[CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released
( Apologize about the cross-posting. ) REMINDER: We will be having the ArchivesSpace Code4Lib Hackfest + Meetup on Thursday March 27 1:00- 5:00PM at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. If you are going to be around, we would love to meet you and talk about archives. Look for a more detailed announce to follow shortly The ArchivesSpace team is pleased to announce the release of 1.0.7. https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/v1.0.7 This release includes several new features and bugfixes, including a fix for a very critical security holefor ArchivesSpace deployments using LDAP authentication. This release also supports use of the Archon to ArchivesSpace migration tool and includes the following features and fixes: * BUG [#66853752]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/66853752): LDAP Login with no password * FEATURE [#62105014]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/62105014): Collection management: add processing started date property * FEATURE [#62848096]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/62848096): As a public user, I would like to see linked digital object files rendered in the UI (where possible) * FEATURE [#49569471]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/49569471): As an Administrator, I want to define a rule to construct ref_ids for resource components * FEATURE [#52047705]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/52047705): Add identifier (id_0..id_3 concatenated) to Resources index view (staff UI) * FEATURE [#62785022]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/62785022): As a user, I want to be able to sort (primary and secondary) on any data element appearing in a browse screen. * FEATURE [#62894440]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/62894440): As an archivist, I would like to have a Rapid Data Entry Tool for creating digital object component records * FEATURE [#48085781]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/48085781): EAD imports should map audience attributes appropriately * FEATURE [#52316641]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/52316641): Public UI should render index items in a way that allows users to navigate to the designated component * BUG [#62026654]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/62026654): MARCXML import breaks on authority records * FEATURE [#23369937]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/23369937): As an Archivist, I want to import Name records from the LCNAF web service * FEATURE [#62551360]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/62551360): Make sort by features for agents and subjects consistent across Staff and Public UIs * FEATURE [#51597121]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/51597121): Locations: break building, floor, room, area into separate columns and facets in index view * FEATURE [#39233355]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/39233355): As a Repository Manager or Administor, I want to avoid seeing suppressed records by default * FEATURE [#65000166]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/65000166): As a repository manager, I would like multi-part notes to require one sub-note/part to be saved and the sub-note/part can be any type that is available. * FEATURE [#64612226]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/64612226): As an archivist editing a resource or resource component in the staff UI, I would like instance records to be in a collapsed view by default, and I would like to expand and collapse them on demand. * FEATURE [#47583573]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/47583573): As an Archivist, I want to be able to collapse notes in the edit view in the staff UI, with each entry consisting of the note type, the note label (when different than type) and about 25 characters from the beginning of the note * FEATURE [#63846730]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/63846730): As public user and as an archivist, I want to search for a defined resource by entering a mulitpart collection ID in the search box * FEATURE [#20740465]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/20740465): As an Administrator, I want to export my repository record as CSV * FEATURE [#46401143]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/46401143): As a researcher, I want to be able to use Subjects in an Advanced Search * FEATURE [#52226471]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/52226471): Events should be displayed/linked on (Accession | DO | Resource | Component) show views and index views, with the option to create new events on the edit view * FEATURE [#65825396]( https://www.pivotaltracker.com/s/projects/386247/stories/65825396): As a repository manager, I do not want name contact information published to the web. * FEATURE [#39402005](
[CODE4LIB] 2 Bibliographic Software Engineering vacancies, University of Edinburgh
Hi folks, I hope you don't mind me bringing to your attention these two software engineering posts advertised at the University of Edinburgh in EDINA's Bibliographic and Multimedia Services team?: Software Engineer, Salary £30,728 to £36,661 http://edin.ac/1kAhdvZ Software Engineer, Salary £25,759 - £29,837 http://edin.ac/1kAhijw (If the links don't work, go to https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/ and use references 026376 and 026399, respectively) Cheers, Ben From the job advertisements: Would you like to build online services to support higher and further education? We need a developer to help implement and maintain innovative virtual library services, delivered to higher education institutions across the UK. This is an excellent opportunity to join a talented and friendly group of software engineers, helping to develop our services further and contribute to new projects. We do object-oriented programming, keep our data in relational databases and search servers, and use web frameworks to design our interfaces. Most of us develop on Linux or Mac platforms, and our services are delivered from a mix of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Enterprise Solaris servers. You should be a graduate in a computing-related discipline, or have relevant experience, with significant experience of web application development. Your skills will include object-oriented programming in a language such as Java or Perl. Knowledge of web services or machine-to-machine interfaces (e.g. SRU, OAI-PMH, REST), repository software (e.g. DSpace, Eprints), would be an advantage - but most important is initiative along with good analysis and problem-solving skills, so that you can react in an informed and creative way to problems and new requirements. Benefits of working at the University include flexible working, an excellent pension, career prospects and generous holiday provision. This post is on a fixed term basis for 2 years. Closing date: Thursday 20th March 2014 at 5pm
[CODE4LIB] Job: Software Engineer at University of Edinburgh
Software Engineer University of Edinburgh Edinburgh We need a developer to help implement and maintain innovative virtual library services, delivered to higher education institutions across the UK. This is an excellent opportunity to join a talented and friendly group of software engineers, helping to develop our services further and contribute to new projects. We do object-oriented programming, keep our data in relational databases and search servers, and use web frameworks to design our interfaces. Most of us develop on Linux or Mac platforms, and our services are delivered from a mix of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Enterprise Solaris servers. You should be a graduate in a computing-related discipline, or have relevant experience, with significant experience of web application development. Your skills will include object-oriented programming in a language such as Java or Perl. Knowledge of web services or machine-to-machine interfaces (e.g. SRU, OAI-PMH, REST), repository software (e.g. DSpace, Eprints), would be an advantage - but most important is initiative along with good analysis and problem-solving skills, so that you can react in an informed and creative way to problems and new requirements. Benefits of working at the University include flexible working, an excellent pension, career prospects and generous holiday provision. This post is on a fixed term basis for 2 years. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/12891/
[CODE4LIB] Job: Software Engineer at University of Edinburgh
Software Engineer University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Salary: £25,759 - £29,837 Would you like to build online services to support higher and further education? We need a developer to help implement and maintain innovative virtual library services, delivered to higher education institutions across the UK. This is an excellent opportunity to join a talented and friendly group of software engineers, helping to develop our services further and contribute to new projects. We do object-oriented programming, keep our data in relational databases and search servers, and use web frameworks to design our interfaces. Most of us develop on Linux or Mac platforms, and our services are delivered from a mix of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Enterprise Solaris servers. You should be a graduate in a computing-related discipline or have equivalent relevant work experience. Your skills will include object-oriented programming in a language such as Java or Perl. Knowledge of web services or machine-to-machine interfaces (e.g. SRU, OAI-PMH, REST), repository software (e.g. DSpace, Eprints), would be an advantage - but most important is initiative along with good analysis and problem-solving skills, so that you can react in an informed and creative way to problems and new requirements. Benefits of working at the University include flexible working, an excellent pension, career prospects and generous holiday provision. This post is on a fixed term basis for 2 years This post is being advertised in conjunction with a grade 7 Software Engineer vacancy (vacancy reference 026376) Closing date: Thursday 20th March 2014 at 5pm Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/12892/
Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]
I’m just curious. To what degree does ArchiveSpace support publishing content as linked data? Transforming EAD (or MARC) into serialized RDF is functional but not ideal for linked data, for many reasons. ArchiveSpace as a content management system may be more feasible. At the very least, something like D2RQ could be put on top of the ArchiveSpace database to expose the underlying content as RDF. What do you think? [1] D2RQ - http://d2rq.org — Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame
[CODE4LIB] SCAPE OPF Events: Preserving Your Preservation Tools 26-27 March Managing Digital Preservation 2 April
* Apologies for cross-posting * SCAPE OPF Events coming soon... Preserving You Preservation Tools 26-27 March National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague Calling all developers and sys admins! 'Preserving Your Preservation Tools' is a two-day training workshop focussing on preparing maintainable software packages. You’ll get hand-on experience of open source tools and services such as Vagrant, GitHub, and Travis-CI. We will concentrate on core concepts and current practices for preparing software packages, covering important surrounding issues including documentation and licensing. We’ll be borrowing from the DevOps approach, getting developers and sys admins working side by side, while each use the tools and environments of their choice. Packaging and maintaining ensures that software is discoverable, usable and sustainable for the longer term. For more details about the event visit: http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/SP/SCAPE+Training+Event+-+Preserving+Your+Preservation+Tools. We're currently working hard planning the sessions, the final agenda will be available early next week. Registration Please register at: https://scape-preserving-tools.eventbrite.co.uk OPF members are invited to send one participant per organisation free of charge. Registration closes on 19 March. Please note there is a major conference taking place in The Hague earlier this week so we strongly advise booking accommodation as soon as possible. * Managing Digital Preservation 2 April National Library Archives of the Netherlands, The Hague This one-day seminar will focus on the issues that managers face when implementing digital preservation in their organisation. It aims to bring together managers who have a responsibility for digital preservation, but who are not necessarily technical experts in this area. It is an opportunity to learn about different strategic approaches to digital preservation and to meet peers and experts from across Europe. The day will begin with a series of talks from organisations and projects who have implemented a strategy, and have developed or are using digital preservation tools, followed by round table discussions where we will explore the tension between stable business processes and the introduction of new technologies. The agenda is available at: http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/SP/Agenda+-+Managing+Digital+Preservation. Further details about the seminar can be found here: http://wiki.opf-labs.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=37159017. The cost for the seminar is €100. OPF members are invited to send one participant per organisation free of charge and additional places can be booked at a discounted price of €75 thereafter. Please contact me (rebe...@openplanetsfoundation.org) before registering for either event to obtain a code to waive or discount the fee. Kind Regards, Rebecca McGuinness | Membership Communications Manager Open Planets Foundation | @openplanets www.openplanetsfoundation.org
Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]
ArchivesSpace has a REST backend API, and requests yield a response in JSON. As one option, I'd investigate to publish linked data as JSON-LD. Some degree of mapping would be necessary, but I imagine it would be significantly easier to that instead of using something like D2RQ. Mark -- Mark A. Matienzo m...@matienzo.org Director of Technology, Digital Public Library of America On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: I’m just curious. To what degree does ArchiveSpace support publishing content as linked data? Transforming EAD (or MARC) into serialized RDF is functional but not ideal for linked data, for many reasons. ArchiveSpace as a content management system may be more feasible. At the very least, something like D2RQ could be put on top of the ArchiveSpace database to expose the underlying content as RDF. What do you think? [1] D2RQ - http://d2rq.org — Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame
[CODE4LIB] Tallying needs
Hello, Pardon my ignorance here, but we were discussing use cases and user stories and noting how static they are (in our implementation of them) for capturing user needs for more general library services. Im my experience, there is one story per need, and additional expressions of that particular need don't really get counted to assist with prioritization. I'm curious if anyone has used any sort of ticketing system for a more traditional library function like reference or instruction that might tally expressions of need (e.g. we've heard a request for an NVIVO course 4 times in the last semester). Maybe something like Agile or Kanban already account for accumulation of stories or prioritization based on stats, and I'm just not aware of it? -Aaron W. Aaron Collie Digital Curation Librarian MSU Libraries tel: 517.884.0867 email: col...@msu.edu tweet: aaroncollie site: http://staff.lib.msu.edu/collie/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Tallying needs
We've used our LibAnswers (reference and service desk) and LibAnalytics (instruction) data to inform our website redesign process in pretty much exactly that way. I did it pretty roughly, with spreadsheets and some by-hand analysis, but the data would also be pretty susceptible to scripting for a school or library with more transactions. Your reference and instruction folk are probably keeping internal stats in some form you could use for that. Chris Strauber Instructional Design Coordinator Tisch Library, Tufts University chris.strau...@tufts.edu @cstrauber On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Collie, Aaron col...@mail.lib.msu.eduwrote: Hello, Pardon my ignorance here, but we were discussing use cases and user stories and noting how static they are (in our implementation of them) for capturing user needs for more general library services. Im my experience, there is one story per need, and additional expressions of that particular need don't really get counted to assist with prioritization. I'm curious if anyone has used any sort of ticketing system for a more traditional library function like reference or instruction that might tally expressions of need (e.g. we've heard a request for an NVIVO course 4 times in the last semester). Maybe something like Agile or Kanban already account for accumulation of stories or prioritization based on stats, and I'm just not aware of it? -Aaron W. Aaron Collie Digital Curation Librarian MSU Libraries tel: 517.884.0867 email: col...@msu.edu tweet: aaroncollie site: http://staff.lib.msu.edu/collie/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Tallying needs
Yes, we do use DeskTracker for reference stats, but I would say this is more of a what actually happened rather than a what didn't happen, but could have, and here is a tally mark for it. Certainly possible with the system we have, I'm just thinking a more generally. Thanks for the thoughts, Chris. -Aaron From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Chris Strauber [cstrau...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:20 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Tallying needs We've used our LibAnswers (reference and service desk) and LibAnalytics (instruction) data to inform our website redesign process in pretty much exactly that way. I did it pretty roughly, with spreadsheets and some by-hand analysis, but the data would also be pretty susceptible to scripting for a school or library with more transactions. Your reference and instruction folk are probably keeping internal stats in some form you could use for that. Chris Strauber Instructional Design Coordinator Tisch Library, Tufts University chris.strau...@tufts.edu @cstrauber On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Collie, Aaron col...@mail.lib.msu.eduwrote: Hello, Pardon my ignorance here, but we were discussing use cases and user stories and noting how static they are (in our implementation of them) for capturing user needs for more general library services. Im my experience, there is one story per need, and additional expressions of that particular need don't really get counted to assist with prioritization. I'm curious if anyone has used any sort of ticketing system for a more traditional library function like reference or instruction that might tally expressions of need (e.g. we've heard a request for an NVIVO course 4 times in the last semester). Maybe something like Agile or Kanban already account for accumulation of stories or prioritization based on stats, and I'm just not aware of it? -Aaron W. Aaron Collie Digital Curation Librarian MSU Libraries tel: 517.884.0867 email: col...@msu.edu tweet: aaroncollie site: http://staff.lib.msu.edu/collie/
Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]
On Mar 6, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Mark A. Matienzo mark.matie...@gmail.com wrote: ArchivesSpace has a REST backend API, and requests yield a response in JSON. As one option, I'd investigate to publish linked data as JSON-LD. Some degree of mapping would be necessary, but I imagine it would be significantly easier to that instead of using something like D2RQ. If I understand things correctly, using D2RQ to publish database contents as linked data is mostly a systems administration task: 1. download and install D2RQ 2. run D2RQ-specific script to read a (ArchiveSpace) database schema and create a configuration file 3. run D2RQ with the configuration file 4. provide access via standard linked data publishing methods 5. done If the field names in the initial database are meaningful, and if the database schema is normalized, then D2RQ ought to work pretty well. If many archives use ArchiveSpace, then the field names can become “standard” or at least “best practices”, and the resulting RDF will be well linked. I have downloaded and run ArchiveSpace on my desktop computer. It imported some of my EAD files pretty well. It created EAC-CPF files from my names. Fun. I didn’t see a way to export things as EAD. The whole interface is beautiful and functional. In my copious spare time I will see about configuring ArchiveSpace to use a MySQL backend (instead of the embedded database), and see about putting D2RQ on top. I think this will be easier than learning a new API and building an entire linked data publishing system. D2RQ may be an viable option with the understanding that no solution is perfect. — Eric Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]
The issue here that I see is that D2RQ will expose the MySQL database structure as linked data in some sort of indecipherable ontology and the end result is probably useless. What Mark alludes to here is that the developers of ArchivesSpace could write scripts, inherent to the platform, that could output linked data that conforms to existing or emerging standards. This is much simpler than introducing D2RQ into the application layer, and allows for greater control of the export models. As a developer of different, potentially competing, software applications for EAD and EAC-CPF publication, who is to say that ArchivesSpace database field names should be standards or best practices? These are things that should be determined by the archival community, not a software application. CIDOC-CRM is capable of representing the structure and relationships between components of an archival collection. I'm not a huge advocate of the CRM because I think it has a tendency to be inordinately complex, but *it* is a standard. Therefore, if the archival community decided that it would adopt CRM as its RDF data model standard, ArchivesSpace, ICA-AtoM, EADitor, and other archival management/description systems could adapt to the needs of the community and offer content in these models. Ethan On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: On Mar 6, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Mark A. Matienzo mark.matie...@gmail.com wrote: ArchivesSpace has a REST backend API, and requests yield a response in JSON. As one option, I'd investigate to publish linked data as JSON-LD. Some degree of mapping would be necessary, but I imagine it would be significantly easier to that instead of using something like D2RQ. If I understand things correctly, using D2RQ to publish database contents as linked data is mostly a systems administration task: 1. download and install D2RQ 2. run D2RQ-specific script to read a (ArchiveSpace) database schema and create a configuration file 3. run D2RQ with the configuration file 4. provide access via standard linked data publishing methods 5. done If the field names in the initial database are meaningful, and if the database schema is normalized, then D2RQ ought to work pretty well. If many archives use ArchiveSpace, then the field names can become “standard” or at least “best practices”, and the resulting RDF will be well linked. I have downloaded and run ArchiveSpace on my desktop computer. It imported some of my EAD files pretty well. It created EAC-CPF files from my names. Fun. I didn’t see a way to export things as EAD. The whole interface is beautiful and functional. In my copious spare time I will see about configuring ArchiveSpace to use a MySQL backend (instead of the embedded database), and see about putting D2RQ on top. I think this will be easier than learning a new API and building an entire linked data publishing system. D2RQ may be an viable option with the understanding that no solution is perfect. — Eric Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]
Eric, You probably want to do the 1.0.7 full install, which does use a MySQL database. Sound like you've installed just the demo version. Kari Smith -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Lease Morgan Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:42 AM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data] On Mar 6, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Mark A. Matienzo mark.matie...@gmail.com wrote: ArchivesSpace has a REST backend API, and requests yield a response in JSON. As one option, I'd investigate to publish linked data as JSON-LD. Some degree of mapping would be necessary, but I imagine it would be significantly easier to that instead of using something like D2RQ. If I understand things correctly, using D2RQ to publish database contents as linked data is mostly a systems administration task: 1. download and install D2RQ 2. run D2RQ-specific script to read a (ArchiveSpace) database schema and create a configuration file 3. run D2RQ with the configuration file 4. provide access via standard linked data publishing methods 5. done If the field names in the initial database are meaningful, and if the database schema is normalized, then D2RQ ought to work pretty well. If many archives use ArchiveSpace, then the field names can become standard or at least best practices, and the resulting RDF will be well linked. I have downloaded and run ArchiveSpace on my desktop computer. It imported some of my EAD files pretty well. It created EAC-CPF files from my names. Fun. I didn't see a way to export things as EAD. The whole interface is beautiful and functional. In my copious spare time I will see about configuring ArchiveSpace to use a MySQL backend (instead of the embedded database), and see about putting D2RQ on top. I think this will be easier than learning a new API and building an entire linked data publishing system. D2RQ may be an viable option with the understanding that no solution is perfect. - Eric Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Ethan Gruber ewg4x...@gmail.com wrote: The issue here that I see is that D2RQ will expose the MySQL database structure as linked data in some sort of indecipherable ontology and the end result is probably useless. What Mark alludes to here is that the developers of ArchivesSpace could write scripts, inherent to the platform, that could output linked data that conforms to existing or emerging standards. This is much simpler than introducing D2RQ into the application layer, and allows for greater control of the export models. As a developer of different, potentially competing, software applications for EAD and EAC-CPF publication, who is to say that ArchivesSpace database field names should be standards or best practices? These are things that should be determined by the archival community, not a software application. CIDOC-CRM is capable of representing the structure and relationships between components of an archival collection. I'm not a huge advocate of the CRM because I think it has a tendency to be inordinately complex, but *it* is a standard. Therefore, if the archival community decided that it would adopt CRM as its RDF data model standard, ArchivesSpace, ICA-AtoM, EADitor, and other archival management/description systems could adapt to the needs of the community and offer content in these models. For the sake of consumers of this data who might not be deeply acquainted with archives standards but who are interested in building a high-level aggregation of various sets of available resources (like, say, search engines), it would also be nice to see an attempt at a schema.orgrepresentation, too. Perhaps as RDFa or microdata in the regular web UI. Dan, aka one-trick pony
Re: [CODE4LIB] Windows XP EOL
I have to admit, I still have a Windows ME machine at home, on a big ole HP box. Its not on the network, I primarily use it to backup DVDs. So the originals don't go out to the car. Been so long since I used it I don't know if it will work on recent DVDs and don't have blue ray player or writer. On my MacBook Pro I run Fedora 12, Fedora 16, Win 7, Win 8, GOS, Win XP, Chrome_OS, Ubuntu904Desktop, OpenVAS, CentOS, ReactOS, Android Live, and 3 other instances of Win 7 in Fusion. TMGB Sent from me, not an iThing, droid or other, just me Support Requesthttp://portal.support.appstate.edu Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Operations Systems AnalystP O Box 32026 University LibraryBoone, North Carolina 28608 (828) 262 6587 Library Systems http://www.library.appstate.edu Confidentiality Notice: This communication constitutes an electronic communication within the meaning of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 2510, and its disclosure is strictly limited to the recipient intended by the sender of this message. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please contact this office immediately by return e-mail or at 828-262-6587, and destroy the original transmission and its attachment(s), if any, if you are not the intended recipient. On Mar 5, 2014, at 3:37 PM, Marc Truitt wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/2014 04:16 PM, Thomas Bennett wrote: Happy 14.x birthday XP. Now that you have reached the ripe old age of 14+ the Death Panel says No Go, bye bye. Indeed. While I've used Linux as my primary desktop since the 1990s, XP is my hands-down fave Windows flavor. Stable (by M$ standards) and comparatively undemanding of resources (again, in the Windows sense). I still run a copy in a VM under Linux for those things that refuse to imbibe Wine and that I simply must have available. Perhaps that's why several contributors to this thread have suggested that M$' EOL declaration aside, why give it up? XP, I'll miss ya... cheers, - - mt - -- * Marc Truitt University Librarianvoice : 506-364-2567 Mount Allison Universitye-mail : mtru...@mta.ca Libraries and Archives fax: 506-364-2617 49 York Street cell : 506-232-0503 Sackville, NB E4L 1C6 A pattern has emerged in which holders of academic posts related to Internet studies tend to join in the acceptance or even the celebration of the decline of the creative classes' levees. This strikes me as an irony, or an anxious burst of denial. Higher education could be Napsterized and vaporized in a matter of a few short years. -- Jaron Lanier (2013) Wearing the sensible shoes proudly since 1978! * -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTF4r8AAoJEPzj7kQh8LzLA4IIAKuu8BOHERmMJpwwr4AD1ax0 tlSuFx3ePXiGSZ+StbxVRienk0yyjufCnYfRiFUUugvFLsGGnigW7NBvwQciSOG/ KzvsiLQhFIAGPicWSSWBv59YLUB1ZaXfgMN+NlYowQrwG/uA56olhH7bhJkuSrwA hH3SFrueAvyp+F5ciIDIoI9GxFVurKvCxB67u3alvNSDPVd0MRMZn7FC6ynXzvdd en7AhfQPhsXFJ/PSZVZuMMYxAmzFFx7oLR3c/4GfjTdAgI5FaQN5fYojq0Aj8ELs Ivvel8m58WlMjLE52pnFeH6Qd43mK7U07qHfyxJ9ZSDlwVNxo4hSOM8BlSMb+kY= =Bz7n -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Ethan Gruber ewg4x...@gmail.com wrote: What Mark alludes to here is that the developers of ArchivesSpace could write scripts, inherent to the platform, that could output linked data that conforms to existing or emerging standards. This is much simpler than introducing D2RQ into the application layer, and allows for greater control of the export models. As a developer of different, potentially competing, software applications for EAD and EAC-CPF publication, who is to say that ArchivesSpace database field names should be standards or best practices? These are things that should be determined by the archival community, not a software application. Exactly. I'm also just saying that D2RQ in this case is a bad idea. ArchivesSpace uses an ORM layer, and as such even the database interaction is conveniently abstracted away. ArchivesSpace has an API; leverage the API, not the datastore. Doing the latter in this case is, frankly, a bad idea. Mark
[CODE4LIB] xEAC, EAC-CPF publication framework, beta ready for testing
xEAC is an open-source XForms-based application for creating and managing EAC-CPF collections. The XForms backend allows editing of the XML documents in a web form, and relationships between source and target entities are maintained automatically. It is available at https://github.com/ewg118/xEAC. I have finally gotten xEAC to a stage where I feel it is ready for wider testing (and I have updated the installation documentation). This has been a few months coming, since I had intended to release the beta shortly after MARAC in November. The xEAC documentation can be found here: http://wiki.numismatics.org/xeac:xeac Features -Create, edit, publish EAC-CPF documents. Most, but not all, EAC-CPF elements are supported. -Public user interface migrated to bootstrap 3 to support mobile devices. -Maps and timelines for visualization of life events. -Basic faceted search and Solr-based Atom feed in the UI. -Export in EAC-CPF, KML, and rudimentary RDF/XML. HTML5+RDFa available in entity record pages. -Manage semantic relationships between identities ( http://eaditor.blogspot.com/2013/11/maintaining-relationships-in-eac-cpf.html). Target records are automatically updated with symmetrical or inverse relationships, where relevant, and relationships are expressed in the RDF output. TODO: parse relationship ontologies defined in RDF (e.g., http://vocab.org/relationship/.rdf) for use in xEAC. REST interactions The XForms engine interacts with the following web services to import name authorities, biographical, or geographic information: -VIAF lookup -DBPedia import -Geonames for modern places (placeEntry element) -Pleiades Gazetteer of Ancient Places (placeEntry) -Getty AAT SPARQL (occupation element) ( http://eaditor.blogspot.com/2014/03/linking-eac-cpf-occupations-to-getty-aat.html ) -SPARQL query mechanism of nomisma.org in the UI (and extensible, generalizable lookup widgets) When the OCLC linked data service supports queries by VIAF URI, I will create a lookup widget to provide lists of related bibliographic resources. TODO list I aim to improve xEAC over the following months and incorporate the following: -Finish form: Represent all EAC-CPF elements and attributes -Test for scalability -Interface with more APIs in the editing interface -Improve public interface, especially searching and browsing -Employ SPARQL endpoint for more sophisticated querying and visualization, automatically publish to SPARQL on EAC-CPF record save. -Incorporate social network graph visualization (see SPARQL, above) -Follow evolving best practices in RDF, support export in TEI for prosopographies (http://wiki.tei-c.org/index.php/Prosopography) and CIDOC-CRM. -Interact with SNAC or international entity databases which evolve from it. Resources: Blog: http://eaditor.blogspot.com/ MARAC slideshow: http://eaditor.blogspot.com/2013/11/marac-fall-2013-presentation.html Prototype site: http://admin.numismatics.org/xeac/
Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]
Let me ask a more direct question. If participating in linked data is a “good thing”, then how do you — anybody here — suggest archivists (or librarians or museum curators) do that starting today? —Eric Morgan
[CODE4LIB] OR2014 Update: Conference Sponsorship Opportunies
*A message from the Open Repositories 2014 Conference organizers* March 6, 2014 *Open Repositories 2014 Conference Sponsorship Opportunities* *Reach digital preservation, archiving, access and technology leaders and developers* *Helsinki, Finland* Sponsorship opportunities are now available for the 9th International Conference on Open Repositories http://or2014.helsinki.fi/ (OR2014). The event will take place from Monday 9 June to Friday 13 June 2014 in Helsinki, Finland *. * *Is your organisation a market leader in digital asset management, digital storage, research information systems or scholarly communication?* If so, OR2014 is a great occasion to showcase products and services and to communicate your brand to leaders and decision makers in the open repository community. Your company or organization can demonstrate active involvement in the global effort toward interoperable open repositories that provide broad access to quality information and resources. Details regarding sponsorship opportunities options can be found on the conference web site: http://or2014.helsinki.fi/?page_id=375 You can also contact or-2...@helsinki.fi for further information and reservation of sponsorships.
Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]
I think that RDFa provides the lowest barrier to entry. Using dcterms for publisher, creator, title, etc. is a good place to start, and if your collection (archival, library, museum) links to terms defined in LOD vocabulary systems (LCSH, Getty, LCNAF, whatever), output these URIs in the HTML interface and tag them in RDFa in such a way that they are semantically meaningful, e.g., a href=http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028569; rel=dcterms:formatmanuscripts (document genre)/a It would be great if content management systems supported RDFa right out of the box, and perhaps they are all moving in this direction. But you don't need a content management system to do this. If you generate static HTML files for your finding aids from EAD files using XSLT, you can tweak your XSLT output to handle RDFa. Ethan On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: Let me ask a more direct question. If participating in linked data is a “good thing”, then how do you — anybody here — suggest archivists (or librarians or museum curators) do that starting today? —Eric Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] Tallying needs
Most welcome--please post back your results if you find anything you're happy with. Chris On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Collie, Aaron col...@mail.lib.msu.eduwrote: Yes, we do use DeskTracker for reference stats, but I would say this is more of a what actually happened rather than a what didn't happen, but could have, and here is a tally mark for it. Certainly possible with the system we have, I'm just thinking a more generally. Thanks for the thoughts, Chris. -Aaron From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Chris Strauber [cstrau...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:20 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Tallying needs We've used our LibAnswers (reference and service desk) and LibAnalytics (instruction) data to inform our website redesign process in pretty much exactly that way. I did it pretty roughly, with spreadsheets and some by-hand analysis, but the data would also be pretty susceptible to scripting for a school or library with more transactions. Your reference and instruction folk are probably keeping internal stats in some form you could use for that. Chris Strauber Instructional Design Coordinator Tisch Library, Tufts University chris.strau...@tufts.edu @cstrauber On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Collie, Aaron col...@mail.lib.msu.edu wrote: Hello, Pardon my ignorance here, but we were discussing use cases and user stories and noting how static they are (in our implementation of them) for capturing user needs for more general library services. Im my experience, there is one story per need, and additional expressions of that particular need don't really get counted to assist with prioritization. I'm curious if anyone has used any sort of ticketing system for a more traditional library function like reference or instruction that might tally expressions of need (e.g. we've heard a request for an NVIVO course 4 times in the last semester). Maybe something like Agile or Kanban already account for accumulation of stories or prioritization based on stats, and I'm just not aware of it? -Aaron W. Aaron Collie Digital Curation Librarian MSU Libraries tel: 517.884.0867 email: col...@msu.edu tweet: aaroncollie site: http://staff.lib.msu.edu/collie/
[CODE4LIB] Call for Participation - Digital Preservation 2014
While the first day of spring is still two weeks away, the deadline for Digital Preservation 2014 proposal submissions is a week from tomorrow! Digital Preservation 2014 will be held July 22-24 in the Washington, DC area. The annual summer meeting brings together the broad, diverse digital preservation and stewardship community to share achievements in the areas of technical infrastructure, innovation, content collection, standardization, and outreach and education efforts. We are looking for your ideas, accomplishments, and project updates that highlight, contribute to, and advance the community dialog. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Scientific data and other content at risk of obsolescence, and what methods, techniques, and tools are being deployed to mitigate risk * Innovative methods of digital preservation, especially regarding sustainable practices, community approaches, and software solutions * Collaboration successes and lessons learned highlighting a wide-range of digital preservation activities, such as best practices, open source solutions, project management techniques, and emerging tools * Practical examples of research and scholarly use of stewarded data or content * Educational trends for emerging and practicing professionals You are invited to express your interest in any of the following ways: * Panels or presentations * 5-minute lightning talks * Demonstrations * Posters To be considered, please send 300 words or less describing what you would like to present to ndi...@loc.gov mailto:ndi...@loc.gov by March 14. Accepted proposals will be notified on or around April 3. A CURATEcamp will take place the day after the main meeting on July 24. The focus of this camp is in the works, and will be announced in the coming weeks. Please let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to your contributions. Barrie Howard Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program www.digitalpreservation.gov @ndiipp http://twitter.com/ndiipp
[CODE4LIB] Data about Donors
Maybe a long shot, but if any of you have data about the donors at your libraries, or have drawn up user personas for usability testing/assessment purposes, I would appreciate anything you might be willing to forward on. I’m building a donor/marketing/giving/support portal thing and need to know who I’m talking to. I’m looking for the kinds of stuff you might get out of an advancement office in spreadsheet form: amounts given, type of gift, channeled into what type of fund, person’s relationship to institution, age ranges, rationales for giving, etc. (names scrubbed obviously). Alternatively/additionally, if any of you have more generalized recommendations for datasets, demographics, or other info about donor-type people for nonprofits, museums, libraries, etc. or if you have a rockstar staff person who deals with this stuff and can pass me their name, I’d be interested. Best, William Hicks Digital Libraries: User Interfaces University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle #305190 Denton, TX 76203-5017 email: william.hi...@unt.edu | web: http://www.library.unt.edu
[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [IUG] Job posting - Circulation and Systems Librarian
Reposting to this list - this is an opportunity to work with some great folks in a really cool town in West Michigan (with easy access to some awesome beer)! -- Forwarded message -- From: Stacy Nowicki stacy.nowi...@kzoo.edu Date: Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:00 AM Subject: [IUG] Job posting - Circulation and Systems Librarian To: inno...@innovativeusers.org inno...@innovativeusers.org Please forward to anyone interested and other mailing lists as you see fit. Thanks! Stacy ~ Dr. Stacy Nowicki, Ph.D., J.D. Library Director and Title IX Coordinator Information Services Kalamazoo College 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006 voice: 269.337.5750 fax: 269.337.7143 email: stacy.nowi...@kzoo.edu ~~~ Title: Circulation and Systems Librarian Immediate Supervisor: Library Director Position Summary: Under the general direction of the Library Director, the Circulation and Systems Librarian administers and troubleshoots library systems including the ILS (III) and DSpace digital archive. This position manages the circulation department and all circulation processes. The Circulation and Systems Librarian participates in appropriate faculty and professional activities including serving on college and departmental committees. This is a full-time, twelve-month appointment. Interested applicants may send a cover letter and resume to stacy.nowi...@kzoo.edu. Please include “Librarian Feb14” in the subject line. Position open until filled. Applications received by March 31, 2014 receive full consideration. Responsibilities: Systems ● Assist the Library Director with technology planning and project implementation; ● Administer, maintain, and enhance library systems, including the integrated library system (III), discovery service (Encore), OPAC, ILLiad, DSpace, and PastPerfect; ● Provide technical expertise and project management in creating and maintaining digital collections for the DSpace digital archive; ● Work with library staff to resolve issues with library technology systems and improve user access to materials; ● Work with library staff to maintain library website; ● Work with the College Archivist to create Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids for archival collections; ● Keep current on trends and developments in digital collections, institutional repositories, metadata creation, academic publishing, and other library technologies; ● Improve, establish, and document systems policies and procedures; ● Recommend new technologies as appropriate. Circulation ? Supervises all Circulation processes including checkins/checkouts, print and electronic reserves, copyright compliance, patron accounts, stacks maintenance, MeLCat (INNreach), RFID management, off-site materials retrieval, and statistics; ? Supervises, schedules, and plans workload for part-time and student circulation staff; ? Handles complex and sensitive problems involving circulation procedures and patrons; ? Maintains public photocopiers and fax; ? Develops and implements training programs for circulation services; ? Evaluates equipment and patron needs of circulation services; ? Develops and maintains procedure manuals for circulation services; ? Works cooperatively with other staff to coordinate library services. General ? Serve as evening and weekend supervisor as scheduled; ? Professional development through participation in professional associations and conference attendance; ? Serve on committees as assigned; ? Perform other duties as assigned by the Library Director. Qualifications: ALA-accredited Master’s degree in Library or Information Science; experience implementing and administering a variety of technologies; knowledge of operations and technical aspects of an integrated library system in all functional areas (acquisitions, cataloging, serials, circulation, etc.); experience applying copyright laws and guidelines; demonstrated knowledge of Web design and standards including HTML, XML, JavaScript, and CSS; familiarity with digital preservation practices and digital collections software; experience managing and supervising digital projects in an academic environment; demonstrated knowledge of current cataloging and archival rules and standards including RDA, AACR2rev, LCSH, MARC formats, Dublin Core, and other metadata schema; knowledge of current practices, technologies, and trends in bibliographic control; evidence of initiative to engage in consistent ongoing and independent learning and professional development; strong project management, analytical, and problem-solving skills; excellent communication and collaboration skills; strong customer service orientation and ability and willingness to work effectively in a collaborative team environment; familiarity with Windows, Microsoft Office, and PC and Mac
[CODE4LIB] Omeka - - to host or not to host?
Hi all, We've been using a hosted instance of Omeka for exhibits on Dreamhost.com for a few years, but are planning to ramp up its use and we're considering the possibility of hosting it on a server here at Smith or possibly shifting to a more flexible hosted version (as a non-profit, Dreamhost is giving us server space for free for Omeka, so we really can't complain - - but it's a shared server and we don't have root access/complete control - - which has been a slight problem for us with user permissions.) What are other liberal arts schools doing for Omeka hosting, and how has it worked out for you? Thanks for any info you can provide - - Eric -- Eric Loehr Library Systems Manager Smith College Libraries elo...@smith.edu (413) 585-2969
Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for proposals to host Code4Lib Conference in 2015
Bump! A little less than a week to get your proposals in. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Rosalyn Metz rosalynm...@gmail.com wrote: The Code4Lib Community is calling for proposals to host the tenth annual Code4Lib Conference in 2015. Prior to submitting a proposal we recommend reviewing the conference hosting web page [1] and How To Plan a Code4LibCon on the wiki [2] to learn more about the kind of venue the community seeks and the responsibilities involved with hosting the conference. The deadline for proposals is midnight PST Wednesday March 12th, 2014. The decision will be made by a popular vote. Voting will begin on or around Friday March 14th, 2014 and will continue until midnight PST March 26th, 2014. The results of the vote will be announced Thursday morning at the Code4Lib conference 2014 and emailed out to the listserv. You can apply by making your pitch to the Code4Lib Conference Planning list [3] and linking to your proposal on the 2015 Hosting Proposals wiki page [4]; attention to the criteria listed on the conference hosting page is appreciated. Good luck! --- Have a look at past proposals for ideas. 2014 Winner: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1amxzn4xs26ILszZek5nIEEfd4qHNfLjp1BAc5CU5YKw 2013 Winner: http://tigger.uic.edu/~kayiwa/code4lib.html 2012 Winner: https://sites.google.com/site/code4lib2012seattle Footnotes 1. http://code4lib.org/conference/hosting 2. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/How_To_Plan_A_Code4LibCon 3. code4lib...@googlegroups.com 4. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2015_Hosting_Proposals
Re: [CODE4LIB] [code4libcon] Re: Call for proposals to host Code4Lib Conference in 2015
Eh? No proposal submitted yet? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2015_Hosting_Proposals ranti. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Rosalyn Metz rosalynm...@gmail.com wrote: Bump! A little less than a week to get your proposals in. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Rosalyn Metz rosalynm...@gmail.comwrote: The Code4Lib Community is calling for proposals to host the tenth annual Code4Lib Conference in 2015. Prior to submitting a proposal we recommend reviewing the conference hosting web page [1] and How To Plan a Code4LibCon on the wiki [2] to learn more about the kind of venue the community seeks and the responsibilities involved with hosting the conference. The deadline for proposals is midnight PST Wednesday March 12th, 2014. The decision will be made by a popular vote. Voting will begin on or around Friday March 14th, 2014 and will continue until midnight PST March 26th, 2014. The results of the vote will be announced Thursday morning at the Code4Lib conference 2014 and emailed out to the listserv. You can apply by making your pitch to the Code4Lib Conference Planning list [3] and linking to your proposal on the 2015 Hosting Proposals wiki page [4]; attention to the criteria listed on the conference hosting page is appreciated. Good luck! --- Have a look at past proposals for ideas. 2014 Winner: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1amxzn4xs26ILszZek5nIEEfd4qHNfLjp1BAc5CU5YKw 2013 Winner: http://tigger.uic.edu/~kayiwa/code4lib.html 2012 Winner: https://sites.google.com/site/code4lib2012seattle Footnotes 1. http://code4lib.org/conference/hosting 2. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/How_To_Plan_A_Code4LibCon 3. code4lib...@googlegroups.com 4. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2015_Hosting_Proposals -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups code4libcon group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to code4libcon+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to code4lib...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/code4libcon. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/code4libcon/CAPo4tOr0XkMU7-yHO3o2-rneu0kd04K4--fUcAptRBsrCeXkjA%40mail.gmail.comhttps://groups.google.com/d/msgid/code4libcon/CAPo4tOr0XkMU7-yHO3o2-rneu0kd04K4--fUcAptRBsrCeXkjA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=emailutm_source=footer . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Conference Request...
Hey all! This will be my first year attending the Code4Lib conference (yay), and I was told that there is a contingent of Japanese librarians/coders who come every year. Any chance I could convince one/some of you to bring me some neat flavored kit-kats? I was looking for the matcha and purple sweet potato flavors in particular, but I'm open to suggestions as well. I'd pay you back for them, obviously :-). こんにちは皆さん。私の名前はマウラです。今年のCODE4LIBにいきます。日本のキットカットが大好きです！ 私に日本からキットカットを買ってくれません？抹茶と紅いもの味を探していますけど、何でも味はいいです〜！ 会議である返金させていただきます。本当にありがとう〜！ Maura Carbone Digital Initiatives Librarian Brandeis University Library and Technology Services
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Conference Request...
Hi Maura, If you can't wait, have you seen Jbox? http://www.jbox.com/product/JAT098 D _ Daniel Sifton | Coordinator, Library Automation and Technical Services | Vancouver Island University Library | 900 Fifth St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5 | Tel: 250.753.3245, x2444 | Email: daniel.sif...@viu.ca | Twitter -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Maura Carbone Sent: March-06-14 2:12 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Conference Request... Hey all! This will be my first year attending the Code4Lib conference (yay), and I was told that there is a contingent of Japanese librarians/coders who come every year. Any chance I could convince one/some of you to bring me some neat flavored kit-kats? I was looking for the matcha and purple sweet potato flavors in particular, but I'm open to suggestions as well. I'd pay you back for them, obviously :-). こんにちは皆さん。私の名前はマウラです。今年のCODE4LIBにいきます。日本のキットカットが大好きです！ 私に日本からキットカットを買ってくれません？抹茶と紅いもの味を探していますけど、何でも味はいいです～！ 会議である返金させていただきます。本当にありがとう～！ Maura Carbone Digital Initiatives Librarian Brandeis University Library and Technology Services
Re: [CODE4LIB] Tallying needs
Hi Chris, I'm curious about your analysis re. when the data would start influencing the redesign process. E.g does 5 queries about a certain topic enough to warrant the redesign, etc. Mind elaborate that a bit? thanks, ranti. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Chris Strauber cstrau...@gmail.com wrote: Most welcome--please post back your results if you find anything you're happy with. Chris On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Collie, Aaron col...@mail.lib.msu.edu wrote: Yes, we do use DeskTracker for reference stats, but I would say this is more of a what actually happened rather than a what didn't happen, but could have, and here is a tally mark for it. Certainly possible with the system we have, I'm just thinking a more generally. Thanks for the thoughts, Chris. -Aaron From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Chris Strauber [cstrau...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:20 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Tallying needs We've used our LibAnswers (reference and service desk) and LibAnalytics (instruction) data to inform our website redesign process in pretty much exactly that way. I did it pretty roughly, with spreadsheets and some by-hand analysis, but the data would also be pretty susceptible to scripting for a school or library with more transactions. Your reference and instruction folk are probably keeping internal stats in some form you could use for that. Chris Strauber Instructional Design Coordinator Tisch Library, Tufts University chris.strau...@tufts.edu @cstrauber On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Collie, Aaron col...@mail.lib.msu.edu wrote: Hello, Pardon my ignorance here, but we were discussing use cases and user stories and noting how static they are (in our implementation of them) for capturing user needs for more general library services. Im my experience, there is one story per need, and additional expressions of that particular need don't really get counted to assist with prioritization. I'm curious if anyone has used any sort of ticketing system for a more traditional library function like reference or instruction that might tally expressions of need (e.g. we've heard a request for an NVIVO course 4 times in the last semester). Maybe something like Agile or Kanban already account for accumulation of stories or prioritization based on stats, and I'm just not aware of it? -Aaron W. Aaron Collie Digital Curation Librarian MSU Libraries tel: 517.884.0867 email: col...@msu.edu tweet: aaroncollie site: http://staff.lib.msu.edu/collie/ -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
[CODE4LIB] Job: Director of Technology at Bay Area Video Coalition
Director of Technology Bay Area Video Coalition San Francisco Help transform the strategic decision-making for a Bay Area arts and media institution that serves thousands of people each year. If you are collaborative, have a start-up spirit and an education background, and believe in power of stories to make social change, BAVC is looking for you! ABOUT BAVC (Bay Area Video Coalition) BAVC is a 38-year-old media arts center that brings together new and seasoned media makers to learn new-to-them technologies and tell stories that spark social change. In all of BAVC's work there is a belief that shared learning and teaching can be a catalyst for people to make change in their own lives and in their communities. Central to this work is the simple idea that people can express themselves through art in a way that is otherwise impossible-- in a way that is engaging, exciting, and provocative. BAVC is one of the last media centers of its kind, and thrives because of its ability to evolve, shift, and grow with changing technology while remaining dedicated to its mission of social justice through creation, preservation and sharing of diverse stories. As technology evolves, filmmakers, artists, nonprofit cultural organizations, and creative freelance workers need a place to develop community and learn from one another. With the shift from shared editing spaces to laptops, technologists and filmmakers are seeking a place to come together and work collaboratively - get and give feedback to and from peers. BAVC plays a crucial role as creative convener, innovator, lab, education center, creative space, and community builder. The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work to be performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in this position. JOB SUMMARY As the Director of Technology you will be responsible for creating a vision for the department that supports all technology-related and video, web, audio, and preservation programming for the organization as well as management of BAVC's internal technology functions. This position occasionally represents BAVC externally, supports preservation client development and field outreach, and understands and advocates for IT that supports storytelling and preservation from diverse communities. The position will also work internally with the development team to leverage grant opportunities, with the training and youth programs team to ensure all students receive top quality instruction on industry-standard hardware and software, with the independent media team to ensure smooth functioning of San Francisco's public access television station, and with other team members to ensure project deliverables and work flow systems are optimized. The Director of Technology will oversee a project manager in media preservation, three technical staff, and consultants hired on an as-needed basis. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Work with Executive Director and Director team and contractors to sustain and grow all programs within the department Create and manage the department's budget Insure that systems and other resources are in place to meet the requirements of the preservation program Support the staff in the department in meeting their annual goals and objectives related to program deliverables and expected financial outcomes Work with the development department to strategize grant opportunities Serve as a liaison to the tech and media preservation communities both locally and nationally Envision and roadmap future technology direction and standards for BAVC and implement that vision Support the planning for a digital storage repository for organization media and other data Support annual planning for the department in collaboration with departmental staff and directors Ensure that the Salesforce database system is being used effectively across departments Document programs and support the writing of funder reports related to all program areas Oversee the development of new programs as they are funded within the department and in collaboration with other BAVC departments Support the development of a project management system for Tech staff and Preservation staff and continually check in on project deliverables Support the upgrade of systems as needed Support the work of the team members in developing relevant programs for BAVC technical infrastructure including preservation Enforce organization policies and provide staff reviews every six months QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Graduation from a four-year college or university Minimum of five years tech experience in a mission driven organization and/or higher education Demonstrable familiarity with the media preservation field Successful record of managing projects and people Experience setting up and managing
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Conference Request...
Hi Maura, Thank you for your request. :) Sure. I can bring some.c # Matcha might be nice. Last year was Japanese strawberry. cf. https://twitter.com/arg/status/301401534502170624 I heard that two or three attendees from Japan, including me. Looking forward to seeing you soon. Masao In CANdYjfHOLffSZyGgNN_Hx7PNX0=suhqecqex92+vykuk8wc...@mail.gmail.com, mau...@brandeis.edu wrote: Hey all! This will be my first year attending the Code4Lib conference (yay), and I was told that there is a contingent of Japanese librarians/coders who come every year. Any chance I could convince one/some of you to bring me some neat flavored kit-kats? I was looking for the matcha and purple sweet potato flavors in particular, but I'm open to suggestions as well. I'd pay you back for them, obviously :-). こんにちは皆さん。私の名前はマウラです。今年のCODE4LIBにいきます。日本のキットカットが大好きです！ 私に日本からキットカットを買ってくれません？抹茶と紅いもの味を探していますけど、何でも味はいいです〜！ 会議である返金させていただきます。本当にありがとう〜！ Maura Carbone Digital Initiatives Librarian Brandeis University Library and Technology Services -- Masao Takaku ma...@slis.tsukuba.ac.jp // University of Tsukuba // 2-1 Kasuga, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8550 JAPAN // Tel: +81-29-859-1394 // URL: http://masao.jpn.org
