Re: [CODE4LIB] Randy Fischer....................................VACATION MISFORTUNE

2011-06-20 Thread David Uspal
$1650.00 in unsecured short term loans to a foreigner. That's one hell of a beer tab. Let me know where you accrued this, as I want to hang out there too -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of K.G. Schneider Sent: Saturday, June

[CODE4LIB] [ANNOUNCEMENT] : June 2011 issue of ITALica, a weblog on libraries and information technology...

2011-06-20 Thread Andy Boze
Cross-posted; apologies for duplication. * Hello friends, The June 2011 issue of /Information Technology and Libraries/ (ITAL), LITA's peer-reviewed quarterly journal, is online and accessible to all LITA members. Issues older than six months are open

[CODE4LIB] does your OPAC pass HTML validation?

2011-06-20 Thread Ken Irwin
Hi all, I'm curious: does ANYONE have an OPAC that passes an HTML validator test? I've know mine doesn't, and none of the ones I spot-checked do either. (TPD: OhioLINK gets a prize for coming way closer than anyone, by at least an order of magnitude and sometimes several!) Do catalogs even

Re: [CODE4LIB] does your OPAC pass HTML validation?

2011-06-20 Thread MJ Ray
Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu Do catalogs even validate out-of-the-box? (I've never set up an OPAC before, I have no idea what out-of-the-box might actually look like.) Testing the demos suggests that koha 3.2 only fails because of a stupid mistake (missing a / on a hr when we declare as

Re: [CODE4LIB] does your OPAC pass HTML validation?

2011-06-20 Thread Louis St-Amour
There's a simple trick to fix quite a few pesky validation errors -- swap to an HTML5 doctype instead of the XHTML spec, which really did go too far. It mistakenly removes the target attribute from links, for instance, and it's not until HTML5 that you can nest block-displayed elements within a

[CODE4LIB] MARC to MADS

2011-06-20 Thread Jacobs, Jane W
Hi Folks, Is anyone out there using authority records in MADS with their digital asset management system? We have VITAL, which is basically VTLS's front-ended Fedora system. I'm still trying to master the basics, despite a couple of training sessions. We're having all sorts of adventures

[CODE4LIB] Position Announcement - Library Digital Archivist

2011-06-20 Thread Jamie Rogers
Apologies for the crossposting. Position Announcement - Library Digital Archivist Florida International University and the Green Library are seeking a Digital Archivist to join its team of professionals. In this role, one would be responsible for assisting with projects related to digital

[CODE4LIB] Position announcement - Digital Library Architect

2011-06-20 Thread Blake, Miriam E
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Research Library is one of the premier digital libraries in the world, providing state-of-the-art information technology tools to our research community and developing innovative web technologies to further information availability, accessibility, and

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC to MADS 2.0

2011-06-20 Thread Meehleib, Tracy
Hi Jane, Thanks for the message. We have recreated the error and are looking into it. Best, Tracy Tracy Meehleib Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave SE Washington, DC 20540-4402 +1 202 707 0121 (voice) +1 202 707 0115 (fax) t...@loc.gov

[CODE4LIB] MARCXML to MADS 2.0 XSLT stylesheet (Revision 2.05)

2011-06-20 Thread Meehleib, Tracy
The Library of Congress' MARCXML to MADS 2.0 XSLT stylesheet (Revision 2.05) http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/xslt/MARC21slim2MADS.xsl is now available--it incorporates edits made in response to comments received since the release of Revision 2.04. The MARCXML to MADS 2.0 XSLT is based on

Re: [CODE4LIB] does your OPAC pass HTML validation?

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cramer
Ken, I think you'll find that most Blacklight instances have fairly low error rates, though are not error free. At Stanford, we are blessed to have a strong accessibility expert (not in the libraries), and we've been channeling his feedback [1] to continue to improve the accessibility of