Re: [CODE4LIB] Invitation... [Digital Privacy] Add-ons for Privacy: Open Source Advocacy Tactics for Internet Health

2019-10-02 Thread Hammer, Erich F
> How do I signup? > >- Register online Where?? On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 13:02, Mark Weiler eloquently inscribed: > Hello world, you're invited to this webinar from Canada. > > > [Digital Privacy] Add-ons for Privacy: Open Source Advocacy Tactics for > Internet Health Abstract:

Re: [CODE4LIB] RegEx for public services/public-facing librarians

2020-01-16 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Mike, So, non-technical users... - Finding phone numbers for a particular range of exchanges in a large document and changing the area code. - Reversing all names of a transcript (e.g. lines start with : "quote" and become , : "quote"). - Finding every instance of an email address

[CODE4LIB] ProQuest XML to MarcXML

2020-11-30 Thread Hammer, Erich F
We are working on a more automated process for our Electronic Thesis and Dissertations, and I'm wondering if anyone here has already done this and is willing to share code and/or where to watch for potholes. The University Graduate Student office works with students to submit their

Re: [CODE4LIB] Software on Public Computers

2021-02-01 Thread Hammer, Erich F
I'm sure a public library has different needs/goals than an academic library, but I'm a strong advocate for open source software. In addition to MS Office, Adobe Reader, Chrome and VLC, our general use student computers have 7-zip, Audacity, Firefox, and Notepad++, Paint.Net and WinSCP. I

[CODE4LIB] Home-grown Tattle-Tape gate reporting?

2021-05-13 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi. We have a Tattle-Tape patron-counter and alarm gate that is logged by a commercial software package which pushes the numbers to a cloud service, and I feel like the software/cloud service is too complicated and expensive for what it does. The cost/complexity is probably fine for more

Re: [CODE4LIB] bulk convert corel ventura display font files?

2021-05-13 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Amy, I'm not sure what you are looking to do is possible (or makes sense). Not having ever worked in Ventura, I could be totally mistaken, but my understanding is that the .96 (.88, .94, etc) files are font files for a specific display size. You can't convert a font file into a Word

Re: [CODE4LIB] bulk convert corel ventura display font files?

2021-05-17 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Amy, If you can open them in MS Word, then you can probably use a PowerShell script to convert them through Word. I can't guarantee exactly what you want to do is possible, but here are a couple examples of something somewhat similar:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Software on Public Computers

2021-02-08 Thread Hammer, Erich F
On Monday, February 8, 2021 at 16:24, Charles Meyer eloquently inscribed: > There seems to be a puch-back from administration about offering open > source software on our public PCs. That's not unusual as they (or the lawyers) fear what they don't understand. > Is there any built-in

[CODE4LIB] Anyone using Shibboleth for JSTOR access?

2021-03-25 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi. We are just starting to investigate moving access some of our larger eResource vendors away from going through EZProxy and onto SSO/Shibboleth. Our test case is JSTOR, and our Identity Management group that supports Shibboleth is asking about other libraries using the eduPersonEntitlement

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone using Shibboleth for JSTOR access?

2021-03-25 Thread Hammer, Erich F
ition might work, what > concerns you might have, and whether they would share those concerns. > > -Tod > > Tod Olson mailto:t...@uchicago.edu>> > Systems Librarian > Interim Head of Integrated Library Systems > University of Chicago Library > > On Mar

Re: [CODE4LIB] RA21/ seamlessaccess.org

2021-03-15 Thread Hammer, Erich F
They are!? When? Source? We're just now looking at testing SSO/SeamlessAccess with some of our largest vendors, but we have no illusions that we will be able to use it for all of them. Several of the OpenAthens presenters at ER last week made no bones about needing to keep EZProxy for edge

Re: [CODE4LIB] Software on Public Computers

2021-02-15 Thread Hammer, Erich F
hat for years re: FF, Opera and before that Netscape. >> >> I visited a friend's time share and in their corporate center they >> offered free use of PCs with FF and Libre Office - No MS software except >> the OS. >> >> I've played around a little with Lin

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF Editors

2021-02-22 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Are you working with PDFs with OCR'd and/or indexed text? If so, just about any PDF reader will allow copying the text out (if the PDF isn't protected). SumatraPDF (https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org) is my choice for a functional reader with a much lower risk than "fully functional" readers.

Re: [CODE4LIB] automatic printing solutions for email?

2021-07-30 Thread Hammer, Erich F
inly let you know if upgrading to a newer version of Windows > solves the issue, but from your experience, it sounds like it may be moot. > I have not started working with our IT department system admins to > troubleshoot yet, but that is my next step. > > Stay tuned... > > On

[CODE4LIB] automatic printing solutions for email?

2021-07-30 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi, This is a (library-related) IT question and not really a "code" question, but I'm hoping someone has a suggestion or two... Our workflow for ILL materials, holds and transfers between our own libraries requires slips of paper. There is no way around that as best we can imagine, and we

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendation requests: VPN for off-campus testing

2021-10-11 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi. We have an annual subscription with TunnelBear and love it. It's not the greatest VPN for governmental privacy, but that's not part of our need. Some reasons we like it: * Reasonable price. * Browser add-ons make it possible for just one browser to be "off-campus" while the rest of

Re: [CODE4LIB] ProCite demo?

2021-11-19 Thread Hammer, Erich F
icbemp/science/Procite_DB.html > > I'll leave it to someone else to decide if the software on offer is legit. > I did try to whois the website but didn't get much. > Lena > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 8:41 AM Hammer, Erich F wrote: > >> Does anyone happen to have a copy

[CODE4LIB] ProCite demo?

2021-11-19 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Does anyone happen to have a copy of the ProCite v5 demo installer? We seem to have misplaced/lost our installer for our licensed version and apparently have (or had) a machine with a rather important DB on it. (Why!? Just, Why?) The machine has failed although we can get to the files.

[CODE4LIB] Analytics naming conventions

2021-11-03 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi. We have (belatedly) realized that we would be much better off with a firm naming convention for our Alma analytics reports. Currently, it's rather chaotic and nobody can identify what is important and what is left-over junk except (sometimes) the individual creators. There are a few

Re: [CODE4LIB] Converting jpg or png to high quality

2021-12-02 Thread Hammer, Erich F
On Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 09:51, Brian Holda eloquently inscribed: > Also, I heard photoshop will have a free in-the-browser version. Anyone > know more on the details of that? Adobe giving away some of their cash cow for free?? That will happen when pigs fly, so I wouldn't bet the farm

Re: [CODE4LIB] Crash course in writing JSON schemas?

2021-12-15 Thread Hammer, Erich F
You just missed the Juice Academy course in December: https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/171-json-ld-fundamentals/ Although the intro course is coming up in about 7 weeks: https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/161-introduction-json-structured-data/ Nobody here has taken the JSON

Re: [CODE4LIB] Converting jpg or png to high quality

2021-12-02 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, If the original image is a lower resolution than what you want, you could increase the resolution, but that won't make the quality higher by any means. It will just look like a big fuzzy picture. It's like magnifying a pointillism painting:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Converting jpg or png to high quality

2021-12-02 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Ah! I didn't consider that it might be an SVG, although I suspect that is only a slim possibility. Technically, you don't enlarge an SVG but just scale it. If Charles wants to convert just a single SVG to a specific resolution PNG or JPG, it might be easiest to use a free online converter

Re: [CODE4LIB] Survey: Imposter Phenomenon in Men Librarians who Work in Academic Libraries

2022-03-17 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Sharon, Are you looking specifically for *librarians* or are other library employees welcome (specifically, Library Systems professionals)? Working in Systems now and in Academic IT for 20+ years before that, I can tell you from personal experience, IT is rife with IP. Thanks, Erich On

Re: [CODE4LIB] Screen Capture software of other applications functions

2022-02-08 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Have you looked at ShareX? (https://getsharex.com/) It's FOSS, and has almost too many options for capturing things on the screen. Pair that with something like Key-n-Stroke (https://github.com/Phaiax/Key-n-Stroke), and you can demo just about anything for free. Erich On Monday,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any cool new discovery projects out there?

2023-08-24 Thread Hammer, Erich F
I don't think it is new, but we recently licensed LibKey and think it is very cool. In theory, the browser plugin (LibKey Nomad) will be deployed campus-wide which will help a lot of folks. Third Iron is also in the later stages of developing an enhanced plugin (Nomad++?) that will be even

Re: [CODE4LIB] Barcodes in XSLT (Alma letters)

2023-08-29 Thread Hammer, Erich F
quot;custom-barcode" element in the source >> XML: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> might do the trick, although working out how to ensure that template >> is matched in the right place might require more th

Re: [CODE4LIB] forensic cyber security certifying organizations

2023-10-16 Thread Hammer, Erich F
You wouldn't expect to call up the NBA and be able to send personal email to any one of the players. I had the privilege of taking a SANS course about 20 years ago. 300 people @ $3500 each, 4.5 days @ 8 hrs and one instructor (and I never witnessed any support staff). These instructors are

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-13 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Note that neither of these mention VPN at all: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-avoid-phishing-scams https://www.howtogeek.com/729972/how-to-spot-a-fraudulent-website/ And these might be useful:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Connecting EndNote to our DBs?

2023-10-23 Thread Hammer, Erich F
whi...@ohsu.edu> ORCiD: > https://orcid.org/-0001-5059-4132 <https://orcid.org/-0001- > 5059-4132> > > On 10/20/23, 8:53 AM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Hammer, Erich F" > mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> on behalf > of er...@albany.edu <ma

Re: [CODE4LIB] Patron Data Pseudonymization Review Request ...

2023-09-29 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Ray, Love it! You might consider pointing out that in a population of 300,000 patrons, having ~11 collisions (i.e. 22 patrons) shouldn't have a significant effect on any statistical data you need to report. It's a win-win. I also noticed a typo: In the green box just before the "Birthday

Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXTERNAL] [CODE4LIB] Laptop loans - seeking information

2023-10-03 Thread Hammer, Erich F
e lost or broke one, they were responsible for $200-400 replacement > fees vs. $1000+. That's probably why they're popular in high schools. > > -Tamara > > On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 9:39 AM Hammer, Erich F wrote: > >> Bruce, >> >> So many questions.

Re: [CODE4LIB] [EXTERNAL] [CODE4LIB] Laptop loans - seeking information

2023-10-03 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Bruce, So many questions... 24 hour loans: * Given the zeroth rule, "without physical security, you have no security", how do you trust that the system hasn't been manipulated in a way that compromises future users? * How are you "clearing" the system between users? * Are you

[CODE4LIB] Lost and found software?

2023-10-04 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi, all. A question about what to do with the "tech gadgets" in our lost and found got me thinking about a tech solution which then led me to https://www.lostandfoundsoftware.com/. Image recognition and online approximate-matching for searchers who may not want to ask in-person is really

Re: [CODE4LIB] Patron Data Pseudonymization Review Request ...

2023-09-22 Thread Hammer, Erich F
BTW, here is the transcript: https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-940-notes.pdf Page 12 is where Ray's project discussion starts. On Friday, September 22, 2023 at 09:43, Ray Voelker eloquently inscribed: > Hi code4lib folks .. and again ... happy Friday!! > > I just wanted to post an update to this. I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Patron Data Pseudonymization Review Request ...

2023-09-22 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Ray, I liked your original pseudononymous idea and was thinking about trying to re-write it in PowerShell, but looking into the "birthday paradox" comment opens some very interesting possibilities. As I understand it, you can uniquely identify someone using just a portion of a hash of their

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-10 Thread Hammer, Erich F
A VPN isn't going to protect anyone from fraud. It's not a great analogy, but getting/using a VPN for someone who is susceptible to fraud via Instagram and Facebook is a little like making a nervous driver who has had a few accidents because they won't keep their hands off their cell phone

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-12 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Have you ever watched Apollo Robbins give a demonstration of pickpocketing? (e.g. https://www.ted.com/talks/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirection) It doesn't really matter what "technical" protections you have (e.g. inside pocket, button/zipper/clasp). He is successful because of

Re: [CODE4LIB] forensic cyber security certifying organizations

2023-10-18 Thread Hammer, Erich F
t 2023 12:49:39 + > From:"Hammer, Erich F" > Subject: Re: forensic cyber security certifying organizations > > You wouldn't expect to call up the NBA and be able to send personal email > to any one of the players. > > I had the privilege of taking a SANS

[CODE4LIB] Connecting EndNote to our DBs?

2023-10-20 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi, all. We do not have a license for EndNote, but we do have faculty who purchase licenses and want to connect it directly to our resources/ALMA. I see that EndNote (and other Universities) have downloadable "connection files" (https://endnote.com/downloads/connection-files/), but those

Re: [CODE4LIB] VPNs - free to low cost

2023-10-06 Thread Hammer, Erich F
My favorite thing about TunnelBear is that they have a browser plugin. That allows us in the Library to test off-campus access to electronic resources in one browser while testing on-campus access in another browser. Actually, my absolute favorite thing about TunnelBear is that the bear

Re: [CODE4LIB] [External] Re: [CODE4LIB] Marking a flash drive

2022-05-17 Thread Hammer, Erich F
What about an engraver? https://www.dremel.com/gb/en/p/dremel-engraver-290-1-v391 No wiping that off! On Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 15:48, Michael Monaco eloquently inscribed: > I would sand the metal or plastic lightly before using the paint pen for > better > adhesion. You could also put a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Skills development for a new Systems Librarian

2022-05-12 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Erica, I don't know that I can help specifically with the areas you are looking to develop, but I will say that IMO one of the most helpful traits you can have as an IT worker is a willingness to get past any imposter (and/or grandiose) syndrome and admit what you don't know. Ask questions

Re: [CODE4LIB] scraping or extracting structured data from a pdf

2022-05-12 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Danielle, .DOCX files are just a collection of zipped xml and image files. You can see this by changing the extension (on a copy) on the file and then exploring. It should be possible to parse out the data from the XML file(s) and build a structure from it. Erich On Thursday, May 12, 2022

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tricking the Dragon

2022-06-29 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, First, I'm guessing you have no way of knowing, but is it the software itself that won't run, or the installer? 64-bit Windows can run (most) 32-bit software, but in my experience, some of those older, 32-bit software use a 16-bit installer which cannot run on 64-bit systems. One

Re: [CODE4LIB] Graphic - replacing the checkered background with white

2022-06-13 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, Anytime I want to find an alternative piece of software, the first place I check is https://alternativeto.net. There, you can filter by free/commercial and see what other folks think of each item. I've been using it for years and haven't noticed that it is biased by paid interests

Re: [CODE4LIB] Adobe Acrobat Reader - Erasing

2022-07-18 Thread Hammer, Erich F
I don't mean to call Joe out, but there needs to be more specificity across the industry with regard to PDFs and what "editing" means. Acrobat Reader CAN change PDFs, but only in specific ways. I've had faculty insist for years that they *need* Adobe Acrobat Pro so they can "edit" PDFs and

[CODE4LIB] Happy SysAdmin Day!

2022-07-29 Thread Hammer, Erich F
I hope any of you administering apps, services, servers or workstations has someone recognizing your skills and dedication and who brought (or will bring) you treats or kudos today. https://sysadminday.com/ Erich -- Erich HammerHead of Library Systems er...@albany.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Editing a Sign in Sheet

2022-07-27 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, NAPS2 (https://www.naps2.com/) will do OCR and is OSS. Erich On Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 12:54, Charles Meyer eloquently inscribed: > My esteemed listmates, > > At our library our 3 in one printers will only scan to TIFF, PDF and jpg. > > It will not scan to OCR. > > We only

Re: [CODE4LIB] Email ticket system

2022-05-04 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Matthew, If UofM library already uses LibAnswers (and you trust the SpringShare admins), you might save money by just adding another queue. That's what our Special Collections/Archive department has done. We currently have 6 queues for different departments/needs each with different admins,

[CODE4LIB] Database of databases

2022-08-24 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi, (I'm relatively new to the library world, so please excuse any ignorance I may display here.) We have a (poorly constructed) legacy database that holds/connects our myriad of online resources to subjects and specialists. The webpage front end is our "DBfinder" to assist patrons in

Re: [CODE4LIB] Database of databases

2022-08-25 Thread Hammer, Erich F
ks > best for you would be helpful. > > cheers, > > ander kierig > > On 2022-08-24 at 20:45 (+00:00) Hammer, Erich F > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> (I'm relatively new to the library world, so please excuse any >> ignorance I may display here.) >>

Re: [CODE4LIB] A reminder about websites

2022-09-28 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Of course documentation is important, but I firmly believe all (as much as the vendors allow) subscriptions, licenses, support contracts, etc. as possible should be associated with generic, "departmental" email accounts to which multiple staff have access and the "name" should be something like

Re: [CODE4LIB] Roku - TV - Over the Air

2022-09-22 Thread Hammer, Erich F
You don't need a "digital antenna"; It's all just radio waves. You do need a digital tuner. I know it's not a solution for checkout by library patrons, but I built my own single-bay, "Gray-Hoverman" antenna without reflectors out of scrap wire and wood for about $5 in parts and no tools

Re: [CODE4LIB] Dragon Naturally Speaking or other roadside attractions

2022-09-02 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, I've purchased a couple grey-market Windows licenses from eBay that have worked well and quite a few "hard goods" over the years with very few bad results. In fact, only a handful in the 24 years I've been using eBay required a follow up and they were resolved to my satisfaction.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Single-purpose digital displays

2022-10-07 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Deborah, If you only want to display a video and don't need any user input, most televisions these days will play media (pictures, video, audio) from a USB flash drive. We have one set up to endlessly loop through a series of videos. All it needs is power. If you want interactivity, you

Re: [CODE4LIB] .bat editing experience?

2022-10-05 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Mackenzie, Almost certainly a PowerShell script would be more compact, easier to read and edit more capable than a .BAT file. How long of a script is it? Erich On Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 10:19, Mackenzie Salisbury eloquently inscribed: > Hi all! > I am wondering if someone on here

[CODE4LIB] furniture inventory?

2022-10-05 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Does anyone here keep a furniture inventory database? Did you build it yourself or are you using something developed elsewhere? Thanks, Erich -- Erich HammerHead of Library Systems er...@albany.edu University Libraries 518-442-3891 University @ Albany "As

Re: [CODE4LIB] Certifications for library IT people?

2022-08-16 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Congrats on wresting back some ability to move forward. As far as certification, my humble opinion after 25+ years in academic (and now Library) IT work, is that certifications are only for hiring managers who want something to check off on an applicant or pointy-haired bosses who don't

Re: [CODE4LIB] Agent Ransack - alternatives

2022-12-28 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, My preferred Explorer alternative is Xplorer^2 (https://www.zabkat.com/). The feature set (I paid for the Pro version.) is fantastic including search within search results. However, if you really want to look for alternatives to any program, I highly recommend alternativeto.net.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Folder Size in Windows 10 File Explorer

2022-12-20 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, I'm not aware of a way to show all folder sizes in native Explorer. Third-party file managers can do that as an option. My manager of choice is Xplorer^2 (https://www.zabkat.com/ -- there is a free version too if you dig). If you just need to see how much space folders are taking

Re: [CODE4LIB] Agent Ransack - alternatives

2023-01-03 Thread Hammer, Erich F
10 so I hold little hope > for it in W11. > > Thanks. > > Charles. > > Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 14:54:52 + > From:"Hammer, Erich F" > Subject: Re: Agent Ransack - alternatives > > Charles, > > My preferred Explorer alternative is Xplorer^

Re: [CODE4LIB] Printing WYSIWYG from a Web site

2022-12-06 Thread Hammer, Erich F
One tool that I have found useful for printing or saving components of web pages without elements that I don't want is an Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/print-edit-we/ You don't have to know much about web pages or look into the code to pare down what is on the screen.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Hiring a programmer

2022-12-12 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, Out of curiosity, what happened with your look into getting an older version of DNS on Ebay? Those were in the $20-$50 range for an older-but-Win10/11-compatible version. Erich On Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 16:11, Charles Meyer eloquently inscribed: > Hi Joe, > > For

Re: [CODE4LIB] Printing WYSIWYG from a Web site

2022-12-05 Thread Hammer, Erich F
I know Charles said he has Edge and Chrome, but in case anyone is attempting from Firefox, it's as easy as a right-click on an empty part of the page and selecting "Take Screenshot". You will have the option of capturing the entire page. There are add-ons that offer some additional features

Re: [CODE4LIB] Circulation clerk learning to code.

2022-12-16 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Patrick, I commend you on expanding your knowledge and skill. Creating, modifying or even just understanding computer code can be very satisfying. While in some sense it doesn't really matter what kind of code you learn as a beginner, you may want to start thinking about what direction you

Re: [CODE4LIB] Circulation clerk learning to code.

2022-12-19 Thread Hammer, Erich F
On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 11:33, Niqui O'neill eloquently inscribed: > Finally, I will say regex is useful but I would not feel like you need to > memorize how to use it. I always have to look up my regex expressions and I > test them using this tool: https://regex101.com. Regex is a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations for a new card swiper solution for Access Services

2022-12-13 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Andrea, Our card swipers are programmable using the programming software from here: https://idinnovations.com/downloads.html How to program them is not obvious, but I have figured it out after a bit of trial and error. The readers should behave like a keyboard in that whatever information

Re: [CODE4LIB] Hiring a programmer or coder

2022-12-07 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, As an academic institution, we have access to grad students and have occasionally hired them (with both excellent and terrible results) for this kind of work. I can't make a suggestion as to who where to get programming assistance, but I do want to point out a very important fact to

[CODE4LIB] best practice for EZProxy MaxVirtualHosts?

2022-11-28 Thread Hammer, Erich F
I'm relatively new to managing (self-hosted) EZProxy, and I have a question that I'm hoping someone here can help answer... Every few days/weeks, I have to manually go into Host Maintenance and remove hosts that have not been used in over 30 days. That is a PITA for something that otherwise

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoom issues

2022-11-16 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Teams has gotten a lot better over the last three years, but in my experience, Zoom "just works" and Teams is spotty. Most of the time, if a camera is malfunctioning, it will not be recognized and the user will be without any "slot" in the array of video feeds just as if they disabled the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Desktop and laptop tech support

2023-01-17 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, Disclaimer: We are a Dell shop. I have zero experience with support from any other vendor. What I tell everyone who asks for advice on purchasing a laptop for personal use is that -- to my knowledge -- Dell is the only vendor who offers a 5-year warranty with accidental damage.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Securing Loaner Laptops

2023-03-10 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Mike, I brought this up on the LABMGR listserv a couple years back, and there was enough discussion that someone arranged for a virtual panel discussion (that I was unfortunately unable to attend). The general consensus was that because of the zeroth rule of security ("Without physical

Re: [CODE4LIB] Systems - to librarian or not to librarian?

2023-02-17 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Will, I am the "Head of Systems" here, and I don't think I would have been considered for the job without my MLIS. I had 20 years experience in IT (during which I worked through the degree) before being hired, and my supervisor and team recognized that I had no actual Library experience.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: anti-virus and anti-malware protection

2023-03-06 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, I'd be very surprised if any anti-malware for a phone or tablet did anything beyond feeding data about the phone/you to the publisher, and I wouldn't recommend installing one. Heck, I don't recommend installing any third-party anti-malware/protection software on Windows or MacOS

Re: [CODE4LIB] Screen capture of screen capture Windows 10

2023-03-06 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, Before there was the snipping tool (now, "snip and sketch"), there was PrintScreen ("PRT SC" on my keyboard). It captures the entire screen and puts it in the clipboard, so you have to paste it into something ("MS Paint" in the old days). It still works, and based on my testing just

Re: [CODE4LIB] Easy Graphics Editing

2023-02-27 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, Paint.Net is FOSS (https://getpaint.net/) and award winning. I find it easy to use and it is very powerful. I generally recommend it to any relative beginner who claims to need Photoshop because for the vast majority of folks, it is more than enough. Erich On Saturday, February

Re: [CODE4LIB] Excel vs Word - Columns or Tables

2023-04-17 Thread Hammer, Erich F
On Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 11:03, Charles Meyer eloquently inscribed: > We have a number of homeless and others on Social Security and Soc Sec > disability who need free checking accounts. $15/mo is a lot ofr them to pay. Does Florida not have Credit Unions? I've been a member of a half

Re: [CODE4LIB] Capturing Graphics for a Handout

2023-04-19 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, The magnifier literally magnifies the screen, it doesn't increase the resolution of the objects being magnified. That is why everything looks blocky/chunky. Thus there is no difference between capturing a magnified screen and capturing a non-magnified screen and then zooming in on

Re: [CODE4LIB] Free PDF Converter

2023-04-10 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Start here: https://alternativeto.net/software/nitro-pro/?license=free On Monday, April 10, 2023 at 14:06, Samuel Bello eloquently inscribed: > Dear Distinguished Members, > Please can anyone give me a free download link to install a free Pdf > converter to be used off line to covert Pdf to

Re: [CODE4LIB] ​Re: Encrypting jpg, png or PDF

2023-04-06 Thread Hammer, Erich F
it. Erich On Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 11:05, Joe Hourclé eloquently inscribed: >> >> On Apr 6, 2023, at 10:43 AM, Hammer, Erich F wrote: >> >> Charles, >> >> Sharing encrypted files is not a trivial problem that can be resolved without > third-p

Re: [CODE4LIB] ​Re: Encrypting jpg, png or PDF

2023-04-06 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, Sharing encrypted files is not a trivial problem that can be resolved without third-party software. It sounds like you want to create a self-encrypted file that the recipient can just double-click, enter the password, and see/use. Here are a couple sites arguing that is not a good

Re: [CODE4LIB] delete only attachments in gmail sent folder

2023-04-07 Thread Hammer, Erich F
On Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 10:43, Erich Hammer eloquently inscribed: > As for removal of attachments, most mail applications will allow you to > remove attachments while leaving the message behind. You just have to > find the right menu. > > Good luck, > Erich On Friday, April 7, 2023 at

Re: [CODE4LIB] What manner of creature is LaTeX?

2023-07-18 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Ah, LaTeX. I dabbled in it 30 years ago, and it's perpetually too far down my list of things to actually learn it. I've always treated it as a fantastic tool that I am happy to help folks acquire and willing to cursorily support, but beyond that, they need to learn and become the experts.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: [WEB4LIB] Cell Phone - restricted use

2023-07-19 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Thinking about ad-free, no-network-connection-required, solitary games... I have to give a shout out to a free (and now open source), excellent, cross-platform, turn-based game that is simple to pick up, but so deep with interconnections that it will take many(!)days/months to master and favors

[CODE4LIB] Barcodes in XSLT (Alma letters)

2023-08-03 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi, We have barcodes embedded in a number of the "letters" (i.e. receipts) that Alma sends to patrons or ILL offices, but those barcodes are for material IDs that are normally input via barcode scanner and are referenced in the XSLT of the letter as a .PNG. IOW, Alma holds/constructs an image

Re: [CODE4LIB] [External] Re: [CODE4LIB] What manner of creature is LaTeX?

2023-07-21 Thread Hammer, Erich F
LaTeX can do way, way more than math and text layout. My favorite example: https://mathvault.ca/wp-content/uploads/fancy-latex-output.png That isn't a photoshopped collage of different LaTeX creations. The diagrams, the overlays and the fading is all created with LaTeX into that single image.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Public scanners

2023-05-18 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Will, We have ScannX ScanCenters. The old ones are bulky, with fairly small screens, and we have them connected to a BookEdge scanner and a multi-sheet feeder. The students seem to like them OK. The new ones (also ScannX) we got for ILL/Resource Sharing are just touchscreen, Dell

Re: [CODE4LIB] email encryption

2023-05-19 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, TLS is usually behind the scenes, system-to-system encryption. It's not something a regular user should or even can mess with. Most mail systems already have TLS encryption enabled so that communications between your computer and the mail server or between the server and other mail

[CODE4LIB] experience with wayfinding kiosks?

2024-01-22 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Hi, all. Not a code question, but hopefully a technology-related one is OK. I am just starting looking into something for wayfinding that isn't a tiny ipad that only gets used when someone has already asked and it is pointed out. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with setting up and/or

Re: [CODE4LIB] TV -vs- Computer LED Monitor

2024-02-12 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, To the best of my knowledge, the only feature differences between a "TV" and an LCD monitor is that the former has a tuner (and a coax connection) and usually integrated (if poor) speakers. Of course a lot of TVs are now "smart" too. Internally, though, consider that consumer TVs

[CODE4LIB] Securing shared workstations

2023-12-14 Thread Hammer, Erich F
All, First, I apologize because this is much more of an IT question than a coding question, but I come from an IT/desktop support background with a particular interest in security. How are larger, academic libraries securing your employee-used, shared workstations -- specifically, the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Securing shared workstations

2023-12-14 Thread Hammer, Erich F
> https://www.faronics.com/deep-freeze-on-cloud > > --Ray > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 9:36 AM Hammer, Erich F wrote: > >> All, >> >> First, I apologize because this is much more of an IT question than a >> coding question, but I come from an IT/desktop sup

Re: [CODE4LIB] Securing shared workstations

2023-12-14 Thread Hammer, Erich F
laced in either place should show up in both places. Think of it > like knocking down a wall between two storage rooms. > > Of course, if there are other reasons your library needs this generic > login, this won't address them. > > Best of luck with your setup! > - Kaleb A (Lan

Re: [CODE4LIB] Securing shared workstations

2023-12-14 Thread Hammer, Erich F
click.fourhourmail.com/5qure95xkf7hvvo93wh2/7qh7h8h05vr4zrtz/ > aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvUmljaGFyZF9GZXlubWFu>, > theoretical physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 10:33, Hammer, Erich F wrote: > >> Ray, >

Re: [CODE4LIB] Securing shared workstations

2023-12-14 Thread Hammer, Erich F
’t be answered than answers that > can’t be questioned.”* — Richard Feynman > <https://click.fourhourmail.com/5qure95xkf7hvvo93wh2/7qh7h8h05vr4zrtz/ > aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvUmljaGFyZF9GZXlubWFu>, > theoretical physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 10:33, Hammer, E

Re: [CODE4LIB] Securing shared workstations

2023-12-14 Thread Hammer, Erich F
rooms. >> >> Of course, if there are other reasons your library needs this generic >> login, this won't address them. >> >> Best of luck with your setup! >> - Kaleb A (Langara LIT Student) >> >> On Thu., Dec. 14, 2023, 6:36 a.m. Hammer, Erich F

Re: [CODE4LIB] 3D Print - Correcting a Thingiverse .stl

2024-01-16 Thread Hammer, Erich F
On Friday, January 12, 2024 at 19:21, John Lolis eloquently inscribed: > Regular printers are ornery enough to my way of thinking, but 3D printers > take ornery to a whole new level. It's almost like they take printing problems into a new dimension!

Re: [CODE4LIB] 3D Print - Correcting a Thingiverse .stl

2024-01-08 Thread Hammer, Erich F
Charles, First, I was surprised that for generously shared plans someone would complain about "stinginess". ☺ Second, while I have not designed 3-D prints nor used a 3-d printer, my teenage son has several different kinds of 3-D printers at home and has done a lot of printing and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Developing Linux Applications

2023-11-28 Thread Hammer, Erich F
The famous Edison quote is, "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration", but it should be a quote about invention, not genius. Coming up with an idea is easy, and the world is full of them. Turning that idea into an actual product takes enormous and sustained effort, and

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