LWG Meeting Notes 2017 05 11

Date: 2017-05-11

Note-taker: Jay

Meeting Summary[edit]

The library WG met to discuss writing a new library app

Attendance

Agenda

Proposal by robbintt: move to a new Django-based app
What to do with existing scanned book-db (given 50% have been thrown out since first scan)

Discussion

Level of experience with Django - some limited experience around the table, generally all keen to learn
Trent proposes backend with django-rest & react frontend
Jay: any existing similar django library mgmt tools?
Trent: worth looking into
Trent provides an overview of the existing library.noisebridge.net webapp

Monique: how can we handle lost/checked out books?
Trent: in a worst case scenario for a lost book we want, can re-order
Kate: barcode scanner for check-in/out
Trent: UPC codes can be unreliable, print OLID stickers?
Jay: Do we have a label printer handy?
Trent: Not certain, but can check & source/fund otherwise
Monique: may be able to find an existing Python app to generate labels from olid
Trent: thoughts on whether to require this in new app?
Jay: suggestion to delay this and begin with existing functionality
General consensus that we can wait until later to implement

 * Backend: jay, monique, trent
 * Frontend: kate, tiffany, trent

- Discussed objectives for rest of evening:

 - Create github org
 - Create repos
 - Initial commits for projects

Work begins...

We now have repos!
Slack integration for most events to #library-wg (thanks to tiffany for configuring)
Initial gitignores / code etc pushed

Next meeting

We agreed ~1 month from now - mid-June - appropriate for the next library-wg session. Date TBD.