Since we have not been allowed to meet this year and FCLA has a considerable volume of development work on its plate from last year, we are asking that the ballot process be forgone this year. The process has always been accompanied by the caveat that progress on enhancement priorities was dependent upon availability of resources at FCLA. Basically, those resources are not available for new development beyond that which is already committed:
| Project | Programming FTE |
|---|---|
| Management and Z39.50 Grant | 1 |
| Production | 1 |
| KW/B | 1 |
| NOTIS 5.0 | 2 |
| Batch to online conversion | 1 |
| Total FTE | 6 |
Production tasks are listed on the accompanying document FCLA Task List.
This is the project to develop a link between LUIS and the community college DRA system. It is an HEA IID funded project that has broader utility when other systems adopt the Z39.50 protocol. The granting agency requires matching commitment in costs and personnel which is why FCLA staff are working on it.
This project has two components: LUIS and Tech Mode. The current objective is to have the LUIS component in production by the beginning of Summer A term (May 1992). No specific deadline for Tech Mode has been determined yet, but it will be later than summer 1992.
5.0 LUIS is an entirely new code base that uses a new programming standard developed by IBM. This new method is called "CICS command level" and the old is called "CICS macro level". Command level allows programs to use much larger amounts of main memory (RAM). The available memory difference is 2 gigabytes versus 16 megabytes. During peak periods, our NOTIS is receiving so many transactions that the 16 megabytes is no longer enough memory space for all the programs that need to be active at one. Thus we need the new LUIS for performance reasons as well as for new function. The ramification of this change to a command level LUIS is that all FCLA LUIS enhancements (which were also written at macro level) have to be rewritten to be compatible with this new LUIS. In previous releases the FCLA code could be merged without a rewrite.
A. LUIS tasks (Goal: in test by April 1)
Goal for May 1992 but could come latter:
Goal for later but need specifications:
*Problem with this code is it is written in CICS macro level while 5.0 is CICS command; code would have to re-written.
B. Tech Mode Tasks (no specific deadline)
V. Batch to online conversion (ongoing)
This is an ongoing project to convert as many batch processes to online in order to decrease the batch costs.
The following items received significant DOTS and SUPERDOTS or will be addressed in 5.0 LUIS. Progress on these items was limited due to the resources expended on Keyword Boolean and ERIC.
| RANK | ENHANCEMENT NUMBER AND TITLE | POINT TOTAL | PERCENTAGE | FCLA |
| 1 | 11-Enhanced editing capability for bib record | 351 | 6.41% | 3 |
| 2 | 1-Allow relinking of order records | 339 | 6.19% | 5 |
| 3 | 31-Punctuation sensitive searching | 337 | 6.16% | 1 |
| 4 | 29-Course reserves | 274 | 5.01% | 8 |
| 5 | 25-Patron HAS Command (Patron Charge Index display) | 264 | 4.82% | 0 |
| 6 | 27-Bill/fine | 243 | 4.44% | 1 |
| 7 | 28-Billing for unreturned items (LOST) | 218 | 3.98% | 0 |
| 8 | 33-Download and print search results | 218 | 3.98% | 4 |
| 9 | Shelf list call number index | 188 | 3.44% | 3 |
| 10 | 12-Ability to delete or resequence copy statements | 186 | 3.40% | 3 |
| 11 | 52-Report generator capability | 172 | 3.14% | 4 |
| 12 | 34-Serial title search | 154 | 2.81% | 0 |
| 13 | 36-Optional display of call number in subject index | 150 | 2.74% | 3 |
| 14 | 16-Develop a good way to handle analytics, esp. 'bound withs' and serials | 146 | 2.67% | 3 |
| ... | ||||
| 18 | 32-Limit all searches by date, language, etc. | 115 | 2.10% | 6 |
| ... | ||||
| 21 | 30-Recall/hold | 105 | 1.92% | 1 |
| 22 | 47-Full functionality for paired 85X/86X sets in the MHLD record | 90 | 1.64% | 4 |
| ... | ||||
| 52 | 40-Full index display and indexing for call numbers | 8 | 0.15% | 1 |
Purchase by Ameritech Jane Burke announced that NOTIS Systems Inc. (NSI) is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameritech Information Systems (AIS). AIS is also the owner of LS/2000, SC350 and ACQ350 all of which were purchased from OCLC. There was no information given as to what, if any, relationship would exist between these systems. Jane Burke will remain as president of NOTIS and the contract included retention of all of NSI's upper management. NSI will not move from Evanston in the foreseeable future and, since Chicago is home to Ameritech, it is not likely that NSI would leave the Chicago area.
Positive aspects of the purchase mentioned by Jane: shared vision of the academic information system; access to development capital and resources; and consistent financial goals.
Large and medium-large academic libraries (13% of all North America academic libraries but they control majority of budgets).
| Category | Percentage | Number | Volumes |
| Large | 3% | 180 | 775,000 |
| Medium-Large | 10% | 520 | 200,000 - 750,000 |
| Medium-Small | 11% | 570 | 100,000 - 200,000 |
| Small | 76% | 4050 | all other |
New customers: 15/year
Current:
| Large | 60 |
| Medium-Large | 50 |
| Medium-Small | 30 |
| Total | 140 |
60 KeyNOTIS:
5 installed
1 in negotiation
2 possibles
Earning the right to serve the information needs of knowledge seekers.
| 1990 Actual | 1991 Projection | |
| Revenue | $7,214,000 | 10,152,000 |
| Capitalized Product -Development | -0- | 450,000 |
| Operating Expenses | ||
| - Salaries & Personnel | (3,606,000) | (5,552,000) |
| - other | (3,244,000) | (3,405,000) |
| Income from Operations | 364,000 | 1,645,000 |
| Other Expenses | (51,000) | (153,000) |
| Net Income | $313,000 (4%) | $1,501,000 (15%) |
| Expenses by Division | Full Time Employees |
| Customer services $2.72 million |
43 |
| Systems Development $1.64 million |
24 |
| Sales & Marketing $1.86 million |
16 |
| Administration $2.12 million |
13 |
| Use of Maintenance Dollars ($4,082,000 in 1991) | |
| Phone support | 24% |
| Enhancements | 21% |
| Training | 14% |
| Administration | 13% |
| Documentation | 10% |
| Testing/Packaging | 10% |
| Bug fixes | 3% |
| Generic conversion | 3% |
| NUGM/SIGs | 3% |