Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

2015-01-06 Thread Cindi Blyberg
: There's a different dues schedule for librarians (-slash-certification required-slash-managerial) and support staff, so along that dimension it presumably gets tracked, at the very least. On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com wrote: Honestly, I don't know if ALA

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

2015-01-06 Thread Cindi Blyberg
Honestly, I don't know if ALA tracks whether people have an MLS/related degree or if that's self-selected. I know folks who call themselves librarians but who aren't degreed--those would be self-selected. I'll see if we can find this out--I'm curious! -Cindi (wearing my LITA hat) On Tue, Jan

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

2015-01-05 Thread Cindi Blyberg
You can see the Executive Director's membership reports on ALA Connect: Annual 2014 - http://connect.ala.org/node/225631 (pdf) Midwinter 2014 - http://connect.ala.org/node/216881 (pdf) Annual 2013 - http://connect.ala.org/node/208000 (.docx) Midwinter 2013 - http://connect.ala.org/node/197812

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

2015-01-05 Thread Cindi Blyberg
them through LITA. (okay maybe that was my Board hat too. I can wear two hats at once! I am like Hydra. Well. Not Project Hydra. Or Hail Hydra. SO YOU HOPE.) On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com wrote: You can see the Executive Director's membership reports

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

2014-10-02 Thread Cindi Blyberg
LITA to be a part of an interest group on this subject? I will renew my membership in LITA if that is the best route to take. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cindi Blyberg Sent: Tuesday, September 30

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

2014-09-30 Thread Cindi Blyberg
*puts on LITA hat* There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here. Publications: There is a series of books called LITA Guides. Great way to get the word out widely, but a static format. http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita There are also Library Technology

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

2014-09-30 Thread Cindi Blyberg
://www.ala.org/lita/about/igs On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com wrote: *puts on LITA hat* There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here. Publications: There is a series of books called LITA Guides. Great way to get the word out widely, but a static

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-26 Thread Cindi Blyberg
. :) Thanks! -Cindi :) On 2014-09-25 23:48, Cindi Blyberg wrote: OK, one more tidbit on this. I was chatting with Slaven, our CEO, and told him of the chatter on the list and the idea of a community-developed, curated set of plug-ins, along with templates, themes, etc., and he's totally excited

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-25 Thread Cindi Blyberg
Jesse reminds me that I meant to point out that there is a Paste from Word button in the RTE that will strip out all that microsoft nonsense. Not quite what you were asking for (suppressing tags from the RTE--I passed that suggestion on to the devs) but it's what we refer people to who break their

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-25 Thread Cindi Blyberg
group. *back to lurking* On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com wrote: Jesse reminds me that I meant to point out that there is a Paste from Word button in the RTE that will strip out all that microsoft nonsense. Not quite what you were asking for (suppressing tags

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-25 Thread Cindi Blyberg
how widely LibGuides is implemented. Does anyone else find this stuff interesting? Alex On 09/25/2014 05:48 PM, Cindi Blyberg wrote: One more great guide to share - a literary journal from a k12 in Australia: http://home2.scotch.wa.edu.au/theraven_winter2014 For you LG admins out

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-25 Thread Cindi Blyberg
, and want to make these things happen. -cb On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Alex, That's a great question! I would surmise that a plug-in system and other advanced tech features don't exist yet for a couple of reasons. First, we're a small

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-24 Thread Cindi Blyberg
Hey all, a few comments from the Springys. :) Thanks for this amazing feedback on the tools that you need to make your jobs easier. We are discussing internally and plan to come up with and add viable solutions to the roadmap for v2--some of them will be CMS-only, be aware, when they involve

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-24 Thread Cindi Blyberg
*takes off Springy hat for a minute* At my FPOW (Eastern KY U), we had a LibGuides group (a sub-group of the UX group) that wrote up a set of standards that was adopted by the library administration. The group also created and curated a style guide for authors to use (including reusable

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-24 Thread Cindi Blyberg
features I think are making the difference between using LG as the primary website and using LG as the secondary website. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cindi Blyberg Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:47

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-17 Thread Cindi Blyberg
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Michael Schofield mschofi...@nova.edu wrote: Q1. How complicated is it to change all 3 column guides to a single-column left/right-nav layout? A little. You can force the entire group [or all groups] to use a single template, which is a huge time saver,

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-17 Thread Cindi Blyberg
pages using the V1 platform, or waiting until some future date which, very soon, will mean abandoning this project till next summer. If we go the former route, it would also be great to know how long V1 will be supported. Thanks On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Cindi Blyberg cindi...@gmail.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-16 Thread Cindi Blyberg
Hey everyone! Just wanted to de-lurk and answer a couple of questions here. :) Templates are customizable, and those customizations apply to the entire page, not just to the content area, although Will's right that with regular LibGuides the entire system and all the guides have a single look