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Project: Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE)

Primary UITS contact: Robert H. McDonald (IU Libraries)

Last update: April 16, 2012

Description: This community source project was launched on July 1, 2010, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ($2.38 million). The project is under the joint sponsorship of UITS Enterprise Software and the IU Libraries, and will be a Kuali development effort to deliver a services-oriented, architecture-based library management system. Along with the IU Libraries, UITS assists in the development of technical requirements and system specifications. UITS will also assist with quality assurance, testing, and validation of prototypes and releases, and, in the future, will work toward implementing the Kuali OLE system at IU. The Kuali OLE project has equal parts in matching contributions from its partner libraries and will be developing the application software through a multi-year software development contract that will be managed through the Core Technical Team and the project manager.

Milestones and status:

  • July 2010: Project start date
  • October 2010: Software Development Contract awarded to HTC Global Services
  • December 1, 2010: Core team hired
  • April 2011: First round software demonstration at CNI Spring Membership Meeting
  • Spring 2011: http://player.vimeo.com/video/22255938?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 (webcast)
  • July-November 2011: Work on joint Mellon-funded grant with JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee-UK) for electronic resources management component of Kuali OLE (now known as GOKb)
  • November 15, 2011: Released version OLE 0.3 at Kuali Days 2011
  • January 18, 2012: Presented Educause Live Session on the Status of Kuali OLE
  • March 15, 2012: GOKb Project Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (lead school North Carolina State University)
  • April 30, 2012: 0.6 release scheduled
  • October 1, 2012: 0.8 release scheduled
  • January 1, 2013: 1.0 release scheduled

Project team: This project is a collaboration between Indiana University, Duke University, Lehigh University, North Carolina State University, University of Chicago, University of Florida, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania. At Indiana University, the Enterprise Software (ES) division of UITS and the University Libraries are involved in the project. The project consists of a partner-based Functional Council responsible for functional analysis, a Core Technical Team based at IU responsible for build and software development along with a long-term software development contract with HTC Global Services (a Kuali Foundation Commercial Affiliate), and a partner-based Technical Council responsible for the technical architecture and roadmap for Kuali OLE.

Kuali OLE board:

  • Deborah Jakubs, Co-Chair (Duke University)
  • Brad Wheeler, Co-Chair (Indiana University)
  • Judy Russell (University of Florida)
  • Jim Mouw, Treasurer (University of Chicago)
  • Brenda Johnson (Indiana University)
  • Pat Steele (University of Maryland)
  • Bruce Taggart (Lehigh University)
  • Carton Rogers (University of Pennsylvania)

Kuali OLE Functional Council members:

  • Tim McGeary, Chair (Lehigh University)
  • Kristen Antelman (North Carolina State University)
  • Beth Camden (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Mechael Charbonneau (Indiana University)
  • Jim Mouw (University of Chicago)
  • Carlen Ruschoff (University of Maryland)
  • Rachel Schipper (University of Florida)
  • Molly Tamarkin (Duke University)
  • Sharon Wiles-Young (Lehigh University)

Kuali OLE Core Technical Council members:

  • Frances McNamara, Chair (University of Chicago)
  • Chris Case (University of Florida)
  • John Little (Duke University)
  • John Pillans (Indiana University)
  • Michelle Suranofsky (Lehigh University)
  • John Robinette (University of Maryland)
  • Adam Constabaris (North Carolina State University)
  • Tommy Barker (University of Pennsylvania)

Kuali OLE Core Technical Team members:

  • Brad Skiles, project manager
  • Nianli Ma, senior architect
  • Lydia Reid, data architect
  • Aparna Tiwari, DBA
  • Kathy Gerdink, business analyst
  • Daniel Sweeney, business analyst
  • Nora Roggeveen-Sams, business analyst
  • Rich Slabach, QA manager
  • Jain Waldrip, QA analyst
  • Carla North, administrative assistant

Kuali OLE senior advisors:

  • Ian Dolphin, senior advisor (Sakai Foundation)
  • David Kay, senior advisor (JISC)
  • Phil Nichols, senior advisor (JISC)
  • Ben Showers, senior advisor (JISC)
  • John Wilkin, senior advisor (University of Michigan)
  • Michael Winkler, senior advisor and FC Chair Emeritus (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Jennifer Foutty, senior advisor (Kuali Foundation)

Kuali OLE executive sponsors:

  • Robert J. Lowden, Associate Vice President for Enterprise Software (Indiana University)
  • Robert H. McDonald, Associate Dean for Library Technologies and Digital Libraries (Indiana University)