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August 21, 2008
The Open Library Environment Project
Based on a suggestion found elsewhere in this blog, I was checking out Richard Akerman's blog, Science Library Pad. He had a neat update about the Open Library Environment (OLE) Project which "will convene the academic library community in the design of an Open Library Management System built on Service Oriented Architecture." Basically it looks like an initiative to allow open source library systems to interact. I haven't had much experience with this sort of project, but I know that movements towards user-initiated systems are popular, and for good reason! I think it's great when users have a hand in the design of the tools they will be using. I confess, I'm new to a lot of this, but it is exciting to learn about these new projects and to be given a chance to participate.
Posted by Anna Galyon
Posted by colldev at 09:53 PM
August 18, 2008
Scholarly Communication Represented at August 22 First Aid for Graduate Students
The library's new Scholarly Communication department will have a display table at First Aid for Graduate Students, an open house at John C. Hodges Library on Friday, August 22, 2008 from 2-4 pm.
Meet librarians who are familiar with important issues related to the rapidly changing scholarly publishing environment. Find out what graduate students can do to assure maximum access to information resources.
For more information see The Right to Research.
Posted by colldev at 07:21 PM