our >> development committee has identified a few new enhancements we are hoping to >> sponsor over the next year. >> >> We have received proposals from Equinox for all three projects, but MassLNC >> needs help to fund these projects. I am sending out this e-mail to see if >> there are other Evergreen sites interested in helping us fund any of these >> projects. For more details, you can e-mail me directly at >> [email protected]. >> >> >> Also, if you are already working on a similar project or just want to >> provide some feedback for our proposed projects, please feel to share your >> feedback on the list. >> >> These three projects are listed on the new Proposed Development Projects >> wiki page at: >> http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_features:proposed_development_projects >> >> >> ACTIVITY METRIC FOR RELEVANCE RANKING >> The goal of this project is for a title's activity (circulations, number of >> holds, etc.) to affect the relevance of that title when retrieving search >> results. Google and Amazon use popularity with much success when ranking >> search results. I think Evergreen would see similar success if it were to >> incorporate activity into its relevance algorithm. >> >> As an example, if a user were conducting a keyword search on "abraham >> lincoln," there are many books, movies, etc. in most US libraries where the >> words "abraham lincoln" show up in the title. There would be no way to tease >> out the titles that are getting the most attention by readers. In fact, a >> title like "Team of Rivals" ranks very low in our search results even though >> there is a fairly high likelihood it is the title the patron is seeking. By >> applying a metric based on activity, we might be able to see those >> more-recently popular titles floating higher in the search results list. >> >> The current proposal is to make factors like circulation and hold activity, >> record and item age, and item ownership counts available as an activity >> metric. Each factor will embody a "popularity badge" that a bib record can >> earn, and each badge will have a five-point scale, where more points >> indicate a more popular record. >> >> The average of the badge points earned by each record will constitute a >> "popularity star rating". The number and types of badges will break ties for >> average popularity. >> >> A new sort axis of popularity will be created to sort first on the >> cumulative popularity of each record, followed by the query-specific >> relevance available today. >> >> ENHANCEMENTS TO EVERGREEN ALERTS >> I mentioned this project in the recent thread on problems with items not >> checking in properly - http://markmail.org/message/rnm5s7wdxjgy3tym. >> >> This project would give Evergreen sites more control over which alerts >> appear during check-in and check-out. The project has three components: >> >> - Separate checkin and checkout copy alerts >> - The ability to add temporary copy alerts from the checkin, checkout, and >> item status screen >> - A library setting that allows sites to determine if some system alerts >> should appear at checkin and checkout. >> >> MassLNC's full project requirements are available at >> http://masslnc.cwmars.org/node/2764. >> >> This project is not slated to begin until Fall 2014 after sprint 1 of the >> web client project is complete. >> >> MESSAGE CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC CATALOG >> This project would create a message center that communicates important >> messages to patrons. Public patron notes will display here, and sites will >> have the ability to configure any action/trigger notice to also deliver a >> notice to the message center. >> >> MassLNC's full project requirements are available at >> http://masslnc.cwmars.org/node/2927. >> >> Feel free to let me know if you have any questions! >> >> Kathy >
