kuali ole: enabling choices for libraries
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This is my presentation with Rob Pleshar for the 2014 Charleston Conference on Kuali OLE.TRANSCRIPT
Kuali OLE: Enabling Choices for Libraries
Charleston Conference 2014
Robert H. McDonald and Rob Pleshar @kualiole
@mcdonald
What We’ll ShareWhat is Kuali OLE
Kuali OLE Choices
Live Select/Acquire Demo-University of Chicago
What is Kuali OLECommunity | Software | Solution
• A community within a community• Part of the Kuali Foundation –
Building software and community for Higher Education
• 66 Members, 8 Projects, 12 Commercial Affiliates
• Nearly 1000 people involved• A legal entity and a philosophy
• Kuali OLE Partners• Software designed by Librarians for
Libraries to serve users• 10 institutions, 5 KCAs & affiliates,
GOKb• 50+FTE including architects, coders,
designers, SMEs, testers, and documenters
• Funded by the Partners and the Andrew W Mellon Foundation
What is Kuali OLECommunity | Software | Solution
• Software• Enterprise Java with
services middleware• Built to integrate &
interoperate• A platform for library
services• Designed for libraries
by librarians!• Web services APIs
What is Kuali OLECommunity | Software | Solution
• Solution • For developing and managing a next
generation, library services platform• KOLE is building to meet the
following requirements:• Flexibility in design• Community ownership with an
open source license and strong vendor support
• Modular Service-Oriented Architecture
• Enterprise-level integration• Meet current and future business
needs• Sustainable design enabling the
evolution of software, hardware, and mission
Integrated & Independent Open source
Enterprise caliber
Supportive of research university
scale
OLE ArchitectureCommunity | Software | Solution
• Four functional modules• Overlapping functionality• Iterative and maturing
capabilities• Open architecture and
code• Built on Kuali enterprise
architecture
Current OLE ImplementationsCommunity | Software | Solution
• University of Chicago/Summer 2014
• Lehigh University/Summer 2014
• SOAS-University of London/Winter 2015
Current OLE PartnersCommunity | Software | Solution
OLE TimelineCommunity | Software | Solution
2010 2011 2012 20132008 2014
OLE Planning Grant
Proof of Concept Release
Funded by Mellon Foundation for OLE
build Project
Phase 2 Mellon funding
OLE 1.5Implementations
at Lehigh University
and University of
Chicago
Partner Release
OLE 1.0
GOKb isGlobal Open Knowledgebase
a freely available, community-managed data repository that will contain key publication information about electronic resources as it is represented within the supply chain from content publishers to suppliers to libraries.
GOKb TimelineGlobal Open Knowledgebase
2012 2013 2014 20152011 2016
GOKb and KB+ collaborate on data
model
Proof of Concept Release
Funded by Mellon Foundation & Kuali
OLE Partnership
Public preview and Phase 2 Mellon funding
Hire FT EditorCommunity development
New partnersEnhanced functionaity
Partner Release
GOKb Title RecordGlobal Open Knowledgebase
Co-ReferencingGlobal Open Knowledgebase
• Search for any identifier
• Search within a namespace
• Web interface
• JSON/XML
DiscoveryCommunity | Software | Solution
• Open Source
• SaaS
• Hybrid
• Institutional Fit
Rob Pleshar – University of Chicago
Kuali OLE Select/Acquire Demo
@kualiole
OLE DirectionsCommunity | Software | Solution
• Consortial & federated support• Record ownership• Multiple charts of
account• Work units
• Distribute training & demonstration database• Full ERM functions & GOKb
bidirectional integration• Code contribution
governance & management• Documentation portal• Cloud implementations
OLE ImplementationCommunity | Software | Solution
OLE Hosted Option• Using one of our two KCAs institutions will opt for a contract that supports
complete implementation - analysis, installation, migration, configuration, maintenance & support of Kuali OLE.
OLE Local Option• Using local resources an institution will implement Kuali OLE on local or
private cloud infrastructure and would rely on the Kuali OLE community for support and enhancement.
OLE Hybrid Option• Select your competencies for local migration and implementation and out-
source critical areas of deployment or migration, to leverage your resources and manage costs using commodity priced cloud infrastructure.
Kuali 2.0
• Inside HigherEd: Kuali Foundation Launches Commercial Service Partner https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/25/kuali-foundation-launches-commercial-service-provider
http://www.kuali.co
OLE ParticipateCommunity | Software | Solution
• Join the KOLE Community!• Determine your future• Invest within your community
• Be an adopter!• Gain benefits of community
source• Provide value and feedback
• Be a Subject Matter Expert!• Define use cases• Write specifications
• Be a developer!• Sustain the software• Create new capabilities
More OLECommunity | Software | Solution
For more on Kuali OLE:
Visit our website: http://ole.kuali.orgSee our Test-Drive - http://kuali.org/test-drivesVisit GOKb: http://www.gokb.org
Follow us on Twitter: @kualioleRead our Blog at: http://kualiole.tumblr.comFollow us on Ohloh - https://www.ohloh.net/p/kole