Re: [CODE4LIB] Ebook reader app
Lauren, There actually is a group working toward exactly this type of goal. It's a IMLS grant-funded initiative being organized by NYPL called Library Simplified: http://www.librarysimplified.org/ You can find out more at the above link, but the basic goal of the project is to create an app for iOS and Android that allows libraries to integrate content from different ebook vendors into a seamless discovery and reading interface. I know that so far they've been working with 3M, Overdrive, and Baker Taylor to allow content from these vendors to work within the app. Currently the app is still in development, but I believe the target date for the initial roll-out is late April or early May. Thanks, Eben English Web Services Developer Boston Public Library 700 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116 617.859.2238 eengl...@bpl.org On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Lauren Magnuson lauren.lpmagnu...@gmail.com wrote: I'm curious to know if anyone has explored creating a mobile app for their library that would facilitate downloading /reading library ebooks from multiple library ebook vendors. I'm envisioning an app that would allow the user to browse ebooks from multiple platforms (e.g., ebrary, EBSCO) and enable downloading and DRM management stuff right in the app. I can think of a million roadblocks to creating something like this (publishers, vendors, Adobe, etc.) But I can also think of a lot of good reasons why this would be very useful (the process to download an ebook from an academic library is, for the most part, ludicrous). I know there's Overdrive - and ebrary has it's own app, or whatever, and there are apps like Bluefire that can be used with library ebooks - but something non-platform specific that could conceivably work for multiple library ebook platforms (and be customized by a library to allow the reader to browse collections) is what I have in mind. I also really dig this Reader's First (http://readersfirst.org/) initiative, which it looks like is wrangling with a lot of the policy /vendor side of things. Feel free to contact me off list with any information / ideas / advice. This feels like a kind of enormous problem, and a lot of libraries could benefit from a group working toward a technical solution - but perhaps such a group / initiative already exists? Thanks in advance, Lauren Magnuson Systems Emerging Technologies Librarian, CSU Northridge Development Coordinator, PALNI
[CODE4LIB] JHOVE Evaluation and Stabilisation Report released
Dear All, In February the JHOVE format validation tool was transferred to OPF stewardship. We have now completed our initial review of JHOVE, and have identified all of the resources that we will maintain or preserve. The report is available on our new JHOVE product page http://openpreservation.org/technology/products/jhove/, along with an overview of current activity and links to the source code, documentation and downloads which have been transferred to our GitHub repository. The main objective of our work to date has been to establish a firm foundation for future changes based on agile software development best practises. A further technical evaluation will be published in April that will also outline options for possible future development and maintenance tasks. Kind Regards, Becky -- Becky McGuinness | Community Manager @openpreserve | Skype: becky.mcguinness1 *Open Preservation Foundation* *http://openpreservation.org/ http://openpreservation.org/*
Re: [CODE4LIB] Not finding the FF add-on (was RE: [CODE4LIB] Chrome Extension for Enhancing LoC's EAD Documentation)
Thanks for bringing this up. There's been some back and forth with Mozilla getting the add-on approved. The page is back up: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/loc-ead-beautifier If the mozilla.org page goes down in the future...I've created a page that links to the chromstore and self-hosted .xpi file (along with its signature) for Firefox users who want to install directly from file. http://nodanaonlyzuul.github.io/loc-ead-beautifier Stephen On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Fox, Bobbi bobbi_...@harvard.edu wrote: Hi, Stephen! I'm getting a not found when trying to download the Firefox version linked to below; am I missing some crucial point? Thanks, Bobbi -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Stephen Schor Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:56 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Chrome Extension for Enhancing LoC's EAD Documentation And now a ported to Firefox version. Pending approval but downloadable in the meantime. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/loc-ead-beautifier On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Stephen Schor stephensc...@nypl.org wrote: Uff...for those with HTML email turned off. Chrome store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/loc-ead- beautifier/omhlcmlhlbbdieihchginhnhichneajb?hl=en Source: https://github.com/nodanaonlyzuul/loc-ead-beautifier On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Stephen Schor stephensc...@nypl.org wrote: Hi. I released a Chrome extension that enhances the The Library of Congress's Encoded Archival Description documentation. One can install it from chrome's webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/loc-ead- beautifier/omhlcmlhlbbdieihchginhnhichneajb?hl=en and see its great tasting, yet less filling source code https://github.com/nodanaonlyzuul/loc-ead-beautifier. How does it enhance the LoC's documentation? Here's one example. *The list of an element's children ancestors should be clickable:* https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92181/dont_delete/unclickable.png *The Extension makes them clickable, allowing navigation from one element to another.* https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92181/dont_delete/dontthatbeatall.g if *Here's a complete before and after screenshot:* https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92181/dont_delete/before-and- after.png Thanks for your time - see you on Github. Stephen
[CODE4LIB] JAVA deployment and msi
Hi all - Oracle no longer offers .msi packages for JAVA which we have been using to deploy JAVA to library PCs on the network through Spec Ops. Anyone has a workaround? We have internally discussed download the msi package from Source Forge or pay for the 3rd party msi packaging service. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks! Bohyun -- Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library
[CODE4LIB] Not finding the FF add-on (was RE: [CODE4LIB] Chrome Extension for Enhancing LoC's EAD Documentation)
Hi, Stephen! I'm getting a not found when trying to download the Firefox version linked to below; am I missing some crucial point? Thanks, Bobbi -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Stephen Schor Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:56 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Chrome Extension for Enhancing LoC's EAD Documentation And now a ported to Firefox version. Pending approval but downloadable in the meantime. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/loc-ead-beautifier On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Stephen Schor stephensc...@nypl.org wrote: Uff...for those with HTML email turned off. Chrome store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/loc-ead- beautifier/omhlcmlhlbbdieihchginhnhichneajb?hl=en Source: https://github.com/nodanaonlyzuul/loc-ead-beautifier On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Stephen Schor stephensc...@nypl.org wrote: Hi. I released a Chrome extension that enhances the The Library of Congress's Encoded Archival Description documentation. One can install it from chrome's webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/loc-ead- beautifier/omhlcmlhlbbdieihchginhnhichneajb?hl=en and see its great tasting, yet less filling source code https://github.com/nodanaonlyzuul/loc-ead-beautifier. How does it enhance the LoC's documentation? Here's one example. *The list of an element's children ancestors should be clickable:* https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92181/dont_delete/unclickable.png *The Extension makes them clickable, allowing navigation from one element to another.* https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92181/dont_delete/dontthatbeatall.g if *Here's a complete before and after screenshot:* https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92181/dont_delete/before-and- after.png Thanks for your time - see you on Github. Stephen
Re: [CODE4LIB] Ebook reader app
Another approach- I think the Colorado consortium did this, is to whitelabel the Bluefire App, which works with any Adobe-DRM ebook. With the Rakuten acquisition of Overdrive, I think it it might be wise to let the dust settle and see what happens with Kobo. And I know of at least 2, maybe 3, maybe 4 companies poised to enter the US library market with apps of their own. Both in the Adobe ecosystem and outside of it. On Mar 25, 2015, at 9:34 AM, English, Eben eengl...@bpl.org wrote: Lauren, There actually is a group working toward exactly this type of goal. It's a IMLS grant-funded initiative being organized by NYPL called Library Simplified: http://www.librarysimplified.org/ You can find out more at the above link, but the basic goal of the project is to create an app for iOS and Android that allows libraries to integrate content from different ebook vendors into a seamless discovery and reading interface. I know that so far they've been working with 3M, Overdrive, and Baker Taylor to allow content from these vendors to work within the app. Currently the app is still in development, but I believe the target date for the initial roll-out is late April or early May. Thanks, Eben English Web Services Developer Boston Public Library 700 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116 617.859.2238 eengl...@bpl.org On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Lauren Magnuson lauren.lpmagnu...@gmail.com wrote: I'm curious to know if anyone has explored creating a mobile app for their library that would facilitate downloading /reading library ebooks from multiple library ebook vendors. I'm envisioning an app that would allow the user to browse ebooks from multiple platforms (e.g., ebrary, EBSCO) and enable downloading and DRM management stuff right in the app. I can think of a million roadblocks to creating something like this (publishers, vendors, Adobe, etc.) But I can also think of a lot of good reasons why this would be very useful (the process to download an ebook from an academic library is, for the most part, ludicrous). I know there's Overdrive - and ebrary has it's own app, or whatever, and there are apps like Bluefire that can be used with library ebooks - but something non-platform specific that could conceivably work for multiple library ebook platforms (and be customized by a library to allow the reader to browse collections) is what I have in mind. I also really dig this Reader's First (http://readersfirst.org/) initiative, which it looks like is wrangling with a lot of the policy /vendor side of things. Feel free to contact me off list with any information / ideas / advice. This feels like a kind of enormous problem, and a lot of libraries could benefit from a group working toward a technical solution - but perhaps such a group / initiative already exists? Thanks in advance, Lauren Magnuson Systems Emerging Technologies Librarian, CSU Northridge Development Coordinator, PALNI
[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Librarian, Texas Tech University Libraries, Lubbock, TX at Texas Tech University Libraries
Web Librarian, Texas Tech University Libraries, Lubbock, TX Texas Tech University Libraries Lubbock, TX POSITION DESCRIPTION TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES TITLE: Assistant Librarian - Web Librarian POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Web Librarian is responsible for the ongoing design, development, and evaluation of the Texas Tech University Libraries web presence. This tenure-track position works closely with library staff and university communities to ensure delivery of web services and online resources. The Web Librarian provides expertise on web technologies to library faculty and staff as well as contributes to the development of policies and procedures. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Maintains excellent written and oral communication with library staff. Disseminates information about the library website and planned changes in a manner that is clear to all levels of library staff in the form of email updates, attendance at staff meetings and other appropriate means. • Works closely with the supervisor, appropriate teams and departments to establish and refine associated policies, procedures, and workflows. • Implements suitable web standards. Ensures quality, consistency, and ease of access to all library website supported systems and information. • Provide organization and ongoing maintenance for the University Libraries' web presence. • Conduct usability studies to determine if web services and applications are meeting the needs of our user groups. • Assist with the creation and oversight of web policies and standards. • Assemble, distribute and evaluate site analytics. • Collaborate with library staff to create and implement web-based library services. • Work with all aspects of our content management system including content editing, updates and eventually development and deployment. • Lead project teams as needed to complete web service initiatives. • Create and maintain technical and project management documentation. • Provides training in the area of web content creation and management and user experience. • As a faculty member, the Web Librarian is responsible for scholarly publishing and active professional service in accordance with Texas Tech University Libraries' standards for promotion and tenure. • Serves on library committees and cross functional teams as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: MLS from an ALA-accredited program. Preferred: Must have knowledge of website standards and other emerging internet trends; knowledge of website implementation and management techniques. Strong interpersonal skills, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills and training abilities. The ability to work creatively, collaboratively and effectively both as a team member and independently to promote teamwork among colleagues at all levels. Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS. Demonstrated project management and problem-solving skills. Willingness to learn new technologies. Some experience with a web programming language like PHP, JavaScript, or MySQL. Basic understanding of ADA web compliance techniques. Basic understanding and familiarity with a CMS such as Drupal, WordPress, or Joomla. SALARY AND BENEFITS: The position is a 12-month appointment with a nationally competitive salary. Librarians and archivists have academic status and are an integral part of the academic teaching and research mission of the University. Comprehensive benefits include choice of retirement programs, including TIAA-CREF; 12-17 state holidays; developmental leave opportunities; moving allowance; and no state or local income tax. GENERAL INFORMATION: Texas Tech University (http://www.ttu.edu/) is a state-supported institution with an enrollment of around 35,000. It offers a wide range of academic programs in colleges and schools, including graduate, law, and medicine. Texas Tech is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, Greater Western Library Alliance and Texshare. The University Library (http://library.ttu.edu/) has over 2.4 million volumes. Lubbock has a metropolitan population of over 284,000 and is the regional center for education, agriculture, health care, banking, and business. APPLICATION INFORMATION: To apply for this position, please visit the Texas Tech University Personnel site at: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/workattexastech/. Select Faculty. Please fill out the electronic application and attach a cover letter indicating qualifications and interest in the position, current vita, and names and contact information of three references. Review of applications will continue until position is filled. Texas Tech is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans, and we consider the needs of dual career couples. We actively encourage applications from all those who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence
Re: [CODE4LIB] Ebook reader app
Hi, If I'm not mistaken, this would require ebook vendors to expand their APIs to include the ability to checkout and download. I know of no vendor who does this. But maybe I'm wrong on both counts... Erik. -- Erik Sandall, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian Webmaster Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415-393-0111 esand...@milibrary.org On 3/24/2015 5:31 PM, Becky Schneider wrote: Here is an article that explores how such an app could be developed using existing technology: http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2013/building-a-community-of-readers-social-reading-and-an-aggregated-ebook-reading-app-for-libraries/ Becky Schneider Reference Librarian Fauquier County Public Library On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Lauren Magnuson lauren.lpmagnu...@gmail.com wrote: I'm curious to know if anyone has explored creating a mobile app for their library that would facilitate downloading /reading library ebooks from multiple library ebook vendors. I'm envisioning an app that would allow the user to browse ebooks from multiple platforms (e.g., ebrary, EBSCO) and enable downloading and DRM management stuff right in the app. I can think of a million roadblocks to creating something like this (publishers, vendors, Adobe, etc.) But I can also think of a lot of good reasons why this would be very useful (the process to download an ebook from an academic library is, for the most part, ludicrous). I know there's Overdrive - and ebrary has it's own app, or whatever, and there are apps like Bluefire that can be used with library ebooks - but something non-platform specific that could conceivably work for multiple library ebook platforms (and be customized by a library to allow the reader to browse collections) is what I have in mind. I also really dig this Reader's First (http://readersfirst.org/) initiative, which it looks like is wrangling with a lot of the policy /vendor side of things. Feel free to contact me off list with any information / ideas / advice. This feels like a kind of enormous problem, and a lot of libraries could benefit from a group working toward a technical solution - but perhaps such a group / initiative already exists? Thanks in advance, Lauren Magnuson Systems Emerging Technologies Librarian, CSU Northridge Development Coordinator, PALNI
Re: [CODE4LIB] Ebook reader app
This is evidently what 3M and Overdrive are providing for vendors like III to integrate the ebook products with the ILS. The question will be, will those APIs be available to individual libraries, not just to ILS vendors? Cindy Harper char...@vts.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Erik Sandall Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 12:48 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Ebook reader app Hi, If I'm not mistaken, this would require ebook vendors to expand their APIs to include the ability to checkout and download. I know of no vendor who does this. But maybe I'm wrong on both counts... Erik. -- Erik Sandall, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian Webmaster Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415-393-0111 esand...@milibrary.org On 3/24/2015 5:31 PM, Becky Schneider wrote: Here is an article that explores how such an app could be developed using existing technology: http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2013/building-a-community-o f-readers-social-reading-and-an-aggregated-ebook-reading-app-for-libra ries/ Becky Schneider Reference Librarian Fauquier County Public Library On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Lauren Magnuson lauren.lpmagnu...@gmail.com wrote: I'm curious to know if anyone has explored creating a mobile app for their library that would facilitate downloading /reading library ebooks from multiple library ebook vendors. I'm envisioning an app that would allow the user to browse ebooks from multiple platforms (e.g., ebrary, EBSCO) and enable downloading and DRM management stuff right in the app. I can think of a million roadblocks to creating something like this (publishers, vendors, Adobe, etc.) But I can also think of a lot of good reasons why this would be very useful (the process to download an ebook from an academic library is, for the most part, ludicrous). I know there's Overdrive - and ebrary has it's own app, or whatever, and there are apps like Bluefire that can be used with library ebooks - but something non-platform specific that could conceivably work for multiple library ebook platforms (and be customized by a library to allow the reader to browse collections) is what I have in mind. I also really dig this Reader's First (http://readersfirst.org/) initiative, which it looks like is wrangling with a lot of the policy /vendor side of things. Feel free to contact me off list with any information / ideas / advice. This feels like a kind of enormous problem, and a lot of libraries could benefit from a group working toward a technical solution - but perhaps such a group / initiative already exists? Thanks in advance, Lauren Magnuson Systems Emerging Technologies Librarian, CSU Northridge Development Coordinator, PALNI
Re: [CODE4LIB] JAVA deployment and msi
Hi Bohyun, How specifically are you deploying the msi package? I would imagine any organization large enough to have this problem to have Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager or some other kind of central software management. Msi files are nothing more than a payload with a special script that is run when you double click on it (or deploy it via some management software). So you could roll your own by creating a simple powershell script that installs it for you, or even a super simple batch file. Looking at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/silent-136552.html you simply need to add the /s for a silent install. Perhaps you could provide more details as to the problem you are running into? More details is always better than less. John -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kim, Bohyun Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 11:52 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] JAVA deployment and msi Hi all - Oracle no longer offers .msi packages for JAVA which we have been using to deploy JAVA to library PCs on the network through Spec Ops. Anyone has a workaround? We have internally discussed download the msi package from Source Forge or pay for the 3rd party msi packaging service. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks! Bohyun -- Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] JAVA deployment and msi
You have to extract the MSI from the standard package, it is actually quite straight forward. Here are the steps I followed: http://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/msi_java.html //Riley -- Riley Childs Senior IT Manager Library Services Administrator Charlotte United Christian Academy office: +1 (704) 537-0331 x101 mobile: +1 (704) 497-2086 web: rileychilds.net twitter: @RowdyChildren Checkout our new Online Library Catalog: catalog.cucawarriors.com From: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU on behalf of Scancella, John j...@loc.gov Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 1:07 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] JAVA deployment and msi Hi Bohyun, How specifically are you deploying the msi package? I would imagine any organization large enough to have this problem to have Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager or some other kind of central software management. Msi files are nothing more than a payload with a special script that is run when you double click on it (or deploy it via some management software). So you could roll your own by creating a simple powershell script that installs it for you, or even a super simple batch file. Looking at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/silent-136552.html you simply need to add the /s for a silent install. Perhaps you could provide more details as to the problem you are running into? More details is always better than less. John -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kim, Bohyun Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 11:52 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] JAVA deployment and msi Hi all - Oracle no longer offers .msi packages for JAVA which we have been using to deploy JAVA to library PCs on the network through Spec Ops. Anyone has a workaround? We have internally discussed download the msi package from Source Forge or pay for the 3rd party msi packaging service. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks! Bohyun -- Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library
[CODE4LIB] Job: Mary P. Key Diversity Resident: Metadata Transformation at The Ohio State University Library
Mary P. Key Diversity Resident: Metadata Transformation The Ohio State University Library Columbus Mary P. Key Diversity Resident: Metadata Transformation The Ohio State University (OSU) Libraries seeks a dynamic and self-motivated librarian for the position of Mary P. Key Diversity Resident. OSU Libraries' two-year Mary P. Key Diversity Residency Program is designed to provide mentorship through a successful transition from academic training to research librarianship, to provide the opportunity for hands-on exposure in many areas of the University Libraries' operations, and to increase diversity from underrepresented groups for academic librarianship and The Ohio State University Libraries. The program provides professional development in a nurturing, yet productive, real world environment at one of the top 10 public university libraries in the country. The resident will be encouraged to participate in selected workshops, conferences, institutes, and committees and develop a robust portfolio of engagement at the start of their library career. During 2015-2017, the resident will advance the Libraries digital initiatives through enhanced metadata design and transformation. OSU Libraries is currently accelerating and reconfiguring our digital initiatives program. New infrastructures, including a digital preservation repository, image management system, and digital exhibits platform along with initiatives to scale up digital collections will require substantial investment in metadata. As the library community prepares for a non-MARC based infrastructure, OSU Libraries is committed to exploring opportunities and rethinking current practices to prepare the Libraries' data for this future. The resident will work collaboratively across the organization to advance the Libraries' metadata program to prioritize, document, and execute metadata activities, to ensure that metadata for digital collections (often represented by diverse data types) are effectively integrated with traditional library collections across various discovery tools, migrate metadata between systems, and ensure that metadata is being created and maintained according to best practices. *Responsibilities:* - Support development of metadata guidelines. The resident will work with a variety of stakeholders to support the research and documentation components of developing guidelines for metadata for the OSU Libraries. Once developed, the resident will participate in creating, maintaining, and transforming metadata according to these guidelines. - Transition of metadata to ArchivesSpace. Migrate metadata to the newly-implement archival management systems using a variety of workflows including EAD loading, transformation of MARC, and other data sources. Identify, plan, and implement data normalization and clean-up projects. - Migration of existing content to the IMS. The resident will work on mapping and transforming metadata to migrate to the new Image Management System (IMS). - Metadata transformation for the Knowledge Bank. The resident will have the opportunity to learn relevant skills and standards by performing metadata transformation to prepare content for Knowledge Bank, OSU Libraries' Institutional Repository - Assist in the growth and development of metadata infrastructure to support Digital Initiatives and prepare OSUL for the transition from the present MARC environment to one that facilitates the management and use of library data as linked data (e.g. BIBFRAME, RDF, schema.org). - Serve on selected library committees. - Begin development of a research agenda that will contribute to an area of scholarship. *Required qualifications:* - Master's degree in Library/Information Science from an ALA-accredited program with a focus on metadata or digital libraries, completed by the time of appointment - Knowledge of one or more library metadata standards - Flexibility and creativity in adapting to rapidly changing metadata management environments - Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills - Excellent analytic skills, including complex problems solving - Interest in professional development and research *Preferred qualifications:* - Experience in project planning, workflow development, and/or writing documentation - Experience working with library metadata standards, such as RDA, AACR2, and MARC, and non-MARC metadata standards such as Dublin Core, VRA Core, METS or MODS - Proficiency in XML or other relevant computer programming skills - Ability to work effectively and creatively in a collaborative and complex environment *About the Appointment:* This is a full-time, two year Visiting Faculty (non-tenure track) position. As a Visiting Faculty member, the resident is strongly encouraged to engage in professional research and publication. The resident will provide a faculty annual report as well as
Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks
I have would suggest some kind of limited online viewer, unfortunately that doesn't make them DRM free. //Riley Sent from my Windows Phone -- Riley Childs Senior Charlotte United Christian Academy Library Services Administrator IT Services Administrator (704) 537-0331x101 (704) 497-2086 rileychilds.net @rowdychildren I use Lync (select External Contact on any XMPP chat client) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are the property of Charlotte United Christian Academy. This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain confidential information that is privileged and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not one of the named original recipients or have received this e-mail in error, please permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof. Thank you for your compliance. This email is also subject to copyright. No part of it nor any attachments may be reproduced, adapted, forwarded or transmitted without the written consent of the copyright ow...@cucawarriors.com From: David Malonemailto:david.mal...@wheaton.edu Sent: 3/25/2015 5:15 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks Has anyone figured out how to circulate one-off/independent e-books to your library patrons? We have ebooks that are not from major vendors like EBL, etc that we have permission to loan. However, I want to be sure that we have some sort of controls on them so that we are not simply distributing free copies. I envision a system that would take a non-DRM ebook file (PDF?) and place limits on it for a specific time-frame. This system would also track what is out and what is available. I think think of various individual pieces that may work in my context, but not the full system. There is great potential here. Any musings or thoughts would be welcome. David B. Malone, MLIS, CA Associate Professor Buswell Memorial Library Wheaton College 501 College Ave. Wheaton IL 60187-5593 630.752.5707 | 630.752.5987 FAX david.mal...@wheaton.edu | http://library.wheaton.edu
[CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks
Has anyone figured out how to circulate one-off/independent e-books to your library patrons? We have ebooks that are not from major vendors like EBL, etc that we have permission to loan. However, I want to be sure that we have some sort of controls on them so that we are not simply distributing free copies. I envision a system that would take a non-DRM ebook file (PDF?) and place limits on it for a specific time-frame. This system would also track what is out and what is available. I think think of various individual pieces that may work in my context, but not the full system. There is great potential here. Any musings or thoughts would be welcome. David B. Malone, MLIS, CA Associate Professor Buswell Memorial Library Wheaton College 501 College Ave. Wheaton IL 60187-5593 630.752.5707 | 630.752.5987 FAX david.mal...@wheaton.edu | http://library.wheaton.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks
Hello, Maybe you could give a disclaimer and let the pattern know to delete the book after reading it. If it is DRM free and the publisher allows fire lending than what is the harm in lending it? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 25, 2015, at 4:15 PM, David Malone david.mal...@wheaton.edu wrote: Has anyone figured out how to circulate one-off/independent e-books to your library patrons? We have ebooks that are not from major vendors like EBL, etc that we have permission to loan. However, I want to be sure that we have some sort of controls on them so that we are not simply distributing free copies. I envision a system that would take a non-DRM ebook file (PDF?) and place limits on it for a specific time-frame. This system would also track what is out and what is available. I think think of various individual pieces that may work in my context, but not the full system. There is great potential here. Any musings or thoughts would be welcome. David B. Malone, MLIS, CA Associate Professor Buswell Memorial Library Wheaton College 501 College Ave. Wheaton IL 60187-5593 630.752.5707 | 630.752.5987 FAX david.mal...@wheaton.edu | http://library.wheaton.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks
Unglue.it http://unglue.it/ implemented something like that as part of buy to unglue, using per-loan embedded licenses and watermarking. We've not had a lot of success getting publishers to buy into it. Or libraries. If you have applications, several of the components are open source. Eric On Mar 25, 2015, at 5:15 PM, David Malone david.mal...@wheaton.edu wrote: Has anyone figured out how to circulate one-off/independent e-books to your library patrons? We have ebooks that are not from major vendors like EBL, etc that we have permission to loan. However, I want to be sure that we have some sort of controls on them so that we are not simply distributing free copies. I envision a system that would take a non-DRM ebook file (PDF?) and place limits on it for a specific time-frame. This system would also track what is out and what is available. I think think of various individual pieces that may work in my context, but not the full system. There is great potential here. Any musings or thoughts would be welcome. David B. Malone, MLIS, CA Associate Professor Buswell Memorial Library Wheaton College 501 College Ave. Wheaton IL 60187-5593 630.752.5707 | 630.752.5987 FAX david.mal...@wheaton.edu | http://library.wheaton.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Ebook reader app
We're doing it through an ebook ILL approach at http://occamsreader.org -- still in a pilot project with Springer and the GWLA Libraries. The 2.0 viewer launching this fall includes a responsive design that looks great on phones and tablets. Kenny Ketner Software Development Manager Texas Tech University Libraries kenny.ket...@ttu.edu 806-773-5323 Strategic - Ideation - Connectedness - Relator - Learner On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Lauren Magnuson lauren.lpmagnu...@gmail.com wrote: Becky that is 100% awesome - I had not seen that article, but it is totally helpful. Thanks for sharing it! Lauren
[CODE4LIB] a node.js module for processing MARC data
Hi, I wrote a Node.js module called marc4js for handling MARC data while trying to learn MARC and Node.js. I borrowed a lot of ideas from marc4j, ruby-marc and pymarc.The module is open-source and hosted on github. If you are interested please check it out at https://github.com/jiaola/marc4js. I’d like to share the module with the community even though it is still in its early stages. Hopefully someone will find it useful. Feel free to submit a bug report, feature request or join the effort to make it better. Thanks! David -- David Jiao System Analyst Enterprise Library Systems Indiana University
[CODE4LIB] Survey of Librarians and Library Professionals Who Design Web Pages
For web designers who have not yet filled out the survey (below), I will leave it up through Friday, March 27th. Thank you to all who have participated! Jenny Brandon On 1/21/15, 7:05 PM, Jenny Brandon jbran...@mail.lib.msu.edu wrote: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/libwebdesign Librarians and library staff who do web/interface design or front-end development are invited to participate in a research survey. We are interested in assessing how librarians and other library professionals are filling the role of web/interface designer/developer in libraries. The results of this survey will help us understand how this relatively new role for librarians and library professionals is being utilized in libraries, and will be published in a forthcoming book chapter. Please forward this to any library staff who do web/interface design or front-end development for your library website. The survey is completely anonymous. Thank you! Jenny Brandon Web Designer/Librarian Michigan State University Libraries jbran...@mail.lib.msu.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks
I hate to sound like a broken record again, but this is exactly the approach we are taking with Occam's Reader. http://occamsreader.org Kenny Ketner Software Development Manager Texas Tech University Libraries kenny.ket...@ttu.edu 806-773-5323 Strategic - Ideation - Connectedness - Relator - Learner On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.com wrote: I have would suggest some kind of limited online viewer, unfortunately that doesn't make them DRM free. //Riley Sent from my Windows Phone -- Riley Childs Senior Charlotte United Christian Academy Library Services Administrator IT Services Administrator (704) 537-0331x101 (704) 497-2086 rileychilds.net @rowdychildren I use Lync (select External Contact on any XMPP chat client) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are the property of Charlotte United Christian Academy. This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain confidential information that is privileged and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not one of the named original recipients or have received this e-mail in error, please permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof. Thank you for your compliance. This email is also subject to copyright. No part of it nor any attachments may be reproduced, adapted, forwarded or transmitted without the written consent of the copyright ow...@cucawarriors.com From: David Malonemailto:david.mal...@wheaton.edu Sent: 3/25/2015 5:15 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks Has anyone figured out how to circulate one-off/independent e-books to your library patrons? We have ebooks that are not from major vendors like EBL, etc that we have permission to loan. However, I want to be sure that we have some sort of controls on them so that we are not simply distributing free copies. I envision a system that would take a non-DRM ebook file (PDF?) and place limits on it for a specific time-frame. This system would also track what is out and what is available. I think think of various individual pieces that may work in my context, but not the full system. There is great potential here. Any musings or thoughts would be welcome. David B. Malone, MLIS, CA Associate Professor Buswell Memorial Library Wheaton College 501 College Ave. Wheaton IL 60187-5593 630.752.5707 | 630.752.5987 FAX david.mal...@wheaton.edu | http://library.wheaton.edu
[CODE4LIB] marc4js - a node.js module for processing MARC data
Hi, I wrote a Node.js module for handling MARC data while trying to learn MARC and Node.js. I borrowed a lot of ideas from marc4j, ruby-marc and pymarc.The module is open-source and hosted on github. If you are interested please check it out at https://github.com/jiaola/marc4js. It’s still at its early stage but I’d like to share it with the community and hopefully someone will find it useful. Feel free to submit a bug report, feature request or join the effort to make it better. Thanks! David -- David Jiao System Analyst Enterprise Library Systems Indiana University
Re: [CODE4LIB] Ebook reader app
Eben - Thanks for the Library Simplified link, that's exactly what I was looking for! It seems like academic libraries have work to do to lobby our vendors to enable us to create better / smoother user experiences. I suspect they won't make it easy though. The larger issue seems to be Adobe DRM. A white label BlueFire app seems like a good potential solution, but it's pretty pricy and might be cost prohibitive for a lot of libraries to adopt. Just to license the technology to use / interact with Adobe DRM stuff is pretty costly on its own. The reason the Library Simplified project seems like a promising direction is that it's libraries taking ownership of the solution, rather than relying on vendors to deliver apps.
