Re: [CODE4LIB] StackExchange reboot?

2013-07-09 Thread Owens, Trevor
After my experiences with the Digital Preservation and LIS stack exchanges I am very wary of using them as a platform. I'd agree with others comments that they have far too puritanical and stringent requirements for the kinds of discussion people wanted to have. Beyond that, the kind of

Re: [CODE4LIB] StackExchange reboot?

2013-07-09 Thread William Denton
On 9 July 2013, Owens, Trevor wrote: After my experiences with the Digital Preservation and LIS stack exchanges I am very wary of using them as a platform. I'd agree with others comments that they have far too puritanical and stringent requirements for the kinds of discussion people wanted to

[CODE4LIB] Job: Assistant Digital Archivist at Rockefeller Archive Center

2013-07-09 Thread jobs
**Overview:** The Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) seeks a forward thinking and data savvy metadata expert to join the RAC in the position of an Assistant Digital Archivist. This person will not only be intimately familiar with the principles of archival description but also have experience

[CODE4LIB] Quick survey on ALA hackathon

2013-07-09 Thread Zachary Coble
The ALA Library Code Year Interest Group is planning a full day hackathon to help librarians build on, or start, their coding skills. We are asking you to fill out a quick survey - http://bit.ly/alahackathonsurvey - to help us gauge attendance and determine whether to host it during ALA

[CODE4LIB] Anyone have access to well-disambiguated sets of publication data?

2013-07-09 Thread Paul Albert
I am exploring methods for author disambiguation, and I would like to have access to one or more set of well-disambiguated data set containing: – a unique author identifier (email address, institutional identifier) – a unique article identifier (PMID, DOI, etc.) – a unique journal identifier

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone have access to well-disambiguated sets of publication data?

2013-07-09 Thread Min-Yen Kan
Hi all: I agree with Kyle. My research unit does this as one focus of research (not production), and it is tough to find datasets and good solutions. The closest dataset I can think of is those of the Web People Search Task (e.g. WePS-3 http://nlp.uned.es/weps/), but these are not limited to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone have access to well-disambiguated sets of publication data?

2013-07-09 Thread Jason Stirnaman
Paul, Not a huge set, but I will offer up our BibApp data, http://experts.kumc.edu/faq. It should mostly meet your requirements and is already in VIVO form (and other flavors) for you. Contact me off-list of you have questions. Jason Stirnaman 913-588-7319 -- Original message --

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone have access to well-disambiguated sets of publication data?

2013-07-09 Thread Owen Stephens
I'd echo the other comments that finding reliable data is problematic but as a suggestion of reasonably good data you could try: Names was a Jisc funded project that as far as I know isn't currently active but the data available should be of reasonable quality I think. More details on the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone have access to well-disambiguated sets of publication data?

2013-07-09 Thread Thomas Krichel
Paul Albert paa2...@med.cornell.edu writes I am exploring methods for author disambiguation, and I would like to have access to one or more set of well-disambiguated data set containing: – a unique author identifier (email address, institutional identifier) – a unique article identifier

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone have access to well-disambiguated sets of publication data?

2013-07-09 Thread Thomas Krichel
Thomas Krichel writes The RePEc Author service (created by yours truly in the late 90s) was the first author claiming service. Its data is freely available, bar email addresses. Actually DBLP can also be of interest to you. The site has identified authors. I presume they are done by

[CODE4LIB] Job: Library Application Developer at University of Wisconsin-Madison

2013-07-09 Thread jobs
Working Title: Library Application Developer Official Title: INFORM PROCESS CONSLT(S44DN) or ASSOC INF PROC CONSLT(S44FN) Degree and area of specialization: Bachelors Degree required; Computer Science or related field preferred. Minimum number of years and type of relevant work

[CODE4LIB] Job: Apply to take part in the line-mode browser hack days at CERN at CERN

2013-07-09 Thread jobs
CERN wants to bring the line-mode browser experience back to life so that people can step back in time and relive what it was like to browse the web in its earliest days. No images, no colours, no clicking - just content. An unimpressive medium to a modern audience, the line-mode browser is

Re: [CODE4LIB] StackExchange reboot?

2013-07-09 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Matt Jones jo...@nceas.ucsb.edu wrote: Have you considered putting up a QA site outside of the SE network, where you can control the set of policies employed better? Indeed, that suggestion has been made, implicitly or explicitly, by several participants

Re: [CODE4LIB] StackExchange reboot?

2013-07-09 Thread Owens, Trevor
is it better off being comprehensive (e.g., all the libraries, all the archives, all the musuems, etc.) to have as large a pool as possible, or whether having a bunch of more focused fora (e.g., the potential digital preservation one mentioned by Trevor) is the way to go. Anyone interested in

Re: [CODE4LIB] StackExchange reboot?

2013-07-09 Thread Becky Yoose
Hi all, Sorry for the late entry in the conversation (server fires. server fires everywhere)... just adding two cents in the thread: one cent technical, and the other on a higher level. The technical cent: I've set up an OSQA instance on my personal server for http://www.libcatcode.org and have

[CODE4LIB] Job: Assistant Professor - Director of Special Collections Archives at University of Nebraska at Omaha

2013-07-09 Thread jobs
The University of Nebraska at Omaha invites applications for an Assistant Professor in the Criss Library. The successful applicant will also receive an Auxiliary appointment as the Director of Special Collections and Archives. The University and Library have a strong commitment to achieving

Re: [CODE4LIB] StackExchange reboot?

2013-07-09 Thread Ahniwa Ferrari
I tried really hard to participate in and help seed the SE site, but I really didn't have any questions in the way that SE would have liked, so I never posted anything. I'm all for a library forum, though, and don't see how it wouldn't do what the SE sites do while still allowing open discussion.