Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Digital Library Repository Developer, Boston Public Library (Boston, MA)

[Simon Spero]

Project Greenlight having been long since canceled, the position has been
replaced by  a drama about crooked deals to control corrupted metadata
called Crosswalk Empire.

There is still a development position for fedora with the title True Bugs.
On Oct 31, 2011 9:50 PM, "Michael J. Giarlo" 
wrote:

> So, did OCLC greenlight this position or not? We are wondering at DLF.
>
>
> On Thursday, September 29, 2011, don warner saklad 
> wrote:
> > Our Boston Public Library needs to develop a more open encouraging
> > environment that we have folks with the best talents and skills! Begin
> > with fomenting exchanges where current BPLers can be free to express
> > their points of views. At this time BPLers are squelched by an
> > oppressive environment of relatively closed minded collegial managers.
> > Our Boston Public Library needs to be a Learning Library where
> > professionals, where all the folks at the counters and desks can
> > advance their expertise on site for credit with on site academic
> > programs administered by University of Massachusetts at Boston or
> > Northeastern Univeristy. We have Medical Centers that are Learning
> > Hospitals, we need Learning Libraries for information studies careers
> > advancement. Also on site for introducing people to library and
> > information careers. Most BPLers are squelched, suppressed expressing
> > their concerns for fear of reprisals by the fickle pissants!
> > University of Rhode Island tried once but got blocked by overpriced
> > Simmons a college that is short on extensive financial resources for
> > study. University at Albany would be a great fit for a demonstration
> > Learning Library project at our Boston Public Library should we get
> > political powers to support that, see also
> > http://www.albany.edu/informationstudies/
> >
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of visual searching or browsing

[John Fereira]

If you want to see what node.js can do to implement a search mechanism take a 
look something one of my colleagues developed.  http://vivosearchlight.org

It installs a bookmarklet in your browser (take about 5 seconds) that will 
initiate a search against a solr index that contains user profile information 
from several institutions using VIVO (a semantic web application).  From any 
web page, clicking on the "Vivo Searchlight" button in your browser will 
initiate a search and find experts with expertise relevant to the content of 
the page.  Highlight some text on the page and it will re-execute a search with 
just those words.  



> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Cary Gordon
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 9:11 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of visual searching or browsing
> 
> There is an event driven web server called node.js that I think is
> great for building visual systems. I have really only looked at it for
> map generation and management, but I think that it would be well
> suited for building systems to navigate any visual content.
> 
> http://nodejs.org/
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Cary
> 
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Julia Bauder 
> wrote:
> > Dear fans of cool Web-ness,
> >
> > I'm looking for examples of projects that use visual(=largely non-
> text and
> > non-numeric) interfaces to let patrons browse/search collections.
> Things
> > like the GeoSearch on North Carolina Maps[1], or projects that use
> Simile's
> > Timeline or Exhibit widgets[2] to provide access to collections
> (e.g.,
> > what's described here:
> >
> https://letterpress.uchicago.edu/index.php/jdhcs/article/download/59/70
> ), or
> > in-the-wild uses of Recollection[3]. I'm less interested in knowing
> about
> > tools (although I'm never *uninterested* in finding out about cool
> tools)
> > than about production or close-to-production sites that are making
> good use
> > of these or similar tools to provide visual, non-linear access to
> > collections. Who's doing slick stuff in this area that deserves a
> look?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > [1] http://dc.lib.unc.edu/ncmaps/search.php
> > [2] http://www.simile-widgets.org/
> > [3] http://recollection.zepheira.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *
> >
> > Julia Bauder
> >
> > Data Services Librarian
> >
> > Interim Director of the Data Analysis and Social Inquiry Lab (DASIL)
> >
> > Grinnell College Libraries
> >
> >  Sixth Ave.
> >
> > Grinnell, IA 50112
> >
> >
> >
> > 641-269-4431
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Cary Gordon
> The Cherry Hill Company
> http://chillco.com