Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for products/price ranges for a database of performers

2011-09-07 Thread Richard, Joel M
Heather, Since Jason wasn't very verbose in his response :) I thought I'd elaborate. Drupal is a good choice for this kind of activity. It has a number of features that come ready or nearly ready to do what you're looking to do. With two thousand modules, you're also likely to get other needed

Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for products/price ranges for a database of performers

2011-09-07 Thread Parker, Anson (adp6j)
Hi Heather, I recently got handed a filemaker pro database with relational content in it - this added some excitement because this is beyond the scope of your average csv import Using node import with drupal allowed me to assign the fields that were relational and do a sweet import with dublin

[CODE4LIB] XC NCIP Toolkit test bed released

2011-09-07 Thread Cook, Randall
We are thrilled to announce the release of an NCIP test bed that works with the XC NCIP 2 Toolkit (NCIP protocol 2.x). The test bed is an installed XC NCIP Toolkit that connects to a training ILS and supports a subset of NCIP services. We envision growing the test bed over time. Please note

Re: [CODE4LIB] [NGC4LIB] Permalink service for authority data now available at LC

2011-09-07 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Very nice, thanks. I wonder the rationale behind searching both valid and cancelled LCCNs. This has caused me trouble in the past in similar systems, because a cancelled LCCN seems in some cases to duplicate a different valid LCCN, so you search on an LCCN, and get, in this case, both the

Re: [CODE4LIB] [NGC4LIB] Permalink service for authority data now available at LC

2011-09-07 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
I would think most users would expect a unique hit, yeah, the expectation is generally that a link like that is an 'identifier' representing a single record. That's even kind of implied by the word permalink to me, my assumption is that a permalink is a link to a particular record, rather

[CODE4LIB] Permalink service for authority data now available at LC

2011-09-07 Thread Bausenbach, Ardie
Apologies for cross posting. The Library of Congress is pleased to announce an expansion of its LCCN Permalink Service for the Library's name and subject authority records. These persistent URLs are based on the Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN). As with bibliographic records, LCCN