Defining Use Cases for Federating Library Services

["T. Howell" <>]

Two important lists from our meeting this past week I promised to write-up
and share.

First, there are three types of walk-in cases we discussed:
1. Log in using standard credentials (using the web), such as the computer
is already logged into a desktop screen and the user just logs in to access
web resources via their credentials.
2. Log in using standard credentials (not using the web), such as a ldap
login to the computer in the library.
3. Log in using non-standard credentials, such as a resident of the local
town coming to log in and use the online catalog.

Secondly, these are our To-Dos to think about and/or work on for next week:
1. Verify that we are comfortable with the final revision of the uml diagram
from the shib-enabled ezproxy use case.
2. Re-arrange walk-in use case to resemble the process used for the
shib-enabled ezproxy use case.
3. Create a new bed-time story for the public users (non-community) walk-in
use case.
4. Another topic was the need to write up the process used to create the
shib-enabled ezproxy use case. State the steps to follow to reproduce it for
other use cases so we can migrate over all the existing information and
eventually format everything to be useful outside of the context of the wiki
(like a pdf).

Take care and please have a good weekend everyone!


Sincerely;
Thomas Howell.
Lead Web Developer and Systems Analyst
Northwestern University Library Technology Division