Re: [CODE4LIB] How do you request digital format for a pdf interlibrary loan journal article where a digital format is available for the article?...

2011-05-09 Thread Mark Sullivan
Actually, licenses with the vendor for the electronic journal generally determine if you can use it for ILL. This is in addition to Copyright restrictions that apply for articles in any format. Copyright may allow it, through Fair Use or paying CCC fees, but if the license does not, then you

Re: [CODE4LIB] If you were starting over, what would you learn and how would you do it?

2011-05-09 Thread Ceci Land
Thank you, thank you everyone! Your advice has been really helpful. The pep talk will help me get through this period that feels like the equivalent of practicing your scales (ugh) when you're first learning music. I want to play real music, write my own songs, but I still have more drills

[CODE4LIB] Version control and local changes

2011-05-09 Thread Yitzchak Schaffer
Hello all, We primarily use Mercurial for version control, having migrated from SVN over the past year or so. I am currently trying to figure out the best way to version local (production) changes to controlled libraries. I'm still trying to understand the different branching possibilities of

Re: [CODE4LIB] If you were starting over, what would you learn and how would you do it?

2011-05-09 Thread Cary Gordon
I would take yoga, because, in my experience, the most useful job skill you can have is flexibility. Every technology has a finite lifespan, but unfortunately like our own lifespan, its term is usually impossible to forecast with accuracy. For that reason, I would suggest that you try to take

Re: [CODE4LIB] Version control and local changes

2011-05-09 Thread Gabriel Farrell
The great thing about any DVCS is how easy it is to clone repos, then push and pull between any two clones. Most of the projects I work on are on github (a couple still in hg on googlecode), so that's the public repo. I have a live clone of the public repo, but between the two I have staging

Re: [CODE4LIB] If you were starting over, what would you learn and how would you do it?

2011-05-09 Thread Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress
Along the lines of oh, you meant THIS profession Rotational vs. linear mechanics. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Nate Vack Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 4:47 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] If

Re: [CODE4LIB] If you were starting over, what would you learn and how would you do it?

2011-05-09 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
But having actual users is a really different mode of working: you have to figure out what the problem is (often the hardest part of a project) and if your solution actually solves the problem or not. -Esme Seconding Esme and several others. Technology work supports human endeavor.

Re: [CODE4LIB] If you were starting over, what would you learn and how would you do it?

2011-05-09 Thread Ceci Land
This isn't the list for psychic PHP ninjas and crocodile wranglers? Dang. My bad. ;-) Ceci Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress 05/09/11 4:11 PM Along the lines of oh, you meant THIS profession Rotational vs. linear mechanics. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries

[CODE4LIB] json4lib / API for Calisphere

2011-05-09 Thread Brian Tingle
I've started work on a project that I'm envisioning partly as sort of a JSON profile of METS optimized for access. I've implemented this JSON format for search results in calisphere by adding an rmode=json to the calisphere/oac branch of xtf. Here is some documentation about it