Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:15:14 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 52056409 for cni-announce@cni.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:45:31 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <95A76EF1-883F-4EFF-BF69-3712C4CEA2CD@cni.org> From: "Joan K. Lippincott" X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-18-331762843 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Subject: Next generation, open-source library system X-Original-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:45:31 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) --Apple-Mail-18-331762843 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mellon Funds Design of Next-Generation Library System A $475,700 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Duke University Libraries will lead to the design of a next-generation, open-source library system that is flexible, customizable and nimble enough to meet the changing and complex needs of 21st-century libraries and library users. The goal of the Open Library Environment (OLE) =20 Project is to develop a design document for library automation technology that fits modern library workflows, is built on Service Oriented =20 Architecture, and offers an alternative to commercial Integrated Library System products. Leaders of the OLE Project, representing libraries in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, will involve the library community in the design process through workshops, meetings, webcasts and online discussions. Through those activities, they will develop a plan for a library technology =20 system that breaks away from an emphasis on print-based workflows, reflects the changing nature of library materials and new approaches to scholarly =20 work, meshes well with other enterprise systems, and can be modified easily to suit the needs of different institutions. The project website at http://oleproject.org gives detailed information about the project and includes FAQs, recommended reading, and a comment section. =93The information environment is changing rapidly, but the technology = of library management systems has not kept pace,=94 said Lynne O=92Brien, principal investigator on the project and Director of Academic =20 Technology and Instructional Services for the Duke University Libraries. =93This project is a wonderful opportunity to design a system that supports library innovation and better meets the needs of today=92s researchers.=94= O=92Brien is joined on the OLE Project team by colleagues from Duke as =20= well individuals from the University of Kansas, Lehigh University, the University of Pennsylvania, the National Library of Australia, Library =20= and Archives Canada, Vanderbilt University, the Orbis Cascade Alliance, Rutgers University, the University of Florida, the University of =20 Chicago, Columbia University, the University of Maryland and Whittier College. Because the OLE Project is a collaborative, community-based venture, =20 there will be many opportunities for individuals from other libraries to participate in the project through regional and virtual meetings, discussion of plans and documents, comments via the project website and listserv and discussions at professional meetings. In addition to its development of a design document, the OLE Project is intended to create a community of interest that could be tapped to build the planned system in a follow-on project. Contact: Lynne O=92Brien, Ph.D. Director, Academic Technology and Instructional Services Duke University Libraries lynne.obrien@duke.edu or 919.660.5862 Ilene Nelson Director of Communications Duke University Libraries ilene.nelson@duke.edu or 919.660.5816= --Apple-Mail-18-331762843 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mellon Funds Design of = Next-Generation Library System

A $475,700 grant from The Andrew = W. Mellon Foundation to the Duke
University Libraries will lead = to the design of a next-generation,
open-source library system = that is flexible, customizable and nimble
enough to meet the = changing and complex needs of 21st-century libraries
and = library users. The goal of the Open Library Environment (OLE) = Project
is to develop a design document for library automation = technology that
fits modern library workflows, is built on = Service Oriented Architecture,
and offers an alternative to = commercial Integrated Library System
products.

Leaders = of the OLE Project, representing libraries in the U.S., = Canada,
and Australia, will involve the library community in = the design process
through workshops, meetings, webcasts and = online discussions. Through
those activities, they will develop = a plan for a library technology system
that breaks away from an = emphasis on print-based workflows, reflects the
changing nature = of library materials and new approaches to scholarly = work,
meshes well with other enterprise systems, and can be = modified easily to
suit the needs of different institutions. = The project website at
http://oleproject.org gives = detailed information about the project and
includes FAQs, = recommended reading, and a comment section.

=93The information = environment is changing rapidly, but the technology of
library = management systems has not kept pace,=94 said Lynne = O=92Brien,
principal investigator on the project and Director = of Academic Technology
and Instructional Services for the Duke = University Libraries. =93This
project is a wonderful = opportunity to design a system that supports
library innovation = and better meets the needs of today=92s researchers.=94
O=92Brien= is joined on the OLE Project team by colleagues from Duke as = well
individuals from the University of Kansas, Lehigh = University, the
University of Pennsylvania, the National = Library of Australia, Library and
Archives Canada, Vanderbilt = University, the Orbis Cascade Alliance,
Rutgers University, the = University of Florida, the University of Chicago,
Columbia = University, the University of Maryland and Whittier = College.
Because the OLE Project is a collaborative, = community-based venture, there
will be many opportunities for = individuals from other libraries to
participate in the project = through regional and virtual meetings,
discussion of plans and = documents, comments via the project website and
listserv and = discussions at professional meetings.
In addition to its = development of a design document, the OLE Project is
intended = to create a community of interest that could be tapped to = build
the planned system in a follow-on = project.

Contact:
Lynne O=92Brien, Ph.D.
Director, = Academic Technology and Instructional Services
Duke University = Libraries
lynne.obrien@duke.edu or = 919.660.5862

Ilene Nelson
Director of Communications
Duke = University Libraries
ilene.nelson@duke.edu or = 919.660.5816= --Apple-Mail-18-331762843--