I'm part of a project at Oxford University in the UK that is looking at how we 
can enhance the 'Citation Helper' module in Sakai (which is used to provide the 
Oxford learning environment 'WebLearn')  - enabling faculty members to add 
resources from the Oxford 'resource discovery' solution SOLO (Primo, from Ex 
Libris) and displaying holdings/availability information alongside items in the 
resource lists.

I've just blogged some more information about the project (from my own point of 
view), outlining the approach we are taking. We are aiming to achieve the 
integrations through a 'loosely coupled' approach making use of common 
standards/specifications including:

OpenURL
COinS
Juice framework
DLF-ILS GetAvailability
DAIA (possibly)

All this should be mean that what we do at Oxford can be easily transferred to 
other environments. There is a lot more detail in the blog post at 
http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2010/08/sir-louie/, and I'd really 
welcome comments/suggestions/issues/questions to inform the project as we start 
developing the solutions for Sir Louie.

Thanks,

Owen


Owen Stephens
Owen Stephens Consulting
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