Re: [CODE4LIB] Automated Embedded Metadata Extraction in Photographs: Possible or Pipedream?

2013-12-17 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hi, It is possible, at least the extraction part. I don;t know enough about Digitool to know the deposit part. We wrote a series of shell scripts, using exiftool (as I see others are suggesting). The output is then put through a number of sed commands and outputs a file that can be deposited into

Re: [CODE4LIB] Welcome to Roy4Lib

2014-02-21 Thread Edward M Corrado
Roy4lib has consumed to much Scotch - after all, it is Friday. -- Edward M. Corrado On Feb 21, 2014, at 18:13, Roy Tennant wrote: > roy4lib.org is ALWAYS down. I mean, it just makes too much sense for it to > be in any other state. > Roy > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:3

[CODE4LIB] 36 hours in Raleigh

2014-03-08 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I won't be going to Code4Lib this year, bit for those that are and are looking for some other things to do, this weeks New York Times Travel section's, "36 hours" column is 36 Hours in Raleigh, NC: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/travel/36-hours-in-raleigh-nc.html

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib italy

2014-03-11 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I'm for Italy, but if Giulio is correct that the Open Source development in Italy is a small group, one can look towards France as am alternative. There is a lot of activity there, at least in the Koha world. Edward On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Giulio Bonanome wrote: > Hi guys, > > +1 for

Re: [CODE4LIB] CFP: A Librarian's Introduction to Programming Languages

2014-03-26 Thread Edward M. Corrado
One thing I haven't seen mentioned in this thread, although maybe I missed it, is that we don't know what the editors already have in mind to either 1) write themselves, or 2) recruited people directly to write. I think there were many good ideas in this thread (and I hope the editors are listenin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Friends of code4lib (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos)

2014-04-14 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I think discussing which type of non-profit to be (501(c)3 vs. 501(c)6 vs. ___ is putting the cart before the horse. There are advantages and disadvantages to both and depending what the goals are one may be better than the other or they both may be unnecessary. There also needs to be discussion on

Re: [CODE4LIB] separate list for jobs

2014-05-06 Thread Edward M. Corrado
No On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Devon wrote: > No. > > > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Dan Chudnov wrote: > >> Is it time to reconsider: should we start a separate list for "Job:" >> postings? "code4lib-jobs", perhaps? >> >> -Dan >> > > > > -- > Sent from my GMail account.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Extracting Text From .tiff Files

2014-05-12 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I'll second exiftool. It is great for this sort of thing. Edward On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Reser, Gregory wrote: > You might try http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ , a Perl library > to read and write embedded metadata. > > Greg Reser > UC San Diego Library > 9500 Gilman Drive

Re: [CODE4LIB] Very frustrated with Drupal

2014-05-15 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I dropped Drupal because of the problems outlined by Joshua and others. There is no doubt in my mind if you have the time and staff resources to learn Drupal and your specific instance of Drupal, that it is a very powerful and useful tool. However, the learning curve is steep and time consuming. Al

Re: [CODE4LIB] jobs digest for 2014-05-16

2014-05-21 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I am a fan of the full ads as well. On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Tom Keays wrote: > I would prefer to get the full ads as well. > > full ads and (listserv topics and/or email filter) gives each code4lib > subscriber the most control. > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Dunn, Katie wrote

Re: [CODE4LIB] College Question!

2014-05-29 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I have an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from a college they had a strong liberal arts curriculum. I also took many credits in computer science, religion, philosophy, and communications. Others have said this earlier in this thread, but I highly recommend whatever you do decided to get a degre

[CODE4LIB] American Philosophical Association Code of Conduct article

2014-07-15 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Considering the Code4Lib code of conduct discussions, some of you may find this article abot the possibility of the American Philosophical Association adopting one Edward http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/15/philosophy-association-considers-whether-it-needs-code-conduct

Re: [CODE4LIB] Informal survey regarding library website liberty

2014-09-03 Thread Edward M. Corrado
At different jobs I have had this has been done this differently, but right now our main Website is hosted by our campus Communications & Marketing department (not campus IT although they do run the hardware from what I understand) using their CMS (OmniUpdate). This is a recent change (a little ove

Re: [CODE4LIB] Official #teamharpy Statement on the case of Joseph Hawley Murphy vs. nina de jesus and Lisa Rabey

2014-09-20 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I don't know anything about the lawsuit or what has transpired to cause it, but since when does an H-index score make one a notable librarian? Many notable librarians don't publish anything at all. Edward On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > Lisa, I hadn't know about this so I

[CODE4LIB] Wireless barcode scanners

2014-11-03 Thread Edward M. Corrado
This is slightly off-topic but I can't think of a better place to ask. I have been asked to investigate wireless barcode scanners, and preferably ones that can work with an iPad (or be connected to an iPad), for inventory purposes. I have found a few used in the retail environment but I was wonderi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Wireless barcode scanners

2014-11-03 Thread Edward M. Corrado
19122 > voice: 215.204.8231 > fax: 215.204.5201 > mobile: 215.284.5070 > email: lebre...@temple.edu > email: jonat...@temple.edu > > > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Edward M. Corrado > Sen

Re: [CODE4LIB] Angel Funding for Code4lib 2015

2014-11-17 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Donations to CLIR are tax deductible (according to various websites that specialize in this type of thing) so it would be great if they can make donations to this cause tax-deductible. I'm not a tax lawyer so I have no idea how that would work, but it would be great if it did. Edward On Mon, Nov

Re: [CODE4LIB] Whatever Happened to the Northeast Code4Lib?

2014-12-05 Thread Edward M. Corrado
++ on the survey Edward On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Jennifer wrote: > The first 2 or maybe the first one was at the BLC with Michael Klein who's > now on the west coast. Last year, there was the Northeast Metadata > Specialists unconference (NEMS U). Perhaps this group and code4lib NE can

Re: [CODE4LIB] Hosting services for Wikimedia

2014-12-16 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I have both a locally hosted and a "cloud" hosted Mediawiki install. The cloud hosted one is a one-click install on DreamHost. I am pleased with DreamHost as a hosting service and use it for other things including Wordpress and dotProject. Incidently, I also manage a Hostmonster hosted wordpress in

[CODE4LIB] Digital Initiatives Librarian opening at Binghamton University

2015-01-27 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hello all, The following position is available at Binghamton University. A full job description with more details and requirements is available at the link below. Incidentally we also have an opening for a Fine Arts Librarian as well. Details can also be found at the link below. Applications will

Re: [CODE4LIB] Communications — conference and otherwise (was: [CODE4LIB] Code4LibCon video crew thanks)

2015-02-17 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Becky++ On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Becky Yoose wrote: > I can mock up a template page for future conferences to copy over for their > conference landing pages, if that helps :cD > > Thanks, > Becky > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: > >> So wouldn't this be solved by h

Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital Initiatives Librarian opening at Binghamton University

2015-02-25 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Just a friendly reminder that review of applications for this position will begin March 2. There is still time to apply! On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Edward M. Corrado wrote: > Hello all, > > The following position is available at Binghamton University. A full > job descripti

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: Survey on embedded metadata in digital objects

2015-08-05 Thread Edward M. Corrado
-1473 or o...@ucsc.edu. Regards, Rachel Jaffe Metadata Librarian Metadata Services, University Library University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (831) 502-7291 jaf...@ucsc.edu Edward M. Corrado Associate Dean Library Technology Planning and Policy

Re: [CODE4LIB] "coders for libraries"

2015-09-01 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I agree with Mark Matienzo as well. Edward > On Sep 1, 2015, at 11:04, todd.d.robb...@gmail.com > wrote: > > +100 Mark Matienzo > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Matt Sherman > wrote: > >> Time to prepare for the classification system wars of 2075. >> >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:41 AM,

[CODE4LIB] *Extended Deadline* Survey on embedded metadata in digital objects

2015-09-15 Thread Edward M. Corrado
...@ucsc.edu. Regards, Rachel Jaffe Metadata Librarian Metadata Services, University Library University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (831) 502‐7291 jaf...@ucsc.edu Edward M. Corrado Associate Dean Library Technology Planning and Policy, University Libraries

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: LIDA Conference: Deadline Extended to February 15th

2016-02-05 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Excuse Duplicate Postings - Please Distribute Widely CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Biennial International Conference LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2016 Conference Theme: Digital Library Curation and Collections Zadar, Croatia, 13-17 June 2016 University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia Full CFP can be found

[CODE4LIB] Tracking database trials via project management software

2013-01-29 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I am hearing from some of our librarians that they would like an improved way to track trial databases. This could include a checklist and notifications for setting up authentication, adding and removing them from the trail database web page, etc.). One possibility could be to try to do this throug

[CODE4LIB] tiff2pdf, then back to pdf?

2013-04-26 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hi All, I have a need to batch convert many TIFF images to PDF. I'd then like to be able to discard the TIFF images, but I can only do that if I can create the original TIFF again from the PDF. Is this possible? If so, using what tools and how? tiff2pdf seems like a possible solution, but I can't

Re: [CODE4LIB] tiff2pdf, then back to pdf?

2013-04-26 Thread Edward M. Corrado
vert b.pdf a.tiff > > If the pdf is more than one page, the tiff will be a multipage tiff. > > Aaron > > -- > Aaron Addison > Unix Administrator > W. E. B. Du Bois Library UMass Amherst > 413 577 2104 > > > > On Fri, 2013-04-26 at 16:08 -0400, Edward M

Re: [CODE4LIB] tiff2pdf, then back to pdf?

2013-04-26 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Actually, I'm mistaken. It didn't ever work. :-(. I do get a tiff, but not the original. I looked at the wrong files. On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Edward M. Corrado wrote: > This works sometimes. Well, it does give me a new tiff file from the pdf > all of the time, but

Re: [CODE4LIB] tiff2pdf, then back to pdf?

2013-04-26 Thread Edward M. Corrado
- > HARDY POTTINGER > University of Missouri Library Systems > http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ > https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ > "Do you love it? Do you hate it? There it is, the way you made it." > --Frank Zappa > > > > > > On 4/26/13 3:08 PM, "Edward

Re: [CODE4LIB] tiff2pdf, then back to pdf?

2013-04-26 Thread Edward M. Corrado
ould like #1, but it may not be possible. If it isn't, I need to decide (with representatives of my user community) which of the others are better. My guess is it would be #3, but I am not positive. Edward > > Ethan > On Apr 26, 2013 5:11 PM, "Edward M. Corrado" wrote:

Re: [CODE4LIB] On-going support for DL projects

2013-05-20 Thread Edward M Corrado
part with something like Heritrix. Edward -- Edward M. Corrado On May 20, 2013, at 0:58, Tom Johnson wrote: > That doesn't sound like an easy answer at all! Given that we all try to > play nice with institutional funding, all you've said is that in an ideal > world some

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject Terms in Institutional Repositories

2013-08-30 Thread Edward M. Corrado
We use LCSH in our system, but we don't have unmediated deposits, so it isn't a problem that research faculty and staff don't know LCSH. One of the major reasons for LCSH over other vocabularies is we want our repository to integrate with records for our library catalog which uses LCSH. That said,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject Terms in Institutional Repositories

2013-08-31 Thread Edward M. Corrado
We also include keywords in our repository when the content provider supplies them. I didn't include it in my previous post because the OP asked about lists of terms and not free text, which our keywords are. Edward On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Michael J. Giarlo < leftw...@alumni.rutgers.ed

Re: [CODE4LIB] Institutional Repository Costs

2013-09-17 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Having done some research in this area for a chapter in soon-to-be-published book, I concur with C. Sean Burns, Amy Lana and John M. Budd that "Little is known about the costs academic libraries incur to implement and manage institutional repositories and the value these institutional repositories

[CODE4LIB] Call for Chapters: Getting started with cloud computing: A LITA guide

2010-08-27 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Dear Librarian Colleagues: Consider writing a chapter for the forthcoming book, “Getting started with cloud computing: A LITA guide”. Edward Corrado and Heather Moulaison, editors, are looking for 8-12 page (double spaced standard font) chapters on either: 1. Applications and services used by l

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: Call for Chapters: Getting started with cloud computing: A LITA guide

2010-09-13 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hello all, Just a friendly reminder about our call for chapters for an upcoming LITA guide. The deadline for proposals/brief outlines is this Wednesday (September 15).. Edward -- Forwarded message -- From: Edward M. Corrado Date: Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:10 AM Subject: Call

[CODE4LIB] Library Systems-related jobs in Binghamton NY

2010-09-28 Thread Edward M. Corrado
begin on October 18, 2010). Details on those two positions can be found at http://library.binghamton.edu/about/employment/faculty/index.html - Edward -- Edward M. Corrado Assistant Director for Library Technology Binghamton University Libraries P.O. Box 6012, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA Phone: +1-60

Re: [CODE4LIB] Craft Brew Drinkup at Code4lib 2011

2011-01-24 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I am driving, so I can take any extra beer home with me! However, for airplanes, the plastic zip-lock bags and put in the middle of the suitcase wrapped with clothing has worked for me in the past, but I never had one break, so I am not sure what would happen if I did. The diapers do sound like a

[CODE4LIB] Excel file to Dublin Core?

2011-03-01 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hello all, I have an excel file that I need to map to Dublin Core. I can think of a number of ways to do this, but was wondering if anyone else who has done it has a suggestion before I dust off my old sed/awk skills or otherwise reinvent the wheel. I looked at Terry Reese's MarcEdit and I probabl

Re: [CODE4LIB] Excel file to Dublin Core?

2011-03-01 Thread Edward M. Corrado
ssume you mean OAI Dublin Core XML? > > -Mike > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 14:53, Edward M. Corrado wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I have an excel file that I need to map to Dublin Core. I can think of >> a number of ways to do this, but was wondering if anyone

Re: [CODE4LIB] Excel file to Dublin Core?

2011-03-02 Thread Edward M. Corrado
l file. I > think you might even be able to control the names of the elements. I'd > probably use this plus an XSLT to get things into the OAI-DC format. > > Karen > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Edward M. Corrado > wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I have a

[CODE4LIB] Simple Web-based Dublin Core search engine?

2011-03-16 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hi, I [will soon] have a small set (< 1000 records) of Dublin Core metadata published in OAI_DC format that I want to be searchable via a Web browser. Normally we would use Ex Libris's Primo for this, but this particular set of data may have some confidential information and our repository only h

Re: [CODE4LIB] Simple Web-based Dublin Core search engine?

2011-03-16 Thread Edward M. Corrado
me / > Michiana Academic Library Consortium > Notre Dame, IN > http://www.library.nd.edu/ > ________ > From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward M. > Corrado [ecorr...@ecorrado.us] > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:00 AM

Re: [CODE4LIB] Simple Web-based Dublin Core search engine?

2011-03-16 Thread Edward M. Corrado
play to the user. The "IndexOnly .xml" line tells Swish-e to > ignore anything without that filename extension. Nothing could be > easier. > Roy > > [1] http://swish-e.org/ > [2] http://roytennant.com/proto/hathi/ > [3] http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Simple Web-based Dublin Core search engine?

2011-03-16 Thread Edward M. Corrado
imple thing to workaround. I've never done this myself, so I >>> could be entirely wrong. >>> >>> --Dave >>> >>> == >>> David Walker >>> Library Web Services Manager >>> California State University >>> http://xerxes.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Simple Web-based Dublin Core search engine?

2011-03-16 Thread Edward M. Corrado
're interested > in trying this approach, I'm happy to offer more specific assistance -- just > let me know!  See also http://vufind.org. > > - Demian > >> -Original Message- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of >

Re: [CODE4LIB] Simple Web-based Dublin Core search engine?

2011-03-17 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Thanks for the suggestion Patrick! On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Patrick Murray-John wrote: > Edward, > > One option might be http://omeka.org";>Omeka from the Center for > History and New Media (full disclosure, I work for CHNM). It's designed for > libraries, museums, archives, and like-min

Re: [CODE4LIB] Sign up to present at the Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks on April 4th

2011-04-01 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I agree with Luciano that the lead time was a bit short for me. Well, maybe not specifically because it was short, but it does conflicts with something else I have to do and I don't have time to reschedule. I really like this idea and I hope it can be successful, so I hope this message brought a ra

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

2011-06-02 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I think Jeremy brings up some good points here about libraries (especially academic ones) becoming provisioning organizations versus collection building ones. In regards to journals, in a number of ways libraries already are. Libraries send checks to Ebsco, Elserver, ProQuest. etc. and out patrons

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Seattle Update.

2011-06-14 Thread Edward M. Corrado
While I agree with the idea of keeping costs down so as to not rely on sponsors as much I am not sure how realistic this is without looking at the numbers. Comparing the first one or two conferences with lower attendance at university facilities to what we had the last few years is probably not

[CODE4LIB] TIFF Metadata to XML?

2011-07-18 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hello All, Before I re-invent the wheel or try many different programs, does anyone have a suggestion on a good way to extract embedded Metadata added by cameras and (more importantly) photo-editing programs such as Photoshop from TIFF files and save it as as XML? I have > 60k photos that have met

Re: [CODE4LIB] TIFF Metadata to XML?

2011-07-18 Thread Edward M. Corrado
> On Jul 18, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Edward M. Corrado wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> Before I re-invent the wheel or try many different programs, does >> anyone have a suggestion on a good way to extract embedded Metadata >> added by cameras and (more importantly) photo

[CODE4LIB] xml stylesheet question

2011-08-01 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hi, I am trying to do something with an xsl stylesheet (1.0) that seems like it should be pretty simple, but I can't figure out how to do it or find any examples on the Web that work-. I have a set of Dublin Core XML records that have the subjects as either LCSH or TGM. The type of subject is iden

Re: [CODE4LIB] xml stylesheet question

2011-08-02 Thread Edward M. Corrado
gt;> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Enrico Silterra wrote: >> >> > something like >> > >> > >       >> > >       >> > > >> > >> > >> >   Subject: LCSH >> > >> > Subject: TGM >> >

[CODE4LIB] Backup Software

2011-10-27 Thread Edward M. Corrado
This might be slightly off topic, but I am sure most of you do (or have some who does) some backups of your servers, so who better to ask? I am doing a review of our backup procedures and I am looking at different "enterprise" backup software (both open source and proprietary). I use enterprise a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Backup Software

2011-10-28 Thread Edward M. Corrado
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Backup Software

2011-10-28 Thread Edward M. Corrado
s automatic failover. It actually works. > > All of this makes for a pretty durable infrastructure. > > Thanks, > > Cary > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Edward M. Corrado > wrote: >> This might be slightly off topic, but I am sure most of you do (or >>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2012 Registration Cost?

2011-11-09 Thread Edward M. Corrado
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Cowles, Esme wrote: > The CURATEcamp hackfest last year was free (sponsored by DLF): > > http://curatecamp.org/node/21 > > -Esme Not really free if it was sponsored by DLF, no? Edward > -- > Esme Cowles > > "In Lydia's imagination, a visit to Brighton comprised

[CODE4LIB] Web archiving and WARC

2011-11-23 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hello All, I need to harvest a few Web sites in order to preserve them. I'd really like to preserve them using the WARC file format [1] since it is a standard for digital preservation. I looked at I looked at Web Curator Tool (WCT) and Heritrix and they seem to be good at what they do but are buil

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web archiving and WARC

2011-11-24 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Edward M. > Corrado [ecorr...@ecorrado.us] > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:30 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Web archiving and WARC > > Hello All, > > I need to harvest a few Web sites

Re: [CODE4LIB] Web archiving and WARC

2011-11-24 Thread Edward M. Corrado
ntent browsing. We've done > some testing up to ~10Tb of warc files and it's still fairly responsive. > > https://wiki.umiacs.umd.edu/adapt/index.php/WarcManager > > -Mike > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Erik Hetzner wrote: > >> At Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:30:02

Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions

2011-11-30 Thread Edward M Corrado
administrators to attend a conference if you can point to specific sessions that are relevant to you position. Edward -- Edward M. Corrado On Nov 30, 2011, at 8:25 PM, "Michael B. Klein" wrote: > IIRC, we've gone around on this before. It's been argued (possibly by

Re: [CODE4LIB] Pandering for votes for code4lib sessions

2011-12-01 Thread Edward M. Corrado
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Michael J. Giarlo wrote: > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 08:47, Ross Singer wrote: >> >> One thing I would be open to is to put a disclaimer splash page before >> any ballot (only to be seen the first time a person votes) briefly >> explaining how the ballot works and to

Re: [CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib?

2011-12-16 Thread Edward M. Corrado
There would be interest from me, depending on where in New England and costs. Boston, for instance,might be a bit far from Binghamton NY and more expensive to stay at. However, if it were closer to the NY border Of course, if there is enough people that want Boston, I'd say go for it and I'll

Re: [CODE4LIB] NEcode4lib?

2011-12-19 Thread Edward M. Corrado
++ Agreed, no reason to move it to a separate list. Just make sure you have adequate subject lines so it doesn't get confusing and people can delete without reading if they want. Edward On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Jay Luker wrote: > +1. Keep it on the main list. > > --jay > > On Sun, Dec 1

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-19 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I would be against making C4L any bigger. There are already bigger conferences one can attend to. Not only because it will lose the feel, but it will become more expensive, limit locations, and harder to host. Being involved with a conference that attracts 500+ people, I can tell yo that it is a lo

Re: [CODE4LIB] Obvious answer to registration limitations

2011-12-22 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I disagree about the random registration concept. As long as the time is announced in advance (which was done this year) people should plan accordingly. You didn't need to register the first minute this year. I registered an hour after registration opened and while I was initially on the waiting li

Re: [CODE4LIB] My crazed idea about dealing with registration limitations

2011-12-22 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I agree it is a crazy idea and I'm not sure if it would work, but I like the out of the box thinking. If the site had one big space that could handle 500 people, you could just have one keynote session that both groups attended., I guess. That does restricts the options for locations, but not as m

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib 2009

2008-06-26 Thread Edward M. Corrado
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Gabriel Sean Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 07:09:25PM -0400, Ed Summers wrote: > > Carl Malamud: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Malamud > > > > Long time advocate for Internet technologies for the public good. Most > > recently inv

Re: [CODE4LIB] [Web4lib] A million free covers, from LibraryThing

2008-08-07 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I think the lawsuit you are talking about is the image linking suit, Perfect 10 v. Google. Information on this lawsuit can be found at: http://www.eff.org/cases/perfect-10-v-google I haven't read the decision, but the EFF says "While it leaves some questions open, the bottom line is that the Court

[CODE4LIB] Open Source Institutional Repository Software?

2008-08-21 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hello all, I've been investigating possible solutions for the beginnings of a repository of electronic documents [1]. At this point, we have no budget, so I am only looking at Open Source options. I've identified a number of options that may meet our needs that are either advertised as instit

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Institutional Repository Software?

2008-08-21 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Jonathan Rochkind wrote: If you can figure out what the difference between an 'institutional repository' and a 'digital library' is, let me know. :) Jonathan Marketing. :-) Edward Edward M. Corrado wrote: Hello all, I've been investigating possible solution

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Institutional Repository Software?

2008-08-22 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Ben O'Steen wrote: 2008/8/22 David Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I use EPrints, which is great. Do look out for Microsoft's offering though, which is in the pipeline. It will be free. Of course It will need to run on a Windows server and will be optimised for SQL Server. Er.. it will *o

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Institutional Repository Software?

2008-08-22 Thread Edward M. Corrado
elist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Edward M. Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all, I've been investigating possible solutions for the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Institutional Repository Software?

2008-08-22 Thread Edward M. Corrado
/wiki/Main_Page was this one that you decided against - or is it new to you? --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Edw

[CODE4LIB] Powerless Camp?

2008-09-03 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hi Code4lib, Over on his One Big Library blog, Dan Chudnov had a list of conferences he liked to attend (http://onebiglibrary.net/story/conferences-id-like-to-attend). One of them, was the idea of a PowerlessCamp. Dan defined a PowerlessCamp as having "no power. no lights, no laptops, no proj

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Logo?

2008-09-19 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I am all for a logo, but I also agree with Kevin it needs to be a community based decision. I'm also not sold that we need a professional designed logo, but I'm not against it either. I can understand why a business would not want to leave it to amateurs (although I have seen some great logos creat

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Logo

2008-09-23 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I am still not convinced we need a professional designed logo, but it seems most people who responded to this thread do, so I'm happy to go along with it. Personally, I'd just type "code4lib" in Helvitica, save it as a .png and be done with it :-). Compared to the other links we have seen, I l

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Logo

2008-09-23 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Thomas Dowling wrote: On 09/23/2008 09:38 AM, Edward M. Corrado wrote: Personally, I'd just type "code4lib" in Helvitica, save it as a .png and be done with it A proprietary font? I suspect that DejaVu Sans Mono is more simpatico with code4lib. :-) Well, if

Re: [CODE4LIB] Logo vote

2008-09-26 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Pirates! Shanley-Roberts, Ross A. Mr. wrote: Ninjas!!! -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Dowling Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Logo vote On 09/26/2008 02:52 PM, Mich

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zotero under attack

2008-09-29 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Peter Murray wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sep 29, 2008, at 11:03 AM, Tim Spalding wrote: >> I'm guessing that GMU-paid people wrote the code in question―they have >> quite a team now. But it would an interesting legal question if >> outside people had done it as p

Re: [CODE4LIB] Zotero under attack

2008-09-29 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Klein, Michael wrote: Edward M. Corrado wrote: This will be interesting to see how it works out. From what I read, it looks like the case that Thomson has is based on, or at least strongly enhanced by, the EULA. Thus, the legal questions may end up being 1) is "freeing" d

Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering

2008-10-06 Thread Edward M. Corrado
The location effects when I am available. For instance, due to costs, if it is in Boston, I am probably never available. If it is in Western Mass, I can make it any day of the week [1], while if it is further east, I am probably only available on a Monday or Friday because I can't justify the a

Re: [CODE4LIB] New England code4lib gathering

2008-10-06 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Jay Luker wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Edward M. Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The location effects when I am available. For instance, due to costs, if it is in Boston, I am probably never available. If it is in Western Mass, I can make it any day of the week [1], while

Re: [CODE4LIB] Unix for Library Workstations

2008-10-15 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Mark A. Matienzo wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:50 AM, White, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Someone at Code4Lib 2007 in Athens GA gave a presentation on a unix distro developed for managing public machines. Does anyone remember who gave this presentation or the name of the distro the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4lib mugs?

2008-11-03 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I like the idea. If giving out at the beginning of the conference, it could also make the conference more "green." Of course, in that case it would probably need to be a travel mug instead of a regular mug. Edward Richard Wallis wrote: We at Talis will be, as previously, sponsoring Code4lib n

[CODE4LIB] Annoying things the users do?

2008-11-13 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hello All, I am interested in creating a list of things that librarians and library staff we support do that annoy systems librarians/ library IT staff. I am not looking for annoying things that patrons do, but things staff do. While the "annoying librarians" tone of this query might seem to b

Re: [CODE4LIB] VUFind MATC Award

2008-12-10 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Congratulations to everyone involved! Edward Joseph Lucia wrote: I haven't seen this announced here yet, so I'm passing it along. VuFind won a 2008 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration, which was presented at the Coalition for Networked Information Fall Task Force Meeting in Washingto

Re: [CODE4LIB] Dutch Code4Lib

2009-01-22 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I know there was a talk about a code4lib Europe in Portugal before. I'd love to see a European conference, but I am a little torn between making it a separate conference from Code4lib or as a location to host for Code4lib. What do people think? Edward On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Ed Summers

Re: [CODE4LIB] Dutch Code4Lib

2009-01-22 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I probably wouldn't get any funding either [1], but would still go. I think Jonathan is right that it is a way to deal "with the audience for Code4Lib greatly exceeding the capacity of the conference" but I'm not sure if that is a good thing. Edward [1] I know I won't in 2010 as we've been inform

Re: [CODE4LIB] Dutch Code4Lib

2009-01-22 Thread Edward M. Corrado
ne idea to discuss things before just blindly voting on them > without discussion. Leads to better informed votes, does it not? > > > > Ed Summers wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Edward M. Corrado >> wrote: >> >> >>> I know the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Dutch Code4Lib

2009-01-24 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I really don't know much about ELAG besides I'm going there. I think they have the program set, or just about set, for this year so I don't know if anything could me done formally in 2009 but maybe an informal thing could be arranged the day before or the day after? At the least maybe contacts can

Re: [CODE4LIB] Dutch Code4Lib (ELAG 2009)

2009-01-25 Thread Edward M. Corrado
vities. > > Peter > > > Drs. P.J.C. van Boheemen > Hoofd Applicatieontwikkeling en beheer - Bibliotheek Wageningen UR > Head of Application Development and Management - Wageningen University and > Research Library > tel. +31 317 48 25 17 > http://l

Re: [CODE4LIB] Announcement - New code4lib local group for the Dutch speaking community

2009-03-11 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Congratulations and good luck with the group! On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Boheemen, Peter van wrote: > We have started a community for the Dutch and Belgian community at > http://groups.google.com/group/code4bib > > > > Peter >

[CODE4LIB] Free cover images?

2009-03-16 Thread Edward M. Corrado
Hello all, We are reevaluating our source of cover images. At this point I have identified four possible sources of free images: 1. Amazon 2. Google Books 3. LibraryThing 4. OpenLibrary I know that their is some question if the Amazon and Google books images will allow this (although I've al

Re: [CODE4LIB] Free cover images?

2009-03-16 Thread Edward M. Corrado
en't investigated yet but would like to. Jonathan Edward M. Corrado wrote: Hello all, We are reevaluating our source of cover images. At this point I have identified four possible sources of free images: 1. Amazon 2. Google Books 3. LibraryThing 4. OpenLibrary I know that their is some qu

Re: [CODE4LIB] registering info: uris?

2009-04-01 Thread Edward M. Corrado
I disagree. Keep this going. A delete key is in easy reach and if you have a mail reader that does threading you can easily ignore the thread. I have been finding this discussion rather educational. Edward On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Glen Newton - NRC/CNRC CISTI/ICIST Research wrote: > I co

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib / elag2010

2009-06-04 Thread Edward M. Corrado
As someone that went to ELAG for the first time this year, I think this is a great idea. ELAG was an excellent conference and I think a one day code4lib pre-conference would supplement it nicely. Although I've only been to one Access and one ELAG, I think Ross is correct that it is more like Ac

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