"Penn is especially eager to be part of Kuali OLE, because we believe the time has come for universities to take greater control over the infrastructure that supports teaching and learning," says Penn Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, Carton Rogers. "This project will improve the efficiency of library operations, but more importantly, it will make us far more nimble at deploying new services; it will fundamentally change the way our strategic aspirations relate to technology; and it will create new opportunities for creative interaction with other libraries."
Kuali OLE software will be made freely available to libraries, which will then develop and contribute enhancements to an expanding community of users. Penn's partners in the Kuali OLE initiative include Indiana University, Lehigh University; Triangle Research Libraries Network, represented by Duke and North Carolina State University, the Universities of Chicago, Maryland, and Michigan, and a Florida Consortium with the University of Florida representing: Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, Rollins College, University of Central Florida, University of Miami, University of South Florida, the Florida Center for Library Automation.
For more information, please see Penn Libraries' full press release and the Chronicle of Higher Education article, Business Software, Built by Colleges for Colleges, Challenges Commercial Giants
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Joe Zucca, Director of Planning and Communication
