Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib? [diy]

2016-06-08 Thread Eric Hellman
Since we're brainstorming... In addition to regional meetings, how about having some smaller, national or even international thematic Code4Lib meetings. For example, I see an aching need for a "Code4Lib:Privacy". Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder,

Re: [CODE4LIB] "Illegal Aliens" subject heading

2016-04-18 Thread Eric Hellman
Yes, thank you. The "we" has to include cataloguing experts and the catloguing community of course. A fair amount of those people are already part of the Cod4Lib community. > On Apr 18, 2016, at 10:59 AM, Galen Charlton wrote: > > Hi, > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 10:2

[CODE4LIB] "Illegal Aliens" subject heading

2016-04-18 Thread Eric Hellman
be hard for us to do if LC is forbidden to help us, officially? "Illegal Aliens" appears a total of 91 times on 15 pages of the most recently published edition of the LC headings (8,179 pages total https://unglue.it/work/140214/ <https://unglue.it/work/140214/> ) Eric Hellman

Re: [CODE4LIB] [code4libcon] Proposed Duty Officer

2016-02-24 Thread Eric Hellman
Here's an eaxample. suppose Alice is worried about harrassment by Bob. Eve has on the list of proposed duty officers. Unfortunately Eve and Alice were once a couple, so Alice would feel comfortable going to Eve to address a possible situation with Bob. There's no accusation against Eve, but it

Re: [CODE4LIB] VIAF https certs

2016-02-03 Thread Eric Hellman
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=dx.doi.org Someone seem to be on the job there. > On Feb 2, 2016, at 2:32 PM, Stuart A. Yeates wrote: > > There are a relatively small number of infrastructure domains to which a > huge n

Re: [CODE4LIB] VIAF https certs

2016-02-02 Thread Eric Hellman
The folks at 18F offered to set up a dashboard for the library world like https://pulse.cio.gov/https/domains/ b ut we thought it might be too depressing just now.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Let's Encrypt and EZProxy

2016-01-14 Thread Eric Hellman
firmly into the true > believer category to go the route you suggest. > > Cary > >> On Jan 14, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Eric Hellman wrote: >> >> A while back, the issue of needing a wildcard certificate (not supported by >> Lets Encrypt) for EZProxy was discussed

[CODE4LIB] Let's Encrypt and EZProxy

2016-01-14 Thread Eric Hellman
s are switched to HTTPS? Also, I blogged my experience talking to people about privacy at #ALAMW16. http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2016/01/not-using-https-on-your-website-is-like.html <http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2016/01/not-using-https-on-your-website-is-like.html> Eric Eric Hellma

[CODE4LIB] The HTTPS pledge list goes up next week.

2015-12-23 Thread Eric Hellman
elp publicise what you've done and what you're doing to make the switch. If you have a web page or blog post describing your use of HTTPS or your implementation plans, let us know and we'll add it to our list. Email us at ple...@libraryfreedomproject.org. Eric Hellman President,

[CODE4LIB] Free Ebooks by ISBN

2015-12-21 Thread Eric Hellman
our_api_key}&username={your_username} /download_ebook/2576/ pdf Internet Archive CC BY-NC-ND /download_ebook/2577/ epub Internet Archive CC BY-NC-ND

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

2015-12-11 Thread Eric Hellman
cooperatively. Eric Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar

[CODE4LIB] Let's Encrypt public beta

2015-12-03 Thread Eric Hellman
https://letsencrypt.org/2015/12/03/entering-public-beta.html <https://letsencrypt.org/2015/12/03/entering-public-beta.html> Remember, LE is designed for automation, so your big value-add will be figuring out how to automate cert renewal on your platform. Eric Hellman President, Free

[CODE4LIB] my experience with Let's Encrypt

2015-11-12 Thread Eric Hellman
integration occurs. However, once it occurs, certificate maintenance and renewal will cease to be an issue. Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar

Re: [CODE4LIB] Alexander Street Press and Google Analytics

2015-09-30 Thread Eric Hellman
rowser tracking, but I >>> still can't figure out why it continues to append the linker parameter to >>> external sites. Anyone else using cross-browser tracking? The mystery >>> deepens... >>> >>> Laura >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 3

Re: [CODE4LIB] Alexander Street Press and Google Analytics

2015-09-30 Thread Eric Hellman
GA doesn't do that AFAIK. might be your proxy server. Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar > On Sep 30, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Laura Krier wrote: > > Hey folks, > I'm hopin

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib services and https

2015-09-01 Thread Eric Hellman
Yes, here's the discussion. https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1311&L=CODE4LIB#157 <https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1311&L=CODE4LIB#157> The environment has chaged quite a bit since then. Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook Foundation Founder, Unglue.it http

Re: [CODE4LIB] "coders for libraries"

2015-09-01 Thread Eric Hellman
Code4Lib | You can't spell 'Library' without 'x4C' > On Sep 1, 2015, at 10:58 AM, Mark A. Matienzo wrote: > How about if we turn this topic around and focus on thinking about coming > up with a tagline that emphasizes our goals for inclusivity rather than > identity? > > Mark > > -- > Mark A. Ma

[CODE4LIB] code4lib services and https

2015-09-01 Thread Eric Hellman
tp://code4lib.spreadshirt.com/> HTTPS SUPPORTED, but serving insecure resoures. wiki.code4lib.org <http://planet.code4lib.org/> HTTPS NOT SUPPORTED. Insecure login! So can we start setting an example, now? If cost of certificates is an issue, I am willing to step up. Eric Hel

[CODE4LIB] "coders for libraries"

2015-09-01 Thread Eric Hellman
about us: "code4lib: coders for libraries, libraries for coders. (I really hate the word "coders.") code4lib.org <http://code4lib.org/>" As someone who feels that Code4Lib should welcome people who don't particularly identify as "coders", I would we

Re: [CODE4LIB] Protocol-relative URLs in MARC

2015-08-19 Thread Eric Hellman
Thank you Christian Pietsch and Kevin Ford for saving me the trouble, and for doing so with more correctness than I would have mustered. IMHO, where an https url is available, adding a insecure link as an alternative is 100% disadvantageous to users. Eric Hellman President, Free Ebook

[CODE4LIB] Draft for The Library Digital Privacy Pledge

2015-06-24 Thread Eric Hellman
ation has published What Every Librarian Needs to Know About HTTPS Eric Hellman President, Gluejar.Inc. Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar

[CODE4LIB] a Library Digital Privacy Pledge ?

2015-06-13 Thread Eric Hellman
Jeremy's response made me think. What do people think about formulating a "Library Digital Privacy Pledge" that libraries, publishers and vendors could sign onto? Or perhaps a set of pledges. I'd start with moving services to SSL. Principle: Library Services and Resources should be delivered, w

Re: [CODE4LIB] Let's implement the referrer meta tag

2015-06-13 Thread Eric Hellman
> Network, Inc. > http://www.lirn.net/ | http://www.twitter.com/LIRNnotes | > http://www.facebook.com/LIRNnotes > > On Jun 12, 2015, at 18:23, Eric Hellman wrote: > >> While going to SSL is a good thing to do, it's not a good idea to be loading >> non-secur

Re: [CODE4LIB] Let's implement the referrer meta tag

2015-06-12 Thread Eric Hellman
gt;> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2015/06/protect-reader-privacy-with-referrer.html >>> < >>> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2015/06/protect-reader-privacy-with-referrer.html >>>> >>>> >>>> I hope this is easy to deploy on library websites, because the privacy >>> enhancement is significant. >>>> >>>> I'd be very interested to know of sites that are using it; I know Thomas >>> Dowling implemented a referrer policy on http://oatd.org/ < >>> http://oatd.org/> >>>> >>>> Would it be a good idea to make it a required practice for libraries? >>>> >>>> >>>> Eric Hellman >>>> President, Gluejar.Inc. >>>> Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ >>>> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ >>>> twitter: @gluejar >>>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Let's implement the referrer meta tag

2015-06-12 Thread Eric Hellman
I'd not heard of this. But on reading it closely, I don't think it regulates the referer header, rather it prevent restricts the origins of resources that a page can load.So it doesn't work with referrer policies. but I could be wrong Eric On Jun 12, 2015, at 12:24 AM, Conal Tuohy wrote: > >

[CODE4LIB] Let's implement the referrer meta tag

2015-06-11 Thread Eric Hellman
interested to know of sites that are using it; I know Thomas Dowling implemented a referrer policy on http://oatd.org/ <http://oatd.org/> Would it be a good idea to make it a required practice for libraries? Eric Hellman President, Gluejar.Inc. Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue

[CODE4LIB] CODEX Hackathon in SFO for ALA

2015-05-21 Thread Eric Hellman
*CODEX Hackathon* codexhackathon.com June 26-28, 2015. San Francisco WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF READING? We're throwing a literary/publishing/library/books hackathon during the American Library Association conference in San Francisco on June 26-28, 2015. It's called CODEX. It's going to be epic.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Protagonists

2015-05-05 Thread Eric Hellman
I'm working on metadata for GITenberg. Documentation in progress: https://github.com/gitenberg-dev/documentation/tree/master/metadata At least the linking-works-to-Gutenberg aspects of this problem should be a lot easier by th

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lending/circulating independent ebooks

2015-03-25 Thread Eric Hellman
Unglue.it implemented something like that as part of "buy to unglue", using per-loan embedded licenses and watermarking. We've not had a lot of success getting publishers to buy into it. Or libraries. If you have applications, several of the components are open source. Eric

Re: [CODE4LIB] Ebook reader app

2015-03-25 Thread Eric Hellman
Another approach- I think the Colorado consortium did this, is to whitelabel the Bluefire App, which works with any Adobe-DRM ebook. With the Rakuten acquisition of Overdrive, I think it it might be wise to let the dust settle and see what happens with Kobo. And I know of at least 2, maybe 3, m

[CODE4LIB] security and privacy in RFPs

2015-03-04 Thread Eric Hellman
rivacy and security in libraries. Contact me on or off list. Eric Eric Hellman President, Gluejar.Inc. Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar

Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4lib 2016 location

2015-02-23 Thread Eric Hellman
My reasons for preferring LA are purely personal and #theweatheristoodamncold, and I'm optimistic that I can make it to either location this year after several years away. But the most valuable sessions for me at C4LConf for me have been the BOF/breakout sessions. This is very different from mu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4lib 2016 location

2015-02-23 Thread Eric Hellman
These are both great but the Philly folks seem to have forgotten the "Weather" section. > On Feb 22, 2015, at 8:48 PM, Francis Kayiwa wrote: > > Hey All, > > Just wanted to make everyone aware of the two fantastic proposals to host > Code4lib 2016 that have been submitted. The cities of of Lo

Re: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014?

2014-12-09 Thread Eric Hellman
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.

Re: [CODE4LIB] metadata for free ebook repositories

2014-08-18 Thread Eric Hellman
Unglue.it is focusing on Creative Commons licensed works. We have a cataloguer who has just started working on bringing the records up to snuff. Eric On Aug 18, 2014, at 6:04 PM, Stuart Yeates wrote: > There are a stack of great free ebook repositories available on the web, > things like http

Re: [CODE4LIB] Privacy audits Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP

2014-08-18 Thread Eric Hellman
Count me in. On Aug 16, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > I think a "Code4lib guide to library privacy" or something of that nature > would be a valuable contribution. I'd be happy to work with folks on it.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

2014-08-16 Thread Eric Hellman
Can't we make our own non dynamic share links > > > > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ________ > From: Eric Hellman<mailto:e...@hellman.net> > Sent: ‎8/‎16/‎2014 12:25 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

2014-08-16 Thread Eric Hellman
x27;re being tracked across sites all over the internet. If you identify yourself to one of them, you can be identified. Note that the main concern here is if you use your own device to access the library's catalog. On Aug 15, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > On 8/15/14, 12:07 PM, Er

[CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

2014-08-15 Thread Eric Hellman
On Aug 14, 2014, at 4:32 PM, William Denton wrote: > At the university where I work Google Analytics is the standard, and we use > it on the library's web site. There's probably no way around that---but we > can tell people how to block the tracking, which will help them locally > (ironically

Re: [CODE4LIB] Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis

2014-08-14 Thread Eric Hellman
I must say I'm surprised that most of the response to "libraries are letting advertisers track patrons as they browse their catalogs" is discussion of privacy condomware. Perhaps I've missed something? > On Aug 14, 2014, at 1:39 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > > Bill (&others), are you running Priva

Re: [CODE4LIB] Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis

2014-08-13 Thread Eric Hellman
riginal Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric > Hellman > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:37 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis > > I blogged this. > > ht

Re: [CODE4LIB] Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis

2014-08-13 Thread Eric Hellman
s out > into the polluted ocean of the internet where everyone else is swimming? > > --Jimmy > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Gary McGath wrote: > >> On 8/13/14 1:22 PM, Eric Hellman wrote: >>> It seems that Code4Lib hasn'

[CODE4LIB] Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis

2014-08-13 Thread Eric Hellman
/www.techdirt.com/articles/20140721/14523127960/tons-sites-including-whitehousegov-experiment-with-tracking-technology-that-is-difficult-to-block.shtml Eric Eric Hellman President, Gluejar.Inc. Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar

Re: [CODE4LIB] Book Club software tools and approaches?

2014-07-07 Thread Eric Hellman
You may want to check out BookGobble.com I wrote about the founder, Mira Wilczek, last year: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2013/09/booksmashs-lust-o-meter-shows-how.html eric On Jul 1, 2014, at 9:38 AM, Jon Gorman wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been musing on software tools that might be usef

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2014-06-09 Thread Eric Hellman
I assume you've discovered the word is usually spelled "administrivia". It's fun making up words. My latest is "bibliopotheosis" On May 29, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > * Apparently “administratativia” is a word of my own design because a search > of it in Google returns only

Re: [CODE4LIB] COinS metadata format support

2014-02-11 Thread Eric Hellman
success/adoption for COinS to the amount of work invested in it, especially compared to other things I’ve been involved with. There’s a lesson there somewhere. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar.Inc. Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar On Jan 17

Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital Bookplates

2014-01-03 Thread Eric Hellman
improvements by me. https://github.com/Gluejar/pyepub Eric Eric Hellman President, Gluejar.Inc. Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar On Jan 3, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Lauren Magnuson wrote: > I'm considering creating a Drupal module for creatin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?

2013-12-21 Thread Eric Hellman
I use it all the time. If anyone has played with mathematica notebooks, it's the same thing, with python, and other languages apparently on the way. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar.Inc. Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar On Dec 19,

Re: [CODE4LIB] We should use HTTPS on code4lib.org

2013-11-09 Thread Eric Hellman
I wrote an article about some of the fuss we had to deal with relating to redirecting to https. http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2013/10/internet-plumbing-mixed-redirect-chains.html we dealt with some of the internet archive hiccups, too, but these were more to do with changing a website rathe

[CODE4LIB] githubs for poetry, legal docs

2013-02-27 Thread Eric Hellman
e started using Docracy.com to help us manage legal agreements. Eric Eric Hellman President, Gluejar.Inc. Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar

[CODE4LIB] You are a *pedantic* coder. So what am I?

2013-02-21 Thread Eric Hellman
OK, pedant, tell us why you think methods that can be over-ridden are static. Also, tell us why you think classes in Java are not instances of java.lang.Class On Feb 18, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Justin Coyne wrote: > To be pedantic, Ruby and JavaScript are more Object Oriented than Java > because they

[CODE4LIB] early history of isbn/issn linking

2012-12-16 Thread Eric Hellman
I'm working on a little project on the early history of bibliographic linking. I'm looking for examples where plain-text documents with ISBNs or ISSNs were auto-linked to library catalogs or Amazon or whatnot. Any nominations for who did this first and documented it? Eric Er

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code, Inclusiveness, and Fear

2012-12-06 Thread Eric Hellman
We need to fear malicious code. To do that, we need to think about all the ways people can misuse, abuse and attack our systems. We need to cross our t's, dot our i's, and shine lots of light. Eric On Dec 6, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Gabriel Farrell wrote: > one that rings true with me. I hope we can

[CODE4LIB] Code, Inclusiveness, and Fear

2012-12-06 Thread Eric Hellman
space to help people make the transition from being oppressed by fear of code to being liberated by the possibilities of code. OK, back to work for me- unfortunately not the code part. Eric Eric Hellman President, Gluejar.Inc. Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/ http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ twitter: @gluejar

Re: [CODE4LIB] EPUB and ILS indexing

2012-11-01 Thread Eric Hellman
This is an area where the code4lib community can have a huge impact. Conversely, if the Code4lib community doesn't have a big impact, we're in trouble. I urge everyone to have a look at the OS projects that SourceFabric is involved in. In particular, BookType is a django web app that lets peopl

[CODE4LIB] First Unglued eBook is available for download

2012-09-14 Thread Eric Hellman
on and expression, especially oral performance, literacy and music-making. Contact Information: For Unglue.it Eric Hellman President, Gluejar Inc. pr...@gluejar.com For Open Book Publishers: Rupert Gatti rupert.ga...@openbookpublishers.com Alessandra Tosi Managing Director, Open Book Publishers

[CODE4LIB] Unglue.it has launched

2012-05-17 Thread Eric Hellman
There's even the beginnings of an API . https://unglue.it/api/help Lots of work left to do, though! Not much point unless the campaigns succeed. Eric

Re: [CODE4LIB] too much Metadata

2012-02-16 Thread Eric Hellman
Related: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2009/06/when-are-you-collecting-too-much-data.html On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Patrick Berry wrote: > So, one question I forgot to toss out at the Ask Anything session is: > > When do you know you have enough metadata? > > "You'll know it when you

Re: [CODE4LIB] site vulnerabilities

2011-12-19 Thread Eric Hellman
By the way, who ever decided it would be fun to reply by checking the gluejar website for XSS vulnerabilities, by all means, tell everyone about it! Eric On Dec 16, 2011, at 10:14 PM, Michael J. Giarlo wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 21:42, Eric Hellman wrote: >> >> You'

Re: [CODE4LIB] What software for a digital library

2011-12-16 Thread Eric Hellman
to Python, but I'm quite happy with Django. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. http://www.gluejar.com/ 41 Watchung Plaza #132, Montclair NJ 07042 e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar

Re: [CODE4LIB] site vulnerabilities

2011-12-16 Thread Eric Hellman
I gave a lightning talk on XSS vulnerabilities in library software at the first Code4Lib conference. You'll be happy to know that as bad as things are, they've improved considerably! I showed several ILS vendors how I could insert arbitrary javascripts into their products. Some of them fixed th

Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions

2011-12-01 Thread Eric Hellman
because voters want the chance to make snide remarks about you on the backchannel. (I'll only be able to attend virtually this year. Please don't ask to take away my vote!) Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. http://www.gluejar.com/ 41 Watchung Plaza #132, Montclair NJ 07042 e...@

Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions

2011-12-01 Thread Eric Hellman
I think that it's not out of bounds to ask people for c4l votes unless you're offering tangible rewards in exchange for said votes. "Tangible rewards" as used here shall in no circumstance be construed to apply to any offers of beer or its nonalcoholic equivalent. "Non-alcoholic equivalent" as u

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library News (à la ycombinator's hackernews)

2011-11-29 Thread Eric Hellman
And the discussion at hacker news is illuminating... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3272980 On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Mark A. Matienzo wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: >> Don't know if the link is in error, or what. Anyone know what software >> Hacker N

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of visual searching or browsing

2011-11-10 Thread Eric Hellman
ut production or close-to-production sites that are making good use > of these or similar tools to provide visual, non-linear access to > collections. Who's doing slick stuff in this area that deserves a look? > > Thanks! > > Julia > Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, In

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

2011-09-28 Thread Eric Hellman
I think it's a good question, worth asking about *every* dev position being hired for. I would be interested to hear an answer from others on the list. In fact, I think the price of putting a position announcement on Code4lib should be a willingness to answer "why?". And "why not?" is a pretty

[CODE4LIB] privacy enhanced implementation of Like button

2011-07-23 Thread Eric Hellman
Has anyone seen, used or written a wrapper script for Facebook Like buttons (http://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/ ) that prevents the leakage of all user browsing behavior to Facebook? For example, the script might invoke the facebook script on an "OnClick" event. Eric Er

[CODE4LIB] JHU integration of PD works

2011-06-15 Thread Eric Hellman
;unified" approaches being touted by vendors delivering something really different? Looking forward, I wonder whether the "print-first, then enrich with digital" strategy required by today's infrastructure and work flow will decline compared to a more Googlish web-first strategy.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Adding VIAF links to Wikipedia

2011-06-10 Thread Eric Hellman
We talked a bit about this at LOD-LAM; Asaf Bartov of the Wikimedia foundation offered to help make this work better. email me if you need a a contact. On Jun 2, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Ralph LeVan wrote: > Yes, the bot was approved, but in a much more limited application that was > initially intend

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seth Godin on The future of the library

2011-06-01 Thread Eric Hellman
t-before. It's my hope that there are a number of not-so-hard problems around this situation that people on this list have the tools to solve. Eric On May 19, 2011, at 1:30 AM, Karen Coyle wrote: > Quoting Eric Hellman : > >> Exactly. I apologize if my comment was perc

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seth Godin on The future of the library

2011-05-18 Thread Eric Hellman
Exactly. I apologize if my comment was perceived as coy, but I've chosen to invest in the possibility that Creative Commons licensing is a viable way forward for libraries, authors, readers, etc. Here's a link the last of a 5 part series on open-access ebooks. I hope it inspires work in the code

Re: [CODE4LIB] Seth Godin on The future of the library

2011-05-18 Thread Eric Hellman
ituation, I see no evidence that ebooks will cost less > than razor blades, ever. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. http://www.gluejar.com/ e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar

Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you wish you had time to learn?

2011-04-27 Thread Eric Hellman
This thread got me thinking about what I learned during a time when I actually had time to learn whatever I wanted to: Applied Epistemology (reading list supplied mostly by @edsu) Copyright Law (reading list supplied mostly by @grimmelm) Writing and Journalism Eric Hellman President, Gluejar

Re: [CODE4LIB] [dpla-discussion] Rethinking the "library" part of DPLA

2011-04-12 Thread Eric Hellman
huge, and it makes no > sense to users that a library provide services based on publication date, > much less that enhanced services stop at 1923. > > kc > > Karen Coyle > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet E

Re: [CODE4LIB] [dpla-discussion] Rethinking the "library" part of DPLA

2011-04-07 Thread Eric Hellman
mments, uploaded pictures, video, whatever. I really think this community > conversation and context-creation around materials is a big part of what > makes public libraries special. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. http://www.gluejar.com/ Gluejar is hiring! e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar

[CODE4LIB] Gluejar is hiring

2011-03-01 Thread Eric Hellman
Hi, Everyone! http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/03/gluejar-is-hiring.html Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar

Re: [CODE4LIB] GPL incompatible interfaces

2011-02-18 Thread Eric Hellman
ng proprietary or open source (in > your Apache/MIT sense) untouched. I haven't seen any examples myself, > and can't quite see how it would be done legally. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar

[CODE4LIB] GPL incompatible interfaces

2011-02-17 Thread Eric Hellman
tuck working with, have at it. If I'm mistaken and there are none left, then I'd like to know it. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar

[CODE4LIB] AGPL for libraries (was: A to Z lists)

2011-02-17 Thread Eric Hellman
ions. I > know there're products we could buy, but, like everyone else, we don't have > much money at the moment. > > Thanks for any info or advice! > > Michele DeSilva > Central Oregon Community College Library > Emerging Technologies Librarian > 541-

[CODE4LIB] data on dev staff in libraries

2011-02-03 Thread Eric Hellman
12.2% 68 5 7.4% 53 5 9.4% 45 5 11.1% 39 5 12.8% 62 4.5 7.3% 89 3 3.4% 70 3 4.3% 49 3 6.1% 48 3 6.3% 69 2 2.9% 37 2 5.4% 24 2 8.3% 26 1 3.8% 19 1

[CODE4LIB] question about coding in libraries

2011-02-01 Thread Eric Hellman
of people employed at or on contract to your library whose major responsibilities include software development or maintenance. Broadly defined. 2. The total FTE staff at your library. (send to me, not the list, I will summarize) Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair

Re: [CODE4LIB] c4l2011 location + reg. open time

2010-12-08 Thread Eric Hellman
I believe that would be "Indiana Memorial Union" on the campus of IU in Bloomington, Indiana Sent from my iPad On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:50 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > I can't find anything on the wiki that says WHERE c4l2011 will be. (I thought > IMU was a hint, but that comes out as "International

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Eric Hellman
ies [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Eric > Hellman > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:58 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia > > I vote for changing the limit threshold to > > PI * (eventual le

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Eric Hellman
follow-up was where the throttling > began). > > Alex > -- > Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic Maps > --- http://shelter.nu/blog/ -- > -- http://www.google.com/profiles/alexander.

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARCXML - What is it for?

2010-10-25 Thread Eric Hellman
e advantage to this? I can see using a human-readable format >> for poorly-documented file formats -- they're relatively easy to read >> and understand. But MARC is well, well-documented, with more than one >> free implementation in cursory searching. And once you know a binary &g

[CODE4LIB] Safari extensions

2010-08-05 Thread Eric Hellman
Has anyone played with the new Safari extensions capability? I'm looking at you, Godmar. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar

Re: [CODE4LIB] DIY aggregate index

2010-07-01 Thread Eric Hellman
d Walker > Library Web Services Manager > California State University > http://xerxes.calstate.edu Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar

[CODE4LIB] OExchange4Lib

2010-06-03 Thread Eric Hellman
What do people think of OExchange? http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/02/oexchange/ http://www.oexchange.org/ At first glance, it might be a good horse for bibliographic annotations to ride on. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net

Re: [CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-05-03 Thread Eric Hellman
I'll try to find out. Sent from Eric Hellman's iPhone On May 2, 2010, at 4:10 PM, stuart yeates wrote: But the interesting use case isn't OpenURL over HTTP, the interesting use case (for me) is OpenURL on a disconnected eBook reader resolving references from one ePub to other ePub cont

Re: [CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-04-30 Thread Eric Hellman
> -Ross. On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Ed Summers wrote: > I doubt I understand the full scope of the problem (never made it > through the spec myself). But I imagine a sensible use of HTTP status > codes would've gotten most of the way there. > > //Ed Eric Hellman President

Re: [CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-04-30 Thread Eric Hellman
Eek. I was hoping for something much simpler. Do you realize that you're asking for service taxonomy? On Apr 30, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Ross Singer wrote: > I think the basis of a response could actually be another context > object with the 'services' entity containing a list of > services/targets t

Re: [CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-04-30 Thread Eric Hellman
ally, depending on your vendor, I >> suppose), much less contribute back to the ecosystem. > > I agree. And that's an issue with the standard, not the implementations. > > //Ed Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/

Re: [CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-04-29 Thread Eric Hellman
Ha! One of the things OpenURL 1.0 "fixed" was to wire in UTF-8 encoding. Much of the MARC data in circulation also uses UTF-8 encoding. Some of it even uses it correctly. On Apr 29, 2010, at 8:58 PM, Alexander Johannesen wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:54, Eric Hellman wr

Re: [CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-04-29 Thread Eric Hellman
ages, b) > cross-environment language and schema support, and c) ease of > creation. (I don't like how easy well-formedness breaks, though. That > sucks) Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/

Re: [CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-04-29 Thread Eric Hellman
Even the best standard in the world can only do so much! On Apr 29, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Ed Summers wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Eric Hellman wrote: >> Since this thread has turned into a discussion on OpenURL... >> >> I have to say that during the OpenUR

Re: [CODE4LIB] Twitter annotations and library software

2010-04-29 Thread Eric Hellman
t MARC. For > size and other reasons, even MODS is too much. But perhaps we can > borrow the barest of field names from MODS, COinS, or from the most > commonly used bibliographic format, Amazon XML. > > Thoughts? > > Tim > > -- > Check out my library at http://www.l

[CODE4LIB] it's cool to hate on OpenURL (was: Twitter annotations...)

2010-04-29 Thread Eric Hellman
entire industry. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Twitter annotations and library software

2010-04-28 Thread Eric Hellman
>"given": "Elena" > } ], > "container-title": "American Quarterly", > "volume": "58", > "page": "137-158", > "issued": { "date-parts": [ [2006, 3] ] }, > "type": "article-journal" > } > > > -- > Jakob Voß , skype: nichtich > Verbundzentrale des GBV (VZG) / Common Library Network > Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1, 37073 Göttingen, Germany > +49 (0)551 39-10242, http://www.gbv.de Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Twitter annotations and library software

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Hellman
ld be interested in comment, but it's where this post was going: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/04/when-shall-we-link.html Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/

[CODE4LIB] OpenURL aggregator not doing so well

2010-04-09 Thread Eric Hellman
Take a look at http://openurl.code4lib.org/aggregator Any ideas how to make it work better? Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/

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