[CODE4LIB] Job - Software Developer - Aberystwyth, Wales

2010-06-07 Thread Dan Field
We're looking to hire another developer at the National Library of Wales: http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1189 -- Dan FieldFfôn/Tel. +44 1970 632 582 Peiriannydd Meddalwedd Senior Software Engineer Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Re: [CODE4LIB] drupal question

2010-06-07 Thread Jill Ellern
At this point I'm just investigating our options. The campus is using RedDot and clamps us down significantly on what we can do on it. (I'm reminded of the words from the theme from Outer Limits..."we control the vertical and the horizontal"...lol) I thought it might be nice to play with our

Re: [CODE4LIB] Twitter annotations and library software

2010-06-07 Thread Jay Luker
Hi all, I found this thread rather interesting and figured I'd try and revive the convo since apparently some things have been happening in the twitter annotation space in the past month. I just read on techcrunch that testing of the annotation features will commence next week [1]. Also it appears

Re: [CODE4LIB] DOI Question

2010-06-07 Thread Witt, Michael C.
Although CrossRef is the best known, there are a handful of other agencies that issue DOIs with different missions, implementations, and governance. One example that may be of interest is DataCite [1], which was formed by a consortium of national and research libraries to persist links to resea

Re: [CODE4LIB] [code4lib-midwest] code4lib "midwest"

2010-06-07 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
> This group has been pretty quiet! What's the status of the meeting, > Eric? How many people are signed up? We are now up to sixteen registrants (Woot!), and we have a growing number of Lightning Talks outlined: * bibliographies; the future of * bilingual subject heading web service * FRBR

Re: [CODE4LIB] [code4lib-midwest] code4lib "midwest" [agenda and challenge]

2010-06-07 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
> We are now up to sixteen registrants (Woot!)... Here is our tentative Friday agenda for the "Midwest" Meeting: * 10 o'clock - Meet & greet * 10:30 - Show & Tell / Lighting Talks * Noon - Lunch at the Dining Hall * 1 o'clock - Tour of campus * 2:30 - Code4Lib Challenge * 3:30 - Hack

[CODE4LIB] ALA annual program: What Is Your Library Doing about Emerging Technologies?

2010-06-07 Thread Bohyun Kim
What Is Your Library Doing about Emerging Technologies? Date/Time: June 26, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Location: Washington Convention Center -103B A new job title of “Emerging Technology Librarian” seems to reflect an awareness among today’s libraries that there is a need for a librarians w

Re: [CODE4LIB] Twitter annotations and library software

2010-06-07 Thread Rod McFarland
We've been twitting new resources for a while now at @ubcnewbooks and I added annotations when the topic came up last time. Until just now the annotation was: { subject:"LC subject", isbn: "ISBN13", call_number:"(local) call number", author:

[CODE4LIB] ALA Annual Program: 'You've found it, now what?!' Extended Services in Next Generations Catalogs: LITA Next Generation Catalog IG

2010-06-07 Thread Schwartz, Raymond
'You've found it, now what?!' Extended Services in Next Generations Catalogs: LITA Next Generation Catalog IG session at ALA Annual on Monday, June 28, 2010, 1:30-3:30pm, HIL-Columbia 8 Discovery is not the only problem to be solved. Patrons need other services and tools to use the information

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [CODE4LIB] DOI Question

2010-06-07 Thread Carol Anne Meyer
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[CODE4LIB] Avanti Nova

2010-06-07 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Avanti Library Systems will soon release Nova, a semantic mapping system that can be used in a variety of contexts. It is initially being developed to be used as an online catalog. However, the Nova software is very general and can also be used to implement topic maps, content management systems

Re: [CODE4LIB] [code4lib-midwest] code4lib "midwest" [agenda and challenge]

2010-06-07 Thread Rob Casson
Solr will surely get mentioned/used during the meeting, so it might be worth your time to attend Erik Hatcher's webinar on Thursday, "Rapid Prototyping Search Applications with Solr": http://www.lucidimagination.com/solutions/events should be a great crash course for the unfamiliar. cheers,