[CODE4LIB] Changing Ezproxy Log Format
Dear Code4Libbers, This has me vexed. I can change the preferred log format in the config file for Ezproxy, but the thing just keeps on logging in the old format. For example, I might want to add an extra parameter, or a tab or something small. My default config: LogFormat %h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b LogFile -strftime ezp%Y%m.log Why does it go right on logging as before after saving the changes in the config file and restarting. I would be grateful for any advice on this. For example, is ezproxy throwing up config errors somewhere else that I am not wise to. Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS EZproxy 5.7.44 GA Thanks, David. -- David F. Kane, MSc (Econ). ILS. Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] New xforms4lib Google Group
Yes, have enough lists to manage already On May 28, 2011 11:14 a.m., "David Kane" wrote: > Yes, use the code4lib list to xforms, please. I have enough mailing lists > to manage already. > On May 28, 2011 1:18 a.m., "Michael J. Giarlo" < leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu> > wrote: >> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 18:47, MJ Ray wrote: >>> >>> Could you make it so that people can subscribe by email, without >>> signing up for a Google account, please? >>> >>> code4lib readers - anyone know what setting(s) to make that happen? >> >> No. But if that doesn't work out for y'all, you can always use the >> code4lib list. XForms is code, eh? >> >> -Mike
[CODE4LIB] php_yaz on windows/apache
Hello, I would really like to hear from anyone who has got php-yaz working on their windows machine. I am not sure if it is possible. I am developing an application which will eventually run on Ubuntu, but I find windows to be a more convenient local development environment. Thanks and best wishes, David. -- David Kane, MLIS. Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] PHP MVC frameworks
All your replies have been really interesting. Thanks. I am currently looking at CodeIgniter - for no particular reason other than I have to start somewhere. Thanks, David. On 15 November 2010 21:57, MJ Suhonos wrote: > Hi all, > > I've actually worked with the Public Knowledge Project for many years, so > just to shed a little light on the PHP framework that we use: Alec Smecher, > our lead architect, has gone on record several times as saying that "the > last thing the world needs is another PHP framework". > > It came from the organic growth of several parallel applications (OJS, OCS, > the OAI Harvester, and now OMP) sharing code, which we decided to abstract > into a common layer to improve maintainability. It was never intended to be > used as a standalone framework, although people have done so with great > success. It does have some great features (namely excellent corss-platform > and PHP4 compatibility) but I probably wouldn't recommend it over any of the > other, dedicated PHP frameworks mentioned in this thread. > > A cautionary note: try to be clear about your requirements from the outset > when choosing a PHP framework, as in my experience (with Zend, CakePHP, > Symfony, CodeIgniter and YII) there is often a trade-off between complexity > and things like speed, PHP4 support, etc. Very little is as frustrating as > using a heavy, highly-featured framework when you just need to cobble > together a quick prototype on your laptop. > > MJ > > On 2010-11-15, at 6:19 AM, David Kane wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am interested to hear if anyone is using PHP MVC frameworks to help > with > > their code. From what I have learned, they seem to be a very good idea > > indeed. > > > > However, there are so many of them (http://www.phpframeworks.com/) > > > > Also, pkp.SFU.ca uses their own one in their PKP (public knowledge > project) > > software. > > > > Who is using them and what for? > > > > David. > > > > -- > > David Kane, MLIS. > > Systems Librarian > > Waterford Institute of Technology > > Ireland > > http://library.wit.ie/ > > T: ++353.51302838 > > M: ++353.876693212 > -- David Kane, MLIS. Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
[CODE4LIB] PHP MVC frameworks
Hi, I am interested to hear if anyone is using PHP MVC frameworks to help with their code. From what I have learned, they seem to be a very good idea indeed. However, there are so many of them (http://www.phpframeworks.com/) Also, pkp.SFU.ca uses their own one in their PKP (public knowledge project) software. Who is using them and what for? David. -- David Kane, MLIS. Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
[CODE4LIB] dc:identifier in Google XML
HI All, I am getting data from google books that I do not understand in the dc:identifier field. I understand ISBN: ISSN: LCCN: OCLC: but UOM:, and UCSC:? Can anyone help with what these two mean. Are they Universities? Here is a snippet of xml; book r0xMMAAJ UOM:39015035700759 Medical Abstracts [of the] annual meeting ... generated from this URL: http://www.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=Abstracts%20of%20the%20annual%20meeting Thanks, David. -- David Kane, MLIS. Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Any web services that can help sort out this for me.
Wow, that's something that could have come in handy here a few months ago! David. On 14 July 2010 14:09, Chris Markman wrote: > Along those same lines, although more focused on screen-scraping (among > other things), check out http://needlebase.com/ > > -CM > > - > Chris Markman > Resource Library Coordinator > Visual & Performing Arts > Clark University > 508.793.7481 > cmark...@clarku.edu > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:55 AM, David Kane wrote: > >> Am using it to help cleanse the data right now. It rules. >> >> David. >> >> On 21 June 2010 00:13, Tom Pasley wrote: >> > Just to add to Gwens suggestion, you could also look at GridWorks: >> > >> > http://freebase-gridworks.blogspot.com/ >> > >> > http://code.google.com/p/freebase-gridworks/ >> > >> > I haven't tried it myself, but the demos were impressive... >> > >> > T. >> > >> > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Gwen Exner wrote: >> > >> >> This isn't a web service, but if you've got a whole lot of them you >> >> can save time by using Excel to extract the title for you. >> >> >> >> I'd be happy to walk you through it if you want -- just contact me >> >> off-list. >> >> >> >> -Gwen >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:59 AM, David Kane wrote: >> >> > Hi, I have large amounts of data like this: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Reece, P. L., (2006), Progress in Smart Materials and Structures, Nova >> >> > Ghosh, S. K., (2008), Self-healing materials: fundamentals, design >> >> > strategies and applications, Wiley >> >> > A.Y.K. Chan, Biomedical Device Technology: Principles & Design, >> >> > Charles C. Thomas, 2008. >> >> > L.J. Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, CRC >> >> > Press, 2007. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ... one book per line. >> >> > >> >> > they are not in any order. >> >> > >> >> > I am lazy. So, is there a web service out there that I can throw this >> >> > stuff at to organise it for me and ideally find the ISBNs. >> >> > >> >> > Long shot, I know. >> >> > >> >> > But thanks, >> >> > >> >> > David. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > David Kane >> >> > Systems Librarian >> >> > Waterford Institute of Technology >> >> > Ireland >> >> > http://library.wit.ie/ >> >> > davidfk...@googlewave.com >> >> > T: ++353.51302838 >> >> > M: ++353.876693212 >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> David Kane, MLIS. >> Systems Librarian >> Waterford Institute of Technology >> Ireland >> http://library.wit.ie/ >> T: ++353.51302838 >> M: ++353.876693212 >> > -- David Kane, MLIS. Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Any web services that can help sort out this for me.
Am using it to help cleanse the data right now. It rules. David. On 21 June 2010 00:13, Tom Pasley wrote: > Just to add to Gwens suggestion, you could also look at GridWorks: > > http://freebase-gridworks.blogspot.com/ > > http://code.google.com/p/freebase-gridworks/ > > I haven't tried it myself, but the demos were impressive... > > T. > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Gwen Exner wrote: > >> This isn't a web service, but if you've got a whole lot of them you >> can save time by using Excel to extract the title for you. >> >> I'd be happy to walk you through it if you want -- just contact me >> off-list. >> >> -Gwen >> >> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:59 AM, David Kane wrote: >> > Hi, I have large amounts of data like this: >> > >> > >> > Reece, P. L., (2006), Progress in Smart Materials and Structures, Nova >> > Ghosh, S. K., (2008), Self-healing materials: fundamentals, design >> > strategies and applications, Wiley >> > A.Y.K. Chan, Biomedical Device Technology: Principles & Design, >> > Charles C. Thomas, 2008. >> > L.J. Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, CRC >> > Press, 2007. >> > >> > >> > ... one book per line. >> > >> > they are not in any order. >> > >> > I am lazy. So, is there a web service out there that I can throw this >> > stuff at to organise it for me and ideally find the ISBNs. >> > >> > Long shot, I know. >> > >> > But thanks, >> > >> > David. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > David Kane >> > Systems Librarian >> > Waterford Institute of Technology >> > Ireland >> > http://library.wit.ie/ >> > davidfk...@googlewave.com >> > T: ++353.51302838 >> > M: ++353.876693212 >> > >> > -- David Kane, MLIS. Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
[CODE4LIB] Any web services that can help sort out this for me.
Hi, I have large amounts of data like this: Reece, P. L., (2006), Progress in Smart Materials and Structures, Nova Ghosh, S. K., (2008), Self-healing materials: fundamentals, design strategies and applications, Wiley A.Y.K. Chan, Biomedical Device Technology: Principles & Design, Charles C. Thomas, 2008. L.J. Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, CRC Press, 2007. ... one book per line. they are not in any order. I am lazy. So, is there a web service out there that I can throw this stuff at to organise it for me and ideally find the ISBNs. Long shot, I know. But thanks, David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
[CODE4LIB] Assessment of EBooks Service
Hi All, I just wanted to see if what I am thinking makes sense to you, as fello code4libbers. I have a list of ISBNs, the catalogue of an specialist e-book vendor. I have another, shorter, list of ISBNs from our own collection, for that specialist subject. I want to see how much of an overlap there is. This is easy to do in Excel, with the VLOOKUP() function. I did that on thursday. My problem though is that there can be many different ISBNs for a single book. I want to match works, not editions, to get a better idea of coverage. This is because we are likely to have older editions of some of the works on the ebooks list. So, I am thinking of getting someone here to write a web application next week, which will do this comparison of works, not ISBNs. It will use the ThingISBN and/or XISBN APIs to make the matches. We want to make this comparison to enable us to make a purchasing decision regarding the electronic books. Thoughts? Best, David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] drupal question
Jill, what do you want to do with Drupal. Can we assume you just want to host your library site on it as a content management system, or something more involved? David. On 4 June 2010 20:02, Jill Ellern wrote: > Our IT department isn't exactly enthusiastic about us trying this out on > one of their servers and are talking maintenance and disk replacement costs > if we want to try it out. (They will get back to me on exactly how much > later...) It seems to us that if they are talking about charging us, we > should compare prices for hosting a drupal server else ware (We have a > ghost/deepfreeze server windows 2003 but that's all). Either a server we buy > or hosted offsite. However, I don't know where to start. > > I know we can put this open source software on a PC...and we've done that > but this isn't a solution for a production level web service > > What is the average cost of hosting a drupal server out there in the cloud? > Are there things we should know? Would you recommend anyone that does this > for libraries? > > Jill > > -- > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Federated Library Search
Thanks Karen, My understanding is that Dbwiz is no longer being supported, or something, which is unfortunate. Do all of these do article-level search? David. On 5 May 2010 16:25, Karen Coombs wrote: > David, > > There is also Pazpar2 from IndexData - http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2 > > and dBWiz (which is pretty old) - http://dbwiz.lib.sfu.ca/dbwiz/ > > We implemented LibraryFind and used it for several years at University of > Houston. I left there in January and think that they were looking at other > options like Summon. > > Karen > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:52 AM, David Kane wrote: > > > Anyone got any suggestions? > > > > I am liking LibraryFind at the moment, but am not sure if anyone is using > > it. Has anyone else got experience with this or any other federated > search > > programs? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > David. > > > > -- > > David Kane > > Systems Librarian > > Waterford Institute of Technology > > Ireland > > http://library.wit.ie/ > > davidfk...@googlewave.com > > T: ++353.51302838 > > M: ++353.876693212 > > > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
[CODE4LIB] Open Source Federated Library Search
Anyone got any suggestions? I am liking LibraryFind at the moment, but am not sure if anyone is using it. Has anyone else got experience with this or any other federated search programs? Thanks in advance, David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Microsoft Zentity
So what? On 28 April 2010 15:37, Cowles, Esme wrote: > On Apr 28, 2010, at 10:25 AM, David Kane wrote: > > > Why would they write software > > for a non-microsoft platform? > > I'll just point out that other OS vendors (Apple, Sun, Ubuntu, etc.) write > software for other platforms. > > -Esme > -- > Esme Cowles > > "Men feared witches and burnt women." > -- Louis Brandeis, Whitney v. California, concurring > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Microsoft Zentity
Zentity is entirely consistent with their market strategy. It would be defeatist of them to take such an attitude. Why would they write software for a non-microsoft platform? They have made some good software, which should be useful and is in a good position to leverge the functionality of other Microsoft products. For example, integrating the office suite into the academic publishing lifecycle could be very useful for academics. David. The On 28 April 2010 15:17, Ethan Gruber wrote: > It seems to me that the major flaw of the software is that it isn't > cross-platform, which comes as no surprise. But I feel Microsoft didn't do > their market research. While the financial and business sectors are > heavily > reliant on Microsoft servers, American universities, and by extension, > research libraries, are not. If they really wanted to make a "commitment > to > support the academic community" as they say on the Zentity website, they > would have developed it for a platform that the academic community actually > uses. > > Ethan > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:11 AM, David Kane wrote: > > > Andy, > > > > It is a highly extensible platform, based on .NET and windows. It is > also > > open source! We did install it and have a play around with it. But not > as > > much as we would have liked, primarily because of skillset and resource > > issues here. > > > > Microsoft have come late into the repository space, and have had a really > > good look at the kinds of mistakes others have made. > > > > Let us know how you get on. > > > > David. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 28 April 2010 14:54, Andrew Ashton wrote: > > > > > I¹m looking for some background information on Microsoft¹s Zentity > (their > > > digital repository software). If anyone has first-hand experience > > working > > > with it, or if you know of institutions that have implemented it, > please > > > contact me. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Andy Ashton > > > Senior Research Programmer > > > Center for Digital Scholarship, Brown University Library > > > andrew_ash...@brown.edu > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > David Kane > > Systems Librarian > > Waterford Institute of Technology > > Ireland > > http://library.wit.ie/ > > davidfk...@googlewave.com > > T: ++353.51302838 > > M: ++353.876693212 > > > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Microsoft Zentity
Andy, It is a highly extensible platform, based on .NET and windows. It is also open source! We did install it and have a play around with it. But not as much as we would have liked, primarily because of skillset and resource issues here. Microsoft have come late into the repository space, and have had a really good look at the kinds of mistakes others have made. Let us know how you get on. David. On 28 April 2010 14:54, Andrew Ashton wrote: > I¹m looking for some background information on Microsoft¹s Zentity (their > digital repository software). If anyone has first-hand experience working > with it, or if you know of institutions that have implemented it, please > contact me. > > Thanks, > > Andy Ashton > Senior Research Programmer > Center for Digital Scholarship, Brown University Library > andrew_ash...@brown.edu > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] newbie
A friend of mine once described PHP as 'brain-dead PERL', but I like and use both languages quite a bit. David. On 24 March 2010 23:17, Tim Spalding wrote: > > PHP. I have to agree with others - don't bother with PHP. > > Largest website in Perl: Del.icio.us > > Largest website in PHP: Facebook > > Tim > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] open source software ideascale
Is this to do with crowdsourcing funding for projects. David. On 11 February 2010 12:48, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > Consider completing an open source software IdeaScale: > > http://libraryideaforum.ideascale.com/ > > A few friends and I are doing some investigations regarding open source > software and libraries. Through the process we have made a number of > assertions, such as but not limited to: > > * Libraries need an easy to manage open source Google-like search > * There is a critical mass of OSS to do much of library work > * Libraries should become sources of safe open source software > > Using the IdeaScale tool we can garnder from a wider audience -- such as > yourselves -- the validity of these assertions. Just click "thumbs up" if > you agree or "thumbs down" if you disagree. Add a comment and/or additional > assertion if you desire. Instant feedback. A way to gague community > interest. > > Give it a whirl? > > -- > Eric Lease Morgan > Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department > Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame > > (574) 631-8604 > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Online PHP course?
What is CodeArmy? can't find a reference to it anywhere. David. 2010/1/8 graham > MJ Ray wrote: > >> Tim Spalding wrote: >> >>> I wonder if Code4Lib would ever be a good outlet for online >>> programming tutorials or hack sessions. I mean, get 10 people on >>> Etherpad or CodeArmy together, and Skype, and you could learn a lot, >>> and do a lot. >>> >> >> I'll send a note to suggest that any Koha ones are mentioned here. >> I hope it will be using something like Lernid or Muji rather than >> selling us out to the private sector Skype, though ;-) >> >> Regards, >> > > muji? can't find any references to it - is it a typo? > > Ta > Graham > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] SerialsSolutions Javascript Question
Hi Folks, I was wondering if anyone was aware of semantic web technologies being used in the context of libraries and library search? I know that Talis are active in this area. Does anyone have links to any specific resources or projects that they know of in this area? Thanks, David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfk...@googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
[CODE4LIB] PKP Software - Harvester2
Hi All, PKP Harvester is an excellent piece of software, To mark Open Access Week 2009, we have created this index. http://researchscope.net/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUOTfMdXiAQ David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
[CODE4LIB] digital content managment software (digital libraries)
Hi Folks, What Digital Content management systems are there out there. I can think of Greenstone, and various OAI repositories. Any suggestions, particularly for something that uses Apache and ModPerl? David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] OAI-PMH Harvester in PHP?
Hi Dave. Yes, use the Harvester from the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). It can be installed on any web host and works fine. I have it working on http://researchscope.org/ David Kane 2008/10/6 Walker, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi all, > > Anyone know of any OAI-PMH harvesting software written in PHP? I've seen > the code that can serve as a provider, but I'm looking for a harvester. > > Thanks! > > --Dave > > == > David Walker > Library Web Services Manager > California State University > http://xerxes.calstate.edu > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Authority Data
In British/Irish Law, a 'white pages' phone book is not copyrightable in spite of its being a 'collection of facts'. this is because it is something that is a byproduct of managing a telephone system. I am not sure about the golden pages (which business listings, with advertising). David. 2008/9/29 Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Actually, I'm pretty sure a phone book is not, in the US, in general, > copyrightable. > > I don't believe US law has any special protection for "collections of > facts". The canonical introductory intellectual property class example, > which happens to be about a phone book in fact, is Feist v. Rural Telephone > Service. Which in fact even has it's own wikipedia page: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_v._Rural > > Jonathan > > Shawn Boyette wrote: > >> Individual facts or datum are not copyrightable, but "collections of >> facts" -- particular expressions of data -- are. This is what makes >> phone books, databases, and the like subject to copyright. >> >> P.S. N.B. IANAL >> >> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> Interestingly, outside the US it's somewhat more possible to claim >>> copyright >>> on "factual data" than inside the US, Europe for instance has types of IP >>> and copyright protection for databases that the US does not. >>> >>> But basically, the answer is that nobody knows for sure, not even the >>> lawyers. >>> >>> Jonathan >>> >>> Bryan Baldus wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:17 PM, Nate Vack wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Huh. They claim copyright of these records. I'd somehow thought: >>>>> 1: The federal government can't hold copyrights >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> The page [1] states: >>>> >>>> "Copyright" >>>> "Records in the MARC Distribution Services originating with the Library >>>> of >>>> Congress are copyrighted by the Library of Congress for use outside the >>>> United States. Subscribers are granted copyright permission to >>>> selectively >>>> redistribute records outside the United States; contact LC prior to any >>>> distribution." >>>> >>>> So, in the U.S., they are not copyrightable, but outside the U.S. some >>>> copyright claim might be justified. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> 2: As purely factual data, catalog records are conceptually >>>>> uncopyrightable >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> For the most part, personally I would agree with this, at least for >>>> individual records (though some parts of the record, like the 520 >>>> summaries, >>>> might contain enough original creativity that could be considered >>>> copyrightable). Others might believe otherwise, at least as it pertains >>>> to >>>> the collection of the records as a whole--for example, OCLC's copyright >>>> claims on their database of records. >>>> >>>> ## >>>> >>>> On the Fred 2.0 records, aside from their age, I wish they were >>>> available >>>> in MARC 21 format rather than XML with NFC encoding. When I tried to use >>>> MarcEdit to convert the files from XML to MARC 21 (January 2007), I ran >>>> into >>>> issues with character encodings. The files also seemed to lack header >>>> lines >>>> like: >>>> >>>> http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim";> >>>> >>>> [1] <http://www.loc.gov/cds/mds.html#lcaf> >>>> >>>> Thank you for your assistance, >>>> >>>> Bryan Baldus >>>> Cataloger >>>> Quality Books Inc. >>>> The Best of America's Independent Presses >>>> 1-800-323-4241x402 >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Jonathan Rochkind >>> Digital Services Software Engineer >>> The Sheridan Libraries >>> Johns Hopkins University >>> 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Jonathan Rochkind > Digital Services Software Engineer > The Sheridan Libraries > Johns Hopkins University > 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Institutional Repository Software?
I use EPrints, which is great. Do look out for Microsoft's offering though, which is in the pipeline. It will be free. Of course It will need to run on a Windows server and will be optimised for SQL Server. David. -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] perl recaptcha?
Ask the user for a 'VIP code', which is programatically generated elsewhere on the page or another page. Worked well on a PHBB2 board I once used. David. 2008/7/1 - Jonathan Rochkind, Johns Hopkins Univ. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Akismet looks great, I hadn't been familiar with this before. > > But it doesn't look to me like a university and/or library can use Akismet > for free; it looks like it might be $25/month ($300 a year), which is a bit > steep. But I'm not certain; anyone know if a university library can maybe > in fact use it for free? > > Jonathan > > > Ross Singer wrote: > >> What about Akismet? >> >> -Ross. >> >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> The Recaptcha device specifically also provides an audio test. But point >>> taken, even so it could prevent accessibility challenges. >>> >>> Nevertheless, when my system is currently receiving around one software >>> powered spam per minute, I need a quick pre-built drop-in solution to >>> this; >>> I don't have time to write my own AI! If you have any other free or >>> affordable pre-built drop-in solutions to spam protection to suggest, >>> this >>> would be a great forum to do so! >>> >>> My particular situation isn't even a web forum---it's a comment form that >>> does nothing but send email to librarians. But the spam bots don't know >>> that, and are sending 1 spam per minute to it. "Pre-moderation" is not a >>> solution; that's what we're doing now, but we can't afford to hire an FTE >>> just to seperate our actual user feedback from spam! >>> >>> Jonathan >>> >>> MJ Ray wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> And then fails. Anyone managed to do this, or have any other advice for >>>>> using Recaptcha from perl? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Please don't use it as a barrier on the only access route to a >>>> service, else you will be locking out humans with vision or hearing >>>> problems, or even simply high browser security settings. >>>> >>>> More info: http://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/ >>>> >>>> If you want to combat spam, there are better ways, including some >>>> premoderation and heuristic checks of user submissions. After all, >>>> Recaptcha doesn't stop all human-powered spam (whether directly by a >>>> spammer or by porn-trojans). >>>> >>>> Hope that helps, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Jonathan Rochkind >>> Digital Services Software Engineer >>> The Sheridan Libraries >>> Johns Hopkins University >>> 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- > Jonathan Rochkind > Digital Services Software Engineer > The Sheridan Libraries > Johns Hopkins University > 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] perl recaptcha?
Hi Jonathan, Your email turned me on to reCAPTCHA, which is just such a great concept! I want to note for the list that I did try to "install Captcha::reCAPTCHA" on a server and there was no problem. So, it *is* possible ;-) Best of luck with your quest, David. 2008/6/30 Joe Hourcle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > Has anyone succesfully installed the cpan module CAPTCHA::Recaptcha for >> using the Recaptcha service from Perl? >> >> It seems to list as a dependency a module that no longer exists? Or else >> that's the only reason I can figure out that no matter what cpan module I >> choose, it complains: >> >> Could not fetch authors/id/T/TJ/TJMATHER/XML-DOM-1.43.tar.gz >> Giving up on... >> >> And then fails. Anyone managed to do this, or have any other advice for >> using Recaptcha from perl? >> > > It looks like the current version of XML::DOM in CPAN is 1.44. You can try > forcing it to download a different version with the following from the cpan > prompt: > >get TJMATHER/XML-DOM-1.43.tar > > (make / test / install should all work, using the longer name) > > Otherwise, I'd try updating your CPAN mirror, and see if it's just that > you're using one that isn't being maintained. > > ... if that still fails, try posting to perlmonks: > >http://perlmonks.org/ > > -Joe > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology http://library.wit.ie/ T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212
Re: [CODE4LIB] e-journal publishing software
Hi Everyone, This is an interesting discussion. I am really interested in using an eJournal solution in conjunction with an institutional repository. Has anyone done anything with Southampton's EPrints repository as a basis for an electronic journal. David Kane Waterford Institute of Technology
Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Book Search API - JavaScript Query
Hi Godmar,
Thanks. Yes. I tried that, but the support for window.onload does not exist
in IE6. I also tried the defer="defer" attribute in the script tag, which
did not work either. Tim's solution looks good. I have yet to try it
though. ( will wait until after Easter).
Cheers,
David
On 20/03/2008, Godmar Back <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Have you tried placing your code in an window.onload handler? Read
> the example I created at libx.org/gbs and if that works for you in
> IE6, use the technique there. (Or you may just use the entire script -
> it seems you're reimplementing a lot of it anyway.)
>
>
> - Godmar
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:09 AM, KREYCHE, MICHAEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Tim and David,
> >
> > Thanks for sharing you solutions; the IE problem has been driving me
> > crazy. I've mostly been working on the title browse page of our
> catalog.
> >
> >
> > Originally I had it working on Firefox, Safari, and IE7 (IE6 worked if
> I
> > refreshed the page); after some rearrangement of the script, it's now
> > working on IE6 but broken on Safari.
> >
> > This is still proof of concept code and is only on our staging server
> > (http://kentlink.kent.edu:2082/). Try a keyword search and you should
> > see some Google links.
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > Michael Kreyche
> > Systems Librarian / Associate Professor
> > Libraries and Media Services
> > Kent State University
> > 330-672-1918
> >
> >
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > Behalf Of Tim Hodson
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:21 AM
> > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Book Search API - JavaScript Query
> > >
> > > One way I have used to resolve this is to poll the object
> > > until it exisits before continuing.
> > >
> > > function myInit(id){
> > > 13 // if Obj is not defined yet, call this function again until it
> is.
> > > 14
> > > 15 if (typeof myObj == "undefined"){
> > > 16 createScript();
> > > 17 setTimeout("myInit()", 60);
> > > 18 return;
> > > 19 }
> > > 20 // do stuff onlu if myObj is now an object
> > > 21 else if (typeof myObj == "object"){
> > > 22
> > > 23 myGo();
> > > 24 return;
> > > 25 }
> > >
> > > HTH Tim
> > > 26}
> > >
> > > On 20/03/2008, David Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > HI Folks,
> > > >
> > > > We were one of the first libraries to get the GBS API
> > > working on our OPAC.
> > > > Like many OPACs, ours is difficult to modify at times and
> > > requires a
> > > > dynamic insert of a generated (by PHP) JavaScript, which
> > > is hosted on
> > > > a separate server to the OPAC pages.
> > > >
> > > > It seems to work fine on most browsers, giving an
> > > appropriate link to
> > > > a full/partial text preview of that work on GBS. I run into a
> > > > problem with IE6, which means that the function defined in the
> > > > JavaScript aren't available by the time the script is
> > > called at the bottom of the page.
> > > >
> > > > You should be able to see a GBS link on most pages, here
> > > is an example:
> > > >
> > > > http://witcat.wit.ie/search/i?SEARCH=0192833987
> > > >
> > > > The attached image shows you what you should see.
> > > >
> > > > If anyone can shed any light on this, it would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks and best regards,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > David Kane
> > > > Systems Librarian
> > > > Waterford Institute of Technology
> > > > Ireland
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tim Hodson
> > > www.informationtakesover.co.uk
> > > www.timhodson.co.uk
> > >
> >
>
Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Book Search API - JavaScript Query
Hi Tim.
Thanks a lot! I will give this a try later and let you know how I fare.
Best,
David.
On 20/03/2008, Tim Hodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> One way I have used to resolve this is to poll the object until it
> exisits before continuing.
>
> function myInit(id){
> 13 // if Obj is not defined yet, call this function again until it is.
> 14
> 15 if (typeof myObj == "undefined"){
> 16 createScript();
> 17 setTimeout("myInit()", 60);
> 18 return;
> 19 }
> 20 // do stuff onlu if myObj is now an object
> 21 else if (typeof myObj == "object"){
> 22
> 23 myGo();
> 24 return;
> 25 }
>
> HTH Tim
> 26}
>
>
> On 20/03/2008, David Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > HI Folks,
> >
> > We were one of the first libraries to get the GBS API working on our
> OPAC.
> > Like many OPACs, ours is difficult to modify at times and requires a
> dynamic
> > insert of a generated (by PHP) JavaScript, which is hosted on a
> separate
> > server to the OPAC pages.
> >
> > It seems to work fine on most browsers, giving an appropriate link to a
> > full/partial text preview of that work on GBS. I run into a problem
> with
> > IE6, which means that the function defined in the JavaScript aren't
> > available by the time the script is called at the bottom of the page.
> >
> > You should be able to see a GBS link on most pages, here is an example:
> >
> > http://witcat.wit.ie/search/i?SEARCH=0192833987
> >
> > The attached image shows you what you should see.
> >
> > If anyone can shed any light on this, it would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks and best regards,
> >
> >
> > David Kane
> > Systems Librarian
> > Waterford Institute of Technology
> > Ireland
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Tim Hodson
> www.informationtakesover.co.uk
> www.timhodson.co.uk
>
[CODE4LIB] Google Book Search API - JavaScript Query
HI Folks, We were one of the first libraries to get the GBS API working on our OPAC. Like many OPACs, ours is difficult to modify at times and requires a dynamic insert of a generated (by PHP) JavaScript, which is hosted on a separate server to the OPAC pages. It seems to work fine on most browsers, giving an appropriate link to a full/partial text preview of that work on GBS. I run into a problem with IE6, which means that the function defined in the JavaScript aren't available by the time the script is called at the bottom of the page. You should be able to see a GBS link on most pages, here is an example: http://witcat.wit.ie/search/i?SEARCH=0192833987 The attached image shows you what you should see. If anyone can shed any light on this, it would be appreciated. Thanks and best regards, David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland <>
Re: [CODE4LIB] Announcement: LibraryFind Metasearch Software
Great! Well done you guys. I notice Oregon uses Innovative's Millennium OPAC. We have this product too. How do you get the data from that into LibraryFind's database, screen-scraping? Also, can you tell me how it indexes your subscription databases. Do you just point it at the URLs for these databases and allow them to be indexed by LibraryFind somehow? Thanks! David Kane WIT Libraries http://library.wit.ie/ ++353.51302838 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 31/01/2007 22:50 >>> With apologies for cross-posting Comments are welcome. Oregon State University releases LibraryFind® software We are pleased to announce the first public release of the LibraryFind metasearch software, developed by Oregon State University Libraries. LibraryFind is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This first public release, version 0.7, has a number of advanced features, such as (but not limited to): * 2-click user workflow (one click to find, one click to get) * Integrated OpenURL resolver * 2-tiered caching system to improve search response time * Customizable user interface As this is a pre-1.0 release, there are still a number of features, functions, and efficiencies we plan to add to the software. We encourage involvement from others in the library community who are interested in working on an open source metasearch product. More information on LibraryFind, including information on how to download and run the software, can be found at http://libraryfind.org. About Oregon State University: OSU is one of only two U.S. universities designated a land grant, sea grant, space grant and sun grant institution. OSU is also Oregon¹s largest public research university, garnering more than 60 percent of the total federal and private research funding in the Oregon University System. Its more than 19,000 students come from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. -- jaf === Jeremy Frumkin The Gray Chair for Innovative Library Services 121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331-4501 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541.737.9928 541.737.3453 (Fax) 541.230.4483 (Cell) === " Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. " - Emerson
Re: [CODE4LIB] NCIP API?
Thanks for the link, John. This is a very good resource, and I must have missed the link to it on the NISO site, if there is one. >It explains that you don't implement NCIP as such, in the sense of >implementing all 45+ services, let alone all the optional elements >within them. Isn't this just the problem, though. If there was a decent C library out there that 'did' NCIP, would it have been folded into a number of different applications by now - perhaps even new uses that neither You nor I had ever thought of. >The expectation was, and still is, that implementations conform to >"Application Profiles" I see, but once again if different developers go off and develop different 'bits' of the entire NCIP protocol, then there are no advantages of scale. Perhaps I am now revealing my relative ignorance of NCIP but if a common project were to evolve in, say, Java wouldn't the creation of abstract classes from which code for all the profiles could be generated save duplication of effort. Even in the case of a more proceedural language, like C, there would be substantial scope for code re-use. Anyway, my questions don't come from some place of lofty understanding. I am rather ignorant of the low-level aspects of NCIP and I do expect that such a project would require a lot of work. Could it be made to stick in a round of European Union funding, I wonder? Best regards, David Kane WIT Libraries http://library.wit.ie/ ++353.51302838
[CODE4LIB] NCIP API?
Hi Code4Libbers, I posted this on the Web4Lib list mistakenly last week, and apologize for any cross post. I am just curious to know whether there are any open source NCIP APIs out there. I have noticed that IndexData are doing something with NCIP: http://ncip.indexdata.dk/ "In addition, Index Data has tools to allow the integration of external functionality using the NISO NCIP protocol, if relevant." (taken from: http://www.indexdata.dk/keystone/retriever/ ) I did get a reply on the list from Joshua Ferraro of LibLime, who said that they began development on an open source SIP2 API, which was to be extended to NCIP functionality. This extension to NCIP did not happen. This SIP2 api is now in use in the EvergreenILS and soon to be used in the Koha ILS. See: http://openncip.org http://sourceforge.net/projects/openncip I suspect that there are probably no other attempts out there, but if anyone has any . Thanks, David Kane WIT Libraries http://library.wit.ie/ ++353.51302838
[CODE4LIB] Anyone from UK/Europe going to the Code4Lib Conference?
Just curious. Thanks, David Kane WIT Libraries http://library.wit.ie/ ++353.51302838
