[CODE4LIB] Where can I find a basic set of user stories for a digital library?

2016-05-11 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
content. I'm interested in a listing of ways people would use these, so I can better understand what the platforms I'm working with do well and where gaps are. -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers

2016-04-05 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
That statement is pretty old. Today, much of the internet is written for machines or by machines. Poorly written rehashed fluffy content dominates. As time goes on, even though search algorithms are getting better and the general public is getting more savvy about how to use a search engine,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Sorry for my last message

2015-09-04 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
ASCII unicorn is a publishable article in Code4Lib Journal? -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Cary Gordon <listu...@chillco.com> wrote: > I would totally put that on the cod4lib.com website. > > You could also just fax it to Roy. > > > On Sep 4, 2

Re: [CODE4LIB] "coders for libraries"

2015-09-01 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
In general, it's not great to refer to people as nouns. It's better to say people with an adjective, so the person isn't replaced or given just one identity. I support not calling people coders or other noun. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Eric Hellman <e...@hellman.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Metadata

2014-10-29 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
If it's a homework assignment, http://www.niso.org/publications/press/UnderstandingMetadata.pdf to start and Wikipedia to retrieve more detail on standards can give you a good start. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: I'm guessing

[CODE4LIB] Deepfreeze Cloud and computer speeds

2014-08-07 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Would installing Deepfreeze Cloud clients onto a computer have any effect on speed? For example, might Deepfreeze Cloud be checking in with the server waiting for a response and adding a little time onto things like starting up and starting applications? -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] jobs digest for 2014-05-16

2014-05-22 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
I prefer full ads also. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Dunn, Katie dun...@rpi.edu wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Joe Hourcle wrote: It looks to me like it's a change in the messages that ' jobs.code4lib.org' generates and sends to the list ... I much

Re: [CODE4LIB] separate list for jobs

2014-05-06 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
This comes up all the time, and always it's no. For anyone who doesn't like the job postings, use email filters. -Wilhelmina On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Dan Chudnov daniel.chud...@gmail.com wrote: Is it time to reconsider: should we start a separate list for Job: postings?

Re: [CODE4LIB] separate list for jobs

2014-05-06 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
. If every listserv has an organized and consistent way of marking up and sending job postings, then filters would work on those other lists too. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Carrick Rogers carri...@stanford.edu wrote: How do you manage to filter out those who feel their job

Re: [CODE4LIB] SubjectsPlus themes

2014-04-30 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
not first check for a theme, then go to core when the file is not in a theme folder. I did my quicky branding job, but still interested if anyone has themes to share (or has modified to allow themes at all). -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Andrew Darby darby.li...@gmail.com

[CODE4LIB] SubjectsPlus themes

2014-04-29 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Does anyone have a theme for SubjectsPlus up on github? I'm playing around with the CMS, and I can't find themes. Surely they must exist. -Wilhelmina Randtke

[CODE4LIB] Transcription services

2014-04-24 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Has anyone used a transcription service to do captioning for a video, or anything similar? There are many transcription services that charge a per minute fee. I'd like to get a recommendation on one that worked well for someone. -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos

2014-04-14 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
up to handle money. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Lisa Rabey academichu...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Francis Kayiwa fkay...@colgate.edu wrote: +1 Go for it Lisa! ./fxk I can start digging into the hows/whys sometime in early May and report

Re: [CODE4LIB] Friends of code4lib (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos)

2014-04-14 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Agreeing with everything Edward Corrado said. Incorporating and getting 501(c)(3) status should support some other goal, and if that goal is to sell T-shirts, then you're doing it wrong and loosing money on filing fees. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Edward M. Corrado

Re: [CODE4LIB] Welcome to Roy4Lib

2014-02-24 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
My neighbor made this bacon vodka, and it was amazing http://www.instructables.com/id/Bacon-Infused-Vodka/ -Wilhelmina Randtke On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Michael J. Giarlo leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu wrote: Bacon being cooked in a liquor store? Wow, California is awesome. On Mon, Feb

Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ?

2014-02-02 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
$500 this year. Five years out, it won't be less than $495 each year, but potentially much more. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com wrote: When it comes to hedging bets, I'd sure rather hedge my $50,000 bet than my $500 one. Just sayin

Re: [CODE4LIB] archiving web pages

2014-01-15 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Agreed, don't focus too much on preserving the presentation for an online newspaper. The text and images are important, but the layout isn't so important. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Kyle Banerjee kyle.baner...@gmail.comwrote: IMO, there are many web archiving

Re: [CODE4LIB] Automated Embedded Metadata Extraction in Photographs: Possible or Pipedream?

2013-12-19 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Piwigo does this, so you can look at the source code to see how. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Dec 17, 2013 3:37 PM, Swauger,Shea shea.swau...@colostate.edu wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if there is a systematic method that can extract metadata embedded in digital photographs and then ingest

[CODE4LIB] Website back up services

2013-12-02 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
really matter. The biggest factors are pricing and having an interface that someone who doesn't understand databases could use. -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] We should use HTTPS on code4lib.org

2013-11-09 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
I haven't played much with requesting a page be archived, so it's only a handful of links I had tried. From what Eric Hellman posted about hiccups, it doesn't sound like https is a barrier if you set up the site and want to allow archiving. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 5:29 PM

Re: [CODE4LIB] Patents in Institutional Repositories.

2013-10-30 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
The intellectual property is a patent, not a copyright. The actual patent that was granted can be retrieved from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The paper documentation can be copied and posted freely by anyone. Copyright is not an issue here. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Oct 30, 2013 2:45 PM

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question for Institutional Repository Folks

2013-10-28 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
will just get Acrobat Professional. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Matthew Sherman matt.r.sher...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Code4libbers, I had a question for for others who work with institutional repositories. I have a file given by the a professor that I have permission

Re: [CODE4LIB] Separate library CMS systems vs Campus-wide CMS systems (was [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it)

2013-08-14 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Joshua Welker wel...@ucmo.edu wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions as to where the library should or should not compromise when it comes to using an institutional CMS rather than a custom library one? We are going through this process right

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it

2013-08-13 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
thing for pathfinders and subject guides, and people should do it anyway. No one's talking about tools for digital archives, which have lock in issues and are way more expensive. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Thomas Krichel kric...@openlib.org wrote: Andrew Darby writes

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it

2013-08-13 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
be implemented in a one-size-fits all CMS provided by a parent institution. Making some tar.gz files is futile and misses the point. Does anyone really not get that? -Wilhelmina Randtke On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Andrew Darby darby.li...@gmail.com wrote: I don't get this argument at all

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it

2013-08-11 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
service host - low four digits per year. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Heather Rayl 23e...@gmail.com wrote: I have to say that I loathe LibGuides. My library makes extensive use of them, too. Need a web solution? The first thing out of someone's mouth is Let's put

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it

2013-08-11 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
from high traffic and too many database calls. You as an individual cannot experiment with a site that get 5,000 visits per day. Do you really have experience configuring Wordpress or any other CMS in that environment? -Wilhelmina Randtke On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 8:23 PM, davesgonechina davesgonech

Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides: I don't get it

2013-08-11 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Andrew Darby darby.li...@gmail.com wrote: There are open source solutions created by librarians: SubjectsPlus and Library a la Carte. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Cornel Darden Jr. corneldarde...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

2013-07-29 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Library community programming is heavy on the string processing, right? So, just use a language that's good for that. Anyway, once you learn one, it's faster to learn another. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Peter Schlumpf pschlu...@earthlink.netwrote: Python and Ruby

Re: [CODE4LIB] Wordpress: Any way to selectively control caching for content areas on a page?

2013-05-31 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
to force a refresh of certain pages, but that needs to be done from the html header. My feeling is that it's not possible to force a refresh for specific content areas only, but if anyone knows conceptually how to do this, then I would love to be pleasantly surprised. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, May 28

Re: [CODE4LIB] Wordpress: Any way to selectively control caching for content areas on a page?

2013-05-31 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
the plugin source code, so it doesn't really matter to know names of custom plugins. In my case, I highly doubt any custom plugins were used. Based on a quickly pulled list of plugins, I suspect the caching is done through w3-total-cache. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:11 PM

[CODE4LIB] Wordpress: Any way to selectively control caching for content areas on a page?

2013-05-28 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
as holidays), is there a way to force only the hours of operation to reload when a person revisits the page? -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers

2013-05-19 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Libraries charge to lend books. Late fines are almost universal, and lost items will result in a charge for replacement costs. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:06 PM, BWS Johnson abesottedphoe...@yahoo.comwrote: Salvete! We've got $800 worth of filament which we expect

Re: [CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers

2013-05-17 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
a price list. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Ramirez, Rue rue.rami...@ubc.ca wrote: Nate, are you planning to charge for use of the 3D printer and what is the charge model? -- Rue -- Rue - Renulfo (Rue

Re: [CODE4LIB] EAD vs. HTML for finding aids

2013-05-11 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
, and the staff time you have available for indexing. Once again, HTML is not a metadata standard, and is only for visual displays for people, not for computers to share records with other computers and search systems. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Rachel Shaevel rshae

[CODE4LIB] File based CMSes

2013-04-29 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
that is easier to write instructions on doing maintenance and backups for than is a database based CMS. -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] tiff2pdf, then back to pdf?

2013-04-27 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:19 PM, James Gilbert gilber...@whitehallpl.orgwrote: I'm by no means an expert in the math behind image format conversions... but: When converting to TIFF-to-JPG, TIFF is uncompressed formatting and JPG is compressed format. When back converting

[CODE4LIB] Tool to highlight differences in two files

2013-04-23 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
differences in two strings of text would work, but I don't know a tool to use. -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tool to highlight differences in two files

2013-04-23 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
love it? Do you hate it? There it is, the way you made it. --Frank Zappa On 4/23/13 3:24 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke rand...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to compare versions of a website scraped at different times to see what paragraphs on a page have changed. Does anyone here know of a tool

Re: [CODE4LIB] Youtube search box

2013-04-08 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
their ability to edit as text. -Wilhelmina Randtke Code for an embedded YouTube search box: pre form action=http://www.youtube.com/results; method=get target=_blank input name=search_query type=text maxlength=128 / select name=search_type option value=Videos/option option value=search_usersChannels/option

[CODE4LIB] Tools for tracking software licenses

2013-04-01 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
licenses for the library or set up something secure. I'm almost better going with spreadsheet and frequent emails, even though it's a painful backwards way to keep records, but want to explore options. -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] what do you do: API accounts used by library software, that assume an individual is registered

2013-03-05 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
could do with them. For example, a password to get to a generic library Google account that has viewing permissions to Google Analytics, but not administrator permissions, isn't confidential. I don't post it everywhere, but I don't worry about keeping it secret. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Mar

Re: [CODE4LIB] what do you do: API accounts used by library software, that assume an individual is registered

2013-03-04 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
and associate director, so that they can search email and get a listing of accounts if needed. (There are fewer than 10 librarians total, so that's not email overload, but in a large library, I would probably periodically send to my department head and immediate supervisor.) -Wilhelmina Randtke On Mon

Re: [CODE4LIB] back to minorities question, seeking guidance

2013-02-27 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
to show that would be worthwhile now, as opposed to worthwhile in 1972 when adding many numbers at once was a big deal. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Thomas Krichel kric...@openlib.org wrote: Wilhelmina Randtke writes Pretty much the whole entire entry level

Re: [CODE4LIB] human rights violations elibrary for Haiti/France

2013-02-25 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
The type of hosting plan will determine what kind of search they can do. Wordpress probably isn't the best platform for this, unless you can put a search layer on top of it. It's a bit clunky with handling the files - made for browsing to files, not searching. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Mon, Feb

Re: [CODE4LIB] back to minorities question, seeking guidance

2013-02-22 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: While comprehensive specific math skill set might not be necessary in programming, an understanding of mathematics beyond arithmetic can be very useful. Relational database theory, for example, maps

Re: [CODE4LIB] Displaying archival books on ipad and android tablets

2013-02-22 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
that's what I worked with. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Kyle Banerjee kyle.baner...@gmail.comwrote: We have a few digitized books, (some of them are old -- we're talking 500 years). Sizes are all over the place but the big ones are easily the size of a large briefcase

Re: [CODE4LIB] Providing Search Across PDFs

2013-02-20 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
the location of the site map. This helps Google to index your site more completely. Then you periodically recreate and update the site map. For homegrown search, I would have recommended Swish-e, if you hadn't said it was out of reach. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Jason Griffey

[CODE4LIB] Directories of OAI-PMH repositories

2013-02-07 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Is there a central listing of places that track and list OAI-PMH repository feeds? I have an OAI-PMH compliant repository, so now am looking for places to list that so that harvesters or anyone who is interested can find it. -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Directories of OAI-PMH repositories

2013-02-07 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Thanks! The list of lists is very helpful. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Habing, Thomas Gerald thab...@illinois.eduwrote: Here is a registry of OAI-PMH repositories that we maintain (sporadically) here at Illinois: http://gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/registry/ Tom

Re: [CODE4LIB] conf presenters: a kind request

2013-02-05 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
If your university or any local professional groups have brown bag lunches with presentations, or anything informal and about the same amount of time as the conference presentation, then you can ask the group if you can do a dry run there. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:54 AM

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-01-31 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
recording.) -Wilhelmina Randtke On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Stephen Francoeur stephen.franco...@gmail.com wrote: If all you need is something that will capture the screen as video and add audio from a mic, then CamStudio or SnagIt will work (I've used both). But, I have to admit, I've had

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

2013-01-27 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
they were listened to, and move on without leaving the group. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Ian Walls iwa...@library.umass.eduwrote: +1 Perhaps, instead of a policy document (which is inherently rules-based), we have a statement of belief and a pledge to stand by it (which

Re: [CODE4LIB] Groupon: $9 for 3-Day CTA Pass

2013-01-16 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
It says Allow up to 3 weeks for delivery of CTA Pass. This is better if you are going to ALA over the summer, or something else more in the future. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Carmen Mitchell carmenmitch...@gmail.comwrote: For the folks going to Chicago this year

[CODE4LIB] Request for recommendation on good tutorials of overview of Dreamweaver CS6

2013-01-15 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
is a good resource to quickly learn the interface for Dreamweaver CS6? I want stuctural tips. I do not want a hit list of making a new file, embedding videos, making fonts bold, and other simple things that I can quickly use a search engine to find. -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location

2013-01-11 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
It takes about 15 minutes to walk a mile. It's really not that far for people without health problems that affect mobility. In most cases, driving, then parking will take more time than walking to cover such a short distance. Just saying... -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 7:12 PM

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.org domain

2012-12-18 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
great because if there is a problem with a renewal then many people will notice the URL not working, and be able to check the status of the domain and get on it. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Ed Summers e...@pobox.com wrote: HI all, I've owned the code4lib.org since

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.org domain

2012-12-18 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
at nameservers) during the redemption period? If so, then a worst case scenario is not too bad, because there will be some warning and a late fee assuming the registered owner can be contacted, rather than just loosing the domain if the bill isn't paid. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Dec 18, 2012

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

2012-12-11 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
). If it helps, I use Webbie and Thunder to audio browse websites I work on, because then I am more likely to notice glaringly obvious things like the recaptcha. But, yeah, going into pretty much any subscription database with only audio from a screen reader is a lost cause. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Mon

Re: [CODE4LIB] anti-harassment policy for code4lib?

2012-12-02 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
how to apply it. The comments section will have examples and explanations, which helps go check check check and apply the policy. Also, running use cases against a policy will show if the policy does what's intended without doing unintended harm. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:06

Re: [CODE4LIB] Choosing fora. was: Proliferation of Code4Lib Channels

2012-12-02 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
. -Wilhelmina Randtke Begin Clip of Current default Front page of Reddit --- Item number 6 refers to masturbating over a female high school classmate - 1 2572 Taiwan engineers defeat limits of flash memoryhttp://phys.org/news/2012-12-taiwan-defeat-limits-memory.html (phys.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] What is a coder? / Coursera fork

2012-12-01 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
the necessary license. So, he referred the work to me. It's hard to know which is more important: Classmates or education. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Dec 1, 2012 10:42 AM, Timothy A. Lepczyk timlepc...@gmail.com wrote: It could be cool to have like code4lib MOOC study groups. Like

Re: [CODE4LIB] anti-harassment policy for code4lib?

2012-11-30 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
that it's inappropriate? -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 8:54 AM, James Stuart james.stu...@gmail.comwrote: As a preface, I fully support both of these changes in language. That said, I think it's both important to balance the idea that sure, sometimes people are idiots

Re: [CODE4LIB] Proliferation of Code4Lib Channels

2012-11-30 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
imagery directed at women. Even if you are in a subthread that isn't like that, the general community is probably not what you should be aiming for. If you shouldn't be aiming for it, then don't. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Aaron Collier acoll...@csufresno.eduwrote

Re: [CODE4LIB] tech vs. nursing

2012-11-30 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
graduates. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Pay inequity also exists within librarianship. The Association of Research Libraries, in its Annual Salary Survey 2005-6, reported that the average salary for male academic librarians in member

Re: [CODE4LIB] How to configure subdomain hosting without domain hosting?

2012-11-28 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
up how to make an NS record for that DNS. -Wilhelmina Randtke Step-by-step directions on setting a subdomain in GoDaddy to point to a cheapie hosting company. You will change the parts that are underlined to your own information. Log into GoDaddy To Access the Zone File Editor

Re: [CODE4LIB] Diversity of presenters (was bibliotechy's fat fingers)

2012-11-28 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Forum 12 [. . .] library type (76% academic? oh my). Library type academic is probably going to dominate, because that's who gets travel funding. The most probable alternative might be vendor, because they will get funding too. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Andromeda

[CODE4LIB] How to configure subdomain hosting without domain hosting?

2012-11-27 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
server. Could I use this to catch things coming to the IP, then redirect to the cheapie hosting account? Is there a way to go from GoDaddy's DNS management system to point at the nameservers for the cheapie hosting company, the same way you would do to host a domain? -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Gender Survey

2012-11-27 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
. Otherwise the survey could just list all those things you said and ask if the person did them. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com wrote: To second Rosy's point, if you are unsure if you are 'part of the community' and you can answer yes to any

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4libTO December Meetup

2012-11-23 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
What's GTA? -Wilhelmina Randtke On Nov 20, 2012 1:55 PM, Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, In the GTA area? Tell me when you might be available for a c4l meetup early December! http://doodle.com/s854uzz33ah3tpuy Vote now! Thanks, Cynthia

Re: [CODE4LIB] preconf ideas

2012-11-08 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
HTML5 video seems better suited to a regular presentation slot than to a half-day workshop. I just don't think there is enough content there to fill the half day. It would have to be combined with something else (video editing? video delivery and usability? something else?). -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Link juice for search engines! On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and c4l journal on top of recommended resources? I bet you do, but let's try some diversity, shall we? ~Bohyun -Original Message-

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-01 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
experiments enough they have to get comfortable with php. Scripting is the gateway drug. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: Hi all code4lib-bers, As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF Compression

2012-10-28 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
. Uncompressing in the future should be a primary factor in selecting a compression program. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Oct 24, 2012 12:09 PM, danielle plumer dcplu...@gmail.com wrote: As you probably know, you can compress PDFs by compressing or flattening the layers (most useful for born-digital materials

Re: [CODE4LIB] Are any facial recognition APIs available?

2012-10-26 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
there now. http://creatingwithcode.com/howto/face-detection-in-static-images-with-python/ Kam On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Wilhelmina Randtke rand...@gmail.com wrote: I used face.com 's facial recognition API, when it was available, to do a project where I tagged some people

[CODE4LIB] Are any facial recognition APIs available?

2012-10-25 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
for me. Does anyone here know of an available API for recognizing and tagging faces in photos? -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

2012-08-15 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Exactly, vote taken. Done. Preference was not even close. -Wilhelmina On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Carol Bean beanwo...@gmail.com wrote: No. Just no. Vote taken. Preferences noted. Done. Carol Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2012, at 4:50 AM, Graham Triggs grahamtri...@gmail.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Archival Software

2012-08-10 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
platforms can do this, and what's the status on developing this in a variety of platforms? How are people doing this at your institutions? -Wilhelmina Randtke On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote: How about Omeka? Need to consider the library standards because eventually you

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDF manipulation

2012-08-07 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
had 30,000 PDFs to index. If I had 500, then manually looking at each would probably have been more efficient. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Yong Tang yongtan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am a full time information science student and a part time LAMP server

[CODE4LIB] Dublin Core commonly required elements

2012-07-11 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Dublin Core elements are mandatory for that federated search? -Wilhelmina Randtke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Putting several small databases online.

2012-06-28 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Strong argument for some kind of informal hosting or assistance with this type of thing done between the universities. -Wilhelmina On Jun 28, 2012 12:38 PM, Matthew Zimmerman mzimmer...@brynmawr.edu wrote: Aside from the technical considerations, just be sure you really want to host these and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Studying the email list

2012-06-05 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
approval is a bad career move, it's also unethical to go to the IRB with things that aren't supposed to go there because then you are bogging down the approval process or distracting the IRB in the decisions it is supposed to make. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Joseph Montibello

[CODE4LIB] What projects are using UIMA (Unstructured Information Management Architecture)?

2012-06-02 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
how difficult it was to implement, and get a feel for the quality of the metadata produced. Are there any library projects which maybe aren't using this, but which are using coding to index documents and create metadata? -Wilhelmina Randtke