[CODE4LIB] Job: Wikipedia Editor at American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

2015-04-30 Thread jobs
Wikipedia Editor American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee New York City The JDC Archives is the institutional repository of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the world's leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization since its founding in 1914. Holding over 3 miles o

[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Preservation Researcher at American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

2015-04-30 Thread jobs
Digital Preservation Researcher American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee New York City The JDC Archives is the institutional repository of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the world's leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization since its founding in 1914. Holding

[CODE4LIB] Job: Museum Digital Archives Internship at Button Museum

2015-04-30 Thread jobs
Museum Digital Archives Internship Button Museum Chicago The Button Museum is looking for students to work with us to develop and expand our Digital Archive. Students will gain unique and specialized experience researching, describing, digitizing and cataloging our growing collection of historic b

Re: [CODE4LIB] replacing deprecated PHP code throughout website

2015-04-30 Thread Ian Walls
I second Cary's recommendation to go with a CMS. Another one to consider is SilverStripe. It's highly extensible, though model administration is done on the PHP level, so be prepared to open up your favourite text editor and mind your syntax. Ian Walls Web Services & Emerging Technologies L

Re: [CODE4LIB] replacing deprecated PHP code throughout website

2015-04-30 Thread Jason Bengtson
+1 for a CMS for institutional websites. If I had my druthers I'd go with MODX, which is a solid system for PHP. I've never cared much for Drupal. For a library, I think libguides CMS can be leveraged very effectively. It has its own foibles that you have to deal with, but that's the nature of a co

Re: [CODE4LIB] replacing deprecated PHP code throughout website

2015-04-30 Thread Jason Bengtson
In terms of your original question, while I've used mysqli in the past I'm personally starting to gravitate more toward PDO, as it does seem like a more effective approach that is becoming a de-facto standard in some areas. I also second Will Martin's comments; figure out your scope right out of th

[CODE4LIB] SAVE THE DATES: Trinity College Dublin to Host the 2016 11th International Conference on Open Repositories

2015-04-30 Thread Michael J. Giarlo
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* April 27, 2015 Contact: http://www.or2015.net/contact-us/ *Trinity College Dublin to Host the 2016 Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories* The Open Repositories Steering Committee and Trinity College Dublin (The University of Dublin) are pleased to announ

Re: [CODE4LIB] SAVE THE DATES: Trinity College Dublin to Host the 2016 11th International Conference on Open Repositories

2015-04-30 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete! > The Open Repositories Steering Committee and Trinity College Dublin (The > University of Dublin) are pleased to announce that the Eleventh > International Conference on Open Repositories will be held at Trinity > College Dublin, Ireland, the week of June 13th 2016. > *shameless p