This book is for Academic Technologists, Instructional Technologists, and IT specialists in Higher Ed institutions who need to get up to speed with Sakai Open Academic Environment (OAE) quickly. This book is designed to be read in a weekend, with examples that can be implemented in a week of dedicated work. Readers will get their hands in the guts of what is essentially a massively customizable social networking system, and will get the ability to craft a network to your personal whim. OAE sysadmins find themselves suddenly in charge of a social network; this book provides a fresh view on the possibilities, even for power users of Facebook, Ning, and Renren.