GLOSSARY

Open Journal Systems, open source web application for publishing academic journals; Visitors can browse journals as a hierarchy of volumes, issues, and articles; journal editors can accept articles from researchers, edit, approve and assemble them into issues, and publish them.

Open Library Environment Project, group working towards a "design for the next-generation of library automation services."

Online Public Access Catalog abbreviated as OPAC or simply Library Catalog, an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries.

An advanced, cloud-based authentication service based on SAML.

A non-proprietary software (or hardware) often developed and supported by a community of developers.