[CODE4LIB] Announcement: ruby-marc 0.8.2 re-released as version 1.0.0

2015-01-28 Thread Bill Dueber
whose work on encodings (including MARC-8!!) has been relentless. -Bill Dueber, for the ruby-marc contributors- ​ -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

[CODE4LIB] Traject 2.0.0 released: index MARC into Solr with ruby

2015-02-19 Thread Bill Dueber
github.com/billdueber/ht_traject> provides another (potentially overly)-complex real-life set of configuration files. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback for this release! ​Feel free to contact me with questions directly, or add issues/ pull requests to the github project <https://git

Re: [CODE4LIB] Adding authority control to IR's that don't have it built in

2013-01-29 Thread Bill Dueber
many > > names, entities that change names, merge or whatever over time, etc). > > > > The two most obvious solutions to me are to write an app that provides > this > > information interactively as the query is typed (requires access to the > > search box) or to have a record that serves as a disambiguation page > (might > > not be noticed by the user for a variety of reasons). Are there other > > options, and what do you recommend? > > > > Thanks, > > > > kyle > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Adding authority control to IR's that don't have it built in

2013-01-29 Thread Bill Dueber
ael Witt used the FAST AutoSuggest as > part of their databib project [1]. But are you talking about bringing > the data down for a local index? > > //Ed > > [1] http://databib.org/ > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Bill Dueber wrote: > > Has anyone created a nice l

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Conference streaming?

2013-01-30 Thread Bill Dueber
t; > Margaret Heller > > > > Margaret Heller > > Digital Services Librarian > > Loyola University Chicago > > 773.508.2686 > > > > >>> Tom Keays 01/29/13 20:36 PM >>> > > I was wondering if talks from the conference would be streamed this year? > > It was really great to have it the last time I was unable to attend. > > > > Tom > > > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] conf presenters: a kind request

2013-02-04 Thread Bill Dueber
you can probably do to > prepare (maybe this is obvious) is practice your presentation in advance, > with a timer, just once. In front of a friend or just by yourself. Did you > finish on time, and get at least half of what was important in? Then you're > done preparing, that was

Re: [CODE4LIB] Why we need multiple discovery services engine?

2013-02-04 Thread Bill Dueber
gt; >A bunch more discussion of these issues is included in my blog post at: > > > http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/article-search-improvement-strateg > >y/ > > > >From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on beha

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location

2013-02-05 Thread Bill Dueber
ur name on your computer *and your power adapter.* Things can get...confusing. -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] library date parsing

2013-02-07 Thread Bill Dueber
seems to be weak, though, because I don't > seem to be able to Google/find it. Was it just a crazy dream or does > anyone know what I'm talking about (and how to find it)? > > Thanks, > Kevin > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] A Responsibility to Encourage Better Browsers ( ? )

2013-02-19 Thread Bill Dueber
at do you think? > > Michael | Front End Librarian | www.ns4lib.com > > * Why, you may ask, did I not suggest IE9? Well, IE9 isn't exactly the > experience we'd prefer them to have, but also according to our analytics > the huge majority of old IE users are on Windows X

[CODE4LIB] ISBN/LCCN normalization for Solr

2013-06-13 Thread Bill Dueber
​ and instructions on what to do with it. ​Get it while it's hot at https://github.com/billdueber/solr-libstdnum-normalize​ -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

[CODE4LIB] New perl module MARC::File::MiJ -- marc-in-json for perl

2013-07-15 Thread Bill Dueber
bfields-to-json/>, including the (incompatible) one implemented in the MARC::File::JSON<http://search.cpan.org/~cfouts/MARC-File-JSON-0.002/lib/MARC/File/JSON.pm>module] -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

[CODE4LIB] Ruby AlephSequential file reader

2013-08-19 Thread Bill Dueber
ll requests are *always *in fashion ("...at the Copa...") -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] A Proposal to serialize MARC in JSON

2013-09-03 Thread Bill Dueber
s have come in, > such as Solr and Elasticsearch. Any ideas on how one could alter (or > propose a new format) more suited to the mechanisms of these two search > platforms? > > Any example implemantations would be also really appreciated, > > thank you in advance > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Good MARC PHP Libraries,

2013-09-26 Thread Bill Dueber
gt; I think File_MARC is the standard: > >>> http://pear.php.net/package/File_MARC/ > >>>> > >>>> Are there others? > >>>> > >>>> Best, > >>>> Eric > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Riley Childs > > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Does anyone know of any good MARC PHP Libraries, I am struggling to > >>> create > >>>>> MARC records out of our proprietary database. > >>>>> > >>>>> Riley Childs > >>>>> Junior and Library Tech Manager > >>>>> Charlotte United Christian Academy > >>>>> +1 (704) 497-2086 > >>>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>>> Please excuse mistakes > >>> > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] ANNOUNCEMENT: Traject MARC->Solr indexer release

2013-10-15 Thread Bill Dueber
> 1.) Do you have any thoughts on extending traject to index other types of > data--say MODS--into solr, in the future? > > 2.) What's the etymology of 'traject'? > > - Tom > > > On Oct 14, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > > Jonathan Rochki

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC field lengths

2013-10-16 Thread Bill Dueber
- > >Karen Coyle > >kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > >m: 1-510-435-8234 > >skype: kcoylenet > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC field lengths

2013-10-16 Thread Bill Dueber
gt; >>> > >>> -Sean > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 10/16/13 1:06 PM, "Karen Coyle" wrote: > >>> > >>> Anybody have data for the average length of specific MARC fields in > some > >>>> reasonably representative database? I mainly need 100, 245, 6xx. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> kc > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Karen Coyle > >>>> kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > >>>> m: 1-510-435-8234 > >>>> skype: kcoylenet > >>>> > >>> > > -- > > Karen Coyle > > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > > m: 1-510-435-8234 > > skype: kcoylenet > > > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC field lengths

2013-10-16 Thread Bill Dueber
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Sean Hannan wrote: >>>> >>>> That sounds like a request for Roy to fire up the ole OCLC Hadoop. >>>> >>>>> -Sean >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 10/16/13 1:06 PM, "Karen Coyle" wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Anybody have data for the average length of specific MARC fields in >>>>> some >>>>> >>>>>> reasonably representative database? I mainly need 100, 245, 6xx. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> kc >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Karen Coyle >>>>>> kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net >>>>>> m: 1-510-435-8234 >>>>>> skype: kcoylenet >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>> Karen Coyle >>> kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net >>> m: 1-510-435-8234 >>> skype: kcoylenet >>> >>> > -- > Karen Coyle > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC field lengths

2013-10-16 Thread Bill Dueber
ing whether anyone here thinks that there is any concern > about traversing the WEM structure for each search and display. Does it > matter if every display of author in a Manifestation has to connect M-E-W? > Or is that a concern, like space, that is no longer relevant? > > kc > >

Re: [CODE4LIB] The lie of the API

2013-12-02 Thread Bill Dueber
problems, of course) because I want them to be *useful* and *used. * -Bill, apparently feeling a little bitter this morning - -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?

2013-12-09 Thread Bill Dueber
ancy and say, "Give me X number of > > > >>METS records that wrap TIFFs and JPGs and that uses MODS, etc." > > > >>That's not as trivial as hooking into an lorem ipsum machine, but > it'd > > > >>be pretty cool, imho. > > > >> > > > >>Kevin > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. < > > > >>pottinge...@missouri.edu> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd > > > >>> better take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me that > > > >>> there's a service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like > > > >>> "Lorem Ipsum" but you feed it your fields and it gives you nonsense > > > >>> metadata back. But, it looks right enough for testing. Yesterday, I > > > >>> had to make up about 50 rows of fake metadata to test some code > that > > > >>> handles paging in a UI, and I had to make it all up by hand. This > > > >>> hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such a service exists, and > > > >>> link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or else, I may > just > > > >>> make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to go coding > > > >>> some new service if it already exists, because that sort of thing > is > > > >>> for chumps. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> HARDY POTTINGER University of Missouri > > > >>> Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ > > > >>> https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ > > > >>> "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] membership recommendations

2010-08-26 Thread Bill Dueber
ttitude, music with a good beat and --- often --- loud guitars.© > 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. > > This communication is a confidential and proprietary business > communication. It is intended solely for the use of the designated > recipient(s). If this communication is r

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARCXML - What is it for?

2010-10-25 Thread Bill Dueber
sm > -- > Stephen Meyer > Library Application Developer > UW-Madison Libraries > 436 Memorial Library > 728 State St. > Madison, WI 53706 > > sme...@library.wisc.edu > 608-265-2844 (ph) > > > "Just don't let the human factor fail to be a factor at all." > - Andrew Bird, "Tables and Chairs" > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARCXML - What is it for?

2010-10-25 Thread Bill Dueber
lize that and do something about it, then, well, I think you're just plain wrong. -Bill- -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARCXML - What is it for?

2010-10-25 Thread Bill Dueber
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Alexander Johannesen < alexander.johanne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Political? For sure. Engineering? Not so much. Ok. Solve it. Let us know when you're done. -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARCXML - What is it for?

2010-10-25 Thread Bill Dueber
x27;ve got some insight, I'm sure we're all ears, but try to frame it terms of the existing work if you can (RDA, some of the dublin core stuff, etc.) so we have a frame of reference. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Bill Dueber wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Alexander Joha

Re: [CODE4LIB] PHP vs. Python [was: Re: Django]

2010-10-29 Thread Bill Dueber
es of research literature, and it choses to ignore all of that and decide to throw a committee of librarians (or whomever else happens to be in the building at the time) at it based on the vague idea that librarians are just that much smarter (or cheaper) than everyone else (I'm looking at you, usab

Re: [CODE4LIB] Which O'Reilly books should we give away at Code4Lib 2011?

2010-12-14 Thread Bill Dueber
gs we need done. > > > Amen. Does anyone have helpful things to say about choosing between > CouchDB and MongoDB? > > > Thomas Dowling > tdowl...@ohiolink.edu > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] CouchDB and MongoDB (was: Re: O'Reilly books...)

2010-12-14 Thread Bill Dueber
DB > and CouchDB. Do you? > Well, the ones I was thinking of were Terrastore, Raven (windows), and Persevere, but I don't actually have any experience with them except a little with persevere, and its website (www.persvr.org) seems to be gone. Terrastore looks to be the most mature. -- Bil

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2011 Update

2011-01-18 Thread Bill Dueber
ur devices just for the conf. > > > > I would suggest you make sure IT is assuming that NOT "everyone" will > > have 802.11n -- there's no way that's going to happen. > > > > Jonathan > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] A/B Testing Catalogs and Such

2011-01-26 Thread Bill Dueber
> forward. So help a guy out, and save me from having to read another survey > of 12 undergrads that is "proof positive" of changes I need to make. > > Thanks! > > *Sean Moore* > Web Application Programmer > *Phone*: (504) 314-7784 > *Email*: cmoo...@tulane.edu &

Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder: Newcomer dinner and Ribbons

2011-02-07 Thread Bill Dueber
o for Crazy Horse, I've put > mine in the Wiki. > >> > >> FYI, I'm one of the ones who signed up for the Crazy Horse. I assume > we'll meet in the lobby at 6? > >> > >> r. > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > Jakub > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder: Newcomer dinner and Ribbons

2011-02-07 Thread Bill Dueber
27;m concerned others might others > be planning to show up then -- or maybe y'all have been in touch along the > way. Regardless, I'll be there at 5:30. > > -Birkin > > --- > Birkin James Diana > Programmer, Digital Technologies > Brown University Library > b

Re: [CODE4LIB] VuFind Beyond MARC slides

2011-02-11 Thread Bill Dueber
re/BrowseProjects.jspa#all > >> > >> Finally, a more formal web presence will be available soon in the > >> coming weeks including more detailed instructions on how to download, > >> install, and try out existing Hydra heads. > >> > >> Thanks! >

[CODE4LIB] Bad numbers in my lightning talk (e.g. 45% of sessions have one action: search)

2011-02-15 Thread Bill Dueber
. I'm trying to do due-diligence, but anyone passed a copy of my slides to anyone, please make sure they get the better numbers. -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] stats for the conference video?

2011-02-17 Thread Bill Dueber
Cha: 16 You must've been watching a different crowd than the rest of us :-) On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Simon Spero wrote: > Str: 11 > Dex: 3 > Con: 8 > Int: 16: > Wis: 18 > Cha: 16 > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] LAMP Hosting service that supports php_yaz?

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Dueber
a critical mission of the college and someone needs to be up in arms about it. If you haven't even asked them, well, maybe you should. -Bill, who spent his first two years in a library dealing with crappy old PHP code from long-gone students -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] LAMP Hosting service that supports php_yaz?

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Dueber
t going to get done. Go explain it to the dean." Kudos to you for doing stuff on your own time (and your own dime, no less). And please don't let my little rant scare you off. Turning good, wholesome librarians into...er...whatever it is that most of us here are...is what we do best :-)

Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data

2011-04-08 Thread Bill Dueber
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Ross Singer wrote: > But, yeah, it would be worth running your ideas by a few catalogers to > see what they think. > And if anyone does this...please please *please* write it up! -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data

2011-04-08 Thread Bill Dueber
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Shirley Lincicum wrote: > Ross is essentially correct. Education is an authorized subject term > that can be subdivided geographically. Finance is a free-floating > subdivision that is authorized for use under subject terms that > conform to parameters given in the

Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data

2011-04-08 Thread Bill Dueber
2011/4/8 Karen Miller > I hope I'm not pointing out the obvious, That made me laugh so hard I almost ruptured something. Thank you so much for such a complete (please, god, tell me it's complete...) explanation. It's a little depressing, but at least now I now why I'm d

Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data

2011-04-17 Thread Bill Dueber
vision can sometimes be interrupted by the interposition of a $x > topical subdivision, but I haven't determined whether this is a legacy > exception (the ones that came to mind were related to subtopics of the US > Civil War, which seems inevitable given that the first elements are > "United > States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--"). > > Simon > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you wish you had time to learn?

2011-04-26 Thread Bill Dueber
includes > > > > > > CouchDB(NoSQL in general) > > neo4j > > nodejs > > prototype > > API Mashups > > R > > > > Don't be afraid to include Latin or Greek History. I'm just going for a > > snapshot of System angst at not knowi

Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you wish you had time to learn?

2011-04-28 Thread Bill Dueber
that we can use a class in cooking in addition to guitar playing at > the next conference : ) > > > > Hey, there's a Cooking for Geek authored by Jeff Potter. [1] > Perhaps we should invite him to do a workshop and raffle the books. > > > ranti. > > [1] http://www

[CODE4LIB] Changes coming to the Library::CallNumber::LC perl module

2011-05-05 Thread Bill Dueber
ble change which warrants some discussion. But none of this matters until someone steps up and adopts it. Code is at https://library-callnumber-lc.googlecode.com/ (a move to GitHub might make sense, too) -- step right up and take your chances! -Bill- -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seth Godin on The future of the library

2011-05-19 Thread Bill Dueber
This is probably why DOAJ gets decent > adoption. But of course, this still requires SOME group to be willing to > perform these activities, and for the content/package to remain free, they > either have to get some kind of outside funding (e.g., donations) or be > willing to volunteer their services. > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] is this valid marc ?

2011-05-19 Thread Bill Dueber
0.4.2) to parse some marc files I > get > >>> from a partner. > >>> > >>> The 856 field is splitted over 2 lines, causing the ruby library to > >>> ignore > >>> it (I've patched it to overcome this issue) but I want to know if this > >>> kind > >>> of marc is valid ? > >>> > >>> =LDR 00638nam 2200181uu 4500 > >>> =001 cla-MldNA01 > >>> =008 080101s2008\\\|fre|| > >>> =040 \\$aMy Provider > >>> =041 0\$afre > >>> =245 10$aThis Subject > >>> =260 \\$aParis$bJ. Doe$c2008 > >>> =490 \\$aSome topic > >>> =650 1\$aNarratif, Autre forme > >>> =655 \7$abook$2lcsh > >>> =752 \\$aA Place on earth > >>> =776 \\$dParis: John Doe and Cie, 1973 > >>> =856 \2$qtext/html > >>> =856 > \\$uhttp://www.this-link-will-not-be-retrieved-by-ruby-marc-library > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> James L. > >>> > >> > >> > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] What does my solr index have against carbon dioxide?

2011-05-27 Thread Bill Dueber
o search for Greek letters by name (alpha, > beta, etc.), is there a better way than to use synonmyms.txt? > > Δ,δ,delta > > > TIA > > -- > Thomas Dowling > tdowl...@ohiolink.edu > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] stemming in author search?

2011-06-14 Thread Bill Dueber
"pluralizing" an author's last > name in an inappropriate way for instance. > > So, wanna say on the list, if you are using a Solr-based catalog, are you > using stemmed fields for your author searches? Curious what people end up > doing. If there are any other more c

Re: [CODE4LIB] Advice on a class

2011-07-28 Thread Bill Dueber
a subtle powerful language with bad > syntax and weak libraries. I certainly wouldn't recommend it to start > with. > > Cary Gordon wrote: > > There are still plenty of opportunities for Cobol coders, but I > > wouldn't recommend that either. > > Java is the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries

2011-10-08 Thread Bill Dueber
> Library, LibraryThing, Goodreads, OCLC. > > So, what are you folks doing with APIs? > > Thanks for any insight! > > Kind regards, > > Jason > > -- > Jason Paul Michel > User Experience Librarian > Miami University Libraries > Oxford, Ohio 45044 > twitter:jpmichel > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] ISBN Regular Expression

2011-10-22 Thread Bill Dueber
check Drupal...or GitHub. > Thank > > you both! The Ruby version is super simple, but I believe for my purposes > > (coverted to PHP anyway) it should suffice. The Drupal module's version > also > > seems to go the route of simple as opposed to exact matching. > &

Re: [CODE4LIB] ISBN Regular Expression

2011-10-24 Thread Bill Dueber
gt; >>> The only thing I'm doing which is abnormal is that I am not requiring > the > >>> hyphenation or spaces between numbers since some of this data will be > >>> coming > >>> from a system, and some will be coming from human input. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Brendon Kozlowski > >>> Web Administrator > >>> Saratoga Springs Public Library > >>> 49 Henry Street > >>> Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866 > >>> [518] 584-7860 x217 > >>> > >>> Please consider the environment before printing this message. > >>> > >>> To report this message as spam, offensive, or if you feel you have > >>> received > >>> this in error, > >>> please send e-mail to ab...@sals.edu including the entire contents and > >>> subject of the message. > >>> It will be reviewed by staff and acted upon appropriately. > >>> > >> > >> > > > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] "Citation Analysis" - like projects for print resources

2011-11-17 Thread Bill Dueber
aCite meeting this summer who > was involved in a project to parse references in papers ... unfortunately, > I don't have that notebook here to check ... but I *think* it was John > Kunze. (and I don't think it was part of the person's presentation, but > something that I had picked up in the Q/A part) > > -Joe > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] marc in json

2011-12-01 Thread Bill Dueber
; > > > //Ed > > > > [1] > https://github.com/edsu/pymarc/commit/245ea6d7bceaec7215abe788d61a0b34a6cd849e > > [2] > http://dilettantes.code4lib.org/blog/2010/09/a-proposal-to-serialize-marc-in-json/ > > [3] > https://github.com/ruby-marc/ruby-marc/blob/ma

Re: [CODE4LIB] marc in json

2011-12-01 Thread Bill Dueber
56 AM, Gabriel Farrell > > wrote:> I suspect newline-delimited will win this race. > > Yes. Everyone please cast a vote for newline-delimited JSON. > > > > Is there any consensus on the appropriate mime type for ndj? > > > > Keith > > > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Sending html via ajax -vs- building html in js (was: jQuery Ajax request to update a PHP variable)

2011-12-08 Thread Bill Dueber
e saying, in essence, > >> "it's better to build your HTML in javascript than send it via ajax > >> and insert it." > >> > >> So, I'm wondering: Why? Is it an issue of data transfer size? Is there > >> a security issue lurking? Is it tediou

Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux Laptop

2011-12-14 Thread Bill Dueber
nymore. > > I'm curious what people can suggest for linux laptop? > Any suggestions for distros and hardware? > > thanks. b,chris. > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Metadata war stories...

2012-01-28 Thread Bill Dueber
o: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Metadata war stories... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 2012-01-25, at 10:06 AM, Becky Yoose wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> - Dirty data issues when switching discovery layers or using > >>>>>>> legacy/vendor metadata (ex. HathiTrust) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I have a sharp recollection of a slide in a presentation Roy Tennant > >>>>>> > >>>>> offered up at Access (at Halifax, maybe), where he offered up a > range > >>>> of > >>>> dates extracted from an array of OAI harvested records. The good, the > >>>> bad, > >>>> the incomprehensible, the useless-without-context (01/02/03 anyone?) > >>>> and on > >>>> and on. In my years of migrating data, I've seen most of those > >>>> variants. > >>>> (except ones *intended* to be BCE). > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Then there are the fielded data sets without authority control. My > >>>>>> > >>>>> favourite example comes from staff who nominally worked for me, so > I'm > >>>> not > >>>> telling tales out of school. The classic Dynix product had a > Newspaper > >>>> index module that we used before migrating it (PICK migrations; such a > >>>> joy). One title had twenty variations on "Georgetown Independent" (I > >>>> wish > >>>> I was kidding) and the dates ranged from the early ninth century until > >>>> nearly the 3rd millenium. (apparently there hasn't been much change in > >>>> local council over the centuries). > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> I've come to the point where I hand-walk the spatial metadata to > links > >>>>>> > >>>>> with to geonames.org for the linked open data. Never had to do it > for > >>>> a > >>>> set with more than 40,000 entries though. The good news is that it > >>>> isn't > >>>> hard to establish a valid additional entry when one is required. > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Walter > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Solr for Internal Searching

2008-08-05 Thread Bill Dueber
I have the sense that this is gaining traction in the library >> community. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do this? >> >> Thanks, >> >> - David >> >> >> >> --- >> David Cloutman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Electronic Services Librarian >> Marin County Free Library >> >> Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm >> > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zotero under attack

2008-09-29 Thread Bill Dueber
t;By clicking this, you agree..." Those kinds of contracts >> are >> questionable. It's an actual contract granting GMU a site license for the >> Endnote software, negotiated by Thomson and GMU and agreed to in writing >> on >> both sides. >> >> >

Re: [CODE4LIB] [Fwd: Re: [CODE4LIB] RDA - a standard that nobody will notice?]

2008-12-17 Thread Bill Dueber
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Diane I. Hillmann < metadata.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd suggest that some specific use cases for what would be gained by open > access and how that would provide value for libraries as well as the web > communities might be the most useful thing right now. I

[CODE4LIB] ANN: University of Michigan Live vuFind beta!

2009-02-11 Thread Bill Dueber
e upper-right corner. Thanks to everyone in all the various communities that have offered help and feedback! -Bill- -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Dueber
n of sufficient data types and reuse of those types whenever possible, separation of identity and value, full normalization of data, zero ambiguity in the relationship diagram as a fundamental tenet, and a rigorous mathematical model to describe how it all fits together. This is hard stuff. But it's wo

Re: [CODE4LIB] exact title searches with z39.50

2009-04-27 Thread Bill Dueber
query? I only want to find titles exactly > equalling "foo bar". > > -- > Eric Lease Morgan > University of Notre Dame > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] WARC file format now ISO standard

2009-06-03 Thread Bill Dueber
cation layer protocols, such as the > >>>>> Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Domain Name System (DNS), > >>>>> and File Transfer Protocol (FTP); > >>>>> * to store arbitrary metadata linked to other stored data > >>>>> (e.g. subject classifier, discovered language, encoding); > >>>>> * to support data compression and maintain data record integrity; > >>>>> * to store all control information from the harvesting protocol > >>>>> (e.g. request headers), not just response information; > >>>>> * to store the results of data transformations linked to other > >>>>> stored data; > >>>>> * to store a duplicate detection event linked to other stored > >>>>> data (to reduce storage in the presence of identical or > >>>>> substantially similar resources); > >>>>> * to be extended without disruption to existing functionality; > >>>>> * to support handling of overly long records by truncation or > >>>>> segmentation, where desired. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> more info here: > >>>>> http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000236.shtml > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > > > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] HTML mark-up in MARC records

2009-06-23 Thread Bill Dueber
; infra-structure, and it's depressing to watch how we as complex users >>> of MARC don't dare to extend it to become a format that does what it >>> should and need to do. >>> >>> Even *if* HTML in MARC records probably is a bad idea. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Alex >>> -- >>> Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic >>> Maps >>> --- http://shelter.nu/blog/-- >>> -- http://www.google.com/profiles/alexander.johannesen--- >>> >>> >>> >> -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open, public standards v. pay per view standards and usage

2009-07-16 Thread Bill Dueber
the hell goes in there without a lot more help. And if you were to have to pay for that help, many would rely on cheat-sheets or pattern-matching and it all goes to hell. -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] FW: PURL Server Update 2

2009-09-02 Thread Bill Dueber
l > agreement) was. > > You really don't need to have a document on the server to tell > user agents what to do. You can and should impose a network > policy on user agents which is far better solution in my opinion. > > > Andy. > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

[CODE4LIB] University of Michigan Solr filters for ISBN/LCCN and High Level Browse code available at github

2009-11-16 Thread Bill Dueber
t;clean up" code before release. Patches are, of course, always welcome. -Bill- -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Choosing development platforms and/or tools, how'd you do it?

2010-01-06 Thread Bill Dueber
platform, and have support for a lot of languages. Editors like Notepad++, EditPlus, Textmate jEdit, and BBEdit can all do very nice things with a variety of languages. -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] urldecode problem and CAS

2010-01-27 Thread Bill Dueber
gn translated to %3d >> >> Any ideas are appreciated. >> >> thanks >> >> -Jimmy >> >> >> -- >> Jimmy Ghaphery >> Head, Library Information Systems >> VCU Libraries >> http://www.library.vcu.edu >> -- >> > > -- > Jimmy Ghaphery > Head, Library Information Systems > VCU Libraries > http://www.library.vcu.edu > -- > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

[CODE4LIB] HathiTrust API

2010-02-23 Thread Bill Dueber
fworks Refworks tagged format http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005550418.rdf Perfunctory RDF document I'd love help getting the RDF more fleshed out, btw. Again -- if you need anything else, or if you, say, wrap a nice jQuery plugin around the BibAPI, please let me know! -Bill- Bill Du

Re: [CODE4LIB] HathiTrust API

2010-02-24 Thread Bill Dueber
; > > Did you shy away from adding the RIS and Refworks formats as links > because it wasn't clear what MIME type to use? > > I'd be interested in helping flesh out the RDF a bit if you are interested. > > //Ed > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Bill Dueber w

Re: [CODE4LIB] HathiTrust API

2010-02-24 Thread Bill Dueber
> Did you shy away from adding the RIS and Refworks formats as links > because it wasn't clear what MIME type to use? > > I'd be interested in helping flesh out the RDF a bit if you are interested. > > //Ed > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Bill Dueber wrote: >

Re: [CODE4LIB] HathiTrust API

2010-02-24 Thread Bill Dueber
t other than text/plain. > > Jonathan > > > ________ > From: Code for Libraries [code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Bill > Dueber [b...@dueber.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:47 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?

2010-03-05 Thread Bill Dueber
happen on a weekday. There would be more stuff > going > > on here on campus, as well as give everybody a break from their normal > work > > week. More specifically, I would suggest such an event take place on a > Friday > > so the poeple who stayed over night would not have to take so many days > off of > > work. > > > > > > >> 5. have a hack session > > > > > > It would be good to have 2 or 3 projects we can/should work on decided > > > ahead of time (in case no one has any good ideas at the time), and > > > perhaps a couple more inspired by the earlier presentations. > > > > > > > > True. > > > > -- > > ELM > > University of Notre Dame > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter

2010-03-05 Thread Bill Dueber
ind1 : " ", > ind2 : " ", > subfield : > [ >{ code : "a", data : "OCoLC" }, >{ code : "b", data : "eng" }, >{ code : "c", data : "OCoLC" }, >{ code : "d", data : "OCoLC-O" }, >{ code : "f", data : "fast" }, > ] >}, >{ > tag : "151", > ind1 : " ", > ind2 : " ", > subfield : > [ >{ code : "a", data : "Hawaii" }, >{ code : "z", data : "Diamond Head" } > ] >} > ] > } > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter

2010-03-05 Thread Bill Dueber
om/JacksonInFiveMinutes#Streaming_API_Example) are a little more daunting than I'd like them to be. Not wanting to argue unnecessarily, here; just adding input before things get effectively set in stone. -Bill- -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter

2010-03-05 Thread Bill Dueber
xml) for two technologies, one of which I don't like (that'd be marc-xml again). I really do understand the desire to make this parallel to marc-xml, but there's a seem between the two technologies that makes that a problematic approach. -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter

2010-03-05 Thread Bill Dueber
than non-streaming json, then this is mostly moot. I assert that for many people in this community it is one or the other, which is why I'm leery of it. -Bill- -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter

2010-03-05 Thread Bill Dueber
ng both a single record and a collection of records be valid JSON. And you, I think, don't :-) I'm going to bow out of this now, unless I've got some part of our positions wrong, to let any others that care (which may number zero) chime in. -Bill- -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter

2010-03-06 Thread Bill Dueber
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Houghton,Andrew wrote: > A way to fix this issue is to say that use cases #1 and #2 conform to > media type application/json and use case #3 conforms to a new media type > say: application/marc+json. This new application/marc+json media type now > becomes a libra

Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4Lib 2011 host is OPEN

2010-03-13 Thread Bill Dueber
gt; http://code4lib.org/conference/hosting > > > > 5. Once you are satisfied with your rankings, click "Cast your ballot". > > > > 6. Want to change your rankings? You can! As often as you'd like, > > even, up until the vote closes. > > > > Feel free to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter [MARC-JSON]

2010-03-15 Thread Bill Dueber
t;> to give me a clue that I *should* look at that message, or directly CC my >> e-mail address on your post. >> >> This message marks the beginning of a two week comment period on the >> specification which will end on midnight 2010-03-28. >> >> [1] <http://worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/MARC-JSON_Draft_2010-03-11> >> >> >> Thanks, Andy. >> >> > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: XML2JSON converter [MARC-JSON]

2010-03-15 Thread Bill Dueber
into one property named fields. According to ISO 2709, control and data > fields have different semantics. You could have a control field tagged as > 001 and a data field tagged as 001 which have different semantics. MARC-21 > has imposed certain rules for assignment of tags such that th

Re: [CODE4LIB] questions about 2011 conference proposal

2010-03-15 Thread Bill Dueber
ave > enough rooms for us all, and I'm assuming are close enough to the proposed > meeting venue to work, although I haven't looked it up on google maps.) > > Jonathan > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] PHP bashing (was: newbie)

2010-03-25 Thread Bill Dueber
the place. > > Extending these points to the ongoing language debate is an exercise > that will benefit no one ;-) > > Cheers (and just get that hose replaced ;-) > -Nate > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] planet code4lib code (was: newbie)

2010-03-28 Thread Bill Dueber
be interesting, like newly published gists, initial commits > of projects, new project releases, etc... I'm most familiar with > GitHub, which indicates the type of event being published, but I'm > sure other code repos do something similar. Would it be possible to > put s

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zotero, unapi, and formats?

2010-04-06 Thread Bill Dueber
of preference when multiple formats via unAPI >>>>> are >>>>> available? >>>>> >>>>> 3. Will Zotero get confused if different documents on the page have >>>>> different formats available?  This can be described with unAPI, but it >>>>> seems >>>>> atypical, so not sure if it will confuse Zotero. >>>>> >>>>> 4. If both unAPI and COinS are on a given page -- will Zotero use both >>>>> (resulting in possible double-import for citations exposed both ways). >>>>> Or >>>>> only one? Or depends on how you set up the HTML? >>>>> >>>>> 5. Somewhere that now I can't find I saw a mention of a "Zotero RDF" >>>>> format >>>>> that Zotero would consume via unAPI. Is there any documentation of this >>>>> format/vocabulary, how can I find out how to write it? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] ILS short list

2010-04-08 Thread Bill Dueber
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Ryan Eby wrote: > Unicorn > * Export > Built in. MARC21 or flat file formats. Unicode support is available as an > extra. "...as an extra"??? This is the saddest thing I've ready all day. -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] ILS short list

2010-04-09 Thread Bill Dueber
licly available, I can't find it... On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Ziso, Ya'aqov wrote: > Ed, Eric, Bill, please confirm) to my knowledge ALEPH had API to BIB, AUTH, > HOLD, ITEM since version 16+ > Ya’aqov > > > > > On 4/8/10 2:47 PM, "Bill Dueber"

[CODE4LIB] A call for your OPAC (or other system) statistics! (Browse interfaces)

2010-05-03 Thread Bill Dueber
port record(s) to email/refworks/RIS/etc. 3.4% Send to phone (sms) 0.21% Click on faq/help/AskUs in footer0.17% (324 total) Based on 187,784 sessions, 2010.02.01 to 2010.04.31 So...anyone out there able to tell me anything about browse interfaces? -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] MODS and DCTERMS

2010-05-03 Thread Bill Dueber
nctuation, and arcane rules that do a good job describing data in a way that will make any programmer weep into her cheep vodka. MARC the data format is a straightjacket that restricts not only the data we can put in it but the ability to people schooled in its use to think about the data in

Re: [CODE4LIB] MODS and DCTERMS

2010-05-03 Thread Bill Dueber
t's zero. Maybe not. We just can't tell. Now, none of this is to say that MARC/AACR2 is necessarily the best (or even a good) way to go about making these works findable. I'm just saying that evaluating the "edge cases" in terms of user access are a complicated business.

Re: [CODE4LIB] A call for your OPAC (or other system) statistics! (Browse interfaces)

2010-05-03 Thread Bill Dueber
ork habits inform the design of a public-facing application, God kills a kitten. -Bill- -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-05-03 Thread Bill Dueber
nURL and resolvers would be a much more valuable piece of technology if the vendors would/could get off their collective asses(1) and give us better data. -Bill- (1) By this, of course, I mean "if the librarians would grow a pair and demand better data via our contracts" -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] A call for your OPAC (or other system) statistics! (Browse interfaces)

2010-05-03 Thread Bill Dueber
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > So, Bill, you're still not certain yourself exactly what purposes browse is > used for by actual non-librarian searchers, if anything? Right. I'm not sure *the extent* to which it's used (data which are necessarily going to be messy and

Re: [CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-05-03 Thread Bill Dueber
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:14 PM, stuart yeates wrote: > Bill Dueber wrote: > >> "if the librarians would grow a pair >> and demand better data via our contracts" > > While I agree with your overall point, it would have been better made with > the gendered

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