Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
I've always been inclined to use digital collections to talk about a collection of things that have been digitized or perhaps including born digital things that are part of a collection in an archival sort of way. I prefer the term electronic resources for the databases and other things... -Derek On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
Most patrons won't understand the meanings of digital collections and electronic resources. We should use terminology that they would use. My brain is a fog this morning so I don't have any brilliant suggestions at the moment. There is likely to be UX-type research about this in the current literature. Databases is probably better, for example. Articles is probably even better than databases. For what it's worth... /Erik -- Erik Sandall, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian Webmaster Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415-393-0111 esand...@milibrary.org On 3/18/2015 9:25 AM, Matt Sherman wrote: I haven't done any testing on that, but your understanding it the conventional on in the field. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Derek Merleaux derek.merle...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been inclined to use digital collections to talk about a collection of things that have been digitized or perhaps including born digital things that are part of a collection in an archival sort of way. I prefer the term electronic resources for the databases and other things... -Derek On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
I agree that articles is incomplete, but I also think sometimes we shoot ourselves in the feet trying to be totally comprehensive in how we describe things, and end up confusing people. What students think they want are articles so we should use that term as a pointer to our databases. Good instruction can help them understand all the different kinds of resources available to them. As far as digital collections go (and whatever print special collections we have) the key is helping students understand what primary source materials are and why they might use them. The format isn't as relevant, in my opinion. I personally prefer to call all our primary source collections Special Collections or primary source collections without immediately differentiating between digital and print. I think too often we present our collections to students through the framework of our own workflows and functional handling of materials and less in terms of what they might be used for by students. It would be interesting to wipe out our current categorizations and really re-think how we present resources in terms of their functions for research and teaching. Just my $0.02. :-) Laura On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:42 AM McCanna, Terran tmcca...@georgialibraries.org wrote: Agreed - most patrons are usually confused by all of those terms (including databases) and aren't going to care about the differences between them, they just want the content. Articles is understandable, but incomplete - Articles and Other Online Resources is inclusive and easier to understand, but too long. I usually go with something like Online Resources to try to balance the understandability with the intent. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Erik Sandall esand...@milibrary.org To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:34:03 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources Most patrons won't understand the meanings of digital collections and electronic resources. We should use terminology that they would use. My brain is a fog this morning so I don't have any brilliant suggestions at the moment. There is likely to be UX-type research about this in the current literature. Databases is probably better, for example. Articles is probably even better than databases. For what it's worth... /Erik -- Erik Sandall, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian Webmaster Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415-393-0111 esand...@milibrary.org On 3/18/2015 9:25 AM, Matt Sherman wrote: I haven't done any testing on that, but your understanding it the conventional on in the field. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Derek Merleaux derek.merle...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been inclined to use digital collections to talk about a collection of things that have been digitized or perhaps including born digital things that are part of a collection in an archival sort of way. I prefer the term electronic resources for the databases and other things... -Derek On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
[CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
... one more comment is that I'm generally disappointed when I go to a digital collections web site and it's not acutally digitized Collections, but more individual items or parts of collections. So are you suggesting that all the digitized things are making up a Collection? Or that you've really digitized full collections of material? Or are you trying to describe Digitized Collection Material? I like being specific so would want to use the latter term - realizing that it's not catchy. Kari -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kari R Smith Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:25 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources And if you are including born-digital material from your library or Archives and special collections, then you'll want to figure out a way to describe those digital collections as well (and as different than digitized physical material). Digital Archives would not, in my opinion, be considered to be electronic resources. Kari Smith On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder: Call for comments - code4libcon planning docs review
Thank you all for your comments! The documentation work group will now start shifting through the comments and prioritize recommendations. Expect more updates as they come along. Cheers and have a good rest of your Wednesday, Becky On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Becky Yoose b.yo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, Just a reminder that you have until March 16th, 2015 to comment on the preliminary review of the code4libcon planning documentation and communication channels: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17C5BGX62JmOXtNrVstROwD-bMCMeuokf7tp76L5Htss/edit?usp=sharing Please do give the Disclaimer a read before reading the review - it's there for a reason ;c) Any substantial feedback can also be sent via email. I am cross posting this message to the public code4libcon Google Group [1], so please be aware that there might be two conversation threads happening in two places at once. Also, it's not too late if you want to help with a documentation project; just ping me *off list*. Check the to: field if you're just going to say that you'll help ;c) Save everyone else's inboxes! Please let me know if there are any concerns or questions in the meantime. [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4libcon Thanks, Becky
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
I haven't done any testing on that, but your understanding it the conventional on in the field. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Derek Merleaux derek.merle...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been inclined to use digital collections to talk about a collection of things that have been digitized or perhaps including born digital things that are part of a collection in an archival sort of way. I prefer the term electronic resources for the databases and other things... -Derek On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
And if you are including born-digital material from your library or Archives and special collections, then you'll want to figure out a way to describe those digital collections as well (and as different than digitized physical material). Digital Archives would not, in my opinion, be considered to be electronic resources. Kari Smith On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
Agreed - most patrons are usually confused by all of those terms (including databases) and aren't going to care about the differences between them, they just want the content. Articles is understandable, but incomplete - Articles and Other Online Resources is inclusive and easier to understand, but too long. I usually go with something like Online Resources to try to balance the understandability with the intent. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Erik Sandall esand...@milibrary.org To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:34:03 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources Most patrons won't understand the meanings of digital collections and electronic resources. We should use terminology that they would use. My brain is a fog this morning so I don't have any brilliant suggestions at the moment. There is likely to be UX-type research about this in the current literature. Databases is probably better, for example. Articles is probably even better than databases. For what it's worth... /Erik -- Erik Sandall, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian Webmaster Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415-393-0111 esand...@milibrary.org On 3/18/2015 9:25 AM, Matt Sherman wrote: I haven't done any testing on that, but your understanding it the conventional on in the field. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Derek Merleaux derek.merle...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been inclined to use digital collections to talk about a collection of things that have been digitized or perhaps including born digital things that are part of a collection in an archival sort of way. I prefer the term electronic resources for the databases and other things... -Derek On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
Hiya. I've performed a handful of jargon card sorts in several libraries. Digital Collections has never been one that's on the table, but IMHO, good labels should be future friendly - and complicating our collection with electronic, digital, or online is an uphill battle. Rather, present Collections as a whole if you have to - in which some of the items happen to be digital. It's like this audiobook versus e-audiobook nightmare. We have found that in these cases, an audiobook is an audiobook - sometimes it's on CD, other times it's accessible through Overdrive. Electronic resources are pretty meaningless to folks who are accustomed to resources that are predominately electronic anyway. Resources should suffice. My two cents! :) Michael @schoeyfield #libux.co -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Laura Krier Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:52 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources I agree that articles is incomplete, but I also think sometimes we shoot ourselves in the feet trying to be totally comprehensive in how we describe things, and end up confusing people. What students think they want are articles so we should use that term as a pointer to our databases. Good instruction can help them understand all the different kinds of resources available to them. As far as digital collections go (and whatever print special collections we have) the key is helping students understand what primary source materials are and why they might use them. The format isn't as relevant, in my opinion. I personally prefer to call all our primary source collections Special Collections or primary source collections without immediately differentiating between digital and print. I think too often we present our collections to students through the framework of our own workflows and functional handling of materials and less in terms of what they might be used for by students. It would be interesting to wipe out our current categorizations and really re-think how we present resources in terms of their functions for research and teaching. Just my $0.02. :-) Laura On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:42 AM McCanna, Terran tmcca...@georgialibraries.org wrote: Agreed - most patrons are usually confused by all of those terms (including databases) and aren't going to care about the differences between them, they just want the content. Articles is understandable, but incomplete - Articles and Other Online Resources is inclusive and easier to understand, but too long. I usually go with something like Online Resources to try to balance the understandability with the intent. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Erik Sandall esand...@milibrary.org To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:34:03 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources Most patrons won't understand the meanings of digital collections and electronic resources. We should use terminology that they would use. My brain is a fog this morning so I don't have any brilliant suggestions at the moment. There is likely to be UX-type research about this in the current literature. Databases is probably better, for example. Articles is probably even better than databases. For what it's worth... /Erik -- Erik Sandall, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian Webmaster Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415-393-0111 esand...@milibrary.org On 3/18/2015 9:25 AM, Matt Sherman wrote: I haven't done any testing on that, but your understanding it the conventional on in the field. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Derek Merleaux derek.merle...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been inclined to use digital collections to talk about a collection of things that have been digitized or perhaps including born digital things that are part of a collection in an archival sort of way. I prefer the term electronic resources for the databases and other things... -Derek On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 2015 Great Ideas Showcase and Snapshot Sessions - Call for Proposals Extended
The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) has extended the deadline to March 27th for proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions for the 30th NASIG conference in Washington, DC, May 27-31. The theme of the conference is NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future. The Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions will be held concurrently on Thursday, May 28, 2015, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Presenters must be available to discuss their showcases or present their snapshots during that time. The Great Ideas Showcase will provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas, new workflows, and new applications of technology in an interactive and informal setting. Great Ideas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways posters, laptops, tablets, e-readers, etc. Participants will be given a table or poster board (4 x 8) to showcase their idea to attendees, depending on their need. The Snapshot Sessions will consist of up to eight 5-minute presentations with a focus on an idea, project, workflow, etc. If youve always wanted to speak at NASIG, but havent felt like you had enough to say for a full session, this is a great opportunity for you. Proposals may present a report of a research study, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an innovative program that may be of interest to the serials community. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the showcase or snapshot. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, showcases and snapshots should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. Submit your Great Ideas Showcase proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015GreatIdeas Submit your Snapshot Session proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015Snapshot Proposals must be received by 5pm EST on Friday, March 27, 2015. Members of the Program Planning Committee will evaluate abstracts, and presenters will be notified of the status of their proposal by early April. (Note: Presenters for the Great Ideas Showcase or Snapshot Sessions do not qualify for a registration discount. Presenters must be registered for either the full conference or for Thursday single day registration.) Inquiries may be sent to the NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair, Anna Creech and Danielle Williams, at prog-p...@nasig.org. We look forward to seeing you in Washington! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
Hi, I've used bugme https://github.com/mit-athena/bugme (both as a user and administrator) before. It's pretty simple, it just wraps around a user's actual session and can kill the session after the time limit expires. It can also display a counter and warnings that the limit is near. Best, Jack On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Laura Krier wrote: Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
I should state that I also used to work at a library that used Pharos and while it doesn't have some of Envisionware's features it's a solid product as well. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Maura Carbone mau...@brandeis.edu wrote: We used PC Reservation at the public library I used to work at, it worked pretty well! On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Rogan Hamby rogan.ha...@yclibrary.net wrote: We use PC Reservation. It makes use of a few optional non-standard SIP codes that some ILSes support that can be pretty useful (including our's Evergreen). On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Nandhitha Agaram naga...@arls.org wrote: We use Cassie from Librarica, and it has been very helpful to control the computer usage of our patrons. http://www.librarica.com/ *Nandhitha Agaram* *Information Services Librarian* *Appomattox Regional Library* *804-458-6329 ext 2020* *naga...@arls.org naga...@arls.org* On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:58 PM, McCanna, Terran tmcca...@georgialibraries.org wrote: PC Reservation: It's pretty easy to set up and manage and you can set up the rules any way you like - different rules or computer assignments for specific age groups or purposes, authentication with your ILS, etc. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Laura Krier laura.kr...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 2:54:39 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis -- Maura Carbone Digital Initiatives Librarian Brandeis University Library and Technology Services (781) 736-4659 415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110) Waltham, MA 02454-9110 email: mau...@brandeis.edu -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis
[CODE4LIB] NEC4L
Please excuse cross postings *** Do you work with metadata and perhaps some scripting and work in the New England area? The regional Code4Lib New England is getting back together on Friday May 29, 2015 at MIT! You can already sign up for lightning talks and presentations on the wiki. Registration is coming soon. For details and to sign up, go to: http://wiki.code4lib.org/NECode4lib_2015_Home.http://wiki.code4lib.org/NECode4lib_2015_Home. This event is free!
Re: [CODE4LIB] Data Lifecycle Tracking Documentation Tools
@John - Thanks, I'd be interested to learn more about the supportable
pattern you mentioned if there are any readings you'd recommend.
@Joe - Cheers, Andreas Rauber's presentation sounds particularly relevant.
Do you have a link?
@Colin - Thanks for the feedback, I do plan to take a closer look at JIRA.
Dave
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 11:49 PM, Joe Hourcle onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.gov
wrote:
On Wed, 11 Mar 2015, davesgonechina wrote:
Hi John,
Good question - we're taking in XLS, CSV, JSON, XML, and on a bad day PDF
of varying file sizes, each requiring different transformation and audit
strategies, on both regular and irregular schedules. New batches often
feature schema changes requiring modification to ingest procedures, which
we're trying to automate as much as possible but obviously require a human
chaperone.
Mediawiki is our default choice at the moment, but then I would still be
looking for a good workflow management model for the structure of the
wiki,
especially since in my experience wikis are often a graveyard for the best
intentions.
A few places that you might try asking this question again, to see if you
can find a solution that better answers your question:
The American Society for Information Science Technology's Research Data
Access Preservation group. It has a lot of librarians archivists in
it, as well as people from various research disiplines:
http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/rdap
http://www.asis.org/rdap/
...
The Research Data Alliance has a number of groups that might be relevant.
Here are a few that I suspect are the best fit:
Libraries for Research Data IG
https://rd-alliance.org/groups/libraries-research-data.html
Reproducibility IG
https://rd-alliance.org/groups/reproducibility-ig.html
Research Data Provenance IG
https://rd-alliance.org/groups/research-data-provenance.html
Data Citation WG
(as this fits into their 'dynamic data' problem)
https://rd-alliance.org/groups/data-citation-wg.html
('IG' is 'Interest Group', which are long-lived. 'WG' is 'Working Group'
which are formed to solve a specific problem and then disband)
The group 'Publishing Data Workflows' might seem to be appropriate but
it's actually 'Workflows for Publishing Data' not 'Publishing of Data
Workflows' (which falls under 'Data Provenance' and 'Data Citation')
There was a presentation at the meeting earlier this week by Andreas
Rauber in the Data Citation group on workflows using git or SQL databases
to be able to track appending or modification for CSV and similar ASCII
files.
...
Also, I would consider this to be on-topic for Stack Exchange's Open
Data site (and I'm one of the moderators for the site):
http://opendata.stackexchange.com/
-Joe
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Scancella, John j...@loc.gov wrote:
Dave,
How are you getting the metadata streams? Are they actual stream objects,
or files, or database dumps, etc?
As for the tools, I have used a number of the ones you listed below. I
personally prefer JIRA (and it is free for non-profit). If you are ok if
editing in wiki syntax I would recommend mediaWiki (it is what powers
Wikipedia). You could also take a look at continuous deployment
technologies like Virtual Machines (virtualbox), linux containers
(docker),
and rapid deployment tools (ansible, salt). Of course if you are doing
lots
of code changes you will want to test all of this continually (Jenkins).
John Scancella
Library of Congress, OSI
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
davesgonechina
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 6:05 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Data Lifecycle Tracking Documentation Tools
Hi all,
One of my projects involves harvesting, cleaning and transforming steady
streams of metadata from numerous publishers. It's an infinite loop but
every cycle can be a little bit or significantly different. Many issue
tracking tools are designed for a linear progression that ends in
deployment, not a circular workflow, and I've not hit upon a tool or use
strategy that really fits.
The best illustration I've found so far of the type of workflow I'm
talking about is the DCC Curation Lifecycle Model
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/
publications/DCCLifecycle.pdf
.
Here are some things I've tried or thought about trying:
- Git comments
- Github Issues
- MySQL comments
- Bash script logs
- JIRA
- Trac
- Trello
- Wiki
- Unfuddle
- Redmine
- Zendesk
- Request Tracker
- Basecamp
- Asana
Thoughts?
Dave
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
We use PC Reservation. It makes use of a few optional non-standard SIP codes that some ILSes support that can be pretty useful (including our's Evergreen). On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Nandhitha Agaram naga...@arls.org wrote: We use Cassie from Librarica, and it has been very helpful to control the computer usage of our patrons. http://www.librarica.com/ *Nandhitha Agaram* *Information Services Librarian* *Appomattox Regional Library* *804-458-6329 ext 2020* *naga...@arls.org naga...@arls.org* On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:58 PM, McCanna, Terran tmcca...@georgialibraries.org wrote: PC Reservation: It's pretty easy to set up and manage and you can set up the rules any way you like - different rules or computer assignments for specific age groups or purposes, authentication with your ILS, etc. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Laura Krier laura.kr...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 2:54:39 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
We have basically found the same thing as Michael. We just recently ran some user research on separate groups of librarians and students with significant portions dedicated to just this question. We did a card-sort activity and I also had them write Œbest guess¹ definitions or Œwhat they would expect to find if they clicked on' for terms like 'digital collections', 'electronic resources', Œdatabases', etc. The students and the librarians both had different conceptions of the terms. We might go back with some different exercises to see if we can't try to tease out some different ideas, though I don¹t know that we¹ll get better results than what Michael or others have suggested. ‹Jason -- Jason Eiseman Head of Technology Services Lillian Goldman Law Library Yale Law School PO Box 208215 New Haven, CT 06520-8215 jason.eise...@yale.edu On 3/18/15, 2:19 PM, Michael Schofield mschofi...@nova.edu wrote: Hiya. I've performed a handful of jargon card sorts in several libraries. Digital Collections has never been one that's on the table, but IMHO, good labels should be future friendly - and complicating our collection with electronic, digital, or online is an uphill battle. Rather, present Collections as a whole if you have to - in which some of the items happen to be digital. It's like this audiobook versus e-audiobook nightmare. We have found that in these cases, an audiobook is an audiobook - sometimes it's on CD, other times it's accessible through Overdrive. Electronic resources are pretty meaningless to folks who are accustomed to resources that are predominately electronic anyway. Resources should suffice. My two cents! :) Michael @schoeyfield #libux.co -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Laura Krier Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:52 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources I agree that articles is incomplete, but I also think sometimes we shoot ourselves in the feet trying to be totally comprehensive in how we describe things, and end up confusing people. What students think they want are articles so we should use that term as a pointer to our databases. Good instruction can help them understand all the different kinds of resources available to them. As far as digital collections go (and whatever print special collections we have) the key is helping students understand what primary source materials are and why they might use them. The format isn't as relevant, in my opinion. I personally prefer to call all our primary source collections Special Collections or primary source collections without immediately differentiating between digital and print. I think too often we present our collections to students through the framework of our own workflows and functional handling of materials and less in terms of what they might be used for by students. It would be interesting to wipe out our current categorizations and really re-think how we present resources in terms of their functions for research and teaching. Just my $0.02. :-) Laura On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:42 AM McCanna, Terran tmcca...@georgialibraries.org wrote: Agreed - most patrons are usually confused by all of those terms (including databases) and aren't going to care about the differences between them, they just want the content. Articles is understandable, but incomplete - Articles and Other Online Resources is inclusive and easier to understand, but too long. I usually go with something like Online Resources to try to balance the understandability with the intent. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Erik Sandall esand...@milibrary.org To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:34:03 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources Most patrons won't understand the meanings of digital collections and electronic resources. We should use terminology that they would use. My brain is a fog this morning so I don't have any brilliant suggestions at the moment. There is likely to be UX-type research about this in the current literature. Databases is probably better, for example. Articles is probably even better than databases. For what it's worth... /Erik -- Erik Sandall, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian Webmaster Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415-393-0111 esand...@milibrary.org On 3/18/2015 9:25 AM, Matt Sherman wrote: I haven't done any testing on that, but your understanding it the conventional on in the field. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Derek Merleaux derek.merle...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been inclined to use digital collections to talk about a collection of things that have
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
PC Reservation: It's pretty easy to set up and manage and you can set up the rules any way you like - different rules or computer assignments for specific age groups or purposes, authentication with your ILS, etc. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Laura Krier laura.kr...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 2:54:39 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
We use Cassie from Librarica, and it has been very helpful to control the computer usage of our patrons. http://www.librarica.com/ *Nandhitha Agaram* *Information Services Librarian* *Appomattox Regional Library* *804-458-6329 ext 2020* *naga...@arls.org naga...@arls.org* On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:58 PM, McCanna, Terran tmcca...@georgialibraries.org wrote: PC Reservation: It's pretty easy to set up and manage and you can set up the rules any way you like - different rules or computer assignments for specific age groups or purposes, authentication with your ILS, etc. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Laura Krier laura.kr...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 2:54:39 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
We used PC Reservation at the public library I used to work at, it worked pretty well! On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Rogan Hamby rogan.ha...@yclibrary.net wrote: We use PC Reservation. It makes use of a few optional non-standard SIP codes that some ILSes support that can be pretty useful (including our's Evergreen). On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Nandhitha Agaram naga...@arls.org wrote: We use Cassie from Librarica, and it has been very helpful to control the computer usage of our patrons. http://www.librarica.com/ *Nandhitha Agaram* *Information Services Librarian* *Appomattox Regional Library* *804-458-6329 ext 2020* *naga...@arls.org naga...@arls.org* On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:58 PM, McCanna, Terran tmcca...@georgialibraries.org wrote: PC Reservation: It's pretty easy to set up and manage and you can set up the rules any way you like - different rules or computer assignments for specific age groups or purposes, authentication with your ILS, etc. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Laura Krier laura.kr...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 2:54:39 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis -- Maura Carbone Digital Initiatives Librarian Brandeis University Library and Technology Services (781) 736-4659 415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110) Waltham, MA 02454-9110 email: mau...@brandeis.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
When I did testing to see if patrons knew what digital collections meant, they generally clicked on the databases link. No one I tested with clicked on digital collections at all even when they were supposed to, and never chose that instead of databases. Still musing about solutions--my main solution has been to improve keywords so the digitized collections will show up in searches. Margaret Heller Digital Services Librarian 773-508-2686 On Mar 18, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
I used Veralab before and it allows you to set session time limit. It'll lock the screen when time is up. Give the free trial a test run. http://veralab.com/ Geng H. Lin Library Systems Manager Lloyd Sealy Library 899 Tenth Avenue, Rm. 115T New York City, NY 10019 Tel. 212.237.8248 Fax. 212.237.8221 Email. g...@jjay.cuny.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Laura Krier Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 2:55 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura
[CODE4LIB] Anyone analyzed SirsiDynix Symphony transaction logs?
I'm going to analyze a whack of transaction logs from our Symphony ILS so that we can dig into collection usage. Any of you out there done this? Because the system is so closed and proprietary I understand it's not easy (perhaps impossible?) to share code (publicly?), but if you've dug into it I'd be curious to know, not just about how you parsed the logs but then what you did with it, whether you loaded bits of data into a database, etc. Looking around, I see a few examples of people using the system's API, but that's it. Bill -- William Denton ↔ Toronto, Canada ↔ https://www.miskatonic.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
We use Cybrarian (www.cybrarian.com) with fairly decent success. We have found it to be fairly flexible, easy to use and cost efficient. Good luck in your search! David M. South Library Systems Specialist Harriet K. and Philip Pumerantz Library Western University of Health Sciences 909.469.8229 dso...@westernu.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Laura Krier Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 11:55 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
Ronald, What features are you looking for? I'm may also be interested in something similar. I suspect that the final solution could be fashioned by putting together existing software, such as bugme https://github.com/mit-athena/bugme (session timer), with some other software (that I don't know about or doesn't exist) to authorize and provision guest accounts. A custom lightdm greeter http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=5 may be a good place for adding the latter functionality to the existing support for guest accounts in Ubuntu. Best, Jack On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Ronald Houk wrote: I would love to find something that would work with Linux so I could put it on our workstations again. We used to have 6 workstations with Ubuntu on them but when we switched to using Envisionware this became impossible. Any open source projects would be even better!
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
I would think you could tweak your logon software to make a session expire x.minutes.from.now On 03/18/2015 02:54 PM, Laura Krier wrote: Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
Check this out for linux: http://www.linux-pam.org/Linux-PAM-html/sag-pam_limits.html Tom Connolly On 03/18/2015 04:07 PM, Jack Hill wrote: Ronald, What features are you looking for? I'm may also be interested in something similar. I suspect that the final solution could be fashioned by putting together existing software, such as bugme https://github.com/mit-athena/bugme (session timer), with some other software (that I don't know about or doesn't exist) to authorize and provision guest accounts. A custom lightdm greeter http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=5 may be a good place for adding the latter functionality to the existing support for guest accounts in Ubuntu. Best, Jack On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Ronald Houk wrote: I would love to find something that would work with Linux so I could put it on our workstations again. We used to have 6 workstations with Ubuntu on them but when we switched to using Envisionware this became impossible. Any open source projects would be even better!
Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time
I would love to find something that would work with Linux so I could put it on our workstations again. We used to have 6 workstations with Ubuntu on them but when we switched to using Envisionware this became impossible. Any open source projects would be even better! On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Geng Hua Lin g...@jjay.cuny.edu wrote: I used Veralab before and it allows you to set session time limit. It'll lock the screen when time is up. Give the free trial a test run. http://veralab.com/ Geng H. Lin Library Systems Manager Lloyd Sealy Library 899 Tenth Avenue, Rm. 115T New York City, NY 10019 Tel.212.237.8248 Fax. 212.237.8221 Email. g...@jjay.cuny.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Laura Krier Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 2:55 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time Hey folks, I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental control of home computers. Does anyone have any software recommendations for me? Laura -- Ronald Houk Assistant Director Ottumwa Public Library 102 W. Fourth Street Ottumwa, IA 52501 (641)682-7563x203 rh...@ottumwapubliclibrary.org
[CODE4LIB] NE Regional Hydra Meeting: Thursday May 7, Brown University
Calling all Northeast Hydranauts! Come join your colleagues from Amherst, Boston Public Library, Brown, DPLA, Northeastern, WGBH, Yale, and other institutions as we gather for a one-day meeting to discuss all things Hydra on May 7th at Brown University in Providence, RI. Registration (free) is now open: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zVmSGv9SOYELHqprzN8IHI_fq7fJR-QMM0w04R_VQag Please let us know by April 15 if you are planning to attend. For more information about the agenda, take a look at the Meeting page on the Hydra Project Wiki (https://wiki.duraspace.org/x/yAUCB). We're currently brainstorming about session topics and the meeting structure, and welcome suggestions for potential topics of discussion, problems to hack on, demonstrations of current projects, etc. Some possibilities suggested so far: * Migration to Fedora 4 * Spotlight * Content modelling in Hydra * Preservation auditing * APIs for integrating Hydra-managed content with Wordpress and/or Drupal * UX for Hydra and Blacklight We welcome your feedback on what type of meeting you think would be most useful. You can also suggest topics via the registration form. Thanks, The NE Hydra Meeting Planning Committee (Andrew Ashton, Karen Cariani, Eben English, Michael Friscia, Alicia Morris, Patrick Yott)
Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources
Very interesting conversation as we are currently in the process of conducting usability testing on our website, and teens were tasked with finding an article on a current event. Almost unanimously, they had no idea where to go. Those who did navigate to the current events section under Research only clicked on the one database that used the word articles in the description, even though Opposing Viewpoints is front and center on the page and (to a librarian) the best database for the job. So whatever terminology we use, we will make sure it is obvious that articles can be found there. Lennis B. Sullivan Digital Services Librarian Virginia Beach Public Library lbsul...@vbgov.com (757)385-0145 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Erik Sandall Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:34 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources Most patrons won't understand the meanings of digital collections and electronic resources. We should use terminology that they would use. My brain is a fog this morning so I don't have any brilliant suggestions at the moment. There is likely to be UX-type research about this in the current literature. Databases is probably better, for example. Articles is probably even better than databases. For what it's worth... /Erik -- Erik Sandall, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian Webmaster Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415-393-0111 esand...@milibrary.org On 3/18/2015 9:25 AM, Matt Sherman wrote: I haven't done any testing on that, but your understanding it the conventional on in the field. On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Derek Merleaux derek.merle...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been inclined to use digital collections to talk about a collection of things that have been digitized or perhaps including born digital things that are part of a collection in an archival sort of way. I prefer the term electronic resources for the databases and other things... -Derek On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi- We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We have a list of digital collections which are collections that contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that includes databases and other items. Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas about how to handle the difference between these? Thanks! jenn
