Project milestones in September

Members of the Sirsi ILS implementation teams reached the following milestones in September:

• The second week of onsite Sirsi training concluded on Sept. 1.
• The Central Search Connection List, providing information about MPLIC databases to be included in our federated search interface, was provided to Serials Solutions and SirsiDynix on Sept. 8.
• The Library's version of the Unicorn ILS was upgraded from GL 3.0 to the newest version, GL 3.1, on Sept. 11.
• The Library's production server was copied over to the test server on Sept. 13.
  This means that staff are now working with the library's own records when using Workflows and the Rooms/EPS site, rather than a generic training database. Although not all OPAC customizations are in place yet, you can begin to get an idea of the enhanced experience in store for MPLIC customers and staff.
• 9xx and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) training was conducted for Acquistions and Cataloging staff on Sept. 25 and 27.

Coming up in October:

• The new Pocket Circ handheld devices are scheduled to arrive by the beginning of the month.
• SirsiDynix will provide onsite training on Unicorn Reports and Pocket Circ.
• The Acquisitions Team will have a three-day summit with our SirsiDynix SureStart Consultant, Diane Cunningham.
• Phone lines for the SVA (SirsiDynix Voice Automation) customer telephone notification system will be installed.

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SirsiDynix Project Manager's Weekly Status Report #28

Unicorn Project Status Report

Note: New and/or revised information is italicized.

Status Report Date: 09/29/2006
Site Name: Memphis Public Library (24 libraries)
Client Contact: Steve Foster
Go-Live Date: 03/15/07
Software Release: GL 3.1

Project Manager: Amanda Little
Implementation Team: Damon Hunter, Jenny Hendrickson, Patty Suessen, Diane Cunningham
Sales Representative: Laurie Chase

Major Activities/ Meetings Completed
Weekly Call: Tuesday
Amanda is looking into questions about training for materials booking and Hyperion.
Damon and Paul continue to work on upgrade and copy over issues.
Staff attended 9xx and EDI training.
Continue data review on the production system.
Paul sent in the first data issues log.
Amanda emailed Jenny asking how many items were assigned to a each title control key.
Amanda talked to Rick Cook about the Bluesocket installation and he will follow up with Jessica to define the scope of work.
Steve sent in contract addendum 3, and Vicki will begin work on the addendum for Hyperion training.
Paul and Jennifer worked out details for 3rd training session.
Alan has started calling Client Care for Rooms/EPS problem solving.

Activities/ Meetings Scheduled for Next Week
Weekly Call: Tuesday
Data review on the production server.
Serial Solutions will be working on uploading connection information for Central Search.

Outstanding Issues

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		3rd training will start Oct. 17
Go Live	On Schedule

SirsiDynix Project Manager's Weekly Status Report #27

Unicorn Project Status Report

Note: New and/or revised information is italicized.

Status Report Date: 09/21/2006
Site Name: Memphis Public Library (24 libraries)
Client Contact: Steve Foster
Go-Live Date: 03/15/07
Software Release: GL 3.1

Project Manager: Amanda Little
Implementation Team: Damon Hunter, Jenny Hendrickson, Patty Suessen, Diane Cunningham
Sales Representative: Laurie Chase

Major Activities/ Meetings Completed
Weekly Call: Tuesday
Amanda is looking into questions about training for materials booking and Hyperion.
Damon is continuing to help Paul with questions about the copy over and issues from the copy over.
Conference call with Diane to discuss indexing on Friday.

Activities/ Meetings Scheduled for Next Week
Weekly Call: Tuesday
Data review on the production server.
Staff will attend 9XX and EDI training.

Outstanding Issues

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 #26

Unicorn Project Status Report

Note: New and/or revised information is italicized.

Status Report Date: 09/14/2006
Site Name: Memphis Public Library (24 libraries)
Client Contact: Steve Foster
Go-Live Date: 03/15/07
Software Release: GL 3.0

Project Manager: Amanda Little
Implementation Team: Damon Hunter, Jenny Hendrickson, Patty Suessen, Diane Cunningham
Sales Representative: Laurie Chase

Major Activities/ Meetings Completed
Weekly Call: Tuesday
Steve is having issues with getting a backup completed of the production server; issue has been sent to Damon.
Production server was upgraded to GL 3.1 on Monday
Damon copied the production server to the test server on Wednesday, and is working to resolve any issues.
Amanda sent contract addendum for training.

Activities/ Meetings Scheduled for Next Week
Weekly Call: Tuesday
Data review on the production server
Conference call to discuss indexing

Outstanding Issues

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 #25

Unicorn Project Status Report

Note: New and/or revised information is italicized.

Status Report Date: 09/08/2006
Site Name: Memphis Public Library (24 libraries)
Client Contact: Steve Foster
Go-Live Date: 03/15/07
Software Release: GL 3.0

Project Manager: Amanda Little
Implementation Team: Damon Hunter, Jenny Hendrickson, Patty Suessen, Diane Cunningham
Sales Representative: Laurie Chase

Major Activities/ Meetings Completed
Weekly Call: Tuesday
Alan working on Central Search Forms.
Amanda provided additional information about Hyperion project.
Library to continue data review and staff training.

Activities/ Meetings Scheduled for Next Week
Weekly Call: Tuesday
Upgrade to GL3.1 on Monday.
Copy of production to test server on Wednesday.
Amanda to gather more information about Director’s Station project.

Outstanding Issues

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