B17. VALE Open Source ILS Project Collaboration: Benefits and Challenges
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Presenter(s):
Judy Matthew, William Paterson University
Bruce Slutsky, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Pamela Theus, William Paterson University
Cathy Weng, The College of New Jersey
The goal of the VALE OLS Project is the creation of a single-instance shared library system for all VALE libraries. The development of this project requires collaboration between the Steering Committee and other VALE Committees – BCMC (Cataloging), Resource Sharing, Reference Services (ILS interface), and CCM (Collection Management). In this session, representatives from these committees will talk briefly about what they are doing to support the VALE OLS development. They will highlight any challenges or issues that they see with the OLS, and contrast that with the potential benefits.
