Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
We would definitely have someone from ND attend as well... Thanks, Rick -- -- Rick Johnson Systems Analyst Manager, Digital Library Applications and Local Programming Unit Library Information Systems University of Notre Dame Michiana Academic Library Consortium Notre Dame, IN USA 46556 http://www.library.nd.edu 574-631-1086 From: Code for Libraries [code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Brinley [jonathanbrin...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 2:47 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest? Oh, I should also add: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Midwest Put ideas there if you want. Have a nice day, Jonathan On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Jonathan Brinley jonathanbrin...@gmail.com wrote: The was a bit of chatter in #code4lib last week about a Code4Lib Midwest gathering. So, who's interested? Where/when do you want to meet? We can do a bonfire in my back yard once it gets warmer... Have a nice day, Jonathan -- Jonathan M. Brinley jonathanbrin...@gmail.com http://xplus3.net/ -- Jonathan M. Brinley jonathanbrin...@gmail.com http://xplus3.net/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
On Mar 4, 2010, at 8:19 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: We would definitely have someone from ND attend as well... Yes, this sounds great to me, and I can host some of the festivities at my house complete with pond, Big Green Egg for cooking out, wireless Internet access, and live blues music by the host. If we time it right we might even be able to have the event during my pond's annual Toad-a-Party which happens during the middle of April. -- Eric Morgan South Bend, IN
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
On 3/4/10 7:30 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: On Mar 4, 2010, at 8:19 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: We would definitely have someone from ND attend as well... Yes, this sounds great to me, and I can host some of the festivities at my house complete with pond, Big Green Egg for cooking out, wireless Internet access, and live blues music by the host. If we time it right we might even be able to have the event during my pond's annual Toad-a-Party which happens during the middle of April. As long as it doesn't interrupt with Dark Lord Day I am happy to travel to South Bend to listen to free live blues. ./fxk -- Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. -- George Bernard Shaw
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
On Mar 4, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Ranti Junus wrote: Never been in a regional meeting before. So, how does this usually go? A one-day hack-a-ton or unconference? Do we need to stay overnight? R-, I don't think there is any set agenda for these things. If the event took place in a big city where there were many people in the immediate area, then I imagine the event would be a day-only sort of thing. People would be able to come and go in one day. If the event took place in a more regional area, then travel time increases and so might the need for an over-night stay. If we were to host something here at Notre Dame, then I imagine something like the following agenda possible starting in the mid-morning: 1. meet greet 2. share demonstrations 3. eat lunch 4. give a presentation to library staff 5. have a hack session 6. socialize in the evening 7. go home the next day There are plenty of inexpensive hotels in South Bend because of all of our football games. -- Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame (574) 631-8604
[CODE4LIB] PREMIS question
Hi folks, Ignoring, for the moment, the utility of doing so...has anyone written (or does anyone know of) an xsl tranform from PREMIS to HTML? I'm finding PREMIS transforms, but nothing that produces output for consumption in a webpage. The idea is to let folks more easily parse the PREMIS information for objects in an IR. That is to say, not make them parse the xml directly. I do have a request into LC but no response yet. Even pointers to a suspect/contact would be welcome. [As an aside, if you've not attended the conference, I just went to my first and it was pound for pound the best one I've attended. So you need to find a way to go.] Thanks, Tim
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
Here's another vote for west Michigan. :) Laura Harris Web Services Librarian Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI On 3/4/2010 at 8:07 AM, scott.garri...@wmich.edu wrote: I'd like to see this happen in (preferably west) Michigan. Are you thinking Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, and maybe Minnesota and Iowa? jbrinley++ # keep in touch about this --SG Scott Garrison Associate Dean for Public Services and Technology Western Michigan University Libraries 1903 W. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5353 USA v: 269.387.5239 * f: 269.387.5077 e: scott dot garrison at wmich dot edu WMU Libraries: Shaping Lives to Transform the Global Future - Original Message - From: Jonathan Brinley jonathanbrin...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 2:46:31 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest? The was a bit of chatter in #code4lib last week about a Code4Lib Midwest gathering. So, who's interested? Where/when do you want to meet? We can do a bonfire in my back yard once it gets warmer... Have a nice day, Jonathan -- Jonathan M. Brinley jonathanbrin...@gmail.com http://xplus3.net/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals
I don't like the idea of Ithaca either, too cold... personally I prefer Vancouver or Austin. Vanessa Meireles v.meire...@miami.edu Computer Programmer, Information Mgmt Systems and Digital Initiatives University of Miami Richter Library Coral Gables, FL 33124-0320 URL: http://www.library.miami.edu/ -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:36 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals Ithaca in February sounds kind of depressing, honestly. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Ma, Hong h...@miami.edu wrote: Agree with Carol. Austin is good. Thanks, Hong Hong Ma Information Systems Librarian Otto G. Richter Library University of Miami 1300 Memorial Dr., Rm.301-A Coral Gables, FL 33124 h...@miami.edu (305) 284-8844 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Bean Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:06 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals Snowy northern climes-- Carol (still hoping for a bid from Austin) From: Kevin S. Clarke kscla...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: 03/03/2010 09:00 AM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals Sent by: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:35 AM, John Fereira ja...@cornell.edu wrote: I've got a bit of conference planning burnout after being on the planning commitee for the Jasig conference for the sixth time in a row but I'm inclined to throw out Ithaca, NY as a possible location for 2011. ooh, +1 ... I was born in Ithaca, but haven't been back since; I'd love an excuse to visit and explore! From what I hear, it would make a nice venue for c4l11. Kevin
[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 hosting proposals due tomorrow
As previously announced [1,2], proposals for hosting the Code4Lib 2011 Conference are due to be posted to the code4lib...@googlegroups.com list by sometime tomorrow (Friday, March 5). So long as it is Friday, March 5 somewhere on the planet we¹ll probably consider it. May the best proposal win! Roy [1] http://code4lib.org/node/349 [2] http://serials.infomotions.com/code4lib/archive/2010/201002/0261.html
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals
I'm sorry to confirm that we're not working on a proposal for next year's Code4Lib. Due to a couple of big projects planned for next year, my coworkers and I won't have time to coordinate anything extra, and none of the other institutions in the state have expressed interest in serving as the lead on this. If you know developers in Texas, you could certainly try to change their minds... However, you are all always welcome to come to Austin for SXSW Interactive! Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator Texas Heritage Online Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax) dplu...@tsl.state.tx.us From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Wed 3/3/2010 8:56 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals A quick thread recap: There is no proposal from the Austin folks and they have thus far not expressed interest in hosting. So far we've received three intend to propose messages, and those are for Vancouver, New Haven, and Ithaca. The deadline for actual hosting proposals is Friday. Voting on hosting proposals will presumably take place in the usual way, via Ross Singer's el diebold-o-tron-o-matic-o, not in an e-mail thread. -Mike
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
If you're going to host it at Notre Dame I would expect an agenda something like this (do it on Saturday, 9/11) 1. meet greet (mid-morning) 2. Tailgate (noon) 3. Notre Dame Vs. Michigan (3:30) 4. presentation to library staff 5. hack session 6. go home Can you get us in to the game, Eric? I'd come. --Ray On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: If we were to host something here at Notre Dame, then I imagine something like the following agenda possible starting in the mid-morning: 1. meet greet 2. share demonstrations 3. eat lunch 4. give a presentation to library staff 5. have a hack session 6. socialize in the evening 7. go home the next day There are plenty of inexpensive hotels in South Bend because of all of our football games. -- Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame (574) 631-8604 --
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: 2. share demonstrations I'd like to see this be something like a blend between lightning talks and the ask anything session at the last conference. Basically, people take 3-8 minutes to talk about a project they're working on, show some of the more interesting bits of code, maybe ask for advice on the unfinished parts. 4. give a presentation to library staff What sort of presentation did you have in mind, Eric? This also raises the issue of weekday vs. weekend. I'm game for either. Anyone else have a preference? 5. have a hack session It would be good to have 2 or 3 projects we can/should work on decided ahead of time (in case no one has any good ideas at the time), and perhaps a couple more inspired by the earlier presentations. Have a nice day, Jonathan -- Jonathan M. Brinley jonathanbrin...@gmail.com http://xplus3.net/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals
Vancouver ++ February (so I can go) ++ Thanks, Cary -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Jonathan Brinley wrote: 2. share demonstrations I'd like to see this be something like a blend between lightning talks and the ask anything session at the last conference This certainly works for me, and the length of time of each talk would/could be directly proportional to the number of people who attend. 4. give a presentation to library staff What sort of presentation did you have in mind, Eric? This also raises the issue of weekday vs. weekend. I'm game for either. Anyone else have a preference? What I was thinking here was a possible presentation to library faculty/staff and/or computing faculty/staff from across campus. The presentation could be one or two cool hacks or solutions that solved wider, less geeky problems. Instead of tweaking Solr's term-weighting algorithms to index OAI-harvested content it would be making journal articles easier to find. This would be an opportunity to show off the good work done by institutions outside Notre Dame. A prophet in their own land is not as convincing as the expert from afar. I was thinking it would happen on a weekday. There would be more stuff going on here on campus, as well as give everybody a break from their normal work week. More specifically, I would suggest such an event take place on a Friday so the poeple who stayed over night would not have to take so many days off of work. 5. have a hack session It would be good to have 2 or 3 projects we can/should work on decided ahead of time (in case no one has any good ideas at the time), and perhaps a couple more inspired by the earlier presentations. True. -- ELM University of Notre Dame
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
Eric Lease Morgan wrote: ... I was thinking it would happen on a weekday. There would be more stuff going on here on campus, as well as give everybody a break from their normal work week. More specifically, I would suggest such an event take place on a Friday so the poeple who stayed over night would not have to take so many days off of work. While I'm not in the Midwest, I think that any of these type of one day, weekday, conferences are best done on a Monday or a Friday to allow for less time off of work. Sure there are some disadvantages if work wants to give you the travel days, but I could certainly sell 1 or 1.5 days off from work a lot easier then 2 or 3. Edward
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals
We tried to get some of the ILS's interested...with little success. But how knows...I did some heavy promotion to III this year...(despite the many --s, she promised to talk to headquarters) so perhaps they might help some next year... Jill -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Joseph Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:56 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals No need to be concerned about the vendors: they're the same suspects who sponsored C4L10. Paul On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Ya'aqov Ziso z...@rowan.edu wrote: also, I can assure you that to help keep registration fees low we'll be leaning on our vendors ... = Who would be these vendors? Seems CODE4LIB (bringing in creative, leading edge, OpenSource ideas where ILS have monolithically reigned) are the bad dream of ILS vendors. WorldCat DeveNet/Research may make an exception, but will it be $ufficient? Ya¹aqov
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals
After seeing some of the cool things people can do with other ILS's and how negative developers are about III, there's always the chance they might decide to open up a bit more and engage with code4lib types (we can always dream). And if that doesn't work, maybe the Ian Walls' talk (Becoming Truly Innovative: Migrating from Millennium to Koha) will motivate them... -Esme -- Esme Cowles escow...@ucsd.edu They extend copyrights perpetually. They don't get how that in itself is a form of theft. -- Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture On Mar 4, 2010, at 5:08 PM, Jill Ellern wrote: We tried to get some of the ILS's interested...with little success. But how knows...I did some heavy promotion to III this year...(despite the many --s, she promised to talk to headquarters) so perhaps they might help some next year... Jill -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Joseph Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:56 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals No need to be concerned about the vendors: they're the same suspects who sponsored C4L10. Paul On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Ya'aqov Ziso z...@rowan.edu wrote: also, I can assure you that to help keep registration fees low we'll be leaning on our vendors ... = Who would be these vendors? Seems CODE4LIB (bringing in creative, leading edge, OpenSource ideas where ILS have monolithically reigned) are the bad dream of ILS vendors. WorldCat DeveNet/Research may make an exception, but will it be $ufficient? Ya¹aqov
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
Edward M. Corrado wrote: Eric Lease Morgan wrote: ... I was thinking it would happen on a weekday. There would be more stuff going on here on campus, as well as give everybody a break from their normal work week. More specifically, I would suggest such an event take place on a Friday so the poeple who stayed over night would not have to take so many days off of work. While I'm not in the Midwest, I think that any of these type of one day, weekday, conferences are best done on a Monday or a Friday to allow for less time off of work. Sure there are some disadvantages if work wants to give you the travel days, but I could certainly sell 1 or 1.5 days off from work a lot easier then 2 or 3. I agree with this. I don't mind attending conferences on weekends, and if a conference is on a Monday or Friday, I can spend the one day of the weekend traveling and the other exploring the city where the conference is held. It's also a lot for convenient for with a working spouse (with a limited amount of vacation time available) and a 6 year old son. Of course, some trips ara a little more difficult to plan. Two weeks from tomorrow I'll be taking a business trip which will consist of three days of meetings, and five days devoted to travel. The trip will take me to Paris, Johannesburg, South Africa and a little town in Tanzania called Morogoro.
[CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter
Hi, Can anybody recommend an open source XML2JSON converter in PhP or Python (or potentially other languages, including XSLT stylesheets)? Ideally, it should implement one of the common JSON conventions, such as Google's JSON convention for GData [1], but anything that preserves all elements, attributes, and text content of the XML file would be acceptable. Note that json_encode(simplexml_load_file(...)) does not meet this requirement - in fact, nothing based on simplexml_load_file() will. (It can't even load MarcXML correctly). Thanks! - Godmar [1] http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/docs/json.html
