Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Code Sharing - (Re: [CODE4LIB] journal)

2006-02-23 Thread Edward Summers
On 2/22/06, Andrew Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if this was already stated. This sounds like the textualize site which has what appears to be drupal and then trac/svn. I think something could be done with just the trac/svn as it has wiki, bugtracking and source control. The scope of the

Re: [CODE4LIB] A code4lib journal proposal

2006-02-23 Thread Bess Sadler
On Feb 23, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Ross Singer wrote: I think a more important question, however, is What is it about Code4Lib that attracts you/makes you desire a published output of it? I believe that Code4Lib serves an otherwise under-served audience: The growing numbers of librarians who are

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Code Sharing - (Re: [CODE4LIB] journal)

2006-02-23 Thread Colleen Whitney
My point yesterday was not just about the dangers of the small group (although that's true too), but more that if you go down the path of starting a journal it makes sense to be really clear about your goals, and the audience you expect to serve. Which in turn drives the format and content.

[CODE4LIB] unAPI revision 1

2006-02-23 Thread Daniel Chudnov
At code4lib last week a good-sized group with insane combinations of expertise in OAI-PMH, SRU, and OpenURL helped to nail down revision one of unAPI. Its background and objectives are: unAPI is a simple website API convention. There are many wonderful APIs and protocols for

[CODE4LIB] brainstorming: code4lib as a school

2006-02-23 Thread Raymond Yee
In addition to a proposal to start a journal around code4lib, there has also been talk about code4lib as a school (something that I heard Dan Chudnov bring up at the conference). A lot of interest has been expressed in finding further mechanisms for members of the code4lib community to learn

Re: [CODE4LIB] brainstorming: code4lib as a school

2006-02-23 Thread Bess Sadler
On Feb 23, 2006, at 5:03 PM, Raymond Yee wrote: * Do you perceive a need for mechanisms beyond what we already have for the code4lib community for learning/teaching each other or those outside the community? Yes! The code4lib community as it exists is great for people who already have a

Re: [CODE4LIB] A code4lib journal proposal

2006-02-23 Thread Binkley, Peter
One question is certainly, Who will this journal serve? The more I think about it, the more I think the main justification for a code4lib journal is to get our stuff noticed more. There are too many enthusiastic Library 2.0 bloggers who spend their time talking about non-library Web 2.0

Re: [CODE4LIB] A code4lib journal proposal

2006-02-23 Thread Roy Tennant
+1 I know there has been a lot of sentiment toward simply hacking on our web site, but as useful as that might be, it is still preaching to the choir. As Peter and others have said, if we want to broaden our reach we will most likely need to produce something that will get much wider notice --

[CODE4LIB] 50 gb of data to index

2006-02-23 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
I have mirrored 50 GB of journal data from the open access journal literature, and I'm curious to know, what indexer would you use to index this data? -- Eric Lease Morgan University Libraries of Notre Dame

Re: [CODE4LIB] 50 gb of data to index

2006-02-23 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 2/23/06, Eric Lease Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have mirrored 50 GB of journal data from the open access journal literature, and I'm curious to know, what indexer would you use to index this data? For what purpose? Is it plain text? Lucene?