Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib Mentorship Sign-up
++. This is a great idea. For those of us not on the #code4lib channel, what kinds of issues/challenges would there be in opening this up beyond IRC? (i.e. Twitter, Gchat, Skype, real phone, etc.) ...and would anyone else be interested? -- Erin White Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | www.library.vcu.edu From: Matt McCollow mcco...@mcmaster.ca To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: 06/04/2012 01:05 PM Subject:[CODE4LIB] Code4lib Mentorship Sign-up Sent by:Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Hi all, We're looking to try out a mentorship program through the #code4lib channel on IRC Freenode. The idea is that experienced people who are willing to volunteer some time would provide 1-on-1 mentoring to those who would like to learn during an Office hours period, once a week. The idea is sort-of modelled on the Drupal project's Core Office Hours ( http://drupal.org/node/1242856). A sign-up page has been posted on the code4lib wiki ( http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Mentorship), so if this sounds like something you'd like to contribute to, don't hesitate to add your name! Thanks, Matt McCollow Programmer Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, McMaster University
Re: [CODE4LIB] Project Management Software Question
Speaking of, I gave a poster at LITA last fall on how we're using Google Docs to manage projects at VCU - poster and sample docs available here: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~erwhite/posters/nimble_pm.html -- Erin White Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | www.library.vcu.edu From: Gabriel Farrell gsf...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: 02/23/2012 04:10 PM Subject:Re: [CODE4LIB] Project Management Software Question Sent by:Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU I've been influenced lately by a great talk on Project Management that Delphine Khanna gave at THATCamp a few months ago. She stressed the need for lightweight solutions to handle the more common case where we have multiple small library projects rather than one massive endeavor. The core piece of software for her team is usually Google Spreadsheets, which really underscores the value of process and communication in the management of any project over a particular chunk of technology. I don't see the slides for that talk up anywhere, but they were similar to the ones at http://www.diglib.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/04PMGKhanna.pdf. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Brian McBride brian.mcbr...@utah.edu wrote: Question for all the code4lib developers out there: --What project management software are you using? --What made you choose the system? --Has the system met all of your needs? If not, where does it fail? --Overall opinions? --What systems did you evaluate and decide not to recommend? Any information would be great! Thanks, Brian Brian McBride Head of Application Development J. Willard Marriott Library O: 801.585.7613 F: 801.585.5549 brian.mcbr...@utah.edumailto:brian.mcbr...@utah.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations
The SupportPress plugin for Wordpress may work for you. I haven't used it in a production setting but have been impressed with how customizable it is. It has a built-in knowledgebase but doesn't support issue creation by email yet. http://www.woothemes.com/2011/07/supportpress/ -- Erin White Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | www.library.vcu.edu From: Nate Vack njv...@wisc.edu To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: 02/22/2012 01:08 PM Subject:Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations Sent by:Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com wrote: 1) minimal effort in install/setup i.e. ready to use out of the box You might look into github for this. If you're doing something internal with a small team, the $7 or $12/month plans might do well for you. -n
Re: [CODE4LIB] OAI = Flickr import tool
Thanks! And good catch. We adjusted the licenses indicated on Flickr to match the actual rights on the images. We set our rights at the collection level so Flickr's batch edit made this a quick change. FWIW the PS Magazine and Jackson Ward sets are public domain, but Flickr's options limited us to the least restrictive CC license. -- Erin White Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/ From: Ranti Junus ranti.ju...@gmail.com To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: 08/20/2011 12:20 PM Subject:Re: [CODE4LIB] OAI = Flickr import tool Sent by:Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Hi Erin, Awesome project. I'm curious: what is the license of the images posted to flickr? Are they have the same license (per flickr account default set -- whatever it is) or are there license variations among the images? Thanks, Ranti. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid. On Aug 19, 2011 11:58 AM, Erin R White/FS/VCU erwh...@vcu.edu wrote: ** Apologies for cross-posting ** VCU Libraries has posted new sets of digital collections images on Flickr with images + metadata pulled from ContentDM's OAI, using a tool developed by the our web team. PS Magazine, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly: http://go.vcu.edu/_Nxs Medical Artifacts Collection: http://go.vcu.edu/_HZE Jackson Ward Historic District: http://go.vcu.edu/_yMX This Flickr uploader is a web-based PHP app that should work with any OAI-enabled image repository (with some configuration - we have not tested this). The code is available at http://code.google.com/p/contentdm2flickr/ and is very much in beta, but we hope this tool will be useful for others. We'd be excited to hear from you if you have questions, end up using it, or want to join the project to improve it. Thanks! -- Erin White Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/
[CODE4LIB] OAI = Flickr import tool
** Apologies for cross-posting ** VCU Libraries has posted new sets of digital collections images on Flickr with images + metadata pulled from ContentDM's OAI, using a tool developed by the our web team. PS Magazine, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly: http://go.vcu.edu/_Nxs Medical Artifacts Collection: http://go.vcu.edu/_HZE Jackson Ward Historic District: http://go.vcu.edu/_yMX This Flickr uploader is a web-based PHP app that should work with any OAI-enabled image repository (with some configuration - we have not tested this). The code is available at http://code.google.com/p/contentdm2flickr/ and is very much in beta, but we hope this tool will be useful for others. We'd be excited to hear from you if you have questions, end up using it, or want to join the project to improve it. Thanks! -- Erin White Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/
[CODE4LIB] Fw: Learn mobile UX @ edUi with Brian Fling
***Apologies for X-posting*** Folks, just another friendly reminder about edUi this October here in Richmond, VA - we've got a great lineup and this is a fantastic opportunity to meet others in the higher-ed user experience and web communities. Plus, submit a session proposal by June 30 and get 10% off registration costs; get a proposal accepted and attend for free! This conference is a great deal either way. Thanks! http://eduiconf.org/ -- Erin White Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/ - Forwarded by Erin R White/FS/VCU on 06/06/2011 11:46 AM - From: edUi Conference i...@eduiconf.org Date: 06/06/2011 11:45 AM Subject: Learn mobile UX @ edUi with Brian Fling View in a browser | Forward to a friend Headliner Highlight Brian Fling We are pleased to welcome Brian Fling to edUi's line up of workshop leaders. Brian is an authority in the field of mobile user experience and multiple context design. Author of O’Reilly Media’s Mobile Design and Development, Brian is also the founder and creative director of pinch/zoom, a design and development agency specializing in mobile experiences, helping clients like BBC, New York Times, HSBC, eHarmony, Best Buy, and others dive into the world of mobile. Brian will be leading a half-day workshop on designing mobile user experiences. Let Brian help you get out in front of this rapidly growing medium as you explore the design principles involved in creating compelling mobile experiences for this new era of multiple devices and contexts. One half-day workshop is included with your registration to edUi. Register now and save $100 Early Bird: $475 Standard Rate: $575 Headliners Brian is in good company at edUi 2011. He joins fellow workshop leaders Christopher Schmitt (HTML5), Margot Bloomstein (Content Strategy), and Todd Zaki Warfel (Prototyping). Plus our plenary speaker Siva Vaidhyanathan and keynote speaker Jeffrey Zeldman. Siva Vaidhyanathan Jeffrey Zeldman Christopher Schmitt Margot Bloomstein Todd Zaki Warfel Brian Fling Call For Proposals Deadline Our call for proposals closes June 30th. So you've only got a couple weeks left to submit your ideas for edUi. Join Brian, Jeffrey, Christopher, Margot, Todd and Siva at edUi 2011. We offer a 10% discount for submitting a proposal and if your proposal is accepted you attend for free! Sponsored By Get Connected • Website • Facebook • Twitter edUi is a Program of: eduiConf.org .
[CODE4LIB] Zeldman @ edUi 2011 - Registration Open
All, this is a fabulous and enormously useful conference for web and UX professionals in libraries, and I'm excited about our program this year. Not to mention that Richmond is a lively, lovely and beer-y town[1]! (Full disclosure: I'm on the planning committee for edUi.) Hope to see y'all here in October! Apologies in advance for x-posting. -- Erin White Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/ - Forwarded by Erin R White/FS/VCU on 05/03/2011 09:02 AM - From: Trey Mitchell vafh-...@virginia.edu Subject: Zeldman @ edUi 2011 - Registration Open edUi 2011 - Oct. 13-14 - Richmond, VA http://eduiconf.org/ A conference for Web professionals serving colleges, universities, libraries, museums beyond Jeffrey Zeldman @ edUi 2011 Zeldman to deliver keynote We're pleased (excited, thrilled, ecstatic) to announce that the King of Web Standards, Jeffrey Zeldman[3] will be delivering the keynote at edUi 2011 on October 14, 2011. The rest of the line up[4] isn't too shabby either, by the way, but more on that later. Registration is Open $450 through September 1st We're still putting together the complete conference program, but we hope we've got enough to tempt you with. We'll have workshops on HTML5, Content Strategy, Prototyping, and Mobile Web. Register Now![5] ___ Sponsored By University of Richmond [6] Get Connected • Website[7] • Facebook[8] •Twitter [9] edUi is a Program of:[10] Virginia Foundation for the Humanities References 3. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/aug2007/id2007086_670396.htm 4. http://eduiconf.org/ 5. http://edui2011.eventbrite.com/ 6. http://www.richmond.edu/ 7. http://www.eduiconf.org/ 8. http://eduiconf.org/facebook 9. http://twitter.com/eduiconf 10. http://www.virginiafoundation.org/ 11. http://eduiconf.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] NY Times Bookmarklet
Good call. I ended up rewriting the bookmarklet to look at NYT's meta tags rather than the body text as they are more uniform and usually contain the info we need. They have fairly consistent use across the archives for the years I quickly tested (2003-present). The script now looks for a published title in the meta tags, and if it doesn't find one, looks for the headline used in the article. I changed the date search to a fuzzy match by month and year rather than by exact date, since pubdate can be inconsistent with Lexis's. Highly unscientific and not 100% accurate, so this bookmarklet's definitely a bit of a hack, but should work *most* of the time for articles that made it into the print version. https://gist.github.com/944809#file_nyt_lexis_bookmarklet_meta_tags.js -- Erin White Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/ From: Bob Duncan dunc...@lafayette.edu To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: 04/29/2011 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] NY Times Bookmarklet Sent by: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date:Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:10:20 -0400 From:Van Mil, James (vanmiljf) vanmi...@ucmail.uc.edu Subject: NY Times Bookmarklet . . . However, every article at the web version of the NY Times that was also published in the print version includes a reference to the article from the print edition, including date, page number, and print version title (information which is all still accessible in the page source when the paywall blocks access). I wish this were true, but unfortunately, it's not. Not every reference to the print version includes the print version headline. In fact, it appears that including the print headline is a fairly recent addition to the Times Website. (Very unscientific searching suggests it started within the last few weeks.) I wonder if it might make more sense to grab the author's name and pass that with the print pub date to PQ/LexisNexis instead -- most articles seem to include a byline. Or grab the beginning sentence and pass that. (You'd have to get rid of any anchor elements.) It also appears that not every article that's published in print includes a reference to the print version in the Web version, but most seem to. Bob Duncan ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ Robert E. Duncan Systems Librarian Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 dunc...@lafayette.edu http://library.lafayette.edu/
Re: [CODE4LIB] NY Times Bookmarklet
James, AWESOME idea. I'm excited to share with my library.
For those of you who are getting NYT through LexisNexis I've modified the
code below - just throw in your proxy URL and library name.
I also fixed the first regex to work with non-article items as well
(op-eds, etc).
javascript:
(
function()
{ var source = document.documentElement.innerHTML;
var regex1 = /appeared in print on
((January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)
([1-2][0-9]|3[0-1]|0?[1-9]), ((19|20)[0-9][0-9])), on page (\w+) of the
New York edition with the headline:(.*)/g;
var match = regex1.exec(source);
if (match)
{
var articleDate = new Date(match[2] + ' ' + match[3] + ', '
+ match[4]);
var articleYear = articleDate.getFullYear();
var articleMonth = articleDate.getMonth()+1;
var articleDay = articleDate.getDate();
var regex2 = /([A-Z]+)(\d+)/g;
var pageMatch = regex2.exec(match[6]);
var articleURL =
'http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/sr?shr=tcsi=6742sr=HLEAD%28'
+ match[7] + '%29+AND+DATE+IS+' + articleMonth + '%2F' + articleDay +
'%2F' + articleYear;
window.open('http://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=' +
articleURL);
}
else
{
alert(This article hasn't been published in the print
version of the NY Times and isn't accessible through VCU Libraries.);
}
}
)
();
--
Erin White
Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries
804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/
From:
Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu
To:
CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Date:
04/27/2011 10:13 AM
Subject:
Re: [CODE4LIB] NY Times Bookmarklet
Sent by:
Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
This is a great idea, thanks for sharing.
On 4/27/2011 9:10 AM, Van Mil, James (vanmiljf) wrote:
Hi everyone! (first post!)
We've been getting lots of feedback at my library about the problem with
the NY Times paywall and the lack of institutional access to their
website, but we do have a subscription to a Proquest database which
includes all current content that is included in the print addition.
However, every article at the web version of the NY Times that was also
published in the print version includes a reference to the article from
the print edition, including date, page number, and print version title
(information which is all still accessible in the page source when the
paywall blocks access). Additionally, the Proquest database has very clear
search syntax.
So, I wrote a bookmarklet to check whether the article was published in
print and to open a new browser window to search for the article at
Proquest. (I know that there are other work-arounds to the paywall, but
I'm interested in one that our library could ethically promote.)
The code for the bookmarklet is short, so I've included it below. I'd
like to add the option to search the headline in Google News for any
articles that aren't available in the print version, and I need to write
some title-string sanitization to deal with some funky punctuation in the
occasional headline. If anyone has any other feedback, I'd love to hear
it. (And I apologize both for the lack of commenting (bookmarklets don't
seem to have room for this) and for the lack of style (I started learned
Javascript yesterday).)
Thanks!
James
James Van Mil
Collections Electronic Resources Librarian
Electronic Resources Department
University of Cincinnati Libraries
PO Box 210033
Cincinnati OH 45221-0033
Telephone: (513) 556-1410
vanmi...@ucmail.uc.edumailto:vanmi...@ucmail.uc.edu
javascript:
(
function()
{ var source = document.documentElement.innerHTML;
var regex1 = /A version of this article appeared in print on
((January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)
([1-2][0-9]|3[0-1]|0?[1-9]), ((19|20)[0-9][0-9])), on page (\w+) of the
New York edition with the headline:(.*)/g;
var match = regex1.exec(source);
if (match)
{
var articleDate = new Date(match[2] + ' ' + match[3] + ',
' + match[4]);
var articleYear = articleDate.getFullYear();
var articleMonth = articleDate.getMonth()+1;
var articleDay = articleDate.getDate();
var regex2 = /([A-Z]+)(\d+)/g;
var pageMatch = regex2.exec(match[6]);
window.open('https://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=305SQ=issn%2803624331%29%20and%20ti%28'
+ match[7] + '%29%20and%20pdn%28' + articleMonth + '%2F' + articleDay +
'%2F' + articleYear + '%29%20and%20startpage%28' + pageMatch[1] + '.' +
pageMatch[2] + '%29');
}
else
{
alert(This article hasn't been published in the print
version of the NY Times and isn't accessible
[CODE4LIB] Survey: Use of web-based research guides
Apologies for cross-posting. We are researching libraries' use of web-based research guides. Please consider filling out the following survey, or forwarding this link to the person in your library who would be in the best position to describe your library’s research guides: http://tinyurl.com/4dxz9lb Responses are anonymous. Thank you for your help! Jimmy Ghaphery, VCU Libraries jghap...@vcu.edu Erin White, VCU Libraries erwh...@vcu.edu -- Erin White Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/
[CODE4LIB] Job Opportunity: VCU Libraries, Richmond, VA
Jumping on the job announcement train: Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries in Richmond, VA, seeks a Web Developer to expand our web team and improve the Libraries' web presence through applications programming and web development. Learn more and apply online: http://www.vcujobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=571697 -- Erin White Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Online Room Reservation System
Seconded on OpenRoom. We had a lot of luck standing this app up, throwing CAS login on it, and customizing it in less than a month, and the students are all over it. It handles libraries' business rules well, i.e. restrictions on numbers of reservations per person per time period, weird opening and closing hours, etc. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2941 http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/getopenroom/ -- Erin White Web Applications Developer, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | http://library.vcu.edu/ From: Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: 03/07/2011 04:38 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Online Room Reservation System Sent by: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Here's the story of one libraries approach to that from a Code4Lib Journal article: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2941 On 3/7/2011 4:24 PM, Rosalyn Metz wrote: Hi Everyone, I was wondering if you had suggestions for an online room reservation system. I feel like people have asked this question before but I can't seem to find the thread. I want something that people can self schedule themselves. Rosalyn
