Re: [CODE4LIB] Game Night during Code4Lib 2013

2013-01-14 Thread Jon Gorman
Hi, At the moment it looks like we've got about 11 people or so interested in the game night. I'm thinking at this point of scheduling it for later on Tuesday to avoid conflicts with the newcomer dinners. I will (with the wonderful assistance of the hosts) start looking at some possible

[CODE4LIB] Cocktails at the Aviary during Code4Lib 2013

2013-01-14 Thread James Stuart
Chicago is my favorite city to visit, and one of the reasons is the absolutely amazing food/drink scene, and at the head of that bar scene is Aviary, a bar which has a potential claim on the best cocktail bar in America, and at the very least, it's certainly the craziest. Fueled by a lot of fancy

[CODE4LIB] ChiPy Meeting during Code4Lib 2013

2013-01-14 Thread Francis Kayiwa
For those who use Python and coming to Code4lib. The next meeting for ChiPy will be February 14th (right after the Conference) If you were undecided on if you should extend your stay the next meeting will have a reception to honor Aaron Swartz and will be *the best one ever!* http://chipy.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Cocktails at the Aviary during Code4Lib 2013

2013-01-14 Thread Cary Gordon
I think that after 7-10 cocktails I would require hospitalization. On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:14 AM, James Stuart james.stu...@gmail.com wrote: Chicago is my favorite city to visit, and one of the reasons is the absolutely amazing food/drink scene, and at the head of that bar scene is Aviary, a

[CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Lin, Kun
Hi all, Our library is looking for a project management system. Does anyone has any suggestions on which one to choose? We only have a very small team and our main focus is to guide our librarians to submit their ideas and for record tacking purposes. Thanks Kun

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Adam Traub
Hi Kun, I'm a big fan of Basecamp (http://basecamp.com/). With a small group, it is pretty easy to get by with just the free version and it handles distribution and archiving of emails. Unless you're looking for time-tracking, it has done a very good job for a couple of the projects I've

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Schwartz, Raymond
Adam, Where is the free version of basecamp. The website only offers a 45 day free trial. All the rest are subscriptions. /Ray -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Adam Traub Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:33 PM To:

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Eric Phetteplace
Redmine http://www.redmine.org/ is an open source solution in this space. I haven't used it so I can't speak for its quality. Best, Eric On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Schwartz, Raymond schwart...@wpunj.eduwrote: Adam, Where is the free version of basecamp. The website only offers a 45

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Patrick Berry
We have various groups on campus utilizing Asana, which is free as long as the team is less than (I think) 20. http://asana.com On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Lin, Kun l...@cua.edu wrote: Hi all, Our library is looking for a project management system. Does anyone has any suggestions on

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Alisak Sanavongsay
We've been using Redmine (www.redmine.org) for about three years, and it has served us well. It is geared toward software development projects, but we use it for all kinds of projects. Redmine Redmine is a flexible project

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread John Fink
We use Redmine, and we're pretty happy with it. It's often used for software, but we've found it very helpful for a range of projects. It does require that you run it locally iirc, and therefore will require that you have someone who can (or can learn) to deploy Rails apps. jf On 2013-01-14 1:41

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Rosalyn Metz
Hi Kun, I guess the first question I would ask is what do you mean by project management -- its kind of a big space. Are you looking for something more like a ticketing system? Is your primary concern keeping up communication on projects? Or are you looking to create a project list that you

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Adam Traub
Good catch, Ray. It seems Basecamp has changed their pricing model in the past couple months. They used to have a completely free version that would get you 1 project with 1GB of storage, unlimited to-dos and a handful of writeboards. Unfortunately, looks like I'm a bit outdated. Apologies.

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Cynthia Ng
We just started using Redmine as well last year. What I like about it is that it's ready to go out of the box. We got it up an running fairly quickly (once the right Rails install was done), and had to test it for workflow, but got email - issue working same day I believe. While there are a

Re: [CODE4LIB] XMP Metadata to tab-delemited file

2013-01-14 Thread Kyle Banerjee
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Michael Hopwood mich...@editeur.orgwrote: I got as far as producing XMP RDF/XML files but the problem then remains; how to usefully manage these via XSLT transforms? The problem is that XMP uses an RDF syntax that comes in many flavours and doesn't result in

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Cary Gordon
I agree with Rosalyn that the key is what you mean by project management. I get the impression that you aren't looking for a ticketing system. For lists and communication, we use (and like) Basecamp, but there are lots of good alternatives. PBWorks is another good hosted system. If you can host

[CODE4LIB] Job: Library Technology Coordinator at University of North Alabama Football

2013-01-14 Thread jobs
Library Technology Coordinator Library Services Posting Job Summary: The University of North Alabama seeks an energetic, innovative, and proactive tenure track faculty member to oversee library technology in a highly collaborative environment. This position provides technology leadership in the

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location

2013-01-14 Thread Fleming, Declan
There WILL be a shuttle to WHITE CASTLE, RIGHT FRANCIS?!? D -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 1:52 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location It

[CODE4LIB] Job: Electronic Resource Librarian (Qatar) at Weill Cornell Medical Center

2013-01-14 Thread jobs
rimary responsibilities include: Maintaining the online journal collections; managing information that is in the ERM system; cataloging and maintaining bibliographic records between the ERM and the Millennium catalog; troubleshooting problems arising from subscription, licensing or access-related

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location

2013-01-14 Thread Andreas Orphanides
Wait, there's WHITE CASTLE in Chicago??? THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Fleming, Declan dflem...@ucsd.edu wrote: There WILL be a shuttle to WHITE CASTLE, RIGHT FRANCIS?!? D -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Cynthia Ng
Thanks Rosalyn and Cary. Being code4lib, I was mostly thinking issue tracker, but if you're looking more for just organizing like a to do list and other things, you might look at something like Trello: https://trello.com/ On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: I

[CODE4LIB] Job: Mobile Producer at Metropolitan Museum of Art

2013-01-14 Thread jobs
The Digital Media department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is seeking a talented Mobile Producer to lead the production of mobile technologies to support the Museum's collection, exhibitions, and related activities. Media projects include audio tours, media-rich digital resources, and

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location

2013-01-14 Thread Chris Cormack
On 15 January 2013 08:30, Fleming, Declan dflem...@ucsd.edu wrote: There WILL be a shuttle to WHITE CASTLE, RIGHT FRANCIS?!? Just ride a cheetah! Chris

[CODE4LIB] Job: Director of Information Technology at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

2013-01-14 Thread jobs
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Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Mau, Trish
I also like Basecamp but for really simple projects Minigroup might do the job: https://minigroup.com/. It's a hosted solution with plans starting at $3/year. There's no ticketing system or whiteboards, but you can communicate with your team, create and assign tasks, and post events/deadlines.

Re: [CODE4LIB] XMP Metadata to tab-delemited file

2013-01-14 Thread Owen Stephens
I'm not familiar with what XMP RDF/XML looks like but it might be worth using an RDF parser rather than using XSLT? Graphite (http://graphite.ecs.soton.ac.uk/) is pretty easy to use if you are comfortable with PHP Owen On 14 Jan 2013, at 19:09, Kyle Banerjee kyle.baner...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location

2013-01-14 Thread Ian Walls
From the UIC Forum, bus route 12: http://goo.gl/maps/zyPx5, about every 10-15 minutes -Ian -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Fleming, Declan Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 2:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Kaile Zhu
We can keep adding to the list. Since there are so many choices, I see the strong reason to use open source software. Here is my recommendation: Jira (project management/bug reporting system used by professional software development companies, like apache.org), spiceworks, etc. - Kelly

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Sean Hannan
As someone that's had to fight with maintaining a Jira system for the last 6 years, I'm going to have to steer people away from it. It's a giant pain in the ass (in my experience). If you go with Jira, at the very least, go with a hosted solution. You don't want Jira's blood on your hands. It

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Cary Gordon
Jira, which we use for major projects, is not open source. Atlassian does provide Jira and Confluence — their wiki tool — free of charge to open source projects. Jira is a big hammer, and to get the most out of it, you need someone to devote a significant amount of time to configuring and

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Jason Casden
We have been using Trello[1] for several projects and so far it's been getting rave reviews all around. We've used Basecamp quite a bit and it's an excellent project communication tool, but it sometimes fell a little short when it came to the ticket-y use cases--specifically, planning and

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Rosalyn Metz
cazzerson++ On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Jason Casden jmcas...@ncsu.edu wrote: We have been using Trello[1] for several projects and so far it's been getting rave reviews all around. We've used Basecamp quite a bit and it's an excellent project communication tool, but it sometimes fell a

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Timothy A. Lepczyk
We have people that use either Asana or Trello. Free and simple. Tim On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:07 PM, P Williams williams.tricia.l...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All, Good thread! I've captured this list (so far) and some of the comments in the wiki

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location

2013-01-14 Thread Fleming, Declan
3 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ian Walls Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 12:03 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2013 location From the UIC Forum, bus route 12: http://goo.gl/maps/zyPx5, about

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Alisak Sanavongsay
When we first started looking for a project management system, we used this list on wikipedia == http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_project_management_software Regards, Alisak. Alisak Sanavongsay  Digital Assets Programmer  http://library.ucmerced.edu  209.201.9073 

[CODE4LIB] Job: Special Projects Coordinator (7593) at American University

2013-01-14 Thread jobs
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[CODE4LIB] Job: Electronic Services Librarian at Delta State University

2013-01-14 Thread jobs
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[CODE4LIB] Job: Job opening: Software/Web Application Developer at MCA Chicago at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

2013-01-14 Thread jobs
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[CODE4LIB] Job Posting / Loose-Leaf Filers

2013-01-14 Thread Suzanne Richards
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Help with WordPress for Code4Lib Journal

2013-01-14 Thread Tom Keays
I spent the past week teaching myself how to properly use Git and have finally updated the repository with Mark's contribution to the Code4Lib Journal Issue Manager plugin. https://github.com/tomkeays/issue-manager Thanks again for the help. Tom On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Tom Keays

Re: [CODE4LIB] XMP Metadata to tab-delemited file

2013-01-14 Thread Simon Spero
XMP uses a subset of RDF/XML, with a few limitations thrown in to make reification and provenance tracking impossible, but hey who needs metadata. I'm not sure if XSLT is particularly well suited to anything, but it ought to be possible to cruft something up. I would still recommend following

Re: [CODE4LIB] XMP Metadata to tab-delemited file

2013-01-14 Thread Roy Tennant
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Simon Spero sesunc...@gmail.com wrote: What does ContentMFDM expect in it's tab separated files? That would be CONTENTmfdm to you, Simon. Or CONTENTMFdm, depending on how the product manager rules on proper usage. ;-) Roy

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Brad Rhoads
Actually you can get it up and running on Amazon in few minutes. http://bitnami.org/stack/redmine --- www.maf.org/rhoads www.ontherhoads.org On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:45 AM, John Fink john.f...@gmail.com wrote: We use Redmine, and we're pretty happy with it. It's often

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Nate Hill
Been using Podio with some friends and kind of like it. https://podio.com/ N On Monday, January 14, 2013, Brad Rhoads wrote: Actually you can get it up and running on Amazon in few minutes. http://bitnami.org/stack/redmine --- www.maf.org/rhoads www.ontherhoads.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

2013-01-14 Thread Brad Rhoads
You might also look at http://www.teamlab.com/saas.aspx. And FWIW, I've been collecting PM related links at https://delicious.com/bdrhoa/projectmanagement --- www.maf.org/rhoads www.ontherhoads.org On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Brad Rhoads bdr...@gmail.com wrote: