Re: [CODE4LIB] openurl.info ?
Whatever the specific cause of this, it does rather underline the impression that OCLC doesn't take this site very seriously. I concluded some time back that it's a mistake to write OpenURL software to rely on the contents of the registry. Shame. _/|____ /o ) \/ Mike Taylorm...@indexdata.comhttp://www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ I think there is a world market for maybe five computers -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM (1943, also attributed 1958). Sol Lederman writes: I wouldn't assume that the DNS entry has been hijacked. I very recently had this same experience with a domain I work on. It got redirected to a parking page. I thought it had been hijacked. It turned out that the hosting provider had accidentally changed the IP address associated with the domain and that that had somehow caused the site to go to the parking page. Sol On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Klein, Michael mkl...@bpl.org wrote: openurl.info's domain registration looks up to date...Registered to NISO through 12-May-2010. Last updated 10-May-2009. I'm going to speculate (with very little basis) that someone managed to hijack the DNS by pointing the record's name server entries somewhere other than where they're supposed to be. Hence the redirection to a fraudulent parking page. Michael -- Michael B. Klein Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian Boston Public Library (617) 859-2391 mkl...@bpl.org From: Walker, David dwal...@calstate.edu Reply-To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 12:05:03 -0700 To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] openurl.info ? It appears that the openurl.info domain name has expired. I get an error from the host: http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/mtx/info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx I've been using the registry at OCLC as a reference source for OpenURL. But all of the identifiers and links pointing to openurl.info no longer work. http://alcme.oclc.org/openurl/servlet/OAIHandler?verb=ListSets Is there a different place I should be going now for OpenURL info instead? Or maybe this is just a snafu? --Dave == David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu
[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2009 Video
Video for Code4Lib 2009 presentations and lightning talks is now available. Presentations: http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/schedule Lightning Talks: http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/lightning Thanks to Talis for sponsoring a camera operator and post-processing! Thanks to Karen Schneider for bringing and operating the second camera! Video will be uploaded to Internet Archive soon. Jean Rainwater Co-Leader, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library Providence, Rhode Island 02912 401.863.9031 jean_rainwa...@brown.edu
[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2009 Video
jean rainwater writes: Video for Code4Lib 2009 presentations and lightning talks is now available. Presentations: http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/schedule Lightning Talks: http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/lightning Thanks for these. When I look at them with totem, I get only an audio stream. Is there video in there -- is it just that my software is broken? Thanks to Talis for sponsoring a camera operator and post-processing! Thanks to Karen Schneider for bringing and operating the second camera! Video will be uploaded to Internet Archive soon. Hopefully that version will be in a format that I can watch! Thanks, _/|____ /o ) \/ Mike Taylorm...@indexdata.comhttp://www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ Two fat blokes in pub / First fat bloke says, Your round, mate / Friend says, So are you -- my favourite short joke, in Haiku form.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2009 Video
Thanks for these. When I look at them with totem, I get only an audio stream. Is there video in there -- is it just that my software is broken? Reporting the same problem (but thanks for all your work on this!) -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2009 Video
On 05/15/2009 07:38 AM, Mike Taylor wrote: jean rainwater writes: Video for Code4Lib 2009 presentations and lightning talks is now available. Presentations: http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/schedule Lightning Talks: http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/lightning Thanks for these. When I look at them with totem, I get only an audio stream. Is there video in there -- is it just that my software is broken? It played okay for me in both Totem and VLC, so it may be a version problem. It seems that stream 0 is the audio and stream 1 the video, which (AFAICR) is the reverse of most video files. -- Thomas Dowling
[CODE4LIB] OCA API
Hi Folks, The University Library at UNC-Chapel Hill has created an OCA API. We have harvested (and continue to harvest) standard bibliographic identifiers and link them to OCA identifiers. The API is deliberately modeled after Google's for ease of implementation. Here is a subjec search in UNC's catalog for North Carolina limited to the 19th century. http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?Ntk=SubjectNe=2+200043+206475+206590+11N=206596Ntt=north%20carolina You will see links to OCA as well as Google. (The full record has an OCA icon if you want to look.) Right now we are only banging against the API with OCLC numbers, but ISSNs, ISBNs and LC numbers are in there. We are looking for a couple of partners to work with to take use beyond our local OPAC. You would be ideal if: you are interested, you already use the Google API, you have a significant corpus of pre-1923 works in your catalog. As the Google API is familiar to many of you, it would be easy to figure out how to implement UNC's without working with us. Please hold off until we are ready to open it up all the way? This is why we've not yet put up documentation. Caveats and other notes (feel free to skip): *We realize that Open Library has an API, but we had already gone a goodly distance and we are finding relatively meaningful differences in coverage and utility. *We collect the data from OCA as it comes in (the data should be up to date within a half hour or so)...but they occasionally have need to correct/remove works. Right now we are actively working on this issue, but do not yet have a great mechanism to pull deletes and update corrected identifiers. *The data is only as good as the data we harvest. There are a small number of bad links. See above. *Excerpt from a developer on UNC's holdings (we are an OCA Scribe site): ...I decided to run the same script against the [production] database as well to see how much the matching is changing over time with continual updates: - 429311 OCLC's tested - 72350 matched - 2599 of the matches were scanned by UNC So that's 808 new matches since the end of March, not too bad for one month. Effectively we are now linking to ~72 K digitized works that we were not previously able to provide (though as Google digitized books are being added to OCA, there is significant overlap). *When we do open it up it is the API we are offering, we are not prepared to be crawled for data. If you want the data, get in touch and we will see what we can do. If you are interested in being an early partner, please drop me a line and I will be in touch. Tim +++ Tim Shearer Web Development Coordinator The University Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sh...@ils.unc.edu 919-962-1288 +++
[CODE4LIB] Job Announcement: Cataloger with German Language Proficiency (West Los Angeles, CA)
Library Associates Companies (LAC) is seeking a Cataloger for a special project for an institution located in West Los Angeles, California. This project is subject to a bid approval to provide a temporary full-time cataloger to work onsite for approximately six months. Candidates must undergo a test for German language proficiency RESPONSIBILITIES: * Catalog a retrospective backlog of books, artifacts and peripheral materials that are primarily in German. * Experience providing both copy cataloging and original cataloging. * Create accurate MARC records for each item in organization's onsite database. * Apply indexing terms to the organization's in-house thesaurus. * Provide weekly status reports to the Collection Manager and to the LAC Account Manager. QUALIFICATIONS: * MLS from an accredited institution or extensive cataloging experience in a library/museum environment. * Previous experience using Library of Congress (LC) Classification System * Extensive copy and original cataloging. * Strong knowledge of German language * Some knowledge of French language is a plus * Experience using OCLC and WorldCat * Previous experience in a museum/special collections library highly desirable. TO APPLY: * For consideration email cover letter and resume as a Word document to Joanne Schwarz, jschw...@libraryassociates.commailto:jschw...@libraryassociates.com with a courtesy copy to Patty DeAnda, pdea...@libraryassociates.commailto:pdea...@libraryassociates.com * Please reference Project Cataloger - #1219 as the subject line of your email Patty De Anda Communications Projects Associate Library Associates Companies / LAC 6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2240 Los Angeles, CA 90048 800.987.6794 toll free 323.302.9439 local 323.852.1093 fax www.libraryassociates.comhttp://www.libraryassociates.com/ pdea...@libraryassociates.commailto:pdea...@libraryassociates.com LAC on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2411007137 LAC on LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/companies/library-associates Patty on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1034066802ref=profile The information contained in this e-mail message is privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail the sender.
[CODE4LIB] Job Announcement: Metadata/Digital Content Specialists (Manhattan, NY)
Library Associates Companies (LAC) seeks Metadata/Digital Content Specialists for regular, full-time positions at a 24/7 media organization located in Manhattan, NY. This position requires previous experience working with digital information in several different formats and media, metadata-tagging, working with controlled vocabularies, and working in a very fast-paced environment. In addition, pervious experience working in a media environment is mandatory. Specialists will be responsible for 24/7 coverage, and so flexible schedules and the ability to work different shifts is required. Specialists will be responsible for appropriately tagging media, pulling requested files/content, and researching internal assets as requested. Experience with digital asset management (DAM) and DAM systems is strongly preferred. To Apply: * For immediate consideration please email your resume and cover letter to j...@libraryassociates.commailto:j...@libraryassociates.com. * In Subject line of your email, reference Metadata/Digital Content Specialist #1221. Library Associates Companies is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that values diversity in the workforce. Patty De Anda Communications Projects Associate Library Associates Companies / LAC 6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2240 Los Angeles, CA 90048 800.987.6794 toll free 323.302.9439 local 323.852.1093 fax www.libraryassociates.comhttp://www.libraryassociates.com/ pdea...@libraryassociates.commailto:pdea...@libraryassociates.com LAC on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2411007137 LAC on LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/companies/library-associates Patty on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1034066802ref=profile The information contained in this e-mail message is privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please e-mail the sender.
