[CODE4LIB] CERN Library publishes its book catalog as Open Data

2010-01-29 Thread Patrick Danowski
Dear Colleges, I like to point that the CERN Library had publishing the following announcement. Sincerely Patrick Danowski Emerging Technologies Librarian CERN The CERN Library publishes its book catalog as Open Data Librarians are in general very favourable to the principles of Open

[CODE4LIB] ACRL NE ITIG DigiCamp-Registration is now Open! Wheaton College, Friday March 19

2010-01-29 Thread Pulliam, Beatrice
Apologies for cross-postings... Mark your calendars for Friday, March 19th and join us for this *free* 1/2 day unConference focused on library technology @ Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. How does ITIG's DigiCamp work? If you are interested in hearing about other library's use of

Re: [CODE4LIB] marc documentation?

2010-01-29 Thread Kyle Banerjee
I've found this useful at times: http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/bib1468.htm It's apparently not maintained, but lists more fields as obsolete than the selected ones on the LC list - probably best to use both together. For looking up individual fields by number or keyword,

[CODE4LIB] custom interface to SirsiDynix user account features

2010-01-29 Thread Emily Lynema
I have vague dusty memories of someone saying (perhaps at a Code4Lib conference) that they had built a custom PHP (?) interface to the user account features for SirsiDynix Unicorn. Sirsi provides an API that I think could be used to do this, so that doesn't seem like a completely impossible

Re: [CODE4LIB] custom interface to SirsiDynix user account features

2010-01-29 Thread Demian Katz
Is it possible that you are thinking of VuFind? VuFind offers a (fairly basic) set of account screens in addition to offering a discovery layer on top of your OPAC. I'm not sure how well-supported the Unicorn functionality is, but there is a whole mailing list devoted to the subject of

Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-29 Thread Wendy Huot
+1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston. Bill: librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the clear. Wendy -- Wendy Huot Web Development Librarian Queen's University Library Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L 5C4

Re: [CODE4LIB] Kingston? And now the date (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Location of the first Code4Lib North meeting?)

2010-01-29 Thread Walter Lewis
On 29 Jan 10, at 5:34 PM, Wendy Huot wrote: +1 Thursday-Friday 6-7 May The dates of 6th and 7th work for me and I think they work for Kingston. Bill: librarian-hunting season begins in the late Fall, so we're in the clear. +1 for me too. I should note that while the standard