Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Jason Bengtson]

Sorry, that last was meant to go to one person. Been one of those days.

Best regards,



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On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Jason Bengtson wrote:

> I have a number of such things in javascript. Haven't bothered to count
> the lines.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> *Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA*
>
> Head of Library Computing and Information Systems
>
> Assistant Professor, Graduate College
>
> Department of Health Sciences Library and Information Management
>
> University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
>
> 405-271-2285, opt. 5
>
> 405-271-3297 (fax)
>
> *jason-bengt...@ouhsc.edu *
>
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> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Andromeda Yelton <
> andromeda.yel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm writing a Library Technology Report for ALA TechSource on short,
>> useful
>> programs people have written (in whatever language) in libraries,
>> soask
>> me again in six months and I'll have a giant list for you ;)
>>
>> (In the meantime, if you've written short -- under a hundred-ish line --
>> programs that do fun or useful things for your library, and ideally if
>> "developer" is *not* in your job title, let's talk.)
>>
>> IMO advantages of Python include:
>> * (Relative) ease of learning and reading
>> * Python makes it particularly easy to write string-manipulation-type
>> stuff
>> * Tons of high-quality packages available (pymarc, written by
>> code4libbers,
>> is particularly library-relevant)
>> * A large, often friendly user community that cares about outreach and
>> diversity
>> * For me personally, it's the only programming language I know that's ever
>> felt *fun* to write
>>
>> The main disadvantage in a library context is that the big open-source
>> projects used in libraries tend not to be in Python. Also, if you want to
>> use Python for a web app, you're going to also want to learn Django or
>> Flask or something (which, mind you, are great; it just feels like a
>> hurdle
>> if you're used to embedding PHP in HTML pages).
>>
>> So if your goal is to script some part of your workflow (especially if you
>> need to munch on MARC, csv, text, data...), Python is awesome. If you want
>> to be hacking on Hydra or Koha or Drupal or Wordpress or something, you'll
>> need a different language.
>>
>>
>> Andromeda Yelton
>> LITA Board of Directors, Director-at-Large, 2013-2016
>> http://andromedayelton.com
>> @ThatAndromeda
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Julia  wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.
>> >
>> > I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What
>> projects
>> > have been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries doing?
>>  What
>> > advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other scripting
>> > languages used in the library field?
>> >
>> > If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear
>> from
>> > you.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Julia
>> > caffr...@simmons.edu
>> > Simmons College Library
>> >
>>
>
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Jason Bengtson]

I have a number of such things in javascript. Haven't bothered to count the
lines.

Best regards,



*Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA*

Head of Library Computing and Information Systems

Assistant Professor, Graduate College

Department of Health Sciences Library and Information Management

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

405-271-2285, opt. 5

405-271-3297 (fax)

*jason-bengt...@ouhsc.edu *

*http://library.ouhsc.edu *

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On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Andromeda Yelton <
andromeda.yel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm writing a Library Technology Report for ALA TechSource on short, useful
> programs people have written (in whatever language) in libraries, soask
> me again in six months and I'll have a giant list for you ;)
>
> (In the meantime, if you've written short -- under a hundred-ish line --
> programs that do fun or useful things for your library, and ideally if
> "developer" is *not* in your job title, let's talk.)
>
> IMO advantages of Python include:
> * (Relative) ease of learning and reading
> * Python makes it particularly easy to write string-manipulation-type stuff
> * Tons of high-quality packages available (pymarc, written by code4libbers,
> is particularly library-relevant)
> * A large, often friendly user community that cares about outreach and
> diversity
> * For me personally, it's the only programming language I know that's ever
> felt *fun* to write
>
> The main disadvantage in a library context is that the big open-source
> projects used in libraries tend not to be in Python. Also, if you want to
> use Python for a web app, you're going to also want to learn Django or
> Flask or something (which, mind you, are great; it just feels like a hurdle
> if you're used to embedding PHP in HTML pages).
>
> So if your goal is to script some part of your workflow (especially if you
> need to munch on MARC, csv, text, data...), Python is awesome. If you want
> to be hacking on Hydra or Koha or Drupal or Wordpress or something, you'll
> need a different language.
>
>
> Andromeda Yelton
> LITA Board of Directors, Director-at-Large, 2013-2016
> http://andromedayelton.com
> @ThatAndromeda
>
>
> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Julia  wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.
> >
> > I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What
> projects
> > have been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries doing?
>  What
> > advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other scripting
> > languages used in the library field?
> >
> > If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear from
> > you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Julia
> > caffr...@simmons.edu
> > Simmons College Library
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Jeremy Nelson]

Hi Julia,
At Colorado College most of our coding efforts have been in Python including a 
Django Discovery Layer (https://github.com/jermnelson/Discover-Aristotle), a 
number of Flask-based utilites for our Fedora Commons repository 
(https://github.com/jermnelson/adr-cc-utilities), and my current work on a new 
Flask-based catalog (http://catalog.coloradocollege.edu/, repository at 
https://github.com/jermnelson/tiger-catalog/) for our library that uses JSON-LD 
representations of MARC, BIBFRAME and Schema.org.

Jeremy Nelson
Metadata and Systems Librarian
Colorado College

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric 
Phetteplace
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:27 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

> So if your goal is to script some part of your workflow (especially if 
> you
need to munch on MARC, csv, text, data...), Python is awesome.

Andromeda's nailed it in terms of my experience with Python. None of the 
(mostly PHP) major web software I work with uses Python but for automating 
little tasks it's my language of choice simply because of it's ease and 
readability. So batch editing MARC records with pymarc or scripting browser 
tasks with Selenium, for instance.

Best,
Eric


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Andromeda Yelton < andromeda.yel...@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> I'm writing a Library Technology Report for ALA TechSource on short, 
> useful programs people have written (in whatever language) in 
> libraries, soask me again in six months and I'll have a giant list 
> for you ;)
>
> (In the meantime, if you've written short -- under a hundred-ish line 
> -- programs that do fun or useful things for your library, and ideally 
> if "developer" is *not* in your job title, let's talk.)
>
> IMO advantages of Python include:
> * (Relative) ease of learning and reading
> * Python makes it particularly easy to write string-manipulation-type 
> stuff
> * Tons of high-quality packages available (pymarc, written by 
> code4libbers, is particularly library-relevant)
> * A large, often friendly user community that cares about outreach and 
> diversity
> * For me personally, it's the only programming language I know that's 
> ever felt *fun* to write
>
> The main disadvantage in a library context is that the big open-source 
> projects used in libraries tend not to be in Python. Also, if you want 
> to use Python for a web app, you're going to also want to learn Django 
> or Flask or something (which, mind you, are great; it just feels like 
> a hurdle if you're used to embedding PHP in HTML pages).
>
> So if your goal is to script some part of your workflow (especially if 
> you need to munch on MARC, csv, text, data...), Python is awesome. If 
> you want to be hacking on Hydra or Koha or Drupal or Wordpress or 
> something, you'll need a different language.
>
>
> Andromeda Yelton
> LITA Board of Directors, Director-at-Large, 2013-2016 
> http://andromedayelton.com @ThatAndromeda
>
>
> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Julia  wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.
> >
> > I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What
> projects
> > have been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries doing?
>  What
> > advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other scripting 
> > languages used in the library field?
> >
> > If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear 
> > from you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Julia
> > caffr...@simmons.edu
> > Simmons College Library
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[WILDER, COLIN]

What's the difference between the Stanford Core NLP and Python's native NLTK?
Enjoying all this immensely,
Colin


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Molly 
Des Jardin
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:49 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

This is not a complex point, but I've been using Python about since it came out 
(since 2002) and have found it both flexible and very easy to learn and use. 
I'd recommend it as a scripting language for beginning programmers and those 
experimenting around.

Our library isn't  using Python for any formal projects that I'm aware of, but 
I've used it in extracurricular projects to pre-process Japanese files for text 
analysis and plan to use it for further NLP experimentation now that Stanford 
Core NLP has had a Python wrapper written - although I haven't tried it out 
yet. (Aside, great - I used it in Java when it first was released and what a 
lot of extraneous code I had to write.) However, the library has been doing an 
informal "focused lab" in which we had a group get together and work through 
the Codecademy introduction to Python.

In terms of simplicity and ease of learning I highly recommend it, but others 
may have better recommendations too.

Molly Des Jardin
Japanese Studies Librarian
University of Pennsylvania


--
Molly C. Des Jardin, PhD
http://www.mollydesjardin.com
@mdesjardin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Eric Phetteplace]

> So if your goal is to script some part of your workflow (especially if you
need to munch on MARC, csv, text, data...), Python is awesome.

Andromeda's nailed it in terms of my experience with Python. None of the
(mostly PHP) major web software I work with uses Python but for automating
little tasks it's my language of choice simply because of it's ease and
readability. So batch editing MARC records with pymarc or scripting browser
tasks with Selenium, for instance.

Best,
Eric


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Andromeda Yelton <
andromeda.yel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm writing a Library Technology Report for ALA TechSource on short, useful
> programs people have written (in whatever language) in libraries, soask
> me again in six months and I'll have a giant list for you ;)
>
> (In the meantime, if you've written short -- under a hundred-ish line --
> programs that do fun or useful things for your library, and ideally if
> "developer" is *not* in your job title, let's talk.)
>
> IMO advantages of Python include:
> * (Relative) ease of learning and reading
> * Python makes it particularly easy to write string-manipulation-type stuff
> * Tons of high-quality packages available (pymarc, written by code4libbers,
> is particularly library-relevant)
> * A large, often friendly user community that cares about outreach and
> diversity
> * For me personally, it's the only programming language I know that's ever
> felt *fun* to write
>
> The main disadvantage in a library context is that the big open-source
> projects used in libraries tend not to be in Python. Also, if you want to
> use Python for a web app, you're going to also want to learn Django or
> Flask or something (which, mind you, are great; it just feels like a hurdle
> if you're used to embedding PHP in HTML pages).
>
> So if your goal is to script some part of your workflow (especially if you
> need to munch on MARC, csv, text, data...), Python is awesome. If you want
> to be hacking on Hydra or Koha or Drupal or Wordpress or something, you'll
> need a different language.
>
>
> Andromeda Yelton
> LITA Board of Directors, Director-at-Large, 2013-2016
> http://andromedayelton.com
> @ThatAndromeda
>
>
> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Julia  wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.
> >
> > I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What
> projects
> > have been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries doing?
>  What
> > advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other scripting
> > languages used in the library field?
> >
> > If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear from
> > you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Julia
> > caffr...@simmons.edu
> > Simmons College Library
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Andromeda Yelton]

I'm writing a Library Technology Report for ALA TechSource on short, useful
programs people have written (in whatever language) in libraries, soask
me again in six months and I'll have a giant list for you ;)

(In the meantime, if you've written short -- under a hundred-ish line --
programs that do fun or useful things for your library, and ideally if
"developer" is *not* in your job title, let's talk.)

IMO advantages of Python include:
* (Relative) ease of learning and reading
* Python makes it particularly easy to write string-manipulation-type stuff
* Tons of high-quality packages available (pymarc, written by code4libbers,
is particularly library-relevant)
* A large, often friendly user community that cares about outreach and
diversity
* For me personally, it's the only programming language I know that's ever
felt *fun* to write

The main disadvantage in a library context is that the big open-source
projects used in libraries tend not to be in Python. Also, if you want to
use Python for a web app, you're going to also want to learn Django or
Flask or something (which, mind you, are great; it just feels like a hurdle
if you're used to embedding PHP in HTML pages).

So if your goal is to script some part of your workflow (especially if you
need to munch on MARC, csv, text, data...), Python is awesome. If you want
to be hacking on Hydra or Koha or Drupal or Wordpress or something, you'll
need a different language.


Andromeda Yelton
LITA Board of Directors, Director-at-Large, 2013-2016
http://andromedayelton.com
@ThatAndromeda


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Julia  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.
>
> I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What projects
> have been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries doing?  What
> advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other scripting
> languages used in the library field?
>
> If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear from
> you.
>
> Thanks,
> Julia
> caffr...@simmons.edu
> Simmons College Library
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Christian Pietsch]

Let's not start another discussion about programming languages, but
for the record:

On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 09:49:16AM -0400, Molly Des Jardin wrote:
> This is not a complex point, but I've been using Python about since it came
> out (since 2002) and have found it both flexible and very easy to learn and

Python came out in 1991:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29

> use. I'd recommend it as a scripting language for beginning programmers and
> those experimenting around.

Python was designed as a teaching language. Today, it is a universal
programming language suitable for all tasks. Low-level (systems) and
performance critical functions can be written in C if required.

At Bielefeld University Library we use Python for rapidly prototyping
Web services based on the Flask framework. These services have proven
stable and efficient, so there has been no need to re-write them for
production use. Examples include an online OAI-PMH validator
, a classifier for assinging DDC labels
to English or German abstracts , and
an OAI-PMH interface for BASE, the Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.

If you work closely with researchers, it might be relevant to you that
Python has become the dominant language in scientific programming
because of great progress in the NumPy/SciPy/pandas frameworks.

The majority of our software is still developed in Perl – for
historical reasons, and because there are exciting new frameworks in
Perl such as the ETL framework Catmandu .

Cheers
Christian

-- 
  Christian Pietsch
  http://purl.org/net/pietsch

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Molly Des Jardin]

This is not a complex point, but I've been using Python about since it came
out (since 2002) and have found it both flexible and very easy to learn and
use. I'd recommend it as a scripting language for beginning programmers and
those experimenting around.

Our library isn't  using Python for any formal projects that I'm aware of,
but I've used it in extracurricular projects to pre-process Japanese files
for text analysis and plan to use it for further NLP experimentation now
that Stanford Core NLP has had a Python wrapper written - although I
haven't tried it out yet. (Aside, great - I used it in Java when it first
was released and what a lot of extraneous code I had to write.) However,
the library has been doing an informal "focused lab" in which we had a
group get together and work through the Codecademy introduction to Python.

In terms of simplicity and ease of learning I highly recommend it, but
others may have better recommendations too.

Molly Des Jardin
Japanese Studies Librarian
University of Pennsylvania


-- 
Molly C. Des Jardin, PhD
http://www.mollydesjardin.com
@mdesjardin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Ken Irwin]

This is the only python we've got going on in our library:
http://www.wittprojects.net/library_blog/?p=573 
http://ezra.wittenberg.edu/record=b1252845~S0 

Ken

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Julia
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:13 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

Hi All,

This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.

I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What projects have 
been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries doing?  What 
advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other scripting languages 
used in the library field?  

If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks,
Julia
caffr...@simmons.edu
Simmons College Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Al Matthews]

I believe it’s via
https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?REPORT&z=4&1=CODE4LIB&L=CODE4LIB or
else please correct me, list.

--
Al Matthews

Software Developer, Digital Services Unit
Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
email: amatth...@auctr.edu; office: 1 404 978 2057





On 5/7/14, 9:36 AM, "Joseph Umhauer"  wrote:

>Hi, Al,
>
>How do you access "the Code4Lib archives"
>
>
>j0e
>
>Joseph Umhauer
>Assistant Library Director for Technical Services
>Niagara University Library
>716-286-8015
>jumha...@niagara.edu
>
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of
>Al Matthews
>Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:17 AM
>To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library
>
>Language is a very personal issue, and this has been discussed before;
>maybe search the Code4Lib archives for a nice Python thread in 2013. But
>we’ve been using python3-pandas for data analysis and it’s a nice library.
>https://vimeo.com/59324550
>
>--
>Al Matthews
>
>Software Developer, Digital Services Unit Atlanta University Center,
>Robert W. Woodruff Library
>email: amatth...@auctr.edu; office: 1 404 978 2057
>
>
>
>
>
>On 5/7/14, 9:13 AM, "Julia"  wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.
>>
>>I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What
>>projects have been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries
>>doing?  What advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other
>>scripting languages used in the library field?
>>
>>If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear
>>from you.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Julia
>>caffr...@simmons.edu
>>Simmons College Library
>
>
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Joseph Umhauer]

Hi, Al,

How do you access "the Code4Lib archives"


j0e

Joseph Umhauer
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Niagara University Library
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-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Al 
Matthews
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:17 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

Language is a very personal issue, and this has been discussed before; maybe 
search the Code4Lib archives for a nice Python thread in 2013. But we’ve been 
using python3-pandas for data analysis and it’s a nice library.
https://vimeo.com/59324550

--
Al Matthews

Software Developer, Digital Services Unit Atlanta University Center, Robert W. 
Woodruff Library
email: amatth...@auctr.edu; office: 1 404 978 2057





On 5/7/14, 9:13 AM, "Julia"  wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.
>
>I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What 
>projects have been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries 
>doing?  What advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other 
>scripting languages used in the library field?
>
>If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear 
>from you.
>
>Thanks,
>Julia
>caffr...@simmons.edu
>Simmons College Library


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Al Matthews]

Language is a very personal issue, and this has been discussed before;
maybe search the Code4Lib archives for a nice Python thread in 2013. But
we’ve been using python3-pandas for data analysis and it’s a nice library.
https://vimeo.com/59324550

--
Al Matthews

Software Developer, Digital Services Unit
Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
email: amatth...@auctr.edu; office: 1 404 978 2057





On 5/7/14, 9:13 AM, "Julia"  wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.
>
>I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What
>projects have been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries
>doing?  What advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other
>scripting languages used in the library field?
>
>If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear from
>you.
>
>Thanks,
>Julia
>caffr...@simmons.edu
>Simmons College Library


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Jason Bengtson]

I've thought about applying it as we try to get more involved with Data
Management, since Python is popular with scientists and researchers, but
personally I haven't used it much. I prefer PHP for most things. I know
that down at the University of North Texas they use Python extensively with
their digital collection . . . they're basically a Python shop on the back
end, with a dedicated team of developers.

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Assistant Professor, Graduate College

Department of Health Sciences Library and Information Management

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

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On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Julia  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.
>
> I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What projects
> have been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries doing?  What
> advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other scripting
> languages used in the library field?
>
> If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear from
> you.
>
> Thanks,
> Julia
> caffr...@simmons.edu
> Simmons College Library
>

[CODE4LIB] Python in Your Library

[Julia]

Hi All,

This is my first time posting to Code4Lib.  Now seems like a good time.

I am wondering how you have applied Python in your library.  What projects have 
been successful?  What have you heard of other libraries doing?  What 
advantages or disadvantages does it have compared to other scripting languages 
used in the library field?  

If you have any thoughts on any of those questions, I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks,
Julia
caffr...@simmons.edu
Simmons College Library