Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)
Sadly, so true! B/c libraries are rare special snowflakes that don't operate by the rules of the rest of the web universe ;) Speaking of library community web standards re: libguides, can anyone share what their library uses as metrics for success / key performance indicators in LibGuides (or non-libguides-based digital research guides)? I appreciate it. Thank you, Sharon Clapp Digital Resources Librarian CCSU – Elihu Burritt Library 860-832-2059 scl...@ccsu.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bennett Ponsford Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 4:25 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) On the other hand, I'm looking for best practices that I call point librarians to. And for that, having support from ALA/LITA is pretty much essential. I can quote Jared Spool or Jakob Nielsen till I'm blue in the face and no one will listen, but if I can say these guidelines come from ALA more people at my place of work will actually listen. Bennett - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bennett Claire Ponsford | Digital Services Librarian -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Welker Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 2:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Code4Lib is certainly respected among techy librarians, but I would bet that 90% of my coworkers have never heard of it and would not care especially much about a document they publish. Not to disparage the group. I think it's great. I just think that official, institutionalized channels are going to be most effective in this case. I will be gone several days but will start throwing some things together soon. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Hannan Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 2:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) I'm just going to jump in here and question the need for it to be ALA or LITA affiliated. Plenty of stuff has been accomplished and respected (like, oh, hey, code4lib) without an attachment of ALA or LITA. Ad...discuss. -Sean From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Joshua Welker [wel...@ucmo.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Bohyun, That sounds like it could be a great fit. There would be two final products for what I have in mind: 1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where we can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the source that would be used by the boots-on-the-ground librarians who are actually doing UX work and need practical information. It would be continually updated. The content would be curated, and there would be a very basic approval process for creating new editor accounts. 2. An annually-revised document (again, attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) that compiles everything from the wiki together in a format that can easily be presented to other librarians and administrators. In my experience, a bureaucratically approved document carries a lot more weight in libraries than a website, at least in academic libraries. Topics that would be addressed: 1. Accessibility 2. Layout patterns 3. Typography and readability 4. Best practices for specific library web platforms 5. Recommendations for how libraries should implement the guidelines at a management level (non-technical) Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kim, Bohyun Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:42 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Jumping into this discussion late. Just wanted to let everyone know that LITA UX IG would be more than happy to provide a venue for this type of discussion since it would fit the interest of UX IG perfectly. (I am chairing the IG this year; ping me if that sounds interesting and if there is anything LITA UX IG can help.) LITA IGs are super flexible. Cheers, Bohyun -- Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Megan O'Neill Kudzia Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:24 PM
Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)
How would such a document differ from the usability guidelines published by the Department of Health and Human Services? http://guidelines.usability.gov/ (Now that's official!) -Shaun On 10/1/14 4:24 PM, Bennett Ponsford wrote: On the other hand, I'm looking for best practices that I call point librarians to. And for that, having support from ALA/LITA is pretty much essential. I can quote Jared Spool or Jakob Nielsen till I'm blue in the face and no one will listen, but if I can say these guidelines come from ALA more people at my place of work will actually listen. Bennett - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bennett Claire Ponsford | Digital Services Librarian -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Welker Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 2:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Code4Lib is certainly respected among techy librarians, but I would bet that 90% of my coworkers have never heard of it and would not care especially much about a document they publish. Not to disparage the group. I think it's great. I just think that official, institutionalized channels are going to be most effective in this case. I will be gone several days but will start throwing some things together soon. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Hannan Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 2:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) I'm just going to jump in here and question the need for it to be ALA or LITA affiliated. Plenty of stuff has been accomplished and respected (like, oh, hey, code4lib) without an attachment of ALA or LITA. Ad...discuss. -Sean From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Joshua Welker [wel...@ucmo.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Bohyun, That sounds like it could be a great fit. There would be two final products for what I have in mind: 1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where we can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the source that would be used by the boots-on-the-ground librarians who are actually doing UX work and need practical information. It would be continually updated. The content would be curated, and there would be a very basic approval process for creating new editor accounts. 2. An annually-revised document (again, attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) that compiles everything from the wiki together in a format that can easily be presented to other librarians and administrators. In my experience, a bureaucratically approved document carries a lot more weight in libraries than a website, at least in academic libraries. Topics that would be addressed: 1. Accessibility 2. Layout patterns 3. Typography and readability 4. Best practices for specific library web platforms 5. Recommendations for how libraries should implement the guidelines at a management level (non-technical) Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kim, Bohyun Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:42 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Jumping into this discussion late. Just wanted to let everyone know that LITA UX IG would be more than happy to provide a venue for this type of discussion since it would fit the interest of UX IG perfectly. (I am chairing the IG this year; ping me if that sounds interesting and if there is anything LITA UX IG can help.) LITA IGs are super flexible. Cheers, Bohyun -- Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Megan O'Neill Kudzia Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:24 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) I've been following with interest, and I think some really important points are coming out here. John, what you said about Tomcat vs. Jetty really resonated with me - maybe this is *yet another* place where we could split this thread, but I think for those of us straddling the gap between web design and web development, something like a reference guide for what the questions to ask even are, would be extremely helpful. As you said, the answer to many many questions is, it depends, and knowledge of those
Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)
You will also have support from the LITA Board on this. The document/wiki can be published/publicised far and wide. The UX IG can bring the document to the board and ask for endorsement, which will also help with its authority. The IG could also take responsibility for the yearly updating, and it could turn into scholarly work from there--in the C4L journal, ITAL, ACRL publications, etc, which would also boost its authority among folks off-list. Exciting! I'm leaving the Board in July 2015, but there are at least 2 other members on this list: Bohyun and Andromeda. Maybe others; I haven't looked. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Kim, Bohyun b...@hshsl.umaryland.edu wrote: Josh, Brad, and Lisa, The LITA UX IG can provide ALA Connect for use. Check here: http://connect.ala.org/node/222849.You can create an account and use it whether you are a member of ALA/LITA or not. (If you are a member, do join the UX IG though. :) ALA Connect is just a Drupal system so it can offer things that Drupal does - chat room, postings, discussion forum, holding docs, voting, etc. The point that Sean and Shaun made is a good one. The content being housed in ALA Connect won't necessarily command the authority. Only the actual quality of the document will do that. And if you want to house the content in easily editable wiki, I think Code4Lib Wiki may be better suited for that. http://wiki.code4lib.org/Main_Page But you are right that ALA will have a much wider reach to those who will benefit from this. (Some ALA divisions like ACRL actually publishes standards; LITA hasn't done that in the past nor Code4Lib. But it is not impossible to do so.) Whichever route you go, you are welcome to leverage LITA UX as your discussion forum and use other tools there as well. IMHO, as long as the final content is cross-linked, we will all benefit. Cheers, ~Bohyun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Welker Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 3:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Code4Lib is certainly respected among techy librarians, but I would bet that 90% of my coworkers have never heard of it and would not care especially much about a document they publish. Not to disparage the group. I think it's great. I just think that official, institutionalized channels are going to be most effective in this case. I will be gone several days but will start throwing some things together soon. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Hannan Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 2:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) I'm just going to jump in here and question the need for it to be ALA or LITA affiliated. Plenty of stuff has been accomplished and respected (like, oh, hey, code4lib) without an attachment of ALA or LITA. Ad...discuss. -Sean From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Joshua Welker [wel...@ucmo.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Bohyun, That sounds like it could be a great fit. There would be two final products for what I have in mind: 1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where we can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the source that would be used by the boots-on-the-ground librarians who are actually doing UX work and need practical information. It would be continually updated. The content would be curated, and there would be a very basic approval process for creating new editor accounts. 2. An annually-revised document (again, attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) that compiles everything from the wiki together in a format that can easily be presented to other librarians and administrators. In my experience, a bureaucratically approved document carries a lot more weight in libraries than a website, at least in academic libraries. Topics that would be addressed: 1. Accessibility 2. Layout patterns 3. Typography and readability 4. Best practices for specific library web platforms 5. Recommendations for how libraries should implement the guidelines at a management level (non-technical) Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kim, Bohyun Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:42 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Jumping into this discussion late. Just wanted to let everyone know that
Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)
One approach you might take, is to do what the federal government and local governments are increasingly doing: selectively adopt industry standards. So like for building code. Most municipalities adopt the generic one and then list exceptions. So the effort is spent reviewing and selecting the best standards (best practices, guidelines), and preparing a document, not re-inventing the wheel. 2c Christina -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Cindi Blyberg Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:14 AM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) You will also have support from the LITA Board on this. The document/wiki can be published/publicised far and wide. The UX IG can bring the document to the board and ask for endorsement, which will also help with its authority. The IG could also take responsibility for the yearly updating, and it could turn into scholarly work from there--in the C4L journal, ITAL, ACRL publications, etc, which would also boost its authority among folks off-list. Exciting! I'm leaving the Board in July 2015, but there are at least 2 other members on this list: Bohyun and Andromeda. Maybe others; I haven't looked. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Kim, Bohyun b...@hshsl.umaryland.edu wrote: Josh, Brad, and Lisa, The LITA UX IG can provide ALA Connect for use. Check here: http://connect.ala.org/node/222849.You can create an account and use it whether you are a member of ALA/LITA or not. (If you are a member, do join the UX IG though. :) ALA Connect is just a Drupal system so it can offer things that Drupal does - chat room, postings, discussion forum, holding docs, voting, etc. The point that Sean and Shaun made is a good one. The content being housed in ALA Connect won't necessarily command the authority. Only the actual quality of the document will do that. And if you want to house the content in easily editable wiki, I think Code4Lib Wiki may be better suited for that. http://wiki.code4lib.org/Main_Page But you are right that ALA will have a much wider reach to those who will benefit from this. (Some ALA divisions like ACRL actually publishes standards; LITA hasn't done that in the past nor Code4Lib. But it is not impossible to do so.) Whichever route you go, you are welcome to leverage LITA UX as your discussion forum and use other tools there as well. IMHO, as long as the final content is cross-linked, we will all benefit. Cheers, ~Bohyun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Welker Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 3:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Code4Lib is certainly respected among techy librarians, but I would bet that 90% of my coworkers have never heard of it and would not care especially much about a document they publish. Not to disparage the group. I think it's great. I just think that official, institutionalized channels are going to be most effective in this case. I will be gone several days but will start throwing some things together soon. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Hannan Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 2:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) I'm just going to jump in here and question the need for it to be ALA or LITA affiliated. Plenty of stuff has been accomplished and respected (like, oh, hey, code4lib) without an attachment of ALA or LITA. Ad...discuss. -Sean From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Joshua Welker [wel...@ucmo.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Bohyun, That sounds like it could be a great fit. There would be two final products for what I have in mind: 1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where we can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the source that would be used by the boots-on-the-ground librarians who are actually doing UX work and need practical information. It would be continually updated. The content would be curated, and there would be a very basic approval process for creating new editor accounts. 2. An annually-revised document (again, attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) that compiles everything from the wiki together in a format that can easily be presented to other librarians and administrators. In my experience, a bureaucratically
[CODE4LIB] Job: Artstor Digital Library Shared Shelf Account Manager at Artstor
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)
I'd like to see us point folks to http://www.usability.gov/ to talk more about process (iterative, agile, adaptive) and analytics/metrics for success so that administration will begin to realize that libraries need to commit resources ($ people) to web work. It's not just a fun little side gig that the average librarian can do in their spare time w/low levels of knowledge. Learning the necessaries takes time. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Pikas, Christina K. Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:27 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) One approach you might take, is to do what the federal government and local governments are increasingly doing: selectively adopt industry standards. So like for building code. Most municipalities adopt the generic one and then list exceptions. So the effort is spent reviewing and selecting the best standards (best practices, guidelines), and preparing a document, not re-inventing the wheel. 2c Christina -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Cindi Blyberg Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:14 AM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) You will also have support from the LITA Board on this. The document/wiki can be published/publicised far and wide. The UX IG can bring the document to the board and ask for endorsement, which will also help with its authority. The IG could also take responsibility for the yearly updating, and it could turn into scholarly work from there--in the C4L journal, ITAL, ACRL publications, etc, which would also boost its authority among folks off-list. Exciting! I'm leaving the Board in July 2015, but there are at least 2 other members on this list: Bohyun and Andromeda. Maybe others; I haven't looked. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Kim, Bohyun b...@hshsl.umaryland.edu wrote: Josh, Brad, and Lisa, The LITA UX IG can provide ALA Connect for use. Check here: http://connect.ala.org/node/222849.You can create an account and use it whether you are a member of ALA/LITA or not. (If you are a member, do join the UX IG though. :) ALA Connect is just a Drupal system so it can offer things that Drupal does - chat room, postings, discussion forum, holding docs, voting, etc. The point that Sean and Shaun made is a good one. The content being housed in ALA Connect won't necessarily command the authority. Only the actual quality of the document will do that. And if you want to house the content in easily editable wiki, I think Code4Lib Wiki may be better suited for that. http://wiki.code4lib.org/Main_Page But you are right that ALA will have a much wider reach to those who will benefit from this. (Some ALA divisions like ACRL actually publishes standards; LITA hasn't done that in the past nor Code4Lib. But it is not impossible to do so.) Whichever route you go, you are welcome to leverage LITA UX as your discussion forum and use other tools there as well. IMHO, as long as the final content is cross-linked, we will all benefit. Cheers, ~Bohyun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Welker Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 3:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Code4Lib is certainly respected among techy librarians, but I would bet that 90% of my coworkers have never heard of it and would not care especially much about a document they publish. Not to disparage the group. I think it's great. I just think that official, institutionalized channels are going to be most effective in this case. I will be gone several days but will start throwing some things together soon. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Hannan Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 2:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) I'm just going to jump in here and question the need for it to be ALA or LITA affiliated. Plenty of stuff has been accomplished and respected (like, oh, hey, code4lib) without an attachment of ALA or LITA. Ad...discuss. -Sean From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Joshua Welker [wel...@ucmo.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Bohyun, That sounds like it could be a great fit. There would be two final products for what I have in mind: 1. A wiki
Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)
Designing Digital Services - per the government of the UK's template -would be helpful for the process orientation of user-centered web design (a key principle that library admins have to grasp)- https://www.gov.uk/service-manual -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Pikas, Christina K. Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:27 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) One approach you might take, is to do what the federal government and local governments are increasingly doing: selectively adopt industry standards. So like for building code. Most municipalities adopt the generic one and then list exceptions. So the effort is spent reviewing and selecting the best standards (best practices, guidelines), and preparing a document, not re-inventing the wheel. 2c Christina -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Cindi Blyberg Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:14 AM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) You will also have support from the LITA Board on this. The document/wiki can be published/publicised far and wide. The UX IG can bring the document to the board and ask for endorsement, which will also help with its authority. The IG could also take responsibility for the yearly updating, and it could turn into scholarly work from there--in the C4L journal, ITAL, ACRL publications, etc, which would also boost its authority among folks off-list. Exciting! I'm leaving the Board in July 2015, but there are at least 2 other members on this list: Bohyun and Andromeda. Maybe others; I haven't looked. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Kim, Bohyun b...@hshsl.umaryland.edu wrote: Josh, Brad, and Lisa, The LITA UX IG can provide ALA Connect for use. Check here: http://connect.ala.org/node/222849.You can create an account and use it whether you are a member of ALA/LITA or not. (If you are a member, do join the UX IG though. :) ALA Connect is just a Drupal system so it can offer things that Drupal does - chat room, postings, discussion forum, holding docs, voting, etc. The point that Sean and Shaun made is a good one. The content being housed in ALA Connect won't necessarily command the authority. Only the actual quality of the document will do that. And if you want to house the content in easily editable wiki, I think Code4Lib Wiki may be better suited for that. http://wiki.code4lib.org/Main_Page But you are right that ALA will have a much wider reach to those who will benefit from this. (Some ALA divisions like ACRL actually publishes standards; LITA hasn't done that in the past nor Code4Lib. But it is not impossible to do so.) Whichever route you go, you are welcome to leverage LITA UX as your discussion forum and use other tools there as well. IMHO, as long as the final content is cross-linked, we will all benefit. Cheers, ~Bohyun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Welker Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 3:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Code4Lib is certainly respected among techy librarians, but I would bet that 90% of my coworkers have never heard of it and would not care especially much about a document they publish. Not to disparage the group. I think it's great. I just think that official, institutionalized channels are going to be most effective in this case. I will be gone several days but will start throwing some things together soon. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Hannan Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 2:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) I'm just going to jump in here and question the need for it to be ALA or LITA affiliated. Plenty of stuff has been accomplished and respected (like, oh, hey, code4lib) without an attachment of ALA or LITA. Ad...discuss. -Sean From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Joshua Welker [wel...@ucmo.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav) Bohyun, That sounds like it could be a great fit. There would be two final products for what I have in mind: 1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where we can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the source that would be used by the
[CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated
Despite some of its relative flaws, MD5 is frequently selected over SHA-256 in archives as the checksum algorithm of choice. One of the primary factors here is the longer processing time required for SHA-256, though there have been no empirical studies calculating that time difference and its overall impact on checksum generation and verification in a preservation environment. AVPreserve Consultant Alex Duryee recently ran a series of tests comparing the real time and cpu time used by each algorithm. His newly updated white paper What Is the Real Impact of SHA-256? presents the results and comes to some interesting conclusions regarding the actual time difference between the two and what other factors may have a greater impact on your selection decision and file monitoring workflow. The paper can be downloaded for free at http://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/whats-the-real-impact-of-sha-256/ . __ Alex Duryee *AVPreserve* 350 7th Ave., Suite 1605 New York, NY 10001 office: 917-475-9630 http://www.avpreserve.com Facebook.com/AVPreserve http://facebook.com/AVPreserve twitter.com/AVPreserve
[CODE4LIB] guidance on building archivable website
Hi everybody: Long-time listener; rare-time poster. I just published guidance on building archivable websites: https://library.stanford.edu/blogs/digital-library-blog/2014/09/guidance-building-archivable-websites and thought this group would be interested. Please let me know if you have any feedback or questions. Thanks! ~Nicholas -- *Nicholas Taylor | Web Archiving http://library.stanford.edu/projects/web-archiving Service Manager | Stanford University Libraries DLSS http://library.stanford.edu/department/digital-library-systems-and-services-dlss* E-mail: n...@stanford.edu mailto:n...@stanford.edu | Mobile: (650) 492-9025 | Twitter: @nullhandle https://twitter.com/nullhandle
Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)
So many responses to address! ah! The LITA support to this idea is lovely to see. Thank you very much. I agree that code4lib is awesome and that we could potentially create a document which would gain traction in the wider community BUT I really do think official support/integration is the best case scenario. Shaun, http://guidelines.usability.gov/ is a neat site and I'll have to explore it more, even just for myself. How does this differ from my vision of what we're discussing (to say nothing of Josh's vision or anyone else's): 1. I think that it makes best sense as far as official validation/circulation (and for ease of use by all librarian's regardless of experience) to have a much abbreviated document listing best practices. And works cited. And maybe an appendix with more information. A sort of list that the group could agree upon that Well, if a library does these things they are well along the way to great usability. It wouldn't address a lot of the nitty gritty details that guidelines.usability.gov does, for example 13:9 Use Radio Buttons for Mutually Exclusive Selections. That is an excellent point but TMI for the document I'm describing. 1a. This document would be succinct enough that managing it would be easy. We need to have something easy to update or it risks becoming old and useless. 1b. I really like the point made by Christina about not re-inventing the wheel. And this is exactly where I'm coming from. Yes, there's a ton of great UX stuff out on the web but what would be a great service to libraryland would be for a group of knowledgeable librarians to come together and do all that research work and present everyone with a simplified 'wheel' for general use. 2. But I'm picturing a lot beyond this. Some sort of website (wiki, whatever) where library people are able to pool knowledge and resources. Best practices with libguides. Libguides customizations. I recently did a complete makeover on our Illiad site - I could share info/steps on how I did that, for example. People could share useful scripts etc. etc. The first document would primarily/exclusively be general web best practices but the second thing - that would go beyond. Just my thinking. I'm game to help whatever ends up taking shape :) -- Brad Coffield, MLIS Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University 814-472-3315 bcoffi...@francis.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated
Intel skylake processors have dedicated sha instructions. See: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-sha-extensions Using a tree hash approach (which is inherently embarrassingly parallel) will leave io time dominant. This approach is used by Amazon glacier - see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonglacier/latest/dev/checksum-calculations.html MD5 is broken, and cannot be used for any security purposes. It cannot be used for deduplication if any of the files are in the directories of security researchers! If security is not a concern then there are many faster hashing algorithms that avoid the costs imposed by the need to defend against adversaries. See siphash, murmur, cityhash, etc. Simon On Oct 2, 2014 11:18 AM, Alex Duryee a...@avpreserve.com wrote: Despite some of its relative flaws, MD5 is frequently selected over SHA-256 in archives as the checksum algorithm of choice. One of the primary factors here is the longer processing time required for SHA-256, though there have been no empirical studies calculating that time difference and its overall impact on checksum generation and verification in a preservation environment. AVPreserve Consultant Alex Duryee recently ran a series of tests comparing the real time and cpu time used by each algorithm. His newly updated white paper What Is the Real Impact of SHA-256? presents the results and comes to some interesting conclusions regarding the actual time difference between the two and what other factors may have a greater impact on your selection decision and file monitoring workflow. The paper can be downloaded for free at http://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/whats-the-real-impact-of-sha-256/ . __ Alex Duryee *AVPreserve* 350 7th Ave., Suite 1605 New York, NY 10001 office: 917-475-9630 http://www.avpreserve.com Facebook.com/AVPreserve http://facebook.com/AVPreserve twitter.com/AVPreserve
[CODE4LIB] Job: Systems Administrator (Telecommute) at Zepheira LLC
Systems Administrator (Telecommute) Zepheira LLC Reston Zepheira LLC ( zepheira.com ) is a world leader in assisting organizations to use the Web to connect, visualize, analyze, and augment data assets across system boundaries. We employ expertise in Semantic Web standards, Linked Data principles, Web architecture, and social engineering to solve information management problems. _Zepheira helps businesses link fragmented data sources into easily searched wholes _(MIT Technology Review) The following assistance is needed for an individual to help the dynamic growth of this industry- leading organization. Relocation is not needed! The duties can be performed from your home. This is a contract position and compensation is commensurate with your experience and successes. Position Title: Systems Administrator Scope Zepheira LLC is looking for an experienced Systems Administrator to augment our operational team. The ideal person will possess: * At least five years' experience with systems administration small enterprise UNIX target platforms, and particularly Linux (Debian/Ubuntu preferred). * Experience with Chef environment. * Experience with management of systems monitoring of multiple servers. * Experience communicating systems details with other employees in the company in both technical and non-technical roles, including incident reports and systems improvement plans. * Experience working under a formal project management is preferred. * Experience with most aspects of operating system administration, including configuration of mail systems, Web systems, system installation and configuration, systems security, installing third-party software, execution of deployment scripts for internally developed applications. * Ability to write shell scripts, and edit or manage common configuration file formats. * Preference for 4-year degree, in a technical field, such as engineering or computer science. * Independent problem-solving skills and self-direction, ability to multi-task and prioritize work. * We place a significant emphasis on flexible, modern software engineering practices, creation, contribution, and use of FLOSS software, and Internet and data standards. Duties/Responsibilities * Install, maintain, and upgrade servers. * Constant attention to business continuity, including systems backups (with restoration tests) and continuity at the systems level in case of arrival and departure of employees. * Take continuous measures to ensure that server data is secure from unauthorized access and to detect any breaches in access. * Keep up with systems requests and general instructions for new responsibilities from set channels, including e-mail, chat, and ticketing systems. * Initiating new responsibilities as discovered through independent initiative while helping to plan for the future of the site/network. * Evaluate and/or recommend systems purchases; has strong influence on purchasing process. * Manage vendor relationships for systems-related requirements. * Provide assistance to testers and support personnel as needed to determine system problems. * Work closely with project manager for all assigned projects performing duties as required. * Respond promptly and professionally to systems requests and assigned bug reports. Required Skills * UNIX administration, Debian/Ubuntu Linux in particular * Chef-based systems management * LDAP * Business continuity, especially backup and recovery * Communication skills Desired Skills * Chef cookbook creation and community engagement Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/17234/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated
+1 MD5 is little better than ROT13. At least with ROT13, you have no illusions. We use SHA 512 for most work. We don't do finance or national security, so it is a good fit for us. Cary On Oct 2, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Simon Spero sesunc...@gmail.com wrote: Intel skylake processors have dedicated sha instructions. See: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-sha-extensions Using a tree hash approach (which is inherently embarrassingly parallel) will leave io time dominant. This approach is used by Amazon glacier - see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonglacier/latest/dev/checksum-calculations.html MD5 is broken, and cannot be used for any security purposes. It cannot be used for deduplication if any of the files are in the directories of security researchers! If security is not a concern then there are many faster hashing algorithms that avoid the costs imposed by the need to defend against adversaries. See siphash, murmur, cityhash, etc. Simon On Oct 2, 2014 11:18 AM, Alex Duryee a...@avpreserve.com wrote: Despite some of its relative flaws, MD5 is frequently selected over SHA-256 in archives as the checksum algorithm of choice. One of the primary factors here is the longer processing time required for SHA-256, though there have been no empirical studies calculating that time difference and its overall impact on checksum generation and verification in a preservation environment. AVPreserve Consultant Alex Duryee recently ran a series of tests comparing the real time and cpu time used by each algorithm. His newly updated white paper What Is the Real Impact of SHA-256? presents the results and comes to some interesting conclusions regarding the actual time difference between the two and what other factors may have a greater impact on your selection decision and file monitoring workflow. The paper can be downloaded for free at http://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/whats-the-real-impact-of-sha-256/ . __ Alex Duryee *AVPreserve* 350 7th Ave., Suite 1605 New York, NY 10001 office: 917-475-9630 http://www.avpreserve.com Facebook.com/AVPreserve http://facebook.com/AVPreserve twitter.com/AVPreserve
Re: [CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated
For checksums for ensuring archival integrity, are cryptographic flaws relavent? I'm not sure, is part of the point of a checksum to ensure against _malicious_ changes to files? I honestly don't know. (But in most systems, I'd guess anyone who had access to maliciously change the file would also have access to maliciously change the checksum!) Rot13 is not suitable as a checksum for ensuring archival integrity however, because it's output is no smaller than it's input, which is kind of what you're looking for. From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cary Gordon [listu...@chillco.com] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 5:51 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated +1 MD5 is little better than ROT13. At least with ROT13, you have no illusions. We use SHA 512 for most work. We don't do finance or national security, so it is a good fit for us. Cary On Oct 2, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Simon Spero sesunc...@gmail.com wrote: Intel skylake processors have dedicated sha instructions. See: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-sha-extensions Using a tree hash approach (which is inherently embarrassingly parallel) will leave io time dominant. This approach is used by Amazon glacier - see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonglacier/latest/dev/checksum-calculations.html MD5 is broken, and cannot be used for any security purposes. It cannot be used for deduplication if any of the files are in the directories of security researchers! If security is not a concern then there are many faster hashing algorithms that avoid the costs imposed by the need to defend against adversaries. See siphash, murmur, cityhash, etc. Simon On Oct 2, 2014 11:18 AM, Alex Duryee a...@avpreserve.com wrote: Despite some of its relative flaws, MD5 is frequently selected over SHA-256 in archives as the checksum algorithm of choice. One of the primary factors here is the longer processing time required for SHA-256, though there have been no empirical studies calculating that time difference and its overall impact on checksum generation and verification in a preservation environment. AVPreserve Consultant Alex Duryee recently ran a series of tests comparing the real time and cpu time used by each algorithm. His newly updated white paper What Is the Real Impact of SHA-256? presents the results and comes to some interesting conclusions regarding the actual time difference between the two and what other factors may have a greater impact on your selection decision and file monitoring workflow. The paper can be downloaded for free at http://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/whats-the-real-impact-of-sha-256/ . __ Alex Duryee *AVPreserve* 350 7th Ave., Suite 1605 New York, NY 10001 office: 917-475-9630 http://www.avpreserve.com Facebook.com/AVPreserve http://facebook.com/AVPreserve twitter.com/AVPreserve
Re: [CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated
SHA-256 is authorized up to SECRET. SHA-384+ is required for TOP SECRET. Algorithms approved for more stringent requirements such as FOUO-SCI (SES Covering-up Incompetence) have not been revealed, though CARPA has funded research into plausible repudiability.
Re: [CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated
Checksums can be kept separate (tripwire style). For JHU archiving, the use of MD5 would give false positives for duplicate detection. There is no reason to use a bad cryptographic hash. Use a fast hash, or use a safe hash. Simon On Oct 2, 2014 6:34 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: For checksums for ensuring archival integrity, are cryptographic flaws relavent? I'm not sure, is part of the point of a checksum to ensure against _malicious_ changes to files? I honestly don't know. (But in most systems, I'd guess anyone who had access to maliciously change the file would also have access to maliciously change the checksum!) Rot13 is not suitable as a checksum for ensuring archival integrity however, because it's output is no smaller than it's input, which is kind of what you're looking for. From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cary Gordon [listu...@chillco.com] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 5:51 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated +1 MD5 is little better than ROT13. At least with ROT13, you have no illusions. We use SHA 512 for most work. We don't do finance or national security, so it is a good fit for us. Cary On Oct 2, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Simon Spero sesunc...@gmail.com wrote: Intel skylake processors have dedicated sha instructions. See: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-sha-extensions Using a tree hash approach (which is inherently embarrassingly parallel) will leave io time dominant. This approach is used by Amazon glacier - see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonglacier/latest/dev/checksum-calculations.html MD5 is broken, and cannot be used for any security purposes. It cannot be used for deduplication if any of the files are in the directories of security researchers! If security is not a concern then there are many faster hashing algorithms that avoid the costs imposed by the need to defend against adversaries. See siphash, murmur, cityhash, etc. Simon On Oct 2, 2014 11:18 AM, Alex Duryee a...@avpreserve.com wrote: Despite some of its relative flaws, MD5 is frequently selected over SHA-256 in archives as the checksum algorithm of choice. One of the primary factors here is the longer processing time required for SHA-256, though there have been no empirical studies calculating that time difference and its overall impact on checksum generation and verification in a preservation environment. AVPreserve Consultant Alex Duryee recently ran a series of tests comparing the real time and cpu time used by each algorithm. His newly updated white paper What Is the Real Impact of SHA-256? presents the results and comes to some interesting conclusions regarding the actual time difference between the two and what other factors may have a greater impact on your selection decision and file monitoring workflow. The paper can be downloaded for free at http://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/whats-the-real-impact-of-sha-256/ . __ Alex Duryee *AVPreserve* 350 7th Ave., Suite 1605 New York, NY 10001 office: 917-475-9630 http://www.avpreserve.com Facebook.com/AVPreserve http://facebook.com/AVPreserve twitter.com/AVPreserve
