Apologies for cross-posting...

For an update on the developments of Kuali OLE (KOLE), an effort to "to 
develop the *first system designed by and for academic and research 
libraries* for managing and delivering intellectual information", please 
click the link below:
http://kualiole.tumblr.com/

On a light note, the first blog post of the new year includes a 
collection of haiku, with reflections on KOLE and the services it will 
provide.  Following the haiku, you can read more blog posts, including 
one about the KOLE Document Store:

"Designed to be format agnostic, the document store can be configured to 
accept records from any metadata schema---from MARC to Dublin Core to 
schemes not yet developed.  It will also store and index 
non-bibliographic data, such as item records or licenses for 
e-resources.  Documents can be structured (e.g. MARC or ONIX-PL) or 
unstructured (e.g. licenses in PDF or Word).  Links between documents 
can be enabled within OLE (License to order; Bibl. Record to item; etc.) 
and in the future they plan externally linking perhaps to the LC SKOS 
records."

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to use the "Ask Kuali 
OLE" link at the top left of the blog.

Thank you and Happy New Year!
-- 

Doreen Herold

Catalog Librarian
Lehigh University
Library & Technology Services
30 Library Drive - Bethlehem, PA - 18015
610.758.2639 - [log in to unmask]
www.lehigh.edu/library