WELCOME TO THE HOLDS WORKING GROUP
11.12.08
Roster
Mary Hardy – Conyers-Rockdale
George Tuttle – Piedmont Regional
Nel Baierl – Chestatee Regional
Susan Cooley – Rome/Floyd County
Jennifer Durham – Statesboro Regional
Laurie Eubanks – West Georgia Regional
Shae Tetteron – Equinox
Jason Etheridge – Equinox
Chris Sharp – Pines
Emily Almond – Pines
AGENDA
Establish mission
Go over how Holds actually works
MISSION – HOLDS Working Group
Establish a baseline on how Holds actually operates in the existing version
of Evergreen.
Discern the difference between process, policy and software solutions.
Document optimal Holds functionality within a future Evergreen release
and develop a list of requirements.
Become the Holds testing group, through which all new Holds
development would be filtered.
How Holds Works
High Level Approach
Consensus on how Holds actually works
Chart how Holds should work
Develop list of prioritized requirements
Categorize requirements:
– Process
– Policy
– Software development
Ask Equinox for timeline for development
Homework
 Emily – put out notes , archived chat and updated docs on pines site for
use by working group. Schedule next meeting.
 All – review mission statement and post edits, suggestions to forums:
http://forums.georgialibraries.org/
 PINES library folks: vet these meeting materials with directors.. Are
allocation expectations reasonable and realistic?
 All – look over the How Holds Works diagram and vet with colleagues.
Verify findings on forums board.