[CODE4LIB] Job: San Francisco, CA: Collections & Exhibitions Archivist, LucasFilm at Lucasfilm

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Newton, MA: Processing Archivist (6 mo term), Mount Ida College at Mount Ida College

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Salt Lake City, UT: Digital Archivist, Western Governors University at Western Governors University

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Developer at American University

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Blacksburg, VA: Digital Projects Coordinator, Virginia Tech at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Cambridge, MA: Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian, MIT at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Williamsburg, VA: Cataloging & Acquisitions Librarian, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg at Bruton Heights Rockefeller Library

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Las Vegas, NV: Rare Book Seller, Bauman Rare Books at Bauman Rare Books

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Collection Applications Developer at University of Mississippi

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[CODE4LIB] Job: New York, NY: Project Archivist, Wildlife Conservation Society at Bronx Zoo at Bronx Zoo Wildlife Conservation Society

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[CODE4LIB] Job: New York, NY: Archivist, New York Dept of Records/Municipal Archives at New York Dept of Records/Municipal Archives

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[CODE4LIB] Job: New York, NY: Photo Archivist, NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation at New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Hingham, MA: 2 Paid Metadata Internships, Hingham Public Library at Hingham Public Library

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Ithaca, NY: Digital Humanities Librarian, Cornell University at Cornell University

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Naples, FL: Digital Asset Cataloger, Arthrex, Inc. at Arthrex

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Anchorage, AK: Paid Summer William E. Davis Internship, The Anchorage Museum at Anchorage Museum

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Omaha, NE: Asst Professor/Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Nebraska at Omaha at University of Nebraska at Omaha

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Re: [CODE4LIB] including data from static JSON file in Javascript

Thanks Kyle -- that's exactly what I needed for the current circumstance. It might not be the best, but it looks like the simplest by a long shot. Thanks to Conal too. I'm so glad to have a community of folks who can help spare us from hours of anguish and frustration! Ken

Re: [CODE4LIB] including data from static JSON file in Javascript

Ken, you can make a synchronous request with XMLHttpRequest if you need to (though it's not commonly done): var request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.open('GET', 'data.json', false); // false implies synchronous request.responseType="json"; request.send(null); But do consider the option of

Re: [CODE4LIB] including data from static JSON file in Javascript

If all you want to do is load external json as a string, you can do it using syntax almost identical to what you suggest. Just change your data.json file so the content is var data = ' [include your json here, be sure to escape things properly]'; Then just load this file before your external

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

Amen to the need to help people narrow down, focus their searches; amen to BT/NT in LCSH. I'm working in a smaller subject domain now than I used to, theology and religion. It makes the idea of projects like mining seminary reserve lists for recommended works, [I really wish ATLA would let us

[CODE4LIB] including data from static JSON file in Javascript

Hi folks, I'm working on a javascript project that currently has a bunch of JSON data defined inside the script; I'd like to move the data to a file outside the JS file so it can be updated without touching the script, but I'm running up against a few challenges externalizing the data. The

[CODE4LIB] Job: Content Integration Librarian at Qualcomm

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Islandora & Vagrant - Development use only?

I disagree with the statement that "Vagrant is not a good idea for production.” Vagrant is a terrible idea for production, and it is not designed for that. We use Ansible to build Islandora, and, after three years of talking about it we are starting to use it with Docker. We are an AWS shop, so

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Karen Coyle wrote: > ... Libraries "do" it, but our user interfaces ignore it (honestly, does > anyone NOT think that the whole BT/NT relationship in LCSH is completely > wasted in today's systems?). Google searches "work" best on proper nouns >

[CODE4LIB] Job: Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services at University of Tennessee

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[CODE4LIB] Job: Metadata Librarian at University of Tennessee

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[CODE4LIB] Call for proposal WADL 2016 deadline extended to April 17!

Please excuse cross postings*** The Web Archiving and Digital Libraries #WADL workshop submission deadline has been extended to April 17th http://fox.cs.vt.edu/wadl2016.html . WADL 2016 Web Archiving and Digital

Re: [CODE4LIB] Islandora & Vagrant - Development use only?

Vagrant is not a good idea for production. It's really for people to work against a copy of the production environment. Like you can use Vagrant, then update a ansible or puppet or chef script then deploy that to yr VM. Hashicorp is making something called Otto which is supposed to replace Vagrant

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 07:42:11AM -0700, Karen Coyle wrote: > Also, without the links that fuel pagerank, the ranking is very > unsatisfactory - cf. Google Book searches, which are often very > unsatisfying -- and face it, if Google can't make it work, what are > the odds that we can? Karen, I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

On 4/6/16 4:04 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: Instead, I think the problem to solve surrounds assisting the reader in using & understanding the stuff they find. I'd like to see innovation a step before find, but I think in a sense we're on the same wavelength. My take is that bibliographic

Re: [CODE4LIB] Islandora & Vagrant - Development use only?

On 4/6/16 9:49 AM, Annamarie C Klose wrote: Hi, all, Can anyone provide a technical explanation as to why it is not appropriate to install Islandora on a public server with Vagrant? Despite all the documentation instructing that Vagrant is for development only, my university's IT department

[CODE4LIB] Islandora & Vagrant - Development use only?

Hi, all, Can anyone provide a technical explanation as to why it is not appropriate to install Islandora on a public server with Vagrant? Despite all the documentation instructing that Vagrant is for development only, my university's IT department thinks Vagrant makes Islandora more secure for

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

There is at least some new evidence that for at least some users...discovery patterns are moving toward library interfaces after having a steady decline [1]. It seems plausible to me that this shift may correlate to the change in tools and attitudes that has led to integrated discovery layers

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

On Apr 6, 2016, at 12:44 PM, Jason Bengtson wrote: > This is librarians fighting a PR battle we can't win. I doubt most people > care about these assertions, and I certainly don't think they stand a > chance of swaying anyone. This is like the old "librarians need to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

I think some should get off their pedestals and think how the unknown to you patron is to find you, your library and your content. To assume the user has come and ask you is to put too much burden on the user to find and access what you have. This weeks furthest patron for me was the other side

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

This is librarians fighting a PR battle we can't win. I doubt most people care about these assertions, and I certainly don't think they stand a chance of swaying anyone. This is like the old "librarians need to promote themselves better" chestnut. Losing strategies, in my opinion. Rather than

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

On Apr 5, 2016, at 11:12 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > Eric, there were studies done a few decades ago using factual questions. > Here's a critical round-up of some of the studies: > http://www.jstor.org/stable/25828215 Basically, 40-60% correct, but possibly > the questions

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

Eric, there were studies done a few decades ago using factual questions. Here's a critical round-up of some of the studies: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25828215 Basically, 40-60% correct, but possibly the questions were not representative -- so possibly the results are really worse :( kc

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

"Google can give you answers, Librarians can help you reflect on your questions" cheers stuart -- ...let us be heard from red core to black sky On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > I sincerely wonder to what extent librarians give the reader > (patrons)

[CODE4LIB] Job: Web and Mobile Applications Developer at Kansas Historical Society

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

I sincerely wonder to what extent librarians give the reader (patrons) the right -- correct -- answer to a (reference) question. Such is a hypothesis that can be tested and measured. Please show me non-antidotal evidence one way or the other. --ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

"Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers." True, indeed, "right" is relative! And, while I may consider phrasing this statement a little differently -- for the inconsistency thrown up by an unnecessary modal verb, for a start! - perhaps, "librarians" should not be

Re: [CODE4LIB] SomCom Technology DRM

I eventually got it working (sort of). Windows 7 was simply a no-go. I tried everything, and it just died no matter what. Emulating XP didn't help, making sure everything was running as admin didn't help, there were no logs or feedback anywhere. It just died. However, I gave it a go

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

"Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers." True, indeed, "right" is relative! And, while I may consider phrasing this statement a little differently -- for the inconsistency thrown up by an unnecessary modal verb, for a start! - perhaps, "librarians" should not be

[CODE4LIB] Cybersecurity conference livestream on this Friday 4/8

Hi all, This is a conference whose planning and organization committee I have been on for the last several months. Thought some of you may be interested in watching the livestream of this conference this Friday. (No RSVP required.) The recordings will be also made available afterwards. (Also

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

That statement is pretty old. Today, much of the internet is written for machines or by machines. Poorly written rehashed fluffy content dominates. As time goes on, even though search algorithms are getting better and the general public is getting more savvy about how to use a search engine,

[CODE4LIB] CFP: 2016 Universal Technology Management Conference (UTMC) - USA

2016 Universal Technology Management Conference (UTMC) Bemidji State University, Minnesota, USA May 26-28, 2016 http://sdiwc.net/conferences/itmc2016/ The event will be held over three days, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community, including presentations

[CODE4LIB] Job posting: Digital Metadata Librarian at Mountain West Digital Library

*** apologies for cross-posting *** Mountain West Digital Library Digital Metadata Librarian Full consideration date extended to April 8, 2016 The Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) seeks an energetic, innovative, and accomplished professional for the position of Digital Metadata Librarian.

[CODE4LIB] RFP: HTRC Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS), Spring 2016

The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) is seeking proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS) project awards. These awards are modeled in the form of HTRC staff time to collaborate on the proposed project during the award period. Awardees can be individual scholars or a team of scholars.

Re: [CODE4LIB] SomCom Technology DRM

I don't know what version of Windows you're running, but make sure you try to launch the executable ​or the command prompt window ​ as an administrator ​ (even if you're logged in as an admin).​ ​ I imagine that anything that tries to have the system listen on port 103 would require elevated

[CODE4LIB] CFP: MSState Libraries Scholarly Communications Summit: The State of Data Services

Cross-posted. The Mississippi State University Libraries Scholarly Communication Summit: The State of Data Services will be held on Friday, July 22, 2016. Micah Vandegrift will join us as our keynote, presenting "Digital, Data, Documentation? We're not in ScholComm Kansas Anymore."

[CODE4LIB] chiCode4Lib mini-conference - registration open

Come join us for a chiCode4Lib mini-conference (get together, hangout, trading of ideas, if you will) on Monday, May 23rd. We'll meet at *Paul V. Galvin Library* on Illinois Institute of Technology's Mies campus. The event is scheduled from 9am-5pm (ish). this will allow

[CODE4LIB] SomCom Technology DRM

All, We've got a copy of this book of abstracts for presentations at a chemical engineering conference in 2005: http://odin-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/und:und_all:ODIN_ALEPH006134188 It's got a CD-ROM included with the full papers for hundreds of them, and now we have a patron who wants

[CODE4LIB] Job: Archives Technician at Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

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[CODE4LIB] Reminder and thanks: Study on the Organization and Structure of Cataloging Units in Academic Libraries

Apologies for Cross-Posting *Study on the Organization and Structure of Cataloging Units in Academic Libraries* Thank you to everyone that has completed this survey. If you have taken the survey, please disregard this message. You are being invited to participate in a research

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

I would suggest that librarians are interested in, among other things, promoting information literacy skills to our patrons. According to ACRL's Standards for Information Literacy in Higher Education (2000 edition): http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/standards/standards.pdf

[CODE4LIB] Seeking Nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair MARC Formats Transition Interest Group

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[CODE4LIB] Science Boot Camp Southeast Deadline for Lightning Talk Proposals

Deadline for Lightning Talk Proposals: Monday, April 11, 2016 Do you and your library have a new project, program, partnership, or tool that you would like to share with your fellow Science Boot Camp attendees? If so, please propose a Lightning Talk! The Lightning Talks will last 5 minutes per

[CODE4LIB] veraPDF 0.12 released alongside first version of wiki validation rules

The latest software release features improved PDF/A-2b and PDF/A-3b validation and the fully featured REST API. veraPDF 0.12 has the following features: Conformance checker: * PDF/A-2 and PDF-A/3 improvements: implemented checks for optional content, JPEG2000 requirements * full compliance with

[CODE4LIB] Job: Associate Product Owner--Search and Metadata, The Library Corporation

The Library Corporation is looking for a librarian to fill an Associate Product Owner--Search and Metadata position. This person will use their experience working in libraries to formulate and shape library software and services. The Associate Product Owner will work with a team of existing

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

On Apr 1, 2016, at 0:31, Cornel Darden Jr. wrote: > "Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers." > > Library: "because not everything on the internet is true" > > Some people applauded the statement and were like: "yay librarians!" > >

[CODE4LIB] Job: Head Librarian, Digital Scholarship at Boston College Libraries

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Cornel Darden Jr. wrote: > > "Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers." > > Is it me? Or is there something wrong with this statement? > There's nothing wrong with the statement. As is the case with all

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

To go further, I would say that librarians empower users to gain knowledge and do so by guiding users to reputable resources without bias, rather than diffuse knowledge or control it. Andrea -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of

[CODE4LIB] 2016 LITA Forum - Call for Proposals

Please excuse cross posting The 2016 LITA Forum Committee seeks proposals for the 19th Annual Forum of the Library Information and Technology Association in Fort Worth Texas, November 17-20, 2016 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel .

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

Thanks for this discussion thread. I would argue that good librarians don't provide answers at all, they provide the means to ask thoughtful, critical questions. Also, in adding to the reading list, I thoroughly recommend Astra Taylor's *The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

Hi there, This is something I've been thinking about a lot in the past few weeks. I don't think librarians necessarily give people the "right answers" (what does it mean for an answer to be "right", anyway?). Sure, not everything on the Internet is true, but not everything that came from a

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Projects Coordinator (full time equivalent) at Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños

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[CODE4LIB] NEH Chronicling America newspaper data challenge

Hello all, I thought members of this group might be interested in hearing about a new challenge being run by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Data

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Library App Programmer Analyst Intermediate at University of Michigan

Digital Library App Programmer Analyst Intermediate University of Michigan Ann Arbor The Department of Learning Health Sciences (DLHS) at the University of Michigan Medical School is seeking an Applications Programmer/Analyst Intermediate to support a range of programming tasks in support of its

[CODE4LIB] Job: Librarian (Cataloger) (American Archive of Public Broadcasting) at Library of Congress

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[CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

Hello, "Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers." Is it me? Or is there something wrong with this statement? I've been hearing statements like this since I've been in the field. Tonight I saw a public library post on FB: Library: "because not everything on the

[CODE4LIB] Job: Tribal Youth Intern/Oral Historian at The Great Basin Institute

Tribal Youth Intern/Oral Historian The Great Basin Institute Joshua Tree National Park In cooperation with the National Park Service Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR), the Great Basin Institute is recruiting a Tribal Youth Intern. Joshua Tree National Park has identified a need to provide multiple

[CODE4LIB] The METRO Fellowship

Hi all, We've gathered a pretty interesting list of projects and problems from our membership here at METRO, and now we are looking for the individual fellows who will spend 9 months working with us here. I hope some of you will consider applying. Now is

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

On Mar 31, 2016, at 9:39 AM, Brian Kennison > wrote: I was perplexed by this also but I realized that there was “content negotiation” going on. I set the header to accept rdf and indeed there is data for this document. Everyone, I must

Re: [CODE4LIB] Notifications for short term loans

We're a III shop, but we run a PHP script that queries the database server for hourly items coming up due, and then sends the results to the Twilio service which handles the text message processing. https://github.com/rmiessle/sierra-sms It's not a particularly elegant solution, but it works

[CODE4LIB] Notifications for short term loans

We are a SirsiDynix Symphony library that loans a lot of equipment on short terms loans (usually 4 hours). We charge relatively a relatively high overdue fee each hour the item is late in order to encourage students to return high dollar equipment like MacBook Pros. However, the notification

[CODE4LIB] GS-11 Librarian (Cataloger) position open at Library of Congress for American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Librarian (Cataloger) GS-1410-11 Indefinite, not to exceed 2 Years Closes 4/14/2016 Vacancy Announcement #150263 THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT #150283: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/432347800/ (CLOSING DATE 3/31/2016). YOU MUST APPLY FOR BOTH POSITIONS SEPARATELY IF

[CODE4LIB] Yes, You Can Video: a LITA repeat webinar

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things

The Internet of Shit, which I did not previously know about, may be my new favorite thing on the Internet. Josh Hogan Metadata & Digital Resources Librarian Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive, SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2057 (v)

[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Developer (12885) at American University

Web Developer (12885) American University Washington, D.C. American University Library invites applications for a Web Developer. Responsibilities: The Web Developer ensures that the Library's website is responsive and accessible, and is responsible for the Library's website strategy,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Encrypting Data Archives

Cornel, All good thoughts and questions. Your response encouraged me to Google a little bit further beyond my baseline plan to just back up my secret key via my local Time Machine routine. Your mention of keeping a physical copy led me to Paperkey:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things

Dre++ OMG, I am so disconnecting my Aibo from the internet. I love the Compuserve of things… http://www.windley.com/archives/2014/04/the_compuserve_of_things.shtml Cary > On Mar 31, 2016, at 6:40 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote: > > I'm not a technofuturist of any sort, so

Re: [CODE4LIB] Encrypting Data Archives

Hello, Keeping track of keys has been a pain in the past for me. I still believe it's the best method. Now that I'm much more focused and organized it hasn't been a problem. But having a physical copy of the key tucked away will be helpful to me in the future. As far as institutional data, i

[CODE4LIB] Encrypting Data Archives

Hello, I’m writing to the list on a somewhat personal note. But I think any responses to my question might also shed insights on future workflows in my workaday world. I have a personal use case wherein I would like to store some encrypted directories of data (at rest) on external hard

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

BTW the OpenLink Structured Data Sniffer (OSDS) is a great little browser plugin to see what structured data is lurking in the html. I believe that it supersedes the OpenLink Data Explorer Extension. ~Richard On 31 March 2016 at 16:15, Brian Kennison

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

I’m sorry I should have attached the pdf.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Kevin Ford > wrote: p.s. Curl command I used: curl -L -H 'Application/rdf+xml' http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2014/2014-02-18.html | grep schema I tried a few variations, such as removing the .html from the end of the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

As the person who created the patches for Bryn Mawr (Perl and Tcl and SGML--oh my!) back in 2014, their publication process generates static HTML. Any new pages should include RDFa (schema.org), but the legacy pages would have needed to be regenerated. It was fun working with Karen Coyle and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

As a FYI, as far as I am aware the search engines do not access pages using content negotiation (e.g.. asking for Application/rdf+xml) when looking for structured data such as schema.org in their crawl process. They expect to find it embedded in the HTML as Microdata, RDFa, or increasingly

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

Hi Brian, I've tried the wget command and curl and in both cases I just get the HTML version of the document. I don't think any meaningful content negotiation is happening. It's probably as Karen suspected: they didn't return and embed schema in older reviews. Are you getting something

Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things

I think that librarians are uniquely security minded and focused on protecting the privacy of users (patrons). I see us emerging as privacy and security advocates, which would be timely and quite valuable. On Thursday, March 31, 2016, Ben Cail wrote: > On 03/31/2016

Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things

Yeah, I guess I kind of strayed from the theme, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to kvetch. That said, as long as libraries are IoT-ing, I think it's important for them to model "doing it right". On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Lisa Rabey wrote: > a. Thank you

Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things

a. Thank you everyone for your input! I asked this question out of curiosity, not for a project / paper / research area (yet). All the responses have been brilliant. b. #notalllibrarians c. I've been made privy the security issues are so big you can drive a Mac truck through them, but I'm ignoring

Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things

On 03/31/2016 09:40 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote: For now, I prefer to stick with Adama's Law: "If it can kill you, don't connect it to the network." +1. I share your security concerns about trying to connect everything possible to the Internet.

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I'm not a technofuturist of any sort, so maybe I'm the wrong person to be commenting on IoT (or maybe I'm exactly the right person)... but stuff in IoT land is going to get utterly horrible before it gets good. I'd argue that it might already be horrible, but it just doesn't have the penetration

Re: [CODE4LIB] Structured Data Markup on library web sites

On Mar 29, 2016, at 12:46 PM, Kevin Ford > wrote: FWIW, I'm looking at the HTML itself. You may be using a tool that is generating a little but of schema. Is that accurate? Kevin, I was perplexed by this also but I realized that there was

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Here here.. Stuart Stuart Forrest PhD Library Systems Specialist Beaufort County Library 843 255 6450 sforr...@bcgov.net

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