Re: [CODE4LIB] Strategy for assigning DOIs?

Hi, Jason, I strongly suggest to separate your DOI namespace/naming schema to be totally independent of your choice of repository/system. DOI is an infrastructure thing, and the main reason behind of assigning DOI is for persistency and permanency. At some point any repository system will go

[CODE4LIB] Strategy for assigning DOIs?

We recently started assigning DOIs to articles published in one of our journals using Open Journal System which generates the DOI and metadata within a namespace dedicated to that journal. We don’t yet have an institutional repository, but are moving in that direction and I hope we have one in

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for proposals to host Code4Lib Conference in 2017

Good morning potential Code4Lib 2017 conference hosts, 3 weeks left!! Still time to get started? If you get to work Right Now. All details below. Looking forward to seeing your proposals! Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Anna On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Anna Headley

[CODE4LIB] Job: Library Systems Manager at York St John University

Library Systems Manager York St John University York Information Learning Services at York St John University, based in the Fountains Learning Centre, is looking to appoint an experienced individual to the post of Library Systems Manager. You will be responsible for the Library Services Platform

Re: [CODE4LIB] Don't Change Your Site Because of Reference Librarians RE: [CODE4LIB] Responsive website question

I agree with the intial responses: For the functionality they desire, they should be using an OS level magnification tool. A responsive website should always behave like a website, NOT like word document. It is not a reasonable request to change the behavior for this one use case. (And if you

Re: [CODE4LIB] Don't Change Your Site Because of Reference Librarians RE: [CODE4LIB] Responsive website question

On the other hand, a typical user would expect an in-application feature called "zoom" to zoom. There's a tension between website behavior and application behavior that has yet to be resolved. I think this is the key element where responsive design faces a challenge. Not every use case with a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Responsive website question

I'm also torn on this issue. It's safe to conclude that for many users, Responsive has broken the Zoom button. That's a strict no-no - don't break fundamental features of the browser. Yet Responsive is essential to dealing with a wide range of devices. Worse, it's hard to tell what the user

[CODE4LIB] VIVO Conference Call for Papers, Workshops and Posters

*** Please excuse cross-posting *** The Seventh Annual VIVO Conference will be held August 17-19, 2016 at the Denver Marriott City Center in Denver, Colorado. The organizers are pleased to issue this call for contributions to the program. The VIVO Conference

[CODE4LIB] introduction, and a fun date visualization

Hi! I'm a new employee of the Internet Archive, formerly a search engine guy, mostly working on search for the Wayback Machine. In my spare time I've been working on a visualization of dates and entities in scanned book contents. There's a blog post about it here:

[CODE4LIB] Job: Evergreen Systems Specialist at Bibliomation, Inc.

Evergreen Systems Specialist Bibliomation, Inc. Waterbury, Connecticut Evergreen Systems Specialist - Bibliomation, Inc. (Waterbury, CT.) is Connecticut's largest library consortium consisting of over 60 member libraries. Bibliomation libraries share materials and manage resources using the