Re: [CODE4LIB] On-site preconference registration?
Hi Adam, Just to be clear, its now too late to register for any of the preconference sessions? Thanks, Robin. Robin Taylor Main Library University of Edinburgh From: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU on behalf of Adam Constabaris adam_constaba...@ncsu.edu Sent: 26 February 2014 15:48 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] On-site preconference registration? I am sorry to report that pre-conference registration was finalized on the same date as conference registration. Given the large number of pre-conferences and the configuration of the conference hotel, we have had to be very careful about assigning spaces, so our ability to react to last-minute changes is very limited. Adam Constabaris Code4Lib 2014 Pre-Conference Committee On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: Hi all, Is an on-site preconference registration allowed at C4L14? I assumed so but thought it would be better to double-check. Bohyun -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
[CODE4LIB] Screencasting Usability Studies
Hi All, Sorry if this has been discussed before. (I'm new to the list.) But, has anyone conducted usability studies using screencast software? If so, what software works well? (Morae is too pricey; I'm thinking along the lines of Camtasia, Silverback, etc.) Also, do you have any anecdotal advice regarding what worked and what didn't? Thanks in advance. Mary Hanlin Electronic Resources and Web Librarian Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA Phone:804.523.5323 Email: mhan...@reynolds.edumailto:mhan...@reynolds.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Screencasting Usability Studies
I¹ve used Silverback Camtasia. Silverback is pretty dead simple and nice and cheap. Camtasia needs a bit more configuration, but it works just as well. The one issue that I did not expect to run into using Silverback is how many users (students, especially, oddly enough) were unfamiliar with using a Mac. It made usability testing a bit tricky, since they were apprehensive about even using the trackpad. ³How do I go back?² ³You press the back button, just as you would in Firefox on a PC.² That kind of thing. I definitely didn¹t expect that. -Sean ‹ Sean Hannan Senior Web Developer Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins University On 2/27/14, 1:06 PM, Mary E. Hanlin mhan...@reynolds.edu wrote: Hi All, Sorry if this has been discussed before. (I'm new to the list.) But, has anyone conducted usability studies using screencast software? If so, what software works well? (Morae is too pricey; I'm thinking along the lines of Camtasia, Silverback, etc.) Also, do you have any anecdotal advice regarding what worked and what didn't? Thanks in advance. Mary Hanlin Electronic Resources and Web Librarian Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA Phone:804.523.5323 Email: mhan...@reynolds.edumailto:mhan...@reynolds.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Screencasting Usability Studies
Hi Mary, I haven't used it for screen casting usability testing (yet), but I was going to use Quicktime packaged with OS X. It can be used for screen recording. Best, Junior Tidal Assistant Professor Web Services and Multimedia Librarian New York City College of Technology, CUNY 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718.260.5481 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu Mary E. Hanlin mhan...@reynolds.edu 2/27/2014 1:06 PM Hi All, Sorry if this has been discussed before. (I'm new to the list.) But, has anyone conducted usability studies using screencast software? If so, what software works well? (Morae is too pricey; I'm thinking along the lines of Camtasia, Silverback, etc.) Also, do you have any anecdotal advice regarding what worked and what didn't? Thanks in advance. Mary Hanlin Electronic Resources and Web Librarian Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA Phone:804.523.5323 Email: mhan...@reynolds.edumailto:mhan...@reynolds.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Screencasting Usability Studies
I've used both Camtasia and SnagIt and I like both well enough. SnagIt is cheap and dead simple for the screen capturing process; not a lot of bells and whistles but I don't need / want those. I've also used a lot of video editing tools (since SnagIt doesn't have much itself) and these days mostly just use Windows Movie Maker or equivalent free tool. On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Junior Tidal jti...@citytech.cuny.eduwrote: Hi Mary, I haven't used it for screen casting usability testing (yet), but I was going to use Quicktime packaged with OS X. It can be used for screen recording. Best, Junior Tidal Assistant Professor Web Services and Multimedia Librarian New York City College of Technology, CUNY 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718.260.5481 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu Mary E. Hanlin mhan...@reynolds.edu 2/27/2014 1:06 PM Hi All, Sorry if this has been discussed before. (I'm new to the list.) But, has anyone conducted usability studies using screencast software? If so, what software works well? (Morae is too pricey; I'm thinking along the lines of Camtasia, Silverback, etc.) Also, do you have any anecdotal advice regarding what worked and what didn't? Thanks in advance. Mary Hanlin Electronic Resources and Web Librarian Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA Phone:804.523.5323 Email: mhan...@reynolds.edumailto:mhan...@reynolds.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Screencasting Usability Studies
It really depends on what you want to do and how complicated you want to get. I've used Camtasia, SnagIt, and Adobe Captivate, and they're all good for what they do, but my personal favorite and go-to program is Captivate. The learning curve is a little higher, but it's very powerful. It separates out the recorded elements (screen, mouse, typing, etc.) into different tracks so that you can tweak the timing on each one separately, you can configure it to automatically add in different things (sounds for typing and clicking, pop-up label boxes, highlight boxes, etc. - each of which you can modify or delete individually), it allows you to add individual voiceover recordings and adjust your screen timing to go along with your voiceover (so that you don't have to record your voiceover at the same time as you're concentrating on the screen recording), you can build quizzes into it, you can make it branch depending on answers, easily add title slides between sections of video, easily import graphics, etc You can also use it to make a quick dirty screen capture without any configuration and upload it directly to YouTube without having to mess around with conversions when you want to, but if that's all you need, then it would be overkill. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: Mary E. Hanlin mhan...@reynolds.edu To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 1:06:14 PM Subject: [CODE4LIB] Screencasting Usability Studies Hi All, Sorry if this has been discussed before. (I'm new to the list.) But, has anyone conducted usability studies using screencast software? If so, what software works well? (Morae is too pricey; I'm thinking along the lines of Camtasia, Silverback, etc.) Also, do you have any anecdotal advice regarding what worked and what didn't? Thanks in advance. Mary Hanlin Electronic Resources and Web Librarian Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA Phone:804.523.5323 Email: mhan...@reynolds.edumailto:mhan...@reynolds.edu
[CODE4LIB] Call for Proposals: Access Library Conference 2014
Access is Canada's premier library technology conference bringing librarians, technicians, developers, programmers, and managers together to discuss cutting-edge library technologies. Access is a single stream conference featuring in-depth analyses, panel discussions, poster presentations, lightning talks, hackfest, and plenty of time for networking and social events. Join us in Calgary, Alberta, September 29-October 2 for Access 2014! Call for Proposals: In the spirit of the 21st Access Conference, this year's theme is Growing in the 21st Century. We're well into the 21st Century. How have libraries adapted? What can we expect for the next 86 years? How can we develop our skills to plan for the future? We're looking for proposals that consider: * Where we've come from, and how the plans of the past affect our present and future * Where we're going, considering current trends in future planning context * Buzz topics such as big data, linked open data, evidence-based practice, the semantic web, open access, and other emerging trends * Emerging tools and trends, and how to use them to build a new future for libraries * The 21st Century library in context and the dynamic of the library. How do libraries fit in a larger institutional or community context? How do technical and discovery services fit within the overall library dynamic? How are we shaping this context? Formats: Poster Presentations (NEW to Access 2014!): All poster presenters will also have the option to give a 3-5 minute lightning talk. Session Presentation: You propose the format! You can put together a traditional presentation, a lightning talk, Pecha Kucha, demos, audience participation, a panel, or something totally different. The sky is the limit, so be creative! All format proposals will be considered. The length of your session should range from 5-45 minutes. Any sessions longer than 15 minutes will be selected through double-blind peer-review. Your proposal should include: * Name, Position, Affiliation (let us know if you're a student!) * Have you presented at Access before? * If your presentation is not accepted in its proposed format, would you be willing to present in an alternate format (e.g. poster presentation, co-present with someone else)? * Presentation format summary - a few sentences outlining format * A summary (1-2 paragraphs) on the content of your proposed session To submit a proposal: E-mail to accesslib...@gmail.com by April 4, 2014. Questions can be forwarded to accesslib...@gmail.com, or via Twitter (@accesslibcon) http://accessconference.ca/ Paul R. Pival Public Services Systems Librarian University of Calgary TFDL 430b (403) 220-5650 ppi...@ucalgary.ca
[CODE4LIB] Take the survey of library efforts to make their websites more accessible to mobile devices
Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying libraries about how they are making their websites and other resources accessible to mobile devices. The international study is open to public, academic and special libraries of all nations. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SurveyMobileAccesstoLibraryWebsite James Moses, Research Director Primary Research Group Inc 2753 Broadway #156 New York, New York 10025 primary...@gmail.com
[CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0
Hello All, A colleague and I were recently asked to help create a tool library for makerspaces for a local state library consortia. The idea being they would lend out kits such as Arduino's with breadboards to libraries that are thinking of setting up some kind of makerspace but unsure where to start. So any of you have any must haves for such a collection. I'm thinink soldering irons arduinos Raspberry Pis Flora breadboards lots of connectors leds etc... Thanks, Edward Iglesias
Re: [CODE4LIB] online book price comparison websites?
Hi everyone Thanks for raising this question and for the interesting responses. Any good sources for doing the same with e-books? Not merely mass-market e-books (some can be found via addall and the like, see also this thread for more hints http://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/891/are-there-any-ebook-search-engines), but library e-books such as available on ebrary, myIlibrary and the like? Vendors of these platforms all seem to have come to the bizarre conclusion than defining new, platform-specific, ISBNs for these titles was a good idea. The (intended?) result is that title-matching and price comparison is frustratingly difficult. In my experience, ISBN APIs such as the ones discussed here http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8715 often don't recognize eISBNs. Any ideas? Thomas On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Joe Hourcle onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.govwrote: On Feb 26, 2014, at 3:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: Anyone have any recommendations of online sites that compare online prices for purchasing books? I'm looking for recommendations of sites you've actually used and been happy with. They need to be searchable by ISBN. Bonus is if they have good clean graphic design. Extra bonus is if they manage to include shipping prices in their price comparisons. Might be too late, but : http://isbn.nu/ It doesn't include the shipping prices in their results, though. API is just appending the ISBN to the end, either 9 or 13 : http://isbn.nu/0060853980 http://isbn.nu/9780060853983 -Joe
Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0
A great idea! Some other hardware to consider: Raspberry Pi alternative: Beagle Bone Black Further Arduino support: Gemma (smaller version of FLORA) Various breakout boards (GPS, GSM, LCD, etc.) Sensors Servos For helping teach/interest younger folks: Snap Circuits littleBits For larger setups: 3D Printer CNC machine Welding Lamenator? I think the real key is being able to offer support for all of the tools offered, both in terms of justification (why is this a useful thing for a makerspace) and actual use. If no one at the tool library is familiar with a particular offering, then it probably shouldn't be offered until you've got a chance to learn up on it. Is there an intent to differentiate between tools and supplies? Would supplies be sent out, understanding that they're unlikely to be returned, or would the borrowing institution need to stock up on their own, following a set of recommendations from the lending library? Or perhaps any set of supplies would be bundled up as a kit along with the tool, and the borrowing institution would be charged for any lost bits upon return... -Ian -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward Iglesias Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 3:33 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0 Hello All, A colleague and I were recently asked to help create a tool library for makerspaces for a local state library consortia. The idea being they would lend out kits such as Arduino's with breadboards to libraries that are thinking of setting up some kind of makerspace but unsure where to start. So any of you have any must haves for such a collection. I'm thinink soldering irons arduinos Raspberry Pis Flora breadboards lots of connectors leds etc... Thanks, Edward Iglesias
Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0
This is something I was reminded of today at my local show and tell and I thought we had everything we'd need..: Don't forget the peripherals: Spare/older display monitors with a DVI port) USB keyboards, mice USB hubs Cables and dongles Network cables Power supplies (these items can quickly stifle the group and increase your start-up costs if you don't have extras at the ready. Might be good opportunity for donations/swaps) a starter web resource guide (videos, online retailers, tutorials, local communities) would be good. People usually want to know where they can get more info for self-learning and additional exploration. Beatrice R. Pulliam Library Commons Librarian for Technology and Access Phillips Memorial Library Providence College 1 Cunningham Square Providence, RI 02918 (t) 401.865.1622 (f) 401.865.2823 IM: rhodylibrarian (AIM/iChat/Yahoo/GoogleTalk) Twitter: beatricepulliam http://www.providence.edu/library From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Ian Walls [iwa...@library.umass.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 4:03 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0 A great idea! Some other hardware to consider: Raspberry Pi alternative: Beagle Bone Black Further Arduino support: Gemma (smaller version of FLORA) Various breakout boards (GPS, GSM, LCD, etc.) Sensors Servos For helping teach/interest younger folks: Snap Circuits littleBits For larger setups: 3D Printer CNC machine Welding Lamenator? I think the real key is being able to offer support for all of the tools offered, both in terms of justification (why is this a useful thing for a makerspace) and actual use. If no one at the tool library is familiar with a particular offering, then it probably shouldn't be offered until you've got a chance to learn up on it. Is there an intent to differentiate between tools and supplies? Would supplies be sent out, understanding that they're unlikely to be returned, or would the borrowing institution need to stock up on their own, following a set of recommendations from the lending library? Or perhaps any set of supplies would be bundled up as a kit along with the tool, and the borrowing institution would be charged for any lost bits upon return... -Ian -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward Iglesias Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 3:33 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0 Hello All, A colleague and I were recently asked to help create a tool library for makerspaces for a local state library consortia. The idea being they would lend out kits such as Arduino's with breadboards to libraries that are thinking of setting up some kind of makerspace but unsure where to start. So any of you have any must haves for such a collection. I'm thinink soldering irons arduinos Raspberry Pis Flora breadboards lots of connectors leds etc... Thanks, Edward Iglesias
Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0
Personally, I would put soldering irons in phase 2, as they really do require training to use. Without a pretty decent skillset, you can burn through a lot of led strips, etc. My lab consists of a Sparkfun kit hot-glued to the top of a parts box. This arrangement has been very helpful for my chronic mislayer self. It's a makerspace in a box. Cary http://www.flickr.com/photos/36809832@N00/12821466713/ Cary On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Edward Iglesias edwardigles...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, A colleague and I were recently asked to help create a tool library for makerspaces for a local state library consortia. The idea being they would lend out kits such as Arduino's with breadboards to libraries that are thinking of setting up some kind of makerspace but unsure where to start. So any of you have any must haves for such a collection. I'm thinink soldering irons arduinos Raspberry Pis Flora breadboards lots of connectors leds etc... Thanks, Edward Iglesias
Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0
In St. Louis, to my knowledge we do not have a makerspace as part of a library. We do however have a hackerspace called Arch Reactor and a new TechShop is coming soon, which I guess is maybe something similar but diffferent? Could any of you help clarify the terms for me and maybe explain what libraries have to do with them? On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: Personally, I would put soldering irons in phase 2, as they really do require training to use. Without a pretty decent skillset, you can burn through a lot of led strips, etc. My lab consists of a Sparkfun kit hot-glued to the top of a parts box. This arrangement has been very helpful for my chronic mislayer self. It's a makerspace in a box. Cary http://www.flickr.com/photos/36809832@N00/12821466713/ Cary On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Edward Iglesias edwardigles...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, A colleague and I were recently asked to help create a tool library for makerspaces for a local state library consortia. The idea being they would lend out kits such as Arduino's with breadboards to libraries that are thinking of setting up some kind of makerspace but unsure where to start. So any of you have any must haves for such a collection. I'm thinink soldering irons arduinos Raspberry Pis Flora breadboards lots of connectors leds etc... Thanks, Edward Iglesias
[CODE4LIB] Screencasting Usability Studies
Steve Krug recommends GoToMeeting in his book (Rocket Surgery Made Easy). They've got a 30 day free trial so we're going to try it out next week on some of our colleagues to see if it's worth the price. Basically what we want is the ability to capture the screen and sound and to play this live for the developers in another room, so that we can all observe together. I looked at Silverback, but I think getting users to do a usability test on an unfamiliar device (i.e. a Mac) can only lead to problems and confusion. I'll let you know how we get on. Cheers, Ronan McHugh Software Developer Royal Library of Denmark
