Identity Management Issues and Needs Grace Agnew, Rutgers University Libraries
o Open source library system design, funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation o Flexible, service-oriented architecture o Integration with enterprise systems, including identity management and authorization o Workflows based on reusable services rather than canned modules (acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, etc.) o About OLE
OLE Design Service-based workflow
Nuanced authorization o OLS supports large financial expenditures for resources, policy setting for circulation, metadata template creation for cataloging, etc. o 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 Replaces Static Patron Files o 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 o Need to harvest attributes for usage information. Book was borrowed by a graduate student in chemistry
Institutional identification o 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. o Need robust identification of institutions to support consortial, collaborative initiatives