[CODE4LIB] Job: Head of Library Systems at Loyola University Chicago

2013-03-15 Thread jobs
Loyola University Chicago invites applications and nominations for the position of Head of Systems Librarian. Reporting to the Dean of University Libraries, this position manages and provides leadership for the Library Systems Department, which is responsible for maintenance and development of

[CODE4LIB] Elag 2013 registration is now open !!

2013-03-15 Thread Boheemen, Peter van
Official registration for ELAG 2013 has now started at http://elag2013.org/registration-2http://elag2013.org/registration-2/ Check this page for all practical details regarding workshops, bootcamps and social events (you'll have to indicate some of your choices at registration). You'll also

Re: [CODE4LIB] ElasticSearch

2013-03-15 Thread John Fereira
I haven't personally used it but one of my colleagues used it to build something called VivoSearchLight. It's a browser bookmarklet that uses node.js that searches an elasticsearch index produced from a harvest of the triple stores from instances of 7 (I think) instances of a semantic web

Re: [CODE4LIB] web-based ocr

2013-03-15 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
Here's an idea for web-based OCR: 1. Have Web-based OCR available 2. Make it easy for people to save content in a Web-accessible location thing like Box.net 3. Allow readers (I don't use the word users anymore) to select items from their Web-accessible location

[CODE4LIB] Job: Senior IT Analyst at Duke University Libraries

2013-03-15 Thread jobs
Senior IT Analyst (ILS) Reporting to Head of IT Core Services, the Senior IT Analyst will work within an applications management team that provides technical support for the current-generation integrated library systems (Exlibris' Aleph), and automated systems used by the staff and patrons of

[CODE4LIB] Issuing Mozilla Open Badges

2013-03-15 Thread Michael Schofield
Is anyone [planning on] issuing badges? We are so early in the process that rather than homebrewing something it's probably to our advantage using something like the Mozilla Open Badges. It's fairly new, but do any of you have experience? Any general badge-issuing words of wisdom? [1]

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issuing Mozilla Open Badges

2013-03-15 Thread Megan O'Neill
We're talking about it, but not sure whether we'll be able to devote resources to it yet. I will send you an update if we make a decision! Megan On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Michael Schofield mschofi...@nova.eduwrote: Is anyone [planning on] issuing badges? We are so early in the process

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issuing Mozilla Open Badges

2013-03-15 Thread Zeth Lietzau
We're planning on using badges for some upcoming teen content creation at Denver Public Library, and are hoping to hook into Mozilla Open Badges. We're a Drupal shop, and have been working on a module that hooks into the User Badges module to connect with Mozilla:

[CODE4LIB] Final Notice: DC-2013 Call for Submissions (29 March 2013)

2013-03-15 Thread DCMI Announce
Excuse the cross-posting Dear Colleagues: This is a final reminder that the deadline to submit your paper, project report, or poster for DC-2013 in Lisbon in rapidly approaching -- 29 March 2013. == Call for Papers:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issuing Mozilla Open Badges

2013-03-15 Thread Louis St-Amour
How does that Drupal module compare with https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Badges/build ? Personally I couldn't make heads or tails of the Mozilla Badges project until I saw this page's overview at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges and

[CODE4LIB] Announcing ArchivesSpace Membership

2013-03-15 Thread Mark A. Matienzo
Dear Colleague-- In less than a year, ArchivesSpace, the new online archives management software suite that combines the best of Archivists’ Toolkit and Archon, will be released. As a member of the ArchivesSpace development team, I am writing on behalf of the libraries of NYU, UC San Diego and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issuing Mozilla Open Badges

2013-03-15 Thread Zeth Lietzau
I'm not sure how ours the UMich one differ significantly - the process looks fairly similar. I'm not seeing the code for theirs posted, but it sounds like they took the existing User Badges module and tweaked it to meet their custom needs. I built ours as a submodule with a dependency on User

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issuing Mozilla Open Badges

2013-03-15 Thread Cynthia Ng
I've used it as a user/badge collector and found it to be quite easy to use barring bugs from the game maker: http://badgebingo.com/