Overview of OLE | Kuali Foundation. Open Library Environment (OLE) - An Extensible Service-Driven Library Management System Kuali OLE is the first system designed by and for academic and research libraries for managing and delivering intellectual information. OLE is People. Built with a governance model, every partner has a seat at the table and a say in what OLE will offer. OLE is Community. OLE delivers an enterprise-ready, community-source software package to manage and provide access not only to items in your collection but also to licensed and local digital content.
OLE is Collaboration. OLE is keeping your money in your mission. Summary Project Funding The Kuali OLE Project is made possible by generous contributions of the Kuali OLE Founding Partners. Kuali OLE attracts a thriving marketplace of independent vendors to deliver services and support to its active community. WorldShare Management Services.
OCLC WorldShare Management Services provide a unified, Web-based environment that streamlines acquisitions, circulation, license management and metadata management workflows and offers a powerful discovery and delivery tool for library users. Both replacing and standing apart from traditional ILS systems, OCLC’s cloud-based library management services enable libraries to share infrastructure costs and resources as well as to collaborate in new ways. Launched for general release in July 2011, more than 180 libraries are now actively using WorldShare Management Services, with more signing up every month. As more libraries subscribe, the benefits for each individual library are enhanced due to the cooperative nature of these services.
Here’s why libraries are choosing to join the WorldShare Management Services community: Shared data. Connects library workflows to the massively aggregated, collective data in WorldCat, eliminating silos and improving efficiencies. Intota™ | Services. How Can You Do Today’s Job with Yesterday’s Tools? The nature of library collections has undergone a significant shift as they move from print to electronic.
However, workflows and systems are still predominantly designed for a print world, forcing you to do today’s job with yesterday’s tools. Workarounds create redundancies and inefficiencies which impact the delivery of quality services to patrons. Serials Solutions is developing a new, web-scale management solution to address these challenges head-on. Intota™ is a single, centrally provisioned solution that supports the entire resource lifecycle, including selection, acquisition, cataloging, discovery, and fulfillment, regardless of resource type.
It maximizes the advantages of digital media while protecting and exposing print and other formats in your local collection that make your library unique. Redefining How Libraries Manage Operations. Sierra | Innovative. Ranked 1st for Integrated Library System/Library Service Platform (ILS/LSP) Satisfaction and 1st for Completeness of Functionality,* Sierra is the choice for more than 1,600 libraries worldwide. The Sierra Services Platform offers proven library workflow technology and complete resource management with the power and scale of open systems architecture. No other system today offers such a complete and integrated approach to library management automation. key features Proven print and electronic resource management with fulfillment functionality Integrated digital asset management capabilities SQL-based database with Sierra DNA Documentation APIs for integration with other applications Updated staff user experience including facets, Web-style browsing, rich browse screens, and more Mobile work-lists optimized for tablets Management dashboard with complete picture of library operations Staff-friendly, powerful management and reporting Cloud-ready architecture and hosting options.
Overview. Designed not only to improve systems, but to support totally new services and initiatives, Alma and the wider URM framework deliver improved analytics that tie the value of the library and its services more closely to important institutional outcomes; expansion of metadata management and curation beyond traditional content to include research data sets; and support for joint collection development models that allow libraries to truly collaborate and thereby maximize the investment in their collections Unified resource management: Alma supports the entire suite of library operations for print, electronic, and digital resources Collaborative Metadata Management: Alma brings highquality, shared metadata into the resource management environment in a unique, hybrid model that balances global sharing with local needs Optimized resources and data: Alma simplifies library workflows by using a unique automated business processes and shared data.