Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib mugs?

2008-11-04 Thread John Fereira
Jonathan Rochkind wrote: Aha, funding the audio and video is a great idea. Meets Code4Lib needs, and also meets sponsor advertising needs, because all the videos and audio could go up with a capture of this content was sponsored by Insert Vendor Here link. I think Bill's idea is great.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib mugs?

2008-11-04 Thread Doran, Michael D
John Fereira wrote: A Talis sponsorship of audio/video support: Not only benefits attendees but benefits those that can't attend the conference and can watch the audio/video captures after the conference. Seems to me that #3 is a clear winner. That does seem like a win-win option.

Re: [CODE4LIB] release management

2008-11-04 Thread Andrew Nagy
I second the notion for Fogel's book. From: Code for Libraries [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randy Metcalfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:42 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] release management 2008/10/29

Re: [CODE4LIB] [Fwd: Fwd: [DC-GENERAL] DCMI News 3 November 2008]

2008-11-04 Thread Karen Coyle
Thank you, Owen! A few comments interspersed... Stephens, Owen wrote: Hi Karen, Yes - the document on DCAP makes sense (this maybe the first time I've ever uttered these words on a first reading of DCMI documentation - so well done!) wow I would question what the benefit of doing a full

Re: [CODE4LIB] [Fwd: Fwd: [DC-GENERAL] DCMI News 3 November 2008]

2008-11-04 Thread Lovins, Daniel
Karen, I don't have anything useful to add, but just wanted to express my gratitude and second Owen's comment that this document is very nicely done. The breakdown of key components (e.g., functional requirements vs. domain model vs. usage guidelines, etc.) is quite helpful, as is the diagram

Re: [CODE4LIB] de-dupping (was: marc4j 2.4 released)

2008-11-04 Thread Min-Yen Kan
Hi Michael: Thanks for your email. No we haven't implemented any merging system. Our software currently just tries to do clustering of similar/identical records. We may consider creating a merge algorithm that is generic, which might then be customized to make some of your pointed