[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2017 Conference, Chattanooga Winner

2016-03-30 Thread David Uspal
Code4Lib, Please join the Code4Lib 2016 LPC in congratulating the Chattanooga proposal team in officially winning the 2017 Code4Lib Conference bid! (You can see the winning bid here: http://lab.lib.utc.edu/c4l-cha/) If you're institution is looking to help the 2017 committee, the

[CODE4LIB] Drupal 8 Library Extensions

2016-03-15 Thread David Uspal
Code4Lib, We're in the process of evaluating Drupal 8 as our main site CMS (we're on Concrete5 v6 so migrating to v7 is a large effort, which makes this a good time to evaluate alternatives). As such, I'm trying to compile a list of the most used Drupal extensions designed for libraries

[CODE4LIB] Request: Financial Roadmap for a Code4Lib 2016 Proposal

2014-10-28 Thread David Uspal
Code4Lib, I know it's a bit early in the conference cycle and we're still focused on the 2015 conference, but the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic branch has been bandying about the idea of Philadelphia hosting the 2016 conference. As such, we're putting together a financial roadmap over the next few

[CODE4LIB] Final Week to Submit Proposals for Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic 2013

2013-09-23 Thread David Uspal
Code4Lib, As a reminder, this week is the final week to submit proposals for Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic 2013, to be held at Falvey Library, Villanova University on October 16th, 2013. If you're interested, get your proposals in ASAP here:

[CODE4LIB] C4LMA October Formal Meetup Registration Now Open

2013-09-03 Thread David Uspal
, and in the afternoon Demian Katz and David Uspal, Tech Developers at Falvey Library will be doing a workshop entitled Programming 001, designed to teach non-technical people the basics of programming and to help understand technology terminology. If you haven't already signed up for this year's

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group

2012-11-08 Thread David Uspal
the conference a few weeks back. --Mark On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:44 AM, David Uspal david.us...@villanova.edu wrote: All, Thanks to everyone who made the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic kick-off meeting a success! To keep the ball rolling, I've set up a temporary home base at Google Groups so we can

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group

2012-11-08 Thread David Uspal
@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group David, When I access this group I get a you cannot view topics in this forum message. Thanks once again for hosting the conference a few weeks back. --Mark On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:44 AM, David Uspal david.us

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group

2012-10-24 Thread David Uspal
All, Thanks to everyone who made the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic kick-off meeting a success! To keep the ball rolling, I've set up a temporary home base at Google Groups so we can talk about local issues (our next informal meetup, listservs, etc) without flooding inboxes. You can join the

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic -- Still Room for Presentations

2012-09-17 Thread David Uspal
All, I'm currently putting together the schedule for the October 17th Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic kickoff meeting (http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Code4lib_Mid-Atlantic) and have a few slots left for presentations. If you'll be in the Philadelphia/Tri-State area on October 17th and have a

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Reminder

2012-08-21 Thread David Uspal
(Apologies for cross posting) Code4Libbers, October 17th is approaching quickly, so I thought I'd send out a reminder about the upcoming Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic conference. As well, for those interested in doing a presentation, the conference proposal deadline is THIS FRIDAY, August 26th.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Wikis

2012-07-26 Thread David Uspal
I'm having issues with my edits not looking right on the page. Did you cut and paste from a Word document into the WYSIWYG editor? Yes. Bingo. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:22 AM

Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars

2012-07-12 Thread David Uspal
No Opera? -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brig C McCoy Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:28 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars Hi... This is from the last six weeks from one of my public-facing

Re: [CODE4LIB] Storing lat / long

2012-06-28 Thread David Uspal
From the DoD interface standard (relevant part printed below). Values can be stored in the following formats: BCS-N (+/-)dd.ddd(+/-)ddd.ddd or ddmmssXdddmmssY or zzBJKen or zzeennn Description: The format ddmmssX represents degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude with X = N

[CODE4LIB] Announcing Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic

2012-06-12 Thread David Uspal
Code4Libbers, A few months ago, we kicked around the idea of forming a Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic (aka the Philadelphia and greater Tri-State area) group and conference, and we got an overwhelmingly positive reaction to the idea. Therefore, it's my pleasure to announce the formation of the

[CODE4LIB] Matching Print ISSNs to Electronic ISSNs.

2012-05-04 Thread David Uspal
All, I've hit a bit of a problem recently and I'm hoping someone on the list has seen this themselves and can offer advice/assistance. I'm attempting to generate usage reports for the electronic materials in our library. To do this, we generate two separate tables, then need to merge

Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching Print ISSNs to Electronic ISSNs.

2012-05-04 Thread David Uspal
is the ISSN of the Electronic serial. Winston Harris DBA, Chief Software Analyst Library Information Technology University of Florida PO Box 117006, Gainesville, FL 32611 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of David Uspal Sent: Friday, May 04

Re: [CODE4LIB] old stuff

2012-03-27 Thread David Uspal
Al, I'm not an archivist by trade, but I had some thoughts on the subject, (and the person who sits behind me is, so I bounced my ideas off her to make sure I'm not talking inanities). Anyway, here goes: I think when people look into archiving/storing digital media, they look at it as

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread David Uspal
Erik, We did a study a few months ago to evaluate the Amazon EC2 as an alternative host to both physical and virtual server spaces managed in house. Won't go into too much detail on it (unless people are interested), but our benchmark tests showed the performance of the EC2 consistently

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic conference (Philadelphia, PA)

2012-02-02 Thread David Uspal
: david.us...@villanova.edu -Original Message- From: David Uspal Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:29 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic conference (Philadelphia, PA) Code4Libbers, During discussions for upcoming conferences here at Villanova University

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic conference (Philadelphia, PA)

2012-01-26 Thread David Uspal
Code4Libbers, During discussions for upcoming conferences here at Villanova University the ideas was proposed for holding a regional Code4Lib in the Philadelphia area (working name: Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic). The ideas would be to hold the conference here at Falvey Library at Villanova

Re: [CODE4LIB] Pander Bear goes to Seattle (humor)

2011-12-05 Thread David Uspal
MichaelDoran++ -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Doran, Michael D Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 5:00 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Pander Bear goes to Seattle (humor) [cid:image001.png@01CCB365.D6B867E0]

Re: [CODE4LIB] Voting is open for code4lib 2012 presentations.

2011-11-22 Thread David Uspal
FYI I've been getting Internal Server Errors all day. Switched browsers, same issue. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Keays Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB]

Re: [CODE4LIB] Voting is open for code4lib 2012 presentations.

2011-11-22 Thread David Uspal
Of course, literally two seconds after sending my last email, my vote finally goes through... -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Keays Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC Seal of Approval

2011-11-18 Thread David Uspal
Can the OCLC Seal of Approval be given the official OCLC Seal of Approval, or would that do bad things to the space-time continuum? -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt McCollow Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 11:56 AM To:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Hotel registration - This was a test, right?

2011-11-16 Thread David Uspal
I was just there and I didn't have a problem with the checkbox (I was able to uncheck it without a problem). It's possible that they just really, really want you specifically on their mailing list David K. Uspal Technology Development Specialist Falvey Memorial Library Phone:

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest

2011-11-08 Thread David Uspal
I'm also interested, though it's a tough choice between this and the Git session... David K. Uspal Technology Development Specialist Falvey Memorial Library Phone: 610-519-8954 Email: david.us...@villanova.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2012 preconference proposals wanted!

2011-09-23 Thread David Uspal
Throwing my 2c in, as a heavy SVN user who only uses Git on rare occasion, I'd definitely like to see this as a preconference topic. David K. Uspal Technology Development Specialist Falvey Memorial Library Phone: 610-519-8954 Email: david.us...@villanova.edu -Original Message- From:

[CODE4LIB] Last Call for Proposals, VuStuff II (October 12th, Villanova University)

2011-09-12 Thread David Uspal
Apologies for possible cross-posting: Last call for proposals for VuStuff II, taking place Wednesday, October 12th at Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University. We've had a great response so far, with some very interesting and exciting presentations on schedule, and we've recently been

Re: [CODE4LIB] iPads as Kiosks

2011-08-23 Thread David Uspal
Then again, by selecting the iPad you're essentially tethered to Apple's iron grip of the iWorld via its iTunes vetting process and strict control of Apple hardware. YMMV on this depending on what you're doing, but it should definitely be a consideration when choosing between Android tablets

Re: [CODE4LIB] iPads as Kiosks

2011-08-23 Thread David Uspal
@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] iPads as Kiosks They now have an enterprise app deployment mechanism. http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/enterprise/ On 2011-08-23, at 12:54 PM, David Uspal wrote: Then again, by selecting the iPad you're essentially tethered to Apple's iron grip of the iWorld

Re: [CODE4LIB] iPads as Kiosks

2011-08-23 Thread David Uspal
outside of your org. On 2011-08-23, at 1:47 PM, David Uspal wrote: When I did my iPhone work, it was back in 2009 before this document even existed, so it's good they've come some distance on this issue since then. Still, the document below doesn't break the dependency on the iTunes store

Re: [CODE4LIB] Advice on a class

2011-07-26 Thread David Uspal
Quick side note -- there are still job opportunities for C developers as C seems to still be the language of choice in the microprocessor/microdevice world (think gas pumps, vending machines, coffee pots, etc). So, while job opportunities in the library world for C programmers may be limited,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Randy Fischer....................................VACATION MISFORTUNE

2011-06-20 Thread David Uspal
$1650.00 in unsecured short term loans to a foreigner. That's one hell of a beer tab. Let me know where you accrued this, as I want to hang out there too -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of K.G. Schneider Sent: Saturday, June