Those using WordPress might be interested in the KCite plugin, maintained
by the Knowledge Blog (an interesting initiative in itself):
http://knowledgeblog.org/kcite-plugin
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Kevin Hawkins <
kevin.s.hawk...@ultraslavonic.info> wrote:
> Two things come to mind that a
Good Afternoon Code4Lib:
The Code4Lib Swag Poll sent out recently shows that folks still want their
Code4Lib t-shirts. The results are on the Code4Lib wiki for your perusal
and use in future decisions: http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Swag_Poll_Results
As a follow up to some of the comments on this
Learning UNIX is a dreadful idea.
If you think you want to learn UNIX, you probably should learn POSIX.
Implementations are transient; if we're lucky standards are durable.
cheers
stuart
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On Oct 27, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Bigwood, David wrote:
> Learning UNIX is fine. However, I do think learning SQL might be a better
> investment. So many of our resources are in databases. Understanding
> indexing, sorting and relevancy ranking of our databases is also crucial.
> With linked data b
Hi Siobhain,
I have a discussion of why learn UNIX in this Code4Lib journal article I
wrote a few months back:
Unix Commands and Batch Processing for the Reluctant Librarian or Archivist
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/9158
Best,
Anthony Cocciolo
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> On Oct 27, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Siobhain Rivera wrote:
>
> what do you think are reasons
> librarians need to know Unix, even if they aren't in particularly tech
> heavy jobs?
The best reason is so that you can understand the problems you're working with
as well as potential solutions bett
Learning UNIX is fine. However, I do think learning SQL might be a better
investment. So many of our resources are in databases. Understanding indexing,
sorting and relevancy ranking of our databases is also crucial. With linked
data being all the rage knowing about sparql endpoints is important
A few other readings I use on *nix:
- Powers, E. (2012). Why I learned to love the command line. Hack
Library School: By, For, and About Library School Students.
http://hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/why-i-learned-to-love-the-command-line/
- Stephenson, Neal. (1999). In the
Hello,
A reference librarian solves information problems. If I ask an average
librarian how to rip a video, how to convert file formats and videos, or why my
files and videos aren't playing; should they be able to help? That's the real
question. Should reference librarians know how to create on
As a practicing professional Cataloger and programmer Wannabe, I can say that
it is a huge advantage to know how to work from the DOS prompt in Windows. I
greatly regret not having had time to gain at least a similar a
seat-of-the-pants level of expertise with Unix. There is inevitably some typ
Siobhan,
I teach a course on digital curation tools and applications for the
University of North Texas, and one of the motivational pieces I use is the
Digital Curation Centre's chapter on "Open Source and Digital Curation" by
Andrew McHugh in the Digital Curation Manual (2005):
http://www.dcc.ac.
There’s also something to be said for the Unix pipeline/filter model of
processing. That way of breaking down a task into small steps, wiring little
programs to filter the data for each step, building up the solution
iteratively, essentially a form of function composition. Immedidately, you can
There is something of a natural symbiosis between *NIX and libraries. If you
have not already found it, read Unix as Literature for some background on why
those who like the written word are drawn to *NIX naturally.
--
Andrew Anderson, Director of Development, Library and Information Resources
It really depends on what you mean by "learn Unix."
I agree with Eric that many tools, particularly open source tools, are more
robust on l
Linux. This is because most of their development communities are building
on Linux, so new features and bug fixes show up their first.
I live in the open sou
Hello,
I think that all library jobs are and ought to be techy. If they aren't is
because the person's working those jobs aren't practicing modern librarianship.
In think the culture of librarianship is at fault as opposed to the individual
librarians.
When it comes to Unix, I'm assuming you
oops, ignore the accidental blank
but anyway, Linux/unix have a nicer idea of permissions and security
so often you get better uptimes, less need for reboots.
You can serve apache etc on other OSs but often not all modules are
ported to the less popular serving platforms.
Dave Caroline
On 27/10/
On 27/10/2014, Matthew Sherman wrote:
> Eric hit the nail on the head, Unix is not inherently needed for many
> libraries, but it can be useful for more technically inclined librarians to
> know Linux. I am a digital content librarian at my institution and I
> actually know neither system, though
Eric hit the nail on the head, Unix is not inherently needed for many
libraries, but it can be useful for more technically inclined librarians to
know Linux. I am a digital content librarian at my institution and I
actually know neither system, though I wish I had a better understanding of
Linux.
Couldn't agree more with Eric. Additionally if you are going to be doing
any web work at all you will need to know the back end environment which
will likely be Linux.
Edward Iglesias
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> Learning Unix is not necessarily the problem to s
Learning Unix is not necessarily the problem to solve. Instead it is means to
an end.
To my mind, there are number of skills and technologies a person needs to know
in order to provide (digital) library service. Some of those
skills/technologies include: indexing, content management (databases
Hi everyone,
I'm part of the ASIS&T Student Chapter and Indiana University, and we're
putting together a series of workshops on Unix. We've noticed that a lot of
people don't seem to have a good idea of why they should learn Unix,
particularly the reference/non technology types. We're going to do
October 27, 2014
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> On Oct 23, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Joe Hourcle
> wrote:
>
>> I found this blog post talking about CrossRef's support:
>>
>> http://www.crossref.org/CrossTech/2011/04/content_negotiation_for_crossr.html
>>
>> But I know DataCite supports it to some extent too.
>>
>> Does anyone know if there's ov
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