BPM Project meetings

Regional Design Workshop – U. Chicago, Chicago, IL

Thursday, December 11, 2008
9am to 4:30pm
Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago
Room A-11
Lunch on your own
Registration is required by Dec. 1: http://tinyurl.com/5u67bo

[NOTE: This workshop has been held. Detailed notes plus photos from the workshop are linked here.]

The Open Library Environment (OLE, pronounced oh-lay) Project invites you to participate in a one-day Regional Design Workshop. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for representatives of CIC research libraries and other academic institutions in the Midwest to discuss OLE’s work as it relates to current Integrated Library Systems (ILS) and ideas on what this type of core system should incorporate.

Participation is open to anyone who works with any module(s) of any ILS on a daily basis or who provides support services for an ILS. OLE will be developed as an open source library environment that meets the needs of research libraries. While care will be taken to design an open and flexible system that is useful for other types of libraries, such as public libraries, the focus of the project in this early stage is on research libraries.

Due to space limitations, registration is limited to 75 participants. If more than 75 apply to participate, we will select a diverse representation of participants from a cross section of functional areas and institutions of varying size and mission.

Registration will close on Monday, December 1 and participants will be notified shortly after of their acceptance. There is no cost for attendance to this workshop other than your travel related expenses.

Contact: Jim Mouw, Assistant Director, Technical & Electronic Services, University of Chicago, mouw@uchicago.edu