Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

2013-07-30 Thread Kurt Nordstrom
-- Marc Chantreux Université de Strasbourg, Direction Informatique 14 Rue René Descartes, 67084 STRASBOURG CEDEX ☎: 03.68.85.57.40 http://unistra.fr Don't believe everything you read on the Internet -- Abraham Lincoln -- http://www.blar.net/kurt/blog/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

2013-07-30 Thread Kurt Nordstrom
Of Riley Childs Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:18 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby No mention of PHP? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Kurt Nordstrom doseofvitam...@gmail.com wrote: Whoohoo, late to the party! I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

2013-07-30 Thread Kurt Nordstrom
, rust regards -- Marc Chantreux Université de Strasbourg, Direction Informatique 14 Rue René Descartes, 67084 STRASBOURG CEDEX ☎: 03.68.85.57.40 http://unistra.fr Don't believe everything you read on the Internet -- Abraham Lincoln -- http://www.blar.net/kurt/blog/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-17 Thread Lisa H Kurt
Robin ++. MJ - I can't barely respond to you. This is rather upsetting because the very group of people that want and need and are willing to gather to create such an initiative are being told no. I don't think a group that offers support and learning focused toward a marginalized membership base

Re: [CODE4LIB] #libtechwomen (was Re: Question abt the code4libwomen idea)

2012-12-08 Thread Lisa H Kurt
Great idea- thank you Lisa, Becky, Bohyun, and others for working to create a tech group for women. Long overdue. Count me in! -Lisa Kurt On Dec 7, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Lisa Rabey lra...@grcc.edu wrote: Good afternoon, Myself, Becky Yoose, and feelers out to a couple other people

[CODE4LIB] ACRL 2013 Conference Call for Proposals

2012-09-17 Thread Lisa H Kurt
This may be of interest... Are you using new and emerging technologies in innovative ways to help your students and faculty? Adapting existing technologies to reach user needs? Here is an opportunity to share your innovations with your colleagues, library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Maker Spaces and Academic Libraries

2012-08-27 Thread Lisa H Kurt
in when help is needed- we do our best and work through the problems- then share with each other when we learn something new. Most seem to learn best by doing and we do a lot. :) --Lisa Lisa Kurt Engineering + Emerging Technologies Librarian DeLaMare Science and Engineering

Re: [CODE4LIB] Maker Spaces and Academic Libraries

2012-08-24 Thread Lisa H Kurt
been busy doing but I hope this glimpse helps- let me know if you have questions or need more information- thanks! Lisa Lisa Kurt Engineering and Emerging Technologies Librarian DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library University of Nevada, Reno phone: 775.682.5706

[CODE4LIB] Millions of Harvard Library Catalog Records Publicly Available

2012-04-24 Thread Will Kurt
Apologies if this is old news, but I was very excited to see Harvard making all this data public: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982pageid=icb.page498373 Tons of cool data analysis / machine learning work to be done here! Warm up your SVMs ;) --Will

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Web Developer Ninja at Springshare

2012-03-21 Thread Lisa H Kurt
Cary, It looks like this is a telecommuting job- location would be anywhere: * Working from home (yes, you heard it right, though slackers need not apply - see the point above about needing to be a self-starter and self-motivator) On 3/21/12 6:49 AM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Metadata

2012-02-13 Thread Kurt Nordstrom
I got such dirty looks when I used the term metametadata to describe something. ;) -Kurt On 02/13/2012 02:39 PM, Becky Yoose wrote: Could this conversation be described as metametadata? *runs, hides* Thanks, Becky

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-20 Thread Nordstrom, Kurt
I suggested that all registration for C4L should go through zoia. If you don't know who zoia is, maybe you should learn more about the C4L community before queuing for a conference spot. ;) -Kurt From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web archiving and WARC

2011-11-23 Thread Nordstrom, Kurt
Hi Edward, We're currently using the warc-tools library for WARC creation. It's written in Python, but there are a few pre-built utilities that come with the package that might suit your needs? http://code.hanzoarchives.com/warc-tools -Kurt From: Code

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L2012 Hackfest

2011-11-07 Thread Lisa H Kurt
That would be great- I'm interested! _ Lisa Kurt Emerging Technologies Librarian Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center/0322 University of Nevada, Reno phone: 775.682.5706 email: lk...@unr.edu From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic Public Libraries

2011-10-13 Thread Will Kurt
Hey Jason! I always think that Brown's FreeCite api is under utilized. http://freecite.library.brown.edu/ It's far from perfect, but I'm sure more use could be made of it. A few months back I threw together a copy/paste citation look-up with it: CiteBox http://willkurt.github.com/CiteBox/ Of

Re: [CODE4LIB] Life and Literature Code Challenge

2011-09-01 Thread Nordstrom, Kurt
Hahahaha, for life, even! From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Suzanne Pilsk [suzanne.pi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 11:31 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Life and Literature Code

[CODE4LIB] Any Experiences with In-House Training and Development?

2011-07-19 Thread Nordstrom, Kurt
: Was it worth it? Would you do it again? We'd love to hear from any and all of those out there who have implemented (or attempted to implement) something along these lines. Thanks! -Kurt

Re: [CODE4LIB] Let's go somewhere [was PHP vs. Python...]

2010-11-01 Thread Will Kurt
This is one of my favorite passage from SICP: It is no exaggeration to regard this as the most fundamental idea in programming: The evaluator, which determines the meaning of expressions in a programming language, is just another program. To appreciate this point is to change our images of

Re: [CODE4LIB] PHP bashing (was: newbie)

2010-03-26 Thread William C Kurt
Lisp and Gaffer's tape are superior to all: elegant, clean, powerful, and in practice used by very few -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Simon Spero Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 6:49 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Book recommendation

2009-09-11 Thread William C Kurt
I know I'm a couple of days late, but no mention of SICP? http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ I think if I only had one programming related book I was allowed to own it would be this one. It's scheme of course, but it's definitely not tied to a specific technology or language, and if you don't

[CODE4LIB] MS Surface in libraries update

2009-09-04 Thread William C Kurt
A few months back I posted asking if any libraries were doing any work on the Surface (still eager to hear from any that are!) and talked a little bit about what we had in mind for projects. Well I finally have something to show! I've created a youtube account that has videos that describes

Re: [CODE4LIB] MS Surface in libraries

2009-02-09 Thread William C Kurt
, 2009 at 12:42 PM, William C Kurt wk...@unr.edu wrote: I was just curious what libraries out there were currently doing any development for the MS Surface (or even those out there that have a Surface unit but aren't doing any in-house development). Here at the University of Nevada, Reno we got

Re: [CODE4LIB] creating call number browse

2008-09-21 Thread [Will Kurt]
overly complex solutions. --Will Will Kurt Applications Development Librarian University of Nevada, Reno Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center phone: 775 682-5679 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emily Lynema Sent

[CODE4LIB] Registration Now Open for March 12, 2008 VALE's Next Generation Academic Library System Symposium

2008-01-25 Thread Wagner, Kurt
/symposium2008/ -- The symposium is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, with additional support from VALEnj and The College of New Jersey. Kurt W. Wagner Member of the VALE-OLS Study Team Kurt W. Wagner

[CODE4LIB] Correction for VALE Open Source ILS Symposium

2008-01-25 Thread Wagner, Kurt
, public and technical services librarians. Learn more about the symposium and REGISTER TODAY to attend. Registration deadline is February 25, 2008. More information and the registration form is at http://www.valenj.org/newvale/ols/symposium2008/ We hope to see you there! Kurt

Re: [CODE4LIB] code.code4lib.org

2007-08-14 Thread Will Kurt
Andrew, the pear.php.net repository site really seems to be essentially what I was envisioning (especially with the proposals section). Erik, there are several good reasons to build our own rather than use space available in other domains. The first and foremost is that the library community is

Re: [CODE4LIB] code.code4lib.org

2007-08-13 Thread Will Kurt
One of the things that's really lacking in the library community is something like a sourceforge.net to serve as a central repository for all opensource library projects and this certainly sounds like a step in the right direction (maybe there already is such a thing and I don't know about it).