Re: [CODE4LIB] Bandwidth control

2014-08-04 Thread Scott Fisher
I don¹t know about libraries, but there are some technical solutions to problems like these. One approach to reducing bandwidth may be bandwidth throttling in the router settings for the router the library uses. This limits the download/upload rates for a client or clients and may limit high reso

Re: [CODE4LIB] separate list for Jobs

2014-05-08 Thread Scott Fisher
I¹ll +1 the suggestion for a separate list for jobs. My personal reasons: 1. I receive the digest version of the code4lib emails (once daily), so I can¹t easily split just jobs into their own folder in my mail program since it¹s all one file. I don¹t really want to start parsing and splitting t

Re: [CODE4LIB] Why are we afraid to criticize library software in public?

2012-01-26 Thread Scott Fisher
Aside from niceness, NDAs and fear of litigation, there are other factors that influence the lack of detailed product information and critiques. A lot of patrons may use library systems but often their interaction is limited and indirect with a specific vendor's product. It is often rebrande