Re: [CODE4LIB] openurl.info ?
openurl.info's domain registration looks up to date...Registered to NISO through 12-May-2010. Last updated 10-May-2009. I'm going to speculate (with very little basis) that someone managed to hijack the DNS by pointing the record's name server entries somewhere other than where they're supposed to be. Hence the redirection to a fraudulent parking page. Michael -- Michael B. Klein Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian Boston Public Library (617) 859-2391 mkl...@bpl.org From: Walker, David dwal...@calstate.edu Reply-To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 12:05:03 -0700 To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] openurl.info ? It appears that the openurl.info domain name has expired. I get an error from the host: http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/mtx/info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx I've been using the registry at OCLC as a reference source for OpenURL. But all of the identifiers and links pointing to openurl.info no longer work. http://alcme.oclc.org/openurl/servlet/OAIHandler?verb=ListSets Is there a different place I should be going now for OpenURL info instead? Or maybe this is just a snafu? --Dave == David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for NE code4lib meetup location
Looking into the space/time issue this week, folks. I promise. -- Michael B. Klein Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian Boston Public Library (617) 859-2391 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jay Luker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:48:12 -0400 To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for NE code4lib meetup location Sorry to leave you all in suspense all day. The results are in: 23 Boston, MA 18 Northampton, MA 14 Concord, NH 11 Portland, ME Michael Klein has said he will now check when a suitable space will be available at BPL. Then we'll update the WhenIsGood page and hope for some availability intersection goodness. --jay
Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering
We could swing something here just about any day of the week, but it has to be during library hours. That means we're outta here by 9pm Monday through Thursday, or 5pm Friday through Sunday. -- Michael B. Klein Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian Boston Public Library (617) 859-2391 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jay Luker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:39:11 -0400 To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Edward M. Corrado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The location effects when I am available. For instance, due to costs, if it is in Boston, I am probably never available. If it is in Western Mass, I can make it any day of the week [1], while if it is further east, I am probably only available on a Monday or Friday because I can't justify the added time off for travel. Hi Ed, OK, point taken. I was working under the assumption that the date and day-of-week might constrain or influence where we can meet--which of course it could--but maybe it would be easier to pick the spot 1st and _then_ confirm that we can actually book the place. Going by what's been added to the wiki page, the locations that seem to have the highest degree of confirm-ability are: * Northampton, MA - location provided by Forbes library * Portland, ME - location provided or arranged by LibraryThing or jonvw @ UofSM * Concord, NH - location arranged by Mr. Bisson Let's not get to the +1/-1's just yet though. Boston belongs in that list too, but no one's stepped forward yet and committed to arranging or providing a space (/me nudges mbklien). --jay
Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering
I live in Boston. Never been to Portland, but would love to visit. Lived in Northampton for 7 years, and am always looking for an excuse to visit the valley. So yeah, like, whatever. :) -- Michael B. Klein Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian Boston Public Library (617) 859-2391 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jay Luker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:00:46 -0400 To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Tim Spalding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In general, do members think it's best‹most popular but also most productive‹ to meet at a *hub* or somewhere off the beaten path? If the former, it's Boston all the way, right? If the latter, Portland, Maine is a really nice place to meet, and I can put a bunch of you up at the LibraryThing house. :) Boston works well for me. Portland too. The reasons I threw the Northampton/Amherst area out there are a) it's central to a lot of NE and is on or near the major highways (91 and 90), b) has a lot of campuses that might be able to lend us a space or two, c) those spaces might already have projectors and such, d) it has a large number of bars and cafes. Of course you can say most of those things about Boston as well. Being located in Boston myself, it's all pretty easy for me. As per code4lib custom, we should probably end up putting it to a vote once folks have had a chance to chime in with offers/suggestions. Location ideas that come attached to actual, arranged hosting offers will be most welcome. --jay
Re: [CODE4LIB] Zotero under attack
Edward M. Corrado wrote: This will be interesting to see how it works out. From what I read, it looks like the case that Thomson has is based on, or at least strongly enhanced by, the EULA. Thus, the legal questions may end up being 1) is freeing data from a proprietary file format aviolation of copyright/patent/ etc.? and if not, 2) can you sign that away by agreeing to an EULA? Two points: First, it's my understanding that contract law trumps basic civil law in almost all cases. Unless you can convince a court that you entered into the contract under duress, or that the part of the contract in question is a violation of a basic unabridgeable right (this last being the reason a lot of employment contract non-compete clauses are unenforceable in several right-to-work states), you're bound by it. I think you'd be hard pressed to argue that reverse engineering is a Basic Right Of Humankind. Unless...The First Amendment guarantees the Right of Assembly. Can we extrapolate that and argue for a Right of Disassembly? ;-) Second, this isn't a EULA in the sense of By opening this package, you agree... or By clicking this, you agree... Those kinds of contracts are questionable. It's an actual contract granting GMU a site license for the Endnote software, negotiated by Thomson and GMU and agreed to in writing on both sides. I'll be disappointed if Thomson Reuters prevails on this one, but I won't be surprised, either, based on my own (admittedly limited) understanding. -- Michael B. Klein Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian Boston Public Library (617) 859-2391 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] alpha characters used for field names
Harvey Hahn wrote: Unfortunately, the most limiting aspect of the 24-character leader is that fact that only 5 digits (the first 5 characters of the leader) were specified as the maximum length of a MARC record. Manipulating the various possible values of specific positions in the leader could lead to record/field/subfield sizes far larger than this, but the 5-digit (99,999 maximum) limitation is really *quite* limiting these days. The truly evil solution to the record length issue: If byte 0 is in the range '0'-'9', proceed as usual. If byte 0 is 'A'-'F', treat bytes 0-4 as a hexadecimal number, subtract 0x87960, and convert to decimal. That way, A becomes 10, and F becomes 493215. You've just quadrupled your maximum record length while retaining some semblance of backward compatibility. (NOTE: Like most of my evil format-hijacking suggestions involving a meat grinder and a shoehorn, I don't actually recommend putting this into practice. The pain and anguish would far outweigh the temporary benefit.) Michael -- Michael B. Klein Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian Boston Public Library (617) 859-2391 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet Archive collection codes?
Peter, I've seen no official information or documentation from the Internet Archive either. I've actually been quite frustrated by several issues for a while now. For example: If you go to http://www.archive.org/details/nonexistentidentifier you'll get a human-readable web page stating that the item cannot be found. That page, however, is served up with an HTTP status of 200 OK, not 404 NOT FOUND. In addition, I've noticed that when certain requests fail due to system load and other issues, I get back an HTML page saying something like the system is experiencing slowness, but again with a 200 OK instead of a 503 SERVICE UNAVAILABLE (ideally with a Retry-After header). These things alone make it extremely difficult to automate any large-scale metadata retrieval from the Internet Archive, and that's without any attempt to download content. I'm working on a post documenting some of the techniques and strategies that have worked for us, but it's not quite ready for human consumption yet. Michael -- Michael B. Klein Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian Boston Public Library [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Binkley, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:08:13 -0600 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Conversation: [CODE4LIB] Internet Archive collection codes? Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Internet Archive collection codes? While we're on the subject, are there any more up-to-date instructions for harvesting from Internet Archive than these? http://biodiversitylibrary.blogspot.com/2008/03/harvesting-process-from- internet_14.html And does IA provide guidelines for harvesting (traffic limits etc.)? I clicked around the site a bit and didn't find them, but could easily have missed them. Peter
