[CODE4LIB] announcing OAI9 in Geneva 17-19 June 2015

2014-09-15 Thread Thomas Krichel
The CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) University of Geneva June 17th-19th 2015 This series of Workshops in Geneva has become the major community event in Europe in the year in which it is held. For these three days, librarians, IT professionals, publishers

[CODE4LIB] Retailer = a simple platform for pure XSLT web apps

2014-09-15 Thread Conal Tuohy
I have recently written a small Java web app called Retailer, which is a platform for server-side XSLT-based web apps. It's a bit experimental and I'd appreciate comment and especially feedback from people who want to try it out. https://github.com/Conal-Tuohy/Retailer Then to run on top of the

[CODE4LIB] Job Announcement: Database and Metadata Management Coordinator -- Houston, TX

2014-09-15 Thread Melinda Flannery
Rice University is seeking a creative, dynamic, service-oriented Database Metadata Management Coordinator. The successful candidate will provide leadership in performing and managing bibliographic data quality control, database maintenance and problem resolution. The position reports to the

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 - Childcare Needs Assessment

2014-09-15 Thread Sara Amato
We are in the process of determining if offering childcare would be helpful to parents attending, or considering attending, Code4Lib 2015. If childcare would be helpful, please complete our very brief survey at: http://goo.gl/AnVHNm Thanks.

[CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2015 Pre-Conference Proposals!

2014-09-15 Thread Christina Marie Harlow
Code4Lib 2015 Pre-Conference Proposals: We are now accepting pre-conference workshop proposals for the 2015 Code4Lib in Portland, Oregon. These workshops can either be a 1-day or a 1/2-day session and will occur on Monday, February 9, 2015. To propose a session, please add the proposal to this

[CODE4LIB] Short and easy JPEG2000 survey

2014-09-15 Thread Paul Fogel
Apologies for cross-posting. Hello, I am conducting a short survey to find out how many people are using JPEG2000 in the cultural heritage industry, and to what extent. I’ll be presenting the results in November at a forthcoming JPEG2000 event, and will distribute the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open source alternative to LibAnswers as the library IT KB for library staff?

2014-09-15 Thread Jonathan Bloy
The new version of LibAnswers (we're currently playing around with a v2 beta site) allows for separate knowledgebases, you can also set a knowledgebase to only be accessible by certain groups. In our LA v2 beta site, we've set up a group for library staff FAQs. -- Jonathan Bloy Librarian,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open source alternative to LibAnswers as the library IT KB for library staff?

2014-09-15 Thread Andrew Darby
I'm not sure what all is in LibAnswers, but SubjectsPlus has a talkback module for publicly answering questions from patrons, e.g., http://library.miami.edu/sp/subjects/talkback.php and then an FAQ module, e.g., http://library.miami.edu/sp/subjects/faq.php which is sprinkled with things that

[CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav

2014-09-15 Thread Brad Coffield
Hi all, I'm finally diving into our Libguides v2 migration and I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share their experience/choices regarding templating. (Or even some code!) I'm thinking left-nav is the way to go. Has anyone split the main content column into two smaller columns? Done

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open source alternative to LibAnswers as the library IT KB for library staff?

2014-09-15 Thread Kim, Bohyun
I think this was not clear in my original question (probably not a good idea to list LibAnswers and SP discussion board together). We are looking for the library KB for staff only, so it will be not publicly visible and, the access will be restricted to library staff only. Thanks for the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Short and easy JPEG2000 survey

2014-09-15 Thread Shaun Ellis
How are you sorting out duplicate/multiple submissions from the same institution? On 9/15/14 4:18 PM, Paul Fogel wrote: The original survey link had a trailing underscore. The correct link appears below. On 09/15/2014 10:22 AM, Paul Fogel wrote: Apologies for cross-posting.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Short and easy JPEG2000 survey

2014-09-15 Thread Paul Fogel
Yes, that is a known flaw in the survey design. Christy told me earlier: I just realised I'll have no way to know if I'm getting multiple responses from single institutions - oh well, I'll just have to caveat that when I disseminate the results. Paul On 09/15/2014 01:38 PM, Shaun Ellis

[CODE4LIB] Free Online Symposium on Sustainable Cultural Heritage Open Source Software: September 24-25, 2014

2014-09-15 Thread Peter Murray
Join your colleagues from the convenience of your desk for a free two-day symposium on sustainable open source practices from the perspective of the software project communities and from the software project adopters. There is no cost for participating in the open symposium. The costs are

[CODE4LIB] Job: Community Programs Administrator for Library Technology Innovation at San José Public Library

2014-09-15 Thread jobs
Community Programs Administrator for Library Technology Innovation San José Public Library San Jose The San Jose Public Library is excited to announce recruitment for a new position: Community Programs Administrator for **Library Technology Innovation**. Under the supervision of the Division