IU will lead the Kuali OLE (Open Library Environment) project, a partnership of research libraries dedicated to managing increasingly digital resources and collections. Together, these libraries will develop “community source” software that will be made available to libraries worldwide.Kuali OLE (pronounced Oh-LAY) partners include Indiana University; Florida Consortium (University of Florida representing Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, Rollins College, University of Central Florida, University of Miami, University of South Florida and the Florida Center for Library Automation); Lehigh University; Triangle Research Libraries Network (represented by Duke University and North Carolina State University); University of Chicago; University of Maryland; University of Michigan; and the University of Pennsylvania.

See the full press release at:  http://kuali.org/node/268

The Open Library Environment Project: Building a SOA NextGen ILS

American Library Association Annual Conference – July 11, 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, and dissemination of museum collection information.

The webcast will be available by registration and a recorded session will be available for playback.

Participants include:

• Megan Forbes, Collection Information and Access Manager, Project Manager, CollectionSpace

• John Little, ILS Support Section Head, Duke University

• Tim McGeary, Team Leader Library Technology, Lehigh University

• Patrick Schmitz, Semantic Services Architect, Co-Technical Lead, CollectionSpace

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.  The webinar will be available by registration and a recored session will be available for playback.  Register here for this free webinar.  After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Participants include

• John Little, ILS Support Section Head, Duke University
• Mike Winkler, IT Director, University of Pennsylvania
• Kevin Stranack, Researcher Associate, Simon Fraser University
• Brian Owen, Associate University Librarian, Simon Fraser University

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 March 31, 2009 or by commenting at the end of this page.

Completed at the University of Kansas meeting:

Revised the Frequently Asked Questions on the OLE Website to reflect questions raised in a variety of settings.

Published a set of assumptions underlying the design of OLE.

Developed the agenda for the March 31, 2009 webcast and updated the abstract to use in inviting people to register for that webcast.

Updated the public OLE website to include maps of the home institutions for our workshop attendees and webcast participants.

Revised and expanded the Project Scope document.

Created a set of talking points to use in inviting institutions to participate in the upcoming software development phase of the OLE Project.

Started formulating the cost factors for the software development project which will follow the current planning project.

Reviewed the four lists of processes for compilation to a single document of 60+ processes.

Revised the OLE Reference Model based on the changes to the list of processes.

Developed a template as a model to enhance the inventory of the processes.

Created a spreadsheet of the processes provided for assignments to various individuals/groups who will complete a draft of functional specifications by May 1st.

Added a data dictionary and a symbol dictionary to the list of additional documents for completion by the May 1st deadline.

Photos of the meeting are available on the OLE Flickr site.

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 which has been accomplished since we last spoke with you, including directional decisions about project direction, updated documents and more;

2. The breadth and depth of community outreach initiatives and how your input helped shape the work we’ve done;

3. Information about the upcoming software development phase of the project and why your institution may wish to consider becoming a build partner;

4. How you can continue to stay involved with the OLE Project;

5. Interactive feedback;

6. Questions and answer session.

Materials related to this webinar:

- Scope Document http://oleproject.org/overview/project-scope

- Project Assumptions http://oleproject.org/overview/assumptions

- Reference Model http://oleproject.org/overview/ole-reference-model

- Process models (see Reference Model page)

- FAQ’s http://oleproject.org/faqs/

Please register HERE to gain access to the Webinar.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees: Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees: Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

• Notes
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The OLE Project “Connecting with Other Projects” working group reaches out to other open source projects to learn from their experiences and to seek ways that the Open Library Environment might integrate with those projects.

To share your information now, please link to the OLE Application Survey.