Re: [CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

2014-04-29 Thread Roy Tennant
> This has now instead become a reasonable recommendation > concerning ODC-BY licensing [3] but the confusion and uncertainty > about which records an OCLC member may redistribute remains. > > [3] http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2012/201248.en.html Allow me to try to put this confusion and uncer

Re: [CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

2014-04-29 Thread Dan Scott
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Laura Krier wrote: > Hi Code4Libbers, > > I'd like to find out from as many people as are interested what barriers > you feel exist right now to you releasing your library's bibliographic > metadata openly. I'm curious about all kinds of barriers: technical, > poli

Re: [CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

2014-04-29 Thread Stuart Yeates
On 04/30/2014 09:38 AM, David Friggens wrote: Hi Laura I'd like to find out from as many people as are interested what barriers you feel exist right now to you releasing your library's bibliographic metadata openly. One issue is that we pay for enrichments (tables of contents etc) for records

Re: [CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

2014-04-29 Thread David Friggens
Hi Laura > I'd like to find out from as many people as are interested what barriers > you feel exist right now to you releasing your library's bibliographic > metadata openly. One issue is that we pay for enrichments (tables of contents etc) for records, and I believe the licence restricts us fro

Re: [CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

2014-04-29 Thread Ben Companjen
Hi Laura, Here are some reasons I may have overheard. Stuck halfway: "We have an OAI-PMH endpoint, so we're open, right?" Lack of funding for sorting out our own rights: "We gathered metadata from various sources and integrated the result - we even call ourselves Open L*y - but we [don't hav

Re: [CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

2014-04-29 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Laura Krier wrote: > I'd like to find out from as many people as are interested what barriers > you feel exist right now to you releasing your library's bibliographic > metadata openly. I'm curious about all kinds of barriers: technical, > political, financia

[CODE4LIB] Job: Associate Dean for Digital Strategies at University of Miami Libraries

2014-04-29 Thread jobs
Associate Dean for Digital Strategies University of Miami Libraries Coral Gables, Florida University of Miami Libraries Associate Dean for Digital Strategies Coral Gables, FL The University of Miami Libraries (UML) seeks an Associate Dean to bring vision and innovation to their n

Re: [CODE4LIB] SubjectsPlus themes

2014-04-29 Thread Andrew Darby
I'm not aware of any themes, but you could post to the list. People generally modify the header, footer and css for localization of the front-end. Some sites have customized a lot, but the customizations tend to hew to the parent site's look and feel. Others haven't customized at all, which has l

Re: [CODE4LIB] SubjectsPlus themes

2014-04-29 Thread Tom Keays
I searched briefly in the SubjectsPlus group archive but found no mention of themes. https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/subjectsplus On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: > Does anyone have a theme for SubjectsPlus up on github? > > I'm playing around with the

[CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

2014-04-29 Thread Laura Krier
Hi Code4Libbers, I'd like to find out from as many people as are interested what barriers you feel exist right now to you releasing your library's bibliographic metadata openly. I'm curious about all kinds of barriers: technical, political, financial, cultural. Even if it seems obvious, I'd like t

[CODE4LIB] SubjectsPlus themes

2014-04-29 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Does anyone have a theme for SubjectsPlus up on github? I'm playing around with the CMS, and I can't find themes. Surely they must exist. -Wilhelmina Randtke

[CODE4LIB] NOW AVAILABLE: Fifth Alpha Release of Fedora 4

2014-04-29 Thread Carol Minton Morris
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2014 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1koK2tg On the Way to Beta: Fifth Alpha Release of Fedora 4 Winchester, MA The Fedora 4 team is proud to announce the fifth Alpha release of Fedora 4. In the continuing effort to provide rapid access to the quickly growing Fedo