[CODE4LIB] Upcoming Online Classes from Amigos Library Services

Here's a quick look at upcoming online RDA and cataloging classes from Amigos Library Services. Classes are always being added so be sure to check out our course

[CODE4LIB] Job: Health Sciences Librarian & Liaison to School of Pharmacy at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

The Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a collaborative, proactive, enthusiastic, and service-oriented candidate for the position of Pharmacy Librarian. This Librarian will be the primary provider of library support for the UNC Eshelman School

[CODE4LIB] Job: Data Analysis Librarian at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries invites applications for the position of Data Analysis Librarian in the Digital Research Services department. The Data Analysis Librarian will further the goal of the University Libraries to support scholars during each stage of the

[CODE4LIB] Job: Community Archivist (At Will Appointment) at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks a creative, empathetic, collaborative, self-motivated, enthusiastic professional for the position of Community Archivist for the Southern Historical Collection, a department of the Wilson Special Collections Library. The Community Archivist

[CODE4LIB] Job: Programmer Analyst III (Ruby on Rails, PHP, Apache, Linux, Unix) at Memorial Sloan Kettering

Company Overview: At Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), we’re not only changing the way we treat cancer, but also the way the world thinks about it. By working together and pushing forward with innovation and discovery, we’re driving excellence and improving outcomes. For the 28th year, MSK has

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations for the New Kid

I agree with both Kyle's and Mark's advice. I've always learned best by tackling projects that provided learning opportunities in the service of an organizational goal. One skill that comes in handy in a range of different roles/contexts is version control (eg Git). If you're doing any kind of

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations for the New Kid

My first reaction is that, if you want to apply your skills to your library and your work, what you should learn will depend on your library system and your work. For instance, does your ILS have an API? If so, are there already tools written by other people you could learn from? Does your

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations for the New Kid

Hi Athina, As far as building your knowledge base goes, I've personally found it most useful to learn things as you need them because only those things that you actively use will stick. Then look for commonalities with other things you need and build on that. I don't recommend learning any

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations for the New Kid

I learned the basics when I was a cataloger. It went something like this: Use SQL to query catalog database to identify some bit of bad data. Fix data manually. Use SQL to query as above. Decide there's gotta be an easier way to fix, identify a tool and learn enough to fix with a script. Use

[CODE4LIB] Recommendations for the New Kid

Hi all, I'm new to the list serv and am trying to build up my knowledge base for learning more coding skills that I can apply to my library and my work. I'd love to hear your best recommendations for teaching myself new tech skills, where to learn said skills, and which skill sets you've found

Re: [CODE4LIB] Default, preferred, or supported "enterprise" browser?

The issue with Chrome 69 is that it automatically signs users into Chrome if they are signed into their Google account, without notifying users that this was happening nor without obtaining user consent to do so. This behavior raised concerns about privacy and trust.

[CODE4LIB] Journal browsing service for OA ?

Dear All Greetings. Could some one please guide us to know the availability of journal browsing service like BrowZine (https://thirdiron.com/) in the domain of Open Access? In fact BrowZine includes a few OA journals but it is a commercial one. Thanks and regards

[CODE4LIB] Call for posts - ACRL Tech Connect

ACRL Tech Connect seeks guest posts from authors in the GLAM or information science professions. We are a library technology blog covering a wide spectrum of topics; recent writing touches on issues like ILS management, open access, the GDPR, scholarly

Re: [CODE4LIB] Default, preferred, or supported "enterprise" browser?

I get the ideas being proffered here, but a lot of what's being said when talking about "elegance" or "clean" or "pure" websites are from ideal scenarios that frankly don't happen much or at all. Just within library web technology, we often don't get to completely own a site. We're using vendor

Re: [CODE4LIB] RDAP Webinar Announcement: Where the Data Repo Meets the Road

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 8:35 PM Jonathan Wheeler wrote: > With apologies for cross-posting: > > Save the date: November 8, 1-2:30PM EST. > > The RDAP Education and Resources team is excited to announce the first in > a series of webinars, each of which will allow members of the research data >

[CODE4LIB] RDAP Webinar Announcement: Where the Data Repo Meets the Road

With apologies for cross-posting: Save the date: November 8, 1-2:30PM EST. The RDAP Education and Resources team is excited to announce the first in a series of webinars, each of which will allow members of the research data community to present their local approach to a particular topic. The

Re: [CODE4LIB] Default, preferred, or supported "enterprise" browser?

Dear Eric and Code4Libbers: I completely agree! Too much javascript, and used with critical information that HTML can easily do for a fraction of the (resource) cost. When I get a chance to really "own" the website I work on (right now it's been a series of UI bandaids on siloed content), I'm

[CODE4LIB] [EVENT] Islandora Camp in San Diego: Single Day Rates

Single-day registration is now open for Islandora Camp in San Diego. Islandora Camp runs for three days: two days of conference-style sessions and presentations, and one day of hands-on workshop training with tracks for developers and front-end users and managers. You can sign up for the full

[CODE4LIB] Call for Proposals - ALA Midwinter 2019- ACLTS RPLTS Interest Group Meeting - Planning for Emerging Trends and Technologies

Apologies for cross-posting... ALCTS RPLTS Interest Group Meeting - Call for Proposals The ALCTS Interest Group, Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services (RPLTS-IG) is seeking proposals for presentations at ALA Midwinter 2019 in Seattle, WA. RPLTS-IG will meet on Saturday,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Default, preferred, or supported "enterprise" browser?

Firstly, thanks for this interesting discussion. I find browser tech to be one of the most interesting and sometimes frustrating pieces of software we use (every single day). I'm new to the library so I can not speak to historical usage, but anecdotal evidence from coworkers and staff seems to be

Re: [CODE4LIB] Default, preferred, or supported "enterprise" browser?

Personally, I think Web/HTML pages are much too complicated these days. I suppose it goes with the evolution of the medium, but at the same time, I think the same information can be communicated much more easily and effectively if it were made available sans too much Javascript, etc. Javascript