Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?

[Lynch, Katherine E]

Would be interested to know this too — from my role and perspective in the 2016 
conference, the fiscal organization’s responsibility is a big one, but the 
overhead of securing one every year is a lot more work, emotional and 
bureaucratic, than having an established one would be.  I would envision the 
relationship with the fiscal organization as being an ongoing one similar to 
the annual one we have with a different entity each year.  The actual work of 
the conference is likely to remain a lot of hard work on the part of the 
conference organizers year to year.

I recognize there may be concerns about the impact a relationship like this 
would have on the operations of Code4Lib outside of the conference, I’d be 
interested to hear them too.




On 6/7/16, 4:55 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Tom Johnson" 
 wrote:

>> Can you say more about what you expect "the emotional and bureaucratic
>expense" to be?
>
>And especially, how it doesn't just reflect the existing costs of running
>the conferences? Do we really believe there is overhead associated with
>establishing a fiscal organization once, rather than doing it on the fly
>each year?
>
>- Tom
>
>On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Mike Giarlo  wrote:
>
>> Can you say more about what you expect "the emotional and bureaucratic
>> expense" to be?
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>> 
>> From: Code for Libraries  on behalf of Eric
>> Lease Morgan 
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 13:49
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?
>>
>> > I'm also interested in investigating how to formalize Code4Lib as an
>> > entity, for all of the reasons listed earlier in the thread…
>>
>>
>> -1 because I don’t think the benefits will outweigh the emotional and
>> bureaucratic expense. We already have enough rules.
>>
>> —
>> ELM
>>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Will code4lib 2016 be videoed?

[Lynch, Katherine E]

I was just drafting a reply!  Indeed, as Shaun indicates, the software to 
access the transcription with the vendor we’re beginning to work with will be 
primarily made available through a web-based interface which can be accessed 
from laptops, phones, tablets, etc.  Finalized transcripts will be delivered 
after the fact to the conference planning group to be turned into timecoded 
captions later for archived recordings — I’m not sure if part of the finalizing 
process by the vendor includes adding timecodes or not, but do understand that 
the finished product can be used for this.

-Kate Lynch




On 12/16/15, 2:54 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Shaun D. Ellis" 
 wrote:

>Perhaps Kate Lynch could chime in when she gets a chance, since she has been 
>talking with transcription vendors.  However, those details will be announced 
>once we finalize an agreement.  
>
>I’m almost certain they will be accessed through a website.  In addition to 
>*accessibility*, I think two other use cases around Transcription is *remote 
>access* and the *archiving/documentation*, so the website approach is 
>preferred.
>
>-Shaun
>
>> On Dec 16, 2015, at 2:42 PM, Katherine N. Deibel  wrote:
>> 
>> Question and a comment:
>> 
>> How will the live transcription be presented to those attending? Separate 
>> projection screens? Website?
>> 
>> As for if it will be timecoded, that really depends on the transcription 
>> software. My general experience is that they don't do this because delays 
>> can and do occur in transcription if there's an issue with comprehension or 
>> correction.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist
>> Information Technology Services
>> University of Washington Libraries
>> http://staff.washington.edu/deibel
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> "When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina."
>> 
>> On 12/16/2015 11:34 AM, Shaun D. Ellis wrote:
>>> Yes, as usual we are planning on streaming it and archiving it on the 
>>> Code4Lib Youtube Channel [1].
>>> 
>>> Not only that, but this year we are fortunate to have Live Transcription as 
>>> well, thanks to a sponsorship from Temple University Libraries.  All the 
>>> talks will be transcribed in realtime and will be full-text-searchable. I 
>>> don’t personally know the details about whether transcriptions will have 
>>> timecodes, or if they will be synced with the videos for closed captioning, 
>>> but it would certainly be cool to be able to search for a phrase and be 
>>> able to jump directly to that spot in the video, huh?
>>> 
>>> [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/code4lib/videos
>>> 
>>> -Shaun
>>> 
>>> On Dec 15, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Childs, Riley 
>>> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> It is certainly possible, the last 2 years the conf has been streamed on
>>> YouTube. I am not as involved with it as I have been in years
>>> past...perhaps Cary or someone from the org committee could answer this
>>> better?
>>> Thanks
>>> ./r
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Riley Childs
>>> Student Tech - CCI Technology Solutions Office
>>> Undergrad Computer Science Major, UNCC
>>> House Electrician - Central Piedmont Community College Theatre
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Gregory Murray 
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Will code4lib 2016 be videoed for live streaming and/or later viewing?
>>> 
>>> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Responsive Web Site Live

[Lynch,Katherine]

Hi Keith,

I haven't used BrowserStack, however I do rely on Responsinator for quick
testing - 

http://responsinator.com/

It pulls in device resolutions for a myriad of devices, from handheld to
tablets.  It's quick and free, great for testing as a design is assembled.

Sincerely,
Katherine
---
Katherine Lynch
Library Web Developer

Drexel University Libraries
Drexel University
3300 Market Street
W. W. Hagerty Library
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215.895.1344  |  Fax: 215.895.2070
drexel.edu/library







On 1/3/13 9:15 AM, Keith Jenkins k...@cornell.edu wrote:

Does anyone here have any experience with browser emulators such as
BrowserStack?  http://www.browserstack.com/

If so, have you come across any significant differences between the
emulators and the real thing?

Keith


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Ron Gilmour rgilmou...@gmail.com wrote:
 Ideally, of course, one would have a mobile device lab
 
http://mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2012/09/24/establishing-an-open-devic
e-lab/
 where one could test a site on all kinds of devices, but that's not
likely
 at a small college library.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Help with WordPress for Code4Lib Journal

[Lynch,Katherine]

Tom and Ross, 

I'm very familiar with writing and upgrading custom plugins and modules
for Wordpress and Drupal respectively.  I'd like to officially offer my
services to help on the back-end diagnosing/coding/etc.

In the mean time, some source to review on GitHub would be great.

Sincerely,
Katherine
---
Katherine Lynch
Library Web Developer

Drexel University Libraries
Drexel University
3300 Market Street
W. W. Hagerty Library
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215.895.1344  |  Fax: 215.895.2070
drexel.edu/library







On 12/4/12 10:41 AM, Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu wrote:

Tom, can you post the plugin to Code4Lib's github so we can have a crack
at it?

Ross, I'm not sure how many folks on this list were aware of the Drupal
upgrade troubles.  Regardless, I don't think it's constructive to put
new ideas on halt until it gets done.  Not everyone's a Drupal
developer, but they could contribute in other ways.

-Shaun

On 12/4/12 10:27 AM, Tom Keays wrote:
 On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Seriously, folks, if we can't even figure out how to upgrade our Drupal
 instance to a version that was released this decade, we shouldn't be
 discussing *new* implementations of *anything* that we have to host
 ourselves.


 Not being one to waste a perfectly good segue...

 The Code4Lib Journal runs on WordPress. This was a decision made by the
 editorial board at the time (2007) and by and large it was a good one.
Over
 time, one of the board members offered his technical expertise to build
a
 few custom plugins that would streamline the workflow for publishing the
 journal. Out of the box, WordPress is designed to publish a string of
 individual articles, but we wanted to publish issues in a more
traditional
 model, with all the issues published at one time and arranged in the
issue
 is a specific order. We could (and have done) all this manually, but
having
 the plugin has been a real boon for us.

 The Issue Manager plugin that he wrote provided the mechanism for:
 a) preventing articles from being published prematurely,
 b) identifying and arranging a set of final (pending) articles into an
 issue, and
 c) publishing that issue at the desired time.

 That person is no longer on the Journal editorial board and upkeep of
the
 plugin has not been maintained since he left. We're now several
 WordPress releases
 behind, mainly because we delayed upgrading until we could test if
doing so
 would break the plugins. We have now tested, and it did. I won't bore
you
 with the details, but if we want to continue using the plugin to manage
our
 workflow, we need help.

 Is there anybody out there with experience writing WordPress plugins
that
 would be willing to work with me to diagnose what has changed in the
 WordPress codex that is causing the problems and maybe help me
understand
 how to prevent this from happening again with future releases?

 Thanks,
 Tom Keays / tomke...@gmail.com


-- 
Shaun D. Ellis
Digital Library Interface Developer
Firestone Library, Princeton University
voice: 609.258.1698 | sha...@princeton.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Your Choice URL for Study Room Reservations

[Lynch,Katherine]

Hi Michael,

We go with /spaces, which fits our needs currently, as we're using our
system to reserve not just rooms but also some physically open spaces in
our locations, with the potential to add different types of spaces for
reservation.  It's also short and easy to circulate on print materials.
We originally used /room_reserve, which would translate to roomreserve for
the needs you've laid out (excluding underscores and hyphens is a smart
move).  

Sincerely,
Katherine Lynch
---
Katherine Lynch
Library Web Developer

Drexel University Libraries
Drexel University
3300 Market Street
W. W. Hagerty Library
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215.895.1344  |  Fax: 215.895.2070
drexel.edu/library







On 11/30/12 9:05 AM, Michael Schofield mschofi...@nova.edu wrote:

What¹s up everyone,

 

We are homegrowing a study room reservation system and we¹re within a week
of making it live‹but still in beta‹to the public. Right now, on our
staging
box, our URI looks like something.library.nova.edu/room-res. /room-res
doesn¹t mean anything, to me. The public URI will be similarly long, like
somethingelse.library.nova.edu/whatever.

 

Any recommendations or experience with your own reservation links? IMHO,
it
should be simple, since the link is already going to be on the long end.
Right now I¹m vying for /reservations, but TBH this system is just for
public study rooms and not for our larger conference rooms ­ I¹m not sure
our primary users [the students and faculty] will care, but we¹ll
definitely
be reminded of that technicality by other librarians J. I don¹t like
/studyrooms, but it¹s the best I¹ve got since I¹m avoiding hyphens.

 

Just picking your brains. Thanks!

 

Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | @gollydamn | Front-End Librarian à
www.ns4lib.com

 

 

Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

[Lynch,Katherine]

The jobs posted on this list are all relevant and appropriate to the wide
scope of people who read this list.  We have not just seasoned
programmers, but also recent college graduates and people looking for
entry-level jobs in the field, as well as archivists and more.  It seems
like a mistake to impose additional rules and regulations on what types of
jobs are allowed to be posted here...professional organizations looking to
spread the word about jobs available in the field may become reticent to
share some here if we give the impression that we don't want them.

I agree with Kelly, and everyone else who has stated that the number of
job postings does not bother me one bit.  Whether or not the amount of job
postings coming through here is too much or too little seems like a
personal preference issue, and one that can be treated with filters on
keywords, etc, in one's own email client or RSS feed reader.

Cheers,
Katherine

On 8/2/12 10:01 AM, Kaile Zhu kz...@uco.edu wrote:

How about this?  Please only post the jobs that require programming
skills or experience due to the nature of this list.  Think before you
post.

For me, it doesn't bother me at all.  If you don't like it, it just takes
a click to delete it.  You will not see the hiring phenomenon stays on
peak all the time.

Kelly

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Chen, Janey
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 8:49 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

I am with you on this! Actually, it is encouraging to see that there are
many job openings in this field. And the job descriptions give people a
sense of what skills the employers are looking for.

Janey

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
Mark Wilhelm
Sent: August 2, 2012 9:31 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] It's all job postings!

Too many job postings?  I think there are fields where people would kill
to have this problem.  :-)

--Mark

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Ed Summers e...@pobox.com wrote:
 Honestly, I'm surprised this hasn't come up sooner :-) In the
 interests of science I've created a little poll to indicate whether
 you think the job postings should be sent to the code4lib mailing list
 or not:

 http://bit.ly/code4lib-jobs-emails

 If you care either way just click yes or no and I'll report the
 results. But if you can't wait I made the spreadsheet public:

 http://bit.ly/code4lib-jobs-email-spreadsheet

 //Ed

 PS. Just fyi, shortimer will *not* re-post jobs to the discussion list
 if the posting was discovered there. Typically the job postings that
 shortimer posts to code4lib have been pulled from a source other than
 the mailing list, which met some curatorial criteria as being relevant
 for the code4lib community. If you care about influencing this
 criteria I encourage you to help curate [1] the jobs.

 [1] http://jobs.code4lib.org/curate/



--
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Twitter: @markcwil
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Online Room Reservations

[Lynch,Katherine]

This would only apply for a Drupal site, but I wrote a custom set of
modules for Drupal 6, for Drexel University Libraries, that does just
this.  I have a testing area set up for people to try out, and am in the
process of polishing the code base for release on Drupal.org.

Here's the sandbox page, where the code will be deployed when it's ready
for beta, hopefully soon -

http://drupal.org/sandbox/kat3drx/1524514

If anyone would like a pass at the preview area, please contact me
off-list and I will give you the information.

Thanks,

---
Katherine Lynch
Library Web Developer
Drexel University Libraries

On 6/13/12 7:42 AM, Owen, Will o...@email.unc.edu wrote:

+1  Libcal just went live at UNC Chapel Hill, too.

will

On 6/12/12 8:20 PM, Patrick Berry pbe...@gmail.com wrote:

LibCal from Springshare is excellent in this regard.  We're about to
replace an aging, unmaintainable solution with LibCal.  It has all the
settings we needed to stay with our existing, overly complicated set of
rules.

It's not free.  We're working in the $899 version just fine.

http://springshare.com/libcal/

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Ingersoll, Ryan ingerso...@spu.edu
wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 We are looking for a simple system to allow students (and others) to
 self-schedule study rooms in the library.

 I started to build a solution in SharePoint 2010, but before I go to
far I
 want to see what other libraries do. We don't have a dedicated library
 server to install anything on, so I prefer a hosted solution that is
free,
 or very minimal. It would be great if it was mobile phone friendly too
 (iOS, Android).

 Thanks for any advice you can offer.

 Ryan

 Ryan Ingersoll
 Library Technology Services Coordinator
 Seattle Pacific University
 206.281.2287 :: ingerso...@spu.edumailto:ingerso...@spu.edu
 spu.edu/libraryhttp://spu.edu/library

 Tech Desk
 Technology tools, assistance, and space for students to discover,
create,
 and share.
 206.281.2211 :: librarytechd...@spu.edumailto:librarytechd...@spu.edu
 spu.edu/library/tech-deskhttp://spu.edu/library/tech-desk
 blog.spu.edu/librarytechdesk

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Participation: LITA Mobile Computing IG meeting at the ALA 2012 Annual

[Lynch,Katherine]

Hello Bohyun,

Will presentations given virtually be considered, or only presentations by
people physically at the meeting?

Thanks very much,
Sincerely,
Katherine Lynch

On 5/8/12 2:00 PM, Bohyun Kim bohyun.kim@gmail.com wrote:

**Please excuse cross-posting!**

*Call for Participation: LITA Mobile Computing IG meeting
*
*Sunday, June 24, 2012 - 8:00am to 10:00am*
Disneyland Hotel http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node/69 North Exhibit
Hall Room DE

The LITA Mobile Computing IG seeks 4-5 short presentations (15 minutes) on
mobile computing for the upcoming ALA Annual Conference at Anaheim, CA.

The LITA MCIG is also seeking the suggestions for discussion topics,
things
you have been working on, plan to work, or want to work on in terms
of mobile computing. All suggestions and presentation topics are welcome
and will be given consideration for presentation and discussion.

Feel free to email me off-the-list (k...@fiu.edu) and/or post your topic
at
ALA Connect : http://connect.ala.org/node/176080
Thank you!

-- 
Bohyun Kim
LITA Mobile Computing IG chair
http://bohyunkim.net

Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions

[Lynch,Katherine]

I was actually going to suggest just this, Kåre!  Another way to handle
it, or perhaps an additional way, would be give a user's votes a certain
amount of weight proportionate to the number of sessions they voted on.
So if they evaluated all of them and voted, 100% of their vote gets
counted.  If they evaluated half, 50%, and so on?  Not sure if this is
worth the effort, but I know it's worked for various camps that I've been
to which fall prey to the same problem.

Sincerely,
Katherine

On 12/1/11 6:55 AM, Kåre Fiedler Christiansen k...@statsbiblioteket.dk
wrote:

 From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
 Behalf Of Michael B. Klein

snip

 In any case, I'm interested to see how effective this current call
 for
 support is.

Me too!

Could someone with access to the voting data perhaps anonymously pull out
how many voters have given points to only a single talk or two?

If the problem is indeed real, perhaps simply stating on the page that
you are expected to evaluate _all_ proposals, and not just vote up a
single talk, would help the issue? It might turn away some of the wrong
voters. Requiring to give out at least, say, 10 points, could be perhaps
be a way to enforce some participation?

Best,
  Kåre

Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions

[Lynch,Katherine]

Deleting votes is a risky business, and disqualifying the speaker is
somewhat harsh.  What would be the criteria for votes eliminated, if we
can't factor the number of sessions they vote for into the process?

Wouldn't giving encouragement to vote on all sessions--even if your vote
is 0--not put a burden on any one group, but rather encourage people who
are voting to not just give input on the sessions they like, but on all
sessions?  Also to clarify, this is not a suggestion to enforce a minimum
number of votes before anything gets counted.  Just as there are
machine-readable ways to tell if a user is human, this could be a
machine-readable way for the system to tell if the human is someone
interested in actually attending Code4Lib, or at the very least is truly
interested in evaluating the sessions, rather than a colleague, friend, or
coworker of someone stumping for votes, who will register to vote for one
session then fall off the face of the earth.

Sincerely,
Katherine

On 12/1/11 8:32 AM, Richard, Joel M richar...@si.edu wrote:

I disagree with this suggestion. Personally I vote for only those I find
interesting and useful to me, but I don't put an response for every talk
listed. I only respond on those I'm interested. Everyone else gets 0
points. I would expect that others do this, too. Katherine's suggestion
also puts an burden on those who are legitimately participating while
doing nothing to prevent those who are misbehaving.

I like Edwards's suggestions, which are easy to implement and don't
really impact the process that much.

Personally, I believe that the proper response to this is to:

1. Publicly shame those who are participating in this. :)
2. Delete their votes, or at least those you can identify.
3. Disqualify the person who is receiving illegitimate votes. See #1.
4. Eliminate voting altogether and have a committee of 10-15 people from
the community select from the proposed talks. Isn't this what other
conferences do?

In the end, the conference organizers can invite whoever they want to
speak. The voting ends up being a courtesy to the rest of us.

--Joel

Joel Richard
Lead Web Developer, Web Services Department
Smithsonian Institution Libraries | http://www.sil.si.edu/
(202) 633-1706 | richar...@si.edu








On Dec 1, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Lynch,Katherine wrote:

 I was actually going to suggest just this, Kåre!  Another way to handle
 it, or perhaps an additional way, would be give a user's votes a certain
 amount of weight proportionate to the number of sessions they voted on.
 So if they evaluated all of them and voted, 100% of their vote gets
 counted.  If they evaluated half, 50%, and so on?  Not sure if this is
 worth the effort, but I know it's worked for various camps that I've
been
 to which fall prey to the same problem.
 
 Sincerely,
 Katherine
 
 On 12/1/11 6:55 AM, Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
k...@statsbiblioteket.dk
 wrote:
 
 From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
 Behalf Of Michael B. Klein
 
 snip
 
 In any case, I'm interested to see how effective this current call
 for
 support is.
 
 Me too!
 
 Could someone with access to the voting data perhaps anonymously pull
out
 how many voters have given points to only a single talk or two?
 
 If the problem is indeed real, perhaps simply stating on the page that
 you are expected to evaluate _all_ proposals, and not just vote up a
 single talk, would help the issue? It might turn away some of the
wrong
 voters. Requiring to give out at least, say, 10 points, could be
perhaps
 be a way to enforce some participation?
 
 Best,
 Kåre

Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions

[Lynch,Katherine]

This is true, and something I didn't even think of.  Ballot stuffers don't
seem to be able to have the impact of a good proposal.  If they did, some
pretty strange schedules would probably have emerged by now. :)

On 12/1/11 10:35 AM, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com wrote:

Also, I should note, that the alleged pandering has not helped them
much, if at all, so far.

-Ross.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com
wrote:
 On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Richard, Joel M richar...@si.edu
wrote:
 I feel this whole situation has tainted things somewhat. :(


 Let's not blow things out of proportion.  The aforementioned
 wrong-doing actually seems pretty innocent (there is backstory in the
 IRC channel, I'm not going to bring it up here).  There is a valid
 case for advertising interest in your talks (or location, or t-shirt
 design, etc.), especially in an extremely crowded field, and we've
 never explicitly set a policy around what is appropriate and what
 isn't.  I think a simple edit on the part of the accused would clear
 up any ambiguity of intention.

 Our one known incident was handled privately, but didn't really
 cause us to address the potential for impropriety.

 We seem to have quite a bit of support for the splash page.  If people
 will help me draft up the wording -- ideally something we can point to
 when we want to guide people in the right direction in other forums --
 I think we can put this issue to bed.

 -Ross.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Software for Capstone\Theses Projects

[Lynch,Katherine]

Hi Mike,

I'll also make a plug for Drupal.  It is ideally suited for this sort of thing, 
with plug-and-play accounts that can be hooked up to campus authentication 
systems, and granular permissions that can be set by the user.  What you 
describe here sounds like something that could be accomplished in Drupal in 
very efficient fashion.  If you're interested in pursuing, contact me off-list 
and I'll be happy to discuss it with you further.

http://drupal.org/download

Sincerely,
Katherine Lynch
Drexel University Libraries

From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael 
Beccaria [mbecca...@paulsmiths.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 8:40 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Software for Capstone\Theses Projects

I've been looking for an out of the box solution to archive and make
accessible capstone\theses projects to web users. The caveat being that
when the author submits the paper, they would be able provide
permissions and metadata to the document (copyright and access) and,
based on those permissions, the entire document would be made public or
only the metadata. I know that there are large repository software
packages like DSpace or Fedora Commons that probably do this, but I was
looking for something smaller. I don't need to scale to millions of
documents and have all of the potential bells and whistles. Just
something that lets people create an account, upload, set permissions
and the have documents show up in the search interface.

Anything like this around?

Mike Beccaria
Systems Librarian
Head of Digital Initiative
Paul Smith's College
518.327.6376
mbecca...@paulsmiths.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] exposing website visitor IP addresses to webcrawlers

[Lynch,Katherine]

I'm wondering this myself.  There may not be a direct legal violation of 
privacy here, especially if it's addressed in the Privacy Policy or Terms of 
Use as Sean noted, but I don't see the value of making this public.  What am I 
missing?

---
Katherine Lynch
Library Webmaster
Drexel University Libraries
215.895.1344 (p)
215.895.2070 (f)


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilfred 
Drew
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 10:50 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] exposing website visitor IP addresses to webcrawlers

Why? What possible value would there be in doing this? Just curious.

Bill Drew

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter 
Murray
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 10:42 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] exposing website visitor IP addresses to webcrawlers

Interesting question.  I don't see the harm in doing so.  It isn't the raw 
access logs, so one can't see what was accessed.  It isn't useful as an attack 
vector because there is a mixture of servers/crawlers and desktop IPs there; 
one might just as well attack the entire address space.


Peter

On May 20, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Keith Jenkins wrote:
 
 Just out of curiosity, does anyone on this list have any opinions
 about whether website owners should publicly post lists of their
 visitors' IP addresses (or hostnames) and to also allow such lists to
 be indexable by search engines?
 
 For example:
https://www3.ietf.org/usagedata/site_201104.html
 
 Keith


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Free cover images?

[Lynch,Katherine]

Going along with Jonathan Rochkind, Amazon does a good job of supplying
some movie images.  Also in general, WorldCat, if that's an option to
you.  For a good example of wealth/response time, check out Gabe's video
search:
http://www.library.drexel.edu/video/search

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Katherine Lynch
Library Webmaster
Drexel University Libraries
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215.895.2070 (f)


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of
Edward M. Corrado
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 2:38 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Free cover images?

Hello all,

We are reevaluating our source of cover images. At this point I have 
identified four possible sources of free images:

1. Amazon
2. Google Books
3. LibraryThing
4. OpenLibrary

I know that their is some question if the Amazon and Google books images

will allow this (although I've also yet to hear Amazon or Google telling

libraries that use their Web services for this to cease and desist). 
However, besides that issue, has anyone noticed any technical problems 
with any of these four? I'm especially concerned about slow and/or 
non-consistent performance.

Edward