Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?

[Kari R Smith]

See again my post from 6/8 on this idea.

Kari Smith

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ross 
Singer
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:51 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?

I kind of agree with Shaun's point: why on earth would some organization want 
to assume this?

In the interest of not limiting ourselves to one solution to this problem, I'll 
throw another possibility that I haven't seen raised (and definitely has 
downsides, but they all do):  what if we to set aside the organizational 
aspects of the annual conference and try to find an existing conference that 
Code4Lib could be a track or sub-conference or whatever within?  I'm not 
suggesting these conferences, per se, but using them for
analogy: what would the downside of existing *within* ALA or CIL or an 
established conference be?  Are there advantages?  Are there conferences that 
would be particularly good fits?  Would we just be pushing our current 
headaches into other compartments?

I guess for me, I'm not so hell-bent on the annual conference being it's own 
exclusive event as much as being able to have it at all.

-Ross.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Galen Charlton  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess 
>  wrote:
> > Does anyone else want to self-nominate, to join a group to 
> > investigate making Code4Lib fiscally sustainable?
>
> I am interested in joining such a group. I have some relevant 
> experience to share, including stints as a member and chair of the 
> Evergreen project's oversight board. The Evergreen project became a 
> member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy in 2011; since 
> then, its conferences have been organized with Conservancy acting as 
> fiduciary and fiscal agent.
>
> --
> Galen Charlton
> Infrastructure and Added Services Manager Equinox Software, Inc. / 
> Open Your Library
> email:  g...@esilibrary.com
> direct: +1 770-709-5581
> cell:   +1 404-984-4366
> skype:  gmcharlt
> web:http://www.esilibrary.com/
> Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & 
> http://evergreen-ils.org
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib? [diy]

[Kari R Smith]

And I'll throw into the mix that there are several one and two day meetings 
that deal with sectors of technologies and archives/libraries.  An idea that's 
been talked about in other groups is about having a week when several of these 
meet so that attendees might cross-over to other relevant meetings and topics 
and thus not have to travel to several one-day meetings but instead take 
advantage of a single location.  

Just another thought --

Kari R. Smith
Digital Archivist, Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries

617.253.5690   smithkr at mit.edu   http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric 
Hellman
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:51 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib? [diy]

Since we're brainstorming...

In addition to regional meetings, how about having some smaller, national or 
even international thematic Code4Lib meetings. For example, I see an aching 
need for a "Code4Lib:Privacy".


Eric Hellman
President, Free Ebook Foundation
Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
twitter: @gluejar

> On Jun 8, 2016, at 6:40 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <emor...@nd.edu> wrote:
> 
> On Jun 8, 2016, at 1:55 AM, Kyle Banerjee <kyle.baner...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> My recollection is that in the bad 'ol days, c4l was much more about sharing 
>> ideas to solve practical problems… Nowadays, the conference (which has 
>> become like other library conferences) has become an end in itself…
> 
> 
> In the spirit of open source software and open access publishing, I suggest 
> we earnestly try to practice DIY — do it yourself -- before other types of 
> formalization be put into place.
> 
> I was struck by Kyle’s statement, “the conference has become an end in 
> itself”, and the more I think about it, the more I think this has become 
> true. The problem to solve is not identifying a fiduciary for the annual 
> conference. The problems to solve surround communication and sharing. A 
> (large) annual conference is not the answer to these problems, but rather it 
> is one possible answer.
> 
> Unless somebody steps up to the plate, then I suggest we forego the annual 
> meeting and try a more DIY approach for a limited period of time, say two or 
> three years. More specifically, I suggest more time & earnest effort be spent 
> on local or regional meetings. Hosting a local/regional meeting is not 
> difficult and relatively inexpensive. Here’s how:
> 
>  1) Identify one or two regional leaders - These are people who will 
> initialize and coordinate events. They find & recruit other people to 
> participate. Sure, they require “spare cycles", but they do not have to keep 
> this responsibility past a single event.
> 
>  2) Create/maintain a Web presence - This is a Web page and/or a mailing 
> list. These tools will be communication conduits. Keep the Web page 
> up-to-date on the status of the event. Refer to it in almost every email 
> message. Use it to record what will happen as well as what did happen. The 
> mailing list can start out as someone’s address book, but it can grow to an 
> mail alias on a Linux machine or even a Google Group. The Web page can live 
> in the Code4Lib wiki.
> 
>  3) Communicate - Kind of like voting in Chicago, “Talk early. Talk often.” 
> This is essential, and can hardly be done too much. People delete email. 
> People don’t plan ahead. People think they are not available, then at the 
> last minute they are. The reverse happens too. Send communications about your 
> event often, very often. Use email to build a local/regional community. Share 
> with them your intention as early as Step #1. Keep people informed.
> 
>  4) Identify a venue — Find a place to have the event. Colleges, 
> universities, and municipal libraries are good choices. Ideally they should 
> be associated with the output of Step #1. The meeting space has to 
> accommodate fifty people (more or less), but bigger is not necessarily 
> better. The space can be an auditorium, a meeting room, many meeting rooms, 
> or any combination. The space requires excellent network connectivity. A 
> meeting space sans strong wi-fi is detrimental.
> 
>  5) Identify a time - The meeting itself needs to be at least one afternoon 
> long. A day is good. More than two full days becomes a bit difficult. 
> Starting at times like noon allows people to have traveling time, or for 
> folks who arrived the night before time to get oriented. Starting at nine and 
> ending at 5 makes for a nice full day. Ending the meeting around noon makes 
> it easy for people to travel back home. Host the ev

Re: [CODE4LIB] NASIG May Webinar: Analyzing a Copyright Question: A How-to Guide

[Kari R Smith]

Would you please resend this information as a text message and not just an 
image attachment?  Thank you.

From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
public...@nasig.org
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 4:22 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] NASIG May Webinar: Analyzing a Copyright Question: A How-to 
Guide

[CODE4LIB] FW: [CODE4LIB] Software used in Panama Papers Analysis

[Kari R Smith]

A bit different, but I think relevant is the News Preservation efforts - 
Dodging the Memory Hole.  If you are interested in digital preservation and 
true archiving of digital-only News this is a good project to know about.  
https://educopia.org/events/dmh  They were just funded for a third round of 
work by IMLS.

Kari

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom 
Cramer
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 11:05 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Software used in Panama Papers Analysis

The IJNet article is particularly interesting—thanks for posting this. Excerpts 
like the one below make me wonder if there is a “Code4News” community, and if 
so, how do we find and connect with them. It seems we have a lot in common, and 
maybe a lot to offer each other.


MC: What we’ve achieved is pretty remarkable. Newsrooms are in an economic 
crisis. No newsroom right now--except for maybe The New York Times and a few 
others--have the capability to do something major like this at a global scale. 
But we’re showing it’s possible. We share data, we produce tools for 
communication, we share our stories and our interactives, to make it happen.

- Tom






On Apr 7, 2016, at 7:24 AM, Gregory Markus 
> wrote:

Hey Sebastian,

They go into a lot of detail in this article

https://ijnet.org/en/blog/how-icij-pulled-large-scale-cross-border-investigative-collaboration

Indeed this is pretty interesting stuff and a good shout out for Blacklight and 
other OS tools!

-greg

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Sebastian Karcher < karc...@u.northwestern.edu> 
wrote:

Hi everyone,

from one of the New York Times stories on the Panama Papers:
"The ICIJ made a number of powerful research tools available to the consortium 
that the group had developed for previous leak investigations.
Those included a secure, Facebook-type forum where reporters could post the 
fruits of their research, as well as database search program called 
“Blacklight” that allowed the teams to hunt for specific names, countries or 
sources."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/business/media/how-a-cryptic-message-interested-in-data-led-to-the-panama-papers.html

I assume this is http://projectblacklight.org/, which is pretty cool to see 
used that way. Does anyone know or have read anything about the other tools 
they used? What did they use for OCR? Did they use qualitative data analysis 
software? Some type of annotation tools? It seems like there's a lot to learn 
from this effort.

Thanks,

--
Sebastian Karcher, PhD
Qualitative Data Repository, Syracuse University qdr.syr.edu




--

*Gregory Markus*

Project Assistant

*Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision* *Media Parkboulevard 1, 1217 WE  
Hilversum | Postbus 1060, 1200 BB Hilversum | *
*beeldengeluid.nl* 
*T* 0612350556

*Aanwezig:* - ma, di, wo, do, vr

Re: [CODE4LIB] Morae setup advice for screen recording

[Kari R Smith]

If your university used WebEx you can use that for screen recording.  And 
Camtasia is also a good solution.

Kari Smith

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Jennifer DeJonghe
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2016 8:33 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Morae setup advice for screen recording

I'm at a small public university and we do regular pop up usability testing, 
but want to purchase Morae and start doing some screen capturing. Since the 
license is rather expensive, I'm trying to do as much "sharing" among staff as 
I can within the bounds of what TechSmith allows and what is practical. I 
talked to TEchSmith person today, and they allow you to have multiple people 
using it on a shared computer. Your license gets you one copy of the Morae 
Manager, and unlimited copies of Recorder and Observer. 

My question for those of you who have Morae... Do you think it would be 
practical or advisable to install the single copy of Manager on a laptop, so 
that the laptop could be shared between multiple departments in various 
buildings? You don't use Manager during the actual testing, it is more for set 
up and analysis, so they said most people install that on their "good" 
computer. But installing it on a laptop might mean we could get more use from 
it. Is there anything I should think about before proceeding with this? We 
don't have a usability lab, so would probably purchase a dedicated shared 
laptop(s) for this. (I know I could use cheaper software, but I just got back 
from ER and was impressed with what I saw people doing with the TechSmith 
product.) 

Jennifer  

Jennifer DeJonghe
Librarian and Professor
Metropolitan State University
St. Paul, MN

Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

[Kari R Smith]

Hi all,
I wanted to add a note into this conversation to say that when you are 
selecting a software solution for your Institutional Repository please remember 
to also investigate your long-term preservation commitments to the content you 
will be managing in the IR.  Most IR systems are not built to do digital 
preservation -- they are built as acquisition and access systems.  So you will 
want to establish what the IR does and does not do in support of digital 
preservation and how that aligns with your organizational responsibilities / 
mandates for preservation and long-term access of managed content.  Remember 
that digital preservation is not that same as business continuity back-up of 
your content.  Connect with the folks in your Univ. or Institutional Archives 
if you are not sure of your preservation responsibilities and mandates and 
bring them into your conversations about selection of an IR system.

Kari

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Knight, 
Kathryn E.
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 8:41 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Institutional repositories

Hello all,

My institution is working on a massive overhaul of our current institutional 
repository. At this point we're still deciding what to choose (DSpace, Invenio, 
etc.). Since I don't have much experience with IRs and so far all I can do in 
meetings is wave my arms and crow about metadata a bunch, I thought I'd appeal 
to the collective Code4Lib brain for some repository input. If you have an IR 
at your institution, what do you like about it? Hate? What about the end users? 
What is your submission process like? Anything you wish it could do that it 
doesn't? Etc.

Please feel free to contact me off list with your thoughts, if you care to 
share-I'll keep all information confidential.

Thanks so much,

Katie

Kathryn Knight
Metadata and Cataloging Librarian
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Research Library


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Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC to EAD for ArchivesSpace import stylesheet

[Kari R Smith]

This is great - thanks for sharing, Nicole!  I copied the ArchivesSpace User 
Group as well.

Kari Smith

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Smeltekop, 
Nicole [nic...@mail.lib.msu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 13:36
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] MARC to EAD for ArchivesSpace import stylesheet

Hi all,

I've developed a stylesheet that will convert MARC records to EAD for import 
into ArchivesSpace using MarcEdit.  This is really useful for those migrating 
from platforms other than Archon or AT who have catalog records for collections.

It's available here: https://github.com/MSU-Libraries/MARCtoEADforASpace.

Just a few notes:

*This stylesheet maps MARC bibliographic data to the ASpace flavor of 
EAD.  If your finding aid needs container listings added, you'll have to add 
those in manually, as they are not part of the MARC bib record.  I've indicated 
where to do that in the stylesheet.

*There's also some required MARC fields for the stylesheet to output 
required ASpace fields (such as the 300).  If original MARC record doesn't have 
these fields, you'll get an error when importing into ArchivesSpace. The error 
log does tell you if you are missing something (for a missing 300 field, it's 
an extent statement), so you can add that into the EAD file.

*This stylesheet includes fields not in the LC MARC to EAD crosswalk.  
They were fields used in our records (such as 590s or 246s) that import into 
ASpace as notes with a header using the Marc field title.

Let me know if you have any questions or issues.  As I mention in my github, 
I'm a newbie, so if anyone sees places to improve the code, please let me know!

Cheers,

-Nicole

Nicole Garrett Smeltekop
Special Materials Catalog Librarian
Michigan State University Libraries
366 W. Circle Drive, Room W108C
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-884-0818
nic...@msu.edu

[CODE4LIB] REGISTER NOW: Distributed Digital Preservation (DDP) Workshop - Oct 30, 2015 in Chapel Hill, NC

[Kari R Smith]

Distributed Digital Preservation (DDP): Issues and Options for Organizations
The Digital Preservation Management workshop series is pleased to announce that 
registration is open for a one-day topical workshop this month on distributed 
digital preservation principles and practice.

Date: 30 October 2015, 10am-4pm
Venue:  Manning Hall 208, UNC Chapel Hill
Cost: $150-max attendees: 25  -  training materials and lunch included
Registration: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1765276

Instructors:
 Eld Zierau of the Royal Library of Denmark
 Katherine Skinner of Educopia
 Nancy McGovern of MIT Libraries/DPM Director

Aligning with good practice for digital preservation increasingly requires that 
repositories engage in distributed digital preservation. We define distributed 
digital preservation as “the use of replication, independence, and coordination 
to address the known threats to digital content through time to ensure their 
accessibility” [Zierau and Schultz, 2013.]  This workshop will provide an 
overview of distributed digital preservation core concepts, the status of 
current practice, and an in-depth and interactive demonstration of the Outer 
OAIS-Inner OAIS (OO-IO) Model, a collaboration of Eld Zierau of the Royal 
Library in Denmark and Nancy McGovern, director of the Digital Preservation 
Management workshop program.  The OO-IO Model builds on work that was initiated 
and coordinated by Educopia. The workshop will conclude with a discussion of 
options and possible next steps for the community.

Prior attendance at a Digital Preservation Management workshop is not required, 
but some experience with managing digital content for preservation and access 
is highly recommended.  We will be referring to the OO-IO Model described in 
this paper: 
http://digitalbevaring.dk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Zierau_McGovern_Outer_Inter_OAIS.pdf

We look forward to your participation at this workshop!

If you have any questions, please email them to:  dpmw-managem...@mit.edu

[CODE4LIB] REGISTRATION OPEN: Distributed Digital Presevation (DDP) Workshop - Oct 30 in Chapel Hill

[Kari R Smith]

Distributed Digital Preservation (DDP): Issues and Options for Organizations
The Digital Preservation Management workshop series is pleased to announce that 
registration is open for a one-day topical workshop on distributed digital 
preservation principles and practice.

Date: 30 October 2016, 10am-4pm
Venue:  Manning Hall 208, UNC Chapel Hill
Cost: $150-max attendees: 25  -  training materials and lunch included

Registration site: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1765276

Instructors:
 Eld Zierau of the Royal Library of Denmark
 Katherine Skinner of Educopia
 Nancy McGovern of MIT Libraries/DPM Director

Aligning with good practice for digital preservation increasingly requires that 
repositories engage in distributed digital preservation. We define distributed 
digital preservation as “the use of replication, independence, and coordination 
to address the known threats to digital content through time to ensure their 
accessibility” [Zierau and Schultz, 2013.]  This workshop will provide an 
overview of distributed digital preservation core concepts, the status of 
current practice, and an in-depth and interactive demonstration of the Outer 
OAIS-Inner OAIS (OO-IO) Model, a collaboration of Eld Zierau of the Royal 
Library in Denmark and Nancy McGovern, director of the Digital Preservation 
Management workshop program.  The OO-IO Model builds on work that was initiated 
and coordinated by Educopia. The workshop will conclude with a discussion of 
options and possible next steps for the community.

Prior attendance at a Digital Preservation Management workshop is not required, 
but some experience with managing digital content for preservation and access 
is highly recommended.
We will be referring to the OO-IO Model described in this paper: 
http://digitalbevaring.dk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Zierau_McGovern_Outer_Inter_OAIS.pdf

We look forward to your participation at this workshop!

Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm

[Kari R Smith]

Hi Kelly,
As you describe what you are doing, Yes I think that is a good combination.  AS 
is an archival management system and is necessary to manage archival 
collections through the various stages of:  Accession, collection description, 
collection locations, and processing and rights information.  This is for both 
analog and digital collections -- and archives will continue to need to manage, 
describe, and give access to both analog and digital material for decades to 
come.  ContentDM does not manage the administrative data about archival 
collections that ArchivesSpace does.  ContentDM is about a patron front end to 
access digital content - some of which will come from archival or special 
collections.

Kari

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/



-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kaile 
Zhu
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 3:45 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm

We just signed on as an AS member with Lyrasis.  At this point, it's unlikely 
we would consider adopting other solutions.  We also use ContentDM as our 
front-end Web presentation of our archives collection.  My initial question 
was, is that a good combination?  Thanks.  - Kelly

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary 
Gordon
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 6:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm

I would rather let AS speak for itself.
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.archivesspace.org_overview=BQIFaQ=URKFmO0h1-PpCttSQ3v_bEhalPi_sNmh-_LG0Bso5YA=UmjVf-1YCnSJ8ymaevl-35Anh5CG-YF09ZrBGH_xV3U=21wYRg9PxyEeOZGW5edh3QXYJHBE_kOjSD8JHtjQ8dE=4w_81yrrwdu64xk0YcPm3nYynyFes3_vYkNNs-IKvR4=
 

I don't think that I made a clear distinction, and like many modern tools, AS 
can do a lot beyond its core function. It can be used to present digital 
collections, but that is not its strength. It can also integrate with 
repository software — I have seen it working with DSpace — to provide a more 
integrated, archive oriented solution.

I am far from being an AS expert. How does your institution use Archivesspace?

Cary

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, Kaile Zhu <kaile@tamuk.edu> wrote:

> Interesting to hear that AS is more a management tool rather than a 
> digital asset management tool.  Can you elaborate?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU 
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 4:27 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm
>
> If your goal is digital asset management, you might want to consider a 
> more complete and modern solution like Islandora or Hydra. ContentDM 
> is a bit long in the tooth, expensive, and does not manage and store 
> original assets.
>
> Archivesspace has some overlap with asset management tools, but really 
> it is intended to serve the archivist community. It is more of a 
> management tool.
>
> We work with Islandora, a mashup of Drupal and the Fedora repository 
> system. It is an end-to-end operation that offers everything from 
> ingest to display. We offer hosting , training, customization and 
> support. The software, of course, is free and open-source.
>
> We also work with Archivesspace.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary Gordon, MLS
> The Cherry Hill Company
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__chillco.com=BQID
> Ag=URKFmO0h1-PpCttSQ3v_bEhalPi_sNmh-_LG0Bso5YA=UmjVf-1YCnSJ8ymaevl
> -35Anh5CG-YF09ZrBGH_xV3U=Y36UKe3GI_JwX8S6vnj8k-2G4vwC7JCdGwWdN85QJxg
> =YqMwqwP4Xy1MVI6H4Ce4PedhCcHyQ51M48E7RkAGCFs=
>
> > On Sep 15, 2015, at 2:09 PM, Kaile Zhu <kaile@tamuk.edu
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > My library archives collection has both archivesspace and contentdm
> installed or subscribed.  AS is used for storing data.  CDM is used 
> also for storing data, and for displaying content, like digital images, as 
> well.
> >
> > Does it make sense to have both?  Can we use one platform to achieve 
> > the
> goal - storing data and publishing the content to the Web?  If yes, 
> which one to choose?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Kelly Zhu
> > 361.597.4082
>


--
Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__chillco.com=BQIFaQ=URKFmO0h1-PpCttSQ3v_bEhalPi_sNmh-_LG0Bso5YA=UmjVf-1YCnSJ8ymaevl-35Anh5CG-YF09ZrBGH_xV3U=21wYRg9PxyEeOZGW5edh3QXYJHBE_kOjSD8JHtjQ8dE=rqepjTBiXSZV7AJPk0EkWYBKf4h8QVT1vLMLJ3e0-Gw=
 

Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm

[Kari R Smith]

Hi Kelly,
Many institutions use ArchivesSpace (or formerly Archivists' Toolkit or Archon) 
as their management system of record.  And an export of a sub-set of the 
descriptive data for use in an access system.  I suggest that you take this 
discussion over to the ArchivesSpace user group email list and ask who there is 
using those two tools together and ask about their workflows.  Also, if you are 
not already involving your archivists in this discussion you should. :-)
Email List:archivesspace_users_gr...@lyralists.lyrasis.org 

You can export descriptive data (and other) from ArchivesSpace as EAD XML and 
then transform that into the subset you want for populating the records in 
ContentDM.

There is an email list of the orgs who are using the LYRASIS hosted 
ArchivesSpace and that will also be a good list of folks to contact with this 
question.

Kari Smith

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kaile 
Zhu
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:09 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm

Thanks, Kari,

The practice here, as we have planned, would be like this: for any archived 
items, we would enter data separately into AS and CDM.  Is that the right way 
to do that?  I doubt it.  What is the correct way to allow the front-end CDM to 
display the records in the back-end AS?  Through network connection?  Or there 
is an export/import mechanism on both AS and CDM to sych the data storage on 
both places?

Thanks again for your help.

Kelly
361.593.4082

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kari R 
Smith
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 2:55 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm

Hi Kelly,
As you describe what you are doing, Yes I think that is a good combination.  AS 
is an archival management system and is necessary to manage archival 
collections through the various stages of:  Accession, collection description, 
collection locations, and processing and rights information.  This is for both 
analog and digital collections -- and archives will continue to need to manage, 
describe, and give access to both analog and digital material for decades to 
come.  ContentDM does not manage the administrative data about archival 
collections that ArchivesSpace does.  ContentDM is about a patron front end to 
access digital content - some of which will come from archival or special 
collections.

Kari

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__libraries.mit.edu_archives_=BQIDaQ=URKFmO0h1-PpCttSQ3v_bEhalPi_sNmh-_LG0Bso5YA=UmjVf-1YCnSJ8ymaevl-35Anh5CG-YF09ZrBGH_xV3U=-CFnrKw8GVHUTdlRPQQ2Xx2ZfMhm3OneLRxw_2Pfo_0=JfpTJHHyO757Cizn1HAPFUTqX9_MEp7Zl0lPeAIaLM0=
 



-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kaile 
Zhu
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 3:45 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm

We just signed on as an AS member with Lyrasis.  At this point, it's unlikely 
we would consider adopting other solutions.  We also use ContentDM as our 
front-end Web presentation of our archives collection.  My initial question 
was, is that a good combination?  Thanks.  - Kelly

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary 
Gordon
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 6:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm

I would rather let AS speak for itself.
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.archivesspace.org_overview=BQIFaQ=URKFmO0h1-PpCttSQ3v_bEhalPi_sNmh-_LG0Bso5YA=UmjVf-1YCnSJ8ymaevl-35Anh5CG-YF09ZrBGH_xV3U=21wYRg9PxyEeOZGW5edh3QXYJHBE_kOjSD8JHtjQ8dE=4w_81yrrwdu64xk0YcPm3nYynyFes3_vYkNNs-IKvR4=
 

I don't think that I made a clear distinction, and like many modern tools, AS 
can do a lot beyond its core function. It can be used to present digital 
collections, but that is not its strength. It can also integrate with 
repository software — I have seen it working with DSpace — to provide a more 
integrated, archive oriented solution.

I am far from being an AS expert. How does your institution use Archivesspace?

Cary

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, Kaile Zhu <kaile@tamuk.edu> wrote:

> Interesting to hear that AS is more a management tool rather than a 
> digital asset management tool.  Can you elaborate?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU 
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 4:27 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] archivespace vs contentdm
>
> If your goal is d

Re: [CODE4LIB] survey of image analysis packages

[Kari R Smith]

Hi Peter,
Be sure to look at the resources and tools that are discussed through the IST 
(Society for Imaging Science and Technology) (imaging.org) and esp. research 
and tools developed at RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) where many of 
the issues that you're thinking about are dealt with regularly. 

Kari Smith
MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections 

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter 
Mangiafico
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 6:50 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] survey of image analysis packages

I am conducting a survey of software used for image analysis and metadata 
enhancement.  Examples include facial recognition, object identification, 
similarity matching, and so on.  The goal is to understand if it is possible to 
use algorithmic techniques to improve discoverability in a large dataset 
consisting mostly of images.  The main project I am working on is automobile 
history (http://revslib.stanford.edu http://revslib.stanford.edu/ 
http://revslib.stanford.edu/ http://revslib.stanford.edu/) but the 
techniques can of course be applied much more widely.  I'm interested in a 
broad sweep, could be open source, commercial, service model, API, etc.  If you 
have projects you are aware of, or tools you have used or heard about, and 
wouldn't mind sending me an email, I'd appreciate it!  Thanks,

Peter Mangiafico
Stanford University Libraries
pmangiaf...@stanford.edu mailto:pmangiaf...@stanford.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Migrating a Yahoo group's messages?

[Kari R Smith]

Hi Chris,
If you have at login for the Yahoo group, you should be able to use ThunderBird 
to connect and download all the of list email, to keep it as an archive (it 
will be in MBOX format).  I'm not sure how you would then push it back up into 
an online email list, however.

Kari Smith
MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris 
Edwards
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 1:20 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Migrating a Yahoo group's messages?

All,

I belong to a listserv that, unfortunately when it was established back in 
2007, was set up as a yahoo group.  m looking for a way to archive the group's 
email and move it to another platform, something that will be searchable and 
will NOT be a yahoo group.

Has anyone here ever had to do something like this?  This group was 
Neo-izedhttp://yahoogroupedia.pbworks.com/w/page/68466246/Yahoo%20Groups%20Neo#History
 along with the others back in 2013 and Im having trouble finding any tools to 
export the messages.  There seems to be a 
solutionhttp://www.personalgroupware.com/ but this software dumps the 
messages into a proprietary data base that can't be read any other way.  There 
is another perl scripthttp://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo!_Groups 
that looks good, but may not work with the newer style of yahoo group.

Any suggestions or assistance would be most appreciated.

Thanks

Chris
--
Chris Edwards
Head, Digital Services
Getty Research Institute
310.440.6648

[CODE4LIB] Register Now! Wkshop on Management Considerations for Incorporating Digital Forensics - June 8

[Kari R Smith]

Have you been thinking about how to programmatically incorporate digital 
forensics into your workflows?  Are you not sure of the possible impacts or 
want to learn about use cases?

Join instructors Cal Lee, Kam Woods, Nancy McGovern, and Kari Smith as they 
present an advanced interactive one-day workshop on organizational 
decision-making (policies, rules, and protocols) for incorporating digital 
forensics tools and techniques into your local practice for digital curation 
and preservation.

June 8, 2015 at UNC Chapel-Hill.  
https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1715626


This advanced management class will help you to better understand digital 
forensics concepts and possible benefits for using digital forensics in digital 
curation programs.  We will explore digital forensics issues and options 
through matching curatorial use cases to the tools, metadata, and reports from 
the BitCurator environment.

Prior attendance at a Digital Preservation Management workshop is not required, 
but some experience with managing digital content for preservation and access 
is highly recommended.

We look forward to your participation at this workshop!


Note: This workshop is NOT a hands-on BitCurator workshop. We will not be 
processing digital content using digital forensics tools.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Mac OS 9 emulator

[Kari R Smith]

All,
You might also post this question to the BitCurator User Group - dealing with 
digital forensics, media migration, and emulation for access to files from 
older OS.  https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/bitcurator-users

Also, the bwFLA emulation as a service that is available from the University of 
Freiburg is worth looking into as well.  http://bw-fla.uni-freiburg.de/

Kari

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard 
Sarvas
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 3:59 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Mac OS 9 emulator

For data transfer between old virtual Mac drive volumes (and CDs) , I used to 
use a free program called HFSExplorer on Windows, but being written in JAVA 
it might work on other platforms. The source code appears to be available for 
download as well.

http://www.catacombae.org/hfsexplorer/

Another option might be to create an old Windows NT or 2000 system with 
Services for Macintosh installed to directly read old Mac drives or to 
connect legacy Mac hardware over a network.


Rick

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Schmitz 
Fuhrig, Lynda
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 3:04 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Mac OS 9 emulator

Typically we are trying to access the data and transfer it for preservation 
work. There could be cases though where the data will need to be in the 
emulated environment in order to replay. We can't always predict what types of 
records we are going to get from across the Institution. We have encountered 
CDs and diskettes that will only read in the OS 9 environment and won't even be 
recognized in OS 10.x.

Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
Electronic Records Archivist
Digital Services Division
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Capital Gallery Building
600 Maryland Ave SW
Suite 3000
MRC 507
Washington, DC 20024-2520

siarchives.si.edu | @SmithsonianArch | Facebook | e-newsletter

A gift in support of the Archives will help make more of our collections 
accessible!


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard 
Sarvas
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 2:37 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Mac OS 9 emulator

Lynda,
Do you need to use the data on the file system in an emulated environment or 
are you just trying to access the data on the file system created by OS9?


Rick


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kyle 
Banerjee
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 1:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Mac OS 9 emulator

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Schmitz Fuhrig, Lynda  
schmitzfuhr...@si.edu wrote:

 Thanks for the responses.

 We actually need to read media within it so Virtual Box would not work 
 for us.


Could you say a bit more about your use case? Some applications such as dealing 
with archival materials might actually require actual hardware in which case 
ebay may be the best option.

kyle

Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources

[Kari R Smith]

... one more comment is that I'm generally disappointed when I go to a digital 
collections web site and it's not acutally digitized Collections, but more 
individual items or parts of collections.  So are you suggesting that all the 
digitized things are making up a Collection?  Or that you've really digitized 
full collections of material?  Or are you trying to describe Digitized 
Collection Material?  I like being specific so would want to use the latter 
term - realizing that it's not catchy.

Kari

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kari R 
Smith
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:25 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic 
resources

And if you are including born-digital material from your library or Archives 
and special collections, then you'll want to figure out a way to describe those 
digital collections as well (and as different than digitized physical 
material).  Digital Archives would not, in my opinion, be considered to be 
electronic resources.

Kari Smith

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi-

 We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. 
 We have a list of digital collections which are collections that 
 contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we 
 have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that 
 includes databases and other items.

 Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas 
 about how to handle the difference between these?

 Thanks!
 jenn

Re: [CODE4LIB] talking about digital collections vs electronic resources

[Kari R Smith]

And if you are including born-digital material from your library or Archives 
and special collections, then you'll want to figure out a way to describe those 
digital collections as well (and as different than digitized physical 
material).  Digital Archives would not, in my opinion, be considered to be 
electronic resources.

Kari Smith

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C jen...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi-

 We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. 
 We have a list of digital collections which are collections that 
 contain items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we 
 have something labeled digital collections patrons might think that 
 includes databases and other items.

 Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas 
 about how to handle the difference between these?

 Thanks!
 jenn

[CODE4LIB] SAVE THE DATE for Digital Preservation Management Workshop and Call for Applications

[Kari R Smith]

-- Please excuse cross-posting and forward this announcement to colleagues and 
other lists as appropriate --

Digital Preservation Management
Are you responsible for digital preservation at your organization?  Are you 
interested in learning the standards, resources, policies, and work flows 
integral to a successful program?  Do you want to join a cohort of similar 
professionals as you develop your skills and organizational readiness?  Come 
learn how to implement short-term strategies for long-term problems.

We are happy to announce that the five-day Digital Preservation Management 
Workshop directed by Nancy Y. McGovern is taking place this June 14 - 19, 2015 
at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts near to Cambridge and Boston.  
Tuition fee for the week is $1,200.00 and includes four lunches and a group 
dinner.  Information 
Websitehttps://www.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1687934   The 
application system will open on March 16 at 9:00 ET.  No fees are due at time 
of application.

Workshop Goals
Promote Practical and Responsible Stewardship of Digital Assets.  The goals of 
the workshop are to foster critical thinking in a technological realm and 
provide the means for exercising practical and responsible stewardship of 
digital assets in an age of technological uncertainty. The workshop sessions 
are geared towards making a digital preservation program doable for any 
organization and all of the sessions include as many relevant examples as we 
can fit.  The workshop focuses on the decision points involved in responding to 
ongoing technological changes while managing digital content across the life 
cycle.

Workshop Audience
The workshop series is intended for managers who are or will be responsible for 
digital preservation programs in libraries, archives, and other cultural 
institutions.

Faculty for June 2015
The faculty for the workshop will include Dr. Nancy Y. McGovern, Kari R. Smith, 
Courtney Mumma, and Brad Westbrook. Link 
herehttp://www.dpworkshop.org/workshops/instructors.html for information 
about each instructor.  We are very pleased that our keynote speaker will be 
Dr. Katherine Skinner, Executive Director of the Educopia Institute.

Workshop Content
The workshop includes interactive presentations, group discussions, exercises, 
individual assignments, and a keynote presentation by an international expert 
in digital preservation. Workshop attendees explore the range of components 
needed to develop an effective digital preservation program. Workshop materials 
include action plans for organizations to complete when participants return to 
their institutions. Action plans result in organization-specific plans that 
incorporate technical, financial, organizational, and policy aspects 
encompassing the full life cycle of digital objects. The workshop focuses on 
strategies for organizations to implement now, while research and development 
goes forward in creating longer-term solutions that can be incorporated into 
the program framework.

As a prerequisite for the workshop, we ask participants to work through the 
Digital Preservation Management Tutorial - a free resource for anyone 
interested in learning the foundations for digital preservation and as a 
starting point for advanced discussions.  The tutorial is online at:  
www.workshop.orghttp://www.workshop.org.

Please let us know if you have questions about the workshop.
dpmw-managem...@mit.edumailto:dpmw-managem...@mit.edu

Your Digital Preservation Management Workshop Team and
Director, Nancy Y. McGovern

Re: [CODE4LIB] OPF Knowledge Base Wiki

[Kari R Smith]

Yes, the OPF recently rebranded to be the Open Preservation Foundation. 
(formerly the Open Planets Foundation).

Kari Smith

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
todd.d.robb...@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 4:46 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] OPF Knowledge Base Wiki

I just came across this wiki [http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/KB/Home],
and wondered if it was new. I've been following and assisting (in small
ways) with COPTR and DigiPres Commons but didn't know about this resource.

PS: Did OPF recently re-brand? I thought they were the Open Planets Foundation? 
I like the change as it is more reflective of the organization's work.


--
Tod Robbins
Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
todrobbins.com | @todrobbins http://www.twitter.com/#!/todrobbins

Re: [CODE4LIB] OPF Knowledge Base Wiki

[Kari R Smith]

The OPF-Labs is not new... it's not so obvious in the USA but the hackathons 
that OPF has sponsored all have connections to the data on the OPF labs.  One 
recent hackathon, last year, in the USA was on UNC Chapel Hill on Digital 
Forensics.  The OPF labs is a great place to check for work that's already been 
started on solutions as well as data sets that can be used to test the 
solutions provided by archives/libraries that have specific use cases.

Kari Smith
MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
todd.d.robb...@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 4:46 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] OPF Knowledge Base Wiki

I just came across this wiki [http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/KB/Home],
and wondered if it was new. I've been following and assisting (in small
ways) with COPTR and DigiPres Commons but didn't know about this resource.

PS: Did OPF recently re-brand? I thought they were the Open Planets Foundation? 
I like the change as it is more reflective of the organization's work.


--
Tod Robbins
Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
todrobbins.com | @todrobbins http://www.twitter.com/#!/todrobbins

[CODE4LIB] Still Time to Submit: Call for Proposals DUE SOON for IST Archiving 2015

[Kari R Smith]

Apologies for Cross-posting.  Please forward this call as appropriate.   - Kari 
Smith, Technical Program Chair, Archiving 2015

The IST Archiving Conference brings together a unique community of imaging 
novices and experts from libraries, archives, records management, and 
information technology institutions to discuss and explore the expanding field 
of digital archiving and preservation. Join us for four days of platform 
presentations, interactive poster sessions, tours, and short-courses.

Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts describing original work 
for presentation at the Archiving 2015 conference to be held at the Getty 
Center in LA May 19-22, 2015.   [Conference Call at: 
http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/index.cfm

The Program will cover the general fields of:

* Digital Preservation: Infrastructure, repositories, and web harvesting and 
archiving
* Creating and Preserving Dynamic Media: Sound, film, digital art
* Imaging Technology: Including digital documentation and forensic analysis of 
art
* Using Tools, Systems, and Services: Quality assurance, managing file formats 
including image compression, and digital forensics
* Managing Content and Digital Curation:
* Policies, processes, metrics for services, illustrating value and ROI, and 
systems
* Access rights management
* Data privacy and PII (personally identifiable information)
* Share Economies and Partnerships
* Innovative Software, Projects, and Services

More information about the event and the template for submitting abstracts is 
available at http://imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/index.cfm

A PDF version of the Call for Papers is available at 
http://imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/Archiving2015_Call_for_Papers.pdf
**Please feel free to contact me if you have questions about a proposal you'd 
like to submit.

Kari R. Smith,
Technical Program Chair, Archiving 2015
http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/index.cfm

Digital Archivist, MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Metadata

[Kari R Smith]

Depending if you are asking about descriptive, administrative, technical or 
preservation, there are a lot f metadata standards and schema.  Some that 
haven't been yet mentioned are:

VRA Core 3.0 (Visual Resources Association, Core 3.0) for visual material
PREMIS (Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies)
EAD (Encoded Archival Description) expressed usually as XML
METS (metadata encoded transmission standard)
MODS (metadata object description schema)   [see: 
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/tools_for_mods.php] also see: 
http://credo.library.umass.edu/SCUAMODSGuidelines2012.pdf

Systems :
VRA Core is implemented for image collections management include, IRIS
EAD is implemented for archives collections management in ArchivistsToolkit, 
Archon, ArchivesSpace and AtoM.
 
Also, have you taking a look at the Seeing Standards visualization of metadata 
(it doesn't have preservation metadata) that Jen Riley created some years ago 
and is still a very good reference of the types of md that is used by domain 
and for forms and formats of content?   
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/

Kari Smith
MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections


From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Eric 
Phetteplace [phett...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 15:29
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Metadata

Of course, MARC. I use Millennium ILS' bulk editing modules (Rapid|Global
Update) or pymarc.

We have a digital repository, EQUELLA, which lets you use custom metadata
schemas or preconfigured ones. We use a heavily modified MODS schema.
Format is XML.

I haven't done a ton of XML processing but I edit in Sublime Text and not a
specialized XML editor like Oxygen. Plug-ins like Emmet, XML lint, and the
built-in regex search-and-replace save me some time. On the command line, I
use typical UNIX text processing tools like sed but will probably find a
need for xmlstarlet at some point.

Not quite what you asked but I do a *ton* of work with CSV exports from
various systems and newline delimited text data. Again, standard UNIX tools
are super useful here, less sed than sort, uniq. I'm starting to get into
Python's csvkit, too.

I dream of all this happening in JSON. The small tools I write for myself
use JSON configuration files. Yaml is pretty, too.

Best,
Eric

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:17 AM, todd.d.robb...@gmail.com 
todd.d.robb...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hardy++

 That's what I was going to send!

 On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Brian Zelip bze...@gmail.com wrote:

  I don't work with metadata for the library, but from metadata class I
 know
  we (UIUC) use at least MARC, MARCXML, and MODS. Oxygen is a commonly used
  application around here to process xml.
 
 
  Brian Zelip
  ---
  MS Student, Graduate School of Library  Information Science
  Graduate Assistant, Scholarly Commons
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  zelip.me
 
  On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:50 PM, P.G. booksbyp...@gmail.com wrote:
 
   Hello Coders,
  
   Just wanted to see who works with metadata and what standards and
  protocols
   are you using and what platforms/softwares if any are you using?
  
   Thank you.
   Chris
  
 



 --
 Tod Robbins
 Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
 todrobbins.com | @todrobbins http://www.twitter.com/#!/todrobbins

[CODE4LIB] Need a Win7 checksum creator and verifer for files in a folder

[Kari R Smith]

Looking for a free, Windows 7 sha-256 checksum creator and verifier tool that 
runs as a GUI and will produce a file of the checksums (that can then be later 
verified.)

Thoughts?

Thank you,
Kari

[CODE4LIB] A few spots left! Digital Preservation Management workshop - June 15-20, 2014

[Kari R Smith]

**Apologies for Cross-Posting  

We Have A Few Spots Left for the June Cohort - Join Us!

Are you responsible for digital preservation at your organization?  Are you 
interested in learning the standards, resources, policies, and work flows 
integral to a successful program?  Do you want to join a cohort of similar 
professionals as you develop your skills and organizational readiness?  Come 
learn how to implement short-term strategies for long-term problems.

We are happy to announce that the five-day Digital Preservation Management 
Workshop directed by Nancy Y. McGovern is taking place this June 15 - 20, 2014 
at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts hosted by the Five Colleges 
Consortium.  Tuition fee is $1,100.00 and includes 4 lunches and a group 
dinner. Application and Information 
Webpagehttps://classic.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1463065.  Joining 
Nancy will be Kari R. Smith as a senior instructor for the workshop.  Bradley 
Westbook and Courtney Mumma will also be on the instruction team.  We are 
pleased that Courtney will deliver this year's keynote as well.

Workshop Content
The workshop includes interactive presentations, group discussions, exercises, 
individual assignments, and a keynote presentation by an international expert 
in digital preservation. Workshop attendees explore the range of components 
needed to develop an effective digital preservation program. Workshop materials 
include action plans for organizations to complete when participants return to 
their institutions. Action plans result in organization-specific plans that 
incorporate technical, financial, organizational, and policy aspects 
encompassing the full life cycle of digital objects. The workshop focuses on 
strategies for organizations to implement now, while research and development 
goes forward in creating longer-term solutions that can be incorporated into 
the program framework.

Workshop Goals
Promote Practical and Responsible Stewardship of Digital Assets.  The goals of 
the workshop are to foster critical thinking in a technological realm and 
provide the means for exercising practical and responsible stewardship of 
digital assets in an age of technological uncertainty. The workshop sessions 
are geared towards making a digital preservation program doable for any 
organization and all of the sessions include as many relevant examples as we 
can fit.

Workshop Audience
The workshop series is intended for managers who are or will be responsible for 
digital preservation programs or managing digital content over time in 
libraries, archives, and other organizations.

APPLY HERE https://classic.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1463065 .  
There is a two-step process for registration.  First is the application (no 
payment required).  If selected, registration with tuition payment is the 
second step to be completed by June 6, 2014.

Digital Preservation Management Workshop organizers
dpmw-managmem...@mit.edumailto:dpmw-managmem...@mit.edu  |  
http://www.dpworkshop.org

[CODE4LIB] Posting: Digital Archives Fellow at MIT Libraries

[Kari R Smith]

Are you (or do you know) a recent graduate from a Master's program who is 
interested in spending two years as a Library Fellow working in the area of 
digital archives?  Read On…



The MIT Library Fellows Program was created to provide exceptional, 
early-career library professionals the opportunity to contribute to program 
areas of distinction and strategic priority in a dynamic academic research 
library. Fellows will work with and learn from colleagues who are recognized 
leaders in developing programs which serve the expanding needs of this 
world-class institution as well as contributing to the wider academic 
community. Library Fellows will have the opportunity to expand their skills and 
experience in ways that position them to excel and lead in the research library 
profession. Applications are invited for this two-year position, with a start 
date planned for fall of 2014.



Reporting to the Digital Archivist in the Institute Archives and Special 
Collections, the activities of this position will expand and build upon already 
established foundations of our digital archives program. Work will provide 
opportunities to collaborate with Curation and Preservation Services; the 
Office of Scholarly Publishing, Copyright and Licensing; Information Technology 
and Discovery Services; Digital Library Application Development; Collections 
Strategy and Management; as well as the Digital Sustainability Lab.



Potential activities include:

· Workflow analysis, implementation, and documentation related to 
digital archives management, building on existing work and addressing gaps;

· Resource acquisition/ingest and issue resolution around file 
authentication, access and intellectual property rights restrictions, etc.

· Assisting with analysis, understanding, and implementation of tools 
for processing and managing digital archives (ex. ArchivesSpace, Curator’s 
WorkBench (UNC), BitCurator, Archivematica) and the tools’ interactions with 
other software and systems.



Job ID:  10985

Job Title:  Library  Fellow for Digital Archives Job Details Link:  
http://jobs.mit.edu/external?locale=en-uscpUrl=http%3A%2FFcareers.peopleclick.com%2Fcareerscp%2Fclient_mit%2Fexternal%2Fen-us%2Fgateway.do%3FfunctionName%3DviewFromLink%26jobPostId%3D2010%26localeCode%3Den-us



[Note: there is also a Library Fellow for Research Data Management posting as 
well if that's more your area of interest.]


Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Archiving a website - best practices

[Kari R Smith]

Also, contact the SAA (Society of American Archivists)  Web Archiving round 
table.  Lots of experience and help from that list of folks.
I'm forwarding your question to that list.

Kari

-Original Message-
From: Kim, Bohyun b...@hshsl.umaryland.edu
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:26 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Archiving a website - best practices

I am not up to date with archiving practices. So I may be asking about a 
well-known problem.

But anyone archiving an old website and if so, what method do you use? We are 
discussing taking screenshots and/or creating a zip file of the whole site and 
uploading to a repository at MPOW. Both seem to have some shortcomings.

Thank you!
Bohyun

[CODE4LIB] SAVE THE DATE for Digital Preservation Management Workshop and Call for Applications

[Kari R Smith]

**Apologies for Cross-Posting  

Are you responsible for digital preservation at your organization?  Are you 
interested in learning the standards, resources, policies, and work flows 
integral to a successful program?  Do you want to join a cohort of similar 
professionals as you develop your skills and organizational readiness?  Come 
learn how to implement short-term strategies for long-term problems.

We are happy to announce that the five-day Digital Preservation Management 
Workshop directed by Nancy Y. McGovern is taking place this June 15 - 20, 2014 
at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts hosted by the Five Colleges 
Consortium.  Tuition fee is $1,100.00 and includes 4 lunches and a group 
dinner. Application and Information 
Webpagehttps://classic.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1463065.

Workshop Goals
Promote Practical and Responsible Stewardship of Digital Assets.  The goals of 
the workshop are to foster critical thinking in a technological realm and 
provide the means for exercising practical and responsible stewardship of 
digital assets in an age of technological uncertainty. The workshop sessions 
are geared towards making a digital preservation program doable for any 
organization and all of the sessions include as many relevant examples as we 
can fit.

Workshop Audience
The workshop series is intended for managers who are or will be responsible for 
digital preservation programs in libraries, archives, and other cultural 
institutions.

Workshop Content
The workshop includes interactive presentations, group discussions, exercises, 
individual assignments, and a keynote presentation by an international expert 
in digital preservation. Workshop attendees explore the range of components 
needed to develop an effective digital preservation program. Workshop materials 
include action plans for organizations to complete when participants return to 
their institutions. Action plans result in organization-specific plans that 
incorporate technical, financial, organizational, and policy aspects 
encompassing the full life cycle of digital objects. The workshop focuses on 
strategies for organizations to implement now, while research and development 
goes forward in creating longer-term solutions that can be incorporated into 
the program framework.

APPLY HERE https://classic.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1463065  
starting April 14, 2014.  There is a two-step process for registration.  First 
is the application (no payment required).  If selected, registration with 
tuition payment is the second step to be completed by mid-May.  Spaces are 
limited to 25 so we encourage you to submit your application sooner than later.

Digital Preservation Management Workshop organizers
dpmanagementworks...@gmail.commailto:dpmanagementworks...@gmail.com   |  
dpworkshop.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]

[Kari R Smith]

Eric,
You probably want to do the 1.0.7 full install, which does use a MySQL 
database.  Sound like you've installed just the demo version.

Kari Smith



-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Eric 
Lease Morgan
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:42 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace v1.0.7 Released [linked data]

On Mar 6, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Mark A. Matienzo mark.matie...@gmail.com wrote:

 ArchivesSpace has a REST backend API, and requests yield a response in 
 JSON. As one option, I'd investigate to publish linked data as JSON-LD.
 Some degree of mapping would be necessary, but I imagine it would be 
 significantly easier to that instead of using something like D2RQ.


If I understand things correctly, using D2RQ to publish database contents as 
linked data is mostly a systems administration task:

  1. download and install D2RQ
  2. run D2RQ-specific script to read a (ArchiveSpace) database schema and 
create a configuration file
  3. run D2RQ with the configuration file
  4. provide access via standard linked data publishing methods
  5. done

If the field names in the initial database are meaningful, and if the database 
schema is normalized, then D2RQ ought to work pretty well. If many archives use 
ArchiveSpace, then the field names can become standard or at least best 
practices, and the resulting RDF will be well linked. 

I have downloaded and run ArchiveSpace on my desktop computer. It imported some 
of my EAD files pretty well. It created EAC-CPF files from my names. Fun. I 
didn't see a way to export things as EAD. The whole interface is beautiful and 
functional. In my copious spare time I will see about configuring ArchiveSpace 
to use a MySQL backend (instead of the embedded database), and see about 
putting D2RQ on top. I think this will be easier than learning a new API and 
building an entire linked data publishing system. D2RQ may be an viable option 
with the understanding that no solution is perfect.

-
Eric Morgan

Re: [CODE4LIB] archiving web pages

[Kari R Smith]

As an archivist I would suggest that rather than thinking up all the possible 
requirements, check with your archives staff, your institutional records 
policy, and your archives collections policy to find out what their actual 
requirements are.  Having the full digital content as it was displayed is 
important for preservation.  As archivists part of our job is to represent in 
description what the content is, how is was in context of the time it was 
created and used, and what has been done it to present it to users (over time.) 
 
Ad layout may be different from what the specific ads were.  Taking snapshots 
for the particular ads may be different than having full dynamic 
reconstructions of websites.  Providing non-dynamic PDFs of webpages may not be 
the same as following the navigation pathways through a website.

Kari Smith

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of 
Wilhelmina Randtke
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:29 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] archiving web pages

Agreed, don't focus too much on preserving the presentation for an online 
newspaper.  The text and images are important, but the layout isn't so 
important.

-Wilhelmina Randtke


On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Kyle Banerjee kyle.baner...@gmail.comwrote:

 IMO, there are many web archiving situations where it is more 
 appropriate to just focus on the content rather than the manifestation of the 
 content.
 Just as you wouldn't expect a 1995 article from the NYT to be 
 displayed as the website was in 1995 or an article in an online 
 database to actually appear like it originally appeared online, it's 
 the content rather than the skin that's relevant in the case of a 
 newspaper. If you make sure it's in a format that can be migrated 
 forward and added to standalone or union systems that provide access to this 
 sort of stuff, you'll be fine.

 kyle


 On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Kathryn Frederick (Library)  
 kfred...@skidmore.edu wrote:

  Hi,
  I'm trying to develop a strategy for preserving issues our school's
 online
  newspaper. Creating a WARC file of the content seems 
  straightforward, but how will that content fair long-term? Also, how 
  is the WARC served to an end-user? Is there some other method I should look 
  at?
  Thanks in advance for any advice!
  Kathryn
 

Re: [CODE4LIB] long-term preservation of digital files

[Kari R Smith]

Kathryn,
Bagger provides for validating stored Bags.  You might need to write a script 
to run that as a Batch.  Also check out the AVPreserve tool Fixity, which is a 
fixity management / monitoring tool.  Deciding on the appropriate schedule will 
be important if you're using the Amazon cloud for storage of one of your 
preservation copies (another one should be not in the Amazon cloud) because of 
the cost of connecting to the data being stored there and the transmission 
costs.  Generally, storage in the cloud services is not expensive but 
connecting and using the digital objects is when/how they make their money.

Best,
Kari Smith

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Kathryn 
Frederick (Library)
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:44 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] long-term preservation of digital files

Hi,
I'm trying to develop a process for long-term preservation of the files we're 
creating though our digitization projects. My current plan is to bag groups of 
files using Bagger. Each bag would include all versions of the file (generally 
TIFF, JPEG, PDF and .txt transcript), a file of technical metadata (generated 
using exiftool), and .xml and marc files of descriptive metadata. Bagger will 
generate the checksums and create a file manifest.  Our IT department is 
providing 8TB of Amazon S3 storage and have set up an AWS storage gateway. The 
storage will be dedicated to these files and access will strictly limited. I'm 
planning to regularly audit what's been stored but haven't decided on a tool to 
do that. Any recommendations? Is there anything else I should consider doing?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Kathryn

Re: [CODE4LIB] archiving web pages

[Kari R Smith]

Kathryn,
When you write strategy do you mean a technology solution or a preservation 
strategy, one component of which is the technology implementation of said 
strategy?  If it's a preservation strategy for your school's online (web) 
content - so archival records - see what the University of Michigan's Bentley 
Library has to offer in terms of written strategies and plan for web archiving 
of University web-based content.

Kari

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Kathryn 
Frederick (Library)
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 11:49 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] archiving web pages

Hi,
I'm trying to develop a strategy for preserving issues our school's online 
newspaper. Creating a WARC file of the content seems straightforward, but how 
will that content fair long-term? Also, how is the WARC served to an end-user? 
Is there some other method I should look at?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Kathryn

Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for two coders to help with discoverability of videos - Embedded Metadata

[Kari R Smith]

I've been working with embedded metadata for some years and there are great 
tools out there for embedding, extracting and reusing metadata (technical, 
administrative, and descriptive).  The tools allow for batch data entry, use 
metadata schema or standards.  As a digital archivist whose job is to take in 
lots of this digitized content that generally has no context or that context is 
lost or misplaced, I wholly advocate for embedding metadata.  There are 
consumer products that can then expose this metadata so that it doesn't have to 
be retyped again and again.

What gets my goat is when I hear folks belabor the effort but don't talk about 
the rewards and opportunities that embedding metadata can bring.  Forthcoming 
use cases from The Royal Library in Denmark about mass digitization and 
embedding metadata as well as using the Exif / IPTC Extension for describing 
the content in image files.  There's also work being done with video and audio 
and CAD files.  

Check out these resources on Embedded Metadata from the VRA Embedded Metadata 
Working Group (Greg Reser, Chair):
About Embedded Metadata:  
http://metadatadeluxe.pbworks.com/w/page/62407805/Concepts
http://metadatadeluxe.pbworks.com/w/page/20792256/Other%20Organizations
Case Studies:  http://metadatadeluxe.pbworks.com/w/page/62407826/Communities

Okay, I'll step off my soap box now...
Kari

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Kyle 
Banerjee
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 12:06 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for two coders to help with discoverability of 
videos

 Is it out of the question to extract technical metadata from the 
 audiovisual materials themselves (via MediaInfo et al)?


One of the things that absolutely blows my mind is the widespread practice of 
hand typing this stuff into records. Aside from an obvious opportunity to 
introduce errors/inconsistencies, many libraries record details for the 
archival versions rather than the access versions actually provided. So patrons 
see a description for what they're not getting...

Just for the heck of it, sometime last year I scanned thousands of objects and 
their descriptions to see how close they were. Like an idiot, I didn't write up 
what I learned because I was just trying to satisfy my own curiosity. However, 
the takeaway I got from the exercise was that the embedded info is so much 
better than the hand keyed stuff that you'd be nuts to consider the latter as 
authoritative. Curiously, I did find cases where the embedded info was clearly 
incorrect. I can only guess that was manually edited.

kyle

[CODE4LIB] FW: Archiving 2014 Conference: May 13-16, Berlin, Germany

[Kari R Smith]

Apologies for cross-posting.  If you have any questions about the conference, 
feel free to contact me.  I am a member of the technical program committee.

Kari Smith

From: Walls, David E. [mailto:dwa...@gpo.gov]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:33 AM
To: digip...@ala.org
Subject: [Digipres] Archiving 2014 Conference: May 13-16, Berlin, Germany

Please take the opportunity to participate in an important annual event for the 
digital archiving community by submitting a proposal to this year's Archiving 
conference sponsored by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology.

Since the first meeting in 2004, Archiving has continued to offer a unique 
opportunity for imaging scientists and those working in the cultural heritage 
community (curators, archivists, preservation librarians, etc.), as well as in 
government, industry, and academia, to come together to discuss the most 
pressing issues related to the digital preservation and stewardship of 
hardcopy, audio, and video.

Proposals for conference presentations are peer reviewed by the a program 
committee of international digital imaging, archiving, and preservation experts 
to ensure that the program provides significant, timely, and authoritative 
information.  Please join us this year May 13-16 in Berlin, Germany for the 
2014 Archiving Conference.

The Archiving 2014 Call for Papers deadline is fast approaching! Abstracts are 
due December 2, 2013.

The conference brochure and call for papers can be found at www.imaging.org/ 
archivinghttp://www.imaging.org/%20archiving.

Please note carefully the new submission rules and templates that can be found 
at www.imaging.org/archivinghttp://www.imaging.org/archiving.

Proposed program topics include:
* Preservation of Digital Assets

  *   Web harvesting and archiving
  *   Migration of digital content
  *   Managing privacy rights for digital information
  *   Preserving e-Government information
  *   Innovative projects and activities
  *   Capacity building, continuing education, and professional development

* Technical Processes and Workflow

  *   Distributed preservation models
  *   Automated metadata generation during image capture
  *   Cooperative partnerships for digitization and archiving
  *   Authenticating digitized government and legal information
  *   Innovative approaches to digitization, including multispectral scanning
  *   Applications of crowd sourcing and share economy

* Digital Curation

  *   Cost models for digital archiving and long-term preservation
  *   Digital forensics and data recovery
  *   Managing databases and large data sets
  *   Employing metadata as a curation strategy
  *   Detection of manipulated image/video content
  *   Storage media and systems, including cloud storage
Please feel free to contact us with any questions. We hope to see you in Berlin!
Best regards,
Diana Gonzalez
IST Conference Program Manager
archiv...@imaging.orgmailto:archiv...@imaging.org
703/642-9090 x 106

Christoph Voges
Archiving 2014 General Chair

David Walls
Archiving 2014 Program Chair
dwa...@gpo.govmailto:dwa...@gpo.gov

David Walls  | Preservation Librarian |  Library Services and Content 
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Archival Management System recommendations

[Kari R Smith]

Hi Matt,
I suggest that you ask for feedback from Dalhousie Univ. archives.  They are 
AtoM users.
Creighton Barrett is the digital archivist there.

Kari


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew 
Mikitka
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 9:58 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Archival Management System recommendations

Hello,

We are considering the installation of an Archival Management System with the 
requirements listed below. Our current top choice is ICA AToM, and we are 
looking for feedback on ICA AToM and whether there are suitable alternative 
products. We are open to in-house hosting and minor customizations.

1. Includes an accessioning module
2. Manages shelf locations
3. Ability to manage donor files
4. Create file-level finding aids
5. RAD-compliant
6. Export MARC record and EAD file
7. Publish finding aids to the website
8. Finding aids are discoverable by search engines at the file level.
9. Ability to search across finding aids 10. Browse finding aids by title, 
subject etc.

Thank you,
matt

Re: [CODE4LIB] Online survey on Project Management Software Adoption - Question

[Kari R Smith]

Are you / can you account for different responses from Libraries?  Is your 
survey about what tools archivists / librarians use or what Libraries (as a 
system) use?  I can imagine rather different results depending on how you're 
planning to munge the data you receive.

Kari Smith


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew 
Tweet
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:05 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Online survey on Project Management Software Adoption

Dear Colleagues,

 

Please take the survey linked below to help us gather data on how libraries 
manage their many projects. We want to know how libraries manage, keep track of 
progress, and collaborate on projects. Survey results will show a snapshot of 
project management techniques used, project management software strengths and 
weaknesses, and what types of library projects are a good fit for which project 
management software.




Please help us answer these questions by taking an online survey (estimated
10 minutes to complete). Findings will be reported at the Internet Librarian 
2013 and CARL 2014 conferences, with the potential for future journal 
publications. Your responses will be anonymous, your participation is 
voluntary, and there are no foreseen risks in volunteering for this
study.




To take the survey please click on this link 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WW86ZV3
 

 

In case you are still on the fence about taking our survey, let us define what 
we mean by project management software and techniques. Project Management is a 
set of techniques used heavily in business, construction, and software 
development to describe and monitor work on large projects that involve 
multiple people over a long period of time. The various techniques help keep 
track of goals, tasks, deadlines, responsible individuals, progress toward 
completion, budget, and many more factors that contribute to project 
success.




Within the library, a project might be implementing a discovery service, 
marketing a program to freshmen, renovating the building, redesigning the 
website, or weeding the humanities section. We want to hear from individuals 
who have contributed to projects in libraries. Please take our survey so we can 
learn from your collective experience.




Thank you for your participation!




Margot Hanson, Instruction  Outreach Librarian, California Maritime Academy


Annis Lee Adams, E-Resources Librarian, Golden Gate University

Andrew Tweet, Librarian, William Jessup University

Kevin Pischke, Library Director, William Jessup University



** **

** **

If you have any questions about the survey please contact:

Margot Hanson: mhan...@csum.edu, 707-654-1091

or

California Maritime Academy Institutional Review Board

IRB # CMA-IRB2013-014 (Exempt status)

Re: [CODE4LIB] Desk Statistics Software Question

[Kari R Smith]

We've looked extensively into the question during the past year; our Reference 
Archivist has been soliciting and collecting data on products folks are using, 
how well they like them, and what they are using them for. There is also a lot 
of discussion on the Reference and Outreach lists on this topic.

Altarama's RefTracker has come out as one product that can be well used by 
multiple types of archives/libraries/special collections.  It can be hosted or 
licensed for local implementation.  They have great customer service and are 
willing to set up trials so you can test out the software and all the features. 
 They have recently added in some features that are useful to phone/tablet 
users as well as connecting in with Skype.  

http://www.altarama.com/


Gimlet doesn't allow for multiple back and forth interactions and attachments 
although it looks great for quick one-off reference question/answers and for 
keeping reference stats.



Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of 
Halbert, Helen
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:26 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Desk Statistics Software Question

Thanks for all your responses, folks.

I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations of systems/platforms 
specifically for recording reference questions (and answers) and putting 
together a searchable knowledge base? Seems like Gilmet might be good for this 
-any others?

Helen

On 2013-08-22 12:48 PM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote:

People here only need a monthly report.  What I have is simple, but
clear, with a bar graph and hits in number and percentage.   But I am
interested in your approaches.  - Kelly Zhu

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Joshua Welker
Sent: 2013年8月22日 14:38
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Desk Statistics Software Question

I strongly recommend HighCharts. It's free and entirely in Javascript, 
and the charts is creates are rendered as SVG and can be manipulated in 
real-time in the browser. I tried the Google Chart API but couldn't 
make heads or tails of it.


Josh Welker


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Kaile Zhu
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:33 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Desk Statistics Software Question

I like your line graph.  Mine is using simple css to draw the bar.  I 
am working on using google chart api to draw combo graph (bar + line).  
Once I finish it, it should look much nicer.  .NET has its own chart 
controls, but it's server side and clumsy.  - Kelly Zhu

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
Stephen Zweibel
Sent: 2013年8月22日 14:14
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Desk Statistics Software Question

I did the same, but with Python! Available here:
https://github.com/szweibel/Augur

Allows for customization of what you're tracking. Also open-source.
Photos attached.

Stephen Zweibel
Visiting Reference Librarian
Health Professions Library
Hunter College
szwei...@hunter.cuny.edu



On 8/22/13 3:00 PM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote:

Not sure if this is what you want.  I developed it for my library, 
using .NET environment.  Take a look at the attached pictures.  Let me 
know if you, or anybody else wants it, or want me to show more screen
shots.

Kelly Zhu
Web Services Librarian
405-974-5957

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf 
Of Brian McBride
Sent: 2013年8月22日 11:10
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Desk Statistics Software Question

Code4Lib,

I am curious what other institutions are using for tracking desk stats?
We are evaluating our current solution and wanted to see what what 
other solutions are available  either commercial or open source.

Thanks,

Brian

Brian McBride
Head of Application Development
J. Willard Marriott Library

O: 801.585.7613
F:  801.585.5549
brian.mcbr...@utah.edumailto:brian.mcbr...@utah.edu



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Embedded metadata for institutional images

[Kari R Smith]

This is great, Greg!  I've put together a library guide for Tagging and Finding 
Your Files for folks here at MIT and will add this link to it (already have the 
MetadataDeluxe info on it.)

Kari Smith
MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Reser, 
Gregory
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 11:13 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Embedded metadata for institutional images

I would like to share a presentation I gave at this year's IPTC conference held 
in Barcelona. The presentation is intended to show how embedded metadata can 
help users properly identify downloaded images and use them more efficiently. 
Even though I focused on museums, I think the message also applies to archives 
and libraries.

This presentation doesn't address the techniques for embedded metadata, that is 
a whole other topic. First, it seems we have to convince institutions it is 
worthwhile and to commit time and money to it.

As you watch the video, keep in mind that the audience was European, hence my 
joke about the Las Vegas Luxor hotel. I think Europeans are more serious than 
us because they didn't laugh. That's the only explanation that makes sense to 
me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k52laAg4wkfeature=youtu.be


Greg Reser
Arts Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, 0175Q
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175

Phone: 858.246.0998
Skype: gregreser

Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX

[Kari R Smith]

Thanks Mike.
What we are specifically looking for is a converter for .OST or .PST files that 
have been given to me completely separated from the ability to deal with the 
account live on a server.  There are some good commercial solutions (Emailchemy 
and Aid4Mail) that do the conversions but in this case are looking for a bulk 
transformation solution.  

Will post back to the list progress made on this topic.  We are currently 
working on it as part 1 of a use case / solution pack at the OPF Digital 
Forensics hackathon.  [wiki.opf-labs.org]

Kari Smith
MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections
MIT Libraries

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of 
Friscia, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:35 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and 
OST to MBOX

OST is just a pointer to the stuff on the exchange server. You can delete that 
file and it will rebuild next time you open Outlook, there's not data in it. 
Converting that to a PST is just a matter of moving the files from the server 
portion of Outlook to a local email file. Given that the operation is 
proprietary from Microsoft, I don't see an open source solution. 

That said, I also don't see any way to convert it to MBOX except to open mac 
mail, create a folder on my mac and move all the contents there. Once done, 
don't setup the email as an exchange account, configure as a POP account and 
don't store mail on the server.

Maybe I'm missing the question or the ultimate goal. But the tools you need to 
accomplish both tasks exist in either Outlook or Mac Mail. If you are looking 
for an archival solution for born digital records, specifically email, I'm not 
sure you would want either PST or MBOX since that just spells an emulation 
nightmare in a few years. Email is new/simple enough for format migration. 

Again, my apologies if I am missing the question.
-mike

___
Michael Friscia
Manager, Digital Library  Programming Services Yale University Library
(203) 432-1856

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Kari R Smith 
[smit...@mit.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] WANTED:  Open source solution converting OST to PST  and 
OST to MBOX

Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution for 
1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file 2.  converting OST file to MBOX 
format

Thanks!

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

[CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and OST to MBOX

[Kari R Smith]

Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution for
1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file
2.  converting OST file to MBOX format

Thanks!

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Media Viewer

[Kari R Smith]

Check out the open-source tools made available through Goobi:  
http://www.goobi.org/en/software/

Kari Smith

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Nathan 
Tallman
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 3:24 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Media Viewer

We're looking into options for displaying digitized archival content and I'd 
like to include a viewer in the option list. I've seen these other places and 
thought there might be something to crib from online somewhere, but can't find 
one. Perhaps they're all homegrown.

What I'm looking for is some sort of viewer that I can pass a file name and 
path to, that loads in image gallery if their images, loads a HTML5 w/flash 
fallback video player for videos, loads an audio player for audio, and maybe 
even a PDF viewer.

Is there anything out there like this, perhaps not out of the box, but close 
to? I'm not looking for modal boxes, like Shadowbox, as that's already on the 
options list. Oh, and we do not yet have and are not ready for a digital asset 
manager/repository.

Many thanks,
Nathan

Re: [CODE4LIB] Embedded metadata/image importer for PowerPoint 2010

[Kari R Smith]

Greg, this is fantastic!  We've been using EMET and the XMP custom panel to 
take data from Archivist toolkit, embed it into digital surrogate files and 
then upload the files with embedded metadata into web galleries that display 
the descriptive metadata alongside the image files.  

Cheers!

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/



-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Reser, 
Gregory
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:16 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Embedded metadata/image importer for PowerPoint 2010

I want to share news about MetaShotPpt, a tool that takes a folder of image 
files with embedded descriptive metadata and imports them into a new PowerPoint 
presentation. Each image is placed in a single slide and if the file has 
embedded metadata, it is imported to the speaker notes. MetaShotppt is meant to 
streamline the creation of PowerPoint presentation for faculty and students. 
This first version works on Windows PowerPoint 2010 and newer.



http://metadatadeluxe.pbworks.com/w/page/65714041/MetaShotPpt

MetaShotPpt is a project of the Visual Resources Association Embedded Metadata 
working group who are working on establishing standards and tools for using 
embedded image metadata in images of cultural heritage works. Our other 
projects include a custom XMP info 
panelhttp://metadatadeluxe.pbworks.com/w/page/32300275/VRA%20XMP%20Info%20Panel%20(beta)
 using the VRA Core schema and a metadata export-import plugin for 
Bridge.http://metadatadeluxe.pbworks.com/w/page/48025141/VRA%20Panel%20Export-Import%20Tool



I would be happy to share the MetaShotPpt source code with anyone who wants it. 
Of course, we would welcome any help in improving it.



Please send comments to Heidi Eyestone 
(heyes...@carleton.edumailto:heyes...@carleton.edu) and Greg Reser 
(gre...@ucsd.edumailto:gre...@ucsd.edu).


Thank you,

Greg Reser
Arts Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, 0175Q
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175

Phone: 858.246.0998
Skype: gregreser

Re: [CODE4LIB] repository migration

[Kari R Smith]

At the recent Archiving 2013 conference (www.imaging.org/ist/) a presentation 
by colleagues from Portugal at KEEP SOLUTIONS and the Dept. of Informatics, 
Univ. of Minho discussed guidelines for legacy repository migration.

I recommend their paper and guidelines / suggestions for anyone planning a 
large migration - their approach takes into account not only the technical 
export/import issues but also over programmatic issues and concerns, 
opportunities based on their years of work with migrating systems.  Their 
guidelines are based on a combination of 13 existing methodologies that have 
been surveyed and unified into a comprehensive multistep methodology.

See:  http://www.keep.pt/servicos/migracao-de-dados/?lang=en


Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of 
Williamson, Kelsey CTR NUWC NWPT
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:17 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] repository migration

Good afternoon,

I was hoping someone might be willing to talk about migration projects. I am 
getting ready to migrate records from an ePrints repository into a fedora 
repository- but I've never done anything like this before. I have an abstract 
plan, but I think hearing other people's experiences would be very helpful; 
particularly any lessons learned?

Best regards,

Kelsey

[CODE4LIB] Call for Applications Now Open: Digital Preservation Management Workshop 2013 in Cambridge, MA

[Kari R Smith]

**Apologies for Cross-Posting  
We are happy to announce that the five-day Digital Preservation Management 
Workshop directed by Nancy McGovern is taking place on 6/9/2013 6:00pm- 
6/14/2013 noon hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, United States.
There is a two-step process for registration.  First is the application (no 
payment required).  If selected, registration with tuition payment is the 
second step to be completed by mid-May.  Spaces are limited to 24 so we 
encourage you to submit your application sooner than later.

http://www.regonline.com/dpworkshop2013june  for the application website.
Workshop Goals
Promote Practical and Responsible Stewardship of Digital Assets
The goals of the workshop are to foster critical thinking in a technological 
realm and provide the means for exercising practical and responsible 
stewardship of digital assets in an age of technological uncertainty. The 
workshop sessions are geared towards making a digital preservation program 
doable for any organization and all of the sessions include as many relevant 
examples as we can fit.
Workshop Audience
The workshop series is intended for managers who are or will be responsible for 
digital preservation programs in libraries, archives, and other cultural 
institutions.
Workshop Content
The workshop includes interactive presentations, group discussions, exercises, 
individual assignments, and a keynote presentation by an international expert 
in digital preservation. Workshop attendees explore the range of components 
needed to develop an effective digital preservation program. Workshop materials 
include action plans for organizations to complete when participants return to 
their institutions. Action plans result in organization-specific plans that 
incorporate technical, financial, organizational, and policy aspects 
encompassing the full life cycle of digital objects. The workshop focuses on 
strategies for organizations to implement now, while research and development 
goes forward in creating longer-term solutions that can be incorporated into 
the program framework.
Digital Preservation Management Workshop organizers
dpmanagementworks...@gmail.commailto:dpmanagementworks...@gmail.com

[CODE4LIB] Five Things to Know about the Digital Preservation Management Workshop ( June 9-14, 2013 )

[Kari R Smith]

The next five-day Digital Preservation Management Workshop is being held June 9 
- 14, 2013 at Massachusetts Institute for Technology in Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.

1.   The DPM Workshop series is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year in 
2013!
2.   The DPM workshop series has moved to MIT Libraries with the DPM director, 
Nancy Y. McGovern
3.   The DPM online tutorial and workshop website can still be found at: 
http://dpworkshop.org
4.   The DPM Tutorial is still maintained and is being updated in getting ready 
for the June workshop
5.   The DPM Workshop team received an NEH grant to assess outcomes of the 
workshop series
 - watch for updates about an assessment meeting funded by the grant to 
be held in early 2014

Apply to join us for the June workshop!  Applications will be accepted in 
mid-April (date to be announced).  In the meantime, check out the 
http://dpworkshop.org  website for information and the DPM Tutorial.

Contact us at:  
dpmanagementworks...@gmail.commailto:dpmanagementworks...@gmail.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] human rights violations elibrary for Haiti/France

[Kari R Smith]

Jason,
DSpace now has a hosted option, DSpace Direct, which might be a really good 
option for this group.  I'll send her an email message directly about it.  
Looks like it doesn't really launch until summer but what a great option for 
folks without a IT department to support them.

http://dspacedirect.org/dspacedirect


Kari Smith

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Jason 
Raitz
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 2:13 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] human rights violations elibrary for Haiti/France

Hi,
I've just been contacted out of the blue by someone working with a joint 
Haitian/French human rights organization that needs to create a searchable, 
bilingual elibrary on human rights violations in Haiti.  They've secured 
hosting in America for various reasons and they have a few thousand or more 
documents to store, index and make available.  The lady I talked to had an 
interest in using facets and storing the documents in a MySQL db.  I briefly 
suggested that Solr and Blacklight might be where they're heading.
I also suggested that she might be able to get more help from an I-school like 
my alma mater, UNC-SILS.

If anyone would like to assist her or has some ideas or experience with such 
things, her email is reneeasteria [at] gmail [dot] com.

She didn't tell me much more beyond this.  I believe that she doesn't consider 
herself a programmer (I bet we would consider her a coder :-) ), she's been 
working with statistical software for a number of years, and that she is able 
to learn what's necessary.

I'm not sure of any protocols, but I went ahead and CC'd Renee on this message.

Cheers,
Jason Raitz
NCSU Libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] human rights violations elibrary for Haiti/France

[Kari R Smith]

Jason, 
I recommend contacting the SAA's (Society of American Archivists) or ICA's 
(International Council of Archives) Human Rights sections for advice.  This is 
so much more of an archival, policy, and security issue than it is of a 
relatively simple code / technology solution. These organizations have 
expertise and can provide recommendations on these topics having previously 
dealt with archives of human rights abuses and war crime tribunal records.

http://www2.archivists.org/groups/human-rights-archives-roundtable
http://groups.ica.org/en/node/37


Kari

Kari Smith
Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries
 

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Jason 
Raitz
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 2:13 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] human rights violations elibrary for Haiti/France

Hi,
I've just been contacted out of the blue by someone working with a joint 
Haitian/French human rights organization that needs to create a searchable, 
bilingual elibrary on human rights violations in Haiti.  They've secured 
hosting in America for various reasons and they have a few thousand or more 
documents to store, index and make available.  The lady I talked to had an 
interest in using facets and storing the documents in a MySQL db.  I briefly 
suggested that Solr and Blacklight might be where they're heading.
I also suggested that she might be able to get more help from an I-school like 
my alma mater, UNC-SILS.

If anyone would like to assist her or has some ideas or experience with such 
things, her email is reneeasteria [at] gmail [dot] com.

She didn't tell me much more beyond this.  I believe that she doesn't consider 
herself a programmer (I bet we would consider her a coder :-) ), she's been 
working with statistical software for a number of years, and that she is able 
to learn what's necessary.

I'm not sure of any protocols, but I went ahead and CC'd Renee on this message.

Cheers,
Jason Raitz
NCSU Libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Stand Up Desks

[Kari R Smith]

I have a stand up desk and love it!  My set up consists of two desks (one in 
front and one behind).  I use a ball chair for my sitting desk and then turn 
around and stand up for my standing desk.  I use the sitting desk for my 
writing-type tasks and my standing desk for all of my digital forensics / data 
entry , etc. tasks that require a lot of swapping media in and out, software 
installation and testing, and other tasks that don't require a consistent 
stream of typing.

The desk is able to be used as a sitting or standing desk and is part of the 
VL2 series pneumatic table.  Something like:  
http://www.versatables.com/products/electric-lift-table/

It really helps me from a skeleton and muscle perspective. Procurement under an 
Occupational Health and Safety request is often an option.  

And I agree that I'm more focused and can do the repetitive work for longer 
when I'm doing it at my standing desk.  

Kari Smith
Digital Archivist

 

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Bohyun 
Kim
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:27 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Stand Up Desks

I use a bookcase in my office as a standup desk (photo below in the link) but 
it is really a matter of willpower I think.  I get tired when I try to do 
concentrated work while standing and my experience is that I cannot stay 
standing and working at the same time more than 15 min even if I try hard 
although this may depend on each person. =) Even with the alarm I often ignore 
it and don't stand up. Then everything is in vain. Something to think about 
before investing in a new piece of furniture. 
http://www.bohyunkim.net/blog/archives/2407

Cheers,
Bohyun

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark 
Pernotto
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:09 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Stand Up Desks

Despite my best efforts of sitting up straight, getting an ergonomic chair, 
making sure my desk is a proper height (I'm a tall guy, so my desk is 
'modified' to reflect this), and I make sure I stand up and at least stretch 
every 30 minutes (or so), my back still bothers me some days.

I saw a Wired article a few months back hailing the benefits of stand up desks 
(http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/mf-standing-desk/), and also found 
an article in NY Times (
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/business/stand-up-desks-gaining-favor-in-the-workplace.html?_r=1;)
and wondered if there were any other developers/list members who used them.
 In my mind, I'm trading one problem for another, and I'm not sure I want to be 
standing up all day long.  On the other hand, my back is killing me today.

Suggestions?

Mark

Re: [CODE4LIB] Metrics for measuring digital library production

[Kari R Smith]

I also recommend the work done in the UK by Simon Tanner on measuring the 
impact of digitization projects and programs.  There are two publications, one 
very recent and information about them can be gotten to from Simon's blog:

http://simon-tanner.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-approach-to-measuring-impact-for.html

Kari Smith
Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Kyle 
Banerjee
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 4:21 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Metrics for measuring digital library production

Howdy all,

Just wondering who might be willing to share what kind of stats they produce to 
justify their continued existence? Of course we do the normal (web activity, 
items and metadata records created, stuff scanned, etc), but I'm trying to wrap 
my mind around ways to describe work where there's not a built in assumption 
that more is better.

For example, how might work curating a collection or preparing for a migration 
to a TDB platform be described? Thanks,

kyle

Re: [CODE4LIB] Metrics for measuring digital library production

[Kari R Smith]

Follow-up ... direct link to the JISC funded research project and report are at:
http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/inspiring.html

Two items to take a look at
a.  Inspiring Research, Inspiring Scholarship
b.  Balanced Value Impact Model


Kari

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Kari R 
Smith
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 9:18 AM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Metrics for measuring digital library production

I also recommend the work done in the UK by Simon Tanner on measuring the 
impact of digitization projects and programs.  There are two publications, one 
very recent and information about them can be gotten to from Simon's blog:

http://simon-tanner.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-approach-to-measuring-impact-for.html

Kari Smith
Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Kyle 
Banerjee
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 4:21 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Metrics for measuring digital library production

Howdy all,

Just wondering who might be willing to share what kind of stats they produce to 
justify their continued existence? Of course we do the normal (web activity, 
items and metadata records created, stuff scanned, etc), but I'm trying to wrap 
my mind around ways to describe work where there's not a built in assumption 
that more is better.

For example, how might work curating a collection or preparing for a migration 
to a TDB platform be described? Thanks,

kyle

Re: [CODE4LIB] Easiest way to tag thousands of images

[Kari R Smith]

Kyle,
Take a look at what the Embedded Metadata Working Group from the VRA (Visual 
Resources Association) has done with developing a way to embed and export / 
import descriptive metadata that can be reused in discovery systems as well as 
being resident in the files, that can assist with file management.

http://metadatadeluxe.pbworks.com/w/page/20792238/FrontPage

Kari Smith
Digital Archivist, MIT Libraries
Formerly, Head, Visual Resources, Univ. Michigan History of Art department

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Kyle 
Banerjee
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 2:55 PM
To: CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Easiest way to tag thousands of images

I am in the process of examining how photo collections maintained by campus 
units can be incorporated into the library's repository. In all cases that I've 
had to deal with so far, they're just using the file system -- i.e.
traversing folders that arrange images thematically to file names that indicate 
the content.

Each of these collections contains many thousands of images. This means that 
it's a hassle for them to find images, but also that there's no way library 
staff alone will be able to handle all the metadata creation.

I'd like to use something slick like picasa to help them out (facial 
recognition is an especially big deal for us). But I'm finding the metadata to 
be both minimalist and clunky to work with so I wanted a reality check to see 
if I'm not doing this the dumb way. Things I've noticed:


   1. Picasa appears to store info in xmp rather than exif which is great
   given the limitations of exif. However, I haven't yet found a way to use
   more than a couple fields. The caption shows up in a description field, and
   they tag show up in subjects. But aside from that, I'm at a loss of how to
   populate other DC fields through the interface.

   2. Facial recognition metadata doesn't show up in xmp at all. However, I
   can get that by parsing .picasa.ini and contacts.xml (clunky, but doable).
   I'm kind of tempted to tell people to go into albums and batch tag the
   people albums since it's going to be fun explaining how to locate these
   hidden files.

My real question is whether anyone has come up with a really good way to assign 
metadata to thousands of photos, preferably in batch fashion? Thanks,

kyle

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Preservation Archivist at MIT Lincoln Labs

[Kari R Smith]

Please excuse cross postings.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Knowledge Services, Lexington, MA
Digital Preservation Archivist

MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT/LL) has pioneered in advanced electronics since its 
origin in 1951 as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lincoln Laboratory research focuses on 
advanced technology to problems of national security. Archival collections 
relate to the Laboratory's mission areas: space control, air and missile 
defense technology, communication and information technology, IRS systems and 
technology, advanced electronics technology, homeland protection, and air 
traffic control. As a member of the MIT/LL's Knowledge Services Sector, you 
will work with a team of information and IT professionals to explore, adapt, 
recommend, implement, and support digital records initiatives including those 
to improve and assure long-term access.  The Knowledge Service team is 
currently looking to develop infrastructure for a scalable digital preservation 
repository system.  As such, we are looking for a passionate, creative, 
articulate, and experienced digital preservation champion to join our team and 
facilitate strategic and project planning for our digital archives.

Responsibilities:
Under the direction of the Archivist and Knowledge Services Team Leadership, 
the Digital Preservation Archivist will:
* Work closely with the Archives, Knowledge Services, IT staff, and 
other experts to research, define, and maintain an ongoing preservation 
program, based on best practices and established standards, for Laboratory 
collections of value in digital formats.
* Work with Archives, Knowledge Services, IT staff, and other experts 
to research, test, specify, and implement technology for a sustainable digital 
preservation repository system which will meet the ongoing management, access, 
and preservation needs of the Laboratory.
* Enhance digital preservation project plans, workflows, and policies 
for archiving of and long-term access to the Laboratory Archives digital 
collections.
* Promote the Archives and digital preservation program through 
briefings, digital and social media.
* Recommend, implement, and provide leadership for proposed digital 
preservation projects.
* Provide training, support, and documentation for digital preservation 
projects.
* Serve as an advisor for Knowledge Services, Information Services 
Department and our constituents on digital preservation; including maintaining 
current awareness of new technologies and initiatives in the field.
* Appraisal, arrangement, description, and basic preservation for 
Laboratory historical records.
* Support Archives operations and participate in other related work as 
assigned.

Required Qualifications:
* ALA-MLS/MLIS and a minimum three years' progressive experience 
working in an archival repository or library on digital resources projects in a 
leadership role.
* Demonstrated knowledge and experience with open source digital 
repository systems and related technology including audit/fixity software, file 
forensics, media conversion, and editing metadata for digital objects, 
especially METS and PREMIS.
* Proven experience with project management, outreach and marketing.
* Ability to effectively convey and explain information clearly and 
tactfully.
* Demonstrated ability to build consensus and promote the exchange of 
information among project team members, project management staff and elsewhere.
* Demonstrated ability to work calmly and effectively in situations 
under pressure and to manage time effectively in a changing environment.
* Must be able to obtain DoD Security Clearance (normal procedures, see 
below)
o   SECURITY:  Personnel working at the Laboratory are required to have a DoD 
Security Clearance to the SECRET level.  In some instances personnel cleared 
CONFIDENTIAL may work at the Laboratory pending the issuance of further 
clearance.  Proposals should indicate the clearance status of each person 
proposed.  All personnel are required to have United States Citizenship.

Desired Qualifications:
* Experience handling classified documentation.
* Working knowledge of Java, PHP, SQL, and Web Services (e.g. SOAP, 
REST)


This  position is located in Lexington, MA, and applicants for the above 
position must be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance. 
To view complete descriptions and apply please visit
www.ll.mit.edu/employmenthttp://www.ll.mit.edu/employment and search using 
Req. #. 3506

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to realizing our vision of 
diversity and inclusion
in every aspect of our enterprise. Due to the unique nature of our work, we 
require U.S. citizenship.