Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread MJ Ray
Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu I suggest there is a set time period to submit objections as GitHub issues and resolve them before we vote. Whatever issues can't get resolved end up in a branch/fork. In the end, we vote on each of the forks, or no policy at all. Does that sound

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone have a SUSHI client?

2013-01-25 Thread Tom Keays
I've been looking briefly at sushi.py, as a way to orient myself to collecting stats this way. I'm not intending to single out sushi.py, but looking at it (mainly the data structure at this point, and not the code itself), raises some questions about the best approach for collecting SUSHI data.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Michael B. Klein
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu wrote: But deciding to situations in context without a set of guidelines is simply another kind of policy. In other words, You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Gary McGath
I haven't been following the discussion slowly till someone proposed violence as a response to unspecified harassment. Now I'm worried. The policy which Ian quotes is based on the idea that no one must be offended, which is a deadly opposite to academic freedom and open discussion. What is

[CODE4LIB] Job Posting: PROJECT MANAGER PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM

2013-01-25 Thread Habing, Thomas Gerald
PROJECT MANAGER PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM Visiting Academic Professional (2 year grant position) University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign Position Available: This position is available as soon as possible. This is a 100% time, two year visiting Academic Professional

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Cary Gordon
By my chart, we are now officially sinking into the slough of semantic despond. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Gary McGath develo...@mcgath.com wrote: I haven't been following the discussion slowly till someone proposed violence as a response to unspecified harassment. Now I'm worried. The

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Becky Yoose
You know folks... ...when it gets to the point where no one recognized that Ranti's comment about beating up someone might be an exaggeration - an attempt a humor, if you will - to ask a real question (who do I report to if I'm being harassed at the conference)... and ... if you had to explain

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Matt McCollow
I think there's also both an implied targeting of a person, and repetitiveness or persistence with the word harassment that's not at all captured in that definition. The definition Ian quoted is so broad I think most contemporary network sitcoms would qualify as harassment. Matt McCollow

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Ross Singer
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[CODE4LIB] Job: Research Computing Advisor at University of St Andrews

2013-01-25 Thread jobs
IT Services (University of St Andrews) is looking for a highly motivated individual with a strong interest in e-Research to join the Research Computing Team as Research Computing Advisor. The Team currently consists of two staff and several volunteers. It forms part of the Service Delivery Group

[CODE4LIB] Job: Applications Developer (Research Computing) at University of St Andrews

2013-01-25 Thread jobs
IT Services (UNiversity of St Andrews) is looking for a highly motivated individual with a strong interest in e-Research to join the Research Computing Team as Applications Developer (Research Computing). The Team currently consists of two staff and several volunteers. It forms part of the Service

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Karen Coyle
On 1/24/13 3:09 PM, Shaun Ellis wrote: To be clear, I am only uncomfortable with uncomfortable being used in the policy because I wouldn't support it being there. Differing opinions can make people uncomfortable. Since I am not going to stop sharing what may be a dissenting opinion, should

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Jason Griffey
Karen, as is her habit, speaks great wisdom. Jason On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: On 1/24/13 3:09 PM, Shaun Ellis wrote: To be clear, I am only uncomfortable with uncomfortable being used in the policy because I wouldn't support it being there.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
The best way, in my mind, is to somehow create a culture where someone can say: you know, I'm not ok with that kind of remark and the person spoken to can respond OK, I'll think about that. I think that's a really good to try to create, Karen says it just right. Note that OK, I'll think

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Ian Walls
+1 Perhaps, instead of a policy document (which is inherently rules-based), we have a statement of belief and a pledge to stand by it (which is more of a good-faith social contract). Those of us who believe in it could sign it in some way, perhaps through GitHub This way we'd still have a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-25 Thread Jason Stirnaman
Ian +1 I like that direction and I'll sign it. I think it would be good to offer an occasional reminder in C4L channels (e.g. link in the IRC greeting, mail list signup, etc.) that this is the sort of *community* you're entering and here's what you should expect. Jason Jason Stirnaman

Re: [CODE4LIB] Introduction

2013-01-25 Thread Francis Kayiwa
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:13:18PM -0600, Cornel Darden Jr. wrote: Hello, Sorry for being rude. I asked a question without first introducing myself. My name is Cornel Darden Jr. I work for the City Colleges of Chicago as a Librarian. I just recently joined the listserv and may even attend

[CODE4LIB] Job: Junior Fellows at Library of Congress

2013-01-25 Thread jobs
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and the world's largest library, with more than 151 million items in its physical collections (including books, manuscripts, prints, photos, film, video, and sound recordings) and more than 19 million items online at its

[CODE4LIB] Last day to cancel with Full Refund

2013-01-25 Thread Francis Kayiwa
For those who missed/ignored `the fine print` today is the last day you can cancel and receive a full refund for the Code4lib conference. After today we will be unable to refund your registration fees. In my last email on this matter I suggested that we will accomodate people after today. Yeah!

[CODE4LIB] Drupal Libraries Sub-con Barcamp Code4LibCon PreCon

2013-01-25 Thread Cary Gordon
If you can get by the title, this is going to be an all day event for the Drupal library community. registered Code4LibCon attendees can attend for free, and folks from the Chicagoland Library community pay only a nominal $10 fee. Uber-Drupaler and core architect, Larry Garfield will join us in

[CODE4LIB] Last week to register for Code4lib 2013

2013-01-25 Thread Francis Kayiwa
Registration for 2013's Code4lib Conference will close on Thursday January 31st. The URI for the registration is http://www.regeonline.com/code4lib2013 Hotel Registration is http://goo.gl/z7wnD and the program can be found here. http://lanyrd.com/2013/c4l13/ regards, ./fxk -- Andrea:

[CODE4LIB] Job: Consulting Systems Engineer at OCLC

2013-01-25 Thread jobs
Consistently named one of IDG's Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT, OCLC is a nonprofit library service and research organization that has provided computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing, eContent, preservation, library management and Web services to 74,000 libraries in

[CODE4LIB] Job: Consulting Systems Engineer (Security) at OCLC

2013-01-25 Thread jobs
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[CODE4LIB] Job: Director, Systems Engineering at OCLC

2013-01-25 Thread jobs
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. Tens of thousands of libraries around the world use OCLC

[CODE4LIB] Bootstrap

2013-01-25 Thread Lin, Kun
Hi Everyone, Has anyone try to use Bootstrap for web develop before? How is the framework? Does it works well? Thanks Kun Lin

[CODE4LIB] Job: Technical Writer at Wikimedia Foundation

2013-01-25 Thread jobs
**Background Information and Statement of Purpose** The Editor Engagement program run by the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) Tech Department is developing new features and running experiments to increase the volume and quality of participation in Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. As part

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bootstrap

2013-01-25 Thread Dhanushka Samarakoon
You mean Twitter Bootstrap? If so I have used it in few projects and it gets the job done. Nice and clean. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Lin, Kun l...@cua.edu wrote: Hi Everyone, Has anyone try to use Bootstrap for web develop before? How is the framework? Does it works well? Thanks Kun

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bootstrap

2013-01-25 Thread Cary Gordon
We are using it as the base of a Drupal theme. It is growing on us. Cary On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Dhanushka Samarakoon dhan...@gmail.com wrote: You mean Twitter Bootstrap? If so I have used it in few projects and it gets the job done. Nice and clean. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:59 PM,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bootstrap

2013-01-25 Thread Ron Gilmour
I used Twitter Bootstrap for the development of the Ithaca College Library website http://ithacalibrary.com. It has a lot of great features and is pretty easy to modify. At the risk of shameless self-promotion, I'll mention that I'm giving a talk on the process of responsive web development at

Re: [CODE4LIB] Drupal Libraries Sub-con Barcamp Code4LibCon PreCon

2013-01-25 Thread Cary Gordon
Sorry for assuming that everyone knows the code4lib precon particulars. The date is Monday, February 11th and the time, while not officially set, will be 9 AM - 5 (ish) PM. We will break for lunch. Thanks, Cary On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: If you

Re: [CODE4LIB] Groupon: $9 for 3-Day CTA Pass

2013-01-25 Thread Carmen
FWIW, our passes showed up in San Diego today. Plenty of time to spare! Carmen On Jan 16, 2013, at 8:31 AM, Bill Dueber b...@dueber.com wrote: I guess it depends on when you're leaving, but by my numbers it's more than three weeks until the conference... On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:22