[CODE4LIB] Open Positions at AquaBrowser (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
We have a number of positions to fill at AquaBrowser in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: - four implementation engineers (aquabrowser library implementations support), - a C++ developer (high performance core components + architectural skills), - a C# developer (modular server-side application components + architectural skills), - a database developer (programming skills + XML database experience), - a web developer (skilled in web technologies from server to client side) To anyone on this list (or anyone you know) who's looking for an opportunity to work with a top notch development team on some really exciting library technology (in one of the most beloved cities in the world): please find out more at http://www.aquabrowser.com/careers/ and shoot us an email. -- Taco Ekkel Director of Development AquaBrowser / Medialab Solutions Modemstraat 2B 1033 RW Amsterdam office +31(0)20 635 3190 cell +31(0)630 181 165 www.aquabrowser.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2008 Call for Proposals
Tod Olson and I can show folks around technical underpinnings of the University of Chicago implementation of AquaBrowser, soon to be made public. We'll be hacking AquaBrowser as a platform, but we'll keep it generic with a focus on handling integration of LCC refine facets, overlaying other data on MARC records, and relevancy ranking in the context of mixed content. We'll probably also go into FRBR-ization techniques and display considerations using builtin automated algorithms, and we'll have some good statistics to share about usage of next-gen interface techniques, and about patron participation in the catalog using social tools in the academic library context. Taco Ekkel (Medialab), Tod Olson (University of Chicago) On Oct 31, 2007, at 7:55 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: Code4lib 2008 Call for Proposals We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks for Code4lib 2008. Code4lib 2008 is a loosely structured conference for library technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be inspired, and forge collaborations. It is also an outgrowth of the Access HackFest, wrapped into a conference-like format. It is *the* event for technologists building digital libraries and digital information systems, tools, and software. Prepared talks are 20 minutes, and must focus on one or more of the following areas: - tools (some cool new software, software library or integration platform) - specs (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones) - challenges (one or more big problems we should collectively address). The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of: - usefulness - newness - geekiness - diversity of topics. We cannot accept every prepared talk proposal, but multiple lightning talk sessions will provide everyone who wishes to present with an opportunity to do so. Please send your name, email address, and proposal of no more than 75 words to code4libcon at googlegroups.com. The proposal deadline is November 30, 2007, and proposers will be notified by December 14, 2007. -- Taco Ekkel Director of Development Medialab Solutions B.V. AquaBrowser Library - Search, Discover, Refine Modemstraat 2B / 1033 RW / Amsterdam / +31(0)20 635 3190 / www.aquabrowser.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC File validation
If that doesn't work, shoot me an email, we have a robust marc library in c# that does detailed logging. On 4/23/07, Ed Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MARC::Lint (previously part of MARC::Record) is pretty useful: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MARC-Lint/ It gives you a command line tool that reports on all sorts of stuff in your MARC data. //Ed -- Taco Ekkel Director of Development Medialab Solutions B.V. AquaBrowser Library - Search, Discover, Refine Come see the live debut of AquaBrowser Online at the ALA 2007 Conference Booth #1514! Modemstraat 2B / 1033 RW / Amsterdam / +31(0)20 635 3190 / www.aquabrowser.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] Free MARC records: I want them, but who has them?
That would have been NGC4LIB - copying simons email for reference: On Feb 12, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: To implement the kind of interfaces we are imagining, we _need_ an affordable source of _machine readable/processable_ 'authority' data, including the information actually found in LC authority records, as Reposting from the headings list: I just wanted to let people know that the LCSH* are available for download in MarcXML format at http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/authorities/ . The data are public domain within the United States, but may be copyrighted in other countries; please check with LC if this may affect you. The asterisk is present due to certain problems identified during validation checks; the data were downloaded during the first weeks of december from authorities.loc.gov, and reflect certain differences between that site and the, authoritative authorities (that sounds so odd:). The differences are very minor, and affect only a tiny number of records; however, until they are brought fully in to alignment they should not be used without verification for submission to co-operative cataloging programs or other in other situations where zero defects are essential. See the README file at http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/readme.pdf for more information. The Fred 2.0 project is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Fredrick G. Kilgour, 1914-2006. On 4/20/07, Ed Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/20/07, Richard Wallis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just talking about it will help, and there seems to be much more of that going on now. Open conversation and open thought may well be a precursor to open data - we can all hope. Well said :-) One project that didn't get mentioned and I only stumbled on somehow (probably because I don't subscribe to the right feeds or discussion lists) is Simon Spero's project Fred 2.0. http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/ There's a pdf in that directory that describes what he's done--but he's essentially pulled down all the LoC Authority data and made it publicly available. //Ed
Re: [CODE4LIB] Using OpenID in libraries
AquaBrowser Library will support OpenID for logging into your library stuff. Going beyond that, Jeremy touches a good point on trust. Since AquaBrowser is cross-datasource (ILSes, DBs, etc - both indexed and federated) we are considering hooking into auth systems under water, by allowing users to couple trust information (LDAP, library card pins, along those lines) to their openid-based account. A question for us is how (or whether!) to make that latter part an open infrastructure to others, by including some way to guarantee user consent per individual action. Anyone interested I can give a url to give it a whirl when it's hitting alpha-ish state. -- Taco Ekkel Director of Development Medialab Solutions B.V. AquaBrowser Library - Search, Discover, Refine Modemstraat 2B / 1033 RW / Amsterdam / +31(0)20 635 3190 / www.aquabrowser.com On 3/23/07, 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
