Re: [CODE4LIB] What can be done to stop deleting of records belonging to users of our Minuteman Library Network in Massachusetts?
I work at a Minuteman Library and I have been in touch with Mr. Saklad offlist. "Accounts" are not being deleted by the careless or disgruntled. We do have an annual process for deleting inactive accounts based on long-established criteria. What Mr Saklad is observing is the effects of the deletion of bibliographic records in our system. He asserts that a list of titles which he created before the deletion of these bib records "should" remain accessible to him after record deletion. I myself am no database professional or policy setter, so I am not qualified to speak to the actual or ideal merit of his assertion, but I am assured by my technical staff that the titles and other associated meta are no longer accessible based on the deleted bib record number. Based on our previous interactions with Mr. Saklad we have elected not to bring his comments forward to Innovative Interfaces, nor to make changes to our policies or processes. Matt Amory Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239 On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: > The question is how the accounts are being deleted. The only ways I can > think of require staff action -- either deleting them directly or > overlaying with bad data. > > While it's conceivable that something else is going on, it's more likely > that you either are dealing with a careless or disgruntled current or > former staff member. > > kyle > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 5:45 PM, don warner saklad > wrote: > > > Any other online forums, groups, email lists about difficulties with > > Innovative Interfaces software?... > > > > Innovative Interfaces Incorporated http://www.iii.com/ is the Integrated > > Library System > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_library_systemprovider > > for Minuteman Library Network > > http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/about/about.htm Webmaster scripted replies to > > concerns fail, aren't responsive. Libraries' attempts fail, give up > > attempting to resolve concerns about software. > > > > Users' records get deleted. No notification before some entries get > deleted > > at "My Lists" http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/catalog/faq_account.htm#ma50 > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Kyle Banerjee > >wrote: > > > > > I thought you guys have Millennium. > > > > > > If that is correct, you won't be able to change the behavior of the > > system > > > and the only thing you can do is revoke delete permissions for whoever > is > > > doing it. > > > > > > kyle > > > > > > > > > > > > > | > What can be done to stop deleting of records belonging to users of > our > > Minuteman Library Network in Massachusetts? Or at least notification > needs > > to be made before deleting. > > >
[CODE4LIB] Cataloging Apps
Are there any standards for cataloging iOS apps in public library OPACs? Are there radical differences between cataloging apps and other non-MARC resources? Forgive the broadness of the question folks... Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Asset Specialist at Brown University
please ignore UXrw above sorry! On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Matt Amory wrote: > UXrw > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 27, 2012, at 4:14 PM, "j...@code4lib.org" > wrote: > > > Brown University is seeking qualified applicants for a Digital Asset > > Specialist. Reporting through the University Library, the > > Digital Asset Specialist works closely with campus stakeholders to > gather, > > ingest, and catalog materials for the campus Digital Asset Management > system > > (DAM). The Digital Asset Specialist provides production support to campus > > stakeholders on the development of metadata practices, ingestion, and > > documentation needed to implement the hosted DAM service; works with the > DAM > > project team to evaluate and implement metadata standards that address > the > > needs of specific user communities and support the functional > requirements of > > the DAM's repository of still images and videos; ensures that DAM > metadata > > standards are compliant with practices in other University systems; acts > as a > > single point-of-contact for administration and support for DAM users. Job > > Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information > Science, or > > the equivalent combination of education and work-related experience 1-3 > years > > of experience with metadata schema such as Dublin Core, MODS, VRA, MARC > or > > other 1-3 years of experience managing or cataloging multimedia materials > > Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written English > Ability to > > serve multiple constituencies with varying needs Excellent organizational > > skills and the ability to meet deadlines Strong user service orientation > and > > excellent interpersonal skills Understanding of image and > > video production and quality control ***Candidates please note: This is > a one- > > year position. To apply for this position (JOB# B01463), please visit > Brown's > > Online Employment website > > ([https://careers.brown.edu](https://careers.brown.edu)), complete an > > application online, attach documents, and submit for immediate > > consideration. Documents should include cover letter, > > resume, and the names and e-mail addresses of three > > references. Review of applications will continue until the > > position is filled. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative > > Action Employer. > > > > > > > > Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/5280/ > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Asset Specialist at Brown University
UXrw Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2012, at 4:14 PM, "j...@code4lib.org" wrote: > Brown University is seeking qualified applicants for a Digital Asset > Specialist. Reporting through the University Library, the > Digital Asset Specialist works closely with campus stakeholders to gather, > ingest, and catalog materials for the campus Digital Asset Management system > (DAM). The Digital Asset Specialist provides production support to campus > stakeholders on the development of metadata practices, ingestion, and > documentation needed to implement the hosted DAM service; works with the DAM > project team to evaluate and implement metadata standards that address the > needs of specific user communities and support the functional requirements of > the DAM's repository of still images and videos; ensures that DAM metadata > standards are compliant with practices in other University systems; acts as a > single point-of-contact for administration and support for DAM users. Job > Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or > the equivalent combination of education and work-related experience 1-3 years > of experience with metadata schema such as Dublin Core, MODS, VRA, MARC or > other 1-3 years of experience managing or cataloging multimedia materials > Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written English Ability to > serve multiple constituencies with varying needs Excellent organizational > skills and the ability to meet deadlines Strong user service orientation and > excellent interpersonal skills Understanding of image and > video production and quality control ***Candidates please note: This is a one- > year position. To apply for this position (JOB# B01463), please visit Brown's > Online Employment website > ([https://careers.brown.edu](https://careers.brown.edu)), complete an > application online, attach documents, and submit for immediate > consideration. Documents should include cover letter, > resume, and the names and e-mail addresses of three > references. Review of applications will continue until the > position is filled. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative > Action Employer. > > > > Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/5280/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Stats and public wireless devices
Folks in my network have used BlueSocket, but we don't keep stats. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Walter Lewis wrote: > I know this is more of a hardware question than a code question but I > suspect that a few of the folks that have other systems roles might be able > to steer me in the right direction. > > We're looking to replace the public wifi in the library, by itself nothing > remarkable. > > The key requirement after reliable connectivity, is the ability to produce > some level of statistics relative to "usage". (I know: lies, damned lies > and usage statistics). We don't run a proxy or any other system that the > public need a login to use. I expect a fair number of connections that > would just be staff walking in with a smart phone or other device. > > After the laughter subsides, any thoughts as to a suitable device? > > Walter > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
[CODE4LIB] Listing of Publishers and Imprints and their Library Lending policies
Hi there folks, I've been working on the list below as a way of helping public library staff better answer questions about potential availability of e-books and audio through their local library. (We use OverDrive and will hopefully be part of a trial to share resources across the state with an Adobe Digital Editions server). Let me know if you'd like to be an editor, or if you have any suggestions (or if you can point me to a better list!) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AulwwJLwzDa1dHZNUVJfMnF1aFBhalRzQTJLSk54elE#gid=0 -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
Re: [CODE4LIB] Getting The Call Number In bib_display.html On III System
In our clunky rinky-dink instance of III Millenium, call numbers are associated with local libraries at the Item level, since there can be multiple items associated with the same bib record. IUG should be able to help you, but I don't know how active they are... HTH On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Gavin Spomer wrote: > Hello folks, > > I'm trying to figure out the III web dev interface in the Millenium java > client. What a clunky, rinky-dink interface, IMHO! :) > > I want to be able to display an item's call number in bib_display.html so > I can feed it to a php script on another web server. It was suggested to me > that the token for that was: > > > > I tried that on our staging site, but it does not display anything. > Specifically, I put in: > >http://testingserver.cwu.edu/myapp.php?callnum= > ">TEST-LINK > > The link with text "TEST-LINK" displayed, but the callnum parameter wasn't > added. > > Can anyone point this guy in the right direction? > Gavin Spomer > Systems Programmer > Brooks Library > Central Washington University > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
Re: [CODE4LIB] Millions of Harvard Library Catalog Records Publicly Available
I think this DPLA notice covers this release of metadata: John Palfrey jpalf...@law.harvard.edu Apr 24 (1 day ago) to dpla-discussion Dear colleagues interested in the DPLA: Below, please find a news release that we have just issued from Harvard about a major open access metadata release that will benefit our DPLA initiative. The NYT has coverage in its Bits Blog: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/harvard-releases-big-data-for-books/ We at Harvard very much hope that other institutions will join us in open access metadata releases made available through the DPLA's emerging new platform. Much to talk about later this week in San Francisco! Again, thanks for everything you're doing. Best, John -- *Millions of Harvard Library Catalog Records Publicly Available** Harvard releases nearly 100% of its records * April 24, 2012 – The Harvard Library announced it would make more than 12 million catalog records from Harvard’s 73 libraries publicly available<http://openmetadata.lib.harvard.edu/>. The records contain bibliographic information about books, videos, audio recordings, images, manuscripts, maps, and more. The Harvard Library is making these records available in accordance with its Open Metadata Policy<http://openmetadata.lib.harvard.edu/>and under a Creative Commons 0 public domain license. In addition, the Harvard Library announced its open distribution of metadata from its Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard <http://dash.harvard.edu/> (DASH) scholarly article repository under a similar CC0 license. "The Harvard Library is committed to collaboration andopen access. We hope this contribution is one of many steps toward sharing the vital cultural knowledge held by libraries with all," said Mary Lee Kennedy, Senior Associate Provost for the Harvard Library. The catalog records are available for bulk download from Harvard, and are available for programmatic access by software applications via API's at the Digital Public Library of America <http://dp.la/> (DPLA). The records are in the standard MARC21 format. "By instituting a policy of open metadata, the HarvardLibrary has expressed its appreciation for the great potential that librarymetadata has for innovative uses. The two metadata releases today are primeexamples," said Stuart Shieber, Library Board Member, Director of the Office for Scholarly Communication and Professor of Computer Science at Harvard. John Palfrey, chair of the DPLA, said, "With this major contribution, developers will be able to start experimenting with building innovative applications that put to use the vital national resource that consists of our local public and research libraries, museums, archives and cultural collections." He added that he hoped that this would encourage other institutions to make their own collection metadata publicly available<http://dp.la/dev/wiki/Metadata_upload> . The records consist of information describing works—including creator, title, publisher, date, language, and subject headings—as well as other descriptors usually invisible to end users, such as the equalization system used in a recording. Harvard’s Kennedy noted, "The accessibility of the entire set of data for each item will, we hope, spur imaginative uses that will find new value in what libraries know.” Media Contact: Kira Poplowski Director of Communications The Harvard Library 617.496.3758 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Digital Public Library of America planning initiative listserv. To post to this group, email dpla-discuss...@eon.law.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this group, visit https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/signoff/dpla-discussion To edit your subscription options, visit https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/suboptions/dpla-discussion A searchable archive of all messages is available at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/arc/dpla-discussion We encourage you to post your ideas and resources to the DPLA public wiki: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/dpla/Main_Page On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Joseph Montibello < joseph.montibe...@dartmouth.edu> wrote: > Thanks for noting this, Will, it was news to me. > > This is nothing like an official statement, but here's an interesting > perspective from someone at OCLC: > > http://bit.ly/hvrdrecOCLC > > Joe Montibello, MLIS > Library Systems Manager > Dartmouth College Library > 603.646.9394 > joseph.montibe...@dartmouth.edu > > > > > > > On 4/24/12 4:43 PM, "Will Kurt" wrote: > > >Apologies if this is old news, but I was very excited to see Harvard > >making all this data public: > >http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&pageid=icb.page498373 > > > >Tons of cool data analysis / machine learning work to be done here! > >Warm up your SVMs ;) > > > >--Will > > > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
Re: [CODE4LIB] NON-MARC ILS?
Thanks for all the responses. Perhaps I woke up thos morning on the wrong side of MARC. What I'm really after is a way to display links to project Gutenberg titles in III Encore and not having MARC records is one technical hurdle, as is not having consistent display of URLs from field 856. Thanks in advance for your thoughts! Matt Sent from my iPhone
[CODE4LIB] NON-MARC ILS?
Is there a full-featured ILS that is not based on MARC records? I know we love complexity, but it seems to me that my public library and its library network and maybe even every public library could probably do without 95% of MARC Fields and encoding, streamline workflows and save $ if there were a simpler standard. Is this what an Endeca-based system is about, or do those rare birds also use MARC in the background? Forgive me if the question has been hashed and rehashed over the years... -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
[CODE4LIB] Composite imaging?
I'm working with a set of images of artworks (images which are common on the web for the most part) and I'm wondering if there is a way to layer multiple "possibly-subject-to-copyright-claim" images together into a single layered image which would not be subject to any copyright claim. Since the GIMP'ed image I would be presenting would be different from any of its constituent parts, could I post it without fear of takedown orders? Or is this a dubious strategy? Thanks for pondering -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
[CODE4LIB] Preserving hyperlinks in conversion from Excel/googledocs/anything to PDF (was Any ideas for free pdf to excel conversion?)
Does anyone know of any script library that can convert a set of (~200) hyperlinks into Acrobat's goofy protocol? I do own Acrobat Pro. Thanks On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Matt Amory wrote: > Just looking to preserve column structure. > > -- > Matt Amory > (917) 771-4157 > matt.am...@gmail.com > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239 > > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
[CODE4LIB] any ideas for cool noob learning projects?
I've got a small dataset to work with and I'm looking to do some wonky webby xml/xsl/php stuff with it to teach myself something. Any ideas? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AulwwJLwzDa1dFdNNHViUDkxVUxuQ2pIdnFTVXZfYmc#gid=0is the data -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239>
Re: [CODE4LIB] Any ideas for free pdf to excel conversion?
I'm not sure what structure the pdf has internally, but some free/nagware apps preserve the column structure. I'm looking for a way to pull 29 pages of pdf tables into excel so I can munge the data into an excel project and all my free trials so far have only converted a few pages at a time. thx On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Dave Caroline wrote: > Are you sure the pdf has any structure that can be used. > > Dave Caroline > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Matt Amory wrote: > > Just looking to preserve column structure. > > > > -- > > Matt Amory > > (917) 771-4157 > > matt.am...@gmail.com > > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239 > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
[CODE4LIB] Any ideas for free pdf to excel conversion?
Just looking to preserve column structure. -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
Re: [CODE4LIB] "Citation Analysis" - like projects for print resources
That might have been the beginning of the idea, and I love the graphics in the article and on their site, but I'm looking for something based on bibliographies of printed works, not scholarly communication. Digital Humanities might be a good model now that i think of it On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Sheila M. Morrissey < sheila.morris...@ithaka.org> wrote: > Matt -- > Do you mean something like this? > > http://chronicle.com/article/Maps-of-Citations-Uncover-New/128938/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en > > Sheila > > Sheila M. Morrissey > Senior Research Developer > ITHAKA > 100 Campus Drive > Suite 100 > Princeton NJ 08540 > 609-986-2221 > sheila.morris...@ithaka.org > > ITHAKA (www.ithaka.org) is a not-for-profit organization that helps the > academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly > record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways. We > provide innovative services that benefit higher education, including Ithaka > S+R, JSTOR, and Portico. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Matt Amory > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:41 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [CODE4LIB] "Citation Analysis" - like projects for print resources > > Is anyone involved with, or does anyone know of any project to extract and > aggregate bibliography data from individual works to produce some kind of > "most-cited" authors list across a collection? Local/Network/Digital/OCLC > or historic? > > Sorry to be vague, but I'm trying to get my head around whether this is a > tired old idea or worth pursuing... > > > -- > Matt Amory > (917) 771-4157 > matt.am...@gmail.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239> > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
Re: [CODE4LIB] "Citation Analysis" - like projects for print resources
Thanks Cindy, I was thinking that Hathi or eBrary or Google Books or OCLC data could be good benchmarks too. I'm also fascinated by trying to OCR extant copies of National Bibliographies to get a historical take on the same issue (that's what I meant by "historical"). Something like a Google nGram for the history of thinkers and cultural influences based on citations rather than just mentions would be super kewl to look at! -matt On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Cindy Harper wrote: > I've thought about this often. Several years ago, I tried setting up > successive searches of books.google.com with searches like and > , to try to find author/title mentions of the works in our > collection. I only found, after I'd finished, that I could have used the > syntax NEAR3 (I think that's the proper connector - or was > it WITHIN or AROUND?) to tighten up the connections. I then saved the hit > counts to be able to display results in ranked order by general call number > ranges. > > I'm looking at repeating this with the improved search syntax, or > repeating it in the HathiTrust corpus. I asked Google for permission to do > this project, but of course I never got an answer. > > Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian > Colgate University Libraries > char...@colgate.edu > 315-228-7363 > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Matt Amory wrote: > >> Is anyone involved with, or does anyone know of any project to extract and >> aggregate bibliography data from individual works to produce some kind of >> "most-cited" authors list across a collection? Local/Network/Digital/OCLC >> or historic? >> >> Sorry to be vague, but I'm trying to get my head around whether this is a >> tired old idea or worth pursuing... >> >> >> >>
[CODE4LIB] "Citation Analysis" - like projects for print resources
Is anyone involved with, or does anyone know of any project to extract and aggregate bibliography data from individual works to produce some kind of "most-cited" authors list across a collection? Local/Network/Digital/OCLC or historic? Sorry to be vague, but I'm trying to get my head around whether this is a tired old idea or worth pursuing... -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239>
Re: [CODE4LIB] Seth Godin on The future of the library
I think the 1962 dollars and the razor blades point both serve to paper over the main problem with the argument: Netflix is not free, and libraries are not driven by profit motive. On 5/17/11, Keith Jenkins wrote: > I always get suspicious when an author converts current prices into > 1962 dollars for no apparent reason, and without explanation. > > Keith > > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Roy Zimmer wrote: >> I think 50 cents would be right in the ballpark. My earliest scifi >> paperbacks cost me that much, mid-60's. >> >> Roy Zimmer >> Waldo Library >> Western Michigan University >> >> >> On 5/17/2011 11:18 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: >>> >>> On 5/16/2011 7:52 PM, Luciano Ramalho wrote: >>>> >>>> > And then we need to consider the rise of the Kindle. An ebook costs >>>> > about $1.60 in 1962 dollars. A thousand ebooks can fit on one device, >>>> >>>> 1) Why quote the ebook price in 1962 dollars? The reality in 2011 is >>>> that Kindle books in general are too expensive, particularly when >>> >>> Yeah, how much did a paperback book cost in 1962? 50 cents? $1? I >>> wasn't >>> alive then, but I bet $1.60 is expensive in 1962 dollars! >> > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] Seth Godin on The future of the library
On 5/17/11, Keith Jenkins wrote: > I always get suspicious when an author converts current prices into > 1962 dollars for no apparent reason, and without explanation. > > Keith > > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Roy Zimmer wrote: >> I think 50 cents would be right in the ballpark. My earliest scifi >> paperbacks cost me that much, mid-60's. >> >> Roy Zimmer >> Waldo Library >> Western Michigan University >> >> >> On 5/17/2011 11:18 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: >>> >>> On 5/16/2011 7:52 PM, Luciano Ramalho wrote: >>>> >>>> > And then we need to consider the rise of the Kindle. An ebook costs >>>> > about $1.60 in 1962 dollars. A thousand ebooks can fit on one device, >>>> >>>> 1) Why quote the ebook price in 1962 dollars? The reality in 2011 is >>>> that Kindle books in general are too expensive, particularly when >>> >>> Yeah, how much did a paperback book cost in 1962? 50 cents? $1? I >>> wasn't >>> alive then, but I bet $1.60 is expensive in 1962 dollars! >> > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com
[CODE4LIB] Do you have Project Gutenberg (or other public domain e-books) MARC Records in your OPAC?
If so can you send me a URL? Thanks much! Matt Amory On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Michele DeSilva wrote: > Hi Code4Lib-ers, > > I want to chime in and say that I, too, enjoyed the streaming archive from > the conference. > > I also have a question: my library has a horribly antiquated A to Z list of > databases and online resources (it's based in Access). We'd like to do > something that looks more modern and is far more user friendly. I found a > great article in the Code4Lib journal (issue 12, by Danielle Rosenthal & > Mario Bernado) about building a searchable A to Z list using Drupal. I'm > also wondering what other institutions have done as far as in-house > solutions. I know there're products we could buy, but, like everyone else, > we don't have much money at the moment. > > Thanks for any info or advice! > > Michele DeSilva > Central Oregon Community College Library > Emerging Technologies Librarian > 541-383-7565 > mdesi...@cocc.edu > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
Thanks all! On 12/14/09, peter.ne...@parliament.vic.gov.au wrote: > Depends what you are trying to do. > > If you are just after a more linux like shell for windows and some > scripting then something like UWIN or cygwin would suit. > > If however, you want linux in all its gloriousness then a virtual > environment such as virtualbox is a good option (if your laptop has enough > memory). > > Another option is to create a live CD that you can boot from your CD drive > (something like Damn Small Linux or SLAX isn't too big to download). > > Have fun. > > Peter > > -- > Peter Neish > Systems Officer > Victorian Parliamentary Library > peter.ne...@parliament.vic.gov.au > > > > > Matt Amory >.COM> To > Sent by: Code for CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Libraries cc >V.ND.EDU> Subject >[CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking >for UWIN help > 14/12/2009 03:20 > PM > > > Please respond to > Code for > Libraries >V.ND.EDU> > > > > > > > I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best > and easiest option? > > > > > Parliament of Victoria > Important Disclaimer Notice: > > The information contained in this email including any attachments, may be > confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, > please > notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorised > disclosure, copying or dissemination of all or part of this email, including > any attachments, is not permitted. This email, including any attachments, > should > be dealt with in accordance with copyright and privacy legislation. > Except where otherwise stated, views expressed are those of the individual > sender. > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com
[CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option?
Re: [CODE4LIB] OT(?) - Historical journal value data?
The small academic library where I process serials is asking this question as well. We are pinched for space, and under pressure to discard underutilized old hard copies of journals. The difficulty in quantifying and planning to manage value/article or value/character is that patterns of historical article use vary so widely and subscription costs are on such an exponential growth trajectory. Sorry to comiserate more than help... On 5/21/09, Nate Vack wrote: > OK, here's one for y'all, > > Anyone know of a source of historical journal value data? I've seen > the "OMG Article Costs Will Bury Libraries" graph a million times, but > I've only ever seen spotty data points for cost/article or > cost/character. > > Anyone know if that data exists, and where it might be found? > > Thanks, > -Nate > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] Curious about Cell Phone Barcode Scanning Apps
Thanks for the tips. I too am actually hoping to build a single platform first. I'm thinking that Android has the most robust set of tools available, but i-Phone or even Palm might be the way to go. My plan is to try to generate a set of "similar" titles by Author and Subject, hopefully organized into three tabs (local OPAC/Library Thing/Worldcat). I'm doing this as an independent study in Library School. I'd love to compare notes if you have time. -Matt On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Adam Brin wrote: > I've also been doing some research into this. There are a number of > toolkits out there. zxing gets most of the way there and it has an iPhone > package as well (an app called "barcodes"). Most of them are still in the > early stages. > > I've also seen: > - http://zebra.sourceforge.net/ > - http://www.bruji.com/cocoa/barcode.html > - http://code.google.com/p/jjil/ > > JJill seems to be in the backend of a bunch of them, but i've had a lot of > trouble getting it setup. I've been taking a conceptually different > approach from Jonathan, focusing my thought on one platform that can > showcase the app as opposed to solving the problem for all phones. > > - adam > > > On May 8, 2009, at 7:47 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > I started to do a just bit of web research in this. Open source barcode >> photo recognition software looks like it's _just_ starting to become >> realistically available. This was the product that looked most promissing in >> my web research (not sure if it's what the Android app is using): >> >> http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ >> >> My Umlaut software would be an _ideal_ end-point of barcode recognition, >> is why I started to look into it. Umlaut is designed specifically to meet >> the goal of taking a known item citation (such as an ISBN, sure), and >> returning a range of library availability and services for that item. >> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Umlaut >> >> The next step, which I haven't figured out yet, is how to get your >> software to participate in MMS/SMS architecture -- in particular to receive >> MMS/SMS messages in a way that's affordable to you and convenient to your >> users. (It looks like some but not all cell phones can send MMS messages to >> email, but not necessarily as conveniently as sending MMS to a cell number; >> but I'm not sure if there's a cheap way to have software receive MMS >> messages at a cell number. The Android app of course performs all it's >> processing on the Android itself, which you can do on a device-by-device >> basis for devices powerful enough for that; but I too am attracted to the >> idea of an MMS solution that would work on any MMS capable device, with no >> need to customize per device). >> >> I also haven't actually looked at the zxing code yet. >> >> But I'd love to have Umlaut able to receive an MMS message, and give the >> user back a concise list of library services/links. So many interesting >> projects, not enough time. >> >> Jonathan >> >> Matt Amory wrote: >> >>> I'm interested in some advice on building an app to pickup barcode data >>> through a cell phone camera and return OPAC/Library Thing/WorldCat etc. >>> results to a mobile interface. >>> I know that Android has a UPC barcode reader linked to a shopping app, >>> and >>> I'm wondering if this can be used or repurposed, or if there's a better >>> place to begin. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> > ___ > Adam Brin > ph: (510) 987.0636fx: (510) 287.6123 > adam.b...@ucop.edu > -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com
[CODE4LIB] Curious about Cell Phone Barcode Scanning Apps
I'm interested in some advice on building an app to pickup barcode data through a cell phone camera and return OPAC/Library Thing/WorldCat etc. results to a mobile interface. I know that Android has a UPC barcode reader linked to a shopping app, and I'm wondering if this can be used or repurposed, or if there's a better place to begin. Thanks!
