Re: [CODE4LIB] Would whoever is handling the donations to the code4lib 2016 Diversity Scholarships please get in touch with me?

[Linda Ballinger]

Hi Bobbi,

Have you heard from anyone else yet? I'm not directly connected to the
money part, but I can get your issue over to them.

Linda

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Fox, Bobbi  wrote:

> I may have an issue.
>
> Thanks,
> Bobbi
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2016 Pre-Conference Proposals

[Linda Ballinger]

Yes!!! I would love a workshop/session/whatever on "everything you need to
learn, software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on
workshops". That would be such a help, as it's so often assumed.  --Linda

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Fox, Bobbi  wrote:

> Hi, Christina!
>
> I don't have a workshop to propose, but I *do* have a plea for any
> workshop that is a hands-on-the-laptop experience:
>
> That the presenter of said workshop provide links, in advance, to any
> software needed.  If the presenter would suggest the use of vagrant or
> docker (or whatever else is out there), then links to those tools, plus
> good, easy implementation instructions, should also be supplied in
> advance.  In addition, if the workshop is going to feature a particular
> language or framework, that should be specified in advance as well.  (why
> no, I *don't* know how to spin up a web server on my Windoze laptop; at
> work I do it in Linux!)
>
> I have unfortunately been to too many workshops where the presenter either
> assumed a crystal-clear, fast, internet connection for the 40 participants,
> or assumed a lot more vagrant/docker knowledge than I, and several others,
> had.
>
>
> (hmm, maybe I can find someone to propose an "everything you need to
> learn, software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on
> workshops...)
>
> Cheers,
> Bobbi
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] barbecue bourbon, 2/13

[Linda Ballinger]

Yes, it is indeed. Half an hour is a good estimate for getting there
via public transit from the conference hotel.

Also, there are many restaurants near the Newberry, for those of you
touring on Thursday.  --Linda

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Doran, Michael D do...@uta.edu wrote:
 Note to the Thursday afternoon Newberry Library tour attendees: this BBQ 
 restaurant looks to be just 3 blocks north of the Newberry on Dearborn 
 Street.  Just sayin' ;-)

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location

[Linda Ballinger]

Thanks to all for the location updates. It is known yet where the
registration desk will be on Monday? I signed up as a volunteer to
help set up there, so I should probably know where to show up dark and
early ;)

Linda Ballinger

Re: [CODE4LIB] Newberry Library tour

[Linda Ballinger]

Code4Lib 2013 attendees,

I've arranged a Newberry Library tour for C4L folks at 3:30 on
February 14. I'll need to give the tour guide an estimate of how many
people might come, so please use the wiki
http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_social_activities#Thursday.2C_February_14
to sign up for the tour. Hope to see you there!

Linda Ballinger

Re: [CODE4LIB] Newberry Library tour

[Linda Ballinger]

As a Newberry inmate, I've had it on my mental to-do list to look into
the possibility of arranging something for C4L beyond the Thursday
canned tour. Now that you've reminded me, I'd be happy to ask for you
if you would like me to. I'm not sure what might be possible for
seeing things behind the scenes, but I can try once more people chime
in.

BTW, there will also be an exhibit on display while C4L is here, of
French Revolutionary pamphlets
http://www.newberry.org/01282013-politics-piety-and-poison-french-pamphlets-1600-1800

Linda Ballinger

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:05 AM, William Denton w...@pobox.com wrote:
 I was in Chicago last year and went for a tour of the Newberry Library
 (www.newberry.org) and really enjoyed it.  It's an old independent research
 library on Washington Square Park and it's beautiful.  (If you read THE TIME
 TRAVELER'S WIFE [1], it's where Henry works. [2])

 They have free tours on Thursdays at 3, but they request advance notice of
 groups.  I'm happy to be in touch with them and try to arrange a Code4Lib
 group tour, and to wrangle the C4L people who might want to go.  If there a
 just a few, that's no problem; if there are a lot, maybe we can arrange
 something special.

 Questions: Are any of you who are going to the conference interested in such
 a tour?  Does that time suit?  Would you be interested in going behind the
 scenes, if possible, and seeing their conservation room and so on?

 Bill

 [1] If you haven't read it, then it's a good one to read before visiting
 Chicago.

 [2] If you saw the movie, which is a poor substitute for the book, you
 didn't see the Newberry, because the movie was filmed in Toronto and two
 different libraries here were library doubles for it.

 --
 William Denton
 Toronto, Canada
 http://www.miskatonic.org/

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2013 alternate housing

[Linda Ballinger]

(keeping the subject line general, in case other Chicagoans want to jump in)

Would free housing make a big difference to you in deciding whether
you can come to code4lib 2013? Well, I can offer free crash space to
one female attendee. Or, I guess two is possible, if you're willing to
share a queen-sized air mattress.

Caveats include: my apartment is on the 3rd floor, it's a bit on the
under-heated side, and I have a cat who is very generous with her fur.

Bonuses include: the air mattress is normal-bed high, there are plenty
of blankets, and I'm less than a block from the El (okay, maybe that's
a caveat too, I'm used to the sound of trains).

Linda
---
Linda Ballinger
Principal Cataloging Librarian
Newberry Library
Chicago, IL

Re: [CODE4LIB] A female roommate for Access conference sought

[Linda Ballinger]

I'm really tempted to go, though I don't know if I'd get funding for
it. Which nights will you be there?

Linda Ballinger
@meta_cat
---
Linda Ballinger
Principal Cataloging Librarian
Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
balling...@newberry.org

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote:
 I am looking for a female roommate for the upcoming Access conference in 
 Montreal. Email me if you are interested. Thx!

 ~Bohyun

 --
 Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS.
 Digital Access Librarian | 305.348.1471
 Florida International University Medical Library
 http://medlib.fiu.eduhttp://medlib.fiu.edu/ | http://medlib.fiu.edu/m 
 (Mobile)

[CODE4LIB] ALA Midwinter 2012: Karen Coyle to speak at SAC meeting

[Linda Ballinger]

The ALCTS CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee is pleased to announce that
Karen Coyle will be a guest speaker at its Monday, January 23 meeting
at 1:30-2:30 in the HYATT, Reunion Ballroom B.

KO: Knowledge Organization
Searching today, in both Web search engines and library systems,
predominantly uses keyword searching techniques. Integrating
structured thesauri and classifications with keyword searching is
difficult because keyword searching is a mechanical matter of matching
strings. What thesauri and classifications have are links, which means
that it may be possible to exploit them better in a linked data
environment. Coyle will expand on this possibility with some thoughts
and some open-ended questions.

To view this Event in ALA Connect, go to http://connect.ala.org/node/165981.

---
Linda Ballinger
Principal Cataloging Librarian
Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
balling...@newberry.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cataloging4Coders @ C4L12 - We need your brains

[Linda Ballinger]

Are you also looking for help from catalogers? I'm uncertain at this
point if I'll be able to attend c4l12, but that might just possibly
change if I'm helping.

Linda
---
Linda Ballinger
Principal Cataloging Librarian
Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
balling...@newberry.org

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

[Linda Ballinger]

I played double bass in 6th grade. Wish I'd continued.
Jay, start with white eggplant. And that's it really.
Dang it, Simon. I hate that song and now it's stuck in my head. No
hard feelings though. I'll just wander off to listen to some TMBG to
replace the earworm.

Linda

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

[Linda Ballinger]

Drupal
PHP
MySQL
XML/XSLT
APIs
what the heck the above really means
Arabic
Hindi
RDA
speed reading
RDF
prioritizing
time management
time travel

Not a Systems person though. Just a cataloger trying to keep up.

---
Linda Ballinger
Principal Cataloging Librarian
Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
balling...@newberry.org

[CODE4LIB] ALA Midwinter: Linked Data presentation at Subject Analysis Committee

[Linda Ballinger]

Please excuse the duplication of this message; feel free to distribute
to anyone interested.

The ALCTS CCS Subject Analysis Committee will meet twice during the
ALA Midwinter Conference in San Diego, CA.

The committee's first meeting will be on Sunday, January 9, 2011, from
8:00 to 11:00 am at the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, Santa Rosa
Room. The second meeting will take place on Monday, January 10, 2011,
from 1:30 to 5:30 pm in the San Diego Convention Center, Room 27B. At
the conclusion of the Monday business meeting, there will be a
presentation on Linked Data.

John Mark Ockerbloom, digital planner and researcher at the University
of Pennsylvania, will give a presentation on linked open subject
authority data from the Library of Congress (http://id.loc.gov/) and
how it can be used to improve subject cataloging and browsing. Mr.
Ockerbloom will describe how the LC data is structured (including a
brief overview of RDF and SKOS), and explain how he has used it to
improve The Online Books Page (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/)
and the Penn Libraries' catalog. He will also show how he augmented
and enhanced the authority data from LC, and discuss how widespread
use of linked bibliographic and authority data may change how we build
and use catalogs in the future.

The agenda for the committee's meetings, along with reports submitted
to the committee, can be found in ALA Connect:

http://connect.ala.org/node/64185

On behalf of the Subject Analysis Committee,

Linda Ballinger
Principal Cataloging Librarian
Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
balling...@newberry.org

[CODE4LIB] code4lib 2011 roommate

[Linda Ballinger]

I'm looking for a female roommate for the conference. I haven't made
reservations yet, but would want to check in Sunday night and check out
Thursday. Please contact me off-list if you are interested in sharing a
room.

Linda
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Linda Ballinger
Principal Cataloging Librarian
Newberry Library
Chicago, IL
balling...@newberry.org