Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry
gitHub may have excellent startup documentation, but that startup documentation describes git in programming terms mainly using *nx commands. If you have never had to use a version control system (e.g. if you do not write code, especially in a shared environment), clone push pull are very poorly described. The documentation is all in terms of *nx commands. Honestly, anything where this is in the documentation: On Windows systems, Git looks for the |.gitconfig| file in the |$HOME| directory (|%USERPROFILE%| in Windows’ environment), which is |C:\Documents and Settings\$USER| or |C:\Users\$USER| for most people, depending on version (|$USER| is |%USERNAME%| in Windows’ environment). is not going to work for anyone who doesn't work in Windows at the command line. No, git is NOT for non-coders. kc On 2/16/13 4:25 AM, Sharp, Chris wrote: - Original Message - From: Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 6:38:53 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry (github unfortunately would be a barrier to many) GitHub fortunately has excellent startup documentation for new users: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git I recommend GitHub as an entry point to using git (or to coding for that matter). Hope that's helpful, Chris -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
[CODE4LIB] Job: Assessment Research Librarian at Edmonton Public Library
Assessment Research Librarian - Library Services Division Job Number: 12364 Are you a Trailblazer? What do you want to be today? Edmonton Public Library is looking for an outgoing and creative Trailblazer to join our team! This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Assessment Research Librarian who is passionate about evaluation and statistics, library customers, and working with the library's staff and leadership in a challenging and fast-paced environment. You will help to coordinate, plan, develop and deliver EPL's assessment program, working with the Manager, Assessment and Research and Team Chairs to identify assessment needs and ensure that EPL's assessment program supports customer service improvements and reporting requirements. You will also design and deploy quantitative and qualitative data-gathering instruments and work to inform evidence-based implementation of service improvements at EPL. What we're looking for: At EPL our mission is simple: we share! This position requires an energetic, creative thinker who wants to make a very real difference for this organization. You will evaluate and explore the many and various dimensions of the library, seeking to understand and working to improve like none before! Qualifications: * Master of Library Information Studies degree, or equivalent, from ALA-accredited institution is required. * At least one year's experience working with a range of qualitative and quantitative (incl. statistical)evaluation methods and methodologies as a project lead. What do you need to bring to this position? * A personal commitment to upholding the Canadian Library Association's position statements on Intellectual Freedom and Diversity and Inclusion. http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Position_Statements * Ability to assess community interests and needs, and to plan services accordingly, in keeping with the Library's strategic directions and business plan. * Ability to analyze and interpret how technological, demographic, and other trends will impact library services. * An understanding of and experience with quantitative and qualitative assessment methodologies, including the ability to utilize statistical, qualitative analysis, and data visualization software. * Superior skill with web-based technologies and demonstrated aptitude with information and communication technologies in general. * Ability to communicate information and statistics in the most effective way possible. * Demonstrated analytical skills and problem-solving ability, including the ability to evaluate, assess and problem-solve using logical, fact-based reasoning. * Ability to work effectively with customers of all ages and backgrounds; experience working with users from a wide variety of cultural, economic, social and educational backgrounds is preferred. * Knowledge of and ability to work with Edmonton's diverse communities; ability to consult with, respond to, and reflect communities served by the service point. * Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and new service directions. * Demonstrated superior interpersonal, communication, presentation and collaboration skills. * Ability to contribute positively and work effectively within a team environment. Who we are: The secret ingredient for making EPL a magical place is no secret at all; in fact, it's very simple: We share. We share stories, ideas and experiences. We share with our customers, our communities, and ourselves. We are Edmonton's largest lender of all manner of information and entertainment. Pay Band: $33.92 - $43.29 per hour* *Approximately $61,971 - 79,090 per annum based on a 35 hour work week. Shift differential may apply in accordance with the terms and conditions of the CSU 52 Collective Agreement. To apply: For more information about this position and other jobs available at the Edmonton Public Library, please visit epl.ca/jobs and apply online. Only candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted. Total Hours per Week: 35 Classification Title: Library 6 Posting Date: Feb 15, 2013 Closing Date: Mar 1, 2013 Number of Openings (up to): 1 - Permanent Full-time Union: CSU 52 Department: Public Services Department (Edmonton Public Library) Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/6293/
[CODE4LIB] Job: William and Susan Ouren Preservation Librarian at Texas AM University
Texas AM University Libraries is seeking an experienced, creative, collaborative and dynamic professional to establish and lead its Preservation and Conservation program. The William and Susan Ouren Preservation Librarian will work in a collaborative environment, partner with colleagues throughout the Libraries to develop and implement a strategic, systematic program to preserve and provide access to Libraries assets in all formats, physical and digital. This is an academic appointment carrying clinical faculty status and responsibilities, including professional service, to meet both the Libraries' and University's requirements for promotion. With over 4 million printed volumes, in addition to growing archival and digital collections, TAMU Libraries is committed to ensuring access to these materials for current and future generations of scholars. The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the wide range of preservation and conservation issues and current trends, including digital preservation, at the national and international level. Proactive advocacy and application of preservation principles and practices within TAMU community is core to the position. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Information Resources, this role is responsible for establishment and administration of the Texas AM University Libraries preservation program for all material formats in all holding locations in support of the University's academic and research programs. The William and Susan Ouren Preservation Librarian, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, will develop TAMU Libraries' long-term preservation strategies for print, digital, audiovisual, and other analog library collection to ensure long-term access to all collections throughout their life-cycles. The successful candidate must have strong demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills, as well as organizational planning, customer service, and problem-solving skills. Position Description: The William and Susan Ouren Preservation Librarian duties include defining the staffing, space, equipment, and supply needs for a new preservation lab. The librarian develops and coordinates collection life-cycle management best practices and policies in an environment of shared responsibility, as general and special collections are created, acquired, processed, reformatted, used and stored. In collaboration with relevant stakeholders, the librarian investigates established techniques as well as new strategies and technologies to address the current challenges to long-term preservation and access to TAMU's heterogeneous collections. This assessment and consultation role includes responsibility for developing effective policies and coordinating them across library departments, in consultation with the head of collection development, curators, subject specialists as well as technical processing, facilities, technology and repository faculty/staff. The librarian educates and raises awareness of preservation issues and concerns. The individual also participates in committees and administrative groups, as appropriate. Required Qualifications: * American Library Association (ALA) accredited Master's degree (or equivalent) * Specialized training in preservation and a minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience in an academic/research library, museum, or archival center concerned with preservation of materials * Ability to plan, organize and coordinate workflows * Ability to work effectively with a culturally diverse population * Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following is required: * Book and paper preservation and conservation knowledge; * Preservation of non-print materials, including audio, image and video through electronic formatting; * Reformatting of print and manuscript materials into digital forms; or * Preservation of electronic materials: born-digital as well as reformatted to digital forms. * Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills * Excellent organizational and management skills with a strong customer service orientation * Engagement with professional service at national or international level Preferred Qualifications * Advanced degree in a relevant field, certification or training with emphasis on preservation methods * Demonstrated supervisory experience * Experience in leading teams and fostering collaborative relationships * Ability to develop critical capabilities throughout the organization through strategic hiring and staff development. Benefits Salary: This is a faculty position with the classification Clinical Associate Professor (non-tenure track). Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Excellent benefits include choice of health plan options and paid life insurance; several retirement plans including TIAA-CREF; paid holidays and vacation; no state or local income tax. Application Deadline:
Re: [CODE4LIB] Libraries Sharing Code: The List Making
Pat, While my library has an institutional account we currently use for private repos, we have released some code which is maintained under individual accounts. The code in the individual repositories is copyright North Carolina State University, but isn't included under the institutional account. It might be that in the future we release some code through the institutional account, but have not yet. There are good reasons why this might be the case for other institutions as well. For instance an institution could allow code to be released but not want to take on responsibility for maintaining it. While our library is sharing some code through individuals and their accounts, I wonder if listing individual accounts like this is out of scope for the page you've created? Would it be worth it to create a page that lists individual accounts of code4libbers? Are there other ways to find code released by code4lib folks? Jason On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Patrick Berry pbe...@gmail.com wrote: First, to the organizations doing this, thank you so much for sharing. I'm sure I'm not the only person to notice the growth in code sharing, especially through Github. As we're associated with libraries, I thought it might be good to have a list, no matter how incomplete, of libraries sharing code. As you might imagine Google searches for library or libraries tend be full of code libraries instead of Libraries with code. Go figure... http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Libraries_Sharing_Code As with all wiki pages, please do add what isn't there. Unless it's links to cheap prescription pills or something. Don't do that. I will admit that originally this page was titled Libraries with Github Organizations but I quickly realized that the first response would point out the painfully obvious fact that you can share code without Github. Yes, I was aware of that before I started the page but I'll @blame jetlag and CST. Pat (the one from Chico)
[CODE4LIB] Tesseract hOCR to ePub conversion
Hi, I am wanting to add epub output to our scanning workflow...just like the Internet Archive does. However, looking at their code, it appears they are using Abbyy FineReader for OCR. We're using Tesseract to make hOCR files, which we combine to with the images to make PDFs. Has anyone done the conversion of hOCR files to ePub? I want to avoid the PDF or DjVU to ePUB conversion, since the output from this is usually very bad. Thanks.. b,chris.
[CODE4LIB] Someone running OL sw as a LT-type service
http://ex-libris.in At least there's someone we can ask about getting the Open Library software up and running, as long as we don't appear to want to steal their business. kc -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry
I think Karen is right in essence. There *are* windows GUI clients. I haven't used them, and couldn't speak to how easy they are to setup, understand, and use. Something about Git (and GitHub) captures a hacker's spirit of sharing, cooperation, and even the oft missing openness to criticism. Take your bug reports and accept pull requests. My impulse is to want to share this with people who hack in other ways; through art, craft, culture, or otherwise. I'm not sure if we have the tools to do that in a way that is accessible, but Karen's right that the default tools aren't them. - Tom On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: gitHub may have excellent startup documentation, but that startup documentation describes git in programming terms mainly using *nx commands. If you have never had to use a version control system (e.g. if you do not write code, especially in a shared environment), clone push pull are very poorly described. The documentation is all in terms of *nx commands. Honestly, anything where this is in the documentation: On Windows systems, Git looks for the |.gitconfig| file in the |$HOME| directory (|%USERPROFILE%| in Windows’ environment), which is |C:\Documents and Settings\$USER| or |C:\Users\$USER| for most people, depending on version (|$USER| is |%USERNAME%| in Windows’ environment). is not going to work for anyone who doesn't work in Windows at the command line. No, git is NOT for non-coders. kc On 2/16/13 4:25 AM, Sharp, Chris wrote: - Original Message - From: Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 6:38:53 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry (github unfortunately would be a barrier to many) GitHub fortunately has excellent startup documentation for new users: https://help.github.com/**articles/set-up-githttps://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git I recommend GitHub as an entry point to using git (or to coding for that matter). Hope that's helpful, Chris -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
Re: [CODE4LIB] Libraries Sharing Code: The List Making
I don't see any reason to not list repos that contain library code. I wasn't really aiming for the Wikipedia style canonical listing, so the more links the better. Pat On Saturday, February 16, 2013, Jason Ronallo wrote: Pat, While my library has an institutional account we currently use for private repos, we have released some code which is maintained under individual accounts. The code in the individual repositories is copyright North Carolina State University, but isn't included under the institutional account. It might be that in the future we release some code through the institutional account, but have not yet. There are good reasons why this might be the case for other institutions as well. For instance an institution could allow code to be released but not want to take on responsibility for maintaining it. While our library is sharing some code through individuals and their accounts, I wonder if listing individual accounts like this is out of scope for the page you've created? Would it be worth it to create a page that lists individual accounts of code4libbers? Are there other ways to find code released by code4lib folks? Jason On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Patrick Berry pbe...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: First, to the organizations doing this, thank you so much for sharing. I'm sure I'm not the only person to notice the growth in code sharing, especially through Github. As we're associated with libraries, I thought it might be good to have a list, no matter how incomplete, of libraries sharing code. As you might imagine Google searches for library or libraries tend be full of code libraries instead of Libraries with code. Go figure... http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Libraries_Sharing_Code As with all wiki pages, please do add what isn't there. Unless it's links to cheap prescription pills or something. Don't do that. I will admit that originally this page was titled Libraries with Github Organizations but I quickly realized that the first response would point out the painfully obvious fact that you can share code without Github. Yes, I was aware of that before I started the page but I'll @blame jetlag and CST. Pat (the one from Chico)
Re: [CODE4LIB] Libraries Sharing Code: The List Making
OK, I've added some more links and reorganized things a bit. I added sections for other independent library organizations (like Project Blacklight) as well as a section for individuals. I think the resource could be more useful with some indication of what kind of thing you'll see at the other end of the links, but that might be more maintenance than anyone wants to do. Jason On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Patrick Berry pbe...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see any reason to not list repos that contain library code. I wasn't really aiming for the Wikipedia style canonical listing, so the more links the better. Pat On Saturday, February 16, 2013, Jason Ronallo wrote: Pat, While my library has an institutional account we currently use for private repos, we have released some code which is maintained under individual accounts. The code in the individual repositories is copyright North Carolina State University, but isn't included under the institutional account. It might be that in the future we release some code through the institutional account, but have not yet. There are good reasons why this might be the case for other institutions as well. For instance an institution could allow code to be released but not want to take on responsibility for maintaining it. While our library is sharing some code through individuals and their accounts, I wonder if listing individual accounts like this is out of scope for the page you've created? Would it be worth it to create a page that lists individual accounts of code4libbers? Are there other ways to find code released by code4lib folks? Jason On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Patrick Berry pbe...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: First, to the organizations doing this, thank you so much for sharing. I'm sure I'm not the only person to notice the growth in code sharing, especially through Github. As we're associated with libraries, I thought it might be good to have a list, no matter how incomplete, of libraries sharing code. As you might imagine Google searches for library or libraries tend be full of code libraries instead of Libraries with code. Go figure... http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Libraries_Sharing_Code As with all wiki pages, please do add what isn't there. Unless it's links to cheap prescription pills or something. Don't do that. I will admit that originally this page was titled Libraries with Github Organizations but I quickly realized that the first response would point out the painfully obvious fact that you can share code without Github. Yes, I was aware of that before I started the page but I'll @blame jetlag and CST. Pat (the one from Chico)
Re: [CODE4LIB] editing code4lib livestream - preferred format
OK, it looks like Francis has decided to put these up on YouTube. While I think that meets the desire to get these out there quickly, I think there was enough interest in putting them up on Internet Archive. I'd like to see if we can pursue that avenue as well. Anyone have experience uploading video to IA? I think IA should have a step where the video can be encoded as MP4 and OGV. Tara, is there a way I, and others, could access the video you chopped up at least for a time? It doesn't much matter what format it is in at this point--whatever works for you. I'd be willing to help get these up on IA. Anyone else willing to help divvy up the work? The other piece I'd be willing to do is to show folks how they could use HTML5 video to embed the video within the Code4Lib site or any page using the IA sources. Jason On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Tara Robertson trobert...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hi Jason, Thanks! Looks like I missed a great presentation, thanks for the links to your slides. I offered to do a basic edit on the video from the livestream. Francis sent me an mp4. I'm using Quicktime to cut it into hunks--can easily save as a .mov or export as a m4v. I was aiming to convert them to mp4, but then wondered where the files were going to be stored or uploaded... In addition to this year's livestream account http://bit.ly/c4l13-stream I see that there's also http://www.livestream.com/code4lib From what others have said on the list it sounds like there isn't a central place where video is being kept. For the Access conference in 2011 we put them on the Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/DavidBinkleyMemorialLectureembodiedHistoriesTheWeightOfData For last year's Access conference in Montreal they put the videos up on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/accesslibcon I'm not a digital library person (and I know there's a bunch of smart folks who work in that area on this list), happy to let others make the bigger decision about how we archive conference slides and video. I want to split these files into the sessions because I want colleagues to be able to view some specific talks. Ideally I'd like to split them up in a way that's useful for other folks too. Thanks again, Tara On 15/02/2013 11:56 AM, Jason Ronallo wrote: Tara, Thank you for doing this! OK, my presentation was on HTML5 video, so let's see if I can help. What's the source video--where did you get it? How are you planning on making it accessible? Where will the video be hosted? (Where the video is hosted could be different from any interface where it is made accessible.) If we can make them accessible on the Code4Lib site, I'd suggest web-optimized MP4 and WebM. If you do the splitting and naming into individual files in MP4 or another common format, I can try to help with processing the video into the proper formats. We'd still need to figure out where the actual video files would be hosted, though. Can we host them on the Internet Archive? If so, we could still potentially display them within the Code4Lib pages dedicated to each presentation. (My cloud rickroll/switcheroo example was brought in directly from IA. [1]) But I did a quick test and was not allowed to embed a video into the page here: http://code4lib.org/conference/2013/ronallo The video tag is there in the markup that can be edited but that markup appears to be stripped out when displayed to the user. Anyone know if that is something that could be fixed or worked around? Let me know how I can help. Jason [1] http://html5-video-presentation.herokuapp.com/#switcheroo On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Tara Robertson trobert...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hi, I'm editing the video from code4lib into the sesison chunks. What format should I export the videos as? Anything else I should be aware of? Thanks, Tara -- Tara Robertson Accessibility Librarian, CILS http://www2.langara.bc.ca/cils/ T 604.323.5254 F 604.323.5954 trobert...@langara.bc.ca mailto:tara%20robertson%20%3ctrobert...@langara.bc.ca%3E Langara. http://www.langara.bc.ca 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 -- Tara Robertson Accessibility Librarian, CILS T 604.323.5254 F 604.323.5954 trobert...@langara.bc.ca Langara. 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6
Re: [CODE4LIB] editing code4lib livestream - preferred format
We only need to create an account on the Internet Archive in order to upload the videos. According to their FAQ[1] it's best if we uploaded the highest quality and they will attempt to derive it to various formats that are easy for streaming or download. [1] http://archive.org/about/faqs.php#235 ranti. On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Jason Ronallo jrona...@gmail.com wrote: OK, it looks like Francis has decided to put these up on YouTube. While I think that meets the desire to get these out there quickly, I think there was enough interest in putting them up on Internet Archive. I'd like to see if we can pursue that avenue as well. Anyone have experience uploading video to IA? I think IA should have a step where the video can be encoded as MP4 and OGV. Tara, is there a way I, and others, could access the video you chopped up at least for a time? It doesn't much matter what format it is in at this point--whatever works for you. I'd be willing to help get these up on IA. Anyone else willing to help divvy up the work? The other piece I'd be willing to do is to show folks how they could use HTML5 video to embed the video within the Code4Lib site or any page using the IA sources. Jason On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Tara Robertson trobert...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hi Jason, Thanks! Looks like I missed a great presentation, thanks for the links to your slides. I offered to do a basic edit on the video from the livestream. Francis sent me an mp4. I'm using Quicktime to cut it into hunks--can easily save as a .mov or export as a m4v. I was aiming to convert them to mp4, but then wondered where the files were going to be stored or uploaded... In addition to this year's livestream account http://bit.ly/c4l13-streamI see that there's also http://www.livestream.com/code4lib From what others have said on the list it sounds like there isn't a central place where video is being kept. For the Access conference in 2011 we put them on the Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/DavidBinkleyMemorialLectureembodiedHistoriesTheWeightOfData For last year's Access conference in Montreal they put the videos up on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/accesslibcon I'm not a digital library person (and I know there's a bunch of smart folks who work in that area on this list), happy to let others make the bigger decision about how we archive conference slides and video. I want to split these files into the sessions because I want colleagues to be able to view some specific talks. Ideally I'd like to split them up in a way that's useful for other folks too. Thanks again, Tara On 15/02/2013 11:56 AM, Jason Ronallo wrote: Tara, Thank you for doing this! OK, my presentation was on HTML5 video, so let's see if I can help. What's the source video--where did you get it? How are you planning on making it accessible? Where will the video be hosted? (Where the video is hosted could be different from any interface where it is made accessible.) If we can make them accessible on the Code4Lib site, I'd suggest web-optimized MP4 and WebM. If you do the splitting and naming into individual files in MP4 or another common format, I can try to help with processing the video into the proper formats. We'd still need to figure out where the actual video files would be hosted, though. Can we host them on the Internet Archive? If so, we could still potentially display them within the Code4Lib pages dedicated to each presentation. (My cloud rickroll/switcheroo example was brought in directly from IA. [1]) But I did a quick test and was not allowed to embed a video into the page here: http://code4lib.org/conference/2013/ronallo The video tag is there in the markup that can be edited but that markup appears to be stripped out when displayed to the user. Anyone know if that is something that could be fixed or worked around? Let me know how I can help. Jason [1] http://html5-video-presentation.herokuapp.com/#switcheroo On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Tara Robertson trobert...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hi, I'm editing the video from code4lib into the sesison chunks. What format should I export the videos as? Anything else I should be aware of? Thanks, Tara -- Tara Robertson Accessibility Librarian, CILS http://www2.langara.bc.ca/cils/ T 604.323.5254 F 604.323.5954 trobert...@langara.bc.ca mailto:tara%20robertson%20%3ctrobert...@langara.bc.ca%3E Langara. http://www.langara.bc.ca 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 -- Tara Robertson Accessibility Librarian, CILS T 604.323.5254 F 604.323.5954 trobert...@langara.bc.ca Langara. 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
Re: [CODE4LIB] editing code4lib livestream - preferred format
If we want to divide up the workload of uploading videos, I'd be glad to help out. Kevin On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Jason Ronallo jrona...@gmail.com wrote: OK, it looks like Francis has decided to put these up on YouTube. While I think that meets the desire to get these out there quickly, I think there was enough interest in putting them up on Internet Archive. I'd like to see if we can pursue that avenue as well. Anyone have experience uploading video to IA? I think IA should have a step where the video can be encoded as MP4 and OGV. Tara, is there a way I, and others, could access the video you chopped up at least for a time? It doesn't much matter what format it is in at this point--whatever works for you. I'd be willing to help get these up on IA. Anyone else willing to help divvy up the work? The other piece I'd be willing to do is to show folks how they could use HTML5 video to embed the video within the Code4Lib site or any page using the IA sources. Jason On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Tara Robertson trobert...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hi Jason, Thanks! Looks like I missed a great presentation, thanks for the links to your slides. I offered to do a basic edit on the video from the livestream. Francis sent me an mp4. I'm using Quicktime to cut it into hunks--can easily save as a .mov or export as a m4v. I was aiming to convert them to mp4, but then wondered where the files were going to be stored or uploaded... In addition to this year's livestream account http://bit.ly/c4l13-stream I see that there's also http://www.livestream.com/code4lib From what others have said on the list it sounds like there isn't a central place where video is being kept. For the Access conference in 2011 we put them on the Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/DavidBinkleyMemorialLectureembodiedHistoriesTheWeightOfData For last year's Access conference in Montreal they put the videos up on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/accesslibcon I'm not a digital library person (and I know there's a bunch of smart folks who work in that area on this list), happy to let others make the bigger decision about how we archive conference slides and video. I want to split these files into the sessions because I want colleagues to be able to view some specific talks. Ideally I'd like to split them up in a way that's useful for other folks too. Thanks again, Tara On 15/02/2013 11:56 AM, Jason Ronallo wrote: Tara, Thank you for doing this! OK, my presentation was on HTML5 video, so let's see if I can help. What's the source video--where did you get it? How are you planning on making it accessible? Where will the video be hosted? (Where the video is hosted could be different from any interface where it is made accessible.) If we can make them accessible on the Code4Lib site, I'd suggest web-optimized MP4 and WebM. If you do the splitting and naming into individual files in MP4 or another common format, I can try to help with processing the video into the proper formats. We'd still need to figure out where the actual video files would be hosted, though. Can we host them on the Internet Archive? If so, we could still potentially display them within the Code4Lib pages dedicated to each presentation. (My cloud rickroll/switcheroo example was brought in directly from IA. [1]) But I did a quick test and was not allowed to embed a video into the page here: http://code4lib.org/conference/2013/ronallo The video tag is there in the markup that can be edited but that markup appears to be stripped out when displayed to the user. Anyone know if that is something that could be fixed or worked around? Let me know how I can help. Jason [1] http://html5-video-presentation.herokuapp.com/#switcheroo On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Tara Robertson trobert...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hi, I'm editing the video from code4lib into the sesison chunks. What format should I export the videos as? Anything else I should be aware of? Thanks, Tara -- Tara Robertson Accessibility Librarian, CILS http://www2.langara.bc.ca/cils/ T 604.323.5254 F 604.323.5954 trobert...@langara.bc.ca mailto:tara%20robertson%20%3ctrobert...@langara.bc.ca%3E Langara. http://www.langara.bc.ca 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 -- Tara Robertson Accessibility Librarian, CILS T 604.323.5254 F 604.323.5954 trobert...@langara.bc.ca Langara. 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6
Re: [CODE4LIB] editing code4lib livestream - preferred format
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 07:21:46PM -0600, Jason Ronallo wrote: OK, it looks like Francis has decided to put these up on YouTube. While I think that meets the desire to get these out there quickly, I think there was enough interest in putting them up on Internet Archive. I'd like to see if we can pursue that avenue as well. Until this came up here I'd never thought about IA. After reading the responses I am happy to use my IA account for videos. Anyone have experience uploading video to IA? I think IA should have a step where the video can be encoded as MP4 and OGV. Tara, is there a way I, and others, could access the video you chopped up at least for a time? It doesn't much matter what format it is in at this point--whatever works for you. I'd be willing to help get these up on IA. Anyone else willing to help divvy up the work? I will make these available to anyone who shoots me a note to kayiwa@ Cheers. ./fxk The other piece I'd be willing to do is to show folks how they could use HTML5 video to embed the video within the Code4Lib site or any page using the IA sources. Jason On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Tara Robertson trobert...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hi Jason, Thanks! Looks like I missed a great presentation, thanks for the links to your slides. I offered to do a basic edit on the video from the livestream. Francis sent me an mp4. I'm using Quicktime to cut it into hunks--can easily save as a .mov or export as a m4v. I was aiming to convert them to mp4, but then wondered where the files were going to be stored or uploaded... In addition to this year's livestream account http://bit.ly/c4l13-stream I see that there's also http://www.livestream.com/code4lib From what others have said on the list it sounds like there isn't a central place where video is being kept. For the Access conference in 2011 we put them on the Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/DavidBinkleyMemorialLectureembodiedHistoriesTheWeightOfData For last year's Access conference in Montreal they put the videos up on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/accesslibcon I'm not a digital library person (and I know there's a bunch of smart folks who work in that area on this list), happy to let others make the bigger decision about how we archive conference slides and video. I want to split these files into the sessions because I want colleagues to be able to view some specific talks. Ideally I'd like to split them up in a way that's useful for other folks too. Thanks again, Tara On 15/02/2013 11:56 AM, Jason Ronallo wrote: Tara, Thank you for doing this! OK, my presentation was on HTML5 video, so let's see if I can help. What's the source video--where did you get it? How are you planning on making it accessible? Where will the video be hosted? (Where the video is hosted could be different from any interface where it is made accessible.) If we can make them accessible on the Code4Lib site, I'd suggest web-optimized MP4 and WebM. If you do the splitting and naming into individual files in MP4 or another common format, I can try to help with processing the video into the proper formats. We'd still need to figure out where the actual video files would be hosted, though. Can we host them on the Internet Archive? If so, we could still potentially display them within the Code4Lib pages dedicated to each presentation. (My cloud rickroll/switcheroo example was brought in directly from IA. [1]) But I did a quick test and was not allowed to embed a video into the page here: http://code4lib.org/conference/2013/ronallo The video tag is there in the markup that can be edited but that markup appears to be stripped out when displayed to the user. Anyone know if that is something that could be fixed or worked around? Let me know how I can help. Jason [1] http://html5-video-presentation.herokuapp.com/#switcheroo On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Tara Robertson trobert...@langara.bc.ca wrote: Hi, I'm editing the video from code4lib into the sesison chunks. What format should I export the videos as? Anything else I should be aware of? Thanks, Tara -- Tara Robertson Accessibility Librarian, CILS http://www2.langara.bc.ca/cils/ T 604.323.5254 F 604.323.5954 trobert...@langara.bc.ca mailto:tara%20robertson%20%3ctrobert...@langara.bc.ca%3E Langara. http://www.langara.bc.ca 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 -- Tara Robertson Accessibility Librarian, CILS T 604.323.5254 F 604.323.5954 trobert...@langara.bc.ca Langara. 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 -- The sooner you make your first 5000 mistakes, the sooner you will be able to correct them. -- Nicolaides
