The Variations/FRBR project at Indiana University (http://vfrbr.info) has
completed work on the project funded by an Institute of Museum and Library
Services National Leadership Grant, Variations as a Testbed for the FRBR
Conceptual Model. We wanted to let you know about our most recent
I usually say I am a technologist.
Even though I used to be a software engineer (in industry, where it
occasionally resembled engineering, for better and worse), as a manager I
don't look at or write much code any more, but I am still a technologist.
And in some contexts I claim to be a user
I have a no-cost makeshift standup desk--I can switch between standing and
sitting in 15-20 seconds. I usually only change once or twice a day. Here
it is:
http://twitpic.com/35w860
Note the slide-away keyboard tray not used in standing position. I do have
to lift my display down from the shelf
But grants are sometimes the only source of travel funds. Maybe that's
helped cause the shift you mention.
On 11/29/12 4:43 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote:
I miss that. Code4Lib was in fact the only place I knew of for people
working on traditional library use cases, not on
They are public: https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1206L=CODE4LIB
Have at it.
While I fully support ethical research and even IRBs, we do everyone a
disservice by appealing to IRBs to approve things that don't require their
approval, even if we're just doing so to be careful. It reminds
Five reasons you should apply for this job:
1. It's an exciting multi-institutional open-source project, using
Hydra/Fedora Opencast Matterhorn, and following the agile scrum
methodology (yeah, that's all one reason). http://www.variationsonvideo.org
2. Bloomington Indiana is a cool place to
Job Summary: The Indiana University Digital Library Program is seeking two
skilled software developers to join a new project, Variations on Video
(VoV): Building the Next Generation Library Media Management System.
Performs systems analysis and design for VoV, including working with
project
Digital Library Project Programmer (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN)
To apply:
https://jobs.iu.edu/joblisting/index.cfm?jlnum=4613search=2
Job Summary: Performs analysis, design, programming, and system
administration for software applications supporting digital library
program projects.
All,
The open-source Variations project (http://variations.sourceforge.net), based
at Indiana University, is planning to add streaming video to its existing
capabilities. The purpose of this survey is to learn more about academic
libraries’ needs and existing practices (if any) for delivery of
