from:"Andreas Orphanides"

We would definitely want to both give notice to the presenters that the
plan is to record and to get consent (or dissent) ahead of time, so that we
can plan AV appropriately if someone does not want to be broadcast. It
would be awful to broadcast someone who didn't consent to it; nor would we
want to have to disrupt things in progress to adjust for an "unexpected"
dissent that should/could have been expected.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Tara Robertson 
wrote:

> I love this conversation.
>
> WRT presenters, I think it's good to be explicit that the plan is to
> stream and record. It would be good practice to have presenters sign a
> consent form agreeing to this.
>
> Tara
>
>
>
> On 26/01/2015 10:42 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote:
>
>> Sounds like we've got an established practice in place, then. Awesome.
>>
>> Wouldn't hurt for us to clarify any policy we decide on to state that
>> presenters are welcome to not consent to webcast.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:41 PM, William Denton  wrote:
>>
>>  On 26 January 2015, Andreas Orphanides wrote:
>>>
>>>   Not to complicate things: shall (or *how shall*) we accommodate
>>> requests
>>>
>>>> from presenters who might have a "no photo" preference vis-a-vis
>>>> conference
>>>> webcast?
>>>>
>>>>  A few years ago a speaker didn't want to be filmed, and someone turned
>>> off
>>> the camera and put a paper bag over it for the duration.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>> --
>>> William Denton ↔  Toronto, Canada ↔  https://www.miskatonic.org/
>>>
>>
>
> --
>
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference photography policy

Sounds like we've got an established practice in place, then. Awesome.

Wouldn't hurt for us to clarify any policy we decide on to state that
presenters are welcome to not consent to webcast.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:41 PM, William Denton  wrote:

> On 26 January 2015, Andreas Orphanides wrote:
>
>  Not to complicate things: shall (or *how shall*) we accommodate requests
>> from presenters who might have a "no photo" preference vis-a-vis
>> conference
>> webcast?
>>
>
> A few years ago a speaker didn't want to be filmed, and someone turned off
> the camera and put a paper bag over it for the duration.
>
> Bill
> --
> William Denton ↔  Toronto, Canada ↔  https://www.miskatonic.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference photography policy

Not to complicate things: shall (or *how shall*) we accommodate requests
from presenters who might have a "no photo" preference vis-a-vis conference
webcast? Is webcasting incompatible with the photo policy? Do presenters
tacitly consent to being filmed/broadcast as presenters?

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Mark A. Matienzo 
wrote:

> host_committee++
>
> Re: policy, it seems like the AdaCamp policies are a good match to follow
> (e.g. ).
>
> It appears Evergreen has a policy based on AdaCamp's policy, with more
> detailed guidelines: <
> http://evergreen-ils.org/conference/photography-policy/>
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Tom Johnson <
> johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > This conversation moved fast!  The host committee is purchasing colored
> > lanyards (red, yellow, green) which can be used as photography consent
> > indicators.
> >
> > Maybe someone can help us nail down a good policy and approach for
> > communicating it?
> >
> > - Tom
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Sarah Shealy 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I see your point, nothing is 100% effective. Especially anywhere more
> > than
> > > 4 or 5 people gather. I would think the first year of implementation
> > would
> > > be more of a 'let everyone know' type deal. And the MC can also point
> out
> > > any changes in policy (not just this one) during breaks.
> > > However, with the lanyards/whatnot, the instances of unwanted
> photographs
> > > should go down. If you don't wear a badge/lanyard/etc you won't really
> > have
> > > to worry about it. I'd suggest we have an addition to the policy that
> > > basically reads "We understand that many people will not know about
> this
> > > policy, and on a first incident someone taking an unwanted photograph
> is
> > > told about the policy. Afterwards, the case(s) will be handled as
> > > determined by x." There should also be a part that says "If the
> > > lanyard/badge/whatnot is not clearly visible, the picture taker should
> be
> > > informed of the issue and remove the image from the phone/camera." No
> one
> > > can control what happens to participants outside of the venue,
> > > unfortunately, but hopefully other Code4Libbers would still abide by
> the
> > > policy.
> > > This isn't meant to restrict your freedom or get people in trouble.
> It's
> > > to protect those who feel they need protection. I wouldn't use a
> > > lanyard/badge/whatnot personally (if voluntary - if you have to choose
> a
> > > color on registration, obviously I would), but I'm not going to make
> > others
> > > feel as though they're in the wrong for choosing to do it.
> > > Did all of that make sense?
> > > Sarah
> > >
> > > > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:52:18 -0800
> > > > From: kyle.baner...@gmail.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference photography policy
> > > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:58 AM, Galen Charlton 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I would like to propose that C4L adopt a policy requiring that
> > consent
> > > > > be explicitly given to be photographed or recorded, along the lines
> > of
> > > > > a policy adopted by the Evergreen Project. [1]
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > As a practical matter, this is functionally equivalent to prohibiting
> > > > photography except for arranged photos which will need something
> simple
> > > > (like pictures of  cameras and mikes with slashes through them posted
> > > > throughout the venue) to communicate the policy. Differential badges,
> > > > lanyards, etc will not always be visible, and not all people will
> > notice
> > > > them, be aware of what they mean, or can be assumed to be familiar
> > with a
> > > > written policy. On an aside note, a lot of activity occurs outside
> the
> > > > official venues and it is in these areas where people might be most
> > > > vulnerable to unwanted photos.
> > > >
> > > > kyle
> > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference photography policy

One potential problem with ribbons is that there may be ribbon-fans who
also don't want to be photographed, and a blank ribbon in the midst of a
sea of others might get lost.

One option might  be to choose a bright color (red might be a good
mnemonic) and have participants who don't want to be photoed put it on the
SIDE of their badge -- the special location would be a good indicator that
the ribbon has importance and would make it stand out. We'd need to ensure
that everyone got the message about what the ribbon meant, though.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Becky Yoose  wrote:

> Francis,
>
> Another thing you could do is to buy blank ribbons; see
>
> http://www.pcnametag.com/4-x-1-5-8-custom-name-badge-ribbon-blank-item-sscusb
> for an example. These would be more visible, at least, though the green
> might conflict with the darker green "First timer" badge ribbons I have for
> the conference.
>
> Thanks,
> Becky
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Francis Kayiwa  wrote:
>
> > On 1/26/15 10:06 AM, Mark A. Matienzo wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks, Galen. I'm solidly +1 on this, and I would be very happy to hear
> >> if
> >> there were some sort of mechanism in place for the 2015 conference. I do
> >> realize that this might add to the burden of the host committee, so I'd
> be
> >> happy to help make this happen.
> >>
> >
> > Would this be an acceptable solution?
> >
> > I purchase these (will work out details for number with local cmte) prior
> > to my arrival.
> >
> > http://www.staples.com/Avery-5795-Round-1-4-inch-Diameter-
> > Color-Coding-Labels-Assorted-Colors/product_298182
> >
> > I can leave these with the registration desk. (Based on the picture
> there)
> > it looks like it has the red, yellow, green colours.
> >
> > During registration users can pick their preferred colour and affix those
> > to their name badges. Admittedly not as visible as a lanyard but we have
> to
> > start some place.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > ./fxk
> >
> >
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
> > --
> > Q:  What is printed on the bottom of beer bottles in Minnesota?
> > A:  Open other end.
> >
>

[CODE4LIB] Allies bingo card

2015-01-23 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Can I just say how much I love this "Tech Diversity Bingo Card" that was
posted on Geek Feminism recently:

http://www.maleallies.com/

The website is "Male Allies" but the bingo card is designed to be
applicable to allies of any historically marginalized group in tech. I also
like that -- unlike many other "bingo card" social commentaries -- it
highlights things that allies can do right rather than what's often done
wrong (yay positive behavior modeling).

Re: [CODE4LIB] Plagiarism checker

2015-01-23 Thread Andreas Orphanides

My first thought was something like programatically doing a pairwise diff
of the files, 5500 times. I was surprised I couldn't find a utility that
just does this.

But i did find something called diffuse [1], that allows you to graphically
compare any number of text files in a diff-like fashion. This would
probably at least be able to tell you which files need closer scrutiny.

I think you'd presumably have to be able to extract the text from each
file; I doubt it would work on raw Word docs or PDFs, so that might be a
stopper.

It seems like the realm of source control has a lot of software designed to
help with this problem, so there might be other similar things out there.
But probably not anything designed to natively handle print-ready files.

-dre.

[1] http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/about.html

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Judy Meirose  wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a plagiarism checking software besides Turnitin and
> SafeAssign?  I need to compare about 100 student assignments against each
> other to make sure they don't copy each other's assignments.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Judy K. Meirose
> Systems Librarian
> Florida Coastal School of Law
> 8787 Baypine Rd
> Jacksonville, FL
> (904)680-7603
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Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

2015-01-06 Thread Andreas Orphanides

I don't disagree with that, that's for sure. What it DOES suggest is that
the closest thing to tracking "librarian" vs "not" is likely how they
self-identify for dues purposes, which means that the data is probably not
so good.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Cindi Blyberg  wrote:

> Based on previous experience, I doubt this truly captures whether someone
> thinks of themselves as a librarian.  I've always found those categories
> arbitrary (an MLS does not a librarian make) and sometimes divisive.
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Andreas Orphanides 
> wrote:
>
> > There's a different dues schedule for librarians (-slash-certification
> > required-slash-managerial) and "support staff", so along that dimension
> it
> > presumably gets tracked, at the very least.
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Cindi Blyberg 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Honestly, I don't know if ALA tracks whether people have an MLS/related
> > > degree or if that's self-selected.  I know folks who call themselves
> > > librarians but who aren't degreed--those would be self-selected.
> > >
> > > I'll see if we can find this out--I'm curious!
> > >
> > > -Cindi (wearing my LITA hat)
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Haitz, Lisa (haitzlm) <
> > > hait...@ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd be curious about something: how many LITA members are not
> > librarians?
> > > > I work in a library as a web developer, which includes a medical
> > library,
> > > > but I don’t have an MLS. So, question: is the  Code4Lib list more
> open
> > to
> > > > technical folks, but not necessarily librarians?
> > > >
> > > > Lisa Haitz
> > > > University of Cincinnati Libraries
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

2015-01-06 Thread Andreas Orphanides

There's a different dues schedule for librarians (-slash-certification
required-slash-managerial) and "support staff", so along that dimension it
presumably gets tracked, at the very least.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Cindi Blyberg  wrote:

> Honestly, I don't know if ALA tracks whether people have an MLS/related
> degree or if that's self-selected.  I know folks who call themselves
> librarians but who aren't degreed--those would be self-selected.
>
> I'll see if we can find this out--I'm curious!
>
> -Cindi (wearing my LITA hat)
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Haitz, Lisa (haitzlm) <
> hait...@ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:
>
> > I'd be curious about something: how many LITA members are not librarians?
> > I work in a library as a web developer, which includes a medical library,
> > but I don’t have an MLS. So, question: is the  Code4Lib list more open to
> > technical folks, but not necessarily librarians?
> >
> > Lisa Haitz
> > University of Cincinnati Libraries
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014?

2014-12-09 Thread Andreas Orphanides

If Wasp Factory made you go "just... no," then it did the job it was tasked
with doing. That being said, if you want some Banks that's a little
friendlier and doesn't actively try to alienate all of humanity, you could
do worse than The Bridge.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Valerie Forrestal <
valerie.forres...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote:

> I have to plug The Best American Science and Nature Writing series
> because they are always soo good. I look forward to them coming out
> every year, and they haven't let me down since i started reading them
> about 4 years ago.
>
> I also caught up on the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey. If you
> like Dresden Files, you'll probably like these. (A little more violent
> though. I call them a cross between True Blood and Dresden Files.)
>
> I also really enjoyed the classics: The Once and Future King by T.H.
> White, and Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. Dandelion Wine is best read
> in spring or summer though. It puts you in kind of a magical summery mood.
>
> Oh and this year I started reading and then forever swore off Iain
> Banks. The Wasp Factory was just no.
>
> ~val
>
> Valerie Forrestal
> Web Services Librarian/Asst. Professor
> City University of New York
> College of Staten Island Library
> 2800 Victory Blvd., 1L-109I
> Staten Island, N.Y. 10314
> Phone: 718.982.4023
> valerie.forres...@csi.cuny.edu
>
>
> On 12/9/2014 2:56 PM, Mark Pernotto wrote:
>
>> On the (board) gaming front: not new, but *Lords of Waterdeep* was quick
>> to
>> learn, and very dynamic, with a fantastic expansion pack!
>>
>> .m
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Andreas Orphanides 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  I had fun with both the Southern Reach trilogy (Jeff VanderMeer) and The
>>> Expanse series (James S. A. Corey). If you're into sci-fi-ish stuff.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Heather Rayl <23e...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  While I've done a lot of re-reading this past year (something that I do
>>>> when I'm particularly stressed), I did read a few new things thanks to
>>>> my
>>>> book club. The one that sticks with me is _The Enchanted_, by Rene
>>>>
>>> Denfeld.
>>>
>>>> It had me reeling by the end of the book, and I am still thinking about
>>>>
>>> it
>>>
>>>> three months later. And I will probably end up reading it at least a
>>>>
>>> second
>>>
>>>> time, if I can go through it again.
>>>>
>>>> ~heather
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Galvan, Angela >>> >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I have an unhealthy love for William Gibson's latest novel, _The
>>>>> Peripheral_.
>>>>>
>>>>> Like Andromeda, I thought _Her_ was incredible.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not from this year, but _MISS DMZ_ found here:
>>>>> http://www.yhchang.com/MISS_DMZ.html. I learned about this from a talk
>>>>> Seo-Young Chu gave on representation of the DMZ in science fiction.
>>>>>
>>>> She's
>>>
>>>> also the author of _Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? A
>>>>> Science-Fictional Theory of Representation_ which I've been meaning to
>>>>>
>>>> read
>>>>
>>>>> but am terrified it will make me consider a PhD again.
>>>>>
>>>>> A.S. Galvan
>>>>> Digital Reformatting Specialist
>>>>> Head, Document Delivery
>>>>> The Ohio State University
>>>>> Health Sciences Library
>>>>> angela.gal...@osumc.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
>>>>>
>>>> Of
>>>
>>>> Andromeda Yelton
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:47 AM
>>>>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>>>>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, code4lib! I bet you consume fascinating media. What good books did
>>>>> you read in 2014 that you think your colleagues would like, too?  (And
>>>>>
>>>> hey,
>>>>
>>>>> we're all digital, so feel free to include movies and video games and
>>>>>
>>>> so
>>>
>>>&g

Re: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014?

2014-12-09 Thread Andreas Orphanides

I had fun with both the Southern Reach trilogy (Jeff VanderMeer) and The
Expanse series (James S. A. Corey). If you're into sci-fi-ish stuff.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Heather Rayl <23e...@gmail.com> wrote:

> While I've done a lot of re-reading this past year (something that I do
> when I'm particularly stressed), I did read a few new things thanks to my
> book club. The one that sticks with me is _The Enchanted_, by Rene Denfeld.
>
> It had me reeling by the end of the book, and I am still thinking about it
> three months later. And I will probably end up reading it at least a second
> time, if I can go through it again.
>
> ~heather
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Galvan, Angela 
> wrote:
>
> > I have an unhealthy love for William Gibson's latest novel, _The
> > Peripheral_.
> >
> > Like Andromeda, I thought _Her_ was incredible.
> >
> > Not from this year, but _MISS DMZ_ found here:
> > http://www.yhchang.com/MISS_DMZ.html. I learned about this from a talk
> > Seo-Young Chu gave on representation of the DMZ in science fiction. She's
> > also the author of _Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? A
> > Science-Fictional Theory of Representation_ which I've been meaning to
> read
> > but am terrified it will make me consider a PhD again.
> >
> > A.S. Galvan
> > Digital Reformatting Specialist
> > Head, Document Delivery
> > The Ohio State University
> > Health Sciences Library
> > angela.gal...@osumc.edu
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > Andromeda Yelton
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:47 AM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014?
> >
> > Hey, code4lib! I bet you consume fascinating media. What good books did
> > you read in 2014 that you think your colleagues would like, too?  (And
> hey,
> > we're all digital, so feel free to include movies and video games and so
> > forth.)
> >
> > Mine:
> > http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/ (O'Reilly book, plus read free
> online)
> > - a book on testing from a Django-centric, front end perspective.
> *Finally*
> > I get how testing works. This book rewrote my brain.
> >
> > _The Warmth of Other Suns_ - finally got around to reading this magnum
> > opus history of the Great Migration, am halfway through, it's amazing. If
> > you're looking for some historical context on how we got to Ferguson,
> > Isabel Wilkerson has you covered.
> >
> > _Her_ - Imma let you finish, Citzenfour and Big Hero 6 and LEGO movie and
> > Guardians of the Galaxy - you were all good - but I walked out of the
> > theater and literally couldn't speak after this one. Plus, funniest
> > throwaway scene ever. Almost fell out of my chair.
> >
> > _Tim's Vermeer_ - wait, no, watch that one too. Weird tinkering genius
> who
> > can't paint obsesses over recreating a Vermeer with startling,
> > physics-driven results. Also, Penn Jillette.
> >
> > --
> > Andromeda Yelton
> > Board of Directors, Library & Information Technology Association:
> > http://www.lita.org
> > Advisor, Ada Initiative: http://adainitiative.org
> > http://andromedayelton.com @ThatAndromeda <
> > http://twitter.com/ThatAndromeda>
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is NOW OPEN!

2014-12-08 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Lack of Thursday overnight is going to be a big deal, especially with the
west coast location. Any chance we could get in touch with the hotel? It
might not be that the hotel is booked up, but rather that it won't allow us
to order that night on the block.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Collier, Aaron 
wrote:

> This is the problem I had. Tried to book through the weekend and it
> apparently wasn't available.
>
> --
> Aaron Collier
> Digital Repository Services Manager
> Systemwide Digital Library Services, California State University
> 
> From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua
> Gomez [jgo...@getty.edu]
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 10:10 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon
> is NOW OPEN!
>
> I had trouble as well, but when I restricted my reservation to only
> Sunday-Wed nights, it then allowed me to reserve rooms. It appears that
> there are no rooms available for Thursday or Friday after the
> conference.
>
> -Josh
>
>
> Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer
> Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA
> 310-440-7421
>
> >>> Louisa Kwasigroch  12/08/14 10:07 AM >>>
> I just tried the link from the registration page:
> https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=11714845,
> and then clicked on łmake a reservation˛, and it allowed me to select
> dates and get a room.
>
> On 12/8/14, 1:00 PM, "Andreas Orphanides"  wrote:
>
> >Can someone from the conference check with the hotel about our room
> block?
> >It seems weird that we've got a link to a special event page but that
> it's
> >returning no results on the day of registration
> >
> >On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Dana Jemison 
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Looks like the recommended hotel is already filled up.  Are there any
> >> other options close by?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Dana
> >>
> >> Dana Jemison
> >> Principal Metadata Analyst
> >> California Digital Library
> >> University of California, Office of the President
> >> 415 20th Street, 4th Floor, Office 424B
> >> Oakland, CA 94612-2901
> >> Tel: 510.987.0832
> >> Email: dana.jemi...@ucop.edu
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of
> >> Wick, Ryan
> >> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 9:00 AM
> >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> >> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon
> is
> >> NOW OPEN!
> >>
> >> Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is now open!
> >>
> >> To register for Code4Lib 2015, please visit:
> >>http://c4l2015.eventbrite.com
> >>
> >> Code4Lib will be held at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower
> located
> >>in
> >> downtown Portland. Rooms are $139 a night for single/double rooms.
> >>Please
> >> use this link for reservations:
> >> https://aws.passkey.com/event/11714845/owner/4173/landing
> >>
> >> Preconferences begin on February 9, with the main conference running
> >>from
> >> February 10-12.
> >>
> >> The full schedule for Code4Lib is here:
> >> http://code4lib.org/conference/2015/schedule
> >>
> >> Details on the preconference offerings can be found here:
> >> http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Preconference_Proposals
> >>
> >> Code4Lib plans to offer on-site childcare in 2015. Please let us know
> >>how
> >> many children you expect to bring with you and their ages at the time
> of
> >> registration. We are seeking sponsors to offset childcare costs, but
> for
> >> now, you should plan for $200/child/day for a 0-2 year old and $100
> for
> >>a
> >> 3+ year old.
> >>
> >> There are also a variety of social activities around Code4Lib -
> please
> >> visit http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Social_Activities for more
> >> information about the Craft Brew Drinkup, the Newcomer Dinners and a
> >>list
> >> of a variety of events scheduled that week.
> >>
> >> We're really looking forward to having all of you join us in Portland
> >>this
> >> February.
> >>
> >> The Local Program Planning Committee
> >>
> >> Evviva Weinraub
> >> Tom Johnson
> >> Ryan Wick
> >> Trey Terrell
> >> Mike Eaton
> >> Hui Zhang
> >>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is NOW OPEN!

2014-12-08 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Can someone from the conference check with the hotel about our room block?
It seems weird that we've got a link to a special event page but that it's
returning no results on the day of registration

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Dana Jemison  wrote:

> Looks like the recommended hotel is already filled up.  Are there any
> other options close by?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dana
>
> Dana Jemison
> Principal Metadata Analyst
> California Digital Library
> University of California, Office of the President
> 415 20th Street, 4th Floor, Office 424B
> Oakland, CA 94612-2901
> Tel: 510.987.0832
> Email: dana.jemi...@ucop.edu
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Wick, Ryan
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 9:00 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is
> NOW OPEN!
>
> Registration for Code4Lib 2015 in Portland Oregon is now open!
>
> To register for Code4Lib 2015, please visit: http://c4l2015.eventbrite.com
>
> Code4Lib will be held at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower located in
> downtown Portland. Rooms are $139 a night for single/double rooms.  Please
> use this link for reservations:
> https://aws.passkey.com/event/11714845/owner/4173/landing
>
> Preconferences begin on February 9, with the main conference running from
> February 10-12.
>
> The full schedule for Code4Lib is here:
> http://code4lib.org/conference/2015/schedule
>
> Details on the preconference offerings can be found here:
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Preconference_Proposals
>
> Code4Lib plans to offer on-site childcare in 2015. Please let us know how
> many children you expect to bring with you and their ages at the time of
> registration. We are seeking sponsors to offset childcare costs, but for
> now, you should plan for $200/child/day for a 0-2 year old and $100 for a
> 3+ year old.
>
> There are also a variety of social activities around Code4Lib - please
> visit http://wiki.code4lib.org/2015_Social_Activities for more
> information about the Craft Brew Drinkup, the Newcomer Dinners and a list
> of a variety of events scheduled that week.
>
> We're really looking forward to having all of you join us in Portland this
> February.
>
> The Local Program Planning Committee
>
> Evviva Weinraub
> Tom Johnson
> Ryan Wick
> Trey Terrell
> Mike Eaton
> Hui Zhang
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Voting for Code4Lib 2015 Prepared Talks begins today!

2014-11-11 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Signing in... that's worth a try.

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Benjamin Florin  wrote:

> I can only see them after logging in.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Andreas Orphanides 
> wrote:
>
> > Is anyone else not seeing the titles of the presentations in the
> > diebold-a-tron?
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Chris Beer  wrote:
> >
> > > The Code4Lib 2015 Program Committee is happy to announce that voting
> > > is now open
> > > for prepared talks.
> > >
> > > To vote, visit http://vote.code4lib.org/election/33, review the
> > > proposals, and
> > > assign points to those presentations you would like to see on the
> program
> > > this year.
> > >
> > > You will need to log in with your code4lib.org account in order to
> vote.
> > > If
> > > you have any issues with your account, please contact Ryan Wick at
> > > ryanw...@gmail.com.
> > >
> > > *Voting will end on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 11:59:59 PM PT
> > (GMT-8).*
> > >
> > > The top 10 proposals are guaranteed a slot at the conference. The
> Program
> > > Committee will curate the remainder of the program in an effort to
> ensure
> > > diversity in program content and presenters. Community votes will still
> > > weigh heavily in these decisions.
> > >
> > > The final list of presentations will be announced in early- to
> > > mid-December.
> > >
> > > For more information about Code4Lib 2015, visit
> > > http://code4lib.org/conference/2015/.
> > >
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Voting for Code4Lib 2015 Prepared Talks begins today!

2014-11-11 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Is anyone else not seeing the titles of the presentations in the
diebold-a-tron?

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Chris Beer  wrote:

> The Code4Lib 2015 Program Committee is happy to announce that voting
> is now open
> for prepared talks.
>
> To vote, visit http://vote.code4lib.org/election/33, review the
> proposals, and
> assign points to those presentations you would like to see on the program
> this year.
>
> You will need to log in with your code4lib.org account in order to vote.
> If
> you have any issues with your account, please contact Ryan Wick at
> ryanw...@gmail.com.
>
> *Voting will end on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 11:59:59 PM PT (GMT-8).*
>
> The top 10 proposals are guaranteed a slot at the conference. The Program
> Committee will curate the remainder of the program in an effort to ensure
> diversity in program content and presenters. Community votes will still
> weigh heavily in these decisions.
>
> The final list of presentations will be announced in early- to
> mid-December.
>
> For more information about Code4Lib 2015, visit
> http://code4lib.org/conference/2015/.
>

[CODE4LIB] Job: Visualizing syllabi to help understand how teaching works

2014-10-21 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Hi folks,

The following job ad came out on journalism blogger Jonathan Stray's
website. I have no affiliation with the blog (other than that it's in my
RSS feed) or Mr. Stray, but it looked like the kind of thing that was right
up C4L's alley:

http://jonathanstray.com/job-help-us-learn-how-teaching-works-by-visualizing-millions-of-syllabi

---

"Overview

is an open-source document analysis and visualization system originally
developed at the Associated Press for investigative journalists. It’s been
used to
report some of the biggest investigative stories of the last few years.
We’re looking for a developer to extend the software to analyze millions of
scraped syllabi for the Open Syllabus Project
.

"You will help us put 2 million scraped syllabi online, do natural language
processing to extract citations from each syllabus, and build
visualizations to do citation analysis. We want to see what people are
actually teaching for each subject, and how this changes over time, and
make this type of analysis widely available to researchers. We’re looking
for someone to build out Overview to support this, growing our team from
three to four people. This is an ideal job for a programmer with
visualization, natural language processing, digital humanities or data
journalism experience.

"The project is Scala on the back and Coffeescript on the front. We’re
looking for a full stack engineer who can extend the back end
infrastructure to process the syllabi, then build the UI to make all this
data accessible to users. You’ll be working within a small team of
professionals who will quickly get you up to speed on the core codebase
and the plugin API
you
will use to create visualizations. Everything you write will be released
under the AGPL open source license.

"This is a six-month contract position to begin with. We hope to extend
that, and we’d be especially excited to find someone who wants to grow into
a larger role within our small team. We’re a distributed team based out of
NYC, remote friendly, flexible hours.

"Contact me here if interested."

Re: [CODE4LIB] [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage

2014-07-18 Thread Andreas Orphanides

We did one with a mac mini and a commodity touchscreen, plus a custom
plain-old-php-and-javascript interface:

http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5832

Incidentally, the newest version of our plain-old-php-and-javascript
interface looks way better (and is more ADA compliant!) than the one
featured in the article.


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Andrew Nisbet  wrote:

> Hello Paul,
>
>
>
> Richard Loomis has a project he presented at ALA 2014:
> http://somerset.lib.nj.us/rpisign.htm. I hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Edmonton Public Library
> Andrew Nisbet
> ILS Administrator
>
> T: 780.496.4058   F: 780.496.8317
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Paul Go
> Sent: July-18-14 11:24 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage
>
>
>
> We implemented a very inexpensive digital signage solution using TVs and
> Raspberry Pis.  The Pis connect to the server to automatically display
> images in certain drives, making changing signs simple.  We could also do
> RSS but have not implemented that as of now.  The Pis are around $35
> (additional costs include the storage card, wifi adapter or networking) and
> are very easy to program.
>
>
>
> We have discussed having touch screen kiosks using iPads or Kindle Fires
> but have not attempted to do so., yet.
>
>
>
> Paul Go
>
>
>
> Systems Librarian /
>
> Library Technology Manager /
>
> CS and ITM Liaison
>
> Paul V. Galvin Library
>
> Illinois Institute of Technology
>
> 35 West 33rd Street
>
> Chicago, IL  60616
>
> 312.567.7997
>
> p...@iit.edu
>
>
>
> *Driving Innovation through Knowledge and Scholarship*
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Michael Schofield  >
>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > My friend Amanda Goodman (@godaisies on Twitter) is building and
>
> > designing a touch kiosk right now. She's been sharing pictures about
>
> > the design and the process. I'd pick her brain.
>
> >
>
> > Also,
>
> >
>
> > At this stage I too would balk about a $30,000 price tag. There are
>
> > some legit reasons [I guess] for the cost of the hardware, etc. - but
>
> > based on how you and other libraries intend to use this it really
>
> > shouldn't cost that much. What you need is a large touch screen with
>
> > internet access, then you can essentially do what OSU [and Amanda] are
>
> > doing and build a responsive website for the kiosk. It can be on top
>
> > of a CMS or pull from RSS or JSON feeds to make it painless to update.
>
> > You might even use a framework like jQuery Mobile (which isn't just
>
> > for small hand screens) that adds a nice layer of interactive
> transitions, modals, etc.
>
> >
>
> > I'm x-posting this to code4lib because I think folks might like to
>
> > weigh in. Good topic!
>
> >
>
> > // Michael
>
> > // ns4lib.com
>
> > // @gollydamn
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > -Original Message-
>
> > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:web4...@listserv.nd.edu]
>
> > On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute
>
> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 12:23 PM
>
> > To: web4...@listserv.nd.edu
>
> > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage
>
> >
>
> > When we did a remodel of the library a few years ago, I first looked
>
> > at a server that would feed the content to various digital signs that
>
> > we could change on the fly and pull content from RSS feeds.  But
>
> > management balked at the $30,000 price tag on that.  So we went with a
>
> > company that provides large television like monitors that read JPG
>
> > files of USB drives and are turned on and off by a Christmas tree
>
> > timer.  The company also supports these setups with auto-dealerships in
> the area.
>
> >
>
> > Thomas Edelblute
>
> > Public Access Systems Coordinator
>
> > Anaheim Public Library
>
> >
>
> > -Original Message-
>
> > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:web4...@listserv.nd.edu]
>
> > On Behalf Of David S Vose
>
> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 7:36 AM
>
> > To: web4...@listserv.nd.edu
>
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage
>
> >
>
> > We will be installing interactive digital signs in our main library
>
> > this fall. One sign will be at our entrance and one will be in the
>
> > lobby. The draft plan is to provide interactivity that will allow
>
> > patrons to browse to floor plans, hours and schedules, directories, a
>
> > campus map, and an "about the libraries" section.
>
> >
>
> > I would be interested to learn what type of interactive content others
>
> > have found to be most popular and useful to students and what
>
> > interactive content did not turn out to be particularly successful.
>
> >
>
> > Thanks,
>
> >
>
> > David Vose | Geography, Data, Government Information, Law Binghamton
>
> > University Libraries, POB 6012, Binghamton, NY 13902-6012
>
> > dv...@binghamton.edu

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: From Demos@HASTAC | The Trust Challenge: The fifth HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition

2014-07-17 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Hi Code4Libbers,

Someone at HASTAC passed on this information about a grant-writing
challenge that HASTAC is holding in conjunction with the MacArthur
Foundation. I thought it might be of potential interest to the C4L
community.

 The topic is trust in educational and collaborative settings, and awards
include up to $150,000 in grant funding per winner ($1.2 million will be
awarded). Deadline is November 3rd, and interdisciplinary,
stakeholder-oriented groups are encouraged. More information below.

-dre.



-- Forwarded message --
From: Demos Orphanides 
Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:02 AM
Subject: From Demos@HASTAC | The Trust Challenge: The fifth
HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition


































* [image: dmlc5-trust-challenge.png] CFP:  Announcing the Trust Challenge,
the fifth HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning
Competition Full information: dmlcompetition.net
 Trust, privacy, and safety are critical to
learning in an open online world. How can learners exercise control over
who sees and uses their data? What tools do they need to navigate,
collaborate, and learn online with confidence? What solutions will foster
greater civility and respect in online learning environments? How can open
technical standards create more opportunities to share and collaborate
online in a spirit of trust? The fifth open, international HASTAC/MacArthur
Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition, the Trust Challenge,
will award $1.2 million to institutions and organizations that tackle these
questions in real-life learning contexts. The Trust Challenge will fund
successful collaborations or “laboratories” that create scalable,
innovative, and transformative exemplars of connected learning that bridge
technological solutions with complex social considerations of trust.
Awards: $10,000 to $150,000 year-long development grants; $1.2 million will
be awarded in total. Timeline: Applications accepted September 3 to
November 3, 2014. Final applications are due Monday, November 3, 2014 at
5pm PST/ 8pm EST. Who can participate:  Successful proposals will include
youth-serving organizations and institutions and institutions of higher
learning anywhere in the world where challenges to trust in connected
learning environments can be identified and addressed. Teams must include -
institutional/organizational stakeholders and administrators that can
provide and direct project objectives, inform design and implementation,
and increase opportunities for scalability. Additionally, teams might also
include: - technologists, web developers, app developers, badge system
designers, etc. that can design, build and implement the proposed digital
solution; and - researchers, educators, learning experts, policy advisors,
legal counsel, etc. that can give careful consideration to complex social
and institutional/organizational considerations around trust and learning.
Connect with the Trust Challenge to get the latest news and notifications
Listserv: To receive notifications about the Trust Challenge, including
reminders when the application opens, send a message to
 dmlcompnews-requ...@duke.edu  with
“subscribe” in the subject line. Web: www.dmlcompetition.net
 Twitter:  www.twitter.com/dmlComp
 and #dmltrust Facebook:
 https://www.facebook.com/DMLcomp 
-- Watch the upcoming Webinar Series “Building
Trust in Connected Learning Environments” In collaboration with
http://connectedlearning.tv/: 
http://connectedlearning.tv/building-trust-connected-learning-environments

Why Trust Matters in Connected Learning Environments

July 8, 11am PST/2pm EST (archived recording available) What do we mean by
"trust" in relation to connected learning? Why we need to create connected
learning environments that protect safety & privacy without compromising
the ability to learn. Speakers: - Cathy Casserly
 - Former CEO of Creative Commons, now a
part-time Fellow at the Aspen Institute Communications & Society Program -
David Preston  - English teacher at
Righetti High School - Sheryl Grant  - Director
of Social Networking, HASTAC Trust Challenges Across Connected Learning
Environments

July 15, 11am PST/2pm EST How trust is modelled in collaborative connected
learning environments, and how we tackle serious issues--such as digital
literacy and equity--so that people can take full advantage of learning
opportunities. Speakers: - Cathy Lewis-Long

[CODE4LIB] mediaelement.js and responsive design -- helpful hints

2014-07-10 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Hey all,

Our web team has been incrementally migrating our website over to a
responsive design based on foundation.js, and it's presented lots of
interesting challenges. I use mediaelement.js to manage video playback for
our instructional tutorials, and the combination of MEJS's rendering habits
and Foundation's resize flow leads to some frustrations.

But I came up with a decent, purely CSS solution that allows friendly video
resizing without doing anything to wacky, and I thought I'd share it. If
you use mediaelement.js on a responsive site, and you want decently
friendly video display, you might give it a crack.

Summary:

We'll use CSS along with a couple of tricks and minor abuse of the
!important flag to override MEJS's default video dimension rendering
behavior. We'll allow MEJS to determine the video dimensions until the
browser width is close to the video's width.

This has been tested with MEJS version 2.14.2 and Foundation 5.2.0 on
Chrome 35, Firefox 30, and IE 10 (windows all).


Assumptions:

   - Single column display (You could probably modify it to work for
   multiple columns with some tweaks, but I haven't gotten there yet)
   - You know the video dimensions / aspect ratio (in this example, we
   assume 640x480 video, i.e., a 4:3 aspect ratio)
   - Your  element is in a dedicated container (e.g., a div) with a
   class that we'll call "videoContainer".
   - No major modifications to default mediaelementplayer.css


I don't know how much of the CSS is overkill -- some of it I inherited from
our web team -- but it seems to work decently well. If you want to see it
in action, check out the following URL:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/picking_topic/

CSS is below for your enjoyment. I hope you find it useful! At this point,
this is the result of a lot of guesswork and a few helpful hints from
StackOverflow, so I'm not sure how much specific advice I could give, but
I'm happy to try.

Thanks,
Dre.


--- Hark! CSS below! ---

/* Only start overriding when browser is close to video dimensions. (Adjust
PX count for your video dimensions and website padding, etc)
 !important flag is important (ha!) to override style attributes that MEJS
adds to tags. Also note that the pixel count here may not be
(doesn't have to be) one of your Foundation breakpoints. */

@media (max-width:680px){

/* These declarations force the video element to resize with the browser. */
.videoContainer .mejs-container.svg.mejs-video,
 .videoContainer .mejs-overlay.mejs-layer.mejs-overlay-play,
.videoContainer .mejs-poster.mejs-layer,
.videoContainer .mejs-captions-layer.mejs-layer,
 .videoContainer video{
margin: 0 !important;
text-align: center;
 width: 100% !important;
height: auto !important;
}

/* This forces the dimensions of the video container to retain the 4:3
ratio. Adjust percentage if your video is
 a different ratio. (16:9 is 56.25%). This works because "padding"
attribute dimensions are always calculated using
element width. Something like the "height" attribute would derive its value
from the parent element's height, which we don't want. */

.videoContainer{
padding-bottom: 75%;
 position: relative;
}


/* These declarations force the child elements that MEJS creates to render
relative to the videoContainer object. */

.videoContainer .mejs-layer, .videoContainer .mejs-container,
.videoContainer .mejs-overlay {
position: absolute !important;
 top: 0 !important;
bottom: 0 !important;
left: 0 !important;
 right: 0 !important;
height: auto !important;
}
}

Re: [CODE4LIB] Community anti-harassment policy

2014-07-02 Thread Andreas Orphanides

In particular, we'd need to think about how to shape the sanctions section,
including things like:

   - What's an appropriate sanction in non-conference setting X?
   - Who is empowered to enact sanctions?
   - If a participant feels they have been harassed, who do they contact
   and how?
   - possibly other stuff?

I think the conflict resolution part is in better shape, though it would
need a little cleanup for more universal (i.e., not conference-specific)
language.


On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Andreas Orphanides 
wrote:

> My cursory web search came up with the one that was developed for the most
> recent conference, but it's not clear to me what the breadth of the
> document is supposed to include. I think it was applied to the IRC channel
> during the conference, but if it was written specifically as a conference
> policy, it's probably worth revisiting to ensure that it covers everything
> needed community-wide outside of conference time as well.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess  > wrote:
>
>> I was under the impression that we had a code of conduct/anti-harassment
>> policy in place for IRC and the mailing lists. Was this an incorrect
>> impression?
>>
>> I am definitely in favor of adopting one, if there isn't one in place!
>>
>> Logistically, Geek Feminism is also not a formal organization--they were
>> recently described as an anarchist collective--so I think we could follow
>> their lead pretty easily. We could make a mail alias that goes to a
>> ROTATING team/committee (this is very important; people burn out, dealing
>> with these things for too long), for reporting purposes. IRC aliases are a
>> thing, too, right?
>>
>> -coral
>>
>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Community anti-harassment policy

2014-07-02 Thread Andreas Orphanides

My cursory web search came up with the one that was developed for the most
recent conference, but it's not clear to me what the breadth of the
document is supposed to include. I think it was applied to the IRC channel
during the conference, but if it was written specifically as a conference
policy, it's probably worth revisiting to ensure that it covers everything
needed community-wide outside of conference time as well.

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess 
wrote:

> I was under the impression that we had a code of conduct/anti-harassment
> policy in place for IRC and the mailing lists. Was this an incorrect
> impression?
>
> I am definitely in favor of adopting one, if there isn't one in place!
>
> Logistically, Geek Feminism is also not a formal organization--they were
> recently described as an anarchist collective--so I think we could follow
> their lead pretty easily. We could make a mail alias that goes to a
> ROTATING team/committee (this is very important; people burn out, dealing
> with these things for too long), for reporting purposes. IRC aliases are a
> thing, too, right?
>
> -coral
>

[CODE4LIB] Community anti-harassment policy

2014-07-02 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Hey folks,

Recently on the Geek Feminism blog there have been some posts about their
recent adoption of a community anti-harassment policy [1, 2, 3]. This
differs from their model conference anti-harassment policy (which is
awesome and which I seem to recall is one of the bases for our own
conference policy) in that it applies to the community as a whole and its
associated community activities (in GF-land, this includes things like
their blog, wikis, internal organizational groups, etc.).

I thought I'd broach the subject here -- should we adopt a similar policy,
or at least initiate such a conversation? Even given the limited degree to
which Code4Lib exists as a "thing" (pretty much the listserv, the wiki, and
the main website) it seems likely that someone has experienced harassment
in a sphere outside the conference; and if not, it's likely it will happen
some day. It seems like it would be good to have something in place that
outlines our values and expectations in this space.

Have other folks thought about this or discussed it at all? Has a similar
conversation occurred that I missed? (If so, I apologize for overlooking
it!) What questions do we need to address to think about what will work
best for our community? What opinions do people have on the value of such a
document?

One potential challenge that exists for C4L is its lack of formal
structure. GF has an Anti-Abuse Team and other standing entities that
provide structure and continuity to the ongoing existence of the community.
Code4Lib has always avoided having any continuous, formal structures or
bylaws of this sort, and in general the community seems to value its
relatively anarchic state. But it might be hard to reconcile our lack of
formal organizational structure with such a document, especially if/when it
comes time to enforce the policy. (I don't know if that's a valid
justification for not having a policy though!)

-dre.

[1] http://geekfeminism.org/about/code-of-conduct/
[2] http://geekfeminism.org/2014/06/25/announcing-our-code-of-conduct/
[3]
http://geekfeminism.org/2014/06/30/is-harassment-in-your-community-unwelcome-adopt-a-community-anti-harassment-policy/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Storyline or Scavenger Hunt Software

2014-05-30 Thread Andreas Orphanides

We did something like this. We looked at SCVNGR and rejected it due to its
wacky cost model and limited feature set. (And stupid name.)

We ended up doing something with ipods that the library maintains, shared
Evernote accounts, and a Google spreadsheet. Requires hand-scoring, but
works really well.

Not sure if it'll work for you, but take a look at the tech overview [1].
If it looks worthwhile I can fill in any missing details.

[1] http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/instruction/scavenger-details.php

-dre.


On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Francis Kayiwa 
wrote:

> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> The project I'm trying to get done is conceptually simple (but I am
> lazy). I suspect someone's already done this and will avoid doing any
> work if I can.
>
> I'm embarking on an ideally web based app that allows users to play a
> scavenger game in the library. Examples of what I mean is here.
>
> http://www.scvngr.com/ (iOS and Android based)
>
> and/or
>
> https://library.hud.ac.uk/lemontree/
>
> Those all require pay but perhaps one of you is doing this silently
> and less concerned about *profit*.
>
> Cheers,
> ./fxk
>
>
> - --
> Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from
> others.
> (RFC 793)
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-
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> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/
>
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Re: [CODE4LIB] College Question!

2014-05-29 Thread Andreas Orphanides

You could do worse than an undergrad degree in pure math, especially if
you're interested in doing "hard" CS at some point. In general, math gives
you lots of good background for things like data and object structures,
flow control, etc. Math is also really useful for framing the world as a
series of problems to be solved, which is often productive in a work
context, especially in areas like application development, tech services,
etc.

As others have mentioned, undergrad degrees in library science are not
particularly useful. You might find an information science degree useful if
you're interested in something like data analysis, text mining, hardcore
metadata stuff, though. For a systems librarian gig, you might not even
need a masters degree in LS or IS -- it depends on the institution --
though having a theoretical understanding of the principles behind library
operations can be really handy.

In the library jobs sphere, your actual on-the-ground experience ultimately
matters a lot more than what it says on your transcript (except for the
whole "ALA-accredited degree required" thing, as applicable). As long as
you keep pursuing interesting projects and challenging yourself with the
kinds of things that matter to libraries, it almost doesn't matter whether
you get an undergrad degree in theater, math, comparative literature,
whatever. But if you know the direction you want to go, and it interests
you from an academic perspective, it'd be hard to go wrong with something
like math, computer engineering, systems engineering, even chemistry. One
valuable thing you can try to get through an undergrad degree is the
ability to think about problems in some sort of formal way, so any pursuit
that gives you a means to do that could be of value.

Regarding liberal arts, you'd be surprised at how much a little background
in language, history, art, etc., can inform your work in a science or
engineering discipline.

-dre.

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Ross Singer  wrote:

> If you want to be a systems librarian, I wouldn't bother with the MLIS,
> honestly.  Yes, it's still a requirement on a lot of job postings _now_,
> but more and more that's being dropped from systems roles in lieu of
> relevant experience.
>
> The other sad reality is that an entry level systems librarian position
> probably makes less than a developer or sysadmin position in the same
> department.
>
> Fwiw, I have no masters in anything, a BA in theatre (the BEST degree, but
> that's another thread), and have worked in library technology
> professionally for 20 years (oh, hey there, ravages of time).  While not
> having an MLIS has kept me out of consideration for some jobs in the past,
> almost all of them just wanted a masters in _something_, which, in that
> case, get a masters in CS or CE.
>
> -Ross.
> On May 28, 2014 11:18 PM, "Riley Childs"  wrote:
>
> > I was curious about the type of degrees people had. I am heading off to
> > college next year (class of 2015) and am trying to figure out what to
> major
> > in. I want to be a systems librarian, but I can't tell what to major in!
> I
> > wanted to hear about what paths people took and how they ended up where
> > they are now.
> >
> > BTW Y'All at NC State need a better tour bus driver (not the c4l tour,
> the
> > admissions tour) ;) the bus ride was like a rickety roller coaster...
> 🎢
> >
> > Also, if you know of any scholarships please let me know ;) you would be
> > my BFF :P
> >
> >
> > Riley Childs
> > Student
> > Asst. Head of IT Services
> > Charlotte United Christian Academy
> > (704) 497-2086
> > RileyChilds.net
> > Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Jobs Digest - I definitely didn't rip off someone else's job posting

2014-05-29 Thread Andreas Orphanides

YAY FULL JOB POSTINGS


On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:40 PM, BWS Johnson wrote:

> Research Analyst I
> Royt's Treehouse
>
> The prestigious Tennant's Treehouse is accepting applications for the
> position of Research Analyst I for the Juniper Club Library. A
> collaborative position in nature, the Research Analyst I will indenture
> themselves to the library duhrector artisanally collecting redundant data
> via Diebold-O-Tron. The Research Analyst I will be abused at any given
> opportunity, be paid only in hard liquor, maintain all digital object
> collections, regardless of relevance or irrelevance of said collection and
> shepherd digital humanities projects, whatevertheheckthoseare.
>
>
> The successful candidate will have 17 years experience in Koha despite
> this being an entry level position that only freshly minted graduates may
> apply to and that proficiency not possibly existing in this reality,
> archiving meaningless discussion threads, ragging on royt at any given
> opportunity, and collating mimeographs since we forgot to take this out of
> our job description sometime when MARC was merely a glimmer in a data
> nerd's eye. None of these skills relate in the slightest to counting votes,
> but that's what HR told us, and ours is not to reason why.
>
> We will not tell you where Royt's Treehouse is located since you are meant
> to already know. As with conference, you were meant to apply for this post
> prior to it making the rounds in your hemisphere, so if you are located
> outside of the continental United States, too damn bad.
>
> For further information, feel free to contact abesottedphoe...@yahoo.com,
> where your email will fester in a pile since your résumé will be thrown out
> for having a funny name or not matching spurious keywords.
>
> All applicants are REQUIRED to have a beating a dead horse Code{4}Lib
> t-shirt.
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] 15% off of all tshirts on the code4lib store (MYSHIRT2014

2014-05-26 Thread Andreas Orphanides

The coupon is telling me it's valid from 6/3 to 6/11. Oh well.


On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Eric Lochtefeld wrote:

> Can you send this out again when the more products are added?
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> ___
> 
>
>
> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Riley Childs  >wrote:
>
> > Spreadshirt is offering 15% off of all tshirts on our store this week
> with
> > coupon code MYSHIRT2014
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Riley Childs
> > Junior
> > IT Admin
> > email: rchi...@cucawarriors.com
> > office: +1 (704) 537-0031 x101
> > cell: +1 (704) 497-2086
> >
> > Please Think Before Hitting Reply All
> > I Do Web Design! RileyChilds.net/services
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] jobs digest for 2014-05-16

2014-05-16 Thread Andreas Orphanides

THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DISCUSSED.


On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:44 PM,  wrote:

> Library Electronic Resources Specialist
> Raritan Valley Community College
> Branchburg Township, New Jersey
> ColdFusion, EZproxy, JavaScript, Personal computer hardware
> http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/13115
>
> Digital Scholarship Specialist
> University of Oklahoma
> Norman, Oklahoma
> Digital humanities, University of Oklahoma
> http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/14593
>
> Research Data Consultant
> Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
> Blacksburg, Virginia
> Data curation, Data management, Digital library, Informatics
> http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/14591
>
> Systems Librarian
> Central Michigan University
> Mount Pleasant, Michigan
> CONTENTdm, Ex Libris, Innovative Interfaces, MARC standards, Proxy server,
> Resource Description and Access, SFX
> http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/14590
>
> To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Friends of code4lib (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos)

2014-04-13 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Historically, there's resistance to forming anything like an organization
around Code4Lib proper. A great point of pride in the community is our
generally anarcho-communist approach to self-organization and
self-determination -- Code4Lib is manifestly not an organization, and yet
[X], for many values of X that are challenging for even "proper"
organizations to pull off. There's definitely concern that forming an
organization and bylaws and the like would make it harder for Code4Lib to
do its thing as Code4Lib, up to and including potentially fundamentally
disrupting what Code4Lib is at its core.

On the other hand, there would be a definite value -- and there is a
demonstrated need -- for some kind of ongoing structure to support the
community's regular activities, help manage budget handoffs between
conferences, and the like. I think the notion of a "Friends of Code4Lib"
has the potential of solving the financial trust/financial continuity issue
without putting the community itself at risk of being burdened by too much
structure.

That being said, I think even the idea of Friends of Code4lib, organization
once removed, is probably worthy of serious discussion among the community
so we can understand how it's going to fit in with the bigger Code4Lib
organism.

-dre.


On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Riley Childs wrote:

> I think someone should put together bylaws and then we should vote on
> them, if they are passed we should then vote on a board (I really don't
> know w/w/w on this) after that we should incorporate as code4lib LLC and
> apply for status as a 501(c)6 (members don't have to pay) or a more
> welcoming option would be a 501(c)3 which would give us access to tax
> deductible donations (yay!). just my $2 (which I will gladly give if this
> becomes an entity ;)
>
> Riley Childs
> Student
> Asst. Head of IT Services
> Charlotte United Christian Academy
> (704) 497-2086
> RileyChilds.net
> Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
> 
> From: Simon Spero
> Sent: 4/13/2014 3:33 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Friends of code4lib (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for
> Old Conf Tshirt Logos)
>
> 501(c)(3) would be  preferable ; the only part of congress that C4L has to
> deal with is the Library of same, and I don't think edsu does much
> legislating.
>
> A good application should be doable in a few months. Fees for incorporation
> and IRS charges could be raised by selling off anarchivist's glasses as the
> next google glass.  ["how did he know that? he must be connected to the
> net."]
>
>
> http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Top-Ten-Reasons-for-Delays-in-Processing-Exempt-Organization-Applications
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Esmé Cowles  >wrote:
>
> > It seems like the main things a 501(c)(6) can do that a 501(c)(3) can't
> is
> > engage in advertising, lobbying, supporting candidates for office, etc.
> >  Other that that, it can engage in the same activities as a 501(c)(3).
> >
> > IMHO, a "Friends of code4lib" non-profit organization would fall squarely
> > under the the advancement of education category (i.e. to support
> > educational activities such as the conference, mailing list, website, IRC
> > channel, etc.).  So a 501(c)(3) seems like a better fit to me.
> >
> > -Esme
> >
> > On 04/13/2014, at 12:57 PM, Simon Spero  wrote:
> >
> > > [Note that 501 (c)(6) only applies to membership organizations]
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Simon Spero 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Whilst it might be possible that code4lib might qualify under IRC
> > >> 501(c)(3) it is also possible  that code4lib might be a professional
> > >> organization under IRC 501(c)(6) .
> > >>
> > >> 6.  An organization formed to stimulate the development and
> > >>> free interchange of information pertaining to systems and programming
> > >>> of electronic data processing equipment may qualify for exempt status
> > under
> > >>> IRC 501(c)(6). The membership of the particular organization at issue
> > >>> is composed of members who represent diversified businesses that own,
> > >>> rent, or lease digital computers produced by various manufacturers.
> The
> > >>> organization holds semi-annual conferences to discuss operational
> > >>> and technical problems. The activities of this organization provide a
> > >>> forum for the exchange of information that will improve the
> efficiency
> > of
> > >>> the use
> > >>> of such computers, both by members and other interested users, and
> > >>> thus improve the overall efficiency of the business operations of
> each.
> > >>> Rev. Rul. 74-147, 1974-1 C.B. 136. Distinguished in Rev. Rul. 83-164,
> > >>> 1983-2
> > >>> C.B. 95, discussed under The "Line of Business" Requirement, page 22.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopick03.pdf  , page K-8
> > >>
> > >> See e.g. the ALA - a 501(c)(3) organizati

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos

2014-04-11 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Also, developing a solution that solves the organizational issue while
preserving the desire to remain a loosely affiliated collective of
like-minded individuals.


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Trevor Thornton wrote:

> I just wanna point out how funny/awesome it is that this thread so smoothly
> evolved from a discussion of t-shirt designs to one of fundamental
> organizational infrastructure.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Jon Gorman  >wrote:
>
> > I'll try to do some digging as well
> >
> > Jon Gorman
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Lisa Rabey 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Francis Kayiwa 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > +1
> > > >
> > > > Go for it Lisa!
> > > >
> > > > ./fxk
> > >
> > >
> > > I can start digging into the hows/whys sometime in early May and
> > > report back. If anyone has anything of interest (past C4L list convos,
> > > recommendations, etc), pass them along!
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
> > > http://exitpursuedbyabear.net | http://lisa.rabey.net
> > >
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Southeast/Carolina Regional Times/Dates

2014-04-09 Thread Andreas Orphanides

It's just a name the group made up, so there's probably a bit of a
namespace conflict. I don't think there's a real web presence. But I do
know that at least 3 or 4 of the Code4Lib people at NCSU have also
expressed interest in the NC LITe meeting. The "LIT" stands for "library
instructional technology", I think. (And the "e" is for "make this nifty
and pronounceable.")

>From the doodle, it looks like the most likely dates for NC LITe are May
28, June 2, or June 3, though there are some other possible dates in May as
well.


On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Sarah Shealy wrote:

> That's a good idea, Kevin.
>
> Is there a large overlap with NC LITe? I have no idea what that is. Google
> tells me it has something to do with broadband adoption.
>
> > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 09:38:47 -0400
> > From: akorp...@ncsu.edu
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Southeast/Carolina Regional Times/Dates
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> >
> > Note that there's an outstanding doodle for the NC LITe library
> instruction
> > group meeting at UNCC as well -- There's probably some overlap in
> > populations, and I don't know whether people will want to try to make the
> > trip together or make two separate trips, but either way it might behoove
> > us to wait until that date is settled
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Kevin S. Clarke 
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Sarah Shealy  >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hey everyone! The wiki page was set up at
> > > http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Southeast so go there to edit the
> > > dates/times that work for you. If you can't log in, or don't want to,
> you
> > > can edit this document. I'm currently not able to log in to the wiki,
> and
> > > I'm sure many people don't want to have to deal with contacting Ryan
> just
> > > to add a time/date to a page. But I'll add the info that comes in on
> the
> > > doc when I can.
> > >
> > > My weeks/days/months vary -- rather than posting my whole schedule on
> > > the page, maybe it would be easier for those who are taking more of an
> > > organizational role to pick a variety of dates (in different months at
> > > different times of the day and week) and put up some options at
> > > something like http://doodle.com/en/ ?  Then we could vote on them.  I
> > > don't believe you have to login there to vote either (though you
> > > probably do to set up a poll).
> > >
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe there
> > > are two kinds of people in this world and those who know better."
> > >
>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Southeast/Carolina Regional Times/Dates

2014-04-09 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Note that there's an outstanding doodle for the NC LITe library instruction
group meeting at UNCC as well -- There's probably some overlap in
populations, and I don't know whether people will want to try to make the
trip together or make two separate trips, but either way it might behoove
us to wait until that date is settled


On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Kevin S. Clarke  wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Sarah Shealy 
> wrote:
> > Hey everyone! The wiki page was set up at
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Southeast so go there to edit the
> dates/times that work for you. If you can't log in, or don't want to, you
> can edit this document. I'm currently not able to log in to the wiki, and
> I'm sure many people don't want to have to deal with contacting Ryan just
> to add a time/date to a page. But I'll add the info that comes in on the
> doc when I can.
>
> My weeks/days/months vary -- rather than posting my whole schedule on
> the page, maybe it would be easier for those who are taking more of an
> organizational role to pick a variety of dates (in different months at
> different times of the day and week) and put up some options at
> something like http://doodle.com/en/ ?  Then we could vote on them.  I
> don't believe you have to login there to vote either (though you
> probably do to set up a poll).
>
> Kevin
>
>
> --
> "There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe there
> are two kinds of people in this world and those who know better."
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Carolina Regional Group?

2014-03-28 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Be sure to specify WHICH Greenville. Greenville NC isn't exactly central,
but people might not be paying attention.


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Riley Childs 
> wrote:
> > Charlotte
>
> Riley can do some arranging.
>
> > Columbia
>
> Sarah can do some arranging.
>
> > Greenville
>
> Like Ross, I'd also be interested in this (as it's close to me), but
> do we have anyone on the ground there willing to organize this?  If
> not, I'd say our choices are Columbia and Greenville.  Yay for voting!
>
> Kevin
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Carolina Regional Group?

2014-03-28 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Profounder words have never been spoken.

ikea++


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Riley Childs wrote:

> My vote is Ikea :) but I am open
>
> Riley Childs
> Student
> Asst. Head of IT Services
> Charlotte United Christian Academy
> (704) 497-2086
> RileyChilds.net
> Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
> 
> From: Andrew Shuping
> Sent: ‎3/‎28/‎2014 3:32 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Carolina Regional Group?
>
> I'm from GA as well and I'd be interested in joining in as well.
>
> Andrew Shuping
>
> Robert Frost - "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about
> life: it goes on."
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Akerman, Laura  wrote:
>
> > Would you mind if some Georgia people came?
> >
> > Laura
> >
> > Laura Akerman
> > Technology and Metadata Librarian
> > Robert W. Woodruff Library
> > Emory University
> > Atlanta, Ga. 30322
> > (404) 373-8241
> > lib...@emory.edu
> > 
> > From: Code for Libraries  on behalf of
> Forrest,
> > Stuart 
> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:58 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Carolina Regional Group?
> >
> > Yeah something in South Carolina would be rally cool.
> >
> > Stuart Forrest PhD
> > Library Systems Specialist
> > Beaufort County Library
> > 311 Scott Street
> > Beaufort SC, 29902
> > 843 255 6450
> > sforr...@bcgov.net
> > www.beaufortcountylibrary.org
> > "For Leisure - For Learning - For Life"
> > 
> > From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kevin
> S.
> > Clarke [kscla...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:21 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Carolina Regional Group?
> >
> > I'd be interested in a regional meetup anywhere near NC/SC.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Riley Childs  >
> > wrote:
> > > I live in Charlotte, but would trudge out to SCŠ
> > >
> > > //Riley
> > >
> > > On 3/28/14, 12:31 PM, "Sarah Shealy"  wrote:
> > >
> > >>I'm in Columbia as well Colin, so at the very least we can do a
> Columbia
> > >>meetup.
> > >>
> > >>Sent from my iPad
> > >>
> > >>> On Mar 28, 2014, at 12:01 PM, "WILDER, COLIN" <
> wilde...@mailbox.sc.edu
> > >
> > >>>wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Sarah et al.,
> > >>>
> > >>> I wasn't able to get up to the conference. I work at USC and would be
> > >>>interested in a regional group. My sense is that there would be
> > >>>sufficient interest to make what you suggest a reality. Happy to help.
> > >>>
> > >>> -Colin Wilder, Center for Digital Humanities at the University of
> South
> > >>>Carolina
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> -Original Message-
> > >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of
> > >>>Sarah Shealy
> > >>> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 11:52 AM
> > >>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > >>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Carolina Regional Group?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Having the conference in NC and seeing how many institutions sent
> > >>>people got me to thinking we should create a regional group. Anyone
> from
> > >>>NC and/or SC want to set up a regional meeting with me? It'll be fun.
> :)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> NCSU folks, I get it if you're tired of planning, but I know other
> > >>>places were represented!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks,
> > >>>
> > >>> Sarah
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Sent from my iPad
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe there
> > are two kinds of people in this world and those who know better."
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Archiving a website - best practices

2014-03-20 Thread Andreas Orphanides

There was a pretty lively discussion of this topic just this past January.
I'm not an expert so I can't speak on the most salient points, but here's a
link to the archive of the lead message in the thread:

https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1401&L=code4lib&F=&S=&P=62345

-dre.

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Kim, Bohyun wrote:

> I am not up to date with archiving practices. So I may be asking about a
> well-known problem.
>
> But anyone archiving an old website and if so, what method do you use? We
> are discussing taking screenshots and/or creating a zip file of the whole
> site and uploading to a repository at MPOW. Both seem to have some
> shortcomings.
>
> Thank you!
> Bohyun
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Publishing an RSS feed on a Confluence page

2014-02-21 Thread Andreas Orphanides

I think you should be able to do this:

{rss:url=http://someURL\|max=someNumberToShow\|titleBar=true}

At least, that's what I dug up from an old Confluence page of ours. Not
sure if there's some plugin that needs to be turned on for it to work,
though -- I'm definitely not a Confluence guy.

-dre.


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Kimberly Silk <
kimberly.s...@rotman.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm stumped on this one, and hoping you brilliant folk can help out.
>
> I am using a hosted Confluence wiki as a knowledge base for my research
> team. I want to be able to embed RSS feeds from various journals into the
> confluence page, so that the current tables of contents are listed on the
> wiki page. I've looked for an RSS widget for Confluence, but no luck.
>
> It seems to me that this should be doable - any hints??
>
> Thanks!
> Kim
>
> PS: GO TEAM CANADA #PlayLikeAGirl
>
> -
> Kimberly Silk, MLS
> Data Librarian, Martin Prosperity Institute
> Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto
> 105 St. George Street, Suite 9000
> Toronto, ON M5S 3E6
>
> Past President, SLA Toronto Chapter (2013)
>
> Office: 416-946-7032
> Mobile: 416-721-8955
> kimberly.s...@rotman.utoronto.ca
> @kimberlysilk
>
> www.martinprosperity.org
> Twitter: @MartinProsperit
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ?

2014-01-28 Thread Andreas Orphanides

That's simple for the techs, but VPNs can be a royal pain in the keester if
you're an end-user, for a variety of reasons. It should be incumbent on us
as information specialists to unburden the user to the extent possible.


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Aaron Addison wrote:

> Some use Squid, its not hard to set up.  But most vendors publish rules
> with ezproxy in mind.
>
> The other fairly simple solution is to run a VPN for access, and require
> people to use that.
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 28, 2014, stuart yeates 
> wrote:
>
> > We've just received notification of forth-coming changes to EZProxy,
> which
> > will require us to pay an arm and a leg for future versions to install
> > locally and/or host with OCLC AU with a ~ 10,000km round trip.
> >
> > What are the alternatives?
> >
> > cheers
> > stuart
> > --
> > Stuart Yeates
> > Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Voting is OPEN for this year's conference t-shirt

2014-01-27 Thread Andreas Orphanides

I thought that GOTO was considered harmful.


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Josh Wilson  wrote:

> Congratulations to Chris Markman for his winning idea!
>
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/File:Cmarkman-shirt.gif
>
> Big thanks to everyone who submitted an idea, medium thanks to everyone who
> voted.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Josh Wilson 
> wrote:
>
> > Please drop by the Diebold-o-tron to cast your vote on this year's
> > conference t-shirt logo:
> >
> > http://vote.code4lib.org/election/29
> >
> > Voting ends January 24!
> >
> >
> >
> > Josh Wilson
> > on behalf of C4L 2014 T-shirt Committee
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Public transport from RDU to Sheraton Raleigh and how safe is it?

2014-01-13 Thread Andreas Orphanides

There's a pretty reliable bus that will take you straight from the airport
to the center of downtown. Clean and safe, if a little infrequent. And $2.

http://www.triangletransit.org/sites/default/files/maps-and-schedules/RoutesAndSchedules-100.pdf


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Salazar, Christina <
christina.sala...@csuci.edu> wrote:

> (Am I the only one who hears James Brown's Night Train in my head when I
> type Raleigh, North Carolina?)
>
> I'm just wondering if there's any public transportation from RDU to the
> conference hotel and if so, how safe is it? I have opted out of public
> transport at some places that I later found out were very safe (e.g.,
> Boston) because I'm from Los Angeles and we don't do public transportation,
> so I just thought I'd ask now and plan in advance.
>
> Christina Salazar
> Systems Librarian
> John Spoor Broome Library
> California State University, Channel Islands
> 805/437-3198
> [Description: Description: CI Formal Logo_1B grad_em signature]
>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Charlotte, NC Code4Lib Meeting

2013-11-13 Thread Andreas Orphanides

If there's an event in Charlotte, that gives me a great excuse to visit
IKEA!


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Erin White  wrote:

> Chiming in - I'm in Richmond, VA, and would be interested.
>
> --
> Erin White
> Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries
> 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | www.library.vcu.edu
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:42 AM, scott bacon 
> wrote:
>
> > I'm in the Myrtle Beach area and might be able to attend.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Annette Bailey  wrote:
> >
> > > In Virginia and might be able to attend.
> > > On Nov 13, 2013 9:18 AM, "Sarah Shealy" 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm in SC and I'd be interested. It's only an hour or so drive for
> me.
> > > >
> > > > > Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:03:57 -0500
> > > > > From: hlwil...@ferrum.edu
> > > > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Charlotte, NC Code4Lib Meeting
> > > > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > > > >
> > > > > I am also in VA and might be able to make it.
> > > > > Heather Wilson, MSLS
> > > > > Systems and Emerging Technologies Librarian
> > > > > Stanley Library, Ferrum College
> > > > > PO Box 1000
> > > > > 150 Wiley Drive
> > > > > Ferrum, VA 24088
> > > > > (540) 365-6939
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Scott Turnbull
> > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > > I'm in Va as well and may be able to make it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - Scott
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Sarah Dooley 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> I would be interested (and yes, would be heading there from ye
> > olde
> > > > > >> conference locale).
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> -Sarah
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:04 AM, BWS Johnson <
> > > > abesottedphoe...@yahoo.com
> > > > > >> >wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> > Salvete!
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > >
> > > > > >> > >I'd be interested. I'm in Boone... not too far a drive. :)
> > > > > >> > >
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Amateurs! The real question to ask is who's bringing the
> > > 'shine
> > > > > >> > OR(mebbe even AND) 'que? But seriously, I think a lot of
> people
> > > > might be
> > > > > >> > interested given ye olde wiki entries and Conference locale.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Cheers,
> > > > > >> > Brooke
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> --
> > > > > >> Sarah Dooley
> > > > > >> Web & User Experience Development Librarian
> > > > > >> NC LIVE
> > > > > >> Voice: 919-513-2915
> > > > > >> Fax: 919-513-2588
> > > > > >> Email: sa...@nclive.org
> > > > > >> http://nclive.org/
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Ensure that you continue to receive NC LIVE's email messages.
> > Please
> > > > > >> remember to add h...@nclive.org to your email contacts address
> > > book.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > *Scott Turnbull*
> > > > > > APTrust Technical Lead
> > > > > > scott.turnb...@aptrust.org
> > > > > > www.aptrust.org
> > > > > > 678-379-9488
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Graphic Tablets

2013-10-31 Thread Andreas Orphanides

We check out the Intuos for short (4-hour) periods and the Bambu
something-something for 7-day checkouts. We also have a few workstations
with drawing tablets attached. I can't speak about demand per se, or about
policies, as I'm not in circulation, but I've fielded questions and
requests about them at the reference desk. Students seem to appreciate
them. That being said, we've got big design and engineering programs that
are probably significant drivers of their use. Not sure what adoption would
be like at institutions without academic populations that have an existing
need.

-dre.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Fragola, Patty  wrote:

> A drawing tablet similar to the Wacom Intuos5.
>
> http://www.wacom.com/en/us/creative/intuos-m
>
>
> pf
>
> On 10/31/13 10:35 AM, "Matthew Sherman"  wrote:
>
> >Can you define what you mean by graphic tablet?
> >
> >
> >On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Fragola, Patty 
> wrote:
> >
> >> Is anyone circulating graphic tablets to patrons?
> >>
> >> I'd be interested in hearing your experiences, particularly the
> >> justification for purchase and patron response.
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance,
> >>
> >> patty
> >>
> >> Patricia Fragola
> >> Head of Library Systems & Automation
> >>
> >> University of Wisconsin  Whitewater
> >> Andersen Library, Room 1125e
> >> 800 West Main Street
> >> Whitewater, Wisconsin 53190
> >> frago...@uww.edu
> >> Phone: 262-472-5673
> >>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] desk scheduling software?

2013-09-06 Thread Andreas Orphanides

We're on Google Calendar as an institution and have come up with some
practices that work decently well for scheduling our service points, by
making Google calendars for the service points themselves. Our staffing
includes 1 librarian and 1-3 students at the reference desk plus 1
librarian on chat, and we break this up into 3 calendars: Reference desk,
Student tech at reference desk, and Reference chat. We use a combination of
shared events, naming conventions and color coding to deal with shift
ownership, indicating "needs coverage", etc.

I don't know how well that would work for you since y'all are on Outlook --
that is, whether Outlook as the same combinations of features that have
made GCal work ok for us. This could especially be a problem if you need to
schedule students as well as staff, since your students are on Live Mail.
For us it works well since everyone's using GCal for their daily schedules
anyway.

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] Desk Statistics Software Question

2013-08-22 Thread Andreas Orphanides

We use Suma. This may or may not have something to do with the fact that
Jason Casden works upstairs from our reference desk. Setting that aside,
we've found it to fit well with our needs, especially since the locational
component allows us to track roving reference by location. If you keep very
detailed stats (e.g., many categories, recording exact timelengths for
interactions, etc) it might not be as ideal. We record 3 dimensions other
than location: question type (4 kinds), medium (phone or in person), and
duration (very short, short, medium, long).

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/spaceassesstool

-dre.

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Brian McBride wrote:

> Code4Lib,
>
> I am curious what other institutions are using for tracking desk stats? We
> are evaluating our current solution and wanted to see what what other
> solutions are available  either commercial or open source.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
> Brian McBride
> Head of Application Development
> J. Willard Marriott Library
>
> O: 801.585.7613
> F:  801.585.5549
> brian.mcbr...@utah.edu
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in Library

In that case, Suma is probably your thing.

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Thomas Misilo  wrote:

> Thank you all for the suggestions. I guess I should be a little more
> specific. I am looking for something that can be loaded up on a tablet
> (ipad and/or nexus 7), and have the laylout of the floor + chairs and
> tables.
>
> We are wanting to track usage of specific carrels and tables in different
> locations on the floor. To determine if they are in a good place or if they
> need to be repositioned or repurposed.
>
> Thanks again!
> s
> Tom
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > stuart yeates
> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 6:43 PM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in
> > Library
> >
> > Many buildings have IR sensors already installed for burglar alarms /
> fire
> > detection. If you can get a read-only feed from that system you may be
> able
> > to piggyback.
> >
> > Of course, these kinds of sensors are tripped by staff making regular
> rounds
> > of all spaces and similar non-patron activity.
> >
> > cheers
> > stuart
> >
> > On 16/08/13 06:33, Brian Feifarek wrote:
> > > Motion sensors might be the ticket.  For example,
> > > https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8630
> > >
> > > Brian
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Andreas Orphanides" 
> > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:12:02 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in
> > > Library
> > >
> > > Oh, that's a much better idea than light sensors. One challenge with
> > > that might be difficulty in determining what "vacant" looks like
> > > authoritatively, especially if people move chairs, walk through room,
> etc.
> > > But much more accessible than actually bolting stuff to the table, I
> > > would think.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Schwartz, Raymond
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hey Dre, Perhaps a video camera with some OpenCV?
> > >>
> > >> -Original Message-
> > >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> > >> Of Andreas Orphanides
> > >> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:55 AM
> > >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in
> > >> Library
> > >>
> > >> If I were feeling really ambitious -- and fair warning, I'm a big
> > >> believer that any solution worth engineering is worth
> > >> over-engineering -- I'd come up with something involving light
> > >> sensors (a la a gate counter) mounted on the table legs, just above
> > >> seat height. Throw in some something something Arduino or Raspberry
> > Pi, and Bob's your uncle.
> > >>
> > >> I find myself more intimidated by the practicality of maintaining
> > >> such a system (batteries, cord management etc) than about the
> > >> practicality of this implementation, actually.
> > >>
> > >> -dre.
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Thomas Misilo 
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> I was wondering if anyone has been asked before to come up with a
> > >>> way to record usage of tables.
> > >>>
> > >>> The ideal solution would be a web app, that we can create floor
> > >>> plans with where all the tables/chairs are and select the "reporting
> > >>> time", say 9PM at night. Go around the library and select all the
> > >>> seats/tables/rooms that are currently being used/occupied for
> > >> statistical data.
> > >>>
> > >>> We would be wanting to go around probably multiple times a day.
> > >>>
> > >>> The current solution I have seen is a pen and paper task, and then
> > >>> someone will have to manually put the data into a spreadsheet for
> > >> analysis.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks!
> > >>>
> > >>> Tom
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Stuart Yeates
> > Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in Library

Or -- what about piezoelectric sensors mounted to the underside of the
tables? It would be highly dependent on the table and the sensor, but you
could probably assume that anything above X noise level in the sensor
represents "table usage".

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Toby Greenwalt
wrote:

> Depending on the size of the space you're working with, you could totally
> do this with a Kinect. I'm not completely sure on how far you could go with
> the coding, but you could probably use it to track the length of time
> people sit at a given location.
>
> The drawback here would likely be people getting squicked out about the
> panopticon-ness of it all, but you could probably even turn it into an
> exhibit of source - if nothing else then to demonstrate that you're just
> scanning stick-figure outlines and not full recordings of people.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Brian Feifarek  wrote:
>
> > Motion sensors might be the ticket.  For example,
> > https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8630
> >
> > Brian
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Andreas Orphanides" 
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:12:02 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in
> > Library
> >
> > Oh, that's a much better idea than light sensors. One challenge with that
> > might be difficulty in determining what "vacant" looks like
> > authoritatively, especially if people move chairs, walk through room,
> etc.
> > But much more accessible than actually bolting stuff to the table, I
> would
> > think.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Schwartz, Raymond  > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Dre, Perhaps a video camera with some OpenCV?
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> Of
> > > Andreas Orphanides
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:55 AM
> > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in
> > > Library
> > >
> > > If I were feeling really ambitious -- and fair warning, I'm a big
> > believer
> > > that any solution worth engineering is worth over-engineering -- I'd
> come
> > > up with something involving light sensors (a la a gate counter) mounted
> > on
> > > the table legs, just above seat height. Throw in some something
> something
> > > Arduino or Raspberry Pi, and Bob's your uncle.
> > >
> > > I find myself more intimidated by the practicality of maintaining such
> a
> > > system (batteries, cord management etc) than about the practicality of
> > this
> > > implementation, actually.
> > >
> > > -dre.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Thomas Misilo 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering if anyone has been asked before to come up with a way
> > > > to record usage of tables.
> > > >
> > > > The ideal solution would be a web app, that we can create floor plans
> > > > with where all the tables/chairs are and select the "reporting time",
> > > > say 9PM at night. Go around the library and select all the
> > > > seats/tables/rooms that are currently being used/occupied for
> > > statistical data.
> > > >
> > > > We would be wanting to go around probably multiple times a day.
> > > >
> > > > The current solution I have seen is a pen and paper task, and then
> > > > someone will have to manually put the data into a spreadsheet for
> > > analysis.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in Library

Oh, that's a much better idea than light sensors. One challenge with that
might be difficulty in determining what "vacant" looks like
authoritatively, especially if people move chairs, walk through room, etc.
But much more accessible than actually bolting stuff to the table, I would
think.

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Schwartz, Raymond wrote:

> Hey Dre, Perhaps a video camera with some OpenCV?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Andreas Orphanides
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:55 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in
> Library
>
> If I were feeling really ambitious -- and fair warning, I'm a big believer
> that any solution worth engineering is worth over-engineering -- I'd come
> up with something involving light sensors (a la a gate counter) mounted on
> the table legs, just above seat height. Throw in some something something
> Arduino or Raspberry Pi, and Bob's your uncle.
>
> I find myself more intimidated by the practicality of maintaining such a
> system (batteries, cord management etc) than about the practicality of this
> implementation, actually.
>
> -dre.
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Thomas Misilo  wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has been asked before to come up with a way
> > to record usage of tables.
> >
> > The ideal solution would be a web app, that we can create floor plans
> > with where all the tables/chairs are and select the "reporting time",
> > say 9PM at night. Go around the library and select all the
> > seats/tables/rooms that are currently being used/occupied for
> statistical data.
> >
> > We would be wanting to go around probably multiple times a day.
> >
> > The current solution I have seen is a pen and paper task, and then
> > someone will have to manually put the data into a spreadsheet for
> analysis.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Tom
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Way to record usage of tables/rooms/chairs in Library

If I were feeling really ambitious -- and fair warning, I'm a big believer
that any solution worth engineering is worth over-engineering -- I'd come
up with something involving light sensors (a la a gate counter) mounted on
the table legs, just above seat height. Throw in some something something
Arduino or Raspberry Pi, and Bob's your uncle.

I find myself more intimidated by the practicality of maintaining such a
system (batteries, cord management etc) than about the practicality of this
implementation, actually.

-dre.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Thomas Misilo  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has been asked before to come up with a way to
> record usage of tables.
>
> The ideal solution would be a web app, that we can create floor plans with
> where all the tables/chairs are and select the "reporting time", say 9PM at
> night. Go around the library and select all the seats/tables/rooms that are
> currently being used/occupied for statistical data.
>
> We would be wanting to go around probably multiple times a day.
>
> The current solution I have seen is a pen and paper task, and then someone
> will have to manually put the data into a spreadsheet for analysis.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tom
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

2013-07-30 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Whatever; if you're not programming Turing machines made from two rocks and
a roll of toilet paper, then you're not a REAL coder.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Ethan Gruber  wrote:

> All languages other than assembly are boutique and must be eliminated like
> the cancer that they are.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Ross Singer 
> wrote:
>
> > What would you consider a "boutique" language?  What isn't?
> >
> > -Ross.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Rich Wenger  wrote:
> >
> > > The proliferation of boutique "languages" is a cancer on our community.
> > >  Each one is a YAP (Yet Another Priesthood), and little else.  The
> world
> > > does not need five slightly varying syntaxes for a substring function.
> > If I
> > > had switched languages every time the web community "recommended" it, I
> > > would have rewritten a mountain of apps at least twice in the past five
> > > years.  What's next, a separate language to put periods at the end of
> > > sentences? Just my $.02.  That is all.
> > >
> > > Rich Wenger
> > > E-Resource Systems Manager, MIT Libraries
> > > rwen...@mit.edu
> > > 617-253-0035
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf
> Of
> > > Joshua Welker
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:56 AM
> > > To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby
> > >
> > > I am already a big user of PHP for web apps, but PHP does not make a
> > > fantastic scripting language in my experience.
> > >
> > > Josh Welker
> > > Information Technology Librarian
> > > James C. Kirkpatrick Library
> > > University of Central Missouri
> > > Warrensburg, MO 64093
> > > JCKL 2260
> > > 660.543.8022
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
> 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 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Whoohoo, late to the party!
> > > >
> > > > I like Python because I learned it first, and I haven't had a need to
> > > > explore Ruby yet.
> > > >
> > > > I did briefly foray into learning Ruby in order to try to learn
> Rails,
> > > > and I actually found that my background in Python sort of gave me
> > > > brain-jam for learning Ruby, because the languages were so close
> > > > together, but just different in some ways. So my mind would be 'oh,
> so
> > > > it's just  but then, it's not. If I tackle
> > > > Ruby again, I will definitely try to 'empty my cup' first.
> > > >
> > > > -K
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Marc Chantreux 
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> hello,
> > > >>
> > > >> Sorry comming late with it but:
> > > >>
> > > >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:43:33AM -0500, Joshua Welker wrote:
> > > >>> Not intending to start a language flame war/holy war here, but in
> > > >>> the library coding community, is there a particular reason to use
> > > >>> Ruby over Python or vice-versa?
> > > >>
> > > >> Is it the only choices you have? Because I'd personnally advice none
> > > >> of them
> > > >>
> > > >> I tested both of them before stucking to Perl just because
> > > >>
> > > >> * it is very pleasant when it come to explore and modify
> > > >> datastructures  and strings (which library things are).
> > > >> * the ecosystem is briliant: perl comes with lot of libraries and
> > > >> tools  with a quality i haven't found in other languages.
> > > >>
> > > >> Of course, perl is not perfect and i really would like to use a
> > > >> modern emerging compiled language like go, rust, haskell or even
> > > >> something on the jvm (like clojure or the emerging perl6) but all of
> > > >> them miss libraries.
> > > >>
> > > >> HTH
> > > >> 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] google scholar link resolver links broken?!

2013-07-17 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Maybe they've got the same plans for Google Scholar as they did for Reader
and other much-adored Google products: to slowly crapify it until it
becomes nearly useless, then retire it on short notice.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Sarah Lester  wrote:

> Hi Jonathan,
> I found a place for feedback, but I don't know if that will get to the
> right folks at Google. Try:
> https://support.google.com/scholar/contact/general
>
> I just tried the using the FindIt@ links and they don't work for me
> either.  Click and nothing happens.  I also had to re-ad my library to the
> choices for the link resolver but they still don't work.
>
> Sarah
>
> On Jul 17, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
>
> > Google Scholar has a feature where it will provide links to your local
> institutional OpenURL link resolver -- by user preference or IP address
> recognition.
> >
> > It will then present these links sometimes in a right column in Google
> Scholar results, other times in the row of links under each hit.
> >
> > The hyperlinks in the right column seem to be broken in current Google
> interface. Clicking on them has no effect. It seems like some kind of
> javascript failure, although no javascript errors are raised in console.
> >
> > If you "open in new tab" or "open in new window", thus skipping the
> Google javascript -- it does work.
> >
> > Many of our users use Google Scholar and count on link resolver links
> working. This is awfully inconvenient.
> >
> > Anyone have any idea of any ways to report this to Google in such a way
> that they might actually care? Anyone got any internal contacts?
> >
> > Jonathan
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Regular expression for maximum 4-digit number

2013-07-02 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Maybe this (attached) will do the trick?

On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:

> I haven't used the addins, but any real regex support should allow you to
> extract multiple matches in one shot. However, you'd still need a bit of
> code to identify the max value.
>
> Kyle
> On Jul 2, 2013 10:51 AM, "Harper, Cynthia"  wrote:
>
> > I've used a couple of Add-ins for regexp in excel, but I wondered if
> > regexp had the ability to test the multiple matches in a single-line
> > expression.  But I guess that does require a multiline program - I'll use
> > VB. Thanks.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > Kyle Banerjee
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:47 AM
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Regular expression for maximum 4-digit number
> >
> > AFAIK, Excel has no built in regex capabilities so you'd need to call
> > vbscript from Excel to do this.
> >
> > In any case, you'll need to write an actual program to evaluate each line
> > since multiple values can occur in the same line. This will be easier if
> > done as text than in VBA. Besides, the data in Excel came from Mil in
> text
> > to begin with.
> >
> > There are many ways to do what you want, but perl would be hard to beat
> > for this use case
> >
> > Kyle
> > On Jul 2, 2013 10:02 AM, "Harper, Cynthia"  wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a way to return (in Excel, if possible) the largest 4-digit
> > > number (by word boundaries) in a string?  I've extracted the 863
> > > fields from Millennium for my active periodicals, and want to find the
> > > latest year in each run.  I'm willing to estimate it by taking the
> > > largest 4-digit number in the string. I'm doing this in Excel.  Any
> help?
> > >
> > > Cindy Harper
> > > Electronic Services and Serials Librarian Virginia Theological
> > > Seminary
> > > 3737 Seminary Road
> > > Alexandria VA 22304
> > > 703-461-1794
> > > char...@vts.edu
> > >
> >
>


cheapsearch.xlsx
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Regular expression for maximum 4-digit number

2013-07-02 Thread Andreas Orphanides

You might also be able to do it with some kind of naive approach: import to
excel as a space-delimited file; whatever the rightmost column ends up
being, go one to the right, then you should be able to use the MAX()
function (perhaps with some embellishment to ignore non-numeric text) to
pick out the largest number from the imported cells. Then sort on the new
column.

On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Cary Gordon  wrote:

> If you want to stay in Excel, you can likely do this with Powershell,
> which supports regex.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary
>
>
> On Jul 2, 2013, at 8:02 AM, "Harper, Cynthia"  wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to return (in Excel, if possible) the largest 4-digit
> number (by word boundaries) in a string?  I've extracted the 863 fields
> from Millennium for my active periodicals, and want to find the latest year
> in each run.  I'm willing to estimate it by taking the largest 4-digit
> number in the string. I'm doing this in Excel.  Any help?
> >
> > Cindy Harper
> > Electronic Services and Serials Librarian
> > Virginia Theological Seminary
> > 3737 Seminary Road
> > Alexandria VA 22304
> > 703-461-1794
> > char...@vts.edu
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2014: Save the dates!

2013-07-01 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Also, Raleigh (and I say this both with affection and from experience) acts
a bit big for its britches. The standard rates for downtown (non-crap)
hotels is... not cheap. Rack rate for both the Sheraton and the Marriott is
nigh 'round $300 for a single. There are inexpensive options in walking
distance (e.g., Clarion), but they come with the concomitant cheap hotel
caveats.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Gary McGath  wrote:

> On 7/1/13 8:00 AM, BWS Johnson wrote:
> > Salvete!
> >
> >
> >
> >> But please don't expect the conference itself to select the venue and
> >> complete conference package based on the sole requirement to keep room
> >> rates down.
> >
> > I never suggested any such thing. I kindly suggested that someone
> might wish to see if the hotel would come down on its price. I stated the
> fact that for that market during those dates, its cost is above its
> competitors. One of my colleagues noted that government rates for that
> locality are substantially lower, too.
> > As someone that has organised, or had a role in putting together
> many conferences, I well realise that room rates are not the only factor. I
> understand the dynamics in play in terms of meeting room space, proximity
> to attractions, et cetera.
> > However, I felt that it would be a good idea to act when I perceived
> that we were getting a raw deal. There's enough warning here that it would
> allow for a change for everyone's benefit. Many times I've been able to
> secure a better rate for my organisation simply by bringing in data and
> asking for a better deal than the boilerplate.
>
> From my own experience, I can confirm it's a waste of time to ask a
> hotel to come down on the rate after the contract is signed and the rate
> announced. All it can do is damage the relationship between the
> organizing group and the hotel.
>
>
> --
> Gary McGath, Professional Software Developer
> http://www.garymcgath.com
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

2013-06-04 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Something something Simon Spero something something OWL something LOC
hierarchy?

On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Michael J. Giarlo <
leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu> wrote:

> How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
>
> mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth
> Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in the
> Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and Resource
> Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit)","Biology and
> behavior series","Biology and environment (Macmillan Press)","Biology and
> management of old-growth forests"],["1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448",";
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]]
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker  wrote:
>
> > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is
> > pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an
> > automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory
> > constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> >
> > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu]
> > wrote:
> > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and
> > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does
> > anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of
> LOC
> > Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that
> matter.
> > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have
> > spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of
> > general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel
> > like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats
> > at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> >
> > Bryan Baldus
> > Senior Cataloger
> > Quality Books Inc.
> > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > 1-800-323-4241x402
> > bryan.bal...@quality-books.com
> > eij...@cpan.org
> > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] test

2013-05-06 Thread Andreas Orphanides

A vacuum nature does abhor.

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Peter Schlumpf wrote:

> This is a test.  Please ignore.
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] An interesting practical problem that might be a good hackfest project

2013-04-09 Thread Andreas Orphanides

The main problem as I see it is that Series are Hard; Let's Go Shopping.
The way that series get cataloged can be kind of mindboggling, and I think
one of the advantages of NoveList is that they define their series in a way
that Normal Humans (as opposed to catalogers) would find reasonable. Though
of course, this is limited to fiction in the case of NoveList.

Not sure how good LibraryThing is at the same procedure, but it might be an
alternative. A little bird tells me that NoveList is available through the
standard EBSCO APIs as long as you have API access configured in your
subscription.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:00 AM, David J. Fiander  wrote:

> On 13-04-08 13:11, Andreas Orphanides wrote:
> > I should know this, since my wife works there... but does NoveList have
> an
> > API?
>
> I suspect not. LibraryThing might be a better option for this, for a
> variety of reasons, not least is its API. But the real barrier is the
> lack of a good API for the library's holdings information. This really
> is a matter of gluing together two or three systems, none of which is
> easy to use programmatically.
>
> - David
>
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:56 PM, David J. Fiander  >wrote:
> >
> >> A friend on friendfeed (no, it's not dead, and yes there's an active
> >> librarian community there) who works in a public library complains
> thusly:
> >>
> >>> I have decided that it's a goal of mine that for all series in the
> >>> fiction collection that circulate reasonably well, I want us to have
> >>> the full series. Right now, this is a cumbersome and annoying task. I
> >>> have to identify the series (because not all of them are cataloged as
> >>> such), see what we have, check the circulation, then check NoveList
> >>> and compare the lists and look for gaps.
> >>
> >> This strikes me as an interesting problem, but one that I can't devote
> >> any time to now.
> >>
> >> And there's the related question of why this is as difficult as it seems
> >> to be.
> >>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] An interesting practical problem that might be a good hackfest project

2013-04-08 Thread Andreas Orphanides

I should know this, since my wife works there... but does NoveList have an
API?

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:56 PM, David J. Fiander wrote:

> A friend on friendfeed (no, it's not dead, and yes there's an active
> librarian community there) who works in a public library complains thusly:
>
> > I have decided that it's a goal of mine that for all series in the
> > fiction collection that circulate reasonably well, I want us to have
> > the full series. Right now, this is a cumbersome and annoying task. I
> > have to identify the series (because not all of them are cataloged as
> > such), see what we have, check the circulation, then check NoveList
> > and compare the lists and look for gaps.
>
> This strikes me as an interesting problem, but one that I can't devote
> any time to now.
>
> And there's the related question of why this is as difficult as it seems
> to be.
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] back to minorities question, seeking guidance

2013-02-27 Thread Andreas Orphanides

I'm forced to agree that arithmetic isn't math. In fact, I'd go further and
say that arithmetic isn't even arithmetic. At best it's accounting.
(Accounting, on the other hand, is way more than accounting, so please
don't take offense if you're an accountant.)

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Cary Gordon  wrote:

> OMG. I used to tell everyone that arithmetic is not math. Amazingly nobody
> (who is not into math) cares. Just ask my wife.
>
> Cary
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:43 AM, David Faler 
> wrote:
>
> > I think math is essential, but what they teach in schools these days
> isn't
> > math.  It's arithmetic.  Some intro philosophy courses teach math.  I'll
> > stop before I start ranting.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Kelly Lucas 
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Thomas Krichel 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >   Wilhelmina Randtke writes
> > > >
> > > > > Pretty much the whole entire entry level programming class for the
> > > > average
> > > > > class covers using code to do things that you can do much more
> easily
> > > > > without code.
> > > >
> > > >   Probably it was the wrong course. I think coding should start with
> > > >   building web pages. A calculator can't do that.
> > > >
> > > >   Cheers,
> > > >
> > > >   Thomas Krichelhttp://openlib.org/home/krichel
> > > >   http://authorprofile.org/pkr1
> > > >skype: thomaskrichel
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kelly R. Lucas
> > > Senior Developer
> > > Isovera, Inc.
> > > klu...@isovera.com
> > > http://www.isovera.com
> > > http://drupal.org/user/271780
> > > twitter: @bp1101
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Cary Gordon
> The Cherry Hill Company
> http://chillco.com
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Math or the other math?

2013-02-27 Thread Andreas Orphanides

As a math person who later studied some grad-level computer science, my
personal experience was that the stuff I found easy in CS was exactly what
the CS students got hung up on. So the aspects of CS involving "higher
math" (Hi Cary!) can definitely be challenging for those who don't already
have a math background; and contrariwise having that background can make
grad-level CS stuff go much easier. (This statement applies more to
theoretical CS, but I think trickles down a bit to coding as well.)

The extent to which this applies to the more engineering-y aspects of
programming isn't clear, but I feel like I called on my basic math
understanding a lot when I was learning to code. Knowledge of boolean
algebra and set theory was definitely helpful in learning SQL, for
instance, if only to provide me with a language I was already familiar with
and in which I could frame otherwise new concepts related to querying.

I think if there's one thing that a genuine math background gives a coder,
it's a vocabulary and a conceptual framework that they can apply to the
concepts from programming to make them more familiar. The quantitative
reasoning aspect is big too, of course, and that tends to come with the
study of math; but I think there are other places it can be got (for
instance, philosophical logic [1], rhetoric, hard engineering disciplines,
the natural sciences, some of the social sciences).

[1] ...which is just different enough from mathematical logic to be a bit
Alice-in-Wonderlandy for us math types.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Al Matthews  wrote:

> +1 mostly to the thread
>
> Programming seems to me -- just me here -- stratified like any other
> profession, in particular by access or lack of access to computer science
> within software dev.
>
> There are other factors. But computer science seems now heavily invested
> in math.
>
> --
> Al Matthews
>
> Software Developer, Digital Services Unit
> Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
> email: amatth...@auctr.edu; office: 1 404 978 2057
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2/27/13 9:17 AM, "Michael Hopwood"  wrote:
>
> >You mean discrete mathematics?
> >
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_mathematics
> >
> >I always kicked myself for not taking that course at high school (UK
> >readers, I mean secondary school) but at least I picked up the basics
> >during my physics MSci (a lot of physics these days is coding).
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >m
> >
> >-Original Message-
> >From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> >Ken Irwin
> >Sent: 27 February 2013 13:53
> >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] back to minorities question, seeking guidance
> >
> >What both Kelly and David say is true here:
> >David: programming needs math, not arithmetic.
> >Kelly: computers are good at arithmetic on their own.
> >
> >To which I'll add: the related skill that I see as necessary here is
> >quantitative reasoning - not the crunching of numbers but the correct
> >assembly of the formulae, articulating the systematization of the problem.
> >
> >What I'm less certain of is what sort of training tend to lead to that
> >sort of conceptual skill.
> >
> >Ken
> >
> >
> >
> >On Feb 27, 2013, at 8:44 AM, "David Faler" 
> wrote:
> >
> >> I think math is essential, but what they teach in schools these days
> >> isn't math.  It's arithmetic.  Some intro philosophy courses teach
> >> math.  I'll stop before I start ranting.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Kelly Lucas 
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Thomas Krichel 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
>   Wilhelmina Randtke writes
> 
> > Pretty much the whole entire entry level programming class for the
>  average
> > class covers using code to do things that you can do much more
> > easily without code.
> 
>   Probably it was the wrong course. I think coding should start with
>  building web pages. A calculator can't do that.
> 
>   Cheers,
> 
>   Thomas Krichelhttp://openlib.org/home/krichel
>   http://authorprofile.org/pkr1
>    skype: thomaskrichel
> 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Kelly R. Lucas
> >>> Senior Developer
> >>> Isovera, Inc.
> >>> klu...@isovera.com
> >>> http://www.isovera.com
> >>> http://drupal.org/user/271780
> >>> twitter: @bp1101
> >>>
>
>
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Re: [CODE4LIB] A newbie seeking input/suggestions

2013-02-22 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Kyle, I think you've got some good points. But I'd hesitate to suggest that
the core problem with compliance stems from learned helplessness, laziness,
etc. Certainly that could be an aspect of it for some individuals, but i
think the systemic core of the problem is a little broader, at least in our
culture. Staff numbers remain static, but responsibilities (and gate
counts) keep increasing. As things get busier, we focus on our core
responsibilities and some of the added stuff can fall to the wayside. If
the overhead of participating in the backup system exceeds the available
mental space, then people are going to forget/ignore it in lieu of more
central concerns. I don't think this is indicative of poor staff quality,
though -- just a natural process of triage.

I don't think the correct solution is punitive -- that would only make the
existing problem of managing responsibilities worse. Assuming that we're
not going to get additional personnel, the best route is probably to
implement a system that's as streamlined and easy as possible for the
participants. This is why the doorbell works so well. See line: ring bell.
Hear bell: come assist. There's only one active element in the scenario,
everything else happens passively until help is requested; and the active
element is easy to do and can be done without taking too much attention
away from the main task of assisting patrons.

As for the particulars of implementing such a system, that's all
engineering. I'm sure there's a way a similar system could be implemented
that would get around the inherent limitations of the building
configuration. You could have doorbell-over-IP for all I know. Or something
something Arduino something something. I agree, though, that the general PA
system would be a bad bet and disturb patrons. One of the reason our
doorbell is pretty reliable is that the chime lives in a non-public staff
space, but where staff are typically around to hear it. (Incidentally, our
RF doorbell, at the limit of its range, is about 175 feet from the chime,
and passes through three walls and an electrical closet as the crow flies
(but only one wall if RF is good at bouncing around corners).)

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Andreas Orphanides  >wrote:
>
> > The right implementation is important for adoption, of course, but for a
> > backup system to be helpful it needs to encourage compliance -- including
> > things like having the backup folks available for monitoring, remembering
> > to sign in / turn on walkie talkie / charge batteries, etc. This is
> > definitely the place where we struggle. We have BOTH an IM-based
> > beckon-help system AND walkie talkies for intra- and inter-departmental
> > help requests. But it's very easy to not log into pidgin, to forget that
> > there's a chat widget on the staff dashboard where you can page help, to
> > not pick up the radio at the beginning of a shift. Does anyone have any
> > ideas about how to make this stuff more natural and automatic? Are there
> > lessons we can learn from the retail world that will help us monitor
> > service points better?
> >
>
> Sure. If staff need a tool to perform an essential function (word
> processor, email, web browser, calendar, telephone, in/out board,
> whatever), communicate what is needed, provide training, expect them to be
> responsible, and follow up when issues appear. Most retail outlets use
> intercoms or walkie talkies to call people to service points. People who
> consistently don't perform are released.
>
> One thing that drives me batty about library culture is that it
> encourages learned helplessness and accepts nonperformance. People have
> different strengths, weakness, learning methods/curves, and preferences.
> But staff should still be expected to master basic skills and procedures
> that it takes to do a job on a daily basis.
>
> If you treat people like responsible professionals, you'll find that they
> are. However, if you set out the expectation that they're dumb and
> incapable, they'll also oblige. Society at large figured out long ago that
> it doesn't do anyone any favors to tell girls they're too helpless and
> bubbleheaded to do math, anything mechanical, or anything technical so
> don't worry about getting anything useful done. When will libraries quit
> perpetrating attitudes that everyone else abandoned in the last century?
> Nonsense like that holds us all back.
>
>
> > Also, on some level, the most low-tech solutions can be effective. Right
> > now the paging system that's had the best track records is this: one of
> > those hardware store doorbells with a battery-operated button that
> signals
> &g

Re: [CODE4LIB] A newbie seeking input/suggestions

2013-02-21 Thread Andreas Orphanides

It strikes me from a couple of people's comments -- and from some of my own
experiences -- that there's more going on here than just implementation.
The right implementation is important for adoption, of course, but for a
backup system to be helpful it needs to encourage compliance -- including
things like having the backup folks available for monitoring, remembering
to sign in / turn on walkie talkie / charge batteries, etc. This is
definitely the place where we struggle. We have BOTH an IM-based
beckon-help system AND walkie talkies for intra- and inter-departmental
help requests. But it's very easy to not log into pidgin, to forget that
there's a chat widget on the staff dashboard where you can page help, to
not pick up the radio at the beginning of a shift. Does anyone have any
ideas about how to make this stuff more natural and automatic? Are there
lessons we can learn from the retail world that will help us monitor
service points better?

Also, on some level, the most low-tech solutions can be effective. Right
now the paging system that's had the best track records is this: one of
those hardware store doorbells with a battery-operated button that signals
a remote chime. The button sits on the reference desk and we mash it if the
line starts growing. People in the reference office hear it and come out to
help. The biggest technological hurdle for this system is that the button
is at the very edge of its transmission range, so sometimes mashing on the
button doesn't actually signal the chime.

This solution doesn't meet your dedicated staff subset requirement, but I
wonder if there's something that simple that would work.

Anyway, right now I'm just letting my thoughts spin wildly. But this is an
interesting and practical problem that I'd love to hear more solutions to!

Andreas Orphanides
NCSU Libraries

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Shirley Lincicum <
shirley.linci...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I wrote a little app in PHP to address this exact problem. I wrote it to
> work the the LibraryH3lp webchat service, but the code could probably be
> adapted to another context. You can download the source code and
> instructions here: http://shirley.alptown.com/SOS_Button.zip
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Shirley Lincicum
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Greenspun, Cindy
> wrote:
>
> > Hello -
> >
> > I'm a newbie to this listserv.  I'm not a librarian, nor am I a coder.
> I
> > primarily do systems related work with our library management system, run
> > SQL reports as needed and project management.  I also work for Access
> > Services and even though I'm considered IT, I'm not in the library IT
> > department.  This is a new position in my department and we're still
> > figuring things out as we go along.
> >
> > I work in one of the many libraries at Yale University.  In the
> department
> > I work in, we have three busy service points - two circulation desks and
> a
> > privileges/registration office.  There are about 50/60 staff members and
> > roughly 50+ student employees who rotate at these service points.  There
> > are times when there are students who are late reporting to a service
> > point, no-shows, or suddenly there's a long line and only one person at a
> > staffed service desk.  At a meeting recently, I was listening to a work
> > leader lament how, if she is the only person there, she is just too busy
> to
> > make a phone call or send an email asking for help - a common occurrence.
> >  After I heard her, I wondered how possible it would be to create some
> sort
> > of desktop 'app'.  One that requires only one click and is smart enough
> to
> > know its service desk location and is sent to the right folks who could
> > come assist right away, upon demand.  These would be on Windows
> > workstations.
> >
> > Recently, I've seen many encouraging responses to the latest 'getting
> > started...' emails and feel motivated to write to this listserv as I'm
> > eager to learn and to try to do this myself.  I hope that this will be a
> > simple enough project for me but I'm just not sure where to start or
> what I
> > should be looking at.  So, here I am, not a librarian, nor a coder.  I
> > write to this listserv seeking suggestions, ideas and encouragement.  :)
> >
> > Thank you -
> > Cindy
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] You are a pedantic coder. So what am I?

2013-02-21 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Concur. I think everyone should just switch to APL [0], then we'll all
suffer equally.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Ian Walls wrote:

> Agreed.  Each language has its own strengths and weaknesses.  Pick the one
> that works best for your situation, factoring in not only what the
> application needs to do, but your and your team's level of experience, and
> the overall community context in which the project will live.  The
> peculiarities of a given languages truth tables, for example, can easily
> get washed out of the calculation when you consider what languages you know
> and what platforms your institution supports.
>
>
> -Ian
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Ethan Gruber
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 12:45 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] You are a *pedantic* coder. So what am I?
>
> Look, I'm sure we can list the many ways different languages fail to meet
> our expectations, but is this really a constructive line of conversation?
>
> -1
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Justin Coyne
> wrote:
>
> > I did misspeak a bit.  You can override static methods in Java.  My
> > major issue is that there is no "getClass()" within a static method,
> > so when the static method is being run in the context of the
> > inheriting class it is unaware of its own run context.
> >
> > For example: I want the output to be "Hi from bar", but it's "Hi from
> foo":
> >
> > class Foo {
> >   public static void sayHello() {
> > hi();
> >   }
> >   public static void hi() {
> > System.out.println("Hi from foo");
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > class Bar extends Foo {
> >
> >   public static void hi() {
> > System.out.println("Hi from bar");
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > class Test {
> >   public static void main(String [ ] args) {
> > Bar.sayHello();
> >   }
> > }
> >
> >
> > -Justin
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Eric Hellman  wrote:
> >
> > > OK, pedant, tell us why you think methods that can be over-ridden
> > > are static.
> > > Also, tell us why you think classes in Java are not instances of
> > > java.lang.Class
> > >
> > >
> > > On Feb 18, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Justin Coyne
> > > 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > To be pedantic, Ruby and JavaScript are more Object Oriented than
> > > > Java because they don't have primitives and (in Ruby's case)
> > > > because classes
> > > are
> > > > themselves objects.   Unlike Java, both Python and Ruby can properly
> > > > override of static methods on sub-classes. The Java language made
> > > > many compromises as it was designed as a bridge to Object Oriented
> > programming
> > > > for programmers who were used to writing C and C++.
> > > >
> > > > -Justin
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] A newbie seeking input/suggestions

2013-02-21 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Hey Cindy,

Welcome! Glad to see your question here, we like new people.

Here at NC State we've set up a (mostly semi-working) system for requesting
backup using LibraryH3lp webchat. Basically we have a staff webpage that
has a chat box in it. If you type something in the box, say "Backup!" or
"jkgfasdkl;", that message will get broadcast to everyone who's logged into
their "backup help" account in Pidgin. Recently we've also been
experimenting with "canned" messages that you can broadcast just by
clicking on a button in the web browser.

You could theoretically set this up for -- and distinguish -- separate
service points by having a different queue for each service point. The
backup people would see where the request was coming from based on the name
of the queue. And you could set up each backup account to only monitor
requests from the appropriate service points.

If you're not familiar with LibraryH3lp, it's a very lightweight (and
inexpensive) library patron chat system. We use it for our patron IM as
well as several internal staff purposes. I'm sure there's lots of LH3 users
on code4lib, so if you're not familiar with it, but interested in exploring
it, you'll be bound to get opinions. There are also other similar services
that people might recommend as well.

Good luck! This sounds like a good -- but definitely solvable -- problem.

Andreas Orphanides
NCSU Libraries

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Greenspun, Cindy  wrote:

> Hello -
>
> I'm a newbie to this listserv.  I'm not a librarian, nor am I a coder.   I
> primarily do systems related work with our library management system, run
> SQL reports as needed and project management.  I also work for Access
> Services and even though I'm considered IT, I'm not in the library IT
> department.  This is a new position in my department and we're still
> figuring things out as we go along.
>
> I work in one of the many libraries at Yale University.  In the department
> I work in, we have three busy service points - two circulation desks and a
> privileges/registration office.  There are about 50/60 staff members and
> roughly 50+ student employees who rotate at these service points.  There
> are times when there are students who are late reporting to a service
> point, no-shows, or suddenly there's a long line and only one person at a
> staffed service desk.  At a meeting recently, I was listening to a work
> leader lament how, if she is the only person there, she is just too busy to
> make a phone call or send an email asking for help - a common occurrence.
>  After I heard her, I wondered how possible it would be to create some sort
> of desktop 'app'.  One that requires only one click and is smart enough to
> know its service desk location and is sent to the right folks who could
> come assist right away, upon demand.  These would be on Windows
> workstations.
>
> Recently, I've seen many encouraging responses to the latest 'getting
> started...' emails and feel motivated to write to this listserv as I'm
> eager to learn and to try to do this myself.  I hope that this will be a
> simple enough project for me but I'm just not sure where to start or what I
> should be looking at.  So, here I am, not a librarian, nor a coder.  I
> write to this listserv seeking suggestions, ideas and encouragement.  :)
>
> Thank you -
> Cindy
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] You are a coder. So what am I?

2013-02-14 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Nuh-uh, remember that whole Reformation thing?

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Dave Caroline  wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Cornel Darden Jr.
>  wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > It now seems that the Librarian of Congress is the "Pope of
> Librarianship"
>
> methinks not as the Bodleian predates the LoC by a small amount :)
>
> http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/about/history
>
> Dave Caroline
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Cornel Darden Jr.
> > MSLIS
> > Librarian
> > Kennedy-King College
> > City Colleges of Chicago
> > Work 773-602-5449
> > Cell 708-705-2945
> >
> > On Feb 14, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Devon  wrote:
> >
> >> If you want to call yourself a librarian, just do it. There's no pope of
> >> librarianship to tell you otherwise.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Maccabee Levine 
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Andromeda's talk this afternoon really struck a chord, as I shared
> with her
> >>> afterwards, because I have the same issue from the other side of the
> fence.
> >>> I'm among the 1/3 of the crowd today with a CS degree and and IT
> >>> background (and no MLS).  I've worked in libraries for years, but when
> I
> >>> have a point to make about how technology can benefit instruction or
> >>> reference or collection development, I generally preface it with "I'm
> not a
> >>> librarian, but...".  I shouldn't have to be defensive about that.
> >>>
> >>> Problem is, 'coder' doesn't imply a particular degree -- just the
> >>> experience from doing the task, and as Andromeda said, she and most
> C4Lers
> >>> definitely are coders.  But 'librarian' *does* imply MLS/MSLS/etc.,
> and I
> >>> respect that.
> >>>
> >>> What's a library word I can use in the same way as coder?
> >>>
> >>> Maccabee
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Maccabee Levine
> >>> Head of Library Technology Services
> >>> University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
> >>> levi...@uwosh.edu
> >>> 920-424-7332
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sent from my GMail account.
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-18 Thread Andreas Orphanides

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Gabriel Farrell  wrote:

> I've also been working on a new IRC bot framework in node.js called n0d3 (
> https://github.com/gsf/n0d3).


... How exactly do you pronounce that?

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon 2013 T-Shirt Contest Winner

2013-01-16 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Shouldn't that lightning bolt be a BACON lightning bolt?

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Doran, Michael D  wrote:

> Hi Roy,
>
>
>
> Here's the logo redone in appropriate colors for the t-shirt:
>
>
>
> [cid:image001.png@01CDF40E.266E6160]
>
>
>
> [cid:image002.png@01CDF40E.266E6160]
>
>
>
> -- Michael
>
>
>
> > -Original Message-
>
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>
> > Roy Tennant
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:45 PM
>
> > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon 2013 T-Shirt Contest Winner
>
> >
>
> > *reaches for his Bacon stamp*
>
> >
>
> > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Misty De Meo
>
> >  misty.de@museumforhumanrights.ca>> wrote:
>
> > > But is it OCLC-approved?
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > On 13-01-16 2:26 PM, "Doran, Michael D"  do...@uta.edu>> wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > >>> Like, OC[lightning bolt]LC
>
> > >>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>Going the extra mile...
>
> > >>
>
> > >>[cid:image001.png@01CDF3F5.72E26870] [cid:image001.png@01CDF3F5.72E26870]>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>-- Michael
>
> > >>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> -Original Message-
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU]> On Behalf
>
> > Of
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> Andrew Darby
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:28 AM
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon 2013 T-Shirt Contest Winner
>
> > >>
>
> > >>>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> Can all the sponsor's logos be done in heavy metal fonts, too?
>
> > Like,
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> OC[lightning bolt]LC
>
> > >>
>
> > >>>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Joshua Gomez
>
> > >>>mailto:jngo...@gwu.edu 3cmailto:jngo...@gwu.edu>>> wrote:
>
> > >>
>
> > >>>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > The back of the shirts usually have more printing on it, including
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > sponsors' logos and I assume "Code4lib 2013" as well.
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > Joshua Gomez
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > Digital Library Programmer Analyst
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > George Washington University Libraries
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > (202) 994-8267
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Cynthia Ng
>
> > >>>mailto:cynthia.s...@gmail.com cynthia.s...@gmail.com%3cmailto:cynthia.s...@gmail.com>>>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > wrote:
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > Curious, is code4lib 2013 going to be added to that design?
>
> > Seems a
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > bit ... odd that it's for c4l13 but doesn't say that anywhere.
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Shaun Ellis
>
> > >>>mailto:sha...@princeton.edu sha...@princeton.edu%3cmailto:sha...@princeton.edu>>>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > wrote:
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > On behalf of the T-Shirt Committee, I'm pleased to announce
>
> > the
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> winner
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > of
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > the t-shirt design contest is Joshua Gomez, with "Metadata":
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Image:Metadata.jpg
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > Rock on, Josh! \m/ \m/
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > It was a tight race this year, and the winner was decided by a
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> single
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > vote.
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > We want to thank everyone for all the great submissions,
>
> > votes,
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> help,
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > and
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > participation.
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > See you in Chicago,
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > Shaun
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > --
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > Shaun Ellis
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > > > Princeton University Library
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> > >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> >
>
> > >>
>
> > >>>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>>
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> --
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> Andrew Darby
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> Head, Web & Emerging Technologies
>
> > >>
>
> > >>> University of Miami Libraries
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon 2013 T-Shirt Contest Winner

2013-01-16 Thread Andreas Orphanides

Wait, were they a sponsor this year?

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Suchy, Daniel  wrote:

> BLACKLIGHT even.
>
>
>
> On 1/16/13 8:55 AM, "Cynthia Ng"  wrote:
>
> >Curious, is code4lib 2013 going to be added to that design? Seems a
> >bit ... odd that it's for c4l13 but doesn't say that anywhere.
> >
> >On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Shaun Ellis 
> >wrote:
> >> On behalf of the T-Shirt Committee, I'm pleased to announce the winner
> >>of
> >> the t-shirt design contest is Joshua Gomez, with "Metadata":
> >>
> >> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Image:Metadata.jpg
> >>
> >> Rock on, Josh! \m/ \m/
> >>
> >> It was a tight race this year, and the winner was decided by a single
> >>vote.
> >> We want to thank everyone for all the great submissions, votes, help,
> >>and
> >> participation.
> >>
> >> See you in Chicago,
> >> Shaun
> >>
> >> --
> >> Shaun Ellis
> >> User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives
> >> Princeton University Library
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Groupon: $9 for 3-Day CTA Pass

2013-01-16 Thread Andreas Orphanides

True, but if it's the same "up to three weeks" that developers might quote
a project as taking, they'll arrive sometime in March.

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Bill Dueber  wrote:

> I guess it depends on when you're leaving, but by my numbers it's more than
> three weeks until the conference...
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Wilhelmina Randtke  >wrote:
>
> > It says "Allow up to 3 weeks for delivery of CTA Pass."  This is better
> if
> > you are going to ALA over the summer, or something else more in the
> future.
> >
> > -Wilhelmina Randtke
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Carmen Mitchell
> > wrote:
> >
> > > For the folks going to Chicago this year...This is a great deal.
> > >
> > >  $9 for a 3-Day Pass from the Chicago Transit Authority ($20 Value)
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.groupon.com/deals/chicago-transit-authority-cta-3?utm_campaign=UserReferral_dp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=uu83298
> > >
> > > -Carmen
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Bill Dueber
> Library Systems Programmer
> University of Michigan Library
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting and registration -- last day!

Size-(o|a)-tron:

https://docs.google.com/**spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=**
dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbV**E6MQ<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbVE6MQ>

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Hagedon, Mike <
haged...@u.library.arizona.edu> wrote:

> Where's the Size-o-tron?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Andreas Orphanides
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:48 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting and registration -- last day!
>
> OK, world, looks like voting is functional again. Go ahead and vote for
> your favorite design!
>
> And remember to complete the Size-o-tron if you want a t-shirt! It's
> included with the price of admission!
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Andreas Orphanides  >wrote:
>
> > It has been brought to my attention that the Diebold-o-tron isn't
> > quite functioning. Stay tuned for further instructions from your alien
> overlords.
> >
> > -dre.
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Andreas Orphanides  >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hey community,
> >>
> >> Don't forget! Today is the last day to submit your vital statistics
> >> to the T-Shirt Size-a-Tron in order to get a shirt at C4L 2013! Here's
> the URL:
> >>
> >> https://docs.google.com/**spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=**
> >> dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbV**E6MQ<https://docs.google.com/spreadsh
> >> eet/viewform?formkey=dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbVE6MQ>
> >>
> >> It's also the last day to vote on a t-shirt design. Vote here:
> >>
> >> http://vote.code4lib.org/election/25
> >>
> >> Voting closes tonight at midnight, Chicago time (1am Eastern).
> >>
> >> See y'all in Chicago!
> >>
> >> - Dre, on behalf of the C4L13 t-shirt committee.
> >>
> >>
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting and registration -- last day!

OK, world, looks like voting is functional again. Go ahead and vote for
your favorite design!

And remember to complete the Size-o-tron if you want a t-shirt! It's
included with the price of admission!

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote:

> It has been brought to my attention that the Diebold-o-tron isn't quite
> functioning. Stay tuned for further instructions from your alien overlords.
>
> -dre.
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey community,
>>
>> Don't forget! Today is the last day to submit your vital statistics to
>> the T-Shirt Size-a-Tron in order to get a shirt at C4L 2013! Here's the URL:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/**spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=**
>> dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbV**E6MQ<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbVE6MQ>
>>
>> It's also the last day to vote on a t-shirt design. Vote here:
>>
>> http://vote.code4lib.org/election/25
>>
>> Voting closes tonight at midnight, Chicago time (1am Eastern).
>>
>> See y'all in Chicago!
>>
>> - Dre, on behalf of the C4L13 t-shirt committee.
>>
>>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting and registration -- last day!

It has been brought to my attention that the Diebold-o-tron isn't quite
functioning. Stay tuned for further instructions from your alien overlords.

-dre.

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote:

>
> Hey community,
>
> Don't forget! Today is the last day to submit your vital statistics to the
> T-Shirt Size-a-Tron in order to get a shirt at C4L 2013! Here's the URL:
>
> https://docs.google.com/**spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=**
> dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbV**E6MQ<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbVE6MQ>
>
> It's also the last day to vote on a t-shirt design. Vote here:
>
> http://vote.code4lib.org/election/25
>
> Voting closes tonight at midnight, Chicago time (1am Eastern).
>
> See y'all in Chicago!
>
> - Dre, on behalf of the C4L13 t-shirt committee.
>
>

[CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting and registration -- last day!