ALEPH X-Services Interest Group

Members:

1. Ed Gomes, Duke University, USA
2. Greg Lee, CCLA, USA
3. Randy Norwood, Texas Tech, USA
4. Mark Ellingsen. Bristol, UK
5. Owen Stephens, Royal Holloway, University of London
6. Petr Zabicka, Moravian Libary in Brno, Czech Republic
7. Katriel Reichman, Ex Libris
8. Gilad Efrati, Ex Libris
9. Carmit Marcus, Ex Libris

The objectives of the interest group are:

1. Be customer-driven in development of new X-Services for ALEPH.
2. Enable customers to port local developments based on X-Server between versions with

The ALEPH X-Services Interest Group members will provide input in several ways:

1. Evaluation of planned X-Server developments proposed by Ex Libris - how well Ex Libris' development plans 'fit' their own needs in terms of specific planned developments, timing, etc.
2. Identification of additional desired X-Server developments for Ex Libris consideration, including 'use cases' for how these X-Services would be implemented.
3. Beta testing and evaluation of new and enhanced X-Services.
4. Recommendations on skills required to successfully work with the X-Server, etc. that enable Ex Libris to provide feedback to potential X-Server customers.
5. Examples (URLs) of successful projects that use X-Services (including user presentations at conferences and case studies).