Mellon foundation awards $2.3 million for OLE development

A $2.38 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Indiana University will be used to develop software created specifically for the management of print and electronic collections for academic and research libraries around the world.
IU will lead the Kuali OLE (Open Library Environment) project, a partnership of research libraries dedicated to managing increasingly [...]

OLE Project Final Report Available for Comment

The OLE Project has posted a draft of its final report and welcomes comment on that report.

OLE at ALA LTIA, Saturday July 12

The Open Library Environment Project: Building a SOA NextGen ILS
American Library Association Annual Conference – July 11, 2009
Host:   LITA Emerging Technologies Interest Group.
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, IL – MCP W-196a
Description:
This program will present work being undertaken by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded Open Library Environment Project. The [...]

A Conversation with CollectionSpace – April 23, 2009

 
The Connecting with Other Projects Working Group will host a public conversation webcast with CollectionSpace on Thursday, April 23 at 3:00pm (EDT)   CollectionSpace is a collaboration that brings together a variety of cultural and academic institutions with the common goal of developing and deploying open source, web based software applications for the description, management, [...]

OLE Project Discussion on Library 2.0 Gang

Tim McGeary, Team Leader for Library Systems at Lehigh University, spoke on the OLE Project as the featured guest on the “Library 2.0 Gang” March 2009 Podcast, a monthly round-table podcast produced by the software applications company Talis.

OLE Project Webinar – A Conversation with CUFTS

A conversation with CUFTS on Wednesday, April 8,  2009 4pm EDT.

 
The Connecting with Other Projects Working Group will host a public conversation webcast with members of CUFTS.  As a knowledgebase of over 475 fulltext resources, CUFTS provides Electronic Resource Management services, an integrated journal A-Z database, link resolving, and MARC records for your library.
Join us for a Webinar on April 8. [...]

OLE Project Meeting Notes from Kansas, March 15-20, 2009

The University of Kansas Libraries hosted the OLE Project group meeting that took place  March 15 – 20, 2009. During that meeting, the group completed a number of significant tasks, described below. All those interested in the OLE Project are encouraged to provide feedback on the group’s work, by joining in the webcast on [...]

OLE Project Update – Register for Webinar March 31, 2009

[ March 31, 2009; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ]

Come join us for our next OLE Project webcast as we share progress on the project to date. The webcast will take place on March 31, 2009 from 3:00 – 4:30 (EDT). It is free of charge and open to everyone. All you need to do is register in advance!

 
 
Among the topics of discussion:
 
1. Work [...]

Notes from Georgia Tech / Atlanta Workshop posted

The notes and photos from the regional design workshop held at Georgia Tech on Feb. 12 – 13, 2009 are now posted:

Notes
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OLE – Project Related Applications Survey

The Open Library Environment Project would like to gather information on library applications that are currently in development or production that might be related to the goals of the OLE Project. As the OLE Project continues its planning for an open-source, services-oriented architecture for library business systems, it would be helpful to have a better [...]