Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Ken Varnum]

We have something like this; a "favorites" tool that lets logged-in users
save individual items from the catalog, ArticlesPlus (our Summon-based
article discovery interface), databases (from our database finder) and
journals (from our journal finder) to their account. You can organize them
into folders, and export lists of citations. The tool uses the campus
single sign-on system (CoSign); since the campus allows anyone to set up a
"friend" account with just an email address, anyone can create a library
account and save things. This free Friend account does not, of course,
provide access to our licensed content, though you can search freely --
clicking the full text link will not succeed unless you are affiliated with
the University of Michigan.

You can read more about Favorites at
https://www.lib.umich.edu/my-account/favorites/faq , and if you want to try
it out, set up a Friend account -- instructions are provided by our campus
IT group  at http://www.itcs.umich.edu/itcsdocs/s4316/


--
Ken Varnum
Senior Program Manager for Discovery, Delivery, and Learning Analytics
Library Information Technology | University of Michigan Library
var...@umich.edu | @varnum | 734-615-3287
http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Valerie Forrestal <
valerie.forres...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote:

> These examples are fantastic! Thanks for the write-ups!
>
> I think a real value add to this kind of service would be some sort of
> bibliographic tool. If students could save article citations/links in
> the system, create lists of books/articles for each paper they write,
> and export bibliographies from that, I they would have a near-seamless
> research process. Don't know if that's possible though. Many students
> find current bibliographic/resource management software extremely hard
> to use, so they settle for citation generators instead. And this could
> solve the problem of them having to email article links to themselves to
> find those same articles later. One stop shopping, as it were. /ramble
>
> ~val
>
> Valerie Forrestal
> Web Services Librarian/Asst. Professor
> City University of New York
> College of Staten Island Library
> 2800 Victory Blvd., 1L-109I
> Staten Island, N.Y. 10314
> Phone: 718.982.4023
> valerie.forres...@csi.cuny.edu
>
>
> On 3/23/2016 2:55 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>
>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Mark Weiler  wrote:
>>
>> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic
>>> library websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates,
>>> room reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject
>>> librarians.  For faculty members, the site might present other information,
>>> such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into
>>> institutional repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?
>>>
>> I did quite a bit of work on this idea quite a number of years ago,
>> measured in Internet time. See:
>>
>>MyLibrary@NCState (1999)
>>http://infomotions.com/musings/sigir-99/
>>
>>The text describes MyLibrary@NCState, an extensible
>>implementation of a user-centered, customizable interface to a
>>library's collection of information resources. The system
>>integrates principles of librarianship with globably networked
>>computing resources creating a dynamic, customer-driven front-end
>>to any library's set of materials. It supports a framework for
>>libraries to provide enhanced access to local and remote sets of
>>data, information, and knowledge. At the same, it does not
>>overwhelm its users with too much information because the users
>>control exactly how much information is displayed to them at any
>>given time. The system is active and not passive; direct human
>>interaction, computer mediated guidance and communication
>>technologies, as well as current awareness services all play
>>indispensible roles in its implementation.
>>
>>
>>MyLibrary: A Copernican revolution in libraries (2005)
>>http://infomotions.com/musings/copernican-mylibrary/
>>
>>"We are suffering from information overload," the speaker said.
>>"There is too much stuff to choose from. We want access to the
>>world's knowledge, but we only want to see one particular part of
>>it at any one particular time."... The speaker was part of a
>>focus group at the North Carolina State University (NCSU),
>>Raleigh, back in 1997... To address the issues raised in our
>>focus groups, the NCSU Libraries chose to create MyLibrary, an
>>Internet-based library service. It would mimic the commercial
>>portals in functionality but include library content: lists of
>>new books, access to the catalog and other bibliographic indexes,
>>electronic journals, Internet sites, circulation services,
>>interlibrary loan services, the local newspaper, and more. Most
>>importantly, we designed the system to 

[CODE4LIB] Jobs: Request for Proposal – LLAMA Assessment Repository Consultant (resend)

[John P. Doyle]

Resending the below as plain text. 

Posting for a colleague. Text below is also attached as a Word document. 

Request for Proposal – LLAMA Assessment Repository Consultant
A. Statement of Purpose
The Assessment Repository Work Group, a special projects group within ALA’s 
Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), is seeking a system 
design consultant to help develop project details for an easy-to-use system for 
organizing and accessing library assessment examples, products and findings. 
This will allow librarians to share any type of assessment method and resulting 
findings, including those that are often never published, such as inconclusive 
or negative results. Through well-organized searching options, it will allow 
all librarians to find evidence based assessment models to begin their projects 
and then compare their findings with the results of others. This phase 1 design 
specification stage should be complete by August 1, 2016 and has a maximum 
budget of $2,000.  Note: This is not a project to build the system, but to 
provide expert perspective and create documentation specifying how the system 
should be built.  Responses to this RFP should be sent no later than March 31.  
See later sections of this document for submission details.
B. Background Information
This project grew out of the work of two LLAMA committees: MAES (now the 
Assessment Section) - Data Collection for Library Managers; and the Library 
Organization and Management Section (LOMS) - Planning & Evaluation of Library 
Services.  The committees put forward a “LLAMA Innovation Fund Budget Request” 
to support the first year of work to develop the project concept.  Although 
this started as a project in LLAMA, the end goal is to develop a resource that 
will support the entire membership of ALA across all library types and 
functions. 
C. Tasks to be Accomplished
Task 1: Work with the Assessment Repository Work Group to develop the project 
details
1.1. Participate in monthly online meetings in April – July 2016 to gather 
information on needs and specifications (meetings via Adobe Connect or similar 
platform)
1.2. Evaluate the efficacy of generated ideas and provide guidance to ensure 
long term success
1.3. Provide an expert technical perspective for difficult questions that arise 
regarding system development details
1.4. Review and provide feedback on models proposed by the group as potential 
examples
Task 2: Develop specific technical plans and details for building a successful 
assessment repository
2.1. Deliver first draft of documentation for the May monthly meeting
2.2. Receive and incorporate feedback into a revised document due in early June
2.3. Complete final first draft in time for documentation to be distributed 
broadly on June 17, 2016 (1-week prior to the ALA Annual meeting)
2.4. Attend a 1.5–2 hour meeting at ALA Annual in Orlando (if possible) to 
receive broader feedback on the document
2.5. Complete final version of the documentation by August 1, 2016 
Task 3: Develop documentation on any necessary technical details for 
funding/grant proposals to build the system
3.1. Provide shortened summary versions of technical or system details as need 
for funding proposals submitted on or before August 1, 2016

Demonstrated abilities needed to accomplish the above tasks:
•   Verbal and written communication abilities; interpersonal skills
o   Able to speak in clear, concise manner, easily understood by lay-people
o   Effective writing ability
•   Knowledge of and interest in libraries and/or assessment 
•   Some experience writing specifications for these types of projects
•   Knowledge of how to build a repository
•   Experience as a contributor to grant or funding proposals

Summary of Deliverables:
1.  System design specifications document
2.  Documentation necessary for funding or grant proposals
D. Contract Details
•   Period of Performance – Start date: April 8, 2016; End date: August 1, 
2016
•   Payment – Half payment will be provided up-front and the other half 
provided at the end of the successful completion of the contract. Maximum fee 
for the project: $2,000.
•   Contract will be provided by LLAMA upon selection of the successful 
consultant.

E. How to Submit a Proposal
Please submit the following no later than March 31, 2016 to Jessame Ferguson, 
jfergu...@mcdaniel.edu and Rob Withers, withe...@miamioh.edu (electronic 
submissions only).
1.  A brief description of no more than 500 words explaining how you will 
carry out the tasks outlined above.
2.  A summary no longer than 1 page that outlines your recent relevant 
projects.
3.  Names, phone numbers, and email addresses of two individuals who have 
been your clients or colleagues during the last eighteen months on a 
representative project outlined above who will serve as a reference.
4.  Current resume or vita.
We will hold interviews with finalists during the week 

[CODE4LIB] Request for Proposal – LLAMA Assessment Repository Consultant

[John P. Doyle]

Assessment Repository Consultant RFP Year 1.docx
Description: MS-Word 2007 document

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Ian Chan]

We implemented personalization on our website in 2012. An early presentation on 
that project can be found at 
http://www.slideshare.net/ianchan/building-a-usercentric-website-by-integrating-course-enrollment-data.
 

A more complete write-up is available at 
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/LHT-07-2013-0096. 

Here’s a more recent screenshot of the home page after user login.
https://www.diigo.com/item/image/qxh8/v7ng?size=o. 

We’re largely a commuter campus and close to 70% of traffic is from off-campus. 
Also, student access is quite high in the evenings and on weekends, much of it 
from off-campus. All of that off-campus traffic requires login to access our 
e-resources. So we ask users to consider logging-in first since they will have 
to later in the research process.

Our next steps are to integrate data from Alma/Primo/ILLiad 
(check-outs/fines/ILL requests/citation lists/saved queries) and tie it all 
together with Shibboleth.

Somewhat related: I’m at a mobile app conference and there’s a lot of interest 
in personas and personalization.

Best regards,

Ian


Ian Chan 
Systems Coordinator
University Library
California State University San Marcos
ic...@csusm.edu | 760-750-4385  | biblio.csusm.edu 
 | Skype: ian.t.chan 




On 3/23/16, 12:18 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Bennett Ponsford" 
 wrote:

>We have focused on pulling in people's personal stuff from our disparate 
>systems, so they don't have to know which catalog a book was checked out from, 
>or even if it checked out from one of our libraries or via ILL.
>
>So far the response has been favorable - particularly the option to renew all 
>books at one time.
>
>We have talked about adding in the ability to "favorite" e-resources through 
>out the website and then manage their favorites in MyLibrary.  But I'm not 
>sure how much that would be used.
>
>Bennett
>
>
>
>Bennett Claire Ponsford
>Digital Services Librarian
>Texas AM University Libraries
>bennett ponsf...@tamu.edu
>
>
>
> Original message 
>From: Eric Lease Morgan 
>Date: 03/23/2016 1:56 PM (GMT-06:00)
>To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites
>
>On Mar 23, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Mark Weiler  wrote:
>
>> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library 
>> websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room 
>> reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject 
>> librarians.  For faculty members, the site might present other information, 
>> such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into 
>> institutional repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?
>
>I did quite a bit of work on this idea quite a number of years ago, measured 
>in Internet time. See:
>
>  MyLibrary@NCState (1999)
>  http://infomotions.com/musings/sigir-99/
>
>  The text describes MyLibrary@NCState, an extensible
>  implementation of a user-centered, customizable interface to a
>  library's collection of information resources. The system
>  integrates principles of librarianship with globably networked
>  computing resources creating a dynamic, customer-driven front-end
>  to any library's set of materials. It supports a framework for
>  libraries to provide enhanced access to local and remote sets of
>  data, information, and knowledge. At the same, it does not
>  overwhelm its users with too much information because the users
>  control exactly how much information is displayed to them at any
>  given time. The system is active and not passive; direct human
>  interaction, computer mediated guidance and communication
>  technologies, as well as current awareness services all play
>  indispensible roles in its implementation.
>
>
>  MyLibrary: A Copernican revolution in libraries (2005)
>  http://infomotions.com/musings/copernican-mylibrary/
>
>  "We are suffering from information overload," the speaker said.
>  "There is too much stuff to choose from. We want access to the
>  world's knowledge, but we only want to see one particular part of
>  it at any one particular time."... The speaker was part of a
>  focus group at the North Carolina State University (NCSU),
>  Raleigh, back in 1997... To address the issues raised in our
>  focus groups, the NCSU Libraries chose to create MyLibrary, an
>  Internet-based library service. It would mimic the commercial
>  portals in functionality but include library content: lists of
>  new books, access to the catalog and other bibliographic indexes,
>  electronic journals, Internet sites, circulation services,
>  interlibrary loan services, the local newspaper, and more. Most
>  importantly, we designed the system to provide access to our most
>  valuable resource: the expertise of our staff. After all, if you
>  are using My Yahoo! and you have a question, 

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Bennett Ponsford]

We have focused on pulling in people's personal stuff from our disparate 
systems, so they don't have to know which catalog a book was checked out from, 
or even if it checked out from one of our libraries or via ILL.

So far the response has been favorable - particularly the option to renew all 
books at one time.

We have talked about adding in the ability to "favorite" e-resources through 
out the website and then manage their favorites in MyLibrary.  But I'm not sure 
how much that would be used.

Bennett



Bennett Claire Ponsford
Digital Services Librarian
Texas AM University Libraries
bennett ponsf...@tamu.edu



 Original message 
From: Eric Lease Morgan 
Date: 03/23/2016 1:56 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

On Mar 23, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Mark Weiler  wrote:

> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library 
> websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room 
> reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject 
> librarians.  For faculty members, the site might present other information, 
> such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into 
> institutional repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?

I did quite a bit of work on this idea quite a number of years ago, measured in 
Internet time. See:

  MyLibrary@NCState (1999)
  http://infomotions.com/musings/sigir-99/

  The text describes MyLibrary@NCState, an extensible
  implementation of a user-centered, customizable interface to a
  library's collection of information resources. The system
  integrates principles of librarianship with globably networked
  computing resources creating a dynamic, customer-driven front-end
  to any library's set of materials. It supports a framework for
  libraries to provide enhanced access to local and remote sets of
  data, information, and knowledge. At the same, it does not
  overwhelm its users with too much information because the users
  control exactly how much information is displayed to them at any
  given time. The system is active and not passive; direct human
  interaction, computer mediated guidance and communication
  technologies, as well as current awareness services all play
  indispensible roles in its implementation.


  MyLibrary: A Copernican revolution in libraries (2005)
  http://infomotions.com/musings/copernican-mylibrary/

  "We are suffering from information overload," the speaker said.
  "There is too much stuff to choose from. We want access to the
  world's knowledge, but we only want to see one particular part of
  it at any one particular time."... The speaker was part of a
  focus group at the North Carolina State University (NCSU),
  Raleigh, back in 1997... To address the issues raised in our
  focus groups, the NCSU Libraries chose to create MyLibrary, an
  Internet-based library service. It would mimic the commercial
  portals in functionality but include library content: lists of
  new books, access to the catalog and other bibliographic indexes,
  electronic journals, Internet sites, circulation services,
  interlibrary loan services, the local newspaper, and more. Most
  importantly, we designed the system to provide access to our most
  valuable resource: the expertise of our staff. After all, if you
  are using My Yahoo! and you have a question, then who are you
  going to call? Nobody. But if you are using a library and you
  have a question, then you should be able to reach a librarian.


  MyLibrary: A digital library framework & toolkit (2008)
  http://infomotions.com/musings/mylibrary-framework/

  This article describes a digital library framework and toolkit
  called MyLibrary. At its heart, MyLibrary is designed to create
  relationships between information resources and people. To this
  end, MyLibrary is made up of essentially four parts: 1)
  information resources, 2) patrons, 3) librarians, and 4) a set of
  locally-defined, institution-specific facet/term combinations
  interconnecting the first three. On another level, MyLibrary is a
  set of object-oriented Perl modules intended to read and write to
  a specifically shaped relational database. Used in conjunction
  with other computer applications and tools, MyLibrary provides a
  way to create and support digital library collections and
  services. Librarians and developers can use MyLibrary to create
  any number of digital library applications: full-text indexes to
  journal literature, a traditional library catalog complete with
  circulation, a database-driven website, an institutional
  repository, an image database, etc. The article describes each of
  these points in greater detail.

Technologically, the problem of personalization is not difficult. Instead, the 
problem I encountered in trying to make a thing like MyLibrary a reality were 
library professional 

[CODE4LIB] Introduction to Digital Humanities for Librarians (online class)

[Rory Litwin]

Introduction to Digital Humanities for Librarians

Instructor: John Russell
Dates: April 4-29, 2016
Credits: 1.5 CEUs
Price: $175

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Digital humanities (DH) has been heralded as the next big thing in
humanities scholarship and universities have been creating initiatives and
new positions in this field. Libraries, too, have moved to create a
presence in the digital humanities community, setting up centers and hiring
librarians to staff them. This course is designed as an introduction for
librarians or library school students who have little or no exposure to DH
and wish to be better positioned to offer DH support or services in a
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about frequently-used software, and think about why and how libraries and
librarians engage DH. While I will encourage participants to explore more
complex computing approaches (and I will support those who do as best I
can), this course does not presuppose computing skills such as programming
or use of the command line and will not ask participants to do much more
than upload files to websites or install and use simple programs.
Participants should have an interest and background in humanities
scholarship and humanities librarianship and while the readings will focus
on activities in the United States, our discussions can be more
geographically wide-ranging.

Objectives:
- A basic knowledge of what digital humanities is and how it effects
scholarship in the humanities disciplines.
- Exposure to core tools and approaches used by digital humanists.
- An understanding of how libraries and librarians have been involved with
digital humanities.
- Critical engagement with the role of librarians and libraries in digital
humanities.

This class has a follow-up, Introduction to Text Encoding
http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/133-text-encoding.php


John Russell is the Associate Director of the Center for Humanities and
Information at Pennsylvania State University. He has been actively involved
in digital humanities projects, primarily related to text encoding, and has
taught courses and workshops on digital humanities methods, including
"Introduction to Digital Humanities for Librarians."

Read an interview with John Russell about this class:
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Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Valerie Forrestal]

These examples are fantastic! Thanks for the write-ups!

I think a real value add to this kind of service would be some sort of
bibliographic tool. If students could save article citations/links in
the system, create lists of books/articles for each paper they write,
and export bibliographies from that, I they would have a near-seamless
research process. Don't know if that's possible though. Many students
find current bibliographic/resource management software extremely hard
to use, so they settle for citation generators instead. And this could
solve the problem of them having to email article links to themselves to
find those same articles later. One stop shopping, as it were. /ramble

~val

Valerie Forrestal
Web Services Librarian/Asst. Professor
City University of New York
College of Staten Island Library
2800 Victory Blvd., 1L-109I
Staten Island, N.Y. 10314
Phone: 718.982.4023
valerie.forres...@csi.cuny.edu

On 3/23/2016 2:55 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:

On Mar 23, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Mark Weiler  wrote:


I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library 
websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room 
reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject librarians.  
For faculty members, the site might present other information, such as how to 
put material on course reserves, deposit material into institutional 
repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?

I did quite a bit of work on this idea quite a number of years ago, measured in 
Internet time. See:

   MyLibrary@NCState (1999)
   http://infomotions.com/musings/sigir-99/

   The text describes MyLibrary@NCState, an extensible
   implementation of a user-centered, customizable interface to a
   library's collection of information resources. The system
   integrates principles of librarianship with globably networked
   computing resources creating a dynamic, customer-driven front-end
   to any library's set of materials. It supports a framework for
   libraries to provide enhanced access to local and remote sets of
   data, information, and knowledge. At the same, it does not
   overwhelm its users with too much information because the users
   control exactly how much information is displayed to them at any
   given time. The system is active and not passive; direct human
   interaction, computer mediated guidance and communication
   technologies, as well as current awareness services all play
   indispensible roles in its implementation.


   MyLibrary: A Copernican revolution in libraries (2005)
   http://infomotions.com/musings/copernican-mylibrary/

   "We are suffering from information overload," the speaker said.
   "There is too much stuff to choose from. We want access to the
   world's knowledge, but we only want to see one particular part of
   it at any one particular time."... The speaker was part of a
   focus group at the North Carolina State University (NCSU),
   Raleigh, back in 1997... To address the issues raised in our
   focus groups, the NCSU Libraries chose to create MyLibrary, an
   Internet-based library service. It would mimic the commercial
   portals in functionality but include library content: lists of
   new books, access to the catalog and other bibliographic indexes,
   electronic journals, Internet sites, circulation services,
   interlibrary loan services, the local newspaper, and more. Most
   importantly, we designed the system to provide access to our most
   valuable resource: the expertise of our staff. After all, if you
   are using My Yahoo! and you have a question, then who are you
   going to call? Nobody. But if you are using a library and you
   have a question, then you should be able to reach a librarian.


   MyLibrary: A digital library framework & toolkit (2008)
   http://infomotions.com/musings/mylibrary-framework/

   This article describes a digital library framework and toolkit
   called MyLibrary. At its heart, MyLibrary is designed to create
   relationships between information resources and people. To this
   end, MyLibrary is made up of essentially four parts: 1)
   information resources, 2) patrons, 3) librarians, and 4) a set of
   locally-defined, institution-specific facet/term combinations
   interconnecting the first three. On another level, MyLibrary is a
   set of object-oriented Perl modules intended to read and write to
   a specifically shaped relational database. Used in conjunction
   with other computer applications and tools, MyLibrary provides a
   way to create and support digital library collections and
   services. Librarians and developers can use MyLibrary to create
   any number of digital library applications: full-text indexes to
   journal literature, a traditional library catalog complete with
   circulation, a database-driven website, an institutional
   repository, an image database, etc. The article describes each of
   these points in greater detail.

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[William Denton]

On 23 March 2016, Cornel Darden Jr. wrote:


Seems like overkill, why a login to access the library's website?


Indeed, but once you're logged in, though, to access some subscription resource, 
there's a lot the system could show you.


At the university where I work we don't do any customization on the library's 
web site, but we do provide a feed of personalized links into the course 
management system.  Students have to log in to get into Moodle, and then when 
they're looking at a course page Moodle hands over the course code to us, and we 
send back a box with:


- basic catalogue search
- links to relevant subject guides
- links to most relevant eresources
- links to course guide (if there is one)
- links to reserves (if there are some)
- link to subject librarian

The guides (LibGuides) are all tagged to match faculties and programs: the 
Biology guide is tagged sc/biol, so we know it's relevant to all course in the 
SC(ience) faculty and BIOL(ogy) program.  Librarians are tagged similarly in a 
basic spreadsheet.


We inject this into the course management system and the student portal, but 
don't make use of these things on our own site, even though students end up 
logging in a lot to get to journals and databases.  We should!


Bill
--
William Denton ↔  Toronto, Canada ↔  https://www.miskatonic.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Eric Lease Morgan]

On Mar 23, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Mark Weiler  wrote:

> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library 
> websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room 
> reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject 
> librarians.  For faculty members, the site might present other information, 
> such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into 
> institutional repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?

I did quite a bit of work on this idea quite a number of years ago, measured in 
Internet time. See:

  MyLibrary@NCState (1999)
  http://infomotions.com/musings/sigir-99/

  The text describes MyLibrary@NCState, an extensible
  implementation of a user-centered, customizable interface to a
  library's collection of information resources. The system
  integrates principles of librarianship with globably networked
  computing resources creating a dynamic, customer-driven front-end
  to any library's set of materials. It supports a framework for
  libraries to provide enhanced access to local and remote sets of
  data, information, and knowledge. At the same, it does not
  overwhelm its users with too much information because the users
  control exactly how much information is displayed to them at any
  given time. The system is active and not passive; direct human
  interaction, computer mediated guidance and communication
  technologies, as well as current awareness services all play
  indispensible roles in its implementation. 


  MyLibrary: A Copernican revolution in libraries (2005)
  http://infomotions.com/musings/copernican-mylibrary/

  "We are suffering from information overload," the speaker said.
  "There is too much stuff to choose from. We want access to the
  world's knowledge, but we only want to see one particular part of
  it at any one particular time."... The speaker was part of a
  focus group at the North Carolina State University (NCSU),
  Raleigh, back in 1997... To address the issues raised in our
  focus groups, the NCSU Libraries chose to create MyLibrary, an
  Internet-based library service. It would mimic the commercial
  portals in functionality but include library content: lists of
  new books, access to the catalog and other bibliographic indexes,
  electronic journals, Internet sites, circulation services,
  interlibrary loan services, the local newspaper, and more. Most
  importantly, we designed the system to provide access to our most
  valuable resource: the expertise of our staff. After all, if you
  are using My Yahoo! and you have a question, then who are you
  going to call? Nobody. But if you are using a library and you
  have a question, then you should be able to reach a librarian.


  MyLibrary: A digital library framework & toolkit (2008)
  http://infomotions.com/musings/mylibrary-framework/

  This article describes a digital library framework and toolkit
  called MyLibrary. At its heart, MyLibrary is designed to create
  relationships between information resources and people. To this
  end, MyLibrary is made up of essentially four parts: 1)
  information resources, 2) patrons, 3) librarians, and 4) a set of
  locally-defined, institution-specific facet/term combinations
  interconnecting the first three. On another level, MyLibrary is a
  set of object-oriented Perl modules intended to read and write to
  a specifically shaped relational database. Used in conjunction
  with other computer applications and tools, MyLibrary provides a
  way to create and support digital library collections and
  services. Librarians and developers can use MyLibrary to create
  any number of digital library applications: full-text indexes to
  journal literature, a traditional library catalog complete with
  circulation, a database-driven website, an institutional
  repository, an image database, etc. The article describes each of
  these points in greater detail.

Technologically, the problem of personalization is not difficult. Instead, the 
problem I encountered in trying to make a thing like MyLibrary a reality were 
library professional ethics. Too many librarians thought the implementation of 
the idea challenged intellectual privacy. Alas.

—
Eric Lease Morgan
Artist- And Librarian—At-Large

(574) 485-6870

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Jason Bengtson]

Often these kinds of things are optional . . . you sign in for the benefit
and convenience of capturing your settings, but it's not required for use
of the site generally. Kind of like MyNCBI and PubMed.

Best regards,

*Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA*
Assistant Director, IT Services
K-State Libraries
414 Hale Library
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-7450
jbengt...@ksu.edu
www.jasonbengtson.com

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Cornel Darden Jr.  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Seems like overkill, why a login to access the library's website?
>
> Cornel Darden Jr.
> Chief Information Officer
> Casanova Information Services, LLC
> Office Phone: (779) 205-3105
> Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:38 PM, Ian Walls 
> wrote:
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> >
> > Oddly enough, we're looking at this kind of thing right now.  I also
> just got a message from my ILL Librarian that she saw a great conference
> presentation on this kinda thing by Scott Bertagnole of Brigham Young
> University.
> >
> > From our perspective, the trick is authentication.  We want to at least
> use Common Credentials with our University authentication system, rather
> than Yet Another Account to Remember (YAAR!), if not Single Sign-on, but we
> also need to support the other 4 colleges in our consortium, as well as
> community borrowers. Getting course data about students is also tricky,
> since we need to collaborate with other units on campus to get permission
> to sanely and securely access this data from the registrar.
> >
> > I'm envisioning three levels of integration:
> >
> > 1. Catalog + ILL to see what materials you have
> > 2. Course reserves and supporting materials
> > 3. Miscellaneous/experimental integrations with other services
> >
> > Hope this is useful; I'd love to keep this conversation going, whether
> on list or off.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > -Ian
> >
> >> On 03/23/2016 01:26 PM, Mark Weiler wrote:
> >> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic
> library websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates,
> room reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject
> librarians.  For faculty members, the site might present other information,
> such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into
> institutional repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD
> >> Web & User Experience Librarian | Psychology Librarian
> >> Laurier Library
> >> Office: Waterloo campus Library, room 104
> >> 519.884.0710 x4296
> >> mwei...@wlu.ca
> >>
> >>  [cid:image001.png@01CF7E4C.6BD81010]
> >> WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
> >> 75 University Ave. W.
> >> Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
> >>
> >> https://library.wlu.ca
> >>
> >>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Bennett Ponsford]

In our case, it's not the website as a whole - just their personal stuff.

Bennett

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
Bennett Claire Ponsford  |  Digital Services Librarian
University Libraries | Texas A University
5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-5000

979.845.0877  |  bennett.ponsf...@tamu.edu
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
http://library.tamu.edu


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cornel 
Darden Jr.
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 1:21 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

Hello,

Seems like overkill, why a login to access the library's website?

Cornel Darden Jr. 
Chief Information Officer
Casanova Information Services, LLC
Office Phone: (779) 205-3105
Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:38 PM, Ian Walls  wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> 
> Oddly enough, we're looking at this kind of thing right now.  I also just got 
> a message from my ILL Librarian that she saw a great conference presentation 
> on this kinda thing by Scott Bertagnole of Brigham Young University.
> 
> From our perspective, the trick is authentication.  We want to at least use 
> Common Credentials with our University authentication system, rather than Yet 
> Another Account to Remember (YAAR!), if not Single Sign-on, but we also need 
> to support the other 4 colleges in our consortium, as well as community 
> borrowers. Getting course data about students is also tricky, since we need 
> to collaborate with other units on campus to get permission to sanely and 
> securely access this data from the registrar.
> 
> I'm envisioning three levels of integration:
> 
> 1. Catalog + ILL to see what materials you have 2. Course reserves and 
> supporting materials 3. Miscellaneous/experimental integrations with 
> other services
> 
> Hope this is useful; I'd love to keep this conversation going, whether on 
> list or off.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> -Ian
> 
>> On 03/23/2016 01:26 PM, Mark Weiler wrote:
>> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library 
>> websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room 
>> reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject 
>> librarians.  For faculty members, the site might present other information, 
>> such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into 
>> institutional repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD
>> Web & User Experience Librarian | Psychology Librarian Laurier 
>> Library
>> Office: Waterloo campus Library, room 104
>> 519.884.0710 x4296
>> mwei...@wlu.ca
>> 
>>  [cid:image001.png@01CF7E4C.6BD81010]
>> WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
>> 75 University Ave. W.
>> Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
>> 
>> https://library.wlu.ca
>> 
>> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Cornel Darden Jr.]

Hello,

Seems like overkill, why a login to access the library's website?

Cornel Darden Jr. 
Chief Information Officer
Casanova Information Services, LLC 
Office Phone: (779) 205-3105
Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:38 PM, Ian Walls  wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> 
> Oddly enough, we're looking at this kind of thing right now.  I also just got 
> a message from my ILL Librarian that she saw a great conference presentation 
> on this kinda thing by Scott Bertagnole of Brigham Young University.
> 
> From our perspective, the trick is authentication.  We want to at least use 
> Common Credentials with our University authentication system, rather than Yet 
> Another Account to Remember (YAAR!), if not Single Sign-on, but we also need 
> to support the other 4 colleges in our consortium, as well as community 
> borrowers. Getting course data about students is also tricky, since we need 
> to collaborate with other units on campus to get permission to sanely and 
> securely access this data from the registrar.
> 
> I'm envisioning three levels of integration:
> 
> 1. Catalog + ILL to see what materials you have
> 2. Course reserves and supporting materials
> 3. Miscellaneous/experimental integrations with other services
> 
> Hope this is useful; I'd love to keep this conversation going, whether on 
> list or off.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> -Ian
> 
>> On 03/23/2016 01:26 PM, Mark Weiler wrote:
>> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library 
>> websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room 
>> reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject 
>> librarians.  For faculty members, the site might present other information, 
>> such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into 
>> institutional repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD
>> Web & User Experience Librarian | Psychology Librarian
>> Laurier Library
>> Office: Waterloo campus Library, room 104
>> 519.884.0710 x4296
>> mwei...@wlu.ca
>> 
>>  [cid:image001.png@01CF7E4C.6BD81010]
>> WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
>> 75 University Ave. W.
>> Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
>> 
>> https://library.wlu.ca
>> 
>> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Bennett Ponsford]

We have done this  - we call it MyLibrary - for our two catalogs, two ILLiad 
implementations, and course reserves.  We wanted to add in room reservations, 
but the vendor we use does not include what rooms you have checked out in their 
API.

We're now looking at what else to add, so I would also be very interested in 
what other libraries are doing.

Bennett

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
Bennett Claire Ponsford  |  Digital Services Librarian
University Libraries | Texas A University
5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-5000

979.845.0877  |  bennett.ponsf...@tamu.edu

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
http://library.tamu.edu
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ian 
Walls
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 12:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

Mark,


Oddly enough, we're looking at this kind of thing right now.  I also just got a 
message from my ILL Librarian that she saw a great conference presentation on 
this kinda thing by Scott Bertagnole of Brigham Young University.

 From our perspective, the trick is authentication.  We want to at least use 
Common Credentials with our University authentication system, rather than Yet 
Another Account to Remember (YAAR!), if not Single Sign-on, but we also need to 
support the other 4 colleges in our consortium, as well as community borrowers. 
Getting course data about students is also tricky, since we need to collaborate 
with other units on campus to get permission to sanely and securely access this 
data from the registrar.

I'm envisioning three levels of integration:

1. Catalog + ILL to see what materials you have 2. Course reserves and 
supporting materials 3. Miscellaneous/experimental integrations with other 
services

Hope this is useful; I'd love to keep this conversation going, whether on list 
or off.

Cheers,


-Ian

On 03/23/2016 01:26 PM, Mark Weiler wrote:
> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library 
> websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room 
> reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject 
> librarians.  For faculty members, the site might present other information, 
> such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into 
> institutional repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?
>
>
>
> Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD
> Web & User Experience Librarian | Psychology Librarian Laurier Library
> Office: Waterloo campus Library, room 104
> 519.884.0710 x4296
> mwei...@wlu.ca
>
>   [cid:image001.png@01CF7E4C.6BD81010]
> WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
> 75 University Ave. W.
> Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
>
> https://library.wlu.ca
>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

[Alysa Selby]

I'm in the process of re-building my Drupal sites and plan to implement
schema.org markup for specific content types.

Alysa Selby
Digital Services Librarian

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I'm currently reading:

--A Doubter's Almanac

by Ethan Canin
--The Mindful Geek 
by Michael W. Taft

I am listening to:

--The Revenant

by Michael Punke

Visit my Bookshelf



1289 Lincoln Ave.
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
970-879-0240 ext. 329
970-819-9860 Cell

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Jennifer DeJonghe <
jennifer.dejon...@metrostate.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for examples of library web sites or university web sites that
> are using Structured Data / schema.org to mark up books, locations,
> events, etc, on their public web sites or blogs. I'm NOT really looking for
> huge linked data projects where large record sets are marked up, but more
> simple SEO practices for displaying rich snippets in search engine results.
>
> If you have examples of library or university websites doing this, please
> send me a link!
>
> Thank you,
> Jennifer
>
> Jennifer DeJonghe
> Librarian and Professor
> Library and Information Services
> Metropolitan State University
> St. Paul, MN
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] bagit java version

[Terry Brady]

John,

Thank you for the TAR library recommendations.

I think the example folder would be very helpful.

Thanks,

Terry

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Scancella, John  wrote:

> Terry,
>
> Thanks for responding! There are libraries that already deal with making
> Tar(and other archive formats) files much better than bagit-java ever could
> simply because they have more resources to maintain and add new features.
> After a quick search here are two that you could use
> http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/tar.html
> https://github.com/kamranzafar/jtar
>
> Would it help to create an examples folder and show how you would create a
> tar yourself when using bagit-java?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Terry Brady
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 12:09 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] bagit java version
>
> John,
>
> I am glad to hear that the bagit library will be enhanced.
>
> At Georgetown, I have integrated the the bagit java library into our
> FileAnalyzer application.  We use this application for a number of
> digitization related tasks.
>
>
> https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki/Bagit-automation
>
> Our real use case is to prepare bags for the APTrust preservation
> repository.
>
>
> https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki/Bagit-automation-for-Academic-Preservation-Trust-(APTrust)
>
> APTrust requires bags to be packaged as TAR files.  This code creates some
> APTrust tag files and then packages the bag as a tar file.  It would be
> useful to have a tar option built into the bagit library.
>
> Since we have a number of applications that are already in Java, we will
> continue to work with the Java version of the library.
>
> Terry
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Scancella, John  wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am currently rewriting the library so that it better conforms to the
> > spec, and to make it easier to extend and use.  I was wondering if
> > people would be so kind as to provide any feedback on:
> > * How they currently use the bagit-java library
> > * Do you use the command line?
> > * If so what is stopping you from using the python version
> instead?
> > * Do you use the library in a java application?
> > * If so what functionality do you use? What do you wish it did?
> > * Trying out the latest version (you can see examples here
> > https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagit-java/blob/master/README.md#
> > examples
> > on how to use it)
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > John
> >
> > Please note, all opinions expressed in this email are my own.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Terry Brady
> Applications Programmer Analyst
> Georgetown University Library Information Technology
> https://www.library.georgetown.edu/lit/code
> 425-298-5498 (Seattle, WA)
>



-- 
Terry Brady
Applications Programmer Analyst
Georgetown University Library Information Technology
https://www.library.georgetown.edu/lit/code
425-298-5498 (Seattle, WA)

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Ian Walls]

Mark,


Oddly enough, we're looking at this kind of thing right now.  I also 
just got a message from my ILL Librarian that she saw a great conference 
presentation on this kinda thing by Scott Bertagnole of Brigham Young 
University.


From our perspective, the trick is authentication.  We want to at least 
use Common Credentials with our University authentication system, rather 
than Yet Another Account to Remember (YAAR!), if not Single Sign-on, but 
we also need to support the other 4 colleges in our consortium, as well 
as community borrowers. Getting course data about students is also 
tricky, since we need to collaborate with other units on campus to get 
permission to sanely and securely access this data from the registrar.


I'm envisioning three levels of integration:

1. Catalog + ILL to see what materials you have
2. Course reserves and supporting materials
3. Miscellaneous/experimental integrations with other services

Hope this is useful; I'd love to keep this conversation going, whether 
on list or off.


Cheers,


-Ian

On 03/23/2016 01:26 PM, Mark Weiler wrote:

I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library 
websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room 
reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject librarians.  
For faculty members, the site might present other information, such as how to 
put material on course reserves, deposit material into institutional 
repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?



Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD
Web & User Experience Librarian | Psychology Librarian
Laurier Library
Office: Waterloo campus Library, room 104
519.884.0710 x4296
mwei...@wlu.ca

  [cid:image001.png@01CF7E4C.6BD81010]
WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
75 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

https://library.wlu.ca

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Jason Bengtson]

I created an experimental web app to move in this direction when I was at
the TMC Library, although we didn't implement it. It was a modest start (it
kept track of links that had been used and offered them back up to the
user, with an algorithm built in to try and avoid the "click here" naming
problem). I decided to use web storage instead of an account model, since I
think people get tired of creating accounts . . . although if the account
could be tied into a single sign on solution it would probably be okay (due
to the nature of the TMC library we didn't have such a solution in place).
I presented on the topic at SCC/MLA last year and there was a lot of
interest. Eventually I'd like to allow people to "edit" the look of web
pages on the site and save their state.

Best regards,

*Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA*
Assistant Director, IT Services
K-State Libraries
414 Hale Library
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-7450
jbengt...@ksu.edu
www.jasonbengtson.com

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Mark Weiler  wrote:

> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library
> websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room
> reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject
> librarians.  For faculty members, the site might present other information,
> such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into
> institutional repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?
>
>
>
> Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD
> Web & User Experience Librarian | Psychology Librarian
> Laurier Library
> Office: Waterloo campus Library, room 104
> 519.884.0710 x4296
> mwei...@wlu.ca
>
>  [cid:image001.png@01CF7E4C.6BD81010]
> WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
> 75 University Ave. W.
> Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
>
> https://library.wlu.ca
>
>

[CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

[Mark Weiler]

I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic library 
websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, room 
reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject librarians.  
For faculty members, the site might present other information, such as how to 
put material on course reserves, deposit material into institutional 
repository, etc.   Has anyone looked into this, or tried it?



Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD
Web & User Experience Librarian | Psychology Librarian
Laurier Library
Office: Waterloo campus Library, room 104
519.884.0710 x4296
mwei...@wlu.ca

 [cid:image001.png@01CF7E4C.6BD81010]
WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
75 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

https://library.wlu.ca

Re: [CODE4LIB] bagit java version

[Scancella, John]

Terry,

Thanks for responding! There are libraries that already deal with making 
Tar(and other archive formats) files much better than bagit-java ever could 
simply because they have more resources to maintain and add new features.
After a quick search here are two that you could use
http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/tar.html
https://github.com/kamranzafar/jtar

Would it help to create an examples folder and show how you would create a tar 
yourself when using bagit-java?

Thanks

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Terry 
Brady
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 12:09 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] bagit java version

John,

I am glad to hear that the bagit library will be enhanced.

At Georgetown, I have integrated the the bagit java library into our 
FileAnalyzer application.  We use this application for a number of digitization 
related tasks.

https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki/Bagit-automation

Our real use case is to prepare bags for the APTrust preservation repository.

https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki/Bagit-automation-for-Academic-Preservation-Trust-(APTrust)

APTrust requires bags to be packaged as TAR files.  This code creates some 
APTrust tag files and then packages the bag as a tar file.  It would be useful 
to have a tar option built into the bagit library.

Since we have a number of applications that are already in Java, we will 
continue to work with the Java version of the library.

Terry

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Scancella, John  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am currently rewriting the library so that it better conforms to the 
> spec, and to make it easier to extend and use.  I was wondering if 
> people would be so kind as to provide any feedback on:
> * How they currently use the bagit-java library
> * Do you use the command line?
> * If so what is stopping you from using the python version instead?
> * Do you use the library in a java application?
> * If so what functionality do you use? What do you wish it did?
> * Trying out the latest version (you can see examples here 
> https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagit-java/blob/master/README.md#
> examples
> on how to use it)
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
> Please note, all opinions expressed in this email are my own.
>



--
Terry Brady
Applications Programmer Analyst
Georgetown University Library Information Technology 
https://www.library.georgetown.edu/lit/code
425-298-5498 (Seattle, WA)

Re: [CODE4LIB] bagit java version

[Terry Brady]

John,

I am glad to hear that the bagit library will be enhanced.

At Georgetown, I have integrated the the bagit java library into our
FileAnalyzer application.  We use this application for a number of
digitization related tasks.

https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki/Bagit-automation

Our real use case is to prepare bags for the APTrust preservation
repository.

https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki/Bagit-automation-for-Academic-Preservation-Trust-(APTrust)

APTrust requires bags to be packaged as TAR files.  This code creates some
APTrust tag files and then packages the bag as a tar file.  It would be
useful to have a tar option built into the bagit library.

Since we have a number of applications that are already in Java, we will
continue to work with the Java version of the library.

Terry

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Scancella, John  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am currently rewriting the library so that it better conforms to the
> spec, and to make it easier to extend and use.  I was wondering if people
> would be so kind as to provide any feedback on:
> * How they currently use the bagit-java library
> * Do you use the command line?
> * If so what is stopping you from using the python version instead?
> * Do you use the library in a java application?
> * If so what functionality do you use? What do you wish it did?
> * Trying out the latest version (you can see examples here
> https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagit-java/blob/master/README.md#examples
> on how to use it)
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
> Please note, all opinions expressed in this email are my own.
>



-- 
Terry Brady
Applications Programmer Analyst
Georgetown University Library Information Technology
https://www.library.georgetown.edu/lit/code
425-298-5498 (Seattle, WA)

Re: [CODE4LIB] ISO: State of the art in video annotation

[Andrew Gordon]

I would also be interested to hear the results of this, Stuart.

Not that it adds very much more to what everyone has already provided, but
I remember bookmarking this page from Annotations work at Harvard:
http://www.annotations.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k80243=icb.page466612

Seemed like a good primer, though it might not reflect the most current
work.

There was also this which I bookmarked around the same time:
https://code.google.com/archive/p/annotation-ontology/

Again, not too sure if these are all abandoned projects, but at least gives
a sense where things were at some point in the not too distant past.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 4:04 AM, Erwin Verbruggen <
everbrug...@beeldengeluid.nl> wrote:

> Hi Stuart, all,
>
> Very interested in the IIIF-developments as well. A colleague from the
> University of Amsterdam recently did a post on Digital Film Historiography
> <
>
> http://filmhistoryinthemaking.com/2016/03/16/update-digital-film-historiography-a-bibliography/
> >
> and when I asked about the tools in reference to this conversation replied:
>
> Anvil was used by Adelheid Heftberger in the Digital Formalism project in
> > Vienna with really good results. In addition, the French tool Lignes de
> > temps developed by IRI at the Pompidou center has been used by several
> film
> > scholars and in education on several levels for video annotation, (it
> also
> > exists in English) and I think it might be relevant/useful for the
> purposes
> > described though it is not web-based from what I can see:
> >
> > http://www.iri.centrepompidou.fr/outils/lignes-de-temps/
> >
> > Stuart, hope all this brings you somewhat further to your original goal -
> would be curious to hear the results of your quest.
>
> Kind regards,
> Erwin
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:31 AM, Tom Cramer  wrote:
>
> > Stuart,
> >
> > It may be useful to also cross-post this question to the IIIF-discuss
> list
> > [1]. There is a lot of interest in developing a IIIF-like approach to
> > presenting video via a common API, and one that lends itself to web-based
> > annotation. This would allow theoretically allow users to annotate videos
> > with their tool of choice, and to be able to reuse / export the
> annotations
> > to any other tool.
> >
> > I expect this will be a topic at the next IIIF meetings, in New York City
> > (May 10-13, 2016). [2]
> >
> > - Thomas
> >
> >
> > [1] iiif-disc...@googlegroups.com
> > [2] http://iiif.io/event/2016/newyork/
> >
> > On Mar 16, 2016, at 8:33 PM, Greg Lindahl  lind...@pbm.com>> wrote:
> >
> > This may or may not be relevant to the "annotation" that the original
> > poster had in mind, but the Internet Archive embedded video player
> > takes subtitles in the common SubRip .srt format, which is apparently
> > supported by many video players & subtitling programs.
> >
> > Instead of using this for closed captioning, you could use it for
> > annotations. Each video can have multiple .srt files, with the user
> > being able to pick which one is shown. I'm not 100% sure if our embed
> > code allows the embedder to choose one .srt to be shown by default,
> > that's where my knowledge ends.
> >
> > https://archive.org/help/video.php
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubRip
> >
> > -- greg
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 02:06:46PM +0100, Gregory Markus wrote:
> > Hi Stuart,
> >
> > A colleague of mine has just recently recommended Clipper (
> > http://blog.clippertube.com/index.php/clipper-prototype-3/) they're
> > currently experimenting with it in the EUscreenXL project.
> >
> > Might be worth checking out for you as well.
> >
> > Curious as to what others will suggest as well.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > greg
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:11 PM, Andrew Gordon  >
> > wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for sending out that document, Erwin.
> >
> > This is a really interesting topic and I feel like video annotation on
> the
> > web should be more of a thing.
> >
> > On top of what Erwin already provided (OVA looks particularly like A
> > project that might be good to look at for your needs) there are also:
> >
> > http://mith.us/OACVideoAnnotator/ - which is a proof of concept using
> the
> > open annotation specification (http://www.openannotation.org/). The
> > specification is format agnostic, intending annotatation of objects with
> > text, media, web resources etc. - the genius.com folks seem to be
> > involved.
> >
> > http://cowlog.org/ - pretty basic, but appears to get the job done and
> is
> > web based.
> >
> > There are scads of proprietary and open source desktop video
> > coding/annotating software that I will spare you the burden of going
> > through. Full disclosure, I work on a project whose sibling project is a
> > desktop video coding tool for psychology researchers.
> >
> > From my vantage point, video annotation software generally seems to be
> > developed around a specific set of user needs 

[CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Special Research Collections Cataloger / Metadata Librarian, UC Santa Barbara

[Chrissy Rissmeyer]

*** Apologies for cross posting ***

Special Research Collections Cataloger / Metadata Librarian

The University of California, Santa Barbara is one of ten campuses that
comprise the University of California system and is a member of the
exclusive Association of American Universities (AAU).  In addition, the
University Library at UC Santa Barbara is a member of the prestigious
Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services (CMS), the Special
Research Collections Cataloger / Metadata Librarian provides cataloging and
metadata services for the Library’s Special Research Collections in all
formats, including but not limited to born-digital contents, A/V materials
and its performing arts collection. The incumbent is responsible for
creating, reviewing, and editing metadata for collections, working with
colleagues to support the discovery of and access to the Library’s digital
content through metadata creation, analysis, enrichment, and maintenance
according to local and national cataloging and metadata standards. In
addition, the incumbent is responsible for original cataloging and
classification of the artists’ books in the Library and training of the
related individuals. Revises the work of the individuals responsible for
the copy cataloging of the Special Research Collections as required.
Actively participates in creating or modifying NACO authority records for
personal and corporate names and series, and SACO authority records as
appropriate. The incumbent is responsible for creating, and reviewing
metadata for Library-led digitization and data curation efforts in the area
of Special Research Collections. Participates in the development,
evaluation, and implementation of metadata policies, standards, goals,
procedures, and workflows in cooperation with necessary stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:
• ALA accredited MLS. Demonstrated knowledge and minimum two years
professional-level experience in original cataloging of born-digital
materials, special collection and media materials.
• Knowledge of AACR2, RDA, LCSH, LC Classification, DACS, DCRM(B) and MARC
21.
• Familiarity with two or more non-MARC metadata standards and schemas,
such as Dublin Core, EAD, VRACore, MODS, METS, TEI, and PBCore.
• Knowledge of trends in information access pertaining to libraries, and
cataloging librarianship.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, prioritizing work to
ensure that departmental and library goals are realized.
• Excellent organizational skills, proven problem solving ability, and
flexibility.
• Demonstrated initiative in fostering new ideas and in implementing change.
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred:
• Experience in the performing arts or working with performing arts
collections.
• Prior experience of original cataloging of artists’ books.
• Knowledge of one or more European languages.
• Experience with Archivists’ Toolkit or ArchivesSpaces and NACO, BIBCO or
other PCC programs.
• Prior supervisory experience.

SALARY AND BENEFITS
Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.  Librarians at the
University of California, Santa Barbara are professional academic
appointees who accrue vacation at the rate of two days per month and sick
leave at the rate of one day per month.  The University has an excellent
retirement system which is coordinated with Social Security.  A selection
of group health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans are offered by
the University.

The incumbent will be a member of the LX Collective Bargaining Unit
represented by the American Federation of Teachers.

TO APPLY:

• This position will remain open until filled; the next application review
date is April 15, 2016.
• Applications will be accepted online through UC Recruit:
https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00688.
• Help for UC Recruit is available at
https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/help/applicants.
• For additional assistance, contact Ryan George with Library Human
Resources at (805) 893-3841 or ryan.geo...@ucsb.edu.
• Appointment and/or continued employment is contingent on successful
completion of a background check.

The Library is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to
the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research,
teaching and service. The University of California is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,
disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected by law.

-- 
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Metadata Librarian
UC Santa Barbara Library
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
crissme...@ucsb.edu
805-893-4149

Re: [CODE4LIB] Preserving Digital Objects with Descriptive Metadata

[Brian Kennison]

>> 
>> How do others approach this problem? Are there recognized best practices to
>> adhere to?
>> 

I’m still trying to put the CDL model into practice. < 
https://confluence.ucop.edu/display/Curation/D-flat >
And Stanford has similar but different model < 
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8482 > 

—Brian

[CODE4LIB] bagit java version

[Scancella, John]

Hi All,

I am currently rewriting the library so that it better conforms to the spec, 
and to make it easier to extend and use.  I was wondering if people would be so 
kind as to provide any feedback on:
* How they currently use the bagit-java library
* Do you use the command line? 
* If so what is stopping you from using the python version instead?
* Do you use the library in a java application?
* If so what functionality do you use? What do you wish it did?
* Trying out the latest version (you can see examples here 
https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagit-java/blob/master/README.md#examples 
on how to use it) 

Thanks

John

Please note, all opinions expressed in this email are my own.

[CODE4LIB] NASIG Great Ideas Showcase and Snapshot Sessions - Call for Proposals

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

[Jason Bengtson]

I've added pretty extensive schema.org at a couple of the libraries I've
been at. I prefer to use JSON-LD. It was mainly for events, institutional
info and people. I was looking at doing the same for books in the catalog
at the TMC Library before I left. I doubt much of it is still in place; the
website for Bird Library at OU has gone through a number of iterations
since I left, although I see the technology manager has got some dublin
core in place. I had very extensive markup injected into the TMC Library's
website, however the library director and the development officer had some
rather strident objections to things that potentially included the markup,
so I removed it.

Best regards,

*Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA*
Assistant Director, IT Services
K-State Libraries
414 Hale Library
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-7450
jbengt...@ksu.edu
www.jasonbengtson.com

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Jason Ronallo  wrote:

> Charlie,
>
> Since you've been here we've also added schema.org data for events:
> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/event/red-white-black-walking-tour-4
>
> And for a long time we've used this for our special collections:
> http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/mc00240-001-ff0093-001-001_0010
> And for videos on a few sites:
>
> http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/computer-simulation/videos/donald-e-knuth-interviewed-by-richard-e-nance-knuth
>
> Looking at it again now it could use some cleanup to trigger better
> rich snippets, but in the past it had been improving what our search
> results looked like.
>
> Jason
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Charlie Morris 
> wrote:
> > I can remember putting schema.org markup around the location information
> > for lib.ncsu.edu, and it's still there, checkout the footer. One small
> > example anyway. I'm not sure that it's actually had any effects though -
> I
> > don't see it in search engine results though and it's been there for
> > probably 2+ years now.
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Jennifer DeJonghe <
> > jennifer.dejon...@metrostate.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm looking for examples of library web sites or university web sites
> that
> >> are using Structured Data / schema.org to mark up books, locations,
> >> events, etc, on their public web sites or blogs. I'm NOT really looking
> for
> >> huge linked data projects where large record sets are marked up, but
> more
> >> simple SEO practices for displaying rich snippets in search engine
> results.
> >>
> >> If you have examples of library or university websites doing this,
> please
> >> send me a link!
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Jennifer
> >>
> >> Jennifer DeJonghe
> >> Librarian and Professor
> >> Library and Information Services
> >> Metropolitan State University
> >> St. Paul, MN
> >>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

[Ethan Gruber]

We embed schema.org properties in RDFa within metadata for ETDs in our
Digital Library application, e.g.,
http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/money_and_power_in_the_viking_kingdom_of_york

I don't know exactly how Google's algorithms establish "authority," but the
ETDs in our system usually show up in the first few results in
Google--usually above academia.edu. Part of the reason is probably our use
of schema.org, but part of the reason is also because of the authority
Google's algorithms have put into content on numismatics.org.

We use RDFa throughout our digital applications, though not schema.org, but
with classes and properties more relevant to archives or coins. I think
that once the archival extension to schema.org is more formalized (Richard
Wallis is the driving force behind that discussion), we'll probably
implement that in our archives with EADitor (
https://github.com/ewg118/eaditor).

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Jason Ronallo  wrote:

> Charlie,
>
> Since you've been here we've also added schema.org data for events:
> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/event/red-white-black-walking-tour-4
>
> And for a long time we've used this for our special collections:
> http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/mc00240-001-ff0093-001-001_0010
> And for videos on a few sites:
>
> http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/computer-simulation/videos/donald-e-knuth-interviewed-by-richard-e-nance-knuth
>
> Looking at it again now it could use some cleanup to trigger better
> rich snippets, but in the past it had been improving what our search
> results looked like.
>
> Jason
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Charlie Morris 
> wrote:
> > I can remember putting schema.org markup around the location information
> > for lib.ncsu.edu, and it's still there, checkout the footer. One small
> > example anyway. I'm not sure that it's actually had any effects though -
> I
> > don't see it in search engine results though and it's been there for
> > probably 2+ years now.
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Jennifer DeJonghe <
> > jennifer.dejon...@metrostate.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm looking for examples of library web sites or university web sites
> that
> >> are using Structured Data / schema.org to mark up books, locations,
> >> events, etc, on their public web sites or blogs. I'm NOT really looking
> for
> >> huge linked data projects where large record sets are marked up, but
> more
> >> simple SEO practices for displaying rich snippets in search engine
> results.
> >>
> >> If you have examples of library or university websites doing this,
> please
> >> send me a link!
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Jennifer
> >>
> >> Jennifer DeJonghe
> >> Librarian and Professor
> >> Library and Information Services
> >> Metropolitan State University
> >> St. Paul, MN
> >>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

[Jason Ronallo]

Charlie,

Since you've been here we've also added schema.org data for events:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/event/red-white-black-walking-tour-4

And for a long time we've used this for our special collections:
http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/mc00240-001-ff0093-001-001_0010
And for videos on a few sites:
http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/computer-simulation/videos/donald-e-knuth-interviewed-by-richard-e-nance-knuth

Looking at it again now it could use some cleanup to trigger better
rich snippets, but in the past it had been improving what our search
results looked like.

Jason

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Charlie Morris  wrote:
> I can remember putting schema.org markup around the location information
> for lib.ncsu.edu, and it's still there, checkout the footer. One small
> example anyway. I'm not sure that it's actually had any effects though - I
> don't see it in search engine results though and it's been there for
> probably 2+ years now.
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Jennifer DeJonghe <
> jennifer.dejon...@metrostate.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm looking for examples of library web sites or university web sites that
>> are using Structured Data / schema.org to mark up books, locations,
>> events, etc, on their public web sites or blogs. I'm NOT really looking for
>> huge linked data projects where large record sets are marked up, but more
>> simple SEO practices for displaying rich snippets in search engine results.
>>
>> If you have examples of library or university websites doing this, please
>> send me a link!
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Jennifer
>>
>> Jennifer DeJonghe
>> Librarian and Professor
>> Library and Information Services
>> Metropolitan State University
>> St. Paul, MN
>>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

[Charlie Morris]

I can remember putting schema.org markup around the location information
for lib.ncsu.edu, and it's still there, checkout the footer. One small
example anyway. I'm not sure that it's actually had any effects though - I
don't see it in search engine results though and it's been there for
probably 2+ years now.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Jennifer DeJonghe <
jennifer.dejon...@metrostate.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for examples of library web sites or university web sites that
> are using Structured Data / schema.org to mark up books, locations,
> events, etc, on their public web sites or blogs. I'm NOT really looking for
> huge linked data projects where large record sets are marked up, but more
> simple SEO practices for displaying rich snippets in search engine results.
>
> If you have examples of library or university websites doing this, please
> send me a link!
>
> Thank you,
> Jennifer
>
> Jennifer DeJonghe
> Librarian and Professor
> Library and Information Services
> Metropolitan State University
> St. Paul, MN
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

[Natalie Pollecutt]

Hello,

Wellcome Library is doing this with our material. See 
http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b18035978 . In the markup there is a section of 
json-ld. Adding markup like this to our material was part of a "quick wins" 
linked data project from 2015-16.

Thanks,

Natalie


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