Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool

2015-07-01 Thread Ron Gilmour
from normal.) We used to use a solution backed by Google Calendar, but that got all weird when we started staying open overnight. Let me know if you'd like more info. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Ken Irwin wrote: > Hi folks

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anybody using pinboard?

2014-11-20 Thread Ron Gilmour
.php?tag=birds&label=Bird%20Materials%20at%20IC%20Library¬es=yes>. Librarians can also use the pinboard RSS to embed stuff in their subject guides. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:34 AM, davesgonechina wrote: > I like the platf

Re: [CODE4LIB] Online site feedback or usability surveys?

2014-06-02 Thread Ron Gilmour
a pop-up again. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Josh Wilson wrote: > Has anyone implemented an online feedback or usability form that you'd > consider successful? "Successful" as in, generated at least some minimall

Re: [CODE4LIB] A ticketing system for internal troubleshooting purpose

2014-03-24 Thread Ron Gilmour
We've been using osTicket for a couple months now. Very configurable, but documentation isn't so great. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Jenny Jing wrote: > Hi, All: > > We are in the process of replacing our

Re: [CODE4LIB] problem in old etd xml files

2013-12-09 Thread Ron Gilmour
o with validity against your DTD and others are related to HTML validity. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Robertson, Wendy C < wendy-robert...@uiowa.edu> wrote: > Back in 1999-2002 a handful of our theses were submitted as

Re: [CODE4LIB] University of Toronto Libraries' Responsive Catalogue Now Live

2013-08-28 Thread Ron Gilmour
As pointed out already, there are a few little improvements to be made, but still, this thing is pretty nice! Congratulations! Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Dave Caroline wrote: > I would second the comment on the constant t

Re: [CODE4LIB] Desk Statistics Software Question

2013-08-22 Thread Ron Gilmour
We use Zoho Creator. I don't know that it's perfect, but it took about 10 minutes to set up. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Brian McBride wrote: > Code4Lib, > > I am curious what other institutions are using for

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject guide policies (was [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it)

2013-08-14 Thread Ron Gilmour
ler screen. On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Josh Welker wrote: > Thanks.Do you have any guidelines around the numbers and colors of tabs? > That is one of the big issues. Also, do you have rules around what is > allowed in side columns? > > Josh Welker > > On Aug 14, 20

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject guide policies (was [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it)

2013-08-14 Thread Ron Gilmour
ement has not been a major issue. Content-creators have been *cough* we use tasers *cough* very cooperative. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Joshua Welker wrote: > One of the recurring themes in the LibGuides thread was that lib

Re: [CODE4LIB] phone app for barcode-to-textfile?

2013-06-06 Thread Ron Gilmour
Good point, Cynthia. Our library barcodes are Codabar and there just aren't a lot of things that read that. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Harper, Cynthia wrote: > But I don't see that it'll do Codabar or Code39.

Re: [CODE4LIB] phone app for barcode-to-textfile?

2013-06-06 Thread Ron Gilmour
I had this problem last year and never found anything. I ended up buying a CypherLab cordless barcode scanner and connecting it via Bluetooth to my iPhone. I think it cost about $200. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Ken Irwin wrote

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bootstrap

2013-01-26 Thread Ron Gilmour
And if you're really in the mood to shop around ... Which Is Right for Me? 22 Responsive CSS Frameworks and Boilerplates Explained<http://designshack.net/articles/css/which-is-right-for-me-22-responsive-css-frameworks-and-boilerplates-explained/>by Joshua Johnson Ron Gilmour W

Re: [CODE4LIB] Bootstrap

2013-01-25 Thread Ron Gilmour
b development at this event<http://www.amigos.org/HTML5_CSS3>. The presentation will include some stuff about Bootstrap. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Lin, Kun wrote: > Hi Everyone, > Has anyone try to use Bootstrap fo

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

2013-01-23 Thread Ron Gilmour
nnected it via bluetooth to an iPhone. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Stephen Francoeur < stephen.franco...@gmail.com> wrote: > We're looking into ways that tablets might be used by library staff > assisting patron

Re: [CODE4LIB] directing users to mobile DBs, was RE: [CODE4LIB] Responsive Web Site Live

2013-01-02 Thread Ron Gilmour
Hi Mark, Not using a CMS at this point, but I did use Twitter Bootstrap. So there's no browser detection, just media queries on width. Ron On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Mark Pernotto wrote: > I'd be curious to hear the response to Jonathan's question. F

Re: [CODE4LIB] Responsive Web Site Live

2013-01-02 Thread Ron Gilmour
some of the decisions you > made here; particularly, what browsers you're supporting, how you chose > your breakpoints for the media queries, etc. > > - Dave Mayo > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Ron Gilmour wrote: > > > Greetings and Happy New Year!

[CODE4LIB] Responsive Web Site Live

2013-01-02 Thread Ron Gilmour
Greetings and Happy New Year! Just went live today with a responsive web design at Ithaca College Library<http://ithacalibrary.com>. Stop by and take a look. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] responsiveness and Wordpress

2012-07-09 Thread Ron Gilmour
Matthew, Thanks so much for sharing your ALA presentation. I just finished listening to it and I found that it gave me a much better understanding of responsive design in general and media queries in particular. Ron On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Matthew Reidsma wrote: > Shaun, > > Good poin

[CODE4LIB] responsiveness and Wordpress

2012-07-08 Thread Ron Gilmour
What decisions did you make? What informed those decisions? Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] library hours database/tool?

2012-06-15 Thread Ron Gilmour
There's an Code4Lib journal on managing library hours with Google Calendar here: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/46 Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Baksik, Corinna M. < corinna_bak...@harvard.edu> wrote: > At Harv

Re: [CODE4LIB] Best way to process large XML files

2012-06-11 Thread Ron Gilmour
When I need to deal with huge XML files, I use Perl's XML::Parser in "stream" mode. It's blazing fast, but I have to admit, the code isn't very pretty. There's also XML::LibXML::SAX, but I can't seem to find any substantive documentat