SirsiDynix Project Manager's Weekly Status Report #37

Unicorn Project Status Report

Note: New and/or revised information is italicized.

Status Report Date: 12/15/2006
Site Name: Memphis Public Library (24 libraries)
Client Contact: Steve Foster
Go-Live Date: 03/15/07
Software Release: GL 3.1

Project Manager: Jeannie Peters
Implementation Team: Damon Hunter (CS), Jenny Hendrickson (DC), Patty Suessen (TR), Pam Tejes (SC)
Sales Representative: Laurie Chase

Major Activities/ Meetings Completed
Weekly call.
Jeannie is continuing to pursue information regarding the 260 as an alternate search.
Jenny Hendrickson continues her work on data issues.
Bill Ellett and Jenny Hendrickson were on the weekly call. Bill responded to Classic Bridge questions and Jenny commented on the data issues log.
Jeannie reported that Collection Exchange training is two days onsite.
Testing is complete on the SVA dialogic boards and they have been ordered. There will be a 3 week vendor delay in their delivery. They should arrive in early January.
Memphis sent samples of their mailers and those have been given to Pam Tejes. On her site visit in January Pam will help Memphis determine if these mailers will work with Unicorn.
Paul has been communicating with Pam Tejes on what they want her assistance with on her upcoming January visit.
SirsiDynix has agreed that for Memphis’ go live week, Pam Tejes will be with them Tuesday through Saturday.
Memphis asked how testing is done on Sip2 to confirm work on vendor configuration and equipment. Jeannie is pursuing answers to this question.
The Serials Solutions AMS Client Care Center walk through call took place this week. This process is going well for them.

Activities/ Meetings Scheduled for Next Week
Weekly call.
Data review on the production server.
Continuing work on EPS/Rooms.
Call with Pam Tejes to discuss her January visit to Memphis.

Outstanding Issues
EPS/Rooms incident 215132. This incident was escalated by Craig on 12/5 and assigned to Shawn Ewing. Ken Poore has asked Shawn to respond to Memphis on this issue or to escalate it further if there is a reproducible problem or product question.

Project Status:

Event	Status	Completion Date	Notes:
Schedule	Completed	01/24/06
Hardware Install	Completed	04/18/06
Software	Completed	06/02/06
Policies/Profiling	Completed	05/25/06
Data	On Schedule		Production load 3/14/07
SirsiDynix Training	On Schedule
Go Live	On Schedule

SirsiDynix Project Manager's Weekly Status Report #36

Unicorn Project Status Report

Note: New and/or revised information is italicized.

Status Report Date: 12/8/2006
Site Name: Memphis Public Library (24 libraries)
Client Contact: Steve Foster
Go-Live Date: 03/15/07
Software Release: GL 3.1

Project Manager: Jeannie Peters
Implementation Team: Damon Hunter (CS), Jenny Hendrickson (DC), Patty Suessen (TR), Pam Tejes (SC)
Sales Representative: Laurie Chase

Major Activities/ Meetings Completed
Weekly call.
IBM overdue printer and Ethernet adapter card and Lexmark printer were ordered 12/8/06.
Patch cluster 4 is reportedly to be released this week.
Jeannie is continuing to pursue information regarding the 260 as an alternate search.
Jeannie reviewed the updated schedule with Memphis.
Data issues were given to Jenny Hendrickson for her review and research.
Collection Exchange was discussed as well as the need for patch clusters 4 and 5 to resolve some issues with Collection Exchange.
Jeannie is gathering information on Collection Exchange training.
The City of Memphis is requiring Memphis Public Library to renegotiate their contract with us.
Jeannie sent the Classic Bridge guide to Memphis and is trying to schedule a call with Jenny Hendrickson to discuss the process.
Jeannie responded to two questions on the revised schedule which related to Article Linker.
Information on the Brodart crash mailers supported by SirsiDynix for Unicorn has been sent to Memphis.

Activities/ Meetings Scheduled for Next Week
Weekly call.
Data review on the production server.
Continuing work on EPS/Rooms.

Outstanding Issues
EPS/Rooms incident 215129 and was updated by Craig Lawrence this week.
Memphis has revisited with the project manager their dissatisfaction with having to go through Client Care with Rooms issues. Their incidents are not responded to in a timely manner, which is very frustrating. Working directly with Craig Lawrence gets quicker results. Jeannie is following through on this with the appropriate SirsiDynix staff.

Project Status:

Event	Status	Completion Date	Notes:
Schedule	Completed	01/24/06
Hardware Install	Completed	04/18/06
Software	Completed	06/02/06
Policies/Profiling	Completed	05/25/06
Data	On Schedule		Production load 3/14/07
SirsiDynix Training	On Schedule
Go Live	On Schedule

Knox County Public Library opens Rooms

Our sister Tennessee metro library system, Knox County Public Library, has made their new EPS/Rooms OPAC and web site available to the public. At present, KCPL links to the new site from their "old" site.

While a number of other public libraries have gone live on EPS/Rooms this year, Knox County is the first multi-branch urban library system to do so.

SirsiDynix Project Manager's Weekly Status Report #35

Unicorn Project Status Report

Note: New and/or revised information is italicized.

Status Report Date: 12/1/2006
Site Name: Memphis Public Library (24 libraries)
Client Contact: Steve Foster
Go-Live Date: 03/15/07
Software Release: GL 3.1

Project Manager: Jeannie Peters
Implementation Team: Damon Hunter (CS), Jenny Hendrickson (DC), Patty Suessen (TR), Pam Tejes (SC)
Sales Representative: Laurie Chase

Major Activities/ Meetings Completed
Weekly call.
The upgrade to EPS/Rooms 2.1.3 was completed 11/27.
The creation of a test instance of EPS/Rooms on the EPS/Rooms production server was completed 11/28.
Serials Solutions has contacted Alan directly with an introductory Article Linker letter and is working with him to set up their first phone call.
Jeannie is continuing to pursue information regarding the release of patch cluster 4. It is needed for Collection Exchange.
Jeannie is working on updating the schedule for Memphis.
Memphis is going to send Jeannie a sample of their notice mailers. She will try to confirm whether or not they will be compatible with Unicorn.
A dialogic board for the SVA server has been found but has to be tested before it can be ordered for Memphis. This testing is expected to be completed in mid to late January. At that time the boards can be ordered for Memphis and work on their SVA server will be completed and the server will be shipped to them.
Ordering of the IBM printer and Ethernet adapter card was discussed. Memphis is ready for this to be ordered and has asked whether or not installation instructions can be given to them rather than having someone come onsite to install. Jeannie is investigating.
Pam Tejes will now become the SureStart consultant for Memphis.
For the final data load, Memphis has requested load reports at the end of each load rather than after all data has been loaded. Jenny said that if time permits and the loads are going well, she can do this for them.
SVA documents and information were sent to Memphis this week.

Activities/ Meetings Scheduled for Next Week
Weekly call.
Data review on the production server.
Continuing work on EPS/Rooms.

Outstanding Issues
EPS/Rooms incidents 210418, 215129 and 215132.

Project Status:

Event	Status	Completion Date	Notes:
Schedule	Completed	01/24/06
Hardware Install	Completed	04/18/06
Software	Completed	06/02/06
Policies/Profiling	Completed	05/25/06
Data	On Schedule		Production load 3/14/07
SirsiDynix Training	On Schedule
Go Live	On Schedule