Re: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28?
At Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:35:45 -0800, Reese, Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'll want to fly. On the West Coast, taking the train is a bit of a crap shoot and wouldn't advise it unless you had a day between when you are suppose to arrive and when you need to arrive. The few times I've taken Amtrak on the West coast between Seattle and Los Angelos, I've never been on time. I've been anywhere between 5 hours to one day late depending the distance needed to travel. In fact, given my past experience, if I wasn't going to fly -- I would drive. It will take you approximately 12-13 hours to drive down I-5 from Portland to San Francisco. By train, almost twice as long. Terry is right. Trains here are useless. The Greyhound will take less time (!), but lowest cost fare is only around half the cost of a plane ride, and refundable is comparable. If you can get a car or hitch a ride I-5 is not a great trip but fast enough: 1/101 takes a bit longer but at least is a pretty nice drive through CA (don’t know about Oregon). If you do fly, Southwest flies from Portland to Oakland for a good price, Oakland is just a Bart ride from SF. best, Erik Hetzner ;; Erik Hetzner, California Digital Library ;; gnupg key id: 1024D/01DB07E3 pgpvO2hUpLHSQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [CODE4LIB] DLF ILS Discovery Interface Task Force API recommendations
On Feb 20, 2008, at 10:30 PM, Emily Lynema wrote: Just to keep interested folks up to date, the DLF ILS Discovery Interface Task Force [1],[2] has released a second draft of an API recommendation that will hopefully serve as a first step toward more standardized integration between the ILS and external discovery applications. (The first draft went out to the DLF community in early November). Emily, I encourage you to share these links with the folks on NGC4Lib. It is good food for thought. -- Eric Lease Morgan University Libraries of Notre Dame (574) 631-8604
[CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4Lib 2009 Host!
Folks, We received four very good proposals for hosting the 2009 conference, and now it is time to vote on them! Voting is open until 3am Eastern Time on Thursday, February 28th. We expect to announce results at the conference later that day. How to vote: 1. Go here: http://dilettantes.code4lib.org:6789/election/index/3 2. Log in using your code4lib.org credentials (register at code4lib.org if you haven't done so already) 3. Click on a host's name to read the proposal in full 4. Assign the proposal a rank from 0 to 3, 0 being least desirable and 3 being the most. 5. Once you are satisfied with your rankings, click Cast your ballot Feel free to watch http://dilettantes.code4lib.org:6789/election/results/3 for returns. And as always, if you have questions or other feedback, let us know. -Mike P.S. Your vote counts! Please keep the conference requirements and desirables in mind as you make your selection: http://code4lib.org/conference/hosting P.P.S. The election not powered by Diebold.
Re: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28?
Flying is certainly cheaper than driving (as Terry suggests), unless you've got a carful. Southwest is currently $113 to Oakland. Or you can take your pick of airlines to SFO for about $156. Plus taxes yadda yadda... -Jodi who is flying out to SFO this afternoon... Jodi Schneider Science Library Specialist Amherst College 413-542-2076 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Sadler Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:00 PM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28? Dear Code4Lib folks, Can some of you west-coasters advise me on the best (read: cheapest and most fun) way to get from Portland to San Francisco on February 28? Taking a plane is my last resort. My first choice would be hitching a ride with any conference attendees who would be going that way anyway, and I also thought about taking the train but Amtrak has stymied me. Greyhound would take much too long, I imagine. Anyway, I thought it was worth a question. Any suggestions from the community? Bess Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler Research and Development Librarian Digital Scholarship Services (DSS) Box 400129 Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (434) 243-2305
[CODE4LIB] code4lib.org accounts
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Re: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28?
Hi Bess, If you've resigned yourself to flying checkout http://www.seatcounter.com to see what the availability on most airlines flying between PDX and SFO. http://www.farecast.com might useful for you if you're looking for the best deal. Tricia Elizabeth Sadler wrote: Dear Code4Lib folks, Can some of you west-coasters advise me on the best (read: cheapest and most fun) way to get from Portland to San Francisco on February 28? Taking a plane is my last resort. My first choice would be hitching a ride with any conference attendees who would be going that way anyway, and I also thought about taking the train but Amtrak has stymied me. Greyhound would take much too long, I imagine. Anyway, I thought it was worth a question. Any suggestions from the community? Bess Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler Research and Development Librarian Digital Scholarship Services (DSS) Box 400129 Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (434) 243-2305
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.org accounts
How many accounts can I sign up for? ;-) Carol On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Michael J. Giarlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks, If you've recently signed up for an account on code4lib.org, chances are it's now approved. We'll be monitoring the new users list regularly over the coming days so that folks can vote. We might miss a person or two, or mistake your account for spam, so please feel free to drop me a line if it seems to be taking a while for your account to be approved. You'll find no disenfranchisement here, folks. Nope. -Mike -- Carol Bean [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28?
Aside from being chronically slow, I think the Coast Starlight is still out of service due to the mudslide south of Eugene at the end of January. Apparently Union Pacific, who owns the track, had/is having problems laying new track. -Tod Tod Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Librarian University of Chicago Library On Feb 21, 2008, at Feb 21, 10:24 AM, Vicki Jean Beauchamp wrote: Alaska Airlines also has some good fares, and frequent flights into Portland out of SFO. Hwy 101 through California and Oregon is gorgeous, but really slow going. I love trains, and the trains that only travel within Oregon and Washington state are much nicer and faster and all around more pleasant... But the Coast Starlight (the train out of SF) is really a nightmare, timewise. It's such a shame. vj -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Sadler Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:00 PM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28? Dear Code4Lib folks, Can some of you west-coasters advise me on the best (read: cheapest and most fun) way to get from Portland to San Francisco on February 28? Taking a plane is my last resort. My first choice would be hitching a ride with any conference attendees who would be going that way anyway, and I also thought about taking the train but Amtrak has stymied me. Greyhound would take much too long, I imagine. Anyway, I thought it was worth a question. Any suggestions from the community? Bess Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler -- aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada http://www.altportland.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28?
Alaska Airlines also has some good fares, and frequent flights into Portland out of SFO. Hwy 101 through California and Oregon is gorgeous, but really slow going. I love trains, and the trains that only travel within Oregon and Washington state are much nicer and faster and all around more pleasant... But the Coast Starlight (the train out of SF) is really a nightmare, timewise. It's such a shame. vj -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Sadler Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:00 PM To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Subject: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28? Dear Code4Lib folks, Can some of you west-coasters advise me on the best (read: cheapest and most fun) way to get from Portland to San Francisco on February 28? Taking a plane is my last resort. My first choice would be hitching a ride with any conference attendees who would be going that way anyway, and I also thought about taking the train but Amtrak has stymied me. Greyhound would take much too long, I imagine. Anyway, I thought it was worth a question. Any suggestions from the community? Bess Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler -- aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada http://www.altportland.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.org accounts
Well, that depends on how you're voting. E-mail me privately and we can arrange payment. -Mike On 2/21/08, Carol Bean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many accounts can I sign up for? ;-) Carol On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Michael J. Giarlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks, If you've recently signed up for an account on code4lib.org, chances are it's now approved. We'll be monitoring the new users list regularly over the coming days so that folks can vote. We might miss a person or two, or mistake your account for spam, so please feel free to drop me a line if it seems to be taking a while for your account to be approved. You'll find no disenfranchisement here, folks. Nope. -Mike -- Carol Bean [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[CODE4LIB] CORRECTION: DLF ILS Discovery Interface Task Force API recommendations
Thanks to Godmar Back for letting me know that the email list I alluded to in my original post below is not actually open to posting by non-members. Oops! We have now created a completely open google group to invite public feedback and participation. Feel free to simply send a message [1] or to join the list [2] so you can monitor posts by others. -emily [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2] http://groups.google.com/group/ils-di Original Message Subject: DLF ILS Discovery Interface Task Force API recommendations Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:30:04 -0500 From: Emily Lynema [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: NCSU Libraries To: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu Just to keep interested folks up to date, the DLF ILS Discovery Interface Task Force [1],[2] has released a second draft of an API recommendation that will hopefully serve as a first step toward more standardized integration between the ILS and external discovery applications. (The first draft went out to the DLF community in early November). Terry Reese and I (both task force members) will be presenting on this topic next week at code4lib [3], and hopefully also hosting a breakout session on Wednesday inviting feedback and comments on the draft. We're looking forward to insight from the library development community on workable functions and standards and ideas about how we can actually create these types of open APIs for our ILSs. Since we can't really cover the nuances of a 43 page draft in a 20 minute presentation, we invite you to peruse a copy of the draft [4] on the plane so you can point out all the sections where we didn't get things quite right (or got them quite wrong). We are also soliciting feedback from the broader library community [5] , so feel free to post a comment on our wiki [6] or send an email to us [7] if you won't be at code4lib this year. -emily [1] http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2007/06/26/abstracting_the_ils [2] https://project.library.upenn.edu/confluence/display/ilsapi/Home [3] http://code4lib.org/conference/2008/lynema [4] http://project.library.upenn.edu/confluence/download/attachments/5963787/ILS-DI-Snapshot-2008-Feb15.doc [5] http://everybodyslibraries.com/2008/02/15/and-now-your-turn-to-have-a-say-in-ils-interfaces/ [6] https://project.library.upenn.edu/confluence/display/ilsapi/Draft+Recommendation [7] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Emily Lynema Systems Librarian for Digital Projects Information Technology, NCSU Libraries 919-513-8031 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Emily Lynema Systems Librarian for Digital Projects Information Technology, NCSU Libraries 919-513-8031 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
