Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?

2016-06-07 Thread Shirley Lincicum
+1 Terry Shirley On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Terry Reese wrote: > >> Fiscal agents are ultimately responsible for the contracts they are > >> going to be signing. In the case of this conference, that is easily > well over $200K. > > I think that this is the first

Re: [CODE4LIB] List of Database Subjects

2016-03-19 Thread Shirley Lincicum
The reality is that to do a really good job of driving users to the available resources, you need to categorize databases by both subjects AND departments/courses. These are overlapping but distinct facets that reflect different ways that users can approach locating resources relevant to their

Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ?

2014-01-29 Thread Shirley Lincicum
This post belongs in the code4lib journal ... Shirley On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Andrew Anderson and...@lirn.net wrote: When OCLC first announced their purchase of EZproxy, we started a low priority research project to see what the alternatives were a few years ago, and what it would

Re: [CODE4LIB] A newbie seeking input/suggestions

2013-02-21 Thread Shirley Lincicum
I wrote a little app in PHP to address this exact problem. I wrote it to work the the LibraryH3lp webchat service, but the code could probably be adapted to another context. You can download the source code and instructions here: http://shirley.alptown.com/SOS_Button.zip Best wishes, Shirley

Re: [CODE4LIB] You *are* a coder. So what am I?

2013-02-13 Thread Shirley Lincicum
I'm not in Chicago, and I didn't see this talk, so maybe I'm way off base, but isn't a coder a programmer, or even a software engineer? Last time I checked, programmer/software engineer is a clear, well-established and well-respected occupation (and generally far better paid than most Librarians,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Author authority records to create publication feed?

2012-04-13 Thread Shirley Lincicum
on their content? Just some Friday morning brainstorming ideas ... Shirley Shirley Lincicum http://shirley.alptown.com On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Paul Butler (pbutler3) pbutl...@umw.eduwrote: Howdy All, Some folks from across campus just came to my door with this question. I am still trying

Re: [CODE4LIB] Batchload update records transfer from Millennium to OCLC

2011-05-17 Thread Shirley Lincicum
I don't think you have to be a current IUG member to subscribe and post to the INNOPAC mailing list: http://innovativeusers.org/list/ Shirley On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Elisa Graydon egray...@moore.edu wrote: Unfortunately, we are no longer part of IUG. I am trying to transfer directly

Re: [CODE4LIB] [dpla-discussion] Rethinking the library part of DPLA

2011-04-11 Thread Shirley Lincicum
by factoring quality and cost) of the product(s) available for purchase. Shirley Shirley Lincicum Frustrated Cataloger

Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data

2011-04-08 Thread Shirley Lincicum
of the existing headings? I hope this helps, at least a little bit. I'd be happy to answer additional questions. Shirley Shirley Lincicum Frustrated Cataloger

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Northwest meeting report

2010-06-15 Thread Shirley Lincicum
A couple of presenters have already added links to their presentation slides on the Schedule page at: http://groups.google.com/group/pnwcode4lib/web/code4lib-northwest-2010 Perhaps we could encourage other presenters to do this as well? Shirley On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Kyle Banerjee

Re: [CODE4LIB] newbie

2010-03-25 Thread Shirley Lincicum
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