Re: [CODE4LIB] SerSol 360Link API?
Hiya We're using it to add e-holdings into to our OPAC, e.g. http://library.hud.ac.uk/catlink/bib/396817/ I've also tried using the API to add the coverage info to the availability text for journals in Summon (e.g. Availability: print (1998-2005) electronic (2000-present)). I've made quite a few tweaks to our 360 Link (mostly using jQuery), so I'm half tempted to have a go using the API to develop a complete replacement for 360 Link. If anyone's already done that, I'd be keen to hear more. regards Dave Pattern University of Huddersfield From: Code for Libraries [code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind [rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent: 19 April 2010 03:50 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] SerSol 360Link API? Is anyone using the SerSol 360Link API in a real-world production or near-production application? If so, I'm curious what you are using it for, what your experiences have been, and in particular if you have information on typical response times of their web API. You could reply on list or off list just to me. If I get interesting information especially from several sources, I'll try to summarize on list and/or blog either way. Jonathan --- This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Sub-mailing lists
I would rather see mail go to the main mailing list, to avoid fragmentation. I propose using naming conventions to help people filter. e.g. [LOCAL] Code4LibNorth or [LOCAL] MDV Otherwise, I'll *never* figure out what's going on anywhere. YMMV. -Jodi On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:54 PM, LeVan,Ralph le...@oclc.org wrote: *Red Letter Day!* :-) I agree with Mike. Ralph -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Taylor Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 8:33 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Sub-mailing lists For whatever little it may be worth, I'm finding that the (to me) noise on this list is greatly outweighing the signal at the moment, because of all the regional stuff. I'd welcome a splitting of the list. On 8 April 2010 13:28, Ranti Junus ranti.ju...@gmail.com wrote: I have no preference whether the planning discussions for regional meetings would be conducted on code4lib or code4lib-[regional]. If the regional group decides to have their own list, I do appreciate the occasional shout-outs about it on the code4lib. Moreover, discussions for regionals that are located in a country where official language is not English, it would probably easier for those groups to have their own list. thanks, ranti. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
[CODE4LIB] twitter archives? (conference hashtags)
I'm looking for twitter archives for #c4l09 and #c4l10. Did anybody crawl these? Thanks! -Jodi
Re: [CODE4LIB] twitter archives? (conference hashtags)
@anarchivist created this for the 2010: http://www.twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/c4l10 but no c4l09 found. ranti. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Jodi Schneider jschnei...@pobox.com wrote: I'm looking for twitter archives for #c4l09 and #c4l10. Did anybody crawl these? Thanks! -Jodi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups code4libcon group. To post to this group, send email to code4lib...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to code4libcon+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/code4libcon?hl=en. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
[CODE4LIB] midwest meeting
Another tentative date has been set for a Code4Lib Midwest Regional Meeting -- June 11 here at the University of Notre Dame. Please consider completing the Doodle Poll to help us gauge whether or not this is good date and how many days we should allot for the event: http://www.doodle.com/kdnyrn2cg6afa525 See also the wiki: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Midwest Thanks! -- Eric Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] SerSol 360Link API?
I wrote to-JSON proxy a while ago: http://libx.lib.vt.edu/services/link360/index.html I found the Link360 doesn't handle load very well. Even a small burst of requests leads to a spike in latency and error responses. I ask SS if this was a bug or part of some intentional throttling attempt, but never received a reply. Didn't pursue it further. http://libx.lib.vt.edu/services/link360/index.html - Godmar On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:42 AM, David Pattern d.c.patt...@hud.ac.ukwrote: Hiya We're using it to add e-holdings into to our OPAC, e.g. http://library.hud.ac.uk/catlink/bib/396817/ I've also tried using the API to add the coverage info to the availability text for journals in Summon (e.g. Availability: print (1998-2005) electronic (2000-present)). I've made quite a few tweaks to our 360 Link (mostly using jQuery), so I'm half tempted to have a go using the API to develop a complete replacement for 360 Link. If anyone's already done that, I'd be keen to hear more. regards Dave Pattern University of Huddersfield From: Code for Libraries [code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind [rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent: 19 April 2010 03:50 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] SerSol 360Link API? Is anyone using the SerSol 360Link API in a real-world production or near-production application? If so, I'm curious what you are using it for, what your experiences have been, and in particular if you have information on typical response times of their web API. You could reply on list or off list just to me. If I get interesting information especially from several sources, I'll try to summarize on list and/or blog either way. Jonathan --- This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability.
Re: [CODE4LIB] SerSol 360Link API?
Hi all, Using 360 link api, our catalog shows availabilities (coverage ranges, database or provider names) of e-journals on the top-right of the screen. E.g., https://op.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/webopac/catdbl.do?bibid=SB00161282 Here some JavaScript code scrapes the title and issn from the catalog page after loaded, and calls the api asynchronously. All what I did for this was coding JavaScript (and Perl/CGI) scripts, and write script src=... tags on the page. -- HAYASHI, Yutaka Interlibrary Loan Section, Kyoto University Library On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Godmar Back god...@gmail.com wrote: I wrote to-JSON proxy a while ago: http://libx.lib.vt.edu/services/link360/index.html I found the Link360 doesn't handle load very well. Even a small burst of requests leads to a spike in latency and error responses. I ask SS if this was a bug or part of some intentional throttling attempt, but never received a reply. Didn't pursue it further. http://libx.lib.vt.edu/services/link360/index.html - Godmar On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:42 AM, David Pattern d.c.patt...@hud.ac.ukwrote: Hiya We're using it to add e-holdings into to our OPAC, e.g. http://library.hud.ac.uk/catlink/bib/396817/ I've also tried using the API to add the coverage info to the availability text for journals in Summon (e.g. Availability: print (1998-2005) electronic (2000-present)). I've made quite a few tweaks to our 360 Link (mostly using jQuery), so I'm half tempted to have a go using the API to develop a complete replacement for 360 Link. If anyone's already done that, I'd be keen to hear more. regards Dave Pattern University of Huddersfield From: Code for Libraries [code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind [rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent: 19 April 2010 03:50 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] SerSol 360Link API? Is anyone using the SerSol 360Link API in a real-world production or near-production application? If so, I'm curious what you are using it for, what your experiences have been, and in particular if you have information on typical response times of their web API. You could reply on list or off list just to me. If I get interesting information especially from several sources, I'll try to summarize on list and/or blog either way. Jonathan --- This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability.
[CODE4LIB] Vacancy at the Bodleian Libraries - Application Development and Support
Bodleian Libraries, University Of Oxford Job Title: Application Development and Support Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire (UK) Job type: This is a fixed term contract for 3 years Description: The Bodleian Libraries are currently undertaking a number of major IT projects including the implementation of a new Integrated Library System and implementation of software to support the operation of a new high density Book Storage Facility. We are seeking an experienced application developer to join an established team in order to support these (and future) projects; further develop and enhance these applications once live e.g. to increase automation, improve data reporting, provide greater cross-system integration and provide day-to-day support to the applications. You will have proven scripting abilities using Perl (or equivalent), familiarity with UNIX/ Linux shell scripting and established SQL development skills preferably gained in an Oracle development environment. You must be adaptable and willing to apply your knowledge and skills to the many and varied challenges that the team encounters. You should have proven technical ability, problem solving skills and be a structured and logical thinker able to propose and deliver efficient and effective solutions to meet user needs. Further details and an application form may be obtained from our website: http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/bl9161ads.shtml or from the Bodleian Libraries Personnel Office: tel. +44(0)1865 277622; email person...@bodleian.ox.ac.uk Please note we do not accept CVs as applications. Applications are to arrive no later than the 3rd May 2010. Interviews are due to take place in the week commencing 10th May. Please quote reference number BL9161. Regards, Andrew Andrew Bonnie IT Programmes Manager Systems and e-Resources Service, Bodleian Libraries, Osney One Building, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0EW tel: +44-(0)1865-283819 (int. 83819) e-mail: andrew.bon...@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Re: [CODE4LIB] SerSol 360Link API?
Heh, what I _eventually_ want to do is develop a plugin for Umlaut to let it talk to SerSol 360Link -- so Umlaut could be your complete replacement for 360 Link, that comes with LOTS of extra features. Keep it in mind as an option if you start heading that way! [As you know, I use Horizon too, so Umlaut already has some nice Horizon hooks]. Thanks for the info Dave. Do you have anything to say about response time of the SerSol API? Jonathan David Pattern wrote: Hiya We're using it to add e-holdings into to our OPAC, e.g. http://library.hud.ac.uk/catlink/bib/396817/ I've also tried using the API to add the coverage info to the availability text for journals in Summon (e.g. Availability: print (1998-2005) electronic (2000-present)). I've made quite a few tweaks to our 360 Link (mostly using jQuery), so I'm half tempted to have a go using the API to develop a complete replacement for 360 Link. If anyone's already done that, I'd be keen to hear more. regards Dave Pattern University of Huddersfield From: Code for Libraries [code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind [rochk...@jhu.edu] Sent: 19 April 2010 03:50 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] SerSol 360Link API? Is anyone using the SerSol 360Link API in a real-world production or near-production application? If so, I'm curious what you are using it for, what your experiences have been, and in particular if you have information on typical response times of their web API. You could reply on list or off list just to me. If I get interesting information especially from several sources, I'll try to summarize on list and/or blog either way. Jonathan --- This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability.
[CODE4LIB] Reference string parsing and document logical structure software available: ParsCit 100401
Dear all: The ParsCit team has also been updating the ParsCit package, and is happy to announce a new version that improves on classification accuracy. This version also adds a fully-integrated module that adds document logical structure parsing so that that each line of the input is classified among 23 logical structure categories (e.g., page number, title, section header, figure, table, figureCaption, etc.) can be extracted from either plain text or XML output files that come from an OCR engine. The version also benefits from a number of user contributed fixes and training data. You can either download a copy of ParsCit for your own use, or use it through a web services interface. We welcome your feedback and hope that if you use ParsCit or any other freely available reference string parsing tool that you can contribute annotated data to help make these models more robust. ParsCit (and its online demos) are available from: http://wing.comp.nus.edu.sg/parsCit/ Current Distribution: http://wing.comp.nus.edu.sg/parsCit/parscit-100401.zip Cheers, Min
[CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
-- Forwarded message -- From: Erin Coburn ecob...@getty.edu Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:54 AM The Museum Computer Network (MCN), Gallery Systems, and the J. Paul Getty Trust are pleased to offer a free Webinar on a new vocabulary under development, the Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA). Introducing the Getty’s new Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT The Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) is a new Getty vocabulary currently under development. It is scheduled for introduction to the contributor community in 2011. CONA will join the other three Getty vocabularies, the Art Architecture Thesaurus® (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® (TGN), and the Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN), as a tool for cataloging and retrieval of art information. CONA will contain titles, current location, and other core information for cultural works. The scope of CONA will include architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and archaeological artifacts. Murtha Baca, Head of Digital Art History Access at the Getty Research Institute, and Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, will present an introduction to CONA and will be available for questions. To register, please go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/307938058
Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
I wonder how many thousands of dollars they will charge to use this. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Mark A. Matienzo m...@matienzo.orgwrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Erin Coburn ecob...@getty.edu Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:54 AM The Museum Computer Network (MCN), Gallery Systems, and the J. Paul Getty Trust are pleased to offer a free Webinar on a new vocabulary under development, the Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA). Introducing the Getty’s new Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT The Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) is a new Getty vocabulary currently under development. It is scheduled for introduction to the contributor community in 2011. CONA will join the other three Getty vocabularies, the Art Architecture Thesaurus® (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® (TGN), and the Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN), as a tool for cataloging and retrieval of art information. CONA will contain titles, current location, and other core information for cultural works. The scope of CONA will include architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and archaeological artifacts. Murtha Baca, Head of Digital Art History Access at the Getty Research Institute, and Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, will present an introduction to CONA and will be available for questions. To register, please go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/307938058
Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
Actually, their licensing terms for non-profits are very reasonable. On 4/19/2010 11:43 AM, Ethan Gruber wrote: I wonder how many thousands of dollars they will charge to use this. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Mark A. Matienzom...@matienzo.orgwrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Erin Coburnecob...@getty.edu Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:54 AM The Museum Computer Network (MCN), Gallery Systems, and the J. Paul Getty Trust are pleased to offer a free Webinar on a new vocabulary under development, the Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA). Introducing the Getty’s new Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT The Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) is a new Getty vocabulary currently under development. It is scheduled for introduction to the contributor community in 2011. CONA will join the other three Getty vocabularies, the Art Architecture Thesaurus® (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® (TGN), and the Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN), as a tool for cataloging and retrieval of art information. CONA will contain titles, current location, and other core information for cultural works. The scope of CONA will include architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and archaeological artifacts. Murtha Baca, Head of Digital Art History Access at the Getty Research Institute, and Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, will present an introduction to CONA and will be available for questions. To register, please go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/307938058 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] -- Cory Rockliff Technical Services Librarian Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture 18 West 86th Street New York, NY 10024 T: (212) 501-3037 rockl...@bgc.bard.edu --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
They wanted at least $1000 for the geographic terms. Doesn't sound very reasonable to me, to be honest, especially since I was considering developing an application based on their own CDWA schema. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Cory Rockliff rockl...@bgc.bard.eduwrote: Actually, their licensing terms for non-profits are very reasonable. On 4/19/2010 11:43 AM, Ethan Gruber wrote: I wonder how many thousands of dollars they will charge to use this. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Mark A. Matienzom...@matienzo.org wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Erin Coburnecob...@getty.edu Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:54 AM The Museum Computer Network (MCN), Gallery Systems, and the J. Paul Getty Trust are pleased to offer a free Webinar on a new vocabulary under development, the Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA). Introducing the Getty’s new Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT The Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) is a new Getty vocabulary currently under development. It is scheduled for introduction to the contributor community in 2011. CONA will join the other three Getty vocabularies, the Art Architecture Thesaurus® (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® (TGN), and the Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN), as a tool for cataloging and retrieval of art information. CONA will contain titles, current location, and other core information for cultural works. The scope of CONA will include architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and archaeological artifacts. Murtha Baca, Head of Digital Art History Access at the Getty Research Institute, and Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, will present an introduction to CONA and will be available for questions. To register, please go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/307938058 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] -- Cory Rockliff Technical Services Librarian Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture 18 West 86th Street New York, NY 10024 T: (212) 501-3037 rockl...@bgc.bard.edu --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
I believe that's $1000 for a five-year license, or $200 a year, for unlimited use of the data as an XML download and/or as a web service. That compares pretty favorably to, e.g., $325 / year minimum for access to RDA Toolkit. The real question here, I think, is not whether the price is right, but whether licensing of this sort is the best course for the Getty to pursue. They do already provide free access to their vocabularies in human-readable form--why not expand that into open access to the underlying data? The Getty vocabularies are far richer, semantically, than LCSH; within their domain, they'd be a great deal more useful as linked data than LCSH is in its id.loc.gov incarnation. I see no reason why publishing the Getty vocabularies as open linked data should disrupt their business model as a whole, either--they could continue to license their data to the commercial vendors who use them in, e.g., collection management systems, while providing this service to the community at large. On 4/19/2010 1:03 PM, Ethan Gruber wrote: They wanted at least $1000 for the geographic terms. Doesn't sound very reasonable to me, to be honest, especially since I was considering developing an application based on their own CDWA schema. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Cory Rockliffrockl...@bgc.bard.eduwrote: Actually, their licensing terms for non-profits are very reasonable. On 4/19/2010 11:43 AM, Ethan Gruber wrote: I wonder how many thousands of dollars they will charge to use this. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Mark A. Matienzom...@matienzo.org wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Erin Coburnecob...@getty.edu Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:54 AM The Museum Computer Network (MCN), Gallery Systems, and the J. Paul Getty Trust are pleased to offer a free Webinar on a new vocabulary under development, the Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA). Introducing the Getty’s new Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT The Cultural Objects Name Authority™ (CONA) is a new Getty vocabulary currently under development. It is scheduled for introduction to the contributor community in 2011. CONA will join the other three Getty vocabularies, the Art Architecture Thesaurus® (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® (TGN), and the Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN), as a tool for cataloging and retrieval of art information. CONA will contain titles, current location, and other core information for cultural works. The scope of CONA will include architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and archaeological artifacts. Murtha Baca, Head of Digital Art History Access at the Getty Research Institute, and Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, will present an introduction to CONA and will be available for questions. To register, please go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/307938058 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] -- Cory Rockliff Technical Services Librarian Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture 18 West 86th Street New York, NY 10024 T: (212) 501-3037 rockl...@bgc.bard.edu --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] -- Cory Rockliff Technical Services Librarian Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture 18 West 86th Street New York, NY 10024 T: (212) 501-3037 rockl...@bgc.bard.edu --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
That's actually exceptionally reasonable for a 5-year license. They've charged quite a bit more to commercial developers that wanted to include the vocabularies in their systems for resale. I can think of other services that charge nonprofits $1,000/year for use of authorities. The vocabularies are copyrighted and not freeware. They're not simple compilations, and I can say this as someone who contributed work to the AAT efforts in the late 80s and early 90s. Leslie -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 1:04 PM To: Johnston, Leslie; Code for Libraries Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA) They wanted at least $1000 for the geographic terms. Doesn't sound very reasonable to me, to be honest, especially since I was considering developing an application based on their own CDWA schema. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Cory Rockliff rockl...@bgc.bard.eduwrote: Actually, their licensing terms for non-profits are very reasonable. On 4/19/2010 11:43 AM, Ethan Gruber wrote: I wonder how many thousands of dollars they will charge to use this. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Mark A. Matienzom...@matienzo.org wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Erin Coburnecob...@getty.edu Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:54 AM The Museum Computer Network (MCN), Gallery Systems, and the J. Paul Getty Trust are pleased to offer a free Webinar on a new vocabulary under development, the Cultural Objects Name Authority(tm) (CONA). Introducing the Getty's new Cultural Objects Name Authority(tm) (CONA) Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT The Cultural Objects Name Authority(tm) (CONA) is a new Getty vocabulary currently under development. It is scheduled for introduction to the contributor community in 2011. CONA will join the other three Getty vocabularies, the Art Architecture Thesaurus(r) (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names(r) (TGN), and the Union List of Artist Names(r) (ULAN), as a tool for cataloging and retrieval of art information. CONA will contain titles, current location, and other core information for cultural works. The scope of CONA will include architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and archaeological artifacts. Murtha Baca, Head of Digital Art History Access at the Getty Research Institute, and Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, will present an introduction to CONA and will be available for questions. To register, please go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/307938058 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] -- Cory Rockliff Technical Services Librarian Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture 18 West 86th Street New York, NY 10024 T: (212) 501-3037 rockl...@bgc.bard.edu --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
I worked on the Union Catalog of Art Images project trying to make a union catalog of art metadata, and what Leslie said goes double for cultural objects. A lot of art image catalogs don't separate work information from item/view information, and it makes it very difficult to figure out what metadata is about the the cultural object, and if two records from different institutions are about the same thing. The lack of widely-adopted metadata standards, including things like identifiers for cultural objects, made it particularly hard. At the end of 5 years of work (2 metadata librarians and 2 programmers working on this full time) we had made only marginal progress on that problem, and the only promising way forward we saw was developing a system for art librarians to review our database and manually merge and split our clusters. This would have been a Herculean undertaking. I know Getty was working on the same problem, and I can only assume they put in a lot of hours of tedious work (either improving their clustering algorithms, getting better data, or manually fixing the data they had). So of course I'd love them to offer it for free. But realistically, it probably cost them a fortune to develop, and they've got to recoup that somehow. -Esme -- Esme Cowles escow...@ucsd.edu Some people don't take no shit. Maybe if they did, they'd have half a brain left. -- Dead Kennedys, A Child and His Lawnmower On Apr 19, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Johnston, Leslie wrote: That's actually exceptionally reasonable for a 5-year license. They've charged quite a bit more to commercial developers that wanted to include the vocabularies in their systems for resale. I can think of other services that charge nonprofits $1,000/year for use of authorities. The vocabularies are copyrighted and not freeware. They're not simple compilations, and I can say this as someone who contributed work to the AAT efforts in the late 80s and early 90s. Leslie -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Ethan Gruber Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 1:04 PM To: Johnston, Leslie; Code for Libraries Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA) They wanted at least $1000 for the geographic terms. Doesn't sound very reasonable to me, to be honest, especially since I was considering developing an application based on their own CDWA schema. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Cory Rockliff rockl...@bgc.bard.eduwrote: Actually, their licensing terms for non-profits are very reasonable. On 4/19/2010 11:43 AM, Ethan Gruber wrote: I wonder how many thousands of dollars they will charge to use this. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Mark A. Matienzom...@matienzo.org wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Erin Coburnecob...@getty.edu Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:54 AM The Museum Computer Network (MCN), Gallery Systems, and the J. Paul Getty Trust are pleased to offer a free Webinar on a new vocabulary under development, the Cultural Objects Name Authority(tm) (CONA). Introducing the Getty's new Cultural Objects Name Authority(tm) (CONA) Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT The Cultural Objects Name Authority(tm) (CONA) is a new Getty vocabulary currently under development. It is scheduled for introduction to the contributor community in 2011. CONA will join the other three Getty vocabularies, the Art Architecture Thesaurus(r) (AAT), the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names(r) (TGN), and the Union List of Artist Names(r) (ULAN), as a tool for cataloging and retrieval of art information. CONA will contain titles, current location, and other core information for cultural works. The scope of CONA will include architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and archaeological artifacts. Murtha Baca, Head of Digital Art History Access at the Getty Research Institute, and Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, will present an introduction to CONA and will be available for questions. To register, please go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/307938058 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] -- Cory Rockliff Technical Services Librarian Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture 18 West 86th Street New York, NY 10024 T: (212) 501-3037 rockl...@bgc.bard.edu --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Webinar: Introducing Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA)
On 4/19/2010 3:02 PM, Cowles, Esme wrote: So of course I'd love them to offer it for free. But realistically, it probably cost them a fortune to develop, and they've got to recoup that somehow. Yes, but I can't imagine they're recouping much from licensing to non-profits--surely the real revenue is generated by licensing to commercial systems vendors. I would think that open access to the vocabularies = development of useful tools around them by third parties = wider adoption of Getty vocabularies = greater collective stake in them = greater likelihood that other institutions will step in to ensure they're maintained. Perhaps there are other issues here, though. -- Cory Rockliff Technical Services Librarian Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture 18 West 86th Street New York, NY 10024 T: (212) 501-3037 rockl...@bgc.bard.edu --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
[CODE4LIB] Ubiquitous Service Design
I didn't get very far with my question about multi-channel service design for libraries [1] which I asked here and on web4lib. I'm guessing that means that librarians aren't framing these challenges as service design. Either way, I hope you'll find this article interesting and relevant... http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000633.php ...and, I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions. Thanks! [1] https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1003L=CODE4LIBT=0F=S=P=214296 Peter Morville President, Semantic Studios http://semanticstudios.com/ http://findability.org/
[CODE4LIB] Job Announcement: Villanova Web Specialist
Pardon cross-posting. The Villanova University Library is continuing to search for a Senior Web Specialist for Library and Scholarly Applications. A position summary is below. Full position information is available online at: https://jobs.villanova.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1271713868637 All applications must be submitted online. Senior Web Specialist for Library and Scholarly Applications Position Summary: Supports design and development of online environment for Villanova's 21st century library. In collaboration with Library Technology Development Team and the library director, responsible for identifying, exploring, planning, managing implementation of new methods, tools and resources to extend and enhance digitally delivered library services, including applications that extend the library's reach on the social Web. Applies evolving user-centered design principles to all aspects (visual, information architecture, site structure, navigational features etc.) of the library Web environment. Supports new initiatives in the digital scholarship arena, including implementation and support for online publishing tools and associated services. Supports collaborates with the Digital Library Team Leader to refine and extend power functionality of the Villanova University Digital Library. Collaborates with the Systems Support Librarians to plan and manage the transition of library management systems to state-of-the- art open source technologies. Advocates for and advances the library technology agenda on the local, regional, and national levels by means of cooperative projects and inter-library collaboration. Convenes and coordinates activities of cross-functional teams for project implementation. Works with library director, library technology staff, and Unit to develop and revise mid- and long-term library technology plans. Collaborates with Instructional Design librarian and Center for Instructional Technology to integrate new library technologies into library educational services. Collaborates with Library Assessment Team to measure success of new technology projects. * Joe Lucia University Librarian Villanova University joseph.lu...@villanova.edumailto:joseph.lu...@villanova.edu
[CODE4LIB] Job opportunity: Senior Analyst/Programmer for Web Archiving Initiative
[APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING] Senior Analyst/Programmer for Web Archiving Initiative, Columbia University Libraries Overview. The Digital Program of Columbia University Libraries is seeking a senior analyst/programmer to participate in an innovative, new Web archiving and access initiative. Incumbent will be working in a team environment with project staff and members of the digital library program. She or he will: help build a local Web harvesting and archiving capacity for at risk websites in the area of human rights; create site, resource and metadata maps to improve access to archived sites; explore the use of semantic web techniques to extend and integrate access across websites, digital collections and print resources. The core technology platform for this project will Columbia's Fedora-based repository, which provides support for digital asset management and long-term digital archiving. Position is a two-year grant-funded position. Official job description below. Posting and application information available at: http://jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=118370 Job Title: SYSTEMS ANALYST/PROGRAMMER A Department: LIBRARIES DIGITAL PROGRAM Salary Grade: 12 Salary Range: Commensurate with experience Proposed Start Date: Immediately Job Description This two-year position will perform moderately complex analysis and programming in support of new digital preservation initiatives; develop requirements, specifications and prototypes; perform data conversions, repository ingest and content dissemination. Responsibilities include: Working with project team members, the incumbent will: develop requirements, specifications and prototypes for new archival repository-based digital library applications; program, test and implement new applications and software tools in archival repository environment; modify, install, and test moderately complex commercial or open source software applications; perform data conversions and content loads into and from archival repository; build resource maps; and perform support for installed applications Minimum Qualifications for Grade (Applicant MUST meet these minimum qualifications to be considered an applicant) Bachelor's or equivalent required; three years' related experience required. Additional Position-Specific Minimum Qualifications (Applicant MUST meet these minimum qualifications to be considered an applicant) Demonstrated experience with systems analysis requirements development; strong experience with Unix OS; solid programming experience in an object-oriented language such as Java or C++; good knowledge of a scripting language such as JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP, or Perl; familiarity with XML related technologies; ability to work well in a collaborative team environment; excellent communication skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience with: Apache, Lucene, SOLR, CakePHP or other rapid development framework, Fedora Commons digital repository, RDF. Official posting: jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=118370 Application information: http://hr.columbia.edu/jobs/how-apply Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
