Re: [CODE4LIB] Default, preferred, or supported "enterprise" browser?

2018-10-16 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear All: When it comes to browser support on the web, a previous library I worked at adhered to their county's guidelines to check the last 3 months of analytics and support all browsers and browser versions that had 1.5% or more traffic to the site. That may seem aggressive, but it was imperativ

Re: [CODE4LIB] Default, preferred, or supported "enterprise" browser?

2018-10-17 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear Eric and Code4Libbers: I completely agree! Too much javascript, and used with critical information that HTML can easily do for a fraction of the (resource) cost. When I get a chance to really "own" the website I work on (right now it's been a series of UI bandaids on siloed content), I'm goin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Usability and A/B test results clearinghouse

2019-01-03 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear All: This is the closest project I'm aware of (I realize it's only marginally similar), if anything it might help in developing a new project: https://commons.mtholyoke.edu/uxprojects/ In peace, Amy M. Drayer, MLIS User Interface Developer amost...@gmail.com http://www.puzumaki.com On Thu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Technical Solutions for connecting researchers

2019-06-25 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear Niqui and Code4Lib: The University of Minnesota has done this with Experts@Minnesota: https://experts.umn.edu/ Here's a general interview of the application: https://www.lib.umn.edu/about/experts On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 10:13 AM Niqui O'Neill wrote: > Hi, > We have found a lot of researche

Re: [CODE4LIB] Data privacy/use policy examples

2017-07-13 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear Sarah et al: University of Minnesota Libraries recently updated the privacy statement: https://www.lib.umn.edu/about/privacy On Jul 13, 2017 10:48 AM, "Sarah Johnston" wrote: > Hi all, > > If your library has a written policy on how you will and won't use patron > data, would you be willi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Thought-experimenting

2017-09-08 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear Cindy et al: The ability to do this on a mass scale as suggested would require significant effort (especially when it comes to displaying the correct URLs for only the sources that are available for that other institution, and a myriad of other technical considerations that makes this seem li

Re: [CODE4LIB] reading-level info in library catalogs

2017-09-14 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear Ken et al: We had made Lexile data initially available through Novelist. They provide it in their widget offerings and API. We had only applied it as data on the record page but were considering compiling it into our Solr records (which had far more data than a standard MARC record) for possi

Re: [CODE4LIB] reading-level info in library catalogs

2017-09-14 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear Ken et al: I should have mentioned we had looked into adding a lot of this similar information a few years ago with little success aside from Lexile, since it was offered through NoveList. API/widget availability aside, the data itself is flawed. Every school/school district had different opi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fiscal continuity vote now open

2017-10-30 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear Code4Libbers: First, thank you to everyone who worked on this and pulled all the content together. Some feedback to help potentially understand some of us are reluctant to act. Here's my perspective: * I have never attended a C4L conference (content at other conferences always fit better),