Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Dana Pearson
quick followup on the thread.. github: I looked at the cooperhewitt collection but don't see a way to download the content...I could copy and paste their content but that may not be the best approach for my files...documentation is thin, seems i would have to provide email addresses for those see

Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Dana Pearson
Kevin, Eric 7zip worked fine to unzip and records look pretty good since they used 653 and preserved the string from the metadata element with the hypens. However the records do not do subfield "d" in 100 or 700 fields and thus such content appears in the 245$c. 245$a seems to go missing with so

Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Dana Pearson
Kevin, don't know yet since don't know how to unzip the file...bz2?...in any case, I'm guessing that there is no post transformation editing that most libraries would insist upon...eg, subject headings in the metadata are strings with hyphens separating subjects from subheadings and spatial, tempo

[CODE4LIB] Job: Web Developer at East Carolina University

2013-06-12 Thread jobs
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Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Daniel Lovins
If anyone from HathiTrust is watching this thread, I'd also be curious if they're considering bulk record downloads via something other than OAI [1]. Thanks. Daniel [1] http://www.lib.umich.edu/michigan-digitization-project-oai-harvesting -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mai

[CODE4LIB] From Preserving Data to Preserving Research. Registration open for tutorial at TPDL 2013 22 Sep 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Angela Dappert
Apologies for cross-posting === Tutorial to be held in connection with TPDL 2013, 22 September 2013, Valletta, Malta http://www.tpdl2013.info/ >From Preserving Data to Preserving Research: Curation of Process and Context *ABSTRACT* In the domain of eScience, investigations are inc

Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Ford, Kevin
Doh! I read all the emails in the thread except for Eric's, which asked the same question. Either way, his or mine, nevertheless curious. Kevin > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Eric Phetteplace > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 20

Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Ford, Kevin
Hi Dana, Out of curiosity, how does your crosswalk differ from Project Gutenberg's MARC files? See, e.g.: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Offline_Catalogs#MARC_Records_.28automatically_generated.29 Yours, Kevin -- Kevin Ford Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Con

[CODE4LIB] Registration open for iPRES 2013 / DC-2013

2013-06-12 Thread Angela Dappert
Registration open for iPRES 2013 / DC-2013 *Apologies for cross-posting* === iPRES 2013 / DC-2013 INVITATION TO REGISTER === Registration for iPRES-2013 is now open. The conference will take place 2-6 September 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal at the Instituto Superior Técnico. Conference webs

Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Owen Stephens
On 12 Jun 2013, at 14:06, Dana Pearson wrote: > Thanks for the replies..I had looked at GitHub but thought it something > different, ie, collaborative software development...I will look again Yes - that's the main use (git is version control software, GitHub hosts git repositories) - but of cou

Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Dana Pearson
Thanks for the replies..I had looked at GitHub but thought it something different, ie, collaborative software development...I will look again hadn't thought of the Internet archive but that might be good and I'll take a look at dropbox and Eric's other suggestions...altogether new to the 'cloud'

Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Cary Gordon
I would put them on Dropbox or S3. The Dropbox free account is 5 GB. Cary On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:09 AM, Ross Singer wrote: > Or the Internet Archive, since there are also a whole bunch of other MARC > dumps there. > > -Ross. > > On Jun 12, 2013, at 4:25 AM, Owen Stephens wrote: > > > Putti

Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Ross Singer
Or the Internet Archive, since there are also a whole bunch of other MARC dumps there. -Ross. On Jun 12, 2013, at 4:25 AM, Owen Stephens wrote: > Putting the files on GitHub might be an option - free for public > repositories, and 38Mb should not be a problem to host there > > Owen > > Owen

[CODE4LIB] Job: Metadata Analyst at Emory University

2013-06-12 Thread jobs
The Emory University Libraries seek an energetic, service-oriented and collaborative professional to serve as theMetadata Analyst for the Content Division in the Robert W Woodruff Library. The ideal candidate will supportinitiatives that relate to digital scholarship, digitization, special collecti

[CODE4LIB] Job: Data Services Librarian at Rutgers University

2013-06-12 Thread jobs
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[CODE4LIB] Job: Information Technology Specialist (Web Archiving) at Library of Congress

2013-06-12 Thread jobs
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Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone

2013-06-12 Thread Owen Stephens
Putting the files on GitHub might be an option - free for public repositories, and 38Mb should not be a problem to host there Owen Owen Stephens Owen Stephens Consulting Web: http://www.ostephens.com Email: o...@ostephens.com Telephone: 0121 288 6936 On 12 Jun 2013, at 02:24, Dana Pearson wrot

Re: [CODE4LIB] CODE4LIB Digest - 10 Jun 2013 to 11 Jun 2013 (#2013-147)

2013-06-12 Thread David Talley
Thanks, Debra, for encouraging participants to report out. The distributed conversations are tough to summarize (based on my limited experience) but if they include good links, people can try to follow along at a distance. The seed conversations sound like they'd be worth the trouble! -