Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?

Salvete! Anyone thinking about this might want to plug in 0wn the Con + Shmoocon into the Google Machine.[TM] If anything, that's a larger Conference. They can be very granular with technology needs. Just don't copy their fanboy atmosphere, please. Cheers, Brooke

[CODE4LIB] Stupid Subscription Database Tricks

My fellow nerds: There is actually a question in here, I promise. Treat it like a treasure hunt or quest. Anyone that knows me knows how much I despise low level maths. As such, this is largely anecdotal as usual. I've been test driving a paid subscription recently. Let's say

Re: [CODE4LIB] "Illegal Aliens" subject heading

Salvete! Please, Sir, may we have a fork? I can only imagine that the Gay Cataloguing Mafia is with us wee folk. Cheers, Brooke - Original Message - > From: Galen Charlton > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 10:59 AM > Subject:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Experience with VR in libraries

Salvete! > We too see VR as an > opportunity to pilot communities but we're not waiting to see if there is a > justifiable need, Not waiting until one is a proven dinosaur ++ Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Mahara was personalization of academic library websites

Salvete! So here's a straw poll for ye: How many folks that are talking about personalisation are also running Mahara with Moodle? #justaskin Cheers, Brooke > The guides (LibGuides) are all tagged to match faculties and programs: the > Biology guide is tagged sc/biol, so we know it's

Re: [CODE4LIB] reearch project about feeling stupid in professional communication

Salvete! *lights match, positions gin based cocktail, and preps for incoming hate mail* With all due respect Mr. Morgan, I wholeheartedly disagree. Most Public Libraries are Rural Public Libraries. [IMLS 2013] Most Academics are also small by FTE enrolment [ies of NCES 2012] So "we

Re: [CODE4LIB] Chattanooga Bid for 2017

Salvete! BBQ. That is all. +1 Cheers, Brooke > Chattown++ > > Sent from my iPhone > > >> On Mar 8, 2016, at 9:20 AM, Ross Singer > wrote: >> >> BEST PROPOSAL EVAR >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Mary Jinglewski > >>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone Doing Interesting Things With Digital Collection Systems?

Salvete! > We just designed our own responsive site at Multnomah County Library for > digital collections that is also OAI-PMH compatible. We call it The > Gallery. https://gallery.multcolib.org/ > > Erica > I don't want to live in a world where "Pig War" doesn't return at least 74

Re: [CODE4LIB] Listserv communication, was RE: Proposed Duty Officer

My fellow nerds, I'm snipping *a lot* but in brief I definitely agree with Julie. > Kyle’s main issue was really a question about what to do with > private and anonymous feedback – not that we should avoid it, but rather we > should discuss how that should be handled. For example,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Juice - thoughts?

Salvete! I'm going to be exceedingly naughty in replying to this. I used to teach a course on Koha for Rory, so obviously I'm heavily biased. I taught twice, and as a fringe perq, he let instructors take certain courses gratis. I would say overall that you're in for a treat.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Hours

Salvete! Google often draws data from OpenStreetMap. If one wanted to, one could simply edit the Library information there and watch it get picked up rather quickly. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dlibrary #justsayin Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] SAVE THE DATES: Trinity College Dublin to Host the 2016 11th International Conference on Open Repositories

Salvete! The Open Repositories Steering Committee and Trinity College Dublin (The University of Dublin) are pleased to announce that the Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories will be held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, the week of June 13th 2016. *shameless plug*

Re: [CODE4LIB] Protagonists

Salvete! I declare this scriptable and doable, just not by me, since I can't programme me way out of a wet paper bag. (Well, I prolly can at gunpoint, but yeah, that's what it would take.) So I have this idea I'd like to do for a hobby project, but it requires finding a table that

Re: [CODE4LIB] Protagonists

Salvete! Is the Freebase data good enough for your purposes? It appears that it lists the most important characters first, but that may just be the order in which they were added. You may not be able to rely on that sequence. A Tale of Two Cities: http://www.freebase.com/m/09c55p

Re: [CODE4LIB] Free ALA Webinar on Policy Issues for 3D Printing technologies in Libraries Thursday, March 5

Salvete! Join us for our next installment of CopyTalk, Thursday, March 5th at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern Time. *We ask that you please watch as a group when possible as there are only 100 seats to the webinar (but an archived version will be available). * And if y'all are keen on

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Contract Positions: System Administrator and Application Developer - Gates Archive

Gates Archive has two open positions that may be of interest to the Code4lib community. We’re hiring a System Administrator and an Application Developer. Patrick Owens and I will be at Code4lib next week in Portland and would love to talk to you if you are interested in learning more about

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

Salvete! I just wanted to add the point that there can very easily be a union betwixt LITA and Code4Lib (and prolly is a substantial one, though I am definitely guessing at the data). There is naught to make them mutually exclusive. Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Streaming Copyrighted material

Salvete! Given that lawyers get heaps of money to sort this stuff out, and that this is a technical mailing list, you are perhaps best served cross posting this to a legal IP listserv. Budding lawyers are told that an ounce of prevention in IP is worth a pound of cure. At very least,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Hiring strategy for a library programmer with tight budget - thoughts?

Salvete! My first thought was a project-based contract, too. But there are few programmer projects that would require zero maintenance once finished. As someone who has had to pick up projects completed by others, there are always bugs, gaps in documentation, and difficult upgrade paths.

Re: [CODE4LIB] net.fun

Salvete! I know I might be little youn but code4lib needs a bbs I can see it now ... someone re-writing TradeWars 2000 so you're an intergalactic bookmobile.     Pfft, NASA amateurs. Everyone knows that GalTrader is THE way to go. http://www.gamingmuseum.com/gal-trader.html Cheers,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web application for crowdsourcing song identification

Salve!     Your golden search terms are Music Information Retrieval     and one of the dudes your after is http://www.lis.illinois.edu/people/faculty/jdownie     He should be able to answer your question, the question is but oh, will he? (I think he might. :) ) Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] job postings

Salvete! Seeing a big pile of postings in my code4lib email folder: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0c2mpN1KIhI/TwYSqTCIPYI/C1Y/xnpv2cFoO5Q/s1600/IMG_3262.jpg Seeing it’s a long procedural conversation about code4lib doings: http://i.imgur.com/2QHDoDH.gif (No offense meant to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Very frustrated with Drupal

Salvete!     It sounds like you might want too much out of the box or at least a higher degree of simplicity or usability than most stuff will provide. Usability is a holy grail that most folks frankly don't feel like shelling out for so it remains all shiny and out of reach. Should it? No, of

Re: [CODE4LIB] Withdraw my post was: Re: [CODE4LIB] separate list for jobs

Salvete!     Honestly, though, who all would even want to understand a Kiwi? They're practically escaped convicts, since everyone in the Northern Hemisphere knows that they're just tiny Aussies.* Also, I have to translate code for them, since they cannot do for themselves. [1] Ba dum cha,

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2nd meetup for code4lib LA - May 15th

Salvete! I am definitely interested in a Northern California regional Code4Lib group, but my ability to jet down to LA for a two-hour meeting is regrettably limited. Likewise my ability to jet up to Seattle or Portland, unfortunately. Perhaps a better strategy might be to focus on a local?

Re: [CODE4LIB] Southeast Regional Meetup Survey

Salvete!     *sneeze* Lexington Barbecue Festival *sneeze* That's a terrible sneeze. I should really get it looked at. Cheers, Brooke It would be nice to do it though the Die-bold-a-tron, and do the planning on the wiki, that way we have a standard archive Riley Childs Student Asst.

[CODE4LIB] Cowboys

Salvete! We don't have cowboys in NC. :P     Pfft, y'all do. They've outhouses and eything. http://www.highcountrycowboys.us/ Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib italy

Salve!    How many nuclear physics geniuses have you met? ;) Giuseppe Angilella has been a Koha user for ages, and his early participation spurred a tonne of other folks to adopt before OSILSs were cool. He probably doesn't consider himself a coder, but there are many people that now

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Conference Request...

Salvete! こんにちは皆さん。私の名前はマウラです。今年のCODE4LIBにいきます。日本のキットカットが大好きです！ 私に日本からキットカットを買ってくれません？抹茶と紅いもの味を探していますけど、何でも味はいいです〜！ 会議である返金させていただきます。本当にありがとう〜！     Both varieties are in stock at Amazon, too. ^^ The beni imo is quite dear, and reportedly icky, though. Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Welcome to Roy4Lib

Salvete! Welcome to the Roy4Lib discussion list. This list is intended to facilitate discussion on Roy Tennant's new world library order, the role of bacon (including kosher and vegetarian based varieties) in this context, and the long, long, long, long, long drawn out death of

Re: [CODE4LIB] Southeastern Library Association

Salvete! [This also serves to illustrate why wikipedia has issues as an authority control system.]     I went ahead and strongarmed the templates away. Feel free to add your thoughts on the talk page. :)     Wikimedians are very cool in person, and there's acknowledgement inside of the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Southeastern Library Association

Salvete! Sorry, if I misinterpreted the source type, I was doing 1500 things, that was 1501...my bad I learned from my mistake!     It's about putting something up and having someone else come by and make it better. The aardvark article history example is choice. :) I'm the

Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ?

Salvete! Tisn't necessarily Socialist to hedge one's bets. Look at what Wall St. experts advise when one is unsure of whether to hold or sell. Monopoly is only ever in the interest of those that hold it. Short term the aquarium is enticing, but do you enjoy your collapsed dorsal

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Test Post at Anonymous

Salve!     This is a welcoming community, and I won't have Michael objectified. Cheers, Brooke     I mock that objection. On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Michael B. Klein mbkl...@gmail.com wrote: I object to your mocking. On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Ross Singer

Re: [CODE4LIB] Public transport from RDU to Sheraton Raleigh and how safe is it?

Salvete!     Yo,yo,yo public transport is good enough for Sergey Brin and his google glass. #justsayin http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/21/sergey-brin-google-glass-new-york-subway Cheers, Brooke - Original Message - From: Chris Fitzpatrick chrisfitz...@gmail.com To:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question

Salvete! While it's a really good idea to make sure your library's website is prominent on your institution's page (because I think that does send a strong signal, even to students, that your library is important to your campus), the really big question is how easily your students will be

[CODE4LIB] Koha Trademark Update

Salvete! Well perhaps trademark and patent law can really help every now and again. :) http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/230631/koha-trademark-case-won-by-nz Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] calibr: a simple opening hours calendar

Salvete! I second the policy suggestions about hours that were stated earlier. The simpler hours are kept, the better. I found myself in the position of having a Library with crazy hours due to budgetary and scheduling constraints. My low tech solution to that was to add the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Charlotte, NC Code4Lib Meeting

Salvete! I'd be interested. I'm in Boone... not too far a drive. :)     Amateurs! The real question to ask is who's bringing the 'shine OR(mebbe even AND) 'que? But seriously, I think a lot of people might be interested given ye olde wiki entries and Conference locale. Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Patents in Institutional Repositories.

Salvete!     I've oft thought it'd be nice if there were more crossover betwixt CODE4LIB and the GOVDOCLers. You should easily be able to hit http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html     and get your details. :) Cheers, Brooke     Well, a faculty member approaches the repository

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library of Congress

Salvete! As far as I can tell the LOC is up and the offices are closed. HORRAY!! Let's celebrate!     Yeah, I guess the website folks haven't yet got the memo. http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-A06.html     I suppose someone that's bored on this list might generate a who's up and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Kohacon13 - You should come

Salvete! G ood morning/afternoon! Does anyone know if KohaCon is going to have any of the sessions available via webcast?   I would hope so. In 2010, we definitely recorded things and then made them available. I think folks hopped on IRC and put in questions in realish time. (Things

Re: [CODE4LIB] Speaking in Code summit, UVa Library Scholars' Lab

Salvete!     Aedunno, it seemed like a pretty high bar for THATCamp, too. I applied anyway and they let me sneak in. :) I had no regrets. I felt very welcome there and there were some truly fascinating conversations with that slightly different group. I would anticipate a few of the same faces

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

Salvete!     More importantly, am I the only one that sees a classic Highlander inspired Code4Lib T Shirt in this? From the makers of the beating a dead horse graphic and the OCLC seal of approval... Make it so! Cheers, Brooke  

Re: [CODE4LIB] Libraries and IT Innovation

Salvete! Agreed. It's much easier to face a preservation project of many terabytes of archival tif images that will never be used for presentation but must be maintained when you have an endless supply (wink wink) of storage out in the cloud rather than face everything that is associated

Re: [CODE4LIB] Libraries and IT Innovation

Salvete!     Glad you started this thread. I 3 innovation. I also will note that you avoided the innovation pitfall of thinking that things disperse because they are higher quality. He provided an example of making content active through the area of big data.  For those not familiar with

[CODE4LIB] Open Source LMS / ILS

Salvete!     Hi there Code4Libbers. I've taught a wee distance course on choosing an Open Source Integrated Library System twice in the last year. I like to update my course materials, cause hey, I could be lazy, but I'm not. This is where you all come in. :D     I initially selected 4

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2014: Save the dates!

Salvete! But please don't expect the conference itself to select the venue and complete conference package based on the sole requirement to keep room rates down.     I never suggested any such thing. I kindly suggested that someone might wish to see if the hotel would come down on its

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2014: Save the dates!

Salvete! I am happy to announce that we have secured the venue and dates for Code4Lib 2014!  The conference will be held at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel in downtown Raleigh, NC on March 24 - 27, 2014.  Preconferences will be held Monday March 24, and the main conference on Tuesday March 25 -

Re: [CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers

Salvete! Libraries charge to lend books.     Some, by no means all. It's also generally limited to newer materials. It's universally stupid to do this, in my opinion. The folks that can pay are already buying copies, and we're hurting the patrons that can't pay. Late fines are almost

Re: [CODE4LIB] Policies for 3D Printers

Salvete! We've got $800 worth of filament which we expect will last us a long, long time. Rather than charge for prints, we are trying to create a different type of social contract in the space... we are encouraging heavy users to contribute back and donate time, expertise, and materials.

Re: [CODE4LIB] An interesting practical problem that might be a good hackfest project

Salvete! Whoo eee, that was the way I used ta do things back when there were Y2K problems, fella. Back en, I e#x27;en took it further and hand compared vendor prices after thumbing through ye olde listservs and booksales fer offers. Seems ta me like Olde Man edsu mighta cooked up some

Re: [CODE4LIB] Image de-duping and file identification

I just want to say that even if this isn#x27;t what you had in mind, Wikimedia is very serious and very respectful about Indigenous cultural persistence and language preservation. I can only imagine that sharing your data would be most welcome. Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] back to minorities question, seeking guidance

Salve! I'm forced to agree that arithmetic isn't math. In fact, I'd go further and say that arithmetic isn't even arithmetic. At best it's accounting. (Accounting, on the other hand, is way more than accounting, so please don't take offense if you're an accountant.)    

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lib or Libe

Salvete! People, people. Can we agree that lib is simply easier to say than libe due to the shorter vowel sound? Can we also agree than the best coders are, by nature, lazy? Therefore, lib wins. All you. libe mohubs can go call the wah-wah-wahmbulance.     Not to mention

Re: [CODE4LIB] Group Decision Making (was Zoia)

Salve! I am uneasy about coming up with a policy for banning people (from what?) and voting on it, before it's demonstrated that it's even needed. Can't we just tackle these issues as they come up, in context, rather than in the abstract? Or has a specific issue come up, and I'm just

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia

Salvete!     Code4Lib's female bot Zoia beats Koha's male bot Wahanui any day of the week.     I have to say, when I first saw this thread rev up, I thought Heavens! What are those ruffians teaching my darling girl?! I think I've witnessed irreverent quips from time to time, but I don't think

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question abt the code4libwomen idea

Salvete! because they can't find an SO are outliers. C4l is a tech event. Do women really get treated that shabbily there?     I'm guessing this is a yes, since several brave folks have indicated it. It doesn't mean that *you* are an offender, but it's clearly happening, or at least known

Re: [CODE4LIB] FOSS Outreach Program for Women internships

Salvete! Outreach Program for Women internships are available with a number of Free and Open Source Software organizations from January 2 through April 2, 2013: https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen     The deadline for that is like NAO so don't delay. Cheers, Brooke

[CODE4LIB]

Salvete! James++ Chad++     After a few extremely icky incredibly stoopid conversations I've had within our otherwise lovely field populated by mostly smart people, it is with great trepidation that I enter publicly into this fray. I'm mainly doing so since I like you folks. People that

Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Indoor Mapping

Salve! One, it takes a good while for the maps to be approved. I actually uploaded ours at the end of last year before they approached us about being a pilot library but I re-uploaded them once we started that process. The re-upload was in August and they're still pending. The site

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Web Developer at Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Salvete! https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/329305400|USAJOBS.gov     That was naughty for me until I abbreviated it to https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/329305400     Just sayin'. Y'all are prolly smart enough to have grokked that. Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking examples of outstanding discovery layers

Salvete! My current fav is Digital NZ http://www.digitalnz.org/     Can't. Resist. Plug. Batman.     Y'all are nerds, so undoubtedly, y'all prolly know this stuff already, bttt         That started in part with Kete.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking examples of outstanding discovery layers

Salvete! Jonathan, I, too, like the use of facets. I wish we could do something a bit more zing with them, like present them as word clouds or something a bit more appealing than term (number) but I think the basic data is there. Facets, as we use them, though, function as set *narrowing*

Re: [CODE4LIB] Maker Spaces and Academic Libraries

Salvete!     Can't. Resist. Bait. Batman. Can anyone on the list help clarify for me why, in an academic setting, this kind of equipment and facility isn't part of a laboratory in an academic department?     I'd say that I hate to play devil's advocate, but that would be a patent

Re: [CODE4LIB] LoC job opening ???

Salvete!     Not to mention the advert is from 14 June. Surely even Edsu isn't so late.     The over / under on that originating from Thomas Edsall? (https://twitter.com/Edsall) It could well be a Washington Post prank, but who would be the perpetrator? Chris Cillizza, mayhaps? Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] LoC job opening ???

Salvete! Despite the lawful and prudent endorsement of this thread by our official designee to the OCLC Off-Topic Cat Discussion Moderation Divisiion, I feel it necessary to point out that @mjgiarlo's post was in error. The K Street lobbyist does not handle kitty litter. The Congressperson

Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder: Code4lib Regional MD/DC/VA - National Capitol Area meeting JUNE 27th

Salvete! What: code4lib MD/DC/VA Who: code4lib fans in the DC/MD/VA Greater Washington, DC/National Capitol area When: Wednesday, June 27th  4:30-5:30p meet, 5:30p-? Tasty beverages Where: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave. NW,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Django Developer

Salvete! Is it just me. or is there a problem the jobs.code4lib.org Web site?  I try going there using different browsers - and even different operating systems - and all I see is gibberish - as if the character encoding is Zapf Dingbats. Is your ISP OCLC approved? Simon    

Re: [CODE4LIB] Studying the email list (Charcuterie Spectrum)

Salvete! Without asking permission of the list, I hereby assign this new category of things requiring OCLC oversight as salami on the charcuterie spectrum.   Bacon  == Seal of Approval   Bologna == Seal of Disapproval   Salami  == Seal of No Approval Needed     This has some

Re: [CODE4LIB] How do you get plain language, plain English out of the .sgstn stenograph stenonote record of the public meeting?... [see other message]

Salvete! Since we already control the Bacon Stamp of Approval, baloney seems like the next logical step. We should be thinking ahead to future use cases.  I say go for a broader Cured Meats Stamp of Approval.  Or perhaps Charcuterie to lend it some class.  To do otherwise could lead

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library site design patterns

Salvete! That's all I'm saying - that on the aggregate, there are probably patterns, although I would not say they are necessarily coherent or even well-thought out, I think patterns would emerge.     I concur, and would risk the rotten tomatoes sure to emerge by adding that I think the

Re: [CODE4LIB] whimsical homepage idea

Salvete! Hm.  And if you collected and recorded the data for some period of time, you might be able to use it to convince Building Services (or whoever) to try to fix the problem.     I couldn't help but think that meteorologists and archivists should already be doing this. Perhaps

Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning

Salvete! This makes a lot of sense for archives and out of copyright stuff     I agree. I also think it was stated that folks are just scanning a single page. If that's out of a prose book, it's prolly okay.     I'm not one of your big city lawyers, and I haven't asked Roy's permission,

[CODE4LIB] MDC Meeting

Salvete!     The Great Commonwealth of Virginia, and those other people in the District and Maryland will be meeting Tuesday 10 April 4-5 at The George Washington University Gelman Library.     We plan to hit a pub after the meeting. Folks that drink soda over suds are certainly welcome,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job: Senior Application Developer at New York Public Library

Salvete!     Let this serve as a cautionary tale to those that would dare to post vacancies without prior approval from OCLC. Cheers, Brooke It seems nobody can be qualified for this job (besides possibly the original Basecamp developer but I kinda suspect he's not going to apply). On

Re: [CODE4LIB] New Newcomer Dinner option

Salvete!     Quick, pass em a TLSv1 Beast cookie! Cheers, Brooke Looks like some MARC records I've seen.  On Feb 4, 2012, at 16:19, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: Probably their cat… They need this: http://www.bitboost.com/pawsense/ On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Eric Lease

Re: [CODE4LIB] Why are we afraid to criticize library software in public?

Salvete!     *Warning Ranty. Brooke's Ideas shouldn't actually be consumed by anyone, ever.* Why are we so eager to 'protect the guilty' in discussions like this? Our reluctance to share info on problems with software we use (because of fear of offending the vendor?) means that it's

Re: [CODE4LIB] Calling all Maryland, DC, and Virginia folk Save the Date

Salvete! Happy New Year all! I am interesting in attending this meeting. It will be my first! Do I need to RSVP? Just wondering if you need to know who is coming. We are in DC after all. ;-} Thanks, Loren     Just an alert that the next non OCLC sanctioned, deeply underground, seedy

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

Salvete! I disagree about the random registration concept. As long as the time is announced in advance (which was done this year) people should plan accordingly. You didn't need to register the first minute this year. I registered an hour after registration opened and while I was initially

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

Salvete!     Not sure the bigger is worse dictum holds. Do Code4Libbers suddenly get trolly when you have more of them about? Sure, a larger conference is a different experience, but I wonder if what the organisational toll is for not honouring folks' frustration in being left out in the

[CODE4LIB] Calling all Maryland, DC, and Virginia folk Save the Date

Salvete!     Just an alert that the next non OCLC sanctioned, deeply underground, seedy meeting of the MDC Chapter of Code4Lib will be gathering Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 10:00AM to Noon at The George Washington University Gelman Library in Foggy Bottom, DC 2130 H Street NW Washington DC

Re: [CODE4LIB] Horowhenua Donation Page

Salvete! I haven't followed this at all, so can anyone fill me in on what this actually means in New Zealand?  That Liblime can sue the library to force them to change Koha's name? I now notice that Archivists' Toolkit, Archon, and Islandora are trademarked.     Before I say anything at

Re: [CODE4LIB] Horowhenua Donation Page

Salvete! T hat Paypal link gives an error. (fatal error in fact) - kc     Mmm, despite me testing it first, the tinyurl busted after a few minutes. (Hopefully from lots of donations. :) ) Try accessing it from this site: http://library-matters.blogspot.com/ Cheers, Brooke

Re: [CODE4LIB] New thread: Why are you doing what you're doing?

Salvete! On 9/28/11 2:12 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: I think a great question would be: what would you REALLY like to be doing? And I'm meaning that professionally, not I'd rather be sailing/sleeping/drinking a beer. Pretend that the daily niggling bits of the job are gone

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

Salvete! I wrote about an idea for an online service for small libraries when I got back from Kosovo. [1] It had the added (?) capability of social networking, where the social beings are libraries. It seemed to me that in many cases small libraries are more dependent on each other

Re: [CODE4LIB] Libraries Thriving Learning Community--Applications Due Tomorrow!

Salvete! What's with the virtual fence? What are the benefits of limiting participation? http://www.librariesthriving.org/learning-community-community-topics/application-for-the-fall-learning-community Cheers, BWS Johnson

[CODE4LIB] MDC Chapter Meeting Reminder

Salvete! Come out, come out, where ever you are for the code4lib Maryland, District of Columbia, and great Commonwealth of Virginia meeting. It's         Tuesday, 13 September, 2011 10:00AM to Noon at the Arlington Public Library, Central Branch Feel free to mess with the wiki or consult it

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seeking feedback on database design for an open source software registry

Salvete!   This is insightful, Eric.  The thrust of our justification to the Mellon Foundation was to help take open source from early adopt to early majority (on Everett Roger's Diffusion of Innovations scale).  So while early adopters will want to scratch an itch I don't think the same

[CODE4LIB] MDC Chapter Interest Meeting - Save the Date

afterwards.  Hope to see some of y'all soon! Cheers, BWS Johnson