Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?

[Peter Murray]

I did look at this while I was at LYRASIS a few years ago.  (I'm now at Cherry 
Hill -- soon to be at Index Data -- http://dltj.org/p27236 ).  At the time they 
had an "association management" division that did this sort of thing.  They 
disbanded that division before I left, but they are under new executive 
leadership now, so they might be interested in doing it again.



Peter

> On Jun 7, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Edward M. Corrado  wrote:
> 
> At one point Lyrasis offered to do this when Peter Murray was there. I
> don't remeber to what degree this was investigated but at the time the
> community generally wasn't in favor. I have no idea if Lyrasis would be
> interested (and Peter is now elsewhere, I believe) but it might be
> somethign to look into.
> 
> Edward
> 
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Esmé Cowles  wrote:
> 
>> I don't think there is any Hydra legal entity (hence the need for a
>> financial host), and the MOU is signed on behalf of the leadership
>> committee.  So I think it boils down to being organized enough for the
>> financial host to be comfortable entering into an agreement with them.
>> 
>> I can ask the people I know on the Hydra leadership committee to get more
>> info on how the arrangement works.
>> 
>> -Esmé
>> 
>>> On Jun 7, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Jenn C  wrote:
>>> 
>>> This sounds like an intriguing option. What is "Hydra" that it is able to
>>> enter into an MOU - is the steering group an incorporated entity?
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Esmé Cowles 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I remember another option being brought up: picking an official
>>>> organizational home for C4L that would handle being the financial host
>> for
>>>> the conference, and possibly other things (conference carryover,
>>>> scholarship fundraising, holding intellectual property, etc.).  An
>> existing
>>>> library non-profit might be able to do this without that much overhead.
>>>> 
>>>> For example, Hydra has a MOU with DuraSpace for exactly this kind of
>>>> arrangement, and there was a post recently about renewing the
>> arrangement
>>>> for another year, including the MOU:
>>>> 
>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hydra-tech/jCua5KILos4/yRpOalF6AgAJ
>>>> 
>>>> In the past, there has been a great deal of resistance to making C4L
>> more
>>>> organized, and especially on the amount of work needed to run a
>> non-profit
>>>> organization.  So having a financial host arrangement could be a
>>>> lighter-weight option.
>>>> 
>>>> -Esmé
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 7, 2016, at 3:31 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess >> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think this deserves its own thread--thanks for bringing it up,
>>>> Christina!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm also interested in investigating how to formalize Code4Lib as an
>>>>> entity, for all of the reasons listed earlier in the thread. I can't
>>>>> volunteer to be the leader/torch-bearer/main source of energy behind
>> the
>>>>> investigation right now (sorry), but I'm happy to join any group that
>>>> takes
>>>>> this on. I might be willing to *co*-lead, if that is what it takes to
>> get
>>>>> the process started.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And, yes, anyone who has talked to me or read my rants about the
>>>>> proliferation of library professional organizations is going to think
>> my
>>>>> volunteering for this is really funny. But I think forming a group to
>>>>> gather information gives us the chance to determine, as a community,
>>>>> whether Code4Lib delivers enough value and has enough of a separate
>>>>> identity to be worth forming Yet Another Professional Organization (my
>>>> gut
>>>>> answer, today? "yes"), or whether we would do better to fold into, or
>>>>> become a sub-entity of, some existing organization; or, (unlikely)
>> should
>>>>> Code4Lib stop being A Big International Thing and just do regional
>> stuff?
>>>>> Or some other option I haven't listed--I don't even know what all the
>>>>> options are, right now.
>>>>> 
>>>>> One note on the "no, let's not organize" sentiment: the problem with a
>>>> flat
>>>>> organiz

[CODE4LIB] Looking for a Blackmagic Extreme HDMI and analog capture device

[Peter Murray]

All,

We are in need of a Blackmagic Design Intensity Extreme HDMI and Analog Capture 
& Playback Device with a Thunderbolt interface for use at Code4Lib Con.  Do you 
have one we could borrow?  It looks something like this:

  
http://www.amazon.com/Blackmagic-Design-Intensity-Extreme-Playback/dp/B007CYJ4WM

If so, please contact me.


Peter
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Blogger, Disruptive Library Technology Jester - http://dltj.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone Doing Interesting Things With Digital Collection Systems?

[Peter Murray]

Nice!  I particularly like the indication of the content type in the lower 
right corner of the thumbnail...


Peter

> On Feb 29, 2016, at 11:12 AM, Erica FINDLEY  wrote:
> 
> We just designed our own responsive site at Multnomah County Library for
> digital collections that is also OAI-PMH compatible. We call it The
> Gallery. https://gallery.multcolib.org/
> 
> Erica
> 
> 
> *Erica Findley*
> Cataloging/Metadata Librarian
> Multnomah County Library
> Phone: 503.988.5466
> eri...@multcolib.org
> multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org>
> 
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:29 AM, Scancella, John  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Matt,
>> 
>> I work on the digital repository for the Library of Congress. We have a
>> lot of our tools on our public github
>> https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress
>> 
>> Of particular interest would be the bagit-python, and bagit-java. Note
>> that for bagit-java we are in the middle of a rewrite so if you plan on
>> using it for more than the near term you should check out the
>> https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagit-java/tree/rewrite branch or
>> BETA release
>> http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|gov.loc|bagit|5.0.0-BETA|jar
>> 
>> John
>> Please note: all opinions expressed in this email are my own and do not
>> reflect those of The Library Of Congress
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Erin Tripp
>> Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 7:19 AM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone Doing Interesting Things With Digital
>> Collection Systems?
>> 
>> Hi Matt,
>> 
>> The Islandora Community (http://islandora.ca/about) is releasing some
>> lovely open source digital repositories. Islandora is interoperable and
>> extensible through the Tuque API, the Islandora OAI module, and many other
>> tools that are included in the software stack.
>> 
>> Here are a few repositories to explore:
>> http://dcmny.org/
>> http://dlib.bc.edu/
>> http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/
>> http://arcabc.ca/
>> 
>> We have monthly webinars on Islandora if you'd like to join and learn more.
>> 
>> ~ Erin
>> 
>> Erin Tripp, BJH MLIS
>> Business Development Manager
>> discoverygarden inc.
>> e...@discoverygarden.ca


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Dev/Ops Lead and Project Manager, Cherry Hill Company
Blogger, Disruptive Library Technology Jester - http://dltj.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] VIAF https certs

[Peter Murray]

For what it's worth, there is another site out there that looks at HTTP headers 
with a security bent:

  https://securityheaders.io/?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdltj.org

I found I have some more work to do myself...


Peter

> On Feb 1, 2016, at 2:06 PM, LeVan,Ralph  wrote:
> 
> Hmm.  Our network folks had gotten that up to a C back in September and 
> promised an OS upgrade to our load balancers to fix the remaining problems.
> 
> I'll rattle their cages again.
> 
> Thanks for checking!
> 
> Ralph


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Blogger, Disruptive Library Technology Jester - http://dltj.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] searching planet code4lib

[Peter Murray]

There is a Google Custom Search Engine that is set up to pull content from 
Planet Code4Lib blogs plus a few other places:

https://cse.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=017716194421589436379:zdoxzpetaxk

I set this up a decade ago, and tweak it occasionally.  I see that it was left 
out of the recent Planet Code4Lib interface refresh.  I'll see if I can find 
where to make the pull request...


Peter

> On Sep 15, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Harper, Cynthia  wrote:
> 
> BTW - I deduce that the search box on the code4lib website doesn't search 
> planetcode4lib - that would be nice.
> 
> Cindy




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Blogger, Disruptive Library Technology Jester - http://dltj.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC format database needs a new interface in whatever format will work

[Peter Murray]

Hello Angie,

You might try loading it up into Koha or Evergreen.  Your setup should be 
greatly simplified by the fact that you wouldn't need circulation rules.  You 
might also look at the list of open source integrated library systems on 
FOSS4Lib (https://foss4lib.org/package-type/integrated-library-system) to see 
if there is one that more closely matches your needs.


Peter

> On Sep 4, 2015, at 10:22 AM, Angela R Cope  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I have a database that was developed and maintained as an Endeavor/Voyager 
> database. The records are a simplified MARC format providing access to 
> indexed journal titles for over 20 years.
> 
> 
> My university no longer supports the Voyager database and so we're looking 
> for a solution. I'm wondering if anyone knows of an open source resource that 
> can provide searchable access (keyword or field specific) to this data.
> 
> 
> I believe there are about 50,000-75,000 records in total.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
> 
> 
> 
> -Angie


-- 
Peter Murray
Dev/Ops Lead and Project Manager, Cherry Hill Company
Blogger, Disruptive Library Technology Jester - http://dltj.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Using Git/diff3 to update local copies of files

[Peter Murray]

Thanks, Demian!  Nice technique and nicely documented.


Peter

> On Jul 23, 2015, at 1:51 PM, Demian Katz  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've just solved a problem that has been bothering me for several years, and 
> I thought I would share it with this group in case anyone else finds it 
> helpful.
> 
> There are several software packages out there that encourage you to implement 
> customizations by copying files out of the "core" into a "local" directory, 
> and then modifying the copies. This pattern is useful for several reasons, 
> but one major disadvantage is that, when you update the core, you have to 
> manually check and update all of your local copies.
> 
> However, with the magic of Git, diff3 and a little Bash scripting, I've 
> figured out a way to automatically propagate changes from core files into 
> local copies of those files (as long as everything is named consistently). 
> This blog post details the solution:
> 
> http://blog.library.villanova.edu/libtech/2015/07/23/automatically-updating-locally-customized-files-with-git/
> 
> The answer is actually pretty simple, but it took me an awfully long time to 
> come up with it! I hope this is of some use to others. Please let me know if 
> you have any questions!
> 
> - Demian

Re: [CODE4LIB] [patronprivacy] a Library Digital Privacy Pledge ?

[Peter Murray]

I think this is a good idea, but it is just one of a number of things that I 
think there should be effort to concentrate on.  I'm also part of the NISO 
privacy group, and I wrote up a post that is my current thinking about the work 
of the group.  One of the times in that post is a "recognition that protecting 
privacy is an incremental practice" 
(http://dltj.org/article/views-of-niso-patron-privacy-working-group/#critical-privacy-controls).
  Modeled on the SANS "Critical Security Controls", I think we should provide 
guidance to libraries on what the critical privacy controls are.  I haven't 
detailed a list of these yet -- not wanting to get too far in front of the 
group consensus -- but it would include things like making sure all web sites 
are protected by SSL.  Other things that I think should be included:

* Audit of circulation and interlibrary loan records -- know when there is a 
record that links a patron to an item, who can see that record, and when/how 
the record is discarded

* Review, at a protocol level, the components that make up web pages, both 
first-party (the library's own) and third-party (service providers)

* Inventory physical security measures, including video and audio recordings, 
for storage, access, and disposal policies

We could probably come up with a dozen such controls, write best-practices 
papers on each, and make them available to the community to use.


Peter

> On Jun 13, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Eric Hellman  wrote:
> 
> Jeremy's response made me think.
> 
> What do people think about formulating a "Library Digital Privacy Pledge" 
> that libraries, publishers and vendors could sign onto?
> 
> Or perhaps a set of pledges. I'd start with moving services to SSL.
> 
> Principle:
> Library Services and Resources should be delivered, whenever practical, over 
> channels that are immune to eavesdropping.
> 
> Current Best Practice:
> Require HTTPS (SSL) for all services and resources delvivered via the web.
> 
> Pledge (for Libraries):
> 1. All web services that we control will require SSL by the end of 2015.
> 2. All web services that we pay for will require SSL by the end of 2016.
> 
> Pledge (for Publishers and Vendors):
> 1. All web services that we control will enable SSL by the end of 2015.
> 2. All web services that we offer will require SSL by the end of 2016.
> 
> I pick HTTPS to focus on first because it's relatively easy to specify/ 
> understand. You could do something similar with meta referrer, but it's a bit 
> more arcane.
> 
> There's a NISO group (I'm on the steering committee) looking at developing 
> principles for library privacy that might be an appropriate forum to support 
> this.
> 
> Eric
> 
>> On Jun 11, 2015, at 11:55 PM, Frumkin, Jeremy A - (frumkinj) 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Eric - 
>> 
>> Many thanks for raising awareness of this. It does feel like encouraging 
>> good practice re: referrer meta tag would be a good thing, but I would not 
>> know where to start to make something like this required practice. Did you 
>> have some thoughts on that?
>> 
>> — jaf
>> 
>> ---
>> Jeremy Frumkin
>> Associate Dean / Chief Technology Strategist
>> University of Arizona Libraries
>> 
>> +1 520.626.7296
>> j...@arizona.edu
>> ——
>> "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." - Albert 
>> Einstein

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Hours

[Peter Murray]

OCLC has an institutional registry [1], which had (in part) library hours, 
addresses, and so forth.  It seems to be unavailable, though [2].  That is the 
only systematic collection of library hours data that I know about.


Peter

[1] https://www.oclc.org/worldcat-registry.en.html
[2] https://www.worldcat.org/registry/institution/

> On May 5, 2015, at 4:16 PM, Bigwood, David  wrote:
> 
> This looks like a decent group, but I find this statement hard to believe.
> 
> "Your tax-deductible donation supports adding the names, address and the 
> hours of operation of all libraries to Range. The Institute of Museum and 
> Library Services publishes an open data catalog which is the source we'll use 
> for the names and the addresses of the nation's libraries. However, there 
> isn't a listing of the days and hours of operation for all libraries in the 
> US. We are going to track down the hours of operation for all 17,000 
> libraries and make that information available -- in Range and for other 
> developers who may want to use it." 
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/range-food-and-safe-places-for-youth
> 
> Are the hours of public libraries really not available?
> 
> Sincerely,
> David Bigwood
> dbigw...@gmail.com
> Lunar and Planetary Institute
> @LPI_Library
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/lunarandplanetaryinstitute/

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib registration repercussions?

[Peter Murray]

Thanks for giving us the heads-up, Brad.  I've used my work procurement card 
for Code4Lib registrations, and I haven't seen anything like you've described.


Peter

> On Mar 12, 2015, at 8:08 PM, Brad Busenius  wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I hope this is the right place to inquire about this. I have some information 
> about a possible problem with the company handling registration for code4lib. 
> I recently noticed a suspicious charge on my credit card for the amount of 
> $64.95. The charge showed up as ACT*ACTIVE-NETWORK. After some investigation 
> I found out this was from a company called ACTIVE Network, LLC. Apparently 
> this company handles registration for events.
> 
> To my dismay I found out that I had been charged for this annually since 
> 2013. I'm very embarrassed that 1. I didn't notice this during the 
> registration process and 2. I didn't catch the charges earlier. Anyhow, after 
> a quick email search I found something surprising; I had received emails from 
> this company at my /work/ email address. I never noticed the emails because 
> they looked like junkmail, however, upon reviewing them I discovered that at 
> some point I had supposedly registered for a free trial that ended after a 
> month, at which point I was automatically enrolled into an annual 
> subscription. Needless to say, I//did /not/ ever sign up for any trial or 
> subscription, at least not to my knowledge.
> 
> Since I have only used my personal credit card for work purposes 3 times, it 
> was easy to tie this to code4lib 2013. I looked at my receipt for code4lib 
> 2013 and saw that something called RegOnline (owned by Lanyon Solutions Inc) 
> was used to process my event registration. Though I'm not sure this is the 
> same company, RegOnline, Lanyon Solutions Inc, and ACTIVE Network, LLC all 
> share the same physical address. I suspect these three companies are one and 
> the same and will refer to them as ACTIVE Network, LLC for the rest of this 
> email.
> 
> I did a little investigating and found out that ACTIVE Network, LLC. uses 
> unscrupulous business practices to trick people into singing up for their 
> annual subscription. The crux of this is an "automatic opt-in" they employ 
> while processing enrollments for third parties. Though I'm very embarrassed I 
> didn't catch this, in my own defense I wasn't expecting it while registering 
> for an academic conference. I'm not blaming anyone nor am I angry with anyone 
> on this list. I only send this email to inquire and inform:
> 
> 1. To see if anyone else has had a similar experience.
> 2. To warn other people from code4lib to check their bank statements.
> 3. To plead with the community to stop using ACTIVE Network, LLC and
>  anything affiliated with them for registration.
> 
> Let me be frank for a moment. ACTIVE Network, LLC engages in highly unethical 
> business practices. I did not intend to enroll in any annual subscriptions 
> when I registered for code4lib and I never would have agreed to anything of 
> the sort had I noticed what was happening. Additionally, the subscription 
> isn't at all relevant to code4lib. I'm not even sure what value is being 
> provided by the subscription. I think it has something to do with coupons for 
> outdoor exercise equipment but I'm not even sure. Also, these guys are bad. 
> They lost class action lawsuits in Iowa and Vermont. In fact, this whole 
> thing is just bad all around. Since noticing the fraudulent charges this 
> morning, I've already disputed them with my bank and filed a formal complaint 
> against ACTIVE Network, LLC with the better business bureau. Apparently I'm 
> not the only one:
> 
> 1. 
> http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/bodywork/the-fit-list/Active-Network-Consumer-Complaints.html
> 2. http://www.yelp.com/biz/active-network-san-diego?sort_by=date_desc
> 3. 
> http://legalnewsline.com/news/253622-active-network-will-pay-160k-to-consumers-after-action-by-vermont-ag
> 4. 
> https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Iowa%20ACTIVE%20Network%2C%20LLC#hl=en&q=Active+Network+scam
> 
> I apologize if I've made an error in my investigation or if I've done 
> something inappropriate by emailing this list. I can't imagine that anyone 
> would have intended anything like this but I thought you should all be aware.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Brad Busenius
> Web Administrator
> The University of Chicago Library
> (773) 702-4391

Re: [CODE4LIB] Inventory of Free, Libre, Open Source Software

[Peter Murray]

Thanks to Joe Montibello for mentioning FOSS4Lib.org 
earlier in this thread.  I was the PI on the grant that created and augmented 
FOSS4Lib under funding from the Mellon Foundation over the past couple of 
years.  I was not aware of the EuropeanaTech FLOSS inventory, and there does 
seem to be some overlap in approaches.

FOSS4Lib is open to editing by anyone.  Just create an account using the link 
on the right sidebar.  (There is a slight delay when I approve accounts to be 
created.)  Over the past year we've added a few features to this site working 
with Galecia Group.  One is moving the Open Source ILS feature comparison tool 
to FOSS4Lib (http://ils.foss4lib.org/).  Galecia Group is currently making this 
tool more general so we can set up comparisons of any type of software.  More 
on that in the next few months.  Secondly, we've added linkages to data at 
OpenHub.net (formerly OHLOH) for a projects code metrics.

One of the distinctions I'd like to add to FOSS4Lib is that of "Application" 
versus "Toolkit".  "Islandora" is an application, and it uses "Open Seadragon" 
as a component (among many others), but right now they are reflected in the 
FOSS4Lib package registry as peers.  It would be useful to limit searches and 
browses to just one or the other.

Every other month I give a one hour overview of the content on FOSS4Lib and how 
cultural heritage organizations can use it to make decisions about if and which 
open source software is right for them.  The next one is March 31st -- more 
details at http://foss4lib.org/content/free-webinars-introducing-foss4lib

The FOSS4Lib site is based in Drupal with custom content types and code 
developed under the grant by the Cherry Hill Company.  It has always been our 
intention to open source the code so others can build on the work, but other 
work has always gotten in the way.  If there is interest, I'll open up the code 
on GitHub.


Peter

On Feb 23, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Tom Cramer 
mailto:tcra...@stanford.edu>> wrote:

Greg,

Thanks for the invitation to give input to the inventory. Can you compare and 
contrast the EuropeanaTech FLOSS inventory with https://foss4lib.org/? (And/or 
perhaps someone from Lyrasis might also chime in?) Just wondering if they are 
two different approaches with the same objective, or two somewhat different 
approaches with some overlapping names / software titles.

For the record, I'm not necessarily suggesting trying to consolidate, but 
rather understand any differences and overlaps between them. It seems like 
there is plenty of room for more than a single tools registry. I.e., there are 
at least three overlapping, current digital preservation tool lists:

- COPTR, the Community Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry: 
http://coptr.digipres.org/Main_Page
- POWRR's "tool grid" for digital preservation software: 
http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/tool-grid/
- the IIPC's Web Archiving Tools & Software tools list: 
http://netpreserve.org/web-archiving/tools-and-software

each of which seems to have its niche (and more importantly, maintainers!)

Thanks,

- Tom


On Feb 23, 2015, at 1:29 AM, Gregory Markus wrote:

Hello all,

Last week there were a few posts about finding a list of open source
projects. I would like to point everyone towards the EuropeanaTech FLOSS
Inventory
.


The list features almost 300 OS tools that are relevant for the digital
cultural heritage/digital humanities sector.

Currently I am the only one actively managing the list. As you could
imagine, staying up-to-date with new releases and new additions is quite
difficult.

So feel free to browse around the inventory, if you see some of your own
work on there and it needs updating feel free to tell me! If some of your
favorite tools aren't on the list feel free to send me links to their
github and I will add them.

Thanks everyone and I look forward to your contributions.

Regards,

greg

--

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Project Assistant

EuropeanaTech Community Manager

*T* 0612350556

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

Re: [CODE4LIB] examples of displays for compound objects and metadata

[Peter Murray]

Islandora has a compound image model that allows for objects in the repository 
to be related to each other.  An example in the Islandora Foundation's sandbox:

  http://sandbox.islandora.ca/islandora/object/islandora%3A105

This is made up of two large image objects:

  http://sandbox.islandora.ca/islandora/object/islandora%3A103
  http://sandbox.islandora.ca/islandora/object/islandora%3A104

Through theming you can pick which metadata you want to appear on the 
collection object page.  By default, it displays the metadata of the first 
item.  Although the two component items are large images, there is not a 
restriction on the types of objects that can be related in a collection object, 
nor is there a limit on the number of objects that can be related to one 
collection object.


Peter

> On Jan 28, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Laura Buchholz  wrote:
> 
> We're migrating from CONTENTdm and trying to figure out how to display
> compound objects (or the things formerly known as compound objects) and
> metadata for the end user. Can anyone point me to really good examples of
> displaying items like this, especially where the user can see metadata for
> parts of the whole? I'm looking more for examples of the layout of all the
> different components on the page (or pages) rather than specific image
> viewers. Our new system is homegrown, so we have a lot of flexibility in
> deciding where things go.
> 
> We essentially have:
> -the physical item (multiple files per item of images of text, plain
> text, pdf)
> -metadata about the item
> -possibly metadata about a part of the item (think title/author/subjects
> for a newspaper article within the whole newspaper issue), of which the
> titles might be used for navigation through the whole item.
> 
> I think Hathi Trust has a good example of all these components coming
> together (except viewing non-title metadata for parts), and I'm curious if
> there are others. Or do most places just skip creating/displaying any kind
> of metadata for the parts of the whole?
> 
> Thanks for any help!


--
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Assistant Director, Technology Services Development
LYRASIS
peter.mur...@lyrasis.org
+1 678-235-2955
800.999.8558 x2955

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: FW: PCC Vision, Mission, and Strategic Directions (2015-2017)

[Peter Murray]

Wow -- there is a whole lot to like in that document.  Affirming the need to 
work with dynamic statements and strings-to-URLs is great.  The only comment I 
could offer would be -- with the exception of a tangential mention in the 
description of SD4 -- that there isn't a mention of linked data environments 
outside the traditional library/researcher space.  I was hoping to see a 
mention of Freebase, wikidata, and other similar broad communities.  (The 
mention of working with Code4Lib technologists is nice, too.)

This is a great strategic document to start working from.


Peter


> On Jan 26, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Roy Tennant  wrote:
> 
> The Code4Lib community was specifically mentioned in the Program for
> Cooperative Cataloging Strategic Directions document, so I thought a good
> start would be to let everyone know about it. A thank you to my colleague
> Karen Smith-Yoshimura for forwarding the message.
> Roy
> 
> 
> 
> *From:* Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:pccl...@listserv.loc.gov
> ] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Cronin
> *Sent:* Monday, January 26, 2015 12:40 PM
> *To:* pccl...@listserv.loc.gov
> *Subject:* [PCCLIST] PCC Participants Meeting at ALA Midwinter: PCC Vision,
> Mission, and Strategic Directions (2015-2017)
> 
> 
> 
> This message is being posted to multiple lists, please excuse the
> duplication.
> 
> 
> 
> Please join us for the PCC Participants Meeting at ALA Midwinter:
> 
> Sunday, February 1, 2015
> 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
> Location:  McCormick Place West, Room: W196a
> 
> *__*
> 
> 
> 
> *Topic:  PCC Strategic Directions* *(January 2015 - December 2017)*
> 
> 
> 
> In 2014, the PCC began a planning process that included commissioning three
> white papers and holding a facilitated strategic planning session in
> conjunction with the PCC Policy Committee’s annual meeting in November.
> The resulting plan document, *PCC Vision, Mission, and Strategic Directions
> (2015-2017)*, is attached, and will soon be posted on the PCC website.
> 
> 
> 
> Please join us for a discussion of the role PCC will play over the next
> several years in helping advance the community’s understanding of and
> transition to linked data applications.  Beth Picknally Camden (PCC Past
> Chair) and Chris Cronin (PCC Chair) will describe the planning process and
> provide an overview of the new PCC Strategic Directions & Actions related
> to four main areas:
> 
> 
> 
> 1.  *Training and education:*  Develop a curriculum that will advance
> the community’s understanding of linked data;
> 
> 2.  *Linked data transitions:*  Align the PCC’s activities and
> investments with those that will have the highest impact within the global
> data environment;
> 
> 3.  *Identities and entity management:*  Provide leadership for the
> shift in authority control from an approach primarily based on creating
> text strings to one focused on managing identities and entities;
> 
> 4.  *Business models:  *Explore branding and funding models that will
> support the PCC’s strategic directions and the overall sustainability of
> the Program.
> 
> 
> 
> The agenda will include time for feedback from and discussion with PCC
> participants on these new directions.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ___
> 
> 
> 
> Christopher Cronin
> 
> Chair, Program for Cooperative Cataloging
> 
> 
> 
> Director of Technical Services
> 
> University of Chicago Library
> 
> 1100 E. 57th Street
> 
> Chicago, IL 60637
> 
> 
> 
> Phone: 773-702-8739
> 
> Fax: 773-702-3016
> 
> Skype: christopher-cronin
> 
> E-mail: cron...@uchicago.edu
> 
> ___
> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anybody using pinboard?

[Peter Murray]

I'm a happy pinboard user: https://pinboard.in/u:dltj

I pony up the $25/year for the full-text search, and I've found that to be more 
helpful than tagging when I go back and look for things.


Peter


> On Nov 20, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Brad Coffield  
> wrote:
> 
> https://pinboard.in/
> 
> First saw this in a webinar led by Jason Clark and thought it was cool.
> Thinking about it again and feel like I should do it. But I'm worried it's
> just my tendency to want it because its something neato.
> 
> Anybody using it and recommend it? (or signed up and regret it?) I already
> work evernote hard so I'm wondering if it's useful enough separate from
> that.
> 
> Thanks!


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[CODE4LIB] Free Online Symposium on Sustainable Cultural Heritage Open Source Software: September 24-25, 2014

[Peter Murray]

Join your colleagues from the convenience of your desk for a free two-day 
symposium on sustainable open source practices from the perspective of the 
software project communities and from the software project adopters.  There is 
no cost for participating in the open symposium.  The costs are funded by a 
grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  Registration links and other 
details are on this page:  

   https://foss4lib.org/schoss/open-symposium/attending

Successful open source projects have support structures where bugs are 
reported, code enhancements are created and reviewed, documentation provided, 
and user questions answered. In mainstream open source projects, the core 
people in those support structures usually come from companies with a vested 
interest in the ongoing health of the software. (At times, one company will be 
the primary driver of ongoing support for a project. At other times, a 
consortium of cooperating companies will provide ongoing support.) In projects 
from the cultural heritage community -- libraries, archives, museums -- the 
source of ongoing support varies widely: grant subsidized funding, in-kind 
donations of staff time to work on a project's community-focused needs, 
voluntary monetary donations or memberships to non-profit stewards of a 
project, sales of services by non-profit stewards to cross-subsidize community 
needs, and often a combination of all of these possibilities.

The purpose of the symposium is to provide managers of open source software 
projects and organization leaders with details about support practices in use 
in the field and to further the cooperation of cultural heritage organizations 
towards common interests in sustainable open source. 

The symposium runs from 12:30pm to 3:30pm EDT on September 24 and 25, 2014, and 
includes two or three 20-minute prepared talks from community leaders and panel 
question/answer. Colleagues are encouraged to use the public discussion site on 
FOSS4Lib to ask questions of each other and the panel. Find links to topics on 
the community discussion site at:

   
https://foss4lib.org/schoss/open-symposium/symposium-schedule-speakers-and-topics


SEPTEMBER 24TH: CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

If you build it, will they come? The structure for encouraging and valuing the 
contributions of those that adopt the code is of equal importance to the 
functionality of the code itself. Adopters of an open source project come to 
rely on the software to varying degrees. In the same way, projects rely on 
adopters to keep the project moving forward. This session looks at what 
projects can do to encourage community participation.

Prepared Talks
• Jennie Rose Halperin, Mozilla Foundation
• Megan Forbes, CollectionSpace Organizational Home
• Evviva Weinraub Lajoie, Oregon State University Libraries

Seed Questions
• What is the most important thing a project can do to attract or 
retain community members? What is the most important thing it not do?
• If you had a chance to sit down with an organization considering the 
adoption of a package you are leading, what would you want them to understand 
about your community? What would you ask of them if they did decide to adopt 
the software?
• How has your institution participated in open source development? 
Describe an experience where you were turned off from contributing to an open 
source project.
• What role should commercial support providers of open source play in 
encouraging their customers to join the project's community?


SEPTEMBER 25TH: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ADOPT AN OPEN SOURCE PACKAGE

So, whether on your own or through a service provider you've decided to use an 
open source package to meet an automation need in your organization. You paid 
nothing for the right to run the software (although you may be paying a service 
provider for their support of the software), so you have no obligation to the 
software itself, right? Arguably not. Healthy open source software is supported 
by a community of users, and the other participants in the open source project 
are counting on your support -- financial and talent -- to keep the project 
growing. This session outlines expectations that open source adopters should 
have when implementing an OSS project.

Prepared Talks
• John Brice, Meadville Public Library
• Stuart Miller, Univ of Chicago

Seed Questions
• How do you overcome the situation where the software doesn't have a 
helpdesk to call upon for issues?
• How does the needs of the project affect decisions to adopt by 
organizations?
• What does an adopter look for in an open source community?
• What does an adopter look for in a company or organization that 
provides support for an open source project?
• What is your role and responsibility for making the software 
sustainable?
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Georgia State University Library releases Library Instruction Recorder plugin as Open Source

[Peter Murray]

Hey, Cliff!  Congratulations on the release of the software.  I took a look at 
the screenshots on WordPress.org and it seems like this is going to fill a 
needed niche.  

Could you add information about the package 
(https://foss4lib.org/node/add/package) and its first release 
(https://foss4lib.org/node/add/release) to FOSS4Lib?  Doing so will help others 
to find it, whether by the FOSS4Lib site or through announcements on its 
Twitter timeline or through automatic posting of FOSS4Lib items into the 
Code4Lib Planet RSS Feed Aggregator.  I’ll have the FOSS4Lib site sent you 
details about an account.

Best,


Peter

On Sep 4, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Cliff Landis  wrote:
> 
> *Apologies for cross-posting*
> 
> Georgia State University Library releases Library Instruction Recorder plugin 
> as Open Source
> 
> As part of its commitment to the free culture 
> movement<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_culture_movement>, Georgia State 
> University Library is pleased to announce the initial release of the Library 
> Instruction Recorder (LIR). LIR is a free, open source WordPress plugin that 
> allows librarians and library staff to record and report on library 
> instruction sessions.
> 
> User education is a core value of 
> Librarianship<http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/statementspols/corevalues#education>,
>  and Georgia State University Library takes that commitment seriously by 
> providing a variety of instruction 
> sessions<http://library.gsu.edu/home/services-and-support/services/library-instruction/>
>  and self-directed learning 
> tools<http://research.library.gsu.edu/learnhowto?p=754175> to both 
> students<http://library.gsu.edu/home/information-for-you/undergraduate-students/>
>  and faculty<http://library.gsu.edu/home/information-for-you/faculty/>. To 
> continue recording and reporting on library instruction sessions, the library 
> needed a tool that was simple, easy-to-use, effective, and focused solely on 
> library instruction needs - finding none, we decided to create our own!
> 
> LIR is available for download from the WordPress Plugin 
> Directory<http://wordpress.org/plugins/library-instruction-recorder/>, and 
> the source code is available on 
> BitBucket<https://bitbucket.org/gsulibwebmaster/library-instruction-recorder>.
> http://homer.gsu.edu/blogs/library/2014/08/29/georgia-state-university-library-releases-library-instruction-recorder-plugin-as-open-source/
> 
> __
> Cliff Landis, MSLIS
> Web Services Librarian
> Georgia State University Library
> P: 404.413.2772 | E: clifflan...@gsu.edu<mailto:clifflan...@gsu.edu> | W: 
> clifflandis<http://www.google.com/search?q=clifflandis>


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LYRASIS
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Password management for teams and organizations

[Peter Murray]

We use LastPass Enterprise at LYRASIS.  It has all of the characteristics you 
are seeking, and is priced reasonably in my opinion.  We’re pretty happy with 
it.


Peter

On Aug 22, 2014, at 1:51 PM, Mark A. Matienzo  wrote:
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> We're looking for a password manager application or service that works well
> with teams, and I'd be eager to hear about particular recommendations.
> Desired features include the following:
> 
> - 2 factor authentication
> - The ability to define groups or teams, and assign specific credential
> sets to those groups
> - The ability to revoke access
> - Hosted services are a plus
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark


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LYRASIS
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+1 678-235-2955
800.999.8558 x2955

[CODE4LIB] LYRASIS Open Source Webinars

[Peter Murray]

Please join us for the latest round of LYRASIS Open Source Webinars. These 
webinars are funded in part by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and 
FREE for those who wish to participate.  The sessions will also be recorded and 
viewable afterwards. To register or to see full descriptions on each of the 
sessions, visit our website, LYRASIS.org or the direct 
links below.

August 25 – Process Makes Perfect: A Guide to Open Source Governance and 
Consensus with host
Jennie Rose Halperin from Mozilla, 
http://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=9AD1D430-7821-E411-88A4-002219586F0D

September 9 – FulfILLment, an Open Source Interlibrary Loan Solution with host 
Grace Dunbar from Equinox Software, Inc. 
http://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=71EC9272-FD13-E411-88A4-002219586F0D

September 17 - Teaching the Next Generation to Participate in Open Source 
Communities with host
Evviva Weinraub Lajoie from Oregon State University Libraries, 
http://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=FCF4D9A2-CD1C-E411-88A4-002219586F0D

*Note, for our outside of USA friends, you can register for free as well. 
Simply leave the default state as AL and enter 0 as the zip code in our 
registration system. If you have any trouble, please let me know.

Do you have an Open Source topic to present? If you are interested, please 
contact jennifer.bielew...@lyrasis.org 
for speaking opportunities.

[CODE4LIB] CFP (deadline extended to July 21st) 2nd Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE2); November 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA

[Peter Murray]

wssspe2, and entering:

• author information for all authors
• title
• abstract (with the identifier as the first line of the abstract, for example, 
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.791606 or http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.7414 
or alternative)
• at least three keywords
• tick the abstract only box
Do not submit the paper itself through EasyChair; the identifier in the 
abstract that points to the paper is sufficient.

Deadline for Submission:

21 July 2014

Travel Support

Funds are available to support participation in WSSSPE2 by 1) US-based 
students, early-career researchers, and members of underrepresented groups; and 
2) participants who would not otherwise attend the SC14 conference. Priority 
will be given to those who have submitted papers and can make a compelling case 
for how their participation will strengthen the overall workshop and/or 
positively impact their future research or educational activities.

Submissions for travel support will be accepted from September 1st to September 
15th 2014 following instructions posted on the workshop web site.

Financial support to enable this has been generously provided by 1) the 
National Science Foundation and 2) the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Important Dates:

July 21, 2014 Paper submission deadline
September 1, 2014 Author notification
September 15, 2014 Funding request submission deadline
September 22, 2014 Funding decision notification
November 16, 2014 WSSSPE2 Workshop

Organizers:

• Daniel S. Katz, d.k...@ieee.org<mailto:d.k...@ieee.org>, National Science 
Foundation, USA
• Gabrielle Allen, gdal...@illinois.edu<mailto:gdal...@illinois.edu>, 
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Neil Chue Hong, n.chueh...@software.ac.uk<mailto:n.chueh...@software.ac.uk>, 
Software Sustainability Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Karen Cranston, 
karen.crans...@nescent.org<mailto:karen.crans...@nescent.org>, National 
Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), USA
• Manish Parashar, paras...@rutgers.edu<mailto:paras...@rutgers.edu>, Rutgers 
University, USA
• David Proctor, djproc...@gmail.com<mailto:djproc...@gmail.com>, National 
Science Foundation, USA
• Matthew Turk, matthewt...@gmail.com<mailto:matthewt...@gmail.com>, Columbia 
University, USA
• Colin C. Venters, 
colin.vent...@googlemail.com<mailto:colin.vent...@googlemail.com>, University 
of Huddersfield, UK
• Nancy Wilkins-Diehr, wilki...@sdsc.edu<mailto:wilki...@sdsc.edu>, San Diego 
Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, USA

Program Committee:

• Aron Ahmadia, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USA
• Liz Allen, Wellcome Trust, UK
• Lorena A. Barba, The George Washington University, USA
• C. Titus Brown, Michigan State University, USA
• Coral Calero, Universidad Castilla La Mancha, Spain
• Jeffrey Carver, University of Alabama, USA
• Ewa Deelman, University of Southern California, USA
• Gabriel A. Devenyi, McMaster University, Canada
• Charlie E. Dibsdale, O-Sys, Rolls Royce PLC, UK
• Alberto Di Meglio, CERN, Switzerland
• Anshu Dubey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
• David Gavaghan, University of Oxford, UK
• Paul Ginsparg, Cornell University, USA
• Josh Greenberg, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA
• Sarah Harris, University of Leeds, UK
• James Herbsleb, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• James Howison, University of Texas at Austin, USA
• Caroline Jay, University of Manchester, UK
• Matthew B. Jones, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis 
(NCEAS), University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
• Jong-Suk Ruth Lee, National Institute of Supercomputing and Networking, KISTI 
(Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information), Korea
• James Lin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Frank Löffler, Louisiana State University, USA
• Chris A. Mattmann, NASA JPL & University of Southern California, USA
• Robert H. McDonald, Indiana University, USA
• Lois Curfman McInnes, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
• Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USA
• Kenneth M. Merz, Jr., Michigan State University, USA
• Marek T. Michalewicz, A*STAR Computational Resource Centre, Singapore
• Peter E. Murray, LYRASIS, USA
• Kenjo Nakajima, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Cameron Neylon, PLOS, UK
• Aleksandra Pawlik, Software Sustainability Institute, Manchester University, 
UK
• Birgit Penzenstadler, University of California, Irvine, USA
• Marian Petre, The Open University, UK
• Mark D. Plumbley, Queen Mary University of London, UK
• Andreas Prlic, University of California, San Diego, USA
• Victoria Stodden, Columbia University, USA
• Kaitlin Thaney, Mozilla Science Lab, USA
• Greg Watson, IBM, USA
• Theresa Windus, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, USA


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[CODE4LIB] Fwd: ResourceSync Notification (push) software

[Peter Murray]

FYI.

Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Herbert van de Sompel 
> Subject: [resourcesync] Notification software
> Date: June 27, 2014 at 3:36:14 PM EDT
> To: "resources...@googlegroups.com" 
> Cc: Herbert van de Sompel 
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I am happy to be able to announce the availability of Python software
> [1] that implements ResourceSync notifications.
> 
> The tool provides implementations for:
> * Source (Publisher in PubSubHubbub lingo)
> * Hub
> * Destination (Subscriber in PubSubHubbub lingo)
> and is compliant with:
> * The most recent version of the PubSubHubbub protocol [2]
> * The ResourceSync Notification specification [3]
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Herbert
> 
> [1] https://github.com/resync/resourcesync_push
> [2] https://pubsubhubbub.googlecode.com/git/pubsubhubbub-core-0.4.html
> [3] http://www.openarchives.org/rs/notification/0.9/notification


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Community anti-harassment policy

[Peter Murray]

As I recall, the community discussion surrounding the CodeOfConduct4Lib 
intended to make its application broader than in-person events such as the 
conferences.  Since Coral described Geek Feminism as an anarchist collective 
(sounding very similar to Code4Lib in that respect), I went to read their Code 
of Conduct with an eye towards how they apply sanctions to a community without 
boundaries of who can participate.  After all, it is one thing to have the 
power to expel someone from a physical meeting venue; it is quite another to 
try to expel someone from a virtual space with self-selected aliases and e-mail 
addresses.  The GF sanctions part reads:

> Consequences
> 
> Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply 
> immediately.
>
> If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the Geek Feminism Anti-Abuse 
> Team may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion 
> from all Geek Feminism spaces and identification of the participant as a 
> harasser to other GF members or the general public.

I think that is probably the best we could do in Code4Lib spaces as well.

What I do like about the GF statement is the inclusion of a “Anti-Abuse Team” 
with rotating representatives.  We have the designated conference 
representatives and the @helpers on the IRC channel, but having a team that 
crosses all spaces would help provide strength in cohesiveness.  I presume 
there is also a manual of practices that the team follows to investigate 
reports.  (If there is, I’d like to adopt and adapt that, too.)


Peter

On Jul 2, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Andreas Orphanides  wrote:
> 
> In particular, we'd need to think about how to shape the sanctions section,
> including things like:
> 
>   - What's an appropriate sanction in non-conference setting X?
>   - Who is empowered to enact sanctions?
>   - If a participant feels they have been harassed, who do they contact
>   and how?
>   - possibly other stuff?
> 
> I think the conflict resolution part is in better shape, though it would
> need a little cleanup for more universal (i.e., not conference-specific)
> language.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Andreas Orphanides 
> wrote:
> 
>> My cursory web search came up with the one that was developed for the most
>> recent conference, but it's not clear to me what the breadth of the
>> document is supposed to include. I think it was applied to the IRC channel
>> during the conference, but if it was written specifically as a conference
>> policy, it's probably worth revisiting to ensure that it covers everything
>> needed community-wide outside of conference time as well.
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess >> wrote:
>> 
>>> I was under the impression that we had a code of conduct/anti-harassment
>>> policy in place for IRC and the mailing lists. Was this an incorrect
>>> impression?
>>> 
>>> I am definitely in favor of adopting one, if there isn't one in place!
>>> 
>>> Logistically, Geek Feminism is also not a formal organization--they were
>>> recently described as an anarchist collective--so I think we could follow
>>> their lead pretty easily. We could make a mail alias that goes to a
>>> ROTATING team/committee (this is very important; people burn out, dealing
>>> with these things for too long), for reporting purposes. IRC aliases are a
>>> thing, too, right?
>>> 
>>> -coral


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Re: [CODE4LIB] orcid and researcherid and scopus, oh my

[Peter Murray]

Don’t forget pseudo-identifiers (can we consider them real identifiers?) like 
Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search…


Peter

On Jun 4, 2014, at 2:34 PM, Eric Lease Morgan  wrote:
> 
> ORDID and ResearcherID and Scopus, oh my!
> 
> It is just me, or are there an increasing number of unique identifiers 
> popping up in Library Land? A person can now be identified with any one of a 
> number of URIs such as:
> 
>  * ORCID - http://orcid.org/-0002-9952-7800
>  * ResearcherID - http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-2062-2014
>  * Scopus - http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=25944695600
>  * VIAF - http://viaf.org/viaf/26290254
>  * LC - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94036700
>  * ISNI - http://isni.org/isni/35290715
> 
> At least these identifiers are (for the most part) “cool”. 
> 
> I have a new-to-me hammer, and these identifiers can play a nice role in 
> linked data. For example:
> 
>  @prefix dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/> .
>  <http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/07378831211213201> dc:creator
>"http://orcid.org/-0002-9952-7800"; ,
>"http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94036700"; ,
>"http://isni.org/isni/35290715"; ,
>"http://viaf.org/viaf/26290254"; .
> 
> How have any of y’all used theses sorts of identifiers, and what problems do 
> you think you will be able to solve by doing so? For example, I know of a 
> couple of instances where these sort of identifiers are being put into MARC 
> records. 
> 
> —
> Eric Morgan


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[CODE4LIB] CFP: 2nd Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE2); November 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA

[Peter Murray]

wssspe2, and entering:

• author information for all authors
• title
• abstract (with the identifier as the first line of the abstract, for example, 
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.791606 or http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.7414 
or alternative)
• at least three keywords
• tick the abstract only box
Do not submit the paper itself through EasyChair; the identifier in the 
abstract that points to the paper is sufficient.

Deadline for Submission:

14 July 2014 (any time of day, no extensions)

Travel Support

Funds are available to support participation in WSSSPE2 by 1) US-based 
students, early-career researchers, and members of underrepresented groups; and 
2) participants who would not otherwise attend the SC14 conference. Priority 
will be given to those who have submitted papers and can make a compelling case 
for how their participation will strengthen the overall workshop and/or 
positively impact their future research or educational activities.

Submissions for travel support will be accepted from September 1st to September 
15th 2014 following instructions posted on the workshop web site.

Financial support to enable this has been generously provided by 1) the 
National Science Foundation and 2) the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Important Dates:

July 14, 2014 Paper submission deadline
September 1, 2014 Author notification
September 15, 2014 Funding request submission deadline
September 22, 2014 Funding decision notification
November 16, 2014 WSSSPE2 Workshop

Organizers:

• Daniel S. Katz, d.k...@ieee.org<mailto:d.k...@ieee.org>, National Science 
Foundation, USA
• Gabrielle Allen, gdal...@illinois.edu<mailto:gdal...@illinois.edu>, 
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Neil Chue Hong, n.chueh...@software.ac.uk<mailto:n.chueh...@software.ac.uk>, 
Software Sustainability Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Karen Cranston, 
karen.crans...@nescent.org<mailto:karen.crans...@nescent.org>, National 
Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), USA
• Manish Parashar, paras...@rutgers.edu<mailto:paras...@rutgers.edu>, Rutgers 
University, USA
• David Proctor, djproc...@gmail.com<mailto:djproc...@gmail.com>, National 
Science Foundation, USA
• Matthew Turk, matthewt...@gmail.com<mailto:matthewt...@gmail.com>, Columbia 
University, USA
• Colin C. Venters, 
colin.vent...@googlemail.com<mailto:colin.vent...@googlemail.com>, University 
of Huddersfield, UK
• Nancy Wilkins-Diehr, wilki...@sdsc.edu<mailto:wilki...@sdsc.edu>, San Diego 
Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, USA

Program Committee:

• Aron Ahmadia, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USA
• Liz Allen, Wellcome Trust, UK
• Lorena A. Barba, The George Washington University, USA
• C. Titus Brown, Michigan State University, USA
• Coral Calero, Universidad Castilla La Mancha, Spain
• Jeffrey Carver, University of Alabama, USA
• Ewa Deelman, University of Southern California, USA
• Gabriel A. Devenyi, McMaster University, Canada
• Charlie E. Dibsdale, O-Sys, Rolls Royce PLC, UK
• Alberto Di Meglio, CERN, Switzerland
• Anshu Dubey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
• David Gavaghan, University of Oxford, UK
• Paul Ginsparg, Cornell University, USA
• Josh Greenberg, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA
• Sarah Harris, University of Leeds, UK
• James Herbsleb, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• James Howison, University of Texas at Austin, USA
• Caroline Jay, University of Manchester, UK
• Matthew B. Jones, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis 
(NCEAS), University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
• Jong-Suk Ruth Lee, National Institute of Supercomputing and Networking, KISTI 
(Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information), Korea
• James Lin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Frank Löffler, Louisiana State University, USA
• Chris A. Mattmann, NASA JPL & University of Southern California, USA
• Robert H. McDonald, Indiana University, USA
• Lois Curfman McInnes, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
• Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USA
• Kenneth M. Merz, Jr., Michigan State University, USA
• Marek T. Michalewicz, A*STAR Computational Resource Centre, Singapore
• Peter E. Murray, LYRASIS, USA
• Kenjo Nakajima, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Cameron Neylon, PLOS, UK
• Aleksandra Pawlik, Software Sustainability Institute, Manchester University, 
UK
• Birgit Penzenstadler, University of California, Irvine, USA
• Marian Petre, The Open University, UK
• Mark D. Plumbley, Queen Mary University of London, UK
• Andreas Prlic, University of California, San Diego, USA
• Victoria Stodden, Columbia University, USA
• Kaitlin Thaney, Mozilla Science Lab, USA
• Greg Watson, IBM, USA
• Theresa Windus, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, USA


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[CODE4LIB] Apply to become an Impactstory Advisor

[Peter Murray]

I’m passing along this message on behalf of David Proctor, one of the 
participants in the Sustaining Cultural Heritage Open Source Software symposium.


Apply to become an Impactstory Advisor today

You’ve been asking for an opportunity to help spread the word about 
Impactstory. Here it is.

We’re recruiting a select group of researchers and librarians to become 
Impactstory Advisors!

Our advisors will:

Invite friends and colleagues to try out Impactstory

Give us feedback on features and report bugs

Host brown bag lunches and presentations on Impactstory at their school or 
library

Spread the word locally by hanging up our (soon to be released) cool new posters

Connect Impactstory to the rest of your online life–link to your profile from 
your Twitter bio, Facebook page, lab website, and anywhere else you can!

In return, we’ll foot the pizza bill for Impactstory workshops, give our 
Advisors access to Impactstory Premium (details coming soon!), send awesome 
swag, and share hot off the press news on planned features and other company 
developments.

The best benefit of all? Our community of like-minded, cutting edge Advisors 
will get the satisfaction of knowing they’re helping to change research 
evaluation for the better.

Think you have what it takes? Apply to be an Impactstory Advisor today!


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: Diversity

[Peter Murray]

Andromeda and Greg,

Thanks for posting the followups to the Coding Horror post. 


Peter

> On Apr 26, 2014, at 11:17 PM, "Greg Wilson"  
> wrote:
> 
> Further to Andromeda's note, http://jacobian.org/writing/what-can-men-do/ 
> takes Atwood's post apart point by point.
> - Greg
>> Date:Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:46:01 -0400
>> From:Andromeda Yelton 
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Diversity
>> 
>> Important: this post was the subject of quite a lot of fury on Twitter,
>> being similar to an earlier essay by Shanley Kane of the same title
>> https://medium.com/tech-culture-briefs/a1e93d985af0 -- a fact which the
>> Coding Horror post initially neglected to attribute.  Sara Chipps, quoted
>> in the Coding Horror post, has also publicly expressed displeasure at how
>> the original version of the post used her words (I'm not sure whether the
>> edits have addressed this).  And people on the autism spectrum have
>> expressed some outrage over how they are implicitly blamed for tech sexism
>> (something that Shanley did not do in her post, which moreover has more
>> suggestions for what you can do).
>> 
>> So I submit that the first thing men (and everyone) can do in this thread
>> is read Shanley first.
>> 
>> Andromeda Yelton
>> LITA Board of Directors, Director-at-Large, 2013-2016
>> http://andromedayelton.com
>> @ThatAndromeda

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: Diversity

[Peter Murray]

Michele’s message below came out of the Sustaining Cultural Heritage Open 
Source Software symposium last week.  


Peter

Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Michele Kimpton 
> Subject: Diversity
> Date: April 25, 2014 at 1:44:45 PM EDT
> To: sch...@googlegroups.com
> 
> I thought I would share this excellent blog post on diversity in computer 
> programming from a colleague, given our hot topic yesterday.
> 
> http://blog.codinghorror.com/what-can-men-do/
> 
> Michele Kimpton
> Chief Executive Officer
> DuraSpace organization
> mkimp...@duraspace.org





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Re: [CODE4LIB] [code4libcon] Code4Lib 2014 Scholarship Trip Reports

[Peter Murray]

Wow — those are great posts.  I’ve been to too many Code4Lib meetings to see 
them through fresh eyes, and I appreciated the thoughtful commentary and 
suggestions from the scholarship winners.  There is a lot of good possibilities 
in those trip reports to build on for future meetings.


Peter


On Apr 21, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Jason Ronallo  wrote:
> 
> Trip reports from Code4Lib 2014 scholarship winners have now been
> published on the wiki:
> http://code4lib.org/node/493
> 
> I encourage you to read them if you've never been to a Code4Lib
> conference before or care about how we can improve the conference and
> grow the community in future years.
> 
> Thanks to the scholarship winners for their thoughtful reflections on
> their experiences at the conference.
> 
> Thank you for making the scholarship winners and other newcomers feel
> welcomed into the community.
> 
> Thanks to our scholarship sponsors Council on Library and Information
> Resources/Digital Library Federation, EBSCO, ProQuest, and Sumana
> Harihareswara for their generous funding to make these scholarships
> possible.
> 
> Finally, thanks to the members of the scholarship committee for all of
> their work in administering the whole scholarship process: Bohyun Kim,
> Cory Lown, Santi Thompson, and Sarah Shealy.
> 
> Jason


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos

[Peter Murray]

FWIW, LYRASIS used to have a team that did the financial work for associations 
and a couple years ago I talked with that group about what the service would 
look like and how much it would cost.  There is a thread in the Code4LibCon 
group from three years ago on the topic:

  https://groups.google.com/d/topic/code4libcon/54T89JuFrcU/discussion

LYRASIS has since stopped offering that specific service (although we now do 
something similar on behalf of the ArchivesSpace project).  I could run another 
request up the flag pole if there was sufficient interest from the community.


Peter

On Apr 10, 2014, at 11:41 PM, Tom Cramer  wrote:
> 
>> Is black light a 501c3?
> 
> Nope. Just an OSS project with lots of contributors from awesome places : ) 
> 
> Off the top of my head, and in alphabetical order, the obvious (to me) ones 
> in this space that might be candidates are DuraSpace and Lyrasis.
> 
> In time, DP.LA seems like a great possible candidate, though it is 
> US-centric, I'm unsure of its corporate status (though they do seem to be 
> able to cash and sign checks), and right now they might view C4L as a 
> distraction more than an asset or timely alliance. (Others on this list might 
> be in a better position to comment, ahem...)
> 
> I'm sure I'm leaving out other possibilities.
> 
> - Tom
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Riley Childs
>> Student
>> Asst. Head of IT Services
>> Charlotte United Christian Academy
>> (704) 497-2086
>> RileyChilds.net
>> Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
>> 
>> From: Roy Tennant<mailto:roytenn...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: ‎4/‎10/‎2014 11:25 PM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos
>> 
>> We should probably toss out some ideas before approaching anyone. Getting
>> the right fit would be important. Which 501(c)3's in our space do we think
>> we may want to approach about being our fiscal agent? Maybe we should
>> collect a list of suggestions and then (natch) vote on who to approach? We
>> could then go down the list until we got a "yes".
>> Roy
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Riley Childs 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> That might be a better idea then a fully independent code4lib organization.
>>> 
>>> Riley Childs
>>> Student
>>> Asst. Head of IT Services
>>> Charlotte United Christian Academy
>>> (704) 497-2086
>>> RileyChilds.net
>>> Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes
>>> 
>>> From: Tom Cramer<mailto:tcra...@stanford.edu>
>>> Sent: 4/10/2014 11:20 PM
>>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos
>>> 
>>> What about approaching one of the existing 501c3's in our space to see if
>>> they might be interested in and able to take this on for the community?
>>> 
>>> In addition to shirt revenues and yacht maintenance fees, it would be good
>>> to have an agency that could help do banking for scholarships, and perhaps
>>> pay forward any surpluses from one year's conference to the next year's
>>> hosts.
>>> 
>>> - Tom

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Collector of Code4Lib Conference Tweets Now Turned On

[Peter Murray]

Excellent!  Thanks, Eric — I’ve added that link to the bottom of my blog post.


Peter

On Mar 18, 2014, at 10:47 AM, Eric Lease Morgan  wrote:
> 
> A few years ago I did a bit of analysis against the feed — 
> http://infomotions.com/blog/2011/03/constant-chatter-at-code4lib/ —ELM


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[CODE4LIB] Collector of Code4Lib Conference Tweets Now Turned On

[Peter Murray]

As I did last 
year<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsyivMoYhk87dFljMUZURWZMYzNzT2lwcEduUUJ6d1E&usp=drive_web#gid=113>,
 I’ve set up Martin Hawksey’s Twitter Archiving Google Spreadsheet 
(TAGS)<http://mashe.hawksey.info/2013/02/twitter-archive-tagsv5/> to cover this 
year’s Code4Lib conference twitter 
hashtag<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsyivMoYhk87dDlSVXk1SVBMOEY4a0FZSWZCVTFDanc#gid=120>.
 This is a really neat tool that comes with its own 
dashboard<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsyivMoYhk87dDlSVXk1SVBMOEY4a0FZSWZCVTFDanc#gid=120>,
 links to 
various<http://hawksey.info/tagsexplorer/?key=t9RUy5IPL8F8kAYIfBU1Cjw&sheet=oaw>
 
visualizations<http://hawksey.info/tagsexplorer/arc.html?key=t9RUy5IPL8F8kAYIfBU1Cjw>,
 and access to the complete 
archive<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsyivMoYhk87dDlSVXk1SVBMOEY4a0FZSWZCVTFDanc#gid=82>
 so you can make up your own derivatives.

The collection script runs every five minutes (I’ll dial that back to once a 
day after the conference is over).

Enjoy!

Peter
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[CODE4LIB] Fwd: RFC 7154 - IETF Guidelines for Conduct

[Peter Murray]

Code4LibCon is coming up in a few weeks.  I’m sure there will be reminders 
about the community-generated code of conduct 
(https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md).
  I think it also useful to take a look at what just passed the IETF that 
governs their meetings.  In particular, I like how it gets past the “Thou shalt 
not” and gets to the “Thou shall”.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7154 


Peter
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Intro to the Conference

[Peter Murray]

In the interest of being a welcoming community, I think there needs to be 
something at or near the start of the main conference that provides a heads-up 
to the format and structure of the meeting. Particularly since it is unlike 
other conferences. Something that emphasizes the participatory nature and 
how-it-is-what-you-make-of-it. How to sign up for lightning talks. Hospitality 
suite. Etc.


Peter

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On Mar 3, 2014, at 12:43 PM, "Becky Yoose" 
mailto:b.yo...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Also a couple of reference points of previous "into into code4lib"
presentations at conferences:

c4l13 -
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UtuYRptd05KJpyjZMFuvKPJHauOUe6bIYcrV-8uF0dE/edit?usp=sharing
c4l09 -
http://www.slideshare.net/anarchivist/howto-meet-people-and-have-fun-at-code4lib2009

Cheers,
Becky


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Roy Tennant 
mailto:roytenn...@gmail.com>> wrote:

There has been some talk in the Code4Lib Conference Program committee about
an "Introduction to the Conference". There isn't a specific slot for a
talk, and perhaps not even time for one, except possibly a 5 minute
lightning talk.

But we've also discussed the possibility of having a wiki page or video
introduction that could be read or viewed by anyone at any time. There is
already a "How to Hack Code4Lib" page by Declan Fleming and others here:

http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/How_to_hack_code4lib

What do folks think? Is the page above enough? Are there people who would
like to add to it? Is there someone who would like to put together a brief
video intro to the conference? Thanks,
Roy

[CODE4LIB] Learn about open source software in libraries during a free webinar on February 25th

[Peter Murray]

Heard about open source software but not sure it makes sense for your library?  
Curious to know what open source software packages for libraries are out there? 
 With funding from the Mellon Foundation, LYRASIS stewards the FOSS4LIB.org 
site: "helping libraries decide IF and WHICH open source software is right for 
them."

On February 25th from 10am to 11am Eastern U.S. time (15.00 to 16.00 UTC), I'll 
be presenting a free webinar that describes the features and plans for the 
site.  Like the FOSS4LIB.org website itself, this webinar is open to members 
and non-members of LYRASIS.  To register for tomorrow's webinar or one of the 
ones later this year, just send me an e-mail.  More details are at:

  http://foss4lib.org/content/free-webinars-introducing-foss4lib


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Re: [CODE4LIB] A couple quick questions for Hydra or Islandora users

[Peter Murray]

When the LYRASIS board of directors asked the staff to look at a repository 
hosting service for our members, we looked at what was out there.  Our members 
were looking for digital collections support more than institutional repository 
workflow, so that moved DSpace down the stack of consideration.  Islandora and 
Hydra are pretty comparable in terms of functionality, stage of development, 
and community backing.  The factor that pushed us into the Islandora camp in 
the end was our previous experience with Drupal and our corresponding lack of 
Ruby-on-Rails experience at the time.

Developing in Islandora has been a lot of fun.  We jumped on with the 7.x line 
of code, so we benefited from the experience of others and the significant 
rewrite from the 6.x line of code.  The Islandora project is fast-moving and is 
adopting the common good practices out there: the GitHub Workflow, Travis for 
continuous integration, a growing focus on unit testing, and so forth.  There 
are a number of sites that are running close to HEAD of the code (we are 
ramping up our practices to get there) which I think makes for a very vibrant 
community.  Coming to Islandora cold without Drupal experience can be hard, I 
think, because there is a certain way you’ve got to make your coding brain work 
when dealing with Drupal code, but once you get over that hump the theming 
flexibility  and add-on module support is quite nice.


Peter

On Feb 18, 2014, at 5:43 PM, Brown, Jacob  wrote:
> 
> Greetings! A couple quick questions for Hydra or Islandora users/developers:
> 
> 1) What made you choose your framework over others (for example, DSpace)? 
> What is its "killer feature"? Flexibility? More metadata options? 
> Availability of SPARQL endpoint? Language? The community?
> 
> 2) What has your experience been like developing within that framework? If 
> you migrated from another digital asset management system, what are the 
> comparative strengths/weakness of your framework?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jacob Brown
> Digital Services Librarian
> j.h.br...@tcu.edu
> 817-257-5339


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Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ?

[Peter Murray]

I think it also useful to think about this from the service provider’s 
perspective.  There have been a few calls for enhancements/fixes in this 
thread, but with no source of ongoing revenue (for self-hosted installations, 
at least) I don’t know how we can realistically expect the service provider to 
devote resources to those enhancements/fixes.  The $500 paid for the perpetual 
right to run the software is good if you never expect the software to change, 
particularly for something that has the market saturation that EZproxy does 
(since there is a decreasing number of new subscribers to pay the bills for 
added development).  The same could be said for paying the way of the technical 
writers to write documentation for the new features added to the system.


Peter
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[CODE4LIB] Notifications for Code4Lib Con prepared talks have been sent out

[Peter Murray]

Just an FYI: replies to the prepared talk proposals were e-mailed last week.  
Please check your junk mail and/or contact me if you didn’t receive an e-mail.  
(One case has been discovered already where an e-mail was not sent.)  

There were 67 proposed prepared talks this year and only 23 slots in the 
schedule.  As part of a new procedure this year, the program committee accepted 
the top 10 talks as voted on by the Code4Lib community, then reviewed the 
remaining talks to accept the next 13 based on community vote and factors such 
as institution type, geography, presenter experience diversity, and gender.  
Speaking only for myself on the program committee, I think this process went 
well and I’m grateful the community allowed the committee to exercise this 
capability.

We are working on the final grouping and slotting of the talks now, and we are 
on track to post it prior to the start of conference registration next week.


Peter
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?

[Peter Murray]

This reminds me a lot of Xiki — a “wiki inspired” shell.  I ran across that 
project earlier this month but hadn’t had a chance to try it out.  Has anyone 
done a comparison of the two?


Peter

On Dec 19, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Sam Kome  wrote:

> iPython is the only console to bother with IMHO, regardless of what chore I'm 
> doing.  I've noodled with the Notebooks and they're wonderful but I am time 
> and attention challenged and haven't progressed far.
> 
> Eric Matthes uses iPython notebooks to teach programming and has set out some 
> excellent resources:
> 
> https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming
> 
> $.02
> SK
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy 
> Tennant
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:49 AM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?
> 
> Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention 
> recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm 
> quite impressed. Although you could call it "interactive Python" that doesn't 
> begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first heard 
> that I thought "Great, a Python shell where you enter a command, hit the 
> return, and it executes. Great. Just what I need. NOT." But I was SO WRONG.
> 
> It certainly can and does do that, but also so much more. You can enter 
> blocks of code that then execute. Those blocks don't even have to be Python. 
> They can be Ruby or Perl or bash. There are built-in functions of various 
> kinds that it (oddly) calls "magic". But perhaps the killer bit is the idea 
> of "Notebooks" that can capture all of your work in a way that is also 
> editable and completely web-ready. This last part is probably difficult to 
> understand until you experience it.
> 
> Anyway, i was curious if others have been working with it and if so, what 
> they are using it for. I can think of all kinds of things I might want to do 
> with it, but hearing from others can inspire me further, I'm sure.
> Thanks,
> Roy
> 
> [1] http://ipython.org/

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[CODE4LIB] LYRASIS Open Source Case Study Call for Proposals

[Peter Murray]

Share your story of implementing an open source system at your library. If 
selected, you will get paid to develop a case study of your open source system 
adoption experience and learning.

LYRASIS, in partnership with the Andrew W. Mellon 
Foundation<https://foss4lib.org/article/2012/nov/second-mellon-grant-for-foss4lib>,[0]
 is seeking academic and public libraries to share their experiences with open 
source systems, such as content repositories or institutional repositories, 
integrated library systems, or public-facing websites. The two selected case 
studies will be available on FOSS4Lib.org<http://FOSS4Lib.org>. This effort, 
part of the larger LYRASIS Digital<http://www.lyrasis.org/lyrasisdigital>[1] 
initiative, is a continuation of LYRASIS working with libraries and other 
cultural heritage organizations to learn about, evaluate, adopt, and use open 
source software systems.

More information is available in the formal call-for-proposals 
document<https://foss4lib.org/sites/default/files/inline/Open%20Source%20Case%20Study%20Call%20for%20Proposals.pdf>.[2]
 To apply, submit a brief description of the potential case study by email to 
Peter Murray<mailto:peter.mur...@lyrasis.org> [3] with the name of the proposed 
primary author as well as names of others at the library who may contribute to 
creation of the case study. The deadline for submission is Friday, January 11, 
2014.

[0] https://foss4lib.org/article/2012/nov/second-mellon-grant-for-foss4lib
[1] http://www.lyrasis.org/lyrasisdigital
[2] 
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Loris

[Peter Murray]

A clarifying question: is Loris effectively a Python-based replacement for the 
Java-based djatoka [1] server?


Peter

[1] http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/djatoka/index.php?title=Main_Page


On Nov 8, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Jon Stroop  wrote:

> c4l,
> I was reminded earlier this week at DLF (and a few minutes ago by Tom 
> and Simeon) that I hadn't ever announced a project I've been working for 
> the least year or so to this list. I showed an early version in a 
> lightning talk at code4libcon last year.
> 
> Meet Loris: https://github.com/pulibrary/loris
> 
> Loris is a Python based image server that implements the IIIF Image API 
> version 1.1 level 2[1].
> 
> http://www-sul.stanford.edu/iiif/image-api/1.1/
> 
> It can take JP2 (if you make Kakadu available to it), TIFF, or JPEG 
> source images, and hand back JPEG, PNG, TIF, and GIF (why not...).
> 
> Here's a demo of the server directly: http://goo.gl/8XEmjp
> 
> And here's a sample of the server backing OpenSeadragon[2]: 
> http://goo.gl/Gks6lR
> 
> -Js
> 
> 1. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/iiif/image-api/1.1/
> 2. http://openseadragon.github.io/
> 
> -- 
> Jon Stroop
> Digital Initiatives Programmer/Analyst
> Princeton University Library
> jstr...@princeton.edu

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[CODE4LIB] Free LITA Post-Conference Tutorial on Forthcoming NISO ResourceSync Standard

[Peter Murray]

FYI.

Begin forwarded message:

From: Cynthia Hodgson mailto:chodg...@niso.org>>
Subject: [lita-l] Free LITA Post-Conference Tutorial on Forthcoming NISO 
ResourceSync Standard
Date: November 6, 2013 at 9:26:30 AM EST
To: LITA-L mailto:lit...@ala.org>>, 
"lita-st...@ala.org<mailto:lita-st...@ala.org>" 
mailto:lita-st...@ala.org>>
Reply-To: "chodg...@niso.org<mailto:chodg...@niso.org>" 
mailto:chodg...@niso.org>>

Participants at the 2013 LITA Forum in Louisville are invited to stay a few 
hours longer on Sunday, November 10 to attend the ResourceSync 
Tutorial<http://www.ala.org/lita/conferences/forum/2013/postcon>, which will be 
held after the close of the main conference from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Herbert van de 
Sompel<http://public.lanl.gov/herbertv/home/>, Co-chair of the ResourceSync 
Working Group, will lead this 3-hour session where attendees can learn about 
how the forthcoming ResourceSync standard 
can be used to synchronize web resources between servers.
ResourceSync, begun in late 2011, is a joint project between NISO and the Open 
Archives Initiative (OAI) team, with funding from the Sloan Foundation. The 
standard, currently in final editing for approval, describes a synchronization 
framework for the web consisting of various capabilities that allow third-party 
systems to remain synchronized with a server's evolving resources. The 
capabilities can be combined in a modular manner to meet local or community 
requirements. This specification also describes how a server can advertise the 
synchronization capabilities it supports and how third-party systems can 
discover this information. The specification repurposes the document formats 
defined by the Sitemap protocol and introduces extensions for them.
This LITA post-conference tutorial is available at no cost. As we would 
appreciate knowing how many people are coming, please select the post 
conference checkbox on the registration 
form<http://www.ala.org/lita/conferences/forum/2013/registration>.
You can also view the beta version of the specification 
<http://www.openarchives.org/rs/0.9.1/toc> and provide feedback on the 
ResourceSync Google Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/resourcesync>. 
Visit the ResourceSync workroom 
webpage<http://www.niso.org/workrooms/resourcesync/> for more information about 
the project.http://www.niso.org/workrooms/resourcesync/


Cynthia Hodgson
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Re: [CODE4LIB] BIBFRAME vs MARC

[Peter Murray]

I’m not necessarily prepared to help with the question, but would encourage you 
to look at other ILS systems that are out there and see if there is one that 
somewhat meets your needs.  

  https://foss4lib.org/package-type/integrated-library-system

Hopefully you can find something that is close that you can contribute to 
rather than starting out on your own.


Peter

On Oct 29, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Riley Childs  wrote:

> Hi!
> I am in the process of developing a light weight ILS for my school (yes 
> another one) and was wondering about the differences between BIBFRAME vs 
> MARC. Could anyone please enlighten me?
> 
> Riley Childs
> Library Director and IT Admin
> Junior
> Charlotte United Christian Academy
> P: 704-497-2086 (Anytime)
> P: 704-537-0331 x101 (M-F 7:30am-3pm ET)
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 
> Please excuse mistakes

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Re: [CODE4LIB] pdf2txt

[Peter Murray]

Very neat.  I couldn't get the 'network diagram' link to work (from 
http://dh.crc.nd.edu/sandbox/pdf2txt/pdf2txt.cgi?cmd=search&id=1381506693&query=public%20library).
  How hard to you think it would be to do stemming before some of the 
subsequent processing.  The bi-grams "public libraries" and "public library" 
are usually the same thing.


Peter

On Oct 11, 2013, at 11:16 AM, Eric Lease Morgan  wrote:

> 
> For a limited period of time I am making publicly available a Web-based 
> program called PDF2TXT -- http://bit.ly/1bJRyh8
> 
> PDF2TXT extracts the text from an OCRed PDF document and then does some 
> rudimentary "distant reading" against the text in the form of word clouds, 
> readability scores, concordance features, and "maps" (histograms) 
> illustrating where terms appear in a text.
> 
> Here is the idea behind the application:
> 
>  1. In the Libraries I see people scanning, scanning, and
> scanning. I suppose these people then go home and read the
> document. They might even print it. These documents are long.
> Moreover, I'll bet they have multiple documents.
> 
>  2. Text mining requires digitized text, but PDF documents are
> frequently full of formatting. At the same time, they often
> have the text underneath. Our scanning software does OCR.
> 
>  3. By extracting the text from PDF documents, I can facilitate
> a different -- additional -- type of analysis against sets of
> one or more documents. PDF2TXT is the first step in this
> process.
> 
> What is really cool is that PDF2TXT works for many of the articles 
> downloadable from the Libraries's article indexes. Search an article index. 
> Download a full text, PDF version of the article. Feed it to PDF2TXT. Get 
> more out of your article.
> 
> PDF2TXT currently has "creeping featuritis" -- meaning that it is growing in 
> weird directions. Your feedback is more than welcome. (I know. The output is 
> ugly.) Also, please be gentle with it because it does not process things the 
> size of the Bible.
> 
> --
> [cid:116F6092-2AB6-4E95-8199-25639542726A]
> 
> Eric Lease Morgan
> Digital Initiatives Librarian
> 
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> Room 131, Hesburgh Libraries
> Notre Dame, IN 46556
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> e: emor...@nd.edu<mailto:emor...@nd.edu>
> 
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Please use HTTP 503 (was: Library of Congress)

[Peter Murray]

On Oct 1, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Joe Hourcle  wrote:

> I tried telling people around here to use HTTP 503 ... but GSA sent out 
> advice to use 302s ... 

Out of curiosity, is that advice posted openly anywhere where it could be 
publicly ridiculed? 

My sympathies to colleagues who are affected by the U.S. federal government 
shutdown.  Let's hope our (my) elected officials rise to the occasion and make 
it a short-lived event.


Peter
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM

[Peter Murray]

Adam,

Feel free to update the data about E-matrix.  You can register for an account 
(https://foss4lib.org/user/register), log in (https://foss4lib.org/user/login), 
and edit the entry (https://foss4lib.org/node/803/edit) as well as create 
entries about releases (https://foss4lib.org/node/add/release).  When an entry 
is added/updated or a new release is added, that information gets tweeted out 
to the community on the FOSS4Lib account (https://twitter.com/FOSS4lib).


Peter

On Sep 20, 2013, at 2:07 PM, Adam Constabaris  wrote:

> Yes, E-Matrix is somewhat more than notional/conceptual these days.  It is
> also notionally open source, at least we have a GPLv2 licensed branch.  The
> listing on the foss4lib site is based on some pretty old data; it's
> (mostly) implemented in Java.
> 
> I can't speak too much to GoKB, either, but it's more of a shared service
> than something you install (although the code should be open source).
> 
> HTH,
> 
> AC
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Riesner, Giles W. wrote:
> 
>> Hi Karl,
>> 
>> Thanks for your information. GOKb wasn't even something I'd heard of.
>> Since NCSU is one of the leads on this, they may have a leg up already on
>> Some of the work since they have their own locally creates ERM: E-Matrix,
>> which seems to be mostly conceptual, but might actually be in use  there.
>> 
>> CUFTS looks somewhat promising to me as does CORAL. The program that
>> started the discussion at all ERMes, I'm not that sure about, though I
>> have some folks I can talk with about it.
>> 
>> I will post my results to the listserv.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology
>> The Community College of Baltimore County   | 800 South Rolling Road |
>> Catonsville, MD 21228 USA
>> Phone:  1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email:  gries...@ccbcmd.edu
>> CCBC. The incredible value of education.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Karl Holten
>> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:26 AM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM
>> 
>> A couple of months ago our organization began looking at new ERM solutions
>> / link resolvers, so I thought I'd share my thoughts based on my research
>> of the topic. Unfortunately, I think this is one area where open source
>> offerings are a bit thin. Many offerings look promising at first but are no
>> longer under development. I'd be careful about adopting something that's no
>> longer supported. Out of all the options that are no longer developed, I
>> thought the CUFTS/GODOT combo was the most promising. Out of the options
>> that seem to still be under development, there were two options that stood
>> out: CORAL and GOKb. Neither includes a link resolver, so they weren't good
>> for our needs. CORAL has the advantage of being out on the market right
>> now. GOKb is backed by some pretty big institutions and looks more
>> sophisticated, but other than some slideshows there's not a lot to look at
>> to actually evaluate it at the moment.
>> 
>> Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that nothing out there right now
>> matches the proprietary software, especially in terms of link resolvers and
>> in terms of a knowledge base. If I were forced to go open source I'd say
>> the GOKb and CORAL look the most promising. Hope that helps narrow things
>> down at least a little bit.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Karl Holten
>> Systems Integration Specialist
>> SWITCH Consortium
>> 6801 North Yates Road
>> Milwaukee, WI 53217
>> http://topcat.switchinc.org/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Riesner, Giles W.
>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:33 PM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM
>> 
>> Thank you, Peter.  I took a quick look at the list and found ERMes there
>> as well as a few others.
>> Not everything under this category really fits what I'm looking for (e.g.
>> Calibre). I'll look a little deeper.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Giles W. Riesner, Jr., Lead Library Technician, Library Technology
>> Community College of Baltimore County
>> 800 S. Rolling Road  Baltimore, MD 21228
>> gries...@ccbcmd.edu   1-443-840-2736
>> 
>> 
>> ___

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source ERM

[Peter Murray]

I don't know about ERMes specifically, but wanted to point out that FOSS4Lib 
has 12 packages of various sorts in the "Electronic Resource Management" 
category:

  https://foss4lib.org/package-type/electronic-resource-management


Peter


On Sep 19, 2013, at 2:46 PM, "Riesner, Giles W."  wrote:

> One of our Librarians saw  an article about ERMes, an open source ERM  from 
> the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse
> 
> (http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/erm/) ,  and was asking about the possibility 
> of our  using it.
> 
> If you're using it and wouldn't mind us picking your brain a little bit on 
> it, please contact me off list .
> 
> That said, if you have experience with any other open source ERM systems and 
> wouldn't mind sharing some information
> 
> about them, I'm happy to hear about them as well.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> Giles W. Riesner, Jr., Lead Library Technician, Library Technology
> Community College of Baltimore County
> 800 S. Rolling Road  Baltimore, MD 21228
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[CODE4LIB] POSTPONED TO FALL: Code4Lib virtual lightning talks -- June 14, 2013

[Peter Murray]

Based on feedback and lack of signups, I'm postponing this to some time in the 
fall.  Watch for the announcement in a few months.


Peter

On May 14, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Peter Murray  wrote:
> In a little less than a month I'll be hosting a Code4Lib Virtual Lightning 
> Talks session.  These are six minute talks on topics ranging from library 
> technology to technology culture to just about anything you think the 
> Code4Lib community would be interested in hearing.  Details about how the 
> virtual lightning talks are run and the space to sign up can be found at:
> 
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks
> 
> 
> Peter



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Sign up to present at the Code4Lib virtual lightning talks -- June 14, 2013

[Peter Murray]

Unless there is a sudden spurt of interest in presenting at the Code4Lib 
Virtual Lightning Talks at the end of next week, I'm going to cancel it and 
propose another time in the fall.  In this experiment, it might be that virtual 
lightning talks ever 10 weeks is too close together.

Feedback, as always, is welcome.


Peter

On May 14, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Peter Murray  wrote:
> In a little less than a month I'll be hosting a Code4Lib Virtual Lightning 
> Talks session.  These are six minute talks on topics ranging from library 
> technology to technology culture to just about anything you think the 
> Code4Lib community would be interested in hearing.  Details about how the 
> virtual lightning talks are run and the space to sign up can be found at:
> 
>  http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks
> 
> 
> Peter



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Library Internet Archive BookReader

[Peter Murray]

On May 30, 2013, at 5:01 PM, "Robinson, Lakeisha"  
wrote:
> Hello Everyone, is anybody using the Open Library Internet Archive BookReader 
> for page turning? If so, I have a couple of questions regarding the 
> development of it. Thanks,


The Internet Archive Bookreader is an integral part of the Islandora Book 
Solution Pack, so it gets some active use there.  It looks like development has 
stagnated on the mainline, but there are a lot of others that have forked it 
(https://github.com/openlibrary/bookreader/network/members).


Peter
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[CODE4LIB] Job: LYRASIS seeks Senior System Administrator candidates

[Peter Murray]

LYRASIS<http://www.lyrasis.org/>, a non-profit membership organization serving 
Libraries and Cultural Heritage Organizations (LCHOs), seeks an experienced 
Senior System Administrator.

Job Description:
The Senior System Administrator designs, develops, deploys and maintains 
Digital Technology Services (DTS) technical infrastructure and supported 
software in support of DTS hosting and development services. Responsibilities 
include technical infrastructure management, including internal and external 
network management; design, development and deployment of supporting internal 
systems; and design, development, deployment, testing and documentation of 
hosted open source systems including, but not limited to Evergreen, Fedora 
Commons repository, and Drupal. Provides technical leadership for proper 
version control on hosted software systems; system architecture design; version 
testing (where needed); deployment of tested code; and the establishment and 
documentation of system architecture standards and best practices. Duties also 
include working with project managers and client stakeholders to understand and 
refine project functional requirements.

Required Experience:

 *   Linux system administration (5 years)
 *   Scripting (shell, Perl, Python esp. valuable)
 *   Database (MySQL and PostgreSQL preferred)
 *   Source/Version control systems (Subversion, Git)
 *   Issue/bug tracking systems
 *   Virtualization platforms

Preferred Competencies:

 *   Evergreen Library System, Drupal, Fedora Commons Repository and/or 
Islandora
 *   Programming (Java, PHP and/or JavaScript)
 *   Build and release automation
 *   Incident, problem, change and release management practices
 *   Strong understanding of Web Architecture
 *   Effective Communication – both oral and written

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[CODE4LIB] Sign up to present at the Code4Lib virtual lightning talks -- June 14, 2013

[Peter Murray]

In a little less than a month I'll be hosting a Code4Lib Virtual Lightning 
Talks session.  These are six minute talks on topics ranging from library 
technology to technology culture to just about anything you think the Code4Lib 
community would be interested in hearing.  Details about how the virtual 
lightning talks are run and the space to sign up can be found at:

  http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks


Peter
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Job Postings

[Peter Murray]

For what it's worth, I've got one:

  http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/7591/

"No" is the default, so it is possible that it is overlooked, but in my 
experience there aren't that many out there.  I don't think there is a way to 
search for these types of positions.  But I'd be willing to bet that pull 
requests would be welcome:

  https://github.com/code4lib/shortimer


Peter

On May 8, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Mark Pernotto  wrote:
> This isn't directed really at any particular job, but more about how the
> jobs.code4lib.org board works.
> 
> I can see where I can search for jobs via the tags, employers and the like.
> I notice on the individual job postings themselves, it's noted as to
> whether or not the employer would accept a telecommuting option.  In most
> cases, I see this as 'No'.  I was just wondering, is there an option to
> search for telecommuting positions posted to the board (where Telecommuting
> would be 'Yes')?  Is this listed as 'No' by default when a new job is being
> posted, and just overlooked during the posting, or are there just no
> telecommuting library development positions out there?  I just thought that
> since the feature had been included, there must have been a reason.
> 
> Or is this something I'd need to create an account on the board in order to
> search for?
> 
> Thanks!
> Mark A. Pernotto



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[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Journal Issue #20 Published

[Peter Murray]

The Code4Lib Journal editors are excited to bring you this latest issue with 
seven articles.  You can find it at 
http://journal.code4lib.org/issues/issues/issue20; a brief summary of the 
articles is included below.

The first set of articles show ways to manipulate metadata records.  In 
Workflow Tools for Digital Curation<http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8419> 
Andrew James Weidner and Daniel Gelaw Alemneh describe how they use AutoHotkey 
and Selenium IDE at the University of North Texas to automate various aspects 
of manipulating digital objects.  Heidi Frank show how to process MARC records 
from Archivists Toolkit in Augmenting the Cataloger’s Bag of 
Tricks<http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8336>; the techniques – using 
MarcEdit, Python, and PyMARC – are transferrable to other sources of records as 
well.  In Keeping up with Ebooks<http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8375> 
Kathryn Lybarger introduces a tool for updating batches of vendor-supplied 
records through a set of normalization routines.

Jason Clark show how Montana State University is using YouTube as a digital 
video platform in Developing a Digital Video Library with the YouTube Data 
API<http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7847>. Getting users what they want 
without extraneous hits is always a challenge, and in Better Search Through 
Query Expansion Using Controlled Vocabularies and Apache 
Solr<http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7787> demonstrates how to configure 
SOLR to make the best use of a hierarchical controlled vocabulary.  In Breaking 
Up With CONTENTdm<http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8327> Heather Gilbert 
and Tyler Mobley lead us through the migration of a repository to Fedora 
Commons using Drupal, Blacklight and Rutgers’ OpenWMS software.  And for the 
hardware geeks, Tim Ribaric and Jonathan Younker describe how to build a simple 
desk counter tied to a Google Spreadsheet in Arduino-enabled Patron Interaction 
Counting<http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8200>.

On behalf of the Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee,


Peter Murray,
Code4Lib Journal Coordinating Editor for Issue #20
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[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks announcement, June 14th

[Peter Murray]

Last week's Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks [0] was pretty successful with 
lots of learning and meta-learning [1] along the way.  So let's do it again!  
There is now a new sign-up list [2] to present at another session to be held on 
June 14th.  One key change to try this time is extending the talk time to six 
minutes; the trick is to balance between so long as to discourage conciseness 
and long enough to adequately cover the topic.  We'll try six minutes this 
time.  After all, if it is good enough for TED's Talk-in-Six-Minutes [3], it 
should be good enough for us.

So if you have an idea, project, tool, or technique to share with the 
community, sign up for a slot on the wiki page.


Peter


[0] See the recordings here: 
http://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Code4Lib%29%20AND%20date%3A2013-04-03

[1] My notes about hosting lightning talks via Google+ Hangout here
http://dltj.org/article/c4l-virtual-lightning-talk-notes/

[2] http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks

[3] http://www.ted.com/talks?duration=6
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Handwriting and ocr

[Peter Murray]

Projects coming out of the woodwork!  Ben, I added your project to FOSS4Lib 
(http://foss4lib.org/package/fromthepage) and will send you an invitation to an 
account on FOSS4Lib to maintain your package information.


Peter

On Mar 13, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Ben Brumfield  wrote:
> Let me echo Jim in suggesting a transcription tool rather than OCR for 
> handwritten texts.  However, a lot depends on the kinds of material you're 
> working with and the uses you plan for the transcripts.  Is it structured 
> data, like census records, account books, or an index cards database?  
> Is it free-form text like diaries or letters? Does the text contain a lot of 
> genetic elements like strike-throughs, careted insertions and 
> marginalia?  Do you want to index terms so that readers can view all
> mentions of banjos within the text? 
> 
> At present, there is no one tool that supports all of these.  I built and 
> maintain one (AGPL) tool for free-form text to be used in indexing
> [Self-promotion: http://fromthepage.com/ is the tool; source is at
> http://github.com/benwbrum/fromthepage/ ] and have spent the last
> year building another (Apache) tool for converting tabular records into
> a search database.  I think they're great, and am really excited about
> them both.  Nevertheless, last week I pointed a project at Jim's 
> T-PEN instead of my own tools, because the manuscripts were medieval 
> Arabic donation records which needed line-based transcription.  
> 
> I maintain a list of transcription tools used  in crowdsourcing 
> projects here: http://tinyurl.com/TranscriptionToolGDoc 
> Currently there are around 30 that I know of, and I'd be happy
> to give my opinion of what's appropriate for your project on or off
> list.
> 
> Ben Brumfield
> http://manuscripttranscription.blogspot.com/



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Handwriting and ocr

[Peter Murray]

That's cool!  I created an entry for T-PEN in FOSS4Lib 
(http://foss4lib.org/package/t-pen) so others can more easily find it.  (Jim: I 
also had the FOSS4Lib site send you a login id/password so you can go in and 
update the T-PEN entry in case I got anything wrong.)

Thanks for the self-promotion!


Peter

On Mar 12, 2013, at 3:10 PM, James Ginther  wrote:
> At the risk of shameless self-promotion, I would suggest an alternative to
> the attempt at using OCR for handwriting. My field of research focuses on
> pre-modern manuscripts which, to no one's surprise, have resisted any OCR
> method.  One solution is to create an environment that makes transcribing
> an effective and efficient task. To that end, here at Saint Louis
> University, we built a web-based app called T-PEN.  T-PEN attempts to
> identify the location of each line on a digital surrogate and then displays
> it with a text box underneath to ensure accurate transcription.
> 
> The URL  is t-pen.org. It's free for anyone. In addition to the
> repositories that have given us access, users can upload private images to
> work with.
> 
> I know that this solution is not ideal for large sets of handwritten texts,
> but T-PEN does support crowd-sourcing (what we call public projects).  You
> can also encode as you transcribe and then export the transcription as an
> XML document (and you can even export  transcriptions in OAC currently as
> RDF/XML).
> 
> There is introductory video at
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_81fJbOpTcE.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
> 
>> If it's for a discrete project, I'd say scan what you need OCR'd and put it
>> on Mechanical Turk
>> 
>> kyle
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Donna Campbell 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On a related note, I am looking for a recommendation for software that
>>> provides OCR for handwriting (print and/or cursive). To clarify, this
>>> would be pen ink on paper not digital ink.
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Donna R. Campbell
>>> Technical Services & Systems Librarian
>>> (215) 935-3872 (phone)
>>> (267) 295-3641 (fax)
>>> Mailing Address (via USPS):
>>> Westminster Theological Seminary Library
>>> P.O. Box 27009
>>> Philadelphia, PA 19118  USA
>>> Shipping Address (via UPS or FedEx):
>>> Westminster Theological Seminary Library
>>> 2960 W. Church Rd.
>>> Glenside, PA 19038  USA
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>>> Eric Lease Morgan
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:57 AM
>>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] web-based ocr
>>> 
>>> Does anybody here know of a Web-based OCR program or Web service?
>>> 
>>> Many people want to do OCR against digitized texts. We all know of
>> various
>>> OCR applications (Adobe Acrobat, ABBYY FineReader, Google's Tesseract,
>>> etc.), but they are not necessarily Web-based. As a service to my
>>> university, I thought it might be cool (or "kewl") to support an image to
>>> text application. Go to Web form. Submit one or more image files. Have
>> OCR
>>> done against them no matter how dirty the output. Return plain text. As a
>>> bonus, the application would support a REST-ful API.
>>> 
>>> Does anybody know of something like this that exists already?
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Eric Lease Morgan
>>> University of Notre Dame



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Drive as an IR

[Peter Murray]

On Mar 12, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Eric Lease Morgan  wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2013, at 3:26 PM, chris fitzpatrick  wrote:
> 
>> About using Google Driveyeah, we're very small ( 115 students!), so 
>> we're very interested in keeping our over-heads nice and low..
>> I'm guess I'm old enough to think that 100 GB for $5 a month is a pretty 
>> good deal, so we started saying "Google Drive is our IR" as a joke, but 
>> like it's actually turned into a really nice "IR" type thingy….
> 
> 'Sounds like an article for Code4Lib Journal. Hint, hint. --Eric


Agreed!  And Chris, if you are so inclined:

  http://journal.code4lib.org/call-for-submissions

…and/or ask me if you have any questions.


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[CODE4LIB] Reminder -- sign up to present at the Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks on April 3rd

[Peter Murray]

Like what you saw during the lightning talks in Chicago?  Want to get your idea 
out to a broad audience?  Then sign up for the Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks 
on April 3rd:

  http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Code 4 Lib attendees, Help please

[Peter Murray]

Sorry to hear about the difficulties, Ian.  The archive of #c4l13 tweets is 
here:

  
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsyivMoYhk87dFljMUZURWZMYzNzT2lwcEduUUJ6d1E#gid=82

I think there was also an archive made of the IRC channel, but there tends to 
be a lot of noise there.


Peter

On Feb 19, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Devon  wrote:
> Ian,
> 
> There's some video here if you want to rewatch it.
> http://new.livestream.com/accounts/2768983/events/1865025?device_panel=true
> Also some of the entries of the schedule have video embedded in them.
> http://code4lib.org/conference/2013/schedule
> 
> Cynthia Ng did some pretty good blogging of the event.
> http://cynng.wordpress.com/tag/c4l13/
> 
> And also twitter, for whatever it's worth.
> https://twitter.com/search?q=%23c4l13
> 
> /dev
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Barba, Ian  wrote:
> 
>> I attended last week's Code 4 Lib conference.  Unfortunately, while I was
>> having a late lunch on Thursday in China Town, my friend's car was
>> vandalized and my laptop stolen.  I had all of my conference notes on that
>> laptop.
>> 
>> Would anyone be willing to share their conference notes with me?  I would
>> be particularly interested in notes from an academic librarian, but I'll
>> take whatever I can get my hands on.
>> 
>> I really enjoyed the conference, but I'm reduced to trying to piece things
>> together from memory-and that's spotty at best.
>> 
>> Ian Barba
>> Research & Development Librarian
>> Texas Tech University Libraries



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2013 in Layar

[Peter Murray]

Sweet!  I had deleted Layar last year because I didn't see any use of keeping 
it on the phone after toying with it a bit at Access a couple years ago.  This 
sounds like a quite promising use.  Thanks for setting it up, Bill.


Peter

On Jan 31, 2013, at 9:58 PM, William Denton  wrote:
> I've set up a Code4Lib 2013 layer in the Android/iOS augmented reality 
> application Layar [1] to do something that I think---I hope---will add an 
> interesting and fun element to the conference.
> 
> You can use it to scan around the city to see two kinds of things: 1) 
> tweets using the #c4l13 or #code4lib hashtag (if the tweets are geolocated 
> so they can be nailed to a point) and 2) points of interest from the 
> shared Google Maps that have been set up [2].
> 
> During the day all of the tweets will be coming from everyone at the UIC 
> Forum, so that's not too interesting ... but I hope that outside the 
> conference times, when people are all over Chicago, they'll be tweeting, 
> and that's when you might wonder, "Where's everyone at?" and you can hold 
> up your phone, look around, and see that a bunch of folks are two blocks 
> over there at a blues club and another bunch are up over there trying 
> obscure beers and someone else posted a picture of an LP she just bought 
> down the block, and that a comic book store someone recommended is a half 
> mile that way.
> 
> It's an Code4Lib-augmented view of Chicago: you look around and see what 
> we're all doing and where we're hanging out, and all the places we're 
> interested in or recommend.
> 
> To try it out, intall Layar on your phone, then run it, click to go into 
> Geo Layers mode, and search for "code4lib 2013".  Launch the layer and 
> look around. You probably won't see anything around you, but next time you 
> tweet something with #c4l13 (and the tweet is geolocated so you're sharing 
> your latitude and longitude) it will show up.
> 
> So, if you want to try it, add points to the Google Maps, and when 
> you're in Chicago, tweet!
> 
> I don't know how well it will work, but please test it and try it, because 
> I think if it does turn out it will be a lot of fun.
> 
> It can work for any conference or event. The program driving this is 
> Laertes [3], and the code is here:
> 
>   https://github.com/wdenton/laertes
> 
> It's pretty straightforward, and if you're comfortable running a modern 
> Ruby web app then to make your own layer it's just a matter of some basic 
> configuration at Layar's web site and customizing Laertes by editing a 
> hash tag in a config file.  Or maybe I could host it for you, for a while 
> at least.
> 
> See you soon,
> 
> Bill
> 
> [1] http://www.layar.com/
> [2] 
> https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213549257652679418473.0004ce6c25e6cdeb0319d&msa=0
> and 
> https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208580427660303662074.0004d00a3e083f4d160a4&msa=0
> [3] As in Odysseus's father, who was one of the Argonauts and did a fair 
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Re: [CODE4LIB] wiki page about the chode4lib irc bot created

[Peter Murray]

Great start, Bohyun!  I added some commands, enhanced the formatting, and 
cleaned up some problems.

  http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Zoia_or_the_Code4Lib_IRC_bot


Peter

On Jan 24, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Bohyun Kim  wrote:
> Hi all~
> 
> I was not familiar with the code4lib IRC bot (or irc bot in general for that 
> matter), and the recent discussion on the listserv made me curious.
> 
> BTW I fully support the idea of removing offensive content, and big thanks to 
> those who have been working on cleaning up those stuff.
> 
> In any case, I figured there might be others who are new to code4lib and were 
> somewhat aware of zoia but not sure what exactly it does or will do. So I 
> created a wiki page with a bunch of examples today morning. It's far from 
> comprehensive but I think it would be cool if others -who care about the bot 
> - add more content to this page.
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Zoia_or_the_Code4Lib_IRC_bot
> 
> -Bohyun



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[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks announcement, April 3rd

[Peter Murray]

The lightning talks are one of the highlights of the annual Code4Lib gathering. 
 They are five-minute-long presentations that can be used to showcase new 
technology, a project that you've just started and want to show off, or a 
chance to prognosticate on a topic (but only for 5 minutes).  In 2011 I tried 
to replicate that same conference experience using webinar software.  It was 
moderately successful with four presentations [0] that worked pretty well.  So 
let's try it again!

The webinar software has been reserved for April 3rd at 1:30pm Eastern time and 
a signup page has been posted to the Code4Lib Wiki [1].  Not coming to the 
conference but still have something to offer; sign up!  Went to the conference 
and it sparked an idea; sign up after the Chicago meeting!  Want to watch the 
virtual lightning talks? There's a page for that, too [2].  Have feedback?  Let 
me know!



[0] Video recordings of the April 2011 virtual lightning talks are on 
Archive.org: 
http://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Code4Lib%20Virtual%20Lightning%20Talks%22

[1] http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks 

[2] 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDQyNHl1dWprZU1fcE5HZENfTWVHNmc6MQ#gid=0
 
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Commercial announcement: Hosted connectors for search targets

[Peter Murray]

I've seen the inside of this tech, and I have to say it is really neat and 
useful.  This is a nice tool to have in your toolbox if you want to build 
machine APIs to systems that don't have machine APIs:  Wikipedia, arXiv, 
CiteSeer, etc.


Peter

/me was not paid for this endorsement.

On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:48 PM, Sebastian Hammer  wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> I hope I'll be forgiven for making what is essentially a commercial post
> -- it is just that the subject matter is so much inspired by our work
> with library developers, I'd feel like a chump not to mention it.
> Apologies, then; I will keep it short.
> 
> Basically, we've launched a service for libraries that are building
> portals, mashups, federation, metasearching, whatever needs access to
> remote discovery systems. It is designed to get around the hassle that
> 80% of the things that I usually want to search don't offer SRU, Z39.50,
> or even for that matter a private API. Our service basically exposes
> 'just about anything' that we can possibly get to. We make it available
> to your application through your choice of Z39.50 or SRU. We normalize
> query formats and record representations; we work with custom APIs, deal
> with broken SRU servers and half-broken Z39.50, we screen-scrape, we
> deal with authentication, etc. If we don't already have a connector,
> we'll make one at no extra charge; if it breaks later, we'll fix it.
> 
> Feel free to contact me off-list if you're interested in trying it out.
> 
> http://www.indexdata.com/masterkey-connect/
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --Sebastian



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Re: [CODE4LIB] A gentle proposal: slim down zoia during the conference

[Peter Murray]

While we're on this topic, can I also ask if it is the intention of someone to 
log and publicly post the channel logs?  That will also tend to tamp down the 
more outlandish behavior.


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[CODE4LIB] Fwd: Inviting community engagement on building a bibliographic roadmap

[Peter Murray]

FYI.


Peter


Begin forwarded message:

From: "Todd Carpenter (Gmail)" mailto:tcarpen...@niso.org>>
Date: January 14, 2013, 10:04:58 PM EST
To: "newsl...@list.niso.org" 
mailto:newsl...@list.niso.org>>
Subject: Inviting community engagement on building a bibliographic roadmap

Good afternoon, NISO community,

Last fall, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation generously awarded the National 
Information Standards Organization (NISO) with a grant to support an initiative 
that will develop a community roadmap toward a new bibliographic exchange 
environment.  This roadmap will help support movement toward a future of 
bibliographic information exchange ecosystem. The bibliographic roadmap 
initiative aims to bring together as diverse a set of stakeholders as possible 
to build agree around on a common development path for bibliographic 
information exchange.  Using a consensus process, NISO hopes to build agreement 
about the problems that we face, which are the best available solutions, and 
work toward coordinating community efforts.  The project is not trying to 
duplicate efforts already underway, nor is it trying to drive a particular 
agenda, nor support a single community project. Through open virtual dialogue 
and an in-person meeting—again open and publicly accessible—, the initiative 
will ascertain the necessary elements of a bibliographic standards environment 
that are implementable, suit our global networked information environment, 
support data sharing, and are economically viable.

Over the course of the next nine months, NISO will host one face-to-face 
meeting in the United States and several global webinars, as well as organize 
at least three working group efforts during the periods between webinars. These 
meetings will be conducted to explore priorities and coordinate the 
requirements of key communities including: libraries of all types including 
national libraries; technologists represented by organizations such as the 
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI); 
library system providers; as well as other international standards development 
organizations. The end result of this work will be a report that will identify 
exchange points where standards development is needed, and document suggested 
areas where functionality testing should be performed.  It should help pinpoint 
at a high level the development priorities and coordination points needed over 
the next 24-36 months.

NISO will be hosting an open community teleconference to launch this project on 
Thursday, January 17 at 9:00 ET (UTC -5:00) and we encourage community 
involvement in that meeting. The purpose of this call will be to introduce the 
community to this project, outline our goals, answer any questions and begin to 
map out planning the project and identify dates and locations for the in-person 
meeting that the Mellon Foundation has funded.  We expect the call will take 
about 60 minutes.

Please use the following dial-in:
  Toll-Free (US & Can) 1-877-375-2160
  Conference ID: 767-11-246#
 For a list of international dial-in numbers visit: 
https://ccimeet.tcconline.com/listNumbersByCode.action?confCode=76711246

More information about the project can be found on the NISO website: 
http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/BibliographicRoadmap/  We will also record the 
call and will post the recoding to this page after the event.  You can also 
find an extract of the proposal describing the project in detail at that page.

If you plan to attend, please send an RSVP to 
nis...@niso.org prior to Thursday morning.

We look forward to speaking with many of you on Thursday.

With kindest regards,

Todd Carpenter
Executive Director, NISO

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Journal Call for Papers (proposals due mid-Jan, publication anticipated mid-Apr)

[Peter Murray]

Call for Papers (and apologies for cross-posting):

The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) exists to foster community and share information 
among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the 
future.

We are now accepting proposals for publication in our 20th issue. Don't miss 
out on this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences. To be included in 
the 20th issue, which is scheduled for publication in mid April 2013, please 
submit articles, abstracts, or proposals at:

 http://journal.code4lib.org/submit-proposal or to jour...@code4lib.org

by Friday, January 18, 2013.  When submitting, please include the title or 
subject of the proposal in the subject line of the email message.

C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome submissions 
across a broad variety of topics that support the mission of the journal.  
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

* Practical applications of library technology (both actual and 
 hypothetical)
* Technology projects (failed, successful, or proposed), including 
 how they were done and challenges faced
* Case studies
* Best practices
* Reviews
* Comparisons of third party software or libraries
* Analyses of library metadata for use with technology
* Project management and communication within the library environment
* Assessment and user studies

C4LJ strives to promote professional communication by minimizing the barriers 
to publication.  While articles should be of a high quality, they need not 
follow any formal structure.  Writers should aim for the middle ground between 
blog posts and articles in traditional refereed journals.  Where appropriate, 
we encourage authors to submit code samples, algorithms, and pseudo-code.  For 
more information, visit
C4LJ's Article Guidelines or browse articles from the first 18 issues (issue 
#19 anticipated this month) published on our website: 

 http://journal.code4lib.org

Remember, for consideration for the 20th issue, please send proposals, 
abstracts, or draft articles to jour...@code4lib.org no later than Friday, 
January 18, 2013.

Send in a submission.  Your peers would like to hear what you are doing.


Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Library CDNs

[Peter Murray]

Tom --

I use Amazon CloudFront and a plugin on my WordPress blog to automatically push 
media files to an S3 bucket (which Amazon then automatically distributes).  
There are a couple of front-ends to S3 that are fairly user friendly (Transmit 
on the Mac is the one I use most often). 


Peter

On Jan 4, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Tom Keays  wrote:
> Is anybody out there using a CDN[1] that is separate from their website to
> host JavaScript, CSS, and image files? I'm looking for a one place where I
> can consolidate and organize these files that is reliable (good uptime and
> good response time) and affordable (less expensive than hosting a complete
> website). In-as non-technical folks may need to access it, the interface
> for managing the files and directories needs to be friendly. E.G., AWS's
> native interface is too convoluted for newbies, but a program or web app
> built as a front-end designed to have simple management functions is the
> kind of thing I'm looking for (and something that mirrored AWS's built-in
> versioning would be awesome).
> 
> Tom
> 
> [1] CDN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Introducing ExSite9: Open source tool: for metadata description (of content) + submission information package production

[Peter Murray]

Ingrid --

Thanks for announcing your software.  I've added an entry for it on FOSS4Lib:

  http://foss4lib.org/package/exsite9

You (or anyone else) and update/augment the entry by signing up for a new 
account and editing the page.


Peter

On Jan 2, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Ingrid Mason  wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Apologies for broadcast.  After shunting this message down various
> listservs to my heart's content, I thought I should pop an email out to the
> library coding community that might be interested in a tool we developed
> last year with funding from the Australian National Data
> Service<http://www.ands.org.au/>.
> The tool is though likely to come in useful for those in the cultural
> heritage or research sectors liaising with data or information producers.
> 
> The tool (ExSite9 <http://www.intersect.org.au/exsite9>) is designed for
> anyone capturing data in the field, that wants to create collection (at
> minimum for convenience) and item level metadata (often more desirable for
> researchers or creatives) and bundle that up as a submission information
> package (SIP viz OAIS model) to transfer to a digital repository or
> archive.
> 
> Exsite9 could be used in association with collections of material digitised
> in a workflow or with digital archives coming in on hard drives.  The code
> can be downloaded from the Intersect Australia GitHub
> space<https://github.com/IntersectAustralia/exsite9>along with a swag
> of other applications developed and made open source
> thanks to ANDS funding (and federal stimulus spending).
> 
> Good wishes, Ingrid
> 
> ps. any replies or questions to: ingrid.ma...@intersect.org.au (I use this
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Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.org domain

[Peter Murray]

+1 for the plan

edsu++ for domain stewardship.


Peter

On Dec 18, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Ed Summers  wrote:
> HI all,
> 
> I've owned the code4lib.org since 2005 and have been thinking it might
> be wise for to transfer ownership of it to someone else. Sometimes I
> forget to pay bills, and miss emails, and it seems like the domain
> means something to a larger group of people.
> 
> With Ryan Ordway's help Oregon State University indicated they would
> be willing to take over administration of the domain. They also have
> been responsible for running the Drupal instance at code4lib.org and
> the Mediawiki instance at wiki.code4lib.org -- so it seems like a
> logical move.
> 
> But I thought I would bring it up here first in the interests of
> transparency, community building and whatnot, to see if there were any
> objections or ideas.
> 
> //Ed



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[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Journal Call for Papers (proposals due mid-Jan, publication anticipated mid-Apr)

[Peter Murray]

Call for Papers (and apologies for cross-posting):

The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) exists to foster community and share information 
among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the 
future.

We are now accepting proposals for publication in our 20th issue. Don't miss 
out on this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences. To be included in 
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

[Peter Murray]

Bohyun --

Thanks for taking a risk and posting your question.  open_discussion++

I don't have a good answer for you.  I think there is common agreement that 
ways are needed to bring new people into the Code4Lib community.  I don't have 
a good sense as to whether generalized community-orientation-guidance will help 
anyone/everyone feel welcome or whether targeted mentoring will help Code4Lib 
find a diversity and balance of viewpoints.  The only thing I know to try to do 
is start with the general and see where that gets us.


Peter

On Dec 7, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Bohyun Kim  wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I might upset some people with this, but I wanted to bring up this question. 
> First, let me say that I think it is a terrific idea to have a code4lib 
> learning group with or without a mentoring program.
> 
> But from what I read from the listserv, it seemed to me that there were 
> interests in a space for women, NOT as a separate group from code4lib BUT 
> more as just a small support and discussion group for just women, INSIDE the 
> c4l community not OUTSIDE of it. (Like an IG inside LITA or something like 
> that...).
> 
> I just wanted to know if there are still women in code4lib who are interested 
> in this idea because gender-specific issues won't be addressed by a code4lib 
> learning group. (If this is the case, I am still interested in participating, 
> and I already set up #code4libwomen IRC channel.) Or, do we think that the 
> initial needs that led to the talk of code4libwomen will be sufficiently met 
> by having  a learning group instead?  Personally, I don't see why we can have 
> both code4libwomen and code4liblearn inside code4lib if there are enough 
> people who think that these would make code4lib more useful to them and if 
> this makes code4lib serve more diverse interests of their members.
> 
> So I am looking forward to hearing form other women in c4l on this! :)
> 
> Cheers,
> ~Bohyun



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Re: [CODE4LIB] some radical edit of policy

[Peter Murray]

I may have inadvertently logged a pull request when I made some minor edits to 
you changes:

  https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy/pull/20

First off, kcoyle++.  I like the rethinking of the focus of the document.  I 
added a missing work and tweaked a few other words.  The pull request has some 
other discussion about removing the list of potential sanctions; I don't know 
if that was intentional or not, but I think putting the list of sanctions at 
the end would be helpful.


Peter

On Dec 2, 2012, at 11:15 AM, Karen Coyle  wrote:
> I did a somewhat radical edit of the policy. To me it sounded 
> heavy-handed, and I didn't think that we needed such in our community. I 
> also want to distinguish between "bloopers" that need correction and 
> active harassment. A lot of discriminatory language is unconscious but 
> still should be gently corrected. [1]
> 
> I also don't think that these are "rules" -- a policy is a policy, and I 
> think rules is too strong a term.
> 
> Because of the amount that I changed (and because I really wasn't sure 
> what would happen when I hit "save") these changes are still in my "fork":
> 
> https://github.com/kcoyle/antiharassment-policy
> 
> Let me know if I should commit it (and I'm assuming that's just a matter 
> of hitting the "commit" button).
> 
> kc
> 
> [1] It's from the 90's, but http://kcoyle.net/howhard.html has many examples



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[CODE4LIB]

[Peter Murray]

Speaking from the program committee perspective, we went through the proposals 
that were voted into the conference by the community and made sure there was 
each presenter was at the podium for only one presentation. There was one case 
where we asked someone who was voted in for a solo presentation and also a 
joint presentation to relinquish one spot, which happened. 

It does make sense to reserve a percentage of slots for first-time Code4Lib 
presenters. 15% sounds like a good number to experiment with for next year. Are 
there any objections from the community for doing that?  (Do we need to find a 
way to formalize consensus in the group?)


Peter

On Nov 27, 2012, at 8:27 PM, "Roy Tennant"  wrote:

> I also think it is a good idea to reserve a certain number/percentage of
> speaking slots to first-time presenters. I also want to bring up (again)
> the issue of presenters presenting more than once. We are looking at a
> conference with 400 attendees -- 400! How can we justify having anyone on
> the podium more than once? I mean, seriously?
> 
> I think we need to realize that we have grown to the point that we need
> more management than we have in the past. Remember that we also still have
> open-ended slots for lightning talks and breakouts. It isn't like I'm
> calling for the kind of strictness that ALA imposes.
> Roy
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Edward M Corrado wrote:
> 
>> I am not thrilled with the idea of anonymous proposals as I think that
>> goes against the openness non-organization that is code4lib. Also based on
>> the numbers posted earlier it seems inputs are more of an issue then the
>> voting.
>> 
>> However, I love the idea of X number of presentations reserved for first
>> time presenters. I don't know what the value of X should be but Bess's idea
>> of 15% sounds good to me.
>> 
>> I'd personally also like to see a limit to the number of talks someone can
>> give or propose, but I know this has been brought up before and, at least
>> in the past, there was not overwhelming support for this.
>> 
>> Edward
>> 
>> --
>> Edward M. Corrado
>> 
>> On Nov 27, 2012, at 18:41, Bess Sadler  wrote:
>> 
>>> I am not volunteering to write the voting mechanism for this, but what
>> if we had two rounds of voting?
>>> 
>>> 1. First round, anonymous (people who follow these things avidly would
>> of course have read everyone's names on the wiki, but I think for most
>> people not having the names listed means you have removed the names from
>> consideration). We use the current system of assigning points. Once you've
>> cast that ballot, then you get ballot 2:
>>> 
>>> 2. The same ballot with the names present. You now have the opportunity
>> to change your vote, if you want to. It might be because you didn't realize
>> that person who secretly bores you was one of the speakers. It might be
>> because what at first looked like just another talk about marc software
>> sounds more compelling if its from someone who's never spoken before.
>>> 
>>> I wonder if we might also set aside a separate competition for first
>> time speakers? Say, 15% of the talks? Assuming that generally speaking,
>> offering ways for early-career folks or those new to public speaking to
>> participate is a good thing and would benefit diversity as a bonus.
>>> 
>>> Bess
>>> 
>>> On Nov 27, 2012, at 3:20 PM, Kelley McGrath  wrote:
>>> 
 I'll second the idea of approaching people individually and explicitly
>> asking them to participate. It worked on me. I never would have written my
>> first article for the Code4Lib Journal or become a member of the editorial
>> committee if someone hadn't encouraged me individually (Thanks Jonathan!).
 
 It would also be good to find a way to somehow target the pool of
>> lurkers who maybe aren't already connected to someone and get them more
>> involved.
 
 As far as anonymous proposals go, we recently had a very good workshop
>> on implicit bias here. Someone brought up that found significant changes in
>> the gender proportions in symphony orchestras after candidates started
>> auditioning behind screens. There are also lots of studies about the
>> different responses to the same resume/application depending on whether a
>> stereotypically male/female or white/black name was used. Probably it's
>> impossible to make proposals completely anonymous, but it would be an
>> interesting experiment to leave off the names.
 
 Kelley
 
 PS Interestingly, I wouldn't instinctively self-identify as a member of
>> the Code4Lib community, although my first thought is that that has more to
>> do with not being a coder than with being a woman.
 
 
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>> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Survey

[Peter Murray]

Good point -- it would not be an census.  I can't envision how we would do a 
census on such a large and diverse group.  Perhaps others have thought about 
this and have suggestions.


Peter

On Nov 27, 2012, at 12:20 PM, Karen Coyle  wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> again I worry about this being self-selecting. People who report on 
> surveys are  the people who report on surveys. A code4lib survey 
> would be nice, but I'm really interested in "on the ground" troops. And 
> I think the questions would have to be specific to what one does:
> 
> - installs and fixes equipment
> - runs updates/backups on ILS
> - writes scripts
> - writes code
> - manages local network
> - modifies ILS tables for local customization
> - creates web pages
> - makes decisions on tech purchasing
> - supervises staff that runs ILS/local network
> 
> Well, that's probably a stupid list, but a smarter list could be made. 
> In other words, I would want what you actually do to define whether you 
> are a techie -- not whether you consider yourself a techie (many women 
> demean their own skills -- "Oh, I just push a few buttons"). [1] I'd 
> like to see it be very broad, and later we can decide if we think 
> modifying ILS tables counts as being a "real techie."
> 
> kc
> [1] For painful reading: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28257411 The 
> letters of Ada Lovelace.
> 
> 
> On 11/27/12 8:50 AM, Peter Murray wrote:
>> A friend of mine is one of the principals behind "The Survey for People Who 
>> Make Websites" from A List Apart:
>> 
>>   http://aneventapart.com/alasurvey2011/00.html
>> 
>> Is that the sort of thing we'd like to do?  If so, I can get some insights 
>> from him about how he develops, organizes, and runs the survey.
>> 
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> On Nov 27, 2012, at 11:23 AM, Karen Coyle  wrote:
>>> I would really like to see such a survey. I did one at my previous place
>>> of work, the California Digital Library (nee Division of Library
>>> Automation) where I worked for over 20 years. I had kept org charts and
>>> phone lists, and was able to see that over that span of two decades the
>>> tech staff (which was most everyone there since all we did was tech
>>> development) was from 2/3 to 3/4 female. But when I said this in front
>>> of a group of employees the men were startled. I'm guessing that they
>>> saw themselves as techies, and the women as "helpers" -- even though the
>>> DBA, the data designers, and many of the programmers were women. So it's
>>> not that there aren't women in technology, it's that the women in
>>> technology are often considered to be "not doing technology" because
>>> they are women. [1]
>>> 
>>> So we should survey. I believe that we will find that in library
>>> technology departments there are many "invisible" women. Sadly, women
>>> will be more present in that environment for the wrong reasons -- mainly
>>> that it's lower paying and that men are more likely to get the higher
>>> paying industry jobs. (The University of California overall staff ratio
>>> is 65% female -- as perhaps many government agencies are.)
>>> 
>>> kc
>>> [1] Must read: Joanna Russ. How to suppress women's writing.
>>> http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9392874 It's about writing but actually
>>> pertains to all activities.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 11/27/12 6:57 AM, Rosalyn Metz wrote:
>>>> I think first we would need to do a survey of how many women are in the
>>>> community.  if it turns out that this community is only 17% women then
>>>> we're on target.  who knows, maybe we're actually 10% women and we're way
>>>> above target.  in which case the real question might be "how do we get more
>>>> women in tech."
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Chad Nelson  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Ooops. Hit the wrong key.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, about our presenters...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is it a problem that only 4 of our 33 presenters are women? Or that only 
>>>>> 16
>>>>> of 95 proposers were women?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there something this community needs to do to encourage more women to
>>>>> feel like they can and should speak / propose sessions?



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Survey

[Peter Murray]

A friend of mine is one of the principals behind "The Survey for People Who 
Make Websites" from A List Apart:

  http://aneventapart.com/alasurvey2011/00.html

Is that the sort of thing we'd like to do?  If so, I can get some insights from 
him about how he develops, organizes, and runs the survey.


Peter

On Nov 27, 2012, at 11:23 AM, Karen Coyle  wrote:
> I would really like to see such a survey. I did one at my previous place 
> of work, the California Digital Library (nee Division of Library 
> Automation) where I worked for over 20 years. I had kept org charts and 
> phone lists, and was able to see that over that span of two decades the 
> tech staff (which was most everyone there since all we did was tech 
> development) was from 2/3 to 3/4 female. But when I said this in front 
> of a group of employees the men were startled. I'm guessing that they 
> saw themselves as techies, and the women as "helpers" -- even though the 
> DBA, the data designers, and many of the programmers were women. So it's 
> not that there aren't women in technology, it's that the women in 
> technology are often considered to be "not doing technology" because 
> they are women. [1]
> 
> So we should survey. I believe that we will find that in library 
> technology departments there are many "invisible" women. Sadly, women 
> will be more present in that environment for the wrong reasons -- mainly 
> that it's lower paying and that men are more likely to get the higher 
> paying industry jobs. (The University of California overall staff ratio 
> is 65% female -- as perhaps many government agencies are.)
> 
> kc
> [1] Must read: Joanna Russ. How to suppress women's writing. 
> http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9392874 It's about writing but actually 
> pertains to all activities.
> 
> 
> On 11/27/12 6:57 AM, Rosalyn Metz wrote:
>> I think first we would need to do a survey of how many women are in the
>> community.  if it turns out that this community is only 17% women then
>> we're on target.  who knows, maybe we're actually 10% women and we're way
>> above target.  in which case the real question might be "how do we get more
>> women in tech."
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Chad Nelson  wrote:
>> 
>>> Ooops. Hit the wrong key.
>>> 
>>> So, about our presenters...
>>> 
>>> Is it a problem that only 4 of our 33 presenters are women? Or that only 16
>>> of 95 proposers were women?
>>> 
>>> Is there something this community needs to do to encourage more women to
>>> feel like they can and should speak / propose sessions?



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Re: [CODE4LIB] anti-harassment policy for code4lib?

[Peter Murray]

+1 to Bess for raising the topic -- I'm onboard. 

Jon's point is an important one.  Code4Lib does not have a formal structure, 
owner, or convening body.  Any power in the Code4Lib community is directly 
proportional to the collective will of the members of this community.  
Therefore I think it is important to have a way for community members to 
register an endorsement of the policy/code-of-conduct.  That will be how the 
local meeting hosts and the IRC channel ops and the mailing list owners (all 
volunteers) are empowered to take action.

Here are a couple of ways to do it, along with some advantages and 
disadvantages:

 * Registering names on a wiki page:
   + Low overhead, account infrastructure not required
   - Subject to vandalism and false signatures

 * Sign by forking the GitHub repo:
   + Good for version control (a particular version is signed)
   + Fork appearing on GitHub repo list keeps commitment in the forefront of 
signer's mind
   - Requiring signers to have a GitHub account may not be realistic

 * Create a lightweight signing app on Code4Lib.org
   + Lighter weight account registration requirement than GitHub
   - Requires someone to create app
   - Signers must sign up for a code4lib.org account; overhead for code4lib.org 
administrators


Peter


On Nov 26, 2012, at 7:15 PM, Jon Stroop  wrote:
> The responses to the list in the past couple of hours alone suggest that
> this is something much of the community would want to get behind. To
> that end, and as a show of (positive) force--not to mention how cool our
> community is--I think it might be neat if we could find a way to make
> whatever winds up being drafted something we can sign; i.e. attach our
> personal names. I don't know how that would work exactly...maybe via the
> wiki (where it seems to me a lot of good info goes to die) or the
> code4lib Github (slightly better since you could link to your
> credentials in a an environment much larger than our own, and everyone
> could have a copy), but something along those lines. I'm happy to help
> if I can.



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Re: [CODE4LIB] anti-harassment policy for code4lib?

[Peter Murray]

On Nov 26, 2012, at 7:42 PM, Kyle Banerjee  wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Jon Stroop  wrote:
>> To that end, and as a show of (positive) force--not to mention how cool
>> our community is--I think it might be neat if we could find a way to make
>> whatever winds up being drafted something we can sign; i.e. attach our
>> personal names
> 
> Diversity and inclusiveness is a state of mind, and our individual and
> collective actions exert that force than any policy or pledge ever could.
> 
> I'm hoping that things can be handled with the minimum formality necessary
> and that if something needs to be fixed, people can just talk about it so
> things can be made right. If we need a policy, I'm all for it. But it's
> truly a sad day if policy rather than just being motivated to do the right
> thing is what's keeping people playing nice.


I agree that it is preferred if one can just assume, if I can restate, that 
some flavor of The Golden Rule [0] is in force in all interactions.  
Unfortunately, if reports from past Code4Lib events (mentioned by Bess in her 
initial note, are these collected somewhere?) and actions at peer events are 
any guide, it is unsafe to make that assumption.  The policy/code-of-conduct, 
then, becomes the proactive, affirmative statement of the community.  I don't 
think we should wait for a reactive stance to try to make things right.  We can 
(re)set the expectation for anything now going forward.


Peter


[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule
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Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

[Peter Murray]

FOSS4Lib.org is relatively young in the broader scheme of things, and it isn't 
really geared towards developers /per se/.  The target audience for FOSS4Lib is 
libraries making decisions about adopting open source software, whether run 
themselves or through a service provider.  That said, there certainly is some 
synergy between the goals of FOSS4Lib and the ideals of the Code4Lib community.


Peter

On Nov 1, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Kam Woods  wrote:
> foss4lib is a good resource that I'm sure many use, but isn't (as far as I
> can tell) linked anywhere on the current code4lib site. How would this
> differentiate itself from that?
> 
> Kam
> On Nov 1, 2012 5:00 PM, "Bohyun Kim"  wrote:
> 
>> Do you all really want a C4L wiki page that lists c4l and c4l journal on
>> top of recommended resources?
>> 
>> I bet you do,  but let's try some diversity, shall we?
>> 
>> ~Bohyun
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Jonathan Rochkind
>> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 4:57 PM
>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to
>> newbie coders in a library?
>> 
>> http://journal.code4lib.org
>> 
>> On 11/1/2012 4:24 PM, Bohyun Kim wrote:
>>> Hi all code4lib-bers,
>>> 
>>> As coders and coding librarians, what is ONE tool and/or resource that
>> you recommend to newbie coders in a library (and why)?  I promise I will
>> create and circulate the list and make it into a Code4Lib wiki page for
>> collective wisdom.  =)
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>> Bohyun

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[CODE4LIB] Direct Links to Service Providers and Users Now on FOSS4Lib Project Pages

[Peter Murray]

When we created FOSS4Lib we knew that we didn't want to duplicate things that 
projects were already doing for themselves. Rather, we wanted FOSS4Lib to be a 
hub to find out about all things related to open source software in libraries. 
One of the pieces of our original design was the ability to point to existing 
lists of service providers and users of software packages. That feature is now 
available.

Take, for example, the FOSS4Lib entry for the DSpace package 
(http://foss4lib.org/package/dspace).  In the "Package Links" area there is now 
links to "Institutions using DSpace" and "Providers for DSpace". These links 
point to the DSpace Registry and the DSpace Registered Service Providers.

Package maintainers can edit the the package listings on FOSS4Lib by signing 
into FOSS4Lib and using the "edit" tab on the top of the page. (The "edit" 
button doesn't appear unless you are signed into FOSS4Lib. Don't have an 
account yet? Contact peter.mur...@lyrasis.org to have one created.) Two new 
fields have been added towards the bottom of the page. Fill these in and save 
the changes to have the links appear. And while you are on that page, double 
check the description and details of your package so others can find it easily.

Institutions and service providers can still register their use and support of 
package on FOSS4Lib. Service providers, in particular, are encouraged to 
continue to add their organizations to FOSS4Lib. Doing so will make you visible 
to others that search for you on FOSS4Lib.



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Re: [CODE4LIB] The history of Code4Lib and MediaWiki development.

[Peter Murray]

One tangent that I know about is the Memento work:

  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Memento


Peter

On Jun 8, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Klein,Max wrote:
> Hello Silicon Sorcerers,
> 
> 
> 
> I was just wondering if there have been any efforts from Code4Lib into
> MediaWiki development? I know that there have been some Wikipedia
> templates and bots designed to interface with library services. Yet what
> about cold hard MediaWiki extensions? Has there been any discussion on
> this, any ideas raised?
> 
> 
> 
> To let you understand the background I plan to soon start with the
> WikiData efforts, once it reaches phase II (the infobox phase) to see if
> linked library data can be directly included into infoboxes.
> 
> 
> 
> Max Klein
> 
> Wikipedia in Residence
> 
> kle...@oclc.org
> 
> +17074787023
> 
> 



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Best way to process large XML files

[Peter Murray]

*sigh* -- I kinda wish this whole discussion got captured in 
http://libraries.stackexchange.com/ ...


Peter

On Jun 8, 2012, at 2:36 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
> I'm working on a script that needs to be able to crosswalk at least a
> couple hundred XML files regularly, some of which are quite large.
> 
> I've thought of a number of ways to go about this, but I wanted to bounce
> this off the list since I'm sure people here deal with this problem all the
> time. My goal is to make something that's easy to read/maintain without
> pegging the CPU and consuming too much memory.
> 
> The performance and load I'm seeing from running the files through LibXML
> and SimpleXML on the large files is completely unacceptable. SAX is not out
> of the question, but I'm trying to avoid it if possible to keep the code
> more compact and easier to read.
> 
> I'm tempted to streamedit out all line breaks since they occur in
> unpredictable places and put new ones at the end of each record into a temp
> file. Then I can read the temp file one line at a time and process using
> SimpleXML. That way, there's no need to load giant files into memory,
> create huge arrays, etc and the code would be easy enough for a 6th grader
> to follow. My proposed method doesn't sound very efficient to me, but it
> should consume predictable resources which don't increase with file size.
> 
> How do you guys deal with large XML files? Thanks,
> 
> kyle
> 
> Why the heck does the XML spec require a root element,
> particularly since large files usually consist of a large number of
> records/documents? This makes it absolutely impossible to process a file of
> any size without resorting to SAX or string parsing -- which takes away
> many of the advantages you'd normally have with an XML structure. 



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Re: [CODE4LIB] whimsical homepage idea

[Peter Murray]

Sounds like a neat idea. I wonder if you could get electrical engineering 
students to build DIY sensors from kits and make a real educational project out 
of it. 


Peter

On May 1, 2012, at 3:51 PM, "Ellen K. Wilson"  
wrote:

> This is really more of a thought experiment than an actual project, but 
> I thought some people might get a kick out of it - maybe someone has 
> even done it.
> 
> We are in the process of redesigning our library homepage. During the 
> fall semester we had a team of freshmen CIS students do a basic 
> usability and design service learning project and we are now 
> incorporating as much of their feedback as possible. We'd like to be as 
> student-centric as possible.
> 
> This got me thinking about the top two suggestions in the library's 
> feedback box - 1) we want a coffee shop and 2) it's too cold/hot in the 
> library. I figure I covered number one by throwing in some Javascript on 
> the page (*groan*) but I see an opportunity with the second one. We do 
> have microclimates within the library, so while it may be hot on 3N, 
> chances are good it's freezing on 4S. Given that actually fixing this is 
> beyond the library's control, what if we put wireless temperature 
> sensors throughout the building and displayed their readings on the 
> library homepage?
> 
> So, if one were to attempt this:
> -How would you go about it? (hardware- or software-wise)
> -Could it be done for cheap?
> -Would it be OCLC-approved?
> 
> Best regards,
> Ellen
> 
> DISCLAIMER: The a/c is out in the library (again) and I think the high 
> temperatures in my office may be frying my brain.
> 
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[CODE4LIB] Learn about open source software in libraries during a free webinar on May 1st

[Peter Murray]

Heard about open source software but not sure it makes sense for your library?  
Curious to know what open source software packages for libraries are out there? 
 With funding from the Mellon Foundation, earlier this year LYRASIS release 
FOSS4LIB.org: helping libraries decide IF and WHICH open source software is 
right for them.

On May 1st from 2pm to 3pm Eastern U.S. time, I'll be presenting a free webinar 
that describes the features and plans for the site.  Like the FOSS4LIB.org 
website itself, this webinar is open to members and non-members of LYRASIS.  To 
register for tomorrow's webinar or one of the ones later this year, just send 
me an e-mail.

 http://foss4lib.org/content/free-webinars-introducing-foss4lib


Peter
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Re: [CODE4LIB] SEC4LIB or "Hack, Crack, and Frakk" breakout sessions

[Peter Murray]

I remember the related discussion from last month 
(http://serials.infomotions.com/code4lib/archive/2012/201203/thread.html#777) 
-- and kudos for bringing it up again -- and I find I'm still of mixed feelings 
about it.  Security is an important aspect of software development, no 
argument, but I wonder if there is something separate or distinct for libraries 
about the topic.  What I do wonder about, though, is if there is a role for a 
generic-to-libraries security incident response team that would responsibly 
take in reports of security problems, work with vendors and/or software 
developers, and publish outcomes.  I could see a need for such a team that was 
respected in our field and had contacts with people from the vendor community 
and FOSS projects.


Peter

On Apr 20, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Erin Germ wrote:
> At IUG I talked to a few people about security of library services and
> applications. Becky had mentioned doing a breakout session to discuss
> security at the next IUG or conference.
> 
> Would anyone be interested in helping plan a breakout session and
> discussing security of library services and application? A recent
> presentation lead me to believe it would also be of great value to have a
> set of good practices that are very accessible to those who do not have a
> security, or even IT, background.
> 
> Or would anyone be interested in forming an informal SEC4LIB discussion
> group. This would be an informal group to discuss existing security
> features and shortcomings of library services and applications. Ideally
> this would include a blend of high and low level skills and knowledge.
> 
> I am personally interested in documenting known and patched vulnerabilities
> of current and past library software and services.



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[CODE4LIB] Fwd: New, lower pricing for Amazon EC2, RDS, and ElastiCache

[Peter Murray]

We had this discussion last month about using EC2 for production services. They 
have dropped their pricing again, so a reserved 'small' instance is now 
$17.57/month after paying the one-time reservation fee of $160 for a 1-year 
term. That averages out to about $31/month.


Peter


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Local catalog records and Google, Bing, Yahoo!

[Peter Murray]

Jonathan --

I suspect a message sent to the developers network mailing list would have the 
greatest possibility of hitting the most right people. (Perhaps the only higher 
action-to-frustration route than posting it here on code4lib itself.)



Peter

On Feb 23, 2012, at 5:52 PM, "Jonathan Rochkind"  wrote:

> On 2/23/2012 5:35 PM, Stephen Hearn wrote:
>> But there's a catch--when WorldCat redirects a search to the selected
>> local library catalog, it targets the OCLC record number. If the
>> holding library has included the OCLC record number in its indexed
>> data, the user goes right to the desired record. If not, the user is
>> left wondering why the title of interest turned into some mysterious
>> number and the search failed.
> 
> I've been wishing OCLC would change this for a while.
> 
> When specifying WorldCat's redirects for your local catalog, it's 
> already possible to NOT specify an OCLCnum based search, but only 
> specify an ISBN, ISSN, etc search.  If you do this, and the record HAS 
> an (eg) ISBN, it'll redirect to an ISBN search in your catalog. But if 
> the record doesn't have an ISBN, ISSN, etc, I think it'll just redirect 
> to your catalog home page.
> 
> So WorldCat is already capable of redirecting to an ISBN search.  But if 
> you config the OCLCnum search, it seems it'll always use it instead.
> 
> I wish WorldCat instead would do the ISBN search if there is an ISBN, do 
> an ISSN search if there's an ISSN, and only resort to the OCLCnum search 
> if there's no ISBN or ISSN to search on.  Or at least that could be a 
> configurable option. Would result in a greater proportion of succesful 
> 'hits' when redirecting to local catalog, which may not have an OCLCnum 
> in it for every single record that it possibly could. (For that matter, 
> what about when there are multiple OCLCnums, multiple records, for the 
> same manifestation? For instance, a German language cataloging record 
> and an English language cataloging record, for the exact same 
> manifestation,  have a different OCLCnum. Will OCLC ever send the German 
> language cataloging record OCLCnum and miss becuase you had the English 
> language one? I dunno).
> 
> Anyhow, I've tried making this suggestion before to relevant OCLC 
> people, but it's possible I never found the relevant OCLC  people. It's 
> kind of hard to figure out how to make such feature suggestions to OCLC 
> in a way that won't just be dropped on the floor (not sure it's 
> possible, in fact).
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
>> Stephen
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:11 PM, David Friggens  
>> wrote:
>> why local library catalog records do not show up in search results?
>>> Basically, most OPACs are crap. :-) There are still some that that
>>> don't provide persistent links to record pages, and most are designed
>>> so that the user has a "session" and gets kicked out after 10 minutes
>>> or so.
>>> 
>>> These issues were part of Tim Spalding's message that as well as
>>> joining web 2.0, libraries also need to join web 1.0.
>>> http://vimeo.com/user2734401
>>> 
> We don't allow crawlers because it has caused serious performance issues 
> in the past.
>>> Specifically (in our case at least), each request creates a new
>>> session on the server which doesn't time out for about 10 minutes,
>>> thus a crawler would fill up the system's RAM pretty quickly.
>>> 
 You can use Crawl-delay:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_exclusion_standard#Crawl-delay_directive
 
 You can set Google's crawl rate in Webmaster Tools as well.
>>> I've had this suggested before and thought about it, but never had it
>>> high up enough in my list to test it out. Has anyone actually used the
>>> above to get a similar OPAC crawled successfully and not brought down
>>> on its knees?
>>> 
>>> David
>> 
>> 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Local catalog records and Google, Bing, Yahoo!

[Peter Murray]

Hmm. I wonder how much google juice we could generate if we all started linking 
to the WorldCat.org OCLC number permalink. Wouldn't that tend to drive up the 
relevance of WorldCat.org?

Any SEO specialists out there care to speculate?


Peter

On Feb 23, 2012, at 5:32 PM, "Stephen Hearn"  wrote:

> I tend to agree with Jonathan Rochkind that having every library's bib
> record turn up as a Google snippet would be unwelcome. Better to
> mediate the access to local library copies with something more
> generic.
> 
> OCLC's WorldCat.org does get crawled and indexed in Google, though
> WorldCat.org hits don't always make the first result screen. One
> simple solution for libraries whose holdings are reflected in WorldCat
> to get more visibility through Google would be to simplify the
> (already fairly simple) task of specifying worldcat.org as the domain
> for a search. WorldCat in turn is able to rank its display of holdings
> by proximity to the searcher, so locally, I can see which of the many
> regional libraries around me in the Twin Cities have copies of a title
> of interest. And since I have borrowing rights for most of the public
> libraries, that's great.
> 
> But there's a catch--when WorldCat redirects a search to the selected
> local library catalog, it targets the OCLC record number. If the
> holding library has included the OCLC record number in its indexed
> data, the user goes right to the desired record. If not, the user is
> left wondering why the title of interest turned into some mysterious
> number and the search failed.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:11 PM, David Friggens  
> wrote:
> why local library catalog records do not show up in search results?
>> 
>> Basically, most OPACs are crap. :-) There are still some that that
>> don't provide persistent links to record pages, and most are designed
>> so that the user has a "session" and gets kicked out after 10 minutes
>> or so.
>> 
>> These issues were part of Tim Spalding's message that as well as
>> joining web 2.0, libraries also need to join web 1.0.
>> http://vimeo.com/user2734401
>> 
 We don't allow crawlers because it has caused serious performance issues 
 in the past.
>> 
>> Specifically (in our case at least), each request creates a new
>> session on the server which doesn't time out for about 10 minutes,
>> thus a crawler would fill up the system's RAM pretty quickly.
>> 
>>> You can use Crawl-delay:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_exclusion_standard#Crawl-delay_directive
>>> 
>>> You can set Google's crawl rate in Webmaster Tools as well.
>> 
>> I've had this suggested before and thought about it, but never had it
>> high up enough in my list to test it out. Has anyone actually used the
>> above to get a similar OPAC crawled successfully and not brought down
>> on its knees?
>> 
>> David
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

[Peter Murray]

For what its worth, I posted the details of a month of running http://dltj.org/ 
out of an EC2 instance after I converted last year.  The details are at:

   http://dltj.org/article/aws-hosting-cost/

It is a WordPress site that gets about 20,000 page views a month.


Peter

On Feb 22, 2012, at 5:00 PM, David Uspal wrote:
> Erik,
> 
>   We did a study a few months ago to evaluate the Amazon EC2 as an 
> alternative host to both physical and virtual server spaces managed in house. 
>  Won't go into too much detail on it (unless people are interested), but our 
> benchmark tests showed the performance of the EC2 consistently beat the 
> performance of our in-house servers.
>   The only big issue we had was cost, where our estimation of the price of 
> running our servers off the EC2 would make actually doing so prohibitive. 
> There were also some confusing fees built in the payment model, the one off 
> the top of my head being "x cents per million I/O operations". As someone who 
> went with the EC2 and is running one currently, could you comment quick on 
> your monthly costs (though I understand though if you don't want to release 
> that information.)  Thanks.
> 
> 
> David K. Uspal
> Technology Development Specialist
> Falvey Memorial Library
> Phone: 610-519-8954
> Email: david.us...@villanova.edu



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Drupal and Shibboleth

[Peter Murray]

I believe ALA has Shibbolized their Drupal sites like ALA Connect.  I'd start 
with Jenny Levine at ALA.


Peter

On Feb 7, 2012, at 8:53 AM, Rich Wenger wrote:
> Is anyone using Drupal with Shibboleth authentication?  If so, and if you 
> wouldn't mind a bit of Q&A, please contact me off-list.

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Summer of Code 2012

[Peter Murray]

Thanks for the memory refresher, Tim.  I'm not sure there is any value in 
coordinating library open source efforts from a GSoC point-of-view, but it may 
be worthwhile for people to announce their intentions to make sure we're not 
operating at cross-purposes.

LYRASIS is not planning on doing anything this year, but as we gear up 
FOSS4LIB.org work I'm hoping we'd be able to petition to be a mentoring 
organization next year.


Peter

On Feb 6, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Tim Donohue wrote:
> Hi Peter & All,
> 
> DuraSpace plans to participate in GSoC again this year. DSpace has been 
> involved with GSoC since 2007. After forming DuraSpace, Fedora & 
> DuraCloud have also begun mentoring GSoC projects (as of 2011).
> 
> I know Evergreen also had a few GSoC projects last year. Beyond that, 
> I'm not sure which other code4lib-related orgs have been involved with 
> GSoC in years past.

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Quick library visit at lunch?

[Peter Murray]

I went to the taco place for breakfast this morning.  Good food, reasonably 
priced, small seating area inside.  There were tables outside on the plaza as I 
recall.


Peter

On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I have a crazy notion to visit the Seattle Public Library during today's
> lunch break. Looks like there's a taco place across the street from the
> library at 4th and Madison -- maybe if it's quick and not too busy we can
> squeeze in a quick lunch and have 30 minutes to look around the library
> before we have to reconvene for afternoon sessions. Who's in?
> 
> If you're interested, just head over to the taco place right after morning
> sessions:
> http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Renaissance+Hotel,+Madison+Street,+Seattle,+WA&daddr=1501+4th+Avenue,+Seattle,+WA+98101+(Blue+Water+Taco+Grill)&hl=en&ll=47.606528,-122.331932&spn=0.002033,0.005284&sll=47.60653,-122.33193&sspn=0.001016,0.002642&geocode=FW9s1gIdk2G1-CFAjl0h3U1-5Q%3BFcRp1gIdJVi1-CFwtA-9uMaYsinboeU8sWqQVDGISIGfn4_rLQ&oq=renai&gl=us&dirflg=w&mra=ltm&t=m&z=18
> 
> Look for the guy who looks like an akorphan. I've got curly black hair and
> a goatee. I'll plan to leave for the library 'roundabout 12:45.
> 
> -dre.



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[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [Announce] Google Summer of Code 2012

[Peter Murray]

FYI.  Is anyone making plans to participate in the Google Summer of Code this 
year?

…stuck in the MSP airport on the way to #c4l12



Peter

Begin forwarded message:
From: Carol Smith mailto:car...@google.com>>
Subject: [Announce] Google Summer of Code 2012
Date: February 4, 2012 12:53:57 PM CST
To: Google Summer of Code Mentors List 
mailto:google-summer-of-code-mentors-l...@googlegroups.com>>


Hi GSoC mentors and org admins,

We've announced that we're doing Google Summer of Code 2012 [1]. Yay!

If you would like to help spread the word about GSoC, we have presentations 
[2], logos [3], and flyers [4] for you all to use this year. Please host 
meetups, tell your friends and colleagues about the program, go to conferences, 
talk to people about the program, and just generally do all the awesome 
word-of-mouth stuff you do every year to promote the program. We rely on you 
for your help, so thank you in advance for all the work you do!

Please consider translating the presentations and/or flyers into your native 
language and submitting them directly to me to post on the wiki. Localization 
for our material is integral to reaching the widest possible audience around 
the world.

Please remember to take pictures at your meetup and write up a blog post for 
our blog [4]. We love highlighting the GSoC community on our blog! Please also 
considering translating the flyer or the presentation (or both) into your 
native language and submitting it to me. The more languages our resources are 
in, the better.

If you need goodies for a meetup you're holding in your area, please contact me 
directly and let me know. I'd be happy to send along some promotional items. 
Please let me know when you decide on a date, time, and location for a meetup 
so I can put it on the calendar.

The GSoC calendar has been updated with this year's dates, so please refer to 
that as well for important dates and deadlines. Please consider applying to 
participate as an organization again this year or maybe joining as a mentor for 
your favorite organization if they are selected this year.

[1] - 
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/02/google-summer-of-code-2012-is-on.html
[2] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/ProgramPresentations
[3] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocLogos
[4] - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers

Cheers,
Carol



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[CODE4LIB] Fwd: Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

[Peter Murray]

FYI.  Anyone thinking about applying to be a mentoring organization?


Peter

Begin forwarded message:
From: Carol Smith mailto:car...@google.com>>
Subject: Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced
Date: February 4, 2012 11:43:11 AM EST
To: Google Summer of Code Announce 
mailto:google-summer-of-code-annou...@googlegroups.com>>
Reply-To: 
google-summer-of-code-annou...@googlegroups.com<mailto:google-summer-of-code-annou...@googlegroups.com>


Hi all,

We're pleased to announce that Google Summer of Code will be happening for its 
eighth year this year. Please check out the blog post [1] about the program and 
read the FAQs [2] and Timeline [3] on Melange for more information.

[1] - 
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/02/google-summer-of-code-2012-is-on.html
[2] - 
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs
[3] - http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012

Cheers,
Carol

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Online course reserve systems

[Peter Murray]

Emily --

Do you feel good enough about the NCSU additions to ReservesDirect to add an 
entry for it to FOSS4LIB?  That would bring its growing list of Electronic 
Reserves systems to >two Jean,
> 
> We are actively using and developing ReservesDirect here at NCSU Libraries.
> I'd be happy to share our experiences with you (privately or publicly). We
> released a slightly updated version of the code in early 2011, since it's
> no longer being actively developed by Emory University. You can see more on
> Google code, in case you hadn't seen this yet.
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/reservesdirect-ncsu/
> 
> Do you have any specific questions?
> 
> -emily



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Re: [CODE4LIB] Online course reserve systems

[Peter Murray]

I've added a package type for "Electronic Reserves" on FOSS4LIB.org:

  http://foss4lib.org/package-type/electronic-reserves

It is empty right now, and it would be great if folks would start filling it 
up.  (Art or Graham -- want to add an entry for Syrup there, please?)


Peter

On Jan 27, 2012, at 12:29 PM, Dan Scott wrote:
>>>> "Rainwater, Jean"  1/27/2012 6:14 AM >>>
>> We've used a home-grown course reserves system for text, audio, and video
>> since 2003.  That system is showing its age and we're exploring whether to
>> replace or completely overhaul it.  We know of ReservesDirect - are there
>> other open source applications out there?  If folks have experience with
>> ReservesDirect and are willing to share that would be useful too.
> 
> Hi Jean:
> 
> Syrup (source repo visible at 
> http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Syrup.git;a=summary - most recent commit 3 
> weeks ago, so it's a going concern) is a Django-based reserves system that 
> Art Rhyno and Graham Fawcett built over the past few years. It's in use at a 
> few institutions, I believe, including the University of Windsor; it has good 
> integration with Evergreen but was built to be ILS-agnostic, communicating 
> with an ILS via SIP and Z39.50 (when communication with an ILS is necessary 
> at all). It was inspired by ReservesDirect, and so enables uploading digital 
> objects, although I don't think it offers the fax gateway that ReservesDirect 
> did / does.
> 
> It can hook into LDAP to provide authentication and authorization 
> (restricting visibility to courses via class lists if your IT infrastructure 
> is that sophisticated; giving certain accounts access to upload materials / 
> edit courses so profs can delegate permissions to TAs and the like), and 
> allows pretty deep structuring of course content.
> 
> That said, I haven't actually installed or admin'ed Syrup myself, so take my 
> description for what it's worth :)
> 
> Dan Scott



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Re: [CODE4LIB] FOSS4LIB registry now open for new packages/releases/providers/events/institutions

[Peter Murray]

Ack!  Fixed.  Thank you, Demian.

Editing the taxonomies is limited to the "Editorial Board" -- an informal group 
of people that were active in getting the site up and running.  The plan is to 
make the "Editorial Board" a group of people selected by the community to 
oversee the day-to-day work and long-term advancement of FOSS4LIB.

If there are package types, licenses, programming languages, etc. that need to 
be added in the meantime, just drop me an e-mail.


Peter

On Jan 18, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Demian Katz wrote:
> 
> Thanks for this!  Just one question -- is there a way to edit categories?  I 
> noticed a category for Online PULIC Access Catalogs, but I couldn't figure 
> out a way to correct it to "public".


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[CODE4LIB] FOSS4LIB registry now open for new packages/releases/providers/events/institutions

[Peter Murray]

All --

The project that I was seeking feedback on over the fall is seeing the light of 
day.  http://foss4lib.org/ is now open for use by the community.  For the 
Code4Lib audience, this mostly means you can create an account, log in, and 
create content nodes for specific packages, releases, and events.  See 
http://foss4lib.org/content/adding-information-foss4lib for links on how to get 
started.

For people or organizations that provide support for open source software in 
libraries -- implementation consulting, hosting, custom code development, 
training, etc. -- we especially want to encourage you to sign up and post your 
availability on the site.  One of the overarching goals is to promote an 
ecosystem of open source support providers for packages that are specific to 
libraries.  So we want to make this registry a better place to go to find those 
support options over a scattershot Google search.  Please note that there is 
one bit of functionality in the registry that is not done right now.  Some 
software packages have well developed lists of providers and institutions that 
use the software, and we're not trying to reproduce those in the registry.  
There is a capability coming that will allow URLs to these community lists to 
override the provider/using-institution functionality of the registry.  More on 
that soon.

Speaking of additional functionality, I am very interested in hearing ideas 
about how the registry can advance the goal of supporting open source software 
in libraries.  If you have any, feel free to discuss them here or send me a 
direct e-mail.  A press release about FOSS4LIB will be going out in the next 
couple of hours, and it will include information about one-hour introductory 
sessions at Midwinter and webinars later in January and February.


Here's the instructions:

Go to http://foss4lib.org/user/register and create an account for yourself.  
The pattern for usernames is recommended to be your first and last name, but 
you can make it anything you want.  You'll receive an e-mail with a one-time 
password to follow and set your password.

Then browse (http://foss4lib.org/packages) or search 
(http://foss4lib.org/search/node) for your target software package(s).  If you 
see it/them, great! -- move onto the next step.  If not, follow "Add content -> 
package" (http://foss4lib.org/node/add/package) to create it.  Put in the 
common name (no release numbers) for your package as its title and some 
descriptive chunk of text for the body.  Below this is a series of technology 
choices that you can make.  In the case of Package Type, License, and 
Development Status you can pick one of the choices.  For Operating System, 
Technologies Used, Programming Language, and Database you can pick more than 
one (using Command-Click or Control-Click, depending on your operating system). 
 For anything in this Technology area, if there are terms that you need that 
aren't listed let me know and I'll add them.  Below Technology is Links, and 
you can fill in any URLs that you know/have for this package.  Below that is an 
Associations sect!
 ion where you can link this package to other packages in the system.  (See the 
DSpace entry, for instance -- http://foss4lib.org/package/dspace -- on how it 
is associated with Djatoka.)  Now hit "Save" (or hit "Preview" then "Save") 
your package and go onto the next step.

As appropriate, create a Provider for your company/organization/self 
(http://foss4lib.org/node/add/provider):  Put in the title and description.  
Then in the "Supports" section, pick one or more choices for "Provider Type".  
(If you provide services other than the ones listed here, let me know and I'll 
add them to the list.)  In the Package field start typing the name of the 
package until it pops up in the auto-complete drop-down and select it there.  
(When you do so, you'll see the package name appended with "[nid:x]" 
representing the node ID.)  You can mix-and-match your Provider Type and 
Packages by selecting "Add Another Item".  In the Employees Registered section, 
you can add people registered on FOSS4LIB (including yourself) that will appear 
as associated with your firm.  Below that add arbitrary URLs (such as to your 
homepage, client list, contact information, etc.) that will appear on your 
provider page.  Then hit "Save" (or hit "Preview" then "Save") and your done!

Feel free to add Events (http://foss4lib.org/node/add/event), Package Releases 
(http://foss4lib.org/node/add/release), and other Packages 
(http://foss4lib.org/node/add/package) that you know about.  And thank you for 
extending the usefulness of the FOSS4LIB site.


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Haiku

[Peter Murray]

Mark and all --

I saw that you retracted your message last week to the code4lib list, but I 
wanted to take the opportunity to explain how LYRASIS got where it is in 
supporting technology for libraries as a way to see how we're headed.  The 
three packages we host now -- Evergreen, DSpace and Drupal -- were selected as 
part of some "market research" done with LYRASIS members in 2010.  Based on the 
recommendation of the consultants hired with funding from a Mellon planning 
grant, the LYRASIS board voted to move forward with these and we've been 
scaling up capabilities ever sense.  

There has been a start of discussions now, both internally at LYRASIS and with 
the LYRASIS Technology Services Advisory Board, on deciding how our members 
want us to go from here.  There is a lot of good open source code out there, 
and we're trying to figure out how best to support members (of all types and 
sizes) that want to use it.

If anyone wants to chat with me further about this, feel free to drop me a line 
and we'll arrange a time at Midwinter, Code4Lib or online.


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

[Peter Murray]

On Jan 3, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:08 PM, David Friggens  wrote:
>> Shifting times would be good. The registration opened at 5am here,
>> though I probably would have gotten up for it had I known it was going
>> to go so quickly. (Did you have to pay when you registered? If so, I
>> don't think I could have convinced the holder of an institutional
>> credit card to get up with me though.)
>> 
>> I'll also +1 the suggestion for limiting attendees per organisation if
>> the overall number is going to be kept small.
> 
> I think the thing that would move these ideas along is for someone to
> write the registration system that we're talking about (or find one
> that does what we want that we could repurpose).  In my humble
> opinion, ideas that require more manual work on the part of the
> host(s) are less likely to happen; but, if there was a system that
> would do what we want (and handle the crush of registration), I think
> the community would happily jump behind it -- registration has always
> been an issue.
> 
> So, that said, I'll take one step backword and let someone else step
> forward (by standing still) to volunteer to write it... as they say,
> "running code wins."


For what its worth, a service like Eventbrite can do this for the host 
organization.  See step 3 of 
http://www.eventbrite.com/t/how-to-create-ticket-types that talks about setting 
up start-sales and end-sales date/time arrangements for classes of tickets.  
One can even set up a wait list 
(http://www.eventbrite.com/t/how-to-set-up-a-waitlist).  The fees 
(http://www.eventbrite.com/fees/) are somewhat high, but perhaps not too bad 
considering how much of the process they automate.


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Re: [CODE4LIB] Elsevier App Challenge at Code4Lib 2012

[Peter Murray]

Hello, Nishit.  I'm not sure what kind of response you were looking for.  I 
volunteered to be on the program planning committee for the upcoming Code4Lib 
meeting, so part of me wants to respond from a program planning perspective.  
I'm also a member of the anarchistic Code4Lib community, so I want to respond 
from that one-person/one-vote perspective as well.  So here is a reply with the 
two perspectives rolled into one.

>From the first perspective, this probably isn't the ideal mailing list to 
>bring up the question of scheduling this into the meeting.  The meeting 
>planning is happening on the code4libcon Google Group 
>(http://groups.google.com/group/code4libcon).  Hopefully you have been in 
>touch with the Code4Lib meeting hosts to see if they have any concerns or 
>objections to what you are proposing.  If not, I'd do so pronto!

>From the second perspective, I see a couple of problems.  First, the proposed 
>schedule has the prototype built during the meeting itself.  Others may voice 
>otherwise, but I go to the meeting to absorb the content from presentations 
>and to network with attendees.  So I, for one, wouldn't be interested in using 
>the time during the week on heads-down coding.  (Others may feel otherwise, 
>obviously.)  (Also note that Code4Lib typically hasn't had a heads-down coding 
>challenge during the meeting like what I've seen at the Open Repositories 
>meeting.  Not that it couldn't be tried, but you'd be swimming against a 
>strong tide of tradition at this late date.)  Second, all of the selections 
>are being done by Elsevier, which is out-of-character for a highly 
>participatory group like Code4Lib.  You might want to revisit that part to see 
>if you can get community engagement at the selection stages as well.

Thanks for sponsoring the meeting last year and this year.  I hope this 
constructive criticism is helpful.


Peter

On Dec 29, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Bhuva, Nishit (ELS-NYC) wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> My name is Nishit Bhuva and I am the Partner Development Manager in the
> Developer Network team at Elsevier. I am sure many of the Code4Lib
> members must be aware of SciVerse Applications
> <http://www.applications.sciverse.com/action/userhome>  that are
> developed on the Elsevier platform. For the members who are new to this
> platform, the apps on SciVerse basically assist researchers in
> accelerating their scientific study by saving time and effort and
> presenting targeted information, rather than having them go through the
> vast amount of scientific data available.
> 
> We are very excited about the Code4Lib conference. Elsevier was one of
> the sponsors for Code4Lib 2011 and we are also on the sponsors list for
> Code4Lib 2012. Since SciVerse apps are excellent tools that bring
> precise scientific information at the fingertips of researchers, we are
> interested in engaging with all members of Code4Lib to use their
> expertise and assist the scientific community in accelerating their
> research. To facilitate the engagement with Code4Lib members, we are
> interested in organizing an App Challenge prior to and during the 2012
> conference. This challenge will give Code4Lib members an opportunity to
> showcase their talents on a global platform. Below is a draft outline
> for the challenge we are interested in organizing (this draft is open
> for discussion).
> 
> Stage 1: Submit your concepts/ideas for an app.
> 
> * Concept/Idea submission begins on January 9, 2012.
> 
> * Deadline for submission will be January 31, 2012.
> 
> * Submissions should include a detailed concept/idea description
> and poster/slides showing functionality of the app.
> 
> * Top 10-15 concepts/ideas will be selected by Elsevier.
> 
> * Entries could be as individuals/teams.
> 
> 
> 
> Stage 2: Build an app based on selected concepts.
> 
> * The poster/slides of selected entries will be displayed on all
> days of the conference.
> 
> * Members of the winning teams will build apps during the 4 days
> of the conference (February 6 - 9, 2012).
> 
> * End deliverable will be a working prototype of the app.
> 
> * Three winners will be selected by Elsevier 
> 
> * Winners receive cash rewards after the conference.
> 
> * Entries could be as individuals/teams.
> 
> 
> 
> Some of you might be wondering that what happens to concept/ideas and
> prototype apps that are not selected. The good news is, these go to the
> SciVerse Labs Applications gallery where:
> 
> * The concepts can be used by any developer to build apps and,
> 
> * Original developers of app prototypes will have an 

Re: [CODE4LIB] Hash table vulnerability - PHP solution

[Peter Murray]

Thanks for pointing this out!  This one hadn't crossed my radar screen yet.  It 
sounds particularly nasty.


Peter

On Dec 30, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Yitzchak Schaffer wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In case y'all haven't heard, there's this mega-evil hash table DDoS 
> domesday thing? Right. The NY PHP list pointed out that the problem can 
> be handled deftly on PHP servers by using the Suhosin extension (not the 
> patch) with the suhosin.request.max_vars setting (default should work).
> 
> http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/
> 
> More on this issue:
> http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Dec/486



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