Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

2014-10-08 Thread Ross Singer
I guess there’s “what do you mean by ‘C4L'” and “what do you mean by ‘standards’” that need to be clarified here. Cary is right, this list/community/whatever is definitely well represented by people who sit on formal standards committees or are involved in the organizations that create them,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

2014-10-08 Thread Riley Childs
I like c4l because there are limited standards... Just sayin' Riley Childs Senior Charlotte United Christian Academy Library Services Administrator IT Services (704) 497-2086 rileychilds.net @rowdychildren From: Chris Fitzpatrickmailto:chrisfitz...@gmail.com Sent:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

2014-10-08 Thread Chris Fitzpatrick
Oh I definitely agree. Some of my best friends are narcissists, so I get it. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.com wrote: I like c4l because there are limited standards... Just sayin' Riley Childs Senior Charlotte United Christian Academy Library Services

Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

2014-10-08 Thread Andrew Anderson
On Oct 8, 2014, at 4:54, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com wrote: We’re generally in need of a spec, not a standard, I’ve found (although they’re definitely not mutually exclusive!). The wonderful thing about standards, is that there are so many to choose from. -- Andrew Anderson, Director

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Metadata Librarian at University of Cincinnati

2014-10-08 Thread jobs
Digital Metadata Librarian University of Cincinnati Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Digital Metadata Librarian, a tenure-track, 12 month Faculty Appointment. The change in UCL from a project-based mode to a comprehensive

Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC ­ how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

2014-10-08 Thread Owen, Will
Andrew Pace always used to say We have only two standards: Sub-standard and Non-standard. On 10/8/14 8:57 AM, Andrew Anderson and...@lirn.net wrote: On Oct 8, 2014, at 4:54, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com wrote: We¹re generally in need of a spec, not a standard, I¹ve found (although

[CODE4LIB] Ex Libris Northeast Users Group 2014 - Registration Continues!

2014-10-08 Thread Schwartz, Raymond
Ex Libris Northeast Users Group (ENUG) 2014 Meeting in Tom's River NJ There will be a special Alma session given by Ex Libris! Registration is open for the Ex Libris Northeast Users Group (ENUG ) conference on October 23 - 24th, 2014.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

2014-10-08 Thread Nettie Lagace
hi Christina, I am your friendly neighborhood standards person at NISO. There are also several people who are active in NISO who are also active in Code4Lib, and we are always looking for more! I read Code4Lib when I can and attend the conference when I can (sad to say that my proposals are

[CODE4LIB] No really, this part is about RFID stuffs

2014-10-08 Thread Salazar, Christina
I'm not an RFID expert by a long shot, but we do use it here at CSU Channel Islands and I had to learn a lot about it quickly because all our stuff broke and I had to fix it. In that process, I had heard that while RFID's great for public libraries (where they're circulating enough that staff

Re: [CODE4LIB] No really, this part is about RFID stuffs

2014-10-08 Thread Jonathan LeBreton
Christina, I'd be very interested if you could turn me onto the academic libraries that had RFID and have backed away or are backing away from it and returning to EM for security. perhaps you could send me institutions names directly, off list, and turn me onto that listserv... I am

[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Librarian at San Jose Public Library

2014-10-08 Thread jobs
Web Librarian San Jose Public Library San Jose The salary range for the Librarian I classification is $60,507.20 to $73,548.80 annually. The salary range for the Librarian II classification is $64,729.60 to $78,728.00 annually. **About the Library** San Jose Public Library (SJPL)

[CODE4LIB] Nominations sought for prestigious research award

2014-10-08 Thread Zhang, Tao
Nominations are invited for the 2015 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, sponsored byOCLC, Inchttp://www.oclc.org/en-US/home.html. and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)http://www.lita.org/, a division of the American Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] No really, this part is about RFID stuffs

2014-10-08 Thread Cornel Darden Jr.
Hello, I like your points Mr. LeBreton, many libraries adopted early technology that came with issues of breakage. Also, public libraries are much more successful because of the short lifespan of many of their books. The RFID journal is an excellent source for information and I believe that

Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

2014-10-08 Thread Cary Gordon
I am sorry, I should not have said asserted, as I did, that BISG sees libraries as competition and will not do anything to help them. Its the publishers who control BISG who would, in my opinion, not shed a tear were the last public library to close its doors. Your mileage may differ. Cary On