[CODE4LIB] Call for Chapters
Please excuse duplicate postings. Hello All, I have a contract to deliver a book on the changing role of Systems Librarians and Systems Offices in libraries to Chandros Publishing in the UK by April 1 2010. I am looking for contributors who can provide a chapter on the subject. Of special interest are * IT infrastructure * Relationships with Vendors * Library culture * Public Relations/Marketing/Fundraising * Open Source Software * Hosted databases and how these have changed what you do over the past few years. Since this is a British Publisher any contribution from outside the US would be especially interesting. If you are a Systems Librarian (or equivalent) and would like to submit a chapter please send me a proposal. It does not have to be formal at this point, just a paragraph or two on what you would write about and your contact information. Deadline for chapters in January 1, 2010. Please address all inquiries to iglesias...@ccsu.edu. Thanks, ~ Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University
[CODE4LIB] New MARC-related Perl scripts--440s, 008lang zxx
I have posted 2 new Perl .pl programs to my website [1]. Both use a module, MARC::QBI::Misc, not currently available, but it is used only for file handling, so that section of the program should be revised according to local needs. 440to490-830.txt [2]: Converts 440 to 490-830 pairs. Retains subfield 'x' (ISSN) from 440; deletes all square brackets from 830, adds period at the end of the 830 if punctuation is not already present. If any quotes or apostrophes exist in the 440, a period is added before the quote(s) or apostrophe(s) in the 830. I've only done limited testing, so results may not be 100% correct yet. 008langblanktozxx.txt [3]: Converts 008/35-37 from 3 blank spaces to zxx. ## Not yet started, but next on my list: -Convert 'c' in books 008/33 (comic strips) to 008/24-27 '6' (Comics/graphic novels); revise 008/33 to 0 or 1, depending on fiction vs. non-fiction. -Convert 041 subfield 'b' to 'j' for videorecording records. ## I welcome any comments or corrections. [1] http://home.inwave.com/eija/ [2] http://home.inwave.com/eija/fullrecscripts/Cleanup_full_recs/440to490-830.txt [3] http://home.inwave.com/eija/fullrecscripts/Cleanup_full_recs/008langblanktozxx.txt Thank you for your time, Bryan Baldus bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.inwave.com/eija
[CODE4LIB] Special EdUI promotional code
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[CODE4LIB] Semantic Maps of Science from Full-text
I thought this community would find this interesting: using large scale journal full-text to create a visualization of the journal space (like 'Maps of Science' thingies). 5.7M full-text STM articles from 2200+ journals. We're pretty excited about this, but I won't rant on about it any more (here!): for more info: http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Let me know if you have any questions... Glen -- Glen Newton | glen.new...@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Researcher, Information Science, CISTI Research NRC W3C Advisory Committee Representative http://tinyurl.com/yvchmu tel/tél: 613-990-9163 | facsimile/télécopieur 613-952-8246 Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) National Research Council Canada (NRC)| M-55, 1200 Montreal Road http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ Institut canadien de l'information scientifique et technique (ICIST) Conseil national de recherches Canada | M-55, 1200 chemin Montréal Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada --
