Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

[Jodi Schneider]

I appreciate having delicious in the planet. Code4Lib's usage of this is one
of the few reasons I'm still using delicious (which then posts for me to
pinboard.in).

I'd appreciate more organization of code4lib photos, if anybody wants to
take stewardship of the flickr group we seem to have...

-Jodi

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Michael J. Giarlo <
leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu> wrote:

> Reasonable arguments.  The nice thing is that if delicious is removed,
> you can just subscribe to:
>
> http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/tag/code4lib
>
> Ultimately this comes down to preference and jrochkind's stewardship.
> :) (Personally, I've always found the delicious stuff a distraction; I
> can already track that elsewhere.)
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 17:35, Rosalyn Metz  wrote:
> > I agree with Ranti. Delicious has become a way for us to share articles
> we find interesting to other people following the planet feed. I would hate
> for that medium to disappear.
> >
> > Rosalyn
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ranti Junus 
> > Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:25:07
> > To: 
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR
> >
> > I'm a bit hesitant about removing delicious from the feed because I
> > think this burst is a temporary only. I like the idea that anything
> > code4lib will come in "one feed package" (that is, I don't have to go
> > and check on separate places.) But one's mileage might vary. If the
> > majority want it removed from the feed, then it's fine by me.
> >
> >
> > ranti.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Kevin S. Clarke 
> wrote:
> >> +1 to all that as well
> >>
> >> Kevin
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Michael J. Giarlo
> >>  wrote:
> >>> +1 to removing flickr
> >>> +1 to removing delicious as well
> >>> +1 to jrochkind using his discretion
> >>>
> >>> -Mike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:36, Jonathan Rochkind 
> wrote:
>  Yep, I agree, I'll remove flickr from the planet.
> 
>  CC'ing code4lib listserv in case anyone cares, you can make your case
> (on
>  list or in private email to me), but at the moment as 'editor' of the
> planet
>  I'm exersizing my editorial discretion to agree with Bernadette (I had
> the
>  same opinion, but was waiting to see if any 'users' asked for it
> before
>  doing it. :) ).
> 
>  [Other options for awareness of code4lib photos: 1)  Someone could add
> a
>  link to flickr search for tag code4lib to the code4lib home page,
> perhaps
>  under 'photos'.   2) If you happen to know that there are a bunch of
> photos
>  at a given time (like now), you could delicious-bookmark the _search
>  results_ for 'code4lib' tag on flickr.  Delicious tag code4lib is
> still on
>  the planet. But please don't bookmark every individual photo, or we'll
> be
>  back at square 1, heh. 3) Something else I haven't thought of. ]
> 
>  Jonathan
> 
>  Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> >
> > On Feb 27, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Bernadette Houghton wrote:
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Hi Eric, all the code4lib photos currently being posted on flickr
> are
> >> playing havoc with my feed reader and driving me around the bend.
> Would it
> >> be possible to remove that feed from planet code4lib? Or at least,
> if photos
> >> must be posted, can they be posted to a single web page so that feed
> readers
> >> don't get clogged up with 200 or so photos. There must have been at
> least
> >> that many in these past few days.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm sorry, but I am unable to help you in this regard. Maybe Jonathan
> > Rochkind  will be able to help...
> >
> >
> 
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bulk mail.  Postage paid.
> >
>

[CODE4LIB] attendees list? - and a plug for the 2011 conference wishlist

[Jodi Schneider]

One suggestion for next year (add yours to the wishlist [1]) was to share
peoples' names, email addresses, and affiliations.

I was thinking that the ship had sailed for 2010--but given this email I
wonder...

Would it help to distribute a list of this year's attendees, even though the
conference is over? For privacy, I'd imagine sending it via email to the
list of attendees.

-Jodi

[1] http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/C4L2011_planning_wishlist


On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Cindy Harper  wrote:

> Hi - I wonder - if the Google Book Search staff member who attended C4L10
> is
> monitoring this list, could he contact me off-list?  I didn't get a chance
> to continue the conversation that we almost started while waiting for
> dinner
> transportation Tuesday night, and I wonder what Google thinks of some ideas
> I have for using GBS data.  I didn't even get your name!
>
>
> Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian
> Colgate University Libraries
> char...@colgate.edu
> 315-228-7363
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

[Michael J. Giarlo]

Reasonable arguments.  The nice thing is that if delicious is removed,
you can just subscribe to:

 http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/tag/code4lib

Ultimately this comes down to preference and jrochkind's stewardship.
:) (Personally, I've always found the delicious stuff a distraction; I
can already track that elsewhere.)

-Mike



On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 17:35, Rosalyn Metz  wrote:
> I agree with Ranti. Delicious has become a way for us to share articles we 
> find interesting to other people following the planet feed. I would hate for 
> that medium to disappear.
>
> Rosalyn
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>
> -Original Message-
> From:         Ranti Junus 
> Date:         Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:25:07
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR
>
> I'm a bit hesitant about removing delicious from the feed because I
> think this burst is a temporary only. I like the idea that anything
> code4lib will come in "one feed package" (that is, I don't have to go
> and check on separate places.) But one's mileage might vary. If the
> majority want it removed from the feed, then it's fine by me.
>
>
> ranti.
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Kevin S. Clarke  wrote:
>> +1 to all that as well
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Michael J. Giarlo
>>  wrote:
>>> +1 to removing flickr
>>> +1 to removing delicious as well
>>> +1 to jrochkind using his discretion
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:36, Jonathan Rochkind  wrote:
 Yep, I agree, I'll remove flickr from the planet.

 CC'ing code4lib listserv in case anyone cares, you can make your case (on
 list or in private email to me), but at the moment as 'editor' of the 
 planet
 I'm exersizing my editorial discretion to agree with Bernadette (I had the
 same opinion, but was waiting to see if any 'users' asked for it before
 doing it. :) ).

 [Other options for awareness of code4lib photos: 1)  Someone could add a
 link to flickr search for tag code4lib to the code4lib home page, perhaps
 under 'photos'.   2) If you happen to know that there are a bunch of photos
 at a given time (like now), you could delicious-bookmark the _search
 results_ for 'code4lib' tag on flickr.  Delicious tag code4lib is still on
 the planet. But please don't bookmark every individual photo, or we'll be
 back at square 1, heh. 3) Something else I haven't thought of. ]

 Jonathan

 Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>
> On Feb 27, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Bernadette Houghton wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Hi Eric, all the code4lib photos currently being posted on flickr are
>> playing havoc with my feed reader and driving me around the bend. Would 
>> it
>> be possible to remove that feed from planet code4lib? Or at least, if 
>> photos
>> must be posted, can they be posted to a single web page so that feed 
>> readers
>> don't get clogged up with 200 or so photos. There must have been at least
>> that many in these past few days.
>>
>
>
>
> I'm sorry, but I am unable to help you in this regard. Maybe Jonathan
> Rochkind  will be able to help...
>
>

>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Bulk mail.  Postage paid.
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

[Rosalyn Metz]

I agree with Ranti. Delicious has become a way for us to share articles we find 
interesting to other people following the planet feed. I would hate for that 
medium to disappear. 

Rosalyn




Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed

-Original Message-
From: Ranti Junus 
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:25:07 
To: 
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

I'm a bit hesitant about removing delicious from the feed because I
think this burst is a temporary only. I like the idea that anything
code4lib will come in "one feed package" (that is, I don't have to go
and check on separate places.) But one's mileage might vary. If the
majority want it removed from the feed, then it's fine by me.


ranti.

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Kevin S. Clarke  wrote:
> +1 to all that as well
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Michael J. Giarlo
>  wrote:
>> +1 to removing flickr
>> +1 to removing delicious as well
>> +1 to jrochkind using his discretion
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:36, Jonathan Rochkind  wrote:
>>> Yep, I agree, I'll remove flickr from the planet.
>>>
>>> CC'ing code4lib listserv in case anyone cares, you can make your case (on
>>> list or in private email to me), but at the moment as 'editor' of the planet
>>> I'm exersizing my editorial discretion to agree with Bernadette (I had the
>>> same opinion, but was waiting to see if any 'users' asked for it before
>>> doing it. :) ).
>>>
>>> [Other options for awareness of code4lib photos: 1)  Someone could add a
>>> link to flickr search for tag code4lib to the code4lib home page, perhaps
>>> under 'photos'.   2) If you happen to know that there are a bunch of photos
>>> at a given time (like now), you could delicious-bookmark the _search
>>> results_ for 'code4lib' tag on flickr.  Delicious tag code4lib is still on
>>> the planet. But please don't bookmark every individual photo, or we'll be
>>> back at square 1, heh. 3) Something else I haven't thought of. ]
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>> Eric Lease Morgan wrote:

 On Feb 27, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Bernadette Houghton wrote:


>
> Hi Eric, all the code4lib photos currently being posted on flickr are
> playing havoc with my feed reader and driving me around the bend. Would it
> be possible to remove that feed from planet code4lib? Or at least, if 
> photos
> must be posted, can they be posted to a single web page so that feed 
> readers
> don't get clogged up with 200 or so photos. There must have been at least
> that many in these past few days.
>



 I'm sorry, but I am unable to help you in this regard. Maybe Jonathan
 Rochkind  will be able to help...


>>>
>>
>



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

[Jonathan Rochkind]

Yep, I do not plan to remove delicious from the feed right now, we'll 
see how it goes. (I find it convenient to be able to send a link to the 
'attention' of code4lib by delicious tagging it 'code4lib', and so far, 
I don't think this feature has led to too much usability trouble in the 
feed).


No need for a vote, although feel free to send me your love or hate of 
delicious in the planet feed in direct email, I try to be responsive to 
general community feelings in my role as 'editor' of the feed.


Jonathan

Ranti Junus wrote:

I'm a bit hesitant about removing delicious from the feed because I
think this burst is a temporary only. I like the idea that anything
code4lib will come in "one feed package" (that is, I don't have to go
and check on separate places.) But one's mileage might vary. If the
majority want it removed from the feed, then it's fine by me.


ranti.

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Kevin S. Clarke  wrote:
  

+1 to all that as well

Kevin


On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Michael J. Giarlo
 wrote:


+1 to removing flickr
+1 to removing delicious as well
+1 to jrochkind using his discretion

-Mike



On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:36, Jonathan Rochkind  wrote:
  

Yep, I agree, I'll remove flickr from the planet.

CC'ing code4lib listserv in case anyone cares, you can make your case (on
list or in private email to me), but at the moment as 'editor' of the planet
I'm exersizing my editorial discretion to agree with Bernadette (I had the
same opinion, but was waiting to see if any 'users' asked for it before
doing it. :) ).

[Other options for awareness of code4lib photos: 1)  Someone could add a
link to flickr search for tag code4lib to the code4lib home page, perhaps
under 'photos'.   2) If you happen to know that there are a bunch of photos
at a given time (like now), you could delicious-bookmark the _search
results_ for 'code4lib' tag on flickr.  Delicious tag code4lib is still on
the planet. But please don't bookmark every individual photo, or we'll be
back at square 1, heh. 3) Something else I haven't thought of. ]

Jonathan

Eric Lease Morgan wrote:


On Feb 27, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Bernadette Houghton wrote:


  

Hi Eric, all the code4lib photos currently being posted on flickr are
playing havoc with my feed reader and driving me around the bend. Would it
be possible to remove that feed from planet code4lib? Or at least, if photos
must be posted, can they be posted to a single web page so that feed readers
don't get clogged up with 200 or so photos. There must have been at least
that many in these past few days.




I'm sorry, but I am unable to help you in this regard. Maybe Jonathan
Rochkind  will be able to help...


  




  

Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

[Ranti Junus]

I'm a bit hesitant about removing delicious from the feed because I
think this burst is a temporary only. I like the idea that anything
code4lib will come in "one feed package" (that is, I don't have to go
and check on separate places.) But one's mileage might vary. If the
majority want it removed from the feed, then it's fine by me.


ranti.

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Kevin S. Clarke  wrote:
> +1 to all that as well
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Michael J. Giarlo
>  wrote:
>> +1 to removing flickr
>> +1 to removing delicious as well
>> +1 to jrochkind using his discretion
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:36, Jonathan Rochkind  wrote:
>>> Yep, I agree, I'll remove flickr from the planet.
>>>
>>> CC'ing code4lib listserv in case anyone cares, you can make your case (on
>>> list or in private email to me), but at the moment as 'editor' of the planet
>>> I'm exersizing my editorial discretion to agree with Bernadette (I had the
>>> same opinion, but was waiting to see if any 'users' asked for it before
>>> doing it. :) ).
>>>
>>> [Other options for awareness of code4lib photos: 1)  Someone could add a
>>> link to flickr search for tag code4lib to the code4lib home page, perhaps
>>> under 'photos'.   2) If you happen to know that there are a bunch of photos
>>> at a given time (like now), you could delicious-bookmark the _search
>>> results_ for 'code4lib' tag on flickr.  Delicious tag code4lib is still on
>>> the planet. But please don't bookmark every individual photo, or we'll be
>>> back at square 1, heh. 3) Something else I haven't thought of. ]
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>> Eric Lease Morgan wrote:

 On Feb 27, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Bernadette Houghton wrote:


>
> Hi Eric, all the code4lib photos currently being posted on flickr are
> playing havoc with my feed reader and driving me around the bend. Would it
> be possible to remove that feed from planet code4lib? Or at least, if 
> photos
> must be posted, can they be posted to a single web page so that feed 
> readers
> don't get clogged up with 200 or so photos. There must have been at least
> that many in these past few days.
>



 I'm sorry, but I am unable to help you in this regard. Maybe Jonathan
 Rochkind  will be able to help...


>>>
>>
>



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Temporary redirection and the location bar

[Erik Hetzner]

At Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:00:15 -0500,
Esme Cowles  wrote:
>
> One solution to this problem is to use a reverse proxy instead of a
> redirect. We do this for our ARKs, so temporary URL is not shown to
> the end user at all.
>
> This is not a general solution, especially for people who are
> redirecting externally and are concerned about the phishing scenario
> described in:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/NOTE-cuap-20010206#cp-temp-redir
>
> I think the ideal solution would be to have the browser location bar
> show the original URL, with a conspicuous indication of redirection,
> which would provide access to the redirection chain and the final
> URL. Bookmarking would default to the original URL, but provide the
> option of using the final URL instead.

Hi Esme -

This is a great solution, as long as you control both sides. Thanks
for pointing it out.

Your solution for the browser is very close to one proposed at [1].
This bug is now 9 years old.

I believe that there is some reluctance among browser authors to
change the behavior at this point.

If others on this list are interested in persistent identifiers, and
you have some time, I think it would be worth your while to research
this issue. It might be useful in the future to demonstrate that there
are people who care about this issue.

best,
Erik Hetzner

1. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68423#c11
;; Erik Hetzner, California Digital Library
;; gnupg key id: 1024D/01DB07E3


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Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L10 "Mobile Web App Design" slides

[Jason Casden]

I was actually referring to the webOS emulator:

http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1744&Itemid=58

"Currently, the emulator does not support the following:

* Accelerometer
* Audio
* Bluetooth (UI and any interface-specific APIs do not work in the emulator)
* Camera
* Gesture area
* Multi-touch
* Rotation
* Sound
* Video
* Wi-Fi (UI and any interface-specific APIs do not work in the emulator,
but network connectivity works by using the desktop connection)"

If the emulator supported multi-touch and rotation, I think this would work
well for testing any mobile web content where the developer is concerned
about memory and processor limitations. I think a lot of physical devices
can work well as a canary in the coal mine, though. If I weren't messing
with maps so much, it probably wouldn't be a big problem.

Jason

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L10 "Mobile Web App Design" slides

[Doran, Michael D]

Hi Jason,

> I have mostly worked in the iPhone Simulator, but in this case you will
> miss out on testing some of the device's resource limitations.

This does seem to be the more the case for the iPhone Simulator.  And I think 
you are correct to point out that the difference between a simulator (as comes 
with the iPhone SDK) and am emulator (as come with the Android or Palm SDKs) is 
more that must a matter of semantics.  The Stack Overflow forum has some 
interesting things to say on this topic [1].

> If it supported multi-touch and rotation, it would probably be a great
> testing environment. For now, I'll just keep an iPod Touch on my desk.

If by rotation, you mean switching between portrait and landscape orientations, 
then the iPhone Simulator *does* support that.  I also believe you can do some 
multi-touch on the Simulator via the "option" key + mouse controls [2].

Having an actual iPhone or iPod Touch is definitely the best testing 
environment though for that platform!  

-- Michael

[1] Stack Overflow > iPhone device vs. iPhone simulator
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/380062/iphone-device-vs-iphone-simulator

[2] See a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGu52JNUSpQ

# Michael Doran, Systems Librarian
# University of Texas at Arlington
# 817-272-5326 office
# 817-688-1926 mobile
# do...@uta.edu
# http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/
 

> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of
> Jason Casden
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:53 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L10 "Mobile Web App Design" slides
> 
> I have mostly worked in the iPhone Simulator, but in this case you will
> miss
> out on testing some of the device's resource limitations. I have had
> issues
> both with a native application and a mobile web app where I had smooth
> sailing in the simulator but then had crashes due to memory limitations
> on
> the actual device. Also, I have run into some things (maps) which run
> great
> in the simulator, but are crap on the device. While the simulator is
> still
> hugely useful and does allow you to fake an out of memory call, it's
> definitely not complete (in this case).
> 
> Actually, I bet this is a Simulator vs. Emulator issue. I see that the
> Palm
> webOS Emulator runs in a virtual machine, and I am able to get some
> slow map
> performance out of it. If it supported multi-touch and rotation, it
> would
> probably be a great testing environment. For now, I'll just keep an
> iPod
> Touch on my desk.
> 
> Jason

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Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L10 "Mobile Web App Design" slides

[Jason Casden]

I have mostly worked in the iPhone Simulator, but in this case you will miss
out on testing some of the device's resource limitations. I have had issues
both with a native application and a mobile web app where I had smooth
sailing in the simulator but then had crashes due to memory limitations on
the actual device. Also, I have run into some things (maps) which run great
in the simulator, but are crap on the device. While the simulator is still
hugely useful and does allow you to fake an out of memory call, it's
definitely not complete (in this case).

Actually, I bet this is a Simulator vs. Emulator issue. I see that the Palm
webOS Emulator runs in a virtual machine, and I am able to get some slow map
performance out of it. If it supported multi-touch and rotation, it would
probably be a great testing environment. For now, I'll just keep an iPod
Touch on my desk.

Jason

Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

[Kevin S. Clarke]

+1 to all that as well

Kevin


On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Michael J. Giarlo
 wrote:
> +1 to removing flickr
> +1 to removing delicious as well
> +1 to jrochkind using his discretion
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:36, Jonathan Rochkind  wrote:
>> Yep, I agree, I'll remove flickr from the planet.
>>
>> CC'ing code4lib listserv in case anyone cares, you can make your case (on
>> list or in private email to me), but at the moment as 'editor' of the planet
>> I'm exersizing my editorial discretion to agree with Bernadette (I had the
>> same opinion, but was waiting to see if any 'users' asked for it before
>> doing it. :) ).
>>
>> [Other options for awareness of code4lib photos: 1)  Someone could add a
>> link to flickr search for tag code4lib to the code4lib home page, perhaps
>> under 'photos'.   2) If you happen to know that there are a bunch of photos
>> at a given time (like now), you could delicious-bookmark the _search
>> results_ for 'code4lib' tag on flickr.  Delicious tag code4lib is still on
>> the planet. But please don't bookmark every individual photo, or we'll be
>> back at square 1, heh. 3) Something else I haven't thought of. ]
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>>>
>>> On Feb 27, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Bernadette Houghton wrote:
>>>
>>>

 Hi Eric, all the code4lib photos currently being posted on flickr are
 playing havoc with my feed reader and driving me around the bend. Would it
 be possible to remove that feed from planet code4lib? Or at least, if 
 photos
 must be posted, can they be posted to a single web page so that feed 
 readers
 don't get clogged up with 200 or so photos. There must have been at least
 that many in these past few days.

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, but I am unable to help you in this regard. Maybe Jonathan
>>> Rochkind  will be able to help...
>>>
>>>
>>
>

[CODE4LIB] Last Call: Editors Wanted for the Code4Lib Journal

[Andrew Darby]

Hello, all.  And sorry if you've seen this message three times now . .
. this is the last posting, honest.

The Code4Lib Journal is looking for volunteers to join its editorial
committee.  Editorial committee members work collaboratively to
produce the quarterly Code4Lib Journal.  Editors are expected to:

* Read, discuss, and vote on incoming proposals.
* Volunteer to be the assigned editor or second reader for specific proposals.
   ** Assigned editors work with the author(s) to make sure the
article is as strong as possible, that the copy is clean, and
deadlines are met.  They also enter the article into WordPress, making
sure the formatting is okay, all images and tables look good, etc.
   ** Second readers act as a second set of eyes for the assigned editor.
* Read and comment on any other article that interests you.
* Volunteer for administrative tasks and projects as they crop up.
* Take a turn as Coordinating Editor for an Issue.  The Coordinating
Editor shepherds the issue through its life cycle.

We seek an individual who is self-motivated, organized and able to
meet deadlines; is familiar with ideas and trends in the field; and
has an interest in the mechanics of writing.  There is a sometimes
significant time commitment involved; expect to set aside ten or more
hours a month.

It sounds like a lot of work, but it's also a lot of fun (if editing
is your idea of fun).

Intrigued?  Please send a letter of interest by Friday, March 5th to
c4lj-artic...@googlegroups.com.  Your letter should address these two
basic questions:

1) What is your vision for the Code4Lib Journal? Why are you interested in it?

2) How can you contribute to the Code4Lib Journal, i.e. what do you
have to offer?

We plan to make decisions about additional editors soonish.  We met
some prospective editors at the Conference, but if you want more
information drop us a line at
c4lj-artic...@googlegroups.com.

Andrew Darby
on behalf of the Code4Lib Editorial Committee

[CODE4LIB] The conf; my EmeraldView presentation

[Yitzchak Schaffer]

Hi all, thanks for a great conference!  Special thanks to Naomi Dushay, 
Jessie Keck, and Bess Sadler and the rest of the Blacklight team for an 
awesome precon which gave me a good kick in the pants in terms of TDD, 
and more goodies.


I notice that Solr has gone from preconference curiosity a few years 
back (IIRC) to a de facto standard in so much of our best software.


In terms of my own lightning talk, apologies if it lacked coherency and 
direction; I spent most of my prep time bashing out the last of the 
pre-beta bug fixes & enhancements, and getting the wiki up on the 
hosting site, etc.


My main intention was to share an approach to dealing with a 
showstopping problem in an otherwise-useful mature OSS app, that worked 
for us.  I was also hoping to demo the blasted thing, but ran out of 
time.  So, the closing remarks I didn't get to give: if you have some 
product, part of which works, and part of which is useless, see if you 
can manage to get your tentacles into the working part and hack it. 
Once I discovered that Greenstone collections can be configured to use 
Lucene (for fulltext and metadata indexing) and SQLite (descriptive and 
structural metadata store), and PHP has good support for those 
technologies, I figured it was worth a shot - and a few thousand lines 
of code later, it works.  We hope.


Bonus points for hacking in a foreign language - I wanted to add search 
result snippet support, and after rummaging around in the Greenstone 
collection-building code (and giving up in despair buried to my waist in 
mind-bending, weirdly-formatted OOP Perl code, then discovering 
perl-tidy and going back to it again), I discovered that the indexing 
tweak I needed involved some Java that works with the native Lucene 
libraries.  I don't really know Java, but who cares - I read the code, 
added a line, did a make - and it works!  Try the impossible.


--
Yitzchak Schaffer (yitznewton)
Systems Manager
Touro College Libraries
33 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Tel (212) 463-0400 x5230
Fax (212) 627-3197
Email yitzchak.schaf...@tourolib.org

Access Problems? Contact systems.libr...@touro.edu

[CODE4LIB] A Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation

[Bill Anderson]

Apologies for cross-posting

Announcement: publication of A Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation

http://www.metaarchive.org/GDDP

Authored by members of the MetaArchive Cooperative, A Guide to Distributed 
Digital Preservation is the first of a series of volumes from the Educopia 
Institute describing successful collaborative strategies and articulating 
specific new models that may help cultural memory organizations work together 
for their mutual benefit.

This volume is devoted to the broad topic of distributed digital preservation, 
a still-emerging field of practice for the cultural memory arena. Replication 
and distribution hold out the promise of indefinite preservation of materials 
without degradation, but establishing effective organizational and technical 
processes to enable this form of digital preservation is daunting. Institutions 
need practical examples of how this task can be accomplished in manageable, 
low-cost ways.

This guide is written with a broad audience in mind that includes librarians, 
archivists, scholars, curators, technologists, lawyers, and administrators. 
Readers may use this guide to gain both a philosophical and practical 
understanding of the emerging field of distributed digital preservation, 
including how to establish or join a network.

Readers may access A Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation as a freely 
downloadable pdf and/or as a print publication for purchase. Please visit 
http://www.metaarchive.org/GDDP to download or order the book.

**

The MetaArchive Cooperative provides low-cost, high-impact preservation 
services to help ensure the long-term accessibility of the digital assets of 
universities, libraries, museums, and other cultural memory organizations. In 
addition to preserving members’ digital content in a distributed digital 
preservation network, the Cooperative also offers consulting and education 
services to institutions that seek training in digital preservation planning, 
policy creation, and implementation, including setting up and running Private 
LOCKSS Networks (http://www.lockss.org).

For more information, please contact Program Manager Katherine Skinner 
(katherine.skin...@metaarchive.org).

Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

[Michael J. Giarlo]

+1 to removing flickr
+1 to removing delicious as well
+1 to jrochkind using his discretion

-Mike



On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:36, Jonathan Rochkind  wrote:
> Yep, I agree, I'll remove flickr from the planet.
>
> CC'ing code4lib listserv in case anyone cares, you can make your case (on
> list or in private email to me), but at the moment as 'editor' of the planet
> I'm exersizing my editorial discretion to agree with Bernadette (I had the
> same opinion, but was waiting to see if any 'users' asked for it before
> doing it. :) ).
>
> [Other options for awareness of code4lib photos: 1)  Someone could add a
> link to flickr search for tag code4lib to the code4lib home page, perhaps
> under 'photos'.   2) If you happen to know that there are a bunch of photos
> at a given time (like now), you could delicious-bookmark the _search
> results_ for 'code4lib' tag on flickr.  Delicious tag code4lib is still on
> the planet. But please don't bookmark every individual photo, or we'll be
> back at square 1, heh. 3) Something else I haven't thought of. ]
>
> Jonathan
>
> Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 27, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Bernadette Houghton wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Eric, all the code4lib photos currently being posted on flickr are
>>> playing havoc with my feed reader and driving me around the bend. Would it
>>> be possible to remove that feed from planet code4lib? Or at least, if photos
>>> must be posted, can they be posted to a single web page so that feed readers
>>> don't get clogged up with 200 or so photos. There must have been at least
>>> that many in these past few days.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm sorry, but I am unable to help you in this regard. Maybe Jonathan
>> Rochkind  will be able to help...
>>
>>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Planet code4lib - FLICKR

[Jonathan Rochkind]

Yep, I agree, I'll remove flickr from the planet.

CC'ing code4lib listserv in case anyone cares, you can make your case 
(on list or in private email to me), but at the moment as 'editor' of 
the planet I'm exersizing my editorial discretion to agree with 
Bernadette (I had the same opinion, but was waiting to see if any 
'users' asked for it before doing it. :) ).


[Other options for awareness of code4lib photos: 1)  Someone could add a 
link to flickr search for tag code4lib to the code4lib home page, 
perhaps under 'photos'.   2) If you happen to know that there are a 
bunch of photos at a given time (like now), you could delicious-bookmark 
the _search results_ for 'code4lib' tag on flickr.  Delicious tag 
code4lib is still on the planet. But please don't bookmark every 
individual photo, or we'll be back at square 1, heh. 3) Something else I 
haven't thought of. ]


Jonathan

Eric Lease Morgan wrote:

On Feb 27, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Bernadette Houghton wrote:

  
Hi Eric, all the code4lib photos currently being posted on flickr are 
playing havoc with my feed reader and driving me around the bend. Would it 
be possible to remove that feed from planet code4lib? Or at least, if photos 
must be posted, can they be posted to a single web page so that feed readers 
don't get clogged up with 200 or so photos. There must have been at least 
that many in these past few days.





I'm sorry, but I am unable to help you in this regard. Maybe Jonathan Rochkind 
 will be able to help...

  

[CODE4LIB] Google Book Search staff member?

[Cindy Harper]

Hi - I wonder - if the Google Book Search staff member who attended C4L10 is
monitoring this list, could he contact me off-list?  I didn't get a chance
to continue the conversation that we almost started while waiting for dinner
transportation Tuesday night, and I wonder what Google thinks of some ideas
I have for using GBS data.  I didn't even get your name!


Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian
Colgate University Libraries
char...@colgate.edu
315-228-7363

Re: [CODE4LIB] a first look at Code4Lib

[Gabriel Farrell]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:42:45PM +, Mike Taylor wrote:
> On 25 February 2010 12:07, Eric Lease Morgan  wrote:
> >> http://eric.clst.org/C4L/FirstLook
> >
> > Alas, I tried to post a comment to your First Look but I got an error upon 
> > submission. My comment is below:
> >
> >  I believe your assessment is right on target.
> >
> >  Code4Lib is mostly about community -- a community with a shared
> >  purpose of making computers more useful tools in the field of
> >  librarianship. [1] The community is a lot like an open source
> >  software community, and while open source software is held in
> >  high esteem, the community does not negate "closed" source
> >  software. In Code4Lib authority is often times based on the
> >  concept of metreocity..
> 
> I guess that's something between a meritocracy and an atrocity :-)

I believe Eric was referring to the sister city of Detroit, Lxorbanor on
planet Oodlefarb, otherwise known as "Meteor City."

Great comment overall, Eric, and good catch, Mike.