[CODE4LIB] 2 Open Positions at the Dryad Project

2008-11-11 Thread Ed Summers
Here are two jobs that I'm forwarding on behalf of Jane Greenberg at unc.edu. //Ed -- Greetings, The Dryad project has 2 new positions--a data repository programmer, and HIVE programmer to work with SKOS. The HIVE post may be of particular interest to SKOS folks. Applicants should know that the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web Statistics Software

2008-11-11 Thread Jay Luker
I would suggest reading the Franklin Street Statement before making any decision. Not preaching one way or the other. Hopefully just adding to your list of pros & cons to weigh. http://autonomo.us/2008/07/franklin-street-statement/ --jay On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Chad Fennell <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library 2.0 or code4libNYC?

2008-11-11 Thread Jay Datema
Hello Joanna, I recommend another location for the next meeting—both Barnard and Brooklyn Public have expressed willingness to host. The wiki also solves who can meet when—people sign up if the date works for them. Yrs, Jay On Nov 11, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Joanna J. DiPasquale wrote: Hi Ja

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library 2.0 or code4libNYC?

2008-11-11 Thread Joanna J. DiPasquale
Hi Jay, Sorry for the confusion! When we started up Code4LibNYC, we repurposed a former METRO special interest group named Library 2.0. But before that happened, we had to reserve the rooms for potential meeting dates -- the meeting space calendar fills up fast. So it looks like these even

[CODE4LIB] Job Posting: Web Technologies, Content & User Interfaces Librarian, University of Miami

2008-11-11 Thread Cheryl Gowing
Please excuse the cross-posting. Web Technologies, Content & User Interfaces Librarian The University of Miami Libraries seeks a creative, innovative individual to provide leadership in the content, technology and effective user interfaces of the Libraries web presence and promotes user-centere

[CODE4LIB] Library 2.0 or code4libNYC?

2008-11-11 Thread Jay Datema
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Web Statistics Software

2008-11-11 Thread Nate Vack
I've used analog, awstats, mint, analytics, and crazyegg in the past. Nothing so far has been perfect, but in general, Analytics has been my favorite for most applications. * Setup is bog-simple * It does pretty exactly what I want * It's free * Their privacy policy is sane. The only real annoyan

[CODE4LIB] Code4libNYC SIG Meeting this Wednesday

2008-11-11 Thread Jay Datema
I suggest using http://wiki.code4lib.org. Also, it would be good to set dates and locations for these meetings collaboratively on this listserv, I think. Jay Re: Ed Summers Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:26:31 -0800 Joanna: Could I suggest an item for the agenda: whether the nyc.code4lib.org DNS rec

[CODE4LIB] Web Statistics Software

2008-11-11 Thread Chad Fennell
Library Code People: 1 - What do you use for your web statistics package? Are you happy with it? Pros/Cons? 2 - What do you wish you used or had access to? 3 - Opinions on Specific Projects: 3.1 Piwiki/Mint Piwik and Mint both seem pretty interesting to me because they solve some of the

Re: [CODE4LIB] amazon s3?

2008-11-11 Thread Keith Jenkins
Relatedly, just today Fedora Commons and DSpace have announced a project called "DuraSpace": '''Over the next six months funding from the planning grant will allow the organizations to jointly specify and design "DuraSpace," a new web-based service that will allow institutions to easily distribute

Re: [CODE4LIB] amazon s3?

2008-11-11 Thread Ed Summers
If you are interested in Hadoop's distributed filesystem HDFS [1] you might also be interested in Tahoe [2]. The downside to things like Hadoop and Tahoe as compared with S3 are that you have to manage the machines and services yourself, rather than paying someone else to do it in the cloud. But I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open source workstations in academic libraries

2008-11-11 Thread John Houser
James, I'm just following up on this issue. (Conference season intervened.) I would appreciate a tip on who to talk to at NC about their laptops. Thanks! J -- John Houser Senior Technology Consultant PALINET 3000 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-382-7031 ext. 1222 [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [CODE4LIB] amazon s3?

2008-11-11 Thread Peter Murray
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 11, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Phil Cryer wrote: Nice article - did you consider anything like Hadoop, which is Yahoo's open source distributed filesystem/distributed computing application? I've been looking at it and had a demo setup just to do

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4libNYC SIG Meeting this Wednesday

2008-11-11 Thread Joanna DiPasquale
Hi Ed, Thank you for the offer. Let me discuss it with Kevin and Paul and bring it up with the group, too (any group members out there, please let me know your thoughts!). I think we'd like to keep nyc.code4lib.org, but where it should point is another issue. :) Thanks again, Joanna E

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4libNYC SIG Meeting this Wednesday

2008-11-11 Thread Ed Summers
Joanna: Could I suggest an item for the agenda: whether the nyc.code4lib.org DNS record is necessary. Jay Datema asked me to set this up maybe a month ago--which I did. But I don't believe the group itself is using the server that this hostname resolves to. If you want to have nyc.code4lib.org con

Re: [CODE4LIB] amazon s3?

2008-11-11 Thread Phil Cryer
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 10:21 -0500, Peter Murray wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Nov 10, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Tim Shearer wrote: > > Anybody doing mass storage for their library/consortium on amazon s3? > > > > Anybody rejected it as an idea? > > > > Willing to share?

Re: [CODE4LIB] amazon s3?

2008-11-11 Thread Peter Murray
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 10, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Tim Shearer wrote: Anybody doing mass storage for their library/consortium on amazon s3? Anybody rejected it as an idea? Willing to share? Please do. Tim, I looked at the idea in comparison with OCLC's Digital Arch

[CODE4LIB] Code4libNYC SIG Meeting this Wednesday

2008-11-11 Thread Joanna DiPasquale
Code4LibNYC will meet tomorrow, 12 Nov 2008, at 10:00 a.m. We'll be at the METRO offices @ 57 E 11th Street. All are welcome to attend! Looking forward to seeing you, Joanna Original Message Subject:[code4libnycsig-l] Reminder - Code4libnyc SIG Meeting this Wednesda