[CODE4LIB] veraPDF 0.12 released alongside first version of wiki validation rules

The latest software release features improved PDF/A-2b and PDF/A-3b validation and the fully featured REST API. veraPDF 0.12 has the following features: Conformance checker: * PDF/A-2 and PDF-A/3 improvements: implemented checks for optional content, JPEG2000 requirements * full compliance with

[CODE4LIB] Science Boot Camp Southeast Deadline for Lightning Talk Proposals

Deadline for Lightning Talk Proposals: Monday, April 11, 2016 Do you and your library have a new project, program, partnership, or tool that you would like to share with your fellow Science Boot Camp attendees? If so, please propose a Lightning Talk! The Lightning Talks will last 5 minutes per

[CODE4LIB] Seeking Nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair MARC Formats Transition Interest Group

** Please Excuse Cross Posting ** The MARC Formats Transition Interest Group is seeking volunteer nominations for a new Chair and Vice-Chair. The Chair will be appointed for one year (2017-1018), and the Vice-Chair will be appointed for two years (2017-2018 as Vice-Chair and 2018-2019 as

[CODE4LIB] CFP: 2016 Universal Technology Management Conference (UTMC) - USA

2016 Universal Technology Management Conference (UTMC) Bemidji State University, Minnesota, USA May 26-28, 2016 http://sdiwc.net/conferences/itmc2016/ The event will be held over three days, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community, including presentations

[CODE4LIB] Job: Archives Technician at Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

Archives Technician Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA Part-time position; 6-month contract with possibility for extension; no benefits 19 hrs/week; $14/hr The Presbyterian Historical Society seeks an Archives Technician to assist with the development of digital collections

[CODE4LIB] SomCom Technology DRM

All, We've got a copy of this book of abstracts for presentations at a chemical engineering conference in 2005: http://odin-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/und:und_all:ODIN_ALEPH006134188 It's got a CD-ROM included with the full papers for hundreds of them, and now we have a patron who wants

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

I would suggest that librarians are interested in, among other things, promoting information literacy skills to our patrons. According to ACRL's Standards for Information Literacy in Higher Education (2000 edition): http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/standards/standards.pdf

[CODE4LIB] Reminder and thanks: Study on the Organization and Structure of Cataloging Units in Academic Libraries

Apologies for Cross-Posting *Study on the Organization and Structure of Cataloging Units in Academic Libraries* Thank you to everyone that has completed this survey. If you have taken the survey, please disregard this message. You are being invited to participate in a research

[CODE4LIB] chiCode4Lib mini-conference - registration open

Come join us for a chiCode4Lib mini-conference (get together, hangout, trading of ideas, if you will) on Monday, May 23rd. We'll meet at *Paul V. Galvin Library* on Illinois Institute of Technology's Mies campus. The event is scheduled from 9am-5pm (ish). this will allow

[CODE4LIB] CFP: MSState Libraries Scholarly Communications Summit: The State of Data Services

Cross-posted. The Mississippi State University Libraries Scholarly Communication Summit: The State of Data Services will be held on Friday, July 22, 2016. Micah Vandegrift will join us as our keynote, presenting "Digital, Data, Documentation? We're not in ScholComm Kansas Anymore."

Re: [CODE4LIB] SomCom Technology DRM

I don't know what version of Windows you're running, but make sure you try to launch the executable ​or the command prompt window ​ as an administrator ​ (even if you're logged in as an admin).​ ​ I imagine that anything that tries to have the system listen on port 103 would require elevated

[CODE4LIB] RFP: HTRC Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS), Spring 2016

The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) is seeking proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS) project awards. These awards are modeled in the form of HTRC staff time to collaborate on the proposed project during the award period. Awardees can be individual scholars or a team of scholars.

[CODE4LIB] Job posting: Digital Metadata Librarian at Mountain West Digital Library

*** apologies for cross-posting *** Mountain West Digital Library Digital Metadata Librarian Full consideration date extended to April 8, 2016 The Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) seeks an energetic, innovative, and accomplished professional for the position of Digital Metadata Librarian.