Re: [CODE4LIB] Hosting services for Wikimedia
Hello Jeremy, as Craig said, I think you mean Mediawiki : - Wikipedia : the well-known encyclopedia project - Wikimedia Foundation : the foundation running the servers of the previous project (+ some others) and managing infrastructure / legal / funds and so on - Mediawiki : the open source software running all Wikimedia Foundation projects, available as an open source product. Mediawiki is built on PHP/Mysql and can easily be installed on almost any hosting provider, but depending of the plugins you want, maybe you will reach limitations of the lowcost hosting offers. For example, if you want to use one of the biggest Mediawiki improvement of the last year, VisualEditor which allows your user to contribute to the wiki without knowing the wikicode ([[link]], '''bold''', == Title == ...) you have to install an extra tool and that can be tricky on some hosts : https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor ) Hope this helps. Sylvain Le 16/12/2014 01:28, Jeremy C. Shellhase a écrit : Does anybody have a recommendation for a hosting service for Wikimedia? I'd normally think of installing something like this locally, but our centralized IT isn't up to the task and I have no staff or servers anymore. I'd like to be able to use plug-ins that I find and be able to use our campus' CAS/LDAP for authentication instead of host-based. We're just looking to replicate the internal communication services of an intranet web server for a small (31 person) Library. Happy holidays to all. Jeremy C. Shellhase Systems Librarian *and* Bibliographer/Instructor for Business, Economics, Education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work Humboldt State University Library One Harpst Street Arcata, California 95521 707-826-3144 (voice) 707-826-3441 (fax) jeremy.shellh...@humboldt.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] HTTPS EZproxy question / RFC 6125
On 14 Dec 2014 15:24, Stuart A. Yeates syea...@gmail.com wrote: Some resources are only available only via HTTPS. Previously we used a wildcard certificate, I can't swear that it was ever tested as working, but we weren't getting any complaints. Recently browser security has been tightened and RFC 6125 has appeared and been implemented and proxing of https resources with a naive wildcard cert no longer works (we're getting complaints and are able to duplicate the issues). Huh, had not read RFC 6125 before but Move away from the issuance of so-called wildcard certificates (e.g., a certificate containing an identifier for *.example.com). certainly caught me by surprise. I've purchased a few certs in the past few months (including for our EZProxy instance) and the issuer was still using CommonName and happy to issue wildcard certs. And we haven't run into any SSL cert warnings with current versions of Chrome or Firefox. Can you provide more details about what you're trying to do and where you're getting reproducible issues? For EZProxy, our wildcard cert has a CommonName of *.proxy.example.com ; proxy requests look like http://login.proxy.example.org/login?url=proxied.url.example.com ; the user is them redirected to https://login.proxy.example.org/login?url=proxied.url.example.com to login, and on a successful login they are redirected to https://proxied-url-example-com.proxy.example.org So far, so good for us. Should we be expecting trouble? At https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/10538/what-certificates-are-needed-for-multi-level-subdomains there is an interesting solution with multiple wildcards in the same cert: foo.com *.foo.com *.*.foo.com ... *.*.foo.com sounds unlikely to work in practice, as the answer provider admits. I would be worried about wasting my money trying this approach.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hosting services for Wikimedia
Hi Jeremy, I was recently recommended to Digital Ocean for simple low-cost hosting and have been quite pleased with the service. They also have some very easy-to-follow documentation and instructions for setting up all sorts of basic server-side software including mediawiki https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-12-04 (this is for Ubuntu Linux, but there are many other OS available too. Good luck w/ your wiki! -Derek On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Sylvain Machefert smachef...@u-bordeaux3.fr wrote: Hello Jeremy, as Craig said, I think you mean Mediawiki : - Wikipedia : the well-known encyclopedia project - Wikimedia Foundation : the foundation running the servers of the previous project (+ some others) and managing infrastructure / legal / funds and so on - Mediawiki : the open source software running all Wikimedia Foundation projects, available as an open source product. Mediawiki is built on PHP/Mysql and can easily be installed on almost any hosting provider, but depending of the plugins you want, maybe you will reach limitations of the lowcost hosting offers. For example, if you want to use one of the biggest Mediawiki improvement of the last year, VisualEditor which allows your user to contribute to the wiki without knowing the wikicode ([[link]], '''bold''', == Title == ...) you have to install an extra tool and that can be tricky on some hosts : https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor ) Hope this helps. Sylvain Le 16/12/2014 01:28, Jeremy C. Shellhase a écrit : Does anybody have a recommendation for a hosting service for Wikimedia? I'd normally think of installing something like this locally, but our centralized IT isn't up to the task and I have no staff or servers anymore. I'd like to be able to use plug-ins that I find and be able to use our campus' CAS/LDAP for authentication instead of host-based. We're just looking to replicate the internal communication services of an intranet web server for a small (31 person) Library. Happy holidays to all. Jeremy C. Shellhase Systems Librarian *and* Bibliographer/Instructor for Business, Economics, Education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work Humboldt State University Library One Harpst Street Arcata, California 95521 707-826-3144 (voice) 707-826-3441 (fax) jeremy.shellh...@humboldt.edu
[CODE4LIB] NOW OPEN: OR2015 Conference System–Submit Your Open Repositories Conf Proposal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2014Read it online: bit.ly/1wVJGDP Submit Your OR2015 Proposal: Conference System Open The Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2015, will be held June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis (Indiana, USA). The organizers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. The conference theme is LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD: OPEN REPOSITORIES AT THE CROSSROADS. It is an opportunity to reflect on and to celebrate the transformative changes in repositories, scholarly communication, and research data over the last decade. More critically, however, it will also help to ensure that open repositories continue to play a key role in supporting, shaping, and sharing those changes and an open agenda for research and scholarship. The organizers invite you to review the full call for proposals here: http://www.or2015.net/call-for-proposals/, and to submit your proposal here: https://www.conftool.com/or2015/ by January 30, 2015. There are several different formats provided to encourage your participation in this year's conference, all described on the OR2015 website. CODE OF CONDUCT The Open Repositories Steering Committee is pleased to announce the release of the new Open Repositories Code of Conduct http://www.or2015.net/code-of-conduct/. The Open Repositories Code of Conduct underscores the OR Conference core value of openness by providing a welcoming and positive experience for everyone, whether they are in a formal session or a social setting, or are taking part in activities online. KEY DATES • 30 January 2015: Deadline for submissions and Scholarship Programme applications • 27 March 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference • 10 April 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups • 8-11 June 2015: OR2015 conference The conference system is now open and is linked from the conference web site: http://www.or2015.net/ We look forward to welcoming you to Indianapolis!
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hosting services for Wikimedia
I have both a locally hosted and a cloud hosted Mediawiki install. The cloud hosted one is a one-click install on DreamHost. I am pleased with DreamHost as a hosting service and use it for other things including Wordpress and dotProject. Incidently, I also manage a Hostmonster hosted wordpress install and have had no problem with them although I haven't used Mediawiki on their service. Edward On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Derek Merleaux derek.merle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeremy, I was recently recommended to Digital Ocean for simple low-cost hosting and have been quite pleased with the service. They also have some very easy-to-follow documentation and instructions for setting up all sorts of basic server-side software including mediawiki https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-12-04 (this is for Ubuntu Linux, but there are many other OS available too. Good luck w/ your wiki! -Derek On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Sylvain Machefert smachef...@u-bordeaux3.fr wrote: Hello Jeremy, as Craig said, I think you mean Mediawiki : - Wikipedia : the well-known encyclopedia project - Wikimedia Foundation : the foundation running the servers of the previous project (+ some others) and managing infrastructure / legal / funds and so on - Mediawiki : the open source software running all Wikimedia Foundation projects, available as an open source product. Mediawiki is built on PHP/Mysql and can easily be installed on almost any hosting provider, but depending of the plugins you want, maybe you will reach limitations of the lowcost hosting offers. For example, if you want to use one of the biggest Mediawiki improvement of the last year, VisualEditor which allows your user to contribute to the wiki without knowing the wikicode ([[link]], '''bold''', == Title == ...) you have to install an extra tool and that can be tricky on some hosts : https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor ) Hope this helps. Sylvain Le 16/12/2014 01:28, Jeremy C. Shellhase a écrit : Does anybody have a recommendation for a hosting service for Wikimedia? I'd normally think of installing something like this locally, but our centralized IT isn't up to the task and I have no staff or servers anymore. I'd like to be able to use plug-ins that I find and be able to use our campus' CAS/LDAP for authentication instead of host-based. We're just looking to replicate the internal communication services of an intranet web server for a small (31 person) Library. Happy holidays to all. Jeremy C. Shellhase Systems Librarian *and* Bibliographer/Instructor for Business, Economics, Education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work Humboldt State University Library One Harpst Street Arcata, California 95521 707-826-3144 (voice) 707-826-3441 (fax) jeremy.shellh...@humboldt.edu
[CODE4LIB] Open Journal Systems - experiences?
I have some staff interested in a pilot of Open Journal Systems. http://openjournalsystems.com/ Anyone here have experiences with the software they'd like to share, either installed locally or hosted by the OJS folks? I'm especially interested in how responsive the developers and the user community are. -- Tania Fersenheim Manager of Library Systems Brandeis University Library and Technology Services 415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110) Waltham, MA 02454-9110 Phone: 781.736.4698 Fax: 781.736.4577 email: tan...@brandeis.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app for material order
I guess so. But any open source CMS is out of the picture for my library. My boss doesn't like it, and I feel he has a point. I am not going to get into that discussion. Thanks. - Kelly -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: 2014年12月15日 17:38 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app for material order This would be pretty simple to build with Drupal webforms, workflow or workbench and views. Cary On Dec 15, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote: This is mainly for acquisition dept. to use before ordering and receiving: 1. Web based 2. Allow librarians and faculty to request a material 3. One requested, notify acquisition staff for process 4. Acquisition staff can view, edit, input the order status 5. Generate reports by various parameters, such as requester, dates, departments, vendors, etc. Basically, this is before an order goes into the ILS. Has anybody already done something like this?Currently, we do the job by email. There is no way we can track the pre-order information in a meaningful way. Thanks. Kelly Zhu 405-974-5947
Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app for material order
You might want to look at Trello (https://trello.com/), it is free and super easy to use and would work well for tracking orders, I am just not sure about the ability to generate reports. Thanks, Jeffrey Sabol Systems Librarian Marymount California University On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote: I guess so. But any open source CMS is out of the picture for my library. My boss doesn't like it, and I feel he has a point. I am not going to get into that discussion. Thanks. - Kelly -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: 2014年12月15日 17:38 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app for material order This would be pretty simple to build with Drupal webforms, workflow or workbench and views. Cary On Dec 15, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote: This is mainly for acquisition dept. to use before ordering and receiving: 1. Web based 2. Allow librarians and faculty to request a material 3. One requested, notify acquisition staff for process 4. Acquisition staff can view, edit, input the order status 5. Generate reports by various parameters, such as requester, dates, departments, vendors, etc. Basically, this is before an order goes into the ILS. Has anybody already done something like this?Currently, we do the job by email. There is no way we can track the pre-order information in a meaningful way. Thanks. Kelly Zhu 405-974-5947
Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app for material order
Tom, I just read through your ppt and looked at your splash site. I was pretty confident that some libraries would have already done something as I am looking for, but did not expect the work done to that intensity and extensity. Good job. So, the SM becomes Kent state's property, right? In my library's situation, we would not need features like: authenticate users, workflow or role assignment, review, etc. At this point we need some basic elements as I listed in my first posting. If possible, we may first enhance the parts regarding data analysis, stats visualization. Anyway, your presentation and sample pages give me some concrete ideas as how our pre-ordering system would look like. By the way, I develop the web apps in .NET environment. Thank you and will consult with you when I come back to work on this project next semester. Have a wonderful winter break and Merry Christmas! Kelly Zhu Web Services Librarian University of Central Oklahoma -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of KLINGLER, THOMAS Sent: 2014年12月15日 20:23 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app for material order At Kent State in recent years we've built a system, Selection Manager (TM) , that does all these things and much more. In addition to the five items below in Kelly's request, it allows folks to see everything under review. If you're authenticated with campus credentials, you can access trial URLs and passwords, enter scores and reviews, see scores and reviews from throughout campus, get alerts to item status changes,. Staff can track basic license parameters, track multiple vendor quotes, assign workflow components to other staff,.export the license and bib info into the local ILS,... Search by subject, vendor , title,... sort for all active trials,...etc, etc, etc We have used Selection Manager in production at Kent State for several years in Technical Services and don't know how we lived without it. The thousands of emails are gone and every request/quote/trial/decision/evaluation/score/fund suggestion/ etc is tracked in Selection Manager. Funny that Kelly says this is before an order goes into the ILS. When the system was under development, my project name for it was: Pre-ILS. I chose the name to indicate that the system was designed to track all the selection work that happened BEFORE an item found its way into the ILS. For years now I've said that Pre-ILS, now Selection Manager, is the ILS module that the ILS vendor community forgot to build for the past forty years !! The super simple public view is available here: Splash page: http://www2.kent.edu/library/about/depts/technicalservices/selection-manager.cfm Selection Manager: http://apps.library.kent.edu/selectionmanager/ Recent presentation with tons of screen shots: http://works.bepress.com/tom_klingler/6/ At the public, non-authenticated page, you can only see the simple level. Campus authentication is required to see trial info and submit scores. Library intranet access is necessary for the staff side and the workflow operations. Over the years, I've shown Selection Manager at lots of conferences, and, all modesty aside, folks uniformly love it. As I approach retirement, I've been showing it to lots of vendors and telling them to just take the ideas and build it out. Have shown it to III, ProQuest, EBSCO, etc. ...nobody has agreed to proceed, even though I say all I'd want in return is a steak and a martini. *I propose that we make Selection Manager into an Open Source project of the Code4Lib community. (We wrote it too fast and hard-wired it in to too much of our existing automation; hence, it's not on GitHub.) We could organize a team, write the specs, abstract things out to a level where the system would have modules that allowed everything to be configurable for a local install. The current system is about 10,000 lines of PHP and was about a man-year of work. I'd guess that we'd want a team of about 5 selection/acquisitions folks to review/write/refresh the specifications and about 5 developers to work as a team to build out the thing. Then we would ALL end up with a rich system that was hugely helpful. And, we'd end up with a community of devoted developers and users who could support each other and the system going forward. Of course this sounds like a wacky idea, and, yes, I'm an old software hippie by nature,but, let me know if you're interested in the project. If you've read this far, thanks for your time and attention. Tom Klingler Assistant Dean for Systems, Collections,and Technical Services Kent State University On Dec 15, 2014, at 6:39 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: This would be pretty simple to build with Drupal webforms, workflow or workbench and views. Cary On Dec 15, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote: This is
[CODE4LIB] PHP and MySQL (online class)
PHP and MySQL Instructor: Caleb Tucker-Raymond Dates: January 5-30, 2015 Credits: 1.5 CEUs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/108-php-mysql.php In this course you will build a simple web application with a database back-end using PHP and MySQL. You will learn basic PHP syntax and control structures (if/else, for), as well as built-in commands for manipulating data. You will also learn MySQL commands for creating, reading, updating and deleting information in a small relational database. Prior knowledge of HTML, including HTML forms, is recommended. Students will: - Gain enough knowledge of PHP and MySQL to inspire confidence with peers and library IT departments - Gain a basic understanding of PHP and MySQL syntax - Learn planning techniques and strategies for implementing a digitization program - Evaluate various approaches and standards to metadata, understand metadata interoperability - Learn the standard sizes, formats and techniques for scanning images - Create a working example application that writes PHP code to create, read, update and delete information from a MySQL database - Be able to plan and build a simple relational database with 2-4 tables - Be able to read and interpret PHP and MySQL errors Caleb Tucker-Raymond is a freelance web developer in Portland, Oregon specializing in connecting library systems to the Drupal content management system. Before that he worked as a public and academic librarian for 14 years in systems, reference, and the intersection of the two. He earned his MSLIS with Simmons College. Course structure This is an online class that is taught asynchronously, meaning that participants do the work on their own time as their schedules allow. The class does not meet together at any particular times, although the instructor may set up optional sychronous chat sessions. Instruction includes readings and assignments in one-week segments. Class participation is in an online forum environment. Payment info You can register in this course through the first week of instruction. The Register button on the website goes to our credit card payment gateway, which may be used with personal or institutional credit cards. (Be sure to use the appropriate billing address). If your institution wants to pay using a purchase order, please contact us to make arrangements. Library Juice Academy P.O. Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 Tel. 218-260-6115 Fax 916-415-5446 inquir...@libraryjuiceacademy.com http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ Testimonials: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/testimonials.php Twitter: http://twitter.com/libjuiceacademy Check out our jingle: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/news/?p=139
Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Journal Systems - experiences?
On 17/12/14 04:23, Tania Fersenheim wrote: I have some staff interested in a pilot of Open Journal Systems. http://openjournalsystems.com/ Anyone here have experiences with the software they'd like to share, either installed locally or hosted by the OJS folks? I'm especially interested in how responsive the developers and the user community are. The software is OJS and can be found at https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ The link you used points to an third-party hoster of that software. My experience with locally-installed OJS installed 'out-of-the-box' with half a dozen journals (some doing retrospective digitalisation, so reasonably large) has been great. Two upgrades have gone very painlessly. As with most open source software, most of the development is left to individual users to do (or to pay third parties to do). For example I reported that the MARCXML output is completely useless and got this response: http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9019 On the positive side, I have the tools to provide better MARCXML, on the downside, I have to wrangle the time to do that. cheers stuart
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hosting services for Wikimedia
Craig, and the list, Yea, I meant MediaWiki... Jeremy C. Shellhase Systems Librarian *and* Bibliographer/Instructor for Business, Economics, Education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work Humboldt State University Library One Harpst Street Arcata, California 95521 707-826-3144 (voice) 707-826-3441 (fax) jeremy.shellh...@humboldt.edu On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: Hi Jeremy, Do you mean hosting for *MediaWiki* software? Cheers, Craig Franklin On 16 December 2014 at 10:28, Jeremy C. Shellhase jeremy.shellh...@humboldt.edu wrote: Does anybody have a recommendation for a hosting service for Wikimedia? I'd normally think of installing something like this locally, but our centralized IT isn't up to the task and I have no staff or servers anymore. I'd like to be able to use plug-ins that I find and be able to use our campus' CAS/LDAP for authentication instead of host-based. We're just looking to replicate the internal communication services of an intranet web server for a small (31 person) Library. Happy holidays to all. Jeremy C. Shellhase Systems Librarian *and* Bibliographer/Instructor for Business, Economics, Education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work Humboldt State University Library One Harpst Street Arcata, California 95521 707-826-3144 (voice) 707-826-3441 (fax) jeremy.shellh...@humboldt.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Journal Systems - experiences?
Hi Tania, we recently set up a locally-hosted instance of OJS. We have had previous experience with implementing and customising open source software; the downside of which involves high maintenance overheads and a more onerous upgrade process . As we don't have the resources to manage another 'needy' piece of software, one of our objectives with OJS was to use it 'out of the box' and make only essential changes, including those configurable through the user interface. While OJS is certainly usable under this model, there are some issues which we've had to find workarounds for. For example, default copyright text can't be changed without directly accessing the underlying templates, so we've set up separate copyright pages instead. We had issues with Shibboleth and LDAP, so have to use OJS's own authentication system; which isn't always compatible with the way journal owners prefer to operate. It is a bit frustrating not being able to make simple tweaks to templates etc; however, our past experience has been that even the most simple of tweaks leads to requests for more, and before you know it, you're stuck with a highly-customised software that makes upgrades a nightmare. Bernadette Houghton Digitisation and Preservation Librarian Library Deakin University Locked Bag 2, Geelong, VIC 3220 +61 3 52278230 bernadette.hough...@deakin.edu.au www.deakin.edu.au Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code 00113B -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tania Fersenheim Sent: Wednesday, 17 December 2014 2:24 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Open Journal Systems - experiences? I have some staff interested in a pilot of Open Journal Systems. http://openjournalsystems.com/ Anyone here have experiences with the software they'd like to share, either installed locally or hosted by the OJS folks? I'm especially interested in how responsive the developers and the user community are. -- Tania Fersenheim Manager of Library Systems Brandeis University Library and Technology Services 415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110) Waltham, MA 02454-9110 Phone: 781.736.4698 Fax: 781.736.4577 email: tan...@brandeis.edu Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Journal Systems - experiences?
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:06 PM, stuart yeates syea...@gmail.com wrote: The software is OJS and can be found at https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ The link you used points to an third-party hoster of that software. Thanks - I probably should have linked also to the sfu hosting page. :-) https://pkpservices.sfu.ca/content/journal-hosting -- Tania Fersenheim Manager of Library Systems Brandeis University Library and Technology Services 415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110) Waltham, MA 02454-9110 Phone: 781.736.4698 Fax: 781.736.4577 email: tan...@brandeis.edu
[CODE4LIB] Job: Systems and Digital Services Librarian / Assistant Professor at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Systems and Digital Services Librarian / Assistant Professor University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock Systems and Digital Services Librarian / Assistant Professor / R99683 Want to make a difference? Want to put your great ideas to work? Are you ready to be part of a team that is reimagining what libraries and archives mean to a metropolitan, research-intensive university? The Collections and Archives division at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) is seeking highly-motivated professionals to join its team and reinvent what a library and archives can do for the university. We are currently accepting applications for Systems and Digital Services Librarian/Assistant Professor (R99683). UALR has recently undergone academic restructuring that aims to position the university as one of the top metropolitan, community-engaged, research universities among the 16 member states of the Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB). The new division was formed as part of that restructuring and includes Ottenheimer Library, Center for Arkansas History and Culture, and Sequoyah National Research Center. We will be answering questions about the university and this position at ALA midwinter. We expect to conduct on-campus interviews in April with an anticipated start date of July 2015. This position is an important part of the university's plan to create a library and archives unit that contributes to student success in a community- engaged metropolitan research university. Duties include administering the ILS and supporting other campus library and archive information systems, contributing to the technology strategy and projects planning efforts of the division, supporting the development of search and access systems, and assisting with training and development efforts. This position holds a faculty appointment with rank leading to tenure. The librarian supports the creation, redesign, and ongoing maintenance of the library's websites and projects, plugins, and social media projects. The librarian is responsible for development and maintenance of interfaces between application platforms, applications, and other systems; integration of locally-developed and third-party applications; providing functional support and training for all applications modules; and the creation of custom reports. Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in Library/Information Science from an ALA-accredited school is required with a minimum of two (2) years' experience in a library setting. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with mobile and responsive web design, application development, project management skills, interface design, usability testing. Experience managing Innovative Interface products. UALR is positioning itself for the future by emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration, high impact learning experiences, community connections, and a campus-wide commitment to student success. The campus is currently undergoing an extensive administrative and academic reorganization in order to align its assets more effectively with these priorities. This is an exciting time to be at UALR. For more information visit the reorganization web site at http://ualr.edu/academics/restructure. Application materials must be submitted through the online application system. Additional information about this position and application requirements are available under the Jobs link on the Human Resources' website at http://ualr.edu/humanresources/. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please contact if interested in talking at ALA Midwinter in Chicago 2015: Anne Liebst calie...@ualr.edu 501-569-3248 This position is subject to a pre-employment criminal and financial history background check. A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication and/or adverse financial history alone shall not disqualify an applicant in the absence of a relationship to the requirements of the position. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and actively seeks the candidacy of minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities. Under Arkansas law, all applications are subject to disclosure. Persons hired must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/18616/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Development and Operations Lead at Washington State University
Development and Operations Lead Washington State University Pullman The Washington State University Libraries invites applications for Development and Operations Lead, a fulltime,12-month, 3-year temporary position. The primary responsibility of this position is to extend andmaintain the Mukurtu content management system codebase and locally installed instances. This positionwill also consult on, plan, and implement technology solutions within the Center for Digital Scholarship andCuration (CDSC), a newly formed Center that builds on existing collaborations between the Libraries andthe College of Arts and Sciences and will offer a broad suite of tools and projects for faculty and studentsacross the campus. The CDSC is housed in the Libraries and encompasses all of the digital projects, assetsand collections that the Libraries creates and maintains. This position is grant funded until September 30th,2017 (with the possibility of extension) and reports to the Head of Library Systems and TechnicalOperations. This position is located on the Pullman campus. **Position Details:** Working with the support of colleagues within the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation and the WSULibraries Systems Group the Development and Operations lead will work to expand development of theMukurtu CMS (http://mukurtu.org), add features, update systems and work to integrate Mukurtu into thecore Library systems and projects including servicing several tribal communities nationwide in their use ofthe system. This position supports the projects of the CDSC and faculty projects with major focus on digitalarchiving and preservation.The Development and Operations lead should be proficient in Drupal development and ideally able to workin an agile development setting and able to work with support teams. He or she provides programming and systems analysis for the design, development and documentation of complex research tools across a widerange of projects. See full Notice of Vacancy for more details: and Apply here:[https://www.wsujobs.com/postings/15602](http:// libraries.wsu.edu/dev_ops) Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/18617/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available]
It has come to my attention that the public perception is that Code4Lib 2015 is either sold out or at risk of selling out in the immediate future. I'm here to tell you DON'T PANIC! As of yesterday morning, there are at least 100 places available for regular (non-speaker, non-scholarship) attendees. At my latest check in, there should still be hotel rooms available at the conference rate, as well; and we have confidence that if the hotel block *does* sell out, we can expand it at least a little for all the conference days. While there's no need to drag your feet (the earlier the host committee knows rough final attendee numbers, the better!), you shouldn't be concerned at this point if you are waiting for approval (or for after the holidays) to register. Our goal is to avoid turning anyone away, and we look to be on track to do that. Happy Holidays, and hoping to see you in Portland, Tom Johnson, on behalf of the PDX host committee
[CODE4LIB] Job: Project Manager @ UCLA at University of California, Los Angeles
Project Manager @ UCLA University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles Are you a project manager who knows how to use a PM methodology to help define, execute, and complete projects? Do you have strong communication skills, and believe the maxim that 90% of project management is Communication? Do you obsess over accurate and complete project documentation? If so, the UCLA Library has a position for you. Half the job will focus on the Digital Ephemera Project, a fascinating effort of the Digital Library Program to collect and organize tweets and other digital ephemera related to the Arab Spring and the Green Revolution. The other 50% will focus on projects to deliver innovative applications and services in the Library's web space. For more information and to submit an application, you'll find the posting on the UCLA Career Opportunities site: https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=64947 We're waiting to hear from you! Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/18618/ To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available]
Hi, I'm also needing Thursday night added. I had reserved my room about a week ago, and got Sunday-Wednesday nights at the conference rate, but couldn't get Thursday night at all. So based on suggestions on the C4L email about the hotel, I called them directly to get Thursday night added. They did add Thursday night onto my reservation, but only at the regular higher rate - they said the conference rate was not available for that night. I had seen a message that people were working on expanding the blocks, but hadn't heard any updates. If the hotel block is expanded, especially for Thursday night, can someone confirm? I still need to call the hotel back so they will change my Thursday night price to the conference rate. Thanks! heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Betsy Coles bco...@library.caltech.edu wrote: I'm not panicking, but I just tried to reserve a hotel room for Sunday night through Wednesday night and the booking website says nothing is available (Sunday through Tuesday was OK). Could someone please nudge the Hilton and get some more rooms added to the block, particularly for Wednesday night? Many thanks, Betsy Coles Caltech Library bco...@caltech.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:39 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available] It has come to my attention that the public perception is that Code4Lib 2015 is either sold out or at risk of selling out in the immediate future. I'm here to tell you DON'T PANIC! As of yesterday morning, there are at least 100 places available for regular (non-speaker, non-scholarship) attendees. At my latest check in, there should still be hotel rooms available at the conference rate, as well; and we have confidence that if the hotel block *does* sell out, we can expand it at least a little for all the conference days. While there's no need to drag your feet (the earlier the host committee knows rough final attendee numbers, the better!), you shouldn't be concerned at this point if you are waiting for approval (or for after the holidays) to register. Our goal is to avoid turning anyone away, and we look to be on track to do that. Happy Holidays, and hoping to see you in Portland, Tom Johnson, on behalf of the PDX host committee
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available]
I had the same experience -- got a reservation for Thursday but they said the block was sold out and I'd have to pay a higher rate. -- jean On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Heidi P Frank h...@nyu.edu wrote: Hi, I'm also needing Thursday night added. I had reserved my room about a week ago, and got Sunday-Wednesday nights at the conference rate, but couldn't get Thursday night at all. So based on suggestions on the C4L email about the hotel, I called them directly to get Thursday night added. They did add Thursday night onto my reservation, but only at the regular higher rate - they said the conference rate was not available for that night. I had seen a message that people were working on expanding the blocks, but hadn't heard any updates. If the hotel block is expanded, especially for Thursday night, can someone confirm? I still need to call the hotel back so they will change my Thursday night price to the conference rate. Thanks! heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Betsy Coles bco...@library.caltech.edu wrote: I'm not panicking, but I just tried to reserve a hotel room for Sunday night through Wednesday night and the booking website says nothing is available (Sunday through Tuesday was OK). Could someone please nudge the Hilton and get some more rooms added to the block, particularly for Wednesday night? Many thanks, Betsy Coles Caltech Library bco...@caltech.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:39 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available] It has come to my attention that the public perception is that Code4Lib 2015 is either sold out or at risk of selling out in the immediate future. I'm here to tell you DON'T PANIC! As of yesterday morning, there are at least 100 places available for regular (non-speaker, non-scholarship) attendees. At my latest check in, there should still be hotel rooms available at the conference rate, as well; and we have confidence that if the hotel block *does* sell out, we can expand it at least a little for all the conference days. While there's no need to drag your feet (the earlier the host committee knows rough final attendee numbers, the better!), you shouldn't be concerned at this point if you are waiting for approval (or for after the holidays) to register. Our goal is to avoid turning anyone away, and we look to be on track to do that. Happy Holidays, and hoping to see you in Portland, Tom Johnson, on behalf of the PDX host committee -- Jean Rainwater Head, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library 10 Prospect Street / Box A Providence, Rhode Island 02912 401.863.9031 jean_rainwa...@brown.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available]
The word from the Hilton as of 6:00 PST is that we have rooms available at the following days: 2/7 - 4 2/8 - 11 2/9 - 19 2/10 - 9 2/11 - 5 2/12 - 2 2/13 - 0 I can verify with them tomorrow and see what we can do about expanding the block. We've only just met (or are about to meet?) our obligations, so we haven't been in a big hurry to bump up the numbers. I would encourage you to negotiate with the hotel directly if you're having trouble, and we'll do what we can on our end. - Tom On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Rainwater, Jean jean_rainwa...@brown.edu wrote: I had the same experience -- got a reservation for Thursday but they said the block was sold out and I'd have to pay a higher rate. -- jean On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Heidi P Frank h...@nyu.edu wrote: Hi, I'm also needing Thursday night added. I had reserved my room about a week ago, and got Sunday-Wednesday nights at the conference rate, but couldn't get Thursday night at all. So based on suggestions on the C4L email about the hotel, I called them directly to get Thursday night added. They did add Thursday night onto my reservation, but only at the regular higher rate - they said the conference rate was not available for that night. I had seen a message that people were working on expanding the blocks, but hadn't heard any updates. If the hotel block is expanded, especially for Thursday night, can someone confirm? I still need to call the hotel back so they will change my Thursday night price to the conference rate. Thanks! heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Betsy Coles bco...@library.caltech.edu wrote: I'm not panicking, but I just tried to reserve a hotel room for Sunday night through Wednesday night and the booking website says nothing is available (Sunday through Tuesday was OK). Could someone please nudge the Hilton and get some more rooms added to the block, particularly for Wednesday night? Many thanks, Betsy Coles Caltech Library bco...@caltech.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:39 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available] It has come to my attention that the public perception is that Code4Lib 2015 is either sold out or at risk of selling out in the immediate future. I'm here to tell you DON'T PANIC! As of yesterday morning, there are at least 100 places available for regular (non-speaker, non-scholarship) attendees. At my latest check in, there should still be hotel rooms available at the conference rate, as well; and we have confidence that if the hotel block *does* sell out, we can expand it at least a little for all the conference days. While there's no need to drag your feet (the earlier the host committee knows rough final attendee numbers, the better!), you shouldn't be concerned at this point if you are waiting for approval (or for after the holidays) to register. Our goal is to avoid turning anyone away, and we look to be on track to do that. Happy Holidays, and hoping to see you in Portland, Tom Johnson, on behalf of the PDX host committee -- Jean Rainwater Head, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library 10 Prospect Street / Box A Providence, Rhode Island 02912 401.863.9031 jean_rainwa...@brown.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available]
hey Tom, Just an FYI, I tried calling the hotel just now to get the last night of my reservation changed to the conference rate, and the representative said there are *not* any more rooms available for Thursday night, Feb.12th. So yes, can you please ask about expanding the block of rooms when you meet with them tomorrow? Very much appreciated!! Heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Tom Johnson johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com wrote: The word from the Hilton as of 6:00 PST is that we have rooms available at the following days: 2/7 - 4 2/8 - 11 2/9 - 19 2/10 - 9 2/11 - 5 2/12 - 2 2/13 - 0 I can verify with them tomorrow and see what we can do about expanding the block. We've only just met (or are about to meet?) our obligations, so we haven't been in a big hurry to bump up the numbers. I would encourage you to negotiate with the hotel directly if you're having trouble, and we'll do what we can on our end. - Tom On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Rainwater, Jean jean_rainwa...@brown.edu wrote: I had the same experience -- got a reservation for Thursday but they said the block was sold out and I'd have to pay a higher rate. -- jean On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Heidi P Frank h...@nyu.edu wrote: Hi, I'm also needing Thursday night added. I had reserved my room about a week ago, and got Sunday-Wednesday nights at the conference rate, but couldn't get Thursday night at all. So based on suggestions on the C4L email about the hotel, I called them directly to get Thursday night added. They did add Thursday night onto my reservation, but only at the regular higher rate - they said the conference rate was not available for that night. I had seen a message that people were working on expanding the blocks, but hadn't heard any updates. If the hotel block is expanded, especially for Thursday night, can someone confirm? I still need to call the hotel back so they will change my Thursday night price to the conference rate. Thanks! heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Betsy Coles bco...@library.caltech.edu wrote: I'm not panicking, but I just tried to reserve a hotel room for Sunday night through Wednesday night and the booking website says nothing is available (Sunday through Tuesday was OK). Could someone please nudge the Hilton and get some more rooms added to the block, particularly for Wednesday night? Many thanks, Betsy Coles Caltech Library bco...@caltech.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:39 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available] It has come to my attention that the public perception is that Code4Lib 2015 is either sold out or at risk of selling out in the immediate future. I'm here to tell you DON'T PANIC! As of yesterday morning, there are at least 100 places available for regular (non-speaker, non-scholarship) attendees. At my latest check in, there should still be hotel rooms available at the conference rate, as well; and we have confidence that if the hotel block *does* sell out, we can expand it at least a little for all the conference days. While there's no need to drag your feet (the earlier the host committee knows rough final attendee numbers, the better!), you shouldn't be concerned at this point if you are waiting for approval (or for after the holidays) to register. Our goal is to avoid turning anyone away, and we look to be on track to do that. Happy Holidays, and hoping to see you in Portland, Tom Johnson, on behalf of the PDX host committee -- Jean Rainwater Head, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library 10 Prospect Street / Box A Providence, Rhode Island 02912 401.863.9031 jean_rainwa...@brown.edu
