Re: [CODE4LIB] Canberra event -- Ed Summers at NLA, 2 December
Yep, there's usually a recording made of all the Library's Innovative Ideas talks. They're posted here: http://www.nla.gov.au/podcasts/innovative-ideas-forum.html On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Rosalyn Metz wrote: > not sure if i should be jealous of nla for getting ed to speak, or of ed > for getting to go to australia. > > regardless, will there be a recording of said event? > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Tim Sherratt >wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > If you're in the Canberra region come along and hear Ed Summers talk > about > > cultural heritage and the web as part of the National Library of > > Australia's Innovative Ideas program. It's on 2 December, 12.30-1.30pm at > > the NLA: > > > > http://www.nla.gov.au/event/6135 > > > > All welcome! > > > > And thanks to New Zealand's awesome National Digital Forum for bringing > Ed > > to our part of the world. > > > > Cheers, Tim > > > > > > Dr Tim Sherratt > > Manager, Trove > > National Library of Australia > > Parkes Place > > Canberra ACT 2600 > > p: +61 (0)2 6262 1224 > > e: tsher...@nla.gov.au > > >
Re: [CODE4LIB] Should linked data URIs be https?
http?X and https?X are different URIs. You may fetch a document containing a serialized graph using TLS but that is quite separate from the URIs that may be used as identifiers. In fact, the denotation of a IRI used to name a graph is explicitly unspecified (I am having to craft a semantics for applying PROVO to such an IRI (so that provenance can be asserted over a bunch of related statements with reification implicit, and without having to accept an entire graph). TLS does not provide the security properties you may need (privacy is weak, and non-repudiability not available). Simon Connecting two recent c4l threads... It seems that the web is rapidly moving toward https. I'm tempted to wonder how soon it will be before https is the default protocol when you type a bare domain name into your browser? [1] With linked data we want cool URIs, where one element of coolness is persistence. If it is likely that http URIs will be seen to be "unclean" [2] in the near future that would surely be a pressure to change them. Should we just go ahead and always use https URIs for linked data now? Cheers, Simeon [1] Of course you can do this yourself much of time with HTTPS Everywhere < https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere> but I really mean when is it so much the norm that chrome/firefox/safari/etc. do that expansion out of the box, instead of assuming http. [2] Perhaps snoopability of http traffic doesn't matter in the bulk harvest case but in the case of an individual following a link, any use of an http URI could leak significant info about what is being looked at even the server immediately redirects to an ssl page.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool for managing subscription content metadata
Thanks Jeff, this looks like a pretty good fit. Unfortunately I am constrained to non-Linux/Apache platforms. CORAL's documentation is silent about WIMP support, but it does assume Apache in a few places. I'll know for sure when I have a chance to do a trial install. Thanks to you too, Raffaelle, I'll check out the Mediawiki extension and other possibility. No promises I'll remember, but will endeavour to report back on how this goes. Cheers -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Dycus, Jeff A Sent: Thursday, 21 November 2013 9:53 a.m. To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool for managing subscription content metadata Hi Hugh- You may want to check out CORAL http://erm.library.nd.edu/ It is an open source MySQL/PHP system that seems like it would do most of what you want it to do, and could probably be modified to do it all. Jeff Dycus Library Specialist, Electronic Resources University of Kentucky William T. Young Library 500 S. Limestone Lexington, KY 40506-0456 (859) 218-0678 jeff.dy...@uky.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Barnes, Hugh Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:27 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Tool for managing subscription content metadata Hi An exercise we've just been through (don't ask!) has revealed a dire need to track information about subscription service vendors (e.g. serials, databases, e-book publishers) in a better way than Office documents. I am looking for a tool, ideally one to rule them all. Throwing it out here. The sort of information I am wanting to manage and give everyone an easy reference to is: * name * previous and variant names (they do like to re-brand) * login details (I can probably live with this being in a separate tool) * contact names and numbers * remote host URLs and URL patterns * ways we interact with them (e.g. do we change registered IP addresses by online form or by email notification?) * license information, maybe copies of them * how we authenticate our users * conditions of access (e.g. on/off campus, students/staff/alumni/walk-ins) * a simple activity log or just notes field Excluded or at least hidden from ordinary users: * invoicing and financial information * passwords (seems risky, happy to use a password safe for this) Essentially it's a catalogue/inventory of subscriptions we have. In some respects it's a lightweight CRM. Bonus points, I think, for having citable entries that we can share in emails (URLs probably, so a web interface). It would be brilliant if salient information was structured enough to export summaries or, say, generate EZProxy configuration files. I have been thinking along the lines of Mediawiki, maybe with a good template. From experience though, I worry about the willingness of new users to edit wiki content, especially in templates with lots of curly braces. I don't know if there is an actively maintained plug-in to turn a template into a non-threatening online form. Evan Prodromou's extension seems long abandoned [1]. Solving that issue, I think Mediawiki would be a good fit. So what do folks in this list use for the above functionality and how does it work? Or what _would_ you use? All insight appreciated. Cheers [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Form Hugh Barnes Digital Access Coordinator Library, Teaching and Learning Lincoln University Christchurch New Zealand p +64 3 423 0357 P Please consider the environment before you print this email. "The contents of this e-mail (including any attachments) may be confidential and/or subject to copyright. Any unauthorised use, distribution, or copying of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by return e-mail or telephone and then delete this e-mail together with all attachments from your system."
Re: [CODE4LIB] RDA gibberish in user interface
Ken, You need to get your person who maintains your webpac (Hey! Wait a minute! Is that you ?! ;-) to edit config files like webpub.def, change a label here and there, suppress the public display of some of this new machine-intended language,etc to survive what looks like a very long oozing transition into RDA-space. Hopefully this will prevent new RDA-speak like "text/unmediated/volume" from turning into a "catalog-unmitigated-disaster." ( <--- Cataloging humor! ) TK Tom Klingler Assistant Dean for Technical Services University Libraries, 383 1125 Risman Drive Kent State University Kent, Ohio 44242-0001 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Irwin Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] RDA gibberish in user interface Hi all, In our library, we've noticed lately a lot of raw-looking RDA info from MARC records that shows up in the user interface. Our head of tech services translated the gibberish for the librarians, and we are now considering what to do with it. (The example and her excellent translations follow at the end of the message.) When I first saw the RDA info in the OPAC, I assumed it was a mistake - that a field accidentally got unhidden. It seems to me that we should either suppress the RDA info or we should have library systems (e.g. OPACs) that turn the gibberish into human-intelligible text. Has anyone attempted to do the latter? Because there are so many possibilities, it would be a substantial undertaking to build and maintain a "translator". I'm imagining that we as a community might undertake to build an open-source dataset that provides generic translations, and that the platform-dependent groups of us (III users, Ex Libris users, etc) might build little JQuery scripts or whatever to integrate the tranlations into the user interfaces. Does this make sense? Is it just silly and we should suppress the data? What think you all? Ken Descript xvi, 219 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier What this means: The form of communication through which a work is expressed. 336 text txt rdacontent The rda content is text (abbreviated by txt) translation: content is expressed by text Media type reflects the general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource. 337 unmediated n rdamedia The rda media is unmediated (abbreviated as [blank] translation: you do not need anything other than your eyes to access the text Carrier type reflects the format of the storage medium and housing of a carrier in combination with the media type (which indicates the intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource). Field 338 information enables indication of more specific carrier types and carrier types from various lists. 338 volume nc rdacarrier The rda carrier (abbreviated as c) is volume translation: the text is stored in a volume (ie, monograph) SO, a DVD record would look like this: Descript 1 videodisc (approximately 152 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent video v rdamedia videodisc vd rdacarrier 336 two-dimensional moving image tdm rdacontent = projected medium, ie movie 337 video v rdamedia = you need a some sort of video player to access the content of this movie 338 videodisc vd rdacarrier = the movie is stored on a dvd
[CODE4LIB] Position announcement: Dean of Milner Library, Illinois State University
Apologies for cross postings. Illinois State University invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of Milner Library available to start July 1, 2014. The job description can be seen at http://www.jobs.ilstu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=64664 Applicants should submit a letter of application, résumé, and the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of at least five references. For best consideration, application materials must be received prior to December 31, 2013. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until an appointment is made. Inquiries may be sent to Renée M. Tobin, 309.438.8169; rmto...@illinoisstate.edu. Applications and nominations may be directed to http://www.illinoisstate.edu/Jobs -- Anita Fosteremail:akfo...@ilstu.edu Head, Content Acquisitions and Electronic Resources ph: 309-438-3446 Milner Library, Illinois State University Normal, IL 61761 This message was sent using Illinois State University RedbirdMail
[CODE4LIB] RDA gibberish in user interface
Hi all, In our library, we've noticed lately a lot of raw-looking RDA info from MARC records that shows up in the user interface. Our head of tech services translated the gibberish for the librarians, and we are now considering what to do with it. (The example and her excellent translations follow at the end of the message.) When I first saw the RDA info in the OPAC, I assumed it was a mistake - that a field accidentally got unhidden. It seems to me that we should either suppress the RDA info or we should have library systems (e.g. OPACs) that turn the gibberish into human-intelligible text. Has anyone attempted to do the latter? Because there are so many possibilities, it would be a substantial undertaking to build and maintain a "translator". I'm imagining that we as a community might undertake to build an open-source dataset that provides generic translations, and that the platform-dependent groups of us (III users, Ex Libris users, etc) might build little JQuery scripts or whatever to integrate the tranlations into the user interfaces. Does this make sense? Is it just silly and we should suppress the data? What think you all? Ken Descript xvi, 219 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier What this means: The form of communication through which a work is expressed. 336 text txt rdacontent The rda content is text (abbreviated by txt) translation: content is expressed by text Media type reflects the general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource. 337 unmediated n rdamedia The rda media is unmediated (abbreviated as [blank] translation: you do not need anything other than your eyes to access the text Carrier type reflects the format of the storage medium and housing of a carrier in combination with the media type (which indicates the intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource). Field 338 information enables indication of more specific carrier types and carrier types from various lists. 338 volume nc rdacarrier The rda carrier (abbreviated as c) is volume translation: the text is stored in a volume (ie, monograph) SO, a DVD record would look like this: Descript 1 videodisc (approximately 152 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent video v rdamedia videodisc vd rdacarrier 336 two-dimensional moving image tdm rdacontent = projected medium, ie movie 337 video v rdamedia = you need a some sort of video player to access the content of this movie 338 videodisc vd rdacarrier = the movie is stored on a dvd
Re: [CODE4LIB] Canberra event -- Ed Summers at NLA, 2 December
Rosalyn Metz writes > not sure if i should be jealous of nla for getting ed to speak, or of ed > for getting to go to australia. For me, definitely the former. I have much respect for Ed, and for me Australia is a boring place to go to. -- Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel skype:thomaskrichel
Re: [CODE4LIB] Canberra event -- Ed Summers at NLA, 2 December
not sure if i should be jealous of nla for getting ed to speak, or of ed for getting to go to australia. regardless, will there be a recording of said event? On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Tim Sherratt wrote: > Hi all, > > If you're in the Canberra region come along and hear Ed Summers talk about > cultural heritage and the web as part of the National Library of > Australia's Innovative Ideas program. It's on 2 December, 12.30-1.30pm at > the NLA: > > http://www.nla.gov.au/event/6135 > > All welcome! > > And thanks to New Zealand's awesome National Digital Forum for bringing Ed > to our part of the world. > > Cheers, Tim > > > Dr Tim Sherratt > Manager, Trove > National Library of Australia > Parkes Place > Canberra ACT 2600 > p: +61 (0)2 6262 1224 > e: tsher...@nla.gov.au >
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Accepting Applications for 2014 Conference Awards
The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is pleased to announce the beginning of the application cycle for its 2014 grants, awards, and scholarships to be awarded at the 2014 Annual Conference being held in Fort Worth, Texas, May 1-4, 2014. Established in 1985, NASIG is an international organization committed to promoting communication and sharing of ideas among all people working with or concerned about serial publications. More information about NASIG is available at www.nasig.org. Professional/Para-professional Awards Serials Specialist Award Awards for promising paraprofessionals, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/serials_specialist_award Marcia Tuttle International Award A $3,000 grant for an individual working in the serials information chain to fund appropriate activities in fostering international communication and education. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/marcia_tuttle_award Horizon Award Awards for promising new serials professionals, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Recipients will also be invited to serve on a NASIG committee. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/horizon_award Rose Robischon Scholarship A scholarship awarded to a serials professional lacking funds for travel. The scholarship covers the cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/rose_robischon_scholarahip Student Awards John Riddick Student Grant Grants for qualifying students to attend the NASIG annual conference, covering cost of registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/john_riddick_studnet_grant Fritz Schwartz Education Scholarship A $3,000 scholarship and conference travel grant for a graduate student demonstrating excellence in scholarship and the potential for accomplishments in a serials career. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/fritz_schwartz_scholarship The application deadline for the awards listed above is January 27, 2014. For details about the awards offered by NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Conservator at Rhizome
Digital Conservator Rhizome New York City Digital Conservator (full-time w/ benefits, or part-time negotiable) Deadline: Tuesday, December 3rd at 9am EST Send a cover letter and resume to: j...@rhizome.org Rhizome is seeking a digital preservation leader to bring our award-winning digital art conservation program to its next phase, and to steward the ArtBase archive of born-digital, internet-based, software and computer art. The successful candidate will work inside a lively contemporary art museum alongside a dynamic team at the forefront of art and technology culture, with the opportunity to make significant contributions to the digital preservation field. ABOUT US Rhizome is a non-profit art organization based in the iconic New Museum in NYC. Since 1996, its programs, many of which happen on the internet at rhizome.org, have supported contemporary art engaged with technology, as well as critical approaches to the broader aesthetic, social and political implications of new tools and media. The ArtBase is central to this mission, as an online archive of digital art containing over 2,000 artworks - providing free, open, and permanent access to a living and historic collection of seminal digital art objects. A small organization with big impact, Rhizome has a strong international profile and is a leading authority in its field. ABOUT THE ROLE The successful candidate will lead the organization's burgeoning Digital Conservation program into a significant new stage, at the center of Rhizome's programs and mission. This includes: + Hands-on technical conservation work on the ArtBase collection and other special projects, requiring new research to benefit the organization and wider digital preservation field; + Collections development and new accessions, working alongside curatorial staff - identifying and facilitating the accession of born-digital materials, often in liaison with artists/creators themselves; + Continuously improving Rhizome's infrastructure for the preservation of born-digital materials (collections management software, metadata structure, etc); + Identifying and initiating new projects of strategic importance and wider relevance to the field; + Advocacy of the program and organization to the preservation community - maintaining an awareness of and adherence to best practices in digital preservation through participation in relevant conferences, workshops, and professional networks In addition, the program would benefit from a candidate also equipped and enthusiastic to undertake: + Overall strategic thinking - prioritizing activities and resources to consider the longevity and impact of the program; + Senior partnership cultivation - developing/maintaining relationships, cultivating new institutional partners, and building an advisory committee. Like all Rhizome staff, the Digital Conservator will be expected to feed into our overall institutional knowledge of internet culture, technology and contemporary art, and input into the work of the entire team. REQUIRED + Demonstrated interest in the arts or visual culture, and technology; + A passion for the digital preservation field, with knowledge of current topics, methodologies, networks, ideas and key individuals; + Broad, hands-on proficiency with some of the many technologies used in digital art (i.e. basic fluency in one or more programming languages; experience with range of computer hardware), and able to develop new technical skill quickly; + An emerging or established leader, who is entrepreneurial, can work autonomously, yet remains accessible, friendly and responsive to alignment from ED and other staff; + Clear and effective written and verbal communication, including publishing specialist conversation research papers (formally or informally), presentations, and other advocacy & dissemination; + Diplomatic, enthusiastic manner in liaising with artists in the collection, and other stakeholders. PREFERRED While Rhizome is open to non-traditional candidates who show exceptional promise in this developing field, the following may be preferred: + Direct experience with digital preservation and access technologies, standards, and workflows - knowledge of specifications for digital repository systems and related technologies, including write blockers, emulators, file format identification, file migration, and media conversion; + Experience with museum collections management systems, such as CollectiveAccess; + Master's degree from an ALA-accredited program or equivalent; Rhizome is accepting applications from national & international candidates who would be willing to relocate to New York. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/10789/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Conference Registration
> This > list has added about 30-40+ mails per > day to my inbox This list and IRC are in a sense the veins and arteries that keep the community running. If you don't find much value there then you may not find the gatherings all that valuable either. Jason -- Original message -- From: John Blair Date: 11/20/2013 3:35 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU; Subject:Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Conference Registration I don't know that anything is really "broken." I just have this, preconceived notion that when you put together any event you'd want to communicate a few things like Where it is going to occur, When it will occur, how/when you may purchase a ticket/register. For example, I've never gone to a concert that was advertised as: "Mega Guitar Shredders will be at AXE GRIND theater, January 17, 1993!!! Tickets Available: Somehow, somewhere, you can't really miss it." I mean... I get it… I'm being all high and mighty. Sorry for that. But my institution is VERY competitive when it comes to securing funds/time for this sort of thing, and I'm under some amount of pressure. To those suggesting "you do it, since your such the big man!" Thank you for the offer, and I didn't know that was how things operated, but in this case I don't think I could have done much to help (since I don't have access to the information). However, it seems like some of you guys DO have that information, and here I am saying "What up?" -John Blair On Nov 20, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Francis Kayiwa wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 3:52 PM, John Blair wrote: > >> Thanks. >> >> As much as I love arguments about https and comparing notes on various >> pet-projects, I wish the website was a little more … put together. This >> list has added about 30-40+ mails per day to my inbox, and I'm only really >> looking for one bit of information. > > >> I might have written "Hotel reservations will be able to be made after you >> register (sometime early-mid Janueary 2014) >> using the information provided in your registration confirmation." >> >> I'm hard to please. ;) >> > > > Is there anything in particular that is unclear or not put together? You > can either *submit a patch* to fix it. Contact the person who posted this > and ask for clarity. Ideally still *submit a patch*. > > The organizers are all volunteering their time. You could make their lives > and what one can imagine the others suffering in silence like you by > volunteering to fix it... even by simply saying what is missing. Most of > them (I dare say ALL) will gladly accept "pull requests". > > Otherwise like Cynthiar suggested it will be impossible to miss when > registration opens. Take a look at the Archives [0] if you need proof. > > > Cheers, > > ./fxk > > [0] http://serials.infomotions.com/code4lib/ > > -- > > SUN Microsystems: >The Network IS the Load Average
