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Open Library Management
        Systems


    JA-SIG Spring Conference
   The Community Source Way


                           John Little, Duke University
                                         April 28, 2008
ILS Environment

• ILS does not fit modern
  scholarly process
• Workflows adapted
  to manage
  collections are based
  on outdated
  assumptions
ILS Environment


• Dissatisfaction among libraries with proprietary ILS
• Our collections are changing more rapidly than our systems
   o Data
   o Mass digitization
• Early efforts in the OS model have a different primary
  constituency.
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08
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Open Library Environment JA-Sig May08

  • 1. Open Library Management Systems JA-SIG Spring Conference The Community Source Way John Little, Duke University April 28, 2008
  • 2. ILS Environment • ILS does not fit modern scholarly process • Workflows adapted to manage collections are based on outdated assumptions
  • 3. ILS Environment • Dissatisfaction among libraries with proprietary ILS • Our collections are changing more rapidly than our systems o Data o Mass digitization • Early efforts in the OS model have a different primary constituency.