Howdy all,
I've just started a project that involves harvesting large numbers of
scanned PDF's and extracting information from the text from the OCR output.
The process I've started with -- use imagemagick to convert to tiff and
tesseract to pull out the OCR -- is more system intensive than I
On 2014-12-09 14:25, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
Howdy all,
I've just started a project that involves harvesting large numbers of
scanned PDF's and extracting information from the text from the OCR output.
The process I've started with -- use imagemagick to convert to tiff and
tesseract to pull out
Hi folks,
Now that the dust has settled from yesterday's zerg rush [1], some of you
might be looking for a roommate or a ride to the conference. If so, go
ahead and sign up on the 2015 Room and Ride Share page [2].
Also, though this is not on the main schedule, the Newcomer Dinner will be
on
I'm using a few applications in Tomcat, so inflections are much more
difficult to implement than content negotiation. I can probably tweak the
Apache settings to do a proxypass for inflections by modifying the examples
above.
I agree with Conal, though. Inflections are puzzling at best and bad
Hey, code4lib! I bet you consume fascinating media. What good books did you
read in 2014 that you think your colleagues would like, too? (And hey,
we're all digital, so feel free to include movies and video games and so
forth.)
Mine:
http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/ (O'Reilly book, plus read
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Hi Chad,
I used the Paypal a11y add-on for a recent project and found it pretty straight
forward. It doesn't affect how you use Bootstrap because it just tacks on the
aria roles after page load.
I actually don't think this plugin is all that necessary.
Here's my thing: if you're using
Library Community Web Guidelines
Back in October, there was interest on the Code4Lib and LITA listservs in
creating a document about best practices for library websites. The goal is
to publish a document that is stamped by ALA via LITA that librarians can
use to guide web-related
On Dec 9, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Kyle Banerjee kyle.baner...@gmail.com wrote:
I've just started a project that involves harvesting large numbers of
scanned PDF's and extracting information from the text from the OCR output.
The process I've started with -- use imagemagick to convert to tiff and
Dear Code4Lib community,
I'm really looking forward to meeting all of you in Portland. Below I'll offer
my answer to Andromeda's prompt for top reads of 2014, but first a request for
your help: please tell your friends about our developer position in the NPR
Library!
Here are few more details
The Program Planning Committee is pleased to announce the
Vision Speakers for the 2015 NASIG Annual Conference.
Dorothea Salo, Faculty Associate, SLIS UW-Madison
Salo teaches organization of information, library
technology, scholarly communication and library publishing,
and research-data
Dear Chad and Michael:
I agree and disagree with Michael. Yes, include aria data directly in the
DOM as needed and consider whether components are necessary. But including
the arias in the HTML alone does not account for any interactive elements
where the page updates. The accessibility plugin
I wanted to send this weekend hack project out to the Code4Lib community as
others may find it useful (or want to contribute). I created a Leaflet
http://leafletjs.com/ plugin for viewing IIIF images:
https://github.com/mejackreed/Leaflet-IIIF .
Check out the demo
Wow! That turned out great! Is the asset prep any different to make the
resource available via LeafletJS?
Cheers!
–Tod
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Jack Reed pjr...@stanford.edu wrote:
I wanted to send this weekend hack project out to the Code4Lib community
as others may find it useful
Cool. Thanks for the heads up.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Jack Reed pjr...@stanford.edu wrote:
Not that I’m aware of. Just send Leaflet a IIIF info.json endpoint.
L.tileLayer.iiif('http://example.com/iiifimage.jp2/info.json').addTo(map);
I have tested it with 3 different institutions
Not that I’m aware of. Just send Leaflet a IIIF info.json endpoint.
L.tileLayer.iiif('http://example.com/iiifimage.jp2/info.json').addTo(map);
I have tested it with 3 different institutions IIIF services.
Jack
On Dec 9, 2014, at 10:18 AM, todd.d.robb...@gmail.com
Fun question - thanks!
In no particular order:
*What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions* by
Randall Munroe
- *I really enjoy the physics, as well as the absurdity.*
*Two Scoops of Django 1.6*
- *based on Andromeda's recommendation - thanks! Looks like I have
Not sure if anybody has replied to this - yes! There will be free in-room
wifi as well as “unlimited” conference Wi-Fi during the event.
Trey Terrell
Analyst Programmer
trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu
Oregon State University Libraries
Corvallis, OR 97331
On 12/8/14, 7:38 PM, Emily Lynema
We're working hard to make sure that those scare quotes drop off of
unlimited. Hopefully we can avoid the annual in-session wifi issues.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Terrell, Trey trey.terr...@oregonstate.edu
wrote:
Not sure if anybody has replied to this - yes! There will be free in-room
And last year, last year was a joke...
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Nothing professional comes to mind but here are some fun stuff in no
particular order:
Books:
Skin Game by Jim Butcher
- Another in the consistently great Dresden Files series. For those
unfamiliar urban fantasy novels that are always just a fun read.
The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks
- The third
Kudos to everyone who is working on this!
In the registration process I noticed the questions about accessibility
needs and dietary restrictions. I also appreciate the work that was done to
figure out childcare. I'm super excited about the program and also noticed
that both keynotes are women
Harun Farocki’s Nachdruck/Imprint (2001) seems worth recommending at this time.
He passed this year. In honor of CIA report then,
--
Al Matthews
Software Developer, Digital Services Unit
Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
email: amatth...@auctr.edu; office: 1 404 978 2057
I have an unhealthy love for William Gibson's latest novel, _The Peripheral_.
Like Andromeda, I thought _Her_ was incredible.
Not from this year, but _MISS DMZ_ found here:
http://www.yhchang.com/MISS_DMZ.html. I learned about this from a talk
Seo-Young Chu gave on representation of the DMZ
While I've done a lot of re-reading this past year (something that I do
when I'm particularly stressed), I did read a few new things thanks to my
book club. The one that sticks with me is _The Enchanted_, by Rene Denfeld.
It had me reeling by the end of the book, and I am still thinking about it
I had fun with both the Southern Reach trilogy (Jeff VanderMeer) and The
Expanse series (James S. A. Corey). If you're into sci-fi-ish stuff.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Heather Rayl 23e...@gmail.com wrote:
While I've done a lot of re-reading this past year (something that I do
when I'm
On the (board) gaming front: not new, but *Lords of Waterdeep* was quick to
learn, and very dynamic, with a fantastic expansion pack!
.m
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.edu
wrote:
I had fun with both the Southern Reach trilogy (Jeff VanderMeer) and The
I have to plug The Best American Science and Nature Writing series
because they are always soo good. I look forward to them coming out
every year, and they haven't let me down since i started reading them
about 4 years ago.
I also caught up on the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey. If
Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky's. Strings attached : life lessons from
the world's toughest teacher . New York : Hyperion, c2013.
This is an easy read, but a fascinating biography of Jerry Kupchynsky. His
life was at once terribly tragic and yet at the same time somewhat triumphant.
If Wasp Factory made you go just... no, then it did the job it was tasked
with doing. That being said, if you want some Banks that's a little
friendlier and doesn't actively try to alienate all of humanity, you could
do worse than The Bridge.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Valerie Forrestal
Books:
Tale of 2 Cities
1984
Enders Game Trilogy
(I dont read enough books...)
Serials
Lighting and Sound America
2600: Hacker Quarterly
Protocol
Code4lib (of course...)
Technical Stuff
Quite a few RFCs
Too Many Manuals
RailsGuide
Windows Server Unleashed
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--
Riley
Not all in 2014, but some very good books.
Books
Guilt About the Past, Bernhard Schlink
Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning, Jacques Barzun
War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges
James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips
Detroit
I'm on the 3rd book of the expanse series. Highly recommend if sci-fi/action is
your thing.
--
Aaron Collier
Digital Repository Services Manager
Systemwide Digital Library Services, California State University
Hm, that series sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out after I
finish The Way of Kings, which has been good from what I've read so far.
Since boardgames have made the list I shall also advocate for King of
Tokyo, fun quick competitive giant monster game, and Sentinels of the
Multiverse, a
The Martian -- Andy Weir. Hands down the best book of the year for me. I
promised myself a hard copy of it...and then Amazon Kindle had it on sale
for $2.99 I'm not a huge Science Fiction fan, though I'm sliding that
way, but Weir was totally clever in his ability to make me think I___
was
Just found _Guilt about the past_ is in EBSCO Academic Complete.
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I'm thirty years late, but I read _Gödel, Escher, Bach_ this summer. It's
the best non-academic introduction to logic and computer science I've read,
although not without a sense of what-may-have-been when reading it in 2014.
I also made it roughly halfway through _Structure and Interpretation
Shoot, I forgot _The girl with two left breasts_ which is a collection of short
fiction by Daryl Glenn. In particular, _That Will Be Then and This Is Now_.
Just stunning writing.
-Angela
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A job hazard of mine is reading free ebooks.
Biodigital, by John Sundman. Seemingly written expressly for me.
My review:
http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-future-of-book-is-unfinished-john.html
Get it, and help make it free:
https://unglue.it/work/136615/
Zero Sum Game, by S L Huang.
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Great idea for discussion. I read a lot, but I'd suggest you check out
God, Forgive These Bastards
by Rob Morton
http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/3863/
It's a nice, small book that has a very nice punk jazz album of the same
name that accompanies it.
My favorite books from this year were Hateship, Friendship, Courtship,
Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro and Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
For those who want some Oregon/Portland - relevant books for the upcoming
conference, a few that might be interesting:
Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
FYI
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