Re: [CODE4LIB] disk doubler anyone?
Supposedly the Linux package MacUtil ( http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/opensuse/11.1/ppc/ppc/macutils-2.0b3-153.22.ppc.html) can unpack DiskDoubler files. I haven't used it. Ben On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: I figure someone here might know how to retrieve a file in an ancient format. Anybody know of a tool that will uncompress a file compressed with disk doubler, that doesn't require dredging up an old Mac running OS 9 (or trying to emulate one?). Thanks very much, Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra
Re: [CODE4LIB] Voting for Code4Lib 2015 Prepared Talks begins today!
I can only see them after logging in. On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu wrote: Is anyone else not seeing the titles of the presentations in the diebold-a-tron? On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Chris Beer ch...@cbeer.info wrote: The Code4Lib 2015 Program Committee is happy to announce that voting is now open for prepared talks. To vote, visit http://vote.code4lib.org/election/33, review the proposals, and assign points to those presentations you would like to see on the program this year. You will need to log in with your code4lib.org account in order to vote. If you have any issues with your account, please contact Ryan Wick at ryanw...@gmail.com. *Voting will end on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 11:59:59 PM PT (GMT-8).* The top 10 proposals are guaranteed a slot at the conference. The Program Committee will curate the remainder of the program in an effort to ensure diversity in program content and presenters. Community votes will still weigh heavily in these decisions. The final list of presentations will be announced in early- to mid-December. For more information about Code4Lib 2015, visit http://code4lib.org/conference/2015/.
Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
devs hashed it
out
and
will be rolling out a fix to the migration script so that this won't
happen
again.
Q2. Three-columns or single column?
Single column. Users scan, and they scan the top and left-most
portions
of
the screen. Anything in the middle and to the right is lost.
Also,
three
columns on a responsive site is a little weird, because content is
pretty
squishy; on tablets you might have pretty narrow left and right
columns.
Actually, when you view a 3-column layout on a smaller screen, it
scales down to a single column. If you're seeing otherwise, can you
send us
some
examples in case this is a bug we need to fix? Thanks. :) The key
here, of course, is to have the most important information in the
left-hand column, and not to have too many boxes on a single page.
Q5. Has anyone split the main content column into two smaller
columns?
LG2 makes it crazy easy to change number and percentage-based
widths of the columns. So you could still use the
tabs-across-the-top template
and
create a little 33% wide left sidebar column and a 66% wide
right
main
column.
One slight caution here: if you add a second content column to a
side-nav
layout and the guide author wants to display nav pills for the
page's boxes, only the boxes from the first content column will be
displayed as pills. This is by design, but we've filed it as a known
issue.
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
Behalf
Of
Blake Galbreath
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 6:37 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
I have always thought that left-nav was the UX standard for
left-to-right
languages (as opposed to Arabic, eg.: http://www.france24.com/ar/).
Personally, I feel that right-nav makes more sense across the
board,
due
to the fact that it is less distance to travel for right-handed
people.
But
the convention seems pretty set in stone. I am also not sure how
screen readers deal with right-nav - although i am guessing that
there is no problem there programming wise.
Blake
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Brad Coffield
bcoffield.libr...@gmail.com
wrote:
Benjamin: Unfortunately we have authors who want *three*
columns
plus
left-nav... LOL
Margaret: Love the floating nav on that page. It's exciting that
we'll
be able to leverage Bootstrap with our guides now. Moving the
entire library website to libguides CMS is looking more and more
promising.
Some more thoughts:
I'm no UX expert but is it generally agreed that left-nav is the
much better choice? It seems like it to me. Given current web
wide conventions etc.
One big issue to switching to left-nav in v2 is the amount of
work it's going to take everyone to convert all guides to the new
layout.
Which is one of those things that both shouldn't matter (when
looking at it in a principledness way - that is, Whatever is
best for the patrons! No matter
what!) but also does matter (in a practical way - that is, OMG
we
are
all so busy being awesome).
But part of me, when looking at other people's guides and my
own, wonders if three columns isn't just a little TOO much for the
user.
How is one supposed to scan the page? What's the prioritized
information? For a couple years now I've been eschewing three
columns whenever possible. Do others agree that three columns
can be info
overload?
Brad
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Benjamin Florin
benjamin.flo...@gmail.com
wrote:
We've been tinkering with our LibGuides template in
preparation for an eventual redesign of our site and guides,
e.g.:
http://libguides.bc.edu/libraries/babst/staff
Some of our guide authors weren't happy with the LibGuides
side-navigation's single-column limitation, so we made our own
template, moved {{guide_nav}} off to a left column, and wrote
our own styles to
make
the default top-nav display as left-nav. We've found that a
50/50
or
75/25
split next to the left nav looks pretty good.
Unfortunately we have authors who want *three* columns plus
left-nav...
In general the LibGuides templating has felt modern and easy
to
work
with.
Ben
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Brad Coffield
bcoffield.libr...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I'm finally diving into our Libguides v2 migration and I'm
wondering if anyone would be willing to share their
experience/choices regarding templating
Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
So the one thing we really wanted to do was customize the header of a guide based on whether it was produced at the health sciences library or at the main campus library, to hopefully help students keep track of where they are. Have you tried assigning the Health Sciences guides to their own groups and adding custom header HTML at the group-level (Admin Groups Header/Footer/Tabs/Boxes)? You can't use the new mustache-based templating inside the headers, but you can use plain-jane HTML. On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Will Martin w...@will-martin.net wrote: My impression of the LibGuides v2 template system is that it's decent within strict boundaries. We just launched LibGuides v2 about 6 weeks ago. We took a look at the templates, and opted not to do anything with them, because they didn't do what we needed them to. Our instance of LibGuides is shared between the main campus library and the health sciences library. Students navigating the system are often confused if they accidentally wind up looking at a guide produced for the other set of patrons. So the one thing we really wanted to do was customize the header of a guide based on whether it was produced at the health sciences library or at the main campus library, to hopefully help students keep track of where they are. Unfortunately, LibGuides' template system can't do that. It only applies to the content areas of the guide. Within that area, it affords a great degree of flexibility as regards the HTML markup of the guides. Outside of that area, it's useless. So we're running with the defaults. I may revisit those at some point, but for now we're reasonably happy with them. Oh, and here's a link to the documentation for the template system: http://support.springshare.com/libguides/guidetemplates/intro It does require you to be logged into your LibApps account, because apparently the details of their templating system is a deep, dark secret. Will On 2014-09-16 10:48, Graham, Jeannie wrote: Our library is also just getting ready to delve into LibGuides v2 so I'm also interested in hearing what others are doing! Thank you, -- Jeannie Graham Jeannie Graham California State University, Chico Meriam Library - Library Technology Specialist Chico, CA 95929-0295 jgra...@csuchico.edu 530-898-4311 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad Coffield Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 12:19 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav Hi all, I'm finally diving into our Libguides v2 migration and I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share their experience/choices regarding templating. (Or even some code!) I'm thinking left-nav is the way to go. Has anyone split the main content column into two smaller columns? Done that with a column-width-spanning box atop the main content area? Any other neato templates ideas? We are in the process of building a style guide for all libguides authors to use. And also some sort of peer-review process to help enforce the style guide. I'm thinking we are going to want to restrict all authors to left-nav templates but perhaps the ideal solution would be to require left-nav of all but to have a variety of custom left-nav templates to choose from. Any thoughts are much appreciated! Warm regards, Brad -- Brad Coffield, MLIS Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University 814-472-3315 bcoffi...@francis.edumailto:bcoffi...@francis.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage
We have a touchscreen kiosk cobbled together from a mini-PC, a giant touch panel, Google Maps, some SVGs, and D3.js. The popular features are (in order): * In-building wayfinding (Where's room 312?) * On-campus wayfinding (Where's the admissions office?) * Event locations (Where is the RefWorks workshop?) * Library hours. * Guided tour-type stuff (Visit our other libraries! Mostly used by families on admissions visits) * Computer availability. Our library contains most of the public terminals on campus, and the kiosk displays which ones are available. * Local bus routes and times (using TransLoc for route monitoring) Stuff that doesn't get used: * About the Librarian * Book locator. Ben On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Jason Bengtson j.bengtson...@gmail.com wrote: We've been looking at digital signage for some time now. The campus uses a CMS for digital signage that's pretty good which we could license (from four winds interactive). I've offered to build web content for the signs as well, should the CMS be problematic. I second what Michael said; if you're already doing web development building on that to produce sign content shouldn't be a problem. The campus is using some higher priced NEC units, but we're looking at less expensive monitors and NUCs. I like the idea of Raspberry Pis, but the CMS uses a windows client, unfortunately. We're considering a touchscreen station, too . . . according to the folks who manage the CMS the content that's been most popular in the interactive forums has, not surprisingly, been maps. Room calendars have come in second. Best regards, *Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA* Head of Library Computing and Information Systems Assistant Professor, Graduate College Department of Health Sciences Library and Information Management University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 405-271-2285, opt. 5 405-271-3297 (fax) jason-bengt...@ouhsc.edu http://library.ouhsc.edu www.jasonbengtson.com NOTICE: This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the original message at the listed email address. Thank You. j.bengtson...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Michael Schofield mschofi...@nova.edu wrote: My friend Amanda Goodman (@godaisies on Twitter) is building and designing a touch kiosk right now. She's been sharing pictures about the design and the process. I'd pick her brain. Also, At this stage I too would balk about a $30,000 price tag. There are some legit reasons [I guess] for the cost of the hardware, etc. - but based on how you and other libraries intend to use this it really shouldn't cost that much. What you need is a large touch screen with internet access, then you can essentially do what OSU [and Amanda] are doing and build a responsive website for the kiosk. It can be on top of a CMS or pull from RSS or JSON feeds to make it painless to update. You might even use a framework like jQuery Mobile (which isn't just for small hand screens) that adds a nice layer of interactive transitions, modals, etc. I'm x-posting this to code4lib because I think folks might like to weigh in. Good topic! // Michael // ns4lib.com // @gollydamn -Original Message- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:web4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 12:23 PM To: web4...@listserv.nd.edu Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage When we did a remodel of the library a few years ago, I first looked at a server that would feed the content to various digital signs that we could change on the fly and pull content from RSS feeds. But management balked at the $30,000 price tag on that. So we went with a company that provides large television like monitors that read JPG files of USB drives and are turned on and off by a Christmas tree timer. The company also supports these setups with auto-dealerships in the area. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library -Original Message- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:web4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of David S Vose Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 7:36 AM To: web4...@listserv.nd.edu Subject: [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage We will be installing interactive digital signs in our main library this fall. One sign will be at our entrance and one will be in the lobby. The draft plan is to
Re: [CODE4LIB] whimsical homepage idea
Hi Ellen! How about a just javascript that randomly spits out temperatures around 70° Fahrenheit? That would cost less and have the knock-on effect of stifling student dissent. Ben On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Friscia, Michael michael.fris...@yale.edu wrote: I like the idea. I'd also like to experiment with microphones that can detect the noise level in reading rooms so when a student is looking for a quiet one, they look at the heat map of the reading rooms and avoid the ones that are red and go to the quieter light blue ones... ___ Michael Friscia Manager, Digital Library Programming Services Yale University Library (203) 432-1856 From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Ellen K. Wilson [ewil...@jaguar1.usouthal.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 3:39 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] whimsical homepage idea This is really more of a thought experiment than an actual project, but I thought some people might get a kick out of it - maybe someone has even done it. We are in the process of redesigning our library homepage. During the fall semester we had a team of freshmen CIS students do a basic usability and design service learning project and we are now incorporating as much of their feedback as possible. We'd like to be as student-centric as possible. This got me thinking about the top two suggestions in the library's feedback box - 1) we want a coffee shop and 2) it's too cold/hot in the library. I figure I covered number one by throwing in some Javascript on the page (*groan*) but I see an opportunity with the second one. We do have microclimates within the library, so while it may be hot on 3N, chances are good it's freezing on 4S. Given that actually fixing this is beyond the library's control, what if we put wireless temperature sensors throughout the building and displayed their readings on the library homepage? So, if one were to attempt this: -How would you go about it? (hardware- or software-wise) -Could it be done for cheap? -Would it be OCLC-approved? Best regards, Ellen DISCLAIMER: The a/c is out in the library (again) and I think the high temperatures in my office may be frying my brain. -- Ellen Knowlton Wilson Instructional Services Librarian Room 250, University Library University of South Alabama 5901 USA Drive North Mobile, AL 36688 (251) 460-6045 ewil...@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Composite imaging?
If the original work is truly copyrighted, than any derivative works will be in violation of copyright unless they are themselves original, creative expressions--and even then you aren't in the clear. It doesn't sound like this would pass. If it's any consolation, an photograph of an artistic work that is out of copyright can't be copyrighted in the United States. When US libraries and museums claim copyright on photos of 100 year-old paintings they are being disingenuous. It's called copy-fraud. Other countries--most notably the UK--have different takes on this. I'm not a lawyer, by the way. Ben Florin On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Matt Amory matt.am...@gmail.com wrote: I'm working with a set of images of artworks (images which are common on the web for the most part) and I'm wondering if there is a way to layer multiple possibly-subject-to-copyright-claim images together into a single layered image which would not be subject to any copyright claim. Since the GIMP'ed image I would be presenting would be different from any of its constituent parts, could I post it without fear of takedown orders? Or is this a dubious strategy? Thanks for pondering -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference size
For those of us reading about this from home, what was the keynote bomb? Ben On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Patrick Berry pbe...@gmail.com wrote: I completely agree that size and character are a complex issues. The folks at Concentra have dealt with these issues before and have helped other organizations (JASIG to name the one I'm familiar with), so it's just a piece of the puzzle. But if we're going to tackle this we can't just say that it's too tough and we don't know where to start. We start at the beginning. On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: I think that conference size and character is a complex issue that won't be solved by simply hiring a production company. That part comes later. Cary On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:17 AM, John Fereira ja...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi Patrick, Yes, Jenn (from Concentra) is awesome. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Patrick Berry Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 1:00 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Conference size So, the keynote bomb has gone off. One of the issues is that it's really hard to put on a conference. Another conference I used to attend used Concentra CMS to run their conferences. http://www.concentra-cms.com/services.html I'm just throwing that out there. Pat -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] Representing copyright holder in MODS
The MODS convention is to add an accessCondition containing copyright information expressed in a more specialized schema. There's an example at: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/accesscondition.html The word copyright in copyrightDate in originInfo is a bit of a misdirect in this case, since copyright date is always relevant to the resource's origin but the identity of the rights holder isn't. Cheers, Ben Florin On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Mike Taylor m...@indexdata.com wrote: So far as I can make out from the element descriptions at http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/origininfo.html and related pages, there seems to be no way to express in MODS who the copyright holder of a work is -- which seems strange, as you CAN state the copyright date. Am I missing something? (The publisher element is not the answer here, as it's not at all unusual for the copyright to be held by someone other than the publisher -- the author, for example.)
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you wish you had time to learn?
To those who are interested in transitioning to git from Subversion, I can recommend the excellent git-svn tool (http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-svn.html) that comes with git. You can clone (git for checkout) directly from an svn repository: git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project/trunk Version control locally using git, merging any changes from the svn repository: git svn rebase and when you're done, commit the final changes back to the svn repository: git svn dcommit This lets you learn how to work with git locally (branching and merging like gangbusters and making frequent commits) without fear of messing up your svn repository in any conversion process. It's a very smooth intro to the DVCS way of working. One caveat--git-svn only works well when svn development is done entirely on trunk instead of in branches. Since the main reason people switch to git is for easier branching, this is usually not a problem. And thanks for the recipes. It looks like the key to baconless brussel sprouts is to a) roast them, or b) make them sweet like candy. Thanks, Ben
Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you wish you had time to learn?
* neo4j * All the math I forgot since college (linear algebra, graph theory, etc) * RDA * PostGIS * Augmented reality * Cleaner, more stylish Javascript than the derpy stuff I currently write. * A brussel sprout recipe my wife will eat that doesn't involve bacon. Ben
Re: [CODE4LIB] Auto-suggest and the id.loc.gov LCSH web service
Delaying the autosuggest until three or four characters have been entered should save some time. Unfortunately, the search results aren't very digestible. The query term is matched anywhere in the heading, and only 30 results are returned per page. So, for example, the first page of a search for doc*: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/search/?q=doc* doesn't return any results that actually start with doc ( Act of state doctrine, Adventists--Doctrines, Agriculture--Documentation, etc). Ben On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Doug Chestnut dougchest...@gmail.com wrote: mod_cache might help, assuming that performance gets better as your query string grows. --Doug On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Ethan Gruber ewg4x...@gmail.com wrote: It doesn't seem very efficient. It is taking me at least 30 seconds to load a page of 'a*' in http://id.loc.gov/authorities/search/ On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Houghton,Andrew hough...@oclc.org wrote: From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Winona Salesky Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:00 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Auto-suggest and the id.loc.gov LCSH web service Quoting Ethan Gruber ewg4x...@gmail.com: I have a need to integrate the LCSH terms into a web form that uses auto-suggest to control the vocabulary. Is this technically possible with the id.loc.gov service? Why can't you just add a * to the end of the data in your search form and send the request to the id.loc.gov search, per: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/techcenter/searching.html then parse the response? Andy. -- Benjamin Florin Technology Assistant for Blended Education Simmons College GSLIS 617-521-2842 benjamin.flo...@simmons.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] lingua::stem::snowball
It's been a while since I perled, so this might not be the most
idiomatic solution, but you could stem the entire words has list once
and create a hash of all the sums (%words_stems), then run the list of
idea words (@ideas), checking only the desired stems:
use strict;
use Lingua::Stem::Snowball;
my @ideas = ('books', 'otters', 'library');
my %words = ( 'books'= 5,
'library' = 6,
'librarianship' = 5,
'librarians'= 3,
'librarian' = 3,
'book' = 3,
'museums' = 2
);
my %words_stems = {};
my $stemmer = Lingua::Stem::Snowball-new( lang = 'en' );
foreach my $word (keys %words)
{
$words_stems{$stemmer-stem($word)} += $words{$word};
}
foreach my $idea (@ideas)
{
my $idea_stem = $stemmer-stem( $idea );
print $idea ($idea_stem)\n;
print $words_stems{$idea_stem}.\n;
}
The first foreach loop is executed once per word in %words, while the
second foreach loop gets run once per item in @ideas. So 150,000 words
with 1,000 ideas would only call the stem function (which is
presumably where all the cost is) only 150,000 times.
If you plan on doing something similar later, you could save that hash
to disk, btw.
Ben
--
Benjamin Florin
Technology Assistant for Blended Education
Simmons College GSLIS
617-521-2842
benjamin.flo...@simmons.edu
