Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.slack.com

[Jack Hill]

An additional problem with slack is that it is non-free. Will the gateway 
[0] be turned on so those of us who use IRC or XMPP won't be shut out?


Best,
Jack

[0] 
https://slack.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201727913-Connecting-to-Slack-over-IRC-and-XMPP


On Wed, 7 Oct 2015, UNCC wrote:


Actually there is a PHP Script that was developed to provide automated sign ups 
to Slack it is on github.com/codeforcharlotteThanks
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On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Ranti Junus  wrote:


Hello! Several of us encountered this article
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/18/9349425/slack-future-of-conferences-xoxo-festival
and we like the idea that Slack can be used as a communication hub for
the code4lib community. We know Slack is a lot like IRC, and we have
that already. But there seem to be more features in Slack that would
help with the conference, like the easy creation and discovery of
channels. This is an experiment to see if we can expand the community
even more. How? It's is up to you! :-)
Unfortunately, Slack doesn't provide an automated sign up mechanism;
people need to be invited to join it. If you're interested in joining
code4lib.slack.com, please provide your email through this form
(goo.gl/forms/p9Ayz93DgG) or fill it out directly below and we will
send you the invitation. Thanks.
-Chad Nelson, Declan Fleming, Christine Harlow, Francis Kayiwa, MJ
Giarlo, Ranti Junus...
I've invited you to fill out the form code4lib.slack.com. To fill it
out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/120Dw1JjLxPJB9VTGl0mUY7Ot6yg6YNY1RZUISJFzdwk/viewform?c=0=1=mail_form_link

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations for places to advertise for a library systems guru?

[Jack Hill]

Jon,

I would also look at advertising through local technical user groups or 
meetings that touch on topics related to the job.


Best,
Jack

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015, Jon Gorman wrote:


Hi all,

I thought I'd ask folks what resources and places one could advertise
positions that might not fall in some of the more traditional for libraries
for systems folks.

The more obvious seem to be LITA/ALA, here at Code4Lib, and perhaps some of
the other library organizations. Also postings in newspapers in the area is
a typical move by us.

But I'm also considering IEEE  ACM job listings and asking CS faculty for
recommendations.

I'm sure there's even more that I haven't thought of. So I'm curious about
other suggestions or ideas? Particularly are there any that have worked to
draw in candidates with a strong IT background?

Jon Gorman
University of Illinois

Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time

[Jack Hill]

Hi,

I've used bugme https://github.com/mit-athena/bugme (both as a user and 
administrator) before. It's pretty simple, it just wraps around a user's 
actual session and can kill the session after the time limit expires. It 
can also display a counter and warnings that the limit is near.


Best,
Jack

On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Laura Krier wrote:


Hey folks,
I'm starting to investigate software that we could install on a few of our
public workstations that would limit the length of time a user could be
logged in. This would be done to establish a few computers as print only
or brief use only computers. I've seen this in other libraries, but I'm
having a hard time searching: all I'm finding are tools for parental
control of home computers.

Does anyone have any software recommendations for me?

Laura

Re: [CODE4LIB] software to limit computer login time

[Jack Hill]

Ronald,

What features are you looking for? I'm may also be interested in something 
similar. I suspect that the final solution could be fashioned by putting 
together existing software, such as bugme 
https://github.com/mit-athena/bugme (session timer), with some other 
software (that I don't know about or doesn't exist) to authorize and 
provision guest accounts. A custom lightdm greeter 
http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=5 may be a good place for adding the 
latter functionality to the existing support for guest accounts in Ubuntu.


Best,
Jack

On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Ronald Houk wrote:


I would love to find something that would work with Linux so I could put it
on our workstations again.  We used to have 6 workstations with Ubuntu on
them but when we switched to using Envisionware this became impossible.
Any open source projects would be even better!