InC-Lib-Vendor

[Ann West <>]

David,

I'd be happy to pitch this on the call tomorrow.

In thinking a bit more, here are the tasks. There are a couple of new ones 
(like the sponsoring offer...do we want to do that?):

- Develop the letter draft and vett
  - includes invitation to join InC
  - includes list of customer campuses willing to test/work with them
  - includes invitation to optional conference call to talk more
  - offer on behalf of lead campus to sponsor vendor into InC
  - X person will follow up with them
- Compare InC and UK lists and develop list of potential vendors
- Develop wiki page where campuses can indicate interest
  - are they willing to "sign" a letter that includes library and IT contact 
names
- Publicize and give InC participants X weeks to complete
- Review after x weeks and determine which vendors to contact
- Send list out to InC participants to vett. Give one week.
- Identify lead campus for each vendor contact. Choose appropriate
  person to send the letter to the vendor.
- Send out letters (emails really)
- Follow up with vendors if no response (who does this? campus?)
- InC set up conference calls as needed
- InC help do the sponsoring letters for campuses, as requested
- Vendors join
- Campuses pilot with vendor
- Vendors go into production
- Declare project success

Thoughts?

Ann


----- "David Kennedy" <> wrote:

> Ann
> 
> Are you planning on being on the call tomorrow? If so, would you be
> willing to pitch the idea to the larger group? There may be some from
> the use case subgroup that would be willing to join this effort.
> 
> I can start work on comparing the membership lists.
> 
> For advancing the conversation both at my own university and for
> recruiting other universities, I think it is important that we have a
> draft letter quickly and a list of potential vendors that we consider
> in that 2nd tier.
> 
> I was assuming that you would be the one to do the initial draft of
> that letter. Would you be able to do that part sooner than
> mid-November? Or would you want one of us to take the first stab at it
> if we wanted it sooner?
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
> 
> -----
> David Kennedy
> Application Developer
> Perkins Library, Duke University
> (919) 613-6831
> 
> 
> 
>       From:   Ann West <>
>       To:     David Kennedy <>
>       Cc:     inc-lib-vendor <>, Dean
> Woodbeck <>, Andy Ingham <>
>       Date:   10/29/2009 12:39 PM
>       Subject:        Re: [InC-Lib-Vendor] Support from UNC for letter 
> discussed
> during 10/16 inc-lib-vendor call
> 
> 
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> This is good news! Now to just compare the membership lists and start
> the letter.
> 
> FYI...I'm happy to do this but won't get to it until mid-November. If
> someone would like to start something earlier, that would be fine too.
> I'm happy to pick up/join in at the later date.
> 
> Best,
> Ann
> 
> 
> 
> ----- "David Kennedy" <> wrote:
> 
> > Andy,
> >
> > That is great news! I had a similar conversation here at Duke a few
> > weeks back with the AUL for IT in our library. We are in the same
> boat
> > in terms of institutional support for this. And we have confidence
> > that we can get the appropriate signatures here as well. I think it
> > might be helpful if we could have a draft of what we will be asking
> > them to sign.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > -----
> > David Kennedy
> > Application Developer
> > Perkins Library, Duke University
> > (919) 613-6831
> > 
> >
> >
> > From: Andy Ingham <>
> > To: inc-lib-vendor <>, Ann West
> > <>, Dean Woodbeck <>
> > Date: 10/29/2009 09:36 AM
> > Subject: [InC-Lib-Vendor] Support from UNC for letter discussed
> > during 10/16 inc-lib-vendor call
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > All --
> >
> > I had a conversation with the Head of Library Systems here yesterday
> > around the following topic, as quoted from the minutes of the 10/16
> > call-->
> >
> https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/inclibrary/Minutes+from+Vendor+subgroup+call+10-16-09
> > >
> >
> > "So far we have concentrated on vendors that are already in
> InCommon.
> > Will want to invite, encourage, recruit vendors that are not yet
> > InCommon members. There is a second tier of vendors, those that are
> > already SAML based and work with UK Access Management Federation.
> > These
> > should be the next to target. Tact might be strength in numbers; 10
> or
> > so institutions to sign some sort of letter asking vendor to join
> > InCommon; vendors respond to their customers more than federation.
> > Desirable to have signature of CIO or UL."
> >
> >
> >
> > He felt confident that getting the signature of our University
> > Librarian
> > (Associate Provost for University Libraries) wouldn't be a problem.
> We
> > would indicate to her how building this sort of momentum and laying
> > this
> > sort of groundwork is critical to any number of future initiatives.
> >
> > Anyway, FYI. We are ready to proceed with bringing that together
> when
> > others are.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > Andy Ingham
> > Assistant Head, Library Systems
> > University Library
> > UNC-Chapel Hill
> > 919-962-1288
> > 
> 
> --
> Ann West, Sr. Program Manager
> Internet2/InCommon/Michigan Tech
> 
> 
> office: +1.906.487.1726

-- 
Ann West, Sr. Program Manager 
Internet2/InCommon/Michigan Tech 
 
 
office: +1.906.487.1726