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Using Lean To Teach The Technical Services Value Stream: An Online Continuing Education Course, Tamera Hanken Aug 2011

Using Lean To Teach The Technical Services Value Stream: An Online Continuing Education Course, Tamera Hanken

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Lean Principles:

• Identify steps in the process that add customer defined value

• Identify waste in transportation, wait, overproduction, defect, inventory, motion, or extra processing

• Eliminate the steps in the process that don’t add value or are unnecessary

• Make sure the steps flow in an efficient sequence

• Establish pull, i.e., make sure the steps in the sequence don’t create bottlenecks

• Continue to improve the process


Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part Two, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken Jul 2011

Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part Two, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken

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Part Four: Quick Tour of the Current Marketplace:

  • "The Big 5"
  • Similarities and differences

Part Five: It's Not All Sliced Bread:

  • Shortcomings of web scale discovery

Part Six: Implementation (pre launch steps):

  • Selecting and preparing implementation staff
  • Preparing and communicating process/decisions with all staff
  • Working with the vendor (roles, expectations, timeline)
  • Workflow changes and implications (technical services)

Part Seven: Specific implementation tasks, issues, and considerations:

  • Record loading and mapping (catalog content)
  • Harvesting and mapping digital/local content
  • Working with central index data (internal & external content)
  • Web integration and customization
  • Assessment and continuous improvement


Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part One, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken Jul 2011

Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part One, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken

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Preface: Before Web Scale Discovery

  • A very brief overview

Part 1: What is Web Scale Discovery

  • Content
  • Technology

Part 2: Why is Web Scale Discovery important?

  • What’s the need?
  • How is it different from earlier attempts at broad discovery?

Part 3: A Framework for Evaluating Web Scale Discovery Services

  • What we did at UNLV
  • Other options