A quick question about the OLE Project. How will you go about getting user input?
One of the problems I usually see with library systems user interface design is that the design requirements are developed by a committee of librarians. This results in a user interface based on how librarians use library systems, rather than on how library users might use a system.
Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Bloomington, IN
--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Tim McGeary <tmm8_at_LEHIGH.EDU> wrote:
> From: Tim McGeary <tmm8_at_LEHIGH.EDU>
> Subject: [NGC4LIB] so let's change the library environment: OLE Project Public Webcast
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 2:52 PM
> I think what Alex Johannesen just said in the "Library
> Technologies and
> Library School (was Commercial Vendors and Open Source
> Software)" is a
> great segue to inviting you all to join our public webcast
> for the Open
> Library Environment (OLE) Project.
>
> OLE Project participants will host a webcast to share
> information about
> the project and invite comments and questions. The webcast
> will be held
> Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 3pm-5pm EST. This webcast is
> free or charge
> and open to anyone. Please register in advance at:
>
> http://survey.oit.duke.edu/ViewsFlash/servlet/viewsflash?cmd=showform&pollid=CIT!OLEWebcast
>
> A more detailed agenda and information about logging into
> the webcast
> will be posted within the next week.[1]
>
> As Alex said:
>
> > Libraries are probably best to change and compromise a
> little. Just
> > because you like to think in terms of stacks
> doesn't mean you must
> > have software that are written for stacks; shelves
> will probably do.
> > Just because you call your main users patrons
> doesn't mean that a
> > customer wouldn't do. And so on. For every problem
> in the ILS you will
> > find an outside alternative. This is a problem of not
> wanting to
> > change more than actually solving the problem.
>
> This is very much the type of thinking and discussions we
> had in North
> Carolina a couple weeks ago to kick off this design
> project. We
> discussed what is in and out of scope for this project,
> started training
> on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and began writing
> vision and
> scope documents to share with you all and the rest of the
> library
> community to comment on.
>
> I hope that you can join us in this webcast and continue to
> participate
> over the next year as we move forward on design the Open
> Library
> Environment.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
> [1]http://oleproject.org/2008/09/18/join-us-for-ole-project-update-via-webcast/
>
>
>
> --
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Received on Wed Sep 24 2008 - 14:48:40 EDT