[CODE4LIB] Applications Analyst job UNC Chapel Hill

2011-09-08 Thread Shearer, Timothy J
> >APPLICATIONS ANALYST: > Library Systems Department > > Working Title: Applications Analyst > Position Number: 36178 > Salary Range: $39,816 - $59,708 > Closing Date: September 27, 2011 > >As a member of the Web Unit in the University Library's Systems >Department, the Applications Analyst pro

[CODE4LIB] MDC Chapter Meeting Reminder

2011-09-08 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete! Come out, come out, where ever you are for the code4lib Maryland, District of Columbia, and great Commonwealth of Virginia meeting. It's         Tuesday, 13 September, 2011 10:00AM to Noon at the Arlington Public Library, Central Branch Feel free to mess with the wiki or consult it f

[CODE4LIB] Job available: Digital Repository Manager - Brown University Library

2011-09-08 Thread Ashton, Andrew
We have a great group here at Brown, and I hope some of you code4libbers will consider joining us. * * *Digital Repository Manager* The Brown University Library seeks an energetic and innovative individual for the position of Digital Repository Manager. The Brown Digital Repository (BDR) supp

[CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread Yitzchak Schaffer
Hello all, Can anyone suggest projects or general approaches for providing access to digitized books on the web? We're not interested in CONTENTdm, Greenstone has worked for us in the past but will not work for our ongoing projects. I don't have real experience with DSpace and such repositor

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread Yitzchak Schaffer
Rephrase to avoid ambiguity: On 09/08/2011 14:22, Yitzchak Schaffer wrote: I am currently favoring the idea of using a decent framework (symfony2) > to create a web app designed for this purpose (web presentation of hierarchic text-based entities). -- Yitzchak Schaffer

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread Rob Casson
lots of folks use XTF (http://xtf.cdlib.org/) for ebook collections cheers, rob On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Yitzchak Schaffer wrote: > Hello all, > > Can anyone suggest projects or general approaches for providing access to > digitized books on the web? We're not interested in CONTENTdm, Gre

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread Roy Tennant
You want the Extensible Text Framework: http://xtf.cdlib.org/ . The California Digital Library and others have used it for publishing books on the web for years. Roy On Sep 8, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Yitzchak Schaffer wrote: > Hello all, > > Can anyone suggest projects or general approaches for

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread Dave Caroline
I am just trying out https://github.com/DDMAL/diva.js/wiki Dual window served on an ADSL line http://www.collection.archivist.info/diva/lucastp1.html Dave Caroline

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread Madrigal, Juan A
Symfony2 is a good choice. I'd like to see something with a clean user experience like Issuu http://issuu.com/ These projects might be related: Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/ I, Librarian http://www.bioinformatics.org/librarian/ Juan Madrigal Web Developer Web and Emerging Technologies Un

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread todd.d.robb...@gmail.com
The Internet Archive's Book Reader might also fit into your model: http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/bookreader http://code.google.com/p/iabv/ Tod Robbins MLIS '12 Information School University of Washington

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread Pottinger, Hardy J.
Ah, a subject near and dear to my heart. :-) Thanks, Yitzchak, for bringing this up. In general, I think you may want to break down what it is you hope to achieve, and see if there *are* projects that will help you get to where you want to go, based on the resources you have at hand. If you need

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread Yitzchak Schaffer
On 09/08/2011 14:38, todd.d.robb...@gmail.com wrote: The Internet Archive's Book Reader might also fit into your model: http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/bookreader http://code.google.com/p/iabv/ I recall finding this and thinking it cool, but that it's only a frontend library (i.e. JS/CSS); I

[CODE4LIB] [ANNOUNCEMENT] : September 2011 issue of ITALica, a weblog on libraries and information technology...

2011-09-08 Thread Andy Boze
Cross-posted; apologies for duplication. * Hello friends, The September 2011 issue of /Information Technology and Libraries/ (ITAL), LITA's peer-reviewed quarterly journal, is online and accessible to all LITA members. Issues older than six months ar

Re: [CODE4LIB] iPads as Kiosks

2011-09-08 Thread Bill Janssen
David Uspal wrote: > Then again, by selecting the iPad you're essentially tethered to > Apple's iron grip of the iWorld via its iTunes vetting process and > strict control of Apple hardware. YMMV on this depending on what > you're doing, but it should definitely be a consideration when > choosin

[CODE4LIB] unsubscribe

2011-09-08 Thread Fiegi, Sandra
-Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Janssen Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 4:27 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] iPads as Kiosks David Uspal wrote: > Then again, by selecting the iPad you're essential

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web platform for digitized books

2011-09-08 Thread stuart yeates
On 09/09/11 06:22, Yitzchak Schaffer wrote: Hello all, Can anyone suggest projects or general approaches for providing access to digitized books on the web? We're not interested in CONTENTdm, Greenstone has worked for us in the past but will not work for our ongoing projects. I think the probl

Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for products/price ranges for a database of performers

2011-09-08 Thread Heather Rayl
Thanks for all the input! I will take a closer look at Drupal, and check out the post you referenced, Anson. We might actually have the expertise in house to do a Drupal implementation But I think our next step is to write an RFP, since someone outside could probably do it a lot faster than w

[CODE4LIB] open bibliographic principles

2011-09-08 Thread Thomas Krichel
On behalf of the Open Bibilographic Working Group of the Open Knowledge Foundation, I would like to bring your attention to the Principles on Open Bibliographic data at http://openbiblio.net/principles/ The group continues to offer the opportunity, for both individuals and groups, to si