Re: [CODE4LIB] Web Filter Recomendations
For filtering specific things squid will do it plus give you some caching to boot. By specific things I mean you can use it to block certain domains or content types. There are blacklists out there for advertising domains and the like that you can plug and play. We’ve done this in the past with staff IPs which actually made a rather large difference in bandwidth and CPU/Mem since a lot of advertisements can be flash or heavier based. For content filtering (porn, gambling, etc) an open-source option is Dansguardian which we offer to patrons here. Default install has some basic keywords defined which work fine and you can tweak as needed. We just use the default config as we offer both filtered and unfiltered to patrons so don’t care as much what gets through compared to those with requirements. Dansguardian can also put traffic out through squid to get cacheing as well. 2.8.x.x+ support user groups though I haven’t used that feature. http://dansguardian.org/ Both of the above work as transparent proxies and you can either use a router level redirect (iptables, etc) or set it up in the browser as a proxy. Eby
Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ?
There was actually a breakout in 2011? Code4lib discussing Apache and using it as a proxy. I believe Terry Reese and Jeremy Frumkin, then from Oregon?, were the ones leading it. There was lots of interest but I’m not sure if anything took off or if they have documentation somewhere of how far they got. I remember it being about getting something a consortia of libraries could use together so may have been more complex requirements than what is looked for here. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Can_we_hack_on_this:_Open_Extensible_Proxy:_going_beyond_EZProxy%3F -- Ryan Eby
Re: [CODE4LIB] desk scheduling software?
I'm not directly involved with scheduling thankfully, but we have had quite a few systems including excel, calendars, etc. One we are trying now is https://www.schedulesource.com/ It is definitely not polished and suffers from feature bloat but the bloat is kind of what people wanted to try. It lets people enter their availability and preferences and also allows you to set up rules (how many shifts/hours/weekends certain labor groups can do, etc). It will then autofill schedules for you which you can then manually tweak. Also allows individuals to trade shifts within the rules you set up. About a million other features though after the initial learning it was easy for people to ignore everything else and get used to their workflow. I'm sure there are better things out there depending on your requirements but for our schedulers initial requirements this has worked better than previous systems at least. Eby On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Shearer, Timothy J tshea...@email.unc.edu wrote: Hi Folks, Anyone happy with their solutions for scheduling service points? Even moderately happy? Thanks, Tim
Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital collection backups
As Aaron alludes to your decision should base off your real needs and they might not be exclusive. LOCKSS/MetaArchive might be worth the money if it is the community archival aspect you are going for. Depending on your institution being a participant might make political/mission sense regardless of the storage needs and it could just be a specific collection that makes sense. Glacier is a great choice if you are looking for spreading a backup across regions. S3 similarly if you also want to benefit from CloudFront (the CDN setup) to take load off your institutions server (you can now use cloudfront off your own origin server as well). Depending on your bandwidth this might be worth the money regardless of LOCKSS participation (which can be more dark). Amazon also tends to be dropping prices over time vs raising but as any outsource you have to plan that it might not exist in the future. Also look more at Glacier prices in terms of checking your data for consistency. There have been a few papers on the costs of making sure Amazon really has the proper data depending on how often your requirements want you to check. Another option if you are just looking for more geo placement is finding an institution or service provider that will colocate. There may be another small institution that would love to shove a cheap box with hard drives on your network in exchange for the same. Not as involved/formal as LOCKSS but gives you something you control to satisfy your requirements. It could also be as low tech as shipping SSDs to another institution who then runs some bagit checksums on the drive, etc. All of the above should be scriptable in your workflow. Just need to decide what you really want out of it. Eby On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Aaron Trehub treh...@auburn.edu wrote: Hello Josh, Auburn University is a member of two Private LOCKSS Networks: the MetaArchive Cooperative and the Alabama Digital Preservation Network (ADPNet). Here's a link to a recent conference paper that describes both networks, including their current pricing structures: http://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla78/216-trehub-en.pdf LOCKSS has worked well for us so far, in part because supporting community-based solutions is important to us. As you point out, however, Glacier is an attractive alternative, especially for institutions that may be more interested in low-cost, low-throughput storage and less concerned about entrusting their content to a commercial outfit or having to pay extra to get it back out. As with most things, you pay your money--more or less, depending--and make your choice. And take your risks. Good luck with whatever solution(s) you decide on. They need not be mutually exclusive. Best, Aaron Aaron Trehub Assistant Dean for Technology and Technical Services Auburn University Libraries 231 Mell Street, RBD Library Auburn, AL 36849-5606 Phone: (334) 844-1716 Skype: ajtrehub E-mail: treh...@auburn.edu URL: http://lib.auburn.edu/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, Boston Public Library (Boston, MA)
please accept my application below http://purl.org/net/matienzo/dwi On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Blake, Tom tbl...@bpl.org wrote: S... now that we've cleared this up - anyone want to apply? Thomas Blake Digital Projects Manager Boston Public Library 700 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116 617 859-2039 http://www.bpl.org/online/ Free To All -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Colford, Scot Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:16 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, Boston Public Library (Boston, MA) Alrighty, folks. I've been sitting here biting my tongue for the past day, enjoying the humor and grimacing at the overreactions. Common sense tells me that adding to the conversation will only stoke the flames, but I've never been known to be common, so let me express my personal views on what happened here. I posted an ad for a position that arguably had an ambiguous introduction. Roy asked three questions regarding the scope of the project based on his reading of the introductory paragraph. He expressed no opinions, personal or those of his employer. I welcomed the opportunity to explain and to learn how the ad could be misread. Future posts of this ad contain five more characters (u-p-o-n-space) and now read The successful candidate will develop upon and maintain the core technical infrastructure... That is all. And that's the last I'll say on the matter. \-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/ Scot Colford Web Services Manager Boston Public Library scolf...@bpl.org Phone 617.859.2399 Mobile 617.592.8669 Fax 617.536.7558
Re: [CODE4LIB] ny times best seller api
that said if you are hoping to get reviews i had very low results. i
was hoping they included reviews for things that might not have made
the best sellers but most of what i tried in some sample searches came
up blank. haven't bothers doing much with the historical best seller
data otherwise.
eby
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Gabriel Farrell gsf...@gmail.com wrote:
Looks like data.results is an array, so you'll have to loop through
it. If you just want the first result, you could get at the
book_details array with data.results[0].book_details.
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Nate Hill nathanielh...@gmail.com wrote:
Anybody out there using the NY times best seller API to do stuff on their
library websites?
I can't figure out what's wrong with my code here.
Data is returned as null; I can't seem to parse the response with jQuery.
Any help would be supercool.
I removed the API key - my code doesn't actually contain ''.
Here's the jQuery:
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
$(function(){
//json request to new york times
$.getJSON('
http://api.nytimes.com/svc/books/v2/lists/hardcover-fiction.json?api-key=',
function(data) {
//loop through the results with the following
function
$.each(data.results.book_details, function(i,item){
//turn the title into a variable
var bookTitle = item.title;
$('#container').append('p'+bookTitle+'/p');
});
});
});
});
Here's a snippet of the JSON response:
{
status: OK,
copyright: Copyright (c) 2011 The New York Times Company. All Rights
Reserved.,
num_results: 35,
last_modified: 2011-09-23T12:00:29-04:00,
results: [{
list_name: Hardcover Fiction,
display_name: Hardcover Fiction,
updated: WEEKLY,
bestsellers_date: 2011-09-17,
published_date: 2011-10-02,
rank: 1,
rank_last_week: 0,
weeks_on_list: 1,
asterisk: 0,
dagger: 0,
isbns: [{
isbn10: 0399157786,
isbn13: 9780399157783
}],
book_details: [{
title: NEW YORK TO DALLAS,
description: An escaped child molester pursues Lt. Eve
Dallas; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.,
contributor: by J. D. Robb,
author: J D Robb,
contributor_note: ,
price: 27.95,
age_group: ,
publisher: Putnam,
primary_isbn13: 9780399157783,
primary_isbn10: 0399157786
}],
reviews: [{
book_review_link: ,
first_chapter_link: ,
sunday_review_link: ,
article_chapter_link:
}]
--
Nate Hill
nathanielh...@gmail.com
http://www.natehill.net
Re: [CODE4LIB] audio transcription software
depending on your budget there are quite a few services available to do it for you. some include time-code information depending on what interfaces you want to build. came across this list in someone's delicious feed on here: http://www.uiaccess.com/transcripts/transcript_services.html eby On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: Does anybody here use or know of any audio transcription software? We have a growing number of projects here at Notre Dame that include oral histories. How can these digital files be converted into plain text? Audio transcription software may be the answer? -- Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame
Re: [CODE4LIB] NoSQL - is this a real thing or a flash in the pan?
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Thomas Dowling tdowl...@ohiolink.edu wrote: So let's say (hypothetically, of course) that a colleague tells you he's considering a NoSQL database like MongoDB or CouchDB, to store a couple tens of millions of documents, where a document is pretty much an article citation, abstract, and the location of full text (not the full text itself). Would your reaction be: There's really two reactions in here. One about NoSQL and the other about your colleague. As for NoSQL i would be on the side that the ecosystem is here to stay although individual projects may or may not take off/evolve. The best description I've seen about nosql as a whole is choice[1]. Not having to shove everything in a similar style database for every project and making the database fit the data/use. Theres a large number of projects now, each with their own priorities and the trade-offs they've made to reach them. Some care about consistency, others eventual consistency is good enough and others go as far as distributed transactions over nodes. Some do lazy writes to disk, others not. How you query your data also varies quite a bit with sql-like, map/reduce, hadoop, etc. From your brief description it sounds like quite a few projects could fit the bill, including rdbms-types, and which one you want would probably depend on what you think you might do in the future. If you foresee yourself having lots of fields that might only cover certain subsets of the dataset then couchdb or the like are probably worth looking at. As for the colleague, I guess the question is why? If it is because of trendiness then Bwahahahah!!! might be the best answer. But I'm guessing they've thought about the data and what benefits they would get out of the backend. [1] http://blog.couch.io/post/511008668/nosql-is-about
Re: [CODE4LIB] ILS short list
It would probably be worth putting your findings on the code4lib wiki if you end up getting very far. I had started a list awhile ago but never got around to getting more info/completing it. Here's what I have so far based on talking with people. The information may be out of date: Evergreen and Koha both have database access and various API's. Not sure on the hosted liblime koha. Voyager *Export Built in. Can export Marc with bib, holdings and authorities records, though marc is often mangled (from person i talked to). *Database Access Built in. Uses Oracle and also provides entity-relationship diagrams and some pre-build views to help in development. Believe the oracle license is also included in the base price. Access is read-only. *API's and Web Services Built in. z39 access, however with SQL access you could likely build the API you need. Unicorn * Export Built in. MARC21 or flat file formats. Unicode support is available as an extra. * Database Access Mixed. No access to the embedded Informix database by default; API training is necessary for read-only access. Oracle is an extra option, but that only gives you a read-only license. For write access, you need a full Oracle license. SQL schema is supplied if you purchase API training. * API's and Web Services Mixed. Z39.50 is offered (not sure if it's an extra). API access is an extra - basically you pay for docs of Unix-like commands and the ability to pay for API support if you screw up. API training also gives you some access to the client/server wire protocol so you can roll your own. No Web services. Utterly unusable XML API (it basically wraps the wire protocol with no abstraction). Innovative * Export Built In. Can dump Marc or CSV files of specific field data * Database Access Extra. There is a Oracle option with an additional cost with the default being a proprietary database without access. From what I've heard the Oracle tables are not documented overly well. There also appears to be mysql used for some data as well. *API's and Web Services Extra. Z39 is offered as a product. There used to be an XML server but this appears to have been discontinued. There appears to be more web services in the works though they also appear to be additional products. XRecord is built in but doesn't easily allow access to attached items given a bib eby Anna Headley wrote: I am looking to find or create a shortlist of ILSes, open or proprietary, that provide API access to bibliographic and item-level data. I am really only looking for ILSes that are used by academic libraries. Do you know of any resources that might be helpful? I started with Marshall Breeding's 2009 Perceptions report, but it doesn't include much information about a given ILS. Or, do you use such an ILS in your library? So far my list is: Evergreen Thank you!! Anna
Re: [CODE4LIB] ILS short list
I should add that as of 2009 release III now has a My Millennium api product that gives access to the user info. Fines and other api available as product for previous version. http://www.iii.com/products/patron_web_services.shtml The rest of the info I got in 2007 from asking in #code4lib. I guess I should be happy that things have improved in just a few years. eby On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Ziso, Ya'aqov z...@rowan.edu wrote: Ed, Eric, Bill, please confirm) to my knowledge ALEPH had API to BIB, AUTH, HOLD, ITEM since version 16+ Ya’aqov On 4/8/10 2:47 PM, Bill Dueber b...@dueber.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Ryan Eby ryan...@gmail.com wrote: Unicorn * Export Built in. MARC21 or flat file formats. Unicode support is available as an extra. ...as an extra??? This is the saddest thing I've ready all day.
Re: [CODE4LIB] open source software ideascale
I'm guessing that you are, but I'm wondering if you plan on compiling some of the comments and votes and writing more about them. I'd hate to see some of these comments go the way of a survey. eby On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:52 AM, David Kane wrote: http://libraryideaforum.ideascale.com/ Is this to do with crowdsourcing funding for projects. Well, no, not really. If I understand the question, I don't think so. It has more to do with the validation of some ideas some of friends mine and I have. We want to see if we are off our rocker or not. -- Eric Morgan
[CODE4LIB] Print Management Software Options
I'm interested in knowing what everyone is using for print management and cost recovery for public printing. We're currently using Pharos but I'd like to see what else is out there. I don't really have any requirements other than preferably available separate from any computer management system. Mostly just interested in what is out there and personal opinions of the product. I'd be especially interested in any OSS options. I've come across a few CUPS/lpr based systems (http://print.ncsu.edu/ and http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1027802.1027849) but there doesn't appear to be any code release associated with them. Eby
Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?
Only thing I would add is that for the detroit crossing coming back into the US it seems that library conference as your reason is an automatic trunk search as it has happened both times I've mentioned it. eby. On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:28 PM, John Fereira ja...@cornell.edu wrote: David Fiander wrote: I'm not sure, but everybody entering the US is required to present a passport or other enhanced ID, so if the Americans don't have passports, it's more that they can't go home without. It's good that this is being discussed now. It would be a shame to have someone not be able to attend because they didn't have adequate documents. There *are* immigration sites for both the U.S. and Canada that can provide up to date information regarding required documents. I was suggest using those sites rather than speculate about what might be required based on responses in this thread. That said, I probably should check my passport to see when it expires. In addition to the likely trip to Montpellier, there is a fairly high chance that'll be going to Tanzania on business as well. I have taken the 1000 Island Bridge (incredibly scenic for those that haven't done it) and have also taken the Wolf Island Ferries. I've probably traveled to/from Canada 6-7 times and got more scrutiny at the Wolf Island crossing than any other spot. Ride sharing is a good idea. With enough people coming from some areas renting a van might even be a viable option. -- John Fereira Cornell University Twitter: @john_fereira Google Wave: fere...@googlewave.com
[CODE4LIB] BISAC Subject Headings Lookup or Crosswalk
I was wondering if anyone knows of a good BISAC Subject Headings source for looking up a recommended BISAC based on ISBN, LCSH, etc. I've found some pages on oclc.org saying they were starting work on crosswalks and possibly including them in WorldCat but I haven't seen any returned in any WorldCat api calls yet. I've also read that ONIX records often have a BISAC code, is there a good source that might cover many publishers? http://www.bisg.org/standards/bisac_subject/index.html http://www.oclc.org/dewey/updates/numbers/ eby
Re: [CODE4LIB] BISAC Subject Headings Lookup or Crosswalk
Yep, I caught the license information but it appeared that they didn't really have much more than a list for you to use locally. More or less stated how you line up their headings with your local items is up to you. Probably won't pursue the cost until I know that it can be done programmatically versus human recataloging. eby On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Roy Tennant tenna...@oclc.org wrote: The BISG licenses BISAC to institutions that want to incorporate the terminology into their internal systems[1]. I'm not sure what this means for API access. But an email to the BISG seems the minimum of due diligence. Roy [1] http://www.bisg.org/standards/bisac_subject/license.html On 1/21/09 1/21/09 € 9:12 AM, Ryan Eby ryan...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone knows of a good BISAC Subject Headings source for looking up a recommended BISAC based on ISBN, LCSH, etc. I've found some pages on oclc.org saying they were starting work on crosswalks and possibly including them in WorldCat but I haven't seen any returned in any WorldCat api calls yet. I've also read that ONIX records often have a BISAC code, is there a good source that might cover many publishers? http://www.bisg.org/standards/bisac_subject/index.html http://www.oclc.org/dewey/updates/numbers/ eby --
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2009 conference registration is *open*
Is the a count of current registrations somewhere? I remember there being one last year I think. eby On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Wick, Ryan ryan.w...@oregonstate.edu wrote: I'm stuck on the first page. I have everything filled out, pre-confs selected, but when I click the Continue to confirmation button, the page reloads, and there is no error at all. Just all my information like I had it. Ryan Wick -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Birkin James Diana Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:03 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2009 conference registration is *open* Y'all let me know if you experience any glitches. https://library.brown.edu/code4libcon09/registration/form/ --- Birkin James Diana Programmer, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library birkin_di...@brown.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] place for code examples?
Just catching up now on Code4Lib emails. I threw this idea around awhile back in #code4lib and it seemed like most thought people used their own blog for snippets and code hosts for real projects and it wasn't worth doing. I was thinking wiki for code snippets with maybe svn for various small libraries / hacks. At the time I was looking at just using trac so the two would be together. If there's enough movement for just the snippets parts then I agree with others that dokuwiki or drupal category would probably be useful. Eby On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Keith Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does there already exist some place to put some code examples to share with the code4lib community? (I'm thinking of snippets somewhere on the order of 10-100 lines, like the definition of a php function.) Keith
[CODE4LIB] Another Video Update
FYI, all of the first and second day presentations, first day lightning talks and most of second day lightning talks are now embedded or linked on the Code4Lib site. Let me know if I missed anything or put incorrect links. Not everything processed in order and I tried to get them up as quick as possible. Eby
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.org hosting
There's too many argument off-shoots so I'll just sum up my overly personal opinions here. * I agree with Ross and Co. about their concerns. When I offered AADL as a possibility I was doing more so for the short term to get a site up and running at least until the conference. Long-term I think would require some binding agreement to make it palatable at any institution, even a university. I think AADL, OSU, etc would all be stop-gaps at the most in the short-term. * I think in the long-run it would make sense to either revisit the idea of non-profit status or find a paid colo host and include the cost either in the yearly conference or by donations. I think this thread shows that there needs to be something resembling governance. Getting someone to admin the box would be another challenge. * I didn't argue that much in channel truthfully because I didn't have an alternative to bring to the table which I thought was workable. It sounds like dchud has more experiences to give input on. * Hosting at a vendor that may be criticized, I think is an obviously not great idea. Which is another concern for any library that offers. This is why I don't believe aadl would not be a long-term solution as stands and I'm weary of others. I think many in the community see it as a source of trustful information and might see sponsorship or hosting as a possible compromise of that trust. * In the end I think this is more a problem with what people think of the community, their responsibilities in the community and the future of code4lib then a simple hosting problem. Democracies seem to involve more work. * The core system was pretty much up to date on anvil, the web apps mostly weren't as can be expected with independent users. Any proposal should probably include details and who is responsible for software upgrades such as the code4lib site and what is expected. I'm game for whatever the community decides. Eby On 8/2/07, Ross Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This much more soundly articulates my concern (I was using university counsel as an example, but anyone in the chain can potentially disrupt this entire community for whatever their reason). Ed and I actually shared this concern (well, I did and Ed was probably idle and wasn't disagreeing). We saw something similar recently: John Blyberg had offered a similar sort of hosting service at AADL. I asked him about what would happen to said service if, on the odd chance, he were to leave. He was rather vague about it, but said it would be the responsibility of his successor. About two weeks later he announced his resignation and there has been nothing about this (that I know of) since. Maybe Ryan Eby has more info here. This isn't a criticism of Blyberg, AADL or good intentions. It's just reality. And I think it illustrates the point perfectly. -Ross.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Z39.50 for III Database?
Birkin, Definitely welcome. I saw the JSON webservice noted on the Simplifying ILL page and wondered if you were releasing the code. Thanks for sharing. Ryan Eby On 5/8/07, Birkin James Diana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip It's likely not as extensible as David's terrific code, since mine uses in some places super-specific screen-scraping markers to get the data I want, but I hope its useful to folk. http://dl.lib.brown.edu/code/iii_opac_webservice.zip http://128.148.7.210/~birkin/wikinotes/doku.php? id=public:soa_josiah_status -Birkin --- Birkin James Diana Programmer, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?
There is actually already a OJS sandbox installation on Code4Lib. Jonathan Rochkind appears to be getting things organized so if anyone really wants to help you should probably talk to him. Eby On 4/16/07, Bigwood, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When considering tools, the PKP (Public Knowledge Project) in Canada has an open-source toolkit for publishing a journal. It includes tools for submission, peer-review, editing and publishing. Sincerely, David Bigwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lunar and Planetary Institute
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?
Well I don't think there was any real interest in having a journal on the level of an actual publisher. It seemed more on the alignment of something like First Monday but with even less structure/schedule. From what I remember, which may be wrong, it was more of a collection of community output and not a competitor to any existing items. It would be more informal like the anthology project, though I could see some people then taking their work and republishing it elsewhere more formally. Again maybe I'm mistaken but I don't think anyone was planning on actually starting a full-fledged journal on Elsevier or the like. Just expanding already great blog posts or internal papers into something that could benefit the community. I think it was discussed on this list so the archives should probably share more. I thought there was a page on the wiki but can't find it now. Eby On 4/11/07, Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rather than create something new, is it worth looking at ways to align this need with existing infrastructure at Ariadne, D-Lib, etc? Maybe even get some of those evil vendors to underwrite some of the costs, in the name of nurturing market innovation, etc? Or is the need actually already filled/fillable by sites like code4lib.org, tdn.talis.com, etc, and all of our individual blogs?
Re: [CODE4LIB] Unicode from MySQL display problem
Don't have experience but a search showed that you may have to set-up
your mysql connection from PHP to use utf8 as php isn't good with
unicode. They recommended this:
$result = mysql_query('SET NAMES utf8;');
$result = mysql_query('SET CHARACTER_SET utf8;');
You can apparently also set up your mysql to default all connections
to utf8. Here was where I found it:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/Q_21957635.html
Eby
On 4/10/07, Andrew Darby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello, all. I'm going a little crazy with getting some unicode data
from MySQL to display properly in a web page, and wondered if you had
any ideas.
The records are in MySQL (4.1.21) with a utf8_unicode_ci collation.
When I view in phpmyadmin, everything looks fine. If I run my query
in phpmyadmin, everything still looks fine, I can cut and paste the
record into the web page, and it displays fine, but when I grab the
data from MySQL it conks out:
http://www.ithacalibrary.com/research/unicode_test.php
I assume the problem is with my query or the connection, but I'm not
sure how I should do it. I've tried explicitly setting the character
set like so:
SET names = 'utf8_unicodel_ci';
SET CHARACTER SET 'utf8_unicode_ci'
But this is voodoo to me--just saw it somewhere on the internets.
Am I missing something obvious? Any ideas?
Thanks,
Andrew
[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2007 Podcast and More
Well I was in the process of doing a nice metadata rich ATOM feed but then realized people have waited long enough. Took 20 minutes but here is an Odeo podcast for the Code4Lib 2007 presentations. Lightning talks forthcoming. http://odeo.com/channel/368053/view Odeo has the benefit that you can embed the audio with flash as well. I added the descriptions so iTunes should pick everything up. Let me know if anything is wrong. Also it came up that it would be nice to have the slides in the video cast. I did the next best thing and embedded SlideShare versions on the presentation pages that had powerpoints or PDFs. If your screen is large enough you should be able to play the Google video and move yourself through the slides. Sorry for the delay. I'll probably bring more out in the future. Eby
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2007 Podcast and More
Nope, that's my fault. I apparently didn't choose CBR for all of them. Flash doesn't support VBR and makes it sound like chipmunks. Sorry about that. I'll try to fix them as soon as possible. Eby On 4/3/07, Mark Sandford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to listen to them, and they seem to be playing at high speeds. Everyone sounds like a Disney character. Something on my end, or Odeo's? Or is that what lightening talks REALLY mean? -- Mark Sandford Special Formats Cataloger William Paterson University (973)270-2437 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 4/3/07, Ryan Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I was in the process of doing a nice metadata rich ATOM feed but then realized people have waited long enough. Took 20 minutes but here is an Odeo podcast for the Code4Lib 2007 presentations. Lightning talks forthcoming. http://odeo.com/channel/368053/view
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2007 Podcast and More
iTunes and the like shouldn't have a problem though, I should note. Just the flash players. Eby On 4/3/07, Ryan Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope, that's my fault. I apparently didn't choose CBR for all of them. Flash doesn't support VBR and makes it sound like chipmunks. Sorry about that. I'll try to fix them as soon as possible. Eby On 4/3/07, Mark Sandford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to listen to them, and they seem to be playing at high speeds. Everyone sounds like a Disney character. Something on my end, or Odeo's? Or is that what lightening talks REALLY mean? -- Mark Sandford Special Formats Cataloger William Paterson University (973)270-2437 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 4/3/07, Ryan Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I was in the process of doing a nice metadata rich ATOM feed but then realized people have waited long enough. Took 20 minutes but here is an Odeo podcast for the Code4Lib 2007 presentations. Lightning talks forthcoming. http://odeo.com/channel/368053/view
Re: [CODE4LIB] not munging reply-to (was Re: [CODE4LIB] E-Resource Access Management Services)
It's slow but you should be able to change your settings here, once you have a password: http://listserv.nd.edu/ It's actually been too slow once I get to a list for me to confirm. Eby On 4/2/07, Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh dear $deity: Given the impossibility of elevating one personal preference to universal satisfaction, would someone please step up and develop an extension to the mailing list preference settings so that each individual subscriber can set the reply-to behaviour to match their own desired behaviour? Lists offer ACK / NOACK on a per-subscriber basis, surely this is possible. Dan Scott Negotiating treaties for religious wars since 2007 -- Systems Librarian, Bibliothèque J.N. Desmarais Library Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne Phone: 705-675-1151 x3315 On 30/03/2007 at 3:36 pm, Ed Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -0 There are strong religious arguments on both sides of this issue...and they are both equally boring. //Ed
Re: [CODE4LIB] Using OpenID in libraries
I haven't seen much in library world outside of some talk/discussion. I did come across one academia that did implement it: http://blog.case.edu/jms18/2007/03/09/openid_server_integrated_with_cas Not sure if it's taken off much otherwise in the academic or public sector. I think quite a few are lucky to get any authentication working well. Ryan On 3/22/07, William Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hadn't been too clear on OpenID but a week or two ago I listened to a recording of a talk about that explained it well. I can't find it again, unfortunately, but you can take my word for it that it was pretty good. Is OpenID being used in libraries? It struck me that it could work well for library systems that share resources: two systems that are part of the same consortium or provincial/state system; two neighbouring public systems that let people from one borrow at the other; academic libraries that want to make it easy for visiting profs and grad students to get temporary access to online resources; etc. Say I live in Lower Mowat but one day I'm in Upper Mowat, in the next municipality (or county, or whatever) over, visiting my tailor. The two library systems are separate but share their resources. I pop into the library to update my Twittering friends on my inseam measurement. I don't actually have an account at the Upper Mowat Library, but I log in to one of their computers using my Lower Mowat-supplied OpenID identifier, and the Upper Mowat system recognizes where I'm from and gives me access to everything. Bill -- William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org : frbr.org : openfrbr.org
Re: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request
I also thought of this the other day. I was thinking maybe we should send an announcement to the various mailing lists that we sent the original code4lib 2007 announcements to. There were probably quite a few people on the various lists that were interested but couldn't go. Unfortunately I don't remember which ones were sent to. Ryan Eby On 3/16/07, K.G. Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One way we can express our appreciation (and I know from my home camcorder efforts that taping is easy... encoding etc., that's the slog) is to tell people about this far and wide. I plan to do a hat trick and blog it on my home, work, and professional-writing blog. kgs This is so wonderful to have the video available that I have a hard time figuring out how to express my appreciation. Being able to relive the conference (for those of us who were there), or to experience it for the first time (for those of us who were not) is incredibly cool. As someone who was there, but was unable to pay complete attention to the lightning talk speakers due to management responsibilities, this allows me to more fully experience the conference. It also provides me with the opportunity to more fully share it with my colleagues. Thank you Noel, Ryan, Karen, and everyone who was involved with making this possible. It totally raises the bar on future confernces, but in a good way. I hope we can continue to make this content available in such a way. It will certainly make the impact of the vent much more broad-based long-lasting. Thanks, Roy On 3/15/07 2:49 PM, Ryan Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All videos are now uploaded for download and linked to from the Presentation and Lightning Talk pages. Let me know if you notice anything incorrect. Google is slowly churning through the processing so those should be on there within a day or so. Eby On 3/15/07, Noel Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, The video editing and encoding is now done. There's still more work to post them on Google, but we should be over half-way. Dan / Roy, the feedback session is also up under Other in Day 3: http://pierce.eou.edu/code4lib This url is temporary. Once everything is up on code4lib, this page will go away. Mashup ideas: I will probably, some time next week, do a mashup of the conference. If there are any fun quotes or other things people remember that ought to be in there, let me know. I'll grab photos from flicker (send others if you have 'em.) Regards, Noel Noel Peden Pierce Library System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541.962.3017
Re: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request
Yes, I'm ripping the audio as well. I had stopped doing it temporarily to focus on getting all the videos up. I'm also working on some pod/vod casts. I have to say npeden++ for splitting everything up. It makes everything much easier. Ryan On 3/16/07, Tom Keays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks++ I wasn't able to attend the conference this year despite my best intentions. Having the videos is the next best thing. The quality is excellent and the pages are very well put together. Thanks for all that hard work. Question: Some of the presentations have MP3 counterparts. Is there an intent to supply audio only versions for all of them eventually? Tom
Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about conference video
I just looked at it and I see the embedded video. I did just add some recently. Can you try reloading the page and see if its there? Eby On 3/15/07, Joan Starr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question: I notice that on my conference page (http://code4lib.org/2007/starr), the view video option isn't there, they way it is on other conference pages. Is this because I need to take the step of uploading it to Google and then embedding it? --Joan Starr -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noel Peden Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:42 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request Hi all, The video editing and encoding is now done. There's still more work to post them on Google, but we should be over half-way. Dan / Roy, the feedback session is also up under Other in Day 3: http://pierce.eou.edu/code4lib This url is temporary. Once everything is up on code4lib, this page will go away. Mashup ideas: I will probably, some time next week, do a mashup of the conference. If there are any fun quotes or other things people remember that ought to be in there, let me know. I'll grab photos from flicker (send others if you have 'em.) Regards, Noel Noel Peden Pierce Library System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541.962.3017
Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos
I did dump the audio to MP3 though I didn't do any cleaning of the audio and didn't optimize anything (128k, etc). The link is available on the presentation page: http://code4lib.org/2007/schneider I could probably re-encode to a more optimized file if there is interest. Eby On 3/11/07, K.G. Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Btw, one reason I begged my own tape back is I plan to run it through my own video software and lift off the sound track. I think I will come across better as a podcast because in the video I'm Karen, The Talking Podium (uh, maybe scrounge a box for us tiny people, ok? If you ever invite Liz Lawley to speak, she'll have the same problem). Plus an mp3 is lighter-weight. But I admit I enjoy watching myself on video. It makes for a very cool trip report (See this link) ;-) Karen G. Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Posting files
The internet archive would work as suggested before. I'd also be willing to host at MSU since there are no bandwidth restrictions. I think code4lib could be usable but if it gets popular I'm not sure if ksclarke gets charged for overage. We could also possibly upload it to multiple places and maybe throw something up in drupal to round-robin??? Not sure how easy. I'm not convinced yet that the wiki would be the best place. Eby On 3/9/07, Noel Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roy / others, Where do we want to post the videos? Where are the slides going? I was assuming we'd have all the files on the wiki conference page (http://code4lib.org/trac/wiki/c4l2007). I emailed Ed and he thinks there's enough room for the larger format videos, which will total to several hundred megabytes. The small format should run between 100 200 megs. Do we want to post both? Incidentally, I don't have a wiki account. I was wondering if I could get one. I'd like to link the videos as they are made. The encoding is a slow process. The files will probably need to be posted with ftp or scp. I could do that if I had access. Is there anyone who did not sign a release form? Regards, Noel Noel Peden Pierce Library System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541.962.3017
Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos
I should have mentioned that I'm tagging them as I go: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=label%3A%22code4lib2007%22 eby On 3/9/07, Ryan Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once the videos are uploaded to code4lib I'll add links if someone else doesn't. For those that were finished so far I've uploaded them to google so they can be embedded. Example: http://code4lib.org/2007/nagy Once everything is up I'll create some video podcasts. Let me know if anyone has a problem with the embedding. Eby On 3/9/07, Noel Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good idea. I'll see about cutting/pasting from the schedule. Jeremy Dunck wrote: On 3/9/07, Noel Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With several issues being 'solved', I'm finally starting to generate the final videos. If possible, could you give a synopsis of the video topic? The file name is one thing, but I don't know what Karen's keynote was about, and I bet you'd save bandwidth if I didn't download them all to find out. :)
Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos
I've also dumped and converted the audio from the files to MP3 for those who would prefer to take some audio with them. Not sure why I didn't think of it before. The 4 presentations that are up have both the video and audio linked to as well as embedded video. If someone wants subtitles, they're on their own. eby On 3/9/07, Roy Tennant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just want to reflect on the fact that how the videotaping and the aftermath of the videotaping is the essence of code4lib. From beginning to end (not there yet, but soon), it has been a volunteer effort by an ad hoc group of willing individuals. People came forward to do it, and are still working to complete it. At minimum, Karen Schneider, Noel Peden, and Ryan Eby have been involved with taping, editing, and mounting on the web all of the talks from the conference. Others have also done bits here and there. It has been wonderful to watch and amazing in its nature and effectiveness. I think one of our greatest challenges as a group is how to enable such ad hoc involvement while not letting things fall through the cracks with too little planning and forethought. I guess a part of it is making sure everyone knows that there is no such thing as an in group that controls everything. We are all code4lib. Just step forward and contribute. We'll love you for it. Roy On 3/9/07 4:55 PM, Ryan Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should have mentioned that I'm tagging them as I go: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=label%3A%22code4lib2007%22 eby On 3/9/07, Ryan Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once the videos are uploaded to code4lib I'll add links if someone else doesn't. For those that were finished so far I've uploaded them to google so they can be embedded. Example: http://code4lib.org/2007/nagy Once everything is up I'll create some video podcasts. Let me know if anyone has a problem with the embedding. Eby On 3/9/07, Noel Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good idea. I'll see about cutting/pasting from the schedule. Jeremy Dunck wrote: On 3/9/07, Noel Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With several issues being 'solved', I'm finally starting to generate the final videos. If possible, could you give a synopsis of the video topic? The file name is one thing, but I don't know what Karen's keynote was about, and I bet you'd save bandwidth if I didn't download them all to find out. :)
Re: [CODE4LIB] Screencast editing advice?
I didn't follow this thread well but in case they haven't been mentioned here are some bookmarks I had for screencast and osx: http://soylentfoo.jnewland.com/articles/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-screencast-on-mac-os-x http://bryght.com/blog/roland-tanglao/snapz-pro-x-screencast-colophon Tips: http://groups.drupal.org/node/2424 Linux related: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreencastTeam/RecordingScreencasts The Mac specific ones seem to prefer the Snapz Pro X. I'm not sure what the price difference between it and iShowU is. You could probably do the VNC and VM methods regardless of OS. Eby On 3/7/07, [Karen Coombs] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nathan, I've played with a bunch of tools on the Mac. I use iShowU to make my screencasts, edit them in Quicktime and then will use VisualHub to translate from one format to another. That is if iShowU or Quicktime won't give me the format I want to end up with. I like iShowU because you can control lots of settings and there are some standard presets to help beginners. If I was pickier I'd probably want something more high-end where I could lay a video and audio track seperately, but right now this works. Karen - Original Message - From: Nathan Vack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 5:16 pm Subject: [CODE4LIB] Screencast editing advice? To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Hi all, I'm looking to add audio to (and generally tighten up) the screencast on installing the Bibapp, but I've found it to be surprisingly tricky on my Mac. I kind of expected to use iMovie, but it seems to be quite adamant that I produce one of a few resolutions (standard video sizes) at either 25 or 29.997 FPS. I'd rather not resample the video at all. Can anyone recommend something to this end? I'm willing to spend a little, but, say, Final Cut Express is probably of my budget (plus major feature overkill). Quicktime Pro, perhaps? Cheers, -Nate
Re: [CODE4LIB] Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos of presentations?
I was going to do that as well as other formats for iPod, etc unless someone had a problem with it. Eby On 2/25/07, Jeremy Frumkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just curious any reason not to just upload the video to Youtube? (I¹m not saying this needs to be the only distribution method, but it¹s easy for both the producer and viewers of the content, and it¹s basically free). -- jaf On 2/25/07 1:36 PM, Darci Hanning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another hosting option to consider is the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/create/) -- the Plone Conference last fall had two of the four tracks professionally taped and then volunteers encoded and uploaded them all to the archive. It was great even for conference attendees because there was just too much good stuff going on ;-) Cheers! Darci (geeklibrarian) _ From: LaJeunesse, Brad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Sent: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:05:44 -0800 Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos of presentations? Personally, I think it's a great idea. I agree on not wishing to pressure speakers and it being completely opt-in. As for storage, I would be happy to host the videos on a GPLS web server, if needed. Also, for the record, I am planning on attending the conference for as long as circumstances allow (no baby yet!). :) --Brad Dan Scott wrote: Based on an appeal from Rob on IRC, who won't be able to attend code4libcon, I've got about 12 hours worth of MiniDV tapes and will bring my camcorder along. It would help, though, to know if the scheduled presenters are okay with appearing on video. I don't want to pressure anyone into being videotaped if they're not comfortable with it, so I only plan on taping a session if the presenter opts in ahead of time. I haven't figured out anything along the lines of subsequent storage and distribution of this content post-conference, either... it's just a last-minute idea that might make sense for those who were unable to attend this year (Brad, Peter, and undoubtedly many others). For the presenters, it might be useful for CV / whuffie credits, too. Any thoughts? Is this a horrible idea? Dan Scott -- Systems Librarian, Bibliothèque J.N. Desmarais Library Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne Phone: 705-675-1151 x3315 -- jaf === Jeremy Frumkin The Gray Chair for Innovative Library Services 121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331-4501 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541.737.9928 541.737.3453 (Fax) 541.230.4483 (Cell) === Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. - Emerson
Re: [CODE4LIB] Videos of presentations?
I've uploaded rather large videos to Google so it may be an alternative. Their download options are nice as well. Eby On 2/25/07, K.G. Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please all take this as my consent. :-) I have my own camcorder, tripod, and three or four tapes with me, and plan to do some myself. re YouTube, to put up more than a short video you need a Director account. Other than that it's a good medium. Karen G. Schneider On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:40:38 -0500, Edward Corrado [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I like the idea, as long as it is in an opt-in basis - which, of course, is what is being proposed. I do, however, think that having a formal piece of paper for speakers to read/sign would be a very good plan. Does anyone have a draft of such a disclaimer that we can use? Personally, I would submit to this for my lightning talk as long as the end product is being released under an open access license. Personally, I'd be happy with just about an open licenses, but would prefer the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). Of course, if I have to read off the license name before my lightning talk, my talk will be 20% shorter (which might be a good thing for audience members). Edward LaJeunesse, Brad said the following on 2/25/2007 4:05 PM: Personally, I think it's a great idea. I agree on not wishing to pressure speakers and it being completely opt-in. As for storage, I would be happy to host the videos on a GPLS web server, if needed. Also, for the record, I am planning on attending the conference for as long as circumstances allow (no baby yet!). :) --Brad Dan Scott wrote: Based on an appeal from Rob on IRC, who won't be able to attend code4libcon, I've got about 12 hours worth of MiniDV tapes and will bring my camcorder along. It would help, though, to know if the scheduled presenters are okay with appearing on video. I don't want to pressure anyone into being videotaped if they're not comfortable with it, so I only plan on taping a session if the presenter opts in ahead of time. I haven't figured out anything along the lines of subsequent storage and distribution of this content post-conference, either... it's just a last-minute idea that might make sense for those who were unable to attend this year (Brad, Peter, and undoubtedly many others). For the presenters, it might be useful for CV / whuffie credits, too. Any thoughts? Is this a horrible idea? Dan Scott -- Systems Librarian, Bibliothèque J.N. Desmarais Library Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne Phone: 705-675-1151 x3315 -- Edward M. Corrado http://www.tcnj.edu/~corrado/ Systems Librarian The College of New Jersey 403E TCNJ Library PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 Tel: 609.771.3337 Fax: 609.637.5177 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Polls for Code4Lib 2008 Hosting Open!
And here's the beer profiles for those interested in more metadata: http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/16 http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/37 http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/49 Eby On 2/20/07, Edward Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for those not on the conference discussion list -- Begin forwarded message: From: Ross Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: February 20, 2007 12:53:45 PM EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Polls for Code4Lib 2008 Hosting Open! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.code4lib.org/node/164 and cast your vote for Portland, Madison or Vancouver. Voting is open until sometime on Friday (I think). Good luck! -Ross. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups code4libcon group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to code4libcon- [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/code4libcon?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: [CODE4LIB] Server names at libraries
I can't remember who told me or where I read it but some place is using the periodic table with the elements matching the IP of the machine. I think it might be LOC but I'm not for sure. So: 10.1.1.1 would be H 10.1.1.2 would be He etc Ryan On 10/26/06, Jody Fagan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Code4Lib folks, I'd like to write an anecdotal article about library server nomenclature ... I'm for-sure that most librarians don't even know our servers have names. I am hoping that some of you might be willing to share (off-list)
Re: [CODE4LIB] [Web4lib] Access 2006 presentations podcasts available
Since I couldn't find a podcast feed I went ahead and created one. You can find it here: http://odeo.com/channel/140930/view If it seems like there are less presentations it is because many of the ones listed on the site are actually part of one audio file, which I combined in a single post/download. The podcast links to the audio on the original site. Ryan Eby On 10/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** This message has been cross-posted to several lists. ** The Access 2006 conference speaker presentations and podcasts are now available at: http://www.access2006.uottawa.ca/?page_id=10 Thanks go to everyone who ... through their attendance and participation, and in spite of Ottawa's inclement weather ... contributed toward making Access 2006 a huge success! Merci beaucoup, and enjoy! Donna Dinberg on behalf of the Access 2006 planning committee Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Web4lib mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/
Re: [CODE4LIB] worldcat
I don't think they have a public one but there is one if your institution has Firstsearch. http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/z3950/fs_z39_config_guide/default.htm The production server provides access to all the databases available and requires a valid FirstSearch authorization. http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/z3950/z3950_databases/specs/worldcat.htm Ryan Eby On 8/22/06, Eric Lease Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a public Z39.50/SRU/SRW/Web Services interface to WorldCat or OpenWorldCat? I would like to create a simple search engine to query Other's books, and *Cat seems like a great candidate. Inquiring minds would like to know. -- Eric Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] blocked IRC
I had this problem too at the library. Luckily I was able to pull an IP that had a gateway that didn't block it. There's quite a few IRC CGI programs set-up around the web that will let you connect via a web browser. A google search will find you some. Eby On 2/28/06, Andrew Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My university has blocked the standard IRC port due to massive trojan traffic. Does the freenode.net irc server allow any other non-standard ports? I checked their website, but their is no mention of ports (http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=site%3Awww.freenode.net+portbtnG=Google+Search) Thanks Andrew
