Re: [CODE4LIB] New WorldCat.org and "Web Visibility" product

[Bigwood, David]

I was happy to see my library under the All Libraries tab. Since we were not 
FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery subscribers our library didn't appear at all 
under the old version. However, the link to the full text used to be visible on 
the full details page. Now it's buried under the Show More Information link. 
Links to our repository are another step away. 

David Bigwood
dbigw...@lpi.usra.edu
Planetary Image Facility, Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute
https://repository.hou.usra.edu/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Grammar Checker - sites

[Bigwood, David]

There is Grammerly.com. It found your sample as correct. It can catch many 
mistakes. 

LiberOffice, the free alternative to Word, also has a grammar checker.

Regards,
David Bigwood
dbigw...@lpi.usra.edu
Regional Planetary Image Facility/Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute
https://repository.hou.usra.edu/

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries  On Behalf Of McDonald, 
Stephen
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 3:27 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Grammar Checker - sites

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Word has a reasonably good built-in grammar checker.  There is always the 
Chicago Manual of Style, but that requires some research.  I'm sure there are 
grammar checkers that can auto-correct sentences, but I don't happen to know 
any.  Hopefully someone else does.

For the specific example, no, that is not the correct match.  Community is a 
singular noun; the plural is communities.  So both the verb and the possessive 
pronoun should be singular.  Thus, "The community is invited to share its 
thoughts."

If instead you used "members of the community," the subject would be the plural 
"members" and the verb and possessive pronoun would be plural, "Members of the 
community are invited to share their thoughts."

When the subject is an individual who uses "they" pronouns (or a royal in the 
royal "We" mode), the verb and possessive pronoun would be plural form.  A 
grammar checker isn't going to get that right.

Steve McDonald
steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries  On Behalf Of charles meyer
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 4:04 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Grammar Checker - sites

Hi my esteemed listmates,

I was wondering which sites others use to check for grammar?

Grammar Girl and Grammar.com don't seem to allow you to type in a phrase to 
check on its grammar.

Ex. The community is invited to share their thoughts...

Is that the correct matching of singular/plural nouns with pronouns?

Thank you?

Charles.

Charles Meyer
Charlotte County Public Library
Port Charlotte, FL

Re: [CODE4LIB] Need Advice: looking for a File metadata editor - for Text, PDF documents not images/video

[Bigwood, David]

For PDF files I've used AutoMetadata for many years. Pretty limited, but OK for 
a quick view of a folder's metadata for PDFs.

https://www.evermap.com/autometadata.asp

Please let me know what you find.

David Bigwood
dbigw...@lpi.usra.edu
Planetary Image Facility, Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute

Re: [CODE4LIB] Database passwords

[Bigwood, David]

We use KeePass on a shared drive. It's free and stores the encrypted passwords. 
It doesn't paste them into the login forms or even generate hard-to-crack 
passwords. It's free and meets our minimum needs. IT decided this is what we 
needed. 

David Bigwood (he,him,his)
dbigw...@lpi.usra.edu
Planetary Image Facility, Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute



-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries  On Behalf Of Emily Lynema
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2021 1:24 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Database passwords

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I'm curious to survey the community -- has anyone found a way to store database 
administration passwords used by technical services staff that is both 
user-friendly and secure? For example: the passwords to configure NC State's 
various OCLC resources / services / databases.

Feel free to message me directly if you're not comfortable sharing on-list.

thanks!

--
Emily Lynema
Head, Information Technology
North Carolina State University Libraries
919-513-8031
ejlyn...@ncsu.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] JSON-LD API

[Bigwood, David]

Thanks for the pointers. Sometimes it helps to look at examples of what the 
results should look like.

Dave

From: Code for Libraries  on behalf of Vo?, Jakob 

Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2021 2:58 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG 
Subject: [CODE4LIB] AW: [CODE4LIB] JSON-LD API

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Hi,

for unified access to knowledge organization systems we developed a format 
based on SKOS and JSON-LD: https://gbv.github.io/jskos/ The format is defined 
both by a JSON Schema and by a JSON-LD context document, so you get the best of 
both worlds (plain JSON and RDF). See http://bartoc.org/api/ for an API that 
makes use of this format.

Jakob

Von: Code for Libraries  im Auftrag von Ed Summers 

Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. September 2021 00:21:04
An: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Betreff: Re: [CODE4LIB] JSON-LD API

On Wed, 2021-09-01 at 19:42 +, Bigwood, David wrote:
> Can someone point me to an API using JSON-LD?
>
> I'd like to take a look.

Do IIIF manifests [1] count? For example:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/onoriginspeciesf00darw/manifest.json

//Ed

[1] https://iiif.io/api/presentation/

[CODE4LIB] JSON-LD API

[Bigwood, David]

Can someone point me to an API using JSON-LD?

I'd like to take a look.

Thanks,
David Bigwood
dbigw...@lpi.usra.edu
Planetary Image Facility, Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute

Re: [CODE4LIB] file sharing/transfer

[Bigwood, David]

Personally I've used Filemail and found it easy and sufficient. Not sure if it 
would meet HIPPA requirements. 

At work we have, but I don't use, something else. The IT folks have it set-up 
with a 2 GB file size limit. As a photo librarian I bump into that too often. 

David Bigwood
dbigw...@lpi.usra.edu
Regional Planetary Image Facility/Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute
https://www.facebook.com/RPIFN/
https://repository.hou.usra.edu/

[CODE4LIB] ORCID

[Bigwood, David]

ORCID provides an API that can be queried by ORCID or institution name (I 
think). Has anyone written code to query the API on a regular basis to pull 
down articles by their faculty? Is it something you'd care to share? I've not 
the faintest idea of a way to write an API query.

Thanks,
David Bigwood
dbigw...@lpi.usra.edu
Regional Planetary Image Facility/Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute
https://www.facebook.com/RPIFN/
https://repository.hou.usra.edu/

[CODE4LIB] COinS

[Bigwood, David]

Are COinS still of any value? Or should I clean-up my pages by getting rid of 
them? I haven't heard them mentioned in years.

Thanks,
David Bigwood
dbigw...@lpi.usra.edu
Regional Planetary Image Facility/Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute
https://www.facebook.com/RPIFN/
https://repository.hou.usra.edu/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Default, preferred, or supported "enterprise" browser?

[Bigwood, David]

>From personal use, not work so much, the extensions, plug-ins, and options 
>make browsers behave differently and have problems. uBlock Origin is not liked 
>by some sites that want to make me view ads. Decentraleyes seems to break 
>quite a few sites.  Turning off Java Script or cookies breaks lots of sites. 
>Maybe Privacy Badger, CanvasFingerprintBlock, Tracking Token Stripper or 
>others cause problems. 

I feel for the IT folks that have to deal with all the possible variations in 
what could cause a problem. Not just the browser but everything someone can add 
or personalize.

David Bigwood
dbigw...@hou.usra.edu
Regional Planetary Image Facility/Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute
https://www.facebook.com/RPIFN/
https://repository.hou.usra.edu/

Re: [CODE4LIB] API for book descriptions?

[Bigwood, David]

Christina ,

Some publishers supply information that you could harvest. For instance 
Cambridge University Press has a Data Shop that sends ONIX metadata. 
http://datashop.cambridge.org/ If a lot of the works are from a particular 
publisher something like this might help.

David Bigwood
dbigw...@hou.usra.edu
Regional Planetary Image Facility/Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute
https://www.facebook.com/RPIFN/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Managing syllabi?

[Bigwood, David]

I'm getting to this conversation a bit late, so it may have already been 
mentioned but there is the Open Syllabus Project. 
https://opensyllabusproject.org/

" The Open Syllabus Project (OSP) is an effort to create the first large-scale 
online database of university course syllabi as a platform for the development 
of new research, teaching, and administrative tools."

David Bigwood
dbigw...@hou.usra.edu
Lunar and Planetary institute



-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG] On Behalf Of Cynthia 
Harper
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2017 11:02 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Managing syllabi?

My hobby-horse is data that helps users choose from many books/resources to 
choose what are the most recommended. I'd love to have syllabus data across 
many institutions to identify these.  So I applaud this idea.

Cindy Harper

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fingerprint Tool Suggestions

[Bigwood, David]

Cynthia,

That looks like just what I was looking for. I'll download it and give it a 
test drive.

Thanks,
Dave

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG] On Behalf Of Harper, 
Cynthia
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 10:46 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Fingerprint Tool Suggestions

I just googled for "file directory checksum caparison report tool" and found 
this 
http://www.ghacks.net/2014/07/10/verify-files-two-directories-checksum-compare/

Has anyone used it?

Cindy

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG] On Behalf Of Bigwood, 
David
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 11:35 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Fingerprint Tool Suggestions

Win 7.

Dave

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG] On Behalf Of Matthew 
Patulski
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 10:21 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Fingerprint Tool Suggestions

Hello David,
Depending on your OS and the formatting of the drive you should be able to find 
an app that will clone the drive and verify the checksum at the time of the 
copy.

Can you provide OS details to refine suggestions?

With Regards,

*Matthew Patulski*
listening / thinking / doing

+1 (616) 361-3951 / mrpatul...@gmail.com / linkedin.com/in/mrpatulski

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fingerprint Tool Suggestions

[Bigwood, David]

Win 7.

Dave

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG] On Behalf Of Matthew 
Patulski
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 10:21 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Fingerprint Tool Suggestions

Hello David,
Depending on your OS and the formatting of the drive you should be able to find 
an app that will clone the drive and verify the checksum at the time of the 
copy.

Can you provide OS details to refine suggestions?

With Regards,

*Matthew Patulski*
listening / thinking / doing

+1 (616) 361-3951 / mrpatul...@gmail.com / linkedin.com/in/mrpatulski

[CODE4LIB] Fingerprint Tool Suggestions

[Bigwood, David]

Open for suggestions for a fingerprinting tool. I think that's what they are 
called.

We are copying NASA imagery to make available to the public. They send us a 
hard drive with about 10,000 images and we copy them to a drive then return the 
original.

I'd like a tool that would compare the 2 drives to make sure everything was 
copied correctly. Then something that would be able to tell if some file had 
degraded, went missing or been changed over time.

Thanks,
David Bigwood
dbigw...@hou.usra.edu
Lunar and Planetary Institute

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can someone mention the Planet at the conference?

[Bigwood, David]

I find the RSSOwl works for me. Free and I like the look.

David Bigwood
dbigw...@hou.usra.edu
Lunar and Planetary institute
Public PGP Key: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get=0x52B602E601695F10

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG] On Behalf Of Edward 
M. Corrado
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2017 8:25 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Can someone mention the Planet at the conference?

For RSS reading, I use The Old Reader. [1]  It is like Google Reader before 
Google took away some of the social aspects and then ultimately killed it.
I believe there is still a free version, but I am happy enough with it that I 
use the paid version.

Edward

[1] https://theoldreader.com

[CODE4LIB] Pinetrest Privacy Question

[Bigwood, David]

This is offered as an option on our Pinterest account:

---
Confirm your website
This lets you see what people are saving from your site and adds your logo to 
any Pin that came from your site.
Copy and paste this tag to the  section of your website’s index.html file.


(Having trouble? Download this file and upload it to your site)

-
Not a coder, so would there be any privacy implications for including this?

If there is, maybe we should let other libraries know.

Thanks,
David Bigwood
dbigw...@hou.usra.edu
Lunar and Planetary Institute

Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference management tool for a small event

[Bigwood, David]

The Public Knowledge Project has an Open Conference Systems that might work. 
I've never used it, but it might be worth a look.

https://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/

David Bigwood
dbigw...@hou.usra.edu
Lunar and Planetary Institute



-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG] On Behalf Of Alex 
Armstrong
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 9:48 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Conference management tool for a small event

Hello,

(Cross-posted on the ICOCL list as well.)

I'm looking for a tool that can help my academic library consortium manage a 
small (just over 100 attendees, typically) onsite conference.

We have customised our website's CMS to accommodate most user facing aspects, 
such as presenting program information.

But our behind-the-scenes workflows are ductaped out of JotForm (our 
forms/surveys tool), Google Sheets, MailChimp, and CSV files. Those who propose 
sessions do so by filling in a form in JotForm. A team of eight reviews the 
submissions in a Google Sheet. We send out email notifications to proposers 
using MailChimp. Finally, we export the accepted proposals in CSV format and 
import them into the CMS to create the online schedule.

Of all these pieces, the reviewing proposals component is the weakest piece. 
It's not a lot of fun reviewing 50-odd proposals in a spreadsheet, especially 
for some of the less techie members of the team. This is what we’re looking to 
optimize.

So, I’m  looking for something to help us. Web applications, workflows, 
whatever you've got.

Alex

--
Alex Armstrong
Web Developer & Digital Strategist, AMICAL Consortium armstr...@amicalnet.org

[CODE4LIB] PGP

[Bigwood, David]

I've been thinking about privacy lately. It seems to me much more email should 
be encrypted. Many communications from the library might be personal and 
potentially damaging. Email from the library showing overdues, or holds might 
be sensitive. Would it be possible for our email systems to ask for a public 
PGP key along with email and then use that whenever sending out notices? Should 
my hospital, insurance company, bank, and so on be doing the same? Just asking, 
maybe we could take the lead on privacy in this area.

David Bigwood
dbigw...@hou.usra.edu
Public PGP Key: 
http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex=0x52B602E601695F10
Lunar and Planetary institute