WOLFcon 2024

Pre-conference workshops are in-person only and require a separate registration fee ($150). You may register for workshops on the regular WOLFcon registration page.

This all day pre-conference introduces Artificial Intelligence to the FOLIO community with a focus on using Generative AI with FOLIO and Okapi. Participants in the morning will survey the application and ethical considerations of using AI in libraries, ending with exercises using ChatGPT and other LLMs. The afternoon will continue the exploration of Generative AI using the Chatting with Catalogs application with specific AI and FOLIO workflows demonstration with participants being able to actual use AI with FOLIO. The pre-conference will end with open-ended call-to-action on how AI could be further integrated and adopted by FOLIO.

Morning Session

- Introduction to the full-day pre-conference on AI, Machine Learning, and FOLIO
- Types of AI and Machine Learning techniques relevant to Libraries
- Ethical Considerations in AI and Machine Learning for Libraries
- Exploring ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini LLMs

Afternoon Session
- Generative AI Use cases for FOLIO
- Automated metadata generation and enrichment
- Improving user and technical documentation
- Analysis and management of Financial Orders and Invoices
- Collection management and optimization
-Technical support for Orphaned Modules
- Recommended resources for further learning and professional development in AI and Machine Learning
- Next steps for adopting AI and ML in FOLIO

Working session

The Eureka Folio platform introduces three new Manager Applications: Application Manager; Tenant Manager; Tenant Entitlement Manager. This presentation details how they interact and how they are used together to manage a Eureka Folio installation.

The flexible and modular design of FOLIO is one of its main attractions, but that design can make it a complex and costly system to deploy and manage. System operators need to dig deep into the "how" of FOLIO deployment in their specific environment, and every organization new to FOLIO hosting must work out for themselves best practices for sustainable operations.

Part of the promise of FOLIO was that the modularity of its design and container-based ecosystem would help to manage all this complexity, while delivering greater flexibility for developing innovative library services. Has this promise failed us?

This session will introduce ongoing work on a Kubernetes controller for FOLIO systems that uses Kubernetes manifests to manage FOLIO module deployment, discovery, and tenants. Using the strategy of declarative configuration management, in keeping with the Kubernetes model, allows best practices to be baked in, and can build on prior work on application bundling and the ongoing work on application and platform formalization to simplify FOLIO deployment and operations.

Addressing deployment concerns when moving from the Okapi to the Eureka platform architecture. Discussion of experiences, observations and challenges.