[Web4lib] Open Library Environment (OLE) Project - Regional Design Workshops

[Tim McGeary]

Dave,

Any academic library or any library that wants to participate.  Mellon 
is focused on the research, academic, and national libraries in funding 
this, but all libraries are welcome to participate.  Consortia 
representation is also encouraged!

Cheers,
Tim

Tim McGeary
Senior Systems Specialist
Lehigh University
610-758-4998
tim.mcgeary at lehigh.edu
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Walker, David wrote:
>> Participation is open to any members of the research library
>> community
> 
> Tim, I'm just curious if by "research library community" you mean ARL
> libraries, or just any academic library.
> 
> --Dave
> 
> ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager 
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> Subject: [Web4lib] Open Library Environment (OLE) Project - Regional
> Design     Workshops
> 
> The Open Library Environment (OLE, pronounced oh-lay) Project invites
>  you to apply to participate in a two day Regional Design Workshop.
> The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for
> representatives of local research libraries and related institutions
> to discuss our work surrounding the current Integrated Library System
> and ideas on what this type of core system should incorporate.
> Workshops are being held in a variety of locations in the US over the
> next 2 months. For more information and to find a location near you,
> go to: http://oleproject.org/workshops.
> 
> Participation is open to any member of the research library community
>  who works with the Integrated Library System 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.
> 
> The OLE project, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 
> seeks to convene the academic library community in the design of an
> Open Library Management System built using the principles of Service
> Oriented Architecture.  The project partners consist of leaders from
> academic libraries in the United States, Canada, and Australia
> dedicated to thinking beyond the current model of an Integrated
> Library System.  We seek to design a new system that is flexible,
> customizable and able to meet the changing and complex needs of
> modern, dynamic academic libraries.  The end product will be 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.
> 
> More information on the OLE Project can be found at
> http://oleproject.org.
> 
> (apologies for the cross posting.)
> 
> -- Tim McGeary Senior Systems Specialist Lehigh University 
> 610-758-4998 tim.mcgeary at lehigh.edu Google Talk: timmcgeary Yahoo IM:
> timmcgeary
> 
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