Contributing to ReservesDirect

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OSS Project Workflow

ReservesDirect Adopters

The following institutions and projects have downloaded ReservesDirect or are integrating the code into new software:

  • North Carolina State University Libraries
  • University of Connecticut Libraries
  • The Koha (http://www.koha.org/) Open Source Integrated Library System project is using ReservesDirect to build a reserves module into its ILS.

Online Communities

  • RD-COMMUNITY is an e-mail discussion list for library staff who are using or considering using ReservesDirect. To sign up for RD-COMMUNITY, join online (http://listserv.emory.edu/wa.exe?SUBED1=rd-community&A=1) or send a message to [mailto:listserv@listserv.cc.emory.edu] with the text "SUBSCRIBE RD-COMMUNITY Firstname Lastname".


  • RD-DEV is an e-mail discussion list for developers, sysadmins, designers, or anyone who is interested in the development of ReservesDirect. To sign up for RD-DEV, join online (http://listserv.emory.edu/wa.exe?SUBED1=rd-dev&A=1) or send a message to [mailto:listserv@listserv.cc.emory.edu] with the text "SUBSCRIBE RD-DEV Firstname Lastname".


There are a number of ways to contribute to the ReservesDirect project. We are always looking for volunteers to join the effort to improve ReservesDirect and make it the best eReserves system available. You can contribute to any one of the following areas, based on your level of interest and the skills you are able to bring to the project.

The diagram to the right illustrates how the project works and how the different groups interrelate. You can also get a printable PDF version (https://www.reservesdirect.org/wiki/images/8/88/OSS_Project_Workflow.pdf) of the workflow chart.

Programming and Development

We are actively seeking partner institutions who can contribute developer talent to developing new features and enhancing existing features. The development community will also be given bugs to fix discovered by the QA group and can request design help from the Interface Design community.

Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing

The QA group is essential to the success of ReservesDirect. This group is called upon to run new features and enhancements through the ringer to discover any and all bugs, then deliver those bugs back to developers to be squashed. The more eyes that are on the software looking for blips and errors, the better it becomes. Anyone who uses the software is already a qualified tester.



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