Federated Search Pilot Implementation Project

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Date	Task or Milestone
Dec 7, 2004	First meeting of the Feds
Jan-May 2005	Feds review other WebFeat sites and learn about the product.
June 10, 2005	UIUC's pilot system specification sent to WebFeat, along with list of A&I services to be included in the pilot
June 17, 2005	List of selected reference tools sent to WebFeat for inclusion in the pilot Undergrad interface
July 15, 2005	List of searchable journal collections sent to WebFeat for inclusion in the pilot Undergrad interface
Sept 1, 2005	Development version of UIUC's pilot WebFeat Undergrad interface available; first round of testing begins (Feds members only)
Nov xx, 2005	Usability testing begins with Undergrad students
Nov xx, 2005	SFX integrated with WebFeat
Jan 2, 2006	Soft rollout for production version of pilot WebFeat Undergrad interface via Library Gateway
Jan 2006	WebFeat training for Library personnel
Jan xx, 2006	WebFeat pilot Undergrad interface goes fully live with apppropriate PR
Feb-May 2006	Review & analysis of WebFeat pilot Undergrad interface by Feds
June 2006	Recommendations for ongoing use of WebFeat Undergrad interface delivered to CAPT by Feds