Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations
I suggested that all registration for C4L should go through zoia. If you don't know who zoia is, maybe you should learn more about the C4L community before queuing for a conference spot. ;) -Kurt From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Fleming, Declan [dflem...@ucsd.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:34 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations Hiya - ya know what the cheapest, most inclusive part of code4lib is? The IRC channel. I know it's old school, and one more thing to learn, but drop in and toss an idea around. I've found it very rewarding. D
Re: [CODE4LIB] Web archiving and WARC
Hi Edward, We're currently using the warc-tools library for WARC creation. It's written in Python, but there are a few pre-built utilities that come with the package that might suit your needs? http://code.hanzoarchives.com/warc-tools -Kurt From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Edward M. Corrado [ecorr...@ecorrado.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Web archiving and WARC Hello All, I need to harvest a few Web sites in order to preserve them. I'd really like to preserve them using the WARC file format [1] since it is a standard for digital preservation. I looked at I looked at Web Curator Tool (WCT) and Heritrix and they seem to be good at what they do but are built to work on a much larger scale then what I'd like to do -- and that comes with a cost of increased complexity. Tools like wget are simple to use and can easily be scripted to accomplish my limited task, except the standard wget and similar tools I am familiar with do not support WARC. Also, I haven't been able to find a tool that can convert zipped files created with wget to WARC. I did find a version of wget with warc support built in [1] from the Archive Team so that may be my solution, but compile software with dirty written into the name of the zip file is maybe not the best longterm solution. Does anyone know of any other simples tool to create a WARC file (either from harvesting or converting a wget or similar mirror/archive)? Edward [1] http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Wget_with_WARC_output
Re: [CODE4LIB] Life and Literature Code Challenge
Hahahaha, for life, even! From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Suzanne Pilsk [suzanne.pi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 11:31 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Life and Literature Code Challenge Free Admission to Smithsonian Institution Museums! :-) On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 12:24 PM, John Mignault j...@mignault.net wrote: Egoboo. No, there is not a prize per se. :) --j On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: On Aug 31, 2011, at 3:38 PM, John Mignault wrote: The Biodiversity Heritage Library is sponsoring a Code Challenge as part of the Life and Literature conference being held in Chicago November 14-15... More details are available on our website at http://www.lifeandliterature.org/p/code-challenge.html Interesting, and I see a growing number of these sorts of challenges. Fun! Is there a prize? -- Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame -- John Mignault Systems Librarian The LuEsther T Mertz Library The New York Botanical Garden
[CODE4LIB] Any Experiences with In-House Training and Development?
Hey folks, had a topic come up here that seemed relevant to the tenor of this group. Would be interested in hearing if anybody else has approached the same situation, and how they went about it. Technology, especially in regards to software development, is a pretty constantly moving target, and there are always new methodologies, tools, practices and models that need to be evaluated and possibly adopted. Or, put another way, developers need to be learning constantly if they're going to stay relevant. Unfortunately, in today's economic climate, the prospect of being able to ship your developer team across the country to attend week-long seminars or conferences or what-have-you is not quite as realistic as it once might have been, especially in the academic and library world. The obvious solution would seem to be implementing some sort of in-house skills training program to keep developers sharp. Possibly something like a mutual book study with followup reports or presentations, or maybe bringing in an outside presenter. I wonder if any of the groups here have implemented anything along these lines, and how have they gone about it? Things that we'd be interesting in knowing, if you've done any sort of in-house training program would be: - Topics: What sort of things did you cover? New languages? New technologies? Programming practices? - Method: What did you use? Books? On-line courses? Videos? Hired speakers? - Budget: Did you have one? What were the costs involved? - Time: How much time did you allocate to training? Were you able to provide study time for those involved in the training? - Evaluation methods: How did you evaluate the effectiveness of the training? Did those involved give reports? Did you do any sort of coding reviews? - Results: Was it worth it? Would you do it again? We'd love to hear from any and all of those out there who have implemented (or attempted to implement) something along these lines. Thanks! -Kurt
