Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

[Joe Hourcle]

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Walter Lewis wrote:

I should note that while the standard librarian-hunting seasons overlap 
for public and academic librarians, there is a special "sitting duck" 
hunt that co-incides with the municipal budgeting process.  In some 
communities, like ours, it is actually televised (think the worst 
bass-fishing show you've ever flipped past).



You know -- there might be municipal officials on this mailing list.

http://www.gazette.net/stories/01072010/laurnew154426_32560.php

-Joe

ps. If you think watching it's bad -- imagine if you have to do hours
upon hours of research ahead of time *and* have to go to the meetings.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

[Walter Lewis]

On 29 Jan 10, at 5:34 PM, Wendy Huot wrote:

> +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May
> 
> The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston.  
> Bill: librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the clear.

+1 for me too.

I should note that while the standard librarian-hunting seasons overlap for 
public and academic librarians, there is a special "sitting duck" hunt that 
co-incides with the municipal budgeting process.  In some communities, like 
ours, it is actually televised  (think the worst bass-fishing show you've ever 
flipped past).

Walter 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

[Wendy Huot]

+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May

The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston.  Bill: 
librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the clear.

Wendy


--
Wendy Huot
Web Development Librarian
Queen's University Library
Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L 5C4

Phone: (613) 533-6000 ext 75250
Email: wendy.h...@queensu.ca

Re: [CODE4LIB] custom interface to SirsiDynix user account features

[Emily Lynema]

Sorry...this email may have given the impression that we "turned off' our
Endeca interface. What I meant was just the opposite; after years of running
both Endeca and the legacy OPAC side by side, we finally turned off the
legacy OPAC. Still going strong on Endeca. :)

-emily

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Emily Lynema  wrote:

> I have vague dusty memories of someone saying (perhaps at a Code4Lib
> conference) that they had built a custom PHP (?) interface to the user
> account features for SirsiDynix Unicorn. Sirsi provides an API that I think
> could be used to do this, so that doesn't seem like a completely impossible
> thing to remember.
>
> We have finally 'turned off' our legacy OPAC here at NCSU Libraries (after
> almost 4 years of using Endeca) and would be interested in being able to
> turn off the legacy 'My Account' features as well, in particular if someone
> had already built an application we could borrow from.
>
> Thought I'd throw this out to see if anyone else remembers the same
> conversation.
>
> -emily
>
> --
> Emily Lynema
> Associate Department Head
> Information Technology, NCSU Libraries
> 919-513-8031
> emily_lyn...@ncsu.edu
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] custom interface to SirsiDynix user account features

[Demian Katz]

Is it possible that you are thinking of VuFind?  VuFind offers a (fairly basic) 
set of account screens in addition to offering a discovery layer on top of your 
OPAC.  I'm not sure how well-supported the Unicorn functionality is, but there 
is a whole mailing list devoted to the subject of interfacing VuFind with 
Unicorn, so you can probably find out more there.

General information on VuFind:

http://vufind.org/

The VuFind-Unicorn support group:

https://lists.lehigh.edu/mailman/listinfo/vufind-unicorn-l

- Demian

> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of
> Emily Lynema
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:50 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] custom interface to SirsiDynix user account
> features
> 
> I have vague dusty memories of someone saying (perhaps at a Code4Lib
> conference) that they had built a custom PHP (?) interface to the user
> account features for SirsiDynix Unicorn. Sirsi provides an API that I
> think could be used to do this, so that doesn't seem like a completely
> impossible thing to remember.
> 
> We have finally 'turned off' our legacy OPAC here at NCSU Libraries
> (after almost 4 years of using Endeca) and would be interested in being
> able to turn off the legacy 'My Account' features as well, in
> particular
> if someone had already built an application we could borrow from.
> 
> Thought I'd throw this out to see if anyone else remembers the same
> conversation.
> 
> -emily
> 
> --
> Emily Lynema
> Associate Department Head
> Information Technology, NCSU Libraries
> 919-513-8031
> emily_lyn...@ncsu.edu

[CODE4LIB] custom interface to SirsiDynix user account features

[Emily Lynema]

I have vague dusty memories of someone saying (perhaps at a Code4Lib 
conference) that they had built a custom PHP (?) interface to the user 
account features for SirsiDynix Unicorn. Sirsi provides an API that I 
think could be used to do this, so that doesn't seem like a completely 
impossible thing to remember.


We have finally 'turned off' our legacy OPAC here at NCSU Libraries 
(after almost 4 years of using Endeca) and would be interested in being 
able to turn off the legacy 'My Account' features as well, in particular 
if someone had already built an application we could borrow from.


Thought I'd throw this out to see if anyone else remembers the same 
conversation.


-emily

--
Emily Lynema
Associate Department Head
Information Technology, NCSU Libraries
919-513-8031
emily_lyn...@ncsu.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] marc documentation?

[Kyle Banerjee]

> I've found this useful at times:
> http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/bib1468.htm
>
> It's apparently not maintained, but lists more fields as "obsolete"
> than the "selected" ones on the LC list - probably best to use both
> together.

For looking up individual fields by number or keyword,
http://calculate.alptown.com/ can be handy

One thing to be aware of is that use of many fields is highly
inconsistent and that a combination of major/minor field extraction
and heuristics is often more reliable than relying on field
definitions.

kyle

[CODE4LIB] ACRL NE ITIG DigiCamp-Registration is now Open! Wheaton College, Friday March 19

[Pulliam, Beatrice]

Apologies for cross-postings...



Mark your calendars for Friday, March 19th and join us for this *free* 1/2 day 
unConference focused on library technology @ Wheaton College in Norton, 
Massachusetts.

How does ITIG's DigiCamp work? If you are interested in hearing about other 
library's use of technology, or if you wish to share innovative or interesting 
things that are happening at YOUR library, just show up and share! DigiCamp 
will feature a community-driven format where each session is designed and 
delivered by you! This format fosters spontaneous sharing, therefore, no 
PowerPoints allowed! Even the topics chosen for each session will be chosen by 
you!

Is DigiCamp right for me? DigiCamp is designed for all technology levels, so 
come one, come all!

Bookmark this page and check back to see who is coming and topics under 
discussion! https://sites.google.com/site/itigdigicamp/

Where: Wheaton College Library. Norton, Massachusetts
When: Friday, March 19th. Registration starts @ 9am. Lightning round sessions 
begin @ 9:30am till 12:30pm
How much? Absolutely free! That's right, zip, zero, nada!
How do I register? Click 
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registration
Registration Deadline: Registration ends on Friday, Feb 19th so register early!



hashtag: #DigiCamp


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Library Commons Librarian for Technology and Access
Phillips Memorial Library
Providence College
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[CODE4LIB] CERN Library publishes its book catalog as Open Data

[Patrick Danowski]

Dear Colleges,

I like to point that the CERN Library had publishing the following announcement.

Sincerely

Patrick Danowski
Emerging Technologies Librarian 
CERN


The CERN Library publishes its book catalog as Open Data


Librarians are in general very favourable to the principles of Open Access, but 
surprisingly few libraries have so far set free the data they produce 
themselves. As one of the first scientific libraries in the world, the CERN 
Library offers now the bibliographic book records, held in its library catalog, 
to be freely downloaded by any third party. The records are provided under the 
Public Domain Data License, a license that permits colleagues around the world 
to reuse and upgrade the data for any purpose. 

Jens Vigen, Head of the CERN Library, says: "Books should only be catalogued 
once. Currently the public purse pays for having the same book catalogued over 
and over again. Librarians should act as they preach: data sets created through 
public funding should be made freely available to anyone interested. Open 
Access is natural for us, here at CERN we believe in openness and reuse. There 
is a tremendous potential. By getting academic libraries worldwide involved in 
this movement, it will lead to a natural atmosphere of sharing and reusing 
bibliographic data in a rich landscape of so-called mash-up services, where 
most of the actors who will be involved, both among the users and the 
providers, will not even be library users or librarians. Our action is made in 
the spirit of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the 
Sciences and Humanities; bibliographic data belongs to the cultural 
heritage.All other signatories should align their policy accordingly." 

The data of CERN Library will be used by the Open Library Project to provide a 
webpage for every book and allow users to add content like table of contents, 
classifications and summaries. 

For massive reuse of data, the data will be provided soon by an open Z39.50, 
SRU and OAI interface via biblios.net, a repository of open bibliographic data. 

The whole dataset can be downloaded from
http://cern.ch/bookdata 

The press announcement is accompanied by a YouTube Video that can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CSmieTXbsk