Re: [CODE4LIB] Developing Linux Applications
Charles, what's your idea? A frequent way that open source projects happen is to propose them to a community like this one and see if it solves a problem that anyone else has. If it's a good idea that would solve a problem, often you can get grant money to pursue a pilot project, or sometimes even just to have a design process. Why not write up your idea and see if anyone else wants to collaborate? Bess On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 8:57 AM Hammer, Erich F wrote: > The famous Edison quote is, "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 > percent perspiration", but it should be a quote about invention, not > genius. > > Coming up with an idea is easy, and the world is full of them. Turning > that idea into an actual product takes enormous and sustained effort, and > that is true whether in "meatspace" or cyberspace. Convincing someone else > to do the work to bring your idea to fruition takes a really, really good > idea, a lot of money and/or masterful manipulation and a hypnotic stage > presence. Doing it yourself or leading others is possible, but requires > tremendous passion that won't be extinguished by this Debbie Downer > response. > > Good luck! > > > On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 20:21, Charles Meyer eloquently inscribed: > > > Has anyone enjoyed success suggesting an application to the Linux > > Foundation or other Linux funding projects and then witnessing that > > application developed into a freely-offered (ro low cost) Linux program? > > > > I'm curious how that process works. > > > > Ex. GIMP was developed in Linux before teh Windows version but how did it > > get started and fully funded? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Charles. > > > > Charlotte County Public Library > > >
Re: [CODE4LIB] DSpace multiple frontends?
Hi, Kayla. This is certainly possible, and we did something like this at Princeton University Library, but it was not an out of the box solution. We set up a Blacklight site to index only the research data from our legacy DSpace site, which you can see here: https://datacommons.princeton.edu/discovery/ This required creating a list of the collections we consider research data: https://github.com/pulibrary/pdc_discovery/blob/main/config/collections.csv Then for each collection, we used the DSpace API to get the metadata in XML and index it to solr with traject: https://github.com/pulibrary/pdc_discovery/blob/main/app/lib/dspace_research_data_harvester.rb#L30 So, I don't know if it's possible with Omeka or Wordpress, but it's definitely possible with Blacklight (but does require custom development). Presumably you could also get it working with Spotlight if you wanted more of a custom exhibit site. I hope this helps! Bess Sadler Princeton University Library On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 11:14 AM Kayla Abner wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a question about possibly using DSpace as a "database" / server and > whether or not we could design multiple frontends that draw from it. Here's > the ideal situation I have in mind: > >1. A faculty member wants to build a "digital archive" for their stuff >2. We upload their stuff into our DSpace instance >3. We or they design a unique frontend for people to interact with the >stuff in DSpace. > > For step 3, could this be done in Omeka? Wordpress? Something else? This > would enable each "archive" to have its own plane of existence on the > internet, and allow for customization if someone wants a map, or drop-down > menus to search the archive, etc., depending on their needs. > > I usually recommend things like Airtable, Omeka, and eHive for this type of > project, but more and more these platforms don't meet the needs of > academics. I have an intermediate understanding of hosting and websites, so > I appreciate any ideas you all have! > > Stay well, > > > > Kayla Abner > > (she/her) > > *Digital Scholarship Librarian* > > Digital Initiatives and Preservation > > Library, Museums and Press > > University of Delaware > > kab...@udel.edu > > > ***The **University of Delaware, a land grant institution, is located on > land that was and continues to be vital to the web of life of the Nanticoke > and Lenni-Lenape people. We express gratitude and honor the people who have > inhabited, cultivated, and nourished this land for thousands of years, even > after their attempted forced removal during the colonial era and early > federal period*. The University of Delaware also financially benefitted > from the expropriation of Indigenous territories in the region colonially > known as Montana. View the full Living Land Acknowledgement > < > https://sites.udel.edu/antiracism-initiative/committees/american-indian-and-indigenous-relations/living-land-acknowledgement/#Living_Land_Acknowledgement > > > . > > > [image: University of Delaware] >
[CODE4LIB] Seeking volunteers to help with Ally Skills workshop
Dear Code4Libbers, I’m so happy to be planning an Ally Skills workshop as a pre-conference for Code4Lib 2017. I think these workshops are extremely valuable, and I’m so glad this event was voted in and has healthy registration numbers. Would anyone out in code4lib land like to help me lead the session? The materials and facilitator’s guide are available free online (https://frameshiftconsulting.com/ally-skills-workshop/ <https://frameshiftconsulting.com/ally-skills-workshop/>) and there seems to be lots of demand in the library and technology worlds to offer these, so I’d love to have more people who feel comfortable leading them. If you think you might like to TA this session, please write directly to me (not the list) and tell me a bit about yourself and what you’d like to get out of the experience. Similarly, for the impostor syndrome workshop pre-conference, I plan to stick around after the workshop to talk to anyone who’d like tips for offering the workshop locally. Again, the materials for this are all available free online and you are encouraged to use them to run your own workshops. Can’t wait to see everyone in LA! Bess Bess Sadler Data Curation Experts b...@curationexperts.com <mailto:b...@curationexperts.com> https://curationexperts.com/ <https://curationexperts.com/>
