Re: [CODE4LIB] Learning Microsoft SQL
I have been working with relational databases for over 2 decades. ;-) That is one reason I went with the book I bought. I just have no experience with Microsoft SQL or any version of SQL. The HTML Goodies stuff looks really good and I will look it over. My first exposure to relational databases was James Wetherbe's book Systems Analysis and Design: Traditional, Structured, and Advanceed Concepts and Techniques- 2nd Editon in a systems analysis course at the library school at Drexel university in 1984. Keep the suggestions coming, please. Bill Drew -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of arianna Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:48 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Learning Microsoft SQL Hi Bill, For years I have always found the HTML Goodies people to be great for quick and accessible reference, and I think they are good for getting people started in plain English (they are probably very similar to the Dummies books). http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/database/article.php/3478051 Best, Arianna Schlegel *Library Web Applications Developer Central Connecticut State University * On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Wilfred Drew dr...@tc3.edu wrote: I am setting up my laptop to teach myself Microsoft SQL. I am installing SQL Express. I purchased Microsoft SQL Server 2008 All-in-one desk reference for Dummies. Any suggestions on other tools to add to my laptop to learn SQL? Preferably free. Bill Drew Web: BillTheLibrarian.com Voice/SMS/: 607-745-4461 Email: bill.d...@gmail.com G+: gplus.to/BillDrew Twitter/Skype: BillDrew4 Web Design, Social Media, New Tech, Assessment, Change Management, Innovation, Mobile Tech, and more. [cid:image001.png@01CD0381.754C6DA0]
Re: [CODE4LIB] NON-MARC ILS?
So you want a non-standard way to display and use what your library has? What about future moves to another ILS? What about getting your ILS to work with other systems or web services? There are reasons for standards. It is not to make our jobs harder. Bill Drew -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt Amory Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:00 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] NON-MARC ILS? Is there a full-featured ILS that is not based on MARC records? I know we love complexity, but it seems to me that my public library and its library network and maybe even every public library could probably do without 95% of MARC Fields and encoding, streamline workflows and save $ if there were a simpler standard. Is this what an Endeca-based system is about, or do those rare birds also use MARC in the background? Forgive me if the question has been hashed and rehashed over the years... -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
Re: [CODE4LIB] NON-MARC ILS?
I did not mean to sound snarky in my earlier message but I do not understand why no one is talking about standards and why we have them. This includes standard ways to present and transmit data between systems. That is oen of the big reasons for using MARC. - Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) Library: http://www.tc3.edu/library/ Dryden, N.Y. 13053-0139 E-mail: dr...@tc3.edu Phone: 607-844-8222 ext.4406 AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4 Online Identity: http://claimID.com/billdrew StrengthsQuest: Ideation, Input, Learner, Activator, Communication http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill_Drew/ From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bess Sadler [bess.sad...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:11 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] NON-MARC ILS? Hi, Matt. Welcome to code4lib. Good question! Here's a quick summary of my understanding of what I think you're asking: Q1. Is there an ILS that is not based on MaRC records? A1. No, not to my knowledge. Yes, marc cataloging can seem tedious and arcane, but we have lots of tools for working with it at this point. All commercial ILS vendors that I am aware of use it, and the open source ILS products I know of also use MaRC. Q2. Is that what this Endeca based thing is about? A2. Kind of, a little. For most libraries, physical (and to some extent digital) inventory of collections is maintained by their ILS. Usually this is a commercial vendor solution, maybe even one with a six figure contract attached to it, but open source ILS solutions are increasingly viable and widespread. Migrating away from an ILS is an enormous undertaking, one that overhauls every workflow process in the library. Many libraries are in the position of not wanting to migrate their ILS, but disliking the public-facing interface provided by the ILS vendor. For years these interfaces were difficult to change and many of us felt that it was leading to stagnation in the library innovation space, because we were competing for attention with Internet based services that could respond to user desires quickly. The standard solution has been, not to switch away from MaRC or the ILS, but to index those records into a separate discovery interface, one which the library has control ove! r. That's what Endeca is, but it is very expensive. People who have implemented it are contractually prevented from saying exactly how expensive but I've never signed an NDA and I've heard numbers in the millions. There are several free open source library discovery solutions (Blacklight, VuFind, Kobald Chieftan (sp?) that you could play around with if you wanted. But these are for solving discovery problems, not for simplifying your internal metadata standards. I hope this helps. Welcome to the community and good luck to you. Bess On Mar 14, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Matt Amory wrote: Is there a full-featured ILS that is not based on MARC records? I know we love complexity, but it seems to me that my public library and its library network and maybe even every public library could probably do without 95% of MARC Fields and encoding, streamline workflows and save $ if there were a simpler standard. Is this what an Endeca-based system is about, or do those rare birds also use MARC in the background? Forgive me if the question has been hashed and rehashed over the years... -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
[CODE4LIB] Microsoft Transit-SQL
I am looking for a good text on Microsoft Transit-SQL. I have searched high and low and all I find are books focused on Microsoft SQL Server. I am not setting up a server, I need to teach myself the database structure and language. Any suggestions? I did order Microsoft SQL Server 2008 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies from Amazon because it has a large section on Transit-SQL. - Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services/Electronic Resources/Serials Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) Library: http://www.tc3.edu/library/ Dryden, N.Y. 13053-0139 Follow the library: http://twitter.com/TC3Library E-mail: dr...@tc3.edu Phone: 607-844-8222 ext.4406 SKYPE/Twitter:BillDrew4 SMS/TXT Me: 6072182217 Website: http://BillTheLibrarian.com StrengthsQuest Strengths: Ideation, Input, Learner, Command, Analytical http://www.facebook.com/billdrew One thing about eBooks that most people haven't thought much is that eBooks are the very first thing that we're all able to have as much as we want other than air. -- Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail or document.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Microsoft Transact-SQL
It is actually for a job I am interested in. I have no SQL experience in depth at all. Just some using Access. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jon Gorman Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:39 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Microsoft Transact-SQL On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Wilfred Drew dr...@tc3.edu wrote: I did mean Transact-SQL!! Sorry. I am after book recommendations. Right, sorry, should have made myself clearer. Do you have previous experience with creating database queries? I can't say I have any real recommendations, but it might help others. (And you might be able to get away with a more general book on sql and then look through the online documentation for specific problems). Jon Gorman
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page
When I saw the subject I immediately thought of the Borg: You will be assimilated. - Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) Library: http://www.tc3.edu/library/ Dryden, N.Y. 13053-0139 E-mail: dr...@tc3.edu Phone: 607-844-8222 ext.4406 AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4 Online Identity: http://claimID.com/billdrew StrengthsQuest: Ideation, Input, Learner, Activator, Communication http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill_Drew/ From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bohyun Kim [k...@fiu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:55 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page Since the Code4Lib wiki is live again, I put the link to Code4Lib Indoctrinationhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1m-9VtL7L_fUxl2hTF_YZSdFRfucaLtmHvLSzom6XPVM/edit?pli=1 Google Doc on the main page. Feel free to move to a different page if the main page is not the right place. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Main_Page#About_Code4Lib If you haven't checked out the Google Doc, it's worth looking at. ~Bohyun
Re: [CODE4LIB] My crazed idea about dealing with registration limitations
Here is another crazy idea; stream the event live for those who can't get registered for the pace to face version and provide a lower registration fee for them. - Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services/Electronic Resources/Serials Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) Library: http://www.tc3.edu/library/ Dryden, N.Y. 13053-0139 Follow the library: http://twitter.com/TC3Library E-mail: dr...@tc3.edu Phone: 607-844-8222 ext.4406 SKYPE/Twitter:BillDrew4 SMS/TXT Me: 6072182217 Website: http://BillTheLibrarian.com StrengthsQuest Strengths: Ideation, Input, Learner, Command, Analytical http://www.facebook.com/billdrew One thing about eBooks that most people haven't thought much is that eBooks are the very first thing that we're all able to have as much as we want other than air. -- Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail or document.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Islandora Announces 11.3.0 Release
I was wondering what Islandora is. Here is the description form the about page: Islandora is an open source framework developed by the University of Prince Edward Island's Robertson Library. Islandora uniquely combines the Drupal and Fedora open software applications to create a robust digital asset management system that can be fitted to meet the short and long term collaborative requirements of digital data stewardship. Bill Drew -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of David Wilcox Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 2:53 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Islandora Announces 11.3.0 Release * Apologies for cross-posting* We are pleased to announce the release of Islandora 11.3.0! You can download all available modules from http://islandora.ca/download, or test drive the release at http://sandbox.islandora.ca. A guide to this release is available here: http://islandora.ca/11-3-guide. The guide introduces changes and new features in this version, including improvements to the batch ingest and book solution pack modules, as well as a host of bug fixes. The documentation is undergoing updates to match this version of Islandora, and is available here: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/ISLANDORA. Please report any issues to the google developer or users lists, or at our JIRA: https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/ISLANDORA. Please read the documentation carefully before updating as this version may cause issues with previously installed versions of Islandora - particularly versions released prior to Islandora 11.2. All modules should be updated simultaneously to keep everything in sync. If you encounter an undocumented issue, please let us know so that we can help build and document a complete upgrade path.
Re: [CODE4LIB] conference voting and registration
If there is this much interest why not pick bigger venues? I have beenfollowing this conversation for weeks and wondered why that hadn't already happened. - Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) Library: http://www.tc3.edu/library/ Dryden, N.Y. 13053-0139 E-mail: dr...@tc3.edu Phone: 607-844-8222 ext.4406 AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4 Online Identity: http://claimID.com/billdrew StrengthsQuest: Ideation, Input, Learner, Activator, Communication http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill_Drew/ From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kyle Banerjee [baner...@uoregon.edu] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:48 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] conference voting and registration Elizabeth is out, so I'll have to substitute for a straight from the horse's mouth answer for now. Everyone who's in has been informed, so if you haven't heard that you're in by now, no news is unfortunately bad news. One topic that would probably be worth discussing for future conferences would be the registration process as the current one only worked for people who knew to expect a mad rush and were available during a very specific window. Seems like a lottery or some other mechanism may have done a better job of being fair and making the event accessible to a diverse group. kyle On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Akerman, Laura lib...@emory.edu wrote: As someone who's never been to Code4Lib, really wants to go, tried on Black Wednesday but unfortunately had meetings all morning that prevented her from getting to it until it was too late-- When do wait list people usually find out they're in, if they get in? Plane reservations get more expensive as time goes on, and much as I love cross-country driving, February's not the best time for it. Wondering if I should gamble now... Laura Laura Akerman Technology and Metadata Librarian Room 128, Robert W. Woodruff Library Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322 (404) 727-6888 lib...@emory.edu -Original Message- From: Cary Gordon [mailto:listu...@chillco.com] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 5:32 PM Subject: Re: conference voting and registration While I understand your frustration, I have come around to accepting the system we have. Many of the folks who attend every year hold the conference as one of their key annual events, and plan to register the instant that tickets become available. I know that it sells out fast, but the folks who are there on the dot pretty much always get in. The alternative, of course is to present, although that can be rolling the dice, or volunteer, which I did this year. If you are on the waiting list, bear in mind that plans frequently change, and waiting list requests often get filled. Cary -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.comhttp://chillco.com/ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). -- -- Kyle Banerjee Digital Services Program Manager Orbis Cascade Alliance baner...@uoregon.edu / 503.877.9773
Re: [CODE4LIB] Patents and open source projects
Over 15 years ago I got a threatening letter because I created a guide called Library Jargon and offered it up via FTP, gopher and email. Some rinky-dink company claimed they had a trademark and copyright to it. I wrote them back after doing a search via gopher on the tphrase in question and found over 200 other documents with the same title. I sent the search results to them and never heard from them again. Bill Drew -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:46 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Patents and open source projects I once got a cease and desist letter from a legal firm defending someone's trademark for metadata. I mean, seriously. Perhaps obviously, I ignored it. It's still in my files somewhere. Roy On Dec 6, 2011, at 6:31 AM, Eric Lease Morgan emor...@nd.edu wrote: Ironically, I had (or there was) some trouble with the term MyLibrary@NCState. Granted, the term was originally a variation of My Netscape, My Yahoo, and My Deja News, but all sorts of things followed it, like MyiLibrary, the Google Books My Library, and then there was a ALA thing. I'm not necessarily saying MyLibrary was the leader here, but an example of how trademarks (monikers) can be used, abused, and morphed. --Eric Morgan
Re: [CODE4LIB] Unwritten Rules, formerly Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions
If it is that important, it should be written down! -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris Cormack Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:36 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Unwritten Rules, formerly Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions On 2 December 2011 09:33, Munson, Doris dmun...@ewu.edu wrote: As a relative newcomer to this list, I second the idea that any offenders be contacted off list with an explanation of any unwritten rules they unknowingly violate. I suggest this becomes one of c4l's unwritten rules. I totally just unwrote that down Chris
Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions (humor)
;-) -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Doran, Michael D Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:40 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions (humor) I feel this whole situation has tainted things somewhat. :( This incident appears to have been blown out of proportion. So to lighten the mood a bit, I offer this doggerel inspired by the above comment and with apologies to Ed Cobb, et al.: Tainted Votes Sometimes I feel I've got to Run away I've got to Get away From the stain you cause with all this pandering The votes were cast Now my session's last We can make this right If the splash page is up by tonight Once I ran to you (I ran) Now I'll run from you The tainted votes have riven All the results diebold had scriven Take my jeers and that's not nearly all Oh...tainted votes Tainted votes -- Michael
Re: [CODE4LIB] Unwritten Rules, formerly Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions
It is unwritten rules that lead people to feel excluded from a group. How can the C4L group make other feel part of the group if the important rules are unwritten? That is what makes the group appear elitist to outsiders or newbies. Bill Drew Sort of a newbie but maybe not -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bohyun Kim Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:24 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Unwritten Rules, formerly Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions So this was what pandering a vote meant all along? And I guess you are supposed to know this to count as a c4l community member? Unwritten rules indeed... ~Bohyun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:48 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Unwritten Rules, formerly Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions I'm still not even sure why people think the blog post violated any unwritten rules or expectations. I agree that people kind of unreasonably raked the author over the coals here. I think _maybe_ under some interpretations it's borderline (some of those interpretations are those of the READERS of the blog and how they respond, which the author has limited control over), and DO think a splash page on voting with a few sentences on expectations for who votes, why, and how, would be a very good thing for us to have _in general_, so this is useful for bringing up that idea (nice idea rsinger). But as a thought experiment, let's say I jrochkind had a proposal, and posted to my blog Hey, if you're thinking about going to the conf, consider voting to help make the conf! If you're voting, please consider my proposal, here's why I think it's important. Would you consider that inappropriate too? If not, please elucidate the differences, and we'll be that much closer to understanding/developing consensual community expectations here. Right now, I think some things some of you all think are obvious are far from obvious to others, even others you assume it would be obvious to. On 12/1/2011 3:33 PM, Munson, Doris wrote: As a relative newcomer to this list, I second the idea that any offenders be contacted off list with an explanation of any unwritten rules they unknowingly violate. I suggest this becomes one of c4l's unwritten rules. Regards, Doris Doris Munson Systems/Reference Librarian Eastern Washington University dmun...@ewu.edu 509-359-6395 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 11:56 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions Responding to the thread and not this specific email... This conversation has an unfortunate subtext of us v. them. It is the case that c4l is a small-ish group that has a particular personality, and folks really care about that. And the c4l conference (which I only attended once) has a great feel about it of folks sharing ideas (and beer). The problem with that kind of chummy-ness is that it makes it hard for newcomers or folks who aren't native c4l-ers to participate, either in the conference or in the various ways that c4l-ers communicate. To then take someone to task for violating an unwritten rule of that culture really does not seem fair, and the unfortunate use of language (pandering), not to mention the length of this thread, is likely to discourage enthusiastic newcomers in the future. If c4l is open to new participants and new ideas, some acceptance of differences in style must be tolerated. Where there isn't a tolerance, any rules must be made clear. Be just like us isn't such a rule. I personally feel that the reaction to the alleged offense is over the top. If this has happened before, I don't recall this kind of reaction. If c4l were a Marxist organization this is the point where one could call for an intense round of self-study and auto-criticism. Something has gone wrong here, and it is just possible that it is c4l that owes an apology. Not the other way around. I believe that Miss Manners would have suggested that rather than a public drubbing the offender could have been politely contacted off list with an explanation of said unwritten rules. kc Quoting Dan Scottdsc...@laurentian.ca: Ross: +1 to the disclaimer splash page. That seems to be the best way to maintain our faith in humanity to do the right thing. Dan
Re: [CODE4LIB] Library News (à la ycombinator's hackernews)
http://www.librarycloud.org/about -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brett Bonfield Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:03 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library News (à la ycombinator's hackernews) On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:02 AM, BRIAN TINGLE brian.tingle.cdlib@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure how many of y'all read hackernews (news.ycombinator.com, I'm addicted to it) but I just saw on there that there is a similar style site for Library News that somebody launched. http://news.librarycloud.org/news I'm addicted to Hacker News as well, and for a long time I've wanted something similar for librarians. I even worked with my colleagues at In the Library with the Lead Pipe to try to start such a community, using SlinkSet (since acquired by Posterous) as the backend. We had some activity for a while, but never really got it going and ultimately decided close the site rather than fight the spammers. So... what's it going to take for Library News to make it? Brett
Re: [CODE4LIB] Library News (à la ycombinator's hackernews)
http://news.librarycloud.org/rss -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:08 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library News (à la ycombinator's hackernews) Any pro or con thoughts on adding the feed from Library News to Planet Code4lib? It has a feed, I assume? On 11/29/2011 1:03 PM, Brett Bonfield wrote: On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:02 AM, BRIAN TINGLE brian.tingle.cdlib@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure how many of y'all read hackernews (news.ycombinator.com, I'm addicted to it) but I just saw on there that there is a similar style site for Library News that somebody launched. http://news.librarycloud.org/news I'm addicted to Hacker News as well, and for a long time I've wanted something similar for librarians. I even worked with my colleagues at In the Library with the Lead Pipe to try to start such a community, using SlinkSet (since acquired by Posterous) as the backend. We had some activity for a while, but never really got it going and ultimately decided close the site rather than fight the spammers. So... what's it going to take for Library News to make it? Brett
Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC Seal of Approval
Which came first, the OCLC approval of the OCLC Seal of Approval or the OCLC Seal of Approval? -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of David Uspal Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:02 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC Seal of Approval Can the OCLC Seal of Approval be given the official OCLC Seal of Approval, or would that do bad things to the space-time continuum? -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt McCollow Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 11:56 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC Seal of Approval Hey now, even abominable bacon is bacon. Matt McCollow Web Developer Mills Library, McMaster University On 2011-11-18, at 11:44 AM, Doran, Michael D wrote: Roy, ...turkey bacon has not yet achieved that distinction. And rightly so! What an abomination. And I really wanted to include Neck Ferrets in the inspection and approval bureau, but there just wasn't room enough on the seal. -- Michael -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:38 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC Seal of Approval Y'all may be wondering how bacon could ever fail to receive my coveted approval, but I have to say that turkey bacon has not yet achieved that distinction. Just sayin' Roy On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Doran, Michael D do...@uta.edu wrote: Hi Michael, Please put this on a t-shirt. I am thinking about making stickers or temporary tattoos and bringing them to Seattle... anybody else who wants to use the image is welcome to. I have released it under a Creative Commons License that allows for commercial use and have made a higher resolution version available here: http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/oclc/ While I have doubts that the image would be appropriate for the official code4lib 2012 t-shirt, I do think it would be neat if a small version of the Seal was *included* on the t-shirt. As an aside, I wanted to mention that this image was created using PowerPoint and SnagIt. Photoshop? We don't need no stinkin' Photoshop! If it looks vaguely familiar, it's probably because design clues were taken from current and historical versions of the Good Housekeeping seal of approval. I don't often do graphic work, so I appreciate the positive comments. -- Michael # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # do...@uta.edu # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:28 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC Seal of Approval Please put this on a t-shirt. -Original message- From: Doran, Michael D do...@uta.edu To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Sent: Fri, Nov 18, 2011 01:17:40 GMT+00:00 Subject: [CODE4LIB] OCLC Seal of Approval Hi Roy, I took the liberty of designing an official OCLC seal-of-approval (see attachment) for code4lib mailing list position announcements and any other purposes you see fit. -- Michael # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # do...@uta.edu # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, Boston Public Library (Boston, MA)
I did not see any intervention by anyone. I saw, for the most part, intelligent discussions and questions among professionals. Bill Drew http://BillTheLibrarian.com Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com) -Original Message- From: BRIAN TINGLE [brian.tingle.cdlib@gmail.com] Received: Tuesday, 27 Sep 2011, 11:50pm To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, Boston Public Library (Boston, MA) I know I should not take the bait... but if anything we say on this list -- however stupid or pedantic -- is taken as representing our employers and not our personal opinions; then I'm not sure this is a list I can participate in. It is chilling to see veiled legal threats thrown around on this list. I mostly lurk here anyways. But if everything I say is going to be taken to be the official word of my employer, then basically I can't say anything at all as far as I understand, except maybe if I cut and paste from press releases / get everything I say vetted though a communications officer. I read the announcement in a way more similar to the way Ya'aqov did than the way Roy did; but I don't see how Roy's comments were uncalled for. As far as interfering with a recruitment (?) if anything this increased the visibility of this position. I know I would not have bothered to read the position description (on a vacation day even) if I had not been curious to see why it had attracted so much attention. Are there any ground rules or terms of use for this list... All I can find is this: https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0312L=CODE4LIBT=0F=S=P=61 If it is official policy that we don't speak for ourselves, I'm out of here. On Sep 27, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Ya'aqov Ziso wrote: The posting's sentence 't*he successful candidate will develop and maintain' * does NOT say *'*developing its own digital repository system ... throwing anything else at it beyond this one developer' as Roy put it. In a community where any comma or space makes a world of a difference I pay attention to all words and their consequences. Roy, the wording of your question and intervention in BPL's search (as someone representing OCLC and its monopoly) were uncalled for. Yes, let's move on, Ya'aqov On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com wrote: Phew! That's a relief! I saw the word develop instead of implement. Thanks for the clarification, Roi 2011/9/27 Colford, Scot scolf...@bpl.org: Not developing from scratch, mind you. This position will be working closely with the other position posted for Web Services Developer, the rest of the Web Services and Digital Projects teams already at the BPL, and the staffs of other Massachusetts libraries participating the Digital Commonwealth project. Don't you worry about us, Roy. ;-) \-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/ Scot Colford Web Services Manager Boston Public Library scolf...@bpl.org Phone 617.859.2399 Mobile 617.592.8669 Fax 617.536.7558 On 9/27/11 11:58 AM, Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com wrote: So BPL is developing its own digital repository system? Mind if I ask why? And are you throwing anything else at it beyond this one developer? Roy On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Colford, Scot scolf...@bpl.org wrote: The Boston Public Library is accepting applications for the Digital Library Repository Developer position. The successful candidate will develop and maintain the core technical infrastructure for a digital object repository and library system that will be used by Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies, and museums to store and deliver digital resources to users across the State and beyond. Competitive benefits. Salary: $62,053 - 83,770, DOQ. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION Bachelor¹s Degree in Computer Science from an accredited college or university with a focus on programming, applications development, and scripting languages. Preferred degree or coursework in Library/Information Science. EXPERIENCE · A minimum of 4 years experience of significant development experience in an object oriented environment such as Ruby, Python, or Java. ·Strong working knowledge of XML/XSLT. · Demonstrated familiarity with image, audio, video, and text file formats - especially as they relate to digital library standards, encoding/decoding/transcoding, and related metadata schemas. · Demonstrated familiarity with semantic web/RDF components such as SPARQL, FOAF, and OWL. · Demonstrated familiarity and comfort working with various operating systems such as UNIX/Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX. · Significant experience working in LAMP and/or WAMP stacks, preferably on virtualized and/or cloud-computing platforms. · Experience with open-source repository systems such as Fedora,
Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, Boston Public Library (Boston, MA)
Where did Roy intervene in any job search? He is always professional and above board. Of course, I am a user of OCLC services. That is my bit of disclosure. I have alos reviewed several of Roy's publications over the years if you want more disclosure. ;-) - Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) Library: http://www.tc3.edu/library/ Dryden, N.Y. 13053-0139 E-mail: dr...@tc3.edu Phone: 607-844-8222 ext.4406 AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4 Online Identity: http://claimID.com/billdrew StrengthsQuest: Ideation, Input, Learner, Activator, Communication http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill_Drew/ From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ya'aqov Ziso [yaaq...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:18 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, Boston Public Library (Boston, MA) *I think it's a fair question and appropriate for this list. (Says another OCLC employee.) * *===* * * Hi Ralph, you must have more arguments, I'm sure, beyond being an OCLC employee for Roy's intervening in another institution's search. Please bring them on, thanks, *Ya'aqov* p.s. Can a candidate use CODE4LIB's discussion as a backup for her candidacy? and if Roy worries for BPL, why doesn't he worry (in writing for this list) for other institutions?
Re: [CODE4LIB] Apps to reduce large file on the fly when it's requested
No one has mentioned accessibility issues for those using screenreaders. JPEG would not work for them. Bill Drew -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cowles, Esme Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:45 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Apps to reduce large file on the fly when it's requested I've thought about using JPEG page images instead of PDFs to serve our scanned newspapers, which also have sizes ranging upwards of 100MB+, with a link to download the PDF as a fallback for people who really want that. The downside is having to do the bulk conversion, manage the extra files, etc. Another option would be a flash frontend. Someone already mentioned Google, and I've also seen some use of issuu.com (our campus newspaper currently uses them). There are also options you could integrate into your own site, such as FlexPaper (http://flexpaper.devaldi.com/). You still have to upload and/or convert your files, but you retain a PDF-like display in the browser. -Esme -- Esme Cowles escow...@ucsd.edu A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.) -- Dave Barry On 08/3/2011, at 7:36 PM, Ranti Junus wrote: Dear All, My colleague came with this query and I hope some of you could give us some ideas or suggestion: Our Digital Multimedia Center (DMC) scanning project can produce very large PDF files. They will have PDFs that are about 25Mb and some may move into the 100Mb range. If we provide a link to a PDF of that large, a user may not want to try to download it even though she really needs to see the information. In the past, DMC has created a lower quality, smaller versions to the original file to reduce the size. Some thoughts have been tossed around to reduce the duplication or the work (e.g. no more creating the lower quality PDF manually.) They are wondering if there is an application that we could point to the end user, who might need it due to poor internet access, that if used will simplify the very large file transfer for the end user. Basically: - a client software that tells the server to manipulate and reduce the file on the fly - a server app that would to the actual manipulation of the file and then deliver it to the end user. Personally, I'm not really sure about the client software part. It makes more sense to me (from the user's perspective) that we provide a download the smaller size of this large file link that would trigger the server-side apps to manipulate the big file. However, we're all ears for any suggestions you might have. thanks, ranti. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib New York one-day minicon, Mon Sept 26
New York City? Please be more specific than just New York. There is a lot of New York State north and west of Manhattan. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Yitzchak Schaffer Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:40 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] code4lib New York one-day minicon, Mon Sept 26 Hello everybody, Plans are underway for a one-day code4lib [1] mini-conference in New York, in conjunction with METRO [2], which has graciously hosted our local chapter for several years as a SIG. After ruling out large swaths of time this fall for various reasons, we arrived at Monday, Sept. 26 as the potential date. Kevin Reiss [kevin.re...@gmail.com], Joanna DiPasquale and I are co-conveners of the local group. We would like to confirm that the date is not evil before concretizing it, so: if you know of some conflict that would prevent people attending, please let one of us know. More information should be forthcoming. [1] http://code4lib.org/ [2] http://metro.org/ Many thanks, -- Yitzchak Schaffer Systems Manager Touro College Libraries 212.742.8770 ext. 2432 http://www.tourolib.org/
