[CODE4LIB] Job: Open Data Specialist at Chattanooga Public Library

[jobs]

Open Data Specialist
Chattanooga Public Library
Chattanooga

Put your tech skills into service. Improve the lives of thousands of
Chattanoogans.

  
The City of Chattanooga is all about using city data to drive citizen focused
solutions that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of city services while
also providing unparalleled transparency into government operations.

  
The Open Data Specialist works with the Public Library, Office of Performance
Managment and Open Data in the Mayor's Office, IT, City Departments,
community-based organizations, and end users to analyze data needs and provide
city data in open, machine readable, easy to understand formats. The Open Data
Specialist also works show the value of open data by developing useful civic
applications using open data.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Consultant Developer(s) for EAD search application at Western Connecticut State University

[jobs]

Consultant Developer(s) for EAD search application
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury

Western CT State University has applied for a grant from the NEH to
makeimprovements to a statewide EAD search application
called the CT Archives Online [(http://library.wcsu.edu/cao](http://library.wc
su.edu/cao)). We are looking for a consultant developer or
developers to help carry out those improvements.

  
Proposals are due by March 1, 2016.

  
A link to the rfp:[http://www.biznet.ct.gov/scp_search/BidD
etail.aspx?CID=38283](http://www.biznet.ct.gov/scp_search/BidDetail.aspx?CID=3
8283)

  
The CAO application will continue to:

  
* search EAD files  
* be no charge for access or participation  
* have a Web based interface  
* have few encoding requirements for EAD submissions  
* have simple and advanced search - with the ability to scope to one orall 
repositories  
* provide result sets showing collection level metadata  
* provide search results that contain a "show relevant containers" linkthat 
would show hits of the search term in the EAD inventory (in archdesc) andshow 
the component container information (in c0x tags) associated with the search 
term  
* provide faceted results showing common access points among the searchresults  
* provide a system for submission of EADs  
  
What we want to improve upon:

  
* Improve the user interface of CAO.  
* Increase efficiency and update dependencies of CAO stack  
* Improved file sharing paradigm  
* validate files upon submission for well-formedness and for validnessagainst 
the schema/or DTD  
* Exposure of the CAO dataset to Google  
* Increase efficiency of in-context search  
* allow phrase searches  
* provide a "cart" for items a user wants to set aside from searchresults  
* ability to send cart contents to a repository's archivist  
* add links within daotags to search results  
* Track analytics to show the number of users and types of searches andgeneral 
site behavior  
* make the CAO application deployable for other consortial finding aidsearches 



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Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides mobile tips?

[Eric Phetteplace]

That first tip listed in the Springshare newsletter is easily the
biggest—large, uncompressed images can take a heavy toll on mobile users.
Resizing and then running through a tool like ImageOptim
 makes a huge difference. That's by far the most
major thing you can do, other performance optimizations tend to involve
server settings which you won't control with a LibGuides instance. If
you're using a custom theme which includes multiple JavaScript or CSS
files, you can concatenate and minify those.

Best,
Eric

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 7:24 AM, Will Martin  wrote:

> All,
>
> The librarians at our medical school are interested in improving the
> performance of libguides on mobile devices.  A lot of their patrons --
> clinical staff, nursing and doctoral students -- are heavy users of mobile
> devices.
>
> I'm aware of the recent Springshare newsletter on this topic,[1] and have
> passed it on to my librarians.  It's got good tips, but I was wondering if
> anyone else had other best practices or tips on the topic.  How are you
> making your LibGuides mobile-friendly?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Will Martin
>
>
> [1] Maximize LibGuides for Mobile:
> http://buzz.springshare.com/springynews/news-29/tips
>

[CODE4LIB] LibGuides mobile tips?

[Will Martin]

All,

The librarians at our medical school are interested in improving the 
performance of libguides on mobile devices.  A lot of their patrons -- 
clinical staff, nursing and doctoral students -- are heavy users of 
mobile devices.


I'm aware of the recent Springshare newsletter on this topic,[1] and 
have passed it on to my librarians.  It's got good tips, but I was 
wondering if anyone else had other best practices or tips on the topic.  
How are you making your LibGuides mobile-friendly?


Thanks.

Will Martin


[1] Maximize LibGuides for Mobile: 
http://buzz.springshare.com/springynews/news-29/tips

[CODE4LIB] E-Learning Librarian Position Opening at Santa Ana College (Southern California)

[Knight, Annie]

Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, California) currently has an opening for an 
E-Learning Librarian. SAC is an incredible place to work (speaking from 
personal experience), with its amazing students, faculty, and staff. 

For more information and to apply, visit:
http://rsccd.edu/Employment/Documents/Job%20Announcements/AC16-0516%20FT%20Assistant%20Professor%20-%20Librarian.pdf
 

Please help spread the word! Thanks.​

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [OpenGLAM] Call for reliable sources for biographical data

[todd.d.robb...@gmail.com]

Forwarding from the OpenGLAM list:


-- Forwarded message --
From: Marco Fossati 
Date: Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:39 AM
Subject: [OpenGLAM] Call for reliable sources for biographical data
To: open-g...@lists.okfn.org, Lista di discussione per bibliotecari e
wikipediani , wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org


Hi everyone,

The StrepHit IEG project [1] is currently in the phase of curating a list
of reliable sources containing biographical data.
The mix'n'match tool [2] already maintains a list.

Can anyone involved in GLAM projects please suggest any more reliable
sources?
Thanks for getting in touch with me!
Cheers,

Marco

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/StrepHit:_Wikidata_Statements_Validation_via_References
[2] https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/
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