[CODE4LIB] Announcement: Day of Digital Archives, Oct. 6th, 2011
(apologies for cross-postings) Announcement: Day of Digital Archives, Oct. 6th, 2011 The Day of Digital Archives is an initiative to raise awareness of digital archives among both users and managers. On this day, archivists, digital humanists, programmers, or anyone else creating, using, or managing digital archives are asked to devote some of their social media output (i.e. tweets, blog posts, youtube videos, etc.) to describing their work with digital archives. By collectively documenting what we do, we will be answering questions like: What are digital archives? Who uses them? How are they created and managed? Why are they important? This year's Day of Digital Archives will be held on October 6th and entries will be gathered at the Day of Digital Archives bloghttp://dayofdigitalarchives.blogspot.com/. What is meant by digital archives well, primarily archives, repositories, content management systems and other initiatives that collect or manage born-digital material. These initiatives don't have to primarily collect born-digital materials...in fact they are more likely to only have some born-digital content as part of their mandate. Or, maybe they don't really have a mandate at all...maybe someone will contribute their thoughts about managing their own personal digital content or social media presence. The thread ties the participants together is that they collect, manage, preserve, develop, use, think about or otherwise love born-digital content. Do you create, manage, or use digital archives? Would you like to participate? Well then, drop me a line at gretchen[.]gueguen[@]gmail[.]com with your contact info and I'll keep you up to date! You could contribute in a couple of ways: 1. Create a blog post at http://dayofdigitalarchives.blogspot.com/https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=bba55a057e9a45dfbe9cd50d4b610e66URL=http%3a%2f%2fdayofdigitalarchives.blogspot.com%2f for the 6th of October (rather that writing it on October 6th, you can pre-write it to automatically post on the 6th as well) talking about some aspect of your work with Digital Archives on that day. It could be a really specific exploration of a single activity on that day. Or it could be a broader topic not really related to that specific day (What kinds of tools you could really use to process a born-digital collection). 2. Write a post to your own blog similar to that described above and post a trackback to the Day of Digital Archives blog 3. Tweet throughout the day about your work with digital archives using the #digitalArchivesDay hashtag Even if you can't contribute a post or a tweet, be sure to keep up with the blog on the 6th and join the discussion in the comments. Gretchen Gueguen Digital Archivist, Digital Curation Services University of Virginia Library PO Box 400114 Charlottesville, VA 22904 (434) 924-4073
[CODE4LIB] Call for Papers – Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (Apologies for cross-postings) Seeking Submissions for Inaugural Issue of the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (ISSN 2162-3309) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access publication for original articles, reviews and case studies that analyze or describe the strategies, partnerships and impact of library-led digital projects, online publishing and scholarly communication initiatives. The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication provides a focused forum for library practitioners to share ideas, strategies, research and pragmatic explorations of library-led initiatives related to such areas as institutional repository and digital collection management, library publishing/hosting services and authors’ rights advocacy efforts. As technology, scholarly communication, the economics of publishing, and the roles of libraries all continue to evolve, the work shared in JLSC informs practices that strengthen librarianship. The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication provides a shared intellectual space for scholarly communication librarians, institutional repository managers, digital archivists, digital data managers and related professionals. The journal welcomes original research and practitioner experience papers, as well as submissions in alternative formats (e.g. video). General topics of interest include: -Scholarly communication -Open Access -Library as publisher and library/press partnerships; including, but not limited to: ---Emerging modes and genres of publication ---Organizational and business models -Policy issues; including, but not limited to: ---Publishing/deposit mandates ---Impact of governmental or institutional policy ---Policy development for library services -Digital collection management -Institutional and discipline-specific repositories -Digital curation -Technological developments and infrastructure -Intellectual property -Resources, skills, and training -Interdisciplinary or international perspectives on these issues The inaugural issue of JLSC will focus on the theme of “Defining Scholarly Communication”. Librarians and related professionals in the area of scholarly communication are engaged in a diverse array of initiatives and it is often challenging to present a cogent description of what defines “scholarly communication” as a field of study and practice. As such, the editors are seeking papers that expertly discuss and represent these core dimensions of scholarly communication: author rights advocacy, repository management, traditional and non-traditional publishing models, citation metrics, copyright management, digital collection development, and the impact of any of the above on the system of scholarly exchange and reward (e.g. tenure and promotion). Submissions that describe or critique the ways in which libraries are engaging with these activities - and the ways in which these individual topics contribute to the broader field of “scholarly communication” - are encouraged. Contributions may be submitted to any of the following categories: -Commentary -Research Articles -Practice Articles -Theory Articles -P2 (Post-Peer) Review -Reviews of Books and Products (For full descriptions of these categories, see http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/authors.html) Grey literature (e.g. conference papers, presentations, white papers, etc.) may be revised and submitted for review and publication in JLSC if all copyrights still reside with the submitting author(s). Submissions that are substantially similar to material already available to the public (through a peer-reviewed or non-peer-reviewed venue) will not be accepted, but may be proposed as the focus of a P2 review. Submissions received by November 14, 2011 will receive priority consideration for the inaugural issue. For more information about JLSC, please visit http://jlsc-pub.org/ Lisa --- Lisa Schiff, Ph.D. Technical Lead Publishing Group California Digital Library University of California Office of the President 415 20th Street, 4th Floor Oakland, CA 94612-2901 510-987-0881 (t) 510-893-5212 (f) Follow eScholarship on Facebook and Twitter
[CODE4LIB] dpla
I submitted a Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) beta-sprint proposal, and it is full of descriptions, illustrations, and demonstrations of how text mining and other text analysis techniques could be applied to library collections. From the Executive Summary: Use understand is an evolutionary step in the processes and functions of a library. These processes and functions enable the reader to ask and answer questions of large and small sets of documents relatively easily. Through the use of various text mining techniques, the reader can grasp quickly the content of documents, extract some of their meaning, and evaluate them more thoroughly when compared to the traditional application of metadata. Some of these processes and functions include: word/phrase frequency lists, concordances, histograms illustrating the location of words/phrases in a text, network diagrams illustrating what author say in the same breath when they mention a given word, plotting publication dates on a timeline, measuring the weight of a concept in a text, evaluating texts based on parts-of-speech, supplementing texts with Wikipedia articles, and plotting place names on a world maps. http://bit.ly/ojWmzN For more information about the DPLA, see -- http://bit.ly/irjzqO -- Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame
[CODE4LIB] Job Announcement - Digital Scholarship Librarian
Haverford College is seeking a Digital Scholarship Librarian. The Digital Scholarship Librarian serves as a member of the Digital Research and Resources affinity group. Creatively engages in support of faculty and students involved in digital scholarships. OVERVIEW: Participates in the development of digital projects and collections by providing a full range of reference, instruction, and collection development/management, and metadata services for all areas of digital scholarship. Provides for the development, long term stewardship and access to the Library’s local digital collections by working collaboratively with faculty, subject specialists, students, and college staff to identify, evaluate and accession materials of significant cultural, academic or historical value. Supports and serves as a resource to colleagues in developing digital projects. Contributes to and supports the digital and online presence of the Library through the investigation, implementation and enhancement of tools that assist with research, instruction and scholarship. Participates in Web-development team. Actively participates in and contributes to the Tri-College Technology Advisory Group. Reports to Coordinator for Digital Scholarship and Services. Specific Duties and Responsibilities: Provides strong reference services and support of faculty and students in the area of digital scholarship. Consults with faculty on digital projects to support their teaching and research. Develops digital collections through projects focused on digitizing, preserving and providing online access to audio, video, image, data and text-based content related to teaching, faculty scholarship and the cultural heritage of the college. Determines and implements technical best practices for digitizing, describing, providing access to, and archiving audio, video, image and text-based collections including conversion methods, data dictionaries, rules for description, file format and quality standards and storage methods; performs digitization process and supervises others in this work Coordinates with subject specialist librarians, IT staff, academic departments and college offices to identify and evaluate potential collections: define needs; determine workflows for submission, approval, and administration; develop metadata schemas; delineate copyright and access policies. Supports the integration of metadata across a variety of library and archive applications following standards and the rules for description of digital objects. Develops, implements and tests tools that support resource discovery, resource management and resource utilization. Provides leadership for the development and integration of technologies to enhance the library’s research and instruction services Evaluates feasibility of proposed projects and initiatives within the local environment; ensures that assessment plans are developed as part of any new initiatives. Engages in assessment of user behavior and needs related to digital scholarship. Provides technical expertise for development of the library web site and contributes to the creation of content and development of tools to improve the usability of the website. Participates in ongoing digital repository work of the College and the Tri-College. Advises on library policy issues raised by digital resources such as copyright policy, intellectual freedom issues, fair use, e-privacy concerns or censorship of Internet content. Works closely with other technology support areas in the College to identify and collaborate on complementary efforts to support and assist faculty and students. Participates in development of Tri-College technology projects and working groups. Remains current with advances in information technology’s impact on libraries and digital scholarship. Actively contributes to the profession. Familiarity with academic and scholarly research practices. Demonstrates initiative in developing projects. QUALIFICATIONS Required: One of the following: M.S., M.L.S., or M.A. Demonstrated knowledge of emerging trends in digital scholarship. Proficiency in an academic discipline. Demonstrated experience in project management and facilitation of teamwork. Demonstrated proficiency in Web-page development and in the use of Web-authoring tools and experience in managing complex Web sites. Demonstrated experience with digital asset management (DAM) systems (i.e. CONTENTdm, EmbARK Collection Manager, DSpace, and/or alternative), programming and other relevant skills. Working knowledge of most common library metadata formats Demonstrates knowledge of key issues related to information access and management Demonstrated knowledge of current trends in information storage, search and retrieval and emerging technologies. Knowledge of current and emerging technologies in digital and Web-based library services
[CODE4LIB] Request For Proposals: ArchivesSpace Development - Deadline 14 October 2011
The ArchivesSpace project is pleased to announce a Request For Proposals for individuals or firms for the development of ArchivesSpace, an open source software application that combines the functional strengths of the two leading American archival collection management systems: Archon (http://archon.org) and the Archivists' Toolkit (http://archiviststoolkit.org/). The successful Respondent will work with the ArchivesSpace project's technical review team, comprised of a technical architect, professional archivists, advising developers, and build and release managers. The full text of the RFP can be found at: http://www.archivesspace.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ArchivesSpace-RFP-Final.pdf Potential respondents are encouraged to join the ArchivesSpace discussion list, which can be found at: http://groups.google.com/group/archivesspace Questions must be received by 5:00PM EDT, Friday, September 16, 2011 and should be sent via email to Mark Matienzo, ArchivesSpace Technical Architect (mark.matie...@yale.edu), and Katherine Kott, ArchivesSpace Development Manager (katherine.k...@gmail.com). Please format the subject line with the phrase Question re: ArchivesSpace RFP - [overview of question]. An email response or status of response will be provided by 5:00PM EDT, Friday September 23, 2011. Questions and answers will be sent to all known participants in the RFP. Proposals are due by 5:00PM EDT, Friday, October 14, 2011. Proposals should be sent via email to Mark Matienzo, ArchivesSpace Technical Architect (mark.matie...@yale.edu), and Katherine Kott, ArchivesSpace Development Manager (katherine.k...@gmail.com). Please format the subject line with the phrase ArchivesSpace Proposal - [Business/firm name of respondent]. ArchivesSpace is supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is a partnership between the New York University Libraries, the UC San Diego Libraries, and the University Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. More information about the project can be found on the project's website at http://archivesspace.org/. Mark A. Matienzo mark.matie...@yale.edu Technical Architect, ArchivesSpace
[CODE4LIB] Looking for products/price ranges for a database of performers
** apologies for cross-posting ** Hi there, We have a database of performers that we use in our libraries. Currently, the data is stored on one person's computer in a file maker pro db that only this one person has access to (Hooray for legacy systems!). In order for the rest of the staff to have access to the performer listings, this one person runs yearly reports and they are posted on the staff intranet in a rather unwieldy series of pdf documents for staff to browse. For a sense of scale, we have over 80 libraries, about probably around 300-400 staff people accessing these documents, and there are probably around 400 or so performers in the database. Clearly, we need a new system of managing these performers!! What we would like is something like a Yelp-like system for the performer database (online obviously), where performers have the ability to go in and update their contact information, the kinds of programs they offer, their program descriptions, the price of their programs etc. Staff would have the ability to search the database in a myriad of ways, mark favorite ones, and submit an evaluation of the performer (that the performer cannot see). The evals could be anything from This person was great and I would use them again in a heartbeat to Don't book this person. They were late. gave me a hassle about the invoice and smelled like cheap wine. Ideally, the moderators of the database would also have the ability to make some of the comments public to the performers for their own use in advertising, etc. but this is not a requirement. So here's what we're grappling with: 1. We can purchase a product that would give us the framework to do this. I realize that something like a wiki would let us do some of these things, but really we are rather freaky about our content control, and a wiki is just too free-wheeling! 2. We can hire a developer/programmer to design a custom solution for us. So my questions for the list are: 1. do you know of any products that do what we want? 2. if we were to hire someone, how much is a reasonable fee - we have some money in our budget, but we don't really know what a real person would charge for this, and if the money in our budget would cover it. And I don't want to go through writing an RFP for it if in the end we won't be able to afford it anyway. Usually we develop most stuff in house, but this is outside the scope of our expertise. Many, many thanks for your thoughts! ~heather rayl Internet Services Coordinator County of L.A. Public Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for products/price ranges for a database of performers
Drupal Jason On 11-09-06 4:20 PM, Heather Rayl 23e...@gmail.commailto:23e...@gmail.com wrote: ** apologies for cross-posting ** Hi there, We have a database of performers that we use in our libraries. Currently, the data is stored on one person's computer in a file maker pro db that only this one person has access to (Hooray for legacy systems!). In order for the rest of the staff to have access to the performer listings, this one person runs yearly reports and they are posted on the staff intranet in a rather unwieldy series of pdf documents for staff to browse. For a sense of scale, we have over 80 libraries, about probably around 300-400 staff people accessing these documents, and there are probably around 400 or so performers in the database. Clearly, we need a new system of managing these performers!! What we would like is something like a Yelp-like system for the performer database (online obviously), where performers have the ability to go in and update their contact information, the kinds of programs they offer, their program descriptions, the price of their programs etc. Staff would have the ability to search the database in a myriad of ways, mark favorite ones, and submit an evaluation of the performer (that the performer cannot see). The evals could be anything from This person was great and I would use them again in a heartbeat to Don't book this person. They were late. gave me a hassle about the invoice and smelled like cheap wine. Ideally, the moderators of the database would also have the ability to make some of the comments public to the performers for their own use in advertising, etc. but this is not a requirement. So here's what we're grappling with: 1. We can purchase a product that would give us the framework to do this. I realize that something like a wiki would let us do some of these things, but really we are rather freaky about our content control, and a wiki is just too free-wheeling! 2. We can hire a developer/programmer to design a custom solution for us. So my questions for the list are: 1. do you know of any products that do what we want? 2. if we were to hire someone, how much is a reasonable fee - we have some money in our budget, but we don't really know what a real person would charge for this, and if the money in our budget would cover it. And I don't want to go through writing an RFP for it if in the end we won't be able to afford it anyway. Usually we develop most stuff in house, but this is outside the scope of our expertise. Many, many thanks for your thoughts! ~heather rayl Internet Services Coordinator County of L.A. Public Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for products/price ranges for a database of performers
On Sep 6, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Heather Rayl wrote: ** apologies for cross-posting ** Hi there, We have a database of performers that we use in our libraries. Currently, the data is stored on one person's computer in a file maker pro db that only this one person has access to (Hooray for legacy systems!). In order for the rest of the staff to have access to the performer listings, this one person runs yearly reports and they are posted on the staff intranet in a rather unwieldy series of pdf documents for staff to browse. For a sense of scale, we have over 80 libraries, about probably around 300-400 staff people accessing these documents, and there are probably around 400 or so performers in the database. Clearly, we need a new system of managing these performers!! [trimmed] So here's what we're grappling with: 1. We can purchase a product that would give us the framework to do this. I realize that something like a wiki would let us do some of these things, but really we are rather freaky about our content control, and a wiki is just too free-wheeling! 2. We can hire a developer/programmer to design a custom solution for us. So my questions for the list are: 1. do you know of any products that do what we want? FileMaker. The more recent versions have a 'instant webpage' option: http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-pro/web-publishing.html If you're expecting a lot of traffic, you'll want to go to FileMaker Server, or Server Advanced: http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-server-advanced/ I admit, I haven't used any of the versions since they've added this feature ... my FileMaker experience is 10+ years old at this point, so I don't know how much work 'instant' is. I believe they offer 30 day free trials on all of their software these days, so you might be able to download it and see what it can do. 2. if we were to hire someone, how much is a reasonable fee - we have some money in our budget, but we don't really know what a real person would charge for this, and if the money in our budget would cover it. And I don't want to go through writing an RFP for it if in the end we won't be able to afford it anyway. As for cost, it varies widely. Part of the issue is how the data's currently structured, and if you're going to keep the same structure, or change it as part of the re-design. FileMaker had some fields that were basically enums, and so the database handled what you'd have to do in most RDBMSes as a lookup table. As strange as it sounds, someone who is more skilled at this might actually do it more cheaply than someone of moderate skill, because they can get it done quickly, even at a higher per-hour rate, it's going to be cheaper ... but I'd still try to get them to bid for the project, not per hour, as you don't want someone who's going to vastly under- estimate the hours, then end up billing you 2-3x their estimate ... of course, bids for the whole project means they have to pad it out some, so it'll seem higher up front, but it'll likely be lower in the end. Of course, you also risk someone who underestimates the work, bids it out, but then gets in so far over their head that they give up, and you never see anything ... so I'd recommend checking references, to try to mitigate this problem. Working with a company rather than an independent person usually helps with this case, as they don't want the bad reputation from something like this happening ... and they can throw extra people at it to get it done and out of their hair -Joe
