Re: [CODE4LIB] Back-of-house software

2016-05-12 Thread Donahue, Rachel
Disclaimer: This is my personal experience and does not reflect the views of, nor represent an endorsement by, my employer. We use Jira in Special Collections to manage all of our tasks, including reference requests, web development, and collection processing. Our digitization unit also uses it

Re: [CODE4LIB] Back-of-house software

2016-05-12 Thread Cynthia Ng
I've had some experience with JIRA, Redmine, and RT, and I think part of it has to do with how much time you want to put into customizing the system to fit your needs before you start using it. Here's my quick run down as I've experienced them. JIRA - can be customized greatly, but can a lot of ti

[CODE4LIB] Library Juice Academy courses offered in and June, and July, and August

2016-05-12 Thread Rory Litwin
Library Juice Academy courses offered in and June, and July, and August Apologies for cross-posting. Please share as appropriate. Most of the classes listed below are four weeks in length, with a price of $175. We accept registrations through the first week of class (unless they are full). Cla

Re: [CODE4LIB] Back-of-house software

2016-05-12 Thread Esmé Cowles
One of the great things you can customize in JIRA is the workflow, which lets you make the tool work the way you want it to instead of having to live with a pre-set workflow. You can have different workflows for different projects, so the workflow can be tailored for different groups, or tasks,

Re: [CODE4LIB] CODE4LIB Digest - 10 May 2016 to 11 May 2016 (#2016-117)

2016-05-12 Thread Rebekah Golden
Hi, I am prototyping out a Redhen implementation in Drupal for Multnomah Public Library. At Drupalcon now but can discuss in more depth next week when I'm back home. Thanks, Rebekah On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, CODE4LIB automatic digest system < lists...@listserv.nd.edu> wrote: > There are 10

[CODE4LIB] Resources for Teaching Teens (and Adults!) Coding - Upcoming Know & Go on June 13!

2016-05-12 Thread Kyla Hunt
Know & Go: Resources for Teaching Teens (and Adults!) Coding June 13, 2016 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm CST (Register Now) Coding skills have become a very real entry point for employment, and identifying codin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Related question about xID services - was RE: "Form" dictionary for xID Service - xisbn getEditions

2016-05-12 Thread Sara Amato
This thread prompted me to wonder why it was returning any results at all, since it was in theory going to be retired March 15. Looks like OCLC has rethought this and updated the blog post about it’s demise: http://www.oclc.org/developer/news/2015/change-to-xid-services.en.html

Re: [CODE4LIB] Preserving Digital Objects with Descriptive Metadata

2016-05-12 Thread Rosalyn Metz
in the preservation space you describe, the files would presumably be small text files. if that's the case it might be useful to ask, what would keeping the metadata separate from the content files afford you? On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Andrew Weidner wrote: > Thanks for your replies, Stua