[CODE4LIB] Job: Design Lab Specialist at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2017-08-28 Thread Code4Lib Jobs
Hi all, Please consider applying for our Design Lab Specialist position and join an exciting new department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries. Summary of Position: The University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries seeks applications for a Design Lab Specialist to join a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: PBCore Cataloging Tool Development Contractor at WGBH Educational Foundation

2017-08-28 Thread Rebecca Fraimow
Hi all, As an FYI, we are extending the deadline to send us an RFP for the PBCore Cataloging Tool Development. We will now be accepting proposals through September 6th. Thanks! Best, Rebecca Fraimow, WGBH On 8/7/17, 9:37 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Code4Lib Jobs"

Re: [CODE4LIB] Are MarcEdit Alma API requests multi-threaded?

2017-08-28 Thread Steve Meyer
Terry, thanks for the quick response and explanation. This design is good for our large consortium (University of Wisconsin System) because it reduces the likelihood of batch updates having an impact on more critically time sensitive API requests like displaying a patron account, placing requests

Re: [CODE4LIB] Are MarcEdit Alma API requests multi-threaded?

2017-08-28 Thread Terry Reese
I can answer that question -- they are not multi-threaded. Search is done via Z39.50 or SRU (though, the record itself must be pulled via the API in order to get the IDs), and then updates must happen on a record by record bases (so again, one call per record) via the API. Each record is

[CODE4LIB] Are MarcEdit Alma API requests multi-threaded?

2017-08-28 Thread Steve Meyer
We are investigating using Marc4Edit to batch update MARC records in Alma via the Alma APIs. I realize this question is likely more appropriate for the MarcEdit listserv, but I am asking from the perspective of our systems and development departments, not as the MarcEdit users in our cataloging

[CODE4LIB] fiscal continuity

2017-08-28 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
This is just a “keep you in the loop” message regarding fiscal continuity of Code4Lib. The Code4Lib Fiscal Continuity Interest Group — the folks who are investigating possible financial options when it comes to our community — see its work as almost done. More specifically, because of the