Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib Registration tomorrow (12/4)
I was. I removed the LIB code and was able to reserve a room at the non-discounted price. Aaron Collier Library Academic Systems Analyst California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library 559.278.2945 acoll...@csufresno.edu http://www.csufresno.edu/library - Original Message - From: Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 9:11:56 AM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib Registration tomorrow (12/4) Am I the only one having problems making the hotel reservations?
Re: [CODE4LIB] Proliferation of Code4Lib Channels
+1 Thanks for getting the sub-reddit started. I'm happy to see that as I agree with the format of discussion. I find it much easier to archive full discussions that I find there vs. the jumble of a multitude of email messages. Aaron Collier Library Academic Systems Analyst California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library 559.278.2945 acoll...@csufresno.edu http://www.csufresno.edu/library - Original Message - From: Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:51:23 AM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Proliferation of Code4Lib Channels Mark and Karen, yes, the DIY and take-initiative ethos of Code4Lib leads to a lot of channels. I think this is a good thing as each has its strengths. But it creates chaos without more clarity on what platforms are best for certain types of communication? We have similar issues when it comes to our own internal documentation attempts at Princeton. Wiki? Git? Git Wiki? IRC? Blogosphere? Reddit? Listserv? Twitter? Why should I use any of them?!? I will say that I like Reddit for potentially controversial or philosophical discussions. It's built to keep the conversation on track and reward the most insightful/best comments with more visibility. So, anyway, I've posted this discussion on the subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/code4lib/comments/1426fn/the_diy_and_takeinitiative_ethos_of_code4lib/ I also added a post on mentorship to the subreddit, since I'm particularly interested in that. Karen, while I think your comments on promotion and giving credit are important, I'm not sure how they are related to mentorship. Would love to hear more about that in the subreddit. -Shaun On 11/30/12 12:30 PM, Mark A. Matienzo wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Wow. We could not have gotten a better follow-up to our long thread about coders and non-coders. I don't git. I've used it to read code, but never contributed. I even downloaded a gui with a cute icon that is supposed to make it easy, and it still is going to take some learning. So I'm afraid that it either needs to be on a different platform for editing, OR someone (you know, the famed someone) is going to have to do updates for us non-gitters. Karen, I've added instructions about how to add contributions without knowing Git to the README file: https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy/blob/master/README.md If you'd like, I'm happy to have feedback as to changes here. A small handful of people have also asked if we could move this to another platform such as the Code4lib wiki. I'd be happy to get feedback if that would be a preferable option. Mark -- Shaun D. Ellis Digital Library Interface Developer Firestone Library, Princeton University voice: 609.258.1698 | sha...@princeton.edu
[CODE4LIB]
I agree. I've only been to one Code4Lib so far, but I felt the lightning talks were a fine outlet for those not selected to get an opportunity to still present something. Aaron Collier Library Academic Systems Analyst California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library 559.278.2945 acoll...@csufresno.edu http://www.csufresno.edu/library - Original Message - From: Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:53:57 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] On 11/27/2012 4:46 PM, Shaun Ellis wrote: I agree with Tom. If you look at the links Andromeda sent earlier in this thread, both conference organizers reported dramatic increases in the number of under-represented presenters simply by 1) making the proposal authors anonymous during voting Hmm, is the proposal author a legitimate (or illegitimate) criteria to judge proposals on? I tend to think it's actually legitimate; there are some people I know will give a valuable presentation because of who they are, and others who's expertise I might trust on some topics but not others. I don't think this is illegitimate, and wouldn't want to take this information away from voters. We are, after all, voting not just on a topic, but on a topic to be presented by a certain person or people. (I would be quite fine with having some of the program decided upon by the program committee not by the voters at large though! Using a variety of criteria. In addition to issues of diversity in presenters, I think it could also in general improve the quality of presentations and topical diversity as well).
Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!
Perhaps it's because it's summer. Not much going on but staff searches... Aaron Collier Library Academic Systems Analyst California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library 559.278.2945 acoll...@csufresno.edu http://www.csufresno.edu/library - Original Message - From: Nate Vack njv...@wisc.edu To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 6:19:33 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings! So... perhaps 90% of the conversations in my Code4lib folder are job postings right now. That's not what I want. Does this mean my filters (or subscription!) are set up wrong, or that there should be a separate jobs list? Hm... -Nate
Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars
I'd have to agree with this, as the one time I can recall putting this kind of message up we received complaints from faculty members. Aaron Collier Library Academic Systems Analyst California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library 559.278.2945 acoll...@csufresno.edu http://www.csufresno.edu/library - Original Message - From: Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:25:03 AM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars I think that anyone using IE 6 knows that they are skiing on barrel staves. Those messages mostly piss folks off, particularly when they are on a library site. On the other hand, I really love getting please update your Flash messages on my iPad :P On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Michael Schofield mschofi...@nova.edu wrote: Does anyone actually generate a conditional message--say, if LTE IE7--to suggest that visitors upgrade or otherwise warn them about a wonky site? //Michael -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:11 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars While we will support anything that our clients want supported, we warn them away from IE6 and other expensive to support antiquities. We definitely pay attention to IE during development, as backtracking to fix an issue that has been buried can be both depressing and expensive. We test in Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, and Safari. We test Responsive and/or mobile sites in a range of mobile clients. Thanks, Cary On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Aaron Collier acoll...@csufresno.edu wrote: Firefox is the leader on our stats, but I think that's mostly because it is the default browser on almost any campus system. IE is close behind though while mobile browsers are the most sparse. I guess the old develop in firefox, test in IE still holds true. Aaron Collier Library Academic Systems Analyst California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library 559.278.2945 acoll...@csufresno.edu http://www.csufresno.edu/library - Original Message - From: Brig C McCoy bmc...@kckpl.org To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 8:28:03 AM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars Hi... This is from the last six weeks from one of my public-facing websites. Definitely not going to drop MSIE support for the website at this rate: # #reqs #pages browser 1 18137 827 MSIE 8651 437 MSIE/8 7400 277 MSIE/9 1866 52 MSIE/7 193 42 MSIE/6 16 16 MSIE/5 11 3 MSIE/10 2 1809 441 Safari 1128 299 Safari/533 202 58 Safari/534 214 54 Safari/7534 79 23 Safari/6533 41 4 Safari/530 13 3 Safari/531 3 906 260 Netscape (compatible) 4 1287 182 Firefox 442 114 Firefox/13 408 34 Firefox/12 139 11 Firefox/10 163 6 Firefox/3 28 6 Firefox/14 11 5 Firefox/9 6 2 Firefox/4 12 2 Firefox/6 4 1 Firefox/15 8 1 Firefox/7 5 1164 175 Chrome 718 111 Chrome/19 409 61 Chrome/20 23 1 Chrome/9 4 1 Chrome/10 1 1 Chrome/5 ...brig On 7/12/2012 9:33 AM, Michael Schofield wrote: Ever since Microsoft announced the new IE auto-update policy, the blogosphere is fussing. This is definitely important (and good) news, but sites-Smashing Magazine has three articles on it in the last few days-are really pushing the drop IE support, and its literally slowing the internet down. I'm down, but that attitude-especially for libraries-isn't really the right one to have. It is, IMHO, an old view. A smart design strategy with progressive enhancement can deliver content to . everyone - which should be the priority for non-prof / [local-]government web presences over flare. Right?-- Brig C. McCoy bmc...@kckpl.org Network Services Coordinator Kansas City, Kansas Public Library 625 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, KS 66101 tel 913-279-2349 cel 816-885-2700 fax 913-279-2271 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] Library site design patterns
Mythbusters should have read this before their tests: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-square-wheels/ Aaron Collier Library Academic Systems Analyst California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library 559.278.2945 acoll...@csufresno.edu http://www.csufresno.edu/library - Original Message - From: Nate Vack njv...@wisc.edu To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 9:05:59 AM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library site design patterns On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Mark Jordan mjor...@sfu.ca wrote: libraries more often than not end up implementing new sites by reinventing the wheel, and justifying that reinvention by arguing that their local wheel needs to be a oval, not round Well... wheel shape depends on the road you're using: http://mathtourist.blogspot.com/2011/05/riding-on-square-wheels.html Very happy Friday, -n
