With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a multinational group of libraries is developing the design for an Open Library Environment (OLE), an alternative to the current model of an Integrated Library System. The goal is to produce a design document to inform open source library system development efforts, to guide future library system implementations, and to influence current Integrated Library System vendor products.
The following is a recording of the the OLE Project webinar hosted on April 23, 2009. The webinar presentation provides an overview of the CollectionSpace project timeline, milestones software architecture, and philosophy of the CollectionSpace data model.
Carl Goodman provided an overview of the CollectionSpace open-source, description and mangement application for the museum domain. Tim McGeray then lead the conversation where Carl was joined by Megan Forbes and Patrick Schmitz both of CollectionSpace. The main focus of the conversation was about data models and how data models affect the similar goals of CollectionSpace and OLE Project.