Re: [CODE4LIB] native xml databases and/or XQuery?

2006-08-16 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
On 8/16/06, Alexander Johannesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm also interested in learning of libraries who are using XQuery as a > primary development language. Primary? Over my dead body. :) Since Ross commented too... bad choice of language, I guess... I just meant that XQuery is the ma

Re: [CODE4LIB] native xml databases and/or XQuery?

2006-08-16 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
On 8/16/06, Alexander Johannesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We're also drooling over the latest release of DB2 with native XML support (I think it's good enough to count as native :), but that's just the next step, I think. Yeah, I should have explicitly said that... using Oracle's (or DB2's) n

Re: [CODE4LIB] native xml databases and/or XQuery?

2006-08-16 Thread Ross Singer
Kevin, I was toying with Berkeley DBXML in our link resolver project (I gave up in favor for Ferret: Ruby's port of Lucene), but am strongly considering it for both an EAD project we have here, as well as a replacement for our Zebra mirror of our OPAC (both of these coupled with Ferret/Lucene fo

Re: [CODE4LIB] native xml databases and/or XQuery?

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Johannesen
On 8/17/06, Kevin S. Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm curious in finding out how many libraries out there are using or experimenting with native xml databases. Asked here, answered here. :) We've got a few eXist's lying about serving mostly experimental stuff, although one is semi-experim

[CODE4LIB] native xml databases and/or XQuery?

2006-08-16 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
Hi all, I'm curious in finding out how many libraries out there are using or experimenting with native xml databases. If you are, would you mind dropping me an email offlist saying you are and how you are using it? I'm not aware of any sites yet where libraries are sharing their code for these t

[CODE4LIB] Position Available - Technical Services Librarians (Los Angeles & San Diego)

2006-08-16 Thread Patty De Anda
Library Associates seeks librarians with Technical Services experience. We have several openings in the Los Angeles area as well as in San Diego. The following positions are available: Acquistions/Cataloging Library Technician (Los Angeles) - Position ID #478 Project Manager, Technical Serv

Re: [CODE4LIB] position announcement

2006-08-16 Thread Bruce Van Allen
On 8/16/06 K.G. Schneider wrote: > and for anyone >who can remember introducing the 'net to librarians back in the day, >it wasn't always easy ("Why do I need to learn this? It's not my job, >I'll never need it!"). But compared to trying to amuse and educate >toddlers... for me, at least, a piece o

Re: [CODE4LIB] position announcement [retrospective conversion]

2006-08-16 Thread Ross Singer
Thanks, Thom, for solving this problem 20 years too late. -Ross. On 8/16/06, Hickey,Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I see the problem. You really should have been using the (4,4) key for searching. --Th -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [CODE4LIB] position announcement [retrospective conversion]

2006-08-16 Thread Hickey,Thom
I see the problem. You really should have been using the (4,4) key for searching. --Th -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Lease Morgan Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:50 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] posi

Re: [CODE4LIB] position announcement

2006-08-16 Thread K.G. Schneider
> The following position announcement from PALINET (Philadelphia, PA) > was brought to my attention: > >Technology Consultant > >PALINET seeks a technologist, who is a leader and visionary to >define and develop innovative technology solutions for its 600 >member libraries in the Mi

[CODE4LIB] position announcement

2006-08-16 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
The following position announcement from PALINET (Philadelphia, PA) was brought to my attention: Technology Consultant PALINET seeks a technologist, who is a leader and visionary to define and develop innovative technology solutions for its 600 member libraries in the Mid-Atlantic region

Re: [CODE4LIB] position announcement [retrospective conversion]

2006-08-16 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Aug 16, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: The following position announcement from PALINET (Philadelphia, PA) was brought to my attention: In an almost completely unrelated note, I worked for PALINET in 1986 or so. My job was to read physical catalog cards all from a specific lib