Re: [CODE4LIB] [lita-l] Re: Seeking feedback on database design for an open source software registry

2011-07-27 Thread Luciano Ramalho
Congrats on this project, Peter. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org wrote: Great questions, Lori.  Thanks for prompting these clarifications. We're using Drupal as a foundation and are going to be contracting with a Drupal developer to integrate existing

Re: [CODE4LIB] [lita-l] Re: Seeking feedback on database design for an open source software registry

2011-07-27 Thread Peter Murray
Thanks, Luciano. I am an advocate for the show-me-the-code method. In this case I'm going to give the contracted developer a chance to get a head start before the code is made publicly available. Peter On Jul 27, 2011, at 3:22 AM, Luciano Ramalho wrote: Congrats on this project, Peter.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking feedback on database design for an open source software registry

2011-07-27 Thread Ken Chad
The issue of building a community was also looked at in a JISC supported SCONUL project earlier this year that culminated in the 'Open Edge, Open source in libraries' event. It looks to me that what you are doing could be a great way to help move the agenda forward. The theme of the initiative

Re: [CODE4LIB] CODE4LIB Digest - 25 Jul 2011 to 26 Jul 2011 (#2011-178)

2011-07-27 Thread Susan Kane
Along the same lines as a recent comment, I'm thinking of taking a ScrumMaster course -- not because I'm currently managing a team of programmers, but because I may, in the future, need to do such a thing. I recall looking at this a few years ago and the Scrum Alliance was quite adamant that it

[CODE4LIB] MDC Chapter Interest Meeting - Save the Date

2011-07-27 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete! I popped into IRC the other day to gauge interest in breathing some life into the Maryland/DC Chapter. A couple of people expressed immediate interest, which encouraged me to secure a venue. I'd be more than pleased to meetup with fellow Library geeks to discuss the future of this

[CODE4LIB] ArchivesSpace: Opportunities for Community Participation

2011-07-27 Thread Mark A. Matienzo
Given the recent announcement regarding funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the development of ArchivesSpace http://forens.es/8, I am sure many of you are interested in learning how you can participate with the project. As the Technical Architect for ArchivesSpace, I am responsible

[CODE4LIB] TemaTres 1.4 released! : TemaTres is an open source vocabulary server

2011-07-27 Thread diego ferreyra
We have the glad to invite to test the beta version of Tematres 1.4 TemaTres is a web tool to manage, publish and exploit controlled vocabularies and other formals representation of knowledge ( thesauri, taxonomies, glossaries, etc) . This release includes the following fixes and improvements:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Advice on a class

2011-07-27 Thread Bill Janssen
If I'm hiring a programmer, I want them to know C and Python. C because all the low-level stuff is written in that, Python because it's simply the most useful all-around programming language at the moment, and if you don't know it, well, how devoted are you really to your craft? Various flavors