Re: [CODE4LIB] ProQuest theses dissertation xml gateway?
To my knowledge, ProQuest does not have a web service that returns XML but you can use Z39.50 or ftp to retrieve MARC records and then flip them to XML locally. If you use Digital Commons (bepress IR product), it provides an OAI-PMH and SRU interface to the same records downstream as XML. Hope this helps you. - Michael Witt, Purdue University Interdisciplinary Research Librarian Assistant Professor of Library Science http://www.lib.purdue.edu/research/witt/ -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Ranti Junus Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 4:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] ProQuest theses dissertation xml gateway? Hi All, Has anybody did a query against ProQuest Theses Dissertation XML gateway to get XML records back? Would you mind sharing the info on how to do that? Thanks in advance. ranti. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
Re: [CODE4LIB] ProQuest theses dissertation xml gateway?
I stand corrected. ProQuest apparently has an SRU/W interface but requires you to contact them and request access on a user-by-user basis. I called their tech support this morning, but they wouldn't give me its baseURL without my signing a nondisclosure agreement (huh?). You may be able to get this information by looking at the configuration or plugin for it in your federated search engine or by calling them and getting a different support technician than the one I spoke to. :-) - Michael Witt, Purdue University Interdisciplinary Research Librarian Assistant Professor of Library Science http://www.lib.purdue.edu/research/witt/ -Original Message- From: Witt, Michael C. Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 8:39 AM To: 'Code for Libraries' Subject: RE: [CODE4LIB] ProQuest theses dissertation xml gateway? To my knowledge, ProQuest does not have a web service that returns XML but you can use Z39.50 or ftp to retrieve MARC records and then flip them to XML locally. If you use Digital Commons (bepress IR product), it provides an OAI- PMH and SRU interface to the same records downstream as XML. Hope this helps you. - Michael Witt, Purdue University Interdisciplinary Research Librarian Assistant Professor of Library Science http://www.lib.purdue.edu/research/witt/ -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Ranti Junus Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 4:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] ProQuest theses dissertation xml gateway? Hi All, Has anybody did a query against ProQuest Theses Dissertation XML gateway to get XML records back? Would you mind sharing the info on how to do that? Thanks in advance. ranti. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2010 Call for Proposals
Greetings, individuals! We've had five very good talks proposed so far; it'd be great to have even more. The deadline is this Friday, November 13th. As a reminder, you may submit your talk proposal at http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2010talks_Submissions. More details are below. -Mike On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 14:25, Michael J. Giarlo leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu wrote: We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks for Code4lib 2010. Code4lib 2010 is a loosely-structured conference for library technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be inspired, and forge collaborations. The conference will be held from Monday, February 22nd (pre-conference day) to Thursday, February 25th, 2010 in Asheville, NC, US. More information can be found at http://code4lib.org/conference/2010/ Head over to the call for proposals page at http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2010talks_Submissions and submit your idea for a prepared talk for this year's conference! Proposals should be no longer than 500 words, and preferably many less. Prepared talks are 20 minutes (including setup and questions), and focus on one or more of the following areas: * tools (some cool new software, software library or integration platform) * specs (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones) * challenges (one or more big problems we should collectively address) The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of: * usefulness * newness * geekiness * diversity of topics We cannot accept every prepared talk proposal, but multiple lightning talk and breakout sessions will provide everyone who wishes to present with an opportunity to do so. Proposals can be submitted through November 13th. Voting will commence soon thereafter and be open through December 1st. Successful candidates will be notified by December 3rd. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, -Code4Lib 2010 Conference Program Committee * Kevin Clarke * Gabriel Farrell * Mike Giarlo * Susan Teague-Rector * Roy Tennant
[CODE4LIB] preconference proposals
Hi all, It's time again to collect proposals for Code4Lib 2010 preconference sessions. We have space for six full day sessions (or 12 half day sessions (or some combination of the two)). If we get more than we can accommodate, we'll vote... but I don't think we will (take that as a challenge to propose lots of interesting preconference sessions). Like last year, attendees will pay $12.50 for a half day or $25 for the whole day. The preconference space will be in the hotel so we'll have wireless available. If you have a preconference idea, send it to this list, to me, or to the code4libcon planning list. We'll put them up on the wiki once we start receiving them. Some possible ideas? A Drupal in libraries session? LOD part two? An OCLC webservices hackathon? Send the proposals along... Thanks, Kevin
[CODE4LIB] Blacklight release 2.4 is here
Release 2.4 of Project Blacklight is now available in our new Git flavor! You can find the new improved flavor of Blacklight at http://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/tree/v2.4.0 In addition to our move to Git, we have listened to community feedback and have changed the installation process. Instructions for installation are at http://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/blob/v2.4.0/README.rdoc . In broad terms, Blacklight now uses a template to get required gems at installation time rather than bundling them in with the code. Besides our debut in Git and the move to a template, here are the changes for release 2.4: Release Notes - Blacklight Plugin - Version 2.4 Bug [CODEBASE-54] - rake gems:install does not work (using template now) [CODEBASE-111] - Ae and Oe ligature characters are not normalized correctly [CODEBASE-131] - Getting error from rails on startup that VERSION is already defined [CODEBASE-134] - Authlogic error [CODEBASE-135] - Fall back on net_http when curb gem is not present when using RSolr [CODEBASE-138] - A copy of ApplicationController has been removed from the module tree but is still active [CODEBASE-160] - why isn't the email and SMS working on demo.projectblacklight.org [CODEBASE-170] - Blacklight logo cannot be over-ridden [CODEBASE-178] - 3 specs fail when run with rake solr:spec ... no idea why [CODEBASE-187] - bookmarking seems to be broken in the latest code Improvement [CODEBASE-87] - Gracefully handle solr errors [CODEBASE-172] - demo - solr config - only build spell dictionaries on optimize, not on newSearcher / firstSearcher New Feature [CODEBASE-3] - exporting to Zotero [CODEBASE-109] - sort by pub date in demo [CODEBASE-182] - Rails Template installer instead of ./script/plugin [CODEBASE-183] - Add cursor focus to the search box on the home page [CODEBASE-190] - Cursor focus in search form on home page Task [CODEBASE-51] - Design a basic advanced search UI - see Stanford SearchWorks [CODEBASE-70] - Need a plugin release as well [CODEBASE-114] - demo index should have vernacular displayed [CODEBASE-146] - Change stylesheet link in the HTML to media=all [CODEBASE-151] - get some dublin core test data [CODEBASE-159] - get test data with call numbers [CODEBASE-173] - marc_mapper.rb - no longer in synch with solrmarc; its presence is confusing. [CODEBASE-176] - get continuous integration working again [CODEBASE-177] - update demo app and readme at projectblacklight.org [CODEBASE-186] - Implement Google Analytics on the main blacklightopac.org site
[CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010
Hi, Can anyone recommend transportation options to get from Charlotte International Airport to Asheville? From my neck of the woods airfare to Charlotte appears to be a ~ $200 cheaper than to Asheville. TIA, Mark
Re: [CODE4LIB] Transport options from Charlotte to Asheville for c4l2010
Charlotte to Asheville shuttles are not cheap - one Asheville-based company is advertising a $170 one-way rate. Obviously, if you were to split that, it would be cheaper. It's my understanding that Charlotte to Asheville driving time is about 2.5 hours - you may just want to get a group together to rent a car. Mark A. Matienzo Applications Developer, Strategic Planning The New York Public Library On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:19 AM, Mark Jordan mjor...@sfu.ca wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend transportation options to get from Charlotte International Airport to Asheville? From my neck of the woods airfare to Charlotte appears to be a ~ $200 cheaper than to Asheville. TIA, Mark
