Lynne O’Brien will speak at the ARLmembers meeting in Houston, TX on May 21, 2009 as part of a panel on Next-Gen Discovery and Resource-Sharing Strategies.  Moderator: Karin Trainer, University Librarian, Princeton University

Directions Emerging within the OLE Project (Open Library Environment): Lynne O’Brien, Director, Academic Technology & Instructional Services, Duke University Libraries

Lessons from Implementing WorldCat Local: Betsy Wilson, Dean of University Libraries, University of Washington and Jennifer Ward, Head, Web Services, University of Washington Libraries

Lessons from Implementing Primo: Bob Gerrity, Director of Library Systems, Boston College

The event will be in the Highland Room

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

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00am – 3:00pm

The Open Library Environment Project invites you to a 1 day workshop at the IUPUI University Libraries in Indianapolis, IN sponsored by the Indiana University System Libraries, Purdue University Libraries, and the University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for representatives of Indiana and Midwest regional academic and research libraries and related institutions to discuss and provide feedback on the current state of the OLE Project Planning Document. The OLE Project will provide a fully vetted planning document for a community sourced information management system to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation by June 2009 and this workshop intends to solicit feedback from peer libraries in the Indiana region on this plan and to seek institutions who are interested in becoming part of a build out component of the OLE information management environment.

Participation is open to any members of the research library community who work with current Integrated Library Systems or other workflow management systems for electronic resources management either on a day to day basis or from a higher level. 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 40 participants. There is no cost for attendance other than your travel related expenses. Participants will be notified with further details.

Registration is now closed

Contact: Robert H. McDonald, Associate Dean for Library Technologies, Indiana University, robert@indiana.edu

Robert H. McDonald, (Associate Dean for Library Technologies, Indiana University) and Beth Forrest Warner, (Officer for Grants, Research Support, and Library Assessment, University of Kansas) will present The OLE Project: Developing a Community-Sourced SOA Compliant Library Information Environment – An Update, at the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Spring 2009 Task Force Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, April 6-7, 2009 in the Lake Superior A room.

Robert H. McDonald,(Associate Dean for Library Technologies,Indiana University), Beth Forrest Warner, (Officer for Grants, Research Support, and Library Assessment (Libraries), University of Kansas) and Michael Winkler, Director, Information Technology and Digital Development, University of Pennsylvania will present The OLE Project: Reconceptualizing Technology for Modern Library Workflow-A SOA Approach at the Enterprise Information and Technology Conference, Indianapolis IN