[CODE4LIB] Data Seal of Approval Conference 2012, Florence, December 10

2012-08-02 Thread Jodi Schneider
Free, repository-related conference in Florence, Italy, Dec 10th, of possible interest. via DARIAH mailing list. Begin forwarded message: From: Lisa de Leeuw lisa.de.le...@dans.knaw.nl Date: 2 August 2012 09:30:02 GMT+01:00 To: apar...@jiscmail.ac.uk apar...@jiscmail.ac.uk,

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Jay Luker
I made the same observation recently but decided to simply set up a filter. Pushing the jobs postings into a separate list seems like a worse solution. --jay PS, in a big-picture sense, it seems like a good problem to have. I mean, the number of postings is really remarkable! On Wed, Aug 1,

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Ed Summers
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Moynihan, Terry terry.moyni...@analog.com wrote: I can't understand why this would be an issue in a profession (librarian) that is very tiny compared to most. I also can't understand why it would be a problem when 50% of college graduates can't get any job let

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
I think the flood of job postings is a good problem to have. --ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Kaile Zhu
How about this? Please only post the jobs that require programming skills or experience due to the nature of this list. Think before you post. For me, it doesn't bother me at all. If you don't like it, it just takes a click to delete it. You will not see the hiring phenomenon stays on peak

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Jay Luker
For those who dislike the current ratio of job postings to regular content the solution seems clear: start posting more flamewar inducing questions. It's quite easy. Allow me to demonstrate. Ruby on Rails? Blech, no thanks! --jay On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote:

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Lynch,Katherine
The jobs posted on this list are all relevant and appropriate to the wide scope of people who read this list. We have not just seasoned programmers, but also recent college graduates and people looking for entry-level jobs in the field, as well as archivists and more. It seems like a mistake to

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Matthew Sherman
Well Ruby was written for zombies ( http://railsforzombies.com/ ). Still, for one who has been on the job search for months it is nice to have so many options, though such a wall of postings takes a while to work through. It is very helpful for us young bucks to have both the content solutions

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Barbara Cormack
I would like to continue receiving job postings. As someone who is searching for full time employment, it is indeed encouraging to see all these positions coming through. I see postings on this list that do not come through on other lists or resources. I would vote for including more

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Ed Summers
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Barbara Cormack bcorm...@corvendesign.com wrote: I would vote for including more information in the postings, as some have come through without any details about the job or the hiring institution, or links. Usually a little searching turns this up, but not

Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Support

2012-08-02 Thread Michele R Combs
Of course, rapid changes in technology mean that something might not work in *newer* versions, but usually it's older versions that you have to worry about. So from a testing/development perspective having such a policy makes a lot of sense. It sets bounds on what you have to test and lets

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Pottinger, Hardy J.
As Cameron Neylon pointed out in his keynote to Open Repositories 2012 in Edinburgh a few weeks back, filtering on the supply/server side should be considered friction or a barrier. We need better/more dynamic demand-side filtering.

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Edward Iglesias
Keep the job ads coming! Edward Iglesias On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Pottinger, Hardy J. pottinge...@umsystem.edu wrote: As Cameron Neylon pointed out in his keynote to Open Repositories 2012 in Edinburgh a few weeks back, filtering on the supply/server side should be considered

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Ashton, Andrew
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Ed Summers e...@pobox.com wrote: As Dan Chudnov pointed out in his code4lib keynote this year, the library/archive profession is in the midst of a pretty big upheaval/transformation. So, the other goal of jobs.code4lib.org is to help document the skills and

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digitization Project Manager at Gilcrease Museum

2012-08-02 Thread jobs
Gilcrease Museum, operated through The University of Tulsa, seeks a qualified individual thatcan successfully implement and direct the museum's digitization and electronic cataloguingefforts that will ensure the museum's collection of archival material, fine art and anthropologyobjects are

[CODE4LIB] Recommendations for a teaching OPAC?

2012-08-02 Thread David E Mussulman
Hi everyone, I teach an intro to IT survey class for the LIS school at Illinois. The one-major-topic-a-week syllabus doesn't really give us time to deep dive into IT topics, but it lets us explore them and give contextual understanding to the building block pieces. Ideally, every topic has

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Kyle Banerjee
For those who dislike the current ratio of job postings to regular content the solution seems clear: start posting more flamewar inducing questions. It's quite easy There's also the option of implementing these high tech things known as email filters. They've only been around a couple

Re: [CODE4LIB] Wikis

2012-08-02 Thread John Klima
I know that I'm jumping into this late, and you may have already chosen something, but I had good luck using the Wiki Matrix to select a wiki: http://www.wikimatrix.org/ There's a Choice Wizard that you use to answer questions to guide you to a list of wikis that match your needs. It's been

[CODE4LIB] Job: Faculty Lecturer (Non-Tenure Track) at University of Washington iSchool

2012-08-02 Thread jobs
The University of Washington Information School (iSchool) is seeking a creative individual to teach in the areas of web development, information architecture, or data management. iSchool lecturers focus on teaching, pedagogy, working with diverse populations, and bringing professional experience