[CODE4LIB] Quick questions for Makers

2016-07-05 Thread Edward Iglesias
? How do you pay for ongoing costs? How do you decide what to purchase? Do you recover costs? (charge for printing etc...) Many thanks! Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] Thanks

2016-03-31 Thread Edward Iglesias
Thanks all of you who took the survey. It will be up until 5:00 Eastern on Friday. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/38H733R Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] in house or outsourced technology solutions

2016-03-29 Thread Edward Iglesias
://www.surveymonkey.com/r/38H733R Thanks, Edward Iglesias

Re: [CODE4LIB] Experience with VR in libraries

2016-03-24 Thread Edward Iglesias
Thanks for all the great replies. OU is fairly close. May be time for a road trip. Edward Iglesias On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Matthew Kopel <mko...@clrc.org> wrote: > We ordered about 600 Google Cardboards from a vendor in China (via ebay) at > a cost of ~$5 a pop and sold

[CODE4LIB] Experience with VR in libraries

2016-03-24 Thread Edward Iglesias
an HTC Vive. Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] One last call for chapters

2015-11-23 Thread Edward Iglesias
The deadline for contributing to Library Technology, Funding, Planning and Deployment has been extended to Dec. 15th. Please submit your proposal at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1942 This is really the final call. email me if you have any questions. Edward

[CODE4LIB] Deadline Extended

2015-10-26 Thread Edward Iglesias
makerspace. Contact me at edwardigles...@gmail.com if you have any questions. Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University

[CODE4LIB] Survey: What Role do Librarians Play in Support of Technological Innovations?

2015-10-08 Thread Edward Iglesias
URL:* https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/library_technology_innovation Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] Call for Chapters

2015-10-02 Thread Edward Iglesias
/1942 Thanks again, Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University

[CODE4LIB] Call for Chapters

2015-09-09 Thread Edward Iglesias
. Edward Iglesias​ CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: November 15, 2015 Library Technology Acquisition & Funding A book edited by Edward Iglesias To be published by IGI Global: Introduction Libraries purchase and use technology everyday. From simple items like prin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability

2014-11-12 Thread Edward Iglesias
I have a bluehost site with Wordpress on it. In my case whenever a vulnerability has been discovered they have been very good about automatically updating it. Keep in mind this is a standard instal using cpanel. Your mileage may vary if you did something custom. Edward Iglesias On Tue, Nov 11

Re: [CODE4LIB] Why learn Unix?

2014-10-27 Thread Edward Iglesias
Couldn't agree more with Eric. Additionally if you are going to be doing any web work at all you will need to know the back end environment which will likely be Linux. Edward Iglesias On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: Learning Unix is not necessarily

Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians

2014-10-21 Thread Edward Iglesias
Once upon a time there was whitebox linux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Box_Enterprise_Linux Edward Iglesias On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Daniel Chudnov daniel.chud...@gmail.com wrote: For a number of years, White Box Linux [1][2] was supported by somebody from the Beauregard

Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux distro for librarians

2014-10-21 Thread Edward Iglesias
Sorry Daniel, just saw your post. Edward Iglesias On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Edward Iglesias edwardigles...@gmail.com wrote: Once upon a time there was whitebox linux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Box_Enterprise_Linux Edward Iglesias On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Daniel

Re: [CODE4LIB] Hiring strategy for a library programmer with tight budget - thoughts?

2014-08-15 Thread Edward Iglesias
Also keep in mind benefits are increasingly important. If you offer a good job at a decent salary that is not as stressful as some of the higher paying jobs that is a big deal. I have a colleague who just took a $15,000 pay cut to go to work for an ivy that she loves. Edward Iglesias On Fri

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fine collection online

2014-05-28 Thread Edward Iglesias
Swear I thought this was about a fine collection that was online. Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University Edward Iglesias On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Riley-Huff, Debra riley...@olemiss.eduwrote: We would like to allow our patrons to pay their fines online

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0

2014-02-28 Thread Edward Iglesias
required. The idea is to lend tools or kits to libraries who want to try something out but not make a major commitment yet. Edward Iglesias On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Daron Dierkes daron.dier...@gmail.comwrote: In St. Louis, to my knowledge we do not have a makerspace as part of a library

[CODE4LIB] Tool Library 2.0

2014-02-27 Thread Edward Iglesias
to start. So any of you have any must haves for such a collection. I'm thinink soldering irons arduinos Raspberry Pis Flora breadboards lots of connectors leds etc... Thanks, Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] Code4lib g+ community

2013-07-23 Thread Edward Iglesias
I started a thread on the g+ community based on the lifehacker how I work series. I would love to see some of your responses. https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/114587042187424680647 Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] Great deal on a great book

2013-07-23 Thread Edward Iglesias
Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly) tweeted at 11:29 AM on Tue, Jul 23, 2013: RT @OReillyMedia #Ebook Deal/Day: Introducing Regular Expressions by M. Fitzgerald @mjf2009 - Save 50% w/code DEAL http://t.co/7tb9QL8PQk (https://twitter.com/timoreilly/status/359696826783367171) Get the official Twitter app at

Re: [CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers

2013-06-24 Thread Edward Iglesias
Thanks so much for this Eric. Edward Iglesias On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: Here is a pointer to a recent article on policies for 3D printers. FYI: A Model for Managing 3D Printing Services in Academic Libraries by Vincent F. Scalfani

Re: [CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers

2013-05-21 Thread Edward Iglesias
. It takes so long to print just one very rough barbie that it would not make any sense to try and mass produce anything. These are one off machines. Certainly you could have people abuse that but that is a people issue rather than a tech issue. Edward Iglesias On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 6:46 PM

Re: [CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers

2013-05-20 Thread Edward Iglesias
Thank you all for this great feedback. I imagine we will probably not charge at the beginning and change as needed. My Director's bigger concern is the whole are they gonna print a gun with that question. Luckily we have a student handbook to point to. Edward Iglesias On Sun, May 19, 2013

[CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers

2013-05-17 Thread Edward Iglesias
Hello All, It looks like we will be getting a 3D printer in the library and it is now my job to write up a policy for its use. Do any of you have similar policies you would be willing to share? Thanks, Edward Iglesias

Re: [CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers

2013-05-17 Thread Edward Iglesias
This looks great! I think we are in a slightly better position for part of this since we can point to the Student Handbook for the thou shalt nots Edward Iglesias On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Nate Hill nathanielh...@gmail.com wrote: This is a draft that will be tweaked and go before our

Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-16 Thread Edward Iglesias
As soon as I have a something I will. Workshop is not until October. Edward Iglesias On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Migell Acosta maco...@library.lacounty.gov wrote: Krista, Can you share the resource and activity documents with the group? Thanks. Migell Acosta County of LA Public

[CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-15 Thread Edward Iglesias
a Raspberry Pi but that would require them all to buy a Raspberry Pi. I am open to suggestions on what would be worth learning that is hands on and preferably cheap for a group of around 20. What would you teach/learn in an afternoon given the chance? Edward Iglesias

Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-15 Thread Edward Iglesias
Jodi, Thanks for the encouragement. Audience is unknown since it will just depend on who registers. I had the good fortune to attend the Make a Makerspace conference and was exposed to Sparkfun's version of the Lillypad and was quite impressed. I am looking into funding. Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] Job:Digital Resources Librarian

2013-03-21 Thread Edward Iglesias
contact Theresa Mastrogiovanni at 860 832-2097 or mastrogiovan...@ccsu.edu. Please make sure your Social Security Number is not listed on any documents submitted. Redact any personally identifiable information. Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] Digicamp 2013, Monday March 11, 8:30-12:30 p.m. at Bryant University!

2013-01-28 Thread Edward Iglesias
on Friday, February 22, so register early! We are only taking the first 80 registrants. Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] Outsourcing and Insourcing

2013-01-28 Thread Edward Iglesias
$50.00 for signage that would have cost a lot more if we bought a preexisting solution. What are the little long tail-niche solutions you have come up with that we can still handle better than a purchased solution? Edward Iglesias

Re: [CODE4LIB] Maker Spaces and Academic Libraries

2012-08-28 Thread Edward Iglesias
to sculpture. Edward Iglesias On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: One note on this. All of the commercial printers I have seen from the plastic shooters to water cutters that can turn out a great car wheel have been enclosed boxes with safety systems

Re: [CODE4LIB] Maker Spaces and Academic Libraries

2012-08-27 Thread Edward Iglesias
University of Nevada, Reno phone: 775.682.5706 On 8/24/12 5:03 AM, Edward Iglesias edwardigles...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: Thanks Jason! Ab Fab indeed! Edward Iglesias On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jason Griffey grif...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: In my last Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-02 Thread Edward Iglesias
Keep the job ads coming! Edward Iglesias On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Pottinger, Hardy J. pottinge...@umsystem.edu wrote: As Cameron Neylon pointed out in his keynote to Open Repositories 2012 in Edinburgh a few weeks back, filtering on the supply/server side should be considered

Re: [CODE4LIB] Drupal and mod_security

2012-07-05 Thread Edward Iglesias
That was the doc that came closes to fixing the problems. Still has issues though. Edward Iglesias On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: I am guessing that you have seen: http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2010/11/getting-drupal-and-mod-securit.html The bulk

Re: [CODE4LIB] Putting several small databases online.

2012-06-27 Thread Edward Iglesias
There are tools that let you use Filemaker as a sort of front end to MySQL http://www.filemaker.com/support/technologies/mysql.html You could export the MS Accses into csv then import into Filemaker. Edward Iglesias On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Paul Butler (pbutler3) pbutl...@umw.eduwrote

Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic libraries - Will dev for pay models?

2012-06-07 Thread Edward Iglesias
. If we had asked the marketing department to put together a team to develop a campaign I imagine it would have been different. Edward Iglesias On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Simon Spero sesunc...@gmail.com wrote: Having done my time working for in both the research and administrative side

Re: [CODE4LIB] People network visualization

2012-06-01 Thread Edward Iglesias
Have you considered a Topic Map? Something like http://www.wandora.org/wandora/wiki/index.php?title=Topic_Maps Edward Iglesias On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Kimberly Silk kimberly.s...@rotman.utoronto.ca wrote: ** apologies for cross-posting ** Hi everyone, Here at our happy think

Re: [CODE4LIB] duplicate jobs postings from jobs.code4lib.org

2012-05-21 Thread Edward Iglesias
Ah, but they charge for it. Maybe there is a non-proprietary version? Edward Iglesias On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Thomas Dowling dowli...@wfu.edu wrote: Doesn't OCLC assign a Universal Unique Job Posting Identifier? On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Ed Summers e...@pobox.com wrote

Re: [CODE4LIB] viewer for TIFFs on iPad

2012-05-11 Thread Edward Iglesias
much for all your help. Edward Iglesias On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Andrew Hankinson andrew.hankin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Edward, A bit of disclosure: I'm one of the developers for Diva. We have done quite a bit of experimentation for viewing images on various platforms, and even

[CODE4LIB] viewer for TIFFs on iPad

2012-05-10 Thread Edward Iglesias
Hello All, I was wondering if any of you had experience viewing large ~300MB and up TIFF files on an iPad. I can get them to the iPad but the photo viewer is less than optimal. It stops enlarging after a while and I'm looking at Medieval manuscripts so... Edward Iglesias

Re: [CODE4LIB] whimsical homepage idea

2012-05-02 Thread Edward Iglesias
and display on a webpage. Now facilities probably wont help you prove they are not doing their job but it is possible. Edward Iglesias On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Maryann Kempthorne marya...@gmail.com wrote: Why not a cardigan checkout? Maryann On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Kyle Banerjee

[CODE4LIB] Last Call for Chapters

2011-11-22 Thread Edward Iglesias
Please excuse cross posting. Hello All,      This is the last call for chapters for the book “Robots in Academic Libraries: Advancements in Library Automation,” part of the book series, Advances in Library Information Science (ALIS) from IGI Publishers.  The deadline for submissions is December

Re: [CODE4LIB] iPad Kiosk Statistics

2011-11-12 Thread Edward Iglesias
Thanks to everyone. Lots of good ideas here. I am not sure about transferring our mobile app to html5 but it might work. Thanks again. Edward Iglesias On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Brad Rhoads bdr...@gmail.com wrote: I'd try using couchdb (http://www.couchbase.org/get/couchbase-mobile

[CODE4LIB] iPad Kiosk Statistics

2011-11-11 Thread Edward Iglesias
the browser and parsing it but surely there is a more elegant solution. Thanks, Edward Iglesias

Re: [CODE4LIB] iPad Kiosk Statistics

2011-11-11 Thread Edward Iglesias
No internet connection. We have wireless but it would be sketchy for a months at a time connection. Edward Iglesias On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Friscia, Michael michael.fris...@yale.edu wrote: Why not put google analytics into those local pages? Or are the ipads not connected

[CODE4LIB] Call for Authors (Please excuse cross posting)

2011-09-26 Thread Edward Iglesias
in academic libraries in conjunction with changing University environments as well as the changing needs of students and faculty. Other chapters dealing with this subject are also highly desirable. Please contact me at edward.igles...@ccsu.edu or this address. Thanks, Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian

[CODE4LIB] iPads as Kiosks

2011-08-19 Thread Edward Iglesias
include a case that locks out the home button such as this http://www.nothingbuttablets.com/4588 Thanks, Edward Iglesias

Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you wish you had time to learn?

2011-05-06 Thread Edward Iglesias
Thank You Abagail! I was just doing this in Excel. Here were the top vote getters with a little squishing to dedup. ~ Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University XML/XSLT 6 Drupal 5 Git 5 RDA 5 map/reduce 4 PHP 4 Python 4 R 4 guitar 3 hadoop

Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you wish you had time to learn?

2011-04-27 Thread Edward Iglesias
Thanks for all the responses. From the looks of things the next Code4lib conference should include A) A good New Orleans Jazz Band. May I suggest Tuba Skinny http://tubaskinny.blogspot.com/ B) A few good sessions on Statistics C) A keynote by Jamie Oliver. I love this group. Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] What do you wish you had time to learn?

2011-04-26 Thread Edward Iglesias
time to learn? My list includes CouchDB(NoSQL in general) neo4j nodejs prototype API Mashups R Don't be afraid to include Latin or Greek History. I'm just going for a snapshot of System angst at not knowing everything. Thanks, ~ Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central

[CODE4LIB] Dublin Core to tab delimited text

2009-10-14 Thread Edward Iglesias
Hello there. Does anyone have an xslt stylesheet or know of a tool that can transform dublin core xml into tab delimited text? Thanks, Edward Iglesias

Re: [CODE4LIB] Dublin Core to tab delimited text

2009-10-14 Thread Edward Iglesias
/field field name=suggestions/field /record Edward Iglesias On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Ethan Gruber ewg4x...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Edward, The probability of transforming Dublin Core or any other XML standard into tab delimited text is dependent upon how database-like the source XML

Re: [CODE4LIB] digital storage

2009-08-28 Thread Edward Iglesias
especially appropriate. I am going to include a link on our staff blog to this thread as a resource. Thanks again, Edward Iglesias On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Edward M. Corradoecorr...@ecorrado.us wrote: Joe Atzberger wrote: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Edward M. Corrado ecorr

[CODE4LIB] digital storage

2009-08-27 Thread Edward Iglesias
appliances like this one http://www.drobo.com/products/index.php but I am wary of the proprietary RAID system. Thanks in advance, ~ Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University

[CODE4LIB] Thanks for taking the survey

2009-08-11 Thread Edward Iglesias
Thanks to all 204 of you who took my Systems Librarian Survey. Results are at http://library.ccsu.edu/staffblog/?p=147 The full results and analysis will be part of an upcoming book from Chandos publishing tentatively called Systemic Shifts: The Changing Role of the Systems Librarian. Edward

[CODE4LIB] Systems Librarian Survey

2009-08-04 Thread Edward Iglesias
here when it is done. Survey link http://survey.ccsu.edu//TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=721M6l2 Thanks so much, Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] Call for Chapters

2009-07-29 Thread Edward Iglesias
in January 1, 2010. Please address all inquiries to iglesias...@ccsu.edu. Thanks, ~ Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University

[CODE4LIB] microformats creator

2009-06-24 Thread Edward Iglesias
there that already does this? Thanks in advance, Edward Iglesias

[CODE4LIB] recommendations for archival storage

2009-06-02 Thread Edward Iglesias
of long term digital preservation? Thanks, Edward Iglesias

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Institutional Repository Software?

2008-08-22 Thread Edward Iglesias
OAI harvesting. The other thing I would look at is what you plan to put up. We are starting to host some honors projects and I had to break it to the Graduate Committee that only two dimensional objects would work so that sculpture while nice ... ~ Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian

Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital Collections management software

2008-07-17 Thread Edward Iglesias
/ ~ Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Tim McGeary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Harish, We use CONTENTdm to manage many of our Digital Library collections. You can see them at http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing

2008-06-20 Thread Edward Iglesias
Thanks Antonio. Edward Iglesias On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Antonio Barrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward, I haven't actually used this, but I know Arizona State did for SFX Usability testing. http://www.techsmith.com/morae/ Antonio Barrera Princeton University Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing

2008-06-20 Thread Edward Iglesias
Looks like these guys have what I was looking for. There is even someone who made it work with a Mac and eyesight. It does not have the analytics of Morae but it does have a driver. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/opengazer/ Edward Iglesias On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Gabriel Sean