Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?

Hello, There needs to be an organization with the people who are apart of Code4lib that does the same things and more. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS LFCA CIO Casanova Information Services 850 Brook Forest Ave Unit E Shorewood, Illinois (779) 205-3105 http://casanovainfo.com cor

Re: [CODE4LIB] Let's Encrypt and EZProxy

Hello, Got it. No wildcard support though. I'll go through and read everything that was posted. I've been frustrated with SSL certificates lately. Let's Encrypt looks nice. I know similar services in the past didn't hold up well. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. Chief Information Officer Casanova

Re: [CODE4LIB] Let's Encrypt and EZProxy

Hello, SSL certificates are a pain. Should there be a non-profit organization, like a library, that can issue free trusted certficates? Should they still cost? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. Chief Information Officer Casanova Information Services, LLC Office Phone: (779) 205-3105 Mobile Phone

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

not everything on the internet is true" Some people applauded the statement and were like: "yay librarians!" Others thought it was a very ignorant statement. And many patrons caused a huge backlash. It was interesting as the library responded to the irritated patrons. Thoughts? Tha

Re: [CODE4LIB] Encrypting Data Archives

can see some areas of concern. Who's keeping track of the keys? And is that info passed along with employment changes? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. Chief Information Officer Casanova Information Services, LLC Office Phone: (779) 205-3105 Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945 Sent from my iPhone > On

Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things

Hello, I don't think that quite applies. But I definitely get the message and I apologize. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. Chief Information Officer Casanova Information Services, LLC Office Phone: (779) 205-3105 Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945 Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 30, 2016, at 11:14

Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things

not only leaders of the revolution but, have the "option" to be on the back burner. Yet, I'm a private librarian, and the private sector doesn't afford such complacency in practicing one's craft. Again, sorry for the rant. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. Chief Information Office

Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet of Things

of worms. Many libraries have already become show pages though. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. Chief Information Officer Casanova Information Services, LLC Office Phone: (779) 205-3105 Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945 Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2016, at 11:13 AM, Lisa Rabey <academichu...@gma

Re: [CODE4LIB] personalization of academic library websites

Hello, Seems like overkill, why a login to access the library's website? Cornel Darden Jr. Chief Information Officer Casanova Information Services, LLC Office Phone: (779) 205-3105 Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945 Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:38 PM, Ian Walls &

Re: [CODE4LIB] Do you use alt tags in your images for digital collections

Hello, I would definitely utilize alt tags. I like to be very thorough with the metadata, it's very important for many use cases. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. Chief Information Officer Casanova Information Services, LLC Office Phone: (779) 205-3105 Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945 Sent from my

Re: [CODE4LIB] Software to track scheduled processes

Hello, What ILS are you currently using? Thanks, Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 5, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Terry Brady wrote: > > Our ILS (library system) has a mechanism to run tasks on a schedule. > Unfortunately, it is very difficult to track the success & failure of

Re: [CODE4LIB] audio streaming software

Hello, Awesome. I'd like to try SAVE. Thanks, Cornel Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 2, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Kenny Ketner wrote: > > Hi Cindy, > > > Our team here at Texas Tech has just finished developing a system built > around JPlayer: http://jplayer.org/ > > We have

[CODE4LIB] iPads in the Library(Community College)

suggestions on how to manage them? Some issues would be logins and Apple Ids, management and maintenance, and bulk purchases. I have seen the information on Apple’s education website for bulk purchases. Any links to resources would be awesome! Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS

Re: [CODE4LIB] FOSS recommendations for online-only library

Hello, There are open-source proxies available. I would give squid a try. http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/Authentication At such a library, public domain materials are awesome! I would look into calibre as an ebook server and mamager. http://calibre-ebook.com Of course, project Gutenberg

Re: [CODE4LIB] Processing Circ data

Hello, I'd go with a full database solution over sqlite. No limitations. Thanks, Sent from my iPhone On Aug 6, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Harper, Cynthia char...@vts.edu wrote: I did just bring in my own laptop to see if my problem is unique to my work computer. I actually have used Amazon

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone need assistance

Hello, Awesome! Maybe create a project? Thanks, Sent from my iPhone On Jul 16, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Michael Rios michaelr...@nypl.org wrote: Dear CODE4LIBers: Hello!! How are you guys?? My name is Michael I am a Librarian with New York Public Library. I have taken classes in C++,

[CODE4LIB] Zotero Server

Hello, Does any one know of any resources that explains a successful Zotero Server implementation. What i am trying to save document citations, metadata, etc; along with document files to a server that will serve this information to a remote Zotero client. I have seen some resources that

Re: [CODE4LIB] looking for free hosting for html code

Hello, Google drive lets you host too. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On May 22, 2015, at 8:13 AM, Charlie Morris cdmorri

Re: [CODE4LIB] free html editors

Hello, I recommend cloud editors. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On May 16, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Sarles Patricia (18K500) psar

Re: [CODE4LIB] Native MarcEdit for MacOSX

Hello, I'll sell muy iMac for $400. I was owning in listing it on eBay this week. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 6

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent e-books

Hello, It's extremely frustrating to obtain eBooks. Even the ones that are personally owned. It's only causes individuals to want to free their information so that they can use the way that they want. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks

Hello, Maybe you could give a disclaimer and let the pattern know to delete the book after reading it. If it is DRM free and the publisher allows fire lending than what is the harm in lending it? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our

Re: [CODE4LIB] Wi-Fi location triangulation

Hello, We've discussed it when considering abolishing the reference desk and moving to just iRoving. However, most of the librarians were against it even though our data showed iRoving to be far superior. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app for material order

Hello, Google forms and sheets maybe with some custom scripts. Also, if you guys have Libguides, that may do it. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web app for material order

Hello, Sounds awesome! Count me in! Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 15, 2014, at 8:23 PM, KLINGLER, THOMAS t...@kent.edu

[CODE4LIB] Streaming Copyrighted Cont

Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone

[CODE4LIB] Streaming Copyrighted material

for organizing and viewing public domain material. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone

Re: [CODE4LIB] Streaming Copyrighted material

but the questions of organizing material from abc.com or Fox news has come up. Since I'm certain that these commercial websites would love to have subscription services for Libraries, the legal issues are very interesting. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban

Re: [CODE4LIB] Why learn Unix?

! But we argue about whether we should use Linux or whether all librarians should know how to code. Maybe something is wrong with me? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Conal Tuohy conal.tu...@gmail.com wrote: I would recommend learning Linux because it is the key

Re: [CODE4LIB] Why learn Unix?

tablets? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 27, 2014, at 9:02 AM, Siobhain Rivera siori...@indiana.edu wrote: Hi everyone

Re: [CODE4LIB] Why learn Unix?

don't push it, how can we move forward? Hopefully, librarians entering the field will understand that these skills are necessary. If we leave it up to the current culture, I think we will keep making excuses. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College

[CODE4LIB] XBMC in the library

room so that programming and other media could be accessible for library users. Does anyone currently use XBMC in their library? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong

Re: [CODE4LIB] Citation Publication Tool

Hello, Zotero is what I was thinking to. However, I didn’t quite understand what you were asking. Are you looking to create online bibliographies on various things and have them available to anyone with the address? What do you mean by keeping citations up-to date? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr

Re: [CODE4LIB] Wikipedia in teaching

(term) mining. I know many databases are improving their Wikipedia integration and are even improving their metadata to help with this. I will share this with my colleagues! Thanks for the info. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our

Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians

If such an operating system exists. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 19, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Craig Boman craig.bo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians

for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cornel Darden Jr. [corneldarde...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:21 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians Hello, I'm not proposing that all librarians should use the same

[CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians

Hello, Every now and then I consider switching my main operating system. I've been using Ubuntu for years. Does anyone know of any Linux distros made by librarians or One that's most used by librarians? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College

Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians

Hello, I believe librarians are special people. It would be nice if there were an operating system created by us. Haven't come across one though. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students

Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians

Hello, Wow! Cisler was awesome! Didn't learn computers until he was 42. Great inspiration for librarians adjusting to the technology of today. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community

Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians

Hello, Docker is awesome. But an operating system is more about the packaged software, look, and feel right? Docket is like a VM without a dedicated guest operating system? It's like a guest application? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablet Uses for Library Staff

, that for instruction, the surface tab would play nice with a smartboard. Of course providing them to students is a plus if the budget afford it! Works great with Calibre for patrons if there is some one who could network it. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College

Re: [CODE4LIB] Digitization Project from Scratch

to get institutional support. Especially when at a college. I would write a proposal to the presidents office. Even if a large budget isn't necessary or possible. Institutional support from the top is huge. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College

Re: [CODE4LIB] Requesting a Little IE Assistance

it, but opening IE is not something I'm prepared to do. It does sound like a white space issue that could be changed with some CSS Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning

Re: [CODE4LIB] No really, this part is about RFID stuffs

would scoff at Augmented Reality is mind blowing! But then again, many librarians still think that the print book (in its current form) is okay to use in academic research. I’m optimistic!!! Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair On Oct 8, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Jonathan LeBreton

Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

don't provide then we would lose an important part of culture. But I do wonder, how many open stacks have clay tablets and scrolls? Personally, I wish they did. But I wouldnt recommend that they be used to do serious work. Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

Hello, C4l illuminati, I like it! Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 7, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

Hello, Thanks Kyle. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 7, 2014, at 1:15 PM, Kyle Banerjee kyle.baner...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [CODE4LIB] Forwarding blog post: Apple, Android and NFC – how should libraries prepare? (RFID stuffs)

. Is there a professional organization for librarians who code? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2014, at 6:06 PM, Salazar, Christina

Re: [CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated

is malicious. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2014, at 5:34 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: For checksums

Re: [CODE4LIB] What is the real impact of SHA-256? - Updated

of it to answer questions such as It was changed with what credentials? How did the file change? When was it changed? and so on. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

Hello, I think official is definitely the way too go! LITA. I'm signing up right now! Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 30

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

data models: It would be nice if the general flow looked like this data - [library standards] - search backend - result - [web design presentation standards] - view of result Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

be very futile. Should librarians be managing libraries in the 21st century? Sorry if I hijacked the thread with this rant. I would love to be apart of this initiative to bring standards and a sharing platform for advanced libguide Admins. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open source alternative to LibAnswers as the library IT KB for library staff?

Hello, I like the Google groups suggestion. Thanks, Sent from my iPhone Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 cdar...@ssc.edu Our mission is to Serve our Students and Community On Sep 12, 2014, at 9:41 AM, Kim, Bohyun b...@hshsl.umaryland.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Services on Small Devices (like Watches): Discuss

Hello, At this point in my career I'm totally sold on the idea of getting rid of the reference desk and iRoving. At the libraries I've worked at(4 community colleges) iRoving was very suitable, however I think that every library is different. One of the issues we've found with a complete

Re: [CODE4LIB] Technology for Librarians / Libraries for Technologians

Hello, When I think of IT and Librarianship I don't see a huge difference. I see librarianship as IT without in depth computer skills. I see IT as Librarianship without concern for teaching and access but major concerns about security. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 3, 2014, at 2:18 PM,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Informal survey regarding library website liberty

for IT or anyone else to control the library's content. I think that is the best option. All you have to do is have a basic library website with a links to the guides or google sites. Custom URLs and institutional look and feel are ideal though. Thanks Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Sent from my iPhone

Re: [CODE4LIB] class scheduler

how to have it select a librarian based on each librarians availability. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Sent from my iPhone On Feb 3, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote: I am given a project whose requirements are shown below. Before I get started, I would like to check

Re: [CODE4LIB] Desk Statistics Software Question

Hello, We currently use DeskTracker by compendium. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian Kennedy-King College City Colleges of Chicago Work 773-602-5449 Cell 708-705-2945 On Aug 22, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Brian McBride brian.mcbr...@utah.edu wrote: Code4Lib, I am curious what other

Re: [CODE4LIB] public computers- Mac mini and Bootcamp?

Hi, The issue at public terminals is being able to switch between operating systems with out having to reboot. To my knowledge refit nor boot camp offers this. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian Kennedy-King College City Colleges of Chicago Work 773-602-5449 Cell 708-705-2945 On Aug

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it

database management will still require librarians to pick up those skills like SQL that we too often think isn't or shouldn't be a skill that a librarian must have. It's the 21st century Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian Kennedy-King College City Colleges of Chicago Work 773-602-5449 Cell

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

Hi, Python, Python, Python. Did I say Python? -Pythonist- Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian Kennedy-King College City Colleges of Chicago Work 773-602-5449 Cell 708-705-2945 On Jul 30, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Joshua Welker wel...@ucmo.edu wrote: I think I have the information I need

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

Hi, A programming language for the library community sounds great! When do we begin? Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian Kennedy-King College City Colleges of Chicago Work 773-602-5449 Cell 708-705-2945 On Jul 29, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Peter Schlumpf pschlu...@earthlink.net wrote

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cataloging Apps

Hello, Sound interesting! We are compiling list of software and apps on our lib guides but to include catalog records for these items interests me! Thanks, On Jul 3, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Matt Amory matt.am...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any standards for cataloging iOS apps in public library

[CODE4LIB] Free Employee Scheduling Software

Hello, Does anyone know of any Free employee scheduling software for Windows; or even better, cross-plattorm (Mac, and Linux)? Thanks, -- Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Compound interest is the greatest invention in the history of mankind. - Albert Einstein-

Re: [CODE4LIB] Youtube search box

Hello, Thanks! Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian Kennedy-King College City Colleges of Chicago Work 773-602-5449 Cell 708-705-2945 On Apr 8, 2013, at 9:43 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke rand...@gmail.com wrote: I hope the pre tags let you see the html by email. Here is some code you can paste

[CODE4LIB] Youtube search box

Hello, Does anyone know of any widgets that would allow a YouTube search box in a libguide? Thanks, -- Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian City Colleges of Chicago corneldarde...@gmail.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] back to minorities question, seeking guidance

Hello, Those not well versed in Geometry shall not enter -Plato- Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian Kennedy-King College City Colleges of Chicago Work 773-602-5449 Cell 708-705-2945 On Feb 22, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: I do not find drawing a line

Re: [CODE4LIB] You *are* a coder. So what am I?

Hello, It now seems that the Librarian of Congress is the Pope of Librarianship Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian Kennedy-King College City Colleges of Chicago Work 773-602-5449 Cell 708-705-2945 On Feb 14, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Devon dec...@gmail.com wrote: If you want to call yourself

Re: [CODE4LIB] You *are* a coder. So what am I?

can we continue in this profession without knowing how to code. I think many are against the idea because they don't want to learn or even feel they can't. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Librarian Kennedy-King College City Colleges of Chicago Work 773-602-5449 Cell 708-705-2945 On Feb 13, 2013

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

. Thanks! Stephen Francoeur User Experience Librarian Newman Library Room 516 Baruch College 151 E. 25th Street New York, NY 10010 646.312.1620 stephen.franco...@baruch.cuny.edu http://stephenfrancoeur.com -- Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Compound interest