[CODE4LIB] C4L Journal Issue #27 Call for Papers

[Terry Reese]

 

Call for Papers (and apologies for cross-posting):

 

The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) exists to foster community and share

information among those interested in the intersection of libraries,

technology, and the future.

 

We are now accepting proposals for publication in our 27 issue.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences.

To be included in the 27 issue, which is scheduled for publication 

In mid Jan. 2015, please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals at

http://journal.code4lib.org/submit-proposal or to jour...@code4lib.org
  

by Friday, Oct. 24 2014.  When submitting, please include the title  

or subject of the proposal in the subject line of the email message.

 

C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome

submissions across a broad variety of topics that support the mission

of the journal.  Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

 

* Practical applications of library technology (both actual and 

  hypothetical)

* Technology projects (failed, successful, or proposed), including 

  how they were done and challenges faced

* Case studies

* Best practices

* Reviews

* Comparisons of third party software or libraries

* Analyses of library metadata for use with technology

* Project management and communication within the library environment

* Assessment and user studies

 

C4LJ strives to promote professional communication by minimizing the

barriers to publication.  While articles should be of a high quality,

they need not follow any formal structure.  Writers should aim for the

middle ground between blog posts and articles in traditional refereed

journals.  Where appropriate, we encourage authors to submit code

samples, algorithms, and pseudo-code.  For more information, visit

C4LJ's Article Guidelines or browse previous articles published on our
website: http://journal.code4lib.org.

 

Remember, for consideration for the 27th issue, please send proposals,

abstracts, or draft articles to jour...@code4lib.org
  no later than 

Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.

 

Send in a submission.  Your peers would like to hear what you are doing.

 

 

Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee

 

 

** 

Terry Reese

Head, Digital Initiatives

Associate Professor

The Ohio State University

320B 18th Avenue Library

Columbus, OH  43210

Phone: 614.292.8263

Email:   reese.2...@osu.edu

** 

 

[CODE4LIB] Job: Systems Librarian at Philadelphia University

[jobs]

Systems Librarian
Philadelphia University
Philadelphia

Technical expertise and understanding of library software, systems and
applications. Library instruction and Reference skills; Knowledge of e-book
and e-video cataloging, including an understanding of MARC record format.
Ability to learn new technical skills and apply them in the library setting.
Web development and design skills. Academic library experience preferred.

  
EDUCATION REQUIRED:

  
ALA-accredited master's degree in library science or an associated area.

  
RESPONSIBILITIES:

  
Manage, implement, and provide technical support for library software and
systems, including the Sirsi/Horizon integrated library system, the library's
discovery tool, chat and interlibrary loan systems, LibGuides, and overall
design and maintenance of the library's Web page gateway. Performs information
literacy instruction, reference service, cataloging, troubleshooting, and
setup of electronic resources. Maintain currency with trends in library
systems and take a major role in planning, implementing, and training for the
adoption and integration of new library technologies.



Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/16852/
To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/

[CODE4LIB] ALCTS Metadata Interest Group - Call for Proposals at ALA Midwinter 2015

[Thompson, Santi A]

 Please excuse cross-postings 


The ALCTS Metadata Interest Group invites speakers to present at the ALA 
Midwinter meeting in Chicago on Sunday, February 1, 2015 from 8:30 to 10am.  
Presentations will be approximately 30 minutes, including Q&A.


Our charge is to provide a broad framework for information exchange on current 
research developments, tools, and activities affecting networked information 
resources and metadata; coordinate and actively participate in the development 
and review of standards concerning networked resources and metadata in 
conjunction with the divisions, committees and sections, other units within 
ALA, and relevant outside agencies; and develop programs and foster and sponsor 
education and training opportunities that contribute to and enhance an 
understanding of networked resources and metadata, their identity, content, 
technology, access, control, and use.


Suggested topics include but are not limited to:


· Methods for normalizing and crosswalking to different schema

· Tools for metadata librarians, including those for creation and/or 
transformation

· Implementing linked data locally

· Managing authority data for special collections

· Improving metadata for web standards and search engine optimization


Please email proposal abstracts to program co-chairs by Friday, October 31st, 
2014.


Please contact us with questions.


Thank you!


Program co-chairs,


Santi Thompson

Head of Digital Repository Services, University of Houston Libraries

(713) 743-9685 | sathomps...@uh.edu


Liz Woolcott

Digital Discovery Librarian, Utah State University

(435) 797-9458 | liz.woolc...@usu.edu

Santi Thompson, Head of Digital Repository Services
University Libraries
University of Houston
A Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university
713-743-9685
sathomps...@uh.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Andrew Cunningham]

Hi Brad,

An interesting idea, but many potential failure points.

I have been in the position of spending considerable time to develop,best
practive materials on web internationalisation for our state government,
without any prospect of being able to roll it out within our own library.

Wether we are discussing corporate or opensource solutions. Web
technologies withon library sector are at,the within the long tail of
implementation.

But best practice should be encouraged.

Andrew

On 01/10/2014 12:23 AM, "Brad Coffield"  wrote:
>
> I agree that it would be a bad idea to endeavor to create our own special
> standards that deviate from accepted web best practices and standards. My
> own thought was more towards a guide for librarians, curated by
librarians,
> that provides a summary of best practices. On the one hand, something to
> help those without a deep tech background to quickly get up to speed with
> best practices instead of needing to conduct a lot of research and
reading.
> But beyond that, it would also be a resource that went deeper for those
who
> wanted to explore the literature.
>
> So, bullet points and short lists of information accompanied by links to
> additional resources etc. (So, right now, it sounds like a libguide lol)
>
> Though I do think there would potentially be additional information that
> did apply mostly/only to libraries and our particular sites etc. Off the
> top of my head: a thorough treatment and recommendations regarding
> libguides v2 and accessibility, customizing common library-used products
> (like Serial Solutions 360 link, Worldcat Local and all their competitors)
> so that they are most usable and accessible.
>
> At it's core, though, what I'm picturing is something where librarians get
> together and cut through the noise, pull out best web practices, and
> display them in a quickly digested format. Everything else would be the
> proverbial gravy.
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Michael Schofield 
> wrote:
>
> > I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards you
> > all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that
conflict
> > with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many
others--would
> > honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and adhere more
firmly
> > to larger web standards and best practices that conflict with something
> > that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that might not be what you folks
> > have in mind at all : ).
> >
> > Michael S.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > Brad Coffield
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides
v2
> > - Templates and Nav)
> >
> > Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new
thread. I
> > don't know of any such library standards that exist on the web. I agree
> > that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... why not!
> > It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful
for
> > many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working group'
title
> > for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
> >
> > But seriously, I'd love to help.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Brad Coffield, MLIS
> > Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
University
> > 814-472-3315
> > bcoffi...@francis.edu
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian
> Saint Francis University
> 814-472-3315
> bcoffi...@francis.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Brian Zelip]

Glad to see the thread, I'll keep an eye on it. Here are some choice
styleguides and posts that influence my approach:

Mark Otto. (2014) Code Guide by @mdo. http://codeguide.co/
Brent Jackson. (2014) A guide to web design basics with Basscss.
http://www.basscss.com/docs/guide/
Adam Morse. (2014) Mobile-first CSS.
http://xn--h4hg.ws/2014/08/18/mobile-first-css/
Jacob Thornton. (2014) Medium’s CSS is actually pretty f***ing good.
https://medium.com/@fat/mediums-css-is-actually-pretty-fucking-good-b8e2a6c78b06


Brian Zelip
---
Graduate School of Library & Information Science
Graduate Assistant, Scholarly Commons
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
zelip.me


On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Cornel Darden Jr.  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I think official is definitely the way too go! LITA. I'm signing up right
> now!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cornel Darden Jr.
> MSLIS
> Library Department Chair
> South Suburban College
> 7087052945
>
> "Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong
> learning."
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Sean Hannan  wrote:
> >
> > I'm just going to jump in here and question the need for it to be ALA or
> LITA affiliated. Plenty of stuff has been accomplished and respected (like,
> oh, hey, code4lib) without an attachment of ALA or LITA.
> >
> > Ad...discuss.
> >
> > -Sean
> > 
> > From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Joshua
> Welker [wel...@ucmo.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:19 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides
> v2 - Templates and Nav)
> >
> > Bohyun,
> >
> > That sounds like it could be a great fit.
> >
> > There would be two final products for what I have in mind:
> >
> > 1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where
> we
> > can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the
> > source that would be used by the boots-on-the-ground librarians who are
> > actually doing UX work and need practical information. It would be
> > continually updated. The content would be curated, and there would be a
> very
> > basic approval process for creating new editor accounts.
> >
> > 2. An annually-revised document (again, attached to an ALA-affiliated
> domain
> > name) that compiles everything from the wiki together in a format that
> can
> > easily be presented to other librarians and administrators. In my
> > experience, a bureaucratically approved document carries a lot more
> weight
> > in libraries than a website, at least in academic libraries.
> >
> > Topics that would be addressed:
> >
> > 1. Accessibility
> > 2. Layout patterns
> > 3. Typography and readability
> > 4. Best practices for specific library web platforms
> > 5. Recommendations for how libraries should implement the guidelines at a
> > management level (non-technical)
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Kim,
> > Bohyun
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:42 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides
> v2 -
> > Templates and Nav)
> >
> > Jumping into this discussion late. Just wanted to let everyone know that
> > LITA UX IG would be more than happy to provide a venue for this type of
> > discussion since it would fit the interest of UX IG perfectly. (I am
> > chairing the IG this year; ping me if that sounds interesting and if
> there
> > is anything LITA UX IG can help.) LITA IGs are super flexible.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Bohyun
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS
> > Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems
> University
> > of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > Megan O'Neill Kudzia
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:24 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides
> v2 -
> > Templates and Nav)
> >
> > I've been following with interest, and I think some really important
> points
> > are coming out here.
> >
> > John, what you said about Tomcat vs. Jetty really resonated with me -
> maybe
> > this is *yet another* place where we could split this thread, but I think
> > for those of us straddling the gap between web design and web
> development,
> > something like a reference guide for what the questions to ask even are,
> > would be extremely helpful.
> >
> > As you said, the answer to many many questions is, "it depends," and
> > knowledge of those topics comes with experience. However, maybe (and I
> > volunteer to help with this project, inasmuch as I can) a sort of
> expansion
> > of the Guide for the Perplexed would be really useful for those of us who
> > ar

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Cornel Darden Jr.]

Hello,

I think official is definitely the way too go! LITA. I'm signing up right now!

Thanks,

Cornel Darden Jr.  
MSLIS
Library Department Chair
South Suburban College
7087052945

"Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong 
learning."

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Sean Hannan  wrote:
> 
> I'm just going to jump in here and question the need for it to be ALA or LITA 
> affiliated. Plenty of stuff has been accomplished and respected (like, oh, 
> hey, code4lib) without an attachment of ALA or LITA.
> 
> Ad...discuss.
> 
> -Sean
> 
> From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Joshua 
> Welker [wel...@ucmo.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:19 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - 
> Templates and Nav)
> 
> Bohyun,
> 
> That sounds like it could be a great fit.
> 
> There would be two final products for what I have in mind:
> 
> 1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where we
> can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the
> source that would be used by the boots-on-the-ground librarians who are
> actually doing UX work and need practical information. It would be
> continually updated. The content would be curated, and there would be a very
> basic approval process for creating new editor accounts.
> 
> 2. An annually-revised document (again, attached to an ALA-affiliated domain
> name) that compiles everything from the wiki together in a format that can
> easily be presented to other librarians and administrators. In my
> experience, a bureaucratically approved document carries a lot more weight
> in libraries than a website, at least in academic libraries.
> 
> Topics that would be addressed:
> 
> 1. Accessibility
> 2. Layout patterns
> 3. Typography and readability
> 4. Best practices for specific library web platforms
> 5. Recommendations for how libraries should implement the guidelines at a
> management level (non-technical)
> 
> Josh Welker
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kim,
> Bohyun
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:42 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
> Templates and Nav)
> 
> Jumping into this discussion late. Just wanted to let everyone know that
> LITA UX IG would be more than happy to provide a venue for this type of
> discussion since it would fit the interest of UX IG perfectly. (I am
> chairing the IG this year; ping me if that sounds interesting and if there
> is anything LITA UX IG can help.) LITA IGs are super flexible.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bohyun
> 
> 
> --
> Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS
> Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems University
> of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Megan O'Neill Kudzia
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:24 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
> Templates and Nav)
> 
> I've been following with interest, and I think some really important points
> are coming out here.
> 
> John, what you said about Tomcat vs. Jetty really resonated with me - maybe
> this is *yet another* place where we could split this thread, but I think
> for those of us straddling the gap between web design and web development,
> something like a reference guide for what the questions to ask even are,
> would be extremely helpful.
> 
> As you said, the answer to many many questions is, "it depends," and
> knowledge of those topics comes with experience. However, maybe (and I
> volunteer to help with this project, inasmuch as I can) a sort of expansion
> of the Guide for the Perplexed would be really useful for those of us who
> are no longer total beginners, but are sort of struggling to level up?
> 
> That is, those of us with some experience of various projects could
> contribute anything public-share-able from our post mortem project
> conversations, relevant to each type of project? It's something I've been
> thinking about for some time, and I'm still not sure what an optimal
> structure would be, but I keep thinking it would be a really worthwhile
> project.
> 
> I will also say that everything I've found on alistapart and libux has been
> incredibly useful!
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>> 
>> How many folks following this discussion are LITA members? Would
>> anyone be willing to join LITA to be a part of an interest group on
>> this subject? I will renew my membership in LITA if that is the best route
>> to take.
>> 
>> Josh Welker
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@

[CODE4LIB] Free Licensing Webinar -- CopyTalk, October 2nd at 11am Pacific time

[Patrick Newell]

Please join us for a free webinar provided by the ALA Office for
Information Technology Policy (OITP) on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 11am
Pacific time.

In the webinar titled *Open Licensing and the Public Domain: Tools and
policies to support libraries, scholars, and the public*, Timothy Vollmer
will discuss the Creative Commons licenses and public domain instruments,
with a particular focus on how these tools are being used within the GLAM
(galleries, libraries, archives and museums) sector. He'll also talk about
the evolving Open Access movement--including legal and technological
challenges to researchers and publishers--and how librarians and copyright
experts are helping address these issues. Finally, he'll discuss the
increasing role of institutional policies and funding mandates that are
being adopted to support the creation and sharing of content and data in
the public commons.



Timothy Vollmer is Public Policy Manager for Creative Commons (CC). He
coordinates public policy positions in collaboration with CC staff,
international affiliate network, and a broad community of copyright
experts. Timothy helps educate policymakers at all levels and across
various disciplines such as education, data, science, culture, and
government about copyright licensing, the public domain, and the adoption
of open policies. Prior to CC, Timothy worked on information policy issues
for the American Library Association in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate
of the University of Michigan, School of Information, and helped establish
the Open.Michigan initiative.

There is no need to pre-register! Just show up on October 2, at 11am
Pacific (2pm Eastern) at  http://ala.adobeconnect.com/copyright/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Sean Hannan]

I'm just going to jump in here and question the need for it to be ALA or LITA 
affiliated. Plenty of stuff has been accomplished and respected (like, oh, hey, 
code4lib) without an attachment of ALA or LITA.

Ad...discuss.

-Sean

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Joshua Welker 
[wel...@ucmo.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:19 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - 
Templates and Nav)

Bohyun,

That sounds like it could be a great fit.

There would be two final products for what I have in mind:

1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where we
can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the
source that would be used by the boots-on-the-ground librarians who are
actually doing UX work and need practical information. It would be
continually updated. The content would be curated, and there would be a very
basic approval process for creating new editor accounts.

2. An annually-revised document (again, attached to an ALA-affiliated domain
name) that compiles everything from the wiki together in a format that can
easily be presented to other librarians and administrators. In my
experience, a bureaucratically approved document carries a lot more weight
in libraries than a website, at least in academic libraries.

Topics that would be addressed:

1. Accessibility
2. Layout patterns
3. Typography and readability
4. Best practices for specific library web platforms
5. Recommendations for how libraries should implement the guidelines at a
management level (non-technical)

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kim,
Bohyun
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:42 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

Jumping into this discussion late. Just wanted to let everyone know that
LITA UX IG would be more than happy to provide a venue for this type of
discussion since it would fit the interest of UX IG perfectly. (I am
chairing the IG this year; ping me if that sounds interesting and if there
is anything LITA UX IG can help.) LITA IGs are super flexible.

Cheers,
Bohyun


--
Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS
Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems University
of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Megan O'Neill Kudzia
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:24 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

I've been following with interest, and I think some really important points
are coming out here.

John, what you said about Tomcat vs. Jetty really resonated with me - maybe
this is *yet another* place where we could split this thread, but I think
for those of us straddling the gap between web design and web development,
something like a reference guide for what the questions to ask even are,
would be extremely helpful.

As you said, the answer to many many questions is, "it depends," and
knowledge of those topics comes with experience. However, maybe (and I
volunteer to help with this project, inasmuch as I can) a sort of expansion
of the Guide for the Perplexed would be really useful for those of us who
are no longer total beginners, but are sort of struggling to level up?

That is, those of us with some experience of various projects could
contribute anything public-share-able from our post mortem project
conversations, relevant to each type of project? It's something I've been
thinking about for some time, and I'm still not sure what an optimal
structure would be, but I keep thinking it would be a really worthwhile
project.

I will also say that everything I've found on alistapart and libux has been
incredibly useful!

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> How many folks following this discussion are LITA members? Would
> anyone be willing to join LITA to be a part of an interest group on
> this subject? I will renew my membership in LITA if that is the best route
> to take.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Cindi Blyberg
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:46 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> LibGuides v2
> -
> Templates and Nav)
>
> Oh, and if UX doesn't fit, y'all can establish the LITA Web Standards
> IG, or the LITA Code4Lib Web Best Practices IG, or whatever you want
> to call it.
> You need 10 LITA Member signatures:
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/lita/sites/ala.org.lita/files/content/about/manual/
> forms/e5-igformation.pdf
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/lita/about/igs
>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Lisa Gayhart]

I¹m jumping in very late in the game here, but I would love to be involved
in this discussion (I¹ll even join LITA!). Here at UofT, we¹ve done some
work in this area that could be worth sharing. We¹re in the process of
creating guidelines for many of the topics mentioned below, so it would be
great to learn from others, collaborate, and share.

I like the idea of the UX IG; it¹s flexible and collegial, but still
weighty enough to lend the content credibility.

Lisa Gayhart | Digital Communications Services Librarian| University of
Toronto Libraries | Information Technology Services |
lisa.gayh...@utoronto.ca| 416-946-0959





On 2014-09-30, 3:19 PM, "Joshua Welker"  wrote:

>Bohyun,
>
>That sounds like it could be a great fit.
>
>There would be two final products for what I have in mind:
>
>1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where
>we
>can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the
>source that would be used by the boots-on-the-ground librarians who are
>actually doing UX work and need practical information. It would be
>continually updated. The content would be curated, and there would be a
>very
>basic approval process for creating new editor accounts.
>
>2. An annually-revised document (again, attached to an ALA-affiliated
>domain
>name) that compiles everything from the wiki together in a format that can
>easily be presented to other librarians and administrators. In my
>experience, a bureaucratically approved document carries a lot more weight
>in libraries than a website, at least in academic libraries.
>
>Topics that would be addressed:
>
>1. Accessibility
>2. Layout patterns
>3. Typography and readability
>4. Best practices for specific library web platforms
>5. Recommendations for how libraries should implement the guidelines at a
>management level (non-technical)
>
>Josh Welker
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Kim,
>Bohyun
>Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:42 PM
>To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides
>v2 -
>Templates and Nav)
>
>Jumping into this discussion late. Just wanted to let everyone know that
>LITA UX IG would be more than happy to provide a venue for this type of
>discussion since it would fit the interest of UX IG perfectly. (I am
>chairing the IG this year; ping me if that sounds interesting and if there
>is anything LITA UX IG can help.) LITA IGs are super flexible.
>
>Cheers,
>Bohyun
>
>
>--
>Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS
>Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems
>University
>of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Megan O'Neill Kudzia
>Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:24 PM
>To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides
>v2 -
>Templates and Nav)
>
>I've been following with interest, and I think some really important
>points
>are coming out here.
>
>John, what you said about Tomcat vs. Jetty really resonated with me -
>maybe
>this is *yet another* place where we could split this thread, but I think
>for those of us straddling the gap between web design and web development,
>something like a reference guide for what the questions to ask even are,
>would be extremely helpful.
>
>As you said, the answer to many many questions is, "it depends," and
>knowledge of those topics comes with experience. However, maybe (and I
>volunteer to help with this project, inasmuch as I can) a sort of
>expansion
>of the Guide for the Perplexed would be really useful for those of us who
>are no longer total beginners, but are sort of struggling to level up?
>
>That is, those of us with some experience of various projects could
>contribute anything public-share-able from our post mortem project
>conversations, relevant to each type of project? It's something I've been
>thinking about for some time, and I'm still not sure what an optimal
>structure would be, but I keep thinking it would be a really worthwhile
>project.
>
>I will also say that everything I've found on alistapart and libux has
>been
>incredibly useful!
>
>On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
>> How many folks following this discussion are LITA members? Would
>> anyone be willing to join LITA to be a part of an interest group on
>> this subject? I will renew my membership in LITA if that is the best
>>route
>> to take.
>>
>> Josh Welker
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
>> Of Cindi Blyberg
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:46 AM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
>> LibGuides v2
>> -
>> Templates and Nav)
>>
>> Oh, and if UX doesn't fit, y'all can establish the LITA Web Standards
>> IG,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Joshua Welker]

Bohyun,

That sounds like it could be a great fit.

There would be two final products for what I have in mind:

1. A wiki site (ideally attached to an ALA-affiliated domain name) where we
can collaborate and break all this down at the topic level. This is the
source that would be used by the boots-on-the-ground librarians who are
actually doing UX work and need practical information. It would be
continually updated. The content would be curated, and there would be a very
basic approval process for creating new editor accounts.

2. An annually-revised document (again, attached to an ALA-affiliated domain
name) that compiles everything from the wiki together in a format that can
easily be presented to other librarians and administrators. In my
experience, a bureaucratically approved document carries a lot more weight
in libraries than a website, at least in academic libraries.

Topics that would be addressed:

1. Accessibility
2. Layout patterns
3. Typography and readability
4. Best practices for specific library web platforms
5. Recommendations for how libraries should implement the guidelines at a
management level (non-technical)

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kim,
Bohyun
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:42 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

Jumping into this discussion late. Just wanted to let everyone know that
LITA UX IG would be more than happy to provide a venue for this type of
discussion since it would fit the interest of UX IG perfectly. (I am
chairing the IG this year; ping me if that sounds interesting and if there
is anything LITA UX IG can help.) LITA IGs are super flexible.

Cheers,
Bohyun


--
Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS
Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems University
of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences and Human Services Library


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Megan O'Neill Kudzia
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:24 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

I've been following with interest, and I think some really important points
are coming out here.

John, what you said about Tomcat vs. Jetty really resonated with me - maybe
this is *yet another* place where we could split this thread, but I think
for those of us straddling the gap between web design and web development,
something like a reference guide for what the questions to ask even are,
would be extremely helpful.

As you said, the answer to many many questions is, "it depends," and
knowledge of those topics comes with experience. However, maybe (and I
volunteer to help with this project, inasmuch as I can) a sort of expansion
of the Guide for the Perplexed would be really useful for those of us who
are no longer total beginners, but are sort of struggling to level up?

That is, those of us with some experience of various projects could
contribute anything public-share-able from our post mortem project
conversations, relevant to each type of project? It's something I've been
thinking about for some time, and I'm still not sure what an optimal
structure would be, but I keep thinking it would be a really worthwhile
project.

I will also say that everything I've found on alistapart and libux has been
incredibly useful!

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> How many folks following this discussion are LITA members? Would
> anyone be willing to join LITA to be a part of an interest group on
> this subject? I will renew my membership in LITA if that is the best route
> to take.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Cindi Blyberg
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:46 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> LibGuides v2
> -
> Templates and Nav)
>
> Oh, and if UX doesn't fit, y'all can establish the LITA Web Standards
> IG, or the LITA Code4Lib Web Best Practices IG, or whatever you want
> to call it.
> You need 10 LITA Member signatures:
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/lita/sites/ala.org.lita/files/content/about/manual/
> forms/e5-igformation.pdf
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/lita/about/igs
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Cindi Blyberg 
> wrote:
>
> > *puts on LITA hat*
> >
> > There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here.
> >
> > Publications:
> > There is a series of books called LITA Guides.  Great way to get the
> > word out widely, but a static format.
> > http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita
> >
> > There are also Library Technology Reports - a periodical.  Still
> > static, but published more regularly:
> > http://alatechsource.org/ltr/index
> >
> > There is also the LITA UX 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Brad Coffield]

Megan,

"useful for those of us who are no longer total beginners but are sort of
struggling to level up?" - Love that description. I think the kind of guide
everyone is brainstorming would be great for everyone in that boat. (at
least as I'm picturing it)

Hopefully, it would be excellent for non-tech people to go to for succinct,
authoritative information like, "White space good." For those looking to
level up to learn more from the guidelines and find places to learn more.
And for experts to brush up on current trends. That's what I'm thinking.

Michael,

That would be awesome if libux went in that direction. I've always felt
that librarians have had a general ethos of "if it ain't broke..." and of
sharing materials and building off of each others work. But I don't know
that that really happens for library web stuff. This list, yes. But there's
no sort of structured pre-existing repository of awesomeness.

[CODE4LIB] Call for Proposals - NASIG 30th Annual Conference

[publicist]

NASIG 30th Annual Conference
NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future
May 27-30, 2015
Washington, D.C.

The 2015 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals
for conference sessions. Publishers, vendors, librarians,
and others in the fields of electronic resources and serials
are encouraged to submit proposals relating to scholarly
communication, publishing, resource acquisition, management,
and discovery. Proposals based on emerging trends, case
studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings
are encouraged.

This is the 30th year of the NASIG conference, and we are
particularly interested in proposals that look at historic
trend analysis of the serials industry over the past 30
years, as well as visions of the future of the industry
based on our history.

As we have in recent years, the PPC specifically welcomes
programs focusing on the Core Competencies that the NASIG
Core Competency Task Force developed for Electronic
Resources Librarians. Please refer to the Core Competencies,
http://bit.ly/1ovwjkk.

Program topics from the Core Competencies:
• Electronic resource life cycle and management
• Collection analysis and development
• Standards and systems of cataloging and classification,
metadata, and indexing
• Technology and providing access to electronic resources
• Licensing and legal framework
• Standards, initiatives, and best practices
• Scholarly communication

Please use the online form,
http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/392, to submit a proposal
or program or idea. This Call for Proposals will close on
November 15, 2014.

Please note the following:

• The PPC welcomes proposals that are still in the
formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to
focus their proposals further.
• Proposals should name any particular products or
services that are integral to the content of the
presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs
should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any
product, service, or institution.
• Time management issues generally limit each session to
one to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of
four (4) or more speakers are discouraged must be discussed
in advance with the Program Planning Committee
(prog-p...@nasig.org)
• Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy,
http://bit.ly/YIeyYA, for reimbursement of speaker expenses.
• All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) prior to speaking at the conference.

Inquiries may be sent to PPC at: prog-p...@nasig.org

We look forward to a great conference in Arlington!

Anna Creech and Danielle Williams
NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair


~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Charlene N. Simser
Publicist, NASIG, Inc.
public...@nasig.org | @NASIG
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Established in 1985, NASIG 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, NASIG 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/.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Kim, Bohyun]

Jumping into this discussion late. Just wanted to let everyone know that LITA 
UX IG would be more than happy to provide a venue for this type of discussion 
since it would fit the interest of UX IG perfectly. (I am chairing the IG this 
year; ping me if that sounds interesting and if there is anything LITA UX IG 
can help.) LITA IGs are super flexible.

Cheers,
Bohyun


--
Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS
Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Health Sciences and Human Services Library


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Megan 
O'Neill Kudzia
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:24 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - 
Templates and Nav)

I've been following with interest, and I think some really important points are 
coming out here.

John, what you said about Tomcat vs. Jetty really resonated with me - maybe 
this is *yet another* place where we could split this thread, but I think for 
those of us straddling the gap between web design and web development, 
something like a reference guide for what the questions to ask even are, would 
be extremely helpful.

As you said, the answer to many many questions is, "it depends," and knowledge 
of those topics comes with experience. However, maybe (and I volunteer to help 
with this project, inasmuch as I can) a sort of expansion of the Guide for the 
Perplexed would be really useful for those of us who are no longer total 
beginners, but are sort of struggling to level up?

That is, those of us with some experience of various projects could contribute 
anything public-share-able from our post mortem project conversations, relevant 
to each type of project? It's something I've been thinking about for some time, 
and I'm still not sure what an optimal structure would be, but I keep thinking 
it would be a really worthwhile project.

I will also say that everything I've found on alistapart and libux has been 
incredibly useful!

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> How many folks following this discussion are LITA members? Would 
> anyone be willing to join LITA to be a part of an interest group on 
> this subject? I will renew my membership in LITA if that is the best route to 
> take.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Cindi Blyberg
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:46 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: 
> LibGuides v2
> -
> Templates and Nav)
>
> Oh, and if UX doesn't fit, y'all can establish the LITA Web Standards 
> IG, or the LITA Code4Lib Web Best Practices IG, or whatever you want 
> to call it.
> You need 10 LITA Member signatures:
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/lita/sites/ala.org.lita/files/content/about/manual/
> forms/e5-igformation.pdf
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/lita/about/igs
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Cindi Blyberg 
> wrote:
>
> > *puts on LITA hat*
> >
> > There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here.
> >
> > Publications:
> > There is a series of books called LITA Guides.  Great way to get the 
> > word out widely, but a static format.
> > http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita
> >
> > There are also Library Technology Reports - a periodical.  Still 
> > static, but published more regularly:
> > http://alatechsource.org/ltr/index
> >
> > There is also the LITA UX Interest Group.  IGs are fluid, 
> > volunteer-run (not appointed), and can pretty much do what they want.
> > Publish and update something? Sure!  Establish and run a virtual 
> > conference? Definitely! Have meetings and programs at conferences? Yes!
> > Caveat: must be a LITA member.
> >
> > Happy to provide more info if needed.
> >
> > -Cindi
> > of the many hats
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
> >
> >> I definitely agree that we should adhere to larger web standards 
> >> and that we should actively discourage conventions that libraries 
> >> have adopted over the years that have nothing to do with wider 
> >> standards and best practices (e.g.
> >> tabbed search boxes, content in sidebar regions). In fact, much of 
> >> our work would just be bringing together information from several 
> >> standards into a common location and putting a "librarian" stamp of 
> >> approval on it.
> >>
> >> Some topics I had in mind:
> >>
> >> -Accessibility standards: screen readers, color blindness, keyboard 
> >> navigation, alt tags, etc.
> >> -Text: readable fonts, colors, text alignment -Page layout:
> >> navigation location, sidebars, headings and subheadings, search box 
> >> designs, database pages, mobile friendliness -Best practices for 
> >> specific library platforms: LibGuides, DSpace, etc.
> >>
> >> Some official name would be required, of course. I also th

Re: [CODE4LIB] REST vs ODBC

[Joe Shubitowski]

Deborah,
 
A segue from Cary's post...as an Alma library, we have done quite a
bit of work with the REST patron/user API. It is pretty straight forward
and will allow you to grab everything you need to print out library
cards. Send me an email off-list and we can discuss.
 
Best regards,
Joe Shubitowski

Joseph M. Shubitowski
Head, Information Systems
Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles CA 90049-1688
Voice: 310-440-6394
Fax: 310-440-7780
jshubitow...@getty.edu

>>> Cary Gordon  9/29/2014 3:24 PM >>>
Your best bet, IMHO, would be to write an app that pulls the info,
formats it and sends it to the printer. The Datacard software would not
likely be a good candidate for modification.

You might want to contact Datacard, but I don't think that you will get
very far. They make and sell printers. The software you have is a
sideline and not very well supported.

The other option would be to contact ExLibris and see what they can do
for you. Some of the other Alma libraries my have solved this.

Of course, if they haven't, and you create an open-source app to
connect printer and ILS, you will win the good karma award.

Cary



On Sep 29, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Fitchett, Deborah
 wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Apologies, have got distracted from mailing lists and missed these
replies last week...
> 
> The existing app is called Datacard and I know very little about it -
installed before my time by another department, etc. But basically it
prints our library cards, so it needs the appropriate user data (name,
barcode, other ID details). Previously it pulled these from PeopleSoft
over ODBC, but with our migration things are different and decisions
were made so now for a class of users the data is only available in
Alma.
> 
> A nightly extract of data to a Koha (or other) install wouldn't work
because we're needing the data at the point of sign-up to the library so
the card can be printed.
> 
> It sounds very much like it comes down to seeing if there's an
upgrade to Datacard we can write a business case for and in the meantime
continue to type or copy/paste the data by hand at point of need. Not
the ideal situation but at least it's a relatively small class of users
affected.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Deborah 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
Of Cary Gordon
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2014 3:59 a.m.
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] REST vs ODBC
> 
> Could you reveal anything about what the existing application (EA) is
and what it does?
> 
> We don't know what the EA was connected to, so there can't know if
Koha would work as middleware. It might be simpler to write your own
middleware in Symfony (I have grown fond of Guzzle), or some other
framework and just pull the data into a database that has the same
structure as your old system.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Cary
> 
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Fitchett, Deborah <
deborah.fitch...@lincoln.ac.nz> wrote:
> 
>> Morning, all,
>> 
>> We have a small dilemma:
>> 
>> 
>> 1.  Our brand new Alma system provides access to a bunch of data
via
>> RESTful API. It’s on The Cloud so we’re not going to be getting
direct 
>> access to the database anytime soon.
>> 
>> 
>> 2.  We have an existing application that would be more efficient
if
>> it could get that data, but which only uses ODBC. (I’m told other 
>> available drivers are:
>> - Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE
>> - Microsoft Office
>> - Microsoft OLE DB Provider
>> - Microsoft Datashape
>> - OLE DB Provider
>> - SQL Server Native Client 10.0)
>> 
>> Does anyone know if there’s any middleware out there that could make

>> these two things talk to each other, or do we give this up as a
“Would 
>> have been nice, but ”?
>> 
>> Nāku noa, nā
>> 
>> Deborah Fitchett
>> Senior Advisor, Digital Access
>> Library, Teaching and Learning
>> 
>> p +64 3 423 0358
>> e 
>>
deborah.fitch...@lincoln.ac.nz 
>> | w library.lincoln.ac.nz
>> 
>> Lincoln University, Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki New Zealand's
specialist 
>> land-based university
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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."
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Cary Gordon
> The Cherry Hill Company
> http://chillco.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python or Perl script for reading RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples Files

[Owen Stephens]

I've not tried using the LCNAF RDF files, and I've not used RDFLib, but a 
couple of things from (a relatively small amount of) experience parsing RDF:

Don't try to parse the RDF/XML, use n-triples instead
As Kyle mentioned, you might want to use command line tools to strip down the 
n-triples to only deal with data you actually want
Rapper and the Redland RDF libraries are a good place to start, and have 
bindings to Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby (http://librdf.org/raptor/rapper.html 
and http://librdf.org). This StackOverflow Q&A might help getting started 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5678623/how-to-parse-big-datasets-using-rdflib
If you want to move between RDF formats an alternative to Rapper is 
http://www.l3s.de/~minack/rdf2rdf/ - this succeeded converting a file of 48 
million triples in ttl to ntriples where Rapper failed with an 'out of memory' 
error (once in ntriples, Rapper can be used for further parsing)


Some slightly random advice there, but maybe some of it will be useful!

Owen

Owen Stephens
Owen Stephens Consulting
Web: http://www.ostephens.com
Email: o...@ostephens.com
Telephone: 0121 288 6936

On 30 Sep 2014, at 15:54, Jeremy Nelson  
wrote:

> Hi Jean,
> I've found rdflib (https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib) on the Python side 
> exceeding simple to work with and use. For example, to load the current 
> BIBFRAME vocabulary as an RDF graph using a Python shell:
> 
>>> import rdflib
>>> bf_vocab = rdflib.Graph().parse('http://bibframe.org/vocab/')
>>> len(bf_vocab) # Total number of triples
> 1683
>>> set([s for s in bf_vocab]) # A set of all unique subjects in the graph
> 
> 
> This module offers RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples support and with various 
> options for retrieving and manipulating the graph's subjects, predicate, and 
> objects. I would advise installing the JSON-LD 
> (https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib-jsonld) extension as well.
> 
> Jeremy Nelson
> Metadata and Systems Librarian
> Colorado College
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jean 
> Roth
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:14 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Python or Perl script for reading RDF/XML, Turtle, or 
> N-triples Files
> 
> Thank you so much for the reply.
> 
> I have not investigated the LCNAF data set thoroughly.  However, my 
> default/ideal is to read in all variables from a dataset.  
> 
> So, I was wondering if any one had an example Python or Perl script for 
> reading RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples file.  A simple/partial example would 
> be fine.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jean
> 
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2014, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
> 
> KB> The best way to handle them depends on what you want to do. You need 
> KB> to actually download the NAF files rather than countries or other 
> KB> small files as different kinds of data will be organized 
> KB> differently. Just don't try to read multigigabyte files in a text 
> KB> editor :)
> KB> 
> KB> If you start with one of the giant XML files, the first thing you'll 
> KB> probably want to do is extract just the elements that are 
> KB> interesting to you. A short string parsing or SAX routine in your 
> KB> language of choice should let you get the information in a format you 
> like.
> KB> 
> KB> If you download the linked data files and you're interested in 
> KB> actual headings (as opposed to traversing relationships), grep and 
> KB> sed in combination with the join utility are handy for extracting 
> KB> the elements you want and flattening the relationships into 
> KB> something more convenient to work with. But there are plenty of other 
> tools that you could also use.
> KB> 
> KB> If you don't already have a convenient environment to work on, I'm a  
> KB> fan of virtualbox. You can drag and drop things into and out of your 
> KB> regular desktop or even access it directly. That way you can 
> KB> view/manipulate files with the linux utilities without having to 
> KB> deal with a bunch of clunky file transfer operations involving 
> KB> another machine. Very handy for when you have to deal with multigigabyte 
> files.
> KB> 
> KB> kyle
> KB> 
> KB> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Jean Roth  wrote:
> KB> 
> KB> > Thank you!  It looks like the files are available as  RDF/XML, 
> KB> > Turtle, or N-triples files.
> KB> >
> KB> > Any examples or suggestions for reading any of these formats?
> KB> >
> KB> > The MARC Countries file is small, 31-79 kb.  I assume a script 
> KB> > that would read a small file like that would at least be a start 
> KB> > for the LCNAF
> KB> >
> KB> >
> KB> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Megan O'Neill Kudzia]

I've been following with interest, and I think some really important points
are coming out here.

John, what you said about Tomcat vs. Jetty really resonated with me - maybe
this is *yet another* place where we could split this thread, but I think
for those of us straddling the gap between web design and web development,
something like a reference guide for what the questions to ask even are,
would be extremely helpful.

As you said, the answer to many many questions is, "it depends," and
knowledge of those topics comes with experience. However, maybe (and I
volunteer to help with this project, inasmuch as I can) a sort of expansion
of the Guide for the Perplexed would be really useful for those of us who
are no longer total beginners, but are sort of struggling to level up?

That is, those of us with some experience of various projects could
contribute anything public-share-able from our post mortem project
conversations, relevant to each type of project? It's something I've been
thinking about for some time, and I'm still not sure what an optimal
structure would be, but I keep thinking it would be a really worthwhile
project.

I will also say that everything I've found on alistapart and libux has been
incredibly useful!

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> How many folks following this discussion are LITA members? Would anyone be
> willing to join LITA to be a part of an interest group on this subject? I
> will renew my membership in LITA if that is the best route to take.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Cindi Blyberg
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:46 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2
> -
> Templates and Nav)
>
> Oh, and if UX doesn't fit, y'all can establish the LITA Web Standards IG,
> or
> the LITA Code4Lib Web Best Practices IG, or whatever you want to call it.
> You need 10 LITA Member signatures:
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/lita/sites/ala.org.lita/files/content/about/manual/forms/e5-igformation.pdf
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/lita/about/igs
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Cindi Blyberg 
> wrote:
>
> > *puts on LITA hat*
> >
> > There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here.
> >
> > Publications:
> > There is a series of books called LITA Guides.  Great way to get the
> > word out widely, but a static format.
> > http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita
> >
> > There are also Library Technology Reports - a periodical.  Still
> > static, but published more regularly:
> > http://alatechsource.org/ltr/index
> >
> > There is also the LITA UX Interest Group.  IGs are fluid,
> > volunteer-run (not appointed), and can pretty much do what they want.
> > Publish and update something? Sure!  Establish and run a virtual
> > conference? Definitely! Have meetings and programs at conferences? Yes!
> > Caveat: must be a LITA member.
> >
> > Happy to provide more info if needed.
> >
> > -Cindi
> > of the many hats
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
> >
> >> I definitely agree that we should adhere to larger web standards and
> >> that we should actively discourage conventions that libraries have
> >> adopted over the years that have nothing to do with wider standards
> >> and best practices (e.g.
> >> tabbed search boxes, content in sidebar regions). In fact, much of
> >> our work would just be bringing together information from several
> >> standards into a common location and putting a "librarian" stamp of
> >> approval on it.
> >>
> >> Some topics I had in mind:
> >>
> >> -Accessibility standards: screen readers, color blindness, keyboard
> >> navigation, alt tags, etc.
> >> -Text: readable fonts, colors, text alignment -Page layout:
> >> navigation location, sidebars, headings and subheadings, search box
> >> designs, database pages, mobile friendliness -Best practices for
> >> specific library platforms: LibGuides, DSpace, etc.
> >>
> >> Some official name would be required, of course. I also think it
> >> would be great if we could write a draft, bring it to an official ALA
> >> group like LITA, and get them to adopt it after making their own tweaks.
> >>
> >> Josh Welker
> >>
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> >> Of Michael Schofield
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:01 AM
> >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> >> LibGuides
> >> v2 -
> >> Templates and Nav)
> >>
> >> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards
> >> you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that
> >> conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many
> >> others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to
> >> and adhere more firmly to larger web standards and

[CODE4LIB] Job: Programmer & Born Digital Processor, Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University

[jobs]

Programmer & Born Digital Processor, Radcliffe Institute
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Duties & Responsibilities

The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America invites
applications for the position of Programmer and Born Digital Processor. The
Programmer and Born Digital Processor will combine library science
understanding with extensive knowledge and advanced skills in library/archival
technologies and computer programming.

  
Summary:

  
The Programmer and Born Digital Processor has responsibility for developing
technical strategies and workflows for arranging, describing, and delivering
born digital records. Acts as liaison to library teams, providing technical
instruction, and arranges and describes born-digital and AV collections. Uses
open source code to create or maintain online delivery platforms for such
material. Works efficiently and with follow-through, in a fast-paced,
scholarly, research-library environment.

  
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  
Provides leadership and technical expertise in the development of processes
for the description and arrangement of born digital/electronic records.
Ability to develop policies and procedures in collaboration with manuscript
catalogers.

Provides programming for any number of library projects.

Serves as resource for library staff for the arrangement and description of
born digital records.

Processes electronic records that comprise a born-digital backlog.

Participates in the on-going maintenance of the Library's digital resources,
including AV, archived Web content, and tasks related to delivering
collections in an online environment

Collaborates with appropriate Schlesinger Library staff and with other Harvard
Library staff in managing digital library materials within the relevant
Library-wide discovery, preservation, storage, and delivery systems.

Collaborates with librarians, archivists, and staff to increase access to born
digital collections.

May chair and participate on committees such as social media, exhibit, etc.

  
Basic Qualifications

  
MLS/MLIS from an ALA accredited college or university with a concentration in
Archives.

Four years xperience with technology-focused project management and a strong
interest in emerging technologies for the arrangement and description of
digital/AV records.

  
Additional Qualifications

  
Experience with computer programmer (PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby) in a library
setting.

Experience working with Drupal, Omeka, or open-source content-management
systems,

including enhancing user interface themes, developing modules,

customizing Drupal/Omeka configurations, and identifying hosting and

server options.

Experience with server management and maintenance.

Solid organizational skills with the ability to complete projects on
budget/deadline.

Demonstrated experience with HTML, CSS, and/or JavaScript.

Strong decision-making skills with the ability to creatively solve problems.

Ability to work well in teams and to be collegial.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Attention to detail.

  
Additional Information About the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

  
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University is dedicated
to creating and sharing transformative ideas across the arts, humanities,
sciences, and social sciences. The commitment to excellence and inquiry that
characterized Radcliffe College is maintained in the innovative and wide-
ranging work at the Radcliffe Institute, where advanced study is furthered
through the Fellowship Program, Academic Ventures, and the Schlesinger
Library.

  
We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and are
committed to achieving our goals through the efforts of a highly skilled,
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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University may be exactly
the employer you've been looking for.

  
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[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Preservation Librarian at University of Toronto

[jobs]

Digital Preservation Librarian
University of Toronto
Toronto

DEPARTMENT: Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries

  
DATE REQUIRED: As soon as possible

  
The Opportunity

  
The Digital Preservation Librarian is responsible for leading the development
and implementation of digital preservation policies and programs that ensure
the Libraries' long-term preservation and access to digital collections.

  
The Digital Preservation Librarian works in a highly collaborative
environment. Working with Archives, Collection Development, Materials
Processing, and Special Collections staff, the Digital Preservation Librarian
researches, assesses, develops, and implements digital preservation policies,
strategies and systems that support the enduring curation of the Libraries'
born digital and digitized collections. The Digital Preservation Librarian
also works closely with Scholarly Communications, Institutional Repository and
Data Librarians to recommend, develop and implement programs and information
resources to support faculty and researchers in sound preservation practices
for their digital content. Additionally, the Digital Preservation Librarian
researches and shares development in the digital preservation fields and
demonstrates a successful record of professional activity.

  
Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

  
The successful candidate will have:

• An ALA-accredited Master of Information Science degree, or equivalent.

• At least three years' relevant professional experience in an academic
library setting

• Demonstrated knowledge of digital preservation systems, standards, best
practices and initiatives

• Practical experience with relevant tools and standards such as
Archivematica, Fedora, DSpace, PREMIS, OAIS, and the TDR model.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• An ability to work effectively and collaboratively in teams that encompass a
range of professional roles and knowledge

• A demonstrated ability to catalyze and lead policy development and technical
implementation initiatives

• Excellent time management, organizational, and problem solving skills

  
Preferred Qualifications:

  
• Strong computing background

• Working knowledge of intellectual property, privacy and licensing issues
applicable to digital resources, data collections and archives.

• Knowledge of current research and emerging initiatives in the digital
preservation field

• Practical experience with data life cycle management, format migration,
validation and integrity methods

• Project management and supervisory experience

  
Compensation:

Salary and Terms of Appointment:

  
This is a Permanent Status Stream position to be filled at a level dependent
upon qualifications. It is anticipated that this position will be filled at
the Librarian II or III level. Salary and appointment level are based upon
experience and qualifications.

  
Librarian II - $60,700 (Minimum annual salary for full-time Librarian II)

Librarian III - $78,500 (Minimum annual salary for full-time Librarian III)

  
NOTE: Librarians at the University of Toronto are members of the University of
Toronto Faculty Association.

  
Additional information :

About the University of Toronto Libraries

  
The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) system is the largest academic
library in Canada and is ranked third among peer institutions in North
America, behind just Harvard and Yale. The system consists of 44 libraries
located on three university campuses: St. George, Mississauga, and
Scarborough. This array of college libraries, special collections, and
specialized libraries and information centres supports the teaching and
research requirements of 215 graduate programs, over 60 professional programs,
and more than 700 undergraduate degree programs. In addition to more than 12
million print volumes in 341 languages, the library system currently provides
access to millions of electronic resources in various forms and over 29,554
linear metres of archival material. More than 150,000 new print volumes are
acquired each year. The Libraries data centre houses more than 200 servers
with a storage capacity of 1.5 petabytes.



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[CODE4LIB] Job: Tribal Digital Archives Curriculum Coordinator at Washington State University

[jobs]

Tribal Digital Archives Curriculum Coordinator
Washington State University
Pullman

This position will assist in the development, coordination and promotion of a
fifteen month curriculum focused on emphasizing the lifecycle of digital
preservation and access with specific attention to tribal needs and relevant
issues. Reports to the Head of Digital Scholarship and Curation (DSC). DSC is
a new unit within the Libraries that encompasses all of the digital projects,
assets and collections that the Libraries creates and maintains. In a broader
context, the formation of DSC recognizes existing collaborations between the
Libraries and the College of Arts and Sciences and signals an expanded
relationship in the future.

  
Position Details:

  
With the support and direction of WSU Libraries and College of Arts and
Sciences faculty involved with the project this position will assist in
coordinating the curriculum for a 15-month training program aimed at Tribal
heritage institutions at the beginning stages of digitizing their collections.
The digital materials created for the cohorts will be accessed through a CMS
called Mukurtu (www.mukurtu.org). Specifically, this position will:

  
1. Create learning materials to be used for in-person and virtual trainings in
conjunction with colleagues with expertise in relevant areas or individually
as needed to support the training of the cohorts in the lifecycle of digital
preservation and access.

2. Develop tailored instruction to meet the needs of individual cohorts.

3. Deliver training in-person and virtually.

4. Assess the effectiveness of all instruction materials and revises content
and delivery as appropriate.

5. Participate in the "data audition" activities at Tribal facilities to gain
an understanding of cohort member's collections and infrastructure prior to
moving through the training program.

6. Support cohort members with their use of Mukurtu, as it relates to their
movement through the training.

7. Provide advice and/or assistance on the application of metadata standards
for describing unique collections.

8. Provides timely reports to the Head of DSC.

  
Scholarship, Service, & Professional Development:

Participate in appropriate scholarship, faculty governance, and service as a
library faculty member; engage in library-wide initiatives as appropriate;
maintain current awareness of trends and advancements in academic
librarianship, and actively participate in appropriate meetings and
organizations.



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Python or Perl script for reading RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples Files

[Stefano Bargioni]

Perl libraries for RDF can be found on CPAN [1]. Many of them include examples, 
like RDF::Dumper.
Another reference is "Working with RDF with Perl" [2]
HTH. Stefano

[1] http://search.cpan.org/search?query=rdf&mode=all
[2] http://www.perlrdf.org/

On 30/set/2014, at 16:14, Jean Roth  wrote:

> Thank you so much for the reply.
> 
> I have not investigated the LCNAF data set thoroughly.  However, my 
> default/ideal is to read in all variables from a dataset.  
> 
> So, I was wondering if any one had an example Python or Perl script for 
> reading RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples file.  A simple/partial example 
> would be fine.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jean
> 
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2014, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
> 
> KB> The best way to handle them depends on what you want to do. You need to
> KB> actually download the NAF files rather than countries or other small files
> KB> as different kinds of data will be organized differently. Just don't try 
> to
> KB> read multigigabyte files in a text editor :)
> KB> 
> KB> If you start with one of the giant XML files, the first thing you'll
> KB> probably want to do is extract just the elements that are interesting to
> KB> you. A short string parsing or SAX routine in your language of choice
> KB> should let you get the information in a format you like.
> KB> 
> KB> If you download the linked data files and you're interested in actual
> KB> headings (as opposed to traversing relationships), grep and sed in
> KB> combination with the join utility are handy for extracting the elements 
> you
> KB> want and flattening the relationships into something more convenient to
> KB> work with. But there are plenty of other tools that you could also use.
> KB> 
> KB> If you don't already have a convenient environment to work on, I'm a  fan
> KB> of virtualbox. You can drag and drop things into and out of your regular
> KB> desktop or even access it directly. That way you can view/manipulate files
> KB> with the linux utilities without having to deal with a bunch of clunky 
> file
> KB> transfer operations involving another machine. Very handy for when you 
> have
> KB> to deal with multigigabyte files.
> KB> 
> KB> kyle
> KB> 
> KB> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Jean Roth  wrote:
> KB> 
> KB> > Thank you!  It looks like the files are available as  RDF/XML, Turtle, 
> or
> KB> > N-triples files.
> KB> >
> KB> > Any examples or suggestions for reading any of these formats?
> KB> >
> KB> > The MARC Countries file is small, 31-79 kb.  I assume a script that
> KB> > would read a small file like that would at least be a start for the 
> LCNAF
> KB> >
> KB> >
> KB> 
> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Joshua Welker]

How many folks following this discussion are LITA members? Would anyone be
willing to join LITA to be a part of an interest group on this subject? I
will renew my membership in LITA if that is the best route to take.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Cindi Blyberg
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:46 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

Oh, and if UX doesn't fit, y'all can establish the LITA Web Standards IG, or
the LITA Code4Lib Web Best Practices IG, or whatever you want to call it.
You need 10 LITA Member signatures:

http://www.ala.org/lita/sites/ala.org.lita/files/content/about/manual/forms/e5-igformation.pdf


http://www.ala.org/lita/about/igs

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Cindi Blyberg  wrote:

> *puts on LITA hat*
>
> There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here.
>
> Publications:
> There is a series of books called LITA Guides.  Great way to get the
> word out widely, but a static format.
> http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita
>
> There are also Library Technology Reports - a periodical.  Still
> static, but published more regularly:
> http://alatechsource.org/ltr/index
>
> There is also the LITA UX Interest Group.  IGs are fluid,
> volunteer-run (not appointed), and can pretty much do what they want.
> Publish and update something? Sure!  Establish and run a virtual
> conference? Definitely! Have meetings and programs at conferences? Yes!
> Caveat: must be a LITA member.
>
> Happy to provide more info if needed.
>
> -Cindi
> of the many hats
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
>> I definitely agree that we should adhere to larger web standards and
>> that we should actively discourage conventions that libraries have
>> adopted over the years that have nothing to do with wider standards
>> and best practices (e.g.
>> tabbed search boxes, content in sidebar regions). In fact, much of
>> our work would just be bringing together information from several
>> standards into a common location and putting a "librarian" stamp of
>> approval on it.
>>
>> Some topics I had in mind:
>>
>> -Accessibility standards: screen readers, color blindness, keyboard
>> navigation, alt tags, etc.
>> -Text: readable fonts, colors, text alignment -Page layout:
>> navigation location, sidebars, headings and subheadings, search box
>> designs, database pages, mobile friendliness -Best practices for
>> specific library platforms: LibGuides, DSpace, etc.
>>
>> Some official name would be required, of course. I also think it
>> would be great if we could write a draft, bring it to an official ALA
>> group like LITA, and get them to adopt it after making their own tweaks.
>>
>> Josh Welker
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
>> Of Michael Schofield
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:01 AM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
>> LibGuides
>> v2 -
>> Templates and Nav)
>>
>> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards
>> you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that
>> conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many
>> others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to
>> and adhere more firmly to larger web standards and best practices
>> that conflict with something that's more, ah, librarylike. Although
>> that might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ).
>>
>> Michael S.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
>> Of Brad Coffield
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
>> LibGuides
>> v2 -
>> Templates and Nav)
>>
>> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new
>> thread. I don't know of any such library standards that exist on the
>> web. I agree that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or
>> not... why not!
>> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly
>> useful for many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working
>> group'
>> title
>> for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>>
>> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brad Coffield, MLIS
>> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
>> University
>> 814-472-3315
>> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>>
>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Brad Coffield]

Agreed that this would need some official stamp to really be meaningful.
LITA sounds like a great venue.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> Cindi,
>
> A LITA interest group sounds like it would be ideal. I think it is very
> important for this document to be associated with an official professional
> library organization if it is going to carry any weight or credibility with
> rank-and-file librarians.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Cindi Blyberg
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:44 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2
> -
> Templates and Nav)
>
> *puts on LITA hat*
>
> There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here.
>
> Publications:
> There is a series of books called LITA Guides.  Great way to get the word
> out widely, but a static format.
> http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita
>
> There are also Library Technology Reports - a periodical.  Still static,
> but
> published more regularly:
> http://alatechsource.org/ltr/index
>
> There is also the LITA UX Interest Group.  IGs are fluid, volunteer-run
> (not
> appointed), and can pretty much do what they want.  Publish and update
> something? Sure!  Establish and run a virtual conference? Definitely! Have
> meetings and programs at conferences? Yes!  Caveat: must be a LITA member.
>
> Happy to provide more info if needed.
>
> -Cindi
> of the many hats
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > I definitely agree that we should adhere to larger web standards and
> > that we should actively discourage conventions that libraries have
> > adopted over the years that have nothing to do with wider standards
> > and best practices (e.g.
> > tabbed search boxes, content in sidebar regions). In fact, much of our
> > work would just be bringing together information from several
> > standards into a common location and putting a "librarian" stamp of
> > approval on it.
> >
> > Some topics I had in mind:
> >
> > -Accessibility standards: screen readers, color blindness, keyboard
> > navigation, alt tags, etc.
> > -Text: readable fonts, colors, text alignment -Page layout: navigation
> > location, sidebars, headings and subheadings, search box designs,
> > database pages, mobile friendliness -Best practices for specific
> > library platforms: LibGuides, DSpace, etc.
> >
> > Some official name would be required, of course. I also think it would
> > be great if we could write a draft, bring it to an official ALA group
> > like LITA, and get them to adopt it after making their own tweaks.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Michael Schofield
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:01 AM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> > LibGuides v2
> > -
> > Templates and Nav)
> >
> > I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards
> > you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that
> > conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many
> > others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and
> > adhere more firmly to larger web standards and best practices that
> > conflict with something that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that
> > might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ).
> >
> > Michael S.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Brad Coffield
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> > LibGuides v2
> > -
> > Templates and Nav)
> >
> > Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new
> > thread. I don't know of any such library standards that exist on the
> > web. I agree that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or
> > not... why not!
> > It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful
> > for many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working
> > group' title for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
> >
> > But seriously, I'd love to help.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Brad Coffield, MLIS
> > Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
> > University
> > 814-472-3315
> > bcoffi...@francis.edu
> >
>



-- 
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian
Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python or Perl script for reading RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples Files

[Jeremy Nelson]

Hi Jean,
I've found rdflib (https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib) on the Python side 
exceeding simple to work with and use. For example, to load the current 
BIBFRAME vocabulary as an RDF graph using a Python shell:

>> import rdflib
>> bf_vocab = rdflib.Graph().parse('http://bibframe.org/vocab/')
>> len(bf_vocab) # Total number of triples
1683
>> set([s for s in bf_vocab]) # A set of all unique subjects in the graph


This module offers RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples support and with various 
options for retrieving and manipulating the graph's subjects, predicate, and 
objects. I would advise installing the JSON-LD 
(https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib-jsonld) extension as well.

Jeremy Nelson
Metadata and Systems Librarian
Colorado College

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jean 
Roth
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:14 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Python or Perl script for reading RDF/XML, Turtle, or 
N-triples Files

Thank you so much for the reply.

I have not investigated the LCNAF data set thoroughly.  However, my 
default/ideal is to read in all variables from a dataset.  

So, I was wondering if any one had an example Python or Perl script for reading 
RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples file.  A simple/partial example would be fine.

Thanks,

Jean

On Mon, 29 Sep 2014, Kyle Banerjee wrote:

KB> The best way to handle them depends on what you want to do. You need 
KB> to actually download the NAF files rather than countries or other 
KB> small files as different kinds of data will be organized 
KB> differently. Just don't try to read multigigabyte files in a text 
KB> editor :)
KB> 
KB> If you start with one of the giant XML files, the first thing you'll 
KB> probably want to do is extract just the elements that are 
KB> interesting to you. A short string parsing or SAX routine in your 
KB> language of choice should let you get the information in a format you like.
KB> 
KB> If you download the linked data files and you're interested in 
KB> actual headings (as opposed to traversing relationships), grep and 
KB> sed in combination with the join utility are handy for extracting 
KB> the elements you want and flattening the relationships into 
KB> something more convenient to work with. But there are plenty of other tools 
that you could also use.
KB> 
KB> If you don't already have a convenient environment to work on, I'm a  
KB> fan of virtualbox. You can drag and drop things into and out of your 
KB> regular desktop or even access it directly. That way you can 
KB> view/manipulate files with the linux utilities without having to 
KB> deal with a bunch of clunky file transfer operations involving 
KB> another machine. Very handy for when you have to deal with multigigabyte 
files.
KB> 
KB> kyle
KB> 
KB> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Jean Roth  wrote:
KB> 
KB> > Thank you!  It looks like the files are available as  RDF/XML, 
KB> > Turtle, or N-triples files.
KB> >
KB> > Any examples or suggestions for reading any of these formats?
KB> >
KB> > The MARC Countries file is small, 31-79 kb.  I assume a script 
KB> > that would read a small file like that would at least be a start 
KB> > for the LCNAF
KB> >
KB> >
KB> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Cindi Blyberg]

Oh, and if UX doesn't fit, y'all can establish the LITA Web Standards IG,
or the LITA Code4Lib Web Best Practices IG, or whatever you want to call
it.  You need 10 LITA Member signatures:

http://www.ala.org/lita/sites/ala.org.lita/files/content/about/manual/forms/e5-igformation.pdf


http://www.ala.org/lita/about/igs

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Cindi Blyberg  wrote:

> *puts on LITA hat*
>
> There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here.
>
> Publications:
> There is a series of books called LITA Guides.  Great way to get the word
> out widely, but a static format.
> http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita
>
> There are also Library Technology Reports - a periodical.  Still static,
> but published more regularly:
> http://alatechsource.org/ltr/index
>
> There is also the LITA UX Interest Group.  IGs are fluid, volunteer-run
> (not appointed), and can pretty much do what they want.  Publish and update
> something? Sure!  Establish and run a virtual conference? Definitely! Have
> meetings and programs at conferences? Yes!  Caveat: must be a LITA member.
>
> Happy to provide more info if needed.
>
> -Cindi
> of the many hats
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
>> I definitely agree that we should adhere to larger web standards and that
>> we
>> should actively discourage conventions that libraries have adopted over
>> the
>> years that have nothing to do with wider standards and best practices
>> (e.g.
>> tabbed search boxes, content in sidebar regions). In fact, much of our
>> work
>> would just be bringing together information from several standards into a
>> common location and putting a "librarian" stamp of approval on it.
>>
>> Some topics I had in mind:
>>
>> -Accessibility standards: screen readers, color blindness, keyboard
>> navigation, alt tags, etc.
>> -Text: readable fonts, colors, text alignment
>> -Page layout: navigation location, sidebars, headings and subheadings,
>> search box designs, database pages, mobile friendliness
>> -Best practices for specific library platforms: LibGuides, DSpace, etc.
>>
>> Some official name would be required, of course. I also think it would be
>> great if we could write a draft, bring it to an official ALA group like
>> LITA, and get them to adopt it after making their own tweaks.
>>
>> Josh Welker
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Michael Schofield
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:01 AM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides
>> v2 -
>> Templates and Nav)
>>
>> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards you
>> all
>> are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that conflict with
>> any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many others--would
>> honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and adhere more
>> firmly
>> to larger web standards and best practices that conflict with something
>> that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that might not be what you folks
>> have
>> in mind at all : ).
>>
>> Michael S.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Brad
>> Coffield
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides
>> v2 -
>> Templates and Nav)
>>
>> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new thread. I
>> don't know of any such library standards that exist on the web. I agree
>> that
>> this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... why not!
>> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful for
>> many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working group'
>> title
>> for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>>
>> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brad Coffield, MLIS
>> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
>> 814-472-3315
>> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>>
>
>

[CODE4LIB] Reminder: Call for Survey Participation: DAMS Migration

[Stein, Ayla]

Please excuse cross-postings

Greetings:

This is a friendly reminder that our survey, "Identifying Motivations for DAMS 
Migration: A Survey" concludes TOMORROW on October 1, 2014.

We are soliciting survey responses from information professionals at 
institutions which are
migrating, have migrated, or will migrate to a new digital asset management 
system. The title of the survey is "Identifying Motivations for DAMS Migration: 
A Survey."

For the purposes of this survey, a digital asset management system (DAMS) is 
software that supports the ingest, "description, tracking, discovery, 
retrieval, searching, and distribution of collections of digital objects
[1]".  Some examples of commonly used DAMS are: CONTENTdm, DSpace, Islandora, 
DigiTool, Fedora, etc.

Please note that this survey does not focus on systems used exclusively as 
institutional repositories, which we consider to be repositories that only 
provide access to the "intellectual output of an institution [2]".

The results from our survey will possibly lead to a publication in a 
professional journal and/or presentations at relevant professional conferences.

If your institution meets these parameters, we would appreciate your 
participation in this survey.  The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to 
complete and will not ask for or obtain any personally identifying information.

You can access the survey here: 
https://uiuc.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3aw56frpWbGLlgV

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us (information provided 
below).

We look forward to seeing your responses and sharing the results of our 
research.

Thank you.

Santi Thompson
sathomps...@uh.edu

Ayla Stein
ast...@illinois.edu

[1] http://www2.archivists.org/glossary/terms/d/digital-assets-management-system
[2] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_repository#cite_note-eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk-1


--
Ayla Stein
Metadata Librarian
Main Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 W. Gregory Drive | 220 Library | Urbana IL 61801
Phone 217.300.2598 | email ast...@illinois.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Joshua Welker]

Cindi,

A LITA interest group sounds like it would be ideal. I think it is very
important for this document to be associated with an official professional
library organization if it is going to carry any weight or credibility with
rank-and-file librarians.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Cindi Blyberg
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:44 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

*puts on LITA hat*

There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here.

Publications:
There is a series of books called LITA Guides.  Great way to get the word
out widely, but a static format.
http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita

There are also Library Technology Reports - a periodical.  Still static, but
published more regularly:
http://alatechsource.org/ltr/index

There is also the LITA UX Interest Group.  IGs are fluid, volunteer-run (not
appointed), and can pretty much do what they want.  Publish and update
something? Sure!  Establish and run a virtual conference? Definitely! Have
meetings and programs at conferences? Yes!  Caveat: must be a LITA member.

Happy to provide more info if needed.

-Cindi
of the many hats

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I definitely agree that we should adhere to larger web standards and
> that we should actively discourage conventions that libraries have
> adopted over the years that have nothing to do with wider standards
> and best practices (e.g.
> tabbed search boxes, content in sidebar regions). In fact, much of our
> work would just be bringing together information from several
> standards into a common location and putting a "librarian" stamp of
> approval on it.
>
> Some topics I had in mind:
>
> -Accessibility standards: screen readers, color blindness, keyboard
> navigation, alt tags, etc.
> -Text: readable fonts, colors, text alignment -Page layout: navigation
> location, sidebars, headings and subheadings, search box designs,
> database pages, mobile friendliness -Best practices for specific
> library platforms: LibGuides, DSpace, etc.
>
> Some official name would be required, of course. I also think it would
> be great if we could write a draft, bring it to an official ALA group
> like LITA, and get them to adopt it after making their own tweaks.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Michael Schofield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:01 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> LibGuides v2
> -
> Templates and Nav)
>
> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards
> you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that
> conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many
> others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and
> adhere more firmly to larger web standards and best practices that
> conflict with something that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that
> might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ).
>
> Michael S.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Brad Coffield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> LibGuides v2
> -
> Templates and Nav)
>
> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new
> thread. I don't know of any such library standards that exist on the
> web. I agree that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or
> not... why not!
> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful
> for many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working
> group' title for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>
> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
> University
> 814-472-3315
> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Joshua Welker]

To elaborate a bit more, there are two end goals in my mind:

1. An information resource for how to apply good design and usability
principles to library websites.
2. To have a widely adopted set of web standards in the library community,
which would be a big help in getting buy-in from librarians and
administrators for making large user-centered changes to the library's web
presence.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Joshua Welker [mailto:wel...@ucmo.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:43 AM
To: Code for Libraries
Subject: RE: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

John,

I see your point. What I had in mind would be focusing on front-end
technologies, mainly user interface and design patterns. Backend tech trends
change so often that any document would be obsolete by the time it is
finished. There would also have to be a group committed to regularly
updating this information.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Scancella, John
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:34 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

Hey guys I am new to this list so I beg your pardon if I am responding to
the wrong people.

I have been trying to follow the conversation below and agree with Michael,
I am still not clear what the end goal is.

Having been developer for a number of years now(and looking at this from
that perspective), I worry that any suggestions/best practices now will be
wrong in the near future (change is constant). I know it stinks, but I don't
see any other way but wade through lots of technical documents to understand
WHY they(document writer) suggest something. What is applicable now to
someone is not the case for someone else/ or in the future.

Case in point, which is better to use for hosting a web application Tomcat
or Jetty? The answer is "it really depends". Until we have computers that
can write/manage code for you, I don't see this changing.

John Scancella

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad
Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:23 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

I agree that it would be a bad idea to endeavor to create our own special
standards that deviate from accepted web best practices and standards. My
own thought was more towards a guide for librarians, curated by librarians,
that provides a summary of best practices. On the one hand, something to
help those without a deep tech background to quickly get up to speed with
best practices instead of needing to conduct a lot of research and reading.
But beyond that, it would also be a resource that went deeper for those who
wanted to explore the literature.

So, bullet points and short lists of information accompanied by links to
additional resources etc. (So, right now, it sounds like a libguide lol)

Though I do think there would potentially be additional information that did
apply mostly/only to libraries and our particular sites etc. Off the top of
my head: a thorough treatment and recommendations regarding libguides v2 and
accessibility, customizing common library-used products (like Serial
Solutions 360 link, Worldcat Local and all their competitors) so that they
are most usable and accessible.

At it's core, though, what I'm picturing is something where librarians get
together and cut through the noise, pull out best web practices, and display
them in a quickly digested format. Everything else would be the proverbial
gravy.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Michael Schofield 
wrote:

> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards
> you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that
> conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many
> others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and
> adhere more firmly to larger web standards and best practices that
> conflict with something that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that
> might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ).
>
> Michael S.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Brad Coffield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> LibGuides v2
> - Templates and Nav)
>
> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new
> thread. I don't know of any such library standards that exist on the
> web. I agree that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or
> not... why not!
> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful
> for many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working
> group' title for o

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Cindi Blyberg]

*puts on LITA hat*

There are several ways that LITA/ALA could play a role here.

Publications:
There is a series of books called LITA Guides.  Great way to get the word
out widely, but a static format.
http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?KeyWords=lita

There are also Library Technology Reports - a periodical.  Still static,
but published more regularly:
http://alatechsource.org/ltr/index

There is also the LITA UX Interest Group.  IGs are fluid, volunteer-run
(not appointed), and can pretty much do what they want.  Publish and update
something? Sure!  Establish and run a virtual conference? Definitely! Have
meetings and programs at conferences? Yes!  Caveat: must be a LITA member.

Happy to provide more info if needed.

-Cindi
of the many hats

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Joshua Welker  wrote:

> I definitely agree that we should adhere to larger web standards and that
> we
> should actively discourage conventions that libraries have adopted over the
> years that have nothing to do with wider standards and best practices (e.g.
> tabbed search boxes, content in sidebar regions). In fact, much of our work
> would just be bringing together information from several standards into a
> common location and putting a "librarian" stamp of approval on it.
>
> Some topics I had in mind:
>
> -Accessibility standards: screen readers, color blindness, keyboard
> navigation, alt tags, etc.
> -Text: readable fonts, colors, text alignment
> -Page layout: navigation location, sidebars, headings and subheadings,
> search box designs, database pages, mobile friendliness
> -Best practices for specific library platforms: LibGuides, DSpace, etc.
>
> Some official name would be required, of course. I also think it would be
> great if we could write a draft, bring it to an official ALA group like
> LITA, and get them to adopt it after making their own tweaks.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Michael Schofield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:01 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2
> -
> Templates and Nav)
>
> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards you all
> are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that conflict with
> any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many others--would
> honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and adhere more firmly
> to larger web standards and best practices that conflict with something
> that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that might not be what you folks
> have
> in mind at all : ).
>
> Michael S.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Brad
> Coffield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2
> -
> Templates and Nav)
>
> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new thread. I
> don't know of any such library standards that exist on the web. I agree
> that
> this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... why not!
> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful for
> many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working group' title
> for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>
> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
> 814-472-3315
> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Joshua Welker]

John,

I see your point. What I had in mind would be focusing on front-end
technologies, mainly user interface and design patterns. Backend tech trends
change so often that any document would be obsolete by the time it is
finished. There would also have to be a group committed to regularly
updating this information.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Scancella, John
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:34 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

Hey guys I am new to this list so I beg your pardon if I am responding to
the wrong people.

I have been trying to follow the conversation below and agree with Michael,
I am still not clear what the end goal is.

Having been developer for a number of years now(and looking at this from
that perspective), I worry that any suggestions/best practices now will be
wrong in the near future (change is constant). I know it stinks, but I don't
see any other way but wade through lots of technical documents to understand
WHY they(document writer) suggest something. What is applicable now to
someone is not the case for someone else/ or in the future.

Case in point, which is better to use for hosting a web application Tomcat
or Jetty? The answer is "it really depends". Until we have computers that
can write/manage code for you, I don't see this changing.

John Scancella

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad
Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:23 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

I agree that it would be a bad idea to endeavor to create our own special
standards that deviate from accepted web best practices and standards. My
own thought was more towards a guide for librarians, curated by librarians,
that provides a summary of best practices. On the one hand, something to
help those without a deep tech background to quickly get up to speed with
best practices instead of needing to conduct a lot of research and reading.
But beyond that, it would also be a resource that went deeper for those who
wanted to explore the literature.

So, bullet points and short lists of information accompanied by links to
additional resources etc. (So, right now, it sounds like a libguide lol)

Though I do think there would potentially be additional information that did
apply mostly/only to libraries and our particular sites etc. Off the top of
my head: a thorough treatment and recommendations regarding libguides v2 and
accessibility, customizing common library-used products (like Serial
Solutions 360 link, Worldcat Local and all their competitors) so that they
are most usable and accessible.

At it's core, though, what I'm picturing is something where librarians get
together and cut through the noise, pull out best web practices, and display
them in a quickly digested format. Everything else would be the proverbial
gravy.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Michael Schofield 
wrote:

> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards
> you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that
> conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many
> others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and
> adhere more firmly to larger web standards and best practices that
> conflict with something that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that
> might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ).
>
> Michael S.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Brad Coffield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> LibGuides v2
> - Templates and Nav)
>
> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new
> thread. I don't know of any such library standards that exist on the
> web. I agree that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or
> not... why not!
> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful
> for many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working
> group' title for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>
> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
> University
> 814-472-3315
> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>



--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Shaun Ellis]

So, I think what you're talking about mostly entails basic "Writing for 
the Web".  I think collaborating on "guidelines" is more helpful than 
"standards"... and no need to get all official -- just do it on Github 
or something and see if it's helpful.


A List Apart has a pretty concise, but helpful style guide for 
authors/content creators:


http://alistapart.com/about/style-guide

They also have published a helpful article on creating visual style 
guides and pattern libraries (to avoid those hot pink text on green 
backgrounds), although those would probably be more organization-centric:


http://alistapart.com/article/creating-style-guides
http://alistapart.com/blog/post/getting-started-with-pattern-libraries

-Shaun

On 9/30/14 10:22 AM, Brad Coffield wrote:

I agree that it would be a bad idea to endeavor to create our own special
standards that deviate from accepted web best practices and standards. My
own thought was more towards a guide for librarians, curated by librarians,
that provides a summary of best practices. On the one hand, something to
help those without a deep tech background to quickly get up to speed with
best practices instead of needing to conduct a lot of research and reading.
But beyond that, it would also be a resource that went deeper for those who
wanted to explore the literature.

So, bullet points and short lists of information accompanied by links to
additional resources etc. (So, right now, it sounds like a libguide lol)

Though I do think there would potentially be additional information that
did apply mostly/only to libraries and our particular sites etc. Off the
top of my head: a thorough treatment and recommendations regarding
libguides v2 and accessibility, customizing common library-used products
(like Serial Solutions 360 link, Worldcat Local and all their competitors)
so that they are most usable and accessible.

At it's core, though, what I'm picturing is something where librarians get
together and cut through the noise, pull out best web practices, and
display them in a quickly digested format. Everything else would be the
proverbial gravy.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Michael Schofield 
wrote:


I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards you
all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that conflict
with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many others--would
honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and adhere more firmly
to larger web standards and best practices that conflict with something
that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that might not be what you folks
have in mind at all : ).

Michael S.

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Brad Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2
- Templates and Nav)

Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new thread. I
don't know of any such library standards that exist on the web. I agree
that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... why not!
It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful for
many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working group' title
for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???

But seriously, I'd love to help.

Brad




--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu







--
Shaun Ellis
User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives
Princeton University Library
609.258.1698

“Any darn fool can get complicated. It takes genius to attain 
simplicity.” -Pete Seeger

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Joshua Welker]

This would also need to be updated annually. It would need to be in a
location that is related to some official library organization like an ALA
subdivision. Having this information in a random LibGuide at
SomeUniversity.edu would not carry very much authority at other
institutions.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad
Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:23 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

I agree that it would be a bad idea to endeavor to create our own special
standards that deviate from accepted web best practices and standards. My
own thought was more towards a guide for librarians, curated by librarians,
that provides a summary of best practices. On the one hand, something to
help those without a deep tech background to quickly get up to speed with
best practices instead of needing to conduct a lot of research and reading.
But beyond that, it would also be a resource that went deeper for those who
wanted to explore the literature.

So, bullet points and short lists of information accompanied by links to
additional resources etc. (So, right now, it sounds like a libguide lol)

Though I do think there would potentially be additional information that did
apply mostly/only to libraries and our particular sites etc. Off the top of
my head: a thorough treatment and recommendations regarding libguides v2 and
accessibility, customizing common library-used products (like Serial
Solutions 360 link, Worldcat Local and all their competitors) so that they
are most usable and accessible.

At it's core, though, what I'm picturing is something where librarians get
together and cut through the noise, pull out best web practices, and display
them in a quickly digested format. Everything else would be the proverbial
gravy.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Michael Schofield 
wrote:

> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards
> you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that
> conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many
> others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and
> adhere more firmly to larger web standards and best practices that
> conflict with something that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that
> might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ).
>
> Michael S.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Brad Coffield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was:
> LibGuides v2
> - Templates and Nav)
>
> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new
> thread. I don't know of any such library standards that exist on the
> web. I agree that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or
> not... why not!
> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful
> for many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working
> group' title for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>
> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
> University
> 814-472-3315
> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>



--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Michael Schofield]

I toootally don't want to plug inappropriately, but Amanda Goodman and I are in 
the infancy of trying to spin-out our podcast site (www.libux.co) into a larger 
resource sharing library-specific code snippets, patterns, and curate useful 
data and reports that can inform design decisions. Not tons of content yet, but 
hey. // Michael

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad 
Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:23 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - 
Templates and Nav)

I agree that it would be a bad idea to endeavor to create our own special 
standards that deviate from accepted web best practices and standards. My own 
thought was more towards a guide for librarians, curated by librarians, that 
provides a summary of best practices. On the one hand, something to help those 
without a deep tech background to quickly get up to speed with best practices 
instead of needing to conduct a lot of research and reading.
But beyond that, it would also be a resource that went deeper for those who 
wanted to explore the literature.

So, bullet points and short lists of information accompanied by links to 
additional resources etc. (So, right now, it sounds like a libguide lol)

Though I do think there would potentially be additional information that did 
apply mostly/only to libraries and our particular sites etc. Off the top of my 
head: a thorough treatment and recommendations regarding libguides v2 and 
accessibility, customizing common library-used products (like Serial Solutions 
360 link, Worldcat Local and all their competitors) so that they are most 
usable and accessible.

At it's core, though, what I'm picturing is something where librarians get 
together and cut through the noise, pull out best web practices, and display 
them in a quickly digested format. Everything else would be the proverbial 
gravy.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Michael Schofield 
wrote:

> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards 
> you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that 
> conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many 
> others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and 
> adhere more firmly to larger web standards and best practices that 
> conflict with something that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that 
> might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ).
>
> Michael S.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Brad Coffield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: 
> LibGuides v2
> - Templates and Nav)
>
> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new 
> thread. I don't know of any such library standards that exist on the 
> web. I agree that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... 
> why not!
> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful 
> for many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working 
> group' title for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>
> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis 
> University
> 814-472-3315
> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>



--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Joshua Welker]

I definitely agree that we should adhere to larger web standards and that we
should actively discourage conventions that libraries have adopted over the
years that have nothing to do with wider standards and best practices (e.g.
tabbed search boxes, content in sidebar regions). In fact, much of our work
would just be bringing together information from several standards into a
common location and putting a "librarian" stamp of approval on it.

Some topics I had in mind:

-Accessibility standards: screen readers, color blindness, keyboard
navigation, alt tags, etc.
-Text: readable fonts, colors, text alignment
-Page layout: navigation location, sidebars, headings and subheadings,
search box designs, database pages, mobile friendliness
-Best practices for specific library platforms: LibGuides, DSpace, etc.

Some official name would be required, of course. I also think it would be
great if we could write a draft, bring it to an official ALA group like
LITA, and get them to adopt it after making their own tweaks.

Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Michael Schofield
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:01 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards you all
are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that conflict with
any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many others--would
honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and adhere more firmly
to larger web standards and best practices that conflict with something
that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that might not be what you folks have
in mind at all : ).

Michael S.

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad
Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 -
Templates and Nav)

Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new thread. I
don't know of any such library standards that exist on the web. I agree that
this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... why not!
It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful for
many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working group' title
for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???

But seriously, I'd love to help.

Brad




--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Scancella, John]

Hey guys I am new to this list so I beg your pardon if I am responding to the 
wrong people.

I have been trying to follow the conversation below and agree with Michael, I 
am still not clear what the end goal is.
 
Having been developer for a number of years now(and looking at this from that 
perspective), I worry that any suggestions/best practices now will be wrong in 
the near future (change is constant). I know it stinks, but I don't see any 
other way but wade through lots of technical documents to understand WHY 
they(document writer) suggest something. What is applicable now to someone is 
not the case for someone else/ or in the future.

Case in point, which is better to use for hosting a web application Tomcat or 
Jetty? The answer is "it really depends". Until we have computers that can 
write/manage code for you, I don't see this changing.

John Scancella

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad 
Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:23 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - 
Templates and Nav)

I agree that it would be a bad idea to endeavor to create our own special 
standards that deviate from accepted web best practices and standards. My own 
thought was more towards a guide for librarians, curated by librarians, that 
provides a summary of best practices. On the one hand, something to help those 
without a deep tech background to quickly get up to speed with best practices 
instead of needing to conduct a lot of research and reading.
But beyond that, it would also be a resource that went deeper for those who 
wanted to explore the literature.

So, bullet points and short lists of information accompanied by links to 
additional resources etc. (So, right now, it sounds like a libguide lol)

Though I do think there would potentially be additional information that did 
apply mostly/only to libraries and our particular sites etc. Off the top of my 
head: a thorough treatment and recommendations regarding libguides v2 and 
accessibility, customizing common library-used products (like Serial Solutions 
360 link, Worldcat Local and all their competitors) so that they are most 
usable and accessible.

At it's core, though, what I'm picturing is something where librarians get 
together and cut through the noise, pull out best web practices, and display 
them in a quickly digested format. Everything else would be the proverbial 
gravy.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Michael Schofield 
wrote:

> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards 
> you all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that 
> conflict with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many 
> others--would honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and 
> adhere more firmly to larger web standards and best practices that 
> conflict with something that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that 
> might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ).
>
> Michael S.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Brad Coffield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: 
> LibGuides v2
> - Templates and Nav)
>
> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new 
> thread. I don't know of any such library standards that exist on the 
> web. I agree that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... 
> why not!
> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful 
> for many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working 
> group' title for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>
> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis 
> University
> 814-472-3315
> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>



--
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Duggan,Holli]

We¹re in the process of switching over from Wordpress to Libguides
(hopefully) and this sounds like it would be super helpful. While I¹m
familiar with LibGuides (from other library work), the rest of our staff
here hasn¹t had the opportunity to learn much about them.

So, however I can possibly help, I¹d love to jump in.

Holli Duggan
Distance Education & E-Resources Librarian
Link Library - Concordia University Nebraska
(402) 643-7382






On 9/30/14, 9:22 AM, "Brad Coffield"  wrote:

>I agree that it would be a bad idea to endeavor to create our own special
>standards that deviate from accepted web best practices and standards. My
>own thought was more towards a guide for librarians, curated by
>librarians,
>that provides a summary of best practices. On the one hand, something to
>help those without a deep tech background to quickly get up to speed with
>best practices instead of needing to conduct a lot of research and
>reading.
>But beyond that, it would also be a resource that went deeper for those
>who
>wanted to explore the literature.
>
>So, bullet points and short lists of information accompanied by links to
>additional resources etc. (So, right now, it sounds like a libguide lol)
>
>Though I do think there would potentially be additional information that
>did apply mostly/only to libraries and our particular sites etc. Off the
>top of my head: a thorough treatment and recommendations regarding
>libguides v2 and accessibility, customizing common library-used products
>(like Serial Solutions 360 link, Worldcat Local and all their competitors)
>so that they are most usable and accessible.
>
>At it's core, though, what I'm picturing is something where librarians get
>together and cut through the noise, pull out best web practices, and
>display them in a quickly digested format. Everything else would be the
>proverbial gravy.
>
>On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Michael Schofield 
>wrote:
>
>> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards you
>> all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that
>>conflict
>> with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many
>>others--would
>> honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and adhere more
>>firmly
>> to larger web standards and best practices that conflict with something
>> that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that might not be what you folks
>> have in mind at all : ).
>>
>> Michael S.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Brad Coffield
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides
>>v2
>> - Templates and Nav)
>>
>> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new
>>thread. I
>> don't know of any such library standards that exist on the web. I agree
>> that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... why not!
>> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful
>>for
>> many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working group'
>>title
>> for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>>
>> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brad Coffield, MLIS
>> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis
>>University
>> 814-472-3315
>> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>>
>
>
>
>-- 
>Brad Coffield, MLIS
>Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian
>Saint Francis University
>814-472-3315
>bcoffi...@francis.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Brad Coffield]

I agree that it would be a bad idea to endeavor to create our own special
standards that deviate from accepted web best practices and standards. My
own thought was more towards a guide for librarians, curated by librarians,
that provides a summary of best practices. On the one hand, something to
help those without a deep tech background to quickly get up to speed with
best practices instead of needing to conduct a lot of research and reading.
But beyond that, it would also be a resource that went deeper for those who
wanted to explore the literature.

So, bullet points and short lists of information accompanied by links to
additional resources etc. (So, right now, it sounds like a libguide lol)

Though I do think there would potentially be additional information that
did apply mostly/only to libraries and our particular sites etc. Off the
top of my head: a thorough treatment and recommendations regarding
libguides v2 and accessibility, customizing common library-used products
(like Serial Solutions 360 link, Worldcat Local and all their competitors)
so that they are most usable and accessible.

At it's core, though, what I'm picturing is something where librarians get
together and cut through the noise, pull out best web practices, and
display them in a quickly digested format. Everything else would be the
proverbial gravy.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Michael Schofield 
wrote:

> I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards you
> all are suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that conflict
> with any actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many others--would
> honestly recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and adhere more firmly
> to larger web standards and best practices that conflict with something
> that's more, ah, librarylike. Although that might not be what you folks
> have in mind at all : ).
>
> Michael S.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Brad Coffield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2
> - Templates and Nav)
>
> Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new thread. I
> don't know of any such library standards that exist on the web. I agree
> that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... why not!
> It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful for
> many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working group' title
> for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???
>
> But seriously, I'd love to help.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>
> --
> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University
> 814-472-3315
> bcoffi...@francis.edu
>



-- 
Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian
Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu

[CODE4LIB] Python or Perl script for reading RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples Files

[Jean Roth]

Thank you so much for the reply.

I have not investigated the LCNAF data set thoroughly.  However, my 
default/ideal is to read in all variables from a dataset.  

So, I was wondering if any one had an example Python or Perl script for 
reading RDF/XML, Turtle, or N-triples file.  A simple/partial example 
would be fine.

Thanks,

Jean

On Mon, 29 Sep 2014, Kyle Banerjee wrote:

KB> The best way to handle them depends on what you want to do. You need to
KB> actually download the NAF files rather than countries or other small files
KB> as different kinds of data will be organized differently. Just don't try to
KB> read multigigabyte files in a text editor :)
KB> 
KB> If you start with one of the giant XML files, the first thing you'll
KB> probably want to do is extract just the elements that are interesting to
KB> you. A short string parsing or SAX routine in your language of choice
KB> should let you get the information in a format you like.
KB> 
KB> If you download the linked data files and you're interested in actual
KB> headings (as opposed to traversing relationships), grep and sed in
KB> combination with the join utility are handy for extracting the elements you
KB> want and flattening the relationships into something more convenient to
KB> work with. But there are plenty of other tools that you could also use.
KB> 
KB> If you don't already have a convenient environment to work on, I'm a  fan
KB> of virtualbox. You can drag and drop things into and out of your regular
KB> desktop or even access it directly. That way you can view/manipulate files
KB> with the linux utilities without having to deal with a bunch of clunky file
KB> transfer operations involving another machine. Very handy for when you have
KB> to deal with multigigabyte files.
KB> 
KB> kyle
KB> 
KB> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Jean Roth  wrote:
KB> 
KB> > Thank you!  It looks like the files are available as  RDF/XML, Turtle, or
KB> > N-triples files.
KB> >
KB> > Any examples or suggestions for reading any of these formats?
KB> >
KB> > The MARC Countries file is small, 31-79 kb.  I assume a script that
KB> > would read a small file like that would at least be a start for the LCNAF
KB> >
KB> >
KB> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Michael Schofield]

I am interested but I am a little hazy about what kind of standards you all are 
suggesting. I would warn against creating standards that conflict with any 
actual web standards, because I--and, I think, many others--would honestly 
recommend that the #libweb should aspire to and adhere more firmly to larger 
web standards and best practices that conflict with something that's more, ah, 
librarylike. Although that might not be what you folks have in mind at all : ).

Michael S.

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brad 
Coffield
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 9:30 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - 
Templates and Nav)

Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new thread. I 
don't know of any such library standards that exist on the web. I agree that 
this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... why not!
It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful for many 
libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working group' title for 
ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???

But seriously, I'd love to help.

Brad




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Brad Coffield, MLIS
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Brad Coffield]

Josh, thanks for separating this topic out and starting this new thread. I
don't know of any such library standards that exist on the web. I agree
that this sounds like a great idea. As for this group or not... why not!
It's 2014 and they don't exist yet and they would be incredibly useful for
many libraries, if not all. Now all we need is a cool 'working group' title
for ourselves and we're halfway done! Right???

But seriously, I'd love to help.

Brad




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Brad Coffield, MLIS
Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian
Saint Francis University
814-472-3315
bcoffi...@francis.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav)

[Joshua Welker]

Cornel,

With the data models, are you referring to the mechanism used to present
the standards on the web?

Josh Welker

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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Cornel Darden Jr.
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 11:24 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library community web standards (was: LibGuides v2
- Templates and Nav)

Hello,

I don't think that there is anything like this. I think there are some
lone wolves out there who have suggested standards, but I haven't seen
anything similar to what has been discussed. If there were, I'd think one
of us would know about it.

Count me in!

I say we create flexible data models:

It would be nice if the general flow looked like this

data -> [library standards] -> search backend -> result -> [web design
presentation standards] -> view of result

Thanks,

Cornel Darden Jr.
MSLIS
Library Department Chair
South Suburban College
7087052945

"Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong
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> On Sep 29, 2014, at 12:17 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> As Brad mentioned, one of the most interesting takeaways from this
> conversation on LibGuides is the (lack of) recognized best practices
> in the library community. If the folks here are representative at all,
> this is a big void in our profession. This is not an acceptable state,
> IMO, because as more and more library resources become web-based, more
> and more librarians are having to curate web-based content (e.g.
> LibGuides). Yet, most of us lack the time and expertise to figure out
> how to do it well. It seems like every organization is trying to
> reinvent the wheel themselves (or just forgoing wheels altogether).
> It would also be a great help for web librarians if there were some
> sort of official library web standards that could be used to help get
> buy-in from other librarians and administrators who otherwise would
> not be cooperative. (Yes, I know that there are all sorts of general
> accessibility standards, but something with a librarian stamp of
> approval would be most helpful.)
>
> I have two questions:
>
> 1. Does anyone know if anything like this already exists? I know there
> are about 8 trillion library groups, so there's a good chance, but I
> didn't find anything in a few minutes of searching.
>
> 2. If not, does anyone think it would be a good idea for a group like
> this to get the ball rolling on creating some official best practices
> for web design and web content for the library community?
>
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Brad Coffield
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 1:17 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav
>
> On a different note, just wanted to say that I have found this entire
> thread massively interesting and very useful. *pats self on back for
> starting it* lol Thanks to all who've been chiming in. (not trying to
> shut it down)
>
> I'll probably be starting another thread eventually on something that
> was discussed in here: best practices and creating rules for guide
creators.
> We're a small school and everyone who needs to be on board is on board
> with creating a "style guide" and a peer-review process to ensure the
> style guide is followed. I've been tapped to be the one to create the
> style guide which is both exciting and daunting. I want to cover all
> the little stuff - some naming conventions etc. but also want to build
> something that will help us all follow best practices for web design
> and accessibility.I'll likely lean on the group's expertise for these at
some point this semester.
> Many of our guides aren't getting the usage they should to justify the
> time spent creating and maintaining them. Beyond the time issue to
> properly develop them I think that a real part of the reason is that
> they are just so user-unfriendly and difficult to navigate. There were
> some hilarious comments earlier in this thread about others' school's
> out-of-control styles and we have that too but its even just more than
> that. I think we were operating under a "let's get all kindsa stuff up
> here and it's gonna be awesome!" paradigm and now we need to
> restructure and look at these as real websites that happen to be
> guides. The v2 migration is a great time to do it. 
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Brad Coffield
> 
> wrote:
>
>> I also think all of these ideas are awesome. The idea of a
>> third-party space, or even someplace sponsored by springshare, to
>> share customizations etc. could help so many of us. Even short of
>> developing a plug-in system, having someplace to share template
>> customizations, CSS, etc. would be HUGE.
>>
>> Github seems like a very reasonable option though it's true the tech
>> bar for admission is pretty high. It would be great if we had a place
>> whe