Edtechkat

During the last OLE workshop, 33 participants were asked to rate a list of things we do using library management systems as:

• Core: a process that is an absolutely necessary part of any system, which all libraries perform
• Significant: not a core process, but still important
• Shift: a process that could be shifted to another unit / system outside the library
• Stop: a process that we could stop doing completely

They put little coloured dots on paper to “vote”. The resulting priorities are fascinating: http://oleproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ole_process_prioritization.pdf

(The OLE project is trying to create specs for an Open Source Library Management System for Research Libraries, being led by Duke University. They have a $145 000 grant to do this. The National Library of Australia is a partner and a couple of months ago there was an OLE workshop at Swinburne for Australian research libraries )