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

[Tim McGeary]

Dave,

Two more points of clarification:

1.) More locations are being organized than what are listing online, so 
check back.  There may be a location nearer to you than what is listed.

2.) There will be plenty of opportunities online to comment on the 
results of these workshops.

These workshops are a way for us as project leaders to organize how 
libraries are doing their workflows and WANT to be doing their 
workflows.  After we get all of the information, we will be working to 
model the common workflows in diagram form and them into modeling 
language form, as well as using the unique attributes to incorporate 
flexibilities into the system.

As we go through that process, we will be asking for input, suggestions, 
and comments regularly through the OLE Project website, Web casts, etc.

So keep checking back...

Cheers,
Tim

Tim McGeary
Senior Systems Specialist
Lehigh University
610-758-4998
tim.mcgeary at lehigh.edu
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Walker, David wrote:
> Thanks for the clarification, Tim.  I don't think we'll be able to
> make it, since travel funding has pretty much dried-up.  We'll be
> following the project from afar with interest, though.
> 
> --Dave
> 
> ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager 
> California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu 
> ________________________________________ From: Tim McGeary
> [tmm8 at Lehigh.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:41 AM To:
> Walker, David; web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Open
> Library Environment (OLE) Project - Regional Design Workshops
> 
> 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 Google Talk: timmcgeary Yahoo IM: timmcgeary
> 
> 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 
>> California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu 
>> ________________________________________ From: 
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>> On Behalf Of Tim McGeary [tmm8 at Lehigh.EDU] Sent: Wednesday,
>> November 12, 2008 11:13 AM To: CODE4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU;
>> NGC4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU; oss4lib-discuss at lists.sourceforge.net;
>> web4lib at webjunction.org 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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