Re: [CODE4LIB] A metadata tool that scales

2008-10-10 Thread Susan Teague Rector
Have you all looked at enterprise metadata repository tools? Oracle and SAS have nice tools that could be extended to meet some of the requirements listed below. Thanks, Susan -- Susan Teague Rector Web Applications Manager Library Information Systems, VCU Libraries 804.827.3554 | [EMAIL

[CODE4LIB] Position Announcement: Systems Programmer (Duke University)

2008-10-10 Thread Will Sexton
Systems Programmer - 2 Year Term Appointment Reporting to the Metadata Systems Programmer, the systems programmer will contribute to the development of a technical infrastructure based on open source software to support metadata creation and management. S/He will design and program the tool and

[CODE4LIB] A metadata tool that scales

2008-10-10 Thread Will Sexton
In January of 2007 I sent a post to the Web4lib list titled Metadata tools that scale. At Duke we were seeking opinions about a software platform to capture metadata for digital collections and finding databases. The responses to that inquiry suggested that what we were seeking didn't exist.

[CODE4LIB] FW: Logo vote

2008-10-10 Thread Roy Tennant
Thanks to Ross Singer, the second vote on the logo idea is now open, and will be open until Tuesday evening, 10:45-ish EST (I didn't make this up). The options are listed below, as well as on the voting form. You will need to have an account on http://code4lib.org/ in order to vote, and you use

Re: [CODE4LIB] FW: Logo vote

2008-10-10 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
Hi Roy, Did we lose the no logo option? I know this is an opportunity for refinement but the no logo and I don't care options in the last poll, when put together, had a pretty big total. Perhaps we drop the I don't care which is nice for self expression, but doesn't really tell us much in the

Re: [CODE4LIB] A metadata tool that scales

2008-10-10 Thread Shaun Ellis
Hi Will, In Issue #1 of the Code4Lib Journal some of my colleagues here at Rutgers published an article on the open sourcing of our homegrown system, which may serve your purposes or at least serve as a starting point. Anyway, here's the article: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/25

[CODE4LIB] Vote for NE code4lib meetup location

2008-10-10 Thread Jay Luker
It's time to do a quick vote on where we'd like to hold our first New England gathering. If you are interested in attending please cast your ballot at http://dilettantes.code4lib.org/voting_booth/election/index/5. We'll keep voting open for a few days (at least through Tuesday). You can give from

Re: [CODE4LIB] FW: Logo vote

2008-10-10 Thread Roy Tennant
Well, I don't really think don't care equates to no logo, since it is more of an abstention than anything. And you won't find me trying to be funny in a vote again. So considering there was only 8% saying no, and 65% voting for some version of creating a logo, I felt like the question about

[CODE4LIB] Director of Library Desktop Support

2008-10-10 Thread Vickery, Kelly
University of Kentucky Libraries Lexington, KY 40506-0456 www.uky.edu/Librarieshttp://www.uky.edu/Libraries September 29, 2008 POSITION: Director of Library Desktop Support - JOB #SP523836 AVAILABLE: November 1, 2008 DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The University of Kentucky Libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] FW: Logo vote

2008-10-10 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Roy Tennant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I don't really think don't care equates to no logo, since it is more of an abstention than anything. And you won't find me trying to be funny in a vote again. So considering there was only 8% saying no, and 65% voting