Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[KLINGLER, THOMAS]

...and maybe a little influence by the current ALA membership payment options.  
Used to have to pay your base membership and a division (or two?)   Recently, 
you can go cheap and pay ONLY the base membership cost!No forced division 
membership.  

TK


Tom Klingler
Assistant Dean for Technical Services
University Libraries, Rm 300
1125 Risman Drive
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
330-672-1646 office



-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy 
Tennant
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 11:42 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

Also, I would point out that libraries increasingly hire non-librarians in 
technology positions. That likely means that even if said persons might 
eventually find Code4Lib, their allegiance to a profession as epitomized by ALA 
is unlikely.
Roy

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Debra Shapiro  wrote:

> LITA is now the smallest ALA division.
>
> Personally, as someone who’s been involved with LITA for 20 years, I 
> think the decrease is due to all the reasons Kevin cites below, and 
> also because of something of an identity crisis - related to the 
> advent of the Internet, as Eric says.
>
> LITA is the technology division of the ALA. *Everything* in libraries 
> is done with technology now, so ALA members who once might’ve chosen 
> to join the technology division choose instead to join other 
> divisions, related to their other interests. Look at the list of ALCTS 
> (the cataloging division) programs for any given ALA conference, or 
> ALCTS list of CE webinars, and it’s all topics that might’ve once been more 
> the purview of LITA.
>
> Of course I ran for LITA prez on that platform 6 years ago and lost so 
> what do I know …
>
> deb
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Kevin Ford  wrote:
>
> > > I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the Internet, 
> > > centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once 
> > > used to be. —ELM
> > >
> >
> > -- Maybe.  I think it it recession-related.  The high water mark for
> nearly all of the groups on that list is 2007 (2006 for one or two). The
> overall stats for ALA show the same membership pattern (increasing until
> 2007, decreasing thereafter):
> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/annual_memb_stats
> >
> > I'd be interested to know if LITA's membership decrease is greater (as a
> percentage) than the others.  Perhaps that would suggest forums such as
> code4lib peeled off some of those would-be LITA members.  Otherwise, it
> just looks like a broader decline in ALA membership, probably for a few
> reasons: fewer librarians in the workforce, fewer institutions willing to
> pay professional membership fees, less willingness to pay those fees out of
> pocket, etc.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/5/15 10:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>  I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology
>  Association)? [0] How many members does it have?
> >>>
> >>> Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the
> ALA
> >>> membership statistics page:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita
> >>
> >>
> >> Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers
> to equal LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of
> the Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they
> once used to be. —ELM
> >>
>
> dsshap...@wisc.edu
> Debra Shapiro
> SLIS, the iSchool at UW-Madison
> Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282
> 600 N. Park St.
> Madison WI 53706
> 608 262 9195
> mobile 608 712 6368
> FAX 608 263 4849
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Cindi Blyberg]

This is why we love you. :P

(not a mistake. sent to list. sorry to spam but Andromeda rocksss.)

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Andromeda Yelton  wrote:

> (Putting on LITA Board hat)
>
> To pull out some math in case you don't want to sort through the docs, and
> also make a correction:
>
> Yes, LITA's membership decline is faster than average for ALA.
>
> No, LITA is not the smallest division; ASCLA and United are quite a bit
> smaller.
>
> (Putting on personal hat)
>
> I find myself thinking of LITA less as "the technology division of ALA" and
> more as "the libtech association where I get to meet non-technology
> librarians". I love getting to meet people I can talk Django and Heroku
> with (!), and I meet more of those in code4lib than in ALA. But I *also*
> love
> seeing how the tools of the libtech world do, and don't, support the needs
> of library staff and patrons more broadly. And I love learning how the
> issues that matter to us as technologists - copyright, data quality,
> privacy - impact librarians in other subfields. And, to be blunt, there are
> some damn fun youth services librarians, copyright librarians,
> instructional librarians, et cetera. And I meet them through LITA.
>
> (okay maybe that was my Board hat too. I can wear two hats at once! I am
> like Hydra. Well. Not Project Hydra. Or Hail Hydra. SO YOU HOPE.)
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Cindi Blyberg  wrote:
>
> > You can see the Executive Director's membership reports on ALA Connect:
> >
> > Annual 2014 - http://connect.ala.org/node/225631 (pdf)
> > Midwinter 2014 - http://connect.ala.org/node/216881 (pdf)
> > Annual 2013 - http://connect.ala.org/node/208000 (.docx)
> > Midwinter 2013 - http://connect.ala.org/node/197812 (.rtf)
> >
> > -Cindi
> > LITA Immediate Past President
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Kevin Ford  wrote:
> >
> > > > I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the
> > > > Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful
> > > > as they once
> > > > used to be. —ELM
> > > >
> > >
> > > -- Maybe.  I think it it recession-related.  The high water mark for
> > > nearly all of the groups on that list is 2007 (2006 for one or two).
> The
> > > overall stats for ALA show the same membership pattern (increasing
> until
> > > 2007, decreasing thereafter): http://www.ala.org/membership/
> > > membershipstats_files/annual_memb_stats
> > >
> > > I'd be interested to know if LITA's membership decrease is greater (as
> a
> > > percentage) than the others.  Perhaps that would suggest forums such as
> > > code4lib peeled off some of those would-be LITA members.  Otherwise, it
> > > just looks like a broader decline in ALA membership, probably for a few
> > > reasons: fewer librarians in the workforce, fewer institutions willing
> to
> > > pay professional membership fees, less willingness to pay those fees
> out
> > of
> > > pocket, etc.
> > >
> > > Yours,
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1/5/15 10:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> > >
> > >> I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology
> >  Association)? [0] How many members does it have?
> > 
> > >>>
> > >>> Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the
> > ALA
> > >>> membership statistics page:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers
> to
> > >> equal LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of
> > the
> > >> Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they
> > once
> > >> used to be. —ELM
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Andromeda Yelton
> Board of Directors, Library & Information Technology Association:
> http://www.lita.org
> Advisor, Ada Initiative: http://adainitiative.org
> http://andromedayelton.com
> @ThatAndromeda 
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Andromeda Yelton]

(Putting on LITA Board hat)

To pull out some math in case you don't want to sort through the docs, and
also make a correction:

Yes, LITA's membership decline is faster than average for ALA.

No, LITA is not the smallest division; ASCLA and United are quite a bit
smaller.

(Putting on personal hat)

I find myself thinking of LITA less as "the technology division of ALA" and
more as "the libtech association where I get to meet non-technology
librarians". I love getting to meet people I can talk Django and Heroku
with (!), and I meet more of those in code4lib than in ALA. But I *also* love
seeing how the tools of the libtech world do, and don't, support the needs
of library staff and patrons more broadly. And I love learning how the
issues that matter to us as technologists - copyright, data quality,
privacy - impact librarians in other subfields. And, to be blunt, there are
some damn fun youth services librarians, copyright librarians,
instructional librarians, et cetera. And I meet them through LITA.

(okay maybe that was my Board hat too. I can wear two hats at once! I am
like Hydra. Well. Not Project Hydra. Or Hail Hydra. SO YOU HOPE.)

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Cindi Blyberg  wrote:

> You can see the Executive Director's membership reports on ALA Connect:
>
> Annual 2014 - http://connect.ala.org/node/225631 (pdf)
> Midwinter 2014 - http://connect.ala.org/node/216881 (pdf)
> Annual 2013 - http://connect.ala.org/node/208000 (.docx)
> Midwinter 2013 - http://connect.ala.org/node/197812 (.rtf)
>
> -Cindi
> LITA Immediate Past President
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Kevin Ford  wrote:
>
> > > I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the
> > > Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful
> > > as they once
> > > used to be. —ELM
> > >
> >
> > -- Maybe.  I think it it recession-related.  The high water mark for
> > nearly all of the groups on that list is 2007 (2006 for one or two). The
> > overall stats for ALA show the same membership pattern (increasing until
> > 2007, decreasing thereafter): http://www.ala.org/membership/
> > membershipstats_files/annual_memb_stats
> >
> > I'd be interested to know if LITA's membership decrease is greater (as a
> > percentage) than the others.  Perhaps that would suggest forums such as
> > code4lib peeled off some of those would-be LITA members.  Otherwise, it
> > just looks like a broader decline in ALA membership, probably for a few
> > reasons: fewer librarians in the workforce, fewer institutions willing to
> > pay professional membership fees, less willingness to pay those fees out
> of
> > pocket, etc.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/5/15 10:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> >
> >> I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology
>  Association)? [0] How many members does it have?
> 
> >>>
> >>> Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the
> ALA
> >>> membership statistics page:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers to
> >> equal LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of
> the
> >> Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they
> once
> >> used to be. —ELM
> >>
> >>
>



-- 
Andromeda Yelton
Board of Directors, Library & Information Technology Association:
http://www.lita.org
Advisor, Ada Initiative: http://adainitiative.org
http://andromedayelton.com
@ThatAndromeda 

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-- 

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Systems & Discovery Librarian
Harold F. Johnson Library
Hampshire College

phone: 413-559-5766
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web: library.hampshire.edu
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Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[BWS Johnson]

Salvete!

 I just wanted to add the point that there can very easily be a union 
betwixt LITA and Code4Lib (and prolly is a substantial one, though I am 
definitely guessing at the data). There is naught to make them mutually 
exclusive.

Cheers,
Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] PBCore RDF Ontology Hackathon Wiki page

[Justin Coyne]

Great! I'm glad to hear everyone is working together on the same problem
rather than rejecting the existing solutions outright.

-Justin

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Casey Davis  wrote:

> Thanks for your suggestions, Karen! I have added them to the wiki.
>
> Justin, luckily we have a representative from EBU who is planning to
> attend. We are definitely reviewing the EBUCore ontology and are seeing
> this hackathon as an opportunity to harmonize EBUCore and PBCore as much
> as possible.
>
> Best,
> Casey
>
> On 1/5/15 1:35 PM, "Karen Coyle"  wrote:
>
> >Casey, I have some suggestions:
> >
> >1) Everyone should read at least the first chapters of the Allemang
> >book, Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist:
> >
> http://www.worldcat.org/title/semantic-web-for-the-working-ontologist-effe
> >ctive-modeling-in-rdfs-and-owl/oclc/73393667
> >
> >2) Everyone should understand the RDF meaning of classes, properties,
> >domain and range before beginning. (cf:
> >http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2014/11/classes-in-rdf.html)
> >
> >3) Don't lean too heavily on Protege. Protege is very OWL-oriented and
> >can lead one far astray. It's easy to click on check boxes without
> >knowing what they really mean. Do as much development as you can without
> >using Protege, and do your development in RDFS not OWL. Later you can
> >use Protege to check your work, or to complete the code.
> >
> >4) Develop in ntriples or turtle but NOT rdf/xml. RDF differs from XML
> >in some fundamental ways that are not obvious, and developing in rdf/xml
> >masks these differences and often leads to the development of not very
> >good ontologies.
> >
> >kc
> >
> >
> >On 1/5/15 9:35 AM, Casey Davis wrote:
> >> Hi Code4Libbers,
> >>
> >> In case you are interested in attending or staying in the know about
> >>the PBCore RDF ontology hackathon happening on February 7 & 8 before
> >>Code4Lib, check out the Wiki page:
> >>http://wiki.code4lib.org/PBCore_RDF_Hackathon. This is also where we
> >>will provide links to all documentation created during the hackathon. In
> >>case you are unable to join us, we will be using the hashtag
> >>#PBCoreRDF15 on the days of the event.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Casey
> >>
> >> Casey E. Davis, MLIS | Project Manager, American Archive of Public
> >>Broadcasting
> >> WGBH Media Library and Archives | WGBH Educational Foundation
> >> casey_da...@wgbh.org | 617-300-5921 | One
> >>Guest Street | Boston, MA 02135
> >>
> >> Subscribe to the American Archive
> >>blog
> >> Follow the #AmericanArchive @amarchivepub
> >
> >--
> >Karen Coyle
> >kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
> >m: +1-510-435-8234
> >skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] PBCore RDF Ontology Hackathon Wiki page

[todd.d.robb...@gmail.com]

Also check out the *Working Ontologist* website for example files, etc.:
http://workingontologist.org/


–Tod

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Casey Davis  wrote:

> Thanks for your suggestions, Karen! I have added them to the wiki.
>
> Justin, luckily we have a representative from EBU who is planning to
> attend. We are definitely reviewing the EBUCore ontology and are seeing
> this hackathon as an opportunity to harmonize EBUCore and PBCore as much
> as possible.
>
> Best,
> Casey
>
> On 1/5/15 1:35 PM, "Karen Coyle"  wrote:
>
> >Casey, I have some suggestions:
> >
> >1) Everyone should read at least the first chapters of the Allemang
> >book, Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist:
> >
> http://www.worldcat.org/title/semantic-web-for-the-working-ontologist-effe
> >ctive-modeling-in-rdfs-and-owl/oclc/73393667
> >
> >2) Everyone should understand the RDF meaning of classes, properties,
> >domain and range before beginning. (cf:
> >http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2014/11/classes-in-rdf.html)
> >
> >3) Don't lean too heavily on Protege. Protege is very OWL-oriented and
> >can lead one far astray. It's easy to click on check boxes without
> >knowing what they really mean. Do as much development as you can without
> >using Protege, and do your development in RDFS not OWL. Later you can
> >use Protege to check your work, or to complete the code.
> >
> >4) Develop in ntriples or turtle but NOT rdf/xml. RDF differs from XML
> >in some fundamental ways that are not obvious, and developing in rdf/xml
> >masks these differences and often leads to the development of not very
> >good ontologies.
> >
> >kc
> >
> >
> >On 1/5/15 9:35 AM, Casey Davis wrote:
> >> Hi Code4Libbers,
> >>
> >> In case you are interested in attending or staying in the know about
> >>the PBCore RDF ontology hackathon happening on February 7 & 8 before
> >>Code4Lib, check out the Wiki page:
> >>http://wiki.code4lib.org/PBCore_RDF_Hackathon. This is also where we
> >>will provide links to all documentation created during the hackathon. In
> >>case you are unable to join us, we will be using the hashtag
> >>#PBCoreRDF15 on the days of the event.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Casey
> >>
> >> Casey E. Davis, MLIS | Project Manager, American Archive of Public
> >>Broadcasting
> >> WGBH Media Library and Archives | WGBH Educational Foundation
> >> casey_da...@wgbh.org | 617-300-5921 | One
> >>Guest Street | Boston, MA 02135
> >>
> >> Subscribe to the American Archive
> >>blog
> >> Follow the #AmericanArchive @amarchivepub
> >
> >--
> >Karen Coyle
> >kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
> >m: +1-510-435-8234
> >skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600
>



-- 
Tod Robbins
Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
todrobbins.com | @todrobbins 

Re: [CODE4LIB] PBCore RDF Ontology Hackathon Wiki page

[Casey Davis]

Thanks for your suggestions, Karen! I have added them to the wiki.

Justin, luckily we have a representative from EBU who is planning to
attend. We are definitely reviewing the EBUCore ontology and are seeing
this hackathon as an opportunity to harmonize EBUCore and PBCore as much
as possible.

Best,
Casey

On 1/5/15 1:35 PM, "Karen Coyle"  wrote:

>Casey, I have some suggestions:
>
>1) Everyone should read at least the first chapters of the Allemang
>book, Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist:
>http://www.worldcat.org/title/semantic-web-for-the-working-ontologist-effe
>ctive-modeling-in-rdfs-and-owl/oclc/73393667
>
>2) Everyone should understand the RDF meaning of classes, properties,
>domain and range before beginning. (cf:
>http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2014/11/classes-in-rdf.html)
>
>3) Don't lean too heavily on Protege. Protege is very OWL-oriented and
>can lead one far astray. It's easy to click on check boxes without
>knowing what they really mean. Do as much development as you can without
>using Protege, and do your development in RDFS not OWL. Later you can
>use Protege to check your work, or to complete the code.
>
>4) Develop in ntriples or turtle but NOT rdf/xml. RDF differs from XML
>in some fundamental ways that are not obvious, and developing in rdf/xml
>masks these differences and often leads to the development of not very
>good ontologies.
>
>kc
>
>
>On 1/5/15 9:35 AM, Casey Davis wrote:
>> Hi Code4Libbers,
>>
>> In case you are interested in attending or staying in the know about
>>the PBCore RDF ontology hackathon happening on February 7 & 8 before
>>Code4Lib, check out the Wiki page:
>>http://wiki.code4lib.org/PBCore_RDF_Hackathon. This is also where we
>>will provide links to all documentation created during the hackathon. In
>>case you are unable to join us, we will be using the hashtag
>>#PBCoreRDF15 on the days of the event.
>>
>> Best,
>> Casey
>>
>> Casey E. Davis, MLIS | Project Manager, American Archive of Public
>>Broadcasting
>> WGBH Media Library and Archives | WGBH Educational Foundation
>> casey_da...@wgbh.org | 617-300-5921 | One
>>Guest Street | Boston, MA 02135
>>
>> Subscribe to the American Archive
>>blog
>> Follow the #AmericanArchive @amarchivepub
>
>-- 
>Karen Coyle
>kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
>m: +1-510-435-8234
>skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600

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-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy 
Tennant
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 11:42 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] lita



Also, I would point out that libraries increasingly hire non-librarians in 
technology positions. That likely means that even if said persons might 
eventually find Code4Lib, their allegiance to a profession as epitomized by ALA 
is unlikely.

Roy



On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Debra Shapiro 
mailto:dsshap...@wisc.edu>> wrote:



> LITA is now the smallest ALA division.

>

> Personally, as someone who’s been involved with LITA for 20 years, I

> think the decrease is due to all the reasons Kevin cites below, and

> also because of something of an identity crisis - related to the

> advent of the Internet, as Eric says.

>

> LITA is the technology division of the ALA. *Everything* in libraries

> is done with technology now, so ALA members who once might’ve chosen

> to join the technology division choose instead to join other

> divisions, related to their other interests. Look at the list of ALCTS

> (the cataloging division) programs for any given ALA conference, or

> ALCTS list of CE webinars, and it’s all topics that might’ve once been more 
> the purview of LITA.

>

> Of course I ran for LITA prez on that platform 6 years ago and lost so

> what do I know …

>

> deb

>

>

> On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Kevin Ford 
> mailto:k...@3windmills.com>> wrote:

>

> > > I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the Internet,

> > > centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once

> > > used to be. —ELM

> > >

> >

> > -- Maybe.  I think it it recession-related.  The high water mark for

> nearly all of the groups on that list is 2007 (2006 for one or two). The

> overall stats for ALA show the same membership pattern (increasing until

> 2007, decreasing thereafter):

> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/annual_memb_stats

> >

> > I'd be interested to know if LITA's membership decrease is greater (as a

> percentage) than the others.  Perhaps that would suggest forums such as

> code4lib peeled off some of those would-be LITA members.  Otherwise, it

> just looks like a broader decline in ALA membership, probably for a few

> reasons: fewer librarians in the workforce, fewer institutions willing to

> pay professional membership fees, less willingness to pay those fees out of

> pocket, etc.

> >

> > Yours,

> > Kevin

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > On 1/5/15 10:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:

>  I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology

>  Association)? [0] How many members does it have?

> >>>

> >>> Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the

> ALA

> >>> membership statistics page:

> >>>

> >>> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita

> >>

> >>

> >> Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers

> to equal LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of

> the Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they

> once used to be. —ELM

> >>

>

> dsshap...@wisc.edu

> Debra Shapiro

> SLIS, the iSchool at UW-Madison

> Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282

> 600 N. Park St.

> Madison WI 53706

> 608 262 9195

> mobile 608 712 6368

> FAX 608 263 4849

>


  



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Re: [CODE4LIB] PBCore RDF Ontology Hackathon Wiki page

[Eric Lease Morgan]

On Jan 5, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Karen Coyle  wrote:

> 1) Everyone should read at least the first chapters of the Allemang book, 
> Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist:
> http://www.worldcat.org/title/semantic-web-for-the-working-ontologist-effective-modeling-in-rdfs-and-owl/oclc/73393667

+2 because it is a very good book


> 2) Everyone should understand the RDF meaning of classes, properties, domain 
> and range before beginning. (cf: 
> http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2014/11/classes-in-rdf.html)

+1 for knowing the distinctions between these things, yes


> 3) Don't lean too heavily on Protege. Protege is very OWL-oriented and can 
> lead one far astray. It's easy to click on check boxes without knowing what 
> they really mean. Do as much development as you can without using Protege, 
> and do your development in RDFS not OWL. Later you can use Protege to check 
> your work, or to complete the code.

+1 but at the same time workshops are good places to see how things get done in 
a limited period of time.


> 4) Develop in ntriples or turtle but NOT rdf/xml. RDF differs from XML in 
> some fundamental ways that are not obvious, and developing in rdf/xml masks 
> these differences and often leads to the development of not very good 
> ontologies.

+1 & -1 because each of the RDF serializations have its own advantages and 
disadvantages


—
Eric Morgan

Re: [CODE4LIB] PBCore RDF Ontology Hackathon Wiki page

[Justin Coyne]

Very good suggestions Karen. I'd also recommend attendees study the EBU
core ontology http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/.  While I will
be unable to attend, I'm extremely interested in where you find this
existing solution to be deficient.

Justin

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Karen Coyle  wrote:

> Casey, I have some suggestions:
>
> 1) Everyone should read at least the first chapters of the Allemang book,
> Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist:
> http://www.worldcat.org/title/semantic-web-for-the-working-
> ontologist-effective-modeling-in-rdfs-and-owl/oclc/73393667
>
> 2) Everyone should understand the RDF meaning of classes, properties,
> domain and range before beginning. (cf: http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/
> 2014/11/classes-in-rdf.html)
>
> 3) Don't lean too heavily on Protege. Protege is very OWL-oriented and can
> lead one far astray. It's easy to click on check boxes without knowing what
> they really mean. Do as much development as you can without using Protege,
> and do your development in RDFS not OWL. Later you can use Protege to check
> your work, or to complete the code.
>
> 4) Develop in ntriples or turtle but NOT rdf/xml. RDF differs from XML in
> some fundamental ways that are not obvious, and developing in rdf/xml masks
> these differences and often leads to the development of not very good
> ontologies.
>
> kc
>
>
> On 1/5/15 9:35 AM, Casey Davis wrote:
>
>> Hi Code4Libbers,
>>
>> In case you are interested in attending or staying in the know about the
>> PBCore RDF ontology hackathon happening on February 7 & 8 before Code4Lib,
>> check out the Wiki page: http://wiki.code4lib.org/PBCore_RDF_Hackathon.
>> This is also where we will provide links to all documentation created
>> during the hackathon. In case you are unable to join us, we will be using
>> the hashtag #PBCoreRDF15 on the days of the event.
>>
>> Best,
>> Casey
>>
>> Casey E. Davis, MLIS | Project Manager, American Archive of Public
>> Broadcasting
>> WGBH Media Library and Archives | WGBH Educational Foundation
>> casey_da...@wgbh.org | 617-300-5921 | One
>> Guest Street | Boston, MA 02135
>>
>> Subscribe to the American Archive blog> wordpress.com/>
>> Follow the #AmericanArchive @amarchivepub
>>
>
> --
> Karen Coyle
> kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
> m: +1-510-435-8234
> skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] PBCore RDF Ontology Hackathon Wiki page

[Karen Coyle]

Casey, I have some suggestions:

1) Everyone should read at least the first chapters of the Allemang 
book, Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist:

http://www.worldcat.org/title/semantic-web-for-the-working-ontologist-effective-modeling-in-rdfs-and-owl/oclc/73393667

2) Everyone should understand the RDF meaning of classes, properties, 
domain and range before beginning. (cf: 
http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2014/11/classes-in-rdf.html)


3) Don't lean too heavily on Protege. Protege is very OWL-oriented and 
can lead one far astray. It's easy to click on check boxes without 
knowing what they really mean. Do as much development as you can without 
using Protege, and do your development in RDFS not OWL. Later you can 
use Protege to check your work, or to complete the code.


4) Develop in ntriples or turtle but NOT rdf/xml. RDF differs from XML 
in some fundamental ways that are not obvious, and developing in rdf/xml 
masks these differences and often leads to the development of not very 
good ontologies.


kc


On 1/5/15 9:35 AM, Casey Davis wrote:

Hi Code4Libbers,

In case you are interested in attending or staying in the know about the PBCore RDF 
ontology hackathon happening on February 7 & 8 before Code4Lib, check out the 
Wiki page: http://wiki.code4lib.org/PBCore_RDF_Hackathon. This is also where we 
will provide links to all documentation created during the hackathon. In case you 
are unable to join us, we will be using the hashtag #PBCoreRDF15 on the days of the 
event.

Best,
Casey

Casey E. Davis, MLIS | Project Manager, American Archive of Public Broadcasting
WGBH Media Library and Archives | WGBH Educational Foundation
casey_da...@wgbh.org | 617-300-5921 | One Guest 
Street | Boston, MA 02135

Subscribe to the American Archive blog
Follow the #AmericanArchive @amarchivepub


--
Karen Coyle
kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
m: +1-510-435-8234
skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600

[CODE4LIB] PBCore RDF Ontology Hackathon Wiki page

[Casey Davis]

Hi Code4Libbers,

In case you are interested in attending or staying in the know about the PBCore 
RDF ontology hackathon happening on February 7 & 8 before Code4Lib, check out 
the Wiki page: http://wiki.code4lib.org/PBCore_RDF_Hackathon. This is also 
where we will provide links to all documentation created during the hackathon. 
In case you are unable to join us, we will be using the hashtag #PBCoreRDF15 on 
the days of the event.

Best,
Casey

Casey E. Davis, MLIS | Project Manager, American Archive of Public Broadcasting
WGBH Media Library and Archives | WGBH Educational Foundation
casey_da...@wgbh.org | 617-300-5921 | One Guest 
Street | Boston, MA 02135

Subscribe to the American Archive blog
Follow the #AmericanArchive @amarchivepub

[CODE4LIB] 2015 Registration Reminder

[Tom Johnson]

Code4Lib 2015 PDX is a little more than a month from now.  This is your
courtesy reminder to make your plans and get registered.  Space is still
available, but time is running out!

http://code4lib.org/conference/2015

- Tom

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Cindi Blyberg]

You can see the Executive Director's membership reports on ALA Connect:

Annual 2014 - http://connect.ala.org/node/225631 (pdf)
Midwinter 2014 - http://connect.ala.org/node/216881 (pdf)
Annual 2013 - http://connect.ala.org/node/208000 (.docx)
Midwinter 2013 - http://connect.ala.org/node/197812 (.rtf)

-Cindi
LITA Immediate Past President


On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Kevin Ford  wrote:

> > I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the
> > Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful
> > as they once
> > used to be. —ELM
> >
>
> -- Maybe.  I think it it recession-related.  The high water mark for
> nearly all of the groups on that list is 2007 (2006 for one or two). The
> overall stats for ALA show the same membership pattern (increasing until
> 2007, decreasing thereafter): http://www.ala.org/membership/
> membershipstats_files/annual_memb_stats
>
> I'd be interested to know if LITA's membership decrease is greater (as a
> percentage) than the others.  Perhaps that would suggest forums such as
> code4lib peeled off some of those would-be LITA members.  Otherwise, it
> just looks like a broader decline in ALA membership, probably for a few
> reasons: fewer librarians in the workforce, fewer institutions willing to
> pay professional membership fees, less willingness to pay those fees out of
> pocket, etc.
>
> Yours,
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/5/15 10:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>
>> I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology
 Association)? [0] How many members does it have?

>>>
>>> Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the ALA
>>> membership statistics page:
>>>
>>> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita
>>>
>>
>>
>> Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers to
>> equal LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the
>> Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once
>> used to be. —ELM
>>
>>

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Roy Tennant]

Also, I would point out that libraries increasingly hire non-librarians in
technology positions. That likely means that even if said persons might
eventually find Code4Lib, their allegiance to a profession as epitomized by
ALA is unlikely.
Roy

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Debra Shapiro  wrote:

> LITA is now the smallest ALA division.
>
> Personally, as someone who’s been involved with LITA for 20 years, I think
> the decrease is due to all the reasons Kevin cites below, and also because
> of something of an identity crisis - related to the advent of the Internet,
> as Eric says.
>
> LITA is the technology division of the ALA. *Everything* in libraries is
> done with technology now, so ALA members who once might’ve chosen to join
> the technology division choose instead to join other divisions, related to
> their other interests. Look at the list of ALCTS (the cataloging division)
> programs for any given ALA conference, or ALCTS list of CE webinars, and
> it’s all topics that might’ve once been more the purview of LITA.
>
> Of course I ran for LITA prez on that platform 6 years ago and lost so
> what do I know …
>
> deb
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Kevin Ford  wrote:
>
> > > I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the
> > > Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful
> > > as they once
> > > used to be. —ELM
> > >
> >
> > -- Maybe.  I think it it recession-related.  The high water mark for
> nearly all of the groups on that list is 2007 (2006 for one or two). The
> overall stats for ALA show the same membership pattern (increasing until
> 2007, decreasing thereafter):
> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/annual_memb_stats
> >
> > I'd be interested to know if LITA's membership decrease is greater (as a
> percentage) than the others.  Perhaps that would suggest forums such as
> code4lib peeled off some of those would-be LITA members.  Otherwise, it
> just looks like a broader decline in ALA membership, probably for a few
> reasons: fewer librarians in the workforce, fewer institutions willing to
> pay professional membership fees, less willingness to pay those fees out of
> pocket, etc.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/5/15 10:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>  I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology
>  Association)? [0] How many members does it have?
> >>>
> >>> Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the
> ALA
> >>> membership statistics page:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita
> >>
> >>
> >> Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers
> to equal LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of
> the Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they
> once used to be. —ELM
> >>
>
> dsshap...@wisc.edu
> Debra Shapiro
> SLIS, the iSchool at UW-Madison
> Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282
> 600 N. Park St.
> Madison WI 53706
> 608 262 9195
> mobile 608 712 6368
> FAX 608 263 4849
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Debra Shapiro]

LITA is now the smallest ALA division. 

Personally, as someone who’s been involved with LITA for 20 years, I think the 
decrease is due to all the reasons Kevin cites below, and also because of 
something of an identity crisis - related to the advent of the Internet, as 
Eric says.

LITA is the technology division of the ALA. *Everything* in libraries is done 
with technology now, so ALA members who once might’ve chosen to join the 
technology division choose instead to join other divisions, related to their 
other interests. Look at the list of ALCTS (the cataloging division) programs 
for any given ALA conference, or ALCTS list of CE webinars, and it’s all topics 
that might’ve once been more the purview of LITA.

Of course I ran for LITA prez on that platform 6 years ago and lost so what do 
I know …

deb


On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Kevin Ford  wrote:

> > I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the
> > Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful
> > as they once
> > used to be. —ELM
> >
> 
> -- Maybe.  I think it it recession-related.  The high water mark for nearly 
> all of the groups on that list is 2007 (2006 for one or two). The overall 
> stats for ALA show the same membership pattern (increasing until 2007, 
> decreasing thereafter): 
> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/annual_memb_stats
> 
> I'd be interested to know if LITA's membership decrease is greater (as a 
> percentage) than the others.  Perhaps that would suggest forums such as 
> code4lib peeled off some of those would-be LITA members.  Otherwise, it just 
> looks like a broader decline in ALA membership, probably for a few reasons: 
> fewer librarians in the workforce, fewer institutions willing to pay 
> professional membership fees, less willingness to pay those fees out of 
> pocket, etc.
> 
> Yours,
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/5/15 10:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
 I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology
 Association)? [0] How many members does it have?
>>> 
>>> Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the ALA
>>> membership statistics page:
>>> 
>>> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita
>> 
>> 
>> Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers to 
>> equal LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the 
>> Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once 
>> used to be. —ELM
>> 

dsshap...@wisc.edu
Debra Shapiro
SLIS, the iSchool at UW-Madison
Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282
600 N. Park St.
Madison WI 53706
608 262 9195
mobile 608 712 6368
FAX 608 263 4849

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Eric Lease Morgan]

On Jan 5, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Sylvain Machefert  
wrote:

>> Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers to 
>> equal LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the 
>> Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once 
>> used to be. —ELM
> 
> For a list created more than 10 years ago, can we trust the number of 
> subscribers figure ? How many dead addresses ? (not saying that number of 
> members of an association == active members, sure).


There are zero dead mailing list addresses because the LISTSERV software prunes 
such things on a daily basis. Yes, we can trust the number of subscribers, but 
that does not mean all of the subscribers actively participate in the 
community. —ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Kevin Ford]

> I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the
> Internet, centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful
> as they once
> used to be. —ELM
>

-- Maybe.  I think it it recession-related.  The high water mark for 
nearly all of the groups on that list is 2007 (2006 for one or two). 
The overall stats for ALA show the same membership pattern (increasing 
until 2007, decreasing thereafter): 
http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/annual_memb_stats


I'd be interested to know if LITA's membership decrease is greater (as a 
percentage) than the others.  Perhaps that would suggest forums such as 
code4lib peeled off some of those would-be LITA members.  Otherwise, it 
just looks like a broader decline in ALA membership, probably for a few 
reasons: fewer librarians in the workforce, fewer institutions willing 
to pay professional membership fees, less willingness to pay those fees 
out of pocket, etc.


Yours,
Kevin




On 1/5/15 10:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:

I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology
Association)? [0] How many members does it have?


Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the ALA
membership statistics page:

http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita



Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers to equal 
LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the Internet, 
centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once used to be. 
—ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Sylvain Machefert]

Le 05/01/2015 17:12, Eric Lease Morgan a écrit :

Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers to equal 
LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the Internet, 
centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once used to be. 
—ELM


For a list created more than 10 years ago, can we trust the number of 
subscribers figure ? How many dead addresses ? (not saying that number 
of members of an association == active members, sure).

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Eric Lease Morgan]

>> I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology
>> Association)? [0] How many members does it have?
> 
> Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the ALA
> membership statistics page:
> 
> http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita


Interesting and thank you. Code4Lib only needs fifty more subscribers to equal 
LITA’s size. I think this just goes to show, with the advent of the Internet, 
centralized authorities are not as necessary/useful as they once used to be. 
—ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

[Keith Gilbertson]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Eric Lease Morgan  wrote:

> I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology
> Association)? [0] How many members does it have?
>
> [0] LITA - http://www.ala.org/lita/
>
> —
> ELM
>

Apparently it has around 3000 members this year. I found this on the ALA
membership statistics page:
http://www.ala.org/membership/membershipstats_files/divisionstats#lita

[CODE4LIB] lita

[Eric Lease Morgan]

I’m curious, how large is LITA (Library and Information Technology 
Association)? [0] How many members does it have? 

[0] LITA - http://www.ala.org/lita/

—
ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North 2015 meet up?

[John Fink]

+1 also! Yes!

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:30 AM, William Denton  wrote:

> On 5 January 2015, Tim Ribaric wrote:
>
>   Is anyone interested in hosting the Code4Lib North 2015 meeting?  I was
>> going to volunteer and have St. Catharines ON be the place for this year
>> but if someone has a desire to host I will graciously defer.  Similarly if
>> anyone is willing to help me run the event I'd be happy for the help.
>>
>
> +1 for St. Catharines and for volunteering!  There's interesting digital
> humanities and augmented reality work being done at Brock (eg Kevin Kee and
> John Bonnett) and if some connections were made there it'd be extra fun.
> Brock'll be easy for people from upstate New York to get to, as well.
>
> Bill
> --
> William Denton ↔  Toronto, Canada ↔  https://www.miskatonic.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North 2015 meet up?

[William Denton]

On 5 January 2015, Tim Ribaric wrote:

 Is anyone interested in hosting the Code4Lib North 2015 meeting?  I was going 
to volunteer and have St. Catharines ON be the place for this year but if 
someone has a desire to host I will graciously defer.  Similarly if anyone is 
willing to help me run the event I'd be happy for the help.


+1 for St. Catharines and for volunteering!  There's interesting digital 
humanities and augmented reality work being done at Brock (eg Kevin Kee and John 
Bonnett) and if some connections were made there it'd be extra fun.  Brock'll be 
easy for people from upstate New York to get to, as well.


Bill
--
William Denton ↔  Toronto, Canada ↔  https://www.miskatonic.org/

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North 2015 meet up?

[Tim Ribaric]

Hello All,
  Is anyone interested in hosting the Code4Lib North 2015 meeting?  I was going 
to volunteer and have St. Catharines ON be the place for this year but if 
someone has a desire to host I will graciously defer.  Similarly if anyone is 
willing to help me run the event I'd be happy for the help.

Thanks,
Tim



==
Tim Ribaric
Acting Head, Library Systems & Technologies
Digital Services Librarian
Computer Science & Philosophy Liaison Librarian
@elibtronic

[CODE4LIB] Final CFP: Keystone Digital Humanities Conference, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

[Dot Porter]

(apologies for cross-posting)

FINAL CFP: Proposals due MONDAY, JANUARY 12

http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/Keystonedh/

The Keystone Digital Humanities conference will be held in the Kislak
Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the
University of Pennsylvania Libraries, July 22-24, 2015. Dr. Miriam Posner,
Coordinator and Core Faculty of the Digital Humanities Program at UCLA,
will be presenting the keynote lecture, “What's Next?: The Radical,
Unrealized Potential of Digital Humanities.”

Proposals are now invited for long presentations (20 minutes), short
presentations (7 minutes), and project showcases (10 minutes) in all areas
of digital humanities.

Presentations may take the form of interactive presentations, short papers,
project demos, panel discussions, or workshops. We welcome proposals from
emerging and veteran students, teachers, and scholars.

The community will be invited to vote on proposals that they would like to
see included in the program. The 10 proposals with the highest scores are
guaranteed a slot at the conference. The Program Committee will curate the
remainder of the program in an effort to ensure diversity in program
content and presenters. Community votes will, of course, still weigh
heavily in these decisions.

Please send your name, email address, and a proposal of 200-300 words to
keystonedh.confere...@gmail.com. The proposal deadline is January 12, 2015,
and community peer review will run from January 15-February 15. Proposers
will be notified by March 1.

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (http://ach.org/) is
covering registration for ten graduate students to present at the
conference.

Conference Organizing Committee

Dawn Childress, Penn State University
William Noel, University of Pennsylvania
Molly Des Jardin, University of Pennsylvania
James O'Sullivan, Penn State University
Mitch Fraas, University of Pennsylvania
Dot Porter, University of Pennsylvania
Patricia Hswe, Penn State University
Katie Rawson, University of Pennsylvania
Diane Jakacki, Bucknell University
Matt Shoemaker, Temple University
David McKnight, University of Pennsylvania
Stefan Sinclair, McGill University
Dennis Mullen, University of Pennsylvania
Rebecca Stuhr, University of Pennsylvania

--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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Digital Medievalist, Digital Librarian
Email: dot.por...@gmail.com
Personal blog: dotporterdigital.org
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MESA blog: http://mesamedieval.wordpress.com/
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