Integration at Enterprise Scale: Student, Library, Learning and Research Systems

Partners from the Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE) @kualiole will talk about the ongoing development process for their enterprise level library management system and the potential that they see for an aligned integration framework that would offer concierge level services to their enterprise institutional system partners (Student Information Systems, Learning Management Systems, Research Administration Systems). Features of Kuali OLE that make it unique include a "format-agnostic" document store (Apache Jackrabbit) that can include structured descriptive content (e.g. XML, Dublin Core) and unstructured content (e.g. PDF files, PPT, Word docs); workflow tools based on the latest version of Kuali RICE (2.1.2) and featuring the Kuali Rapid Application Development (KRAD) Toolkit (e.g. action lists, batch-processing tools); and integration tools.

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1. Integration at Enterprise Scale: Student, Library, Learning and Research Systems June 5, 2013 1 Hashtags – @kualiole #apereo13 #SLLR June 5, 2013 | 3:45-4:30
2. June 5, 2013 2 Integration at Enterprise Scale: Student, Library, Learning and Research Systems Robert H. McDonald | Indiana University | @mcdonald Michael Winkler | University of Pennsylvania | @winkler4 Hashtag our event: @kualiole #apereo13 #SLLR
3. Speakerdeck Slides June 5, 2013 3 h"p://bit.ly/ZP0TOQ  
4. Overview •  Kuali OLE – What We Do? •  Taking Libraries to the Enterprise •  Current Student Experience •  Data Driven Institutional Perspectives •  Connections – Student, Library, Learning June 5, 2013 4
5. Kuali OLE Overview •  Building a exible, service-oriented, enterprise library management system for academic & research libraries June 5, 2013 5 Build   Community  
6. Communities of Collaboration Participants in communities of collaboration embrace intentional interdependence as instrumental to their individual success. These communities are built on principles of shared investment and coordinated action to achieve mutually desired outcomes within a known period of time. Collaborative communities require members to limit their autonomy in the interest of directed action to pursue shared goals. June 5, 2013 6 From  Wheeler  and  Hilton  –  The  Marketecture  of  Community   h9p://www.educause.edu/ero/ar@cle/marketecture-­‐community  
7. Kuali OLE Community Partners http://ole.kuali.org June 5, 2013 7
8. Libraries – Uncharted Island of Data •  Libraries consume data as an endpoint –  Need enterprise data to operate –  Data is held “just-in-case” •  Libraries difficult to integrate with related systems –  Data incompatibilities –  Few interoperable interfaces –  Data must be “inside” the system to be useful •  Little can be shared from, or with, libraries –  No pathway for data enhancement or reuse –  Difficult to support intra- institutional collaborations
9. Kuali OLE Design Architecture •  Service Oriented •  Integration Interfaces for Upstream Data •  API for Downstream Integration •  Shared and Managed Infrastructure •  Designed to use, and to enhance enterprise data
10. • Lower  boundaries  to  data  flow   • Tighter  integra@on  with  campus  infrastructure   • Poten@ally  lower  costs   • Strategic  partner  with  enterprise  compu@ng   Libraries   • Interoperable  role  management   • Real  @me  informa@on   • Student,  Faculty,  Staff  data   Iden@ty   Management   • Data  security   • Incident  response   • Enterprise  privacy  protec@on   Security   • Shared  management  &  smart  hands   • “Right-­‐sizing”  compu@ng   infrastructure   Virtual  server   infrastructure   • Storage  infrastructure   • Cloud  hos@ng  op@ons   • Enterprise  management   services   Strategic  Infrastructure   Enterprise Libraries Ver@cal  Data  Integra@on   through  Service  Layers  
11. Current Student Experience •  Highlighted by User Portal for Student and Guardian –  Course Information (Catalog) –  Admissions –  Financial Aid –  Payment –  Guardian Access –  Analytics (New) –  Student Plan (New) June 5, 2013 11 FSU  Students  ca  1958  CC  License  Flickr  
12. Example IU OneStart - Student June 5, 2013 12
13. Blueprinting Models for Student Experience June 5, 2013 13 From  Leveraging  Service  Blueprin@ng  to  Rethink  Higher  Educa@on  (2011)  pg  19  
14. Data-driven Institutional Perspectives •  Data is useful for many perspectives –  Assessment & Comparatives –  Attract, Retain & Remediate –  Content reuse –  Collaboration –  Evidence of Competency –  Compliance •  But is held in many systems –  Identity Management –  Student Information –  Library Management –  Learning Management –  Researcher Pro les –  Repositories
15. Enterprise Data & Analytics Ecosystem •  Data Collection and Aggregation –  Enterprise systems provide data interfaces –  Data requires normalization & de- referencing •  Lens of Analytics –  Focusing data to tell the story –  Filters for different analysis and product Student   Data   Near   Real   Time   Data   Mart   Data   Filter  &   Focus   Data   Product  
16. Example: SciVal Spotlight Researcher Productivity Dashboard June 5, 2013 16
17. Content Management for the Enterprise •  Managed content layers derived from management systems provide more holistic views: –  Teaching •  Learning outcomes and evidence •  Portfolios •  Competencies •  Course Syllabus –  Faculty Research Output •  Mandated research papers, data plans, and data for repository deposit •  Research funding proposals •  Faculty assessments •  Learning object repositories –  Each content layer has its own data manager and system use
18. Integrated and Comprehensive Data •  Fully integrated data from library management, student information, and learning management systems •  Provides a more comprehensive view of the life of institution – students, faculty, research, programs •  When data is available as an enterprise asset, not just a system asset – intentional interdependence •  And heterogeneous data is normalized and dereferenced •  Data layers can work together
19. References •  Wheeler, B and Hilton, J. (2012) The Marketecture of Community. Educause Review v47 n6 p66-68. http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/marketecture-community •  Winkler, M. and McDonald, R.H. (2012). Kuali OLE: A Community Collaboration in Software for and by Libraries. Information Standards Quarterly v. 24(4). http://www.niso.org/publications/isq/2012/v24no4/winkler/ •  Center for American Progress (2011). Leveraging Service Blueprinting to Rethink Higher Education. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/report/2011/10/31/10512/ leveraging-service-blueprinting-to-rethink-higher-education/ •  Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (2012). Leading the Student Experience: Super-convergence of Organization, Structure and Business. http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/en/research-resources/publications/index.cfm/S3%20- %2005 June 5, 2013 19
20. More on Kuali OLE •  Visit our website: http://ole.kuali.org •  See our Test-Drive – •  http://kuali.org/test-drives •  Follow us on Twitter: @kualiole •  Read our Blog at: http://kualiole.tumblr.com •  Follow us on Ohloh – •  https://www.ohloh.net/p/kole June 5, 2013 20