Law Libraries SIG Roundtable Minutes
July 31, 2008
Long Beach, CA
Attendees: Ruth Funabiki (U.Idaho ), Carolyn Todd (U.Idaho), Sonia Luna-Lamas (St.Thomas U.), Ken Herold (Hamilton College), Jackie Hanes (The College of Law, Birmingham, UK), Mike May (Dept. of Justice), Caron Rollins (U. Victoria, B.C.), Alan Keely (Wake Forest U.), Megan Caverly (Library of Congress)
I-II. The roundtable opened with introductions and local reports of Voyager implementation.
III. Roundtable participants did not spend much time talking about the future of Voyager after version 7.0, but the development schedule detailed below was reported elsewhere:
| 7.0.2 | Sept. 2008 | quarterly Service Pack | |
| 7.0.3 | Dec. 2008 | quarterly Service Pack | |
| 7.1 | 2009 | Minor release with new enhancements | |
| 8.0 | 2010 | Global data change (primary focus); other major topics under consideration include Acq workflows, OPAC requesting, media scheduling, patron fines/fees, and bulk import | |
| 8.1 | 2011 | Minor release with new enhancements | |
| 9.0 | 2012 | Will be working with the Voyager Product Group to determine focus areas |
IV. In the spirit of “Be there or be nominated,” June Liptay was nominated to be LAW-SIG Coordinator for 2008-09. We await her decision!
V. Sharon Nelson’s offer to create a wiki was welcomed. The was some question about whether LAW-SIG members would use the wiki, but the consensus was that we could try a wiki for 3-6 months and then evaluate. Megan Caverly offered to assist Sharon.
Ruth Funabiki,
LAW-SIG Co-coordinator