[CODE4LIB] Job posting: Digital Library Software Engineer

2011-08-05 Thread Stern, Randall
The Harvard University Library is engaged in a redesign of our Digital Repository Service (DRS), a preservation and access repository of digital objects from libraries and museums at Harvard, currently storing more than 23M files and over 126TB of first copy content. As a team effort involving

Re: [CODE4LIB] Apps to reduce large file on the fly when it's requested

2011-08-05 Thread Ranti Junus
Hi All, Thank you to those who sent the suggestions. Much appreciated. We now have lists of options to ponder and investigate. Please do not hesitate to add more idea or suggestions! thanks, ranti. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Ranti Junus ranti.ju...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, My

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking feedback on database design for an open source software registry

2011-08-05 Thread Peter Murray
On Aug 4, 2011, at 4:17 PM, stuart yeates wrote: On 04/08/11 13:09, Peter Murray wrote: Thanks for the reply, Stuart. With the first question, I've updated the diagram to add an Association entity. (Technically, I don't think this is an entity but rather a specialization of a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking feedback on database design for an open source software registry

2011-08-05 Thread Peter Murray
Taken as a whole, the community and member surveys LYRASIS did a year ago found that open source software is still in early adoption. There are notable packages that are breaking out of that stage, but the the majority of survey responses said that libraries are seeking assistance with

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking feedback on database design for an open source software registry

2011-08-05 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Aug 5, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Peter Murray wrote: Marshall's numbers do show an interesting up-tick in the adoption of open source, but I don't think we can call it a trend yet. The way the world looks from my vantage point is that there is still a lot of interest in open source and