Library SOA for catalogues, escience and more - Richard Akerman - June 12 - IATUL 2007

I have posted my presentation to SlideShare

http://www.slideshare.net/scilib/library-serviceoriented-architecture-to-enhance-access-to-science

and you can also download the PowerPoint from there (thanks to Amazon S3 storage via SlideShare).

All of the bookmarks in the presentation along with some supplementary links are available at

http://www.connotea.org/user/scilib/tag/iatul2007akerman

I was pleased with the response to my presentation.  There was interest from people in many different roles and organisations, and I am becoming increasingly convinced that at least for national library scale IT projects, SOA is gaining increasing traction.

I will use this posting as a starting point for discussions and any further ideas I may think to add.

UPDATE 2007-09-06: My paper is available in E-LIS.

Comments

[Peter Murray]

Nicely done, Richard! Slide #12 ("SOA and the library catalogue") hits the nail right on the head. I think OhioLINK is at the point of pondering "Your organisation must be willing to devote time to architectural analysis" as the tradeoff for everything listed on slide 12. I can't wait to see the paper in Library Journal.