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 OLE Project is now completed. A copy of the final report has bee posted and is available for download here. (See Final Report in the left hand menu.) The final report includes information about the next phase of the project and plans for developing the OLE framework. The Kuali-OLE website will provide ongoing updates.