April 10, 2013 3-3:45 PM Pacific
Note taker: Amy Terlaga, Bibliomation
The PINES group then explained what it is they’re doing. Elaine Hardy explained that they are trying to develop a new interface that streamlines reports running. This is meant for staff who don’t have much training and will not replace the current reports interface. There will be canned reports – quick reports (essential reports for staff) and executive snapshot (for director – helpful for Board presentations). They created a survey that they distributed to their members and then the overall Evergreen community. They hope to cover other requests brought to them by the Evergreen community. Full survey results are on RIG website. Respondents could select multiple service areas – branch manager, business office staff, department head, director, front line staff, technical services staff. Directors primarily filled out the survey. 47 types of reporting needs were provided. They need to determine what will realistically fit in their budget. 41 types of reporting needs were provided in executive snapshot. Next steps – analyze results of both surveys. They need to develop project specifications. There will be a functional specifications section and a non-functional specifications (usability) section. There is no timeline yet for the project completion. Emerald Data is the vendor that PINES will be using to develop this reports interface. Any inquiries go to pines-reports-wg@list.georgialibraries.org.