Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

2015-12-14 Thread Richard Wallis
@Sara: You can lookup using OCLCNumber based and ISBN based URIs. Note I am not using the word ’search’. You are not searching an index for references to a number string, you asking for a description of the thing with identifier ‘ http://worldcat.org/oclc/##’. May seem a little pedantic,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib 2016 Registration is Closed

2015-12-14 Thread Tania Fersenheim
I thought, briefly, that we had crashed the hotel registration site but it bounced back quickly. On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Matt Sherman wrote: > We have round 2 to try and break it. > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Becky Yoose wrote: >

Re: [CODE4LIB] Designers Dislike RFPs RE: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Library Website Design RFP?

2015-12-14 Thread todd.d.robb...@gmail.com
Michael++ On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Michael Schofield wrote: > Hi Dani, > > I see a lot of RFPs and while there's nothing all that weird (I guess) > about sharing list-wide, I am going to attach a recent and par-for-course > RFP individually, off list. Most folks

[CODE4LIB] Wikipedia Library #1Lib1Ref campaign, call for participants

2015-12-14 Thread Jake Orlowitz
Hello from Jake and Alex at The Wikipedia Library! Wikipedia is celebrating its 15th birthday this January 15th. We want to invite you to help us make it a big splash with a week-long, global campaign to engage our peers in the research, library, and cultural sectors all over the world. We’re

[CODE4LIB] NASIG 2016 Grants, Awards and Scholarships

2015-12-14 Thread publicist
NASIG is pleased to announce the beginning of the application cycle for its 2016 grants, awards, and scholarships to be awarded at the 31st Annual Conference being held in Albuquerque, NM, June 9-12,2016. The application deadline is January 29, 2016. Please visit http://bit.ly/1Osyj90 for full

[CODE4LIB] LITA Kilgour Research Award - Nomination Deadline 12/31/2015

2015-12-14 Thread Kim, Bohyun
*Apologies for the cross-posting* Nominations sought for prestigious Kilgour Research Award http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/10/nominations-sought-prestigious-kilgour-research-award The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library