[CODE4LIB] modeling library types

2016-05-03 Thread David Lowe
Hi C4L-- Just thought this might be a fun group to ping on this--sorry if it's off a bit. I'm looking for data sources that would help to portray aspects of the differences between academic, national, and public libraries. I think academic rigor would be a big facet, but not sure how to represent

Re: [CODE4LIB] seeking linked data-based user interface examples in libraries

2015-02-11 Thread David Lowe
I consider SNAC and its radial graph view one of the leaders in this space: http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/xtf/search --DBL On 2/11/15, Sheila M. Morrissey wrote: > Do you know if the relationship-viewer source code open source and > available? > Thanks, > sheila > > -Original Message

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: NISO February 11 Webinar: Authority Control: Are You Who We Say You Are?

2015-01-22 Thread David Lowe
Of possible interest to the group, per past traffic on this list regarding ORCID and ISNI. --DBL -- Forwarded message -- From: NISO Date: Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 1:53 PM Subject: NISO February 11 Webinar: Authority Control: Are You Who We Say You Are? To: NISO *NISO February 11 Web

Re: [CODE4LIB] quiz software

2014-09-16 Thread David Lowe
Turns out, it's free for K-12 teachers only. My bad, but good for you if the shoe fits. --DBL From: David Lowe Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 4:49 PM To: jeremy.shellh...@humboldt.edu; CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: RE: [CODE4LIB] quiz sof

Re: [CODE4LIB] quiz software

2014-09-16 Thread David Lowe
Just saw this on the NPR site by chance: http://www.socrative.com/ Not OSS, but appears to cover the functionality in mind at their free level. Anybody use Socrative? --DBL -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeremy C. Shellhase Sen

Re: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions?

2014-04-10 Thread David Lowe
Thanks for the plug, David! Registration just opened yesterday for June 11-13 in lovely Storrs, CT: http://guides.library.umass.edu/BootCamp2014/ --DBL -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bigwood, David Sent: Thursday, April 10, 201

Re: [CODE4LIB] text mining software

2013-08-27 Thread David Lowe
More often seen as a tool for the social sciences, NVivo from QSRI has some respectable text manipulation capabilities (stemming, counting, proximity, clouds, etc.), and since it is an established tool in certain disciplines, it's either cheap

[CODE4LIB] Open Source release policies

2013-05-28 Thread David Lowe
All- If you work at an organization that releases open source software that your staff coders develop, I would be interested in reading your policy on that, if you have one written up that you can share, or otherwise in hearing your common practice, if that's not too much trouble. On or off list

[CODE4LIB] FW: reviewing/ranking journals

2013-05-22 Thread David Lowe
C4L folk- To be comprehensive, the project this guy suggests would be a big undertaking, but I'm thinking about running the idea past some possible library-land funders and getting back to him: http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/05/17/its-time-for-journals-to-be-author-reviewed/?cid=pm&