[CODE4LIB] seeking Python assistant for ALA pre-conference
Hi, I'm looking for someone who understands Python enough to troubleshoot basic issues and would be willing to help out during a pre-conference session coming up at ALA in San Francisco on Thursday, June 25th. The Python/PyMARC portion of the pre-conference will be in the afternoon from 2:45-4:15pm. The earlier sessions of the pre-conference are on XML technologies and XQuery. I'm needing someone who could monitor the room during the session, especially the hands-on exercises, in order to help participants if they hit any obstacles. This could be anything from simple syntax debugging to installation issues. I realize it's a long-shot to find someone who a) knows a little bit of Python, b) would be in San Fran on Thursday, June 25th, and c) is available and willing to volunteer but here's to hoping :) If you or someone you know might be interested or have any questions, please get in touch! cheers, heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71
Re: [CODE4LIB] Python PyMARC Code Club
Hi, I use Python/PyMARC *all* the time in my projects and would love to network with others about it. thanks for initiating! heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Ronald Houk rh...@ottumwapubliclibrary.org wrote: Hello, I am also interested in learning to code with Python and would be interested in this. On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Sean Chen slc.c...@gmail.com wrote: For those who attended the conference in Portland there was a talk by Coral Sheldon-Hess where she introduced the idea of a Code Club. If you didn't see it check out the talk's slides and description at: http://code4lib.org/conference/2015/sheldon-hess. But, for the tl;dr version here it is: read code with other like minded individuals so you can become a better programmer. Which in turn inspires some of us who attended the conference t look for other catalogers/hackers/programmers interested in Python and MARC records. We'd like to do a club centered on the PyMARC library. If that piques your interest please send an email to Richard Tan r...@library.berkeley.edu and Sean Chen slc.c...@gmail.com. We are happy to get something started but we’d like to hear from others about this endeavor. Best regards, Sean -- Sean Chen slc.c...@gmail.com -- Ronald Houk Assistant Director Ottumwa Public Library 102 W. Fourth Street Ottumwa, IA 52501 (641)682-7563x203 rh...@ottumwapubliclibrary.org
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available]
just an FYI... I talked with a lady named Jennifer this morning to see about getting the conference rate applied to my Thursday night reservation (Sunday-Wednesday nights did have the conference rate, but I originally was only able to get Thursday night reserved at the regular rate of $179.00) She told me that they had agreed to increase the blocks of rooms, but are doing so at $159.00 instead of $139.00 per night, and she changed my last night from the higher $179.00 to the $159.00 rate. Not sure what has happened before or after the time I talked to her though (around 10:45am EST this morning), or whether the extra rooms have already filled up again, or what. cheers, heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Tom Johnson johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com wrote: Just heard back from the Hilton on this. Things have shifted rapidly over the last few days. We are now officially booked up on hotel rooms in the original block. The Hilton says they have expanded the block by 'a few' rooms for each day of the conference. I would continue to advise talking with someone there directly if you are having trouble getting the block rate. - Tom On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Glen Horton glen.hor...@gmail.com wrote: Do we know yet if the hotel is going to expand the bank of rooms available for Code4Lib? Today the website is only allowing reservations for Sunday and Monday night when using the group code. I called and left a message with the hotel's in-house reservation department, but haven't heard anything back yet. Glen On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Riley-Huff, Debra riley...@olemiss.edu wrote: I could never get a room for Thursday night, even on the first day the conference registration was open. Decided to just take a red-eye flight home instead. :( Debra Riley-Huff Head of Web Services Associate Professor JD Williams Library University of Mississippi University, MS 38677 662-915-7353 riley...@olemiss.edu On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Robert Haschart rh...@virginia.edu wrote: When I originally reserved the room, I also encountered the problem of no availability on Thursday night. I called on Monday the 15th to try to add in Thursday night and was told that there are no rooms at that rate. Clearly there is a communication problems at the hotel, between the people the organizers have talked to and the people taking reservations. One problem the reservation lady seemed to be having is she would ask for the group code, I'd say code4lib, and she'd confirm saying OK so the code is 4lib. She also had trouble finding the reservation I made through the Oregon State University Conference Services site and wanted to just make a new reservation, with a notation that it might be a duplicate. Finally after telling her my name, address, email, arrival date and acknowledgement number for a third time, she finally said Is your first name Robert? and found the original reservation. snark I guess she was confused by all the other people with the same last name as me. /snark It may be that the lower room availability is due to several similarly duplicated reservations. -Robert Haschart On 12/16/2014 10:59 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: The word from the Hilton as of 6:00 PST is that we have rooms available at the following days: 2/7 - 4 2/8 - 11 2/9 - 19 2/10 - 9 2/11 - 5 2/12 - 2 2/13 - 0 I can verify with them tomorrow and see what we can do about expanding the block. We've only just met (or are about to meet?) our obligations, so we haven't been in a big hurry to bump up the numbers. I would encourage you to negotiate with the hotel directly if you're having trouble, and we'll do what we can on our end. - Tom On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Rainwater, Jean jean_rainwa...@brown.edu wrote: I had the same experience -- got a reservation for Thursday but they said the block was sold out and I'd have to pay a higher rate. -- jean On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Heidi P Frankh...@nyu.edu wrote: Hi, I'm also needing Thursday night added. I had reserved my room about a week ago, and got Sunday-Wednesday nights at the conference rate, but couldn't get Thursday night at all. So based on suggestions on the C4L email about the hotel, I called them directly to get Thursday night added. They did add Thursday night onto my
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available]
Hi, I'm also needing Thursday night added. I had reserved my room about a week ago, and got Sunday-Wednesday nights at the conference rate, but couldn't get Thursday night at all. So based on suggestions on the C4L email about the hotel, I called them directly to get Thursday night added. They did add Thursday night onto my reservation, but only at the regular higher rate - they said the conference rate was not available for that night. I had seen a message that people were working on expanding the blocks, but hadn't heard any updates. If the hotel block is expanded, especially for Thursday night, can someone confirm? I still need to call the hotel back so they will change my Thursday night price to the conference rate. Thanks! heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Betsy Coles bco...@library.caltech.edu wrote: I'm not panicking, but I just tried to reserve a hotel room for Sunday night through Wednesday night and the booking website says nothing is available (Sunday through Tuesday was OK). Could someone please nudge the Hilton and get some more rooms added to the block, particularly for Wednesday night? Many thanks, Betsy Coles Caltech Library bco...@caltech.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:39 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available] It has come to my attention that the public perception is that Code4Lib 2015 is either sold out or at risk of selling out in the immediate future. I'm here to tell you DON'T PANIC! As of yesterday morning, there are at least 100 places available for regular (non-speaker, non-scholarship) attendees. At my latest check in, there should still be hotel rooms available at the conference rate, as well; and we have confidence that if the hotel block *does* sell out, we can expand it at least a little for all the conference days. While there's no need to drag your feet (the earlier the host committee knows rough final attendee numbers, the better!), you shouldn't be concerned at this point if you are waiting for approval (or for after the holidays) to register. Our goal is to avoid turning anyone away, and we look to be on track to do that. Happy Holidays, and hoping to see you in Portland, Tom Johnson, on behalf of the PDX host committee
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available]
hey Tom, Just an FYI, I tried calling the hotel just now to get the last night of my reservation changed to the conference rate, and the representative said there are *not* any more rooms available for Thursday night, Feb.12th. So yes, can you please ask about expanding the block of rooms when you meet with them tomorrow? Very much appreciated!! Heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Tom Johnson johnson.tom+code4...@gmail.com wrote: The word from the Hilton as of 6:00 PST is that we have rooms available at the following days: 2/7 - 4 2/8 - 11 2/9 - 19 2/10 - 9 2/11 - 5 2/12 - 2 2/13 - 0 I can verify with them tomorrow and see what we can do about expanding the block. We've only just met (or are about to meet?) our obligations, so we haven't been in a big hurry to bump up the numbers. I would encourage you to negotiate with the hotel directly if you're having trouble, and we'll do what we can on our end. - Tom On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Rainwater, Jean jean_rainwa...@brown.edu wrote: I had the same experience -- got a reservation for Thursday but they said the block was sold out and I'd have to pay a higher rate. -- jean On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Heidi P Frank h...@nyu.edu wrote: Hi, I'm also needing Thursday night added. I had reserved my room about a week ago, and got Sunday-Wednesday nights at the conference rate, but couldn't get Thursday night at all. So based on suggestions on the C4L email about the hotel, I called them directly to get Thursday night added. They did add Thursday night onto my reservation, but only at the regular higher rate - they said the conference rate was not available for that night. I had seen a message that people were working on expanding the blocks, but hadn't heard any updates. If the hotel block is expanded, especially for Thursday night, can someone confirm? I still need to call the hotel back so they will change my Thursday night price to the conference rate. Thanks! heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Betsy Coles bco...@library.caltech.edu wrote: I'm not panicking, but I just tried to reserve a hotel room for Sunday night through Wednesday night and the booking website says nothing is available (Sunday through Tuesday was OK). Could someone please nudge the Hilton and get some more rooms added to the block, particularly for Wednesday night? Many thanks, Betsy Coles Caltech Library bco...@caltech.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:39 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still available] It has come to my attention that the public perception is that Code4Lib 2015 is either sold out or at risk of selling out in the immediate future. I'm here to tell you DON'T PANIC! As of yesterday morning, there are at least 100 places available for regular (non-speaker, non-scholarship) attendees. At my latest check in, there should still be hotel rooms available at the conference rate, as well; and we have confidence that if the hotel block *does* sell out, we can expand it at least a little for all the conference days. While there's no need to drag your feet (the earlier the host committee knows rough final attendee numbers, the better!), you shouldn't be concerned at this point if you are waiting for approval (or for after the holidays) to register. Our goal is to avoid turning anyone away, and we look to be on track to do that. Happy Holidays, and hoping to see you in Portland, Tom Johnson, on behalf of the PDX host committee -- Jean Rainwater Head, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library 10 Prospect Street / Box A Providence, Rhode Island 02912 401.863.9031 jean_rainwa...@brown.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability
Hi Cary, Thank you for responding! I've had some direct contacts, so hopefully will get it resolved. thanks for everyone's willingness to help! best, Heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: If the site was not patched within a few hours of the announcement, the odds are that you will need to rebuild it from a backup made before October 15th. It is very difficult to detect a successful exploit, or predict if a back-door will be used. I suggest that your first move should be to contact Bluehost, as they may have done the patch for you. If not, please read the rest of this thread. If you have more questions or need help, let us know here. I will attempt to address any issue that is explored in this forum. Cary On Nov 11, 2014, at 8:40 PM, Heidi P Frank h...@nyu.edu wrote: Hi, A colleague and I volunteer for an organization to maintain their website, which is a Drupal site hosted on Bluehost, however, neither of us are very experienced with Drupal. So we've been trying to figure out what we need to do to prevent the site from being affected by this vulnerability issue, and have read a lot of the documentation and tried following the instructions to upgrade, etc. but are still having trouble. If there is anyone on this list who would be willing to speak with us and answer some questions about how we need to proceed, please contact me off list. Any guidance will be much appreciated with numerous Thank You's! (i.e., we need some pro bono assistance :) cheers, Heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: If you can migrate to a maintained service, you could use feeds or migrate to move your content. You could also take that approach on your own new site. Obviously, none of your entities — nodes, menus, users, blocks, taxonomies, etc. — should contain executable code. I suggest that you do not migrate users or menus, unless you have the ability to validate your data. I love the internets, but I have learned that nobody should be running public facing services — open-source or other — unless they are prepared to maintain them, including managing a disaster recovery plan and vigilantly monitoring and acting on security notices. If this is not doable, use a service provider to manage it. The days of running services from a computer under a desk are gone. Cary On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Hickner, Andrew andrew.hick...@yale.edu wrote: I'd be curious to hear how others are proceeding. We had already planned to migrate our D7 sites to a centralized Drupal instance offered here at Yale and this has just accelerated the timetable. I imagine there are a lot of libraries running Drupal though who don't have this kind of option and might not have pre-October 15 backups to revert to (we don't!) Andy Hickner Web Services Librarian Yale University Cushing/Whitney Medical Library http://library.medicine.yale.edu/ From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:;] on behalf of Lin, Kun [l...@cua.edu javascript:;] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 2:10 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:; Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability I think so. However, Cloudflare in their blog post claim they have develop a way to block the attack immediately when the vulnerability was announced. Whether or not they know the exploit ahead of time or not, it would be good to know someone is watching out for you for $20 a month. And you will be mad if you took Oct 15th off without it. I just check, I patched my instance on Oct 16th. Not sure what's going to happened. Kun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:;] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 1:44 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:; Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability The vulnerability was discovered in the course of an audit by SektionEins, a German security firm, and immediately reported to the Drupal Security Team. Because this was a pretty obscure vulnerability with no reported exploits, the team decided to wait until the first scheduled release date after DrupalCon Amsterdam to put out the notice and patch. Obviously
Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability
Hi, A colleague and I volunteer for an organization to maintain their website, which is a Drupal site hosted on Bluehost, however, neither of us are very experienced with Drupal. So we've been trying to figure out what we need to do to prevent the site from being affected by this vulnerability issue, and have read a lot of the documentation and tried following the instructions to upgrade, etc. but are still having trouble. If there is anyone on this list who would be willing to speak with us and answer some questions about how we need to proceed, please contact me off list. Any guidance will be much appreciated with numerous Thank You's! (i.e., we need some pro bono assistance :) cheers, Heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: If you can migrate to a maintained service, you could use feeds or migrate to move your content. You could also take that approach on your own new site. Obviously, none of your entities — nodes, menus, users, blocks, taxonomies, etc. — should contain executable code. I suggest that you do not migrate users or menus, unless you have the ability to validate your data. I love the internets, but I have learned that nobody should be running public facing services — open-source or other — unless they are prepared to maintain them, including managing a disaster recovery plan and vigilantly monitoring and acting on security notices. If this is not doable, use a service provider to manage it. The days of running services from a computer under a desk are gone. Cary On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Hickner, Andrew andrew.hick...@yale.edu wrote: I'd be curious to hear how others are proceeding. We had already planned to migrate our D7 sites to a centralized Drupal instance offered here at Yale and this has just accelerated the timetable. I imagine there are a lot of libraries running Drupal though who don't have this kind of option and might not have pre-October 15 backups to revert to (we don't!) Andy Hickner Web Services Librarian Yale University Cushing/Whitney Medical Library http://library.medicine.yale.edu/ From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:;] on behalf of Lin, Kun [l...@cua.edu javascript:;] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 2:10 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:; Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability I think so. However, Cloudflare in their blog post claim they have develop a way to block the attack immediately when the vulnerability was announced. Whether or not they know the exploit ahead of time or not, it would be good to know someone is watching out for you for $20 a month. And you will be mad if you took Oct 15th off without it. I just check, I patched my instance on Oct 16th. Not sure what's going to happened. Kun -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:;] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 1:44 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU javascript:; Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Terrible Drupal vulnerability The vulnerability was discovered in the course of an audit by SektionEins, a German security firm, and immediately reported to the Drupal Security Team. Because this was a pretty obscure vulnerability with no reported exploits, the team decided to wait until the first scheduled release date after DrupalCon Amsterdam to put out the notice and patch. Obviously, they knew that once word of the vulnerability was announced, there would immediately be a wave of exploits, so they imposed a blackout on any mention of it before October 15th. I think that they stuck to their word. Of course, attacks started a few hours after the announcement. Cary On Oct 31, 2014, at 9:38 AM, Joe Hourcle onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.gov javascript:; wrote: On Oct 31, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Lin, Kun wrote: Hi Cary, I don't know from whom. But for the heartbeat vulnerability earlier this year, they as well as some other big providers like Google and Amazon were notified and patched before it was announced. If they have an employee who contributes to the project, it's possible that this was discussed on development lists before it was sent down to user level mailing lists. Odds are, there's also some network of people who are willing to give things a cursory review / beta test in a more controlled manner before they're officially released (and might break thousands of websites). It would make sense that companies who derive a good deal of their profits in supporting software would
Re: [CODE4LIB] Python applications for libraries
Hi Joe, as a cataloger, I've used Python for working with raw MARC records - using the PyMarc library - as well as MARCXML and EADXML records. It allows me to analyze and modify large files of MARC records in batch. cheers, heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Al Matthews amatth...@auctr.edu wrote: Python is a wonderful language in many respects. We use it instead of Ruby in a number of projects, most notably in workflow for Digital Preservation. I do know of a number of enterprise developers using it in a web stack -- with Flask, with Werkzeug, with Twisted, with stuff I'm not aware of, depends on scale and whom you ask -- or else Django. We do not do so at this time. Ruby may be more broadly applicable in the present library context, or, not. Unclear. Python has a fairly strict diction and the present split existence between 2 and 3 can be annoying. But it's a useful language, increasingly used for hosting other languages, and increasingly, fast despite all odds. Good for toying with functional approaches. -- Al Matthews Software Developer, Digital Services Unit Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library email: amatth...@auctr.edu; office: 1 404 978 2057 On 10/18/13 9:14 AM, Joseph Umhauer jumha...@niagara.edu wrote: I'm considering taking on online course for programming using Python. But not sure if it would be useful in my work at an academic library. My question is: If you are using Python, what applications have you developed for your institution? TIA j0e Joseph Umhauer Assistant Library Director for Technical Services Niagara University Library 716-286-8015 jumha...@niagara.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Help plan a hackathon at ALA!
Hi Zach, Can you confirm whether you meant Saturday, June 29th, or Sunday, June 30th? thanks :) heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Zachary Coble zco...@gettysburg.eduwrote: What: Help plan a hackathon at ALA! Where: Hilton Chicago Marquette Room, 720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60605 When: Sunday, June 29 from 1-2:30pm CST. Wouldn't it be awesome to have a hackathon at ALA? Hell yea, it would. We need you to help make it happen! Come to the Library Code Year Interest Group meeting at ALA Annual on June 29 from 1-2:30 at the Hilton Chicago Marquette Room, and let's start this conversation. Topics for discussion: - Host it at Midwinter in Philly or Annual in Las Vegas? - Format: 12 hours? 24 hours? All weekend? - Projects: what should we hack? DPLA? LibraryBox? - Partners: who could help us make this better (and offer prizes)? - Tech Talks: perhaps a speaker or two, maybe a well-known local or someone already speaking at the conference. - Website, t-shirts, etc. Zach Coble Systems and Emerging Technologies Librarian Gettysburg College zco...@gettysburg.edu twitter: coblezc
Re: [CODE4LIB] Groupon: $9 for 3-Day CTA Pass
maybe delivery by a swallow is faster...? On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.eduwrote: True, but if it's the same up to three weeks that developers might quote a project as taking, they'll arrive sometime in March. On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Bill Dueber b...@dueber.com wrote: I guess it depends on when you're leaving, but by my numbers it's more than three weeks until the conference... On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Wilhelmina Randtke rand...@gmail.com wrote: It says Allow up to 3 weeks for delivery of CTA Pass. This is better if you are going to ALA over the summer, or something else more in the future. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Carmen Mitchell carmenmitch...@gmail.comwrote: For the folks going to Chicago this year...This is a great deal. $9 for a 3-Day Pass from the Chicago Transit Authority ($20 Value) http://www.groupon.com/deals/chicago-transit-authority-cta-3?utm_campaign=UserReferral_dpamp;utm_medium=emailamp;utm_source=uu83298 -Carmen -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib Hotel
Hi everyone, not sure if it's just me, but I still didn't get the conference rate to show up when trying to reserve online through the links provided on the Code4Lib site or in emails, but I've used the hotel's chat service and am able to make it that way. and just an fyi...the last night, Thursday Feb.14th was not included at the conference rate, but they've made a separate reservation at the regular rate (mine was $155/night). thanks, and looking forward to my first Code4Lib!! heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu wrote: Hi Mark, In previous situations like yours that I've been in, I've found that if you call the front desk of the hotel (not the reservation line or whatever, the actual front desk of the actual hotel -- don't let them transfer you!) they're usually happy to extend your stay at the conference rate. Worth a shot, anyway. -dre. On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Mark A. Matienzo mark.matie...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Francis, I was able to make a reservation at the conference rate, but it looks like the conference rate isn't available on the night of February 14. Although spending the night in the conference hotel on Valentine's Day isn't romantic to me, I was curious if there's any possibility that the conference rate would be available for that night as well. Thanks again. You're doing a heck of a job. Mark On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Francis Kayiwa kay...@uic.edu wrote: Thanks for your patience. While the management assures us that they have increased the block I would ask (unlike the conference there isn't as big a rush to get a hotel room :-)) you attempt tomorrow so that this local decision bubbles up to their hotel registration software. (This is my speculation) Otherwise you may have to pick up the phone and speak with a human. Please attempt to register tomorrow and should you fail shoot me a note at firstname.lastn...@gmail.com Again apologies for the inconvenience and thanks for the patience. Cheers, ./fxk -- With all the fancy scientists in the world, why can't they just once build a nuclear balm?
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib Registration tomorrow (12/4)
I'm also not seeing the discounted hotel rate... Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Karen Coombs librarywebc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm not getting the appropriate hotel rate when I go to the link provided. Anyone else seeing the same thing? Karen On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Park,Go-Woon gop...@nwmissouri.edu wrote: Yes! Completed!
Re: [CODE4LIB] Sunday Hotel Rooms
Hi again, I've just tried again, and am trying to reserve for Sunday as well, but I still don't see the $115/night rate... are they still working on that, or should we go ahead and reserve at the higher rate and have it discounted later? thanks for working on getting this resolved! heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Francis Kayiwa kay...@uic.edu wrote: I will start out by apologizing for the inconvenience. Bottom line ...They didn't believe that an organization that doesn't `really exist` will be able to sell as fast... We thank you all for proving us right. For now (more later) they've opened up 20 rooms for Sunday. So try again and fill them out as quickly as you can. Cheers, ./fxk -- With all the fancy scientists in the world, why can't they just once build a nuclear balm?
Re: [CODE4LIB] preconf ideas
Hi Jason, I'd definitely be interested in the Ruby workshop. I know a little bit about programming (PHP, Javascript, Python), but would be a complete beginner on Ruby and would love a bit of hands-on to get my feet wet. heidi Heidi Frank Electronic Resources Special Formats Cataloger New York University Libraries Knowledge Access Resources Management Services 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 212-998-2499 (office) 212-995-4366 (fax) h...@nyu.edu Skype: hfrank71 On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke rand...@gmail.com wrote: HTML5 video seems better suited to a regular presentation slot than to a half-day workshop. I just don't think there is enough content there to fill the half day. It would have to be combined with something else (video editing? video delivery and usability? something else?). -Wilhelmina Randtke On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu wrote: Jason, I think both ideas are excellent. As for the Ruby on Rails intro, the RailsBridge Curriculum mentions an install-fest happening the night before. In the interest of time, I would recommend distributing a VM with all the required software pre-loaded. While part of programming involves setting up one's environment, it will be more inspiring to get right to the fun. -Shaun On 11/8/12 10:12 AM, Jason Ronallo wrote: I have a couple ideas for preconf sessions, but I am wondering whether anyone would be interested in them before further committing by posting one to the wiki. Would you be interested in attending or suggesting someone attend either of these? 1. An introduction to coding through Ruby and Rails. I'm looking at something like the RailsBridge Curriculum [1] as a quick, gentle introduction to getting started coding web applications. It seems that with the bigger venue that more folks may be attending that do not do coding in their regular job but may like to get started. Is there something like a basic training that the Code4Lib conference and community can do to bridge that gap and get more folks in libraries coding and having a better understanding what is involved in the work? Anyone else who would be interested in helping to lead this or help field questions and help folks work through problems? 2. An HTML5 Video workshop. I've pitched a talk on HTML5 Video that I'd really like to give, but wonder if there would be enough interest to do a 1/2 day workshop on the topic? It would allow time to do some hands-on work with the whole process of making video available this way. Anyone else with experience with video who would like to help put this together? Interest in either of these? Would you commit to attend one? Willing to help plan one? Jason [1] http://curriculum.railsbridge.**org/curriculum/curriculumhttp://curriculum.railsbridge.org/curriculum/curriculum -- Shaun D. Ellis Digital Library Interface Developer Firestone Library, Princeton University voice: 609.258.1698 | sha...@princeton.edu
