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

I use EXIFTool to extract the EXIF metadata from images: I do this dynamically for all of the 8,000+ photos on FreeLargePhotos.com. Here is an example of the text output: >From there, you could p

[CODE4LIB] Anyone working with iPython?

Our Wikipedian in Residence, Max Klein brought iPython [1] to my attention recently and even in just the little exploration I've done with it so far I'm quite impressed. Although you could call it "interactive Python" that doesn't begin to put across the full range of capabilities, as when I first

Re: [CODE4LIB] links from finding aid to digital object

I'm surprised the Online Archive of California hasn't come up yet: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ See, for example: They have been doing this for quite some time, and I would consider it a "reference" implementation of this ki

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [WEB4LIB] Digital Project Manager position - UC Berkeley Library

-- Forwarded message -- From: Lisa WEBER Date: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM Subject: [WEB4LIB] Digital Project Manager position - UC Berkeley Library To: web4...@listserv.nd.edu The UC Berkeley Library is hiring a Digital Project Manager. Read all about it at: http://www.lib.be

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question about OAI Harvesting via Perl

I'd have to agree. OAI-PMH is so simple that even as poor a programmer as I am was able to write my own data provider from scratch. Actually, not completely from scratch in one go. Basically I was able to tweak my existing database-driven web site to accept incoming verbs and parameters and respond

Re: [CODE4LIB] COinS metadata format support

I agree that most Schema.org markup would be generated on the fly from a database, so I'm a bit unclear on what kind of "tool" we (OCLC) or someone else is being asked to develop. Perhaps someone could spell it out for this dense person? Thanks, Roy On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Karen Coyle

Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ?

When it comes to hedging bets, I'd sure rather hedge my $50,000 bet than my $500 one. Just sayin'. Roy On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:04 PM, BWS Johnson wrote: > Salvete! > > Tisn't necessarily Socialist to hedge one's bets. Look at what Wall > St. experts advise when one is unsure of whether t

Re: [CODE4LIB] Proquest search api?

This generally agrees with what I have found[1]. That is, if a second indicator of '0' exists, then it is fairly likely the URL will lead you to the full item. However, unfortunately an indicator of '1' is ambiguous, so it's possible you will be leaving a lot behind if you rely on that solely. It s

Re: [CODE4LIB] how to unsubscribe this list?

On the contrary, this discussion list has the OCLC Bacon Stamp of Approval. Carry on! Roy On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Michael J. Giarlo < leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu> wrote: > That's not what I heard Roy Tennant saying. > ಠ_ಠ > > -Mike > > > > On Thu, F

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib.org down

Usually I can bring a server down in a matter if hours. I must be getting old. Er...older. Roy > On Feb 21, 2014, at 1:52 PM, "Michael J. Giarlo" > wrote: > > Coincidence that this happened less than a day after Roy Tennant posted to > the list? I think not. > &g

Re: [CODE4LIB] Welcome to Roy4Lib

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 2:31 PM, Rosalyn Metz wrote: > it appears that roy4lib.org is also down > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Frumkin, Jeremy < > frumk...@u.library.arizona.edu> wrote:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Welcome to Roy4Lib

6:51 PM, Rosalyn Metz wrote: > > > > > >> so tempted to buy roy4lib.org and put up a glass of scotch there. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Edward M Corrado < > ecorr...@ecorrado.us > > >> >wrote:

[CODE4LIB] Questions for Valerie Aurora

As I'm sure you already know, Valerie Aurora[1] has kindly assented to be one of our two keynote speakers for the 2014 Conference. Valerie Aurora is a writer, programmer, and feminist activist, and a co-founder of the Ada Initiative[2], a non-profit to promote women in open technology and culture.

[CODE4LIB] Intro to the Conference

There has been some talk in the Code4Lib Conference Program committee about an "Introduction to the Conference". There isn't a specific slot for a talk, and perhaps not even time for one, except possibly a 5 minute lightning talk. But we've also discussed the possibility of having a wiki page or v

Re: [CODE4LIB] Intro to the Conference

OUe6bIYcrV-8uF0dE/edit?usp=sharing > c4l09 - > > http://www.slideshare.net/anarchivist/howto-meet-people-and-have-fun-at-code4lib2009 > > Cheers, > Becky > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > There has been some tal

Re: [CODE4LIB] Fwd: RFC 7154 - IETF Guidelines for Conduct

Just so everyone knows, the 2014 Code4Lib Conference Code of Conduct is here: http://code4lib.org/conference/2014/code_of_conduct and it is linked from the main conference page. Thanks, Roy On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Peter Murray wrote: > Code4LibCon is coming up in a few weeks. I'm sure

Re: [CODE4LIB] Shop Link

Someone apparently had a Code4Lib CafePress shop at one point, but now it's gone. I actually like the idea of a place where we could buy Code4Lib swag. For example, why not raise a little money selling stuff with the Code4Lib logo on it? But that would mean being a fiscal entity of some sort and th

Re: [CODE4LIB] Shop Link

y find any record of which design > won: > http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Main_Page#Older_Conference_T-Shirt_Designs > > -Esme > > On 03/9/2014, at 6:52 PM, Francis Kayiwa wrote: > > > Signed PGP part > > > > > > On 03/09/2014 05:59 PM, Roy Tennant wro

[CODE4LIB] For your plane reading pleasure...

...I thought I would point out that it is easy to find fiction that uses Raleigh, North Carolina as a venue here: http://experimental.worldcat.org/xfinder/FictionFinder?pl=North+Carolina--Raleigh What better way to get into the mood for Code4Lib 2014 than to read a murder mystery set just down th

Re: [CODE4LIB] Shop Link

one wants bags etc. And I will add them! > >Http://code4lib.spreadshirt.com > > > >//Riley > > > >Riley Childs > >Student > >Asst. Head of IT Services > >Charlotte United Christian Academy > >(704) 497-2086 > >RileyChilds.net > >Se

Re: [CODE4LIB] #c4l14 Newcomer Dinner, Monday evening 3/24

I find that as the organizer of a dinner I wouldn't mind having a way to text and/or email the people who have signed up, and likely other organizers would like that as well. So perhaps the organizers should put a way to be contacted on the wiki page? I have, and one of my diners has already contac

[CODE4LIB] Newcomer's dinner

I'm sorry for sending this to the entire list, but I've only been able to track down the email addresses of a few of my "Newcomer's Dinner" participants via Google. At least with any kind of certainty. However, I'm sure your organizer will want your contact information so please forward that to the

[CODE4LIB] Reminder: Send in your questions for Valerie!

Just a quick reminder, since the conference quickly approaches, to send in your questions for Valerie Aurora[1], co-founder of the Ada Initiative[2]. She will be interviewed as our Thursday morning keynote speaker. We will also be distributing index cards at the event and monitoring the Twitter st

Re: [CODE4LIB] Question About Code4Lib 2014 Streaming

So...there's an unofficial stream? I can't wait to see that one... Roy On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Riley Childs wrote: > http://YouTube.com/Code4Lib is the official stream. > > Riley Childs > Junior > IT Admin > email: rchi...@cucawarriors.com > office: +1 (704) 537-0031 x101 > cell: +1 (70

Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder: Send in your questions for Valerie!

a text, twitter, and the World Wide Web. > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Ross Singer > wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Roy Tennant > wrote: > > > > > > We will also be distributing index cards at the event and monitoring &g

Re: [CODE4LIB] tool for finding close matches in vocabular list

Have you considered dumping it into Open Refine? [1] I haven't used it a lot, but it is likely a good tool to find similar data and allow you to globally replace with a canonical entry. Roy [1] http://openrefine.org/ On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Ken Irwin wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm lookin

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

Basic? Seriously? I mean, the very first language I learned, in the early 1980s, was BASIC. But come on. If you can find a person to write the chapter I want to take them out behind the barn and, well, do them some serious damage. Interpret that however you wish. Roy On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:08

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2nd meetup for code4lib LA - May 15th

e might even get some people from a private (Leland Stanford) Junior > University to come to a local event :) > > - Tom > > > > On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Roy Tennant wrote: > > > I am definitely interested in a Northern California regional Code4Lib > > group, but m

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2nd meetup for code4lib LA - May 15th

I am definitely interested in a Northern California regional Code4Lib group, but my ability to jet down to LA for a two-hour meeting is regrettably limited. Likewise my ability to jet up to Seattle or Portland, unfortunately. Perhaps a better strategy might be to focus on a local? For example, we h

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2nd meetup for code4lib LA - May 15th

I'm sad to hear it seems to be in the shop). > > - Tom > > > On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Roy Tennant wrote: > > > You mean from that...uh...farm? As a Cal Alumni I am actually legally > > obligated not to mention the word "Stanford". So sorry, nothin

Re: [CODE4LIB] Serious vulnerability in OpenSSL

Thanks a lot, Becky, for those links. The beauty of Linux these days (at least Ubuntu) is that operations like this can be as easy as pie. Some things, of course, are still darn difficult, but many others are not. Roy On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Becky Yoose wrote: > Thanks for forwarding th

Re: [CODE4LIB] New Zealand Chapter

Go All Blacks! Roy On Apr 9, 2014, at 12:25 PM, "Kevin S. Clarke" wrote: > Wow, and the prize for the best regional Code4Lib design goes to... New > Zealand. > > @slowclap > > Kevin > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Jay Gattuso wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Long time listener, first time

Re: [CODE4LIB] New Zealand Chapter

Of course it's U+2163, the t-shirt just knows how to render Unicode. Roy On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Jay Gattuso wrote: > Luckily we made the graphic in such a way we can easily change the > text Any of the text. > > The maker is on leave exploring Europe, but I will check. > > -Ori

Re: [CODE4LIB] New Zealand Chapter

If it were my head instead of MARC, catalogers everywhere would get it as a tattoo -- prison or no. Roy > On Apr 9, 2014, at 5:39 PM, Simon Spero wrote: > > If DEATH were holding the severed head of MARC I would get this as a prison > tattoo. > > >> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Jay Gattuso

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos

I think one of the things that has held us back about the store in the past was the lack of a fiscal agent. That is, someone is going to be taking in money on behalf of Code4Lib (presumably), but where does it go? Since we have no organization we have no fiscal presence. No bank account, nothing. S

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos

gain we are slightly challenged by our state of > non-organization. > > Cary > > On Apr 10, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: > > > I think one of the things that has held us back about the store in the > past > > was the lack of a fiscal agent. That is, some

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos

.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos > > > > Could one of the scholarship sponsors adopt this as a way to fund future > conference scholarships? > > > > Alicia > > > > On Apr 10, 2014, at 9:53 P

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Old Conf Tshirt Logos

be in a better position to comment, ahem...) > > I'm sure I'm leaving out other possibilities. > > - Tom > > > > > > Riley Childs > > Student > > Asst. Head of IT Services > > Charlotte United Christian Academy > > (704) 497-2086

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

FWIW, this has been a discussion topic since the very first Code4Lib Conference, where I hosted a discussion on "The Future of Code4Lib"[1] and the main topic of conversation was whether to incorporate as a non-profit. And I doubt it will be going away anytime soon, as I think getting a consensus t

Re: [CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

> This has now instead become a reasonable recommendation > concerning ODC-BY licensing [3] but the confusion and uncertainty > about which records an OCLC member may redistribute remains. > > [3] http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2012/201248.en.html Allow me to try to put this confusion and uncer

Re: [CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

SBNs, but in some > > cases I will have a regular author/title-type citation. > > > > and let's say that I am asking this for two different institutions: > > a) is an OCLC member institution > > b) is not > > > > Thanks, > > kc > > >

Re: [CODE4LIB] barriers to open metadata?

ion to > this is that providers of URIs and users of URIs have to both make an > effort to meet half-way, or at a mutally convenient location. It simply is > not enough to say: "Hey, look! I've got all of these URIs. Good luck!" So > let's talk about how we make th

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone know the status of MARCView (Systems Planning/OCLC Dev Network)

interested. Thanks, Roy Tennant OCLC Research On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Salazar, Christina < christina.sala...@csuci.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > I see that Systems Planning turned over MARCView and MARCConvert to OCLC > Dev Network, but I cannot find any download on OCLC Dev Netw

Re: [CODE4LIB] Job Interview : A Libcoder's Helpful Advices

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: > Hiring someone is the most important/expensive thing that organizations do. > I couldn't agree more[1]. And that's why I advocate that organizations hire based on personality traits, not experience. I realize that justifications must be giv

Re: [CODE4LIB] Ross Singer RE: [CODE4LIB] Jobs Digest

Yay. What mjgriarlo said. Roy On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Michael J. Giarlo < leftw...@alumni.rutgers.edu> wrote: > We need a survey to determine which survey tool to use? ;) > > Rosy already set one up; let's roll with that. Rough consensus, running > code, and all that rot. > On May 28, 2

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib NorCal

Code4Lib Northern California (the SF Bay Area and surrounds, sorry Humboldt and Del Norte, you must organize as Way Northern California), is tooling up to organize a local get-together. So if you want to participate in the planning, please sign up for this Google Group: https://groups.google.com/f

Re: [CODE4LIB] Initial NorCal Code4Lib Meetup

While we are gathering input on which day to hold the Code4Lib NorCal event, I want to begin soliciting proposals for 20-minute prepared talks. In case we receive more proposals than we have time for, I'm suggesting a deadline of Sunday, July 20th to afford us time to select the ones we want to hea

[CODE4LIB] Linked Data Survey for Implementers: RSVP by 31 July 2014

Posted on behalf of my OCLC Research colleague. Roy OCLC Research is conducting a survey to learn details of specific projects or services that format metadata as linked data and/or make subsequent uses of it. Many in the libraries/archives/museum community are excited by the potential of linked d

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib NorCal, July 28th!

I'm happy to announce that Code4Lib NorCal will be on Monday, July 28 at 777 Mariners Island Blvd, San Mateo.[1] There is no charge and lunch is being provided by OCLC Research. Parking is free and is on both sides of the building. Please sign up to attend here: http://bit.ly/1n3osOy Also, pleas

[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Bay Area Meetup on Monday!

There's still time to sign up for and attend the Code4Lib Bay Area Meetup on Monday, July 28th (only days away!) from 10am-3pm. Continental breakfast starting at 9am. It will be held at 777 Mariners Island Blvd., San Mateo, conveniently located near the intersection of 92 (the San Mateo Bridge) an

Re: [CODE4LIB] iiif compatible servers

I can't comment on the other options, but I've used IIP[1] for a while now on Apache 2 and I've been quite pleased with it. I use "mogrify" from ImageMagick to create the JP2s from the JPGs on the server and it serves them up nicely. I'm also able to have the photographer's name, copyright date, an

[CODE4LIB] International Linked Data Survey deadline extended

On behalf of my colleague: I have been asked to extend the deadline for the international linked data survey athttps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LinkedDataSurvey as a number of implementers have been on vacation. The deadline has now been extended to Friday, 15 August. If you started the survey, you

Re: [CODE4LIB] Creating a Linked Data Service

I'm puzzled about why you want to use linked data for this. At first glance the requirement simply seems to be to fetch data from your ILS server, which likely could be sent in any number of simple packages that don't require an RDF wrapper. If you are the only one consuming this data then you can

Re: [CODE4LIB] Creating a Linked Data Service

gt; solution (improved duct tape) they would be happy to share. I fail to see > what the project has to do with linked data or why you would go that route. > > Debra Riley-Huff > Head of Web Services & Associate Professor JD Williams Library University > of Mississippi University,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Archival File Storage

Perhaps these might be helpful? "You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media" http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/library/2012/2012-06.pdf "Walk This Way: Detailed Steps for Transferring Born-Digital Content fro

[CODE4LIB] Library Linked Data Survey: Who's Doing It

Forwarded on behalf of my colleague. Roy The results of the international survey on specific projects or services that format metadata as linked data and/or make subsequent uses of it are being posted as a series of HangingTogether blog posts. I just posted the first of the series: Linked Data Su

Re: [CODE4LIB] [code4libcon] Code4Lib 2014 Conference accounting update

This is worth taking the OCLC Bacon Seal of Approval out of its velvet-lined case and affixing that stamp upon the awesome work that the Research Triangle group did on the last conference. Congratulations and a huge thanks! Roy On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Tim McGeary wrote: > Colleagues, >

[CODE4LIB] Results from the International Linked Data Survey for Implementers

Forwarded on behalf of my colleague. Roy -- Forwarded message -- Many thanks to all of you who participated in the international linked data survey for implementers or disseminated the survey link! I’ve been summarizing the results in a series of HangingTogether posts, which jus

[CODE4LIB] Time to solicit sponsorships for the 2015 Conference

The Sponsorships Committee for the 2015 conference is getting underway and we could use some help. Specifically, we are looking for: 1) Suggestions of groups to approach about sponsoring the event. We of course have a list based on past events, but we are always open for new ideas, especially orga

Re: [CODE4LIB] PDX conference: invited speakers

What Tara said, Certainly one of the benefits of moving this conference around geographically must surely be the opportunity to pull on local talent. Thanks for pointing that out! Roy On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Tara Robertson wrote: > Hi, > > The current list of proposed invited speakers h

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

Just a minor point. Despite my relative index score it doesn't necessarily mean that I am not a shameless self-promoter, it may just mean I've been at it longer. Just sayin'. Roy > On Sep 20, 2014, at 2:12 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > > Lisa, I hadn't know about this so I just spend some time read

Re: [CODE4LIB] ISSN lists?

I would use this over a WorldCat.org search: http://xissn.worldcat.org/ but I am unaware of a data dump. Roy On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Stuart Yeates wrote: > My understanding is that there is no universal ISSN list but that worldcat > allows querying of their database by ISSN. > > Which

Re: [CODE4LIB] Subject: Re: Why learn Unix?

I agree. I've done serious damage to my own server this way. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm completely capable of this. Unlike others, who are both more intelligent and more cautious. Down the path of the wild carded, recursive delete command lies DANGER. Having a little bit of knowledge is

Re: [CODE4LIB] Novel OAI endpoints

Seeing as how I wrote this OAI provider from scratch in Perl, riding on top of the code I wrote to serve up the site, it's quite likely to be buggy: http://freelargephotos.com/oai.cgi?verb=Identify Dubious, certainly, if not buggy. Roy On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Conal Tuohy wrote: > Kia o

Re: [CODE4LIB] lita

Also, I would point out that libraries increasingly hire non-librarians in technology positions. That likely means that even if said persons might eventually find Code4Lib, their allegiance to a profession as epitomized by ALA is unlikely. Roy On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Debra Shapiro wrote:

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: New report - Common Ground: Exploring Compatibilities Between the Linked Data Models of the Library of Congress and OCLC

This list might be interested in this. Roy OCLC and the Library of Congress jointly released a white paper today, *Common Ground: Exploring Compatibilities Between the Linked Data Models of the Library of Congress and OCLC

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

So wouldn't this be solved by having one authoritative place to point to all of the various pieces related to a particular conference? Perhaps all we need to do is to be better about making sure that the Conference page on code4lib.org points to *everything* relating to that conference. That seems

Re: [CODE4LIB] Philadelphia Bid for 2016

Oh gosh. The Mutter Museum or The Huntington. What a dilemma! Roy On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Chad Nelson wrote: > Hi All, > > On behalf of the proposal committee, I'm pleased to confirm that > Philadelphia has now submitted a bid to host the 2016 National Conference. > http://wiki.code4lib

Re: [CODE4LIB] Native MarcEdit for MacOSX

Better yet, get a brand-new Mac mini for what you've already raised: http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/mac-mini Roy On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: > You might want to consider picking up a MacBook on Craigslist, or > something like that. You can get a lot of only slightly v

Re: [CODE4LIB] Native MarcEdit for MacOSX

I agree with Terry. His decisions on how to deal with his codebase has stood the test of time. Open source doesn't mean squat if no one steps up to maintain it (and I have some experience with that), so having someone dedicated to maintaining it is not a bad strategy. It may not beds the most polit

Re: [CODE4LIB] Announcing Mirador 2.0 and projectmirador.org

I like the UI, but from what I can tell displaying a single JPEG 2000 image is probably not a good use case for this tool, right? That is, no group of images from which to select, no comparison with a different image, etc. -- just displaying a single image for pan, zoom, etc. If I'm right in this a

[CODE4LIB] International Linked Data Survey for Implementers: RSVP by 17 July 2015

Posted on behalf of my colleague. Roy OCLC Research is repeating its survey to learn details of specific projects or services that format metadata as linked data and/or make subsequent uses of it. Many in the libraries/archives/museum community are excited by the potential of linked data applicati

[CODE4LIB] Interested in learning more about library linked data at ALA Annual 2015?

Catalog/Metadata Librarian, University of Vermont · Barbara Bushman, Assistant Head, Cataloging & Metadata Management Section, National Library of Medicine · Nate Trail, Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress · Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research REGIST

Re: [CODE4LIB] Friday Humor: Stuff Business People Say

And then there's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_bGbZiiQ Roy On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Chad Nelson wrote: > Similar, but for us poor remote workers: > > http://conferencecall.biz/ > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:50 PM Tim McGeary wrote: > > > Some Friday humor to share - I'm s

[CODE4LIB] Matching names to VIAF

My colleagues Thom Hickey and Jenny Toves published a blog post "Matching Names to VIAF" that some on this list might find interesting: http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2015/09/matching-names-to-viaf.html Anyone attempting to disambiguate names may find their algorithm (and scoring mechanism)

Re: [CODE4LIB] Sorry for my last message

Pony Express. Everyone keeps talking about this "fax" thing, but I don't hold truck with new-fangled devices. Now GET OFF MY LAWN. Roy On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Andreas Orphanides wrote: > Cod4Lib Journal is seeking editors. Please fax your resume (and any > relevant watercolors) to Roy. >

Re: [CODE4LIB] Announcing the official Code4Lib Conference Website

Kudos to the team for a great job. The "CODE" play on the "LOVE" sculpture and Franklin in sunglasses get a special mention. However, I wonder what this might mean for preservation? In the past, when conferences have created a we site for an individual conference they have often ended up disappeari

Re: [CODE4LIB] Announcing the official Code4Lib Conference Website

entire site would be as > easy as cloning it. 2016.code4lib.org will not be going anywhere, and > next year's could be 2017.code4lib.org, etc. Regionals for the year could > even live in subdirectories (2016.code4lib.org/northwest, etc.). > > Does that answer your question? >

[CODE4LIB] Nominations sought for prestigious Kilgour Research Award

*Nominations sought for prestigious Kilgour Research Award* http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/10/nominations-sought-prestigious-kilgour-research-award The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and OCLC, Inc. invite n

Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book

Do you have an OCLC number in your records? If so, you could call it at WorldCat like this: http://worldcat.org/oclc/XXX scrape the structured linked data on the page, looking for the "Example of Work" link, then follow it to the Work Record: http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1

[CODE4LIB] Call for Papers: IFLA Satellite Meeting on Big Data & Linked Data, Chicago USA, August 2016

Forwarded on behalf of Ted Fons. Roy *From: Ted Fons *** *Date:* January 14, 2016 at 6:18 PM *To:* bibfr...@loc.gov *CC:* "Svensson, Lars" , emmanuelle.ber...@bnf.fr, nthabiseng.kotsoko...@monash.edu *Subject:* Call for Papers: IFLA Satellite Meeting on Big Data & Linked Data, Chicago USA, Augu

Re: [CODE4LIB] http://errol.oclc.org/ down ?

The service is obsolete and no longer available. We are editing the web page that points to it. Roy On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Stuart A. Yeates wrote: > http://errol.oclc.org/ appears down for me. > > http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/oairesolver.html implies that it > should be work

Re: [CODE4LIB] Adding authority control to IR's that don't have it built in

I make it a policy to be scarce whenever someone is looking for me. But thankfully Karen has already come to your aid. Roy On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Ed Summers wrote: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Bill Dueber wrote: >> Right -- I'd like to show the FAST stuff as facets in our catal

[CODE4LIB] AdaCamp in San Francisco, 8-9 June 2013

My colleague Merrilee Proffitt asked me to post this to Code4LIb, as she is going to apply to attend this event and she would love see other tech-savvy library women at this event. Roy "AdaCamp[1] is an Ada Initiative event focused on increasing women’s participation in open technology and culture

Re: [CODE4LIB] Proposals for Code4Lib 2014

I think Bob meant http://vote.code4lib.org/election/26 to vote, http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/26 to view the results. Roy On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:16 AM, McDonald, Robert H. wrote: > Just a note that voting is now live for these proposals - > http://vote.code4lib.org/election/result

Re: [CODE4LIB] When did OCLC's original xISBN service launch?

It was announced on January 24, 2004: Roy On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Bigwood, David wrote: > On Catalogablog there is an posting on Tuesday, September 21, 2004. > > Sincerely, > David Bigwood > > > > -Original Message- > From: Cod

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

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Robert Forkel wrote: > Good questions. > Or > once the web framework is no longer supported, there should be an export > mechanism to create a set of static resources which can be hosted with just > a webserver. Completely agree. This should be relatively simple w

[CODE4LIB] BeagleBone Black, anyone?

Is anyone working with a BeagleBone Black? [1] Or some other Beagleboard? In perhaps a cart-before-the-horse kind of way, I'd love to do a project with one but I'm having a hard time thinking of a really good application. So I'd be interested to hear about the kinds of things folks are doing with t

Re: [CODE4LIB] WorldCat API - myTags

Arash, I don't believe this functionality currently exists, but I've passed on your desire to those in a position to do something about it. Thanks, Roy On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Arash.Joorabchi wrote: > Hi all, > > > > When viewing a work's metadata on WorldCat.org website, in the tag > sec

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2014: Save the dates!

I have a lot of sympathy for those who can't afford conference hotel prices, I do. As the father of twins who had to be professionally engaged with $500/year to work with, I can tell you that I hear you. But please don't expect the conference itself to select the venue and complete conference packa

[CODE4LIB] JOB: Data Architect, OCLC

https://jobs-oclc.icims.com/jobs/2303/data-architect/job?hub=6 Overview Discover. Innovative. Collaborate. Inform. A few words we use to describe a career at OCLC. OCLC, a worldwide library services organization headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, is a leader in information technologies and innovat

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Peter Schlumpf wrote: > Imagine if the library community had its own programming/scripting language, > at least one that is domain relevant. > What would it look like? Whatever else it had, it would have to have a sophisticated way to inspect text for patterns --

[CODE4LIB] Access Conference history

I am delighted to have been asked to give the opening keynote address to the upcoming Access Conference 2013 in St. John's, Newfoundland. Since this is the 20th anniversary of the conference, I've been asked to speak with that in mind. My title is "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been" and I aim to l

Re: [CODE4LIB] Dan Chudnov's invited speech from C4L JAPAN Conference

Thank you so much for this! I saw some of it, but had to leave. I will look for the recording. Thanks for sharing, Roy On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Takanori Hayashi wrote: > Hello Code4Libbers, > > Do you remember Code4Lib Japan geeks? > > We hold on Code4Lib Japan Conference 2013 at Minami-

Re: [CODE4LIB] Access 2013 - room-mate

Hey, I'm staying there too! It looked like such a charming place. See you soon, Roy On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Joseph Montibello < joseph.montibe...@dartmouth.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > This doesn't help Bobbi any, but along the same lines, I've got a room at > a B&B about ten minutes' walk fro

Re: [CODE4LIB] [CODE4LIB] HEADS UP - Government shutdown will mean *.loc.gov is going offline October 1

As seen on Twitter, OCLC also has our version of MARC documentation here: It's mostly exactly the same except for the places where we have inserted small but effective messages that "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED". Roy On Mon, Sep 30, 201

Re: [CODE4LIB] [CODE4LIB] HEADS UP - Government shutdown will mean *.loc.gov is going offline October 1

t; kyle > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: > > > As seen on Twitter, OCLC also has our version of MARC documentation here: > > > > <http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en.html> > > > > It's mostly exactly the same except for

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC field lengths

I don't even have to fire it up. That's a statistic that we generate quarterly (albeit via Hadoop). Here you go: 100 - 30.3 245 - 103.1 600 - 41 610 - 48.8 611 - 61.4 630 - 40.8 648 - 23.8 650 - 35.1 651 - 39.6 653 - 33.3 654 - 38.1 655 - 22.5 656 - 30.6 657 - 27.4 658 - 30.7 662 - 41.7 Roy On

Re: [CODE4LIB] image gallery management software recommendations

Batch upload to Omeka (or use the API) if at all possible. I have found the workflow for uploading items via a web browser to be less than optimal or understandable. Roy On Nov 7, 2013, at 1:59 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: > We're in the process of moving our collections to Omeka. First impressi

Re: [CODE4LIB] mass convert jpeg to pdf

y Tom Cramer and company. That would make you compliant with the Mirador multi-windowing tool that he mentioned. Sounds like a win-win to me. Roy [0] http://FreeLargePhotos.com/ - sample: http://freelargephotos.com/photos/01/full.jp2/Roy+Tennant [1] http://www-sul.stanford.edu/iiif/image-ap

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