Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX
OST is just a pointer to the stuff on the exchange server. You can delete that file and it will rebuild next time you open Outlook, there's not data in it. Converting that to a PST is just a matter of moving the files from the server portion of Outlook to a local email file. Given that the operation is proprietary from Microsoft, I don't see an open source solution. That said, I also don't see any way to convert it to MBOX except to open mac mail, create a folder on my mac and move all the contents there. Once done, don't setup the email as an exchange account, configure as a POP account and don't store mail on the server. Maybe I'm missing the question or the ultimate goal. But the tools you need to accomplish both tasks exist in either Outlook or Mac Mail. If you are looking for an archival solution for born digital records, specifically email, I'm not sure you would want either PST or MBOX since that just spells an emulation nightmare in a few years. Email is new/simple enough for format migration. Again, my apologies if I am missing the question. -mike ___ Michael Friscia Manager, Digital Library Programming Services Yale University Library (203) 432-1856 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith [smit...@mit.edu] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution for 1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file 2. converting OST file to MBOX format Thanks! Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections 617-258-5568 | smithkr (at) mit.edu http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
May be covo.js can help you: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5994 https://github.com/haseharu/covojs 2013/6/4 Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu Something something Simon Spero something something OWL something LOC hierarchy? On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Michael J. Giarlo leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu wrote: How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/ -- Diego Ferreyra
[CODE4LIB] Job: Integrated Technologies Librarian (revised) at Lafayette College
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES LIBRARIAN (revised) Lafayette College seeks a creative Integrated Technologies Librarian to join its growing Digital Scholarship Services program. The successful candidate will lead UI/UX design using Open Source tools (for example, Drupal, PHP, CSS, jQuery, and D3 for data visualization), investigate and implement technologies to improve discovery of digital resources, and share responsibility for management of the Library's hosted ILS. Qualifications: ALA-accredited MLS or the equivalent; knowledge of current and emerging technologies in academic librarianship; ability to develop creative and innovative approaches to improving the user experience; expertise in XHTML, CSS, Javascript/jQuery; ability to work collegially and communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences; ability to understand and convey meaningful information about technical problems to vendors and the college's central IT unit. Candidates with experience administering Drupal and/or institutional repository software, a history of user interface development, additional programming knowledge, or a keen interest in and strong potential for digital library development work will receive special consideration. Compensation: salary commensurate with qualifications and experience; excellent benefits, including college tuition support for children. The library strongly encourages and supports professional development. For consideration, please submit a resume, cover letter addressing job qualifications, and three professional references to: Neil McElroy, Dean of Libraries, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042 or via email to: caste...@lafayette.edu. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/8242/
Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX
Thanks Mike. What we are specifically looking for is a converter for .OST or .PST files that have been given to me completely separated from the ability to deal with the account live on a server. There are some good commercial solutions (Emailchemy and Aid4Mail) that do the conversions but in this case are looking for a bulk transformation solution. Will post back to the list progress made on this topic. We are currently working on it as part 1 of a use case / solution pack at the OPF Digital Forensics hackathon. [wiki.opf-labs.org] Kari Smith MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections MIT Libraries -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Friscia, Michael Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:35 AM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX OST is just a pointer to the stuff on the exchange server. You can delete that file and it will rebuild next time you open Outlook, there's not data in it. Converting that to a PST is just a matter of moving the files from the server portion of Outlook to a local email file. Given that the operation is proprietary from Microsoft, I don't see an open source solution. That said, I also don't see any way to convert it to MBOX except to open mac mail, create a folder on my mac and move all the contents there. Once done, don't setup the email as an exchange account, configure as a POP account and don't store mail on the server. Maybe I'm missing the question or the ultimate goal. But the tools you need to accomplish both tasks exist in either Outlook or Mac Mail. If you are looking for an archival solution for born digital records, specifically email, I'm not sure you would want either PST or MBOX since that just spells an emulation nightmare in a few years. Email is new/simple enough for format migration. Again, my apologies if I am missing the question. -mike ___ Michael Friscia Manager, Digital Library Programming Services Yale University Library (203) 432-1856 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith [smit...@mit.edu] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution for 1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file 2. converting OST file to MBOX format Thanks! Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections 617-258-5568 | smithkr (at) mit.edu http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing Biology in the URL to with no success. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning with hi* It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into that. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing Biology in the URL to with no success. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
Covo.js looks useful, but the sample proxy and example materials still leave me with the same problem I have right now: I'm not sure what URL to point my requests at to retrieve data. Covo.js is good inspiration for me, but I don't think I can use it because my autosuggest box is actually a mashup of several different sources (LibraryH3lp FAQs, LibGuides guide names and tags, custom autosuggest terms, website pages, and finally the LOC authority stuff I am asking about now). Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of diego ferreyra Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:03 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API May be covo.js can help you: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5994 https://github.com/haseharu/covojs 2013/6/4 Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu Something something Simon Spero something something OWL something LOC hierarchy? On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Michael J. Giarlo leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu wrote: How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/ -- Diego Ferreyra
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
I've seen those, but I can't figure out where on the id.loc.gov site there is actually a URL that provides a list of authority terms. All the links on the site seem to link to other pages within the site. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Pearson Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:42 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API Joshua, There are different formats at LOC: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html dana On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Josh Welker Electronic/Media Services Librarian College Liaison University Libraries Southwest Baptist University 417.328.1624 -- Dana Pearson dbpearsonmlis.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
Are you referring to hierarchical sets of terms, like United States--History--War with Mexico, 1845-1848? This is an earlier established term of http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140201 (now labeled Mexican War, 1846-1848). Ed Summers or Kevin Ford are in a better position to discuss the change of terminology, but it looks like LCSH is moving past this string-based hierarchy in favor of one expressed in terms of linked data. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I've seen those, but I can't figure out where on the id.loc.gov site there is actually a URL that provides a list of authority terms. All the links on the site seem to link to other pages within the site. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Pearson Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:42 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API Joshua, There are different formats at LOC: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html dana On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Josh Welker Electronic/Media Services Librarian College Liaison University Libraries Southwest Baptist University 417.328.1624 -- Dana Pearson dbpearsonmlis.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
Interesting project. Sounds like AJAX technique is used to capture and transmit every keystroke. I expect the result (automatic suggested words) to be shown down the search box while you are typing. I tested your link, but only got a download. Do I miss something? Kelly Zhu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: 2013年6月5日 8:22 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning with hi* It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into that. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing Biology in the URL to with no success. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Sign up to present at the Code4Lib virtual lightning talks -- June 14, 2013
Seconding autumn please. Midsummers are somehow at once busy and vague. -- Al Matthews Software Developer, Digital Services Unit Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library email: amatth...@auctr.edu; office: 1 404 978 2057 On 6/4/13 5:48 PM, Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org wrote: Unless there is a sudden spurt of interest in presenting at the Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks at the end of next week, I'm going to cancel it and propose another time in the fall. In this experiment, it might be that virtual lightning talks ever 10 weeks is too close together. Feedback, as always, is welcome. Peter On May 14, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org wrote: In a little less than a month I'll be hosting a Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks session. These are six minute talks on topics ranging from library technology to technology culture to just about anything you think the Code4Lib community would be interested in hearing. Details about how the virtual lightning talks are run and the space to sign up can be found at: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks Peter -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS peter.mur...@lyrasis.org +1 678-235-2955 800.999.8558 x2955 - ** The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies. ** IronMail scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content. ** **
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
Dear Josh, Take a look at Mike's email below, which may have quickly fell down the inbox, helped along by an unhelpful reply. It has the suggest pattern, but to repeat the general pattern: This will provide auto-suggestions for Subjects, ChildrensSubjects, GenreForms, and Names: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hounds This will provide auto-suggestions for Subjects only (replace subjects with names for only names and so on): http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/suggest/?q=Hounds Yours, Kevin -- Kevin Ford Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress Washington, DC -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. -- If you want all the subjects. [period], take a look at the download page: http://id.loc.gov/download/ There are bulk downloads for LCSH and the LC/NACO file of Names. The suggest service (described in a separate email) is designed to give you the top 10 best matches based on a left-anchored search, so that it may function as a real-time type-ahead service. Yours, Kevin -- Kevin Ford Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress Washington, DC -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Welker Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:14 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing Biology in the URL to with no success. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
Re: [CODE4LIB] htrc and the great books [potential for librarianship]
The HTRC is the beginnings of an service providing a computable interface to some of the content of the HathiTrust. On a side note, the shear number of programatic interfaces to bibliographic information coupled with the increasing availability of full text access is creating an enormous potential for librarianship. I think it has the possibility for really blowing away many of the traditional ways access to bibliographic information is provided. I'm waiting for the killer app to appear that changes the landscape when it comes to library catalogs and discovery systems. I'm wondering what sorts of new knowledge will be uncovered because of the relationships hidden deep with in our content. --ELM
[CODE4LIB] htrc and the great books
For a good time, I started playing with the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) and the Great Books Of The Western World. The HTRC is the beginnings of an service providing a computable interface to some of the content of the HathiTrust. A couple of people from the Center came to visit Notre Dame a few weeks ago, and I blogged about the event as well as some of the functionality of the interface. [0] In an effort to learn more about the Center's functionality, I began a mini project. Specifically, I have had a co-worker (Adam McGinn) create a public work set containing the Great Books Of The Western World. I then ran an HTRC algorithm against the set -- the MARC record dumper. After getting the MARC(XML) records I concatenated them into a single file in order to make processing easier. I then wrote a Perl script to read each record, extract rudimentary bibliographic and control information from the data, and output an alphabetical list of the Great Books complete with links to the HathiTrust catalog and full view displays. Data, script, and output are available at http://bit.ly/10Alu81 Some of the next steps are to download the raw digitized data and do analysis against it. Fun with modern librarianship? [0] blog posting about the HTRC - http://dh.crc.nd.edu/blog/2013/05/htrc/ -- Eric Lease Morgan, Digital Initiatives Librarian University of Notre Dame
Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX
We used aid4mail in an exchange conversion several years ago and I was able to script a loop around it to do bulk operations. Granted I did it in a way tied to AD, the batch/vbscript was trivial to setup. But in our case we were moving from something to exchange and only went from the legacy format to a PST, it did work well. I guess my concern was the OST. I would be very interested in how that can be solved. I think there are plenty of solutions for working with PST files and am trying to recover an old corrupt PST to see if I still have notes on what we used which I am sure were open source tools. ___ Michael Friscia Manager, Digital Library Programming Services Yale University Library (203) 432-1856 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith [smit...@mit.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:06 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX Thanks Mike. What we are specifically looking for is a converter for .OST or .PST files that have been given to me completely separated from the ability to deal with the account live on a server. There are some good commercial solutions (Emailchemy and Aid4Mail) that do the conversions but in this case are looking for a bulk transformation solution. Will post back to the list progress made on this topic. We are currently working on it as part 1 of a use case / solution pack at the OPF Digital Forensics hackathon. [wiki.opf-labs.org] Kari Smith MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections MIT Libraries -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Friscia, Michael Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:35 AM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX OST is just a pointer to the stuff on the exchange server. You can delete that file and it will rebuild next time you open Outlook, there's not data in it. Converting that to a PST is just a matter of moving the files from the server portion of Outlook to a local email file. Given that the operation is proprietary from Microsoft, I don't see an open source solution. That said, I also don't see any way to convert it to MBOX except to open mac mail, create a folder on my mac and move all the contents there. Once done, don't setup the email as an exchange account, configure as a POP account and don't store mail on the server. Maybe I'm missing the question or the ultimate goal. But the tools you need to accomplish both tasks exist in either Outlook or Mac Mail. If you are looking for an archival solution for born digital records, specifically email, I'm not sure you would want either PST or MBOX since that just spells an emulation nightmare in a few years. Email is new/simple enough for format migration. Again, my apologies if I am missing the question. -mike ___ Michael Friscia Manager, Digital Library Programming Services Yale University Library (203) 432-1856 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith [smit...@mit.edu] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution for 1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file 2. converting OST file to MBOX format Thanks! Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections 617-258-5568 | smithkr (at) mit.edu http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/
Re: [CODE4LIB] htrc and the great books
Eric, I'm planning a similar but not identical bit of work based on the Open Library. In my case, we are hoping to produce MARC records that libraries can include in their own catalogs for open access books. Because this is aimed at public libraries, we are looking for popular reading, as well as great reading. The HathiTrust books, while publicly viewable, are often not downloadable without a partner log-in. Those exact same books are often available on the Internet Archive for public download and in a variety of e-book formats. kc On 6/5/13 6:50 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: For a good time, I started playing with the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) and the Great Books Of The Western World. The HTRC is the beginnings of an service providing a computable interface to some of the content of the HathiTrust. A couple of people from the Center came to visit Notre Dame a few weeks ago, and I blogged about the event as well as some of the functionality of the interface. [0] In an effort to learn more about the Center's functionality, I began a mini project. Specifically, I have had a co-worker (Adam McGinn) create a public work set containing the Great Books Of The Western World. I then ran an HTRC algorithm against the set -- the MARC record dumper. After getting the MARC(XML) records I concatenated them into a single file in order to make processing easier. I then wrote a Perl script to read each record, extract rudimentary bibliographic and control information from the data, and output an alphabetical list of the Great Books complete with links to the HathiTrust catalog and full view displays. Data, script, and output are available at http://bit.ly/10Alu81 Some of the next steps are to download the raw digitized data and do analysis against it. Fun with modern librarianship? [0] blog posting about the HTRC - http://dh.crc.nd.edu/blog/2013/05/htrc/ -- Eric Lease Morgan, Digital Initiatives Librarian University of Notre Dame -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
it looks like LCSH is moving past this string-based hierarchy in favor of one expressed in terms of linked data. -- Oh, I've never received that impression. Pre-coordination - which you referred to as hierarchical sets of terms - is alive and well. A number of studies were done in the second half of the 2000s that looked at the creation of LCSH headings. Pre-coordination received significant attention in these studies and was ultimately confirmed as a good thing. Who knows why the precoordinated heading that was once used for Mexican War, 1846-1848 was replaced, but that probably happened in 1986 (or 1991) based on the creation and most-resent modification times on that record. In other words, at a time when the notion of Linked Data was non-existent. Yours, Kevin -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:41 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API Are you referring to hierarchical sets of terms, like United States-- History--War with Mexico, 1845-1848? This is an earlier established term of http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140201 (now labeled Mexican War, 1846-1848). Ed Summers or Kevin Ford are in a better position to discuss the change of terminology, but it looks like LCSH is moving past this string-based hierarchy in favor of one expressed in terms of linked data. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I've seen those, but I can't figure out where on the id.loc.gov site there is actually a URL that provides a list of authority terms. All the links on the site seem to link to other pages within the site. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Pearson Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:42 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API Joshua, There are different formats at LOC: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html dana On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Josh Welker Electronic/Media Services Librarian College Liaison University Libraries Southwest Baptist University 417.328.1624 -- Dana Pearson dbpearsonmlis.com
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Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
Josh, Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to? -Mike On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give up on this project. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning with hi* It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into that. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing Biology in the URL to with no success. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
Hi Josh, You might ask on the Omeka developers' list about how the Omeka development team created their LC Suggest plugin -- they could probably give you tips. Here's the listserv: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/omeka-dev and here's a description of the plugin: http://omeka.org/codex/Plugins/Library_of_Congress_Suggest Amanda Amanda L. French, Ph.D. http://amandafrench.net Email: ama...@amandafrench.net Cell: 720-530-7515 Twitter: @amandafrench Skype: amandafrenchphd AIM: habitrailgirl On 6/4/13 11:00 PM, CODE4LIB automatic digest system wrote: -- Date:Tue, 4 Jun 2013 23:31:18 + From:Joshua Welkerjwel...@sbuniv.edu Subject: LOC Subject Headings API I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Josh Welker Electronic/Media Services Librarian College Liaison University Libraries Southwest Baptist University 417.328.1624
[CODE4LIB] EBSCO LinkSource customers?
Hi all, I was wondering if there was anybody on the list that works for an institution that uses EBSCO's LinkSource as their link resolver that _doesn't_ hide it behind their single sign-on service. Or, alternately, if you know of one (from somewhere other than where you work), that's welcome, too. I'm trying to find a cross-section to see how much variation occurs, but having very little luck finding examples that aren't password protected. Thanks, -Ross.
[CODE4LIB] Open Repositories 2014 - Register and Book Now!
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Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give the top 10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them. So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work for me. I am creating a mashup of several data sources for my auto-suggest feature, and I am having a hard time dynamically adding the results from the LOC Suggest API to the existing collection of data that is used to populate my jQuery UI Autocomplete field. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have all the LC Subject Heading data cached on my server so that I can build my autocomplete data source one time rather than having to deal with dynamically adding, sorting, etc. But then the problem I run into is that the LCSH master file is so big that it basically crashes the server. That's why I'm thinking I might have to give up on this project. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API Josh, Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to? -Mike On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give up on this project. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning with hi* It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into that. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing Biology in the URL to with no success. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
I once put all of the LCSH headings into a local Solr index and used TermsComponent to power autosuggest. It was really fast. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give the top 10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them. So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work for me. I am creating a mashup of several data sources for my auto-suggest feature, and I am having a hard time dynamically adding the results from the LOC Suggest API to the existing collection of data that is used to populate my jQuery UI Autocomplete field. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have all the LC Subject Heading data cached on my server so that I can build my autocomplete data source one time rather than having to deal with dynamically adding, sorting, etc. But then the problem I run into is that the LCSH master file is so big that it basically crashes the server. That's why I'm thinking I might have to give up on this project. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API Josh, Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to? -Mike On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give up on this project. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning with hi* It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into that. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing Biology in the URL to with no success. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
As a somewhat different approach to this, you may wish to consider using Apache Stanbol [1]. Briefly, Stanbol is a system for building semantic web applications. Among other things, it allows you to import the LOC data as n-triples (either in SKOS or MADS/RDF format) [2]. The data is stored in a Solr index and you can query it over HTTP, so it ends up being really, really fast. Plus, all of the RDF relationships are stored in the index, so you can query the API in a lot of different ways. The iks-project has a demo version of stanbol [3] with a variety of locally managed entity hubs -- they don't have LC subject headings, but they do include a lot of other data collections. I use Stanbol fairly extensively for a number of these types of applications, though I don't expose the API directly to the web. In our system, we have the LOC subject headings, LOC name authority records and the full geonames database. If you do run this, you will want to put it on a system with a good amount of memory. Regards, Aaron [1] http://stanbol.apache.org [2] https://stanbol.apache.org/docs/trunk/customvocabulary.html [3] http://dev.iks-project.eu:8081/entityhub -- Aaron Coburn Systems Administrator and Programmer Academic Technology Services, Amherst College acob...@amherst.edumailto:acob...@amherst.edu On Jun 4, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edumailto:jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. Josh Welker Electronic/Media Services Librarian College Liaison University Libraries Southwest Baptist University 417.328.1624
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
Hmm, that is pretty smart. I am actually hoping to roll this whole thing into a plugin for Wordpress/Drupal, so if possible I want to avoid using anything that is going to require server configuration (ie setting up Solr). But I bet I could just roll all the LCSH data into an SQLite file and then search it with PHP on the server. This might work. Thanks! Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 11:51 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API I once put all of the LCSH headings into a local Solr index and used TermsComponent to power autosuggest. It was really fast. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give the top 10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them. So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work for me. I am creating a mashup of several data sources for my auto-suggest feature, and I am having a hard time dynamically adding the results from the LOC Suggest API to the existing collection of data that is used to populate my jQuery UI Autocomplete field. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have all the LC Subject Heading data cached on my server so that I can build my autocomplete data source one time rather than having to deal with dynamically adding, sorting, etc. But then the problem I run into is that the LCSH master file is so big that it basically crashes the server. That's why I'm thinking I might have to give up on this project. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API Josh, Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to? -Mike On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give up on this project. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning with hi* It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into that. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing Biology in the URL to with no success. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file.
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Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
the LCSH master file is so big that it basically crashes the server. Do you really want to use the full LCSH, or just the subset that exists in your local catalog? Or, to put it another way: do you really want to provide the user with search suggestions that will result in zero hits? Keith
[CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/ maintaining our funding. The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet -- http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc. Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool? If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's an indication of how things work on the back end. Cheers, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
If you don't have to use LCSH... the Agrovoc thesaurus has a term suggester API: try http://foris.fao.org/agrovoc/ It's actually easier to use than LCSH because the terms are not pre-coordinated. kc On 6/5/13 9:58 AM, Joshua Welker wrote: Hmm, that is pretty smart. I am actually hoping to roll this whole thing into a plugin for Wordpress/Drupal, so if possible I want to avoid using anything that is going to require server configuration (ie setting up Solr). But I bet I could just roll all the LCSH data into an SQLite file and then search it with PHP on the server. This might work. Thanks! Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 11:51 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API I once put all of the LCSH headings into a local Solr index and used TermsComponent to power autosuggest. It was really fast. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give the top 10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them. So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work for me. I am creating a mashup of several data sources for my auto-suggest feature, and I am having a hard time dynamically adding the results from the LOC Suggest API to the existing collection of data that is used to populate my jQuery UI Autocomplete field. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have all the LC Subject Heading data cached on my server so that I can build my autocomplete data source one time rather than having to deal with dynamically adding, sorting, etc. But then the problem I run into is that the LCSH master file is so big that it basically crashes the server. That's why I'm thinking I might have to give up on this project. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API Josh, Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to? -Mike On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give up on this project. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning with hi* It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into that. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing Biology in the URL to with no success. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology [Biology,[Biology,Biology Colloquium,Biology Curators' Group,Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.),Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute,Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.),Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit),Biology and behavior series,Biology and environment (Macmillan Press),Biology and management of old-growth forests],[1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result,1 result],[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448,; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058;]] -Mike On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker jwel...@sbuniv.edu wrote: I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 03:40:29PM -0400, Cab Vinton wrote: Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/ maintaining our funding. The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet -- http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc. Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool? If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's an indication of how things work on the back end. YMMV but I've used infogr.am [0] Granted the type of data I was using doesn't compare to the kind you are trying to tame above. Failing that there's lots of listed at datavisualization.ch[1] that could help solve you problem. Here some assembly will be required. Cheers, ./fxk [0] http://infogr.am/ [1] http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ Cheers, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH -- i'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. -- e. e. cummings
Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
Hi Cab, I have had a statistics dashboard project on the back burner for a while. A few dashboards that come to mind, all of which appear to use different back-end technologies: IU School of Library and Information Sciencehttp://dashboard.slis.indiana.edu Indianapolis Museum of Art http://dashboard.imamuseum.org University of Richmondhttp://library.richmond.edu/about/assessment/library-statistics.html#library-instruction Hope this helps. On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Cab Vinton bibli...@gmail.com wrote: Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/ maintaining our funding. The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet -- http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc. Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool? If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's an indication of how things work on the back end. Cheers, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH
Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
I recently saw a great example of exactly what you're talking about... but now I can't find it! I think it might have been a public library somewhere in michigan, but I could be misremembering that. It was pointed out on the #code4lib IRC channel, whoever was responsible for it was on channel at the time, and someone congratulated them because their public statistics dashboard had been featured on some web page somewhere. Bah, this probably isn't too helpful! How frustrating, I'm certain I saw an example of exactly what you are are asking for! (I encouraged them to submit to the code4lib journal on it, because I knew people would want to know about it!) From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cab Vinton [bibli...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:40 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/ maintaining our funding. The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet -- http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc. Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool? If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's an indication of how things work on the back end. Cheers, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH
Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
This one? http://www.tadl.org/stats/ -nruest On 13-06-05 05:45 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: I recently saw a great example of exactly what you're talking about... but now I can't find it! I think it might have been a public library somewhere in michigan, but I could be misremembering that. It was pointed out on the #code4lib IRC channel, whoever was responsible for it was on channel at the time, and someone congratulated them because their public statistics dashboard had been featured on some web page somewhere. Bah, this probably isn't too helpful! How frustrating, I'm certain I saw an example of exactly what you are are asking for! (I encouraged them to submit to the code4lib journal on it, because I knew people would want to know about it!) From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cab Vinton [bibli...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:40 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/ maintaining our funding. The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet -- http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc. Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool? If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's an indication of how things work on the back end. Cheers, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH
Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
Aha, I found it! I was right it was Michigan. http://www.tadl.org/stats/ http://www.tadl.org/about/stats I can't remember hte name of the code4libber responsible, but they were on the #code4lib IRC channel, they are around in our community! From: Jonathan Rochkind Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:45 PM To: Code for Libraries Subject: RE: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics I recently saw a great example of exactly what you're talking about... but now I can't find it! I think it might have been a public library somewhere in michigan, but I could be misremembering that. It was pointed out on the #code4lib IRC channel, whoever was responsible for it was on channel at the time, and someone congratulated them because their public statistics dashboard had been featured on some web page somewhere. Bah, this probably isn't too helpful! How frustrating, I'm certain I saw an example of exactly what you are are asking for! (I encouraged them to submit to the code4lib journal on it, because I knew people would want to know about it!) From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cab Vinton [bibli...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:40 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/ maintaining our funding. The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet -- http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc. Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool? If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's an indication of how things work on the back end. Cheers, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH
Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
And to triple post myself, if you google around (I tried public library benefit statistics dashboard) you can find some other examples too, such as: http://www.library.appstate.edu/about/planning And there is in fact a Code4Lib Journal article on one implementation of library statistic visualization: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7812 From: Jonathan Rochkind Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:47 PM To: Code for Libraries Subject: RE: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics Aha, I found it! I was right it was Michigan. http://www.tadl.org/stats/ http://www.tadl.org/about/stats I can't remember hte name of the code4libber responsible, but they were on the #code4lib IRC channel, they are around in our community! From: Jonathan Rochkind Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:45 PM To: Code for Libraries Subject: RE: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics I recently saw a great example of exactly what you're talking about... but now I can't find it! I think it might have been a public library somewhere in michigan, but I could be misremembering that. It was pointed out on the #code4lib IRC channel, whoever was responsible for it was on channel at the time, and someone congratulated them because their public statistics dashboard had been featured on some web page somewhere. Bah, this probably isn't too helpful! How frustrating, I'm certain I saw an example of exactly what you are are asking for! (I encouraged them to submit to the code4lib journal on it, because I knew people would want to know about it!) From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cab Vinton [bibli...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:40 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/ maintaining our funding. The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet -- http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc. Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool? If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's an indication of how things work on the back end. Cheers, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH
Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
Cab, I realize you asked for examples, not tools, and this may be overkill for what you're wanting, but http://ushahidi.com/products/ushahidi-platform. Ushahidi would be good if you wanted a geographic, time-series visualization mashed-up with social media. e.g. http://community.ushahidi.com/uploads/documents/c_Ushahidi-Practical_Considerations.pdf I imagine that could be a worthwhile project on a large scale for many libraries. A Google Fusion Table would be a simpler mapping/charting alternative. e.g. https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1JRSvdVxym2lKiM2cnfB7vmY735l58GSxD5O7-g0 Jason Jason Stirnaman Digital Projects Librarian A.R. Dykes Library University of Kansas Medical Center 913-588-7319 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Francis Kayiwa [kay...@uic.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:38 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 03:40:29PM -0400, Cab Vinton wrote: Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/ maintaining our funding. The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet -- http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc. Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool? If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's an indication of how things work on the back end. YMMV but I've used infogr.am [0] Granted the type of data I was using doesn't compare to the kind you are trying to tame above. Failing that there's lots of listed at datavisualization.ch[1] that could help solve you problem. Here some assembly will be required. Cheers, ./fxk [0] http://infogr.am/ [1] http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ Cheers, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH -- i'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. -- e. e. cummings
Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics
I apologize if this was posted already. But I accidentally deleted the original messages in an accidental bulk cleanup http://dashboard.imamuseum.org I know it's a museum and not a library, but I think there are some things to be learned with the simplicity of the display and transparency of information. ___ Michael Friscia Manager, Digital Library Programming Services Yale University Library (203) 432-1856 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Jason Stirnaman [jstirna...@kumc.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:53 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics Cab, I realize you asked for examples, not tools, and this may be overkill for what you're wanting, but http://ushahidi.com/products/ushahidi-platform. Ushahidi would be good if you wanted a geographic, time-series visualization mashed-up with social media. e.g. http://community.ushahidi.com/uploads/documents/c_Ushahidi-Practical_Considerations.pdf I imagine that could be a worthwhile project on a large scale for many libraries. A Google Fusion Table would be a simpler mapping/charting alternative. e.g. https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1JRSvdVxym2lKiM2cnfB7vmY735l58GSxD5O7-g0 Jason Jason Stirnaman Digital Projects Librarian A.R. Dykes Library University of Kansas Medical Center 913-588-7319 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Francis Kayiwa [kay...@uic.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:38 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 03:40:29PM -0400, Cab Vinton wrote: Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/ maintaining our funding. The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet -- http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc. Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool? If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's an indication of how things work on the back end. YMMV but I've used infogr.am [0] Granted the type of data I was using doesn't compare to the kind you are trying to tame above. Failing that there's lots of listed at datavisualization.ch[1] that could help solve you problem. Here some assembly will be required. Cheers, ./fxk [0] http://infogr.am/ [1] http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ Cheers, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH -- i'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. -- e. e. cummings
[CODE4LIB] Job: Cataloging Services Librarian (temporary, part-time) at Oregon State Library
STATE OF OREGON invites applications for the position of: **Librarian (Cataloging Services Librarian)** JOB CODE: OSL13-0001Temp OPENING DATE/TIME: 06/05/13 12:00 AM CLOSING DATE/TIME: 06/16/13 11:59 PM SALARY: $1,826.00 - $2,670.50 Monthly JOB TYPE: Temporary LOCATION: Salem, Oregon AGENCY: State Library-Government Research Services DESCRIPTION: The Oregon State Library is currently accepting applications to fill a Temporary, approximately 6 month duration, Part-Time (50%), Librarian position in the Government Research Services section. This position is not benefit eligible. This recruitment announcement will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur. The Oregon State Library is an independent state agency governed by a seven- member Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor under [ORS 357](http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/357.html). The State Library plays a vital role in state government, proudly providing services for over 100 years. The mission of the Oregon State Library is to provide quality information services to Oregon state government; provide reading materials to blind and print- disabled Oregonians; and provides leadership, grants, and other assistance to improve library service for all Oregonians. The State Library consists of five teams-- Government Research Services, Library Administrative Services, Library Development Services, Talking Book and Braille Services and Management Team -- operating on a biennial budget of approximately $14.7 million with 39.26 FTE. The State Library also has one of the best volunteer programs in state government, made up of talented individuals who donate their time to help achieve the mission and goals of the agency. DUTIES RESPONSIBILITIES: Duties Catalog Services * Cataloging of complex Oregon documents and review of other Oregon document cataloging as needed; * Provide professional cataloging services for OSL for all collections and formats, especially items requiring complex original cataloging; * Ensure consistent application of name and subject headings and classification for OSL for all collections and formats through workflow coordination and reviewing the work of other members of the catalog services workgroup; * Review and approve cataloging performed by Cataloging Specialists. Other Tasks * Staff Reference desk as needed: Answers basic reference questions. Helps patrons with public access terminals, copy machines, and microfilm reader-printers. Answers telephone and forwards calls to appropriate person. Markets OSL services to state employees; * Participate in the GRS team including: * Team meetings and in support of team projects * Support of the team agreements and service model * Contribute to a positive and productive work environment, work cooperatively with coworkers, and provide positive customer service to the public, coworkers and other state employees; * Regular attendance is an essential function required to meet the demands of this job and provide necessary services. WORKING CONDITIONS * Typical office environment in a shared office. * Uses word processing, spreadsheets, budget reporting, email and Internet access software and programs on microcomputer. * Uses fax and other office equipment. * Occasional lifting of library materials and equipment weighing up to 20 pounds. Extended periods of use and exposure to video display monitors. QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED ATTRIBUTES: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS An American Library Association (ALA) accredited Master of Library Science degree. DESIRED ATTRIBUTES Strong knowledge of the principles and practices of cataloging, including nationally accepted rules and standards such as AACR2R, LCRIs, LCSH, MARC formats, RDA and other metadata standards; Thorough knowledge of Dewey Decimal Classification system and Library of Congress subject headings and other cataloging factors. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/8254/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Content Specialist at National Archives and Records Administration
**Job Summary** This position is responsible for assignments designed to manage and extend NARA's collaborations with Wikipedia/Wikimedia and related projects. There may also be involvement in activity on other social media and online access platforms depending on NARA's participation, collaborations, and projects as directed.. To support these efforts, the Office of Innovation develops, maintains and coordinates: the description program; agency-wide business architecture; metadata standards and authorities; and provides internal digitization labs, intranet, and social media programs. Whether you are new to the Federal Government or an experienced professional seeking a career change, you can make history at the National Archives. Our dedicated staff works across a variety of career fields to safeguard the records of the Federal Government - more than 10 billion of them. **Duties** * Working on NARA's social media efforts in collaboration with other NARA units (e.g., Research Services, Presidential Libraries, Legislative Archives and Information Technology) as well as the Wikimedia Foundation/Wikipedia, other Federal organizations such as the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian, other archives (state/local/university), and organizations such as OCLC and the Society of American Archivists (SAA). * Participating in new or existing WikiProjects related to increasing access to archives collections and services. * Responsible for the online image and reputation of NARA on Wikipedia and other platforms. Creating NARA policies governing the use of social media and social networking websites. * Analyzing the intricacies of NARA's online presence and determining ways in which to grow engagement with stakeholders. * Implementing strategies to effectively use and share explicit and tacit knowledge in an online environment and facilitates the sharing of best business practices. * Providing support/assistance in creation and implementation of Wikipedia/Wikimedia strategies and directions NARA may pursue including possible contributions to the creation of metadata standards or adoption of existing standards. * Defining key performance indicators and implementing enterprise level measurement, analytics, and reporting methods to gauge Wikipedia project success. * Performing outreach to NARA staff to explain Wikipedia's practices, providing training throughout the organization on best practices for creating, managing, monitoring, and providing content for Wikipedia/Wikimedia use. * Coordinating marketing events with online activity and tracks the analytics of Wikipedia influence and distribution channels. * Organizing special events, such editing challenge days or scanathons for the Wikipedia community; sharing the experience with NARA, the Wikipedia community, and the public via presentations, videos or social media. **Qualifications Required** GS-09 - Candidates must have had one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-07). Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position as described above, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Examples of specialized experience for this grade level include: creating guidelines and procedures used to provide access to informational, historical, and educational materials in an online environment; using Wikipedia/Wikimedia practices in creating and editing templates; organizing and/or participating on WikiProject pages and facilitating content development; utilizing Wikipedia/Wikimedia concepts, processes, tools, and technologies; leading, organizing, or participating in outreach and collaboration events between organizations or communities and Wikipedians; knowledge of HTML and XML and application of metadata; utilizing Sharepoint, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and/or other collaboration software. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/8255/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Summer Internship Information Sciences at American Geophysical Union
**Description** Are you looking to launch your career in a challenging and rewarding summer internship? At AGU, an international non-profit association, you will help to promote the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity. You will work within a collaborative, agile environment with talented, dedicated professionals who are interested in making a difference. The Information Services department manages our new association management system (AMS), Avectra netFORUM with heavy input from our colleagues. The AMS centralizes the association's customer data and is used by most of the AGU staff. You will have the opportunity to plan and build a web-based resource center (wiki) for AGU netFORUM users. This resource center will host and organize all information pertaining to the AMS and its use within AGU. You will also assist the AMS team with daily operational tasks, as assigned. This internship provides an opportunity to lead the implementation of an online resource center and enhance project management and information management skills while learning a database management system first-hand. Specific duties consist of working closely with the AMS team and key stakeholders to define, organize, and tag content of a web-based resource center for AGU netFORUM users; and building a taxonomy to be used on the resource center, which will house all information pertinent to the AMS operations (processes, tips, access to FAQ's, option to submit tickets, meeting notes, historical documents, etc.) in an accessible and searchable manner. The anticipated start date of the internship is 12 June 2013 and the internship duration is eleven weeks. **Requirements** We are seeking a college student, a graduate student, or a recent graduate. Preferred majors include information science, library science, or a related field. Previous experience developing a taxonomy or designing a wiki preferred. Good research, organizational and problem-solving skills are a must. Ability to analyze different sources of information and organize it for optimal accessibility and retrieval. Ability to look at things from different perspectives and to communicate and work harmoniously with a large and varied team. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/8256/
[CODE4LIB] Job: User Services and Multimedia Librarian at Cornell University
User Services and Multimedia Librarian (Cornell University Library, New York) Albert R. Mann Library, part of the Cornell University Library (CUL), seeks an energetic, service oriented, strategic thinker with an eye to the future, to serve as our User Services Multimedia Librarian. The librarian must be a hands-on leader, enthusiastically participating in the day to day operations of the access services department and management of staff, while also inspiring staff to seek creative solutions that address the changing demands of our users. Candidates should have a strong background and interest in multimedia technology and software in order to develop and implement library services which will assist undergraduate students with the use of multimedia AV technologies to complete their classroom projects and assignments. The librarian in this position must anticipate needs and take risks in order to reinvent the service model as necessary, be well informed about current practices, theories and issues in library services, and exhibit creativity, initiative and flexibility. Responsibilities Responsible for the daily operations of Mann Library's circulation, reserve, interlibrary loan and resource sharing functions, while striving to provide consistently excellent service to the public. Uses and customizes access services' online systems and software that deliver essential management information and advances services in support of the library's circulation, reserve, interlibrary loan/document delivery, and resource sharing programs. Researches, recommends, and employs new technologies in pursuit of improving library access services that extend services beyond the physical building. Assist with the development of, and participate in instruction that will assist undergraduate students with the use of technology for multimodal projects. Coordinate support and service for multi-media and audiovisual hardware and software. Assess trends and usage of multimedia/AV devices; make recommendations for the purchase of multi-media and audio visual equipment. Directly supervise 9 FTE support staff and manage over 35 student assistants. Required Qualifications: ALA accredited master's degree in Library or Information Science Demonstrated experience working with library automated systems software and operations Strong organizational, problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills Possess a positive attitude, be future-oriented, and embrace change Excellent written and oral communication skills Experience with current multimedia production using Windows and Mac platforms including skills utilizing and/or providing instruction in the use of several of the following--digital audio and video production/editing products, streaming video, course management systems, and graphics software. Excellent presentation skills and commitment to professional growth and development. Preferred Qualifications: Supervisory and leadership experience. Experience working with library specific assessment tools in an academic library environment. Instruction experience in one-on-one and/or classroom setting. To apply on-line, please visit [http://careers.hr.cornell.edu/](http://careers.hr.cornell.edu/), position number 20573. Deadline for applications is July 5, 2013. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/8252/
