[CODE4LIB] next code4lib SoCal meetup 3/22
Thanks again to the folks at CalTech for hosting the last quarterly meetup of
Code4lib-SoCal in December. For our next meetup we will invade the Central
Coast again. Christina Salazar at Cal State Channel Islands has offered to play
host. Unfortunately, the campus is not actually on an island. However, somewhat
more interestingly, it was built from a re-purposed sanatorium, formerly known
as "the Man Cave", tucked away in the hills of Camarillo [1].
If you're interested in giving a talk about a project or new technology that
you are working with (or anything else you think other code4libbers would be
interested in), please send a message to me or Christina.
Details in brief:
Place: CalState Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Date: March 22nd, 2016
Time: 10am-3pmish
Please RSVP on the meetup page:
http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-SoCal/events/227916277/
We hope to see you there.
Josh
Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer
Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA
(310) 440-7410
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarillo_State_Mental_Hospital
[CODE4LIB] Call for Presentations - Code4lib-SoCal - Aug 28th, 2015
The next quarterly meetup of code4lib-SoCal will be held at UCLA on August 28th. Please contact me and Gary Thompson (glt *at* library.ucla.edu) if you would like to give a talk or lead a workshop. You can RSVP for the meetup here: http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-SoCal/events/223360922/ Thanks, Josh Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA (310) 440-7410
[CODE4LIB] Jobs: join us at the Getty
I'm looking for two good library coders to join my team at the Gettyhttp://www.getty.edu Research Institutehttp://www.getty.edu/research/. Our current team is made up of myself, three more software engineers, and a UX designer (3 female, 2 male). Our current projects include: 1. Rebuilding the Getty Research Portalhttp://portal.getty.edu/portal/landing The Portal is a search index for art history texts digitized by the Getty and other museums and libraries around the world. It's a simple catalog of records with links to the digitized items hosted by the conrtibuting intitutions. It was built several years ago as a custom Java + Solr application. We are moving it to an ElasticSearch index and putting a nicer UI on top which we intend to build with Angular.js. 2. Rebuilding the Provenance Indexhttp://www.getty.edu/research/tools/provenance/search.html The Provenance Index is a collection of databases containing records of auction house transactions, dealer stock books, archival inventories, etc., which enable users to trace the provenance of a piece of artwork, conduct research of art markets, and study the history of collecting. The current system was built 30 years ago as a non-integrated collection of flat file databases. We are going to rebuild the entire system as a Linked Data application. 3. Scholar's Workspace This web application is an online environment for art historians to conduct collaborative research by sharing images of artwork, facsimiles of transcripts, and other digital surrogates. They can annotate these items, create comparisons, build bibliographies, etc. -- essentially all the actions and discussions they need to conduct collaborative research. A proof-of-concept system was already built in Drupal by another team and has been used on a couple research projects. My team will build the production version (not in Drupal, possibly in Django + Angular...Djangular??) and make use of some appropriate standards such as IIIF and Open Annotation. 4. Digital Archives Navigation Application (DANA) This project will be a complete rethinking of how we present archival collections to users. We intend to break apart the siloed nature of EAD encoded finding aids, and link reources within a collection and between multiple collections and across multiple applications (such as the Portal and Provenance Index mentioned above, along with many others). 5. Digitization, Automation, 'Flow Tracking (DAFT) We digitize a lot of stuff here, and we have been given a mandate to double our output. Our workflows grew organically over the years and are filled with exceptions, workarounds, switchbacks, and offshoots. If we're going to continue to grow, we need to do some pruning and add some structure. We have recently begun mapping the entire workflow and my team will build a an application to track (and automate as much as possible) every item digitized, from the moment of selection, through every step of processing, and finally to the upload into various repositories like the Getty Research Portal, the Internet Archive, and the Hathi Trust. This will be built almost exclusively with Python/Django. Those are the major projects my team has been tasked with. Each of these projects is interesting in its own way and should provide each contributor a satisying challenge and an excellent opportunity for professional growth. If you are interested in collaboratively building information-intensive web applications (primarily using Python and JavaScript frameworks), then we have plenty of work to offer you. The Getty is a great place to work. The environment is second to none in beautyhttp://www.getty.edu/visit/center/. We have a team of good natured people. And we get every other Friday off! If you're interested you can find the job applications here: Software Engineerhttps://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/2592/software-engineer/job (1-4 years experience) Software Engineerhttps://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/2593/software-engineer/job (5+ years experience) Feel free to contact me with questions. Thanks, Josh Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA (310) 440-7410
[CODE4LIB] CfP code4lib SoCal meetup June 5th
I'm pleased to announce the next quarterly meetup of code4lib-SoCal http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-SoCal/events/221932895/ When: Friday, June 5th, 2015, from 10am to 3pm We have tentative plans to bookend the main meetup with beginner tutorial sessions in the morning (9am-10am) and afternoon (3pm-5pm). More details on that coming soon... Where: Davidson Library, room 1575 UC Santa Barbara http://www.library.ucsb.edu/directions-parking Call for Presentations: We'd all like to hear about your interesting projects and toolsets, so volunteer to give a short talk about what you've been working on. Just send me a message and I'll add you to the schedule. To RSVP and find updated schedule content information, use the public meetup site: http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-SoCal/events/221932895/ See you there! -Josh Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA (310) 440-7410
Re: [CODE4LIB] Protagonists
Is the Freebase data good enough for your purposes? It appears that it lists the most important characters first, but that may just be the order in which they were added. You may not be able to rely on that sequence. A Tale of Two Cities: http://www.freebase.com/m/09c55p Pride and Prejudice: http://www.freebase.com/m/060xy -Josh Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA (310) 440-7410 From: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU on behalf of Joel Marchesoni jma...@email.wcu.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 7:18 AM To: Joshua Gomez; Code for Libraries Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Protagonists ISBNdb [1] was the closest thing I could find but is probably not filled out enough for what you're wanting to do. I also found RDF Book Mashup [2] but it's nowhere near as granular as you are talking and looks pretty much dead (no news since 2009). I agree that this seems like it would fall to library workers to solve, or at the very least someone passionate about books. It is a little disappointing that I couldn't find the IMDB of the literary world. I think ISBNdb started out to be that but hasn't quite gotten there yet. Search results for IMDB for books mostly focused on the social aspects of IMDB and not the actual database part. Reading the IMDB origin story [3], it started with a message much like yours on a usenet... [1] http://isbndb.com/ [2] http://wifo5-03.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/bizer/bookmashup/ [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database#History Joel Marchesoni Tech Support Analyst Hunter Library, Western Carolina University http://library.wcu.edu/ -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of davesgonechina Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 22:12 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Protagonists So I have this idea I'd like to do for a hobby project, but it requires finding a table that lists a classic novel, a Gutenberg.org link to an instance of that work (first listed, one with most downloads, whichever), the lead female character, and the lead male character (can be null). E.g. Pride and Prejudice, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42671, Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy. Even leaving the Gutenberg part for another day, this has been really difficult to find. I've had no success with Dbpedia/Wikidata since there's no real standardized format for novels, characters often are associated more strongly with films or video games than original works (Cheshire Cat), and when characters are listed they are neither prioritized nor link to a record that clearly states gender. And then there's how to select some sort of Western Canon list. ISBNs are nowhere to be found, nor any other identifier that might help to corral a fair chunk of results. I looked at OCLC, but WorldCat Works is still an experiment and frankly looks like too much work to query for too little return even if it had good coverage. Amazon? Librarything? Goodreads? No luck yet. I raise this partly because a) I would like to make some toys with that list, and b) I feel this is a good test case for what developers might want from library data, linked or otherwise. It is the sort of request that includes many unspoken assumptions (that there is a canon, and it is well-defined) that app users, product managers, and developers typically want even if it is woefully incomplete or imperfect, so long as it matches expectations. While I appreciate what it takes to make such a list, I feel like this really ought to be a solved problem in the library space. Not in the process of being solved, hopefully, by new emerging standards solved, but like we solved this ages ago, here ya go solved. I'm posting this basically in the hopes that someone will say No, doofus, there's an easy way to do this, you just aren't very good at this - look: and show me where I'm wrong. D
Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4lib 2016 location
Allowing for focus via multi-track also enables echo chambers in which people that could probably most benefit from non-code related talks never see them. As a possible solution, we could have a post-conference afternoon on Thursday where people could meet to dig deeper into themes that occurred during the general session. Similar to what happened this year with the breakouts at the end, but with a little more emphasis and organization. -Josh Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA 310-440-7421 Frumkin, Jeremy A - (frumkinj) frumk...@email.arizona.edu 02/23/15 11:19 AM A couple of thoughts: 1) It takes a lot of effort to put these proposals together. Let's not lose sight that both proposals are good proposals, and that's why we have a vote. I'm sure there are various opinions on both proposals. 2) Separate from either proposal, I was struck this year by a greater diversity in topic areas for code4lib than I have observed in the past. There definitely felt like there was interest in tracks that were not as code-focused (such as culture / community, management, etc.). With the conference growing to the size it has, I personally feel it might be interesting to try a hybrid of single / multi-track, to allow those attending an opportunity to have the ability to have some additional focus on some theme areas. When we started code4lib, the size of the conference was such that a single track made a lot of sense; as the event has grown, both in size and maturity, I'd like to suggest that it may be worth exploring having both single track sessions and multi-track sessions to allow deeper dives by different segments of the attendees. Just my $.02 -- jaf --- Jeremy Frumkin Assistant Dean / Chief Technology Strategist University of Arizona Libraries +1 520.626.7296 j...@arizona.edu A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein On 2/23/15, 12:09 PM, Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.com wrote: I agree, the appeal of code4lib is the single track. Sent from my Windows Phone -- Riley Childs Senior Charlotte United Christian Academy Library Services Administrator IT Services Administrator (704) 537-0331x101 (704) 497-2086 rileychilds.net @rowdychildren I use Lync (select External Contact on any XMPP chat client) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are the property of Charlotte United Christian Academy. This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain confidential information that is privileged and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not one of the named original recipients or have received this e-mail in error, please permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof. Thank you for your compliance. This email is also subject to copyright. No part of it nor any attachments may be reproduced, adapted, forwarded or transmitted without the written consent of the copyright ow...@cucawarriors.com From: Collier, Aaronmailto:acoll...@calstate.edu Sent: ?2/?23/?2015 2:08 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4lib 2016 location In conjunction with the distributed location pre-conferences AND multi-track the proposal is not very appealing. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Fox, Bobbi Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 10:51 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4lib 2016 location Is there wiggle room on the Philadelphia multiple track proposal, or do those of us who would prefer single track only have the [not]choice of voting for L.A.? Best regards, Bobbi On Feb 22, 2015, at 8:48 PM, Francis Kayiwa kay...@pobox.com wrote: Hey All, Just wanted to make everyone aware of the two fantastic proposals to host Code4lib 2016 that have been submitted. The cities of of Los Angeles and Philadelphia have submitted proposals which are now available at the official Code4lib Website http://code4lib.org/content/code4lib-2016-conference-proposals Voting will open tomorrow (UTC so probably already open if you are reading this) and will remain open until 2015-03-07 08:00:00 UTC You can vote here (registration required) http://vote.code4lib.org/election/37 Thanks to the both cities for their submissions. best regards, Francis -- FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE GREAT ANSWERS: #13 A: Doc, Happy, Bashful, Dopey, Sneezy, Sleepy, Grumpy Q: Who were the Democratic presidential candidates?
[CODE4LIB] code4lib-SoCal meetup March 5
Just a quick reminder that the next quarterly meetup of Code4lib-SoCal is in two weeks (March 5th), at the Getty Research Institute: http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-SoCal/events/219653631/ Lunch will be provided! We have a good slate of topics, but still have room for more talks. If you'd like to present something, let me know. Our morning docket: - Gary Thompson from UCLA will discuss integrating Aeon Paging for Special Collections and Archives materials into the catalog UI. - I will give an overview of using Karma to map datasets to ontologies. - Alexandra Ka Dolan-Mescal and Shannon Cronin from UC Riverside will give a quick presentation and kick off a lunch time discussion about Librarians as Programmers - Librarians vs Programmers - Librarians and Programmers. Our afternoon docket: - We're going to try out a new peer review kind of session in which anyone can present a recent software design or idea for critique by the group. I will offer to be the guinea pig and go first with my design for a rebuild of the Getty Research Portal. We'll have plenty of time for more than one project, so please bring your own designs to present if you'd like a critique. - Somebody will give an intro to using Docker - If anyone has functioning brain cells by the end of the day, we'll have a fun coding challenge. Otherwise everyone can feel free to spend the rest of the day exploring the museum (I highly recommend the WWI exhibit in the GRI). - The c4l16 hosting committee will have a meeting at the close of the regular meetup. Please RSVP on the meetup site: http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-SoCal/events/219653631/ I hope to see you there. -Josh Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA 310-440-7421
[CODE4LIB] sitewide search examples
Can anyone point me to some great examples of a well executed cross-campus (or sitewide) search? And I'm not talking about the standard Google Search Appliance or Site Search that most places use. I mean a really impressive one that pulls in ALL the library/museum collections records, alongside the basic campus website index, and all kinds of other data like cafeteria menus, employee phonebooks, parking reservations and who knows what, then makes them all searchable through a single search box and presents the results in a really nice, intuitive user interface. Asking for a friend... -Josh Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA 310-440-7421
Re: [CODE4LIB] Past Conference T-Shirts?
You can grab it here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57759662/metadata.svg Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA 310-440-7421 Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.com 11/6/2014 11:04 AM Yes, but I have been unsuccessful thus far in getting a vector file/high res transparent image. If you have one and can send please do so and I will put it up on the code4lib store (code4lib.spreadshirt.com). Thanks //Riley -- Riley Childs Senior Charlotte United Christian Academy IT Services Administrator Library Services Administrator https://rileychilds.net cell: +1 (704) 497-2086 office: +1 (704) 537-0331x101 twitter: @rowdychildren Checkout our new Online Library Catalog: https://catalog.cucawarriors.com Proudly sent in plain text -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Goben, Abigail Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 1:10 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Past Conference T-Shirts? My Metadata t-shirt, from C4L 2013, has been getting some interest/requests of where others can purchase. I thought we'd talked about that here. Was there a store ever finally set up that I could refer people to? Abigail -- Abigail Goben, MLS Assistant Information Services Librarian and Assistant Professor Library of the Health Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago 1750 W. Polk (MC 763) Chicago, IL 60612 ago...@uic.edu
[CODE4LIB] code4lib-SoCal Fall Meetup - Nov 20
ANNOUNCEMENT! Code4lib Southern California Fall Meeting November 20th, 2014, 9:30am-5pm Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library 630 W 5th Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-SoCal/events/206265122/ Schedule: 9:30-9:45am Meet Greet - 9:45-10:00am Welcome from the City Librarian - 10:00am-12:00pm Complementary presentations on Integrating Library Resources with Learning Mgmt Systems (David Walker, CSU and Gary Thompson, UCLA) - 12:00-1:30pm Lunch (provided, compliments of Cherry Hill Co., Ann Bostick, Gary Thompson) - 1:30-2:30pm Geospatial Datatypes: In the Database, On the Web and In Your Code (Mark Echeverri) - 2:30-3:30pm JavaScript Frameworks (Angular Backbone) (Kristian Allen, UCLA) - 3:30-3:45pm Wrap-up, logistics of next meeting - 3:45-5:00pm Planning Session for national conference host proposal Parking: The Public Library does not have a parking lot of its own, but will arrange for attendees to get the early-bird rate ($12.50) at the commercial garage underneath the Library (entrance on Flower between 5th 6th Street). Please join us! Joshua Gomez | Sr. Software Engineer Getty Research Institute | Los Angeles, CA 310-440-7421
Re: [CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers
I apologize for thread-jacking, but I would like to agree with Brooke and say a little more about the bad policy of late fees. The primary metrics libraries judge themselves by are all related to usage. Late fees are a very strong and very direct deterrent to usage. I know several friends and family members that love going to the library but now avoid it because they are afraid of some old late fees. Was the $20 for some late items really worth it to the library to keep a single mother and her four daughters away from the library for the past several years? These are the people libraries should be helping the most, yet they are the most likely to be penalized. A single parent leads a busy (sometimes hectic) life and will very likely return items past an arbitrary due date. They are also on a tighter budget and are less likely to be able to pay. Something similar can be said for academic libraries and poor students. At GW, the students have a $50 library gift line item on their tuition bill that they can easily opt out of. How many students keep that $50 out of spite because they were angry about silly late fees they got the previous semester? If you're worried about people never returning things, just send them a bill after the grace period for the full replacement cost and I'm pretty sure you'll see those items returned promptly. -Joshua Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267 On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 8:56 AM, BWS Johnson abesottedphoe...@yahoo.comwrote: Salvete! Libraries charge to lend books. Some, by no means all. It's also generally limited to newer materials. It's universally stupid to do this, in my opinion. The folks that can pay are already buying copies, and we're hurting the patrons that can't pay. Late fines are almost universal, and lost items will result in a charge for replacement costs. What are we getting for our charges? Is this go away mentality worth it? Is this helping or hurting us in the relevancy arena? It's definitely hurting in the fundraising department, which is precisely where it's meant to help. Every budget I've seen has not netted enough in charging for extras to offset the actual costs they're seeking to cover. So with that in mind, why are we doing this? Our patrons rightfully see these as nuisance fees. If we're doing it to avoid abuse, which is why I assume a lot of these are implemented, there are usually better ways to go about that. Cheers, Brooke
[CODE4LIB] Austin conference proposal
FYI before you vote on the conference proposals. The Austin proposal states: The idea is to keep that great energy that is generated at SXSWi rolling on through to the end of the Code4Lib conference as well as connecting 2 communities that have a lot in common, but rarely have the chance to meet. I have gone to SxSW Interactive the past two years and I plan to continue going in the future. I highly recommend it. However, attempting to attend both SXSW Interactive and the ERL/code4lib mashup would be difficult. Here would be the potential schedule: Thursday March 6 Fly to Austin Friday March 7 SXSW Interactive day 1 Saturday March 8 SXSW Interactive day 2 Sunday March 9 SXSW Interactive day 3 Monday March 10 SXSW Interactive day 4 Tuesday March 11 SXSW Interactive day 5 Wednesday March 12 nothing Thursday March 13 nothing Friday March 14 nothing Saturday March 15 nothing Sunday March 16 nothing Monday March 17 ERL day 1 Tuesday March 18 ERL day 2 Wednesday March 19 ERL day 3 / code4lib precons Thursday March 20 code4lib day 1 Friday March 21 code4lib day 2 Saturday March 22 code4lib day 3 / fly home There are a few options here: 1) Fly to TX March 6, and stay there for 16 more days! -- I suppose you can fill out the interval between Interactive and ERL by attending the SXSW Music Festival (March 12-16) 2) Fly home after Interactive and fly back to Austin 4 days later (6 if you skip ERL) 3) Skip going to either Interactive or code4lib I don't foresee any of these options keeping the energy from Interactive rolling through code4lib. Cross pollination between groups is a great idea, but trying to append 3 conferences to each other sounds exhausting to me. -Josh Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267
[CODE4LIB] thanks and poetry
I'm sitting at the hotel waiting for my airport shuttle and I'm looking over the list of great presentations that were given at the conference this year. Thanks to all the presenters and the hosts. As always, code4lib was a fun, engaging and inspiring event. Karen Coyle's nerd poetry was a fun idea from out of left field. I decided to give it a try while I wait for the shuttle. I believe her idea was to write poetry about coding, but I was inspired by the proximity of Valentine's day to instead write a cheesy love poem in code. if (roses == 'red' love == True): print 'Hello My Darling' self.append(you) See you all next year...I hope. -Josh Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon 2013 T-Shirt Contest Winner
The back of the shirts usually have more printing on it, including sponsors' logos and I assume Code4lib 2013 as well. Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267 On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com wrote: Curious, is code4lib 2013 going to be added to that design? Seems a bit ... odd that it's for c4l13 but doesn't say that anywhere. On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu wrote: On behalf of the T-Shirt Committee, I'm pleased to announce the winner of the t-shirt design contest is Joshua Gomez, with Metadata: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Image:Metadata.jpg Rock on, Josh! \m/ \m/ It was a tight race this year, and the winner was decided by a single vote. We want to thank everyone for all the great submissions, votes, help, and participation. See you in Chicago, Shaun -- Shaun Ellis User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives Princeton University Library
[CODE4LIB] Come join us in DC
GW is currently looking to hire a senior level developer. The announcement went out just before the holidays so I thought I would send a reminder to the list in case some of you missed it. The hiring committee will begin reviewing applications this week, so be sure to get yours in as soon as possible. We have a strong team of new people here you'll get to work with, including fellow code4libbers Rosalyn Metz, myself, and Dan Chudnov, our supervisor. Plus we just got sweet new digs on the 6th floor with a wall of windows overlooking the campus! Here is the job description: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/4888/ And here are Dan's 5 Reasons To Work as a Developer at GWU Libraries: https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1212L=CODE4LIBF=S=P=109311 If you have questions about the work environment, the university, or the city, feel free to contact me off the list. Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267
Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea
The past week or so I've been struggling to understand the reason for the strong opinions against a women's support group as a subbranch of code4lib or as an external entity. One argument is the reverse discrimination argument. I'm not sure how many have actually been making this argument but it has definitely been made by some. I have little sympathy for this argument. Perhaps it makes logical sense when the situation is looked at in a very narrow perspective, but in the larger view which takes account of social context and history, it loses validity. And I don't think that reverse discrimination is the true concern of most of those that have voiced opinions against a sub-community for women (at least I hope not). Others have mentioned they fear that a subgroup will only decrease the diversity within code4lib by pulling women away from it and into the new group. This was my initial concern as well, but when I look at other kinds of women in tech groups I realize that they don't decrease women's participation in mainstream groups. In fact they help boost women's profiles and skill sets, thus increasing their likelihood of participating in mainstream groups. I may be way off base here, but I think there is also something else going on besides those first two concerns. I think there is also a collective fear of shame and failure. I think many of the white males in this community truly are sensitive to issues of equality and they want to show their support by making code4lib a place known for supporting diversity and equality. When a group which feels treated as less than equals creates a support group for themselves that creates public shame for the original group for failing to achieve its goals of equality. What's more, the idea of a splinter group came so soon on the heels of the original thread about the anti-harassment policy. The policy suggestion received a very large and very immediate showing of support from the community. So splintering now just as the community is showing what it can do to support diversity and equality is particularly frustrating. I can sympathize with those feelings. But perhaps the support shown last week was simply too little too late. Especially considering that there are those still pressing the first argument mentioned and making the situation uncomfortable. And since I am not a member of the group that has been discriminated against I don't think I or anyone else not in that group should try to dissuade them from doing what is in their best interest. Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267 On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: I'm all for people creating new social structures to move themselves forward doing it however they see fit. The internet is a big place, and there's room for more. In this case, though, I hope it will be an and operation, not an exclusive or. I would be happy to hear that a new group formed and that it's going well. I would be disappointed if people in that group ended up moving away from this one big group. It happens, and I'd get over it, sure, but it'd still be disappointing. We gain something by gathering together like we have here. It's not exclusive, nor should it be. But code4lib has added so much to me and my work that I know how much I stand to lose if we do not also keep working to stick together, however difficult that can be sometimes. Respectfully yours, -Dan The way to make that happen is to make the larger group welcoming, fair, non-hostile. I've seen some real hostility around this idea of creating a place for women -- not just people thinking it might not be as good as being a single group, but real hostility. I suspect there was less hostility about setting up a Python group, or about setting up local groups. Removing the difficulty is the best way to keep everyone together. I definitely do not feel, today, like I'm welcomed, mainly because of the strength of the arguments against an idea that came from women. And remember, there wasn't a felt need to create an anti-harassment policy against Pythoners. These are not analogous situations. kc -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
[CODE4LIB] LoC job opening ???
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[CODE4LIB] TODAY code4lib DC/VA/MD meeting
A quick reminder in case you missed the last announcement. This afternoon we will have another code4lib meetup for people in the DC metro area. When: Meeting is from 4pm to 5pm. Happy hour starts promptly after! Where: George Washington University, Gelman Library, Room 207 (map: http://g.co/maps/6xp3n) Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267
[CODE4LIB] fresh from the brewery shipping service
Since descriptions of code4lib always seem to include the term beery, I thought this somewhat noisy post would still be appropriate. I just discovered a service (www.beerjobber.com) that picks up beer direct from craft brewers and ships it you, removing the headache of interstate shipping from the small brewers and enabling you to get those great craft beers you can only get on special occasions like the annual code4lib craft brew drink up night. The FAQ has an interesting explanation about state and local restrictions on both interstate and intrastate shipping. I'm wondering if anyone has already used this service. I'm also curious what people think about using this service versus making special orders through a local vendor. -Josh
Re: [CODE4LIB] Berkeley DB and NOID
Thanks John! I tried running db_upgrade, but apparently the utilities were not included in my setup. So I ran the following: gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ sudo apt-get install db4.8-util That installed the utilities, but I'm still having some trouble: gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ sudo db4.8_upgrade -v -h NOID NOID/noid.bdb db4.8_upgrade: Program version 4.8 doesn't match environment version 4.7 db4.8_upgrade: DB_ENV-open: DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch I tried leaving off the environment home flag gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ sudo db4.8_upgrade -v NOID/noid.bdb db4.8_upgrade: NOID/noid.bdb upgraded successfully That looks like it worked. However, when I try making a call to the service I get the old error: gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ curl localhost/nd/noidu_t1?mint+1 no Env object (DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch) -Josh On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:42 PM, John A. Kunze j...@ucop.edu wrote: The standard BerkeleyDB library probably changed when you upgraded Ubuntu, and it complains that the NOID database (written with the old library) is incompatible. You should be able to use db_upgrade to convert the NOID database (NOID/noid.bdb). db_upgrade is a command line utility that comes with BerkeleyDB. -John --- On Mon, 13 Feb 2012, Joshua Gomez wrote: Does anyone here have expertise with Berkeley DB? I was running an instance of NOID (which uses Berkeley DB) to mint and resolve ARKs. I updated the OS for the server it was running on from Ubuntu 9 to Ubuntu 10. Now NOID has stopped working and complains that the db version doesn't match: Program version 4.8 doesn't match environment version 4.7 I have no experience at all with Berkeley DB and could use some advice. Thanks, Josh -- Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267 -- Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267
Re: [CODE4LIB] Berkeley DB and NOID
That didn't work either. I started with a fresh copy of the NOID directory from before I tried the upgrade command: gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ ls NOID __db.001 __db.003 __db.005 lock log.01 noid.bdb __db.002 __db.004 __db.006 log logbdb README gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ sudo rm NOID/__* gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ sudo db4.8_upgrade -v -h NOID noid.bdb db4.8_upgrade: noid.bdb upgraded successfully gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ curl localhost/nd/noidu_t1?mint+1 no Env object (No such file or directory) I have been binding the IDs for the production NOID db (t1 is just the test NOID), but I have also been storing them in a mysql DB on our dspace server that I use to keep track of where things are in the workflow. So I suppose I could try what you suggested: setup a new production NOID, mint as many IDs as we have used so far, then rebind them all using the data in the mysql DB. Redundant data is a good thing. -Joshua On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:07 PM, John A. Kunze j...@ucop.edu wrote: Try removing the environment files before you upgrade (or after if you didn't save the old file). When I released that version of NOID I have since regretted leaving in code that created a stub environment (that actually isn't used by NOID) because it just creates upgrade problems that I never figured out properly. If all else fails and you're just using NOID to mint (eg, no binding), it's quite easy to start a new minter from scratch and mint until you see the last id you minted prior to conversion. The order of minting is deterministic, so in the end you'll have a new minter that's in the same state as the old minter (again, provided you haven't been doing holds and binds -- that's more complicated). -John --- On Tue, 14 Feb 2012, Joshua Gomez wrote: Thanks John! I tried running db_upgrade, but apparently the utilities were not included in my setup. So I ran the following: gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ sudo apt-get install db4.8-util That installed the utilities, but I'm still having some trouble: gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ sudo db4.8_upgrade -v -h NOID NOID/noid.bdb db4.8_upgrade: Program version 4.8 doesn't match environment version 4.7 db4.8_upgrade: DB_ENV-open: DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch I tried leaving off the environment home flag gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ sudo db4.8_upgrade -v NOID/noid.bdb db4.8_upgrade: NOID/noid.bdb upgraded successfully That looks like it worked. However, when I try making a call to the service I get the old error: gomez@gwnma:/var/www/nd/t1$ curl localhost/nd/noidu_t1?mint+1 no Env object (DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch) -Josh On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:42 PM, John A. Kunze j...@ucop.edu wrote: The standard BerkeleyDB library probably changed when you upgraded Ubuntu, and it complains that the NOID database (written with the old library) is incompatible. You should be able to use db_upgrade to convert the NOID database (NOID/noid.bdb). db_upgrade is a command line utility that comes with BerkeleyDB. -John --- On Mon, 13 Feb 2012, Joshua Gomez wrote: Does anyone here have expertise with Berkeley DB? I was running an instance of NOID (which uses Berkeley DB) to mint and resolve ARKs. I updated the OS for the server it was running on from Ubuntu 9 to Ubuntu 10. Now NOID has stopped working and complains that the db version doesn't match: Program version 4.8 doesn't match environment version 4.7 I have no experience at all with Berkeley DB and could use some advice. Thanks, Josh -- Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267 -- Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267 -- Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267
[CODE4LIB] Berkeley DB and NOID
Does anyone here have expertise with Berkeley DB? I was running an instance of NOID (which uses Berkeley DB) to mint and resolve ARKs. I updated the OS for the server it was running on from Ubuntu 9 to Ubuntu 10. Now NOID has stopped working and complains that the db version doesn't match: Program version 4.8 doesn't match environment version 4.7 I have no experience at all with Berkeley DB and could use some advice. Thanks, Josh -- Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267
Re: [CODE4LIB] Calling all Maryland, DC, and Virginia folk Save the Date
No basement for us! We will be in a conference room on the second floor with one entire wall made of windows. It has a projector as well as two large (~65) monitors for presentations. -Josh Joe Hourcle 01/04/12 7:19 PM On Dec 13, 2011, at 3:43 PM, BWS Johnson wrote: Salvete! Just an alert that the next non OCLC sanctioned, deeply underground, seedy meeting of the MDC Chapter of Code4Lib will be gathering Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 10:00AM to Noon at The George Washington University Gelman Library in Foggy Bottom, DC 2130 H Street NW Washington DC 20052. The last ad hoc meeting was a bunch of fun, but if you have an idea for a presentation or don't want to forget to share summat, feel free to mess with the agenda on the wiki. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/MDC It seems I've forgotten my password, so rather than creating a new account just to change one line: Mebbe some cool stuff about FRBR, but mebbe not will be a quick summary of FRBR, and a possible solution for aggregates which opens up a whole 'nother can of worms, but allows for some complex relationships to be described. ... And is it safe to assume we'll be in the basement in one of the rooms w/ a projector? -Joe
Re: [CODE4LIB] Calling all Maryland, DC, and Virginia folk Save the Date
Actually, an RSVP would be very helpful. Gelman Library is not open to the public, so our front desk staff usually refer to a guest list before allowing anyone from outside the university to enter. I have informed them about the meeting, so I will get you in even if your name isn't on the list, but it would be easier on them if they were already expecting you and had your name. So if you're thinking about attending please go ahead and let me know, so I can give them at least a partial list of attendees before the meeting starts. Thanks, Joshua Joshua Gomez Digital Library Programmer Analyst George Washington University Libraries 2130 H St, NW Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-8267 BWS Johnson 01/03/12 1:42 PM Salvete! Happy New Year all! I am interesting in attending this meeting. It will be my first! Do I need to RSVP? Just wondering if you need to know who is coming. We are in DC after all. ;-} Thanks, Loren Just an alert that the next non OCLC sanctioned, deeply underground, seedy meeting of the MDC Chapter of Code4Lib will be gathering Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 10:00AM to Noon at The George Washington University Gelman Library in Foggy Bottom, DC 2130 H Street NW Washington DC 20052. Nope, just show up and join the fun :D I look forward to seeing you all next week. Cheers, Brooke
Re: [CODE4LIB] _[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib National 2012 Registration is now OPEN!!!!
Stephen are you sure it is a captcha error? When I first tried to submit it complained about the description field being empty (it's at the top of the form). I'm not sure what the description field is for, so I just typed in code4lib 2012. -Josh Westman, Stephen 11/16/11 11:12 AM For some reason, it is not accepting the captcha information. I'm typing in exactly what's showing, but I can't get the payment to submit. Stephen Westman From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Elizabeth Duell [edu...@uoregon.edu] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 10:59 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: _[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib National 2012 Registration is now OPEN Registration is now open for Code4Lib 2012! The 2012 conference will be February 6-9 in Seattle, Washington. Code4Lib 2012 is a loosely-structured conference for library technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be inspired, and forge collaborations. Register here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Code4LibNational2012 Conference information can be found on the conference web page and the code4lib wiki: http://code4lib.org/conference/2012 http://wiki.code4lib.org/ Registration information as well as Transportation and Things to do in Seattle are at: http://orbiscascade.org/index/code4lib-national-2012 Hoping to give a 20-min talk or lead a pre-conference? Spots will be reserved for speakers, so please help us by noting that you have submitted a proposal for the conference in the “anything else we need to know” section of your registration form. If your registration hinges on delivering a talk, register but DO NOT PAY FOR YOUR REGISTRATION AT THAT TIME. We will contact you later for payment. *** Wait, registration has filled up already? I just got this notice. Please register for the conference and get on the wait list but DO NOT PAY FOR YOUR REGISTRATION AT THAT TIME. Because of the large number of spots reserved for speakers, we will most likely be opening up more spots after the presentations are chosen on December 9th. We will be contacting individuals on the wait list and asking for payment at that time. -- Elizabeth Duell Orbis Cascade Alliance edu...@uoregon.edu (541) 346-1883
Re: [CODE4LIB] Craft Brew Drinkup at Code4lib 2011
Do you guys have any tips on transporting your brews? I've seen a bottle of tequila that exploded in a friend's suitcase on the way back from Mexico and I'd rather not smell like beer all week. -Josh Mark A. Matienzo m...@matienzo.org 1/24/2011 9:41 AM Do you like really good beer and/or would you possibly be willing to bring some in your luggage to Bloomington? A small group of Code4libbers is self-organizing a Craft Brew Drinkup at Code4lib. The general idea is that people bring beer that they love or at least think other people should try. We'll find a time to sit and taste everyone's selections. You don't have to bring beer to attend or participate, but it certainly helps to ensure that we have enough to go around. If you're a homebrewer, you're welcome to bring your own if you think it will pass our muster. I have created a signup sheet on the wiki - please post there with your name, location, ideas of what you might bring, and potential requests for others. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Craft_Brew_Drinkup Mark A. Matienzo Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives Yale University Library
