====== VuFind® Community Call Minutes: June 7, 2022 ======

Attending: Claas Kazzer, Demian Katz, Robert Lange, Ere Maijala, Mario Trojan

===== Agenda =====

==== 1. Development Planning ====

=== Newsletter Highlights ===

The [[community:newsletter:2022-05|May, 2022]] Newsletter was discussed.

=== Future of JIRA ===

JIRA migration was successfully completed as planned.

=== Possible Laminas Deprecations ===

No news.

=== Citation Style Language ===

Demian has merged dev into the PR, re-reviewed, and added some more TODO checkboxes / comments.

=== Release 8.1 Planning ===

VuFind® 8.1 is scheduled for release on July 18, 2022. Demian is working on wrapping up all outstanding work on the release; if there is any outstanding work that you wish to have included in the release, please let him know as soon as possible.

=== Theme Improvements ===

Following discussion at the March Community Call, GitHub discussions were turned on for the project and a [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/discussions/categories/theme-development|theme development]] category was opened to facilitate further discussion. So far, there has not been further engagement, but please feel free to start a discussion there to continue the conversation. In the meantime, work and conversation is also proceeding in several open pull requests.

=== Authority Data Enhancements ===

Demian opened JIRA tickets for all of the ideas discussed at last month's meeting. Please feel free to claim/comment as needed.

Ere demonstrated some new authority functionality in Finna which allows author and subject links to display a drop-down menu offering different options (e.g. alternate search options, related terms, links to authority module, etc.). Demian opened a JIRA ticket ([[https://openlibraryfoundation.atlassian.net/browse/VUFIND-1561|VUFIND-1561]]) to describe the enhanced linking feature so that Ere can share screen shots there.

==== 2. Other Topics? ====

Demian mentioned that [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2417|pull request #2417]] is nearing completion and might be worth reviewing if you are interested in star ratings in VuFind. Ere provided a quick demonstration. Claas offered to help with accessibility review of this functionality. Mario suggested displaying the star ratings in association with user comments (perhaps as a configurable option; Ere will implement when time permits). Robert asked whether ratings impact search rankings -- not at this time (in part due to complexity, in part due to abuse potential). Demian suggested that a Solr file-based field might enable this in the future if necessary. Ere also mentioned the "Learning to Rank" Solr feature as a possibility.

Demian also mentioned the [[community:conferences:summit_2022|2022 VuFind Summit]]; the call for paper just closed, so scheduling will begin soon and more details should be shared in the near future.
===== Next Call =====

The next call will be Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 9am Eastern Daylight Time (13:00 GMT).