Re: [CODE4LIB] Restrict solr index results based on client IP
This is the best way to do it in my mind, and we do pretty much exactly this for our Hydra project. +1 Trey Terrell Analyst Programmer trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 On 1/7/15, 8:55 AM, Ethan Gruber ewg4x...@gmail.com wrote: There are a few ways to do this, and yes, some version of #2 is desirable. I think it may depend on how specific these IP addresses are. Do you anticipate that one IP range may have access to X documents and a different IP range may have access to Y documents, or will all IP ranges have access to the same restricted documents (i.e., anyone on campus can access everything). The former scenario requires IPs to stored in the Solr docs and the second only requires a boolean field type, e.g. restricted = yes/no. In fact, in the former scenario, you'd probably want to associate the IP range with of key of some sort, e.g. In the schema, have field name=group In your doc have the group field contain the value medical_school. Then somewhere in your application (not stored and indexed in Solr), you can say that medical_school carries the ranges 192.168,1.*, 192.168.2.*, etc. That way, if the medical school picks up a new IP range or the range changes, you can make a minor update to your application without having to reindex content in Solr. Ethan On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Chad Mills cmmi...@rci.rutgers.edu wrote: Hello, Basically I have a solr index where, at times, some of the results from a query will only be limited to a set of users based on their clients IP address. I have been thinking about accomplishing this in either two ways. 1) Post-processing the results for IP validity against an external data source and dropping out those results which are not valid. That could leave me with a portioned result list that would need another query to fill back in. Say I want 10 results, I end up dropping 2 of them, I need to fill back in those 2 by performing another query. 2) Making the IP permission check part of the query. Basically appending an AND in the query on a field that stores the permissible IP addresses. The index field would be set to allow all IPs to access the result by default, but at times can contain the allowable IP addresses or maybe even ranges somehow. Are there some other ways to accomplish this I haven't considered? Right now #2 sounds seems more desirable to me. Thanks in advance for your thoughts! -- Chad Mills Digital Library Architect Ph: 848.932.5924 Fax: 848.932.1386 Cell: 732.309.8538 Rutgers University Libraries Scholarly Communication Center Room 409D, Alexander Library 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is NOW OPEN!
Not sure if anybody has replied to this - yes! There will be free in-room wifi as well as “unlimited” conference Wi-Fi during the event. Trey Terrell Analyst Programmer trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 On 12/8/14, 7:38 PM, Emily Lynema emilylyn...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know if internet is included? I mean, it would be crazy if it's not, but just to make sure somebody thought about it... On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Mark A. Matienzo mark.matie...@gmail.com wrote: I made my reservation on Sunday, and I ran into the same snag. They suggested I wait an hour or so for the change to propagate throughout the system. Mark On Dec 8, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Mark Mounts mark.mou...@dartmouth.edu wrote: I just tried to check my hotel reservation that I made through the link on the registration page with the hotel directly and they couldn’t find my reservation - and now they claim to be out of rooms. Best to check yours! On 12/8/14, 1:46 PM, Tom Johnson johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com wrote: I'm also being told that you will likely get the block rate for the weekend if you call and ask. Again, we're working to make sure the edge dates stay available and ready to ask the hotel to expand any dates that fill up. We are closing in on sold out for Thursday, but trying to expand that day, Monday-Wednesday nights are still very available. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Tom Johnson johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com wrote: I'm told we're not currently out of block space for any of Sunday-Thursday nights. If you're having trouble, calling the hotel directly is probably the best solution. We'll do our best to stay on top of the block status and expand it where needed. The hotel has been very flexible thus far, and I get the impression they would be glad if we booked them solid. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Tom Johnson johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com wrote: Any chance we could get in touch with the hotel? It might not be that the hotel is booked up, but rather that it won't allow us to order that night on the block. That seems to be the case (i.e. the block for Thursday night is sold out). We're working on getting info and expanding the block as needed. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu wrote: Lack of Thursday overnight is going to be a big deal, especially with the west coast location. Any chance we could get in touch with the hotel? It might not be that the hotel is booked up, but rather that it won't allow us to order that night on the block. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Collier, Aaron acoll...@calstate.edu wrote: This is the problem I had. Tried to book through the weekend and it apparently wasn't available. --- --- Aaron Collier Digital Repository Services Manager Systemwide Digital Library Services, California State University From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Gomez [jgo...@getty.edu] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 10:10 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is NOW OPEN! I had trouble as well, but when I restricted my reservation to only Sunday-Wed nights, it then allowed me to reserve rooms. It appears that there are no rooms available for Thursday or Friday after the conference. -Josh Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA 310-440-7421 Louisa Kwasigroch lkwasigr...@clir.org 12/08/14 10:07 AM I just tried the link from the registration page: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_neweventID=117148 45 , and then clicked on łmake a reservation˛, and it allowed me to select dates and get a room. On 12/8/14, 1:00 PM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu wrote: Can someone from the conference check with the hotel about our room block? It seems weird that we've got a link to a special event page but that it's returning no results on the day of registration On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Dana Jemison dana.jemi...@ucop.edu wrote: Looks like the recommended hotel is already filled up. Are there any other options close by? Thanks! Dana Dana Jemison Principal Metadata Analyst California Digital Library University of California, Office of the President 415 20th Street, 4th Floor, Office 424B Oakland, CA 94612-2901 Tel: 510.987.0832 Email: dana.jemi...@ucop.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wick, Ryan Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 9:00 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is NOW OPEN!
We¹ll keep the spots open until they¹re either all filled or the conference opens, extending the deadline appropriately. Trey Terrell trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 On 12/8/14, 9:10 AM, Dave Menninger davemenningerlibr...@gmail.com wrote: My library isn't letting me sign up for this until 2015 because bureaucracy. Is there any way the registration can continue to be open through say, the first week of next year? I realize the whole thing may well be sold out by then anyway. Perhaps there would be a way to get onto the waiting list preemptively for those of us with paperwork problems? ~Dave On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Wick, Ryan ryan.w...@oregonstate.edu wrote: Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is now open! To register for Code4Lib 2015, please visit: http://c4l2015.eventbrite.com Code4Lib will be held at the Hilton Portland Executive Tower located in downtown Portland. Rooms are $139 a night for single/double rooms. Please use this link for reservations: https://aws.passkey.com/event/11714845/owner/4173/landing Preconferences begin on February 9, with the main conference running from February 10-12. The full schedule for Code4Lib is here: http://code4lib.org/conference/2015/schedule Details on the preconference offerings can be found here: http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Preconference_Proposals Code4Lib plans to offer on-site childcare in 2015. Please let us know how many children you expect to bring with you and their ages at the time of registration. We are seeking sponsors to offset childcare costs, but for now, you should plan for $200/child/day for a 0-2 year old and $100 for a 3+ year old. There are also a variety of social activities around Code4Lib - please visit http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Social_Activities for more information about the Craft Brew Drinkup, the Newcomer Dinners and a list of a variety of events scheduled that week. We're really looking forward to having all of you join us in Portland this February. The Local Program Planning Committee Evviva Weinraub Tom Johnson Ryan Wick Trey Terrell Mike Eaton Hui Zhang
Re: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is NOW OPEN!
Me three. We’re working on this - I just went through the process via phone to do a reservation that way. You may have to ask for the Oregon State University Conference Services block, rather than code4lib (I had that problem.) They’ll tell you the block is sold out on the 12th - we’re working on getting more. Trey Terrell Analyst Programmer trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 On 12/8/14, 11:46 AM, Salazar, Christina christina.sala...@csuci.edu wrote: Yep, me too. With the exception that Oh you're in luck, there's still rooms available (wow, thanks, since I wasn't the one who lost my reservation). Also be warned that the conference room confirmation number is NOT the hotel's confirmation number. Christina Salazar Systems Librarian John Spoor Broome Library California State University, Channel Islands 805/437-3198 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Mounts Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 11:22 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is NOW OPEN! I just tried to check my hotel reservation that I made through the link on the registration page with the hotel directly and they couldn’t find my reservation - and now they claim to be out of rooms. Best to check yours! On 12/8/14, 1:46 PM, Tom Johnson johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com wrote: I'm also being told that you will likely get the block rate for the weekend if you call and ask. Again, we're working to make sure the edge dates stay available and ready to ask the hotel to expand any dates that fill up. We are closing in on sold out for Thursday, but trying to expand that day, Monday-Wednesday nights are still very available. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Tom Johnson johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com wrote: I'm told we're not currently out of block space for any of Sunday-Thursday nights. If you're having trouble, calling the hotel directly is probably the best solution. We'll do our best to stay on top of the block status and expand it where needed. The hotel has been very flexible thus far, and I get the impression they would be glad if we booked them solid. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Tom Johnson johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com wrote: Any chance we could get in touch with the hotel? It might not be that the hotel is booked up, but rather that it won't allow us to order that night on the block. That seems to be the case (i.e. the block for Thursday night is sold out). We're working on getting info and expanding the block as needed. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu wrote: Lack of Thursday overnight is going to be a big deal, especially with the west coast location. Any chance we could get in touch with the hotel? It might not be that the hotel is booked up, but rather that it won't allow us to order that night on the block. On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Collier, Aaron acoll...@calstate.edu wrote: This is the problem I had. Tried to book through the weekend and it apparently wasn't available. --- --- Aaron Collier Digital Repository Services Manager Systemwide Digital Library Services, California State University From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Gomez [jgo...@getty.edu] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 10:10 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is NOW OPEN! I had trouble as well, but when I restricted my reservation to only Sunday-Wed nights, it then allowed me to reserve rooms. It appears that there are no rooms available for Thursday or Friday after the conference. -Josh Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA 310-440-7421 Louisa Kwasigroch lkwasigr...@clir.org 12/08/14 10:07 AM I just tried the link from the registration page: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_neweventID=117 148 45 , and then clicked on łmake a reservation˛, and it allowed me to select dates and get a room. On 12/8/14, 1:00 PM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu wrote: Can someone from the conference check with the hotel about our room block? It seems weird that we've got a link to a special event page but that it's returning no results on the day of registration On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Dana Jemison dana.jemi...@ucop.edu wrote: Looks like the recommended hotel is already filled up. Are there any other options close by? Thanks! Dana Dana Jemison Principal Metadata Analyst California Digital Library University of California, Office of the President 415 20th Street, 4th Floor, Office
Re: [CODE4LIB] very large image display?
Our digital repository uses IIP Image Server (http://iipimage.sourceforge.net/documentation/server/) on the backend with pyramidal tiffs and OpenSeaDragon on the front-end (http://openseadragon.github.io/). We¹ve been very happy with it. You can see it here: http://oregondigital.org/sets/braceros/oregondigital:n583xt96p Trey Terrell Programmer Analyst trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 On 7/25/14, 8:36 AM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Does anyone have a good solution to recommend for display of very large images on the web? I'm thinking of something that supports pan and scan, as well as loading only certain tiles for the current view to avoid loading an entire giant image. A URL to more info to learn about things would be another way of answering this question, especially if it involves special server-side software. I'm not sure where to begin. Googling around I can't find any clearly good solutions. Has anyone done this before and been happy with a solution? Thanks for any info! Jonathan
Re: [CODE4LIB] [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage
Just my response I sent to Web4Lib so the data’s available here - I actually have some quantitative data for this one! We have an interactive kiosk set up in the front of our library (http://touchkiosk.library.oregonstate.edu) which has a number of buttons for study room reservation, maps, computer availability, staff directory, class schedule, and hours. It uses custom google analytics events to track the length of viewing of a specific ³pane² as well as how many times a pane is selected. Since it was launched (April 2013) the numbers look like this (% is number of times picked/total picks and seconds is average viewing time): Room Reservation: 40.22% - 75.65 seconds Maps: 20.40% - 47.19 seconds Computer Availability: 13.36% - 15.21 seconds Directory: 9.88% - 55.85 seconds Classroom Schedule: 8.07% - 14.04 seconds Hours: 8.07% - 35.82 seconds A note about the times - the panes time out automatically after 60 seconds unless interacted with or switched away. So if it¹s above 60 seconds they interacted past the timeout period, if not then they¹re clicking away most of the time. I should also say that the numbers are likely skewed based on how interactive a pane is - patrons seem to interact longer with the more ³fun² ones like room reservation, directory, and hours. If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a note, Trey Terrell Programmer Analyst trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 On 7/18/14, 11:00 AM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu wrote: We did one with a mac mini and a commodity touchscreen, plus a custom plain-old-php-and-javascript interface: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5832 Incidentally, the newest version of our plain-old-php-and-javascript interface looks way better (and is more ADA compliant!) than the one featured in the article. On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Andrew Nisbet anis...@epl.ca wrote: Hello Paul, Richard Loomis has a project he presented at ALA 2014: http://somerset.lib.nj.us/rpisign.htm. I hope this helps. Edmonton Public Library Andrew Nisbet ILS Administrator T: 780.496.4058 F: 780.496.8317 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Go Sent: July-18-14 11:24 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage We implemented a very inexpensive digital signage solution using TVs and Raspberry Pis. The Pis connect to the server to automatically display images in certain drives, making changing signs simple. We could also do RSS but have not implemented that as of now. The Pis are around $35 (additional costs include the storage card, wifi adapter or networking) and are very easy to program. We have discussed having touch screen kiosks using iPads or Kindle Fires but have not attempted to do so., yet. Paul Go Systems Librarian / Library Technology Manager / CS and ITM Liaison Paul V. Galvin Library Illinois Institute of Technology 35 West 33rd Street Chicago, IL 60616 312.567.7997 p...@iit.edumailto:p...@iit.edu *Driving Innovation through Knowledge and Scholarship* On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Michael Schofield mschofi...@nova.edu mailto: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.edumailto: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
Re: [CODE4LIB] Software to track website changes?
Another +1 for Github Issues. If you’re uncomfortable putting the website in a public repo they’ve given us 50 private repositories for free and have asked us to spread the word. You can just head over to https://education.github.com/ and request a discount for your organization - they’ve been amazing to work with. =) Trey Terrell Programmer Analyst trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 On 7/11/14, 8:21 AM, NCSU eol...@ncsu.edu wrote: GitHub has great bug tracking feature. We used it for our last website redesign and found it very helpful and useful for communicating with many different people. -Erik On Jul 11, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Shearer, Timothy J tshea...@email.unc.edu wrote: If you¹re looking for cheap and easy, trello can work. It¹s a agile-inspired, free, nicely customizable tool to support workflows like this. We¹ve had forms on our site (in our case a formidable form in wordpress) write directly to it. Tim On 7/11/14, 10:48 AM, Andrew Shuping ashup...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Elizabeth, I know my library's systems department uses The Trac project: http://trac.edgewall.org/, which lets them do exactly what you're asking about. I can't remember how easy/difficult the installation process is, but using it is easy for almost anyone. Our building maintenance person has even started using it as a way to track what she needs to do. Andrew Shuping Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Elizabeth Leonard elizabeth.leon...@shu.edu wrote: Does anyone have a good way to track requests to make changes to your website(s)? I would like to be able to put in requests and be able to track if they are done and when, so there's fewer emails flying about. E Elizabeth Leonard Assistant Dean of Information Technologies, Resources Acquisition and Description Seton Hall University 400 South Orange Avenue South Orange, NJ 07079 973-761-9445
Re: [CODE4LIB] Private Repos WAS: [CODE4LIB] Software to track website changes?
Around a year ago we drafted and implemented an open source policy (http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ets/guidelines) that says our default stance is public repositories, both for projects in active development and those we consider stable or orphaned. We¹re still at the beginning of the process, so we still occasionally have some private repositories for those projects with seriously specific scope or projects which we haven¹t invested the time into to make public (via using environment variables for passwords and such.) However, if you¹d like to see some of what we¹ve published feel free to check us out - http://github.com/osulp . Trey Terrell Programmer Analyst trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 On 7/11/14, 11:59 AM, Michael Schofield mschofi...@nova.edu wrote: Maybe we could share our decisions behind whether we keep our github/bitbucket repositories public or private. For the most part, I keep web and other non-sensitive code completely public. While there's a little red tape around releasing themes we've built as, ah, packages, intrepid diggers would find most of it on Github. Obviously all of our database connections / patron apis aren't a part of that, but I think largely the health [and independence] of #libweb stuff relies on sharing and good-natured ripping off. Even if the code is awful, I'm not too concerned with private repos. Michael // www.ns4lib.com -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Spear Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 2:23 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Software to track website changes? On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Francis Kayiwa fkay...@colgate.edu wrote: Another +1 for Github Issues. If you¹re uncomfortable putting the website in a public repo they¹ve given us 50 private repositories for free and have asked us to spread the word. You can just head over to https://education.github.com/ and request a discount for your organization - they¹ve been amazing to work with. =) I had (sample of one) to jump through so many hoops and still couldn't convince them to give me what you got. FWIW All bitbucket needs is a .edu account and they will give you unlimited repos. Sure not as *cool* as github but also has had less bad press than github. ;-) We use bitbucket for both the free private repos and issue tracking here. In my experience, their issue tracker is not nearly as good at Github's (which isn't particularly surprising since they'd like you to pay for Jira.) Github's education discounts looked to me like they were aimed specifically at teaching rather than being free for any use by an educational institution when I looked at them, but I don't remember if there was specific language that gave me that impression or just vague use github in the classroom! marketing. I know Jira does actually distinguish between use at an educational institution and classroom use in their discounted vs. free policy. If I could get free Travis for Private Repos along with free Github I'd switch in a second; I don't know that the improved issue tracker alone would be worth the effort for me. -- Geoffrey Spear Metadata Manager Health Sciences Library System University of Pittsburgh
Re: [CODE4LIB] Software to track website changes?
It likely helped that we already had a variety of open source projects on github, and I told them our primary impetus for private repositories was to get off of gitlab and centralize everything with them. Trey On 7/11/14, 10:01 AM, Francis Kayiwa fkay...@colgate.edu wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 7/11/2014 11:29 AM, Terrell, Trey wrote: Another +1 for Github Issues. If you¹re uncomfortable putting the website in a public repo they¹ve given us 50 private repositories for free and have asked us to spread the word. You can just head over to https://education.github.com/ and request a discount for your organization - they¹ve been amazing to work with. =) I had (sample of one) to jump through so many hoops and still couldn't convince them to give me what you got. FWIW All bitbucket needs is a .edu account and they will give you unlimited repos. Sure not as *cool* as github but also has had less bad press than github. ;-) Cheers, ./fxk - -- Anything is good if it's made of chocolate. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTwBhNAAoJEOptrq/fXk6MsNwH/25k4JrBHUcarVh2ZhwQUw64 RAUw7qmoiMPJlJbQCGkAZT683Mq5BogFkl18IrZaLWBRo27l59sVwf6tLZoge7CB zxh86iucb0RKUTU4K+HBulnjXdHEVXX+EEgNXwOkeqcv4loLTxH7wEPews9TQgYg lfObSqiIEaf0qzaLtWVgi/XwErrholJdjcGyrbmFBmX8FCQqCbRgpZhbvCVWYAeo O7Mjs9oH7ew82Y1ZaJ5gjsskZVqlYZ32csIu76GS4iDCJkEiBBrRdMiKF9/QhWQH K38XS2rnjItajpY1hL31GmMUMMKlXfMIrokJB8mVb1SjfKxSOOxK4g/iMfNrrcY= =8b05 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [CODE4LIB] Ruby zoom for z39.50
Hey James, Yeah - we're using it for our LibraryFind to Blacklight conversion. We're using the repo at https://github.com/bricestacey/ruby-zoom . Should just be able to put it in your Gemfile as gem 'zoom', '~0.4.1', :git = 'https://github.com/bricestacey/ruby-zoom.git' and have it work. If you have any other questions feel free to shoot me a note, Trey Oregon State University Valley Library -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Little, James Clarence IV Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 9:17 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Ruby zoom for z39.50 Hey all, I'm wondering if there are any libraries out there using ruby zoom for z39.50 access. It looks like the last version of the gem was released in 2007, and I haven't been able to get it to work with recent versions of Ruby. I'm trying to get it to build on Ruby 1.9.3. Has anybody else had any success? Thanks, James Little University of Miami -- Otto G. Richter Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in Library
It's funny you mention this - we had some ECE students build this exact thing for us for one of their projects. They ended up being $100/piece and required a plugin. They used wifi (definitely some room for improvement there) to notify a web interface and an infrared sensor to detect if people were there. It was a really neat project, the cost and implementation requirements just pushed it out of range to deploy it on a library-wide scale right now. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Andreas Orphanides Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 5:55 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in Library If I were feeling really ambitious -- and fair warning, I'm a big believer that any solution worth engineering is worth over-engineering -- I'd come up with something involving light sensors (a la a gate counter) mounted on the table legs, just above seat height. Throw in some something something Arduino or Raspberry Pi, and Bob's your uncle. I find myself more intimidated by the practicality of maintaining such a system (batteries, cord management etc) than about the practicality of this implementation, actually. -dre. On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Thomas Misilo misi...@fit.edu wrote: Hi, I was wondering if anyone has been asked before to come up with a way to record usage of tables. The ideal solution would be a web app, that we can create floor plans with where all the tables/chairs are and select the reporting time, say 9PM at night. Go around the library and select all the seats/tables/rooms that are currently being used/occupied for statistical data. We would be wanting to go around probably multiple times a day. The current solution I have seen is a pen and paper task, and then someone will have to manually put the data into a spreadsheet for analysis. Thanks! Tom
Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it
Regarding Library a La Carte, active development has been taken over by the folks over at LibraryH3lp. You can read their blog post at http://libraryh3lp.blogspot.com/2013/06/library-la-carte-resurrected-open.html. I'm not sure how much longer it'll be before it's a viable plug-in replacement again. Trey -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of davesgonechina Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 7:07 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it You guys are awesome, this is great stuff, really helpful. My impression of libguides has been fairly negative for many of the reasons mentioned, but Sean has a good point about content strategy and training, and Wilhemina has a good point about the costs of open source not always being appreciated. Has anyone tried the two platforms Andrew Darby mentioned, SubjectsPlus and Library a la Carte? That's the sort of thing I've been looking for but never found until now. Dave On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Sean Hannan shan...@jhu.edu wrote: Again, this not a technical issue. It's a content strategy issue. Believe me, I was where you were. I was using all kinds of javascript and CSS hacks to try to prevent people from getting creative with color. I was getting to the point of setting up Capybara tests to run against the guides to alert me to abusive uses of bold and italics. The folks creating guides are content people, not web people. Take the web out of it. Focus on the content. Pick a couple heuristics to educate them on (we picked 7 +/- 2, above the fold/below the fold, and F-shaped reading patterns). Above all, show them statistics. And not the built-in LibGuides stats, either. New vs. returning. Average time on page. Pageviews over the course of a year. Very, very, very quickly our librarians realized what content is important, what content is superfluous, and that the time the spend carefully manicuring and maintaining their guides would (and could) be better spent elsewhere. -Sean On 8/12/13 9:35 AM, Joshua Welker wel...@ucmo.edu wrote: I just have to say I have been thinking the exact same thing about LibGuides for the two years I've been using it. I feel vindicated knowing others feel the same way. At UCMO, we will be migrating to Drupal in the next several months, and I am hoping very much that I can convince people to use less LibGuides. LibGuides is great in its ease of use, but fails on just about every design principle I can think of. There have been several studies on tab blindness in LibGuides, and don't get me started on the sub-tab links that are hiding and require the user to mouse over a tab to even see what is there. I've tried telling people so many times to have just a few tabs and always to use a table of contents for the main page, but they rarely do. And it becomes just about impossible to have a consistent look and feel across your website when LibGuides allows guide creators to modify every element on the page as they see fit. People will do crazy things like putting page content in a sidebar element, something you'd never ever ever see on any website on the Internet. I tried to enforce uniform colors and column sizes across all the guides, but I was told to let it go because my coworkers wanted to be able to decide those things on a guide-by-guide basis. I've worked at two institutions that use LibGuides, and what inevitably happens is that librarians create one Uber Guide for entire subject areas (biology, religion, etc) and then create sub-pages for all the dozens of specific disciplines within those subject areas. And then, assuming the user somehow manages to find these pages, they are typically not much more than a list of links that could have easily been included on the main library website. Okay, sorry for the rant. It has been building up for several years and never had a chance to voice out. Josh Welker Information Technology Librarian James C. Kirkpatrick Library University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 JCKL 2260 660.543.8022 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Sebek Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 11:21 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Heather Rayl 23e...@gmail.com wrote: I have to say that I loathe LibGuides. My library makes extensive use of them, too. Need a web solution? The first thing out of someone's mouth is Let's put it in a LibGuide! Shudder This fall, I'll be moving our main site over to Drupal, and I'm hoping that eventually I can convince people to re-invent their LibGuides there. I can use the saving money card, and the content silos are bad
Re: [CODE4LIB] Inventory App
It looks like it's a mobile web application, so it should work fine in an Android browser. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 2:08 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Inventory App As a voice from the community, that sounds pretty cool. Do you know if anyone is working on an android variant? On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Jason Casden jmcas...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hi Michael, If you happen to be a Voyager user (or if you'd just like to see a nice example), check out the ShelfLister project from Michael Doran and UT Arlington: http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/shelflister/ Jason On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Michael Wright Johnson mwj1...@gmail.com wrote: I am just wondering if anyone knows of an iPad web based application that can do inventory or shelf checking? Something similar to Suma. Many thanks, Michael
Re: [CODE4LIB] Lightweight Autocomplete Application
jQuery UI comes with an autocomplete module that you can supply a source to (the source just outputs JSON for records that match the given thing typed). I've heard of using Redis, some cron-job-initiated indexing, and a fast service layer to populate it quickly enough that you can't tell it's coming from a request - of course, you'd have to have a redis server big enough to store however many entries you have. If that level of speed isn't important to you then the source can always come from a typical database. Trey -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 8:06 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lightweight Autocomplete Application I may be missing some subtlety here, but it sounds like you are looking for a jQuery (Javascript) autocomplete script with an AJAX back end. This would load the vocabulary in the background, typically starting at page load. This works fine as long as the vocabulary is of a reasonable size. If we are talking tens of millions of entries, it is not going to work so well, and if you have to look up terms in real time as you type, I don't know of any client/server tool that will be fast enough. Thanks, Cary On Jul 8, 2013, at 7:37 AM, Anderson, David (NIH/NLM) [E] david.anders...@nih.gov wrote: I'm looking for a lightweight autocomplete application for data entry. Here's what I'd like to be able to do: * Import large controlled vocabularies into the app * Call up the app with a macro wherever I'm entering data * Begin typing in a term from the vocabulary, get a list of suggestions for terms * Select a term from the list and have it paste automatically into my data entry field Ideally it would load and suggest terms quickly. I've looked around, but nothing really stands out. Anyone using anything like this? Thanks, David -- David Anderson Systems Librarian Technical Services Division National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Email: david.anders...@nih.govmailto:david.anders...@nih.gov Phone: 301-402-0033
Re: [CODE4LIB] ruby zoom and Yaz
It was my experience that was the case. Did you run make and sudo make install on the Yaz source after configuring it? -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Harper, Cynthia Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:18 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] ruby zoom and Yaz The instructions for the Zoom gem say that Yaz must be installed with enable-shared, and that the package defaults to static, so I concluded I had to install from source. And when I try to install the zoom gem from a package, I can't find it. Maybe I need to look a little harder? From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cary Gordon [listu...@chillco.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:34 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] ruby zoom and Yaz Why are you installing YAZ from source rather from a package? What does '/usr/local/bin/yaz-config' is returning false mean?
