Re: [CODE4LIB] question on harvesting RDF

2016-05-09 Thread Ethan Gruber
I don't recommend using different properties that have the same basic semantic meaning for those different contexts (dc:subject vs. dcterms:subject). In a linked data environment, I don't recommend using Dublin Core Elements at all, but only dcterms. It is possible to harvest subject terms

[CODE4LIB] question on harvesting RDF

2016-05-09 Thread English, Eben
Hello all, A little context: the MODS and RDF Descriptive Metadata Subgroup (https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/hydra/MODS+and+RDF+Descriptive+Metadata+Subgroup) is a group of cultural institutions working together to model MODS XML as RDF. Our project diverges from previous efforts in this

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about choice of frameworks for JavaScript, Perl and python

2015-04-06 Thread Scancella, John
with the rewrite, rewrite it again. Just my $0.02 John -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Schwartz, Raymond Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 1:11 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about choice of frameworks

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about choice of frameworks for JavaScript, Perl and python

2015-04-06 Thread Scancella, John
for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Schwartz, Raymond Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 11:35 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Question about choice of frameworks for JavaScript, Perl and python We are considering getting frameworks for each of these languages

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about choice of frameworks for JavaScript, Perl and python

2015-04-06 Thread Scancella, John
: [CODE4LIB] Question about choice of frameworks for JavaScript, Perl and python Well I guess that shows how little we know about frameworks. :( -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Scancella, John Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 12:06 PM

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about choice of frameworks for JavaScript, Perl and python

2015-04-06 Thread Schwartz, Raymond
Of Scancella, John Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 12:17 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about choice of frameworks for JavaScript, Perl and python Ray, We all have to start somewhere, so do not get discouraged we are here to help! Like I mentioned before, if we

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming

2014-03-20 Thread Riley Childs
Singermailto:rossfsin...@gmail.com Sent: ‎3/‎19/‎2014 10:33 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming Vine or GTFO. -Ross. On Wednesday, March 19, 2014, Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.com wrote: It零

[CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming

2014-03-19 Thread Matthew Sherman
I figure I should ask for those of us who sadly cannot make it this year, where will we be able to find the streaming of the conference? Thanks for everyone who is putting in the hard-work to put on the conference. Matt Sherman

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming

2014-03-19 Thread Riley Childs
: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman [matt.r.sher...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:19 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming I figure I should ask for those of us who sadly cannot make

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming

2014-03-19 Thread Roy Tennant
:19 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming I figure I should ask for those of us who sadly cannot make it this year, where will we be able to find the streaming of the conference? Thanks for everyone who is putting in the hard-work to put

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming

2014-03-19 Thread Michael Schofield
It's the video feed with some sort of instafilter set to dubsteb. dub4lib. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 10:12 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming

2014-03-19 Thread Riley Childs
@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 10:12 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming So...there's an unofficial stream? I can't wait to see that one... Roy On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Riley Childs rchi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming

2014-03-19 Thread Riley Childs
[CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman [matt.r.sher...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:19 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming I figure I should ask for those of us who sadly cannot make it this year, where

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming

2014-03-19 Thread Ross Singer
of instafilter set to dubsteb. dub4lib. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:;] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 10:12 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:; Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-15 Thread Adam Constabaris
There's someone in this thread who would know more about the mechanics behind NET::OAI::Harvester-new, but from what you've told us so far, it's possible that that call is failing to return a harvester object for some reason. This is consistent with perl telling you $harvester is undefined later

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-15 Thread Simeon Warner
On 1/14/14 10:45 PM, Edward Summers wrote: Just out of curiosity, does it work for a little bit then stop working? I know arXiv throttle crawlers, and am not sure if they throttle oai-pmh clients. Simeon Warner who helps run arXiv has been know to post code4lib, so maybe this will cross his

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-15 Thread Kyle Banerjee
Plenty of good advice in this thread but don't be afraid to write a harvester yourself that meets your needs. It's good to avoid reinventing the wheel, but OAI-PMH is a really easy protocol to work with -- it's the same difficulty as retrieving a bunch of web pages. For simple jobs, it's often

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-15 Thread Edward Summers
On Jan 15, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Kyle Banerjee kyle.baner...@gmail.com wrote: Plenty of good advice in this thread but don't be afraid to write a harvester yourself that meets your needs. It's good to avoid reinventing the wheel, but OAI-PMH is a really easy protocol to work with -- it's the same

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-15 Thread Eka Grguric
I got it working by reordering my code and initializing properly (and by digging through a Perl textbook...). Thank you all for your advice! Now I have a Net::OAI::Harvester specific question - so far I've been able to retrieve titles and identifiers for all records but is there a way to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-15 Thread Eka Grguric
I should have included this in my previous message but here is the code I'm using: https://gist.github.com/egrguric/8447275 !

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-15 Thread Kyle Banerjee
No need for a module -- that would be using a chain saw to cut butter. To return to an earlier suggestion, this is precisely where just retrieving something via good ol' http is easiest. An OAI-PMH request is just a request that looks exactly like the output from a really simple HTML form. This

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-15 Thread Roy Tennant
I'd have to agree. OAI-PMH is so simple that even as poor a programmer as I am was able to write my own data provider from scratch. Actually, not completely from scratch in one go. Basically I was able to tweak my existing database-driven web site to accept incoming verbs and parameters and

[CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-14 Thread Eka Grguric
Hi, I am a complete newbie to Perl (and to Code4Lib) and am trying to set up a harvester to get complete metadata records from oai-pmh repositories. My current approach is to use things already built as much as possible - specifically the Net::Oai::Harvester

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-14 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Jan 14, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Eka Grguric wrote: Hi, I am a complete newbie to Perl (and to Code4Lib) and am trying to set up a harvester to get complete metadata records from oai-pmh repositories. My current approach is to use things already built as much as possible - specifically the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-14 Thread Eka Grguric
Thanks for responding! I initialized it as follows (following the code from the synopsis on the site). my $harvester = Net::OAI::Harvester-new( baseURL = 'http://contentpro.lib.bcit.ca/iii/oairep/OAIRepository' );

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-14 Thread Edward Summers
Just out of curiosity, does it work for a little bit then stop working? I know arXiv throttle crawlers, and am not sure if they throttle oai-pmh clients. Simeon Warner who helps run arXiv has been know to post code4lib, so maybe this will cross his radar. In the meantime, could you share your

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

2014-01-14 Thread Vitali Peil
Hi, have a look at the Catmandu framework for Perl. Install Catmandu ( https://metacpan.org/pod/Catmandu) and Catmandu::OAI ( https://metacpan.org/pod/Catmandu::OAI). # in the perl script: use Catmandu::Importer::OAI; my $importer = Catmandu::Importer::OAI-new( url = ..., metadataPrefix =

[CODE4LIB] Question regarding scripts to automate fetching of article f/t

2013-11-26 Thread Pikas, Christina K.
Hi All- From time to time I'm a member of various project teams (along with computer scientists and domain scientists) and we're trying to develop some information alerting/situational awareness/analysis tool that needs to be fed from the literature. I realize that description sounds somewhat

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-29 Thread Matthew Sherman
Hm, the lock is tricky, when I try to print to PDF or XPS it scrambles the text. I will have look into how to use mupdf or the cover page idea if I can't get a clean copy from the professor. Thanks folks. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Christian Pietsch chr.pietsch+web4...@googlemail.com

[CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Matthew Sherman
Hello Code4libbers, I had a question for for others who work with institutional repositories. I have a file given by the a professor that I have permission to post if I add a note to the PDF, but the file is password locked. Has anyone else run into this problem before? Can anyone give me some

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Jim DelRosso
Matt, Does the software you use generate cover pages that you can edit? Or can you add the note to the metadata page associated with the document? Jim *Jim DelRosso, MPA, MSLIS Digital Projects Coordinator* *Hospitality, Labor, and Management Library* Catherwood Library ILR School Cornell

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Matthew Sherman
We use DSpace for our repository so any editing to the PDFs have to be done in Acrobat before uploading. I can add a note to the metadata in DSpace, but I am not sure if that fulfills the permissions agreement. I was recently hired for this position so I do not know who provided us the file to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Jim DelRosso
Just to clarify: the password's only necessary to *edit *the PDF? In my experience, most publishers are fine with required statements going in the metadata, so long as the metadata is visible to users. That being said, it does depend on the publisher, and their specific request. Is it possible

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
When I check Adobe's site, I see that All Adobe products enforce the restrictions set by the permissions password. However, if third-party products do not support these settings, document recipients are able to bypass some or all of the restrictions you set.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Matthew Sherman
Correct, it is locked only to editing. The professor is around so I probably should contact him as you suggest. I was asking in the case I ran into something where I could not contact the professor, but asking him directly is probably the best move. As for adding it to the metadata I am just a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Jim DelRosso
Ah, they definitely get more specific than most. Breaking the password or getting it from the prof is probably your best bet, then. Good luck! Jim *Jim DelRosso, MPA, MSLIS Digital Projects Coordinator* *Hospitality, Labor, and Management Library* Catherwood Library ILR School Cornell University

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Rob Casson
i was recently helping some students, and discovered that the ColorSync utility for OSX did pretty well with opening/printing PDFs while ignoring the passwordsjust fyi On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Jim DelRosso jd...@cornell.edu wrote: Ah, they definitely get more specific than most.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Monica Rivero
If you have adobe acrobat professional software, you can use the option FileCreateCombine files into one single PDF. This will combine the password-protected PDF plus a coversheet PDF containing the metadata you are looking to add. Good luck! Monica On 10/28/2013 1:16 PM, Matthew Sherman

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Joshua Welker
it is devoid of a password. Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilhelmina Randtke Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 1:14 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks When I

[CODE4LIB] Question About Job Postings

2013-05-08 Thread Mark Pernotto
This isn't directed really at any particular job, but more about how the jobs.code4lib.org board works. I can see where I can search for jobs via the tags, employers and the like. I notice on the individual job postings themselves, it's noted as to whether or not the employer would accept a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question on CONTENTdm and Linked Data

2013-02-26 Thread Mark Jordan
Hi, - Original Message - [...] Dumping the data using the [CONTENTdm] web-services API into LOD representations is definitely the way to go. CONTENTdm out of the box has no capacity to act as an LOD provider. I've written a simple application, easyLOD, for exposing Linked Data

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question on CONTENTdm and Linked Data

2013-02-21 Thread Matthew Sherman
Thanks, both of those give me a much better idea. I know I had used CONTENTdm data with a Google map almost 2 years ago for a class project but that involved extracting the data from the admin end into an excel table, so these show marked improvement. On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Chad

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question on CONTENTdm and Linked Data

2013-02-21 Thread Mark Jordan
Hi, - Original Message - Hi Matt, The largest hurdle you would face with linked data and ContentDM are the inconsistently persistent URLs (to say nothing of the application specific jankyness in the url). When an item is added to a collection in ContentDM, it is assigned an ID

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question on CONTENTdm and Linked Data

2013-02-20 Thread Ahniwa Ferrari
I work right next to the CONTENTdm guys, so I suppose I could ask them, but I also use to work at the Washington State Library, and I like what they're doing with CONTENTdm, and they have some maps. Is this a good example of what you're trying to do at all?

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-19 Thread MJ Ray
Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu On 12/18/2012 12:27 PM, MJ Ray wrote: Is there clarity that deliberately-discriminatory groups should have no platform in code4lib? If what you mean is if everyone agrees with you that a group created for women in tech is bad, then, no, pretty much

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-19 Thread Michele R Combs
Spot on, totally agree :) Michele -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bess Sadler Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:24 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea ...Having a policy

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-19 Thread Joseph Montibello
On 12/18/12 7:14 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: Really? I haven't heard of them or seen them. Am I just really unobservant? Or am I seeing things but not realizing they are offensive? I can't speak for anyone else. I know that I've been in (non-code4lib) situations where I *was*

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-19 Thread Karen Coyle
one encounter jerks in any other area of one's life. Michele From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Jonathan Rochkind [rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 7:14 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread MJ Ray
Steve Marks steve.ma...@utoronto.ca This false equivalency gets bandied around quite a lot in academic circles (maybe elsewhere, but I lead a sheltered life). Let me assure you that there is a significant difference between what goes on in a standard pat leave and what goes on in a standard

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread Tim Donohue
Hi MJ All, On 12/18/2012 4:42 AM, MJ Ray wrote: I sort of both do and don't. I do appreciate that people are making the effort, but I do worry that other minorities are collatoral damage of some vociferous support for this larger-minority single-issue group, that few seem to be supporting a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread MJ Ray
Tim Donohue tdono...@duraspace.org However, I think some/many are taking offense to the implication that 'libtechwomen' is discriminatory or prejudice against men or minority groups just because its name includes women. [...] To call a group discriminatory just because they initially planned

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
On 12/18/2012 12:27 PM, MJ Ray wrote: Is there clarity that deliberately-discriminatory groups should have no platform in code4lib? If what you mean is if everyone agrees with you that a group created for women in tech is bad, then, no, pretty much nobody else here agrees with you. I am

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread Karen Coyle
On 12/18/12 7:51 AM, Tim Donohue wrote: It's not trying to block other minority issues from being discussed, or turn away other minority groups or even majority groups (men). I want to thank everyone for being so thoughtful in this discussion. I do, however, want to make one factual point:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread McDonald, Stephen
. Steve McDonald steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of MJ Ray Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:28 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete! because they can't find an SO are outliers. C4l is a tech event. Do women really get treated that shabbily there?     I'm guessing this is a yes, since several brave folks have indicated it. It doesn't mean that *you* are an offender, but it's clearly happening, or at least known

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
So far some brave folks have indeed indicated that, but without specifying any particular incidents. It seems to me it might be helpful if the actual incidents were related in some anonymous way (perhaps anonymous both to reporter and to 'offenders' involved)... because if the rest of us knew

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread Michele R Combs
[rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 7:14 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea ...Is this a good idea, or just a disaster trainwreck lying in wait? If it's a good idea, we could easily set up a wiki page where people can easily

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread Bess Sadler
] on behalf of Jonathan Rochkind [rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 7:14 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea ...Is this a good idea, or just a disaster trainwreck lying in wait? If it's a good idea, we could easily set up

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-18 Thread Rosalyn Metz
. Michele From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Jonathan Rochkind [rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 7:14 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-17 Thread Lisa H Kurt
in. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of MJ Ray Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 7:26 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Bess Sadler bess.sad

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-17 Thread Tim Donohue
: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Bess Sadler bess.sad...@gmail.com wrote: There have been some contradictory statements made about #libtechwomen because it was an emerging idea, and like code4lib, there is no formal power structure or authority

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-17 Thread MJ Ray
Tim Donohue tdono...@duraspace.org Not trying to keep this thread going on forever. But, I do want to say that, based on the discussion thus far, I do believe that MJ's opinion is in the minority. At least, from what I've heard, this seems to be the case. Personally, I feel that it's

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-17 Thread Steve Marks
Women have different issues than other groups - even stuff like when you have a kid and take a year off, how do you keep up on your mad programming skillz? Or program with pregnancy-brain? I'll grant you pregnancy-brain is probably only found in women, but some men take a year (or more) off to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-13 Thread Robin Schaaf
Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of MJ Ray Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 7:26 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Bess Sadler bess.sad...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-12 Thread MJ Ray
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Bess Sadler bess.sad...@gmail.com wrote: There have been some contradictory statements made about #libtechwomen because it was an emerging idea, and like code4lib, there is no formal power structure or authority. There is no requirement that one be female

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-12 Thread MJ Ray
Wilhelmina Randtke rand...@gmail.com MJ Ray, OK, ctrl+F did not work, because the email said for just but you said just for. Actually, no two words in your quote were in sequence in the email you tried to quote. So much for ctrl+F. I don't much like this attempt to Fisk me over putting a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-11 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
MJ Ray, OK, ctrl+F did not work, because the email said for just but you said just for. Actually, no two words in your quote were in sequence in the email you tried to quote. So much for ctrl+F. Casual discrimination against women and disabled doesn't mean you get a pass to say none of this

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-10 Thread Esmé Cowles
I really don't see how setting up a new IRC channel (or tumblr, or any other forum) to encourage and promote the inclusion of women is discriminatory. You keep on using that term, and accusing others of prejudice, but you have shown no proof. -Esme -- Esme Cowles escow...@ucsd.edu They

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-10 Thread Bess Sadler
There have been some contradictory statements made about #libtechwomen because it was an emerging idea, and like code4lib, there is no formal power structure or authority. There is no requirement that one be female to participate, indeed many of the people involved explicitly reject the notion

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-10 Thread Cary Gordon
Are there folks out there who think that you can only be in one IRC room at a time? If I want to be in the #190cmtall room, nobody in #code4lib would know, nor would it be any of their business. Are there people here who really feel threatened by this? Cary On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Bess

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-08 Thread Mita Williams
This is the framing that I resonate with as well. I really appreciate all the conversations as of late on code4lib and I find that the poll on gender and community was incredibly illuminating. I'm currently reading 'Unlocking the clubhouse' and there are large swaths of relevant passages that

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-08 Thread Carol Bean
May I suggest some comments don't need a response because (1) they are intended facetiously and/or (2) they are trolling. In either case, it's best to take the high ground and let them pass into oblivion, especially in highly charged discussions. Carol On Dec 8, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Mita

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-08 Thread Cary Gordon
I agree with Dan. I am all for folks doing what they are called to do. I simply hope that those efforts won't come at the expense of this group, because code4lib, imperfect as it may be, is a wonderful resource. Cary On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Dan Chudnov daniel.chud...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-08 Thread Ross Singer
Joshua, I don't think there is anything I can really add to what you've, in my mind, summed up perfectly. Six years ago, after a regrettable incident of insensitivity that I was directly involved in [1], we had a similar period of reflection and discussion about the culture we wanted to foster

[CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Bohyun Kim
Hi all, I might upset some people with this, but I wanted to bring up this question. First, let me say that I think it is a terrific idea to have a code4lib learning group with or without a mentoring program. But from what I read from the listserv, it seemed to me that there were interests in

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Peter Murray
Bohyun -- Thanks for taking a risk and posting your question. open_discussion++ I don't have a good answer for you. I think there is common agreement that ways are needed to bring new people into the Code4Lib community. I don't have a good sense as to whether generalized

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Salazar, Christina
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 8:14 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea Hi all, I might upset some people with this, but I wanted to bring up this question. First, let me say that I think it is a terrific idea to have a code4lib learning group

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Karen Coyle
and not reflecting those of my workplace/employers. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bohyun Kim Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 8:14 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea Hi all, I might upset

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Joseph Montibello
these opinions being my own and not reflecting those of my workplace/employers. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bohyun Kim Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 8:14 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Question abt

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
of Karen Coyle [li...@kcoyle.net] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 12:50 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea Code4lib appears to have no rules about who can and cannot form a group. Therefore, if there are some folks who want a group, they should

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread MJ Ray
Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net [...] If it's successful, it's successful. If not, it'll fade away like so many start-up groups. I'm astonished at the resistance to the formation of a group on the part of people who also insist that there are no rules about forming groups. I don't recall

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Roy Tennant
Apparently I used offensive language in a post recently, despite intentions otherwise. So: I am sorry that I used offensive language. I will strive to choose my words more carefully next time. All of the following is my opinion -- one opinion among thousands (there are over 2,200 people on this

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Karen Coyle
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea Code4lib appears to have no rules about who can and cannot form a group. Therefore, if there are some folks who want a group, they should create that group. If it's successful, it's successful. If not, it'll fade away like so many start-up

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Dan Chudnov
On Dec 7, 2012, at 12:50 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: Code4lib appears to have no rules about who can and cannot form a group. Therefore, if there are some folks who want a group, they should create that group. If it's successful, it's successful. If not, it'll fade away like so many start-up

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Dan Chudnov daniel.chud...@gmail.com wrote: A point of history: Over the years several regional code4lib groups formed and some wanted to have their own lists. When such suggestions have been made on this list, those suggestions have often been resisted,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Dec 7, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Dan Chudnov daniel.chud...@gmail.com wrote: Over the years several regional code4lib groups formed and some wanted to have their own lists. When such suggestions have been made on this list, those suggestions have often been resisted, because of the success we

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Karen Coyle
I'm all for people creating new social structures to move themselves forward doing it however they see fit. The internet is a big place, and there's room for more. In this case, though, I hope it will be an and operation, not an exclusive or. I would be happy to hear that a new group formed

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Joshua Gomez
The past week or so I've been struggling to understand the reason for the strong opinions against a women's support group as a subbranch of code4lib or as an external entity. One argument is the reverse discrimination argument. I'm not sure how many have actually been making this argument but it

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Karen Coyle
: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Karen Coyle [li...@kcoyle.net] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 12:50 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea Code4lib appears to have no rules about who can and cannot form a group

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-07 Thread Bess Sadler
On Dec 7, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Joshua Gomez jngo...@gwu.edu wrote: Others have mentioned they fear that a subgroup will only decrease the diversity within code4lib by pulling women away from it and into the new group. This was my initial concern as well, but when I look at other kinds of women

[CODE4LIB] question.

2012-03-05 Thread Nate Hill
apologies for cross-posting. Does anyone on this list know if there is an existing solution to the following scenario? I'd like to create a basic form, on *paper.* Fields might include: name, age, address, library branch. Then, I'd like to have an app for my iPhone (or whatever) that can take a

Re: [CODE4LIB] question.

2012-03-05 Thread Pottinger, Hardy J.
Ok this probably isn't quite what you're after, but Ghostwriter can use a picture as a form, and can export to Evernote, which will OCR your text. More of a personal productivity thing, but if that's what you need, it works pretty well. For a use case example, google Chronodex and Ghostwriter

Re: [CODE4LIB] question.

2012-03-05 Thread Kam Woods
AFAIK there's no App Store app that satisfies all of these requirements. There is Prizmo, which is pretty good, but not free; it can export form data to CSV, which you can then quickly script for entry into a DB. http://www.creaceed.com/prizmo/iphone/ If you're working with *hand written* entries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle

2011-09-21 Thread Kyle Banerjee
? ~Bohyun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kyle Banerjee Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:07 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle I'm told that you now should

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle

2011-09-21 Thread Crowe, Sean (crowesn)
, September 21, 2011 4:01 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle OK, we think it should be working now. Please try: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_neweventID=3420882 if you're registering online. Let me know

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle

2011-09-21 Thread Kyle Banerjee
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle OK, we think it should be working now. Please try: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_neweventID=3420882 if you're registering online. Let me know if you're still encountering issues. kyle On Tue, Sep 20

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle

2011-09-21 Thread Bohyun Kim
4:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle I see that we are prompted for guest type; is this the only step for conference registration or will there be an additional registration requirement? Thanks, Sean -Original Message

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle

2011-09-20 Thread Park,Go-Woon
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle Are we supposed to book a hotel already before the registration opens?! ~Bohyun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kyle Banerjee Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 4

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle

2011-09-20 Thread Kyle Banerjee
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Park,Go-Woon gop...@nwmissouri.eduwrote: Hi, I finally have a chance to attend the conference in Seattle 2012, and I am planning early for it. However, I cannot find

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle

2011-09-20 Thread Bohyun Kim
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Question - [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle I'm told that you now should be able to register by mentioning 'code4lib' rather than that mouthful I sent out earlier. Anyone who has trouble registering should let me know. Thanks, kyle On Tue, Sep 20, 2011

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