Re: [CODE4LIB] Free covers from Google

[Boheemen, Peter van]

Hooray for Google customer response !

It was not easy to find an appropriate response form on Google's web
site to complain about my problems using the Google Books API. I found a
form that was supposedly for authors and publishers wanting to advocate
their book on Google Books and used it. Google responded today:

Thank you for notifying us of this problem regarding our API. I have
forwarded these issues on to our specialists, who will look into the
matter. Please feel free to reply to this email if you have any further
details about the difficulties you are experiencing.

Sincerely,
Greg
The Google Book Search Team



I noticed earlier (when Google introduced URL resolving in Google
Scholar) that they can be quite responsive. Of course I havan't got a
solution yet. But have you ever had a response on your problems with
Microsoft, even though we pay them for their products ?

If you want to read about my experiences you mary want to read my blog
at http://webquery.blogspot.com/

Peter

[CODE4LIB] European Library Automation Group conference

[Boheemen, Peter van]

This post is a bit late, but that is because I joined this list just
recently.
 
For those who are interested. On 14-16 april we will host the 32nd
Library  Systems seminar of the European Library Automation Group over
here in Wageningen in our beuatifull new library building. Please look
at the web site http://library.wur.nl/elag2008/
  for further information.  ELAG is not
about listening to presentations only. You participate in one workshop
during the conference and discuss a subject. Workshop reports are
presented on the last day. You can also express your ideas in 5 minute
lightning talks.So join us. Be fast. Convenient hotel accomodation
nearby is limited.

Re: [CODE4LIB] My code4lib slides

[Nicole Engard]

They all were - but they're not online yet - not that I've seen.

Nicole

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:29 PM, K.G. Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But was it videotaped?!
>
>  Karen G. Schneider
>
>  > -Original Message-
>  > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>  > Karen Coyle
>  > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:50 PM
>  > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>  > Subject: [CODE4LIB] My code4lib slides
>  >
>  > I ended up combining text and images and recreated my code4lib talk in a
>  > PDF that is too wordy and not terribly attractive -- however, (;-) the
>  > content is there, and now I should be able to turn it into a real
>  > document with little effort.
>  >
>  > http://www.kcoyle.net/code4lib2008_w_text.pdf
>  >
>  > If I ever learn to do voice-overs, I will do so with this talk. (I took
>  > a look at the $699 Adobe video package and did the math: $699[hardware]
>  > v. $699[software] and bought a macMini, which is now my livingroom
>  > machine. First Mac in 15 years. The best thing about it is when bash
>  > opens up or I get to solve problems by typing in "smb://"  ;-) Most of
>  > the time I'm in "where the f**k is that" mode).
>  >
>  > kc
>  >
>  > p.s. I'm speaking tomorrow at ER&L in Atlanta. Any code4liber's going?
>  > I'll be around during the day before heading back to the coast.
>  > --
>  > -
>  > Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant
>  > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.kcoyle.net
>  > ph: 510-540-7596
>  > fx: 510-848-3913
>  > mo: 510-435-8234
>  > --
>



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Re: [CODE4LIB] My code4lib slides

[Cloutman, David]

Thanks for posting this. I actually like the wordiness, particularly
since the presentations at the conference whizzed by so quickly. It's
nice to get to spend some time going through this at my own pace. It's a
really interesting topic.

-David

---
David Cloutman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Electronic Services Librarian
Marin County Free Library

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Karen Coyle
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:50 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] My code4lib slides


I ended up combining text and images and recreated my code4lib talk in a
PDF that is too wordy and not terribly attractive -- however, (;-) the
content is there, and now I should be able to turn it into a real
document with little effort.

http://www.kcoyle.net/code4lib2008_w_text.pdf

If I ever learn to do voice-overs, I will do so with this talk. (I took
a look at the $699 Adobe video package and did the math: $699[hardware]
v. $699[software] and bought a macMini, which is now my livingroom
machine. First Mac in 15 years. The best thing about it is when bash
opens up or I get to solve problems by typing in "smb://"  ;-) Most of
the time I'm in "where the f**k is that" mode).

kc

p.s. I'm speaking tomorrow at ER&L in Atlanta. Any code4liber's going?
I'll be around during the day before heading back to the coast.
--
-
Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant
[EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.kcoyle.net
ph: 510-540-7596
fx: 510-848-3913
mo: 510-435-8234
--

Re: [CODE4LIB] Free covers from Google

[Sutherland, Michael]

Seb,

The last time I built an application using the Google Java API the
documentation stated a limit of 1,000 queries per day, which was in
2005. It probably hasn't changed, although I'm not sure. Perhaps a way
around that is to cache queries into another file and then first query
the cache before sending a query to Google. I guess that the idea is not
to have cover images stored locally because of the size of the files,
however.

Michael

-
Michael Sutherland
Web Services Librarian
Montana State University Libraries
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT, USA 59717-3320
Ph: (406) 994-6429
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Sebastian Hammer
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:32 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Free covers from Google

Is there any word on a limit to the number of hits per day on the Google
API? I missed it in the docs if it's there, only saw an ominous warning
that you might see the service temporarily disabled if you generated an
'unusually high number of hits' during development.

--Seb

Joe Atzberger wrote:
> Impressive!  As luck would have it, I'm working on the question of
book
> images in Koha this week...
> --joe atzberger
>
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 3:14 AM, Godmar Back <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> I think this proposal suffers from the same shortcoming as
>> LibraryThing's widgets, which is that only one per page is allowed.
Aj
>> better way may be to use spans and classes and keep the JavaScript in
>> a library.
>> I've attached the resulting HTML below; see http://libx.org/gbs/ for
a
>> demo.
>>
>>  - Godmar
>>
>> --- index.html:
>> !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
>> 
>> 
>> http://libx.org/gbs/gbsclasses.js";
>> type="text/javascript"> 
>> Simple Demo for Google Book Classes
>> 
>>
>> 
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> 
>> 
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Tim Spalding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> (Apologies for cross-posting)
>>>
>>>  I just posted a simple way to get free book covers into your OPAC.
It
>>>  uses the new Google Book Search API.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2008/03/free-covers-for-your-libr
ary-from.php
>>
>>>  I think Google has as much cover coverage as anyone. The API is
free.
>>>  Most libraries pay. I'm thinking this is a big deal?
>>>
>>>  We'll probably fancy it up a bit as an add-on to our LibraryThing
for
>>>  Libraries service, but the core idea can be implemented by anyone.
>>>
>>>  I look forward to refinements.
>>>
>>>  Tim
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  Check out my library at
http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding
>>>
>>>
>
>

--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]   www.indexdata.com
Ph: (603) 209-6853 Fax: (866) 383-4485

[CODE4LIB] Mediawiki assist

[Bullen, Andrew]

Dear all,

There seems to be a carbon monoxide leak at my desk; I am very stoopid today. 
Can anyone help me with this problem:

A.) I am trying to revamp my centuries-old homebrew image database system; I 
would like my users to be able to annotate images, but would like to maintain 
the integrity of the image's metadata. I have opted therefore to having image 
metadata served up by a MySQL dynamically but will ALSO link to an editable 
mediawiki page. Example: http://www.pullman-museum.org/images/imageExample.html 
which replaces 
http://www.pullman-museum.org/cgi-bin/pvm/mainRecordDisplayXML.pl?recordid=10921.
 (BTW, I would be happy for any comments about design, etc.) An example local 
mediawiki page doing this can be found at 
http://www.finditillinois.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapel_Cars.

B.) The link at the bottom of the imageExample.html page links to a mediawiki 
page. If the page doesn't exist, the user is prompted to create a page from 
scratch. So far, so good.

C.) The problem is that the page exists off all on its own; it is not linked 
from any other page, and hence not part of the organic wiki. I have hacked a 
Perl script that will allow me to move the image thumbnail to the wiki, so that 
the image and some fields of the metadata will appear. However, I have not been 
able to auto-add a link to the newly created wiki entry onto a master page 
(say, http://www.finditillinois.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page). I could, 
of course, keep track of it externally and serve up a list of wiki'd images as 
a simple pick list, but I would rather keep a list in the wiki.

Any ideas? Anyone else ever try something like this? Or is my approach 
completely wonky?

Andy

Andrew Bullen
Illinois State Library
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 5-400
Chicago, Illinois  60601

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[CODE4LIB] Two jobs at NYU Health Sciences Libraries

[Emily Molanphy]

Digital Projects Librarian and Systems Integration Librarian

Also available here:
http://library.med.nyu.edu/library/libinfo/dept_personnel/jobs.html

*Digital Projects Librarian *

The NYU Health Sciences Libraries invite applicants for the position of
Digital Projects Librarian.

The Digital Projects Librarian will join the Library Medical Informatics
Group (LMIG) in the provision of high-quality computing services to the
faculty and staff of the libraries, as well as to the libraries'
constituencies. The Digital Projects Librarian will take the lead role in
coordinating the design, creation, and maintenance of the libraries' digital
projects in a manner that is consistent with NYU Medical Center policies and
will support library resources of the NYU Health Sciences Libraries at the
NYU School of Medicine, College of Dentistry and Nursing, Bellevue Hospital
and the Hospital for Joint Diseases as well as the library's three consumer
health branches.

The Digital Projects Librarian is responsible for the coordination of the
libraries' digital initiatives. Working in a highly integrated team
environment, the Digital Projects Librarian will assess appropriate
standards, policies, and procedures for application to the library's digital
projects and ensure continued development and maintenance of the libraries'
digital initiatives, which include projects with the Archives, digital
resources targeted for special groups, and joint projects with other
departments of the School of Medicine.

This is an academic track position leading to tenure track and reports to
the Associate Director for Library Systems.

* Responsibilities:*

   - Coordinates and integrates the library's systems capabilities to
   develop digital library products, including digital repositories. Provides
   project management support to a wide variety of team-based projects
   including maintaining documentation of policies and procedures
   - Contributes to the consistency and interoperability of the products
   through participation in selection and implementation of appropriate
   national standards for knowledge database design, metadata development, and
   appropriate scanning technologies
   - Participates in development and maintenance of library initiatives
   to track and measure research efforts and activities of faculty, including
   the faculty bibliography
   - Along with Metadata Librarian, provides leadership on metadata
   standards and training for interdisciplinary projects within the Medical
   Center. Trains and supervises library staff in basic digital library skills
   using scanning and software applications
   - Keeps abreast of developments in digital librarianship including new
   tools for display and organization of electronic materials. Considers and
   develops research projects involving NYU Health Sciences and other libraries
   and works with NYU School of Medicine faculty on joint projects as
   opportunities arise
   - Serves on joint university committees such as the Repository
   Services Planning Committee of NYU Libraries
   - As part of the library faculty team, participates in library's
   educational programs and works on the Information Desk as needed

*Essential qualities: *

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable in a team
environment, flexible and open to change, initiative, highly organized and
able to complete projects in a timely manner.

*Experience and skills:*

Must have accredited master's degree in library or information science,
three to five years of experience in library or knowledge management
environment. Experience with metadata standards, XML, digital technologies,
and database management required. Knowledge of MeSH, UMLS, and standard
medical vocabularies preferred.

Salary will begin at $50,000 and is negotiable depending on experience.
Screening will begin upon receipt of the application and the position will
remain open until filled.


*Systems Integration Librarian*

The NYU Health Sciences Libraries invite applicants for the position of
Systems Integration Librarian.

The Systems Integration Librarian will join the Library Medical Informatics
Group (LMIG) supporting computer applications of the NYU Health Sciences
Libraries at the NYU School of Medicine, College of Dentistry and Nursing,
Bellevue Hospital, and the Hospital for Joint Diseases as well as the
library's three consumer health branches.

The Systems Integration Librarian is responsible for the planning,
integration, licensing, and maintenance of library technologies at all
branches and acts as an expert for shared technologies and standardization
in the libraries. This individual supervises the Computer Support Team.

This is an academic track position leading to tenure track reporting to the
Associate Director of Library Systems.

*Responsibilities:*

   - Supervises computer support staff for all libraries and monitors the
   libraries' helpdesk system
   - Manages the library's Innovative 

[CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

[Eric Lease Morgan]

This is a bit of mailing list administratativia.

Specifically, there was a rogue mail server in France that seems to
have been redirecting mail back to our list. This was causing many
duplicate postings. Weird. The address our postings were being sent to
has been removed from the subscription list, and things should be
normal again.

Now back to our original programming. (All puns intended.)

--
Eric "Famous Last Words" Morgan
University Libraries of Notre Dame

Re: [CODE4LIB] Mediawiki assist

[Conal Tuohy]

Hi Andrew

Use a category.
http://www.finditillinois.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Categories

If you add a particular category flag to your pages (when you
programmatically add thumbnails etc), then they will be listed on the
corresponding category page on the wiki.

Cheers

Con

On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 14:08 -0500, Bullen, Andrew wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> There seems to be a carbon monoxide leak at my desk; I am very stoopid
> today. Can anyone help me with this problem:
>
> A.) I am trying to revamp my centuries-old homebrew image database
> system; I would like my users to be able to annotate images, but would
> like to maintain the integrity of the image's metadata. I have opted
> therefore to having image metadata served up by a MySQL dynamically
> but will ALSO link to an editable mediawiki page. Example:
> http://www.pullman-museum.org/images/imageExample.html which replaces
> http://www.pullman-museum.org/cgi-bin/pvm/mainRecordDisplayXML.pl?recordid=10921.
>  (BTW, I would be happy for any comments about design, etc.) An example local 
> mediawiki page doing this can be found at 
> http://www.finditillinois.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapel_Cars.
>
> B.) The link at the bottom of the imageExample.html page links to a
> mediawiki page. If the page doesn't exist, the user is prompted to
> create a page from scratch. So far, so good.
>
> C.) The problem is that the page exists off all on its own; it is not
> linked from any other page, and hence not part of the organic wiki. I
> have hacked a Perl script that will allow me to move the image
> thumbnail to the wiki, so that the image and some fields of the
> metadata will appear. However, I have not been able to auto-add a link
> to the newly created wiki entry onto a master page (say,
> http://www.finditillinois.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page). I
> could, of course, keep track of it externally and serve up a list of
> wiki'd images as a simple pick list, but I would rather keep a list in
> the wiki.
>
> Any ideas? Anyone else ever try something like this? Or is my approach
> completely wonky?
>
> Andy
>
> Andrew Bullen
> Illinois State Library
> James R. Thompson Center
> 100 West Randolph Street
> Suite 5-400
> Chicago, Illinois  60601
>
> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Telephone: 312-814-4386
> FAX: 312-814-2954
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 
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