Re: [CODE4LIB] Web Filter Recomendations

[Ryan Eby]

For filtering specific things squid will do it plus give you some caching to 
boot.  By specific things I mean you can use it to block certain domains or 
content types. There are blacklists out there for advertising domains and the 
like that you can plug and play. We’ve done this in the past with staff IPs 
which actually made a rather large difference in bandwidth and CPU/Mem since a 
lot of advertisements can be flash or heavier based.

For content filtering (porn, gambling, etc) an open-source option is 
Dansguardian which we offer to patrons here. Default install has some basic 
keywords defined which work fine and you can tweak as needed. We just use the 
default config as we offer both filtered and unfiltered to patrons so don’t 
care as much what gets through compared to those with requirements. 
Dansguardian can also put traffic out through squid to get cacheing as well. 
2.8.x.x+ support user groups though I haven’t used that feature.

http://dansguardian.org/

Both of the above work as transparent proxies and you can either use a router 
level redirect (iptables, etc) or set it up in the browser as a proxy.

Eby

Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ?

[Ryan Eby]

There was actually a breakout in 2011? Code4lib discussing Apache and using it 
as a proxy. I believe Terry Reese and Jeremy Frumkin, then from Oregon?, were 
the ones leading it. There was lots of interest but I’m not sure if anything 
took off or if they have documentation somewhere of how far they got. I 
remember it being about getting something a consortia of libraries could use 
together so may have been more complex requirements than what is looked for 
here.

http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Can_we_hack_on_this:_Open_Extensible_Proxy:_going_beyond_EZProxy%3F

--
Ryan Eby

Re: [CODE4LIB] desk scheduling software?

[Ryan Eby]

I'm not directly involved with scheduling thankfully, but we have had
quite a few systems including excel, calendars, etc.

One we are trying now is https://www.schedulesource.com/

It is definitely not polished and suffers from feature bloat but the
bloat is kind of what people wanted to try. It lets people enter their
availability and preferences and also allows you to set up rules (how
many shifts/hours/weekends certain labor groups can do, etc). It will
then autofill schedules for you which you can then manually tweak.
Also allows individuals to trade shifts within the rules you set up.
About a million other features though after the initial learning it
was easy for people to ignore everything else and get used to their
workflow.

I'm sure there are better things out there depending on your
requirements but for our schedulers initial requirements this has
worked better than previous systems at least.

Eby

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Shearer, Timothy J
 wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Anyone happy with their solutions for scheduling service points?  Even
> moderately happy?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim

Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital collection backups

[Ryan Eby]

As Aaron alludes to your decision should base off your real needs and they
might not be exclusive.

LOCKSS/MetaArchive might be worth the money if it is the community archival
aspect you are going for. Depending on your institution being a participant
might make political/mission sense regardless of the storage needs and it
could just be a specific collection that makes sense.

Glacier is a great choice if you are looking for spreading a backup across
regions. S3 similarly if you also want to benefit from CloudFront (the CDN
setup) to take load off your institutions server (you can now use
cloudfront off your own origin server as well). Depending on your bandwidth
this might be worth the money regardless of LOCKSS participation (which can
be more dark). Amazon also tends to be dropping prices over time vs raising
but as any outsource you have to plan that it might not exist in the
future. Also look more at Glacier prices in terms of checking your data for
consistency. There have been a few papers on the costs of making sure
Amazon really has the proper data depending on how often your requirements
want you to check.

Another option if you are just looking for more geo placement is finding an
institution or service provider that will colocate. There may be another
small institution that would love to shove a cheap box with hard drives on
your network in exchange for the same. Not as involved/formal as LOCKSS but
gives you something you control to satisfy your requirements. It could also
be as low tech as shipping SSDs to another institution who then runs some
bagit checksums on the drive, etc.

All of the above should be scriptable in your workflow. Just need to decide
what you really want out of it.

Eby


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Aaron Trehub  wrote:

> Hello Josh,
>
> Auburn University is a member of two Private LOCKSS Networks: the
> MetaArchive Cooperative and the Alabama Digital Preservation Network
> (ADPNet).  Here's a link to a recent conference paper that describes both
> networks, including their current pricing structures:
>
> http://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla78/216-trehub-en.pdf
>
> LOCKSS has worked well for us so far, in part because supporting
> community-based solutions is important to us.  As you point out, however,
> Glacier is an attractive alternative, especially for institutions that may
> be more interested in low-cost, low-throughput storage and less concerned
> about entrusting their content to a commercial outfit or having to pay
> extra to get it back out.  As with most things, you pay your money--more or
> less, depending--and make your choice.  And take your risks.
>
> Good luck with whatever solution(s) you decide on.  They need not be
> mutually exclusive.
>
> Best,
>
> Aaron
>
> Aaron Trehub
> Assistant Dean for Technology and Technical Services
> Auburn University Libraries
> 231 Mell Street, RBD Library
> Auburn, AL 36849-5606
> Phone: (334) 844-1716
> Skype: ajtrehub
> E-mail: treh...@auburn.edu
> URL: http://lib.auburn.edu/
>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] ny times best seller api

[Ryan Eby]

that said if you are hoping to get reviews i had very low results. i
was hoping they included reviews for things that might not have made
the best sellers but most of what i tried in some sample searches came
up blank. haven't bothers doing much with the historical best seller
data otherwise.

eby

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Gabriel Farrell  wrote:
> Looks like data.results is an array, so you'll have to loop through
> it. If you just want the first result, you could get at the
> book_details array with data.results[0].book_details.
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Nate Hill  wrote:
>> Anybody out there using the NY times best seller API to do stuff on their
>> library websites?
>> I can't figure out what's wrong with my code here.
>> Data is returned as "null"; I can't seem to parse the response with jQuery.
>> Any help would be supercool.
>> I removed the API key - my code doesn't actually contain ''.
>> Here's the jQuery:
>>
>> jQuery(document).ready(function(){
>>    $(function(){
>>                    //json request to new york times
>>                    $.getJSON('
>> http://api.nytimes.com/svc/books/v2/lists/hardcover-fiction.json?&api-key=',
>>
>>                    function(data) {
>>                        //loop through the results with the following
>> function
>>                        $.each(data.results.book_details, function(i,item){
>>                        //turn the title into a variable
>>                        var bookTitle = item.title;
>>                        $('#container').append(''+bookTitle+'');
>>
>>            });
>>        });
>>    });
>> });
>>
>>
>> Here's a snippet of the JSON response:
>>
>> {
>>    "status": "OK",
>>    "copyright": "Copyright (c) 2011 The New York Times Company.  All Rights
>> Reserved.",
>>    "num_results": 35,
>>    "last_modified": "2011-09-23T12:00:29-04:00",
>>    "results": [{
>>        "list_name": "Hardcover Fiction",
>>        "display_name": "Hardcover Fiction",
>>        "updated": "WEEKLY",
>>        "bestsellers_date": "2011-09-17",
>>        "published_date": "2011-10-02",
>>        "rank": 1,
>>        "rank_last_week": 0,
>>        "weeks_on_list": 1,
>>        "asterisk": 0,
>>        "dagger": 0,
>>        "isbns": [{
>>            "isbn10": "0399157786",
>>            "isbn13": "9780399157783"
>>        }],
>>        "book_details": [{
>>            "title": "NEW YORK TO DALLAS",
>>            "description": "An escaped child molester pursues Lt. Eve
>> Dallas; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.",
>>            "contributor": "by J. D. Robb",
>>            "author": "J D Robb",
>>            "contributor_note": "",
>>            "price": 27.95,
>>            "age_group": "",
>>            "publisher": "Putnam",
>>            "primary_isbn13": "9780399157783",
>>            "primary_isbn10": "0399157786"
>>        }],
>>        "reviews": [{
>>            "book_review_link": "",
>>            "first_chapter_link": "",
>>            "sunday_review_link": "",
>>            "article_chapter_link": ""
>>        }]
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nate Hill
>> nathanielh...@gmail.com
>> http://www.natehill.net
>>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, Boston Public Library (Boston, MA)

[Ryan Eby]

please accept my application below

http://purl.org/net/matienzo/dwi

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Blake, Tom  wrote:
> S... now that we've cleared this up - anyone want to apply?
>
> Thomas Blake
> Digital Projects Manager
> Boston Public Library
> 700 Boylston St.
> Boston, MA 02116
> 617 859-2039
> http://www.bpl.org/online/
> Free To All
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
> Colford, Scot
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:16 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, 
> Boston Public Library (Boston, MA)
>
> Alrighty, folks. I've been sitting here biting my tongue for the past day,
> enjoying the humor and grimacing at the overreactions. Common sense tells
> me that adding to the conversation will only stoke the flames, but I've
> never been known to be common, so let me express my personal views on what
> happened here.
>
> I posted an ad for a position that arguably had an ambiguous introduction.
> Roy asked three questions regarding the scope of the project based on his
> reading of the introductory paragraph. He expressed no opinions, personal
> or those of his employer. I welcomed the opportunity to explain and to
> learn how the ad could be misread. Future posts of this ad contain five
> more characters (u-p-o-n-space) and now read "The successful candidate
> will develop upon and maintain the core technical infrastructure..."
>
> That is all. And that's the last I'll say on the matter.
>
> \-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/
>
> Scot Colford
> Web Services Manager
> Boston Public Library
>
> scolf...@bpl.org
> Phone 617.859.2399
> Mobile 617.592.8669
> Fax 617.536.7558
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] audio transcription software

[Ryan Eby]

depending on your budget there are quite a few services available to
do it for you. some include time-code information depending on what
interfaces you want to build.

came across this list in someone's delicious feed on here:

http://www.uiaccess.com/transcripts/transcript_services.html

eby

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Eric Lease Morgan  wrote:
> Does anybody here use or know of any audio transcription software?
>
> We have a growing number of projects here at Notre Dame that include oral 
> histories. How can these digital files be converted into plain text? Audio 
> transcription software may be the answer?
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
> University of Notre Dame
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] NoSQL - is this a real thing or a flash in the pan?

[Ryan Eby]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Jonathan Rochkind  wrote:
> Yeah, I may have gotten it completely wrong.
>
> Okay, help this grasshopper (possibly by pointing me to relevant
> documentation), what's the difference between "document-based" and
> "key-value store"?  When I've looked at CouchDB before, despite it
> describing itself as "document based", I haven't been able to tell what the
> difference is between it and a "key value store".  It seemed to support
> storing a "document" by key, and retrieving it by key.  It didn't seem to
> _do_ anything special with the document other than storing it there (maybe
> it DOES, but I missed it?).  So you can call it a "document" instead of a
> "value", but I couldn't figure out how that differed from a key-value store.
>

I'm guessing just scope and focus. You could use mysql as document or
key-value store. Each row a document w/ collection of keys (column)
and values. But what you can do with the data really defines it. Redis
has collections of key/values but they are termed sets and lists and
the functions you have to work with them (like intersections, pop,
put, etc) center around that type of construct. Couchdb has
collections of key/values (json datatypes) but some of the functions
tend to be "document" oriented w/ revisions and updates being centered
around the whole json record versus just pairs within it.

You could put your logs, marc records broken out by fields or
arrays/hashes (types in couchdb) in any of them but the approach each
takes would limit you (or empower you) differently.

eby

Re: [CODE4LIB] NoSQL - is this a real thing or a flash in the pan?

[Ryan Eby]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Thomas Dowling  wrote:
> So let's say (hypothetically, of course) that a colleague tells you he's
> considering a NoSQL database like MongoDB or CouchDB, to store a couple
> tens of millions of "documents", where a document is pretty much an
> article citation, abstract, and the location of full text (not the full
> text itself).  Would your reaction be:
>

There's really two reactions in here. One about NoSQL and the other
about your colleague.

As for NoSQL i would be on the side that the ecosystem is here to stay
although individual projects may or may not take off/evolve. The best
description I've seen about nosql as a whole is "choice"[1]. Not
having to shove everything in a similar style database for every
project and making the database fit the data/use. Theres a large
number of projects now, each with their own priorities and the
trade-offs they've made to reach them. Some care about consistency,
others "eventual consistency" is good enough and others go as far as
distributed transactions over nodes. Some do lazy writes to disk,
others not. How you query your data also varies quite a bit with
sql-like, map/reduce, hadoop, etc.

>From your brief description it sounds like quite a few projects could
fit the bill, including rdbms-types, and which one you want would
probably depend on what you think you might do in the future. If you
foresee yourself having lots of fields that might only cover certain
subsets of the dataset then couchdb or the like are probably worth
looking at.

As for the colleague, I guess the question is why? If it is because of
trendiness then "Bwahahahah!!!" might be the best answer. But I'm
guessing they've thought about the data and what benefits they would
get out of the backend.

[1] http://blog.couch.io/post/511008668/nosql-is-about

Re: [CODE4LIB] ILS short list

[Ryan Eby]

I should add that as of 2009 release III now has a My Millennium api
product that gives access to the user info. Fines and other api
available as product for previous version.

http://www.iii.com/products/patron_web_services.shtml

The rest of the info I got in 2007 from asking in #code4lib. I guess I
should be happy that things have improved in just a few years.

eby

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Ziso, Ya'aqov  wrote:
> Ed, Eric, Bill, please confirm) to my knowledge ALEPH had API to BIB, AUTH, 
> HOLD, ITEM since version 16+
> Ya’aqov
>
>
>
>
> On 4/8/10 2:47 PM, "Bill Dueber"  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Ryan Eby  wrote:
>>> Unicorn
>>> * Export
>>> Built in. MARC21 or flat file formats. Unicode support is available as an
>>> extra.
>>
>> "...as an extra"??? This is the saddest thing I've ready all day.
>>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] ILS short list

[Ryan Eby]

It would probably be worth putting your findings on the code4lib wiki
if you end up getting very far.

I had started a list awhile ago but never got around to getting more
info/completing it. Here's what I have so far based on talking with
people. The information may be out of date:

Evergreen and Koha both have database access and various API's. Not
sure on the hosted liblime koha.

Voyager
*Export
Built in. Can export Marc with bib, holdings and authorities records,
though marc is often mangled (from person i talked to).
*Database Access
Built in. Uses Oracle and also provides entity-relationship diagrams
and some pre-build "views" to help in development. Believe the oracle
license is also included in the base price. Access is read-only.
*API's and Web Services
Built in. z39 access, however with SQL access you could likely build
the API you need.

Unicorn
* Export
Built in. MARC21 or flat file formats. Unicode support is available as an extra.
* Database Access
Mixed. No access to the embedded Informix database by default; API
training is necessary for read-only access. Oracle is an extra option,
but that only gives you a read-only license. For write access, you
need a full Oracle license. SQL schema is supplied if you purchase API
training.
* API's and Web Services
Mixed. Z39.50 is offered (not sure if it's an extra). "API access" is
an extra - basically you pay for docs of Unix-like commands and the
ability to pay for API support if you screw up. API training also
gives you some access to the client/server wire protocol so you can
roll your own. No Web services. Utterly unusable XML API (it basically
wraps the wire protocol with no abstraction).

Innovative
* Export
Built In. Can dump Marc or CSV files of specific field data
* Database Access
Extra. There is a Oracle option with an additional cost with the
default being a proprietary database without access. From what I've
heard the Oracle tables are not documented overly well. There also
appears to be mysql used for some data as well.
*API's and Web Services
Extra. Z39 is offered as a product. There used to be an XML server but
this appears to have been discontinued. There appears to be more web
services in the works though they also appear to be additional
products. XRecord is built in but doesn't easily allow access to
attached items given a bib

eby

> Anna Headley wrote:
>>
>> I am looking to find or create a shortlist of ILSes, open or proprietary,
>> that provide API access to bibliographic and item-level data.  I am really
>> only looking for ILSes that are used by academic libraries.
>>
>> Do you know of any resources that might be helpful?  I started with
>> Marshall Breeding's 2009 Perceptions report, but it doesn't include much
>> information about a given ILS.
>>
>> Or, do you use such an ILS in your library?
>>
>> So far my list is: Evergreen
>>
>> Thank you!!
>> Anna
>>
>>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] open source software ideascale

[Ryan Eby]

I'm guessing that you are, but I'm wondering if you plan on compiling
some of the comments and votes and writing more about them. I'd hate
to see some of these comments go the way of a survey.

eby

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Eric Lease Morgan  wrote:
> On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:52 AM, David Kane wrote:
>
>>> http://libraryideaforum.ideascale.com/
>>
>> Is this to do with crowdsourcing funding for projects.
>
>
> Well, no, not really. If I understand the question, I don't think so. It has 
> more to do with the validation of some ideas some of friends mine and I have. 
> We want to see if we are off our rocker or not.
>
> --
> Eric Morgan
>

[CODE4LIB] Print Management Software Options

[Ryan Eby]

I'm interested in knowing what everyone is using for print management
and cost recovery for public printing. We're currently using Pharos
but I'd like to see what else is out there. I don't really have any
requirements other than preferably available separate from any
computer management system. Mostly just interested in what is out
there and personal opinions of the product.

I'd be especially interested in any OSS options. I've come across a
few CUPS/lpr based systems (http://print.ncsu.edu/ and
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1027802.1027849) but there doesn't appear
to be any code release associated with them.

Eby

Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?

[Ryan Eby]

Only thing I would add is that for the detroit crossing coming back
into the US it seems that "library conference" as your reason is an
automatic trunk search as it has happened both times I've mentioned
it.

eby.

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:28 PM, John Fereira  wrote:
> David Fiander wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure, but everybody entering the US is required to present a
>> passport or other "enhanced" ID, so if the Americans don't have
>> passports, it's more that they can't go home without.
>>
>
> It's good that this is being discussed now.  It would be a shame to have
> someone not be able to attend because they didn't have adequate documents.
>  There *are* immigration sites for both the U.S. and Canada that can provide
> up to date information regarding required documents.  I was suggest using
> those sites rather than speculate about what might be required based on
> responses in this thread.  That said, I probably should check my passport to
> see when it expires.  In addition to the likely trip to Montpellier, there
> is a fairly high chance that'll be going to Tanzania on business as well.
>
> I have taken the 1000 Island Bridge (incredibly scenic for those that
> haven't done it) and have also taken the Wolf Island Ferries.  I've probably
> traveled to/from Canada 6-7 times and  got more scrutiny at the Wolf Island
> crossing than any other spot.
>
> Ride sharing is a good idea.  With enough people coming from some areas
> renting a van might even be a viable option.
>
> --
> John Fereira
> Cornell University
> Twitter: @john_fereira
> Google Wave: fere...@googlewave.com
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Long way to be a good coder in library

[Ryan Eby]

There is a lot to learn but as like any noise filled room you'll probably
just need to learn to filter out the conversations/technologies that you're
not interested in/don't apply. I agree with most if not all i've read in
this conversation, especially with what edsu and david c. had to say.
Technologies aside I think what you'll find is that everyone in code4lib is
solving a problem for their area and all of them have problems they have yet
to get to, many of which may or may not be applicable to your situation. I
think the key is identifying what you see as the problems facing your
library or worklife. With that you'll come across the many technologies that
might assist you, and with them, the others in the group grappling the same
problems (the big win imho). I think the diversity of code4lib is one of its
strong assets and even if you have a very niche issue you're trying to think
about, there are no shortage of opinions or bastards.

If you're ever unsure whether something is worth your time I have no doubt
someone will answer the call of "why should i care about X". Even if you
don't learn everything mentioned you'll still be short on time to learn what
you want to.

eby

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Wayne Lam  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>  I am new in here and i am currently worked in the library too.
> I am always confused that when i read the post in here, there are always
> something i don't understand
> and there are so much to learn.
>  So, the question is, hows everybody learns to be a good coder for
> libraries, what s the secret and what
> kind of technology are most important to learn?
>
> thanks
>
> Wayne
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] BISAC Subject Headings Lookup or Crosswalk

[Ryan Eby]

Yep, I caught the license information but it appeared that they didn't
really have much more than a list for you to use locally. More or less
stated how you line up their headings with your local items is up to
you. Probably won't pursue the cost until I know that it can be done
programmatically versus human recataloging.

eby

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Roy Tennant  wrote:
> The BISG licenses BISAC to institutions that want to incorporate the
> terminology into their "internal systems"[1]. I'm not sure what this means
> for API access. But an email to the BISG seems the minimum of due diligence.
> Roy
>
> [1] http://www.bisg.org/standards/bisac_subject/license.html
>
> On 1/21/09 1/21/09 € 9:12 AM, "Ryan Eby"  wrote:
>
>> I was wondering if anyone knows of a good BISAC Subject Headings
>> source for looking up a recommended BISAC based on ISBN, LCSH, etc.
>> I've found some pages on oclc.org saying they were starting work on
>> crosswalks and possibly including them in WorldCat but I haven't seen
>> any returned in any WorldCat api calls yet. I've also read that ONIX
>> records often have a BISAC code, is there a good source that might
>> cover many publishers?
>>
>> http://www.bisg.org/standards/bisac_subject/index.html
>>
>> http://www.oclc.org/dewey/updates/numbers/
>>
>> eby
>>
>
> --
>

[CODE4LIB] BISAC Subject Headings Lookup or Crosswalk

[Ryan Eby]

I was wondering if anyone knows of a good BISAC Subject Headings
source for looking up a recommended BISAC based on ISBN, LCSH, etc.
I've found some pages on oclc.org saying they were starting work on
crosswalks and possibly including them in WorldCat but I haven't seen
any returned in any WorldCat api calls yet. I've also read that ONIX
records often have a BISAC code, is there a good source that might
cover many publishers?

http://www.bisg.org/standards/bisac_subject/index.html

http://www.oclc.org/dewey/updates/numbers/

eby

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2009 conference registration is *open*

[Ryan Eby]

Is the a count of current registrations somewhere? I remember there
being one last year I think.

eby

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Wick, Ryan  wrote:
> I'm stuck on the first page. I have everything filled out, pre-confs
> selected, but when I click the "Continue to confirmation" button, the
> page reloads, and there is no error at all. Just all my information like
> I had it.
>
> Ryan Wick
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of
> Birkin James Diana
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:03 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2009 conference registration is *open*
>
> Y'all let me know if you experience any glitches.
>
> 
>
> ---
> Birkin James Diana
> Programmer, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library
> birkin_di...@brown.edu
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Video update: editing finished, posting and archive.org remain

[Ryan Eby]

I believe I've linked and embedded all the videos of talks and
lightning talks for all 3 days. Let me know if I missed any. I'm going
to try to rip mp3's and set up a podcast atom feed in the near future.
Thanks for all the work Noel!

eby

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The video editing is now finished, after various nefarious setbacks. The
> video is available here for the time being:
>   http://pierce.eou.edu/code4lib08/index.php?dir=video
> Ryan has most of it uploaded to Google and will soon have it all
> embedded on code4lib.org.
>
> Lastly I'll be exporting to MPEG2 in the background and uploading it all
> to archive.org.
>
> Regards,
> Noel
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] place for code examples?

[Ryan Eby]

Just catching up now on Code4Lib emails. I threw this idea around
awhile back in #code4lib and it seemed like most thought people used
their own blog for snippets and code hosts for real projects and it
wasn't worth doing. I was thinking wiki for code snippets with maybe
svn for various small libraries / hacks. At the time I was looking at
just using trac so the two would be together.

If there's enough movement for just the snippets parts then I agree
with others that dokuwiki or drupal category would probably be useful.

Eby

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Keith Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does there already exist some place to put some code examples to share
> with the code4lib community?  (I'm thinking of snippets somewhere on
> the order of 10-100 lines, like the definition of a php function.)
>
> Keith
>

[CODE4LIB] Another Video Update

[Ryan Eby]

FYI, all of the first and second day presentations, first day
lightning talks and most of second day lightning talks are now
embedded or linked on the Code4Lib site. Let me know if I missed
anything or put incorrect links. Not everything processed in order and
I tried to get them up as quick as possible.

Eby

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.org hosting

[Ryan Eby]

There's too many argument off-shoots so I'll just sum up my overly
personal opinions here.

* I agree with Ross and Co. about their concerns. When I offered AADL
as a possibility I was doing more so for the short term to get a site
up and running at least until the conference. Long-term I think would
require some binding agreement to make it palatable at any
institution, even a university. I think AADL, OSU, etc would all be
stop-gaps at the most in the short-term.

* I think in the long-run it would make sense to either revisit the
idea of non-profit status or find a paid colo host and include the
cost either in the yearly conference or by donations. I think this
thread shows that there needs to be something resembling governance.
Getting someone to admin the box would be another challenge.

* I didn't argue that much in channel truthfully because I didn't have
an alternative to bring to the table which I thought was workable. It
sounds like dchud has more experiences to give input on.

* Hosting at a vendor that may be criticized, I think is an obviously
not great idea. Which is another concern for any library that offers.
This is why I don't believe aadl would not be a long-term solution as
stands and I'm weary of others. I think many in the community see it
as a source of trustful information and might see sponsorship or
hosting as a possible compromise of that trust.

* In the end I think this is more a problem with what people think of
the community, their responsibilities in the community and the future
of code4lib then a simple hosting problem. Democracies seem to involve
more work.

* The core system was pretty much up to date on anvil, the web apps
mostly weren't as can be expected with independent users. Any proposal
should probably include details and who is responsible for software
upgrades such as the code4lib site and what is expected.

I'm game for whatever the community decides.

Eby

On 8/2/07, Ross Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This much more soundly articulates my concern (I was using university
> counsel as an example, but anyone in the chain can potentially disrupt
> this entire community for whatever their reason).
>
> Ed and I actually shared this concern (well, I did and Ed was probably
> idle and wasn't disagreeing).  We saw something similar recently:
> John Blyberg had offered a similar sort of hosting service at AADL.  I
> asked him about what would happen to said service if, on the odd
> chance, he were to leave.  He was rather vague about it, but said it
> would be the responsibility of his successor.  About two weeks later
> he announced his resignation and there has been nothing about this
> (that I know of) since.  Maybe Ryan Eby has more info here.  This
> isn't a criticism of Blyberg, AADL or good intentions.  It's just
> reality.  And I think it illustrates the point perfectly.
>
> -Ross.
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Z39.50 for III Database?

[Ryan Eby]

Birkin,

Definitely welcome. I saw the JSON webservice noted on the Simplifying
ILL page and wondered if you were releasing the code. Thanks for
sharing.

Ryan Eby

On 5/8/07, Birkin James Diana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip

It's likely not as extensible as David's terrific code, since mine
uses in some places super-specific screen-scraping markers to get the
data I want, but I hope its useful to folk.

<http://dl.lib.brown.edu/code/iii_opac_webservice.zip>

<http://128.148.7.210/~birkin/wikinotes/doku.php?
id=public:soa_josiah_status>

-Birkin

---
Birkin James Diana
Programmer, Integrated Technology Services
Brown University Library
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [CODE4LIB] Z39.50 for III Database?

[Ryan Eby]

I've used David's php code and it's quite nice. It parses the marc
view based on the bib number and converts it to MarcXML but also
includes the status information from the bottom of the marc view.
Makes it rather easy to build the item display you want and gives you
all the data you need, live. Presuming that's what Dave just shared.

Eby

On 5/2/07, Walker, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Here is the class code for my screen scraper.  Rather simple, but can be useful 
in certain cases.

http://xerxes.calstate.edu/source/iii/InnopacWeb.zip

--Dave

---
David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

[Ryan Eby]

There is actually already a OJS sandbox installation on Code4Lib.
Jonathan Rochkind appears to be getting things organized so if anyone
really wants to help you should probably talk to him.

Eby

On 4/16/07, Bigwood, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

When considering tools, the PKP (Public Knowledge Project) in Canada has
an open-source toolkit for publishing a journal. It includes tools for
submission, peer-review, editing and publishing.

Sincerely,
David Bigwood
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lunar and Planetary Institute

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

[Ryan Eby]

If your interested then pop on channel or let me know. I threw
together a OJS sandbox for jrochkind to play with on the code4lib
site.

Eby

On 4/12/07, Eric Lease Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Apr 11, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:

> I think such a journal could play a really important role, currently
> lacking, in the library community


I would like to participate in the creation of code4LibJour, or
whatever. For a limited period of time I would be willing to spend
time on an editorial board, and I would be able to initially
contribute content as well. Count me in.

--
Eric Lease Morgan
University Libraries of Notre Dame

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

[Ryan Eby]

Perhaps we could start by putting together a few "anthology" issues
similar to what was planned as the lulu/print anthologies that Dchud
started organizing? While planet and code4lib can act as it, I think
it would work best with the issue-like system similar to a journal.

Eby

On 4/11/07, Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

What I would envision is something occupying a space in between a
traditional print journal and the diffuse collection of blog entries and
IRC chats etc. that makes up our communities current communications.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

[Ryan Eby]

Here's the original thread of 02/2006 for anyone who's interested:

http://www.mail-archive.com/code4lib@listserv.nd.edu/msg00235.html

eby

On 4/11/07, Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I think it was this past summer that there was some energy on starting a
'Code4Lib journal', that seems to have died out.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

[Ryan Eby]

Well I don't think there was any real interest in having a journal on
the level of an actual publisher. It seemed more on the alignment of
something like First Monday but with even less structure/schedule.

From what I remember, which may be wrong, it was more of a collection

of community output and not a competitor to any existing items. It
would be more informal like the anthology project, though I could see
some people then taking their work and republishing it elsewhere more
formally.

Again maybe I'm mistaken but I don't think anyone was planning on
actually starting a full-fledged journal on Elsevier or the like. Just
expanding already great blog posts or internal papers into something
that could benefit the community. I think it was discussed on this
list so the archives should probably share more.

I thought there was a page on the wiki but can't find it now.

Eby

On 4/11/07, Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Rather than create something new, is it worth looking at ways to align this
need with existing infrastructure at Ariadne, D-Lib, etc?

Maybe even get some of those evil vendors to underwrite some of the costs,
in the name of nurturing market innovation, etc?

Or is the need actually already filled/fillable by sites like code4lib.org,
tdn.talis.com, etc, and all of our individual blogs?

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

[Ryan Eby]

I think there was also a plan for an anthology that could be wrapped
into the first few issues. I'm not sure if that project fizzled or not
either. The woes of a volunteer force with little free time.

I also think Open Journal System was debated for use, as a few people
on irc are hacking away on it anyways and it seems quite nice.

I'm still interested in the idea and I could probably set up an
installation on code4lib in the near future if people are interested
and approve. journal.code4lib.org I think would be appropriate.

Eby

On 4/11/07, Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I think it was this past summer that there was some energy on starting a
'Code4Lib journal', that seems to have died out.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Unicode from MySQL display problem

[Ryan Eby]

Don't have experience but a search showed that you may have to set-up
your mysql connection from PHP to use utf8 as php isn't good with
unicode. They recommended this:

$result = mysql_query('SET NAMES utf8;');
$result = mysql_query('SET CHARACTER_SET utf8;');

You can apparently also set up your mysql to default all connections
to utf8. Here was where I found it:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/Q_21957635.html

Eby

On 4/10/07, Andrew Darby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hello, all.  I'm going a little crazy with getting some unicode data
from MySQL to display properly in a web page, and wondered if you had
any ideas.

The records are in MySQL (4.1.21) with a utf8_unicode_ci collation.
When I view in phpmyadmin, everything looks fine.  If I run my query
in phpmyadmin, everything still looks fine, I can cut and paste the
record into the web page, and it displays fine, but when I grab the
data from MySQL it conks out:

http://www.ithacalibrary.com/research/unicode_test.php

I assume the problem is with my query or the connection, but I'm not
sure how I should do it.  I've tried explicitly setting the character
set like so:

SET names = 'utf8_unicodel_ci';
SET CHARACTER SET 'utf8_unicode_ci'

But this is voodoo to me--just saw it somewhere on the internets.

Am I missing something obvious?  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Andrew

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2007 Podcast and More

[Ryan Eby]

iTunes and the like shouldn't have a problem though, I should note.
Just the flash players.

Eby

On 4/3/07, Ryan Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Nope, that's my fault. I apparently didn't choose CBR for all of them.
Flash doesn't support VBR and makes it sound like chipmunks. Sorry
about that. I'll try to fix them as soon as possible.

Eby

On 4/3/07, Mark Sandford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to listen to them, and they seem to be playing at high
> speeds.  Everyone sounds like a Disney character.  Something on my
> end, or Odeo's?  Or is that what lightening talks REALLY mean?
>
>
> --
> Mark Sandford
> Special Formats Cataloger
> William Paterson University
> (973)270-2437
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> On 4/3/07, Ryan Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well I was in the process of doing a nice metadata rich ATOM feed but
> > then realized people have waited long enough. Took 20 minutes but here
> > is an Odeo podcast for the Code4Lib 2007 presentations. Lightning
> > talks forthcoming.
> >
> > http://odeo.com/channel/368053/view
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2007 Podcast and More

[Ryan Eby]

Nope, that's my fault. I apparently didn't choose CBR for all of them.
Flash doesn't support VBR and makes it sound like chipmunks. Sorry
about that. I'll try to fix them as soon as possible.

Eby

On 4/3/07, Mark Sandford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I'm trying to listen to them, and they seem to be playing at high
speeds.  Everyone sounds like a Disney character.  Something on my
end, or Odeo's?  Or is that what lightening talks REALLY mean?


--
Mark Sandford
Special Formats Cataloger
William Paterson University
(973)270-2437
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


On 4/3/07, Ryan Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well I was in the process of doing a nice metadata rich ATOM feed but
> then realized people have waited long enough. Took 20 minutes but here
> is an Odeo podcast for the Code4Lib 2007 presentations. Lightning
> talks forthcoming.
>
> http://odeo.com/channel/368053/view
>

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2007 Podcast and More

[Ryan Eby]

Well I was in the process of doing a nice metadata rich ATOM feed but
then realized people have waited long enough. Took 20 minutes but here
is an Odeo podcast for the Code4Lib 2007 presentations. Lightning
talks forthcoming.

http://odeo.com/channel/368053/view

Odeo has the benefit that you can embed the audio with flash as well.
I added the descriptions so iTunes should pick everything up. Let me
know if anything is wrong.

Also it came up that it would be nice to have the slides in the video
cast. I did the next best thing and embedded SlideShare versions on
the presentation pages that had powerpoints or PDFs. If your screen is
large enough you should be able to play the Google video and move
yourself through the slides.

Sorry for the delay. I'll probably bring more out in the future.

Eby

Re: [CODE4LIB] not munging reply-to (was Re: [CODE4LIB] E-Resource Access & Management Services)

[Ryan Eby]

It's slow but you should be able to change your settings here, once
you have a password:

http://listserv.nd.edu/

It's actually been too slow once I get to a list for me to confirm.

Eby

On 4/2/07, Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Oh dear $deity:

Given the impossibility of elevating one personal preference to
universal satisfaction, would someone please step up and develop an
extension to the mailing list preference settings so that each
individual subscriber can set the reply-to behaviour to match their own
desired behaviour? Lists offer ACK / NOACK on a per-subscriber basis,
surely this is possible.

Dan Scott
Negotiating treaties for religious wars since 2007
--

Systems Librarian,
Bibliothèque J.N. Desmarais Library
Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne

Phone: 705-675-1151 x3315

>>> On 30/03/2007 at 3:36 pm, Ed Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -0
>
> There are strong religious arguments on both sides of this
issue...and
> they are both equally boring.
>
> //Ed

Re: [CODE4LIB] Please remove me from mailing list

[Ryan Eby]

On 3/31/07, Ed Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On 3/31/07, K.G. Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "The requested URL /mailing-lists/code4lib/ was not found on this server."

Eric, any ideas where the maling-list archive went?


Maybe the archivists got to it.



> Poor, poor hungry fleabitten kitten... call the ASPCA, *STAT!*

Heh, now I want to unsubscribe too :-) I guess it was inevitable that
this would eventually turn into web4lib...


And for some reason I thought this moved to google groups. Too many lists.

Maybe we could change the "your message was delivered" to also include
instructions.



//Ed

Re: [CODE4LIB] not munging reply-to (was Re: [CODE4LIB] E-Resource Access & Management Services)

[Ryan Eby]

I wouldn't say harmful, unless you send sensitive information without
checking. At that point I think it's actually email that's harmful, or
anything without an undo. Neither option is ideal as someone will
likely have to change who they are sending to at least some of the
time. However, I think code4lib has mostly discussion that can be kept
on-list and probably should be. I'd rather inconvenience the few
unless there is compelling reason to inconvenience everyone.

Eby

On 3/30/07, Hilmar Lapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

It's not a charged issue, it's simply a harmful but entirely
unnecessary practice. For a much more eloquent explanation, see for
example

http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html

Besides, not all email clients have a reply-to-sender feature (mine -
Apple Mail - for example doesn't), but practically all have a reply-
to-all feature.

-hilmar


On Mar 30, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Erik Hatcher wrote:

> On Mar 30, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Daniel Chudnov wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Ross Singer wrote:
>>
>>> Well that probably didn't need to go to the whole world, but there
>>> you go.
>>
>> /me votes for turning off reply-to munging on this list.
>
> -1   - replies should go to lists.  :)   i know, i know, its a very
> charged issue, but i feel strongly that an e-mail list is about
> community and i can easily hit reply-to-sender in my mail interface
> if i want to send something privately.   and i am very aware that
> others feel strongly on the opposite side of this issue.
>
>Erik

--
===
: Hilmar Lapp  -:-  Durham, NC  -:- hlapp at duke dot edu :
===

Re: [CODE4LIB] Using OpenID in libraries

[Ryan Eby]

I haven't seen much in library world outside of some talk/discussion.
I did come across one academia that did implement it:

http://blog.case.edu/jms18/2007/03/09/openid_server_integrated_with_cas

Not sure if it's taken off much otherwise in the academic or public
sector. I think quite a few are lucky to get any authentication
working well.

Ryan

On 3/22/07, William Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I hadn't been too clear on OpenID but a week or two ago I listened to a
recording of a talk about that explained it well.  I can't find it again,
unfortunately, but you can take my word for it that it was pretty good.

Is OpenID being used in libraries?  It struck me that it could work well
for library systems that share resources: two systems that are part of the
same consortium or provincial/state system; two neighbouring public
systems that let people from one borrow at the other; academic libraries
that want to make it easy for visiting profs and grad students to get
temporary access to online resources; etc.

Say I live in Lower Mowat but one day I'm in Upper Mowat, in the next
municipality (or county, or whatever) over, visiting my tailor.  The two
library systems are separate but share their resources.  I pop into the
library to update my Twittering friends on my inseam measurement.  I don't
actually have an account at the Upper Mowat Library, but I log in to one
of their computers using my Lower Mowat-supplied OpenID identifier, and
the Upper Mowat system recognizes where I'm from and gives me access to
everything.

Bill
--
William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org : frbr.org : openfrbr.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request

[Ryan Eby]

I'm working on that as we speak. I'll probably do two, one for
lightning talks and one for presentations. There should be audio for
all the presentations on the site, I finished that yesterday.
Lightning talks forthcoming.

Ryan Eby

On 3/18/07, Tom Keays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On 3/16/07, Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Slides schmides.  :)

While Noel is cooking up the mashup, may I place a request for a
podcast-enabled RSS feed on the audio versions of the presentations?

Generally, presentation slides are not all that necessary unless they
are showing some critical data or a have a screenshot of a website.
Even then, I find I can generally fill it in well enough by replaying
the audio. If stumped, I can alway dredge up the PPT or play the
video.

Thanks for considering.
--
Tom

Re: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request

[Ryan Eby]

On 3/16/07, Smith,Devon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 2. Two camera's so the person at the podium can be composed inside
their slides / demos.

If I understand this, you're thinking that one camera would capture the
speaker, and the other would capture the slide presentation.

If it's possible, wouldn't it be better to put the slides directly into
the video, rather than showing video of the projected slides?
Screen capture could give the same option for demos, right?



I actually started to do this with one of the videos but found the
import process to the various software was rather time consuming. It
was also slightly difficult to tell when the slide changes occured
100%. Screen capture is an idea.

I'm not sure which options are best. My guess is that there is
software that makes it easier to combine DV streams then to do stuff
after the encoding, but maybe I'm wrong. The software probably isn't
cheap either.

Eby

Re: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request

[Ryan Eby]

Yes, I'm ripping the audio as well. I had stopped doing it temporarily
to focus on getting all the videos up. I'm also working on some
pod/vod casts.

I have to say npeden++ for splitting everything up. It makes
everything much easier.

Ryan

On 3/16/07, Tom Keays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Thanks++

I wasn't able to attend the conference this year despite my best
intentions. Having the videos is the next best thing. The quality is
excellent and the pages are very well put together. Thanks for all
that hard work.

Question: Some of the presentations have MP3 counterparts. Is there an
intent to supply audio only versions for all of them eventually?

Tom

Re: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request

[Ryan Eby]

I also thought of this the other day. I was thinking maybe we should
send an announcement to the various mailing lists that we sent the
original code4lib 2007 announcements to. There were probably quite a
few people on the various lists that were interested but couldn't go.
Unfortunately I don't remember which ones were sent to.

Ryan Eby

On 3/16/07, K.G. Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

One way we can express our appreciation (and I know from my home camcorder
efforts that taping is easy... encoding etc., that's the slog) is to tell
people about this far and wide. I plan to do a hat trick and blog it on my
home, work, and professional-writing blog.

kgs

> This is so wonderful to have the video available that I have a hard time
> figuring out how to express my appreciation. Being able to relive the
> conference (for those of us who were there), or to experience it for the
> first time (for those of us who were not) is incredibly cool. As someone
> who
> was there, but was unable to pay complete attention to the lightning talk
> speakers due to management responsibilities, this allows me to more fully
> experience the conference. It also provides me with the opportunity to
> more
> fully share it with my colleagues. Thank you Noel, Ryan, Karen, and
> everyone
> who was involved with making this possible. It totally raises the bar on
> future confernces, but in a good way. I hope we can continue to make this
> content available in such a way. It will certainly make the impact of the
> vent much more broad-based long-lasting. Thanks,
> Roy
>
> On 3/15/07 2:49 PM, "Ryan Eby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > All videos are now uploaded for download and linked to from the
> > Presentation and Lightning Talk pages. Let me know if you notice
> > anything incorrect. Google is slowly churning through the processing
> > so those should be on there within a day or so.
> >
> > Eby
> >
> > On 3/15/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> The video editing and encoding is now done.  There's still more work to
> >> post them on Google, but we should be over half-way.  Dan / Roy, the
> >> feedback session is also up under "Other" in Day 3:
> >> http://pierce.eou.edu/code4lib
> >> This url is temporary.  Once everything is up on code4lib, this page
> >> will go away.
> >>
> >> Mashup ideas: I will probably, some time next week, do a mashup of the
> >> conference.  If there are any fun quotes or other things people
> remember
> >> that ought to be in there, let me know.  I'll grab photos from flicker
> >> (send others if you have 'em.)
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Noel
> >>
> >> Noel Peden
> >> Pierce Library System Administrator
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> 541.962.3017
> >>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about conference video

[Ryan Eby]

I just looked at it and I see the embedded video. I did just add some
recently. Can you try reloading the page and see if its there?

Eby

On 3/15/07, Joan Starr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Question: I notice that on my conference page
(http://code4lib.org/2007/starr), the "view video" option isn't there,
they way it is on other conference pages. Is this because I need to take
the step of uploading it to Google and then embedding it?

--Joan Starr

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Noel Peden
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:42 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request

Hi all,

The video editing and encoding is now done.  There's still more work to
post them on Google, but we should be over half-way.  Dan / Roy, the
feedback session is also up under "Other" in Day 3:
http://pierce.eou.edu/code4lib
This url is temporary.  Once everything is up on code4lib, this page
will go away.

Mashup ideas: I will probably, some time next week, do a mashup of the
conference.  If there are any fun quotes or other things people remember
that ought to be in there, let me know.  I'll grab photos from flicker
(send others if you have 'em.)

Regards,
Noel

Noel Peden
Pierce Library System Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request

[Ryan Eby]

All videos are now uploaded for download and linked to from the
Presentation and Lightning Talk pages. Let me know if you notice
anything incorrect. Google is slowly churning through the processing
so those should be on there within a day or so.

Eby

On 3/15/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi all,

The video editing and encoding is now done.  There's still more work to
post them on Google, but we should be over half-way.  Dan / Roy, the
feedback session is also up under "Other" in Day 3:
http://pierce.eou.edu/code4lib
This url is temporary.  Once everything is up on code4lib, this page
will go away.

Mashup ideas: I will probably, some time next week, do a mashup of the
conference.  If there are any fun quotes or other things people remember
that ought to be in there, let me know.  I'll grab photos from flicker
(send others if you have 'em.)

Regards,
Noel

Noel Peden
Pierce Library System Administrator
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos

[Ryan Eby]

Day 1 is now on code4lib and google video, including the lightning
talks. From the code4lib frontpage:

The video from Day 1 for Code4Lib 2007 has been uploaded for
downloading and on Google Video. This includes all lightning talks.
You can view or download from the presentation pages accessible from
the conference schedule.

If you want a version for your ipod or PSP then you should be able to
download a version from Google Video. Embedding is also enabled. Feel
free to rate or tag the videos. Podcasts will be forthcoming once the
other days are done.

If you notice any problems with the videos please let us know. I was
uploading and linking them rather quickly so I would not be surprised
if there is a mixup or two. I'm on channel or just comment here. Again
thanks goes to Noel Peden (npeden) for doing the heavy lifting of
editing and encoding.

Eby

On 3/13/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Day 1 is finally all encoded and posted here (temporarily):
http://pierce.eou.edu/code4lib

Several from Day 2 are there too.  They are all, as time permits, being
mirrored by Ryan Eby, uploaded to google video, and embedded on
code4lib.org.  eby++.

Regards,
Noel

Noel Peden
Pierce Library System Administrator
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos

[Ryan Eby]

I did dump the audio to MP3 though I didn't do any cleaning of the
audio and didn't optimize anything (128k, etc). The link is available
on the presentation page:

http://code4lib.org/2007/schneider

I could probably re-encode to a more optimized file if there is interest.

Eby

On 3/11/07, K.G. Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



Btw, one reason I begged my own tape back is I plan to run it through my own
video software and lift off the sound track. I think I will come across
better as a podcast because in the video I'm Karen, The Talking Podium (uh,
maybe scrounge a box for us tiny people, ok? If you ever invite Liz Lawley
to speak, she'll have the same problem). Plus an mp3 is lighter-weight. But
I admit I enjoy watching myself on video. It makes for a very cool trip
report ("See this link") ;-)

Karen G. Schneider
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos

[Ryan Eby]

I've also dumped and converted the audio from the files to MP3 for
those who would prefer to take some audio with them. Not sure why I
didn't think of it before. The 4 presentations that are up have both
the video and audio linked to as well as embedded video. If someone
wants subtitles, they're on their own.

eby

On 3/9/07, Roy Tennant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I just want to reflect on the fact that how the videotaping and the
aftermath of the videotaping is the essence of code4lib. From beginning to
end (not there yet, but soon), it has been a volunteer effort by an ad hoc
group of willing individuals. People came forward to do it, and are still
working to complete it.

At minimum, Karen Schneider, Noel Peden, and Ryan Eby have been involved
with taping, editing, and mounting on the web all of the talks from the
conference. Others have also done bits here and there. It has been wonderful
to watch and amazing in its nature and effectiveness.

I think one of our greatest challenges as a group is how to enable such ad
hoc involvement while not letting things fall through the cracks with too
little planning and forethought. I guess a part of it is making sure
everyone knows that there is no such thing as an "in" group that controls
everything. We are all code4lib. Just step forward and contribute. We'll
love you for it.
Roy


On 3/9/07 4:55 PM, "Ryan Eby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I should have mentioned that I'm tagging them as I go:
>
> http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=label%3A%22code4lib2007%22
>
> eby
>
> On 3/9/07, Ryan Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Once the videos are uploaded to code4lib I'll add links if someone
>> else doesn't. For those that were finished so far I've uploaded them
>> to google so they can be embedded. Example:
>>
>> http://code4lib.org/2007/nagy
>>
>> Once everything is up I'll create some video podcasts. Let me know if
>> anyone has a problem with the embedding.
>>
>> Eby
>>
>> On 3/9/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Good idea.  I'll see about cutting/pasting from the schedule.
>>>
>>> Jeremy Dunck wrote:
>>>> On 3/9/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>> With several issues being 'solved', I'm finally starting to generate the
>>>>> final videos.
>>>>
>>>> If possible, could you give a synopsis of the video topic?
>>>>
>>>> The file name is one thing, but I don't know what Karen's keynote was
>>>> about, and I bet you'd save bandwidth if I didn't download them all to
>>>> find out.  :)
>>>
>>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos

[Ryan Eby]

I should have mentioned that I'm tagging them as I go:

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=label%3A%22code4lib2007%22

eby

On 3/9/07, Ryan Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Once the videos are uploaded to code4lib I'll add links if someone
else doesn't. For those that were finished so far I've uploaded them
to google so they can be embedded. Example:

http://code4lib.org/2007/nagy

Once everything is up I'll create some video podcasts. Let me know if
anyone has a problem with the embedding.

Eby

On 3/9/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good idea.  I'll see about cutting/pasting from the schedule.
>
> Jeremy Dunck wrote:
> > On 3/9/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> With several issues being 'solved', I'm finally starting to generate the
> >> final videos.
> >
> > If possible, could you give a synopsis of the video topic?
> >
> > The file name is one thing, but I don't know what Karen's keynote was
> > about, and I bet you'd save bandwidth if I didn't download them all to
> > find out.  :)
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos

[Ryan Eby]

Once the videos are uploaded to code4lib I'll add links if someone
else doesn't. For those that were finished so far I've uploaded them
to google so they can be embedded. Example:

http://code4lib.org/2007/nagy

Once everything is up I'll create some video podcasts. Let me know if
anyone has a problem with the embedding.

Eby

On 3/9/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Good idea.  I'll see about cutting/pasting from the schedule.

Jeremy Dunck wrote:
> On 3/9/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> With several issues being 'solved', I'm finally starting to generate the
>> final videos.
>
> If possible, could you give a synopsis of the video topic?
>
> The file name is one thing, but I don't know what Karen's keynote was
> about, and I bet you'd save bandwidth if I didn't download them all to
> find out.  :)

Re: [CODE4LIB] Posting files

[Ryan Eby]

The internet archive would work as suggested before. I'd also be
willing to host at MSU since there are no bandwidth restrictions. I
think code4lib could be usable but if it gets popular I'm not sure if
ksclarke gets charged for overage. We could also possibly upload it to
multiple places and maybe throw something up in drupal to
round-robin??? Not sure how easy. I'm not convinced yet that the wiki
would be the best place.

Eby

On 3/9/07, Noel Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Roy / others,

Where do we want to post the videos?  Where are the slides going?  I was
assuming we'd have all the files on the wiki conference page
(http://code4lib.org/trac/wiki/c4l2007).  I emailed Ed and he thinks
there's enough room for the larger format videos, which will total to
several hundred megabytes.  The small format should run between 100 &
200 megs.  Do we want to post both?

Incidentally, I don't have a wiki account.  I was wondering if I could
get one.  I'd like to link the videos as they are made.  The encoding is
a slow process.  The files will probably need to be posted with ftp or
scp.  I could do that if I had access.

Is there anyone who did not sign a release form?

Regards,
Noel

Noel Peden
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos?

[Ryan Eby]

If you like Coulton you might want to check out a couple of interviews
with him on the new Merlin Show:

http://www.themerlinshow.com/

eby

On 3/5/07, Rob Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/

Jonathan Coulton publishes all his work under a liberal CC license,
which feels appropriate. One of his biggest hits, which did the rounds a
few months back, was "Code Monkey", which also felt appropriate.

Perhaps a mashup of code4lib videos, photos and code monkey would be in
order?

rob

Rob Styles
Programme Manager, Data Services, Talis
tel: +44 (0)870 400 5000
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direct: +44 (0)870 400 5004
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Screencast editing advice?

[Ryan Eby]

I didn't follow this thread well but in case they haven't been
mentioned here are some bookmarks I had for screencast and osx:

http://soylentfoo.jnewland.com/articles/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-screencast-on-mac-os-x

http://bryght.com/blog/roland-tanglao/snapz-pro-x-screencast-colophon

Tips:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/2424

Linux related:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreencastTeam/RecordingScreencasts

The Mac specific ones seem to prefer the Snapz Pro X. I'm not sure
what the price difference between it and iShowU is. You could probably
do the VNC and VM methods regardless of OS.

Eby

On 3/7/07, [Karen Coombs] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Nathan,

I've played with a bunch of tools on the Mac. I use iShowU to make my 
screencasts, edit them in Quicktime and then will use VisualHub to translate 
from one format to another. That is if iShowU or Quicktime won't give me the 
format I want to end up with. I like iShowU because you can control lots of 
settings and there are some standard presets to help beginners.

If I was pickier I'd probably want something more high-end where I could lay a 
video and audio track seperately, but right now this works.

Karen

- Original Message -
From: Nathan Vack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 5:16 pm
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Screencast editing advice?
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU

> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking to add audio to (and generally tighten up) the screencast
> on installing the Bibapp, but I've found it to be surprisingly tricky
> on my Mac. I kind of expected to use iMovie, but it seems to be quite
> adamant that I produce one of a few resolutions (standard video
> sizes) at either 25 or 29.997 FPS. I'd rather not resample the video
> at all.
>
> Can anyone recommend something to this end? I'm willing to spend a
> little, but, say, Final Cut Express is probably of my budget (plus
> major feature overkill).
>
> Quicktime Pro, perhaps?
>
> Cheers,
> -Nate
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos of presentations?

[Ryan Eby]

I've uploaded rather large videos to Google so it may be an
alternative. Their download options are nice as well.

Eby

On 2/25/07, K.G. Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Please all take this as my consent. :-) I have my own camcorder, tripod,
and three or four tapes with me, and plan to do some myself.

re YouTube, to put up more than a short video you need a Director
account. Other than that it's a good medium.

Karen G. Schneider

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:40:38 -0500, "Edward Corrado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> I like the idea, as long as it is in an opt-in basis - which, of course,
> is what is being proposed. I do, however, think that having a formal
> piece of paper for speakers to read/sign would be a very good plan. Does
> anyone have a draft of such a disclaimer that we can use? Personally, I
> would submit to this for my lightning talk as long as the end product is
> being released under an "open access" license. Personally, I'd be happy
> with just about an open licenses, but would prefer the "Creative Commons
> Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License"
> (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). Of course, if I
> have to read off the license name before my lightning talk, my talk will
> be 20% shorter (which might be a good thing for audience members).
>
> Edward
>
>
> LaJeunesse, Brad said the following on 2/25/2007 4:05 PM:
> > Personally, I think it's a great idea. I agree on not wishing to
> > pressure speakers and it being completely opt-in. As for storage, I
> > would be happy to host the videos on a GPLS web server, if needed.
> >
> > Also, for the record, I am planning on attending the conference for as
> > long as circumstances allow (no baby yet!). :)
> >
> > --Brad
> >
> > Dan Scott wrote:
> >> Based on an appeal from Rob on IRC, who won't be able to attend
> >> code4libcon, I've got about 12 hours worth of MiniDV tapes and will
> >> bring my camcorder along.
> >>
> >> It would help, though, to know if the scheduled presenters are okay
> >> with appearing on video. I don't want to pressure anyone into being
> >> videotaped if they're not comfortable with it, so I only plan on
> >> taping a session if the presenter opts in ahead of time. I haven't
> >> figured out anything along the lines of subsequent storage and
> >> distribution of this content post-conference, either... it's just a
> >> last-minute idea that might make sense for those who were unable to
> >> attend this year (Brad, Peter, and undoubtedly many others). For the
> >> presenters, it might be useful for CV / whuffie credits, too.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts? Is this a horrible idea?
> >>
> >> Dan Scott
> >> --
> >>
> >> Systems Librarian,
> >> Bibliothèque J.N. Desmarais Library
> >> Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne
> >>
> >> Phone: 705-675-1151 x3315
> >>
>
> --
> Edward M. Corrado
> http://www.tcnj.edu/~corrado/
> Systems Librarian
> The College of New Jersey
> 403E TCNJ Library
> PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
> Tel: 609.771.3337  Fax: 609.637.5177
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [CODE4LIB] Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos of presentations?

[Ryan Eby]

I was going to do that as well as other formats for iPod, etc unless
someone had a problem with it.

Eby

On 2/25/07, Jeremy Frumkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Just curious ­ any reason not to just upload the video to Youtube? (I¹m not
saying this needs to be the only distribution method, but it¹s easy for both
the producer and viewers of the content, and it¹s basically free).

-- jaf


On 2/25/07 1:36 PM, "Darci Hanning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Another hosting option to consider is the Internet Archive
> (http://www.archive.org/create/) -- the Plone Conference last fall had two of
> the four tracks professionally taped and then volunteers encoded and uploaded
> them all to the archive. It was great even for conference attendees because
> there was just too much good stuff going on ;-)
>
> Cheers!
> Darci (geeklibrarian)
>   _
>
> From: LaJeunesse, Brad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
> Sent: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:05:44 -0800
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos of presentations?
>
> Personally, I think it's a great idea. I agree on not wishing to
>   pressure speakers and it being completely opt-in. As for storage, I
>   would be happy to host the videos on a GPLS web server, if needed.
>
>   Also, for the record, I am planning on attending the conference for as
>   long as circumstances allow (no baby yet!). :)
>
>   --Brad
>
>   Dan Scott wrote:
>>   > Based on an appeal from Rob on IRC, who won't be able to attend
>> code4libcon, I've got about 12 hours worth of MiniDV tapes and will bring my
>> camcorder along.
>>   >
>>   > It would help, though, to know if the scheduled presenters are okay with
>> appearing on video. I don't want to pressure anyone into being videotaped if
>> they're not comfortable with it, so I only plan on taping a session if the
>> presenter opts in ahead of time. I haven't figured out anything along the
>> lines of subsequent storage and distribution of this content post-conference,
>> either... it's just a last-minute idea that might make sense for those who
>> were unable to attend this year (Brad, Peter, and undoubtedly many others).
>> For the presenters, it might be useful for CV / whuffie credits, too.
>>   >
>>   > Any thoughts? Is this a horrible idea?
>>   >
>>   > Dan Scott
>>   > --
>>   >
>>   > Systems Librarian,
>>   > Bibliothèque J.N. Desmarais Library
>>   > Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne
>>   >
>>   > Phone: 705-675-1151 x3315
>>   >
>
>


-- jaf

===
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Corvallis OR 97331-4501

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541.737.9928
541.737.3453 (Fax)
541.230.4483 (Cell)
===
" Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. "
- Emerson

Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos of presentations?

[Ryan Eby]

I was actually going to send out an email asking if anyone had the
equipment to do this. I'm willing to transcode the video into other
formats, create vodcasts, and host them at MSU if someone is willing
to tape. We discussed after last year's that it would be good to have
a more formal waiver though I don't think anything came of it or it
was forgotten. I suppose we could throw together some sort of waiver
or try to get the presenter's informal permission there and remove if
the decide later they no longer want it online.

Ryan Eby

On 2/25/07, Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Based on an appeal from Rob on IRC, who won't be able to attend code4libcon, 
I've got about 12 hours worth of MiniDV tapes and will bring my camcorder along.

It would help, though, to know if the scheduled presenters are okay with 
appearing on video. I don't want to pressure anyone into being videotaped if 
they're not comfortable with it, so I only plan on taping a session if the 
presenter opts in ahead of time. I haven't figured out anything along the lines 
of subsequent storage and distribution of this content post-conference, 
either... it's just a last-minute idea that might make sense for those who were 
unable to attend this year (Brad, Peter, and undoubtedly many others). For the 
presenters, it might be useful for CV / whuffie credits, too.

Any thoughts? Is this a horrible idea?

Dan Scott
--

Systems Librarian,
Bibliothèque J.N. Desmarais Library
Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne

Phone: 705-675-1151 x3315

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Polls for Code4Lib 2008 Hosting Open!

[Ryan Eby]

And here's the beer profiles for those interested in more metadata:

http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/16
http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/37
http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/49

Eby

On 2/20/07, Edward Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

for those not on the conference discussion list

--

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Ross Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: February 20, 2007 12:53:45 PM EST
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Polls for Code4Lib 2008 Hosting Open!
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Visit http://www.code4lib.org/node/164 and cast your vote for
> Portland, Madison or Vancouver.
>
> Voting is open until sometime on Friday (I think).
>
> Good luck!
> -Ross.
>
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Server names at libraries

[Ryan Eby]

I can't remember who told me or where I read it but some place is
using the periodic table with the elements matching the IP of the
machine. I think it might be LOC but I'm not for sure. So:

10.1.1.1 would be H
10.1.1.2 would be He
etc

Ryan

On 10/26/06, Jody Fagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Dear Code4Lib folks,

I'd like to write an anecdotal article about library server nomenclature
... I'm for-sure that most librarians don't even know our servers have
names. I am hoping that some of you might be willing to share (off-list)

Re: [CODE4LIB] [Web4lib] Access 2006 presentations & podcasts available

[Ryan Eby]

Since I couldn't find a podcast feed I went ahead and created one. You
can find it here:

http://odeo.com/channel/140930/view

If it seems like there are less presentations it is because many of
the ones listed on the site are actually part of one audio file, which
I combined in a single post/download. The podcast links to the audio
on the original site.

Ryan Eby

On 10/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

**  This message has been cross-posted to several lists.  **

The Access 2006 conference speaker presentations and podcasts are now
available at:

http://www.access2006.uottawa.ca/?page_id=10

Thanks go to everyone who ... through their attendance and participation,
and in spite of Ottawa's inclement weather ...  contributed toward making
Access 2006 a huge success!

Merci beaucoup, and enjoy!

Donna Dinberg
on behalf of the Access 2006 planning committee
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Re: [CODE4LIB] [Web4Lib] Access 2006 presentations & podcasts available

[Ryan Eby]

I see some audio posted but I don't see a podcast link? Is there a
podcast feed for the audio? The main RSS feed doesn't seem to have
enclosures either. Maybe I missed it. Thanks.

Ryan Eby

On 10/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

**  This message has been cross-posted to several lists.  **

The Access 2006 conference speaker presentations and podcasts are now
available at:

http://www.access2006.uottawa.ca/?page_id=10

Thanks go to everyone who ... through their attendance and participation,
and in spite of Ottawa's inclement weather ...  contributed toward making
Access 2006 a huge success!

Merci beaucoup, and enjoy!

Donna Dinberg
on behalf of the Access 2006 planning committee
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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[CODE4LIB] Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

[Ryan Eby]

Probably of interest to a few people on this list.

"Amazon EC2 presents a true virtual computing environment, allowing
you to use web service interfaces to requisition machines for use,
load them with your custom application environment, manage your
network's access permissions, and run your image using as many or few
systems as you desire."

http://www.amazon.com:80/gp/browse.html?node=201590011

Ryan Eby

Re: [CODE4LIB] worldcat

[Ryan Eby]

I don't think they have a public one but there is one if your
institution has Firstsearch.

http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/z3950/fs_z39_config_guide/default.htm

"The production server provides access to all the databases available
and requires a valid FirstSearch authorization."

http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/z3950/z3950_databases/specs/worldcat.htm

Ryan Eby

On 8/22/06, Eric Lease Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Is there a public Z39.50/SRU/SRW/Web Services interface to WorldCat
or OpenWorldCat?

I would like to create a simple search engine to query "Other's
books", and *Cat seems like a great candidate.

Inquiring minds would like to know.

--
Eric Morgan

Re: [CODE4LIB] book club

[Ryan Eby]

Edsu has already made a google group so I guess some of the discussion
can also go there:

http://groups.google.com/group/books4code

Eby

On 8/15/06, Edward Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

So a bunch of us in #code4lib are thinking of starting up a book club
to read tech books together, learn from each other in the process,
and hopefully use a bit of peer pressure to propel ourselves into
actually finishing a book.

The first book we're propsing to read is Practical Common Lisp [1]
which is available in print and also online. Lisp and functional
languages in general are enjoying a bit of a renaissance at the
moment, so we figured this might be a good one to start with. It won
a Jolt Award [2], and is also very umm...practical--building working
code to parse ID3 tags (metadata!) and the like.

Should we create a google group or something? Any suggested name for
the group? Is there really any need to limit our membership to people
in libraries? How about books4code?

Interested? Suggestions? Bueller? There's a page [3] on the code4lib
site, but feel free to respond in here.

[1] http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/
[2] http://www.ddj.com/joltawards/
[3] http://www.code4lib.org/bookclub

Re: [CODE4LIB] blocked IRC

[Ryan Eby]

I had this problem too at the library. Luckily I was able to pull an
IP that had a gateway that didn't block it. There's quite a few IRC
CGI programs set-up around the web that will let you connect via a web
browser. A google search will find you some.

Eby

On 2/28/06, Andrew Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My university has blocked the standard IRC port due to massive trojan
> traffic.  Does the freenode.net irc server allow any other non-standard
> ports?  I checked their website, but their is no mention of ports
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.freenode.net+port&btnG=Google+Search)
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Code Sharing - (Re: [CODE4LIB] journal)

[Ryan Eby]

On 2/22/06, Andrew Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I spoke with some of you at the restaurant Thursday night during the
> conference briefly about a code sharing site for code4libbers.  The
> OSS4Lib site is a great resource for libraries considering the world of
> open source; however, I think much like the CPAN or PEAR code
> repositories, a code4lib repository would act as a great place for us to
> "whiteboard" and share code much like Art mentions above.  A place to
> not share full blown applications, but a place to post our hacks and
> code libraries that we have written.
>
> As a member of the PEAR development community, I know that the web
> application that runs this is open-source and has ties to CVS for code
> management, Bug tracking much like bugzilla, and most importantly, a
> place to write documentation for each code snippet.  I'm not necessarily
> advocating for an implementation of the PEAR web application, but it's
> concept for the Code4Lib website.  Maybe even a DSpace implementation
> would work?  Even a CVS or Subversion repository at it's simplest would
> help.
>
> Would the maintainers of the Code4Lib website be willing to
> support/implement such an application?
>

Sorry if this was already stated. This sounds like the textualize site
which has what appears to be drupal and then trac/svn. I think
something could be done with just the trac/svn as it has wiki,
bugtracking and source control. The scope of the site would probably
have to be discussed though. If people start posting lots of code
snippets to the wiki it could easily become hard to find things. If
it's mostly code libraries or full classes I think it could work on
that alone.

http://www.textualize.com/
http://www.textualize.com/trac/

I also think a central code repository / code snippets would be a good
idea. There's a few interesting ones out there for snippets including
this one:

http://www.bigbold.com/snippets/

Again I'm unsure if we would be looking at mostly small snippets and
functions or full fledged classes/libraries.