Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool

2015-07-01 Thread Ron Gilmour
to use a solution backed by Google Calendar, but that got all weird when we started staying open overnight. Let me know if you'd like more info. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anybody using pinboard?

2014-11-20 Thread Ron Gilmour
=birdslabel=Bird%20Materials%20at%20IC%20Librarynotes=yes. Librarians can also use the pinboard RSS to embed stuff in their subject guides. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:34 AM, davesgonechina davesgonech...@gmail.com wrote: I like

Re: [CODE4LIB] Online site feedback or usability surveys?

2014-06-02 Thread Ron Gilmour
-up again. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Josh Wilson joshwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone implemented an online feedback or usability form that you'd consider successful? Successful as in, generated at least some minimally

Re: [CODE4LIB] A ticketing system for internal troubleshooting purpose

2014-03-24 Thread Ron Gilmour
We've been using osTicket for a couple months now. Very configurable, but documentation isn't so great. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Jenny Jing jenny.j...@queensu.ca wrote: Hi, All: We are in the process of replacing our

Re: [CODE4LIB] problem in old etd xml files

2013-12-09 Thread Ron Gilmour
your DTD and others are related to HTML validity. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Robertson, Wendy C wendy-robert...@uiowa.edu wrote: Back in 1999-2002 a handful of our theses were submitted as a collection of xml files. We posted

Re: [CODE4LIB] University of Toronto Libraries' Responsive Catalogue Now Live

2013-08-28 Thread Ron Gilmour
As pointed out already, there are a few little improvements to be made, but still, this thing is pretty nice! Congratulations! Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.comwrote: I would second the comment

Re: [CODE4LIB] Desk Statistics Software Question

2013-08-22 Thread Ron Gilmour
We use Zoho Creator. I don't know that it's perfect, but it took about 10 minutes to set up. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Brian McBride brian.mcbr...@utah.eduwrote: Code4Lib, I am curious what other institutions are using

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject guide policies (was [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it)

2013-08-14 Thread Ron Gilmour
not been a major issue. Content-creators have been *cough* we use tasers *cough* very cooperative. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Joshua Welker wel...@ucmo.edu wrote: One of the recurring themes in the LibGuides thread was that libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject guide policies (was [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it)

2013-08-14 Thread Ron Gilmour
at 10:50 AM, Josh Welker wel...@ucmo.edu wrote: Thanks.Do you have any guidelines around the numbers and colors of tabs? That is one of the big issues. Also, do you have rules around what is allowed in side columns? Josh Welker On Aug 14, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Ron Gilmour rgilmou...@gmail.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] phone app for barcode-to-textfile?

2013-06-06 Thread Ron Gilmour
I had this problem last year and never found anything. I ended up buying a CypherLab cordless barcode scanner and connecting it via Bluetooth to my iPhone. I think it cost about $200. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Ken Irwin kir

Re: [CODE4LIB] phone app for barcode-to-textfile?

2013-06-06 Thread Ron Gilmour
Good point, Cynthia. Our library barcodes are Codabar and there just aren't a lot of things that read that. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Harper, Cynthia char...@vts.edu wrote: But I don't see that it'll do Codabar or Code39

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bootstrap

2013-01-26 Thread Ron Gilmour
And if you're really in the mood to shop around ... Which Is Right for Me? 22 Responsive CSS Frameworks and Boilerplates Explainedhttp://designshack.net/articles/css/which-is-right-for-me-22-responsive-css-frameworks-and-boilerplates-explained/by Joshua Johnson Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bootstrap

2013-01-25 Thread Ron Gilmour
at this eventhttp://www.amigos.org/HTML5_CSS3. The presentation will include some stuff about Bootstrap. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Lin, Kun l...@cua.edu wrote: Hi Everyone, Has anyone try to use Bootstrap for web develop before

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

2013-01-23 Thread Ron Gilmour
to an iPhone. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Stephen Francoeur stephen.franco...@gmail.com wrote: We're looking into ways that tablets might be used by library staff assisting patrons in a long line at the circ desk. With a tablet

[CODE4LIB] Responsive Web Site Live

2013-01-02 Thread Ron Gilmour
Greetings and Happy New Year! Just went live today with a responsive web design at Ithaca College Libraryhttp://ithacalibrary.com. Stop by and take a look. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Responsive Web Site Live

2013-01-02 Thread Ron Gilmour
browsers you're supporting, how you chose your breakpoints for the media queries, etc. - Dave Mayo On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Ron Gilmour rgilm...@ithaca.edu wrote: Greetings and Happy New Year! Just went live today with a responsive web design at Ithaca College Libraryhttp

Re: [CODE4LIB] directing users to mobile DBs, was RE: [CODE4LIB] Responsive Web Site Live

2013-01-02 Thread Ron Gilmour
Hi Mark, Not using a CMS at this point, but I did use Twitter Bootstraphttp://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/. So there's no browser detection, just media queries on width. Ron On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Mark Pernotto mark.perno...@gmail.comwrote: I'd be curious to hear the response to

Re: [CODE4LIB] responsiveness and Wordpress

2012-07-09 Thread Ron Gilmour
Matthew, Thanks so much for sharing your ALA presentation. I just finished listening to it and I found that it gave me a much better understanding of responsive design in general and media queries in particular. Ron On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Matthew Reidsma reids...@gvsu.edu wrote:

[CODE4LIB] responsiveness and Wordpress

2012-07-08 Thread Ron Gilmour
decisions? Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] library hours database/tool?

2012-06-15 Thread Ron Gilmour
There's an Code4Lib journal on managing library hours with Google Calendar here: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/46 Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Baksik, Corinna M. corinna_bak...@harvard.edu wrote: At Harvard we need

Re: [CODE4LIB] Best way to process large XML files

2012-06-11 Thread Ron Gilmour
When I need to deal with huge XML files, I use Perl's XML::Parser in stream mode. It's blazing fast, but I have to admit, the code isn't very pretty. There's also XML::LibXML::SAXhttp://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-LibXML/lib/XML/LibXML/SAX.pod, but I can't seem to find any substantive documentation