Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib g+ hangouts
Also, what, you guys have defected from the IRC channel to g+? Is that why we never see you in IRC anymore, Roy? We miss you! Many of us have been using the IRC channel for just this purpose for years, and anyone is welcome to. Personally, I still haven't used g+, and don't know when/if I will, I'm overwhelmed with internet already! On 10/16/2011 11:38 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: I just want to chime in and say that it was a positive experience for me as well -- I got more pairs of eyes on what I was doing, and an opportunity to get some feedback on something that wasn't ready for publication or more formal feedback methods. Kind of like Am I on the right track? or Can you see any downsides I'm not seeing? kinds of feedback which can be invaluable as you're in the middle of a project. I would encourage more of this kind of mid-project and/or simply informal sharing. It plays well with the open source meme that given enough eyes, all bugs are shallow. Roy On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Birkin James Diana birkin_di...@brown.edu wrote: (I posted this recently on g+, and a few folk pointed out that it'd make sense to post it here.) The other day Ted Lawless, a fellow programmer, called me over to show me some cool features he had added to the terrific new library search interface he's been working on. I wanted the code4lib community to see some of this great work, and remembered something Roy Tennant did a while ago. Roy had posted to g+ that he was working on something, and that he was going to set up a g+ hangout at a specified day time to discuss that work with anyone interested. I and a co-worker working on similar stuff joined that hangout with a few other people, and it was a good experience. I think the growth of code4libcon, and of regional code4lib unconferences, is in part an indication that our community is loaded with passionate programmers who love learning how others create interesting useful things. With that in mind, it's made me think more of us should follow in Roy's footsteps: post a message to the c4l list about a success or investigation, and give a datetime of a g+ hangout to talk about it and show some under-the-hood code. This is sort of along the lines of Peter Murray's experimental webinar-based code4lib gathering some months ago, but more spontaneous and decentralized. Some of the 'showing' part might require a coworker to join the hangout to aim a phone or laptop camera at a screen, but it'd be an interesting experiment. --- Birkin James Diana Programmer, Digital Technologies Brown University Library birkin_di...@brown.edu
[CODE4LIB] Digital Initiatives Librarian
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Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib g+ hangouts
Le lundi 17 octobre 2011 à 12:13 -0400, Jonathan Rochkind a écrit : Other ways to bring something to the attention of the Code4Lib community: * Post it on a blog that's included in Planet Code4lib. (Ask me to include a new blog on Planet Code4lib if you have one that should be but isn't). * Submit it as an article to the Code4Lib Journal. If you think your thing isn't sophisticated enough to be in the Journal -- that probably just means it should be a very short article! If it's interesting enough to share with the community, it might belong in the Journal, although the length of the article should ideally be proportional to how complicated or significant it is. In my opinion, what is interesting in Diana's proposition is that sharing experience and screen is quite easy... In an article, well, not so, unless you screencast what you did. And in that case, you miss interaction. I am not saying that I would come to any hang out or even that I would come to one, but I think that the idea has some advantages. Major drawback : - can't drink a beer with one another in a cool place :D - can't really pair on the subject unless you have a screen open. But I agree that the IRC, blog posts, and journal articles should not be put aside. On 10/16/2011 10:58 PM, Birkin James Diana wrote: (I posted this recently on g+, and a few folk pointed out that it'd make sense to post it here.) The other day Ted Lawless, a fellow programmer, called me over to show me some cool features he had added to the terrific new library search interface he's been working on. I wanted the code4lib community to see some of this great work, and remembered something Roy Tennant did a while ago. Roy had posted to g+ that he was working on something, and that he was going to set up a g+ hangout at a specified day time to discuss that work with anyone interested. I and a co-worker working on similar stuff joined that hangout with a few other people, and it was a good experience. I think the growth of code4libcon, and of regional code4lib unconferences, is in part an indication that our community is loaded with passionate programmers who love learning how others create interesting useful things. With that in mind, it's made me think more of us should follow in Roy's footsteps: post a message to the c4l list about a success or investigation, and give a datetime of a g+ hangout to talk about it and show some under-the-hood code. This is sort of along the lines of Peter Murray's experimental webinar-based code4lib gathering some months ago, but more spontaneous and decentralized. Some of the 'showing' part might require a coworker to join the hangout to aim a phone or laptop camera at a screen, but it'd be an interesting experiment. --- Birkin James Diana Programmer, Digital Technologies Brown University Library birkin_di...@brown.edu -- Henri-Damien LAURENT BibLibre
[CODE4LIB] What tools do you use to manipulate metadata?
Dear Fellow Metadataists (please excuse any duplication but we want to reach a broad group of people), What tools have you found helpful in manipulating your metadata? (For example, people have suggested MARCedit, ImageMagick, and Oxygen.) Are there barriers to using them effectively, such as cost, scripting skills, or technical support? Please share by commenting here: http://lamsmetadata.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-tools-help-you-manipulate-metadata.htmlhttps://webaccess.si.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=385d8edcb3f742fca49716b7a23a1e4aURL=http%3a%2f%2flamsmetadata.blogspot.com%2f2011%2f10%2fwhat-tools-help-you-manipulate-metadata.html Or directly to me Or Robin Wendler. We are preparing for the Digital Library Federation Forum workshop and would like to share your ideas! Thanks Suzanne C. Pilsk Head, Metadata Unit Smithsonian Institution Libraries Connecting. Ideas. Information. *You.* 10th Constitution Avenues, NW, NH2207 MRC 154, P.O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 v. 202.633.1646 pil...@si.eduhttps://webaccess.si.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=385d8edcb3f742fca49716b7a23a1e4aURL=mailto%3aPilskS%40si.edu Robin Wendler Harvard University Library 90 Mt. Auburn St. Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-3724 r_wend...@harvard.eduhttps://webaccess.si.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=385d8edcb3f742fca49716b7a23a1e4aURL=mailto%3ar_wendler%40harvard.edu
[CODE4LIB] DLF Forum Registration
Just a note that there are still a few seats left for the 2011 DLF Forum which will be 2011 DLF Forum will be held on October 31–November 1, 2011, with pre- and post-conference events on October 30, November 2, and November 3. The conference will take place in Baltimore, Maryland at the Hyatt Regency. Participation is open to all who are interested in contributing to and playing an active part in the successful future of digital libraries, museum and archives services, and collections. Full conference and one day rates are available - http://www.diglib.org/forums/2011forum/registration/ The Forum will feature a keynote address by David Weinberger (http://www.toobigtoknow.com/about-2/), in addition to workshops, research updates, working sessions, demos, and more. For complete program details, please visit our Schedule page to learn more about our program -http://www.diglib.org/forums/2011forum/schedule/ Best Robert ** Robert H. McDonald Associate Dean for Library Technologies and Digital Libraries Associate Director, Data to Insight Center-Pervasive Technology Institute Executive Director, Kuali OLE Indiana University Herman B Wells Library 234 1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405 Phone: 812-856-4834 Email: rob...@indiana.edu Skype/GTalk: rhmcdonald AIM/MSN: rhmcdonald1
