Re: [CODE4LIB] AW: [CODE4LIB] iso5426 (MAB2?) to UTF8 and back

2012-10-24 Thread Marc Chantreux
Hey Johann \o/ On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 03:16:55PM +, Rolschewski, Johann wrote: there are some Java conversion tools available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnb-conv-tools/. oh! the tool you told me @yapc. I´ve tried to use enc2xs with the UCM table from

[CODE4LIB] AW: [CODE4LIB] AW: [CODE4LIB] iso5426 (MAB2?) to UTF8 and back

2012-10-24 Thread Rolschewski, Johann
Hi Marc, I´ve tried to use enc2xs with the UCM table from https://metacpan.org/module/Encode::MAB2, but had no success... as i think it's a better solution than all the hardcoded converters i saw, i'll try again! is there a repository for the module? I don't know any repository

Re: [CODE4LIB] AW: [CODE4LIB] AW: [CODE4LIB] iso5426 (MAB2?) to UTF8 and back

2012-10-24 Thread Marc Chantreux
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 08:31:55AM +, Rolschewski, Johann wrote: Hi Marc, I´ve tried to use enc2xs with the UCM table from https://metacpan.org/module/Encode::MAB2, but had no success... as i think it's a better solution than all the hardcoded converters i saw, i'll try

[CODE4LIB] Where is NECode4Lib?

2012-10-24 Thread Gary McGath
The web page for NECode4Lib says only that it's at the Yale University Library. The Yale library site says that it's housed in eighteen buildings, and I'm not seeing directions to any of them. The directions on the web page say only how to get to the Grove St. garage or the College / Wall St.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Where is NECode4Lib?

2012-10-24 Thread Mark A. Matienzo
Hi Gary, Apologies for the oversight. I've updated the page, but for your reference NECode4lib will be held at the Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall at 120 High Street, New Haven, CT. Mark A. Matienzo m...@matienzo.org Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library

[CODE4LIB] Job: Electronic Resources Librarian at Western Kentucky University

2012-10-24 Thread jobs
Western Kentucky University seeks applications for the position of Assistant Professor/ ElectronicResources Librarian in the Department of Library Technical Services. This is a ten month, tenure eligiblefaculty position beginning on July 1, 2013 reporting to the Head, Department of Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF Compression

2012-10-24 Thread Paul Butler (pbutler3)
Have you looked into Irfanview's [ww.irfanview.com] batch conversion settings and plugins? Might be something there that is useful. Cheers, Paul +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Paul R Butler Assistant Systems Librarian Simpson Library University of Mary Washington 1801 College Avenue Fredericksburg,

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF Compression

2012-10-24 Thread Bridger Dyson-Smith
Have you tried ghostscript? It should be available for any *nix-like OS or Windows [1]. Cheers, Bridger [1] http://www.ghostscript.com/download/ On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Paul Butler (pbutler3) pbutl...@umw.eduwrote: Have you looked into Irfanview's [ww.irfanview.com] batch conversion

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group

2012-10-24 Thread David Uspal
All, Thanks to everyone who made the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic kick-off meeting a success! To keep the ball rolling, I've set up a temporary home base at Google Groups so we can talk about local issues (our next informal meetup, listservs, etc) without flooding inboxes. You can join the

[CODE4LIB] Job: Unix Systems Administrator at University of Chicago

2012-10-24 Thread jobs
The University of Chicago Library is seeking a Unix Systems Administrator to join our Digital Library Development Center (DLDC) team. The DLDC collaborates with librarians, faculty, university departments and other groups, and colleagues at other institutions, to develop and maintain networked

[CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Looking at the major 'discovery' products, Summon, Primo, EDS ...all three will provide some results to un-authenticated users (the general public), but have some portions of the corpus that are restricted and won't show up in your results unless you have an authenticated user affiliated

[CODE4LIB] Job Posting - Coordinator of Discovery Services

2012-10-24 Thread Pfohl, Dan
Link to the following job ad: http://uncw.edu/hr/joblistings_epa/13F045.html. Randall Library - UNC Wilmington Coordinator of Discovery Services Librarian/Lecturer Vacancy #13F045 Position #1087 The William Madison Randall Library at The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) invites

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF Compression

2012-10-24 Thread danielle plumer
As you probably know, you can compress PDFs by compressing or flattening the layers (most useful for born-digital materials, such as artwork) or by applying a compression algorithm to the underlying images for PDFs assembled from digitized images, which seems to be what you're doing. Reducing the

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF Compression

2012-10-24 Thread Chad Nelson
+1 for ghostscript. Used it for excatly the urpose you are talking about and found it very useful. It's copious options listhttp://ghostscript.com/doc/current/Ps2pdf.htm#Optionsmean that the learning curve is a little stiff, but it will let you do pretty much anything you want to your pdfs.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Mark Mounts
We have Summon at Dartmouth College. Authentication is IP based so with a Dartmouth IP address the user will see all our licensed content. There is also the option to see all the content Summon has beyond what we license by selecting the option Add results beyond your library's collection Mark

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Ben Florin
We use Primo, but we've never bothered with their restricted search scopes. What are the use cases for putting discovery behind authentication? We often require users to authenticate for access, but we don't mind outsiders seeing what we've got. I imagine that if we did have something whose

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Right, thanks, but you're missing my point/question. A significant portion of all of our libraries use these days is by patrons that are off-campus and will not be IP-authenticated (Unless you have all patrons use a VPN or something before using library services?) Those off-campus patrons at

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
On 10/24/2012 2:04 PM, Ben Florin wrote: We use Primo, but we've never bothered with their restricted search scopes. Apparently the answer to my question is that nobody has thought about this before, heh. Primo, by default, will suppress some content from end-users unless they are

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Mark Mounts
If they are off campus then a banner appears in Summon that advises them to use VPN to get the appropriate IP address. We haven't been tracking how many actually do switch to the VPN - an interesting question. -Original Message- From: Jonathan Rochkind [mailto:rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Oct 24, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: On 10/24/2012 2:04 PM, Ben Florin wrote: We use Primo, but we've never bothered with their restricted search scopes. Apparently the answer to my question is that nobody has thought about this before, heh. Primo, by default, will

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Kaile Zhu
Interesting, you mention AJAX pages. Can you elaborate why it would be problem? - Kelly -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Gary McGath Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:16 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB]

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Gary McGath
With AJAX, a resource can be brought up by refreshing part of an existing page rather than as a whole new page. If the page is expecting, for example, a JPEG image, and the request for the image is redirected to a login page because it's restricted, then the page won't get back an image, but

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Thomale, Jason
But I think my conclusion is that few implementers have thought about this, and most off-campus users probably don't get restricted content. :) Which may be just fine -- the amount of restricted content in a given product is also unclear (hard to compare between products, hard to even know

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Ross Singer
On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Gary McGath develo...@mcgath.com wrote: With AJAX, a resource can be brought up by refreshing part of an existing page rather than as a whole new page. If the page is expecting, for example, a JPEG image, and the request for the image is redirected to a login page

[CODE4LIB] Job: Coordinator of Discovery Services at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

2012-10-24 Thread jobs
Randall Library - UNC Wilmington Coordinator of Discovery Services Librarian/Lecturer Vacancy #13F045 Position #1087 The William Madison Randall Library at The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) invites applications for the Coordinator of Discovery Services position. UNCW is

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF Compression

2012-10-24 Thread Nathan Tallman
Thank you everyone for the replies and ideas. It looks like Ghostscript is going to be my best bet... on to testing! Thanks, Nathan On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Nathan Tallman ntall...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone recommend some good PDF compression software? Preferable open-source or

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Godmar Back
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.eduwrote: Looking at the major 'discovery' products, Summon, Primo, EDS ...all three will provide some results to un-authenticated users (the general public), but have some portions of the corpus that are restricted and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Godmar Back
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Mark Mounts mark.mou...@dartmouth.eduwrote: We have Summon at Dartmouth College. Authentication is IP based so with a Dartmouth IP address the user will see all our licensed content. There is also the option to see all the content Summon has beyond what we

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Gary McGath
On 10/24/12 4:00 PM, Ross Singer wrote: On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Gary McGath develo...@mcgath.com wrote: With AJAX, a resource can be brought up by refreshing part of an existing page rather than as a whole new page. If the page is expecting, for example, a JPEG image, and the request

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Ross Singer
On Oct 24, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Gary McGath develo...@mcgath.com wrote: On 10/24/12 4:00 PM, Ross Singer wrote: On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Gary McGath develo...@mcgath.com wrote: With AJAX, a resource can be brought up by refreshing part of an existing page rather than as a whole new page.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread David Friggens
a) most queries come from on-campus Really? Are people just assuming this, or do they actually have data? That would surprise me for most contemporary american places of higher education. For the last two months, 25.4% of our Summon traffic has come from the IP addresses we've given as on

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Good to have some numbers, thanks! Even taking your largest number, 25% + 12% == 37% coming from on-campus is definitely less than half, and not 'most' use being from on-campus -- which does not surprise me at all, it's what I would expect. This is an interesting discussion, I think. Thanks

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: Discovery products and authentication (esp Summon)

2012-10-24 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
Hi All, We're, it seems, fairly unique, at least amongst the respondents on this list. And I completely understand that folks will disagree with our decision. But we do encourage (promote) an interface that forces off-campus authentication to our Summon instance. Of course, if one knows how