Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-23 Thread Shaun Ellis
Isn't this why we have an anti-harrassment policy? Why not hold zoia (and all bots) accountable to the code of conduct like everyone else? If zoia says something that makes you feel uncomfortable, then speak up and we will take appropriate measures by removing the plugin or removing that

Re: [CODE4LIB] : Persian Romanization table

2013-01-23 Thread Jacobs, Jane W
If you want to work with MARC records, you can use MARC::Detrans (http://search.cpan.org/~esummers/MARC-Detrans-1.41/) The trick is you will need a config file for Persian. You also have to decide whether you want to use MARC-8 or UTF-8 before you construct the config file. We�ve done

[CODE4LIB] C4L2013 Game Night - UIC Library - Tuesday 11th, 7:30 pm

2013-01-23 Thread Jon Gorman
Hi all, Thanks to Francis, we've got a room for the game night at the UIC Library. Looks like it'll start at 7:30 pm, to give folks time to get dinner. Not sure yet how late it can go. I'm going to be updating/modifying info on the social wiki (will move some of the stuff out to it's own

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-23 Thread Karen Coyle
Speak up only works if the speaker is treated with respect. If, instead, the speaker is assailed with a litany of you shouldn't think that and you're spoiling our fun, then I doubt if you will get many speakers. There needs to be a procedure for dealing with speaking up that doesn't resemble

[CODE4LIB] Job: Front-End Developer at University of Wisconsin-Madison

2013-01-23 Thread jobs
UW-Madison Libraries need a front-end developer. We pay well, and we hold a lot of developer meetings lakeside with some of the state's best beverages. We're primarily a Ruby-on-Rails dev shop, with lots of interactive digital collection focused work on the horizon. We'll likely stand up

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-23 Thread Shaun Ellis
Karen, yes, there is a procedure for dealing with speaking up: // Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. If a participant engages in harassing behavior, organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender,

[CODE4LIB] Thoughts on Code4lib

2013-01-23 Thread Patrick Berry
Hi, I'm Pat and I have a bit of a long story for you. I work at California State University, Chico. I'm new to the library world. I don't have a MLS. I don't have a degree in computer science, computer engineering, or management systems. I have a BS in Biology. When I got my degree the

[CODE4LIB] DEADLINE EXTENSION: CFP for ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2013

2013-01-23 Thread McDonald, Robert H.
The following submission deadlines for the 2013 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)  have been extended:    Full paper submissions are due 4 February 2013 Short paper, panel, poster, demonstration submissions are due 8 February 2013. Workshop and tutorial demonstration submissions are

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

2013-01-23 Thread Jason Griffey
FWIW: All of the card-readers I've tested (Square, Paypal) require their particular apps to read...there's no generic output that's readable by the device. At least on iOS, access to the camera is via an API only accessible by an app, which means no generic browser based access to the camera

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digitization Preservation Librarian at McGill University

2013-01-23 Thread jobs
**Digitization Preservation Librarian** eScholarship, ePublishing Digitization Appointment: Tenure track Assistant or Associate Librarian depending upon experience Duration: Initial three-year appointment with possibility for renewal Salary: Commensurate with experience The

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Asset Metadata and Taxonomy Specialist for a Motion Picture Studio at Thought Equity Motion

2013-01-23 Thread jobs
Digital Asset Metadata and Taxonomy Specialist for a Motion Picture Studio The Digital Asset Metadata and Taxonomy Specialist is a mid-level position for a detail oriented and hard-working professional with the energy and passion for working with basic and complex metadata structures. This person

[CODE4LIB] Job: Visiting Research Programmer for Repository Development at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2013-01-23 Thread jobs
Position available immediately. This is a full-time, three-year visiting academic professional appointment in the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Library Software Development Group. Position may become permanent dependent on funding. Duties and Responsibilities: As part of a team

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

2013-01-23 Thread Ron Gilmour
I'll second Jason's Bluetooth recommendation. I was involved in a mapping project in which we needed to gather barcodes from books at particular locations in the stacks. We used this cordless scannerhttp://us.cipherlab.com/catalog.asp?CatID=8SubcatID=11ProdID=255and connected it via bluetooth to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

2013-01-23 Thread Doran, Michael D
Hi Stephen, From: ... Jason Griffey If I were doing this, I'd look into using a bluetooth scanner in combo with the tablet. For reading book barcodes (e.g. codabar) I would second Jason's suggestion. We used the CipherLab 1660 Bluetooth barcode scanner when we were field testing an iPad

[CODE4LIB] Job: Head of Digital Initiatives at Ohio State University

2013-01-23 Thread jobs
The Ohio State University Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Head, Digital Initiativesto lead the evolution of digital library services and collections that support the research and teaching needs of theUniversity. The successful candidate will work collaboratively

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

2013-01-23 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Jan 23, 2013, at 12:34 PM, Stephen Francoeur wrote: We're looking into ways that tablets might be used by library staff assisting patrons in a long line at the circ desk. With a tablet, an additional staff person could pick folks off the line who might have things that can be handled on a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Tablets to help with circulation services

2013-01-23 Thread Ian Walls
The original (white) Square reader is unencrypted, and the output can be read by an app, but you'll need to a) know how to write an app for the platform(s) you wish, and b) figure out how to decode the serial data, which isn't particularly well documented out there in the world. If you're using

[CODE4LIB] Anyone have a SUSHI client?

2013-01-23 Thread Bill Dueber
[Background: SUSHI http://www.niso.org/committees/SUSHI/SUSHI_comm.htmlis a SOAP protocol for getting data on use of electronic resources in the COUNTER format] I'm just starting to look at trying to get COUNTER data via SUSHI into our data warehouse, and I'm discovering that apparently no one

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

2013-01-23 Thread Fitchett, Deborah
Shaun: and yet when people spoke up on this mailing list about not being comfortable with Zoia, part of the response included people telling them essentially you're spoiling our fun. It wasn't the only response, and I do note that things seem to be moving to reforming Zoia, which contributes