[CODE4LIB] PHD and MSLIS Research assistantships available at GSLIS/ University of Illinois

2012-10-29 Thread Kathryn La Barre
The Socio-technical Data Analytics (SODA) research group (soda.lis.illinois.edu) at the iSchool at Illinois (www.lis.illinois.edu) conducts research on how to design, develop, and evaluate new technologies in order to better understand the dynamic interplay between information, people and technolog

Re: [CODE4LIB] open circ data

2012-10-29 Thread William Denton
On 26 October 2012, Francis Kayiwa wrote: Just saw this at code4li... 'er Access 2012. ;-) https://github.com/splurge/splurge No open data here yet, but we're working on it ... and I'll see about merging in existing open data. Bill -- William Denton Toronto, Canada http://www.miskatonic.o

[CODE4LIB] Job: Data Management Consultant at Johns Hopkins University

2012-10-29 Thread jobs
The Data Management Consultant provides consultative data management planning support to JHU Principal Investigators. The primary duties and responsibilities of the job include: * Manage inquiries from Principal Investigators for data management planning support. * Provide consultative suppor

[CODE4LIB] Job: Research Librarian at Cornell University

2012-10-29 Thread jobs
The Nestle Hospitality Library seeks creative, enthusiastic, forward-thinking candidates for the professional position of SHA Research Librarian. The Library contributes to the development, implementation, and assessment of exceptional research and instruction support programs in Cornell's School o

[CODE4LIB] Job: Systems/Reference Librarian at Union Institute & University

2012-10-29 Thread jobs
Union Institute & University, a national university for adult students offering programs of study leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees is seeking an experienced individual for a combination Systems/Reference Librarian position at its Cincinnati, OH headquarters. Primary responsi

[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Developer at WGBH Educational Foundation

2012-10-29 Thread jobs
WGBH is looking for a creative and energetic Developer to develop and support web based projects for the Media Library and Archives. The developer will work on the implementation of a website to give scholars and researchers access to media material from the WGBH Archive and the ongoing development

[CODE4LIB] Job: Director of Digital Initiatives and Technology Strategy at Pepperdine University

2012-10-29 Thread jobs
Reporting to the Dean of Libraries, this senior administrative position is responsible for all activities related to digital library infrastructure development and content delivery, including the design and deployment and maintenance of digital repository and publishing platforms and related tool s

[CODE4LIB] Job: Information and Emerging Technologies, Instructor at Bowling Green State University

2012-10-29 Thread jobs
The University Libraries (UL) at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) invites applications and nominations to fill the one-year temporary position of Library Information and Emerging Technologies, Instructor. Major Responsibilities: Reporting to the Associate Dean, the Instructor of Library I

[CODE4LIB] Job: Systems Administrator and/or Hacker at LibraryThing

2012-10-29 Thread jobs
Brian Stinson, LibraryThing's sysadmin is moving on-he's landed a job working for Kansas State University, where he's getting a Political Science degree. It's a great move for him. We're sad to see him go-and we need someone to step into his shoes! The Job: Part-time Sysadmin or Full-time Wizar

[CODE4LIB] Recruiting PhD Candidates for the HathiTrust Research Center at the University of Illinois

2012-10-29 Thread Kathryn La Barre
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) and the Illinois Informatics Institute (I3) at the University of Illinois are actively recruiting outstanding doctoral candidates interested in research assistantships with the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) to develop the HTRC infra

Re: [CODE4LIB] EPUB and ILS indexing

2012-10-29 Thread Henri-Damien LAURENT
Le 29/10/2012 15:07, Eric Lease Morgan a écrit : On Oct 29, 2012, at 8:19 AM, Henri-Damien LAURENT wrote: I am about to write a tool which would help indexing EPUB into ILSes. My first guess is to produce ISO2709 or MARCXML record from EPUB files, but since MARCXML or ISO2709 is not really wh

Re: [CODE4LIB] EPUB and ILS indexing

2012-10-29 Thread Henri-Damien LAURENT
Le 29/10/2012 14:55, Jodi Schneider a écrit : Sounds great! Have you thought about starting from OPDS? http://opds-spec.org/about/ Thanks for that hint Jodi. Nope, I hadnot tought about using OPDS. It looks really great. But from what I know of ILSes, ATOM feeds are not yet getting indexed str

Re: [CODE4LIB] Browsable subject list

2012-10-29 Thread Kevin Ford
> My (erroneous) assumption was that if a record did not have a broader term (i.e. a 550 $wg value) then it would sit at the top of the subject tree, and that they would be the very general subjects headings. As I found this obviously not the case. -- You're corrrect - LCSH doesn't work like th

[CODE4LIB] Job: E-Content Analysis and Assessment Librarian, Trinity University, TX

2012-10-29 Thread Jane Costanza
Trinity University seeks applications from energetic, innovative librarians for its E-Content Analysis and Assessment Librarian position. This position will be responsible for developing and implementing assessment initiatives to support data-informed decisions related to the evaluation of electron

Re: [CODE4LIB] EPUB and ILS indexing

2012-10-29 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Oct 29, 2012, at 8:19 AM, Henri-Damien LAURENT wrote: > I am about to write a tool which would help indexing EPUB into ILSes. > My first guess is to produce ISO2709 or MARCXML record from EPUB files, > but since MARCXML or ISO2709 is not really what I would call the more > portable (UNIMARC

[CODE4LIB] Browsable subject list

2012-10-29 Thread Stephen Graham
Hi All - this is a new area for me, so it might be that I'm barking up the wrong tree or missing something fundamental. We are trying to build a browsable subject list in our discovery service (built on the Endeca technology). The idea would be to expand terms and reveal the facets below which

Re: [CODE4LIB] EPUB and ILS indexing

2012-10-29 Thread Jodi Schneider
Sounds great! Have you thought about starting from OPDS? http://opds-spec.org/about/ Might be worth talking to some EPUB folks -- for instance Peter Brantley, or else folks from threepress.org? -Jodi On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Henri-Damien LAURENT < henridamien.laur...@free.fr> wrote:

[CODE4LIB] EPUB and ILS indexing

2012-10-29 Thread Henri-Damien LAURENT
Hi, I am about to write a tool which would help indexing EPUB into ILSes. My first guess is to produce ISO2709 or MARCXML record from EPUB files, but since MARCXML or ISO2709 is not really what I would call the more portable (UNIMARC and MARC21 may both be handled in the same file format), I am

[CODE4LIB] Reminder: Register for SWIB12 (Semantic Web in Libraries, Cologne, 26 - 28 Nov)

2012-10-29 Thread Neubert Joachim
This is a reminder for everybody interested to register for SWIB12 (Semantic Web in Libraries) Conference in Cologne, 26 - 28 November 2012. Please register before November 19th, 07:00 CET at http://swib.org/swib12. For all people registering late: Please bring a proof of payment to the conferen

[CODE4LIB] Report on the exchange formats applicable to the Registry Service for Libraries and Related Organizations

2012-10-29 Thread info . sgcb
[Apologies for duplicates] The Office of Library Co-ordination of the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport has published in its institutional repository http://travesia.mcu.es the next report: “Good practices and strategic recommendations on exchange formats applicable to the Regis