Discovery Primo VE Task Force — April 13, 2022

11am via Zoom

Members Present: Aimee, Alice, Amy K, Christine, Colin, Lindsey, Marlee, Nathan, Tami

CARLI Staff attending: Jessica, Amy

  1. Confirm minutes taker: Amy Killebrew
  2. Minutes from the March 9, 2022 meeting approved
  3. Unfinished Business
    1. Local Fields (Aimee, Colin, Marlee, Tami)
      1. No report. Did not meet.
    2. PrimoVE analytics (Amy K, Alice, Christine)
      1. Did not meet.
      2. During discussion of if and when to present the Analytics 101 document it was suggested that there should be a task force showcase/standalone event during which each subcommittee would report out on what they did this year. After discussing possible Office Hours dates it was determined that each group will instead record a short (5 minute) video.
      3. Videos will be uploaded to a folder in Google Drive and Lindsey will edit the videos together into one video. 
    3. Showcase (Aimee, Lindsey)
      1. Has not met. Still looking for suggestions on people to reach out to for the showcase. Previous suggestions include Allan Barry (UIC) and Christine (DePaul).
      2. There was discussion about the structure of the showcase and suggestions including starting with easy things - check boxes, changing labels, favicon, logo, color scheme, etc. – and scaffolding to end the showcase with more technical customizations.
      3. Aimee and Lindsey will meet and create a plan before the May meeting.
    4. Dedup/FRBR (Alice, Christine, Colin, Tami)
      1. Met to discuss scope of group. Alice posted a message to the list and shared responses in the Dedup and FRBR folder. Also working to identify examples of titles where there are FRBR/dedup issues.
    5. Collections (Aimee, Amy K., Lindsey, Marlee)
      1. Meet to discuss what people are using collections for and identify challenges. Identified institutions that are using collections that we want to talk to including Gettysburg College and Millikin. Group is meeting with Gettysburg College on April 28th. Amy M will reach out to Amanda at Millikin.
    6. Citations Options (Aimee, Alice)
      1. Aimee and Alice will be presenting at an Office Hours – Aimee on how to update citation labels and Alice on adding additional citation styles.
    7. Alma/PrimoVE and EBSCO issue (Jessica)
      1. Jessica reports that linking issues have been resolved by recent updates. There is still a question about if the EBSCO API is going to stop working. Jessica will check into the API question. Aimee mentioned that a recent meeting with a discovery engineer from EBSCO suggests that the API will not stop working.
  4. New Business
    1. Amy M sent an email to task force members about continuing on the Task Force as it transitions to a Committee. If you plan to continue, please complete this form to re-apply.
    2. Initial terms will need to be staggered so everyone is not rolling off in 3 years
  5. Other items from the floor
    1. None
  6. Meeting recap and actions for next meeting (May 11)
    1. Subgroups will meet as determined by today’s conversations. During the meetings the groups will put together short recordings about the work they did this year. Groups that are no longer meeting will meet one time to do the recording. Groups will upload videos to Google Drive and Lindsey will stitch videos together.
    2. Schedule upcoming meetings
      1. Local fields: Was Tuesday the 19th, rescheduled for April 21st 1-2 pm
      2. Dedup/FRBR: Next meeting April 28th 2-3pm

Minutes taker for May meeting: Christine McClure