Transcript Why FOLIO? - ALIA Information Online 2017 Conference

A new open source library services platform
Richard Levy
VP, SaaS Innovation
EBSCO
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The Quest for interoperbility and integration
Search &
Discovery
LMS/ILS
e.g. Millennium,
Symphony, Aleph
e.g. Blacklight, VUFind,
Encore, Enterprise,
Koha, ElasticSearch
ERM
e.g. eRM essentials,
360 resource manager,
Coral
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CONSOLIDATION
Vendor Consolidation
Fewer ILS Options
Monolithic Systems
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In library automation
INTEROPERABILITY
Interoperability, Decoupling
coupling that precludes
“ …tight
integrating discovery and
resource management products
from separate vendors
eliminates choice.”
By Marshall Breeding
The Future of Library Resource Discovery
A white paper commissioned by the NISO Discovery to
Delivery (D2D) Topic Committee
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Why FOLIO?
• Most library systems are top down, prefabricated and designed
to lock the library in to a single monolithic system
• There is little to no input from libraries in terms of architecture,
purpose, function and development
• A community catalogue in the Cloud run by one provider is still a
fortress
• Discovery and Management systems evolved separately and
should be evaluated accordingly on their own distinct merits and
benefit to user experience
• Staff workflows should be built flexibly around serving the user
better: not a one size fits all approach
• What would happen if library and tech communities collaborated
together to build the system of the future?
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Closed systems
Limited APIs
Discovery + ILS
Bundled packaging
Platform Limitations
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LSP / Next Gen
ILS Market
LSP Market
How do we drive
innovation for new
and emerging
services?
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Cat
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Rpt
Acq
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Adm
App
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New
App
“Radical Modularity”
App marketplace
Customized solutions by library
Microservices architecture
Modular Apps
built on an open, extensible platform
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FOLIO Marketplace – a world of Apps
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PHASE 1 [ Open Source Tools to Run the Library ]
Core ILS Functions
• Resource Management (e+p)
• Acquisitions
• Cataloging
• Circulation
• Discovery Integration
• Integrated Knowledgebase(s)
• User – Rights Management
• APIs throughout to connect to
important services
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PHASE 2 [ Extending Library Value to New Areas ]
Extensible and Interoperable Apps
• Content Management Systems
• Data Mining
• Grant Management
• Institutional Repositories
• Learning Management Systems
• Linked Data
• Research Data
• Predictive Analytics
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The Code is Out There
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FOLIO is a COMMUNITY
focused on innovation:
-Academic libraries,
-OLE Partners,
-Index Data,
-EBSCO & others
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FOLIO:
The Engaged Community is Growing
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FOLIO:
The Engaged Community is Growing
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Join the FOLIO community @
FOLIO.org
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FOLIO Community Growth
+ Budapest
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY!
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https://www.folio.org
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Thank You !
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