[Web4lib] Mea Culpa, Too!

Mon Feb 18 13:25:25 EST 2008

Hi Caitlin,

Next time, I will include  "Please post to the list!" :-)
Mea Culpa!

Marie Monteagudo
libconsult at optonline.net

MyLibraryWeb.com

> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:43:29 -1000
> From: "Caitlin Nelson" 
> Subject: [Web4lib] Re: Top Public Library Websites (Cross-Posted)
> Hi - I think having a list of library websites is a great 
> resource, but I
> have a couple of suggestions for improvement:
> 
> - You should alert users that the link will bring up a word 
> document rather
> than a new page. For example, use (DOC) after the title.
> 
> - It would be great to see the library websites in a table or 
> list form,
> rather than a cut-and-paste from the email listservs. Also, 
> some of the
> libraries mentioned don't show a link to the websites! (I 
> thought that was
> the whole point :) )
> 
> - Hopefully you have already received permission from the 
> writers to post
> their personal information on your document. Many of those replies
> contained email addresses and physical addresses/contact info. 
> I know some
> of that that information gets posted to the web4lib archive, 
> thus is already
> on the Internet, but I myself would still be wary of having that 
> informationup.
> 
> Good luck with this endeavor!
> 
> Caitlin Nelson
> Assistant Librarian
> TransPacific Hawaii College
> 
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 7:00 AM, > request at webjunction.org> wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:25:14 +0000 (GMT)
> > From: libconsult at optonline.net
> > Subject: [Web4lib] Top Public Library Websites (Cross-Posted)
> > To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> > Message-ID: 
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> > Here is a link to a list of replies that I received for Top 
> Public Library
> > Websites. If you wish to comment, please send replies to the list.
> > Many thanks to everyone who sent their suggestions and thank 
> you for your
> > patience!
> >
> > http://mylibraryweb.com/mylibraryweb.aspx
> >
> > ~Marie Monteagudo
> > libconsult at optonline.net
> >
> > mylibraryweb.com
> >
> >
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:42:04 +1300
> From: Walter McGinnis 
> Subject: [Web4lib] [ANN] Katipo Communications in Wellington, New
> Zealand, Hiring Junior Zebra and Rails Developer
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Message-ID: <3FB5F41D-4543-44FA-99C7-D503F9C231F3 at katipo.co.nz>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed;
> delsp=yes
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> We're looking for a programmer to join our Kete team working 
> with Ruby 
> on Rails and Zebra. The Kete project is really taking off, so 
> we'd 
> like to expand the team by adding a person who is a quick study, 
> wants 
> to work from home, and is in Wellington (Or wants to be).
> 
> The Kete application uses the acts_as_zoom Rails plugin, 
> developed for 
> Kete by Katipo, to talk to public and private Zebra databases in 
> order 
> to deliver it's searches.
> 
> We'd like you to have
> � Ruby On Rails experience
> � Work from home experience
> � Perl Skills
> � Writing skills
> � A good IRC manner
> � Self motivation
> � No fear of the command line interface in Unix
> * Z39.50, Zebra, ZOOM, and YAZ experience would be a big bonus
> � Te Reo would be fantastic
> 
> Katipo specialises in offering services based on Open Source 
> Software. 
> You will be contributing code to the Kete application and 
> providing 
> custom solutions for our clients. You will also be interacting 
> with 
> the Kete community by sharing your knowledge on the Katipo blog 
> and 
> the Kete.net.nz site.
> 
> As a Katipo employee, you'll mostly be working from home. 
> However, you 
> will receive inperson training and mentoring. Team members keep 
> in 
> touch via IRC, email, as well as regular inperson meetings.
> 
> For contact details, etc. Please see the full announcement here:
> 
> http://katipo.co.nz/about-us/news/nr1203042446.shtml
> 
> Cheers,
> Walter McGinnis
> Kete Project Lead
> http://katipo.co.nz/
> http://kete.net.nz/
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:45:46 -0500
> From: "K.G. Schneider" 
> Subject: [Web4lib] Files on PUBLIB -- mea culpa
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Message-ID: <1203342346.29643.1237465211 at webmail.messagingengine.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
> 
> This is COMPLETELY my fault (Karen / PUBLIB here). I was 
> approving stuff
> stuck in our queue and was irked with myself when I saw I had 
> approved a
> Word attachment, which is like coughing into a salad and 
> bringing it to
> a potluck. (In my defense, I knew the post was "too large" but 
> couldn'ttell why until I had posted it... but it was 
> suspiciously huge, which is
> usually enough to warrant the kibosh from us.)
> 
> This list would have worked far better as a post or as a link to 
> a Wiki
> or blog post or website page... more useful and accessible (and 
> far less
> virus-prone). 
> 
> Finally (posting as Karen/Karen), I appreciate the effort into 
> this list
> but I did notice that very little of the conclusions were user-centric
> or evidence-driven. I didn't see "stats went up" or "users liked 
> it" or
> "it improved findability by x percent." I do "get" the difference
> between ugly and pretty, which is hard to quantify, but I still felt
> skeptical about the list as a whole.
> 
> Karen G. Schneider
> 
> 
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:43:29 -1000, "Caitlin Nelson"
> said:
> > Hi - I think having a list of library websites is a great 
> resource, but I
> > have a couple of suggestions for improvement:
> > 
> > - You should alert users that the link will bring up a word document
> > rather
> > than a new page. For example, use (DOC) after the title.
> > 
> > - It would be great to see the library websites in a table or 
> list form,
> > rather than a cut-and-paste from the email listservs. Also, 
> some of the
> > libraries mentioned don't show a link to the websites! (I 
> thought that
> > was
> > the whole point :) )
> > 
> > - Hopefully you have already received permission from the 
> writers to post
> > their personal information on your document. Many of those replies
> > contained email addresses and physical addresses/contact info. 
> I know
> > some
> > of that that information gets posted to the web4lib archive, 
> thus is
> > already
> > on the Internet, but I myself would still be wary of having that
> > information
> > up.
> > 
> > Good luck with this endeavor!
> > 
> > Caitlin Nelson
> > Assistant Librarian
> > TransPacific Hawaii College
> > 
> > On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 7:00 AM, > request at webjunction.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:25:14 +0000 (GMT)
> > > From: libconsult at optonline.net
> > > Subject: [Web4lib] Top Public Library Websites (Cross-Posted)
> > > To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> > > Message-ID: 
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > >
> > > Here is a link to a list of replies that I received for Top 
> Public Library
> > > Websites. If you wish to comment, please send replies to the list.
> > > Many thanks to everyone who sent their suggestions and thank 
> you for your
> > > patience!
> > >
> > > http://mylibraryweb.com/mylibraryweb.aspx
> > >
> > > ~Marie Monteagudo
> > > libconsult at optonline.net
> > >
> > > mylibraryweb.com
> > >
> > >
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