Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.org domain

2012-12-18 Thread Reese, Terry
Wilhelmina, To answer your two questions. 1) yes, during the 30 day expiration period when registration lapses your site will typically become unavailable 2) this isn't just about one person at OSU. Ryan Ordway is our sys admin, but c4l is supported by a number of folks at the institution in va

Re: [CODE4LIB] wiki page about the chode4lib irc bot created

2013-01-24 Thread Reese, Terry
>> Looking at that, the only absolutely library-specific content there >> appears to be the MARC plugin (which isn't documented in detail). MARC and not well documented...that sounds about right. 😊 --tr * Terry Reese, Associate Professor Gray Family Chair for

Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference "all-timers?"

2013-02-15 Thread Reese, Terry
I've been there from the start in Corvallis. Occasionally, I've thought about missing and just watching the stream, but honestly it's the people that bring me back. --tr -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael B. Klein Sent:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Slicing/dicing/combining large amounts of data efficiently

2013-02-27 Thread Reese, Terry
Kyle -- if this was me -- I'd break the file into a database. You have a lot of different options, but the last time I had to do something like this -- I broke the data into 10 tables -- a control table with a primary key and oclc number, a table for 0xx fields, a table for 1xx, 2xx, etc. incl

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-22 Thread Reese, Terry
I find it hard not to laugh a little bit at this ongoing discussion because it is so uniquely part of this community. On the one hand, you have some very creative people that think that they see a problem and want to fix it. On the other, people are spinning their wheels, throwing out the craz

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-22 Thread Reese, Terry
t; I think of it like the Oklahoma Land Rush, or getting your plane >> reservations for Christmas.  Some get in, some do not, and each >> person is responsible only to himself for doing it "in time." >> >> This is from a person who is coming for the first time following

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q.: MARC8 vs. MARC/Unicode and pymarc and misencoded III records

2012-03-08 Thread Reese, Terry
This is one of the reasons you really can't trust the information found in position 9. This is one of the reasons why when I wrote MarcEdit, I utilize a mixed process when working with data and determining characterset -- a process that reads this byte and takes the information under advisement

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q.: MARC8 vs. MARC/Unicode and pymarc and misencoded III records

2012-03-08 Thread Reese, Terry
8, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Reese, Terry wrote: > This is one of the reasons you really can't trust the information found in > position 9.  This is one of the reasons why when I wrote MarcEdit, I utilize > a mixed process when working with data and determining characterset -- a >

Re: [CODE4LIB] Q.: MARC8 vs. MARC/Unicode and pymarc and misencoded III records

2012-03-08 Thread Reese, Terry
s. [0] https://github.com/bdoms/beautifulsoup/blob/master/BeautifulSoup.py#L1753 On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Reese, Terry wrote: > This is one of the reasons you really can't trust the information found in > position 9.  This is one of the reasons why when I wrote MarcEdit, I utilize

[CODE4LIB] Save the data for Code4Lib West; July 30, 2012

2012-04-04 Thread Reese, Terry
The University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries invite you to code4lib west, Monday, July 30, 2012, at the UO Knight Library. There is no registration fee for this conference. Registration is limited to 50 participants. All participants are expected to deliver a lightni

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib West Registration Form: July 30, 2012

2012-04-17 Thread Reese, Terry
The University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries invite you to code4lib west, Monday, July 30, 2012, at the UO Knight Library. There is no registration fee for this conference. Registration is limited to 50 participants. All participants are expected to deliver a lightnin

Re: [CODE4LIB] more on MARC char encoding

2012-04-19 Thread Reese, Terry
Actually -- the issue isn't one of MARC8 versus UTF8 (since this data is being harvested from DSpace and is UTF8 encoded). It's actually an issue with user entered data -- specifically, smart quotes and the like. These values obviously are not in the MARC8 characterset and cause many who trans

Re: [CODE4LIB] more on MARC char encoding

2012-04-20 Thread Reese, Terry
retically the rolls royce of cataloger interfaces, does it do this? Gosh I hope not.) On 4/19/2012 2:20 PM, Reese, Terry wrote: > Actually -- the issue isn't one of MARC8 versus UTF8 (since this data is > being harvested from DSpace and is UTF8 encoded). It's actually an issue

Re: [CODE4LIB] Best way to process large XML files

2012-06-08 Thread Reese, Terry
I would really consider SAX. In MarcEdit, I had originally utilized an XSLT process for handling MARCXML translations (using both SAXON and MSXML parsers) -- but as you noticed -- there ends up being an upper limit to what you can process. The break point for me was when working with some rese

Re: [CODE4LIB] Leader in MarcXML Files ( Record Length )

2012-06-29 Thread Reese, Terry
I wouldn't. One of the benefits of marcxml is that you are not constrained by marcs record length issues. Deciding to calculate that value would add an arbitrary length limitation to the format (in my opinion). Tr * Terry Reese, Associate Professor Gray Fam

Re: [CODE4LIB] Leader in MarcXML Files ( Record Length )

2012-06-29 Thread Reese, Terry
If im writing marcxml from scratch, I agree. If I'm converting it from marc, i print out the length value from the record more for historical purposes. Tr * Terry Reese, Associate Professor Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services 121 Valley Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] worldcat api

2012-07-17 Thread Reese, Terry
You'd likely want to use the classify service if all you needed was a call number. It's a different API -- but the one MarcEdit has made use of for the past 2 1/2 years to provide folks with batch call number insertion in either LC or Dewey. --tr -Original Message- From: Code for Li

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Federated Library Search

2010-05-05 Thread Reese, Terry
David, I thought I'd pipe in just to say that honestly, I'm not sure at this point where LibraryFind is being used right now as well. I know that at OSU, we have changed our primary federated search to Summons. However, we continue to use LibraryFind as a platform for providing access to har

Re: [CODE4LIB] Copy Cataloging & MARC record manipulation

2010-08-19 Thread Reese, Terry
Andy, Since I write marcedit, maybe I can help. If you can give me an idea what you are up to, I'll see if its something that can be dealt with. Tr Terry Reese Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services Oregon State University Librari

Re: [CODE4LIB] marcxml

2010-11-11 Thread Reese, Terry
Yes -- that's right. There is a zip file with install instructions for any non-windows based system for which a MONO port is present. --TR > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of > Joel Marchesoni > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC magic for file

2011-04-06 Thread Reese, Terry
Actually, you can have records that are MARC21 coming out of vendor databases (who sometime embed control characters into the leader) and still be valid. Once you stop looking at just your ILS or OCLC, you probably wouldn't be surprised to know that records start looking very different. --TR

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC magic for file

2011-04-06 Thread Reese, Terry
use the two are not exclusive. --TR > -Original Message- > From: Jonathan Rochkind [mailto:rochk...@jhu.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 9:59 AM > To: Code for Libraries > Cc: Reese, Terry > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC magic for file > > I'm not sure w

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC magic for file

2011-04-06 Thread Reese, Terry
ess. --tr From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of William Denton [w...@pobox.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:29 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC magic for file On 6 April 2011, Reese, Terry wrote: > Actually --

Re: [CODE4LIB] utf8 "\xC2" does not map to Unicode

2011-04-06 Thread Reese, Terry
I'd echo Jonathan's question -- the 0xC2 code is the sound recording marker in MARC-8. I'd guess the file isn't in UTF8. --TR > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Rochkind > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:28 PM > To

Re: [CODE4LIB] is this valid marc ?

2011-05-19 Thread Reese, Terry
Jonathan, Karen is correct -- CR/LF are invalid characters within a MARC record. This has nothing to do if the character is valid in the set -- the format itself doesn't allow it. --TR -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonatha

Re: [CODE4LIB] is this valid marc ?

2011-05-19 Thread Reese, Terry
ay, May 19, 2011 11:49 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] is this valid marc ? > > On 5/19/2011 2:33 PM, Reese, Terry wrote: > > Jonathan, > > > > Karen is correct -- CR/LF are invalid characters within a MARC record. This > has nothing t

Re: [CODE4LIB] z39.50 and write operations

2011-06-03 Thread Reese, Terry
Yes, but only if the server you are using supports the z39.50 extended attributes. However, few commercial ils systems seem to support it by default. Tr * Terry Reese Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services 121 Valley Library Corvallis, OR 97331 phone: 54

[CODE4LIB] Job announcement: Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication, Oregon State University

2011-08-30 Thread Reese, Terry
Please share this announcement with colleagues who would be interested. JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication Oregon State University Libraries Oregon State University Libraries seeks an innovative, dynamic, and experienced library leader to joi

Re: [CODE4LIB] MarcEdit command line tool

2011-09-01 Thread Reese, Terry
Here's the problem -- you are missing a switch. In MarcEdit, the XSLT conversations run through Marc21XML. To move from MARC21XML to MARC, MarcEdit uses a crosswalk to the mnemonic format. When you use the GUI -- this value is set for you -- but since it is user configurable, the command-line

Re: [CODE4LIB] screen scraping

2011-10-02 Thread Reese, Terry
In Canada, the BC Supreme Court ruled that screen scrapping real estate listings from one site and using them on another indeed infringed on copyright. Not sure if this would cover your use -- but if you are coming from Canada, it might be something to consider. Decision URL: http://www.canli

Re: [CODE4LIB] Polls open for Code4Lib 2007 T-Shirt design

2007-01-29 Thread Reese, Terry
Per the Rosie the Riveter Memorial (http://www.rosietheriveter.org/faq.htm) regarding the image. Given that its a commissioned work by the United States War Production Commission, I'd say that its likely to be in the public domain. I wouldn't worry about it. 4. Is the Rosie the Riveter image

Re: [CODE4LIB] library find and bibliographic citation export?

2007-09-27 Thread Reese, Terry
COINs are included in the output, but because the current pages are loaded via AJAX, the data isn't visible to browser plugins like Libx, Zotero, etc. 0.8.3 will remove nearly all the ajax -- and when that happens, the COINS data should be visible. --TR *

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Software Manifesto

2007-11-06 Thread Reese, Terry
Roy, While your rights are interesting, the consumer responsibilities I find are actually more important (and always more difficult to see followed). As some that develops software for wide public consumption (read, not developers but the computer illiterate in many cases), I find that point

Re: [CODE4LIB] low-cost software for prison libraries?

2008-01-30 Thread Reese, Terry
I'd suggest Koha -- but if they are looking for something simple and lowcost, you could try something like CDS/ISIS (http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5330&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html) -- it's free and developed by Unesco. The other one you could try ResourceMate (http://ww

Re: [CODE4LIB] Records for Open Library

2008-02-06 Thread Reese, Terry
>> Isn't sharing such records a no-no? No, OCLC's guidelines for transfer (http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/records/guidelines/default.htm) specifically give unrestricted transfer rights to libraries and non-commercial entities. The Open Library is both. It's a registered li

Re: [CODE4LIB] Records for Open Library

2008-02-06 Thread Reese, Terry
Maybe Roy will answer that one -- but I doubt its that difficult to guess. OCLC's primary value is its bibliographic database and the information about its member's holdings. Nearly all of it's services are built around this. If they gave that information up to the Open Library, it would most

Re: [CODE4LIB] getting Worldcat records

2008-02-07 Thread Reese, Terry
Since these are your libraries' records, you can certainly download them again from OCLC. I've also known libraries in the past that have been able to have oclc generate a subset of records from their database -- though in these cases, this always has involved a cost to purchase the records. In t

Re: [CODE4LIB] what's the best way to get from Portland to San Francisco on Feb 28?

2008-02-20 Thread Reese, Terry
You'll want to fly. On the West Coast, taking the train is a bit of a crap shoot and wouldn't advise it unless you had a day between when you are suppose to arrive and when you need to arrive. The few times I've taken Amtrak on the West coast between Seattle and Los Angelos, I've never been on

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zotero under attack

2008-09-26 Thread Reese, Terry
Hopefully, this quote from the article: A significant and highly touted feature of the new beta version of Zotero, however, is its ability to convert - in direct violation of the License Agreement - Thomson's 3,500 plus proprietary .ens style files within the EndNote Software into

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zotero under attack

2008-09-28 Thread Reese, Terry
rray Sent: Sun 9/28/2008 5:46 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Zotero under attack -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've posted some analysis and plenty of links to critical bits at http://dltj.org/article/endnote-zotero-lawsuit/ Some other thoughts..

[CODE4LIB] FW: Please visit RDA Test Website

2009-03-27 Thread Reese, Terry
Posted on behalf of Dianne McCutcheon * Terry Reese The Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services Oregon State University Libraries Corvallis, OR 97331 tel: 541-737-6384 email: terry.re...@oregonstate.edu http: http://oregonstate.edu/~r

[CODE4LIB] Pacific Northwest Code4Lib chapter and meeting

2009-04-02 Thread Reese, Terry
FYI for the larger group. Since many members in the PNW simply cannot travel to the larger C4L meeting due to budgetary restraints (this year, and very likely the next), etc -- we will be starting up a PNW local chapter and hosting a one day C4L meeting for those in the area that are interested, b