[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [dariah-vcc1] WG: [dariah-info] [eudat-news] RDA Conference Invitation

2013-01-18 Thread Jodi Schneider
Von: dariah-info-boun...@gwdg.de [dariah-info-boun...@gwdg.de] im Auftrag von Nagham Salman [nagham.sal...@bsc.es] Gesendet: Freitag, 18. Januar 2013 13:13 An: eudat-n...@postit.csc.fi Betreff: [dariah-info] [eudat-news] RDA Conference Invitation Dear colleagues, On behalf of Peter

Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

2013-01-18 Thread Peter Murray
While we're on this topic, can I also ask if it is the intention of someone to log and publicly post the channel logs? That will also tend to tamp down the more outlandish behavior. Peter -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS peter.mur...@lyrasis.org +1

Re: [CODE4LIB] Newberry Library tour

2013-01-18 Thread Linda Ballinger
As a Newberry inmate, I've had it on my mental to-do list to look into the possibility of arranging something for C4L beyond the Thursday canned tour. Now that you've reminded me, I'd be happy to ask for you if you would like me to. I'm not sure what might be possible for seeing things behind the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Newberry Library tour

2013-01-18 Thread William Denton
On 18 January 2013, Linda Ballinger wrote: As a Newberry inmate, I've had it on my mental to-do list to look into the possibility of arranging something for C4L beyond the Thursday canned tour. Now that you've reminded me, I'd be happy to ask for you if you would like me to. I'm not sure what

Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

2013-01-18 Thread Karen Coyle
Bill, I realize that. That's opt-out, and anyone new to IRC is not going to know that. So I am asking for the opposite, which may not be a current feature of IRC, but that those who wish to see Zoia's replies (and who therefore know about Zoia) should opt-in. Another option is a separate

[CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Karen Coyle
... and BTW, if people see Zoia as a bit of a problem during the conference, doesn't that mean that Zoia is a bit of a problem all of the time? Is there a reason to be polite and inclusive during the conference but not every day? Could this have any relation to the felt need to create

Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

2013-01-18 Thread Ross Singer
Karen, I don't think there's any way we could do that. zoia is just another participant in the channel, just like you or I would be, so it's exactly like interacting with another person. And one thing that I think is *somewhat* important to note before we give zoia the bum's rush or something

Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

2013-01-18 Thread William Denton
On 18 January 2013, Karen Coyle wrote: Bill, I realize that. That's opt-out, and anyone new to IRC is not going to know that. So I am asking for the opposite, which may not be a current feature of IRC, but that those who wish to see Zoia's replies (and who therefore know about Zoia) should

Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

2013-01-18 Thread Devon
Just because zoia has always been there (or panizzi) doesn't mean zoia ought to be there going forward. Karen's point I think deserves consideration. If zoia is in violation of the Code of Conduct, then remedial action is warranted. I think in this case, rather then getting rid of the bot, we can

Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

2013-01-18 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Devon dec...@gmail.com wrote: If zoia is in violation of the Code of Conduct, then remedial action is warranted. I think in this case, rather then getting rid of the bot, we can just remove the offending plugins. +1

Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

2013-01-18 Thread Ross Singer
On Jan 18, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Devon dec...@gmail.com wrote: Just because zoia has always been there (or panizzi) doesn't mean zoia ought to be there going forward. Karen's point I think deserves consideration. If zoia is in violation of the Code of Conduct, then remedial action is warranted.

Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

2013-01-18 Thread Ross Singer
On Jan 18, 2013, at 11:03 AM, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com wrote: The offensive and/or annoying plugins don't serve any real purpose besides entertainment value. I would much rather cut them away (we've done it plenty of times in the past: jive, markov, etc.) then ditch the bot

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Jon Gorman
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: ... and BTW, if people see Zoia as a bit of a problem during the conference, doesn't that mean that Zoia is a bit of a problem all of the time? Is there a reason to be polite and inclusive during the conference but not every

Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

2013-01-18 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Jan 18, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Kevin S. Clarke kscla...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Devon dec...@gmail.com wrote: If zoia is in violation of the Code of Conduct, then remedial action is warranted. I think in this case, rather then getting rid of the bot, we can just

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Karen Coyle
Actually, I find the playing with Zoia itself offensive. As per my response to my own message. It objectifies women. Treats them as play-things. Makes me very uncomfortable. If we want to have an information bot, perhaps like the one used by W3C which takes minutes for meetings (Zakim, I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Actually, I find the playing with Zoia itself offensive. As per my response to my own message. It objectifies women. Treats them as play-things. Makes me very uncomfortable. I think you're reading too much into Zoia's

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Misty De Meo
On 13-01-18 10:26 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Actually, I find the playing with Zoia itself offensive. As per my response to my own message. It objectifies women. Treats them as play-things. Makes me very uncomfortable. If we want to have an information bot, perhaps like the one

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Michael J. Giarlo
Yes, I believe zoia was named as a tribute to Zoia Horn, FWIW. -Mike On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Kevin S. Clarke kscla...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Actually, I find the playing with Zoia itself offensive. As per my response

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Becky Yoose
+1 On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Misty De Meo misty.de@museumforhumanrights.ca wrote: On 13-01-18 10:26 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Actually, I find the playing with Zoia itself offensive. As per my response to my own message. It objectifies women. Treats them as

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Karen Coyle
On 1/18/13 8:46 AM, Misty De Meo wrote I would strongly disagree with this point. As a code4lib newbie a year ago, I found that zoia was a kind of participatory in-joke that made it *easier* for me to acclimatize to the culture of the room. I became comfortable more quickly thanks to zoia. The

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete!     Code4Lib's female bot Zoia beats Koha's male bot Wahanui any day of the week.     I have to say, when I first saw this thread rev up, I thought Heavens! What are those ruffians teaching my darling girl?! I think I've witnessed irreverent quips from time to time, but I don't think

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Gabriel Farrell
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Michael J. Giarlo leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu wrote: Yes, I believe zoia was named as a tribute to Zoia Horn, FWIW. I did name zoia as a tribute to Zoia Horn. My copy of *ZOIA! Memoirs of Zoia Horn, Battler for the People’s Right to Know* holds a special

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Andreas Orphanides
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Gabriel Farrell gsf...@gmail.com wrote: I've also been working on a new IRC bot framework in node.js called n0d3 ( https://github.com/gsf/n0d3). ... How exactly do you pronounce that?

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Michael J. Giarlo
You need a plugin to pronounce that. On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.eduwrote: On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Gabriel Farrell gsf...@gmail.com wrote: I've also been working on a new IRC bot framework in node.js called n0d3 (

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Jay Luker
On Friday, January 18, 2013, Gabriel Farrell wrote: I've also been working on a new IRC bot framework in node.js called n0d3 ( https://github.com/gsf/n0d3). I introduced emerac to #code4lib as a hubot a year or so ago, and was planning to reintroduce it as an n0d3 bot at some point. Could

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Tim Donohue
FWIW, there are a few zoia commands I've noticed that could come across as sexist (especially if you see Zoia as being a female bot). I don't think they are used that frequently, but I have seen: @poledance (have zoia display a poledancer) @euph (have zoia respond in a euphemism) This isn't

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Jay Luker
+1 for renaming @poledance to @rsinger. On Friday, January 18, 2013, Tim Donohue wrote: FWIW, there are a few zoia commands I've noticed that could come across as sexist (especially if you see Zoia as being a female bot). I don't think they are used that frequently, but I have seen:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Michael J. Giarlo
It also sounds like our channel @helpers and the @help command could help by spreading the word about /ignore. If you like the #code4lib experience and find Zoia annoying, please do yourself a favor and /ignore zoia so you don't have to miss out. -Mike On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Jay

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
I think there has been general consensus that there are some offensive plugins and that the bot should be held to the same level we expect from a person, but noone (yet) has stepped up to volunteer to go through all that's available and make an effort at cleaning things up. As we all know, things

Re: [CODE4LIB] OC/LC - Let There Be MARC

2013-01-18 Thread Gary McGath
On 1/17/13 5:55 PM, Doran, Michael D wrote: Okay, I promise that this is my last take on the topic: [cid:image001.png@01CDF4D2.0B32A3B0] Yes that *is* Roy wailing on guitar. Full resolution available from here: http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/oclc/ Admittedly a crude job,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Gabriel Farrell
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Jay Luker lb...@reallywow.com wrote: On Friday, January 18, 2013, Gabriel Farrell wrote: I've also been working on a new IRC bot framework in node.js called n0d3 ( https://github.com/gsf/n0d3). I introduced emerac to #code4lib as a hubot a year or so

[CODE4LIB] Commercial announcement: Hosted connectors for search targets

2013-01-18 Thread Sebastian Hammer
Hey guys, I hope I'll be forgiven for making what is essentially a commercial post -- it is just that the subject matter is so much inspired by our work with library developers, I'd feel like a chump not to mention it. Apologies, then; I will keep it short. Basically, we've launched a service

Re: [CODE4LIB] Commercial announcement: Hosted connectors for search targets

2013-01-18 Thread Peter Murray
I've seen the inside of this tech, and I have to say it is really neat and useful. This is a nice tool to have in your toolbox if you want to build machine APIs to systems that don't have machine APIs: Wikipedia, arXiv, CiteSeer, etc. Peter /me was not paid for this endorsement. On Jan

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Karen Coyle
Is it the plugins themselves or the content? I suspect that some plugins lend themselves to more joking around and possible inappropriateness, but I'm not sure that it's plugin problem, perhaps its a user error. kc On 1/18/13 10:17 AM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: I think there has been general

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Joseph Montibello
On 1/18/13 10:38 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: ... and BTW, if people see Zoia as a bit of a problem during the conference, doesn't that mean that Zoia is a bit of a problem all of the time? Yes. Is there a reason to be polite and inclusive during the conference but not every day?

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Andromeda Yelton
FWIW, I am both an active #libtechwomen participant and someone who is so thoroughly charmed by zoia I am frequently bothered she isn't right there *in my real life*. (Yes, I have tried to issue zoia commands during face-to-face conversations with non-Code4Libbers.) I think a collaboratively

[CODE4LIB] Job: Systems Support Specialist at North of Boston Library Exchange

2013-01-18 Thread jobs
Systems Support Specialist needed to participate in operation of servers, networks and software for the North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) in Danvers. Operate and update servers, troubleshoot issues, file bug reports, working with NOBLE staff, staff of other networks, system vendors and the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Is it the plugins themselves or the content? I suspect that some plugins lend themselves to more joking around and possible inappropriateness, but I'm not sure that it's plugin problem, perhaps its a user error. I seem to be

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Julia Bauder
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Andromeda Yelton andromeda.yel...@gmail.com wrote: But not having zoia would make me sad. And defining zoia to be woman-unfriendly, when zoia-lovers and zoia-haters appear to span the gender spectrum and have a variety of reasons (both gendered and non) for

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Andromeda Yelton
Merged #4. --ay On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Nick Ruest rue...@gmail.com wrote: Starting the work. Remove poledance and euph: https://github.com/code4lib/** supybot-plugins/pull/4https://github.com/code4lib/supybot-plugins/pull/4 -nruest On 13-01-18 01:17 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Karen Coyle
I'm looking at the supybot code in c4l's github and don't see @mf here in any of the three folders. Can you say what it does? Thanks, kc On 1/18/13 11:46 AM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Is it the plugins themselves or the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Kevin S. Clarke
@mf just returns a large ASCII image of a hand flicking the bird (or what do the kids call it nowadays?) That is, sticking up its middle finger. Kevin On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: I'm looking at the supybot code in c4l's github and don't see @mf here in

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Nick Ruest
Have some more. https://github.com/code4lib/supybot-plugins/pull/5 -nruest On 13-01-18 02:56 PM, Andromeda Yelton wrote: Merged #4. --ay On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Nick Ruest rue...@gmail.com wrote: Starting the work. Remove poledance and euph: https://github.com/code4lib/**

[CODE4LIB] NISO Open Discovery Initiative - Survey report now available

2013-01-18 Thread Ken Varnum
(with apologies for cross-posting) The Open Discovery Initiative (ODI), a volunteer work group within the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), was formed to develop a recommended practice related to the index-based discovery services for libraries. The ODI aims to investigate and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Esmé Cowles
I personally regard the IRC channel as a particular flavor of c4l, rather than the primary flavor. For example, this discussion is happening on the mailing list and not in the IRC channel. I'd say IRC is one of the main flavors, but I'm not sure I would call anything primary. I really like