NCSU’s Involvement with CORAL

Xiaoyan SongE-Resource LibrarianAcquisition and DiscoveryNCSU Libraries

The Acquisition and Discovery (A&D) Department

Core functions

Perform acquisition, cataloging, and provide access to materials for NCSU Libraries including branches

Integrated E-Resource Management (ERM) system

Three units, 25 full time

Department Head

Monographs (9)

Serials (9)

Data Projects and Partnerships (6)

Holistic Acquisition workflow

Inter-department process between A&D and Collection Managers

Workflows vary based on contents purchased

CM send order requests to Specialists

Specialists prepare and assign orders to

staff

Staff perform required tasks

Need for Workflow Support

Lack of workflow support in the home-grown ERM E-Matrix

Need a tool to provide workflow support for workflows in the department

Our Journey of CORAL

Monographs order distribution

IT development

Serials new order process

Grant funded development

2013 December

2015May

2015 November

2016 March

Manage Monograph Orders in CORAL

Distribute monograph orders in CORAL

Able to manage the volumes of the orders

Unable to change the assignee for workflow steps on a resource level

Need to be able to reassign workflow steps to others for any resource

IT Development to Enhance Routing

Re-assign steps to others

Delete a step

Example: https://staffapps.lib.ncsu.edu/coral/resources/index.php

https://staffapps.lib.ncsu.edu/coral/resources/resource.php?resourceID=3139

Continuous Resource New Orders in CORALExample:

https://staffapps.lib.ncsu.edu/coral/resources/resource.php?resourceID=3011

Additional Needs

Manage renewals workflowArchive completed workflows

Restart completed workflows

Build a seamless workflow between CM and A&D

Emails with customized messages

Email reminder

Add a step

Import a file with resources to purchase

Libraries’ Grant Funded Development

Outsource development

Three componentsAPI/External form

Routing tab enhancement

Import tool enhancement

Demo

http://coral.test.biblibre.com/auth/?service=/resources/api_client/

hhttp://coral.test.biblibre.com/resources/resource.php?ref=new&resourceID=1483

Next

Finish development for the grant funded projectRouting tab enhancement

Import tool

Merge the code to CORAL code base

Questions? Feedback?xsong9@ncsu.edu