[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Scholarship Coordinator, University of Houston Libraries

*POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT* *DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP COORDINATOR* *UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LIBRARIES* *Responsibilities:* Reporting to Head of Digital Research Services, the coordinator will partner with colleagues and units within the Libraries to advance digital research services and activities,

[CODE4LIB] C4L17 Panel voting is now open

Greetings! Code4Lib 2017 panel voting is now open, and will remain open until Dec. 7, 2016 11:59pm PST. http://vote.code4lib.org/election/43 Vote early, Vote often! -Code4Lib 2017 Program Committee

[CODE4LIB] C4L17 Presentation voting is open

Top of the morning to ya! Voting for Code4Lib 2017 conference presentations is now open and will remain open until Dec. 7, 2016, 11:59pm PST. http://vote.code4lib.org/election/42 Vote early, Vote often! - The Code4Lib 2017 Program Committee

Re: [CODE4LIB] C4L17 Presentation voting is open

This presentation is listed twice, since the title got messed up in one: Out-of-the-Box, In-a-Box, or Outside the Box? Lessons from an Environmental Scan of Digital Library Systems Roy On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 6:39 AM, Whitni

Re: [CODE4LIB] Post-election reflections for Code4Lib

> On Nov 15, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > > Eric, I think these are questions that go far beyond online services. My > public library carries books with descriptions such as: "Learn to interpret > and understand the cosmic language being spoken by the crystals, and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Post-election reflections for Code4Lib

Your point is well taken, but I need to push back on it. Organizations can in fact understand things in a collective way. Karen Coyle's point about labeling fringe topics is a good example: the organization has to have a system (or "algorithm") for deciding how to present "fringe" content to

[CODE4LIB] Call for Papers - 2017 IFLA International News Media Conference: A Joint session of News Media and IT sections

Call for Papers 2017 IFLA International News Media Conference Theme: Collecting, Preserving, and Transforming the News for Research and the Public Dates: 27-28 April 2017 Location: Landsbókasafn Íslands Háskólabókasafn (The National and University Library of Iceland) Reykjavík, Iceland

[CODE4LIB] [Feedback/help wanted] Mobile app open source project

Hi everyone, I've been working on a project called Nete that enables public libraries/schools to very easily deploy their own mobile applications. The intention is to make public libraries more accessible to a mobile-first generation, and potentially more engaged with their patrons. I am looking

Re: [CODE4LIB] Post-election reflections for Code4Lib

I spent about 15 years of my professional life growing crystals for scientific research. I would be offended if I went to a library and found a book on " the cosmic language being spoken by crystals" next to Alan Holden and Phylis Morrison's "Crystals and Crystal Growing". But physical