[CODE4LIB] Job: Electronic Resources Acquisitions Librarian at University of Wisconsin System

[jobs]

Electronic Resources Acquisitions Librarian (University of Wisconsin General
Library System, Wisconsin)

This position is responsible for managing the acquisitions of electronic
resources for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's General Library System.
Reporting to the Head of the Acquisitions Department, primary responsibilities
include support for collecting activities in gathering information associated
with potential new products and trials; license support (such as initial
negotiation and technical review); coordination of the ordering, payment, and
activation processes for electronic resources; management and maintenance of
the Libraries' Open URL link resolver; oversight of troubleshooting for
electronic resources; and coordination of data related to electronic resource
usage. The position vacancy for the Academic Librarian or Senior Academic
Librarian (100% FTE) is posted at: [http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/WebListing/Unclass
ified/PVLSummary.aspx?pvl_num=76700](http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/WebListing/Unclas
sified/PVLSummary.aspx?pvl_num=76700) The minimum salary rate for this
position is $47,381. To apply, send cover letter, resume and contact
information for three references to: Pat Erickson 728 State St 367 Memorial
Library Madison, WI 53706-1418 Phone: 608-262-2768 Fax: 608-265-2754 Email:
[perick...@library.wisc.edu](mailto:perick...@library.wisc.edu) To ensure
consideration, application materials must be received by June 28, 2013.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: User Services and Multimedia Librarian at Cornell University

[jobs]

User Services and Multimedia Librarian (Cornell University Library, New York)

Albert R. Mann Library, part of the Cornell University Library (CUL), seeks an
energetic, service oriented, strategic thinker with an eye to the future, to
serve as our User Services & Multimedia Librarian. The
librarian must be a hands-on leader, enthusiastically participating in the day
to day operations of the access services department and management of staff,
while also inspiring staff to seek creative solutions that address the
changing demands of our users. Candidates should have a
strong background and interest in multimedia technology and software in order
to develop and implement library services which will assist undergraduate
students with the use of multimedia AV technologies to complete their
classroom projects and assignments. The
librarian in this position must anticipate needs and take risks in order to
reinvent the service model as necessary, be well informed about current
practices, theories and issues in library services, and exhibit creativity,
initiative and flexibility. Responsibilities Responsible for the daily
operations of Mann Library's circulation, reserve, interlibrary loan and
resource sharing functions, while striving to provide consistently excellent
service to the public. Uses and customizes access services' online systems and
software that deliver essential management information and advances services
in support of the library's circulation, reserve, interlibrary loan/document
delivery, and resource sharing programs. Researches, recommends, and employs
new technologies in pursuit of improving library access services that extend
services beyond the physical building. Assist with the development of, and
participate in instruction that will assist undergraduate students with the
use of technology for multimodal projects. Coordinate support and service for
multi-media and audiovisual hardware and software. Assess trends and usage of
multimedia/AV devices; make recommendations for the purchase of multi-media
and audio visual equipment. Directly supervise 9 FTE support staff and manage
over 35 student assistants. Required Qualifications: ALA accredited master's
degree in Library or Information Science Demonstrated experience working with
library automated systems software and operations Strong organizational,
problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills Possess a positive
attitude, be future-oriented, and embrace change Excellent written and oral
communication skills Experience with current multimedia production using
Windows and Mac platforms including skills utilizing and/or providing
instruction in the use of several of the following--digital audio and video
production/editing products, streaming video, course management systems, and
graphics software. Excellent presentation skills and commitment to
professional growth and development. Preferred Qualifications: Supervisory and
leadership experience. Experience working with library specific assessment
tools in an academic library environment. Instruction
experience in one-on-one and/or classroom setting. To apply on-line, please
visit [http://careers.hr.cornell.edu/](http://careers.hr.cornell.edu/),
position number 20573. Deadline for applications is July 5,
2013.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Summer Internship Information Sciences at American Geophysical Union

[jobs]

**Description**  
  
Are you looking to launch your career in a challenging and rewarding summer
internship? At AGU, an international non-profit association, you will help to
promote the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity. You
will work within a collaborative, agile environment with talented, dedicated
professionals who are interested in making a difference.

  
The Information Services department manages our new association management
system (AMS), Avectra netFORUM with heavy input from our colleagues. The AMS
centralizes the association's customer data and is used by most of the AGU
staff. You will have the opportunity to plan and build a web-based resource
center (wiki) for AGU netFORUM users. This resource center will host and
organize all information pertaining to the AMS and its use within AGU. You
will also assist the AMS team with daily operational tasks, as assigned. This
internship provides an opportunity to lead the implementation of an online
resource center and enhance project management and information management
skills while learning a database management system first-hand.

  
Specific duties consist of working closely with the AMS team and key
stakeholders to define, organize, and tag content of a web-based resource
center for AGU netFORUM users; and building a taxonomy to be used on the
resource center, which will house all information pertinent to the AMS
operations (processes, tips, access to FAQ's, option to submit tickets,
meeting notes, historical documents, etc.) in an accessible and searchable
manner.

  
The anticipated start date of the internship is 12 June 2013 and the
internship duration is eleven weeks.

  
**Requirements**  
  
We are seeking a college student, a graduate student, or a recent graduate.
Preferred majors include information science, library science, or a related
field. Previous experience developing a taxonomy or designing a wiki
preferred. Good research, organizational and problem-solving skills are a
must. Ability to analyze different sources of information and organize it for
optimal accessibility and retrieval. Ability to look at things from different
perspectives and to communicate and work harmoniously with a large and varied
team.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Content Specialist at National Archives and Records Administration

[jobs]

**Job Summary**  
  
This position is responsible for assignments designed to manage and extend
NARA's collaborations with Wikipedia/Wikimedia and related projects. There may
also be involvement in activity on other social media and online access
platforms depending on NARA's participation, collaborations, and projects as
directed.. To support these efforts, the Office of Innovation develops,
maintains and coordinates: the description program; agency-wide business
architecture; metadata standards and authorities; and provides internal
digitization labs, intranet, and social media programs.

  
Whether you are new to the Federal Government or an experienced professional
seeking a career change, you can make history at the National Archives. Our
dedicated staff works across a variety of career fields to safeguard the
records of the Federal Government - more than 10 billion of them.

  
**Duties**

  * Working on NARA's social media efforts in collaboration with other NARA 
units (e.g., Research Services, Presidential Libraries, Legislative Archives 
and Information Technology) as well as the Wikimedia Foundation/Wikipedia, 
other Federal organizations such as the Library of Congress and the 
Smithsonian, other archives (state/local/university), and organizations such as 
OCLC and the Society of American Archivists (SAA).
  * Participating in new or existing WikiProjects related to increasing access 
to archives collections and services.
  * Responsible for the online image and reputation of NARA on Wikipedia and 
other platforms. Creating NARA policies governing the use of social media and 
social networking websites.
  * Analyzing the intricacies of NARA's online presence and determining ways in 
which to grow engagement with stakeholders.
  * Implementing strategies to effectively use and share explicit and tacit 
knowledge in an online environment and facilitates the sharing of best business 
practices.
  * Providing support/assistance in creation and implementation of 
Wikipedia/Wikimedia strategies and directions NARA may pursue including 
possible contributions to the creation of metadata standards or adoption of 
existing standards.
  * Defining key performance indicators and implementing enterprise level 
measurement, analytics, and reporting methods to gauge Wikipedia project 
success.
  * Performing outreach to NARA staff to explain Wikipedia's practices, 
providing training throughout the organization on best practices for creating, 
managing, monitoring, and providing content for Wikipedia/Wikimedia use.
  * Coordinating marketing events with online activity and tracks the analytics 
of Wikipedia influence and distribution channels.
  * Organizing special events, such editing challenge days or scanathons for 
the Wikipedia community; sharing the experience with NARA, the Wikipedia 
community, and the public via presentations, videos or social media.
**Qualifications Required**  
  
GS-09 - Candidates must have had one (1) year of specialized experience
equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-07). Specialized
experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular
knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of
the position as described above, and that is typically in or related to the
position to be filled.

  
Examples of specialized experience for this grade level include: creating
guidelines and procedures used to provide access to informational, historical,
and educational materials in an online environment; using Wikipedia/Wikimedia
practices in creating and editing templates; organizing and/or participating
on WikiProject pages and facilitating content development; utilizing
Wikipedia/Wikimedia concepts, processes, tools, and technologies; leading,
organizing, or participating in outreach and collaboration events between
organizations or communities and Wikipedians; knowledge of HTML and XML and
application of metadata; utilizing Sharepoint, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and/or
other collaboration software.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Repository Coordinator at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

[jobs]

Digital Repository Coordinator (King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, Saudi Arabia)

KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Digital Repository
Coordinator Competitive Tax-free Salary King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology (KAUST) is a major new graduate university focused on becoming
a leader in science and technology research and graduate education. Located
near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the university's coastline campus on the Red Sea
features high-quality residences, extensive recreational facilities and beach,
a multicultural environment, and a high quality of life for employees and
their families. Its stunning library is a recipient of the 2011 AIA/ALA
Library Building Award. The University Library currently has an opening for a
Digital Repository Coordinator who supports operation of the KAUST Digital
Archive, and the university's repository of research
outputs. The primary responsibilities of the position are depositing or
assisting users with deposit of works into the repository, creating metadata
for deposited items, ensuring the accuracy and consistency of metadata and the
completeness/functionality of deposited items, determining copyright status of
deposited items, assisting users of the repository, and promoting its use
through meetings with KAUST researchers and marketing campaigns. The ideal
candidate will have: Working knowledge of descriptive metadata standards.
Experience with a major repository software platform (such as DSpace).
Knowledge of copyright and permissions issues relating to digital repositories
and open access. Experience in an academic or research library or scholarly
communication area. Experience in working with faculty, researchers, graduate
students, and publishers. To apply, visit the KAUST website
at [http://apptrkr.com/343695. All applications must be submitted through this 
site for consideration.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Cataloging Services Librarian (temporary, part-time) at Oregon State Library

[jobs]

STATE OF OREGON

invites applications for the position of:

  
**Librarian (Cataloging Services Librarian)**  
  
JOB CODE: OSL13-0001Temp

  
OPENING DATE/TIME: 06/05/13 12:00 AM

  
CLOSING DATE/TIME: 06/16/13 11:59 PM

  
SALARY: $1,826.00 - $2,670.50 Monthly

  
JOB TYPE: Temporary

  
LOCATION: Salem, Oregon

  
AGENCY: State Library-Government Research Services

  
DESCRIPTION:

  
The Oregon State Library is currently accepting applications to fill a
Temporary, approximately 6 month duration, Part-Time (50%), Librarian position
in the Government Research Services section. This position
is not benefit eligible.

  
This recruitment announcement will be used to establish a list of qualified
candidates to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill future
vacancies as they occur.

  
The Oregon State Library is an independent state agency governed by a seven-
member Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor under [ORS
357](http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/357.html). The State Library plays a vital
role in state government, proudly providing services for over 100 years. The
mission of the Oregon State Library is to provide quality information services
to Oregon state government; provide reading materials to blind and print-
disabled Oregonians; and provides leadership, grants, and other assistance to
improve library service for all Oregonians.

  
The State Library consists of five teams-- Government Research Services,
Library Administrative Services, Library Development Services, Talking Book
and Braille Services and Management Team -- operating on a biennial budget of
approximately $14.7 million with 39.26 FTE. The State Library also has one of
the best volunteer programs in state government, made up of talented
individuals who donate their time to help achieve the mission and goals of the
agency.

  
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  
Duties

  
Catalog Services

  * Cataloging of complex Oregon documents and review of other Oregon document 
cataloging as needed;
  * Provide professional cataloging services for OSL for all collections and 
formats, especially items requiring complex original cataloging;
  * Ensure consistent application of name and subject headings and 
classification for OSL for all collections and formats through workflow 
coordination and reviewing the work of other members of the catalog services 
workgroup;
  * Review and approve cataloging performed by Cataloging Specialists.
Other Tasks

  * Staff Reference desk as needed: Answers basic reference questions. Helps 
patrons with public access terminals, copy machines, and microfilm 
reader-printers. Answers telephone and forwards calls to appropriate person. 
Markets OSL services to state employees;
  * Participate in the GRS team including: 
* Team meetings and in support of team projects
* Support of the team agreements and service model
  * Contribute to a positive and productive work environment, work 
cooperatively with coworkers, and provide positive customer service to the 
public, coworkers and other state employees;
  * Regular attendance is an essential function required to meet the demands of 
this job and provide necessary services.
WORKING CONDITIONS

  * Typical office environment in a shared office.
  * Uses word processing, spreadsheets, budget reporting, email and Internet 
access software and programs on microcomputer.
  * Uses fax and other office equipment.
  * Occasional lifting of library materials and equipment weighing up to 20 
pounds. Extended periods of use and exposure to video display monitors.
QUALIFICATIONS & DESIRED ATTRIBUTES:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  
An American Library Association (ALA) accredited Master of Library Science
degree.

  
DESIRED ATTRIBUTES

  
 Strong knowledge of
the principles and practices of cataloging, including nationally accepted
rules and standards such as AACR2R, LCRIs, LCSH, MARC formats, RDA and other
metadata standards;

  
 Thorough knowledge
of Dewey Decimal Classification system and Library of Congress subject
headings and other cataloging factors.



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

[Friscia, Michael]

I apologize if this was posted already. But I accidentally deleted the original 
messages in an accidental bulk cleanup

http://dashboard.imamuseum.org

I know it's a museum and not a library, but I think there are some things to be 
learned with the simplicity of the display and transparency of information.

___
Michael Friscia
Manager, Digital Library & Programming Services
Yale University Library
(203) 432-1856

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Jason 
Stirnaman [jstirna...@kumc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:53 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

Cab,
I realize you asked for examples, not tools, and this may be overkill for what 
you're wanting, but http://ushahidi.com/products/ushahidi-platform.
Ushahidi would be good if you wanted a geographic, time-series visualization 
mashed-up with social media.
e.g. 
http://community.ushahidi.com/uploads/documents/c_Ushahidi-Practical_Considerations.pdf
I imagine that could be a worthwhile project on a large scale for many 
libraries.

A Google Fusion Table would be a simpler mapping/charting alternative. e.g. 
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1JRSvdVxym2lKiM2cnfB7vmY735l58GSxD5O7-g0

Jason
Jason Stirnaman
Digital Projects Librarian
A.R. Dykes Library
University of Kansas Medical Center
913-588-7319


From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Francis Kayiwa 
[kay...@uic.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 03:40:29PM -0400, Cab Vinton wrote:
> Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
> recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
> Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
> of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
> levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
> maintaining our funding.
>
> The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
> http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
> ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.
>
> Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
> have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
> user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?
>
> If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
> dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
> an indication of how things work on the back end.

YMMV but I've used infogr.am [0]

Granted the type of data I was using doesn't compare to the kind you are
trying to tame above.

Failing that there's lots of listed at datavisualization.ch[1] that could
help solve you problem. Here some assembly will be required.

Cheers,
./fxk

[0] http://infogr.am/
[1] http://selection.datavisualization.ch/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cab Vinton, Director
> Sanbornton Public Library
> Sanbornton, NH
>

--
i'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be
living apart.
-- e. e. cummings

Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

[Jason Stirnaman]

Cab,
I realize you asked for examples, not tools, and this may be overkill for what 
you're wanting, but http://ushahidi.com/products/ushahidi-platform. 
Ushahidi would be good if you wanted a geographic, time-series visualization 
mashed-up with social media.
e.g. 
http://community.ushahidi.com/uploads/documents/c_Ushahidi-Practical_Considerations.pdf
I imagine that could be a worthwhile project on a large scale for many 
libraries.

A Google Fusion Table would be a simpler mapping/charting alternative. e.g. 
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1JRSvdVxym2lKiM2cnfB7vmY735l58GSxD5O7-g0

Jason
Jason Stirnaman
Digital Projects Librarian
A.R. Dykes Library
University of Kansas Medical Center
913-588-7319


From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Francis Kayiwa 
[kay...@uic.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 03:40:29PM -0400, Cab Vinton wrote:
> Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
> recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
> Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
> of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
> levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
> maintaining our funding.
>
> The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
> http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
> ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.
>
> Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
> have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
> user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?
>
> If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
> dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
> an indication of how things work on the back end.

YMMV but I've used infogr.am [0]

Granted the type of data I was using doesn't compare to the kind you are
trying to tame above.

Failing that there's lots of listed at datavisualization.ch[1] that could
help solve you problem. Here some assembly will be required.

Cheers,
./fxk

[0] http://infogr.am/
[1] http://selection.datavisualization.ch/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cab Vinton, Director
> Sanbornton Public Library
> Sanbornton, NH
>

--
i'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be
living apart.
-- e. e. cummings

Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

[Jonathan Rochkind]

And to triple post myself, if you google around (I tried "public library 
benefit statistics dashboard") you can find some other examples too, such as:

http://www.library.appstate.edu/about/planning

And there is in fact a Code4Lib Journal article on one implementation of 
library statistic visualization:

http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7812



From: Jonathan Rochkind
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:47 PM
To: Code for Libraries
Subject: RE: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

Aha, I found it! I was right it was  Michigan.

http://www.tadl.org/stats/
http://www.tadl.org/about/stats

I can't remember hte name of the code4libber responsible, but they were on the 
#code4lib IRC channel, they are around in our community!


From: Jonathan Rochkind
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:45 PM
To: Code for Libraries
Subject: RE: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

I recently saw a great example of exactly what you're talking about... but now 
I can't find it!

I think it might have been a public library somewhere in michigan, but I could 
be misremembering that. It was pointed out on the #code4lib IRC channel, 
whoever was responsible for it was on channel at the time, and someone 
congratulated them because their public statistics dashboard had been featured 
on some web page somewhere.

Bah, this probably isn't too helpful! How frustrating, I'm certain I saw an 
example of exactly what you are are asking for! (I encouraged them to submit to 
the code4lib journal on it, because I knew people would want to know about it!)

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cab Vinton 
[bibli...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:40 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
maintaining our funding.

The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.

Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?

If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
an indication of how things work on the back end.

Cheers,

Cab Vinton, Director
Sanbornton Public Library
Sanbornton, NH

Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

[Jonathan Rochkind]

Aha, I found it! I was right it was  Michigan. 

http://www.tadl.org/stats/
http://www.tadl.org/about/stats

I can't remember hte name of the code4libber responsible, but they were on the 
#code4lib IRC channel, they are around in our community! 


From: Jonathan Rochkind
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:45 PM
To: Code for Libraries
Subject: RE: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

I recently saw a great example of exactly what you're talking about... but now 
I can't find it!

I think it might have been a public library somewhere in michigan, but I could 
be misremembering that. It was pointed out on the #code4lib IRC channel, 
whoever was responsible for it was on channel at the time, and someone 
congratulated them because their public statistics dashboard had been featured 
on some web page somewhere.

Bah, this probably isn't too helpful! How frustrating, I'm certain I saw an 
example of exactly what you are are asking for! (I encouraged them to submit to 
the code4lib journal on it, because I knew people would want to know about it!)

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cab Vinton 
[bibli...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:40 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
maintaining our funding.

The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.

Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?

If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
an indication of how things work on the back end.

Cheers,

Cab Vinton, Director
Sanbornton Public Library
Sanbornton, NH

Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

[Nick Ruest]

This one? http://www.tadl.org/stats/

-nruest

On 13-06-05 05:45 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:

I recently saw a great example of exactly what you're talking about... but now 
I can't find it!

I think it might have been a public library somewhere in michigan, but I could 
be misremembering that. It was pointed out on the #code4lib IRC channel, 
whoever was responsible for it was on channel at the time, and someone 
congratulated them because their public statistics dashboard had been featured 
on some web page somewhere.

Bah, this probably isn't too helpful! How frustrating, I'm certain I saw an 
example of exactly what you are are asking for! (I encouraged them to submit to 
the code4lib journal on it, because I knew people would want to know about it!)

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cab Vinton 
[bibli...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:40 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
maintaining our funding.

The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.

Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?

If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
an indication of how things work on the back end.

Cheers,

Cab Vinton, Director
Sanbornton Public Library
Sanbornton, NH

Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

[Jonathan Rochkind]

I recently saw a great example of exactly what you're talking about... but now 
I can't find it!

I think it might have been a public library somewhere in michigan, but I could 
be misremembering that. It was pointed out on the #code4lib IRC channel, 
whoever was responsible for it was on channel at the time, and someone 
congratulated them because their public statistics dashboard had been featured 
on some web page somewhere. 

Bah, this probably isn't too helpful! How frustrating, I'm certain I saw an 
example of exactly what you are are asking for! (I encouraged them to submit to 
the code4lib journal on it, because I knew people would want to know about it!)

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Cab Vinton 
[bibli...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:40 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
maintaining our funding.

The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.

Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?

If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
an indication of how things work on the back end.

Cheers,

Cab Vinton, Director
Sanbornton Public Library
Sanbornton, NH

Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

[scott bacon]

Hi Cab,

I have had a statistics dashboard project on the back burner for a while. A
few dashboards that come to mind, all of which appear to use different
back-end technologies:
IU School of Library and Information Science

Indianapolis Museum of Art 
University of 
Richmond

Hope this helps.



On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Cab Vinton  wrote:

> Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
> recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
> Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
> of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
> levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
> maintaining our funding.
>
> The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
> http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
> ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.
>
> Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
> have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
> user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?
>
> If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
> dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
> an indication of how things work on the back end.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cab Vinton, Director
> Sanbornton Public Library
> Sanbornton, NH
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

[Francis Kayiwa]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 03:40:29PM -0400, Cab Vinton wrote:
> Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
> recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
> Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
> of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
> levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
> maintaining our funding.
> 
> The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
> http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
> ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.
> 
> Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
> have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
> user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?
> 
> If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
> dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
> an indication of how things work on the back end.

YMMV but I've used infogr.am [0]

Granted the type of data I was using doesn't compare to the kind you are
trying to tame above.

Failing that there's lots of listed at datavisualization.ch[1] that could
help solve you problem. Here some assembly will be required.

Cheers,
./fxk

[0] http://infogr.am/
[1] http://selection.datavisualization.ch/
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Cab Vinton, Director
> Sanbornton Public Library
> Sanbornton, NH
> 

-- 
i'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be
living apart.
-- e. e. cummings

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Karen Coyle]

If you don't have to use LCSH... the Agrovoc thesaurus has a term 
suggester API:


try http://foris.fao.org/agrovoc/

It's actually easier to use than LCSH because the terms are not 
pre-coordinated.


kc

On 6/5/13 9:58 AM, Joshua Welker wrote:

Hmm, that is pretty smart. I am actually hoping to roll this whole thing into a 
plugin for Wordpress/Drupal, so if possible I want to avoid using anything that 
is going to require server configuration (ie setting up Solr). But I bet I 
could just roll all the LCSH data into an SQLite file and then search it with 
PHP on the server.

This might work. Thanks!

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan 
Gruber
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 11:51 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

I once put all of the LCSH headings into a local Solr index and used 
TermsComponent to power autosuggest.  It was really fast.

Ethan


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:


I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give
the top 10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them.

So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work
for me. I am creating a mashup of several data sources for my
auto-suggest feature, and I am having a hard time dynamically adding
the results from the LOC Suggest API to the existing collection of
data that is used to populate my jQuery UI Autocomplete field.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to have all the LC Subject Heading data
cached on my server so that I can build my autocomplete data source
one time rather than having to deal with dynamically adding, sorting,
etc. But then the problem I run into is that the LCSH master file is so big 
that it basically crashes the server.

That's why I'm thinking I might have to give up on this project.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
Of Michael J. Giarlo
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

Josh,

Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to?

-Mike



On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:


I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results
the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give
up on this project.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
Of Ethan Gruber
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

You'd write some javascript to query the service with every
keystroke,

e.g.

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects
beginning with "hi*"  It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you
could look into that.

Ethan


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker 

wrote:

This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects
rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried
removing the querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to ""
with no success.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?

mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and
Earth Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True
Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle,
Wash.)","Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska
Cooperative Park Studies Unit)","Biology and behavior
series","Biology and environment (Macmillan Press)","Biology and
management of old-growth
forests"],["1
result","1 result","1 result","1
result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1
result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]

-Mike



On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker 

wrote:

I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority
file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to
handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web
app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Than

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Joshua Welker]

That's a good point, but this is a discovery search box (EDS) that will be 
searching a lot of database content as well as local holdings, so I would 
rather have too many search terms than just the ones in our catalog to the 
exclusion of online content.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith 
Jenkins
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 2:14 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

> the LCSH master file is so big that it basically crashes the server.

Do you really want to use the full LCSH, or just the subset that exists in your 
local catalog?

Or, to put it another way: do you really want to provide the user with search 
suggestions that will result in zero hits?

Keith

[CODE4LIB] Visualizing (public) library statistics

[Cab Vinton]

Come budget time, I invariably find myself working with the most
recent compilation of public library statistics put out by our State
Library -- comparing our library to peer institutions along a variety
of measures (support per capita, circulation per capita, staffing
levels, etc.) so I can make the best possible case for increasing/
maintaining our funding.

The raw data is in a Excel spreadsheet --
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/public_library_stats.html -- so this seems
ripe for mashing up, data visualization, online charting, etc.

Does anyone know of any examples where these types of library stats
have been made available online in a way that meets my goals of being
user-friendly, visually informative/ clear, and just plain cool?

If not, examples from the non-library world and/ or pointers to
dashboards of note would be equally welcome, particularly if there's
an indication of how things work on the back end.

Cheers,

Cab Vinton, Director
Sanbornton Public Library
Sanbornton, NH

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Keith Jenkins]

> the LCSH master file is so big that it basically crashes the server.

Do you really want to use the full LCSH, or just the subset that
exists in your local catalog?

Or, to put it another way: do you really want to provide the user with
search suggestions that will result in zero hits?

Keith

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Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Joshua Welker]

Hmm, that is pretty smart. I am actually hoping to roll this whole thing into a 
plugin for Wordpress/Drupal, so if possible I want to avoid using anything that 
is going to require server configuration (ie setting up Solr). But I bet I 
could just roll all the LCSH data into an SQLite file and then search it with 
PHP on the server. 

This might work. Thanks!

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan 
Gruber
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 11:51 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

I once put all of the LCSH headings into a local Solr index and used 
TermsComponent to power autosuggest.  It was really fast.

Ethan


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give 
> the top 10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them.
>
> So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work 
> for me. I am creating a mashup of several data sources for my 
> auto-suggest feature, and I am having a hard time dynamically adding 
> the results from the LOC Suggest API to the existing collection of 
> data that is used to populate my jQuery UI Autocomplete field. 
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to have all the LC Subject Heading data 
> cached on my server so that I can build my autocomplete data source 
> one time rather than having to deal with dynamically adding, sorting, 
> etc. But then the problem I run into is that the LCSH master file is so big 
> that it basically crashes the server.
>
> That's why I'm thinking I might have to give up on this project.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Michael J. Giarlo
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> Josh,
>
> Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to?
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results 
> > the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give 
> > up on this project.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> > Of Ethan Gruber
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > You'd write some javascript to query the service with every 
> > keystroke,
> e.g.
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects 
> > beginning with "hi*"  It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you 
> > could look into that.
> >
> > Ethan
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> >
> > > This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects 
> > > rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried 
> > > removing the querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL 
> > > to ""
> > > with no success.
> > >
> > > Josh Welker
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On 
> > > Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
> > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> > >
> > > How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
> > >
> > > mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> > > ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> > > Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and 
> > > Earth Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True 
> > > Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, 
> > > Wash.)","Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska 
> > > Cooperative Park Studies Unit)","Biology and behavior 
> > > series","Biology and environment (Macmillan Press)","Biology and 
> > > management of old-growth
> > > forests"],["1
> > > result","1 result","1 result","1
> > > result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 
> > > result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I did see that, and it will work in a

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Aaron Coburn]

As a somewhat different approach to this, you may wish to consider using Apache 
Stanbol [1].

Briefly, Stanbol is a system for building semantic web applications. Among 
other things, it allows you to import the LOC data as n-triples (either in SKOS 
or MADS/RDF format) [2]. The data is stored in a Solr index and you can query 
it over HTTP, so it ends up being really, really fast. Plus, all of the RDF 
relationships are stored in the index, so you can query the API in a lot of 
different ways. The iks-project has a demo version of stanbol [3] with a 
variety of "locally managed entity hubs" -- they don't have LC subject 
headings, but they do include a lot of other data collections.

I use Stanbol fairly extensively for a number of these types of applications, 
though I don't expose the API directly to the web. In our system, we have the 
LOC subject headings, LOC name authority records and the full geonames 
database. If you do run this, you will want to put it on a system with a good 
amount of memory.

Regards,
Aaron


[1] http://stanbol.apache.org
[2] https://stanbol.apache.org/docs/trunk/customvocabulary.html
[3] http://dev.iks-project.eu:8081/entityhub




--
Aaron Coburn
Systems Administrator and Programmer
Academic Technology Services, Amherst College
acob...@amherst.edu






On Jun 4, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Joshua Welker 
mailto:jwel...@sbuniv.edu>> wrote:

I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am 
wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone 
know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject 
Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format 
will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while 
Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing 
that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing 
something. Any help is appreciated.

Josh Welker
Electronic/Media Services Librarian
College Liaison
University Libraries
Southwest Baptist University
417.328.1624

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Ethan Gruber]

I once put all of the LCSH headings into a local Solr index and used
TermsComponent to power autosuggest.  It was really fast.

Ethan


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give the
> top 10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them.
>
> So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work for
> me. I am creating a mashup of several data sources for my auto-suggest
> feature, and I am having a hard time dynamically adding the results from
> the LOC Suggest API to the existing collection of data that is used to
> populate my jQuery UI Autocomplete field. Ideally, I'd like to be able to
> have all the LC Subject Heading data cached on my server so that I can
> build my autocomplete data source one time rather than having to deal with
> dynamically adding, sorting, etc. But then the problem I run into is that
> the LCSH master file is so big that it basically crashes the server.
>
> That's why I'm thinking I might have to give up on this project.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Michael J. Giarlo
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> Josh,
>
> Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to?
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results
> > the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give
> > up on this project.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Ethan Gruber
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke,
> e.g.
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects
> > beginning with "hi*"  It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you
> > could look into that.
> >
> > Ethan
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> >
> > > This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects
> > > rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing
> > > the querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to ""
> > > with no success.
> > >
> > > Josh Welker
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> > > Of Michael J. Giarlo
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
> > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> > >
> > > How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
> > >
> > > mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> > > ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> > > Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth
> > > Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in
> > > the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology
> > > and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies
> > > Unit)","Biology and behavior series","Biology and environment
> > > (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of old-growth
> > > forests"],["1
> > > result","1 result","1 result","1
> > > result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> > > result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> > > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority
> > > > file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to
> > > > handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web
> > > > app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks,
> though.
> > > >
> > > > Josh Welker
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -Original Message-
> > > > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > > > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > > > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> > > >
> > > > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker
> > > > [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >I am

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Joshua Welker]

I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give the top 
10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them. 

So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work for me. I 
am creating a mashup of several data sources for my auto-suggest feature, and I 
am having a hard time dynamically adding the results from the LOC Suggest API 
to the existing collection of data that is used to populate my jQuery UI 
Autocomplete field. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have all the LC Subject 
Heading data cached on my server so that I can build my autocomplete data 
source one time rather than having to deal with dynamically adding, sorting, 
etc. But then the problem I run into is that the LCSH master file is so big 
that it basically crashes the server.

That's why I'm thinking I might have to give up on this project.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael 
J. Giarlo
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

Josh,

Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to?

-Mike



On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results 
> the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give 
> up on this project.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Ethan Gruber
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g.
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects 
> beginning with "hi*"  It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you 
> could look into that.
>
> Ethan
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects 
> > rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing 
> > the querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to ""
> > with no success.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> > Of Michael J. Giarlo
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
> >
> > mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> > ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> > Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth 
> > Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in 
> > the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology 
> > and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies 
> > Unit)","Biology and behavior series","Biology and environment 
> > (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of old-growth 
> > forests"],["1
> > result","1 result","1 result","1
> > result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 
> > result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority 
> > > file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to 
> > > handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web 
> > > app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> > >
> > > Josh Welker
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker 
> > > [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > > wrote:
> > > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search 
> > > >box, and
> > > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> > > Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated 
> > > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> > authorities, for that matter.
> > > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... 
> > >

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[Ross Singer]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was anybody on the list that works for an institution 
that uses EBSCO's LinkSource as their link resolver that _doesn't_ hide it 
behind their single sign-on service.  Or, alternately, if you know of one (from 
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Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Amanda French]

Hi Josh,

You might ask on the Omeka developers' list about how the Omeka 
development team created their "LC Suggest" plugin -- they could 
probably give you tips. Here's the listserv: 
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/omeka-dev and here's 
a description of the plugin: 
http://omeka.org/codex/Plugins/Library_of_Congress_Suggest


Amanda

Amanda L. French, Ph.D.
http://amandafrench.net

Email: ama...@amandafrench.net
Cell: 720-530-7515
Twitter: @amandafrench
Skype: amandafrenchphd
AIM: habitrailgirl

On 6/4/13 11:00 PM, CODE4LIB automatic digest system wrote:

--

Date:Tue, 4 Jun 2013 23:31:18 +
From:Joshua Welker
Subject: LOC Subject Headings API

I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am 
wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone 
know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject 
Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format 
will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while 
Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing 
that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing 
something. Any help is appreciated.

Josh Welker
Electronic/Media Services Librarian
College Liaison
University Libraries
Southwest Baptist University
417.328.1624

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Michael J. Giarlo]

Josh,

Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to?

-Mike



On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results the
> API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give up on this
> project.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Ethan Gruber
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g.
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects
> beginning with "hi*"  It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could
> look into that.
>
> Ethan
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects
> > rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing
> > the querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to ""
> > with no success.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Michael J. Giarlo
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
> >
> > mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> > ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> > Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth
> > Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in
> > the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and
> > Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies
> > Unit)","Biology and behavior series","Biology and environment
> > (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of old-growth forests"],["1
> > result","1 result","1 result","1
> > result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> > result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file
> > > is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in
> > > an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to
> > > memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> > >
> > > Josh Welker
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker
> > > [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > > wrote:
> > > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search
> > > >box, and
> > > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> > > Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated
> > > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> > authorities, for that matter.
> > > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I
> > > have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the
> > > sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested
> in.
> > > I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various
> > > formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> > >
> > > I hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Bryan Baldus
> > > Senior Cataloger
> > > Quality Books Inc.
> > > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > > 1-800-323-4241x402
> > > bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> > > eij...@cpan.org
> > > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> > >
> >
>

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Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Ford, Kevin]

> it looks like LCSH
> is moving past this string-based hierarchy in favor of one expressed in
> terms of linked data.
-- Oh, I've never received that impression.  Pre-coordination - which you 
referred to as "hierarchical sets of terms" - is alive and well.  A number of 
studies were done in the second half of the 2000s that looked at the creation 
of LCSH headings.  Pre-coordination received significant attention in these 
studies and was ultimately confirmed as a good thing.  

Who knows why the precoordinated heading that was once used for "Mexican War, 
1846-1848" was replaced, but that probably happened in 1986 (or 1991) based on 
the creation and most-resent modification times on that record.  In other 
words, at a time when the notion of Linked Data was non-existent.

Yours,
Kevin





> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Ethan Gruber
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:41 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> 
> Are you referring to hierarchical sets of terms, like "United States--
> History--War with Mexico, 1845-1848"?  This is an "earlier established
> term" of http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140201 (now labeled
> "Mexican War, 1846-1848").  Ed Summers or Kevin Ford are in a better
> position to discuss the change of terminology, but it looks like LCSH
> is moving past this string-based hierarchy in favor of one expressed in
> terms of linked data.
> 
> Ethan
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> 
> > I've seen those, but I can't figure out where on the id.loc.gov site
> > there is actually a URL that provides a list of authority terms. All
> > the links on the site seem to link to other pages within the site.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Dana Pearson
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:42 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > Joshua,
> >
> > There are different formats at LOC:
> >
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html
> >
> > dana
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box,
> > > and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions
> > > list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated
> > > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> > authorities, for that matter.
> > > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I
> > > have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the
> > > sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be
> interested in.
> > > I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > Josh Welker
> > > Electronic/Media Services Librarian
> > > College Liaison
> > > University Libraries
> > > Southwest Baptist University
> > > 417.328.1624
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dana Pearson
> > dbpearsonmlis.com
> >

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Joshua Welker]

I see. I was afraid that I was going to have to dive into linked data, which I 
have avoided up to this point. I will have to go that route if the suggest api 
doesn't work for me.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan 
Gruber
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:41 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

Are you referring to hierarchical sets of terms, like "United 
States--History--War with Mexico, 1845-1848"?  This is an "earlier established 
term" of http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140201 (now labeled 
"Mexican War, 1846-1848").  Ed Summers or Kevin Ford are in a better position 
to discuss the change of terminology, but it looks like LCSH is moving past 
this string-based hierarchy in favor of one expressed in terms of linked data.

Ethan


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I've seen those, but I can't figure out where on the id.loc.gov site 
> there is actually a URL that provides a list of authority terms. All 
> the links on the site seem to link to other pages within the site.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Dana Pearson
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:42 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> Joshua,
>
> There are different formats at LOC:
>
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html
>
> dana
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, 
> > and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions 
> > list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated 
> > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> authorities, for that matter.
> > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I 
> > have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the 
> > sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in.
> > I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> > Electronic/Media Services Librarian
> > College Liaison
> > University Libraries
> > Southwest Baptist University
> > 417.328.1624
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dana Pearson
> dbpearsonmlis.com
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Joshua Welker]

I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results the API 
was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give up on this project.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan 
Gruber
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning 
with "hi*"  It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into that.

Ethan


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects 
> rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing 
> the querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to "" 
> with no success.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Michael J. Giarlo
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
>
> mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth 
> Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in 
> the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and 
> Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies 
> Unit)","Biology and behavior series","Biology and environment 
> (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of old-growth forests"],["1 
> result","1 result","1 result","1
> result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 
> result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file 
> > is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in 
> > an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to 
> > memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker 
> > [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > wrote:
> > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search 
> > >box, and
> > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> > Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated 
> > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> authorities, for that matter.
> > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I 
> > have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the 
> > sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in.
> > I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various 
> > formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> >
> > Bryan Baldus
> > Senior Cataloger
> > Quality Books Inc.
> > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > 1-800-323-4241x402
> > bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> > eij...@cpan.org
> > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] htrc and the great books

[Karen Coyle]

Eric, I'm planning a similar but not identical bit of work based on the 
Open Library. In my case, we are hoping to produce MARC records that 
libraries can include in their own catalogs for open access books. 
Because this is aimed at public libraries, we are looking for "popular" 
reading, as well as "great" reading.


The HathiTrust books, while publicly viewable, are often not 
downloadable without a partner log-in. Those exact same books are often 
available on the Internet Archive for public download and in a variety 
of e-book formats.


kc


On 6/5/13 6:50 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:

For a good time, I started playing with the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) 
and the Great Books Of The Western World.

The HTRC is the beginnings of an service providing a computable interface to 
some of the content of the HathiTrust. A couple of people from the Center came 
to visit Notre Dame a few weeks ago, and I blogged about the event as well as 
some of the functionality of the interface. [0]

In an effort to learn more about the Center's functionality, I began a mini 
project. Specifically, I have had a co-worker (Adam McGinn) create a public 
work set containing the Great Books Of The Western World. I then ran an HTRC 
algorithm against the set -- the MARC record dumper. After getting the 
MARC(XML) records I concatenated them into a single file in order to make 
processing easier. I then wrote a Perl script to read each record, extract 
rudimentary bibliographic and control information from the data, and output an 
alphabetical list of the Great Books complete with links to the HathiTrust 
catalog and full view displays. Data, script, and output are available at 
http://bit.ly/10Alu81

Some of the next steps are to download the raw digitized data and do analysis 
against it. Fun with modern librarianship?

[0] blog posting about the HTRC - http://dh.crc.nd.edu/blog/2013/05/htrc/

--
Eric Lease Morgan, Digital Initiatives Librarian
University of Notre Dame


--
Karen Coyle
kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
ph: 1-510-540-7596
m: 1-510-435-8234
skype: kcoylenet

Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX

[Friscia, Michael]

We used aid4mail in an exchange conversion several years ago and I was able to 
script a loop around it to do bulk operations. Granted I did it in a way tied 
to AD, the batch/vbscript was trivial to setup. But in our case we were moving 
from something to exchange and only went from the legacy format to a PST, it 
did work well. I guess my concern was the OST. I would be very interested in 
how that can be solved. I think there are plenty of solutions for working with 
PST files and am trying to recover an old corrupt PST to see if I still have 
notes on what we used which I am sure were open source tools.

___
Michael Friscia
Manager, Digital Library & Programming Services
Yale University Library
(203) 432-1856

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith 
[smit...@mit.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:06 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED:  Open source solution converting OST to PST and 
OST to MBOX

Thanks Mike.
What we are specifically looking for is a converter for .OST or .PST files that 
have been given to me completely separated from the ability to deal with the 
account live on a server.  There are some good commercial solutions (Emailchemy 
and Aid4Mail) that do the conversions but in this case are looking for a bulk 
transformation solution.

Will post back to the list progress made on this topic.  We are currently 
working on it as part 1 of a use case / solution pack at the OPF Digital 
Forensics hackathon.  [wiki.opf-labs.org]

Kari Smith
MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections
MIT Libraries

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of 
Friscia, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:35 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and 
OST to MBOX

OST is just a pointer to the stuff on the exchange server. You can delete that 
file and it will rebuild next time you open Outlook, there's not data in it. 
Converting that to a PST is just a matter of moving the files from the server 
portion of Outlook to a local email file. Given that the operation is 
proprietary from Microsoft, I don't see an open source solution.

That said, I also don't see any way to convert it to MBOX except to open mac 
mail, create a folder "on my mac" and move all the contents there. Once done, 
don't setup the email as an exchange account, configure as a POP account and 
don't store mail on the server.

Maybe I'm missing the question or the ultimate goal. But the tools you need to 
accomplish both tasks exist in either Outlook or Mac Mail. If you are looking 
for an archival solution for born digital records, specifically email, I'm not 
sure you would want either PST or MBOX since that just spells an emulation 
nightmare in a few years. Email is new/simple enough for format migration.

Again, my apologies if I am missing the question.
-mike

___
Michael Friscia
Manager, Digital Library & Programming Services Yale University Library
(203) 432-1856

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith 
[smit...@mit.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] WANTED:  Open source solution converting OST to PST  and 
OST to MBOX

Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution for 
1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file 2.  converting OST file to MBOX 
format

Thanks!

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

[CODE4LIB] htrc and the great books

[Eric Lease Morgan]

For a good time, I started playing with the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) 
and the Great Books Of The Western World.

The HTRC is the beginnings of an service providing a computable interface to 
some of the content of the HathiTrust. A couple of people from the Center came 
to visit Notre Dame a few weeks ago, and I blogged about the event as well as 
some of the functionality of the interface. [0]

In an effort to learn more about the Center's functionality, I began a mini 
project. Specifically, I have had a co-worker (Adam McGinn) create a public 
work set containing the Great Books Of The Western World. I then ran an HTRC 
algorithm against the set -- the MARC record dumper. After getting the 
MARC(XML) records I concatenated them into a single file in order to make 
processing easier. I then wrote a Perl script to read each record, extract 
rudimentary bibliographic and control information from the data, and output an 
alphabetical list of the Great Books complete with links to the HathiTrust 
catalog and full view displays. Data, script, and output are available at 
http://bit.ly/10Alu81

Some of the next steps are to download the raw digitized data and do analysis 
against it. Fun with modern librarianship?

[0] blog posting about the HTRC - http://dh.crc.nd.edu/blog/2013/05/htrc/

--
Eric Lease Morgan, Digital Initiatives Librarian
University of Notre Dame

Re: [CODE4LIB] htrc and the great books [potential for librarianship]

[Eric Lease Morgan]

> The HTRC is the beginnings of an service providing a computable interface to 
> some of the content of the HathiTrust. 

On a side note, the shear number of programatic interfaces to bibliographic 
information coupled with the increasing availability of full text access is 
creating an enormous potential for librarianship. I think it has the 
possibility for really blowing away many of the traditional ways access to 
bibliographic information is provided. I'm waiting for the killer app to appear 
that changes the landscape when it comes to library catalogs and "discovery 
systems". I'm wondering what sorts of new knowledge will be uncovered because 
of the relationships hidden deep with in our content. --ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Ford, Kevin]

> This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects
> rather than just biology.
-- If you want "all the subjects. [period]", take a look at the download page:

http://id.loc.gov/download/

There are bulk downloads for LCSH and the LC/NACO file of Names.

The suggest service (described in a separate email) is designed to give you the 
top 10 "best" matches based on a left-anchored search, so that it may function 
as a real-time type-ahead service.

Yours,
Kevin

--
Kevin Ford
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
Washington, DC




> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Joshua Welker
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:14 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> 
> This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects
> rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the
> querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to "" with
> no success.
> 
> Josh Welker
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Michael J. Giarlo
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> 
> How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
> 
> mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth
> Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in the
> Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and
> Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies
> Unit)","Biology and behavior series","Biology and environment
> (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of old-growth forests"],["1
> result","1 result","1 result","1
> result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> 
> > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file
> is
> > pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an
> > automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory
> > constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > wrote:
> > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box,
> > >and
> > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> > Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated
> > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> authorities, for that matter.
> > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I
> > have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the
> sort
> > of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in.
> > I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various
> > formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> >
> > Bryan Baldus
> > Senior Cataloger
> > Quality Books Inc.
> > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > 1-800-323-4241x402
> > bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> > eij...@cpan.org
> > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> >

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Ford, Kevin]

Dear Josh,

Take a look at Mike's email below, which may have quickly fell down the inbox, 
helped along by an unhelpful reply.  It has the suggest pattern, but to repeat 
the general pattern:

This will provide auto-suggestions for Subjects, ChildrensSubjects, GenreForms, 
and Names:
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hounds

This will provide auto-suggestions for Subjects only (replace "subjects" 
with "names" for only names and so on):
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/suggest/?q=Hounds

Yours,
Kevin

--
Kevin Ford
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
Washington, DC



> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Michael J. Giarlo
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:05 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
> 
> How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
> 
> mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth
> Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in the
> Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and
> Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies
> Unit)","Biology and behavior series","Biology and environment
> (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of old-growth forests"],["1
> result","1 result","1 result","1
> result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> 
> > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file
> is
> > pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an
> > automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory
> > constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > wrote:
> > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box,
> > >and
> > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> > Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated
> > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> authorities, for that matter.
> > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I
> > have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the
> sort
> > of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in.
> > I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various
> > formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> >
> > Bryan Baldus
> > Senior Cataloger
> > Quality Books Inc.
> > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > 1-800-323-4241x402
> > bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> > eij...@cpan.org
> > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> >

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Kaile Zhu]

Interesting project.  Sounds like AJAX technique is used to capture and 
transmit every keystroke.   I expect the result (automatic suggested words)  to 
be shown down the search box while you are typing.  I tested your link, but 
only got a download.  Do I miss something? 

Kelly Zhu

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ethan 
Gruber
Sent: 2013年6月5日 8:22
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning 
with "hi*"  It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into that.

Ethan


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects 
> rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing 
> the querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to "" 
> with no success.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Michael J. Giarlo
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
>
> mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth 
> Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in 
> the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and 
> Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies 
> Unit)","Biology and behavior series","Biology and environment 
> (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of old-growth forests"],["1 
> result","1 result","1 result","1
> result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 
> result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file 
> > is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in 
> > an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to 
> > memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker 
> > [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > wrote:
> > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search 
> > >box, and
> > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> > Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated 
> > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> authorities, for that matter.
> > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I 
> > have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the 
> > sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in.
> > I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various 
> > formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> >
> > Bryan Baldus
> > Senior Cataloger
> > Quality Books Inc.
> > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > 1-800-323-4241x402
> > bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> > eij...@cpan.org
> > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Sign up to present at the Code4Lib virtual lightning talks -- June 14, 2013

[Al Matthews]

Seconding autumn please. Midsummers are somehow at once busy and vague.

--
Al Matthews

Software Developer, Digital Services Unit
Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
email: amatth...@auctr.edu; office: 1 404 978 2057





On 6/4/13 5:48 PM, "Peter Murray"  wrote:

>Unless there is a sudden spurt of interest in presenting at the Code4Lib
>Virtual Lightning Talks at the end of next week, I'm going to cancel it
>and propose another time in the fall.  In this experiment, it might be
>that virtual lightning talks ever 10 weeks is too close together.
>
>Feedback, as always, is welcome.
>
>
>Peter
>
>On May 14, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Peter Murray 
>wrote:
>> In a little less than a month I'll be hosting a Code4Lib Virtual
>>Lightning Talks session.  These are six minute talks on topics ranging
>>from library technology to technology culture to just about anything you
>>think the Code4Lib community would be interested in hearing.  Details
>>about how the virtual lightning talks are run and the space to sign up
>>can be found at:
>>
>>  http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks
>>
>>
>> Peter
>
>
>
>--
>Peter Murray
>Assistant Director, Technology Services Development
>LYRASIS
>peter.mur...@lyrasis.org
>+1 678-235-2955
>800.999.8558 x2955


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Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Ethan Gruber]

Are you referring to hierarchical sets of terms, like "United
States--History--War with Mexico, 1845-1848"?  This is an "earlier
established term" of http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140201 (now
labeled "Mexican War, 1846-1848").  Ed Summers or Kevin Ford are in a
better position to discuss the change of terminology, but it looks like
LCSH is moving past this string-based hierarchy in favor of one expressed
in terms of linked data.

Ethan


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I've seen those, but I can't figure out where on the id.loc.gov site
> there is actually a URL that provides a list of authority terms. All the
> links on the site seem to link to other pages within the site.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Dana Pearson
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:42 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> Joshua,
>
> There are different formats at LOC:
>
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html
>
> dana
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box,
> > and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions
> > list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated
> > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> authorities, for that matter.
> > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I
> > have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort
> > of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in.
> > I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> > Electronic/Media Services Librarian
> > College Liaison
> > University Libraries
> > Southwest Baptist University
> > 417.328.1624
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dana Pearson
> dbpearsonmlis.com
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Joshua Welker]

I've seen those, but I can't figure out where on the id.loc.gov site there is 
actually a URL that provides a list of authority terms. All the links on the 
site seem to link to other pages within the site. 

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana 
Pearson
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:42 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

Joshua,

There are different formats at LOC:

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html

dana


On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, 
> and I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions 
> list. Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated 
> harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, 
> for that matter.
> Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I 
> have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort 
> of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. 
> I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Josh Welker
> Electronic/Media Services Librarian
> College Liaison
> University Libraries
> Southwest Baptist University
> 417.328.1624
>



--
Dana Pearson
dbpearsonmlis.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Joshua Welker]

Covo.js looks useful, but the sample proxy and example materials still leave me 
with the same problem I have right now: I'm not sure what URL to point my 
requests at to retrieve data. Covo.js is good inspiration for me, but I don't 
think I can use it because my autosuggest box is actually a mashup of several 
different sources (LibraryH3lp FAQs, LibGuides guide names and tags, custom 
autosuggest terms, website pages, and finally the LOC authority stuff I am 
asking about now).

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of diego 
ferreyra
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:03 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

May be covo.js can help you: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5994
https://github.com/haseharu/covojs



2013/6/4 Andreas Orphanides 

> Something something Simon Spero something something OWL something LOC 
> hierarchy?
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Michael J. Giarlo < 
> leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>
> > How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
> >
> > mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> > ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> > Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth 
> > Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in 
> > the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology 
> > and
> Resource
> > Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit)","Biology 
> > and behavior series","Biology and environment (Macmillan 
> > Press)","Biology and management of old-growth forests"],["1 
> > result","1 result","1 result","1
> > result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 
> > result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority 
> > > file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to 
> > > handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web 
> > > app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> > >
> > > Josh Welker
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker 
> > > [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > > wrote:
> > > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search 
> > > >box,
> and
> > > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> Does
> > > anyone know of any web service that allows for automated 
> > > harvesting of
> > LOC
> > > Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that
> > matter.
> > > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... 
> > > I
> have
> > > spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort 
> > > of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested 
> > > in. I
> feel
> > > like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various
> formats
> > > at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> > >
> > > I hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Bryan Baldus
> > > Senior Cataloger
> > > Quality Books Inc.
> > > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > > 1-800-323-4241x402
> > > bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> > > eij...@cpan.org
> > > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> > >
> >
>



--
Diego Ferreyra

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Ethan Gruber]

You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects beginning
with "hi*"  It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could look into
that.

Ethan


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather
> than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the
> querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to "" with no
> success.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Michael J. Giarlo
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
>
> mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth
> Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in the
> Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and Resource
> Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit)","Biology and
> behavior series","Biology and environment (Macmillan Press)","Biology and
> management of old-growth forests"],["1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is
> > pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an
> > automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory
> > constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > wrote:
> > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box,
> > >and
> > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> > Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated
> > harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name
> authorities, for that matter.
> > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I
> > have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort
> > of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in.
> > I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various
> > formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> >
> > Bryan Baldus
> > Senior Cataloger
> > Quality Books Inc.
> > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > 1-800-323-4241x402
> > bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> > eij...@cpan.org
> > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX

[Mark A. Matienzo]

Hi Kari,

Have you looked at readpst, which is part of libpst [0]? I believe
that Archivematica has looked at or integrated readpst as a
normalization pathway for PST files.

You may also want to look at java-libpst [1].

[0] http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/
[1] https://github.com/rjohnsondev/java-libpst

Mark

--
Mark A. Matienzo 
Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library
Technical Architect, ArchivesSpace


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Kari R Smith  wrote:
> Thanks Mike.
> What we are specifically looking for is a converter for .OST or .PST files 
> that have been given to me completely separated from the ability to deal with 
> the account live on a server.  There are some good commercial solutions 
> (Emailchemy and Aid4Mail) that do the conversions but in this case are 
> looking for a bulk transformation solution.
>
> Will post back to the list progress made on this topic.  We are currently 
> working on it as part 1 of a use case / solution pack at the OPF Digital 
> Forensics hackathon.  [wiki.opf-labs.org]
>
> Kari Smith
> MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections
> MIT Libraries
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of 
> Friscia, Michael
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:35 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST 
> and OST to MBOX
>
> OST is just a pointer to the stuff on the exchange server. You can delete 
> that file and it will rebuild next time you open Outlook, there's not data in 
> it. Converting that to a PST is just a matter of moving the files from the 
> server portion of Outlook to a local email file. Given that the operation is 
> proprietary from Microsoft, I don't see an open source solution.
>
> That said, I also don't see any way to convert it to MBOX except to open mac 
> mail, create a folder "on my mac" and move all the contents there. Once done, 
> don't setup the email as an exchange account, configure as a POP account and 
> don't store mail on the server.
>
> Maybe I'm missing the question or the ultimate goal. But the tools you need 
> to accomplish both tasks exist in either Outlook or Mac Mail. If you are 
> looking for an archival solution for born digital records, specifically 
> email, I'm not sure you would want either PST or MBOX since that just spells 
> an emulation nightmare in a few years. Email is new/simple enough for format 
> migration.
>
> Again, my apologies if I am missing the question.
> -mike
>
> ___
> Michael Friscia
> Manager, Digital Library & Programming Services Yale University Library
> (203) 432-1856
> 
> From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith 
> [smit...@mit.edu]
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] WANTED:  Open source solution converting OST to PST  and 
> OST to MBOX
>
> Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution 
> for 1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file 2.  converting OST file 
> to MBOX format
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
> MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
> 617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
> http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[Joshua Welker]

This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than 
just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from 
the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to "" with no success.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael 
J. Giarlo
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?

mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth Sciences 
Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific 
Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and Resource Management 
Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit)","Biology and behavior 
series","Biology and environment (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of 
old-growth forests"],["1 result","1 result","1 result","1
result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 
result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]

-Mike



On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is 
> pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an 
> automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory 
> constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
>
> On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> wrote:
> >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, 
> >and
> I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. 
> Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated 
> harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, 
> for that matter.
> Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I 
> have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort 
> of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. 
> I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various 
> formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Bryan Baldus
> Senior Cataloger
> Quality Books Inc.
> The Best of America's Independent Presses
> 1-800-323-4241x402
> bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> eij...@cpan.org
> http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX

[Kari R Smith]

Thanks Mike.
What we are specifically looking for is a converter for .OST or .PST files that 
have been given to me completely separated from the ability to deal with the 
account live on a server.  There are some good commercial solutions (Emailchemy 
and Aid4Mail) that do the conversions but in this case are looking for a bulk 
transformation solution.  

Will post back to the list progress made on this topic.  We are currently 
working on it as part 1 of a use case / solution pack at the OPF Digital 
Forensics hackathon.  [wiki.opf-labs.org]

Kari Smith
MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections
MIT Libraries

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of 
Friscia, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:35 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and 
OST to MBOX

OST is just a pointer to the stuff on the exchange server. You can delete that 
file and it will rebuild next time you open Outlook, there's not data in it. 
Converting that to a PST is just a matter of moving the files from the server 
portion of Outlook to a local email file. Given that the operation is 
proprietary from Microsoft, I don't see an open source solution. 

That said, I also don't see any way to convert it to MBOX except to open mac 
mail, create a folder "on my mac" and move all the contents there. Once done, 
don't setup the email as an exchange account, configure as a POP account and 
don't store mail on the server.

Maybe I'm missing the question or the ultimate goal. But the tools you need to 
accomplish both tasks exist in either Outlook or Mac Mail. If you are looking 
for an archival solution for born digital records, specifically email, I'm not 
sure you would want either PST or MBOX since that just spells an emulation 
nightmare in a few years. Email is new/simple enough for format migration. 

Again, my apologies if I am missing the question.
-mike

___
Michael Friscia
Manager, Digital Library & Programming Services Yale University Library
(203) 432-1856

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith 
[smit...@mit.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] WANTED:  Open source solution converting OST to PST  and 
OST to MBOX

Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution for 
1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file 2.  converting OST file to MBOX 
format

Thanks!

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

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Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

[diego ferreyra]

May be covo.js can help you: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5994
https://github.com/haseharu/covojs



2013/6/4 Andreas Orphanides 

> Something something Simon Spero something something OWL something LOC
> hierarchy?
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Michael J. Giarlo <
> leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>
> > How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
> >
> > mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> > ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> > Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth
> > Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in the
> > Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and
> Resource
> > Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit)","Biology and
> > behavior series","Biology and environment (Macmillan Press)","Biology and
> > management of old-growth forests"],["1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> > result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> > result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is
> > > pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an
> > > automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory
> > > constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> > >
> > > Josh Welker
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > > wrote:
> > > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box,
> and
> > > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> Does
> > > anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of
> > LOC
> > > Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that
> > matter.
> > > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I
> have
> > > spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of
> > > general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I
> feel
> > > like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various
> formats
> > > at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> > >
> > > I hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Bryan Baldus
> > > Senior Cataloger
> > > Quality Books Inc.
> > > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > > 1-800-323-4241x402
> > > bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> > > eij...@cpan.org
> > > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> > >
> >
>



-- 
Diego Ferreyra

Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX

[Friscia, Michael]

OST is just a pointer to the stuff on the exchange server. You can delete that 
file and it will rebuild next time you open Outlook, there's not data in it. 
Converting that to a PST is just a matter of moving the files from the server 
portion of Outlook to a local email file. Given that the operation is 
proprietary from Microsoft, I don't see an open source solution. 

That said, I also don't see any way to convert it to MBOX except to open mac 
mail, create a folder "on my mac" and move all the contents there. Once done, 
don't setup the email as an exchange account, configure as a POP account and 
don't store mail on the server.

Maybe I'm missing the question or the ultimate goal. But the tools you need to 
accomplish both tasks exist in either Outlook or Mac Mail. If you are looking 
for an archival solution for born digital records, specifically email, I'm not 
sure you would want either PST or MBOX since that just spells an emulation 
nightmare in a few years. Email is new/simple enough for format migration. 

Again, my apologies if I am missing the question.
-mike

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Michael Friscia
Manager, Digital Library & Programming Services
Yale University Library
(203) 432-1856

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith 
[smit...@mit.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] WANTED:  Open source solution converting OST to PST  and 
OST to MBOX

Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution for
1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file
2.  converting OST file to MBOX format

Thanks!

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/