Re: [CODE4LIB] Exactly: A New Tool for Digital File Acquisitions

[Rosemary Le Faive]

This looks very cool indeed! "What's the size limit" might be an
unanswerable quesiton, so what sizes of large files have you tested it
with, and what are the limiting factors for file size?

Thanks!

On 13 January 2016 at 11:01, Bert Lyons  wrote:

> AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University
> of Kentucky Libraries are excited to announce the release of a new tool for
> born-digital acquisition and delivery.
>
> Building on work originally begun by colleagues at the Gates Archive,
> AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University
> of Kentucky Libraries developed Exactly to meet the growing need for
> archives to acquire born digital content directly from donors and to begin
> the activities of establishing provenance and fixity early in the process
> of acquisition. Read more about how the Nunn Center is using Exactly here
> <
> http://digitalomnium.com/exactly-a-new-tool-to-safely-transfer-born-digital-materials-to-the-archive/
> >
> .
>
> Exactly is a simple and easy to use application for remotely and safely
> transferring any born-digital material from a sender to a recipient.
> Exactly utilizes the BagIt File Packaging Format (an Internet Engineering
> Task-Force standard, developed by the Library of Congress and the
> California Digital Library, with current support from George Washington
> University and the University of Maryland), supports FTP transfer, as well
> as standard network transfers, and integrates into desktop-based file
> sharing workflows such as Dropbox or Google Drive. Additionally, Exactly
> allows the recipient to create customized metadata templates for the sender
> to fill out before submission. Exactly can send email notifications with
> transfer data and manifests when files have been delivered to the archive.
>
> Read more about Exactly’s features in the Users Guide and the Exactly
> Quickstart tutorial at our Exactly webpage
> <
> https://www.avpreserve.com/news/exactly-a-new-tool-for-digital-file-acquisitions/
> >.
> Downloads for the Exactly application are also available there (Windows
> executable, Mac OS Build, or Java Package).
>
> 
>
> Bertram Lyons, CA
> AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
> International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
> www.iasa-web.org
>



-- 

*Rosemary Le Faive*

Digital Infrastructure and Discovery Librarian

Robertson Library

University of Prince Edward Island

550 University Ave, Charlottetown PE C1A 4P3

Canada
tel: 902-566-0533 | fax: 902-628-4305 | email: rlefa...@upei.ca

Re: [CODE4LIB] Greater Boston LibTech'rs meet-up group

[Salazar, Christina]

Hey Whitni

Just wondering how LibTech is different from Code4Lib?

(I'm not at all in the Boston area, but am always interested in what's 
happening in the library technology world and always looking for opportunities.)

Christina Salazar
Systems Librarian
John Spoor Broome Library
California State University, Channel Islands
805/437-3198




-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Whitni 
Watkins
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 7:11 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Greater Boston LibTech'rs meet-up group

A bunch of us have expressed interest in starting a meet-up group for 
Mass/Greater Boston LibTech'rs so that's what we did.

What is the Boston LibTech'rs? This is a group for anyone interested in 
libraries wanting to get together with other library folk to talk shop or not. 
This is not exclusive to any one librar* type, if you're interested (or in) 
libraries and technology join us! Meet-ups will be monthly and will be around 
the greater Boston area including but not limited to Somerville, Medford, and 
Cambridge. The goal of this group is to bring together like minded people in an 
informal way to develop connections, pull together resources of knowledge, make 
friendships and to encourage each other. 

If you are: 
-in Mass/Greater Boston area (meet-ups will be in the Greater Boston area) 
-interested (or in) Libraries and technology -interested in a monthly meet-up

Join us! The *official* Meet-up group is here: 
http://www.meetup.com/Boston-LibTech-Meetup/ 

If you have questions/concerns/insight let me know.  

-Whitni (@_whitni in the Twitters) 

[CODE4LIB] TEI->EPUB serialization testing

[Ethan Gruber]

Hi all,

I've been working on and off for a few months on a system for publishing
ebooks, ETDs, and other digital library materials online to a more
consolidated "Digital Library" application (
http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary). The framework (
https://github.com/AmericanNumismaticSociety/etdpub) was initially designed
for quick and easy PDF indexing and publication of ETDs, but has evolved to
a TEI publication framework for the NEH-Mellon Humanities Open Book Program
grant we received recently.

Part of this grant stipulates that open access books be made available in
EPUB 3.0.1, so I got to work on a pipeline for dynamically serializing TEI
into EPUB. It works pretty well, but there are some minor issues. The
issues might be related more to differences between individual ereader apps
in supporting the 3.0.1 spec than anything I might have done wrong in the
serialization process (the file validates according to a script I've been
running).

We published our first open access ebook today:
http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/id/Miller-ANS-Medals. There's a link
on the right to the EPUB file. I would greatly appreciate any feedback you
can provide. I created a survey that will help in usability testing:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10Prvpm5eDvjNZaeqgXZ7luLeSkVrOgZ3hJX5zjFBuSg/viewform
.

There is a dearth of decent information about EPUB usability testing on the
web.

If you are interested in more information about the framework, there's
http://eaditor.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-ans-digital-library-look-under-hood.html
and
http://eaditor.blogspot.com/2016/01/first-ebook-published-to-ans-digital.html.
It's highly LOD aware and is capable of posting to a SPARQL endpoint so
that information can be accessed from other archival frameworks and
integrated into projects like Pelagios.

Ethan

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2016 Conference Diversity Scholarship Recipients

[Spencer Lamm]

The Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the Code4Lib 2016 Conference 
Diversity Scholarship awardees. Through the generosity of MIT Libraries, Penn 
State Libraries, DPLA, Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics, 
Reto Kromer AV Preservation, Mark Matienzo, Ashley Blewer, University of Miami 
Libraries, and the Code4lib community we were able to award ten $1,420 
scholarships to defray costs associated with attending the conference.

We received a large number of applications from highly qualified candidates 
this year, and it was a humbling experience for the committee to select just 
ten awardees. Congratulations to all Code4Lib scholarship recipients!

The awardees are:
Alison Blaine
Cori Holder
Adrienne Lai
Elinore Nygaard
Ariadne Rehbein
Marya Sawaf
Helenmary Sheridan
Tara Strongosky
Patricia Villanueva
Xiaocan (Lucy) Wang

Spencer
Code4Lib 2016 Scholarship Committee

[CODE4LIB] Job: Data Services & Government Information Librarian at DePaul University Library

[jobs]

Data Services & Government Information Librarian
DePaul University Library
Chicago

DePaul University Library is currently recruiting for a Data Services &
Government Information Services Librarian. The successful candidate will join
a library that has recently become one of the first FDLP "digital
depositories" (http://bit.ly/1Sj1Oxr), as well as one that has made a
commitment to supporting DePaul's rapidly-expanding programs in Data Science
(http://bit.ly/1Y4Cm2x).

  
Both data services and government information services are areas of strategic
interest and potential growth at DePaul, and this will be an extraordinary
opportunity for a librarian with expertise and initiative to make a mark on
the service program in our library, and to work with campus and community
partners to show how the library contributes to the strategic goals of the
institution.

  
If you have a passion for data sources and services, as well as for exploring
the intersections of information literacy and data literacy, and if you are
interested in joining a vibrant and collaborative library community in the
City of Chicago, visit DePaul HR to learn more about the position and to
submit an application:

  
https://hr.depaul.edu/careers/Jobs/index.html

  
*select "External Applicants" and then select "Data Services & Government Info 
Librarian" (Position No. 1815)  
  
This position is available immediately and will remain open until
filled.

  
About DePaul University:

Founded in 1898 by the Congregation of the Mission (also known as the
Vincentians), DePaul University is the largest Catholic university in the
United States and currently enrolls almost 24,000 students in 10 schools and
colleges offering 300 undergraduate and graduate programs and concentrations.
One of the largest private, not-for-profit universities in the nation,
DePaul's faculty teach across multiple campuses in Chicago and its suburbs.
DePaul University has been recognized in national publications for its
diversity, service-learning programs, and sustainability efforts, and is the
home to nationally recognized academic programs in the College of Business,
the College of Computing and Digital Media, and The Theatre School. U.S. News
& World Report recently ranked DePaul as one of the country's "most innovative
schools" (http://newsroom.depaul.edu/NewsReleases/showNews.aspx?NID=2936).

  
About the DePaul University Library:

The DePaul University Library is comprised of the John T. Richardson Library,
the Loop Library, and library service programs delivered to DePaul's suburban
campuses. The DePaul University Library is a partner in a number of campus
programs, including the first-year experience (Chicago Quarter), the Teaching
Commons, and the Graduate Certificate in the Digital Humanities. In 2013, a
major renovation of the Richardson Library facilitated the launch of the
Richardson Library Information Commons, a technology-enhanced space including
individual, group, and collaborative work spaces, Learning Commons and
Scholar's Lab. The DePaul University Library is housed in the Division of
Teaching and Learning Resources, which includes the DePaul Art Museum and
Faculty Instructional Technology Services, and is an active member of local,
regional, and national consortia, including CARLI, Chicago Collections, the
Center for Research Libraries, the Library Publishing Coalition, the Coalition
for Networked Information, and the Catholic Research Resources Alliance. In
2015, DePaul joined the Federal Depository Library Program as one of its first
"digital depository" members and contributed to the design and launch of
Explore Chicago Collections (http://explore.chicagocollections.org/), which
has been described as "a game-changing collaboration between libraries,
universities, & museums."

  
For more information about the DePaul University Library, visit
http://library.depaul.edu/Pages/default.aspx



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Exactly: A New Tool for Digital File Acquisitions

[Mark Jordan]

Bert, 

Looks really interesting. What license are you releasing this application 
under? Also, the Github repo https://github.com/avpreserve/uk-exactly doesn't 
exist (at least to the public) - it's linked to in the User Guide. 

Mark 

- Original Message -

> AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University
> of Kentucky Libraries are excited to announce the release of a new tool for
> born-digital acquisition and delivery.

> Building on work originally begun by colleagues at the Gates Archive,
> AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University
> of Kentucky Libraries developed Exactly to meet the growing need for
> archives to acquire born digital content directly from donors and to begin
> the activities of establishing provenance and fixity early in the process
> of acquisition. Read more about how the Nunn Center is using Exactly here
> 
> .

> Exactly is a simple and easy to use application for remotely and safely
> transferring any born-digital material from a sender to a recipient.
> Exactly utilizes the BagIt File Packaging Format (an Internet Engineering
> Task-Force standard, developed by the Library of Congress and the
> California Digital Library, with current support from George Washington
> University and the University of Maryland), supports FTP transfer, as well
> as standard network transfers, and integrates into desktop-based file
> sharing workflows such as Dropbox or Google Drive. Additionally, Exactly
> allows the recipient to create customized metadata templates for the sender
> to fill out before submission. Exactly can send email notifications with
> transfer data and manifests when files have been delivered to the archive.

> Read more about Exactly’s features in the Users Guide and the Exactly
> Quickstart tutorial at our Exactly webpage
> .
> Downloads for the Exactly application are also available there (Windows
> executable, Mac OS Build, or Java Package).

> 

> Bertram Lyons, CA
> AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
> International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
> www.iasa-web.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] Exactly: A New Tool for Digital File Acquisitions

[Mark Jordan]

Sweet, thank you, 

Mark 
- Original Message -

> Hi Mark -

> Good questions. Github repo is being cleaned and prepped for public release
> (still private at the moment; will be opened later tonight).

> The code is licensed with Apache 2.0.

> Let me know if you have other questions.

> Best --

> Bert

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Mark Jordan < mjor...@sfu.ca > wrote:

> > Bert,
> 

> > Looks really interesting. What license are you releasing this application
> > under? Also, the Github repo https://github.com/avpreserve/uk-exactly
> > doesn't exist (at least to the public) - it's linked to in the User Guide.
> 

> > Mark
> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Exactly: A New Tool for Digital File Acquisitions

[Bert Lyons]

Hi Mark -

Good questions. Github repo is being cleaned and prepped for public release
(still private at the moment; will be opened later tonight).

The code is licensed with Apache 2.0.

Let me know if you have other questions.

Best --

Bert


On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Mark Jordan  wrote:

> Bert,
>
> Looks really interesting. What license are you releasing this application
> under? Also, the Github repo https://github.com/avpreserve/uk-exactly
> doesn't exist (at least to the public) - it's linked to in the User Guide.
>
> Mark
>
>

[CODE4LIB] Greater Boston LibTech'rs meet-up group

[Whitni Watkins]

A bunch of us have expressed interest in starting a meet-up group for 
Mass/Greater Boston LibTech'rs so that's what we did.

What is the Boston LibTech'rs? This is a group for anyone interested in 
libraries wanting to get together with other library folk to talk shop or not. 
This is not exclusive to any one librar* type, if you're interested (or in) 
libraries and technology join us! Meet-ups will be monthly and will be around 
the greater Boston area including but not limited to Somerville, Medford, and 
Cambridge. The goal of this group is to bring together like minded people in an 
informal way to develop connections, pull together resources of knowledge, make 
friendships and to encourage each other. 

If you are: 
-in Mass/Greater Boston area (meet-ups will be in the Greater Boston area) 
-interested (or in) Libraries and technology
-interested in a monthly meet-up

Join us! The *official* Meet-up group is here: 
http://www.meetup.com/Boston-LibTech-Meetup/ 

If you have questions/concerns/insight let me know.  

-Whitni (@_whitni in the Twitters) 

[CODE4LIB] Call for information on ArchivesSpace Integrations

[Max Eckard]

[Apologies for cross-posting]


Colleagues,

I’m writing on behalf of the ArchivesSpace Technical Advisory Committee
Integrations sub-team. Part of our charge is to maintain a centralized,
public space to keep track of high-level information on current
ArchivesSpace integrations. We’ll do this on the (currently rather sparsely
populated) Integrations and Other Community Projects

page of the ArchivesSpace wiki.

In order to facilitate this, we’ve created an ArchivesSpace Integrations
Information

Google Form. Please let us know about your integration work by filling out
the form to the best of your ability. Once submitted, we'll take a look
during one of our monthly calls.


*Note: for our purposes we’ve defined integration as “some kind of coupling
that doesn't rely on manual intervention.” That’s purposely broad, but you
can find out more about what we have in mind on our Integrations Defined

page.*

We’ll use this information to populate that page, to communicate your work
with the ArchivesSpace community and to develop other resources for future
parties interested in integration.

Let us know if you have any questions and thank you in advance for your
time!

Max

-- 
*Max Eckard*
*Assistant Archivist for Digital Curation*


Bentley Historical Library
1150 Beal Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113
734/763-7518 <734.763.7518>
http://bentley.umich.edu/

[CODE4LIB] Exactly: A New Tool for Digital File Acquisitions

[Bert Lyons]

AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University
of Kentucky Libraries are excited to announce the release of a new tool for
born-digital acquisition and delivery.

Building on work originally begun by colleagues at the Gates Archive,
AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University
of Kentucky Libraries developed Exactly to meet the growing need for
archives to acquire born digital content directly from donors and to begin
the activities of establishing provenance and fixity early in the process
of acquisition. Read more about how the Nunn Center is using Exactly here

.

Exactly is a simple and easy to use application for remotely and safely
transferring any born-digital material from a sender to a recipient.
Exactly utilizes the BagIt File Packaging Format (an Internet Engineering
Task-Force standard, developed by the Library of Congress and the
California Digital Library, with current support from George Washington
University and the University of Maryland), supports FTP transfer, as well
as standard network transfers, and integrates into desktop-based file
sharing workflows such as Dropbox or Google Drive. Additionally, Exactly
allows the recipient to create customized metadata templates for the sender
to fill out before submission. Exactly can send email notifications with
transfer data and manifests when files have been delivered to the archive.

Read more about Exactly’s features in the Users Guide and the Exactly
Quickstart tutorial at our Exactly webpage
.
Downloads for the Exactly application are also available there (Windows
executable, Mac OS Build, or Java Package).



Bertram Lyons, CA
AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
www.iasa-web.org

[CODE4LIB] Second Wave of Code4lib 2016 Regstration Now Open

[Chad Nelson]

The second wave of registration for the 2016 Code4lib conference is now
open.

https://www.eventsforce.net/concentra/5/register

There are 100  spots available, and there will be a waiting list as we get
close to filling those spots.

Hotel and childcare information will be included in the registration
confirmation.

More details about the conference can be found on the conference website
.

- The 2016 Code4lib Planning Committee

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Archivist at Lehigh University

[jobs]

Digital Archivist
Lehigh University
Bethlehem

The Lehigh University Libraries seeks an innovative and technologically savvy
individual to join its Special Collections in a newly created position focused
on born digital collections. Reporting to the Curator of
Special Collections, the Digital Archivist develops Special Collectionsa€™
efforts to produce, preserve, and provide access to born-digital special
collections material and create projects that provide digital access to analog
holdings. The Digital Archivist works in a highly
collaborative manner with curatorial and technical staff in Lehigha€™s Library
and Technology Services, as well as with faculty and students in developing a
sustainable born-digital management program.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Data Management Specialist at Colorado State University

[jobs]

Data Management Specialist
Colorado State University
Fort Collins

The Colorado State University Libraries is a technologically sophisticated
environment with extensive electronic resources and service primarily located
in Morgan Library. The Dean of Libraries is the campus Vice President for
Information Technology, and Academic Computing and Network Services is part of
the Libraries. CSU is making a strong and strategic investment to ensure that
our academic libraries meet the needs of the institution, now and into the
future. A strong collaboration exists and is burgeoning with the Vice
President for Research.

  
Digital Collection Services within CSU Libraries supports CSU's academic and
research needs by providing data management services to researchers, faculty
and students; creating and providing access to digital resources through
digitization and the application of metadata; and managing the consortial and
CSU digital repository, Digital Collections of Colorado
(https://dspace.library.colostate.edu/) and its content.

  
This position is responsible for the coordination and deployment of data
services during the research lifecycle. This includes advising researchers on
creating and implementing data management plans at CSU; partnering with the
College Liaison Librarians in outreach to CSU faculty, working with the Data
Management Committee, the Information Science & Technology Center (ISTeC), and
the Office of the Vice President for Research; and providing training and
consulting services. This position offers an exciting opportunity to support a
scholarly communications program that will provide support services relating
to organizing, preserving, and sharing of research data.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Music Librarian for Digital & Audio Services, at University of North Texas

[jobs]

Music Librarian for Digital & Audio Services, 
University of North Texas
Denton

The UNT Libraries seeks an innovative leader with strong people skills to grow
and maintain the digital and audio collections of the UNT Music Library
(http://www.library.unt.edu/music). The Music Librarian for Digital and Audio
Services is responsible for overseeing digital and audio projects for the
Music Library. Digital project responsibilities include identifying potential
projects, project planning/design, and acting as the liaison to the Libraries'
Digital Projects Unit and the User Interfaces Unit. Audio duties consist of
supervision of the Music Library's sound and video collections, audio
equipment, and Ozier Sound Recording Archive, including planning, digital
reserves, selection of recordings, gift acquisitions of recordings, and
reference. The Music Librarian for Digital and Audio Services serves on
library and university committees and workgroups and is active in professional
organizations. General responsibilities also include assisting in training and
supervision of student assistants and graduate library assistants, staffing
the Music Services Desk and Sandborn Music Reading Room as needed, and working
with Music Special Collections Librarian on preservation and digitization
decisions for print and audiovisual collections.



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