[CODE4LIB] Job: Bellevue, WA: Sr Electronic Records Analyst, Puget Sound Energy at Puget Sound Energy

2012-11-01 Thread jobs
Senior Electronic Records Analyst #14464 Location : Bellevue Job # : 14464 At Puget Sound Energy (PSE) we have a long tradition of service, and an exciting and innovative future ahead! Consider PSE for the next step in your career. Job Summary Responsibilities Puget Sound Energy's

[CODE4LIB] Job: Discovery Services Librarian at University of Colorado at Denver

2012-11-01 Thread jobs
The Auraria Library seeks a creative, flexible, and innovative individual who is able to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, to work independently and collegially with internal and external campus constituents, and who will contribute to a customer service oriented library.

[CODE4LIB] Job: Server Specialist (Job Id 2907) at California State University, Northridge

2012-11-01 Thread jobs
California State University, Northridge (Northridge, CA) Major Duties Under general supervision, the Library Server Specialist oversees the Linux servers run by the Oviatt Library; administers, programs, troubleshoots and maintains virtual servers provided by campus Information Technology;

[CODE4LIB] Job: Coordinator of Discovery Services at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

2012-11-01 Thread jobs
The William Madison Randall Library at The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) invites applications for the Coordinator of Discovery Services position. UNCW is a member institution of the University of North Carolina, a multi-campus university composed of all 17 of North Carolina's

[CODE4LIB] Job: Integrated Library System Administrator at Clackamas County

2012-11-01 Thread jobs
The Library Information Network is a division of the County's Department of Business and Community Services. The Library Information Network of Clackamas County provides programs and services to 11 independent public libraries. Services include OCLC cataloging, an Inter-library Loan Program,

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Preservation Archivist at Lincoln Laboratory

2012-11-01 Thread jobs
MIT Lincoln Laboratory has pioneered in advanced electronics since its origin in 1951 as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Knowledge Services team is currently developing infrastructure for a digital preservation repository system.

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Curator-Journalism/Mass Media at University of Missouri

2012-11-01 Thread jobs
The University of Missouri Libraries seeks a highly motivated professional to exercise leadership in strategically planning, developing, and implementing policies and practices relating to the management, preservation, and access to digital media and historical documents created by the journalism

[CODE4LIB] Job: Discovery Services Librarian at University of Colorado at Boulder

2012-11-01 Thread jobs
The Auraria Library seeks a creative, flexible, and innovative individual who is able to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, to work independently and collegially with internal and external campus constituents, and who will contribute to a customer service oriented library.

Re: [CODE4LIB] EPUB and ILS indexing

2012-11-01 Thread Eric Hellman
This is an area where the code4lib community can have a huge impact. Conversely, if the Code4lib community doesn't have a big impact, we're in trouble. I urge everyone to have a look at the OS projects that SourceFabric is involved in. In particular, BookType is a django web app that lets

[CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Bohyun Kim
Hi all code4lib-bers, As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)? I promise I will create and circulate the list and make it into a Code4Lib wiki page for collective wisdom. =) Thanks in advance! Bohyun ---

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread William Denton
On 1 November 2012, Michael J. Giarlo wrote: Not to be glib, but: code4lib. +1 Bill -- William Denton Toronto, Canada http://www.miskatonic.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
http://journal.code4lib.org On 11/1/2012 4:24 PM, Bohyun Kim wrote: Hi all code4lib-bers, As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)? I promise I will create and circulate the list and make it into a Code4Lib

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Mark A. Matienzo
StackExchange (by extension, StackOverflow and the Libraries StackExchange site). gliblessly, Mark A. Matienzo m...@matienzo.org Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library Technical Architect, ArchivesSpace On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Jonathan Rochkind

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Bohyun Kim
Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and c4l journal on top of recommended resources? I bet you do, but let's try some diversity, shall we? ~Bohyun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind Sent:

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Nate Hill
lynda.com On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and c4l journal on top of recommended resources? I bet you do, but let's try some diversity, shall we? ~Bohyun -Original Message- From: Code for

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Michael Schofield
It's hard for me to list just one because, ehm, I get over-geeky about this stuff. Coders need an excellent text-editor - and the best one IMHO is Sublime Text 2 (www.sublimetext.com). Oh, okay, I can't resist - I'm going to cheat and list a second: everyone needs to stop writing just CSS and

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Ethan Gruber
Google is more useful than any reference book to find answers to programming problems. On Nov 1, 2012 4:25 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: Hi all code4lib-bers, As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)? I

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Sam Kome
Also the most useless. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:03 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Nate Hill
Huh. Michael, I'd love to know more about why I should care about SASS. I kinda like writing CSS. I see why LESS http://lesscss.org/ makes sense, but help me under stand why SASS does? On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Ethan Gruber ewg4x...@gmail.com wrote: Google is more useful than any

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Kam Woods
foss4lib is a good resource that I'm sure many use, but isn't (as far as I can tell) linked anywhere on the current code4lib site. How would this differentiate itself from that? Kam On Nov 1, 2012 5:00 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Suchy, Daniel
I can already feel the collective rolling of eyes for this, but what about Twitter? It's not a guide or manual, but start following and engaging talented developers and library geeks on Twitter and you'll soon have more help than you know what to do with. Plus, no Zoia ;) -Dan On 11/1/12 2:00

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Nov 1, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Ethan Gruber wrote: Google is more useful than any reference book to find answers to programming problems. Too bad they got rid of codesearch. On Nov 1, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Nate Hill wrote: Huh. Michael, I'd love to know more about why I should care about SASS.

[CODE4LIB] SASS

2012-11-01 Thread Michael Schofield
Hi Nate, I accept your challenge. For those reading who don't know, SASS--Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets (www.sass-lang.com) --is a CSS preprocessor. When bundled with COMPASS (http://compass-style.org/) I find that it does a few things: 1.) Helps write DRYer CSS 2.) Makes managing huge

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread David Mayo
Version control. My own strong preference is for git (either managed locally or through github.com), but really, just pick a version control solution and use it. If you value your work at all, it should be in version control. Smart use of version control can make finding and fixing problems in

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Kam Woods
Apologies, everyone (and especially Bohyun). You may still want to consider pointing people to foss4lib as a useful resource, but amend it with the following statement: Free and open source tools may not be the best tools. You might not even NEED software to handle whatever problem you have.

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Nov 1, 2012, at 6:56 PM, Kam Woods wrote: Apologies, everyone (and especially Bohyun). You may still want to consider pointing people to foss4lib as a useful resource, but amend it with the following statement: Free and open source tools may not be the best tools. You might not even

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Tom Keays
I won't expand on Michael's excellent summary of using SASS, but he did leave out one crucial bit -- it comes in two formats, which causes some confusion. The format that Michael was describing is the second one, SCSS, which is basically CSS with some fancy nesting patterns that you can't do

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Tom Keays
And here's my coding tool, which is supported by most of the common code editors via plugins: Zen Coding, http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/ The idea is that it lets you use CSS-like selectors as tags that can be expanded into full HTML snippets. I'll just use the example from the project page

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Cary Gordon
This is my goto resource — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker's On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Tom Keays tomke...@gmail.com wrote: And here's my coding tool, which is supported by most of the common code editors via plugins: Zen Coding, http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/ The idea is that

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Link juice for search engines! On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and c4l journal on top of recommended resources? I bet you do, but let's try some diversity, shall we? ~Bohyun -Original Message-

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
The number one tool I think a newbie coder should get is a cheapie online webhosting account - like a $10 a month one - and multiple URLs. Multiple URLs will make them point a URL at a nameserver at least once ideally, and to understand that the two are separate and what you can do with domains

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Andrew Cunningham
My 2 cents worth ... and one for each cent: * Komodo Edit * www.w3.org/International On 2 November 2012 07:24, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: Hi all code4lib-bers, As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library (and

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Friscia, Michael
I'm taking tool to mean a piece of hardware. I'd recommend some old laptop with your favorite linux distro less desktop. Why? Well the main thing is that it puts them into a position where they're not learning to be a google copy/paste coder given the lack of the desktop, mouse and

[CODE4LIB] Writing good documentation

2012-11-01 Thread Francis Kayiwa
You all do this right? ;-) Aside from Wiki's can anyone recommend any freely available document creating tools. Eric Hellman's[0] post this AM spurred this. My (Our?) goal is an easy way to create How-To like Documentation geared towards a novice. I've looked at Dozuki[1] but would rather not

Re: [CODE4LIB] SASS

2012-11-01 Thread Nate Hill
friggin' awesome Michael. thanks for your clear explanation! i'll try out SASS :) On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Michael Schofield mschofi...@nova.eduwrote: Hi Nate, I accept your challenge. For those reading who don't know, SASS--Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets (www.sass-lang.com) --is

Re: [CODE4LIB] Writing good documentation

2012-11-01 Thread Charles Blair
Our shop uses Org mode, http://orgmode.org/ . It makes you want to write documentation (and we do). :-) -- Charles Blair Director, Digital Library Development Center, University of Chicago Library 1 773 702 8459 | c...@uchicago.edu | http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~chas/

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Bill Janssen
Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: Hi all code4lib-bers, As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)? I promise I will create and circulate the list and make it into a Code4Lib wiki page for collective wisdom.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Writing good documentation

2012-11-01 Thread Cary Gordon
We like wikis, and do a lot of documentation in Confluence. For lower budgets, like our own, we use Google sites. For novices, we use Screenflow to create screencasts. They are very well received. Cary On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Francis Kayiwa kay...@uic.edu wrote: You all do this right?

Re: [CODE4LIB] Writing good documentation

2012-11-01 Thread Bill Janssen
Francis Kayiwa kay...@uic.edu wrote: Aside from Wiki's can anyone recommend any freely available document creating tools. Eric Hellman's[0] post this AM spurred this. My (Our?) goal is an easy way to create How-To like Documentation geared towards a novice. GNU Emacs