What will be the advantages of OLE compared to a traditional ILS systems?
OLE aims for a transformational design approach to create an extremely flexible, interoperable system that does not just replicate the concepts that underlie legacy software. OLE will be designed as a single system to manage diverse collection formats and content, including print, electronic and future information sources. It will not have separate systems for inventory control of print or for licensing control for e-journals. As a community source project, OLE will place control of mission-critical automation infrastructure in the hands of libraries, allowing them to determine the direction of development and to extend and enhance functionality with greater freedom. OLE will support the needs of libraries involved in consortia and other collaborative organizations.OLE’s Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) will allow OLE to fit in well in the enterprise networks of their parent organizations and to evolve gracefully without the need to create or replace large modules as library needs e
