New Members - Getting Started with OLE

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Complete License Agreement Process

Review the License Agreement Process and submit your CLA/CCLA.

Introduction to OLE

Kuali OLE (Open Library Environment) empowers libraries to leverage the expertise within the library community to find solutions for common needs. The processes for purchasing, tracking, and managing collections in a digital environment are far different from the print-based workflows now underpinning many library management systems. Kuali OLE offers a new and better alternative.

Motivated by the understanding that only by working together can libraries realize their potential, a partnership of top research libraries is now making Kuali OLE a reality. Together they are defining the next-generation library management system and will make it freely available as community-source software, which libraries can adapt for local implementation and enhance for the common good.

More than 300 libraries, educational institutions, professional organizations, and businesses have already helped identify the project scope. Forward-thinking partner libraries have invested in the project and are leading its development. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides generous support for the development project, having previously funded the initial planning grant.
Kuali OLE intends to deliver nothing less than an enterprise-ready, community source software package for academic and research libraries and a governance model in which the entire library community can collaborate to own and govern the resulting intellectual property.

Use this wiki with its links to past presentations, our project roadmap, and other design documents.

Links to more information

Follow the links in the table below to learn more about the Kuali OLE Open Library Environment (OLE) project.

Linked Page/Title	Brief Description
Kuali OLE Public Website	Within the Kuali Foundation website are a wealth of public materials on Kuali OLE, its partner organizations, conferences and design approach, along with News updates
Kuali OLE Board and Partners	Kuali OLE consists of many partner universities with representatives on the governing board.
Kuali Foundation Public Website	The Kuali Foundation website provides detailed information on all the Kuali projects.
OLE Communication Documents	The OLE Communications team manages the public message for OLE, and publishes its project roadmap.
OLE Blog	The OLE Blog, also managed by the Communications team, informs the public to various happenings of the Kuali OLE community.
OLE Roadmap and Implementation Schedule	The Roadmap is constantly updated to reflect current work-in-progress, and planned coding activities for the OLE releases. This link contains iterative release notes and timelines.
For more about the project, see also:	OLE Reference Model is an abstract representation of the OLE framework. OLE Final Report, written in 2009, contains the project goals, strategy and scope. OLE Build Proposal is the proposal given to the Mellon Foundation in November, 2009.
Presentations are available:	From the OLE website OLE Kuali Days 2011 OLE Kuali Days 2012 OLE Kuali Days 2013 OLE Kuali Days 2014 Kuali Days 2015

Test-drive OLE

Use the OLE Published Documentation to familiarize yourself with coding already completed for the Select and Acquire, Describe, and Deliver modules.

http://demo.ole.kuali.org/portal.do

Questions / Email list

Please contact our collaboration community at ole.technical.usergroup@kuali.org (for technical help) or ole.functional.usergroup@kuali.org (for functional help). These lists are open for anyone to post questions to. Email ole.devops@kuali.org to be added to the group.