[CODE4LIB] Florence

Corresponding with a colleague in the Carolinas today, I was reminded that Florence is coming in fast and strong. For anyone in its path, whether you’re evacuating or not, stay safe. Those of us in drier climes will be sending good vibes towards you, your libraries, and your communities. - Tom

[CODE4LIB] Request for Input: IIIF and Google Books / HathiTrust / et al.

IIIFers, Code4Lib, In the next month, many libraries associated with Google Books and Hathi Trust will be gathering for wide ranging discussions; IIIF compatibility is likely to be a hot topic. To help prepare for these discussions, it would be useful to hear from the IIIF community about its e

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [ocfl-community] Ready for Review: OCFL 0.1 (Alpha)

At the risk of overwhelming the OCFL editors’ inboxes (a risk I’m willing to take, not being one of them), please see the request for comments, below. What’s OCFL? a. Orange County, Florida b. Oxford Common File Layout c. an emerging best practice for LTDP file storage d. Something "sorely neede

[CODE4LIB] Save the Date - PASIG Madrid, May 19-21, 2020

Assistant in Digitalizing Area STEERING COMMITTEE / COMITE DIRECTIVO: Natalie Baur, El Colegio de México Tom Cramer, Stanford University Ben Fino-Radin, Small Data Industries Neil Jefferies, University of Oxford Thomas Ledoux, Bibliotheque Nationale de France Sarah Mason, Artefactual Systems Becky

[CODE4LIB] Blacklight-LD working meeting: call for expressions of interest to participate

keen to advance library discovery with linked open data, with Blacklight as the reference platform. Interested parties can express interest in participating here: https://forms.gle/q7u2KY7eZg3ZHzvZ7 The form will be open through August 5, 2019; responses to EOIs will be returned the week of August

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [arclight-community] Announcing the ArcLight Phase II work cycle kickoff

d product owner), Chris Powell (Michigan), Josh Schneider (Stanford) * Steering/Advisory Group: Esmé Cowles (Princeton), Tom Cramer (Stanford), Michelle Dalmau (Indiana), Jon Dunn (Indiana), Jim Halliday (Indiana), Will Sexton (Duke), John Weise (Michigan) All best, Mark Mark A. MATIENZO

[CODE4LIB] registration now open: Fantastic Futures conference on AI in LAMs: December 4-6, 2019

Registration is now open for Fantastic Futures 2019, the 2nd International Conference on AI for Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Join us December 4-6 at Stanford University for three days of study and community building. This conference is a forum for in

[CODE4LIB] examples of controlled digital lending?

I’m looking for any examples of controlled digital lending from libraries, either before or since the pandemic. I’m aware of Hathi’s ETAS and the Internet Archive. I’ve also seen the ARL blog on “Digitization in an Emergency”

[CODE4LIB] ai4lam & LIBER Workshop Series – ‘Applying and deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) in GLAMs’

The AI4LAM community and LIBER Europe are excited to announce a brand new workshop series on the topic of ‘Applying and deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) in GLAMs’. 5 online workshops will take place from the 29th of March to 2 April 2021. The workshops are free, and organised by AI4LAM (T

[CODE4LIB] WOLFcon 2021: June 1-3

Next week will see WOLFcon 2021. The World Open Library Foundation Conference will take place from June 1-3, online. Registration is free, and the schedule

[CODE4LIB] Open Library Foundation: open Board Seats

form<https://tamu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4PFNxWIEHRTybKS> by June 10, 2021. If you have any questions please contact Tom Cramer (tcra...@stanford.edu<mailto:tcra...@stanford.edu>), President of the OLF Board. Board Characteristics * Leadership. We seek individuals who are recognized as l

[CODE4LIB] Les futurs fantastiques (ai4lam) Conference: CFP deadline extended to July 1

= French version below *** Extended deadline July 1st *** The ai4lam community is organizing its 3rd international conference “Les futurs fantastiques”, to be held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, in Paris on December 9 & 10, 2021. The new deadline for this call for proposals

[CODE4LIB] call for nominations: LD4 Steering Committee

The LD4 Steering Committee seeks nominees for three new members to help support and guide the activities of the LD4 community. Steering members serve for three year terms starting on January 1, and may be reelec

[CODE4LIB] Virtual Reading Rooms

Can anyone offer recommendations on institutions or individuals that are up on the state of the art for virtual reading rooms? And/or any recent readings or presos on VRRs? Thanks, - Tom

Re: [CODE4LIB] [Blacklight-development] Blacklight 8.0.0 released

Woohoo! Congratulations contributors & committers, and thank you. That’s a looong list of updates. I’m already hearing some people say that 8 is the best Blacklight yet. :D - Tom On Mar 17, 2023, at 9:11 AM, Benjamin Armint

Re: [CODE4LIB] favorite examples of Omeka image galleries?

Hi Kevin, I'm also open to examples running on other platforms besides Omeka where you can browse thumbnails and click on them to get fielded metadata about individual images and where you can search on specific fields. You may find Spotlight useful. Code

[CODE4LIB] open position for IIIF Managing Director

Are you a person who thrives at the intersection of community-based initiatives, technology, and the research & cultural heritage sectors? Does the idea of working with international leaders in these fields from organizations small and large excite you? Are you interested in making an impact? T

Re: [Code4Lib] FOLIO Developers Forum – 27-July with followup q/a on 28-July

Peter, Thanks for sharing this. This is the first I’ve heard of FOLIO (and by some link-clicking, I found this useful site: https://www.folio.org/) To be clear, is FOLIO the name of the new project & platform, while OLE (along with Index Data, et al.) is a participating organization? I think I

[CODE4LIB] Hydra Connect 2016, October 3-6 at Boston Public Library: Program details released!

The full program for Hydra Connect (October 3-6 at Boston Public Library) has now been released. This is the worldwide, annual meeting of the Hydra community where Partners, adopters (current and prospective), contributors, and potential collaborators gather. If you are interested in getting a

[CODE4LIB] CfP REMINDER: OR2017 Proposals Due on Nov 20

For those eyeing Open Repositories 2017, please keep in mind that the call for proposals has an earlier-than-normal deadline. Proposals are due November 20, 2016, so if you haven’t already been thinking about what you might like to present, now might be a good time to start. Cheers, - Tom --

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fiscal Continuity IG report redux [silence has been deafening]

This discussion has been wide-ranging, with as much on the “how” as the “why” of incorporating/finding a fiscal sponsor. To tease the two questions apart, I think we should start with one simple question: In the interest of fiscal continuity, should Code4Lib: a. retain a fiscal sponsor and/or in

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lightweight IR infrastructure

Josh, None of those pieces is an IR, but do you think that when taken as a whole they could comprise an IR? Yes. I think it’s very healthy to think of the IR as a set of services, rather than a single software product. And I really like the idea of using your catalog as the discovery environme

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list

2 users forward, 1 user back? see also “frog in the well" - Tom On Nov 1, 2017, at 12:55 PM, Eric Lease Morgan mailto:emor...@nd.edu>> wrote: I am happy to report that our mailing list continues to antidotally increase by two pe

[CODE4LIB] call for participation: IIPC survey on web archive training needs

Do you (or your institution) archive the web? If so, how do you get training on the skills, tools and knowledge needed to do so effectively? What kind of training would you most like to have? The goal of this effort is to give people the critical “how to” information and skills they need for pr

[CODE4LIB] Reminder: call for participation on IIPC survey on web archive training needs

So far nearly 100 people from a dozen countries have taken the brief, 16-question survey on on web archive training needs. Have you? If not, please do! The results of the survey will be used to guide the development of an international curriculum to train people in web archiving. How do you get