NCIP IG Conference Call
Jun. 9, 2005
The call was sponsored by 3M.
Organizations and individuals participating in the call were
The agenda topics were discussed and agreed upon.
New members - The two newest members to NCIP-IG were acknowledged. The group welcomed Russ Fuller from Overdrive, Inc and Joshua Ferraro from LibLime.
Self Service Cancel Question – Originating from an email inquiry from Vince Johnston posted to the NCIP listserv on June 3. The group confirmed that this question has been resolved; that there is no need for an Undo Checkin and no additional action is required.
RoadMap to NCIP – The group acknowledged the work done by John Bodfish in creating this document. It was emphasized that the additional documents referred to in the RoadMap document are to be incorporated into the existing once they are created as opposed to being created as separate documents and links.
Action Items
Recruiting - Bailey-Hainer and Wrede will continue to solicit review and comments from new members.
Planning for the Oct 3-4 meeting in San Jose – Boland reported that plans remain for the meeting will be held San Jose Marriott, which is the same hotel for the LITA National Forum that immediately precedes the NCIP IG meeting.
The group confirmed that no special meeting space will be necessary for the CEP (Circulation Exchange Policy) meeting on the morning of Oct 5.
Collaborating with IPIG - Davidson reported that he recently approached Mary Jackson with the question of inviting IPIG to join this meeting. His inquiry was very recent and she has not had opportunity to reply yet.
Update on “Rethinking Resource Sharing” document and presentations - Wanner, Bailey-Hainer, and Zemon reported that the presentation at the April ILL Conference in Denver was very well received and generated a deal of interest. In addition the white paper is being distributed to the Canadian Library Association, a state-wide resource sharing meeting in Kansas, and an ILL conference in Australia. It was noted that Claire McKeigan of Realis, International has joined the signed on as a supporter of the white paper, and other interested parties are encouraged to join the group.
Several additional presentations in the near future include:
Patron Inquiry Profile Report – Wanner reported that the task force (Wanner, Zemon, Jung, and Walsh) have agreed that the recently adopted Patron Authentication Profile and the optional data elements included within provide the basic information needed on a user for a NCIP transaction. It was restated that NCIP IG has the overall goal of not creating additional profiles unless absolutely necessary, and this was one of the reasons for the task force’s decision.
Wanner stated that Dynix has a need for an extension to the Patron Authentication Profile to support the creation of a new user record in a partner’s local circulation system. Wanner has coined this as a Reciprocal Borrowing Profile/ Extension to the Patron Authentication Profile, and she will be creating a draft to distribute to the group for review and comment.
Action Items
Harmonizing of Circ and ILL – Davidson reported that based on the discussion in Denver at the March meeting that a super set of common messages has been created.
Action Item
Action items
Next call – July 14 – 9am PDT, 10am MDT, 11am CDT, and noon EDT.
Action items that originally were set for discussion in the timeframe of the June conference call that will be included as part of the agenda of the July, 14, call include
Organizations and individuals participating in the call were
- 3M: Sue Boettcher
- Colorado State Library: Steve Gregory, Steve Wrede, Brenda Bailey-Hainer (Chair)
- Dynix: Gail Wanner
- EnvisionWare Inc.: Rob Walsh
- Fretwell-Downing Inc.: Ed Davidson, John Bodfish
- Innovative Interfaces Inc.: Jason Boland
- Polaris Library Systems: Candy Zemon
- Sirsi Corporation: Mark Needleman
- VTLS Inc.: Scott Mayberry
- Overdrive, Inc.: Russ Fuller
- NetLibrary: Jim Daehn
- LibLime: Joshua Ferraro
The agenda topics were discussed and agreed upon.
New members - The two newest members to NCIP-IG were acknowledged. The group welcomed Russ Fuller from Overdrive, Inc and Joshua Ferraro from LibLime.
Self Service Cancel Question – Originating from an email inquiry from Vince Johnston posted to the NCIP listserv on June 3. The group confirmed that this question has been resolved; that there is no need for an Undo Checkin and no additional action is required.
RoadMap to NCIP – The group acknowledged the work done by John Bodfish in creating this document. It was emphasized that the additional documents referred to in the RoadMap document are to be incorporated into the existing once they are created as opposed to being created as separate documents and links.
Action Items
- Bodfish will list and summarize the other needed documents as a message to the listserv.
- Other members are encouraged to volunteer in the creation of these documents
Recruiting - Bailey-Hainer and Wrede will continue to solicit review and comments from new members.
Planning for the Oct 3-4 meeting in San Jose – Boland reported that plans remain for the meeting will be held San Jose Marriott, which is the same hotel for the LITA National Forum that immediately precedes the NCIP IG meeting.
The group confirmed that no special meeting space will be necessary for the CEP (Circulation Exchange Policy) meeting on the morning of Oct 5.
Collaborating with IPIG - Davidson reported that he recently approached Mary Jackson with the question of inviting IPIG to join this meeting. His inquiry was very recent and she has not had opportunity to reply yet.
Update on “Rethinking Resource Sharing” document and presentations - Wanner, Bailey-Hainer, and Zemon reported that the presentation at the April ILL Conference in Denver was very well received and generated a deal of interest. In addition the white paper is being distributed to the Canadian Library Association, a state-wide resource sharing meeting in Kansas, and an ILL conference in Australia. It was noted that Claire McKeigan of Realis, International has joined the signed on as a supporter of the white paper, and other interested parties are encouraged to join the group.
Several additional presentations in the near future include:
- Dynix Institute Web Seminar on June 14 - Wanner emphasized that this is not vendor related presentation and all are invited. Details are available at Dynix Institute
- RUSA -STARS ILL DISCUSSION GROUP at the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago. Date: June 26, 2005 Time: 8:30 AM- 12:00PM Location: Palmer House room: Monroe BR
- OCLC Future of Resource Sharing at the ALA Meeting in Chicato – Date: June 24 Time:1:30 - 3:30 pm Location: Chicago Hilton and Towers, Lake Huron Room Note registration is closed!
Patron Inquiry Profile Report – Wanner reported that the task force (Wanner, Zemon, Jung, and Walsh) have agreed that the recently adopted Patron Authentication Profile and the optional data elements included within provide the basic information needed on a user for a NCIP transaction. It was restated that NCIP IG has the overall goal of not creating additional profiles unless absolutely necessary, and this was one of the reasons for the task force’s decision.
Wanner stated that Dynix has a need for an extension to the Patron Authentication Profile to support the creation of a new user record in a partner’s local circulation system. Wanner has coined this as a Reciprocal Borrowing Profile/ Extension to the Patron Authentication Profile, and she will be creating a draft to distribute to the group for review and comment.
Action Items
- Wanner to distribute her draft via the listserv for review and comment.
- Other vendors with a need for this extension should contact Wanner for possible collaboration.
Harmonizing of Circ and ILL – Davidson reported that based on the discussion in Denver at the March meeting that a super set of common messages has been created.
Action Item
- Davidson will develop a document describing the super set of common messages and distribute for review and comment via the listserv.
Action items
- Wrede will contact Mayberry concerning distributing the proposal for formal approval via the listserv.
Next call – July 14 – 9am PDT, 10am MDT, 11am CDT, and noon EDT.
Action items that originally were set for discussion in the timeframe of the June conference call that will be included as part of the agenda of the July, 14, call include
- Supply a new scheme name /URI for new scheme to incorporate the proposal to add new location type. Boettcher (3M)
- Create a proposal and post to listserv to test the concept of adding the ability of the NCIP client to inquire as to the date that a user’s credentials will expire. Bodfish (FDI) and O’Brien (OCLC)
- Re-draft and post proposal for Information Message to include when it is appropriate and not appropriate. Needleman (Sirsi) with assistance of O’Brien (OCLC) and Bodfish (FDI) supplying additional wording on constraints
- Create additional documentation related to the work that has been done with SF Solutions Bindery product using NCIP messaging. Needleman (Sirsi) and Mayberry (VTLS)