[CODE4LIB] Job: Principal programmer/analyst at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
(having been completely unable to use jobs.code4lib.org to post a job, I'm just sending it here--who maintains that site?) If you're a skilled senior developer interested in working on a fun Hydra-based collaborative project for audio and video collections, please see the posting below. Apply here: https://jobs.iu.edu/joblisting/index.cfm?jlnum=13147 If you're at Code4LIb right now, you can chat with Julie Hardesty (IU) or Michael Klein (Northwestern U) about Avalon to find out more. This opening is based at IU Bloomington. Best, Mark -- Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries +1.812.856.0494 mnot...@iu.edumailto:mnot...@iu.edu 13147 - Principal Programmer/Analyst, Libraries Job Summary: Plays a lead role in software architecture, design, and technical direction for the Avalon Media System*; and performs systems analysis and design for Avalon, including working with the project director and a multi-institutional development team to design, implement, deploy and support features and the Avalon high-level architecture. Codes, tests, debugs, and maintains Avalon system software to support project objectives and meet customer needs; and investigates alternative technologies and designs, evaluating the options and ensuring timely decisions with involvement from important stakeholders. Documents the Avalon system for other developers, administrators, and end users, providing other training and support as needed; mentors junior developers; and performs other duties as required. Qualifications: Review your qualifications prior to applying to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Resume and cover letter required. REQUIRED: Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical discipline and five years of experience in systems architecture, analysis and design of complex software systems. Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Experience in the following: systems development with full-featured object-oriented languages such as Java, C++, or Ruby on Rails; web services development in Unix/Linux server environments; and XML. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal essential including ability to work collaboratively as part of a team. Preferred: Master's degree; experience with JavaScript and Bootstrap or other responsive frontend web development frameworks. Note: This position is initially funded for two years with potential for renewal. Other: * Avalon Media System is an open source software product developed by the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries in collaboration with Northwestern University and additional partner institutions. Additional information on the Avalon Media System project may be found at avalonmediasystem.org http://avalonmediasystem.org/ . Applications accepted until February 19, 2015, or until position is filled.
Re: [CODE4LIB] NEWS RELEASE: The Fedora 4 Production Release is Now Available‹Not Your Dad¹s Fedora
If you want a more readable version of this announcement than at least my Outlook displays after the ascii-fication perpetrated by this venerable listserv, see http://duraspace.org/articles/2394 Congratulations to everyone who contributed! Mark -- Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries +1.812.856.0494 mnot...@iu.edu On 12/4/14, 9:40 AM, Carol Minton Morris carolmintonmor...@yahoo.com wrote: NOW AVAILABLE: Fedora 4 Production Release‹Not Your Dad¹s Fedora Groundbreaking new capabilities make Fedora 4 the repository platform of choice for right now and into the future.Winchester, MA The international Fedora repository community and DuraSpace are very pleased to announce the production release of Fedora 4. This significant release signals the effectiveness of an international and complex community source project in delivering a modern repository platform with features that meet or exceed current use cases in the management of institutional digital assets. Fedora 4 features include vast improvements in scalability, linked data capabilities, research data support, modularity, ease of use and more.Fedora 4 features were collaboratively chosen and developed by a virtual team of developers and stakeholders from around the globe. With DuraSpace support this committed team has ensured that Fedora Repository software will meet the emerging needs of the academic research community now and for the next decade.€ DOWNLOAD Fedora 4: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Downloads€ RELEASE NOTES: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.0.0+Release+Notes€ DOCUMENTATION: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FEDORA40/Fedora+4.0+Documentation€ VIDEO: http://youtu.be/Mg_QFDAspoE Community KudosRobin Ruggaber, Chair of the Fedora Steering Group and Library Chief Technology Officer at the University of Virginia commented on Fedora¹s achievements: ³The success of the Fedora community today is rooted in the way it operates. The community members govern, fund, shape and produce the solution to meet global repositories¹ needs and performance requirements. The development is based on what product owners need and is managed so that everyone in the community can contribute without individually exhausting human or financial resources. We are maximizing the power of distributed development and ownership and are rewarded with a sustainable, low risk, moderate cost solution.² Stefano Cossu, Director of Application Services, Collections at The Art Institute of Chicago offered his reasons for adopting Fedora 4: ³We have searched far and wide for a system that could store our large and diverse collection of art objects and their related assets, integrate in a complex architecture of legacy applications and data sources, and make our digital resources available in a wide variety of ways. We have adopted Fedora 4 very early for its scalability and flexibility in all its aspects, its adhesion to solid standards, the project's long-sighted goals and the extremely talented and motivated community around it.² Fedora 4 support for linked data‹what it means for youThe broad concept of linked data is the idea that the semantic web can connect everything. Fedora 4 makes that concept real. With built-in linked data support Fedora 4 offers the ability to develop discovery tools in compliance with the W3C Linked Data Platform specification. The long-held linked data promise of broad and deeply faceted discovery on the open web is based on the concept that information can be exchanged using the resource description framework (RDF) as a standard model. The ability to share data openly and take advantage of the semantic web means that content is not ³inside a silo² that can only be discovered and re-used if repository software adheres to standardization and interoperability. With Fedora 4 the ³Web is a repository² providing new kinds of digital collections and data sources for services and applications. Scalability‹how big is bigAs larger data sets, larger files, research data and multimedia use cases have emerged in the community Fedora 4 is set to meet the challenge of improved scalability. Fedora 4 repositories can manage millions and millions of digital files along with extremely large files of any type running on top of back-end storage systems. This means that petabytes of storage are available to you because Fedora can potentially operate on top of any storage system via a pluggable, expandable connector framework. Flexibility and extensibility‹plugging into what worksThe strength of Fedora repository software lies in it¹s native flexibility and extensibility. Fedora 4 architecture builds on a lightweight core model with multiple, pluggable components and a standard set of robust APIs. SecurityFedora 4 provides a pluggable, extensible security framework capable of supporting a variety of authorization systems. Two initial systems have been
Re: [CODE4LIB] Streaming Copyrighted material
I'm sure none of us wants to get sued or fired. So caution is understandable, especially as individuals. As institutions, always erring on the side of caution is a recipe for steady erosion of fair use, public domain, and other rights. Libraries should be at the forefront of protecting those rights, and, where possible, expanding them. Best, Mark -- Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries +1.812.856.0494 mnot...@iu.edu On 12/2/14, 10:25 PM, Riley Childs rchi...@cucawarriors.com wrote: First: Technically when you stream a video a portion of the video is local, so it wouldn't necessarily be legal for the viewer either. Second: Regardless of legality streaming copyrighted content without a license or payment is a morally grey area. And most AUP at universities specifically exclude use of the network to provide access to content if that content is not properly licensed. I always err on the side of caution with this sort of stuff. Licensing is tricky regardless of application. And yes i have absolutely faced these questions from both an IT Capacity and a librarian capacity. //Riley Sent from my Windows Phone -- Riley Childs Senior Charlotte United Christian Academy Library Services Administrator IT Services Administrator (704) 537-0331x101 (704) 497-2086 rileychilds.net @rowdychildren I use Lync (select External Contact on any XMPP chat client) From: Cornel Darden Jr.mailto:corneldarde...@gmail.com Sent: ?12/?2/?2014 10:00 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDUmailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Streaming Copyrighted material Hello, Is streaming (viewing online) copyrighted material illegal for individuals. According to the copyright.gov website this seems to be completely legal for the viewer when there isn't a copy of the work on the viewers computer. It only mentions hosting streams as being a misdemeanor, even if there isn't any profit. This is becoming a huge issue as more content consumers become cord cutters. Has any librarians faced these questions? I am planning on implementing Kodi in my library, but will only make public domain material accessible. Kodi provides an excellent user interface for organizing and viewing public domain material. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning. Sent from my iPhone
Re: [CODE4LIB] course reserves and video hosting
Hi Jason, We are using (and, with Northwestern U, developing) the open source Avalon Media System for this and other purposes. For authentication we use OmniAuth and so can tie in with many different systems. For authorization, there are both ad hoc access groups managed by Avalon as well as LTI or LDAP for reliance upon externally managed access groups. For more information, see http://www.avalonmediasystem.org/ Best, Mark -- Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries +1.812.856.0494 mnot...@iu.edu On 6/16/14, 1:04 PM, Jason Ronallo jrona...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have two questions related to video course reserves and video hosting more generally. Does your library provide video course reserves? How do you host and deliver your course reserves video? What are you using to provide access to any video that must be authenticated and authorized (like course reserves or collections where you have streaming rights)? What locally hosted software are you using for this? Anyone using a hosted service for video of this sort? Anything you're doing with delivering video that has restrictions on it would be of possible interest. Thank you, Jason
Re: [CODE4LIB] separate list for discussing a separate list for jobs
Ha ha---yes! exactly. On 5/6/14, 6:13 PM, Joe Hourcle onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.gov wrote: On May 6, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Dan Chudnov wrote: Is it time to reconsider: should we start a separate list for Job: postings? code4lib-jobs, perhaps? I think the real question here is if we should have a separate list for discussing if we need a separate list for jobs. I propose 'code4lib-jobs-list-discuss'. -Joe
[CODE4LIB] Job: Avalon Media System programmer at Indiana University
Apply here to work on this exciting, high-profile, multi-institutional, open source project at one of the top academic libraries in the USA. Work with Ruby on Rails, Hydra, and responsive web app technology for mobile and browser delivery. Note that this is a on-going position (what we call base-funded), not a short term grant-funded one. https://jobs.iu.edu/joblisting/index.cfm?jlnum=9969 Mark -- Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries +1.812.856.0494 mnot...@iu.edumailto:mnot...@iu.edu 9969 - Programmer/Analyst: Multimedia Applications Developer, Libraries The Indiana University Bloomington Libraries are seeking a skilled software developer to join the Avalon Media System project. Job Summary: Performs systems analysis and design for Avalon, including working with the project director and a multi-institutional development team to determine and document user and system requirements and develop a high-level architecture and detailed system design to meet requirements. Codes, tests, debugs, and maintains Avalon system software to support project objectives and investigates alternative technologies and designs, evaluating the options and recommending solutions to the project team, to ensure efficient, effective development. Documents the Avalon system for other developers, administrators, and end users, providing other training and support as needed. Performs other duties as required. Qualifications: Review your qualifications prior to applying to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Resume and cover letter required. Please include a reference section in your resume with contact information for three professional references. REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, two years of experience in systems analysis and programming of complex software system, including work in a full-featured object-oriented programming language such as Java, Ruby, or C++; and experience in web application, web services development, and XML. Combinations of related education and experience may be considered at a 2:1 ratio. Preferred: Master’s degree; experience with Flash, AJAX or other highly interactive web user interface development; and experience with digital video and audio formats and technologies and/or digital repositories (e.g. Fedora). Other: Funded in part by a major grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Avalon project is creating an open source software system to enable academic libraries and archives to easily provide online access to their video and audio collections. Indiana University is collaborating with Northwestern University and other institutional partners on development of the system. The project also collaborates with and leverages the work of the Hydra Project and Opencast Matterhorn, two higher education open source initiatives focused on digital library and media content management. For more information on the Avalon project, see http://www.avalonmediasystem.org. For more information on digital projects of the IU Libraries, see http://www.dlib.indiana.edu. Applications accepted until December 19, 2013, or until position is filled.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for two coders to help with discoverability of videos - FRBR
Does this mean that a work-focused approach is not actually what users want or need? Does it mean that the work-centered approach needs to be implemented differently in the user interface? Are these results somehow specific to music? Do they reflect users' familiarity with the typical library catalog and the strategies they've become accustomed to using? FRBR is a wonderful model of our corner of reality. But users aren¹t model-oriented, they are task oriented. They are trying to get stuff done. So the user interface has to make the translation from how systems like to think about the world to how users think about their work. And yes, how users think about their work is shaped by the systems and concepts they¹ve interacted with previously, setting their expectations. But not entirely. To some extent, the Scherzo interface represents an acknowledgement of this after what we learned in the Variations project when trying to make a stepwise FRBRish disambiguation search interface. Here¹s our paper describing that earlier effort: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/publications/ecdl2004/ecdl.pdf Mark -- Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries +1.812.856.0494 mnot...@iu.edu On 12/6/13, 10:18 AM, Julie Hardesty jlhar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Kelley - I conducted that usability test on Scherzo and wrote that report so I can answer your questions! I think a work-focused approach can work for users, but we had to scale back on what we assumed users would understand on the search results page. After this test of the system, we changed the search results interface to identify within the works list how many scores and recordings contained that work, so the works list looked more like a facet. The works list then wasn't just a list of titles, but was tied more directly to the recordings/scores result list (which is directly below the works list on the search results page). I do think that some of the testing results we saw reflected how users are used to searching for music in traditional catalogs. While the work is a key concept for musicians, they may have gotten used to the fact that searching for or scanning a results list for a work title often isn't easy (or even possible) in a library catalog so either the title of the album or a person's name is the real key to finding stuff. I think that also might have been part of what threw people off seeing the works listed in the search results. They didn't believe they were seeing titles of songs - they thought they were seeing titles of albums or something that was some sort of physical item. They weren't really sure what it was and so they just skipped that list of things. So adding the info that, for example, a work title is found on 5 recordings/scores really helped to identify the works list as such. Music is kind of unique within FRBR since several works can be involved in a single manifestation (recording or score) and a single work can have many different expressions (different performances by different people of the same work). Other types of resources like books and movies don't often line up with the FRBR model the same way. I can't say for sure whether or not the interface we arrived at after this testing ( http://vfrbr.info/scherzo/) could be used for other work-based resources with a works list serving as a facet to narrow down results, but it seems to be a good use of the FRBR model. Here's an example of a search that I think brings out the strength of what this type of works list can do. Searching in Scherzo for something like symphony no. 5 as Keyword results in several works with that same (or similar) title and lots of recordings and scores that contain expressions of all of the different symphony no. 5 works. The facet nature of showing how many recordings/scores contain that work can help to distinguish which work is the symphony no. 5 you actually want and helps identify that works list as a list of symphony no. 5 works by different composers. I hope this is helpful - it was an interesting project to test these FRBRized search concepts and it would be great to see further experiments with this idea, specifically with non-music resources to see if it can be applied or not. Let me know if you have any more questions about what we did with the Scherzo interface and best of luck on your project! Julie Hardesty Metadata Analyst Metadata Resources Systems Library Technologies Indiana University On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Kelley McGrath kell...@uoregon.edu wrote: Thanks, Jon. I have seen the Variations work and also talked to Jenn Riley about it. It has definitely influenced me, although we are going in a slightly different direction and moving images have some different needs from music. One thing about Variations that struck me is this paragraph from the usability testing report (
[CODE4LIB] Avalon Media System 2.0 webinar, November 14 - please join us!
Please join us for an upcoming webinar for the Avalon Media System Project. Avalon is an open source system for managing large collections of digital video and audio files. Date: Thursday, November 14 Time: 12:00-1:00 PM EST Agenda: * overview of version 2.0 functionality and the download/tryout options * demo of version 2.0 * summary of recent Avalon partner meeting * roadmap and schedule for planned future releases * questions and feedback from participants To register, please fill out the registration form: http://tinyurl.com/avalon2-0 If you're new to Avalon OR if you don't want to wait until the webinar to learn more, please visit our website: http://www.avalonmediasystem.org We're looking forward to talking with you about Avalon. We will record the webinar for later viewing by those unable to join us. Thanks, Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Julie Rudder Digital Initiatives Project Manager Digital Collections Northwestern University Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability Person?
We are spinning up a UX team at IU Bloomington Libraries—below is the current opening for the initial hire. More are anticipated. As library collections and services move increasingly online, we need to invest in the kind of staffing needed to create successful online experiences. We did formerly have a usability specialist, but we haven't had a dedicated team. The team will provide internal consulting to technology projects. Mark -- Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries +1.812.856.0494 mnot...@iu.edu -- User Experience Designer Rank: PAE-3IT Position#: 00039047 List #: 9631 FTE: 100% Job Summary: Provides interaction design consulting services to key technology-based projects. Works with stakeholders across IU Bloomington Libraries’ departments to understand requirements in order to design web-based user interfaces, mobile user interfaces, and online visual elements. Performs usability testing and ensures accessibility of services. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a user experience discipline such as human-computer interaction design, interaction design, or related field and two years of experience in interface and visual design (as demonstrated by a portfolio) or a related professional position required. An equivalent combination of related education, training, and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired may be considered at a 2:1 ratio. Experience with interaction design, visual design, web design, mobile design; demonstrated experience with the relevant interaction and visual design tools (Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent); and demonstrated experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Knowledge of and experience with academic libraries or higher education work environments preferred. Note: Submit a letter of interest and resume that provides evidence of the qualifications outlined and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of at least three references that can comment about your qualifications for the position. Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to excellence through diversity. Indiana University has a strong commitment to principles of diversity and in that spirit seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages applications from candidates with diverse cultural backgrounds. For more information about Indiana University-Bloomington go to www.iub.edu http://www.iub.edu/. To browse other open staff positions at Indiana University, please go to https://jobs.iu.edu https://jobs.iu.edu/ On 10/30/13 11:24 AM, Andrew Darby darby.li...@gmail.commailto:darby.li...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, all. This is perhaps a bit off-topic, but I was wondering how many of you have a dedicated usability person as part of your development team. Right now, we have a sort of ad hoc Usability Team, and I'd like to make a pitch for hiring someone who will have the time and inclination to manage this effort more effectively. Anything you'd care to share (on-list or off-) would be welcome. I'm especially curious about whether or not this is a full-time responsibility for someone in your organization or if it's shared with another job function; if you find this position is working out well or you wish you'd spent the money on more robots instead; where this person resides in your org chart; what sort of qualifications you looked for when hiring; etc. Thanks, Andrew -- Andrew Darby Head, Web Emerging Technologies University of Miami Libraries
[CODE4LIB] Job: User Experience Designer at IU Bloomington
We're forming a new UX consulting practice with the IU Bloomington Libraries. Come join us! Apply here: https://jobs.iu.edu/joblisting/index.cfm?jlnum=9631 Mark -- Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries +1.812.856.0494 mnot...@iu.edumailto:mnot...@iu.edu -- User Experience Designer Rank: PAE-3IT Position#: 00039047 List #: 9631 FTE: 100% Job Summary: Provides interaction design consulting services to key technology-based projects. Works with stakeholders across IU Bloomington Libraries’ departments to understand requirements in order to design web-based user interfaces, mobile user interfaces, and online visual elements. Performs usability testing and ensures accessibility of services. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a user experience discipline such as human-computer interaction design, interaction design, or related field and two years of experience in interface and visual design (as demonstrated by a portfolio) or a related professional position required. An equivalent combination of related education, training, and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired may be considered at a 2:1 ratio. Experience with interaction design, visual design, web design, mobile design; demonstrated experience with the relevant interaction and visual design tools (Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent); and demonstrated experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Knowledge of and experience with academic libraries or higher education work environments preferred. Note: Submit a letter of interest and resume that provides evidence of the qualifications outlined and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of at least three references that can comment about your qualifications for the position. Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to excellence through diversity. Indiana University has a strong commitment to principles of diversity and in that spirit seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages applications from candidates with diverse cultural backgrounds. For more information about Indiana University-Bloomington go to www.iub.eduhttp://www.iub.edu/. To browse other open staff positions at Indiana University, please go to https://jobs.iu.eduhttps://jobs.iu.edu/
[CODE4LIB] Variations/FRBR Project Completion News
The Variations/FRBR project at Indiana University (http://vfrbr.info) has completed work on the project funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant, Variations as a Testbed for the FRBR Conceptual Model. We wanted to let you know about our most recent accomplishments. 1. Scherzo. In January 2012, we announced the availability of Scherzo, the search tool working off our FRBR-ized database of 80,000 sound recordings and 105,000 scores. Since that time, we have made substantial usability improvements and bug fixes to Scherzo. Scherzo is available at the following link: http://vfrbr.info/search A list of the improvements is given below. * New single tab search interface with all advanced options * Huge accessibility improvements on search interface and results pages * Improved facets display (sorting and number of visible facets) * Facet-like behavior for work results * Valid HTML through results and pages * Ability to remove individual search terms to modify search * Improved display of information for manifestation results * Improved display of work results (sorting, manifestations result count and view-all) 2. Linked Data Export. One objective of the V/FRBR project was to experiment with linked data. In 2011 we release our FRBR-ized data as an RDF export. This initial release had a number of shortcomings which we have since addressed. The major changes include: providing resolvable URIs and linking to existing external resources such as LC name authority records. The improved RDF data exports are available from the page linked below: http://vfrbr.info/data/rdf 3. Sparql Endpoint. In addition to making RDF data available as downloadable exports, we have also implemented a SPARQL endpoint for interactive searching and browsing of the V/FRBR linked data. The SPARQL endpoint is available at the link below: http://vfrbr.info/sparql 4. Linked Data Browsing From Scherzo. In addition to the two methods, above, for exploring linked data, we have added a link at the bottom of each manifestation detail view page in Scherzo. The linked data browsing link provides an interactive way to browse the linked data without having to compose SPARQL queries or download large data files. If you have any questions or comments regarding our work, please email vf...@dlib.indiana.edumailto:vf...@dlib.indiana.edu. Regards, Mark -- Mark Notess Head, Teaching Learning Systems Development Library Technologies Indiana University Bloomington Libraries +1.812.856.0494 mnot...@iu.edumailto:mnot...@iu.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] You *are* a coder. So what am I?
I usually say I am a technologist. Even though I used to be a software engineer (in industry, where it occasionally resembled engineering, for better and worse), as a manager I don't look at or write much code any more, but I am still a technologist. And in some contexts I claim to be a user experience person. Though I have worked in library technology for over ten years, I don't have the degree or the job classification (nor indeed the desire) to be called a librarian. In my work context, at least, it would be a misrepresentation. YMMV, Mark On 2/13/13 7:22 PM, Maccabee Levine levi...@uwosh.edu wrote: Andromeda's talk this afternoon really struck a chord, as I shared with her afterwards, because I have the same issue from the other side of the fence. I'm among the 1/3 of the crowd today with a CS degree and and IT background (and no MLS). I've worked in libraries for years, but when I have a point to make about how technology can benefit instruction or reference or collection development, I generally preface it with I'm not a librarian, but I shouldn't have to be defensive about that. Problem is, 'coder' doesn't imply a particular degree -- just the experience from doing the task, and as Andromeda said, she and most C4Lers definitely are coders. But 'librarian' *does* imply MLS/MSLS/etc., and I respect that. What's a library word I can use in the same way as coder? Maccabee -- Maccabee Levine Head of Library Technology Services University of Wisconsin Oshkosh levi...@uwosh.edu 920-424-7332
Re: [CODE4LIB] Stand Up Desks
I have a no-cost makeshift standup desk--I can switch between standing and sitting in 15-20 seconds. I usually only change once or twice a day. Here it is: http://twitpic.com/35w860 Note the slide-away keyboard tray not used in standing position. I do have to lift my display down from the shelf when I switch, but hey, I've been working out. Mark On 2/7/13 4:18 PM, Timothy A. Lepczyk timlepc...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a post on moving to a standing desk: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/stand-in-the-place-where-you-work-mo nth-2/44228 . Maybe if you have a popular blog, you can get Geekdesk to donate one to you? :) Tim On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Genny Engel gen...@sonoma.lib.ca.us wrote: I got a set of manually adjustable table legs for $50 and a used door for $5 to make into my desk at home. The manual adjustment is done leg by leg, so it doesn't work for periodically adjusting the height throughout the day -- what it's good for is if you just need an unusual height desk. http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11205site=ROCKLER Some years back, I found that using a kneeling-style chair some of the time helped a lot. I couldn't use it all the time because then my knees would get sore! If there's room in your office, you can add a cycle desk for about 5% of the cost of that elliptical desk. Only works with a laptop/tablet, not a full-size desktop+monitor+keyboard. It makes a GREAT break from the regular desk. http://fitdesk.net/ Genny Engel Sonoma County Library gen...@sonoma.lib.ca.us 707 545-0831 x1581 www.sonomalibrary.org -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Will Clarke Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:10 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Stand Up Desks I got my anti-fatigue mat for $56 - http://amzn.to/14VqrJu For a mere $4749.99 you can get an elliptical desk :) http://www.beyondtheofficedoor.com/RA-Lifebalance.php
Re: [CODE4LIB] tech vs. nursing
But grants are sometimes the only source of travel funds. Maybe that's helped cause the shift you mention. On 11/29/12 4:43 PM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: I miss that. Code4Lib was in fact the only place I knew of for people working on traditional library use cases, not on grant-funded projects, trying to innovate with technology and keep libraries relevant.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Studying the email list
They are public: https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1206L=CODE4LIB Have at it. While I fully support ethical research and even IRBs, we do everyone a disservice by appealing to IRBs to approve things that don't require their approval, even if we're just doing so to be careful. It reminds me of the disservice we libraries sometimes do by asking for permission to use things when we could instead make a fair use argument. Best, Mark On 6/5/12 11:31 AM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: I think our list archives ought to be public, and ought ideally to be available to anyone without even having to make an out of band request to ELM. Are they not, can't you just download them from the web without even having to ask? Either way, yes, anyone should be able to get the archives to use them for whatever research they want. On 6/4/2012 4:54 PM, Edward M. Corrado wrote: I personally don't have any objections to this, and in fact, would be interested to find out what you discover. Make sure you check with your IRB to see if they require anything (sometimes even an anonymous survey can require IRB approval) if you are considering publishing your results. Also, if you are concerned or interested about any potential ethical issues, you may want to check out the Assocation of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org/ Edward On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Paul Orkiszewski orkiszews...@appstate.eduwrote: Hi all, I'm interested in analyzing the list archives with a goal of studying how concepts move through the list over time, the relationship (or non-relationship) between discussions in the list and eventual implementations and practices in the broader library community, the zeitgeist over time of an active development community, etc. I'm not sure about the tools and products at the moment, but the outcomes would be anonymous and there would be no e-mail harvest of any kind, especially and specifically any commercial harvesting. An initial idea as an example of what I'm thinking about is to generate word clouds that could give a snapshot of what's going on over some defined period of time, or concepts most closely associated with a particular term, or an overlap analysis against one of the library science databases. Stuff like that. Eric Lease Morgan, the list admin, can provide an archive of the list, but I wanted to check with all of you before I asked for it. Cheers, Paul -- --**--** *Paul Orkiszewski* Coordinator of Library Technology Services / Associate Professor University Library Appalachian State University 218 College Street P.O. Box 32026 Boone, NC 28608-2026 E-mail: orkiszews...@appstate.edu Phone: 828 262 6588 Fax: 828 262 2797 --**--**
[CODE4LIB] Still one programmer job available on the Variations on Video project at Indiana
Five reasons you should apply for this job: 1. It's an exciting multi-institutional open-source project, using Hydra/Fedora Opencast Matterhorn, and following the agile scrum methodology (yeah, that's all one reason). http://www.variationsonvideo.org 2. Bloomington Indiana is a cool place to live. It's nothing like Pawnee in the Parks and Recreation TV series. How many Tibetan restaurants can *you* walk to for lunch? http://bloomingtontech.com/life-in-bloomington 3. Indiana University (IU) professional staff *start* with 30 days' paid vacation per year, on top of the usual holidays. http://jobs.indiana.edu/benefits.html 4. Bloomington is relatively inexpensive, with public transportation, short commutes, and lots of bikes. We have our own breweries, a winery, and even our own wiki. http://www.bloomingpedia.org 5. IU is internationally known for our library and for our IT infrastructure. In fact, our president used to be our CIO. http://www.computerworld.com/spring/bp/detail/894 Apply here: https://ola.indiana.edu/joblisting/index.cfm?jlnum=5063 I'm happy to answer questions directly. Mark -- Mark Notess Manager, Teaching Learning Systems Development Library Technologies and Digital Libraries IU Bloomington Libraries / University Information Technology Services Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 47405 812.856.0494 (w) mnot...@indiana.edu 5063 - Programmer/Analyst, Libraries Job Summary: The Indiana University Digital Library Program is seeking two skilled software developers to join a new project, ³Variations on Video (VoV): Building the Next Generation Library Media Management System.² Performs systems analysis and design for VoV, including working with project director and a distributed, multi-institutional development team to determine and document user and system requirements and develop a high-level architecture and detailed system design to meet requirements. Codes, tests, debugs, and maintains VoV software system to support project objectives and investigates alternative technologies and designs, evaluating the options and recommending solutions to the project team to ensure efficient, effective development. Documents the VoV system for other developers, administrators, and end users, providing other training and support as needed. Performs other duties as required. Qualifications: Review your qualifications prior to applying to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Resume and cover letter required. REQUIRED: Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and two years of experience in systems analysis and programming of complex software systems, including work in a full-featured object-oriented programming language such as Java, Ruby, or C++. Experience in web application, web services development, and XML. Experience with Flash, AJAX, or other highly interactive web user interface development, digital video, and audio formats, and technologies and/or digital repositories (e.g., Fedora). Combinations of related education and experience will be considered. Preferred: Master's degree. Other: Funded by a major grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Variations on Video (VoV) project will create an open source software system to enable academic libraries and archives to easily provide online access to their video and audio collections. Indiana University is collaborating with Northwestern University and other institutional partners on development of the system. The project will also collaborate with and leverage the work of the Hydra Project and Opencast Matterhorn, two higher education open source initiatives focused on digital library and media content management. Two positions are available. Both are funded for 27 months with potential for renewal. For more information on the Variations on Video project, see http://www.variationsonvideo.org. For more information on the IU Digital Library Program, see http://www.dlib.indiana.edu. Applications accepted until January 12, 2012, or until position is filled.
[CODE4LIB] Job posting - 2 openings for programmers on the Variations on Video project at Indiana University
Job Summary: The Indiana University Digital Library Program is seeking two skilled software developers to join a new project, Variations on Video (VoV): Building the Next Generation Library Media Management System. Performs systems analysis and design for VoV, including working with project director and a distributed, multi-institutional development team to determine and document user and system requirements and develop a high-level architecture and detailed system design to meet requirements. A code, tests, debugs, and maintains VoV software system to support project objectives and investigates alternative technologies and designs, evaluating the options and recommending solutions to the project team to ensure efficient, effective development. Documents the VoV system for other developers, administrators, and end users, providing other training and support as needed. Performs other duties as required. Qualifications: Review your qualifications prior to applying to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Resume and cover letter required. REQUIRED: Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and two years of experience in systems analysis and programming of complex software systems, including work in a full-featured object-oriented programming language such as Java, Ruby, or C++. Experience in web application, web services development, and XM. Experience with Flash, AJAX, or other highly interactive web user interface development, digital video, and audio formats, and technologies and/or digital repositories (e.g., Fedora). Combinations of related education and experience will be considered. Preferred: Master's degree. Other: Funded by a major grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Variations on Video (VoV) project will create an open source software system to enable academic libraries and archives to easily provide online access to their video and audio collections. Indiana University is collaborating with Northwestern University and other institutional partners on development of the system. The project will also collaborate with and leverage the work of the Hydra Project and Opencast Matterhorn, two higher education open source initiatives focused on digital library and media content management. Two positions are available. Both are funded for 27 months with potential for renewal. For more information on the Variations on Video project, see http://www.variationsonvideo.org. For more information on the IU Digital Library Program, see http://www.dlib.indiana.edu. Applications accepted until December 1, 2011, or until position is filled. To apply: https://ola.indiana.edu/joblisting/index.cfm?jlnum=5063
[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Library Project Programmer, Indiana University
Digital Library Project Programmer (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN) To apply: https://jobs.iu.edu/joblisting/index.cfm?jlnum=4613search=2 Job Summary: Performs analysis, design, programming, and system administration for software applications supporting digital library program projects. Initially, focuses on two primary projects: 1) implementation of the VIVO research-focused discovery tool at Indiana University, and 2) enhancement of Sakai (known at IU as Oncourse) to enable better access to online library collections for faculty and students. Works closely with VIVO, Sakai, and library staff at Indiana University and other institutions to analyze system and user needs, define requirements, perform software design, write and test software programs, administer and troubleshoot systems developed by others, and prepare technical documentation. Qualifications: Review your qualifications prior to applying to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Resume and cover letter required. REQUIRED: Bachelor¹s degree in computer science or related technical field and two years experience in development of complex software systems, including work in one or more of the following languages: Java, C++. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Experience in relational database design and programming, experience in Web application development using Java, and experience with XML and XML-related technologies. Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to work effectively as a member of a team; ability to perform detailed work, effectively communicate verbally and in writing, interact with staff, faculty, and vendors, change priorities as project expands or project needs change; and perform multiple concurrent tasks with constant interruptions; and creativity in identifying complex problems and finding solutions quickly and accurately, as well as attention to detail in communicating technical issues and implementing solutions. Preferred: Master¹s degree. Experience with RDF, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data. Experience with the Sakai collaboration and learning environment and/or VIVO applications. Position is funded for a period of two years, with potential for renewal. Other Information: For more information, see: IU Digital Library Program: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/, VIVO: http://vivo.iu.edu/ and http://vivoweb.org/, Sakai: http://www.sakaiproject.org/, and http://www.sakaibrary.org/. Applications accepted until September 29, 2011, or until position is filled.
[CODE4LIB] Survey: Streaming delivery of library video content
All, The open-source Variations project (http://variations.sourceforge.net), based at Indiana University, is planning to add streaming video to its existing capabilities. The purpose of this survey is to learn more about academic libraries’ needs and existing practices (if any) for delivery of streaming video in support of teaching, learning, and research. Here is the link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/libvideo In filling out this survey, please note that our interest is in streaming video owned or managed by the library, not video licensed from and streamed by content providers or from unrelated units of the university (such as athletics or public relations), except as such content may become the responsibility of the library. All data will be reported anonymously: names of individuals or institutions and other identifying information will NOT be shared in any report. You don't even have to provide that information if you don't want to, and the survey does not track the IP address of the respondent. Please forward this survey invitation to any relevant people or lists you’re aware of. We are happy to have multiple responses from a single institution. If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact me. Thanks for your participation. Mark -- Mark Notess Variations Development Manager Digital Library Program / UITS Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 47405 812.856.0494 (w) mnot...@indiana.edu
