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Identity Management Issues and Needs. Grace Agnew, Rutgers University Libraries. About OLE. Open source library system design, funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Flexible, service-oriented architecture
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Identity Management Issues and Needs Grace Agnew, Rutgers University Libraries
AboutOLE • Open source library system design, funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation • Flexible, service-oriented architecture • Integration with enterprise systems, including identity management and authorization • Workflows based on reusable services rather than canned modules (acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, etc.)
Nuancedauthorization • OLS supports large financial expenditures for resources, policy setting for circulation, metadata template creation for cataloging, etc. • Authorization will often be at the resource level, e.g., XMP license header in an electronic book or image. XACML embargo statement in a an electronic dissertation METS package.
Enterprise IdM ReplacesStatic Patron Files • Supports user privacy – transaction audit trails • -- Need to maintain state, and user handle, until transaction is cleared (may be minutes, weeks, months, years) User borrows a book with a semester-long circulation period • Need to harvest attributes for usage information. Book was borrowed by a graduate student in chemistry
Institutionalidentification • Need identification of academic units to support such as departmental library portals and attribute harvesting for collection and service usage statistics by department and role within department. • Need robust identification of institutions to support consortial, collaborative initiatives