[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib-SE

2014-04-22 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
Hi all, Just a heads up that we are planning a Code4Lib regional meet-up in Charlotte, NC (winner of the where-to-have-it poll) in about a month. There is another poll to vote for days that would work for you: http://doodle.com/a9i6sr44v2zrk3x9 And a mailing list to join if you are interested

[CODE4LIB] Job: Media Preservation Librarian, Librarian I at Michigan State University

2014-04-22 Thread jobs
Media Preservation Librarian, Librarian I Michigan State University East Lansing **Position** Media Preservation Librarian, Librarian I **Salary** $50,000 **Position Summary** Reporting to the Head of Digital Curation and working closely with staff in Digital and Multimedia Center,

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North Meetup Carpool from Niagara-ish area

2014-04-22 Thread Tim Ribaric
Hi all, I have space for one more person in my car for next week's Code4Lib North Meet up in London ON. I'm heading out Wednesday afternoon-ish returning back Friday late afternoon-ish. I'm heading from the Niagara region stopping in the Hamilton area before hitting the 401. Must like

[CODE4LIB] HydraCamp - Minneapolis - May 6-9

2014-04-22 Thread Mark Bussey
*** Apologies for cross-posting *** There are still seats left for the upcoming HydraCamp being hosted in Minneapolis, MN next month from May 6-9th. Hydra Camp is a great place to kick-the tires if your institution is considering adopting Hydra. It’s also a great place to learn about more

[CODE4LIB] Job: Technical Services and Systems Librarian (St. Lawrence University, New York) at St. Lawrence University

2014-04-22 Thread jobs
Technical Services and Systems Librarian (St. Lawrence University, New York) St. Lawrence University Canton St. Lawrence University seeks an innovative and knowledgeable colleague to join a collaborative and dynamic Library Information Technology (LIT) division as Technical Services and Systems

[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Designer and Development Specialist at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2014-04-22 Thread jobs
Web Designer and Development Specialist University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries invites applications for a Web Designer and Development Specialist. This administrative faculty position, reporting to the Head of Web and Application Development

[CODE4LIB] convert MODS XML into CSV or tab-delimted text

2014-04-22 Thread English, Eben
Hello, Does anyone out there have an XSL stylesheet to transform MODS XML into a CSV or tab-delimited text file? Even if it's highly localized to your own institution/project, it would probably still be useful. Thanks in advance, Eben English Web Services Developer Boston Public Library 700

Re: [CODE4LIB] convert MODS XML into CSV or tab-delimted text

2014-04-22 Thread Kyle Banerjee
Given that you'll most likely have to deal with elements that are missing and/or repeat variable amounts of times, conditional mappings, and data that needs to be transformed, it may be easier to use a string parsing routine to do what you need. kyle On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:35 AM, English,

Re: [CODE4LIB] convert MODS XML into CSV or tab-delimted text

2014-04-22 Thread Cary Gordon
The easiest approach to converting XML to flat formats is to use a tool like Oxygen or Altova MapForce. Unfortunately, MapForce Enterprise — the version you would need — runs around $1k and Oxygen XML Editor is also pricey, although you might qualify for a discount. You can also open XML files

Re: [CODE4LIB] convert MODS XML into CSV or tab-delimted text

2014-04-22 Thread John Palmer
Try XML Spy. It has the capability to export http://manual.altova.com/XMLSpy/spyenterprise/index.html?exporttotextfiles.htmand should also work for XSL. On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: The easiest approach to converting XML to flat formats is to use a

Re: [CODE4LIB] convert MODS XML into CSV or tab-delimted text

2014-04-22 Thread Simon Brown
There is also the XML package for R with tools for parsing XML which are all completely free. It even has a function called xmlToDataFrame to convert an XML document to a data frame which can then be written to .csv This function can be used to extract data from an XML document (or sub-document)

Re: [CODE4LIB] convert MODS XML into CSV or tab-delimted text

2014-04-22 Thread Bryan Baldus
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 1:36 PM, Eben English wrote: Does anyone out there have an XSL stylesheet to transform MODS XML into a CSV or tab-delimited text file? Even if it's highly localized to your own institution/project, it would probably still be useful. I'm not sure how well it would

[CODE4LIB] Analyzing EZproxy logs with Python

2014-04-22 Thread Cary Gordon
Robin Camille Davis of CUNY has a nice blog post: http://emerging.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/analyzing-ezproxy-logs-python/

Re: [CODE4LIB] convert MODS XML into CSV or tab-delimted text

2014-04-22 Thread davesgonechina
LoC has XSLT stylesheets to convert MODS to DC, HTML, and MARCXML. http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-conversions.html There are also XML to CSV XSLT scripts out here, and there's this app which I tested on a MODS 3.0 record and it didn't look too bad: