[CODE4LIB] Koha Educator Job Opening - ByWater Solutions

2015-08-03 Thread Nicole Engard
Hello all, ByWater Solutions is looking for a new Koha Educator. Full job ad here: http://bywatersolutions.com/2015/08/03/koha-educator-job/ Thanks a bunch! Nicole C. Engard VP of Community Outreach ByWater Solutions

[CODE4LIB] Survey for Systems Librarians

2010-10-19 Thread Nicole Engard
Hi all, I am working on writing the second edition of The Accidental Systems Librarian and am in need of some updated feedback. If you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey: http://survey.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=19567&lang=en and share it far and wide that would be a

[CODE4LIB] PHP5 Help

2008-07-01 Thread Nicole Engard
I am missing something right in front of my eyes. I'm rusty on my PHP, I'm wondering if someone can help me with this error: Warning: gmmktime() expects parameter 3 to be long, string given in /public_html/magpierss-0.72/rss_utils.inc on line 35 I went through the manual and didn't see anything

Re: [CODE4LIB] PHP5 Help

2008-07-01 Thread Nicole Engard
figure out why PHP5 is casting just that part as a string, but > sadly I don't have time for that.) > > > Jon Gorman > > Original message >>Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:42:31 -0400 >>From: Nicole Engard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [CODE4LIB] P

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Institutional Repository Software?

2008-08-22 Thread Nicole Engard
I just learned about Alfresco yesterday: http://wiki.alfresco.com/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:/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Discovery Portal Camp - November 6 - Philadelphia

2008-10-07 Thread Nicole Engard
This Inn is affordable and in a very nice location: http://www.alexanderinn.com/ - you'd have to take the El or a bus to PALINET from here though. --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com

[CODE4LIB] Looking for Authors

2008-10-27 Thread Nicole Engard
Hi all, I'm working on a book about mashups in libraries. I have had 4 authors pull out on me and so I'm in need of a few more chapters. I'm looking for content that will appeal to the average library employee - coding can be discussed - but it should be overwhelming. I'd love to have something

[CODE4LIB] Conference Event on Facebook

2008-12-01 Thread Nicole Engard
Hi all, I couldn't find an event on Facebook for the conference, so I added one: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=37539253422&ref=mf Hope that's okay - I can easily edit the admins for the event if someone else wants to be on the list of managers. --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelis

Re: [CODE4LIB] "best" OCR package?

2009-02-03 Thread Nicole Engard
I'm with Christian - I loved Abbyy FineReader when I used it at both my previous libraries. It's very accurate and it's affordable if you're not using it for mass digitization :) but we never got the server contract because like Christian said - it is quite expensive. --- Nicole C. Engard Open S

[CODE4LIB] KohaCon 2009

2009-02-26 Thread Nicole Engard
Hello all, Just a reminder that registration for KohaCon 2009 is up (http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pMSkZuQLLHD_R8MFCGWz4OQ) and additional information is available on our wiki (http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=kohacon2009) and the official Koha (http://koha.org/about-koha/news/nr123

Re: [CODE4LIB] Notes from the OSS Evaluation Breakout Session, C4L 2009 c4l09

2009-03-12 Thread Nicole Engard
Karen, Are you going to post this on the web somewhere? I'd love to link to it in a blog post - if not I'll just copy and paste :) --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 n...@liblime.com AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.libli

[CODE4LIB] New Book: Library Mashups

2009-06-16 Thread Nicole Engard
Hello fellow Code4Libers - I just wanted to drop a short note to let you know that my book on Library Mashups is ready for pre-order and features chapters from several of our fellow Code4Lib members. Check out the TOC here: http://mashups.web2learning.net/toc and information on ordering here: http

[CODE4LIB] Open Source Software in Libraries

2009-07-06 Thread Nicole Engard
I am working on some very very broad research on open source use in libraries for a book I'm working on. The focus of the book will be on software you can use that is open source. If you have a chance to answer this brief survey to help me out that would be greatly appreciated: http://opensource

[CODE4LIB] Thank you - Open Source Survey Results

2009-08-21 Thread Nicole Engard
Thank you to all of you who answered my survey. Many of you asked to see the results so I have posted the 1st part of them online at: http://opensource.web2learning.net/archives/17 The second part will include all of the open ended answers and answers that were given where 'Other' was chosen. I

[CODE4LIB] Need VirtualBox Help

2009-12-01 Thread Nicole Engard
I have virtualbox installed on my mac. I have several virtual machines, the one that's causing problems is my windows xp machine. I want to transfer files from my mac to my windows machine. I tried sharing a folder but can't find it in windows - I tried putting a CD in but windows can't read it

Re: [CODE4LIB] Need VirtualBox Help

2009-12-01 Thread Nicole Engard
ou chose.  The virtual box manual explains this more > fully. > > Matt > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Nicole Engard wrote: > >> I have virtualbox installed on my mac.  I have several virtual >> machines, the one that's causing problems is my windows xp machin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Need VirtualBox Help

2009-12-03 Thread Nicole Engard
FYI - Erin Germ helped me off list - I didn't have VB Guest Additions installed - so I was missing a critical step there :) Nicole On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Nicole Engard wrote: > Matt, > > Thanks for this - I tried this and read through this part of the > manual, but it

Re: [CODE4LIB] good and best open source software

2009-12-28 Thread Nicole Engard
I'm with Jonathan on the community health, one of the things I stress when teaching my open source classes is that the developer and user community is essential to the success and life of the product. Nicole C. Engard On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > Quality of code i

Re: [CODE4LIB] good and best open source software

2009-12-29 Thread Nicole Engard
Thomas, That's why I added in 'user' to the community. If there is an active communication medium with one or two developers communicating with the user community than there is health there. So I always say to look at the developer & user community to make sure it's active as one of the gauges of

Re: [CODE4LIB] good and best open source software

2009-12-29 Thread Nicole Engard
product with no community involvement. It still may be crappy software, but I'd be more likely to check it out over the product with no participation. Nicole On Dec 29, 2009 3:38 PM, "Thomas Krichel" wrote: Nicole Engard writes > That's why I added in 'user'

[CODE4LIB] Interested in attending KohaCon13?

2012-07-10 Thread Nicole Engard
Hi all, Each year the location for KohaCon is picked by Koha community members. For those of you interested in joining us for KohaCon 2013, the voting on venue is now open! To review the full proposals please read here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Kohacon2013 and then visit: http://survey

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib journal idea revival?

2007-04-11 Thread Nicole Engard
You might want to listen to this podcast on Open Access journals - it might give you some ideas on how to handle a project like this. http://www.web2learning.net/archives/941 Nicole On 4/11/07, Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think it was this past summer that there was some en

Re: [CODE4LIB] The path to becoming a Web guru?

2007-07-24 Thread Nicole Engard
Sharon, I was a computer programming major in undergrad and couldn't get a job anywhere but a library :) I worked as the Web Assistant and Web Manager in the library for 5 years before deciding to go to library school. You learn so much more on the job than you ever will in school - that is of

Re: [CODE4LIB] The path to becoming a Web guru?

2007-07-24 Thread Nicole Engard
tructured way, with a combination of on-line tutorials and the O'Reilly book. Does that make sense? On 7/24/07, Nicole Engard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sharon, > > I was a computer programming major in undergrad and couldn't get a job > anywhere but a library :) I wor

Re: [CODE4LIB] weird worldcat results?

2007-09-04 Thread Nicole Engard
Here's my guess. That ISSN is attached to several records: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=0025-3154&=Search&qt=owc_search So it just picked one since that's all it can show. If you see the search results the first result is the journal itself. It all depends on how the catalogers enter the d

[CODE4LIB] Job Opening: Assistant Network Administrator / PC and Database Support Specialist

2008-02-15 Thread Nicole Engard
Assistant Network Administrator / PC and Database Support Specialist at Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia This position is responsible for assisting the Network Administrator, troubleshooting computers (PC desktops and servers) when needed and assisting with Website support. The primary focus is

[CODE4LIB] Open Sesame & Open Source Evangelism

2008-02-19 Thread Nicole Engard
Hello all, I just want to announce that as part of my new role as Open Source Evangelist at LibLime I will be blogging about libraries and open source (not limited to LibLime) at Open Sesame http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ . My intro post is here: http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archiv

[CODE4LIB] Job Opening: Assistant Network Administrator, Philadelphia, PA

2008-03-03 Thread Nicole Engard
Assistant Network Administrator / PC and Database Support Specialist @ Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia, PA This position is responsible for assisting the Network Administrator, troubleshooting computers (PC desktops and servers) when needed and assisting with Website support. The primary focus

Re: [CODE4LIB] My code4lib slides

2008-03-19 Thread Nicole Engard
They all were - but they're not online yet - not that I've seen. Nicole On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:29 PM, K.G. Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But was it videotaped?! > > Karen G. Schneider > > > -Original Message- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib.conf 2008: Mashup

2008-05-17 Thread Nicole Engard
Here are some pics you can use: http://flickr.com/photos/nengard/2296738689/in/set-72157603990459509/ http://flickr.com/photos/nengard/2294782686/in/set-72157603990459509/ Or any in my set: http://flickr.com/photos/nengard/sets/72157603990459509/ Thanks Nicole On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:09 PM, N

Re: [CODE4LIB] planet.code4lib.org -- 3 suggestions

2008-05-23 Thread Nicole Engard
+1 I also don't want to have to remember to tag my posts - I have 4 blogs to manage as it is! Nicole On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:46 PM, K.G. Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> My advice at this point would be to identify the editor(s) of >> >> planet.code4lib.org in the page itself (like i