Re: [CODE4LIB] Software to track website changes?

2014-07-11 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
If you¹re looking for cheap and easy, trello can work. It¹s a agile-inspired, free, nicely customizable tool to support workflows like this. We¹ve had forms on our site (in our case a formidable form in wordpress) write directly to it. Tim On 7/11/14, 10:48 AM, Andrew Shuping

Re: [CODE4LIB] College Question!

2014-05-28 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
http://sils.unc.edu/programs/undergraduate -t On 5/28/14, 11:17 PM, Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.com wrote: I was curious about the type of degrees people had. I am heading off to college next year (class of 2015) and am trying to figure out what to major in. I want to be a systems

[CODE4LIB] another conference thank you

2014-03-27 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
I just wanted to thank Dan for pushing the community to grow/change the conference. To thank the Chicago folks for taking that idea and making it happen. And to thank Margaret and especially Francis for sharing their lessons learned. It helped to make this year work. It's weird to think of a

Re: [CODE4LIB] links from finding aid to digital object

2014-01-14 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
UNC has been doing this (linking) for several years and we recently borrowed (sincerest form of flattery) Duke's interface work to add thumbnails and inline views. We've got content for over 500 collections and well over half a million scans and growing. UNC and Duke are working on a full day

[CODE4LIB] desk scheduling software?

2013-09-06 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi Folks, Anyone happy with their solutions for scheduling service points? Even moderately happy? Thanks, Tim

Re: [CODE4LIB] back to minorities question, seeking guidance

2013-02-22 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi Folks, This is a great discussion and it continues to be helpful to me on many different levels. It started late enough after code4lib that I plunged ahead with my class. FWIW, Impostor Syndrome (thanks Jason Griffey) was an eye opener, and a chance for me to offer my own sense of some

[CODE4LIB] back to minorities question, seeking guidance

2013-02-14 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi Folks, I'm teaching systems analysis at SILS (UNC CH) this semester. Though the course is required for the IS degree, it's not required for the LS degree. However, the majority of my students this semester are LS. And the vast majority are women. Apropos of the part of the thread that

[CODE4LIB] new social activity for tonight

2013-02-13 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Duke v UNC, see: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_social_activities#UNC_v_Duke.3F -t

Re: [CODE4LIB] anti-harassment policy for code4lib?

2012-11-27 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
It should be low barrier and low risk for individuals to tell us/someone when they feel uncomfortable. Hopefully with enough detail to allow for remediation/change. Riffing from Naomi, and others, about the worry that people might be both upset and not know how to proceed: We have enough

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi All, We're, it seems, fairly unique, at least amongst the respondents on this list. And I completely understand that folks will disagree with our decision. But we do encourage (promote) an interface that forces off-campus authentication to our Summon instance. Of course, if one knows how

Re: [CODE4LIB] U of Baltimore, Final Usability Report, link resolvers -- MIA?

2012-09-05 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
We've also gone with one-click for the reasons outlined in the NCSU report. Tim On 9/5/12 9:04 AM, Emily Lynema emily_lyn...@ncsu.edu wrote: Yes, there were (we used 360 Link during the testing). This is one of the reasons we turned on 1-Click about 6 months ago and have been fairly pleased

[CODE4LIB] visualize website

2012-08-30 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi Folks, We're doing a survey of our web content and I'm looking for visualization tools. The content is on a redhat box served up by apache. tree gives a nice, but hard to interact with, view of the file system. Anyone recommend a tool or set of tools they like? Thanks, Tim

[CODE4LIB] clarification about file visualization

2012-08-30 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi Folks, My query may have been poorly expressed... What we have is a webserver with 64,665 files (html, css, js, jpg, you get the idea) and lots of directories with subdirectories. The goal is to be able to conveniently take all that in in a way that makes it pretty simple to see/navigate

[CODE4LIB] re-advertising two *upgraded* analyst positions

2012-08-01 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi Folks, We've re-evaluated our positions and in order to better align them with the work required, have upgraded the competency level...with a corresponding jump in salary. Come work with UNC Libraries! The two journey position announcements are available here:

[CODE4LIB] two developer positions at UNC in Chapel Hill

2012-05-30 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Come join the library systems department at UNC Chapel Hill! We are seeking strong candidates for two entry-level application developer positions. Mostly it's LAMP stack work, both PHP and Python (Django). One of the two positions will work closely on our transition to Drupal in addition to more

[CODE4LIB] breakout topics c4l12

2012-02-13 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi All, I meant to write down the breakout topics from both tues and wed, but didn't. Did anyone? And if so, would you forward to me off-list? I would also like to throw out my thanks to the organizers and others who made it such a successful and productive conference! Thanks, Tim

[CODE4LIB] unc-duke game

2012-02-08 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
See the social activities page. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2012_c4l2012_social_activities

[CODE4LIB] formatting citations question

2011-12-12 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi All, We have a popular service: http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/citationbuilder/ Essentially it provides citation genre (journal article, chapter, monograph) based web forms and allows users to fill them in and then see a citation formatted in various styles. Regardless of how folks feel about

[CODE4LIB] preconference interest? Geo

2011-11-14 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi Folks, King of the last minute here. We're making progress on a number of fronts with things geo but we want to engage in a wider conversation. To share what we're doing and to find out what other folks are doing. For us, these geo things are lighter weight than true GIS. Here are some

Re: [CODE4LIB] FW: Drupal developer position, UNC Chapel Hill

2011-10-12 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
. - Dave Mayo On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Shearer, Timothy J tshea...@email.unc.edu wrote: Hi Folks, We're hiring a Drupal+ developer. http://www.lib.unc.edu/jobs/spa/17022.html See below: Tim +++ Tim Shearer Head, Applications Development Team

[CODE4LIB] FW: Drupal developer position, UNC Chapel Hill

2011-10-11 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi Folks, We're hiring a Drupal+ developer. http://www.lib.unc.edu/jobs/spa/17022.html See below: Tim +++ Tim Shearer Head, Applications Development Team The University Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tshea...@email.unc.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, Boston Public Library (Boston, MA)

2011-09-28 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Don't you mean tennant4oclc? He cannot be 4lib. -t On 9/28/11 3:02 PM, Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org wrote: On Sep 28, 2011, at 2:32 PM, Michael B. Klein wrote: On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Michael J. Giarlo leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu wrote: P.S. Perhaps those who take issue

[CODE4LIB] developer position at UNC Chapel Hill Libraries

2011-09-22 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hello, A reminder that we have an available full time, permanent position in the Systems Department. The base job is fairly traditional web programming (experience with for example PHP, Python, or even Cold Fusion), but there are exciting things happening and the position may evolve depending on

[CODE4LIB] Applications Analyst job UNC Chapel Hill

2011-09-08 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
APPLICATIONS ANALYST: Library Systems Department Working Title: Applications Analyst Position Number: 36178 Salary Range: $39,816 - $59,708 Closing Date: September 27, 2011 As a member of the Web Unit in the University Library's Systems Department, the Applications Analyst provides

Re: [CODE4LIB] If you were starting over, what would you learn and how would you do it?

2011-05-09 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
But having actual users is a really different mode of working: you have to figure out what the problem is (often the hardest part of a project) and if your solution actually solves the problem or not. -Esme Seconding Esme and several others. Technology work supports human endeavor.

[CODE4LIB] Applications Analyst (time-limited position) UNC Chapel Hill

2011-04-19 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
APPLICATIONS ANALYST (TIME-LIMITED POSITION): Library Systems Department Position: Applications Analyst Position Number: 60174 Salary Range: $39,816 - $98,718 Closing Date: April 29, 2011 Essential Skills, Knowledge and Abilities The University Library at the University of North Carolina

Re: [CODE4LIB] to link or not to link: PURLs

2011-01-27 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
to have enough understanding to tell the vendor what 'right' is and know if they've done it or not. If you can't even do that... well, you'll get what you get, so it goes. From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Shearer, Timothy J

Re: [CODE4LIB] to link or not to link: PURLs

2011-01-26 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Peter, are you opposed to an abstraction layer in principle? My reading of your response is that there's an assumption that there is one system and that it will work in perpetuity. We are in the unfortunate but I think fairly common position of having multiple systems, of aspiring to pare that