From celestihel at gmail.com Tue Jun 1 18:42:25 2010 From: celestihel at gmail.com (Helen L) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:42:25 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] NETSL Executive Board Wants You! Call for Nominations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The New England Technical Services Librarians(NETSL) Executive Board is committed to promoting and supporting technical services activities in New England. Board members plan and present the annual NETSL Spring Conference. The Board also develops programs for the New England Library Association (NELA) Annual Conference , presents the annual NETSL Award for Excellence in Technical Services, and promotes technical services throughout New England and beyond through partnerships with other similar organizations. Each year NETSL holds elections to fill open positions on the Board. If you are enthusiastic about innovations in technical services, are interested in contributing to regional technical services programming, and would like to have direct input into the direction of NETSL as an organization, consider running for a position on the NETSL Executive Board. Candidates must be NETSL members (via membership in NELA) to serve on the board. The following positions on NETSL's 2010-2011 Executive Board are open: * Corresponding Secretary (one-year term) * Recording Secretary (one-year term) * Treasurer (one-year term) * Vice President/President-Elect (three-year term) After serving as VP for one year, the VP succeeds to the office of President, then remains a third year on the Board as Past President. The VP must be, or become, a member of the ALCTS division of the American Library Association in addition to being a NETSL member. VP candidates write a personal statement (approximately 150 words) outlining their background and interests, which will be included on the ballot. Terms of office officially begin at the end of NETSL's annual business meeting, held during the NELA Annual Conference (this year, October 17-19, 2010). The NETSL Board will hold a transition meeting with both current members and incoming members on September 17, 2010 at the LYRASIS offices in Southborough, MA. For additional details about NETSL and the duties of the offices of the Board, visit the NETSL web site: http://www.nelib.org/netsl/bylaws.htm If you are interested in running for a Board office, please contact Amy Hart at netslpresident at nelib.org, or 508-655-8008 x222 by July 9th. Election ballots will go out to the membership in late July. Amy Hart President, NETSL netslpresident at nelib.org 508-655-8008 x222 From chester at rpl.org Wed Jun 2 10:05:53 2010 From: chester at rpl.org (Chester D. Mealer) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:05:53 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] staff training videos In-Reply-To: <37E52B1DFED99A47A14C141C13E93A3837985A95@COAEXCHVS1.anaheim.intranet> References: <37E52B1DFED99A47A14C141C13E93A3837985A95@COAEXCHVS1.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: Thomas, I know with Camtasia you can create a flash video which at the end will send them to a url of your choice (the survey), but if you're going to have something like that it might be better to have it set up where they can either go to the survey or replay the video in case they wanted to review part of it first. Alternately I would just put the survey on the page below the video, with a message above asking them to fill out the survey when they have finished viewing. Chester Mealer Webmaster Rapides Parish Library chester at rpl.org 318-448-8125 x 216 -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 11:52 AM To: Web4Lib (web4lib at webjunction.org) Subject: [Web4lib] staff training videos We have created a few staff training videos involving printer troubleshooting and Excel use. They are stored on a server at the Central Library, and are in WVM format for viewing in Windows Media Player with links to them on our intranet. What is being asked is a mechanism for me to keep track of who has seen which videos and get some feedback from them. Is there a way of getting a web browser popup window to display when the video is finished that the staff member can fill out? If so, how would I go about doing that? 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Thank you. _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From chodgson at niso.org Wed Jun 2 10:16:24 2010 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:16:24 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] UKSG and NISO announce first endorsers of KBART Recommended Practice Message-ID: <004101cb025e$2f9052c0$8eb0f840$@org> New KBART Phase II Working Group and Co-Chairs Also Revealed June 1, 2010 - Baltimore, MD and Newbury, UK - UKSG and NISO are pleased to announce that the American Institute of Physics, Ex Libris, Serials Solutions and OCLC are the first organizations to publicly endorse the Phase I recommendations of the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Working Group, a joint initiative that is exploring data problems within the OpenURL supply chain. KBART's Phase I Recommended Practice (NISO RP-9-2010), published in January 2010, contains practical recommendations for the timely exchange of accurate metadata between content providers and knowledge base developers. A number of other major organizations in the scholarly information supply chain are also working towards KBART endorsement. All content providers, from major databases to small publishers, are encouraged to publicly endorse the KBART Recommended Practice by submitting a sample file to the KBART working group. Once the file's format and content has been reviewed and approved, and the provider has made it publicly available (in line with the recommendations), the provider will be added to a public list of endorsing providers. Knowledge base developers can endorse the KBART Recommended Practice by confirming that their systems can process KBART formatted files. In addition, a contacts registry is now available on the KBART Information Hub at http://www.uksg.org/kbart or http://www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart where content providers and knowledge base developers can register their organization's information for downloading holdings metadata. Sarah Pearson, KBART co-chair and E-Resources & Serials Coordinator at the University of Birmingham, comments: "It's an indication of the importance of KBART's work, and the ease with which the Recommended Practice can be adopted, that major knowledge base vendors - such as Serials Solutions in their KnowledgeWorks program, Ex Libris in their Publisher Relationship Program and OCLC in their WorldCat knowledge base harvesting program - have already recognized our phase I guidelines. And it's fitting that AIP, which has a history of leadership in journal publishing and reference linking technologies, is the first publisher to provide metadata files that adhere to KBART's recommendations." The KBART working group is now progressing to Phase II, with a largely new set of volunteers: . Andreas Biedenbach, Springer Science+Business Media (NISO co-chair) . Sarah Pearson, University of Birmingham (UKSG co-chair) . Sherrard Ewing, Serials Solutions . Marieke Heins, Swets . Chad Hutchens, University of Wyoming . Mathew Llewellin, The Royal Society . Sheri Meares, EBSCO . Paul Moss, OCLC . Jason Price, Claremont Colleges / SCELC . Rose Robinson, Publishing Technology . Liz Stevenson, University of Edinburgh . Christine Stohn, Ex Libris . Ruth Wells, Taylor & Francis . Julie Zhu, American Institute of Physics New KBART co-chair Andreas Biedenbach, Manager of eProduct Operations for Springer, concludes, "I am pleased to be working with our new Phase II volunteers. We look forward to developing further guidance for all parties involved in e-resource metadata management, which is such a critical part of enabling access to scholarly research." For more information on endorsement, to review the KBART Recommended Practice, or to find out how to get involved in future phases of KBART's work, please visit www.uksg.org/kbart or www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart. About KBART KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) was set up following the 2007 publication of the UKSG research report "Link Resolvers and the Serials Supply Chain." Central to the efficient operation of the OpenURL is the knowledge base, which consists of data supplied by content providers including publishers. The report found that a lack of awareness of the OpenURLs capabilities and requirements is impacting the quality and timeliness of data provided to populate knowledge bases, and thus undermining the potential of the sophisticated OpenURL technology. UKSG partnered with NISO to commission the KBART Working Group to develop guidelines for best practice and provide educational materials. The core NISO/UKSG Working Group consists of representatives from libraries, knowledge base developers, publishers, intermediaries and other content providers, and is supported by a monitoring group of interested parties. Its Phase I report (KBART Recommended Practice (NISO RP-9-2010) and guidelines have been widely reviewed and tested by a wider group of information supply chain stakeholders. For more information, visit www.uksg.org/kbart or www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart. About NISO NISO fosters the development and maintenance of standards that facilitate the creation, persistent management, and effective interchange of information so that it can be trusted for use in research and learning. To fulfill this mission, NISO engages libraries, publishers, information aggregators, and other organizations that support learning, research, and scholarship through the creation, organization, management, and curation of knowledge. NISO works with intersecting communities of interest and across the entire lifecycle of an information standard. NISO is a not-for-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). More information about NISO is available on its website: www.niso.org. For more information please contact NISO on (301) 654-2512 or via email on nisohq at niso.org. About UKSG UKSG exists to connect the information community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication. It spans the wide range of interests and activities of the extended scholarly information community of librarians, publishers, intermediaries and technology vendors. In a dynamic environment, UKSG works to: . facilitate community integration, networking, discussion and exchange of ideas . improve members' knowledge of the scholarly information sector and support skills development . stimulate research and collaborative initiatives, encourage innovation and promote standards for good practice . disseminate news, information and publications, and raise awareness of services that support the scholarly information sector. For more information, please visit the UKSG website, www.uksg.org. For more information, please contact: Karen Wetzel Charlie Rapple NISO Standards Program Manager UKSG Marketing Officer kwetzel at niso.org charlie.rapple at tbicommunications.com From slzimm1 at gmail.com Wed Jun 2 16:35:34 2010 From: slzimm1 at gmail.com (Stephanie Zimmerman) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:35:34 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] "Homemade" Catalog Message-ID: Hi, (Please excuse cross-postings) One of my coworkers was awarded a grant and is required to organize a small library at a local Youth Intervention Center. Here's what she is asking... "As part of the grant we?re receiving from United Way, we?ve agreed to organize the YIC library. We were hoping to create documentation of everything the YIC owns. Rather than enter this into a spreadsheet on our own, we were wondering what kind of free library software is out there? I have heard of some for MAC that are not free, like Monster Delicious ? where you use the iSight to scan ISBN and it loads all the information (title, author, publication, etc.) into a program that looks much like iTunes. Do you know of anything free for a PC that we could do something similar, but with a normal scanner like we use for checking out library books? Like perhaps we could scan ISBN?s and it would bring up all the information into a program? We would use this information to make quality book purchases for the future ? by seeing what topics we need more of and so on?" I did some research on Library Thing but don't see a way to scan the books in which would save a lot of time. Does anyone know of any free or low cost way to do such a thing? Thanks for your time! Sincerely, Stephanie Zimmerman Training Coordinator Library System of Lancaster County 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107 Lancaster PA 17601 phone: 717.207.0500 x 1281 fax: 717.207.0504 email: szimmerman at lancasterlibraries.org website: www.lancasterlibraries.org Training Blog: http://lslctraining.blogspot.com From fostersm1 at gmail.com Wed Jun 2 16:40:58 2010 From: fostersm1 at gmail.com (Sharon Foster) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:40:58 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: LibraryThing was my first thought, and it will accept ISBNs. LT has organized several cataloging blitzes for organizations like the one you describe. Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS Technology Librarian http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/ "Have you tried switching it off and on again?" On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Stephanie Zimmerman wrote: > Hi, > > (Please excuse cross-postings) > > One of my coworkers was awarded a grant and is required to organize a small > library at a local Youth Intervention Center.? Here's what she is asking... > > "As part of the grant we?re receiving from United Way, we?ve agreed to > organize the YIC library.? We were hoping to create documentation of > everything the YIC owns.? Rather than enter this into a spreadsheet on our > own, we were wondering what kind of free library software is out there?? I > have heard of some for MAC that are not free, like Monster Delicious ? where > you use the iSight to scan ISBN and it loads all the information (title, > author, publication, etc.) into a program that looks much like iTunes.? Do > you know of anything free for a PC that we could do something similar, but > with a normal scanner like we use for checking out library books?? Like > perhaps we could scan ISBN?s and it would bring up all the information into > a program?? We would use this information to make quality book purchases for > the future ? by seeing what topics we need more of and so on?" > > I did some research on Library Thing but don't see a way to scan the books > in which would save a lot of time.? Does anyone know of any free or low cost > way to do such a thing? > > Thanks for your time! > > Sincerely, > > Stephanie Zimmerman > Training Coordinator > Library System of Lancaster County > 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107 > Lancaster PA? 17601 > phone:? 717.207.0500 x 1281 > fax:? 717.207.0504 > email:? szimmerman at lancasterlibraries.org > website:? www.lancasterlibraries.org > Training Blog:? http://lslctraining.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Publib mailing list > Publib at webjunction.org > https://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib > > From rdyer at hcourt.gov.au Wed Jun 2 19:24:00 2010 From: rdyer at hcourt.gov.au (Renata Dyer) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:24:00 +1000 Subject: [Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Stephanie, I know this slide is old but you may find it interesting: http://www.slideshare.net/vimal0212/open-source-library-management-systems . Also, KOHA became quite big in recent years and you can relatively easily find help form either community of suers or a commercial company such as the LibLime. I think LOC will provide MARC records free of charge - not sure how you can automate the system; maybe you should consider an LMS with Z39.50 functionality that will enable you to do copy cataloguing on the go. Meaning you will need to open one of the public z39 opacs; perform your search for ISBN with a scanner and then when a record is identified you revise, make changes and save to your LMS. Good luck! Renata Dyer Manager, Systems and Electronic Services High Court of Australia Library Canberra, ACT 2604 ph: 02 6270 6916 From: Sharon Foster To: Stephanie Zimmerman Cc: T is For Training , learnrt at ala.org, nexgenlib at googlegroups.com, web4lib at webjunction.org, publib at webjunction.org Date: 03/06/2010 06:53 AM Subject: Re: [Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog Sent by: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org LibraryThing was my first thought, and it will accept ISBNs. LT has organized several cataloging blitzes for organizations like the one you describe. Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS Technology Librarian http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/ "Have you tried switching it off and on again?" On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Stephanie Zimmerman wrote: > Hi, > > (Please excuse cross-postings) > > One of my coworkers was awarded a grant and is required to organize a small > library at a local Youth Intervention Center. Here's what she is asking... > > "As part of the grant we?re receiving from United Way, we?ve agreed to > organize the YIC library. We were hoping to create documentation of > everything the YIC owns. Rather than enter this into a spreadsheet on our > own, we were wondering what kind of free library software is out there? I > have heard of some for MAC that are not free, like Monster Delicious ? where > you use the iSight to scan ISBN and it loads all the information (title, > author, publication, etc.) into a program that looks much like iTunes. Do > you know of anything free for a PC that we could do something similar, but > with a normal scanner like we use for checking out library books? Like > perhaps we could scan ISBN?s and it would bring up all the information into > a program? We would use this information to make quality book purchases for > the future ? by seeing what topics we need more of and so on?" > > I did some research on Library Thing but don't see a way to scan the books > in which would save a lot of time. Does anyone know of any free or low cost > way to do such a thing? > > Thanks for your time! > > Sincerely, > > Stephanie Zimmerman > Training Coordinator > Library System of Lancaster County > 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107 > Lancaster PA 17601 > phone: 717.207.0500 x 1281 > fax: 717.207.0504 > email: szimmerman at lancasterlibraries.org > website: www.lancasterlibraries.org > Training Blog: http://lslctraining.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Publib mailing list > Publib at webjunction.org > https://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib > > _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Wed Jun 2 21:42:07 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 20:42:07 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] SmartPlanet > Museum Of The Future: Mobile Augmented Reality Message-ID: Joe McKendrick / June 1 2010 Museums serve to document the growth of arts and sciences of our society, and in recent years, have been able to reach across the miles to new audiences, thanks to the proliferation of the Internet. A new report suggests that museums are also becoming part of the mobile revolution ? yes, if you want to visit the Museum of London without flying all the way to Heathrow Airport, there?s an app for that. [snip] ?The museum of London has launched an iPhone application which brings its extensive art and photographic collections alive in advance of the opening of spectacular new galleries next week. The free app, called ?StreetMuseum,? takes users to various sites in London where, via their iPhone screen, historical images of the city appear. Over 200 sites have been selected where users can look through their iPhones and see the past emerge.? Now you may ask why someone would be inclined to squint at images on a mobile device, versus using a standard laptop or desktop computer. The advantage of a handheld museum is that users could access photos and details of historic buildings or locations while they are physically at the subject of their curiosity.[snip] What?s really neat is you can superimpose older images over a current shot of a streetscape or building ? [snip]. The Museum of London is showing some great innovation in expanding its knowledge beyond the walls of the actual museum itself. As the report says, ?Forward-thinking museums, libraries, archives, and universities will embrace placing interactive tools in the hands (literally) of everyone from history buffs to tourists walking through an unfamiliar city.? Links Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/26s2d23 ] BTW: Shakespeare Meets The iPad [ http://tinyurl.com/39lphb2 ] EnJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From bennetttm at appstate.edu Thu Jun 3 09:07:00 2010 From: bennetttm at appstate.edu (Thomas Bennett) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:07:00 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] "Homemade" Catalog In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201006030907.01032.bennetttm@appstate.edu> You might want to look at the June 2010 Issue 194 of the Linux Journal. There is an articcle "Organizing a Library" describing different open source software for the general public to organize their library. The review includes Koha but the author was somewhat overwhelmed when seeing the Add a Marc Record screen. Also reviewed is Alexandria, GCstar, and Tellico. In the article he mentions he scanned ISBN numbers into a text file then imported them into the applications and Alexandria was the only one that automatically downloaded "the information about the books". I suspect you could just as well scan directly into the application. But also with Alexandria, "I had to install two gems(hpricot and htmlentites) ... The system relies on Amazon for some of the look ups. Due to a change in Amazon's policy, I had to sign up to get my own Amazon AWS access key." The author had been using a Shelfari account previous to the review and was able to imporport that collection into Alexandria and exprot from Alexandria to Tellico and GCstar. I suspect you would want to use an application that you could easily import into and export out of in case you move to a different system later, or need to share data, and for backup purposes. If there is not a Windows version you could run Linux in a vmware player, there are several distributions ready to run on vmplayer. hth Thomas On Wednesday 02 June 2010 16:35:34 Stephanie Zimmerman wrote: > Hi, > > (Please excuse cross-postings) > > One of my coworkers was awarded a grant and is required to organize a small > library at a local Youth Intervention Center. Here's what she is asking... > > "As part of the grant we?re receiving from United Way, we?ve agreed to > organize the YIC library. We were hoping to create documentation of > everything the YIC owns. Rather than enter this into a spreadsheet on our > own, we were wondering what kind of free library software is out there? I > have heard of some for MAC that are not free, like Monster Delicious ? > where you use the iSight to scan ISBN and it loads all the information > (title, author, publication, etc.) into a program that looks much like > iTunes. Do you know of anything free for a PC that we could do something > similar, but with a normal scanner like we use for checking out library > books? Like perhaps we could scan ISBN?s and it would bring up all the > information into a program? We would use this information to make quality > book purchases for the future ? by seeing what topics we need more of and > so on?" > > I did some research on Library Thing but don't see a way to scan the books > in which would save a lot of time. Does anyone know of any free or low > cost way to do such a thing? > > Thanks for your time! > Sincerely, > > Stephanie Zimmerman > Training Coordinator > Library System of Lancaster County > 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107 > Lancaster PA 17601 > phone: 717.207.0500 x 1281 > fax: 717.207.0504 > email: szimmerman at lancasterlibraries.org > website: www.lancasterlibraries.org > Training Blog: http://lslctraining.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > -- ========================================== Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Operations & Systems Analyst P O Box 32026 University Library Boone, North Carolina 28608 (828) 262 6587 Library Systems Help Desk: https://www.library.appstate.edu/help/ ========================================== From DBancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us Thu Jun 3 09:24:29 2010 From: DBancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us (Doug Bancks) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:24:29 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects Message-ID: Hi, If you have an effective system for shooting and editing video in your library that works for student/patron projects I would appreciate hearing about it in some detail. What hardware and software have you found to work well? How do you manage computer security and video downloads? Thanks Doug Bancks Library Media Specialist Fairmont Jr/Sr High School 900 Johnson Street Fairmont, MN 56031 dbancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us 507-235-4107 From rballiot at gmail.com Thu Jun 3 09:59:29 2010 From: rballiot at gmail.com (Robert Balliot) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:59:29 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I recommend getting a Canon or Sony with a removable flash drive, an HDMI connection and maybe a Firewire. I like Canon HF20 and HF200 models. The next step up is to get a 'professional camera', however the HF20 and HF200 have more features and power that many pro cameras and the boot allows you to extend capabilities. Get a good tripod and a good external mike. Most onboard video camera mikes do not work very well in the real world. Windows LifeCam is a great 720p webcam. Use Adobe Premier for Video Editing if you can afford. There are many tutorials available and the knowledge gained by your students would transfer to the workplace. Use Vidblaster as a platform. Engage Vimeo and Youtube and Livestream accounts. You might consider checking out how Guys From Queens - GFQ - set up their studio and review their recommendations: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=guys+from+queens&aq=f Sincerely, Robert L. Balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Doug Bancks wrote: > Hi, > > If you have an effective system for shooting and editing video in your > library > > that works for student/patron projects I would appreciate hearing about it > in some > > detail. What hardware and software have you found to work well? How do you > manage computer security and video downloads? > > > > Thanks > > > Doug Bancks > Library Media Specialist > Fairmont Jr/Sr High School > 900 Johnson Street > Fairmont, MN 56031 > dbancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us > 507-235-4107 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > From rballiot at gmail.com Thu Jun 3 11:08:52 2010 From: rballiot at gmail.com (Robert Balliot) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:08:52 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: BTW - Final Cut and a Mac setup can be a great choice too. The video editing techniques and language used in Adobe Premier are essentially the same as in Final Cut. For video editing, you will need lots of RAM - especially if you are working in HD format. One of my systems has 9 GB of RAM. I use it almost exclusively for video editing, animation and battling the horde in World of Warcraft. :) Good luck in this endeavor. R. Balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Robert Balliot wrote: > > I recommend getting a Canon or Sony with a removable flash drive, an HDMI > connection and maybe a Firewire. > I like Canon HF20 and HF200 models. The next step up is to get a > 'professional camera', however the HF20 and HF200 have more features and > power than many pro cameras and the boot allows you to extend capabilities. > > Get a good tripod and a good external mike. Most onboard video camera > mikes do not work very well in the real world. > > Windows LifeCam is a great 720p webcam. > > Use Adobe Premier for Video Editing if you can afford. There are many > tutorials available and the knowledge gained by your students would transfer > to the workplace. > > Use Vidblaster as a platform. Engage Vimeo and > Youtube and Livestream accounts. > > You might consider checking out how Guys From Queens - GFQ - set up their > studio and review their recommendations: > > http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=guys+from+queens&aq=f > > Sincerely, > Robert L. Balliot > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Doug Bancks wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> If you have an effective system for shooting and editing video in your >> library >> >> that works for student/patron projects I would appreciate hearing about it >> in some >> >> detail. What hardware and software have you found to work well? How do you >> manage computer security and video downloads? >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Doug Bancks >> Library Media Specialist >> Fairmont Jr/Sr High School >> 900 Johnson Street >> Fairmont, MN 56031 >> dbancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us >> 507-235-4107 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Web4lib mailing list >> Web4lib at webjunction.org >> http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ >> >> > From mindspiral at gmail.com Thu Jun 3 11:52:34 2010 From: mindspiral at gmail.com (Brian Gray) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:52:34 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You can see my library's offerings on this page: http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/index.html We are several camera options but the ones that are pushed for the typical student project are just flip cameras. They allow a student to focus on the content and not have to worry about all the settings on a higher end camera. They are easy to use and have the USB built in so you do not ave to worry about cables being lost. I have used the equipment in our multimedia center but do not work in it specifically. If you want additional information, I know they would be happy to speak with you. Brian Gray mindspiral at gmail.com bcg8 at case.edu On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Doug Bancks >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > If you have an effective system for shooting and editing video in your > > library > > > > that works for student/patron projects I would appreciate hearing about > it > > in some > > > > detail. What hardware and software have you found to work well? How do > you > > manage computer security and video downloads? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Doug Bancks > > Library Media Specialist > > Fairmont Jr/Sr High School > > 900 Johnson Street > > Fairmont, MN 56031 > > dbancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us > > 507-235-4107 > From rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com Thu Jun 3 12:32:11 2010 From: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com (Robert L. Balliot) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:32:11 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <77B6B23BC93342E887BF5D947D4F2638@junior> Brian - USB only works for small file transfers, such as jpg/ gif images, unless you have *hours* to spend uploading. Firewire is nice and ok if you have a big hard drive on your camera and a firewire port on your system. Removable flash media - SD cards - rock. Low cost. Easy to find adapter to plug into a 2.0 USB port. Loads of memory available. Use less power than a hard drive or tape drive, so you extend the battery life. Very lightweight. Swap it out and you can start a new project. Great for HD. ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Brian Gray Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:53 AM To: Doug Bancks Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Video projects You can see my library's offerings on this page: http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/index.html We are several camera options but the ones that are pushed for the typical student project are just flip cameras. They allow a student to focus on the content and not have to worry about all the settings on a higher end camera. They are easy to use and have the USB built in so you do not ave to worry about cables being lost. I have used the equipment in our multimedia center but do not work in it specifically. If you want additional information, I know they would be happy to speak with you. Brian Gray mindspiral at gmail.com bcg8 at case.edu On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Doug Bancks >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > If you have an effective system for shooting and editing video in your > > library > > > > that works for student/patron projects I would appreciate hearing about > it > > in some > > > > detail. What hardware and software have you found to work well? How do > you > > manage computer security and video downloads? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Doug Bancks > > Library Media Specialist > > Fairmont Jr/Sr High School > > 900 Johnson Street > > Fairmont, MN 56031 > > dbancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us > > 507-235-4107 > _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From ndgmtlcd at yahoo.com Thu Jun 3 12:49:50 2010 From: ndgmtlcd at yahoo.com (Alain) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:49:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <795227.53873.qm@web50107.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hello! Before you invest any time in this take a careful look at the kind of documents they have in the YIC library. In most places, in most small documentation libraries like this the shelves (or filing cabinets given the formats) are filled with "grey" literature. That kind of document does not usually have an ISBN and the bar code that comes with it. So, you have to enter things manually and then do a manual/visual check of data in a second phase. In a case like this you'll be looking for a different kind of software. A spreadsheet might even do. Alain Vaillancourt --- En date de?: Mer, 2.6.10, Sharon Foster a ?crit?: > De?: Sharon Foster > Objet?: Re: [Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog > ??: "Stephanie Zimmerman" > Cc?: "T is For Training" , learnrt at ala.org, nexgenlib at googlegroups.com, web4lib at webjunction.org, publib at webjunction.org > Date: mercredi 2 juin 2010 16 h 40 > LibraryThing was my first thought, > and it will accept ISBNs. LT has > organized several cataloging blitzes for organizations like > the one > you describe. > > Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS > Technology Librarian > http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/ > "Have you tried switching it off and on again?" > > > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Stephanie Zimmerman > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > (Please excuse cross-postings) > > > > One of my coworkers was awarded a grant and is > required to organize a small > > library at a local Youth Intervention Center.? Here's > what she is asking... > > > > "As part of the grant we?re receiving from United > Way, we?ve agreed to > > organize the YIC library.? We were hoping to create > documentation of > > everything the YIC owns.? Rather than enter this into > a spreadsheet on our > > own, we were wondering what kind of free library > software is out there?? I > > have heard of some for MAC that are not free, like > Monster Delicious ? where > > you use the iSight to scan ISBN and it loads all the > information (title, > > author, publication, etc.) into a program that looks > much like iTunes.? Do > > you know of anything free for a PC that we could do > something similar, but > > with a normal scanner like we use for checking out > library books?? Like > > perhaps we could scan ISBN?s and it would bring up > all the information into > > a program?? We would use this information to make > quality book purchases for > > the future ? by seeing what topics we need more of > and so on?" > > > > I did some research on Library Thing but don't see a > way to scan the books > > in which would save a lot of time.? Does anyone know > of any free or low cost > > way to do such a thing? > > > > Thanks for your time! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Stephanie Zimmerman > > Training Coordinator > > Library System of Lancaster County > > 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107 > > Lancaster PA? 17601 > > phone:? 717.207.0500 x 1281 > > fax:? 717.207.0504 > > email:? szimmerman at lancasterlibraries.org > > website:? www.lancasterlibraries.org > > Training Blog:? http://lslctraining.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Publib mailing list > > Publib at webjunction.org > > https://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > From mindspiral at gmail.com Thu Jun 3 12:53:23 2010 From: mindspiral at gmail.com (Brian Gray) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:53:23 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: <77B6B23BC93342E887BF5D947D4F2638@junior> References: <77B6B23BC93342E887BF5D947D4F2638@junior> Message-ID: Most student projects are very short videos, so it does not take hours to transfer files. I think we are using the Flip Ultra: http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/contact/index.html If I recall, the also offer some Sony digitals with miniDV and some other variations as well for those do larger more extensive projects. The equipment in our center was pick to offer a variety of options but also allow the students to learn what is available and easily run out to a local electronics story to duplicate a setup they like for their own personal usage later. Brian Gray mindspiral at gmail.com bcg8 at case.edu On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Robert L. Balliot < rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote: > > Brian - USB only works for small file transfers, such as jpg/ gif images, > unless you have *hours* to spend uploading. Firewire is nice and ok if > you > have a big hard drive on your camera and a firewire port on your system. > > Removable flash media - SD cards - rock. Low cost. Easy to find adapter to > plug into a 2.0 USB port. Loads of memory available. Use less > power than a hard drive or tape drive, so you extend the battery life. Very > lightweight. Swap it out and you can start a new project. Great for HD. > > ************************************************* > Robert L. Balliot > Skype: RBalliot > Bristol, Rhode Island > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm > From boeninge at ohio.edu Thu Jun 3 13:04:07 2010 From: boeninge at ohio.edu (Chad F. Boeninger) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:04:07 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: References: <77B6B23BC93342E887BF5D947D4F2638@junior> Message-ID: <010701cb033e$c7241f00$556c5d00$@edu> I'd have to agree with Brian on the Flip. The OP's signature indicated that he was from a Junior High/ High School library, so unless they are teaching film there or the students are doing documentaries, a Prosumer Canon may be overkill. Also, the higher the camera you get, the higher your computer specs have to be. The Flip line works pretty well on average systems and they are cheap enough for teenagers to break/lose. My two cents, Chad .......................................................................... Chad F. Boeninger Reference & Instruction Technology Coordinator Business & Economics Subject Specialist Ohio University Libraries boeninge at ohio.edu (740) 597-1932 AIM & Yahoo IM: cfboeninger http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/ > -----Original Message----- > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib- > bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Brian Gray > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:53 PM > To: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com > Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Video projects > > Most student projects are very short videos, so it does not take hours > to > transfer files. > > I think we are using the Flip Ultra: > http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/contact/index.html > > If I recall, the also offer some Sony digitals with miniDV and some > other > variations as well for those do larger more extensive projects. > > The equipment in our center was pick to offer a variety of options but > also > allow the students to learn what is available and easily run out to a > local > electronics story to duplicate a setup they like for their own personal > usage later. > > Brian Gray > mindspiral at gmail.com > bcg8 at case.edu > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Robert L. Balliot < > rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote: > > > > > Brian - USB only works for small file transfers, such as jpg/ gif > images, > > unless you have *hours* to spend uploading. Firewire is nice and ok > if > > you > > have a big hard drive on your camera and a firewire port on your > system. > > > > Removable flash media - SD cards - rock. Low cost. Easy to find > adapter to > > plug into a 2.0 USB port. Loads of memory available. Use less > > power than a hard drive or tape drive, so you extend the battery > life. Very > > lightweight. Swap it out and you can start a new project. Great for > HD. > > > > ************************************************* > > Robert L. Balliot > > Skype: RBalliot > > Bristol, Rhode Island > > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From rballiot at gmail.com Thu Jun 3 13:48:13 2010 From: rballiot at gmail.com (Robert Balliot) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:48:13 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: <010701cb033e$c7241f00$556c5d00$@edu> References: <77B6B23BC93342E887BF5D947D4F2638@junior> <010701cb033e$c7241f00$556c5d00$@edu> Message-ID: Really? So the point is weight low level instruction capability above a broad spectrum of educational possibilities? That certainly is the most economical thing for libraries and librarians to do for themselves, especially if their skill level will only support that. But, is it the best value for students? $52K a year to learn how to use a flip video camera at Case Western? You could learn that from your buddy using their new Droid must less expensively. R. Balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Chad F. Boeninger wrote: > I'd have to agree with Brian on the Flip. The OP's signature indicated > that > he was from a Junior High/ High School library, so unless they are teaching > film there or the students are doing documentaries, a Prosumer Canon may be > overkill. Also, the higher the camera you get, the higher your computer > specs have to be. The Flip line works pretty well on average systems and > they are cheap enough for teenagers to break/lose. > > My two cents, > Chad > > .......................................................................... > Chad F. Boeninger > Reference & Instruction Technology Coordinator > Business & Economics Subject Specialist > Ohio University Libraries > boeninge at ohio.edu > (740) 597-1932 > AIM & Yahoo IM: cfboeninger > http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib- > > bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Brian Gray > > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:53 PM > > To: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com > > Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org > > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Video projects > > > > Most student projects are very short videos, so it does not take hours > > to > > transfer files. > > > > I think we are using the Flip Ultra: > > http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/contact/index.html > > > > If I recall, the also offer some Sony digitals with miniDV and some > > other > > variations as well for those do larger more extensive projects. > > > > The equipment in our center was pick to offer a variety of options but > > also > > allow the students to learn what is available and easily run out to a > > local > > electronics story to duplicate a setup they like for their own personal > > usage later. > > > > Brian Gray > > mindspiral at gmail.com > > bcg8 at case.edu > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Robert L. Balliot < > > rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Brian - USB only works for small file transfers, such as jpg/ gif > > images, > > > unless you have *hours* to spend uploading. Firewire is nice and ok > > if > > > you > > > have a big hard drive on your camera and a firewire port on your > > system. > > > > > > Removable flash media - SD cards - rock. Low cost. Easy to find > > adapter to > > > plug into a 2.0 USB port. Loads of memory available. Use less > > > power than a hard drive or tape drive, so you extend the battery > > life. Very > > > lightweight. Swap it out and you can start a new project. Great for > > HD. > > > > > > ************************************************* > > > Robert L. Balliot > > > Skype: RBalliot > > > Bristol, Rhode Island > > > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Web4lib mailing list > > Web4lib at webjunction.org > > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > From mindspiral at gmail.com Thu Jun 3 14:24:04 2010 From: mindspiral at gmail.com (Brian Gray) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:24:04 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: References: <77B6B23BC93342E887BF5D947D4F2638@junior> <010701cb033e$c7241f00$556c5d00$@edu> Message-ID: No that is not what I said about our philosophy or purpose of our multimedia center. I recommend you visit the website I provided at: http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/ It is not as simple or watered down as you suggest. Brian Gray mindspiral at gmail.com bcg8 at case.edu On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Robert Balliot wrote: > Really? So the point is weight low level instruction capability above a > broad spectrum of educational possibilities? > > That certainly is the most economical thing for libraries and librarians to > do for themselves, especially if their skill level will only support that. > But, is it the best value for students? > > $52K a year to learn how to use a flip video camera at Case Western? You > could learn that from your buddy using their new Droid must less > expensively. > > R. Balliot > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Chad F. Boeninger > wrote: > > > I'd have to agree with Brian on the Flip. The OP's signature indicated > > that > > he was from a Junior High/ High School library, so unless they are > teaching > > film there or the students are doing documentaries, a Prosumer Canon may > be > > overkill. Also, the higher the camera you get, the higher your computer > > specs have to be. The Flip line works pretty well on average systems and > > they are cheap enough for teenagers to break/lose. > > > > My two cents, > > Chad > > > > > .......................................................................... > > Chad F. Boeninger > > Reference & Instruction Technology Coordinator > > Business & Economics Subject Specialist > > Ohio University Libraries > > boeninge at ohio.edu > > (740) 597-1932 > > AIM & Yahoo IM: cfboeninger > > http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/ > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib- > > > bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Brian Gray > > > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:53 PM > > > To: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com > > > Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org > > > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Video projects > > > > > > Most student projects are very short videos, so it does not take hours > > > to > > > transfer files. > > > > > > I think we are using the Flip Ultra: > > > http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/contact/index.html > > > > > > If I recall, the also offer some Sony digitals with miniDV and some > > > other > > > variations as well for those do larger more extensive projects. > > > > > > The equipment in our center was pick to offer a variety of options but > > > also > > > allow the students to learn what is available and easily run out to a > > > local > > > electronics story to duplicate a setup they like for their own personal > > > usage later. > > > > > > Brian Gray > > > mindspiral at gmail.com > > > bcg8 at case.edu > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Robert L. Balliot < > > > rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Brian - USB only works for small file transfers, such as jpg/ gif > > > images, > > > > unless you have *hours* to spend uploading. Firewire is nice and ok > > > if > > > > you > > > > have a big hard drive on your camera and a firewire port on your > > > system. > > > > > > > > Removable flash media - SD cards - rock. Low cost. Easy to find > > > adapter to > > > > plug into a 2.0 USB port. Loads of memory available. Use less > > > > power than a hard drive or tape drive, so you extend the battery > > > life. Very > > > > lightweight. Swap it out and you can start a new project. Great for > > > HD. > > > > > > > > ************************************************* > > > > Robert L. Balliot > > > > Skype: RBalliot > > > > Bristol, Rhode Island > > > > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Web4lib mailing list > > > Web4lib at webjunction.org > > > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Web4lib mailing list > > Web4lib at webjunction.org > > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > From rballiot at gmail.com Thu Jun 3 14:45:08 2010 From: rballiot at gmail.com (Robert Balliot) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:45:08 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: References: <77B6B23BC93342E887BF5D947D4F2638@junior> <010701cb033e$c7241f00$556c5d00$@edu> Message-ID: My response was to Chad, Brian, using the least of what CW does as the baseline of what a high school could do. I spent about $300 per year for my undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina system - and Brown U. paid for my MLIS. I am often shocked at the costs associated with education and the debt students and families have accumulated. I would hope that for the huge amount of money funneled into the educational process that wondrous and miraculous opportunities await all who seek knowledge. I don't want to click on the CW library site and find out that it is merely mediocre. R. Balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Brian Gray wrote: > No that is not what I said about our philosophy or purpose of our > multimedia center. > > I recommend you visit the website I provided at: > http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/ > > It is not as simple or watered down as you suggest. > > > Brian Gray > mindspiral at gmail.com > bcg8 at case.edu > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Robert Balliot wrote: > >> Really? So the point is weight low level instruction capability above a >> broad spectrum of educational possibilities? >> >> That certainly is the most economical thing for libraries and librarians >> to >> do for themselves, especially if their skill level will only support that. >> But, is it the best value for students? >> >> $52K a year to learn how to use a flip video camera at Case Western? You >> could learn that from your buddy using their new Droid must less >> expensively. >> >> R. Balliot >> http://oceanstatelibrarian.com >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Chad F. Boeninger >> wrote: >> >> > I'd have to agree with Brian on the Flip. The OP's signature >> indicated >> > that >> > he was from a Junior High/ High School library, so unless they are >> teaching >> > film there or the students are doing documentaries, a Prosumer Canon may >> be >> > overkill. Also, the higher the camera you get, the higher your computer >> > specs have to be. The Flip line works pretty well on average systems >> and >> > they are cheap enough for teenagers to break/lose. >> > >> > My two cents, >> > Chad >> > >> > >> .......................................................................... >> > Chad F. Boeninger >> > Reference & Instruction Technology Coordinator >> > Business & Economics Subject Specialist >> > Ohio University Libraries >> > boeninge at ohio.edu >> > (740) 597-1932 >> > AIM & Yahoo IM: cfboeninger >> > http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/ >> > >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib- >> > > bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Brian Gray >> > > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 12:53 PM >> > > To: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com >> > > Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org >> > > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Video projects >> > > >> > > Most student projects are very short videos, so it does not take >> hours >> > > to >> > > transfer files. >> > > >> > > I think we are using the Flip Ultra: >> > > http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/contact/index.html >> > > >> > > If I recall, the also offer some Sony digitals with miniDV and some >> > > other >> > > variations as well for those do larger more extensive projects. >> > > >> > > The equipment in our center was pick to offer a variety of options but >> > > also >> > > allow the students to learn what is available and easily run out to a >> > > local >> > > electronics story to duplicate a setup they like for their own >> personal >> > > usage later. >> > > >> > > Brian Gray >> > > mindspiral at gmail.com >> > > bcg8 at case.edu >> > > >> > > >> > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Robert L. Balliot < >> > > rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > > >> > > > Brian - USB only works for small file transfers, such as jpg/ gif >> > > images, >> > > > unless you have *hours* to spend uploading. Firewire is nice and >> ok >> > > if >> > > > you >> > > > have a big hard drive on your camera and a firewire port on your >> > > system. >> > > > >> > > > Removable flash media - SD cards - rock. Low cost. Easy to find >> > > adapter to >> > > > plug into a 2.0 USB port. Loads of memory available. Use less >> > > > power than a hard drive or tape drive, so you extend the battery >> > > life. Very >> > > > lightweight. Swap it out and you can start a new project. Great for >> > > HD. >> > > > >> > > > ************************************************* >> > > > Robert L. Balliot >> > > > Skype: RBalliot >> > > > Bristol, Rhode Island >> > > > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm >> > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Web4lib mailing list >> > > Web4lib at webjunction.org >> > > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Web4lib mailing list >> > Web4lib at webjunction.org >> > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Web4lib mailing list >> Web4lib at webjunction.org >> http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ >> >> > From cpollock at rogersark.org Thu Jun 3 15:35:06 2010 From: cpollock at rogersark.org (Pollock, Chad) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:35:06 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Untangle Web Filtering Message-ID: Are any of you using Untangle for your web filtering? My IT guy suggested that we switch over to Untangle from 8e6, and I'm trying to find out more about the program. If you are using Untangle, would you mind sharing your experience with me? Thanks, Chad Pollock Technical Services Supervisor Rogers Public Library 711 S. Dixeland Rd Rogers, Arkansas 72758 479-621-1152 x23 The Information contained in this e-mail is confidential and is intended only for the named recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action or reliance on it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender. Any unauthorized disclosure of the information contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are the sender's own and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the City of Rogers. From tlafoe at library.msstate.edu Thu Jun 3 16:52:51 2010 From: tlafoe at library.msstate.edu (Thomas La Foe) Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:52:51 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4C07CFD30200000D003490CD@mailhost.groupwise.msstate.edu> In the Mississippi State University Libraries we have a department called the Instructional Media Center. Here's our page. http://library.msstate.edu/imc In the IMC we have 4 high end computers (I don't have the specs on hand) that are dedicated to video capture/editing. We are recently recovering from a mistake we made in purchasing Avid's Xpress video editing software along with their Mojo DV capture accelerator. We ran into many problems. The first was that many of our students and patrons wanted to capture from VHS and Mojo didn't like analog video at all. The second was that no one knew how to use Xpress. We all were familiar with older versions Adobe Premiere but just felt like idiots when we looked at the Avid interface. We eventually edited some stuff together, but it was a struggle to un-learn and re-learn how to edit videos. So we reverted back to what we had before, Pinnacle Studio. We now have these pretty Avid Mojo boxes as paperweights while all of the video equipment is run into the very simple Pinnacle Dazzle capture devices. While the Pinnacle software is very simple in what it can do, it captures, edits, and exports finished movie files. This is what we have found that our students need. It's affordable for the library, and easy for the students to learn. I would also like to briefly address Robert's comment, "That certainly is the most economical thing for libraries and librarians to do for themselves, especially if their skill level will only support that. But, is it the best value for students?" There are other departments on campus who allot many more funds for the purchase of "higher-end" video equipment and software, but here in the library it is very hard to justify the purchase of video equipment that maybe 200 students per year use when academic journal subscriptions are being cut left and right. Hope this info helps. If you have any other questions about our set-up please let me know. Thomas Thomas La Foe Instructional Technology Specialist Instructional Media Center Mississippi State University Libraries (662) 325-6781 >>> Doug Bancks 6/3/2010 8:24 AM >>> Hi, If you have an effective system for shooting and editing video in your library that works for student/patron projects I would appreciate hearing about it in some detail. What hardware and software have you found to work well? How do you manage computer security and video downloads? Thanks Doug Bancks Library Media Specialist Fairmont Jr/Sr High School 900 Johnson Street Fairmont, MN 56031 dbancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us 507-235-4107 _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com Thu Jun 3 18:47:49 2010 From: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com (Robert L. Balliot) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:47:49 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: <4C07CFD30200000D003490CD@mailhost.groupwise.msstate.edu> References: <4C07CFD30200000D003490CD@mailhost.groupwise.msstate.edu> Message-ID: Thomas - I am sorry that your institution invested in paper weights and you are having to cancel academic journals. But, that really does not have anything to do with a high school Librarian trying to set up a working video editing studio. The specialized products I mentioned represent about a $2,300 street value. The software is usually available at a greatly discounted rate with academic/ educational pricing. So, with an existing PC and upgrading RAM for around $100, the total cost could be as low as $1000. That represents the cost of creating video/studio editing capabilities at a fairly sophisticated level - far exceeding the flip camera method being compared. The technology available at a relatively low cost, especially with academic/ educational software pricing means inexpensive high quality video capability is within reach of most educational institutions now. That was my point about value. Creating perceived value is one of the ways to increase the library budget. Video is a great way to create that perception. Whining about academic journals and how you bought the wrong equipment, not so much. :) ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot (For the Alliance!) Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas La Foe Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 4:53 PM To: Doug Bancks; web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Video projects I would also like to briefly address Robert's comment, "That certainly is the most economical thing for libraries and librarians to do for themselves, especially if their skill level will only support that. But, is it the best value for students?" There are other departments on campus who allot many more funds for the purchase of "higher-end" video equipment and software, but here in the library it is very hard to justify the purchase of video equipment that maybe 200 students per year use when academic journal subscriptions are being cut left and right. Hope this info helps. If you have any other questions about our set-up please let me know. Thomas Thomas La Foe Instructional Technology Specialist Instructional Media Center Mississippi State University Libraries (662) 325-6781 >>> Doug Bancks 6/3/2010 8:24 AM >>> Hi, If you have an effective system for shooting and editing video in your library that works for student/patron projects I would appreciate hearing about it in some detail. What hardware and software have you found to work well? How do you manage computer security and video downloads? Thanks Doug Bancks Library Media Specialist Fairmont Jr/Sr High School 900 Johnson Street Fairmont, MN 56031 dbancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us 507-235-4107 _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From mclaughlind at hcplonline.info Fri Jun 4 08:01:43 2010 From: mclaughlind at hcplonline.info (Dave McLaughlin) Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:01:43 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Might I suggest basing the workstation around a Mac? You can get a wonderful iMac with a great screen for just over $1000. Then pick your Apple software (or go with something else): iMovie is free, Final Cut Express is $200, or Final Cut Studio is $1000. It sounds like you could do without the pro software package. We've produced some nice movies just using iMovie, but Final Cut Express would offer some more capabilities, with added complexity. Thanks, Dave On 6/3/10 6:47 PM, "Robert L. Balliot" wrote: > Thomas - > > I am sorry that your institution invested in paper weights and you are > having to cancel academic journals. But, that really does not have anything > to do with a high school Librarian trying to set up a working video editing > studio. > > The specialized products I mentioned represent about a $2,300 street value. > The software is usually available at a greatly discounted rate with > academic/ educational pricing. So, with an existing PC and upgrading RAM > for around $100, the total cost could be as low as $1000. > > That represents the cost of creating video/studio editing capabilities at a > fairly sophisticated level - far exceeding the flip camera method being > compared. The technology available at a relatively low cost, especially > with academic/ educational software pricing means inexpensive high quality > video capability is within reach of most educational institutions now. > > That was my point about value. Creating perceived value is one of the ways > to increase the library budget. Video is a great way to create that > perception. Whining about academic journals and how you bought the wrong > equipment, not so much. :) > > ************************************************* > Robert L. Balliot (For the Alliance!) > Skype: RBalliot > Bristol, Rhode Island > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm > ************************************************* > > -----Original Message----- > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org > [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas La Foe > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 4:53 PM > To: Doug Bancks; web4lib at webjunction.org > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Video projects > > > I would also like to briefly address Robert's comment, "That certainly is > the most economical thing for libraries and librarians to do for themselves, > especially if their skill level will only support that. But, is it the best > value for students?" There are other departments on campus who allot many > more funds for the purchase of "higher-end" video equipment and software, > but here in the library it is very hard to justify the purchase of video > equipment that maybe 200 students per year use when academic journal > subscriptions are being cut left and right. > > Hope this info helps. If you have any other questions about our set-up > please let me know. > > Thomas > > Thomas La Foe > Instructional Technology Specialist > Instructional Media Center > Mississippi State University Libraries > (662) 325-6781 > >>>> Doug Bancks 6/3/2010 8:24 AM >>> > Hi, > > If you have an effective system for shooting and editing video in your > library > > that works for student/patron projects I would appreciate hearing about it > in some > > detail. What hardware and software have you found to work well? How do you > manage computer security and video downloads? > > > > Thanks > > > Doug Bancks > Library Media Specialist > Fairmont Jr/Sr High School > 900 Johnson Street > Fairmont, MN 56031 > dbancks at fairmont.k12.mn.us > 507-235-4107 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > -- Dave McLaughlin Web Services Manager Harford County Public Library 1221-A Brass Mill Road Belcamp, MD 21017 410-273-5600 x2274 mclaughlind at hcplonline.info From slbarnes at cvrls.net Fri Jun 4 10:24:33 2010 From: slbarnes at cvrls.net (Barnes, Sharmekia) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:24:33 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Chattahoochee Valley Libraries - Branch Manager Job Vacancy Message-ID: Branch Manager Chattahoochee Valley Libraries (Columbus, GA) seeks passionate, customer-focused leader to become the next Branch Manager for the North Columbus Public Library. The successful candidate will be a team-minded professional with strong interpersonal and project management skills. This person will supervise, train and motivate a staff of 17, coordinate branch programming and engage in regular community outreach and oversee a total renovation of the branch. The NCPL Branch Manager reports to the Deputy Director and is part of the management team. Chattahoochee Valley Libraries is a thriving four county library system headquartered in Columbus, GA approximately two hours outside Atlanta. The system serves a 200,000+ population circulating 1.3 million items last year. Qualifications: MLS from an ALA-accredited program with three years of librarian experience, two in a supervisory capacity, preferred. Comparable experience will be considered. Application packet and full job description available at CVL libraries or visit www.ChattahoocheeValleyLibraries.org. Salary: $53, 738 - $64, 890 Deadline: June 18, 2010 Shon Barnes, Personnel/Training Chattahoochee Valley Libraries One Card...a World of Possibilities! 3000 Macon Rd., Columbus, GA? 31906 Phone:? 706.243.2700? Fax:? 706.243. 2716 www.ChattahoocheeValleyLibraries.org The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke From tlafoe at library.msstate.edu Fri Jun 4 10:58:01 2010 From: tlafoe at library.msstate.edu (Thomas La Foe) Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:58:01 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Video projects In-Reply-To: References: <4C07CFD30200000D003490CD@mailhost.groupwise.msstate.edu> Message-ID: <4C08CE290200000D0034913D@mailhost.groupwise.msstate.edu> Robert - Didn't mean to upset you by bringing up things that are happening in academic libraries, but my goal was to explain that the students who use the library's equipment don't need specialized products for their video needs. This was the idea we were chasing when we ended up with expensive paperweights. We had a very simple solution right in front us with the Pinnacle systems we were already using, but we felt we needed to stay "competitive" and upgrade to more professional systems to add that perceived value you were talking about. We were wrong. The students just needed an easy method of capturing/transferring video, editing out the bad parts, putting in title cards/credits, and exporting a file to be uploaded to YouTube, MyCourses, or emailed to a professor. Also keep in mind that I'm not talking about broadcasting or film students, they usually have their own equipment at home or use the equipment provided by their departments; these are education, business, and marketing majors who are creating video projects for a teacher who is integrating that technology into their curriculum. I know that a student who walks in with a VHS tape in-hand and says, "I need to put this on YouTube," is not going to be invested in learning how to use some complicated program. My main point is this: Don't overspend because you think bigger is better. Address the needs of your students. If you are catering to film/broadcasting students you may want to amp up your equipment and get top-of-the-line hardware and software, but for the rest of the student body they most likely will need something fast an easy. I still recommend Pinnacle and Dazzle. Our students prefer it to trying to decipher the industry standard programs just to cut a mistake out of their videos. Hope this clears things up on where I'm coming from. No "whining" this time. Just facts from our experience. Thomas Thomas La Foe Instructional Technology Specialist Instructional Media Center Mississippi State University Libraries (662) 325-6781 >>> "Robert L. Balliot" 6/3/2010 5:47 PM >>> http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm From pdeanda at libraryassociates.com Fri Jun 4 13:22:25 2010 From: pdeanda at libraryassociates.com (Patty De Anda Gates) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:22:25 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Job Announcement: Systems Administrator with government agency, pending award contract (Silver Spring, MD) Message-ID: <485A9A7E06FE784F80AB65FF3CF56CADC0287175CE@EXVS02.exchangecarrier.net> Library Associates Companies (LAC) seeks an experienced Systems Administrator to manage the configuration and operation of a Library computer system for a contract position with prestigious government agency. Will work from Silver Spring, MD office. Start date July 1 pending award of contract. Excellent career opportunity with competitive salary and benefits. Responsibilities include and are not limited to: * Installation and patching of library software applications; * Troubleshooting of system problems; * Devising and implementing backup of system components and data; * Maintaining system security as required; * Other duties necessary to the smooth operation of Library systems. Qualifications: * Previous experience (at least three years) with installation of software and operating systems, installation of patches, creating and scripting periodic backups of systems, creating and maintaining user accounts. * Prior experience (at least three years) in performing troubleshooting and responding to problems, participation in risk assessments and mitigation, and document standard operation procedures. * Ability to successfully attend and pass annual courses designed to comply with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) training requirements. * must be a US citizen able to pass NACI background check. 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Patty Patty De Anda Gates Communications & Projects Associate 323.302.9439 - direct 323.852.1083 - main 323.852.1093 - fax Patty on Facebook LAC / Library Associates Companies, 6500 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2240, Los Angeles, CA 90048 Sign up for the LAC Newsletter HERE LAC on LinkedIn | LAC on Facebook | LAC on Twitter | LibGig on Twitter www.libraryassociates.com From Dave.Bretthauer at uconn.edu Fri Jun 4 15:12:17 2010 From: Dave.Bretthauer at uconn.edu (Dave Bretthauer) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:12:17 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Position opening: Applications Developer at University of Connecticut Message-ID: <3A30A81B9BA4A046A5F2D746C43DE5B21A0B60@LIB-EMarks.library.lib.uconn.edu> Hello, We have reopened this search. Computer Programmer Analyst II (UCP VIII) Applications Developer - Digital Programs Team Central Services University of Connecticut Libraries The University of Connecticut Libraries is seeking an Applications Developer. As a member of the Digital Programs Team and under the direction of the Digital Programs Team Leader, the Applications Developer provides programming support for UConn's local digital collections workflows, including data-driven planning, capture, metadata handling, efficient and effective discovery tools, and enabling archival master file storage toward a trusted digital repository, all conformant with the best practices of cultural heritage and higher education institutions. The incumbent provides programming, research, and development for digital collections, so that the UConn Libraries can fulfill related strategic objectives in support of the University's Academic Plan. Within a project management environment, the Applications Developer defines, develops, tests, analyzes, and maintains new software and Web applications that support the creation and maintenance of Library information resources and services. With growing collections of diverse digital content, including text, maps and geospatial data, photographs, and other information objects, the next level of growth for UConn will be significant progress toward semantically integrating these resources by means of creative-yet standards-compliant-applications, which the incumbent will play a critical role in developing. The incumbent is responsible for creating applications and for assisting others in developing and implementing Web resources and services that are well integrated into the current information server environment. The Applications Developer works with the Digital Projects Librarian, the Digital Integration Librarian, the Preservation Librarian, the Libraries' Webmaster, and the IT team to provide customized tools for creating and managing collection and access services in the University of Connecticut Libraries and to provide leadership in the collaborative process to develop innovative access and delivery of the Libraries' digital resources. Minimum Acceptable Qualifications: 1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, or five years of programming experience in a progressively responsible position in lieu of a degree. 2. Two to three years programming experience; this is in addition to the five years programming experience accepted in lieu of a degree. 3. Demonstrated experience independently analyzing and translating assigned specifications into operating programs and preparing detailed program documentation. 4. Demonstrated experience in analytical reasoning and logical problem solving. 5. Good written communication skills. Preferred Qualifications: 1. Knowledge of and experience with web server technologies (for example: Apache, IIS, SSH/SFTP) and related protocols and services. 2. Knowledge of and experience with coding HTML and JavaScript, with Web Services, and with related protocols. 3. Proficiency in relational database design and application of SQL for querying and set retrieval. 4. Demonstrated expertise with an XML schema relevant to Digital Collections (such as: DIDL, Dublin Core, EAD, KML, MARCXML, METS, MODS, ONIX, PREMIS, or TEI). 5. Experience with XSL, XSLT and XPath. 6. Experience with data manipulation and conversion. 7. Dual proficiency with both Windows as well as UNIX/Linux Operating System environments. University Setting: The University of Connecticut, established in 1881, is a Carnegie Research I University. It was recently cited as one of the top 20 public national universities. The main campus, situated in Storrs on 3,100 acres of woodlands and rolling hills, is located approximately 30 miles from Hartford, the state capital, and midway between Boston and New York City. There are approximately 25,000 students system-wide. University Libraries: The University of Connecticut Libraries, members of the Association of Research Libraries, the Boston Library Consortium, and the Center for Research Libraries is a technologically advanced library and the exciting center of intellectual life on campus. The Libraries is organized in a team-based structure to engage more fully its ongoing strategic programs. These include: developing strong partnerships with academic departments and key organizations on campus; shaping user services through data collection and user feedback; providing desktop access to full-text, current awareness, and database information resources system-wide; and building and preserving research collections of excellence. This dynamic organization offers creative, motivated, and service-oriented individuals exceptional opportunities for growth and learning. Compensation: Salary is commensurate with experience. University benefits include 22 paid vacation days/year, 12 paid State holidays, health and retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement. Application Procedures: Submit a letter of application (indicating search number), resume and the names, address, and telephone numbers of three professional references to: Marian Farley, Assistant Vice Provost for University Libraries, University of Connecticut Libraries, 369 Fairfield Way, Unit 2005A, Storrs, CT 06269-2005. Screening will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. (Search # 2010203) At the University of Connecticut, our commitment to excellence is complemented by our commitment to building a culturally diverse staff. We actively encourage minorities, women and people with disabilities to apply. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Dave Bretthauer Webmaster & Systems Librarian Digital Programs Team University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Way U-2005P Storrs, CT 06269-2005 Voice: (860) 486-6494 Fax: (860) 486-6017 http://www.lib.uconn.edu/~dbretthauer From lbell927 at yahoo.com Sat Jun 5 09:08:54 2010 From: lbell927 at yahoo.com (Lori Bell) Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 06:08:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Web4lib] The Future of Libraries online conference Message-ID: <845299.14079.qm@web52803.mail.re2.yahoo.com> ?TAP Information Services Announce Trendy Topics 2010: The Future of Libraries ? TAP Information Services is pleased to announce the fifth in a dynamic monthly series of online workshops librarians can enjoy right at their desktops on hot topics. The latest conference on "The Future of Libraries" is scheduled for Tuesday June 8 Stephen Abram of Gale Cengage is the keynote speaker. Abram will speak on "Future Ready." What is the new NORMAL and what are customer expectations? New customer expectations are being driven by the new ecology of the web and big players like Facebook, Bing, Hulu,YouTube, Amazon, Google, and more. Is your library ready? Abram will talk about experience strategy, community conversations and relationships and more in this exciting keynote. ? An exciting new component to this online conference is a Pecha Kucha on "Are you Future Ready?" Moderated by Alison Miller and Joe Murphy, speakers for the day will wrap up the day with an exciting online Pecha Kucha event which may be among the first of its kind. 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EnJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From mitcheet at wfu.edu Mon Jun 7 04:50:58 2010 From: mitcheet at wfu.edu (Mitchell, Erik) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 04:50:58 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Call for lightning round participants - ALA/LITA session on cloud computing June 26, 2010 Message-ID: Please redistribute Cloud computing for library services Saturday, June 26th, 2010 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM WCC-143A Please join us for the LITA / ALA session on cloud computing to be held during the ALA Annual Conference, June 26, 2010. The session includes two sets of panelists who will discuss current and potential uses of cloud computing and a lightning round session. We are seeking participants to give lightning round (5 minute) presentations on your work or research on cloud computing. To sign-up visit http://groups.google.com/group/alacloud/, join the group, and add your name to the lightning-round page http://groups.google.com/group/alacloud/web/lightning-round-sign-up-page. Please direct any questions to Erik Mitchell (mitcheet at wfu.edu) Full session description: This session will discuss how libraries can use cloud computing resources to deliver innovative, cost-effective, and scalable services. The session will include two panel discussions and participant lightning round. The panel discussions will focus on trends, uses, and case studies of cloud computing in library environments. Panel presenters include both library and IT industry experts. A call for lightning round participants will be issued at a later date.Speakers: Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research; Chris Tonjes, Director of Information Technology, District of Columbia Government; Leslie Johnston, Library of Congress, Digital Media Project Coordinator A complete schedule of LITA events is available at http://www.ala.org/ala /mgrps/divs/lita/litaevents/annual2010/schedule.cfm -- Erik Mitchell, Ph.D. Assistant Director for Technology Services Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University http://erikmitchell.info From jasondewland at gmail.com Mon Jun 7 12:13:44 2010 From: jasondewland at gmail.com (Jason Dewland) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:13:44 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Electronic Resources Librarian & Assistant Professor Message-ID: https://jobs.olemiss.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1275927131090 Position Information Job Title Electronic Resources Librarian & Assistant Professor Department Library Job Location Oxford Job Type Full-Time Status Exempt Open to External Candidates Yes Job Description The University of Mississippi Libraries seeks an Electronic Resources Librarian with energy and initiative to provide leadership and effective management of the libraries' electronic resources. Recent graduates who are interested in managing electronic resources and working in a collaborative environment are encouraged to apply. The position is a 12-month, tenure-track faculty appointment. Minimum annual salary is $40,000, and is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Position available July 26, 2010 Apply online at http://jobs.olemiss.edu. Applicants will be asked to include a letter of application, vita, and the names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three current professional references. References can be attached as "Other 1". Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Qualifications/Skills ALA accredited master's degree by date of employment; evidence of experience with electronic resources technologies and research-oriented electronic resources; understanding of the principles of link resolvers; demonstrated analytical problem solving skills and initiative; an aptitude for detail-oriented work; strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills; demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative, service-oriented, and dynamic environment; and a commitment to meet established library criteria for promotion and tenure, including professional service and published research. An official copy of your transcript is required upon hire for this position. Please check to see which documents (i.e., resume, CV, cover letter, list of references) are associated with this posting. Prior to applying for the position, prepare the electronic versions of these documents to upload or to "copy and paste" when prompted. You will not have the opportunity to attach them after you apply. Job Responsibilities Under the direction of the Head of Serials, the candidate will: serve as a liaison to vendors regarding electronic resource technical issues; coordinate vendor demonstrations and trials; provide feedback on technical compatibility with electronic resource infrastructure; manage the technical changes necessary for electronic resource management; maintain the information in our Electronic Resource Management module (Innovative Interfaces); manage the libraries' link resolver and the integrated proxy (Web Access Management); collect and analyze usage statistics for electronic resources; manage related display of resources in various library systems and website; load the monthly coverage and MARC records from Serial Solutions; maintain current awareness of emerging trends; and serve on both the Electronic Resource Management Team as well as the library-wide collection development team. Work Schedule If part-time, specific number of hours per week: Proposed Pay Range/Minimum Salary $40,000 Job Open Date 06-05-2010 Employee Category Faculty Employee Designation Permanent Clerical skills testing (choose all that apply) None *Required Documents* Resume / Vitae Cover Letter Other 1 From bohyun.kim.ois at gmail.com Mon Jun 7 12:26:19 2010 From: bohyun.kim.ois at gmail.com (Bohyun Kim) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:26:19 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] ALA annual program: What Is Your Library Doing about Emerging Technologies? Message-ID: What Is Your Library Doing about Emerging Technologies? Date/Time: June 26, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Location: Washington Convention Center -103B A new job title of ?Emerging Technology Librarian? seems to reflect an awareness among today?s libraries that there is a need for a librarians whose main role is to explore, evaluate, promote, and implement various emerging technologies. 19 librarians in different fields of librarianship at academic, school, and public libraries will discuss the topic of emerging technologies at libraries, their evaluation, implementation, adoption, and management challenges. Come join us! Panel Moderator: * Bohyun Kim, Digital Access Librarian, Florida International University Topics and Panelists: (1) What are emerging technologies and how they need to be adapted for libraries? * Elisabeth Leonard, Associate Dean for Library Services, Western Carolina University * Evviva Weinraub, Assistant Director for IT, Fletcher School, Tufts University * Frank Cervone, Vice Chancellor for Information Services, Purdue University Calumet * Peter Murray, Assistant Director, New Service Development, OhioLINK * Steven Zink, V.P. Information Technology and Dean, University of Nevada (2) Daily tasks of and skills required for emerging technologies librarians * Amanda Margis, Web Services Children's Librarian ,Warren-Newport Public Library * Danielle Whren Johnson, Digital Access Librarian, Loyola/Notre Dame Library * Darcy Del Bosque, Emerging Technologies Librarian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas * Elisabeth Abarbanel, School Librarian, Brentwood School, Los Angeles * Rebekah Kilzer, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Drexel University Libraries (3) Challenges and management issues in emerging technology projects * Cynthia Johnson, Head of Reference, University of California, Irvine * Jacquelyn Erdman, Web Services Librarian, East Carolina University * Kathryn Munson, Assistant Access Services Librarian, Southeastern Louisiana University * Marissa Ball, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Florida International University (4) Emerging technology implementation and lessons learned * David Ratledge, Associate Professor & Head, Library Technology Services, University of Tennessee * Gwen Evans, Coordinator, Library Information and Emerging Technologies, Bowling Green State University * Rebecca K. Miller, College Librarian for the Sciences, Virginia Tech * Theresa Stanley Library Director, Pima Community College From schwartz at panix.com Mon Jun 7 14:31:45 2010 From: schwartz at panix.com (Ray Schwartz) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:31:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Web4lib] ALA Annual Program: 'You've found it, now what?!' Extended Services in Next Generations Catalogs: LITA Next Generation Catalog IG Message-ID: 'You've found it, now what?!' Extended Services in Next Generations Catalogs: LITA Next Generation Catalog IG session at ALA Annual on Monday, June 28, 2010, 1:30-3:30pm, HIL-Columbia 8 Discovery is not the only problem to be solved. Patrons need other services and tools to use the information they find, such as assisting users with capturing, storing, manipulating, and sharing information. There will be presentations and discussion on a variety of extended applications to the catalog, such as the Social Online Public Access Catalog (SOPAC). A brief IG business meeting will precede the presentations. Eric Lease Morgan - Services Against Texts: The Next Next-Generation Library Catalog With the advent of the Internet and wide-scale availability of full-text content, people are overwhelmed with the amount of accessible data and information. Library catalogs can only go so far when it comes to delimiting what is relevant and what is not. Even when the most exact searches return 100's of hits what is a person to do? Services against texts -- digital humanities computing techniques -- represent a possible answer. Whether the content is novels, works of literature, or scholarly journal articles the methods of the digital humanities can provide ways to compare & contrast, analyze, and make more useful any type of content. This presentation elaborates on these ideas and describes how they can be integrated into the "next, next-generation library catalog". John Blyberg - SOPAC 2.1: Digital Strategy for the New Library The Social Catalog Application Suite, SOPAC, is not just another next-gen discovery interface. It is a comprehensive approach to designing the digital library user experience. By integrating the discovery layer with the content management system, Drupal, SOPAC effectively put the control over user experience design back in the hands of librarians while providing a solution that is designed for users. Find out what SOPAC is, how it works, and what's new in the latest version, 2.1. Tim Spalding - LibraryThing After Discovery LibraryThing, the social cataloging website for book lovers, is a great way to find new books, but most of the interesting stuff happens after you get the book and put it in your personal library. Tim will show LibraryThing's post-discovery features, including a just-released ground breaking new way to discuss books with other readers. Ray Schwartz, Systems Specialist Librarian??????? schwartzr2 at wpunj.edu David and Lorraine Cheng Library???????????????????????Tel: +1 973 720-3192 William Paterson University??????????????????????????????? Fax: +1 973 720-2585 300 Pompton Road??????????????????????????????????????????? Mobile: +1 201 424-4491 Wayne, NJ 07470-2103 USA?????????????????????????????? http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/faculty/schwartzr2/ From bhudson at lancasterlibraries.org Mon Jun 7 15:28:41 2010 From: bhudson at lancasterlibraries.org (Bill Hudson) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:28:41 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Looking for Bluesocket equipment Message-ID: Hi all, My apologies for the off topic nature, but we're turning over all stones to find some used Bluesocket equipment. If your organization (or someone you know) is getting rid of their wireless equipment from Bluesocket, please contact me off list. We need 4 to 6, 1500 series controllers. Thanks, BH ***************************************************************************** Bill Hudson Deputy Administrator/Manager, Information Technology Library System of Lancaster County 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Ste. 107 Lancaster, PA 17601 717-207-0500 ext. 1269 http://www.lancasterlibraries.org From p.innocenti at hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk Tue Jun 8 04:41:20 2010 From: p.innocenti at hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk (Perla Innocenti) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:41:20 +0100 Subject: [Web4lib] CfP Making Digital Libraries Interoperable Workshop, 9-10/09/10 within ECDL2010, Glasgow, UK Message-ID: *** Apologies for cross-posting *** === Call for Papers - 2nd DL.org Workshop === Making Digital Libraries Interoperable, 9-10 September 2010, during the 14th European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL2010), Glasgow, Scotland, UK http://www.dlorg.eu/index.php/dl-org-events/2nd-dl-org-workshop == Workshop Theme == The central theme of the 2nd DL.org Workshop will be "Digital Library Interoperability". Interoperability is a multi-layered and very context-specific concept. It encompasses different levels along a multidimensional spectrum. The Workshop will address this difficult problem from several perspectives: content, user, functionality, policy, quality, and architecture. Many of the above facets include open research issues. This Workshop will highlight the several dimensions of the problem and indicate new research directions. == Paper Submission == We are soliciting two types of contributions: Research Papers and Project Papers. Research Papers Authors are invited to submit original research papers addressing current approaches and new research directions for tackling the multi-faceted digital library interoperability issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical Foundations of Interoperability in Digital Library - Emerging interoperability issues - Standard-based approaches toward interoperability - Technologies promoting interoperability - Mediator-based approaches toward interoperability - Concrete implementations and exploitations of interoperability solution - Evaluation of interoperability approaches and solutions - Interoperability Models - Ontology driven interoperability - Metadata interoperability - Interoperability levels Research papers will have a full-length oral presentation and will be published in proceedings. Each submitted paper must not exceed 10 pages in total. Project Papers Authors are invited to submit papers focusing on DL interoperability approaches and solutions adopted and lessons learned when implementing interoperable DL systems in the context of European, international and national projects. These papers will have a short oral presentation and will be included in the "Project Papers" section of the Workshop proceedings. Each submitted paper must not exceed 8 pages in total. == Formatting == All contributions must be written in English. They must follow the formatting guidelines of Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS - http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) and submitted via the workshop submission system (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dlorg2010). == Workshop Reviewing Process == The reviewing process will be carried out by the members of the Workshop International Programme Committee. Two referees will review each paper. == Programme Committee == Tiziana Catarci, Professor of Computer Science,University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy - Member of DL.org's User Working Group Jane Hunter, Professor at the School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia - Member of DL.org's Liaison Group Ronald Larsen, Dean of the School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, U.S. - Member of DL.org's Liaison Group John Mylopoulos, Professor of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada Fabio Simeoni, Research Assistant, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK Dagobert Soergel, Dean of the Library & Information Studies, University at Buffalo, U.S. - Scientific Chair of DL.org's Functionality Working Group == Workshop Organisers == Donatella Castelli, Senior Researcher, Institute of Information & Technologies, National Research Council of Italy - DL.org Co-ordinator Yannis Ioannidis, Professsor at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Greece - Scientific Chair of the User Working Group Seamus Ross, Dean of the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Canada - Member of DL.org's Working Groups on Policy & Quality == Important Dates == Paper Submission: 20 June 2010 Notification of Acceptance: 16 July 2010 Camera ready Papers: 30 July 2010 == Info == For more info please contact info at dlorg.eu From kcordes at nypl.org Tue Jun 8 12:26:02 2010 From: kcordes at nypl.org (kcordes at nypl.org) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:26:02 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Join us for the RUSA MARS Hot Topics Discussion on 6/26 Message-ID: Join us for the RUSA MARS Hot Topics Discussion on 6/26 Are you interested in developing new features for your library's mobile site? Are you looking for new ways to reach out to iPhone users and mobile-savvy patrons? If so, join us for the RUSA MARS Hot Topics Discussion Group at Annual Conference in Washington D.C., on Saturday, June 26, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Beacon Hotel Overlook Room. Our topic will be "Taking Mobile to the Next Level" and we'll have presenters from several libraries who are doing new and cool things with their mobile sites. Among the topics discussed will be interactive maps, QR codes, dynamic hours information, and mobile interfaces to databases, as well as what promises to be a lively discussion about how to make these features go live when your library has limited time and resources. Of course, there will be time for Q&A, so come to learn more, or to share your library's experiences. Bring your friends! For more information, contact Anne Houston, Chair of Hot Topics, at ahouston at virginia.edu. RUSA MARS Hot Topics Discussion: Taking Mobile to the Next Level Saturday, June 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Beacon Hotel, Overlook Room ALA Annual Conference, Washington D.C (And please excuse the cross-postings) Thanks, Kate Cordes Manager, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division The New York Public Library kcordes at nypl.org From tzillner at wils.wisc.edu Tue Jun 8 15:21:24 2010 From: tzillner at wils.wisc.edu (Tom Zillner) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:21:24 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] WiLSWorld 2010 Message-ID: (With apologies for duplication) Want to catch up on library technology? Come to WiLSWorld!. Our conference will take place in Madison, WI on July 21st and 22nd. Take a look at the entire program here . To register, click here . To learn more about WiLS, click here We have two outstanding keynotes: Tim Spalding and Eric Lease Morgan. Tim Spalding founded LibraryThing in 2005 as a personal project. LibraryThing is a social cataloging and social networking site for book lovers around the world. LibraryThing also provides catalog enhancement software to libraries, including widgets and a mobile OPAC. Eric Lease Morgan, Head of the Digital Access and Information Architecture Department, University of Notre Dame, is perhaps best known for creating MyLibrary, a set of software modules implementing a digital library framework. Eric is also the author of Alex, a collection of public domain and open access documents with a focus on American and English literature as well as Western philosophy. It's time to start planning now! Among the topics: --Social Cataloging and the Future (Tim Spalding's keynote) --Electronic Texts and the Evolving Definition of Librarianship (Eric Lease Morgan's keynote) --Smartphones --The iPad --Writing Google Gadgets --The National Broadband Initiative --What is Resource Discovery, Really? --Using Open Source Tools: the University of Michigan MLibrary --The System Architecture of the Forward Resource Discovery Experiment --Library Software Development for the Solo Developer --Conversations With Tim Spalding and Eric Lease Morgan There's something for everyone at WiLSWorld. And don't forget the schmooze factor--a chance to get together and meet new friends and veteran colleagues. There is al first-day reception and second-day member breakfast (that is open to all), both free to attendees. See you there! Tom -- Tom Zillner Telephone: 608/262-0047 (Voice) Research Coordinator 608/262-6067 (FAX) Wisconsin Library Services------------------------------------------ 464 Memorial Library Internet: tzillner at wils.wisc.edu 728 State Street Web: http://www.wils.wisc.edu Madison, Wisconsin 53706 For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. --Richard Feynman From TEdelblute at anaheim.net Tue Jun 8 15:48:36 2010 From: TEdelblute at anaheim.net (Thomas Edelblute) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:48:36 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Virtual library services enhancements Message-ID: <37E52B1DFED99A47A14C141C13E93A3837985AF6@COAEXCHVS1.anaheim.intranet> As part of our research in how to improve virtual services to our user community, I would like your input on how you have implemented the following at your library: * Mobile Apps * Web 2.0 for the public * Tech Zoo * Staff Training Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library First determine what you want to achieve, then obtain the best technology to attain that goal. ________________________________ THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or telephone, and delete the original message immediately. Thank you. From Michael.Mitchell at brazosport.edu Tue Jun 8 16:09:41 2010 From: Michael.Mitchell at brazosport.edu (Mitchell, Michael) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:09:41 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Virtual library services enhancements In-Reply-To: <37E52B1DFED99A47A14C141C13E93A3837985AF6@COAEXCHVS1.anaheim.intranet> References: <37E52B1DFED99A47A14C141C13E93A3837985AF6@COAEXCHVS1.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: Tech zoo? What is that? Michael Mitchell Technical Services Librarian Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:49 PM To: Web4Lib (web4lib at webjunction.org) Subject: [Web4lib] Virtual library services enhancements As part of our research in how to improve virtual services to our user community, I would like your input on how you have implemented the following at your library: * Mobile Apps * Web 2.0 for the public * Tech Zoo * Staff Training Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library First determine what you want to achieve, then obtain the best technology to attain that goal. From Pat.Rapp at fairportlibrary.org Tue Jun 8 16:19:53 2010 From: Pat.Rapp at fairportlibrary.org (Pat Rapp) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 16:19:53 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Virtual library services enhancements In-Reply-To: References: <37E52B1DFED99A47A14C141C13E93A3837985AF6@COAEXCHVS1.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: <5B10464EC0EB84419869EFF867C3FFA107EF88D9FE@KERMIT.fairnet.lib> http://als2.web.uproc.lib.mi.us/LSTA-Teen/images/LSTA/Technology%20Petting%20Zoo.pdf Gadget "petting zoo." -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Mitchell, Michael Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:10 PM To: Web4Lib (web4lib at webjunction.org) Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Virtual library services enhancements Tech zoo? What is that? Michael Mitchell Technical Services Librarian Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:49 PM To: Web4Lib (web4lib at webjunction.org) Subject: [Web4lib] Virtual library services enhancements As part of our research in how to improve virtual services to our user community, I would like your input on how you have implemented the following at your library: * Mobile Apps * Web 2.0 for the public * Tech Zoo * Staff Training Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library First determine what you want to achieve, then obtain the best technology to attain that goal. _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Tue Jun 8 21:32:28 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 20:32:28 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] 233 Million Chinese Use Mobile Phones To Access The Internet Message-ID: I. Endeavors to Spur the Development and Application of the Internet [snip] The construction and improvement of the Internet infrastructure has beefed up the spread and application of the Internet. By the end of 2009 the number of Chinese netizens had reached 384 million, 618 times that of 1997 and an annual increase of 31.95 million users. In addition, the Internet had reached 28.9% of the total population, higher than the world average. At the same time, there were 3.23 million websites running in China, which was 2,152 times that of 1997. The number of IPv4 addresses approached 230 million, making China the second-largest owner in the world. Of all the netizens, 346 million used broadband and 233 million used mobile phones to access the Internet. They had moved on from dialing the access numbers to broadband and mobile phones. These statistics make China among the top of the developing countries in developing and popularizing the Internet. [snip] !!! Thanks To Michiel de Lange For The Tweet !!! BTW: As I've Highlighted In More Than One Posting /vPresentation >>> "In December 2008, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released The Future of the Internet III, the third in a series of surveys of Internet leaders, activists and analysts that elicited their views on emerging Net and Web developments. In this most recent review, an overwhelming majority of experts predicted that by 2020 the mobile device will become the primary connection tool to the Internet for most individuals worldwide.", You Luddites !!1 [:-( For My Colleagues Still Living In The 20th Century >>> Get A Clue >>> / I'm Mad As Hell And I'm Not Goin' To Take This Any More >> Full Text And Associated Links Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/26ez7e7 ] EnJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From patamia at gmail.com Tue Jun 8 22:40:34 2010 From: patamia at gmail.com (Steven E. Patamia, Ph.D.) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 20:40:34 -0600 Subject: [Web4lib] 233 Million Chinese Use Mobile Phones To Access The Internet In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think Gerry's enthusiasm for highlighting the importance of mobile internet access is somewhat justified, but I also think that the implications of posts like this one are not adequately developed. A few observations and conjectures: (1) With the rise of smart phones (thank you Steve Jobs), personal mobile access to the Internet has finally become effective and nearly ubiquitous. I have to wonder, however, whether during the transition to this state of affairs there has been a decline in voice use of mobile phones. That is an interesting question, but in this message only a prelude to observing that mobile phones per se may have democratized mobile web access, but that the arrival of the i-Pad probably heralds a much more satisfying and effective set of alternatives into the future. Either larger format display devices will acquire more voice communication features, or phone technology per se will continue to improve as a user experience in parallel. I have used smartphone access to the web for over ten years now, but for reasons having relatively little to do with the fact that its also a phone. I suspect that dramatic improvements in the user experience of personal portable web access will supplant most phone use as a general web access device while the ability of the phones to incorporate access to the internet into the process of completing voice connections will improve independently. (2) About China: In my personal view, there is nothing startling about the rise of phone-based internet access in China. Its a no brainer for them to embrace robust mobile communication rather than string telephone, cable, and fiber optic circuits everywhere. Of course, their aggressive utilization of the technology has implications, but again it is not in the least surprising given the sheer attractiveness of it to people who have been without widespread sophisticated communication infrastructure for so long. But the real lesson here is one we keep avoiding: it didn't happen "here" the same way because of huge vested interest in existing infrastructure. We are not nimble for several reasons, but the worst has to be that the industries which provide the existing infrastructure are married to doing things that way and have both economic and political clout. We still have competition in, say America, but it struggles mightily against monopoly or near-monopoly interests. China did not have this problem --- though one day they probably will. (3) We are in a state of enormous flux which is still accelerating. Lots of manifestations of ingenuity seem more profound and powerful than they are. Sure, the Iranian almost-revolution was an exercise in using Twitter, but it did not win the battle for them did it? Based on the trivial idea of broadcasting, Twitter is a very simple thing , but when the novelty wears off (if it hasn't already) there will be some reckoning. Like... the sudden realization that Twitter is not particularly ingenious and it will be functionally supplanted by lots of integrated and free-standing alternatives in the future. Similarly, After an entire generation has gleefully destroyed its privacy, there is likely to be a backlash of sorts and something more palatable than Facebook as we know it will likely emerge -- though I am sure Zuckerman will work hard to redefine his creation to keep up, I still remember that AOL failed to take over the world -- even after hoodwinking a media giant into thinking that it would. (That was Time-Warner for those not following along -- now perhaps the single largest target of ridicule in Business Schools and a worse bad memory for Ted Turner than even Rupert Murdock) My point---- its fun (but exhausting) to become enamored with each new methodology for exploiting ubiquitous personal communication, but if you interrupt speed dating by trying to actually marry a bunch of your partners you are guaranteed to have a lot of divorces and to consume your assets in the process. In short, its not about being a Luddite or not. It is about figuring out how to intelligently harvest the best and most durable of the systems that are out there without spending all of your awake time doing it. The world has a lot of problems to be solved. Pick and choose soberly. Identify what, if anything, is truly profound and durable. Don't fall in love with a jerk (I cleaned up that last one -- use your imagination). I love that Gerry does what he does -- I for one could never compete, but neither do I want to. On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:32 PM, gerrymck wrote: > I. Endeavors to Spur the Development and Application of the Internet > > [snip] > > The construction and improvement of the Internet infrastructure has beefed > up the spread and application of the Internet. By the end of 2009 the > number > of Chinese netizens had reached 384 million, 618 times that of 1997 and an > annual increase of 31.95 million users. In addition, the Internet had > reached 28.9% of the total population, higher than the world average. At > the > same time, there were 3.23 million websites running in China, which was > 2,152 times that of 1997. The number of IPv4 addresses approached 230 > million, making China the second-largest owner in the world. Of all the > netizens, 346 million used broadband and 233 million used mobile phones to > access the Internet. They had moved on from dialing the access numbers to > broadband and mobile phones. These statistics make China among the top of > the developing countries in developing and popularizing the Internet. > > [snip] > > !!! Thanks To Michiel de Lange For The Tweet !!! > > BTW: As I've Highlighted In More Than One Posting /vPresentation >>> > > "In December 2008, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released The > Future of the Internet III, the third in a series of surveys of Internet > leaders, activists and analysts that elicited their views on emerging Net > and Web developments. In this most recent review, an overwhelming majority > of experts predicted that by 2020 the mobile device will become the primary > connection tool to the Internet for most individuals worldwide.", You > Luddites !!1 [:-( > > For My Colleagues Still Living In The 20th Century >>> Get A Clue >>> / > I'm Mad As Hell And I'm Not Goin' To Take This Any More >> > > Full Text And Associated Links Available At > > [ http://tinyurl.com/26ez7e7 ] > > EnJOY ! > > /Gerry > > Gerry McKiernan > Associate Professor > Science and Technology Librarian > Iowa State University Library > Ames IA 50011 > > Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs > > >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > -- Steven E. Patamia, Ph.D., J.D. Personal Cell: (352) 219-6592 From lbell927 at yahoo.com Wed Jun 9 03:25:49 2010 From: lbell927 at yahoo.com (Lori Bell) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 00:25:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Web4lib] Trendy Topics 2010: Library Websites Message-ID: <615950.30776.qm@web52806.mail.re2.yahoo.com> TAP Information Services Announces Trendy Topics 2010: Library Websites TAP Information Services is pleased to announce the sixth in a dynamic monthly series of online workshops librarians can enjoy right at their desktops on hot topics. The latest conference on "Library Websites" is scheduled for Tuesday July 13.? Aaron Schmidt, from the District of Columbia Public Library is the keynote speaker. Schmidt will speak on ?Improving Library Services by Recognizing That You?re a Designer.?? In this talk, he will introduce attendees to the world of user experience design.? His talk will contain practical tips for making library websites easier to use and how the same methods can be used for every library service. Other speakers for this day-long conference include: ??????? David Lee King on ?Creating User Experiences on the Web? ??????? Karen McBride on ?Adding Video and Other Media to your Library Website? ??????? Chad Mairn on ?Creating A Mobile Library Presence? ??????? Genna Buhr on ?Using WordPress.com for an Easy Library Website? ??????? Laura Solomon on ?20 Things You can Do to Make your Library Site Better Right Now? ? Register at http://www.eventbee.com/view/trendytopics/event?eid=65537 Registration for librarians for the one day conference is $40; for students $30; and for groups $100. For more information on these workshops please contact Lori Bell at lbell927 at gmail.com or Tom Peters at TAP Information Services at tpeters at tapinformation.com. TAP Information Services (www.tapinformation.com) helps organizations innovate. From waltcrawford at gmail.com Wed Jun 9 10:31:23 2010 From: waltcrawford at gmail.com (Walt Crawford) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 07:31:23 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Cites & Insights 10:8 - just in time for ALA Message-ID: Available now: *Cites & Insights* 10:8, July 2010 . This 40-page issue (PDF as usual, with most but not all the sections available as HTML separates) has a variety of features to keep you entertained or informed on your long flights to & from ALA--and it's well worth reading even if you're not attending (or live near the District of Columbia). What's here: The CD-ROM Project ...pp. 1-4 The start of a "digital medium archaeology project"--taking a few dozen of the best title CD-ROMs (that is, CD-ROMs that are extended books and multimedia carriers, not just software) from 1994-2000 and seeing whether they'll work on a contemporary Windows 7 system, whether they still have much to offer, whether they're still available (as is or updated) and, if not, what we've lost--and what's readily available on the web that appears roughly equivalent. For starters, we have two astronomical CDs and two art-related CDs... The Zeitgeist: One Facebook to Rule Them All?...pp. 4-22 A range of commentaries on the December 2009 and April 2010 Facebook privacy changes, including some pre-December items and a few notes on the current situation. Commentaries include some by librarians and a wide range by others--including a group of first-rate commentaries by danah boyd and a *ReadWriteWeb *piece that gets my coveted middle-finger salute for asininity in the service of (almost certainly false) gengen. Interesting & Peculiar Products ...pp. 22-29 Ten products (or product commentaries) and five group reviews--but some of the product notes are more essay than description, including a non-elegy for OQO and "Catching up with the OLPC XO." Offtopic Perspective: Mystery Collection Part 2...pp. 29-35 The second of ten segments of this massive 250-movie set, including three *great *flicks, three near-classics and another dozen worthwhile films. You get cheating wives, crooked electronics geniuses, a blind detective, a sexy ghost...and that's just in the first two of six discs. My Back Pages...pp. 35-40 As always, this chunk'o'snark is a bonus for "print readers"--those who download the whole PDF. Ten items, only half of them audio-related. This is the final issue sponsored by the Library Society of the World. Now the uncertainty begins... From bhudson at lancasterlibraries.org Wed Jun 9 11:42:10 2010 From: bhudson at lancasterlibraries.org (Bill Hudson) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:42:10 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Looking for Bluesocket equipment--Correction Message-ID: Hi All, Minor correction to the note below, the item we need is the 1500 series WAP, not controller. Sorry for any head scratching that may have caused! Thanks, BH ***************************************************************************** Bill Hudson Deputy Administrator/Manager, Information Technology Library System of Lancaster County 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Ste. 107 Lancaster, PA 17601 717-207-0500 ext. 1269 http://www.lancasterlibraries.org From: Bill Hudson Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 3:29 PM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Looking for Bluesocket equipment Hi all, My apologies for the off topic nature, but we're turning over all stones to find some used Bluesocket equipment. If your organization (or someone you know) is getting rid of their wireless equipment from Bluesocket, please contact me off list. We need 4 to 6, 1500 series controllers. Thanks, BH ***************************************************************************** Bill Hudson Deputy Administrator/Manager, Information Technology Library System of Lancaster County 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Ste. 107 Lancaster, PA 17601 717-207-0500 ext. 1269 http://www.lancasterlibraries.org From laura.krier at gmail.com Wed Jun 9 16:03:14 2010 From: laura.krier at gmail.com (Laura Krier) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:03:14 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Hours of Operation display Message-ID: Howdy folks, I'm feeling particularly stumped by this problem: I want to display a simple box on our library website that, based on today's date, will display the hours that we're open. Our website is built on ColdFusion, so I'm looking for a solution that utilizes that, or javascript. You'd think this would be a simple thing to do, but I'm even having a hard time formulating a search query that pulls up anything useful. I'm fairly new to javascript and VERY new to CF, so the simpler the solution, the better. Thanks in advice for any advice anyone can offer, Laura -- Laura Krier http://www.lauraek.net http://kitchenilliterate.wordpress.com From laura.krier at gmail.com Wed Jun 9 18:48:16 2010 From: laura.krier at gmail.com (Laura Krier) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:48:16 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Hours of Operation display In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks to everyone who responded to my query! I have a lot of good options to try out. Thanks for sharing! Laura On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Laura Krier wrote: > Howdy folks, > I'm feeling particularly stumped by this problem: I want to display a > simple box on our library website that, based on today's date, will > display the hours that we're open. Our website is built on ColdFusion, > so I'm looking for a solution that utilizes that, or javascript. You'd > think this would be a simple thing to do, but I'm even having a hard > time formulating a search query that pulls up anything useful. > > I'm fairly new to javascript and VERY new to CF, so the simpler the > solution, the better. > > Thanks in advice for any advice anyone can offer, > > Laura > > -- > Laura Krier > > http://www.lauraek.net > http://kitchenilliterate.wordpress.com > -- Laura Krier http://www.lauraek.net http://kitchenilliterate.wordpress.com From jfitzgibbon at Galwaylibrary.ie Thu Jun 10 07:14:16 2010 From: jfitzgibbon at Galwaylibrary.ie (John Fitzgibbon) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:14:16 +0100 Subject: [Web4lib] pcs running more slowly as time passes Message-ID: <45751448A71EAC43962D93D2E8FD46071363EC03BF@GCC-EXCHANGE07.galwaycoco.ie> Hi, Our public access computers have a PCI card (Juzt-Reboot) which restores the PC to its initial state each time the PC is rebooted. Notwithstanding, it is my impression that these PCs are running more slowly with the passing of time. Also, the PCs freeze. Sometimes when the PCs freeze, the operating system displays an hour glass and sometimes it does not. I have updated Windows using the Windows update site. This upgraded the operating system from Windows XP Service Pack 2 to Windows XP Service Pack 3 and updated the browser to IE 8. I also updated Adobe Reader, Flash and Java. I am not sure if these updates resulted in any improvement. I then turned off automatic updates for Windows as well as update notifications for Adobe Reader, Flash and Java. In spite of having Juzt-Reboot cards, we run an Anti Virus package on each PC (which we manually update from time to time). I know this slows down the PCs booting process but I am not sure that a Juzt-Reboot card is sufficient protection. Is my impression that the PCs are running more slowly as time passes likely to be correct? If yes, how can this be and what can I do about it. I would appreciate any advice. Regards, John John Fitzgibbon w: www.galwaylibrary.ie e: info at galwaylibrary.ie p: 00 353 91 562471 f: 00 353 91 565039 ##################################################################################### This e-mail message has been scanned for content and cleared by MailMarshal Hosted at Galway County Council T? an teachtaireacht r?omhphoist seo scan?ilte d??bhar agus glanta ag MailMarshal at? ?st?lta i gComhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe. Correspondence is welcome in Irish or in English. T? m?le f?ilte roimh chomhfhreagras i nGaeilge n? i mB?arla. T? eolas at? pr?obh?ideach agus r?nda sa r?omhphost seo agus aon iat?n a ghabhann leis agus is leis an duine/na daoine sin amh?in a bhfuil siad seolta chucu a bhaineann siad. Mura seola? th?, n?l t? ?daraithe an r?omhphost n? aon iat?n a ghabhann leis a l?amh, a ch?ip?il n? a ?s?id. M? t? an r?omhphost seo faighte agat tr? dhearmad, cuir an seolt?ir ar an eolas thr? aischur r?omhphoist agus scrios ansin ? le do thoil. This e-mail and any attachment contains information which is private and confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you are not an addressee, you are not authorised to read, copy or use the e-mail or any attachment. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and then destroy it. If you need this email in an alternative format please contact the sender M? t? an r?omhphost seo ag teast?il uait i bhform?id eile d?an teagmh?il leis an duine a sheol chugat ? ##################################################################################### From dkane at wit.ie Thu Jun 10 07:38:40 2010 From: dkane at wit.ie (David Kane) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:38:40 +0100 Subject: [Web4lib] pcs running more slowly as time passes In-Reply-To: <45751448A71EAC43962D93D2E8FD46071363EC03BF@GCC-EXCHANGE07.galwaycoco.ie> References: <45751448A71EAC43962D93D2E8FD46071363EC03BF@GCC-EXCHANGE07.galwaycoco.ie> Message-ID: Hi John, Yes it is strange how that happens, isn't it? My only suggestion is that you try defragmenting the hard drives on the workstations. Also free up space on them by deleting old stuff. Fragmented files cause the hard drive to work harder jumping between the fragments of the file. This is sometimes known as 'thrashing'. The fuller a disk gets, the more likely files are to be stored in a fragmented way. Defragmenting them can help with speed because it removes all unecessary movements from the hard drive, and makes it last longer. Try the scandisk utility also. Defragment and Scandisk are standard on all Windows operating systems. David. On 10 June 2010 12:14, John Fitzgibbon wrote: > Hi, > > Our public access computers have a PCI card (Juzt-Reboot) which restores > the PC to its initial state each time the PC is rebooted. > > Notwithstanding, it is my impression that these PCs are running more slowly > with the passing of time. Also, the PCs freeze. Sometimes when the PCs > freeze, the operating system displays an hour glass and sometimes it does > not. > > I have updated Windows using the Windows update site. This upgraded the > operating system from Windows XP Service Pack 2 to Windows XP Service Pack 3 > and updated the browser to IE 8. I also updated Adobe Reader, Flash and > Java. I am not sure if these updates resulted in any improvement. > > I then turned off automatic updates for Windows as well as update > notifications for Adobe Reader, Flash and Java. > > In spite of having Juzt-Reboot cards, we run an Anti Virus package on each > PC (which we manually update from time to time). I know this slows down the > PCs booting process but I am not sure that a Juzt-Reboot card is sufficient > protection. > > Is my impression that the PCs are running more slowly as time passes likely > to be correct? If yes, how can this be and what can I do about it. > > I would appreciate any advice. > > > Regards, > > John > > > > John Fitzgibbon > > > > w: www.galwaylibrary.ie > > e: info at galwaylibrary.ie > > p: 00 353 91 562471 > > f: 00 353 91 565039 > > > > ##################################################################################### > This e-mail message has been scanned for content and cleared > by MailMarshal Hosted at Galway County Council > > T? an teachtaireacht r?omhphoist seo scan?ilte d??bhar agus glanta > ag MailMarshal at? ?st?lta i gComhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe. > > Correspondence is welcome in Irish or in English. > T? m?le f?ilte roimh chomhfhreagras i nGaeilge n? i mB?arla. > > T? eolas at? pr?obh?ideach agus r?nda sa r?omhphost seo > agus aon iat?n a ghabhann leis agus is leis an duine/na daoine > sin amh?in a bhfuil siad seolta chucu a bhaineann siad. > Mura seola? th?, n?l t? ?daraithe an r?omhphost n? aon iat?n > a ghabhann leis a l?amh, a ch?ip?il n? a ?s?id. > M? t? an r?omhphost seo faighte agat tr? dhearmad, > cuir an seolt?ir ar an eolas thr? aischur r?omhphoist > agus scrios ansin ? le do thoil. > > This e-mail and any attachment contains information which is > private and confidential and is intended for the addressee > only. If you are not an addressee, you are not authorised > to read, copy or use the e-mail or any attachment. > If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify > the sender by return e-mail and then destroy it. > > If you need this email in an alternative format please contact the sender > M? t? an r?omhphost seo ag teast?il uait i bhform?id eile d?an teagmh?il > leis an duine a sheol chugat ? > > > ##################################################################################### > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfkane at googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212 From Gary.Harris at state.nm.us Thu Jun 10 09:23:30 2010 From: Gary.Harris at state.nm.us (Harris, Gary, DCA) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:23:30 -0600 Subject: [Web4lib] pcs running more slowly as time passes In-Reply-To: <45751448A71EAC43962D93D2E8FD46071363EC03BF@GCC-EXCHANGE07.galwaycoco.ie> References: <45751448A71EAC43962D93D2E8FD46071363EC03BF@GCC-EXCHANGE07.galwaycoco.ie> Message-ID: John, I would take a close look at that card. Are all the drivers up-to-date? How long has the card been in production? If possible, remove the card and see what happens to the machine's performance. Just a few thoughts. HTH some. Gary +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Gary L. Harris, M.L.S. M.A. Director, Technical Services Bureau New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 (505) 476-9730 gary.harris at state.nm.us http://www.nmstatelibrary.org "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." -- Buckminster Fuller -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of John Fitzgibbon Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 5:14 AM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: [Web4lib] pcs running more slowly as time passes Hi, Our public access computers have a PCI card (Juzt-Reboot) which restores the PC to its initial state each time the PC is rebooted. Notwithstanding, it is my impression that these PCs are running more slowly with the passing of time. Also, the PCs freeze. Sometimes when the PCs freeze, the operating system displays an hour glass and sometimes it does not. I have updated Windows using the Windows update site. This upgraded the operating system from Windows XP Service Pack 2 to Windows XP Service Pack 3 and updated the browser to IE 8. I also updated Adobe Reader, Flash and Java. I am not sure if these updates resulted in any improvement. I then turned off automatic updates for Windows as well as update notifications for Adobe Reader, Flash and Java. In spite of having Juzt-Reboot cards, we run an Anti Virus package on each PC (which we manually update from time to time). I know this slows down the PCs booting process but I am not sure that a Juzt-Reboot card is sufficient protection. Is my impression that the PCs are running more slowly as time passes likely to be correct? If yes, how can this be and what can I do about it. I would appreciate any advice. Regards, John John Fitzgibbon w: www.galwaylibrary.ie e: info at galwaylibrary.ie p: 00 353 91 562471 f: 00 353 91 565039 ##################################################################################### This e-mail message has been scanned for content and cleared by MailMarshal Hosted at Galway County Council T? an teachtaireacht r?omhphoist seo scan?ilte d'?bhar agus glanta ag MailMarshal at? ?st?lta i gComhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe. Correspondence is welcome in Irish or in English. T? m?le f?ilte roimh chomhfhreagras i nGaeilge n? i mB?arla. T? eolas at? pr?obh?ideach agus r?nda sa r?omhphost seo agus aon iat?n a ghabhann leis agus is leis an duine/na daoine sin amh?in a bhfuil siad seolta chucu a bhaineann siad. Mura seola? th?, n?l t? ?daraithe an r?omhphost n? aon iat?n a ghabhann leis a l?amh, a ch?ip?il n? a ?s?id. 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Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. From jonathan.gorman at gmail.com Thu Jun 10 09:49:45 2010 From: jonathan.gorman at gmail.com (Jon Gorman) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:49:45 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] pcs running more slowly as time passes In-Reply-To: <45751448A71EAC43962D93D2E8FD46071363EC03BF@GCC-EXCHANGE07.galwaycoco.ie> References: <45751448A71EAC43962D93D2E8FD46071363EC03BF@GCC-EXCHANGE07.galwaycoco.ie> Message-ID: This isn't really on-topic, so I'd suggest posting on syslib-l or perhaps even code4lib. I'll give some responses off the top of my head since the questions already been asked.... I could think of several reasons for this happening, although some depend more on how this Juzt-Reboot works. (Is it restoring from a secured image somewhere, is it just hammering the drive every time, how often is it "restored", etc): 1) The drives are going. Have you run a disk check of some sort or a utility like spinrite? 2) Ram is going. Again, what diagnostics have you run on the computers? Any sort of memtest? 3) You aren't updating the images on the Juzt-Restore cards enough. If there's some other machine on your network that is compromised, these machines could be reverting to a clean slate, but then immediately being compromised on startup by an virus/worm/trojan that your anti-virus isn't recognizing. Is there any odd network traffic? 4) Your image on the Juzt-Restore has a compromise on it already. How do you know it is clean? If I had to guess, I'd probably bet on number one. Drives don't last forever. In fact I heard some recent statistics that showed a large number nowdays only last between a year or two, particularly in high use settings. How frequently do you replace yours? From erushton at binghamton.edu Thu Jun 10 10:07:01 2010 From: erushton at binghamton.edu (Rushton, Erin) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:07:01 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] MARS Virtual Reference Discussion Group Annual In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Please excuse any cross duplication. ALA MARS Virtual Reference Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:00-5:30pm in the Beacon Hotel's Overlook Room Please join us at the Virtual Reference Discussion Group (VRDG) at ALA Annual Opening presenter: Virginia Cole, Reference & Digital Services Librarian, Cornell University Library Virginia Cole will get the discussion started by presenting on Cornell?s successful Text Us service. Attendees will then have an opportunity to discuss and share ideas on topics such as evolving virtual reference models, mobile reference, e-reference products and library budgets. Come and participate in the lively discussions. Hope to see you there! The Virtual Reference Discussion Group is sponsored by the Reference and User Services Association [RUSA] and MARS. Questions about the VRDG can be directed to Erin Rushton erushton at binghamton.edu From jody at jodyderidder.com Thu Jun 10 11:19:55 2010 From: jody at jodyderidder.com (Jody DeRidder) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:19:55 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Survey on overhead scanners Message-ID: Are you using overhead scanning equipment? If so, and you have not already done so, please share your experiences with us. Results will be compiled and shared in publication and/or presentations, to help us all make the best possible choices in our scanning equipment decisions. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/overheadScanners Thank you!! Jody DeRidder Digital Services University of Alabama Libraries Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 (205) 348-0511 jody at jodyderidder.com jlderidder at ua.edu Jody DeRidder Digital Services University of Alabama Libraries Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 (205) 348-0511 jody at jodyderidder.com jlderidder at ua.edu From Antoinette.Turner at UTSouthwestern.edu Thu Jun 10 11:26:02 2010 From: Antoinette.Turner at UTSouthwestern.edu (Antoinette Turner) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:26:02 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Alternatives to Feedblitz Message-ID: <4C10BE83.E6FB.003A.0@UTSouthwestern.edu> Hi, We are considering finding a replacement for Feedblitz. Any suggestions for Feedblitz alternatives? What rss-to-email product does your library use? Does anyone use AWeber? Thanks, Antoinette Turner Antoinette Turner Library Information Specialist UT Southwestern Medical Center Library 214-648-2711 antoinette.turner at utsouthwestern.edu From oliverg at newpaltz.edu Thu Jun 10 12:41:15 2010 From: oliverg at newpaltz.edu (oliverg) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:41:15 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Hours of Operation display -Javascript Message-ID: <4C1115AB.60507@newpaltz.edu> I sent this as attachements before and it did not get on the list Below in this message is a Javascript I cobbled together for displaying our hours at Sojourner Truth Library. The script reads the Hours from a tab delimited text file that any staff member can maintain with any spreadsheet program. It can display the hours as a single day OR up to calendars of as many months as you want. It also uses a CSS file for formatting calendars so you can change the format to suit your site. Feel free to modify all the files to suit your needs. Ours is set up to display reference desk coverage hours and hours for a special late night room we have but you can easily tell the script not to include those when you call it. Here is a link to our demo site that explains how to use it on a web page. If you like it send me a link so I can see how you used it. http://library.newpaltz.edu/libcalendardemo.html File list: LibraryHoursScript.js LibraryHoursTable.txt 4calendarscript2.css Feel free to contact me if you have questions. Gary Oliver PC SERVICE AND REPAIR TECH SOJOURNER TRUTH LIBRARY SUNY at NEW PALTZ 300 HAWK DR NEW PALTZ, NY 12561-2493 oliverg at newpaltz.edu 845-257-3704 Summer Hours - OFF: Sunday Monday Working: Teu-Sat 10 am - 6 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________ Tab delimited text file format of hours each day ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Day# Date Type Day Open close RefOpen RefClose Latenight 1 8/24/2009 Library Hours Monday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm Closed 2 8/25/2009 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm Closed 3 8/26/2009 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm Closed 4 8/27/2009 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm Closed 5 8/28/2009 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 6 8/29/2009 Library Hours Saturday 10am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 7 8/30/2009 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 11:30pm 1pm 5pm Closed 8 8/31/2009 Library Hours Monday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm Closed 9 9/1/2009 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm Closed 10 9/2/2009 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm Closed 11 9/3/2009 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm Closed 12 9/4/2009 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 13 9/5/2009 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 14 9/6/2009 Library Closed Sunday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 15 9/7/2009 Library Closed Monday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 16 9/8/2009 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 17 9/9/2009 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 18 9/10/2009 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 19 9/11/2009 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 20 9/12/2009 Library Hours Saturday 10am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 21 9/13/2009 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 11:30pm 1pm 5pm 3am 22 9/14/2009 Library Hours Monday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 23 9/15/2009 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 24 9/16/2009 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 25 9/17/2009 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 26 9/18/2009 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 27 9/19/2009 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 28 9/20/2009 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 11:30pm 1pm 5pm 3am 29 9/21/2009 Library Hours Monday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 30 9/22/2009 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 31 9/23/2009 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 32 9/24/2009 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 33 9/25/2009 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 34 9/26/2009 Library Hours Saturday 10am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 35 9/27/2009 Library Closed Sunday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 36 9/28/2009 Library Hours Monday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 37 9/29/2009 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 38 9/30/2009 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 39 10/1/2009 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 40 10/2/2009 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 41 10/3/2009 Library Hours Saturday 10am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 42 10/4/2009 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 11:30pm 1pm 5pm 3am 43 10/5/2009 Library Hours Monday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 44 10/6/2009 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 45 10/7/2009 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 46 10/8/2009 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 47 10/9/2009 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 48 10/10/2009 Library Hours Saturday 9:30am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 49 10/11/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Sunday 1pm 12:30am 1pm 5pm 3am 50 10/12/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Monday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 51 10/13/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Tuesday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 52 10/14/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Wednesday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 53 10/15/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Thursday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 54 10/16/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 55 10/17/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Saturday 10am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 56 10/18/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Sunday 1pm 12:30am 1pm 5pm 3am 57 10/19/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Monday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 58 10/20/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Tuesday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 59 10/21/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Wednesday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 60 10/22/2009 Mid-Semester Late Hours Thursday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 61 10/23/2009 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 62 10/24/2009 Library Hours Saturday 9:30am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 63 10/25/2009 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 11:30pm 1pm 5pm 3am 64 10/26/2009 Library Hours Monday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 65 10/27/2009 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 66 10/28/2009 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 67 10/29/2009 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 68 10/30/2009 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 69 10/31/2009 Library Hours Saturday 10am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 70 11/1/2009 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 11:30pm 1pm 5pm 3am 71 11/2/2009 Library Hours Monday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 72 11/3/2009 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 73 11/4/2009 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 74 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3/27/2010 Library Hours Passover Saturday 10am 5pm 0 0 Closed 217 3/28/2010 Library Closed Passover Sunday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 218 3/29/2010 Library Hours Passover Monday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 219 3/30/2010 Library Hours Passover Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 220 3/31/2010 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 221 4/1/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 222 4/2/2010 Library Hours Easter Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 223 4/3/2010 Library Closed Easter Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 224 4/4/2010 Library Hours Easter Sunday 1pm 9pm 0 0 Closed 225 4/5/2010 Library Hours Monday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 226 4/6/2010 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 227 4/7/2010 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 228 4/8/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 11:30pm 9am 10pm 3am 229 4/9/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 230 4/10/2010 Library Hours Saturday 10am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 231 4/11/2010 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 11:30pm 1pm 5pm 3am 232 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12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 264 5/14/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 265 5/15/2010 Library Hours Saturday 10am 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 266 5/16/2010 Library Hours End of Semester Sunday 1pm 12:30am 1pm 5pm 3am 267 5/17/2010 Library Hours End of Semester Monday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 268 5/18/2010 Library Hours End of Semester Tuesday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 269 5/19/2010 Library Hours End of Semester Wednesday 8am 12:30am 9am 10pm 3am 270 5/20/2010 Library Hours End of Semester Thursday 8am 9:00pm 9am 5pm Closed 271 5/21/2010 Library Hours End of Semester Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 272 5/22/2010 Library Closed Intersession Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 273 5/23/2010 Library Closed Intersession Sunday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 274 5/24/2010 Library Hours Intersession Monday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 275 5/25/2010 Library Hours Intersession Tuesday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 276 5/26/2010 Hours Summer Session 1 Begins Wednesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 277 5/27/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 278 5/28/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 279 5/29/2010 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 280 5/30/2010 Library Closed Memorial Day Sunday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 281 5/31/2010 Library Closed Memorial Day Monday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 282 6/1/2010 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 283 6/2/2010 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 284 6/3/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 285 6/4/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 286 6/5/2010 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 287 6/6/2010 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 288 6/7/2010 Library Hours Monday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 289 6/8/2010 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 290 6/9/2010 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 291 6/10/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 292 6/11/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 293 6/12/2010 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 294 6/13/2010 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 295 6/14/2010 Library Hours Monday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 296 6/15/2010 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 297 6/16/2010 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 298 6/17/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 299 6/18/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 300 6/19/2010 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 301 6/20/2010 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 302 6/21/2010 Library Hours Monday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 303 6/22/2010 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 304 6/23/2010 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 305 6/24/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 306 6/25/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 307 6/26/2010 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 308 6/27/2010 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 309 6/28/2010 Library Hours Monday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 310 6/29/2010 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 311 6/30/2010 Library Hours End of 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327 7/16/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 328 7/17/2010 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 329 7/18/2010 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 330 7/19/2010 Library Hours Monday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 331 7/20/2010 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 332 7/21/2010 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 333 7/22/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 334 7/23/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 335 7/24/2010 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 336 7/25/2010 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 337 7/26/2010 Library Hours Monday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 338 7/27/2010 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 339 7/28/2010 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 340 7/29/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 341 7/30/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 342 7/31/2010 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 343 8/1/2010 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 344 8/2/2010 Library Hours Monday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 345 8/3/2010 Library Hours Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 346 8/4/2010 Library Hours Wednesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 347 8/5/2010 Library Hours Thursday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 348 8/6/2010 Library Hours Friday 8am 5pm 9am 5pm Closed 349 8/7/2010 Library Closed Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 350 8/8/2010 Library Hours Sunday 1pm 9pm 1pm 5pm Closed 351 8/9/2010 Library Hours Monday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 352 8/10/2010 Hours End of Summer Session 2 Tuesday 8am 9pm 9am 5pm Closed 353 8/11/2010 Library Hours Intersession Wednesday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 354 8/12/2010 Library Hours Intersession Thursday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 355 8/13/2010 Library Hours Intersession Friday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 356 8/14/2010 Library Closed Intersession Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 357 8/15/2010 Library Closed Intersession Sunday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 358 8/16/2010 Library Hours Intersession Monday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 359 8/17/2010 Library Hours Intersession Tuesday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 360 8/18/2010 Library Hours Intersession Wednesday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 361 8/19/2010 Library Hours Intersession Thursday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 362 8/20/2010 Library Hours Intersession Friday 8am 5pm 0 0 Closed 363 8/21/2010 Library Closed Intersession Saturday Closed 0 0 0 Closed 364 8/22/2010 Library Closed Intersession Sunday Closed 0 0 0 Closed _______________ CSS we use to format the calendar output for printing ------------------------------------------------------------------------ div.main { width:860px; height:auto;} table.main {border-collapse:separate;} br.breakhere {line-height:3em;} td.month {padding: 4px; background-color:navy; font:bold 16px verdana; color:white; text-align: center; } td.daysofweek { background-color:darkorange; font:bold 12px verdana; color:white; width:14%; text-align: center; } td.days { border-style:solid; border-width:1px; border-color:#555555; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font: normal 12px verdana; color: black; background-color: lightyellow; padding: 2px; height: 6em; } b {color:darkblue;} .days a:link {font: bold 12px verdana; text-decoration: none; color: red; } .days a:visited {font: bold 12px verdana; text-decoration: none; color: red; } .days a:active {font: bold 12px verdana; text-decoration: none; color: red; } .days a:hover {font: bold 12px verdana; text-decoration: none; } .days #today{font-weight: bold; color: red;} .specialday {color:#aa0055; } /* all the parts were given a class to modify */ .notset {color: silver;} .closed {color: red;line-height:2em;} .specialday {font-weight: bold;color: darkblue;} .specialhours {font-weight: bold;color: #ce0000;line-height:1.6em;} .regularday {color: black;} .regularhours {line-height:1.6em;} .ref {color: gray;} .refhours {font-weight: bold;color: gray;} .lateclosed {font-weight: bold;color: black;} .lateroom {} .latehours {font-weight: bold;} @media print { div.main {width: 98%;height:98%;border: 1px dotted white;} Table.main {width: 100%;height:100%;} br.breakhere {page-break-before: always;line-height: .2em;} td.month {font: bold 18px verdana;color: navy;background-color:transparent;} td.daysofweek {font: bold 14px verdana;color:darkorange;background-color:transparent;} td.days {font: 14px verdana;height:auto;line-height: 90%;} b {color:#003e7e;} .days a:link {font: bold 14px verdana; text-decoration: none; color: red;line-height: 85%;border-bottom: none white; } .days a:visited {font: bold 14px verdana; text-decoration: none; color: red; border-bottom: none white; } .days a:active {font: bold 14px verdana; text-decoration: none; color: red; border-bottom: none white; } .days a:hover {font: bold 14px verdana; text-decoration: none;border-bottom: none white; } .days #today {display: none;} .days .hoursbox {position:relative;height:auto; } .days .hoursdata {text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;} .specialday {font-weight: bold; color: #f58426;} DIV.hoursbox {height:auto; padding-bottom: 1px;} DIV.hoursdata {text-align: center;padding-bottom: 2px;} } ____________________ Javascript to read the text file and show hours for a day days or a calendar of months ------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Provide the XMLHttpRequest class for IE 5.x-6.x: // Other browsers (including IE 7.x-8.x) ignore this // when XMLHttpRequest is predefined if (typeof(XMLHttpRequest) === "undefined") { XMLHttpRequest = function() { try { return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0"); } catch(e) {} try { return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0"); } catch(e) {} try { return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch(e) {} try { return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch(e) {} //throw new Error("This browser does not support XMLHttpRequest."); }; } //new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") var filecontents; oRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(); var sURL = "/LibraryHoursTable.txt"; oRequest.open("GET",sURL,false); oRequest.setRequestHeader("User-Agent",navigator.userAgent); oRequest.send(null); filecontents = oRequest.responseText; // if the datatable is missing or can't load write a link to our hours page if (oRequest.status==200) {document.write ("");} else {var nodata = "Yes";} //document.write (filecontents); //split file into array //split data file string into an array at line breaks var s, ss; var s = filecontents; // Split at each line return character. ss = s.split("\n"); var todaydate=new Date() var m=todaydate.getMonth()+1 //get current month (1-12) var y=todaydate.getFullYear() //get current year var day=todaydate.getDate() //get day of the month today //var MsorDs="days" var nTimes=1 var ShowRef=0 var ShowLate=1 //This draws the calendar and and puts the correct date in the correct box function buildCal(m, y, day, MsorDs, nTimes, ShowRef , ShowLate){ var t="" if (nodata == "Yes") {document.write('
Library Hours Page
');return;} document.write ('') for (g = 1; g <= nTimes; g++) { if (MsorDs=="days") {var newdate = new Date (y, m-1, day); newdate.setDate(newdate.getDate()+(g-1)); var easydate = ((newdate.getMonth() + 1) + "/"+ (newdate.getDate()) + "/"+ (newdate.getFullYear())); var alinebreak = " "; t+=("
"+newdate.toLocaleDateString()+"
"); t+=libhours(easydate,ShowRef,ShowLate, alinebreak, MsorDs);} else { var mn=['January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December']; var dim=[31,0,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31]; var Day_names = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday"); var oD = new Date(y, m-1, 1); //DD replaced line to fix date bug when current day is 31st oD.od=oD.getDay()+1; //DD replaced line to fix date bug when current day is 31st if (m >= 13) { m = m-12; y++; } var todaydate=new Date() //DD added var alinebreak = "
" var scanfortoday=(y==todaydate.getFullYear() && m==todaydate.getMonth()+1)? todaydate.getDate() : 0 //DD added dim[1]=(((oD.getFullYear()%100!=0)&&(oD.getFullYear()%4==0))||(oD.getFullYear()%400==0))?29:28; t+='\n\n\n\n'; t+='
\n
\n\n'; t+='\n\n'; for(s=0;s<7;s++) t+='\n'; t+='\n'; var all42=35 for(i=1;i<=42;i++){ var x=((i-oD.od>=0)&&(i-oD.od TODAY' //DD added if (x != ' ' && i==36){t+='\n\n';all42 = 42;} if (x!=' ') t+='\n'; else if (x == ' '&& i<=all42) t+='\n'; if (((i)%7==0)&&(i<=34)) t+='\n\n'; } //document.write ("
\n",m," ",g,"
\n") ++m; t+='
' + mn[m-1] + ' - ' + y + '
Sojourner Truth Library Hours
'+Day_names[s]+'
'+x+'\n
\n
'+ thehours + '
\n
\n'; } } return t; } // set function to trim junk characters from any variable for matching via if statements function trim(stringToTrim) { return stringToTrim.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");} //get hours out of data table function libhours(HoursOfTheDay, ShowRef, ShowLate, alinebreak, MsorDs) { var mydate = HoursOfTheDay; var foundIt = ""; var theline = "0\tNA\tHours Not Set\t0\t0\t0\t0\t0\t0"; // look through the array for the simple date asign the line it is on to a variable for ( var i=0, len=ss.length; i"); //document.write (theline); //document.write ("
"); } } //split the line from the table string by the tab character into an array then // assign each field to its correct variable var datastring, datastringS; // Split at each tab character. datastringS = theline.split("\t"); var LineNum = datastringS[0] + " "; var linedate = datastringS[1] + " "; var DayType = datastringS[2] + " "; var dayoWeek = datastringS[3]; var LibOpen = datastringS[4] + " "; var LibClose = datastringS[5]; var RefOpen = datastringS[6]; var RefClose = datastringS[7]; var Latenight = datastringS[8]; // Check to see if the library is open format line accordingly if (dayoWeek=='0'){ var Thelibhours =('' +DayType + '
\n');} //else if (MsorDs == 'days'){ var Thelibhours =(DayType + alinebreak + '' + LibOpen + '-' + LibClose + '
\n');} else if (trim(LibOpen) == 'Closed') { var Thelibhours =('\n' +DayType + '\n
\n'); } else if (trim(DayType) != 'Library Hours') { var Thelibhours =('' + DayType + alinebreak + '\n' + LibOpen + '-' + LibClose + '\n\n
\n'); } else { var Thelibhours =('' + DayType + alinebreak + '\n' + LibOpen + '-' + LibClose + '\n
\n');} // Check to see if refdesk is open format line accordingly if (dayoWeek=='0'){ Thelibhours += alinebreak;} else if (ShowRef=='0'){ } else if (trim(RefOpen) == '0') {Thelibhours +=(' ');} else { Thelibhours += ('Reference Desk' + alinebreak + RefOpen + '- ' + RefClose + '
\n');} // Check to see if the latenight room is open format line accordingly var itisclosed = 'Closed' if (dayoWeek=='0'){ Thelibhours += alinebreak;} else if (ShowLate=='0'){ } else if (trim(Latenight) == itisclosed && trim(LibOpen) == 'Closed') {} else if (trim(Latenight) == itisclosed) {Thelibhours += ('Late Room ' + trim(Latenight) + '
\n');} else { Thelibhours += ('Late Room ' + alinebreak + 'until ' + trim(Latenight) + '
\n');} return Thelibhours; } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Original message Howdy folks, I'm feeling particularly stumped by this problem: I want to display a simple box on our library website that, based on today's date, will display the hours that we're open. Our website is built on ColdFusion, so I'm looking for a solution that utilizes that, or javascript. You'd think this would be a simple thing to do, but I'm even having a hard time formulating a search query that pulls up anything useful. I'm fairly new to javascript and VERY new to CF, so the simpler the solution, the better. Thanks in advice for any advice anyone can offer, Laura -- Laura Krier http://www.lauraek.net http://kitchenilliterate.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ -- *Summer Hours Off: Sunday & Monday* Working: Teu - Sat 10 am - 6 pm oliverg at newpaltz.edu 845-257-3704 Gary Oliver PC SERVICE AND REPAIR TECH SOJOURNER TRUTH LIBRARY SUNY at NEW PALTZ 300 HAWK DR NEW PALTZ, NY 12561-2493 Quote: /Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity./ Martin Luther King Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From laura.krier at gmail.com Thu Jun 10 16:52:38 2010 From: laura.krier at gmail.com (Laura Krier) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:52:38 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Hours of Operation display In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To those who wanted me to summarize the responses I received to my question about writing a simple Hours of Operation "widget," here they are. Please excuse the looooong email: I got a good number of responses. Courtney F sent me their simple javascript solution. This is what I eventually chose to implement because it?s straightforward for a newbie to figure out. I?d like to add in some error handling, if I can figure that out. You can see it in action here: http://library.belmont.edu/Reference/reference.html The actual files live here: http://library.belmont.edu/libcal.js Heather Tones White recommended using Google calendar, and either using Google's widget or doing some API programming. I'm still considering this option, as it might make keeping our calendar a little easier for all of the librarians here, but I want to broach it with other librarians first. Molly McManus: At Millsap, they use a google calendar and PHP to scrape the calendar for information. You can see it here: http://library.millsaps.edu She sent the PHP code, too, but in the interest of not being overwhelming, I?m not reproducing it here. I can?t use PHP for this solution, but if you?d like to, she?ll probably share the code with you, too. Jack Ammerman at Boston University shared their JS solution, which you can see here: http://www.bu.edu/library/mugar/index.shtml http://www.bu.edu/library/bi/hours/libhours.js http://www.bu.edu/library/bi/hours/weekrange2.js Kurt Wagner at William Paterson shared their website: http://www.wpunj.edu/library/ Here is the script for their implementation: Nina McHale and U Colorado shared their simple JS solution, which is here: http://library.auraria.edu/js/timestamp.js Our hours are pretty complicated, so I wasn?t able to use this. Peggy Shaughnessy sent this simple ColdFusion solution: Hours: Sunday hours Hours: Monday hours Hours: Tuesday hours Again, our hours are super complicated, so this wouldn?t work for us. Thanks to everyone who responded, again! It really helps me to see all of these different ways to accomplish the same thing. I'm hoping working with this will increase my JS skills a little more. Right now they are pretty limited. :-) Hope this is helpful to others of you lot, laura On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Laura Krier wrote: > Howdy folks, > I'm feeling particularly stumped by this problem: I want to display a > simple box on our library website that, based on today's date, will > display the hours that we're open. Our website is built on ColdFusion, > so I'm looking for a solution that utilizes that, or javascript. You'd > think this would be a simple thing to do, but I'm even having a hard > time formulating a search query that pulls up anything useful. > > I'm fairly new to javascript and VERY new to CF, so the simpler the > solution, the better. > > Thanks in advice for any advice anyone can offer, > > Laura > > -- > Laura Krier > > http://www.lauraek.net > http://kitchenilliterate.wordpress.com > -- Laura Krier http://www.lauraek.net http://kitchenilliterate.wordpress.com From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Thu Jun 10 17:53:46 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:53:46 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Augmented Reality Explained by Common Craft Message-ID: What it Teaches This video is an introduction to augmented reality - a new and growing way to use smartphones to learn about the world around you. This video introduces the technology and covers the basic applications. It includes >>> MORE << An Entertaining And Clear Explanation >>> Source and Link Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/29a6rth ] See You On The Radio [:-) /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Thu Jun 10 20:19:43 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:19:43 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] The Big QR > City of New York Blankets Times Square With Giant QR Codes Message-ID: To celebrate Internet Week 2010, the City of New York outfitted Times Square with giant QR codes earlier today. It?s called ?The City at Your Fingerprints? and eleven New York agencies participated in the interactive billboard initiative. Times Square denizens could use their smartphone barcode scanning app to scan the QR codes ? which were featured in an animated sequence on the Thomson Reuters building in Times Square from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET ? and pull up information relating to specific agencies being featured. [snip] These QR codes are certainly impressive to behold and are a nice first try from NYC Media, the agency behind the effort. [snip] !! Libraries > Wake Up And See The Future !!! BTW: If You Think I've Lost Patience W/ My Colleagues That Still Live In The 20th Century > You're Correct > Get A Clue !!! Full Story And Other Photos Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/2592sg6 ] !!! Thanks To Mashable Mobile For The Tweet !!! EnJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From edward.sanchez at marquette.edu Thu Jun 10 22:42:15 2010 From: edward.sanchez at marquette.edu (Sanchez, Edward) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:42:15 +0000 Subject: [Web4lib] ALA sessions: HoLTalk and Emerging Trends: Virtualization in Libraries Message-ID: <1D4224478C56464283ACE6893F19811B5FAC73@ITS-EXMBSTA1.marqnet.mu.edu> (This message is being sent to multiple lists; please excuse duplication.) Please join LITA: Heads of Library Technology (HoLT) for two exciting sessions at ALA Annual Heads of Library Technology Interest Group Meeting When: Sunday, June 27th (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM) Where: Hilton Washington, Room Independence Featuring HoLTalk, a roundtable discussion among library technology leaders, managers, and users concerning trend identification, planning, implementation, and maintenance of technology in a variety of library settings. Emerging Technologies: Virtualization in Libraries When: Monday, June 28th (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM) Where: Washington Convention Center, Room 143B/C A panel presentation on the use of virtualization technologies in large research, mid-size, and public libraries to reduce costs and staffing, improve reliability and security, and contribute to green initiatives. Speakers will represent a variety of backgrounds and types of libraries and will describe how virtualization in their setting is related to other emerging technologies such as cloud computing and identity management. Following the panel presentation, time will be available for questions and discussion. Featured panelists are: Dave Pcolar, Systems Specialist for University Libraries at UNC Chapel Hill; Stu Baker, Associate University Librarian for Library Technology at Northwestern University; and Matthew Hamilton, Library Innovation and Technology Manager at Boulder Public Library. ***************************************** Edward L. Sanchez Coordinator of Library Information Technology Marquette University 1355 West Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141 (414) 288-6043 Edward(dot)Sanchez(at)mu.edu Vice Chair/Chair Elect - Heads of Library Technology (HoLT) Interest Group From frias at usal.es Fri Jun 11 06:14:11 2010 From: frias at usal.es (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Antonio_Fr=EDas?=) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:14:11 +0200 Subject: [Web4lib] Last call for chapter proposals: Systems Science and Collaborative Information Systems: Theories, Practices and New Research Message-ID: <04db01cb094e$d6aea560$2201a8c0@FSC421211061107> LAST CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposals Submission Deadline: June 10, 2010 Systems Science and Collaborative Information Systems: Theories, Practices and New Research A book edited by Dr. Emilia Curr?s & Dr. Nuria Lloret Autonomous University Madrid, Spain; Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain To be published by IGI Global: http://igi-global.com/AuthorsEditors/AuthorEditorResources/CallForBookChapters/ CallForChapterDetails.aspx?CallForContentId=85324cc1-a2dd-4995-98ee-c04b2ddd277a Introduction A growing number of Information Systems can be observed in many domain areas. However, the developments and even the understanding of these cases have suffered from ad-hoc approaches, leading to an urgent demand for a proper theoretical foundation for the area. Furthermore, the rapid developments in the area and the nature of the paradigm are shaping the emergence of a new discipline, which needs to be built on a more sound theoretical platform. The rapid progress in computer networks and pervasive computing has established a new Information Systems scene, which has emerged during the last few years as a result of challenges faced by the business, social, and scientific worlds, as well as the rapid progress in information and communication technologies. Advanced and highly integrated supply chains, virtual libraries/virtual organizations, virtual (professional) communities, virtual laboratories/e-science, are all illustrations of a major trend in which entities seek collaborative/joint efforts that allow them to better participate in challenging and competitive opportunities. Objectives of the Book This book aims to: ? Assess the meaning and examine the impact of new Information services on our day-to-day activities from a range of contemporary technical and socio-cultural perspectives. ? Deepen understanding about the diverse range of tools and practices that make up the spectrum of the information Systems. ? Create a sound theoretical basis for information systems and new research opportunities in the field. Target Audience This book is intended for researchers, practitioners working in the field of information and communication technologies and knowledge management in various disciplines (e.g., education, library science, sociology, information and communication sciences, computer science and information technology), educational technologists, and all individuals who are interested in the impact of Information Services and emerging technologies on modern society, as well as the social implications surrounding the reformulation and fluidity of Information Services. Recommended topics include, but are not limited, to the following: Theoretical and scientific aspects in collaborative information systems, including: a. Theoretical and philosophical principles: "Informationism" b. Information systems from the systems science theories c. Intention to clarify what Information can be d. Information, in collaborative information systems, as a science in itself. e. Vertical integration of collaborative information systems f. Theoretical architecture in information systems Technology in collaborative information systems, including: a. Personal Search Software b. Metasearching / New Search Interfaces c. Semantic Web d. Automatic references e. Open source software for collaborative information services f. Open access in a collaborative scene Submission Procedure: Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 10, 2010, a 2-3 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter, including theoretical background of the work, methodology (if appropriate) and indication of outcomes. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 15, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters should be submitted by September 10, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in early 2011. Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to: Dr. Emilia Curr?s Autonomous University Madrid, Spain Tel.: +34 (0) 91 576 97 16 E-mail: emilia.curras at uam.es http://www.uam.es/emilia.curras And Dr. Nuria Lloret Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain CALSI Research Group Tel.: +34 (0) 96 3877390 Fax: +34 (0)96 3877399 E-mail: nlloret at upvnet.upv.es http://www.calsi.org And Jorge Ramos Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain CALSI Research Group Tel.: +34 (0) 96 3877390 Fax: +34 (0)96 3877399 E-mail: jorraal at upvnet.upv.es From listuser at chillco.com Fri Jun 11 09:07:28 2010 From: listuser at chillco.com (Cary Gordon) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:07:28 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Virtual library services enhancements In-Reply-To: <37E52B1DFED99A47A14C141C13E93A3837985AF6@COAEXCHVS1.anaheim.intranet> References: <37E52B1DFED99A47A14C141C13E93A3837985AF6@COAEXCHVS1.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: What is Web 2.0 for the public? Aren't we up to 6 or 7.0 yet? Do you mean social media integration? I think that a good, modern CMS is the best place to start for the first two. Cary On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > As part of our research in how to improve virtual services to our user community, I would like your input on how you have implemented the following at your library: > > > * ? ? ? ? Mobile Apps > > * ? ? ? ? Web 2.0 for the public > > * ? ? ? ? Tech Zoo > > * ? ? ? ? Staff Training > > Thomas Edelblute > Public Access Systems Coordinator > Anaheim Public Library > > First determine what you want to achieve, then obtain the best technology to attain that goal. > > > > ________________________________ > THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or telephone, and delete the original message immediately. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com From listuser at chillco.com Fri Jun 11 09:13:52 2010 From: listuser at chillco.com (Cary Gordon) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:13:52 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] pcs running more slowly as time passes In-Reply-To: References: <45751448A71EAC43962D93D2E8FD46071363EC03BF@GCC-EXCHANGE07.galwaycoco.ie> Message-ID: I agree with Jon. Modern consumer level drives are pretty much junk designed to deliver incredible specs for a bit, then die. Harkens to cars in the 60's -- planned obsolescence. Cary On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Jon Gorman wrote: > This isn't really on-topic, so I'd suggest posting on syslib-l or > perhaps even code4lib. ? I'll give some responses off the top of my > head since the questions already been asked.... > > > ?I could think of several reasons for this happening, although some > depend more on how this Juzt-Reboot works. ?(Is it restoring from a > secured image somewhere, is it just hammering the drive every time, > how often is it "restored", etc): > > 1) The drives are going. ?Have you run a disk check of some sort or a > utility like spinrite? > > 2) Ram is going. ?Again, what diagnostics have you run on the > computers? ?Any sort of memtest? > > 3) You aren't updating the images on the Juzt-Restore cards enough. > If there's some other machine on your network that is compromised, > these machines could be reverting to a clean slate, but then > immediately being compromised on startup by an virus/worm/trojan that > your anti-virus isn't recognizing. ?Is there any odd network traffic? > > 4) Your image on the Juzt-Restore has a compromise on it already. ?How > do you know it is clean? > > If I had to guess, I'd probably bet on number one. ?Drives don't last > forever. ?In fact I heard some recent statistics that showed a large > number nowdays only last between a year or two, particularly in high > use settings. ?How frequently do you replace yours? > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com From listuser at chillco.com Fri Jun 11 09:10:20 2010 From: listuser at chillco.com (Cary Gordon) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:10:20 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Alternatives to Feedblitz In-Reply-To: <4C10BE83.E6FB.003A.0@UTSouthwestern.edu> References: <4C10BE83.E6FB.003A.0@UTSouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: Drupal will do that, if you want to host your own solution. It's pretty easy to set up, and you do not have to use it for your website (although why wouldn't you ). Cary On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Antoinette Turner wrote: > Hi, > > We are considering finding a replacement for Feedblitz. ?Any suggestions for Feedblitz alternatives? ?What rss-to-email product does your library use? ?Does anyone use AWeber? > > Thanks, > Antoinette Turner > > > Antoinette Turner > Library Information Specialist > UT Southwestern Medical Center Library > 214-648-2711 > antoinette.turner at utsouthwestern.edu > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com From TEdelblute at anaheim.net Fri Jun 11 10:05:11 2010 From: TEdelblute at anaheim.net (Thomas Edelblute) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:05:11 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] pcs running more slowly as time passes In-Reply-To: References: <45751448A71EAC43962D93D2E8FD46071363EC03BF@GCC-EXCHANGE07.galwaycoco.ie> Message-ID: <37E52B1DFED99A47A14C141C13E93A3837985B3F@COAEXCHVS1.anaheim.intranet> Once upon a time, I had a paper from Intel that graphed out the hardware failure rate for PCs. It was pretty flat for the first three years, then spikes upward starting with the fourth year of operation and continues going higher after that. Of course, I also remember from my basic electronic instruction that 7% of all electronics fail out of the box. Tom -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:14 AM To: Jon Gorman Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] pcs running more slowly as time passes I agree with Jon. Modern consumer level drives are pretty much junk designed to deliver incredible specs for a bit, then die. Harkens to cars in the 60's -- planned obsolescence. Cary On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Jon Gorman wrote: > This isn't really on-topic, so I'd suggest posting on syslib-l or > perhaps even code4lib. I'll give some responses off the top of my > head since the questions already been asked.... > > > I could think of several reasons for this happening, although some > depend more on how this Juzt-Reboot works. (Is it restoring from a > secured image somewhere, is it just hammering the drive every time, > how often is it "restored", etc): > > 1) The drives are going. Have you run a disk check of some sort or a > utility like spinrite? > > 2) Ram is going. Again, what diagnostics have you run on the > computers? Any sort of memtest? > > 3) You aren't updating the images on the Juzt-Restore cards enough. > If there's some other machine on your network that is compromised, > these machines could be reverting to a clean slate, but then > immediately being compromised on startup by an virus/worm/trojan that > your anti-virus isn't recognizing. Is there any odd network traffic? > > 4) Your image on the Juzt-Restore has a compromise on it already. How > do you know it is clean? > > If I had to guess, I'd probably bet on number one. Drives don't last > forever. In fact I heard some recent statistics that showed a large > number nowdays only last between a year or two, particularly in high > use settings. How frequently do you replace yours? > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or telephone, and delete the original message immediately. Thank you. From charper at colgate.edu Fri Jun 11 12:37:53 2010 From: charper at colgate.edu (Cindy Harper) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:37:53 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] The Big QR > City of New York Blankets Times Square With Giant QR Codes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: How thoroughly American - getting us to expend more energy in order to get advertising. Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian Colgate University Libraries charper at colgate.edu 315-228-7363 On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:19 PM, gerrymck wrote: > To celebrate Internet Week 2010, the City of New York outfitted Times > Square > with giant QR codes earlier today. It?s called ?The City at Your > Fingerprints? and eleven New York agencies participated in the interactive > billboard initiative. > Times Square denizens could use their smartphone barcode scanning app to > scan the QR codes ? which were featured in an animated sequence on the > Thomson Reuters building in Times Square from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET ? and > pull up information relating to specific agencies being featured. > > [snip] > > These QR codes are certainly impressive to behold and are a nice first try > from NYC Media, the agency behind the effort. [snip] > > !! Libraries > Wake Up And See The Future !!! > > BTW: If You Think I've Lost Patience W/ My Colleagues That Still Live In > The > 20th Century > You're Correct > Get A Clue !!! > > Full Story And Other Photos Available At > > [ http://tinyurl.com/2592sg6 ] > > !!! Thanks To Mashable Mobile For The Tweet !!! > > EnJOY ! > > /Gerry > > Gerry McKiernan > Associate Professor > Science and Technology Librarian > Iowa State University Library > Ames IA 50011 > > Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs > > >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > From lhsiung at ucsc.edu Fri Jun 11 16:54:31 2010 From: lhsiung at ucsc.edu (Lai-Ying Hsiung) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:54:31 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Mobile Computing: ALA CRS Access To Continuing Resources, Sunday, June 27, 4-5:30 pm Message-ID: <4C12A287.8040508@ucsc.edu> The ALCTS CRS Access to Continuing Resources Interest Group invites you to attend: Re-thinking library business model for licensed digital contents under mobile and cloud computing Sunday, June 27, 2010, 4:00-5:30 p.m. J. W. Marriott--Grand BR III Exponential growth of mobile devices require libraries, vendors and publishers to re-think how to enhance user experience with library licensed digital collections on the go. As Google Editions allows the physical download of the digital into something tangible, challenging our notion of "ownership", how are we going to rewrite business rules? Come and hear our panelists' perspectives on this issue and possible future trends: Melissa Blaney, Publications Division Lead Web Analyst, American Chemical Society Chris Palma, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Google. Michael Porter, Communications Manager, WebJunction. Please join us for a lively discussion! For more information, please contact Lai-Ying Hsiung (chair, lhsiung at ucsc.edu)or Heather Staines (vice-chair, Heather.Staines at springer.com)of Access to Continuing Resources Interest Group. -- Lai-Ying Hsiung Head of Technical Services McHenry Library University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High St Santa Cruz, CA 95064 lhsiung at ucsc.edu 831-459-5166 Fax: 831-459-2473 From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Fri Jun 11 19:22:38 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:22:38 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] =?windows-1252?q?M-Libraries_2_=3E_A_Virtual_Library_In?= =?windows-1252?q?_Everyone=92s_Pocket?= Message-ID: Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham, editors / Facet Publishing, 2010. '...any public, academic, medical or special librarian whose users rely on mobile devices will benefit from learning about the cutting-edge applications explained here. it is a useful guide for info pros in corporate organisations, policy makers, researchers, developers, publishers and suppliers.' / Archana Vebkatraman, Information World Review Interest in m-library services has grown exponentially in the last five years, as libraries are recognizing the potential of ubiquitous and increasingly sophisticated mobile devices. Building on the highly regarded M-Libraries: libraries on the move to provide virtual access, this new book brings together research and case studies from all corners of the globe on the development and delivery of library services and content to mobile devices. Based on the proceedings of the Second International M-Libraries Conference held in Vancouver, this new collection of contributions from authorities in the field serves to demonstrate the ingenuity and creativity of developers and service providers in this area, ranging from the innovative application of basic mobile phone technology to provide information services in remote parts of the globe lacking internet access, to the development of new tools and technologies which harness the full functionality of popular mobile phones. Key topics include: [snip] May 2010; 320pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-696-1; ?44.95 Links To A-Z of Contributors and Order Form / Neal-Schuman order Avaialble At [ http://tinyurl.com/282fj4z ] ALSO >>> Links To Blog Posts About > First ML-Libraries conference, published book, and now free online content avaiable from [ http://tinyurl.com/dylqvh ] Second M-Libraries Conference Site [ http://tinyurl.com/c2tuy3 ] Third M-Libraries Conference > May 11-13 2011 > Brisbane, Australia [ http://tinyurl.com/247zkop ] enJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From lbell927 at yahoo.com Sat Jun 12 07:16:04 2010 From: lbell927 at yahoo.com (Lori Bell) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:16:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Web4lib] Sign up for Handheld Librarian 3 online July 28, 29, 2010 Message-ID: <169534.88225.qm@web52805.mail.re2.yahoo.com> TAP Information Services and LearningTimes Offer Handheld Librarian 3! More people than 1000 people attended the first ever Handheld Librarian Conference in July 2009? and the second Handheld Librarian conference in February 2010, both which featured a wide array of collaboration, learning and networking activities focused on Mobile Library Services!? The Handheld Librarian 3, organized by TAP Information Services and LearningTimes, will continue the dialog with a 2-day online conference scheduled for July 28 and 29, 2010 and is now accepting registrations at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org. ??The conference is sponsored by GuideByCell/GiveByCell, a company which is working with the American Library Association to assist libraries in getting started in the dynamic area of mobile giving.? The program will include a series of? wonderful keynote and featured speakers, collection of available resources, discussion boards, and access to the recording of all live events for one year after the conference.? More people than ever are using mobile devices for a wide variety of purposes including communication, internet access, text messaging, and entertainment. It is important that libraries provide mobile services as handheld use increases. The conference will feature four exciting keynote talks: ??????? Nicole Hennig, Head, User Experience Group ? MIT Libraries ??????? Lisa Carlucci Thomas, Digital Services Librarian, Southern Connecticut State University ??????? David Lee King, Digital Branch & Services Manager, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library ??????? Joe Murphy, Science Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction and Technology, Yale University, & Chad Mairn, Information Services Librarian, St. Petersburg College Registration for the conference is $69 per individual or $99 for a group.? LIS students can register for $29.? LIS students need to contact Lori Bell at lbell927 at gmail.com for a coupon code to register for the $29.? TAP Information Services provides a wide variety of high quality planning, consulting, research, and assessment services supporting libraries, consortia, government agencies, publishers, and other information-intensive organizations and helps libraries innovate. LearningTimes is the leading producer of online communitiesand online conferencesfor education and training.?? Their clients and partners include educational and cultural institutions, non-profit organizations, associations and membership group.? LearningTimesprovides the training, platforms, applicationsand unmatched expertiseto ensure success. Guide by Cell, the sponsor of the conference, ?is one of the largest provider of mobile technology solutions to the non-profit community. After launching the firm in 2005, Guide by Cell has created a network of over 500 NPO clients throughout North America, providing services ranging from cell phone audio guides, text message games and marketing solutions, iPhone downloadable applications. For more information on the conference, go to the conference site at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org.? If you have questions, please contact Tom Peters at tapinformation at yahoo.com, Lori Bell at lbell927 at gmail.com, or ?John Walber at LearningTimes at john at learningtimes.net. From tristanl13 at hotmail.com Sat Jun 12 14:15:52 2010 From: tristanl13 at hotmail.com (Trista Lumpkin) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:15:52 +0000 Subject: [Web4lib] Wireless Network Security Message-ID: Hi, I am the director of a very small, very rural library. We have a wifi signal that we currently have password protected. In lieu of the wifi, we give laptop users an ethernet cable to plug into outlets that are throughout the library. Unfortunately, I have found that many laptops have security that blocks this network from access the internet therefore making it useless. I would like to open up our wifi signal for public use. The reason that it is not currently open is because previously (before I worked here) they had someone logging onto the network and using up all the bandwidth and shutting the system down. I would like suggestions and/or advice on how to open the wireless network up and maintain the security of our system. We have two modems, so I believe we can keep our staff computers unavailable (they are on their own modem), but I don't want to compromise our public system either. Any and all response are appreciated!! Please email me off line tristanl13 at hotmail.com Thank you for your time, Trista Smith Director Darby Public Library _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Sat Jun 12 18:15:10 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:15:10 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Mobile Chemistry > Chemistry In Your Hands And In Your Face Message-ID: Antony Williams / Chemistry World / V.7 / No. 5 / May 2010 / The technology we've got used to accessing through our desktops is moving at high speed to our mobile phones, says Antony William Mobile chemistry has arrived. This short article will review some of the available tools and offers a view of what the near term future may hold for this domain. The author's bias is to the iPhone and iPad platform as he has access to both. Publishers [snip] Chemical Facts And Study Guides [snip]. Calculators [snip] Data Tables [snip] Drawing And Visualising Chemical Compounds [snip] Millions Of Compounds ChemMobi offers access to two databases of small molecules, each containing millions of compounds. Powered by the DiscoveryGate and ChemSpider web services, the app provides access to over 30 million chemical structures, enabling chemists to search for chemical names or identifiers and quickly retrieve associated information including chemical structures, calculated properties, commercial availability ..., synonyms, and material safety data sheet summaries. Ebooks [snip] Genius [snip] Antony Williams is vice president of strategic development at the RSC's chemistry search engine ChemSpider [snip] Also 'Related Links' Links To Source > Screen Shots > 'Related Links' [Cited Sites] Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/33njr4l ] See Also > ChemSpider Mobile Goes Live [ http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2010/06/chemspider-mobile-goes-live.html] BTW: Antony Williams / Vice President of Strategic Development, ChemSpider at Royal Society of Chemistry ; President at ChemConnector For The HeadsU !!! As Always > Any And All Other SciTechMed Mobile Apps/Sites/Initiatives > Are Of Interest ; Please Post As A Comment On The Associatedd Blog Entry For This Posting. !!! Thanks A Million !!! EnJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From listuser at chillco.com Sun Jun 13 10:49:19 2010 From: listuser at chillco.com (Cary Gordon) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:49:19 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] [lita-l] Wireless Network Security In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Since your library is small, you might want to consider the Belkin Play (http://is.gd/cNKkK) router. This device is really fast, can accommodate up to 50 users, has a guest mode -- separates staff and guest traffic -- and a "coffee shop" mode that presents a login page. Best part... $59 at Costco. These aren't perfect, but the price is right. Cary On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Trista Lumpkin wrote: > Hi, > I am the director of a very small, very rural library. We have a wifi signal > that we currently have password protected. In lieu of the wifi, we give > laptop users an ethernet cable to plug into outlets that are throughout the > library. Unfortunately, I have found that many laptops have security that > blocks this network from access the internet therefore making it useless. I > would like to open up our wifi signal for public use. The reason that it is > not currently open is because previously (before I worked here) they had > someone logging onto the network and using up all the bandwidth and shutting > the system down. I would like suggestions and/or advice on how to open the > wireless network up and maintain the security of our system. We have two > modems, so I believe we can keep our staff computers unavailable (they are > on their own modem), but I don't want to compromise our public system > either. Any and all response are appreciated!! Please email me off line > tristanl13 at hotmail.com > Thank you for your time, > Trista Smith > Director > Darby Public Library > > ________________________________ > The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with > Hotmail. Get busy. -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com From pjbracke at gmail.com Mon Jun 14 01:42:12 2010 From: pjbracke at gmail.com (Paul Bracke) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:42:12 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] (no subject) Message-ID: http://199.203.85.117/home.php From info at eduiconf.org Tue Jun 15 09:59:19 2010 From: info at eduiconf.org (EdUI Conference) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:59:19 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] edui 2010 Proposal Deadline Message-ID: For those of you looking for an opportunity to showcase a project, talk about web design, user experience or just about anything web, here's a quick reminder that the edUi 2010 deadline for proposals is about one month away. What is edUi? A learning opportunity for web professionals serving institutions of learning. When is edUi 2010? November 8-9, 2010 Where is edUi 2010? Charlottesville, VA Thanks! -Trey From pilkinton.10 at nd.edu Tue Jun 15 15:43:02 2010 From: pilkinton.10 at nd.edu (Carole Pilkinton) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:43:02 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Discovery Systems: Solutions a User Could Love? MARS Local Systems & Services Forum at ALA Message-ID: <4C17D7C6.2060703@nd.edu> The RUSA/MARS Local Systems & Services Committee invites you to join our discussion forum 'Discovery Systems: Solutions a User Could Love?' When: Sunday, June 27, 2010 from 1:30-3:30 pm Where: JW Marriott Hotel Washington DC (14th St NW at E St NW) Panelists include: - Marshall Breeding will provide an "Overview of Discovery Systems." - Scott R. Anderson will share Millersville University's experience with EBSCO's Discovery Service. - Dale Poulter will share Vanderbilt University's experience with Primo Central. - Ellen Safely will share the University of Texas at Dallas's experience with Innovative's Encore discovery platform. Our panelists will highlight the experiences of libraries that have implemented "next generation discovery tools" that provide access to library collections from a single search box. Panelists will focus their comments on user response and subsequent assessment of the local implementation. Discussion forum participants will be able to share their experiences with discovery tools and ask questions following the panelists. A summary of the key ideas will be available at http://connect.ala.org/node/104915 following Annual. -- Carole Pilkinton Head, Electronic Resources & Serials Access Department pilkinton.10 at nd.edu PH 574.631.8405 115B Hesburgh Library University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 From Sarah at techsoupglobal.org Tue Jun 15 18:16:09 2010 From: Sarah at techsoupglobal.org (Sarah Washburn) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:16:09 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] [lita-l] Wireless Network Security In-Reply-To: References: <411437810651EC42B86228A4139DF4F60796615E@cmexch.compumentor.org> Message-ID: <411437810651EC42B86228A4139DF4F60796618F@cmexch.compumentor.org> Hi Trista, There are numerous options when it comes to wireless security and authentication. We discuss many of these options in the first Chapter of our second MaintainIT Cookbook, which you can download from http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/files/CB2_Meal%20Plan%20One.pdf. A captive portal (sometimes called a wireless gateway) gives you lots of flexibility and control when managing your wireless network. However, it's one more device to install and maintain, so many libraries have decided to pay for two separate Internet connections, one for the public, and one for staff. I hope this helps! -sarah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarah Washburn Library Program Manager, TechSoup Global Twitter: TechSoup4Libs --> learn how TechSoup supports libraries: http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org and keep updated by signing up for our monthly newsletter ________________________________ From: Trista Lumpkin [mailto:tristanl13 at hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 11:16 AM To: web4lib at webjunction.org; lita-l at ala.org Subject: [lita-l] Wireless Network Security Hi, I am the director of a very small, very rural library. We have a wifi signal that we currently have password protected. In lieu of the wifi, we give laptop users an ethernet cable to plug into outlets that are throughout the library. Unfortunately, I have found that many laptops have security that blocks this network from access the internet therefore making it useless. I would like to open up our wifi signal for public use. The reason that it is not currently open is because previously (before I worked here) they had someone logging onto the network and using up all the bandwidth and shutting the system down. I would like suggestions and/or advice on how to open the wireless network up and maintain the security of our system. We have two modems, so I believe we can keep our staff computers unavailable (they are on their own modem), but I don't want to compromise our public system either. Any and all response are appreciated!! Please email me off line tristanl13 at hotmail.com Thank you for your time, Trista Smith Director Darby Public Library ________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. Get busy. From chodgson at niso.org Tue Jun 15 21:10:47 2010 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:10:47 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] NISO @ ALA -- Line-up of Programs and Related Sessions Message-ID: <00ff01cb0cf0$c109a430$431cec90$@org> NISO has a fabulous line-up of programs at the ALA Conference in Washington, D.C. From the pre-conference free program with BISG to the NISO Standards Update and presentations from working group members on specific projects, there?s something for just about every interest. Please join us for any or all of the programs below. Friday, June 25, 2010 NISO/BISG 4th Annual Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape Focus on the item: Understanding the end-user perspective For complete agenda, visit: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/ala2010/nisobisgforum Friday, June 25, 2010 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. Washington Convention Center, Room 150B NISO?AVIAC?(Automation Vendors Information Advisory Committee)?Meeting Open to the public. Anyone interested in discussing library systems and standards issues, please stop in. Topics from past meetings included: defining compliance, encouraging adoption, and open source software. Friday, June 25, 2010 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Renaissance Washington, Meeting Room 10/11 Saturday, June 26, 2010 Three S's of Electronic Resource Management: Systems, Standards and?Subscriptions Saturday, June 26, 2010 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Washington Convention Center, Room 152B Speakers: Todd Carpenter, NISO; Bob?McQuillan, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.; Oliver Pesch, EBSCO Moderator:?Sandy Hurd, Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Electronic Resource Management (ERM) encompasses a variety of practices and services that impact library staff and patrons. In this session, three panelists from the system vendor, subscription agent and academic library communities converge to discuss benefits and challenges of ?three S?s? integral to ERM: systems, standards and subscriptions.?Specific topics include: Systems ? ERM system overview, library staff benefits and patron benefits; Standards ? overview of current standards relevant to ERM and implementation challenges for stakeholders; and Subscriptions ? evolving role of electronic resource subscription services and customer benefits. This high-level overview is ideal for libraries that might be considering ERM solutions and existing ERM libraries that would benefit with an update on current developments. Sunday, June 27, 2010 CRS Standards Update Forum ALCTS Standards Committee for the Continuing Resources Section Sunday,?June 27, 2010 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. JW Marriott Hotel, Grand Ballroom III The Continuing Resources Standards Update Forum presents the latest news on standards and best practices affecting the management of continuing resources at American Library Association conferences. The session is presented by the ALA ALCTS Continuing Resources Section, Continuing Resources Standards Committee and generously sponsored by Swets. ? Institutional Identifier (I2) Grace Agnew -- Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems at the Rutgers University Libraries and co-chair of the NISO I2 (Institutional Identifier) Working Group -- will speak about the institutional identifier, a NISO project to create a globally unique identifier and metadata sufficient to identify an institution involved in the digital information supply chain.? Agnew will discuss the status of the work, including the draft metadata and scenarios of use and will solicit feedback on the work from members of the audience. ? ? A Rose by Any Other Name... But Could We Find It? Regina Romano Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator, Library of Congress will discuss the new NISO?E-journal Presentation and Representation Working Group. Inaccurate journal citations on journal websites and in journal aggregations cause problems for researchers and libraries alike. Unless such websites accurately and consistently list all the titles under which content was published, together with their related ISSN, user access to expensive content becomes a treasure hunt at best and an exercise in frustration at worst. NISO has created a working group charged with developing a Recommended Practice that will provide much-needed guidance on the presentation of e-journals particularly in the areas of title presentation, accurate use of the ISSN, and citation practices to publishers and platform providers. This presentation will provide some illustrations of the current situation and an overview of the NISO group's goals, potential strategies, and timeline. ? ? E-books and ISBNs One of the constant principles of ISBN over the last 40 years has been that it identifies a unique product (e.g. an edition of a book). This has facilitated discovery and acquisitions and enabled e-commerce, distribution and aggregation of product information. There has, however, been inconsistent implementation of ISBN for e-books, creating some confusion and problems, especially for the library community. Brian Green, Executive Director of the International ISBN Agency, looks at the e-book supply chain, discusses the International ISBN Agency's recommendations for the assignment of ISBNs to e-books and compares the different positions of ISBN and ISSN with regard to digital publications. NISO Update Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Washington Convention Center, Room 148 For the full event and description and agenda visit: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/ala2010/nisoupdate/ ? Journal Article Versions Lettie Y Conrad, Online Product Manager, SAGE Publications, Inc. ? Creation of File Formats B. Tommie Usdin,?President,?Mulberry Technologies, Inc., & Co-chair, NISO Standardized Markup for Journal Articles Working Group ? Supplementary Article Materials Linda Beebe, Senior Director of PsycINFO, American Psychological Association ? Ejournal Presentation Regina Reynolds, ISSN?Coordinator, Library of Congress IOTA?(Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics)?Poster Session Sunday, June 27 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Washington?Convention Center, Exhibit Hall Aisles 800-900-1000 LITA Standards Interest Group Sunday, June 27 -- PLEASE?NOTE?DATE?CHANGE 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Hilton Washington, Columbia 1 ? ISBN and New Identifiers in the E-book Universe Brian Green (International ISBN Agency) ? The ONIX Family of Metadata Standards for Books, Serials, and Usage Rights Mark Bide (EDItEUR) ? RFID Standards Update Vinod Chachra (VTLS), NISO RFID Revision Working Group Co-chair ? Institutional Identifiers: NISO Z39.94 Grace Agnew (Rutgers University), NISO?I2 Working Group Co-chair ? Standardized Markup for Journal Articles Jeff Beck (NCBI, NLM) and B. Tommie Usdin (Mulberry Technologies, Inc.), NISO?Working Group Co-chairs NCIP Implementers Group Social at ALA Annual Sunday,?June 27 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel Lobby Bar 999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Are you curious about NCIP, the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol? Want to know how to save staff time using this standard? Join the NCIP Implementers Group on Sunday, June 27 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Renaissance Hotel lobby bar for an informal, casual "meet and greet" event where people can mingle, chat and enjoy a beverage of their choice. The Implementers Group invites anyone who is interested in circulation interoperability for resource sharing, self service and interlibrary loan to join us. This will be a cash bar and everyone should plan to purchase their own beverages and appetizers. Address and other information about the restaurant are listed below. We hope to see you there! Walking directions to Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel from the Convention Center 1. Head west on Mt Vernon Pl NW toward 9th St NW (approximately 157 ft) 2. Turn left at 9th St NW. Destination will be on the left (approximately 410 ft) All NISO programs and related sessions are listed on the NISO @ ALA webpage (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/ala2010/). Cynthia Hodgson NISO Technical Editor Consultant National Information Standards Organization Email: chodgson at niso.org Phone: 301-654-2512 From nancy at thesmudge.com Wed Jun 16 10:07:18 2010 From: nancy at thesmudge.com (nancy) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:07:18 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> Is there a trend toward or away from academic library websites including the parent institution's navigation links and menus? Thanks, Nancy E. Sosna Bohm Reference and Web Services Librarian Lake Forest College sosna at lakeforest.edu From dkane at wit.ie Wed Jun 16 10:40:24 2010 From: dkane at wit.ie (David Kane) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:40:24 +0100 Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design In-Reply-To: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> References: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> Message-ID: Hi Nancy, In our case, the library website design is different from the main website design, partly because of my experience in the area of web development and partly because the library staff are very interested in updating the site with quality information. Library: http://library.wit.ie/ Institution: http://www.wit.ie/ I notice that many libraries in Ireland have their own design. Some of them are like this because they are using the OPAC to host some extra pages for information such as lending policy and opening hours. The OPAC is very often the only server that can be managed by library staff. The main site is generally the responsibility of the I.T. or Marketing departments. Therefore the library generally only gets a brief mention on the main site. David. On 16 June 2010 15:07, nancy wrote: > Is there a trend toward or away from academic library websites including the > parent institution's navigation links and menus? > > Thanks, > > Nancy E. Sosna Bohm > Reference and Web Services Librarian > Lake Forest College > sosna at lakeforest.edu > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > -- David Kane Systems Librarian Waterford Institute of Technology Ireland http://library.wit.ie/ davidfkane at googlewave.com T: ++353.51302838 M: ++353.876693212 From leo at leoklein.com Wed Jun 16 10:46:05 2010 From: leo at leoklein.com (Leo Robert Klein) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:46:05 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design In-Reply-To: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> References: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> Message-ID: <4C18E3AD.8080705@leoklein.com> On 6/16/2010 9:07 AM, nancy wrote: > Is there a trend toward or away from academic library websites including the > parent institution's navigation links and menus? I would say this is something University Administrators would love and Library Web Administrators would not. The University Administrator would point to the 'consistency' across all departments doing it this way. Library Web people would look at it as so much cruft in an already crowded interface whose primary goal -- teh Biblio -- is quite specialized. When you're looking for a couple of "scholarly sources" for your 10-page research paper, do you really need a top navigation that prominently displays links to Campus Admissions and Housing plus a search box that gives you results from the rest of the university's site? The better route, IMHO, is to focus more on faithfully following university identity and brand standards. LEO -- ------------------- www.leoklein.com (site) www.ChicagoLibrarian.com (blog) aim/msn/yhoo/goog: 'leorobertklein' -- ------------------------------- From anmitch at uab.edu Wed Jun 16 12:37:55 2010 From: anmitch at uab.edu (Nicole Mitchell) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:37:55 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Papers (software) & iPads Message-ID: Hey - We are trying to set up a user with a iPad to use Papers with our EZProxy but are having some trouble. We enter the URL http://www.lhl.uab.edu/8c/8.cgi??url=%@ but still no go. We found the nice instructions UMich has at http://www.lib.umich.edu/mlibrary-labs/using-papers-your-iphone-ipad-or-ipod-touch but when we get to the Authentication or Login Page none of our options work and leaving it blank doesn't work. Anyone out there gotten this to work? Thanks, nicole Nicole Mitchell, MLIS, MA Reference Librarian & Optometry Liaison Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) 1530 3rd Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35294-0013 205-934-2231 voice 205-975-8313 fax http://www.lhl.uab.edu/optometry/ From elong at uchicago.edu Wed Jun 16 13:02:43 2010 From: elong at uchicago.edu (Elisabeth Long) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:02:43 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design Message-ID: > > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:07:18 -0500 > From: "nancy" > Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design > To: > Message-ID: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Is there a trend toward or away from academic library websites including > the > parent institution's navigation links and menus? > > > The most successful I have seen are ones where rather than using the full navigation bar of the university, there is a thin, simplified bar at the top that provides institutional context and links back to the main university pages. This accomplishes university consistency without getting too confusing. See for example http://libraries.iub.edu/ which uses a simple maroon bar with the IU Bloomington logo to link back to the university pages. or http://www.lib.umn.edu/ which greys out the color of the univ link so it doesn't compete. this one also does include some of the navigation but rendered as plain text links (even the search) so it, again, doesn't compete with the main focus being the library page's functionality. From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Wed Jun 16 13:49:27 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:49:27 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Libraries and Mobile Technology: An Introduction to Public Policy Considerations Message-ID: There?s an App for That! Libraries and Mobile Technology: An Introduction to Public Policy Considerations / Timothy Vollmer [ALA Office Of Information Technology Policy / Policy Brief No. 3, June 2010] As the information revolution continues to unfold, libraries will experiment withmobile devices and services to support the information needs of their users whereverthey may be. The adoption of mobile technology alters the traditional relationships between libraries and their users and introduces novel challenges to reader privacy. At the same time, the proliferation of mobile devices and services raises issues of access to information in the digital age, including content ownership and licensing, digital rights management, and accessibility. This policy brief explores some of these issues, and is intended to stimulate further community discussion and policy analysis [snip] Enabling Libraries to Provide Expanded Services to Users Libraries can better serve their users by embracing the growing capabilities of mobile technology. They can promote and expand their existing services by offering mobile access to their websites and online public access catalogs; by supplying on-the-go mobile reference services; and by providing mobile access to e-books, journals, video, audio books, and multimedia content. [snip] Mobile devices and services therefore provide tremendous flexibility for those who wish to take advantage of library services. With a simple 3G connection, a user lying on a beach can access e-books and multimedia content via his or her local library. If a smartphone can always access a network, content can be continually streamed to the device over the network, providing content on demand and making it unnecessary to maintain a local copy of the material. By going mobile, then, a library takes a giant step toward becoming a round-the-clock service. [snip] Conclusions and Recommendations Mobile technology holds great promise for enabling libraries to provide enhanced services in a form users increasingly are demanding. If this promise is to be fully realized, however, libraries will need to conduct analyses and make smart decisions to address the issues outlined above, support staff education and explore partnerships and new funding models, and be prepared to compromise with respect to their traditional information delivery models. [more] Full Text Available From [ http://tinyurl.com/294xr46 ] BTW: TV > Thanks For The Acknowledgment [:-) !!! Thanks TO Gary Price / ResourceShelf / For The HeadsUp !!! eNjOy /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From Marie-Eve_Dugas at UCS.INRS.Ca Wed Jun 16 16:16:18 2010 From: Marie-Eve_Dugas at UCS.INRS.Ca (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dugas=2C_Marie-=C8ve?=) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:16:18 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Interactive wish list for collection development Message-ID: Am I asking for the moon? I might be looking for something that does not exist, but I thought this list would be the place to get some answers... I am looking for a tool/app/feature that could be of the "Amazon's-wish-list-meets-Digg-meets-Doodle" kind. I want something that will allow me to : 1- Make lists of the books I am considering for acquisition at the library, ideally one distinct list per domain covered. - Exactly like Amazon's wish list. 2- Share those lists with professors and other persons involved with collection development at my institution WITHOUT any account creation or login/password management on their part. - Again, Amazon does that. 3- Allow the persons to provide me with their opinions on whether I should buy each of the listed books or not. It could be done with a rating-like system (5 stars or hearts, for example. See http://digsbies.org/site/wishlist), or with a simple comment system. Once again, I don't want them to have to worry about logins and passwords to rate the book or leave a comment (since the info here is not sensitive, I don't mind other people stumbling on my lists), but I would like for them to leave a name when they rate or comment. Doodle does allow this, but does not meet my other requirements, see example : http://www.doodle.com/mu4q2qaxqcnxfpt6 Ideally, it would be a hosted solution... I've explored LibraryThing, Shelfari and the likes, but none of them allow multiple-person comments without login. So I think I'll have to find a solution where I'll post links to the book records on Amazon (or another book provider), but I still need to find a voting system that meets my requirements. Any ideas? Thank you for your help. Cheers, Marie-Eve Dugas Responsable du centre de documentation Courriel et MSN : marie-eve.dugas at ucs.inrs.ca Institut national de la recherche scientifique Centre Urbanisation Culture Soci?t? 385, rue Sherbrooke Est Montr?al (Qu?bec) H2X 1E3 T?l?phone : 514 499-4098 T?l?copie : 514 499-4065 www.ucs.inrs.ca From rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com Wed Jun 16 16:26:30 2010 From: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com (Robert L. Balliot) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:26:30 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Interactive wish list for collection development In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20B96A99676A4F598DBDBDCF820F499D@junior> Seems like you could do that with a hosted Wordpress blog fairly easily. All of the comment / sharing capabilities you mentioned exist either innately or as plug-ins. There is even Amazon Showcase as a WP plug-in: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-showcase-wordpress-widget/screens hots/ ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Dugas, Marie-?ve Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:16 PM To: 'web4lib at webjunction.org' Subject: [Web4lib] Interactive wish list for collection development Am I asking for the moon? I might be looking for something that does not exist, but I thought this list would be the place to get some answers... I am looking for a tool/app/feature that could be of the "Amazon's-wish-list-meets-Digg-meets-Doodle" kind. I want something that will allow me to : 1- Make lists of the books I am considering for acquisition at the library, ideally one distinct list per domain covered. - Exactly like Amazon's wish list. 2- Share those lists with professors and other persons involved with collection development at my institution WITHOUT any account creation or login/password management on their part. - Again, Amazon does that. 3- Allow the persons to provide me with their opinions on whether I should buy each of the listed books or not. It could be done with a rating-like system (5 stars or hearts, for example. See http://digsbies.org/site/wishlist), or with a simple comment system. Once again, I don't want them to have to worry about logins and passwords to rate the book or leave a comment (since the info here is not sensitive, I don't mind other people stumbling on my lists), but I would like for them to leave a name when they rate or comment. Doodle does allow this, but does not meet my other requirements, see example : http://www.doodle.com/mu4q2qaxqcnxfpt6 Ideally, it would be a hosted solution... I've explored LibraryThing, Shelfari and the likes, but none of them allow multiple-person comments without login. So I think I'll have to find a solution where I'll post links to the book records on Amazon (or another book provider), but I still need to find a voting system that meets my requirements. Any ideas? Thank you for your help. Cheers, Marie-Eve Dugas Responsable du centre de documentation Courriel et MSN : marie-eve.dugas at ucs.inrs.ca Institut national de la recherche scientifique Centre Urbanisation Culture Soci?t? 385, rue Sherbrooke Est Montr?al (Qu?bec) H2X 1E3 T?l?phone : 514 499-4098 T?l?copie : 514 499-4065 www.ucs.inrs.ca _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From Boze.1 at nd.edu Wed Jun 16 16:36:25 2010 From: Boze.1 at nd.edu (Andy Boze) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:36:25 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] [ANNOUNCEMENT] : June 2010 issue of ITALica, a weblog on libraries and information technology... Message-ID: <4C1935C9.7000303@nd.edu> Cross-posted; apologies for duplication. ********************************************* Hello friends, The June 2010 issue of /Information Technology and Libraries/ (ITAL), LITA's peer-reviewed quarterly journal, is online and accessible to all LITA members. Issues older than six months are open to all. ITAL's main page is at . ITALica , the weblog discussion area for ITAL, has been updated with information about the latest issue. ITALica features supplementary materials not included with the regular print and electronic versions of /Information Technology and Libraries/, such as "letters to the editor", updates to articles, and other materials we can't work into the journal. One of the most important features of ITALica is a forum for readers' conversations with our authors, wherein authors host and monitor discussion for a period of time after publication of their articles, so that you then have a chance to interact with them. ITALica offers you the opportunity to discuss with the following ITAL authors their papers in the latest issue: "Usability Studies of Faceted Browsing: A Literature Review" / Jody Condit Fagan "Reducing Psychological Resistance to Digital Repositories" / Brian Quinn "Web Services and Widgets for Library Information Systems" / Godmar Back and Annette Bailey "TUTORIAL: On the Clouds: A New Way of Computing" / Yan Han "FROM OUR READERS: The New User Environment: The End of Technical Services?" / Bradford Lee Eden No membership is required to view or participate in ITALica. We hope to see you there! -- Andy Boze Web site Manager, ITAL, for the Editorial Board From cmagnusson at ci.hibbing.mn.us Wed Jun 16 16:54:04 2010 From: cmagnusson at ci.hibbing.mn.us (Chris Magnusson) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:54:04 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Interactive wish list for collection development In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <55DC99E98941634DA829B136D71AF1E5718090@HIBBINGDC.hibbing.int> I thought LibraryThing or Shelfari might but both require a log in to write reviews. Chris Magnusson A/P Clerk / Website Technician City of Hibbing 401 East 21st Street Hibbing, MN 55746 218-262-3486 ext 712 218-312-9712 Fax/Voice Mail www.hibbing.mn.us http://www.facebook.com/cityofhibbing cmagnusson at ci.hibbing.mn.us -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Dugas, Marie-?ve Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:16 PM To: 'web4lib at webjunction.org' Subject: [Web4lib] Interactive wish list for collection development Am I asking for the moon? I might be looking for something that does not exist, but I thought this list would be the place to get some answers... I am looking for a tool/app/feature that could be of the "Amazon's-wish-list-meets-Digg-meets-Doodle" kind. I want something that will allow me to : 1- Make lists of the books I am considering for acquisition at the library, ideally one distinct list per domain covered. - Exactly like Amazon's wish list. 2- Share those lists with professors and other persons involved with collection development at my institution WITHOUT any account creation or login/password management on their part. - Again, Amazon does that. 3- Allow the persons to provide me with their opinions on whether I should buy each of the listed books or not. It could be done with a rating-like system (5 stars or hearts, for example. See http://digsbies.org/site/wishlist), or with a simple comment system. Once again, I don't want them to have to worry about logins and passwords to rate the book or leave a comment (since the info here is not sensitive, I don't mind other people stumbling on my lists), but I would like for them to leave a name when they rate or comment. Doodle does allow this, but does not meet my other requirements, see example : http://www.doodle.com/mu4q2qaxqcnxfpt6 Ideally, it would be a hosted solution... I've explored LibraryThing, Shelfari and the likes, but none of them allow multiple-person comments without login. So I think I'll have to find a solution where I'll post links to the book records on Amazon (or another book provider), but I still need to find a voting system that meets my requirements. Any ideas? Thank you for your help. Cheers, Marie-Eve Dugas Responsable du centre de documentation Courriel et MSN : marie-eve.dugas at ucs.inrs.ca Institut national de la recherche scientifique Centre Urbanisation Culture Soci?t? 385, rue Sherbrooke Est Montr?al (Qu?bec) H2X 1E3 T?l?phone : 514 499-4098 T?l?copie : 514 499-4065 www.ucs.inrs.ca _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From michelle.watson at deakin.edu.au Wed Jun 16 21:11:56 2010 From: michelle.watson at deakin.edu.au (Michelle Watson) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:11:56 +1000 Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have reproduced the University's look and feel in our Classic catalogue - see http://library.deakin.edu.au/, but changed the links so they relate to the catalogue. We have done significant usability testing and found that a consistent interface with links in the same spot improves navigability - e.g. students and staff are used to having links on the left hand side, so that is where they look. A similar look and feel also helps them know they are still within the Deakin site. Administration-wise it makes things easier to take on the university design - coding and styling has to be tweaked a bit as the catalogue is on a different server, but it means the library doesn't have to worry about designing, creating, then testing their own design. Cheers, Michelle. -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Elisabeth Long Sent: Thursday, 17 June 2010 3:03 AM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design > > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:07:18 -0500 > From: "nancy" > Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design > To: > Message-ID: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Is there a trend toward or away from academic library websites including > the > parent institution's navigation links and menus? > > > The most successful I have seen are ones where rather than using the full navigation bar of the university, there is a thin, simplified bar at the top that provides institutional context and links back to the main university pages. This accomplishes university consistency without getting too confusing. See for example http://libraries.iub.edu/ which uses a simple maroon bar with the IU Bloomington logo to link back to the university pages. or http://www.lib.umn.edu/ which greys out the color of the univ link so it doesn't compete. this one also does include some of the navigation but rendered as plain text links (even the search) so it, again, doesn't compete with the main focus being the library page's functionality. _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From yitzchak.schaffer at gmx.com Thu Jun 17 12:29:31 2010 From: yitzchak.schaffer at gmx.com (Yitzchak Schaffer) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:29:31 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design In-Reply-To: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> References: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> Message-ID: <4C1A4D6B.6000504@gmx.com> On 6/16/2010 10:07, nancy wrote: > Is there a trend toward or away from academic library websites including the > parent institution's navigation links and menus? > Not knowing any trends, I'll editorialize instead... >:) I am strongly pulled in the consistency direction; it seems to me more appropriate that all departments within the institution should have similar look and feel to their sites, from a user experience perspective. That said, we have our own Drupal-based site for our library system, totally independent of the college site; we check for updates to the college links each day and push them into our system. There are styling differences within the page, but the overall look and feel is maintainted. Compare these: http://www.touro.edu/lrc/oltutoring.asp [college] http://www.tourolib.org/services/guides-tutorials/evaluating-web-resources http://www.tourolib.org/about/news http://www.tourolib.org/faq -- Yitzchak Schaffer Systems Manager Touro College Libraries 33 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10010 Tel (212) 463-0400 x5230 Fax (212) 627-3197 Email yitzchak.schaffer at tourolib.org Access Problems? Contact systems.library at touro.edu From mitcheet at wfu.edu Thu Jun 17 13:55:49 2010 From: mitcheet at wfu.edu (Mitchell, Erik) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:55:49 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] ALA/LITA session - Cloud computing in libraries, June 26th 8am - 12pm, WCC 143A Message-ID: *Please redistribute* *Cloud computing for library services Saturday, June 26th, 2010 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Washington Conference Center - 143A* Join your colleagues for a discussion on cloud computing trends and projects in libraries at ALA 2010. The session will be held Saturday morning from 8am until 12 (full schedule below). To sign-up for a lightning round slot visit http://groups.google.com/group/alacloud/web/lightning-round-sign-up-page. This session will discuss how libraries can use cloud computing resources to deliver innovative, cost-effective, and scalable services. The session will include two panel discussions and participant lightning round. The panel discussions will focus on trends, uses, and case studies of cloud computing in library environments. Panel presenters include both library and IT industry experts. Schedule 8:00 - 9:00 Introductions & first panel session - Cloud computing in libraries: Definitions, needs, and trends 9:00 - 9:15 Break 9:15 - 9:45 First Lightning round session - 5 minute slots 9:50 - 11:00 Second panel session - Cloud computing projects and innovative ideas 11:00 - 11:50 Full lightning round session - 5 minute slots Program contents First panel discussion 8-9:00 am: Cloud computing in libraries: Definitions, needs, and trends ? This panel session will focus on providing an overview of what cloud computing is and how it is being used to fill needs in libraries. Panel members will each provide a short presentation and then the moderator will coordinate a discussion on common themes (75 minute session). *Presenters* - Marshall Breeding ? Vanderbilt University - Karen Coombs ? OCLC - Rosalyn Metz ? Wheaton College - Terry Reese - Oregon State University Second panel discussion 9:50 - 11:00: Cloud computing projects and innovative ideas ? This panel session will focus on providing the audience with short case-study style presentations from panelists. Following short presentations from each panelist, the moderator will coordinate a Q&A session (75 minute session). *Presenters* - Jason Clark ? Montana State University - Leslie Johnston ? Library of Congress - Erik Mitchell ? Wake Forest University - Chris Tonjes ? DC Public Library Lightning round: 11:00-12:00: Cloud computing solutions lightning round ? For the final section of the session audience members will volunteer to present 5 minute sessions on a cloud computing topic or application that they are working on. Participants will be solicited in the spring of 2010. (60 minute session) or may sign up to participate in the lightning round by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/alacloud/web/lightning-round-sign-up-page -- Erik Mitchell, Ph.D. Assistant Director for Technology Services Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University http://erikmitchell.info From mbelvadi at upei.ca Thu Jun 17 15:55:59 2010 From: mbelvadi at upei.ca (Melissa Belvadi) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:55:59 -0300 Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design Message-ID: <4C1A53A00200008D0002088C@grpwise.novell.upei.ca> We have for political reasons the same list of univ-wide links across the very top of our library web site that appear in that same position across the top of the main univ site, immediately above a full-width library banner design. In the two rounds of usability testing we just completed, we found that when we removed some of the graphics from our banner area (right below that line of links), we inadvertently increased the noticeability of the univ links above it, to the detriment of the subjects in the second round, who started using them to answer library specific questions, e.g. going to the univ staff page when asked to find the library staff page (missing the link to the library staff page that appeared elsewhere on our page). So we've responded by making that line of links in a much smaller font, and changing the "Staff & Faculty" link to say "UPEI Staff & Faculty". Haven't had a chance yet to do a third round of testing to see what impact this has had, but we're hopeful. http://library.upei.ca/ --- Melissa Belvadi Emerging Technologies & Metadata Librarian University of Prince Edward Island mbelvadi at upei.ca 902-566-0581 >>> On 6/16/2010 at 02:02 PM, Elisabeth Long wrote: >> >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:07:18 -0500 >> From: "nancy" >> Subject: [Web4lib] Academic library website design v. campus design >> To: >> Message-ID: <000001cb0d5d$3bfae890$b3f0b9b0$@com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Is there a trend toward or away from academic library websites including >> the >> parent institution's navigation links and menus? >> >> >> The most successful I have seen are ones where rather than using the full > navigation bar of the university, there is a thin, simplified bar at the top > that provides institutional context and links back to the main university > pages. This accomplishes university consistency without getting too > confusing. > > See for example > http://libraries.iub.edu/ which uses a simple maroon bar with the IU > Bloomington logo to link back to the university pages. > > or > http://www.lib.umn.edu/ which greys out the color of the univ link so it > doesn't compete. this one also does include some of the navigation but > rendered as plain text links (even the search) so it, again, doesn't compete > with the main focus being the library page's functionality. From avtaev at gmail.com Thu Jun 17 16:17:33 2010 From: avtaev at gmail.com (Aliaksandr Autayeu) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:17:33 +0200 Subject: [Web4lib] ANN: S-Match Open Source Updated Message-ID: =============================================================== S-Match Open Source Updated =============================================================== ANNOUNCING S-Match Open Source, new release. About S-Match ------------- S-Match is a semantic matching framework. S-Match takes any two tree like structures (such as database schemas, classifications, lightweight ontologies) and returns a set of correspondences between those tree nodes which semantically correspond to one another. S-Match applies as a solution in many fields, including: * information integration, * ontology evolution and alignment, * peer-to-peer information sharing, * digital libraries integration, * web service composition, * agent communication, and * query answering on the web. About Current Release --------------------- The release of 2010.06.16 contains these improvements: * improved CLI & API * added API demos * added AlignAPI integration * refactored configuration to be component-based * refactored datastructures for iterator-style access (for example, loading from a database) * refactored datastructures for sparse mappings * improved speed * updated third-party libraries * refactored match manager for easier integration * added simple XML loaders and savers * improved code comments Resources --------- Homepage: http://semanticmatching.org Download: http://semanticmatching.org/download.html Documentation: http://semanticmatching.org/documentation.html Mailing Lists: http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/s-match-announce Forums: http://sourceforge.net/projects/s-match/forums/ RSS News Feed: http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_keepsake.php?group_id=288592 From hamiltonm at boulderlibrary.org Thu Jun 17 17:23:37 2010 From: hamiltonm at boulderlibrary.org (Hamilton, Matthew) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:23:37 -0600 Subject: [Web4lib] POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Systems Librarian - Boulder Public Library *Please Excuse Crossposts* Message-ID: <081AC67ED8CC124A8DC5FB009465CE9B97AB2E64@MAILSERVER.boulder.local> To apply, go to the City of Boulder job site: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=4270 Feel free to contact the hiring manager, Matthew Hamilton, with questions at: hamiltonm at boulderlibrary.org Boulder Public Library website: http://boulderlibrary.org/ Systems Librarian-Boulder Public Library and the Flatirons Library Consortium Under limited supervision to administer the integrated library system for the Flatirons Library Consortium (Boulder Public Library, Louisville Public Library, and Maime Doud Eisenhower Public Library). Manages the web-based events calendar and virtual reference tools, and performs related duties as required for the Boulder Public Library and the City of Boulder. Duties & Responsibilities: 1. Administers and supports the integrated library system (ILS) for the Flatirons Library Consortium (FLC). (40%) This includes: * Manages all systems operations and oversees the production of statistical reports. * Acts as primary contact to ILS vendor for acquiring bids and new software modules, reporting problems, and requesting support. Handles all system upgrades. * Works collaboratively to support library acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, reference teams by researching, evaluating, recommending and testing new software, hardware and techniques for information delivery that improve access and are compatible with the ILS. * Coordinates with Library Innovation & Technology (LIT) staff on troubleshooting and reporting ILS issues to the vendor and the planning, implementation and operation of all technology that affects the ILS used by the Boulder Public Library (BPL) system and consortium member systems. * Manages the interface and handles billing of third party software and/or vendors that support the ILS. * Supports the LIT Manager in creating the annual ILS billing for the consortium, pro-rating costs based on several measured factors. * Serves as one of the representatives of BPL and FLC to address logistical issues with the InnReach system (Prospector). * Works with supervisor to predict trends, evaluate long range needs and recommend solutions for library ILS and logistical issues. 2. Trains BPL staff on relevant modules of the ILS. Evanced, and Springshare including upgrades and new products. Trains key consortium staff on relevant modules of the ILS including upgrades. (25%) 3. Serves as an advisor to the BPL leadership team, LIT Manager, and the FLC directors on matters concerning the ILS and associated technology. (10%) 4. Administers the Evanced events calendar, meeting room reservation, and Summer Reading program software; and the Springshare LibGuides and LibAnswers software. Advises the LIT Manager on how these tools are used. (15%) 5. Monitors Web feedback e-mail: replies to patron comments and questions, or forwards to appropriate library personnel in a timely manner. (5%) 6. Attends and contributes to the following meetings to stay informed about changes and trends and to support other departments on matters of service delivery as it relates to the ILS: collection development steering committee and Public Service Team (monthly), and FLC committees (as needed). 7. Maintains membership in Innovative Users Group and attends regional and national meetings and trainings, as budget allows. 8. Other: * Performs related duties as required by management to meet the needs of the city. * Takes proper safety precautions to prevent accidents. Responsible for the safety of self, others, materials, and equipment. Uses all required safety equipment and follows all safety regulations, policies and procedures. Reports all accidents and damage to city property. * Responsible for knowing and complying with all city and department policies; participating in professional trainings and development; and adhering to attendance and workplace attire policies. Generally, duties and responsibilities are listed from most to least critical or time consuming. The City of Boulder is committed to hiring employees who provide excellent customer service. Our employees act with a high level of integrity, and take responsibility for their words and actions. City of Boulder employees strive to respect and appreciate each individual's difference, and to work effectively with all people and their diverse backgrounds. We support candid and honest interactions, which respect other points of view, and are sensitive to communication differences. We achieve organizational goals through inclusive problem-solving, planning and decision-making. Community partnerships are included in this effort. REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: MLS from ALA accredited school or Master's degree from accredited school in a related field such as computer science or management information services, a minimum of three years of experience with support of an integrated library system; experience working with Linux servers; experience with HTML and CSS; experience administering library software tools such as event calendars, room reservation,virtual reference tools, etc.; demonstrated experience in project management and training; ability to master and administer a wide variety of general software applications including all Microsoft Office products, as well as specific products associated with library functions; knowledge of computer-based resources and services; understanding of MARC format and indexing functions; knowledge of protocols for search and retrieval, messaging and networking such as Z39.50 and FTP; excellent organizational, analytical and communications skills; strong commitment to responsive and innovative service and a desire to master new technologies and remain current; ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing; and demonstrated ability to work with library staff in a team environment with varying levels of technological expertise, as well as to make technology understandable and appealing to staff and patrons. Have and maintain acceptable background information including criminal conviction record and credit history. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS - In addition to the required minimum qualifications: Five or more years working with an ILS vendor at a highly technical level. In depth knowledge of Innovative Interfaces, Inc. integrated library system. Experience with Open Source software developments and OPAC redesign. Experience working in a Linux-based PHP/MySQL environment. Experience working with a Web Content Management System such as Drupal. Knowledge of Java clients, and how ILS software and Java clients interact with the staff desktops, running Microsoft XP or Vista. Knowledge of various printer drivers; receipt, network and label printers, and how they integrate with the ILS server. Familiarity with logic trees that can create circulation rule tables for the three consortium libraries. Experience in daily, weekly and monthly monitoring of the ILS Server. Experience working with ILS to make upgrades and enhancement installations seamless. WORKING CONDITIONS - Required Physical and Mental Effort, and Environmental Conditions: Physical and Mental Effort: Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities that permits the employee to communicate effectively on the telephone and in person. Sufficient vision or other powers of observation that permits the employee to review, evaluate and prepare a variety of written documents and materials. Sufficient manual dexterity that permits the employee to operate computer equipment and other office equipment. Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, which permits the employee to work in an office setting. Work may include extended periods of time viewing a computer video monitor and/ or operating a keyboard. Ability to work under stress from demanding deadlines, public contact, and changing priorities and conditions. Work Environment: Works primarily in a clean, comfortable environment. Works in a setting subject to continuous interruptions and background noises. Machines and equipment used include, but are not limited to the following: Personal computer, ILS vendor server; library web server, receipt printers, network printers, label printers and associated drivers. Phones and fax/photocopiers. Self checkout devices, bar code scanners, and any other vendor-specific equipment. ACCOMMODATIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. Note: The above description is illustrative only. It is not meant to be all-inclusive. To apply, go to the City of Boulder job site: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=4270 Feel free to contact the hiring manager, Matthew Hamilton with questions at: hamiltonm at boulderlibrary.org Boulder Public Library website: http://boulderlibrary.org/ Matthew Hamilton Library Innovation and Technology Manager Boulder Public Library matthew.hamilton at boulderlibrary.org 303 720 6665 From tramullas at unizar.es Fri Jun 18 07:56:20 2010 From: tramullas at unizar.es (=?windows-1252?Q?Jes=FAs_Tramullas?=) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:56:20 +0200 Subject: [Web4lib] Call for chapters: Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4C1B5EE4.3010405@unizar.es> Call for Chapter Proposals Proposal Submission Deadline: July 10, 2010 Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape A book edited by Dr. Jes?s Tramullas and Dr. Piedad Garrido University of Zaragoza (Spain) ## Introduction Library automation was an interesting research topic and a classical development in the eighties and nineties. However, during the last decade, big research effort was centered in digital libraries, leaving library automation in the background. Nevertheless, the beginning of web 2.0 and social networks favored the resurgence of library automation, since available methods and techniques made possible the design and implementation of novel ways of managing, accessing and dissemination of the information throughout libraries and information services. The combination of different technologies previously used in digital libraries, the integration of social network tools, and the popularization of digital information access through specialized devices have made possible that the research community, professionals and users of librarian systems and networks take up interest in library automation again, and user interaction, by means of OPACs 2.0. As a result, a new research trend is being carried out. It includes the basis, techniques and tools for library automation, specially centered in information access from the end-users? perspective, as service receivers, as well as active participants in the enrichment, participation and dissemination process of the digital information products. In this field of knowledge, the research and development has focused on information standards, data treatment and labeling, semantic web, information visualization, user interfaces, information literacy, e-books, social networks, etc. The interaction between digital world and social world has created the library 2.0 concept, an expression which integrates them. In order for library 2.0 to be possible, it is necessary for the research, development and smart integration of technological solutions, which assist users to satisfy their information access requirements. ## Objectives The objective of this book is to provide a reference source about theoretical and technical foundations of library automation in library 2.0 context. This publication will compile both the state of the art, and the key innovative projects about the matter. ## Topic Areas This book will invite submissions describing ongoing innovative work and applications on these interdisciplinary areas coving library automation, library 2.0 technologies and services, innovative OPACs, library data visualization, social networks on libraries, theory and best practices, metadata, etc. Specifically, book chapters include, but are not limited to: New and innovative library systems OPAC 2.0 products User interfaces for libraries and library systems. Library 2.0 services and products Library 2.0 user information behavior Social networks on libraries 2.0 Library data visualization. Collaborative technologies on libraries Semantic libraries and open data Theory and reflection about library 2.0 ## Submission Guidelines Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 10, 2010, a 2 to 3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the missions and concerns of his proposed chapter, as a PDF or DOC file attachment to the editors (tramullas at unizar.es or piedad at unizar.es). The proposal should contain the following information: 1. Name of the book chapter 2. Name of author(s), email address and affiliation 3. Technical area covered in the chapter 4. Main contributions which will be made by author(s) 5. Technical novelty of the contribution 6. Detailed table of contents of the chapter Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 25, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by November 5, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Publisher To be published by IGI Global: http://igi-global.com/AuthorsEditors/AuthorEditorResources/CallForBookChapters/CallForChapterDetails.aspx?CallForContentId=4ae6e1c4-904b-4d83-8a4a-9ece2171fccb ## Important Dates: July 10, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline July 25, 2010: Notification of acceptance/rejection November 5, 2010: Full chapter submission December 5, 2010: Reviews Results Returned January 20, 2011: Revised Chapter Submission January 30, 2011: Final Deadline Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded to: Dr. Jes?s Tramullas (tramullas at unizar.es) or Dr. Piedad Garrido (piedad at unizar.es) -- "Nunca la bandera arriada" Ernest Shackleton --#------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Jes?s Tramullas http://tramullas.com Dept. Ciencias Documentaci?n // Information Sciences Dep. Universidad de Zaragoza 50009 Zaragoza (Espa?a) -----------------------------------------------------------#-- From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Fri Jun 18 11:40:57 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:40:57 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] 2010 Top Ten Trends In Academic Libraries: A Review Of The Current Literature Message-ID: Colleages/ Mobile Libraries In The News Again And On The Same Day ! [:-) /Gerry College & Research Libriaes News / vol. 71 no. 6 / pp. 286-292 / June 2010 ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee The ACRL Research, Planning and Review Committee, a component of the Research Coordinating Committee, is responsible for creating and updating a continuous and dynamic environmental scan for the association that encompasses trends in academic librarianship, higher education, and the broader environment. As a part of this effort, the committee develops a list of the top ten trends that are affecting academic libraries now and in the near future. This list was compiled based on an extensive review of current literature (see selected bibliography at the end of this article). The committee also developed an e-mail survey that was sent to 9,812 ACRL members in February 2010. Although the response rate was small (about five percent), it helped to clarify the trends. The trends are listed in alphabetical order. [snip] Explosive growth of mobile devices and applications will drive new services. Smart phones, e-book readers, iPads, and other handheld devices will drive user demands and expectations. The 2009 ECAR study of undergraduate students and information technology found that 51.2 percent of respondents owned an Internet-capable handheld device and another 11.8 percent planned to purchase one within the next 12 months.8 Students indicated that they most wanted to use their institution?s e-mail service, administrative services, and course management system from their handheld devices. While only 14.8 percent of respondents indicated that they wanted to use library services, this percentage is likely to grow quickly, as vendors offer mobile interfaces to electronic resources, mobile applications for OPACs increase, and more libraries offer reference services via text messaging and mobile interfaces to their own digital collections. Librarians will need to think creatively about developing services for users of mobile devices and take into account both user needs and preferences and the relationship of services to the academic program of their institution.9 Regardless of the services a library chooses to offer, there will be staffing, training, budgeting, marketing, and instruction implications. [snip] Full HTML and PDF Text Available Free-Of-Charge From [ http://tinyurl.com/2488kzo ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From mbfaccioli at yahoo.com Fri Jun 18 20:01:09 2010 From: mbfaccioli at yahoo.com (Mary Beth Faccioli) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:01:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Web4lib] resources on server admin In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <84194.86914.qm@web110601.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Apologies for any cross-posting duplication At the recommendation of my Drupal consult guy, I am considering Slicehost (http://www.slicehost.com/) to run a Drupal site that is suffering from some performance issues. I'm currently on a shared host and can't run APC. I would like to school myself in the basics of setting up a LAMP stack and some of the other more basic admin tasks I'd need to take on if I go this route, so I can see how realistic this is for me. If anyone can suggest any resources for getting started with this, I'm seeking any and all recommendations. Thanks in advance! Mary Beth Faccioli, MLIS Instructional Design & Technology Consultant Colorado State Library From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Fri Jun 18 22:47:12 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:12 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Scopus Alerts (Lite) foriPhone Message-ID: Take your research with you. If you?re passionate about your research project, you probably have ideas coming to you in your sleep. Now you don?t even need to get out of bed to search for the latest content: reach for your iPhone and use the Scopus Alerts (Lite) mobile app to find articles, create alerts, make notes, and share links instantly. Features & Functionality Whatever your science, when you?re away from the lab but need to keep in touch with the latest research, use the Scopus Alerts (Lite) mobile app to: ? Search across thousands of scholarly journals from more than 5000 international publishers; ? Save the important abstracts in one place for easy look-up; ? Set up and review email alerts for your favourite searches; ? Set up email alerts for when an author cites a particular article; ? Annotate records with your own notes; ? Share article links through email or twitter. Searching & Saving: When a speaker references some research at a conference, look it up straight away and see who the authors are, where they?re from and what other work they cited. Store article details in one accessible place and save the links to read later. Alerting: If you?re a published author you?ll want to know when one of your peers cites your work. Set up an email alert on any article and receive a notification when someone cites it. You can also create alerts for your favourite searches so that when anything is published that relates to your specific field, you?ll know straight away. Annotating & Sharing: Write notes and append them to an article for use back in the lab; you can send article links to yourself via email to read when you?ve more time. Or share links to articles with colleagues and staff with questions and comments attached. If it?s a really significant paper you can share the link with the world through twitter. Next Up? We pay close attention to your reviews in Apple's iTunes store; they fuel future developments both for this app and for future apps. Please give suggestions for features or other app ideas by submitting comments in the review area of the app store. We will use this feedback to guide our overall approach to mobile devices. Getting Started The Scopus Alerts (Lite) app is available to existing subscribers. You may therefore already have a username and password for the website but if not, here are a few steps to set one up: [snip] Link To Source And Aoo Store App Avaulable From [ http://tinyurl.com/26fp9wr ] EnJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>> From rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com Sat Jun 19 11:32:07 2010 From: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com (Robert L. Balliot) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:32:07 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Food, Glorious Food at ALA Message-ID: <51AC830123AD4E4AAE37125C9041B436@junior> Best of PubLib Editor in Washington, DC - Elisa Babel - provides a review and recommendations for some of her favorite restaurants and eateries convenient to the American Library Association annual convention: Food, Glorious Food ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* From stacy.pober at manhattan.edu Sat Jun 19 13:07:55 2010 From: stacy.pober at manhattan.edu (Stacy Pober) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:07:55 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog Message-ID: Renata Dyer wrote: > Also, KOHA became quite big in recent years and you can relatively easily > find help form either community of suers or a commercial company such as > the LibLime. If you are interested in Koha, for a small library, the open source version is the one I would recommend. Liblime recently announced that they plan to migrate all their customers to one of their own versions of Koha, so you would have to go elsewhere if you wanted to use the official open source version. .Liblime will only be offering Liblime Enterprise Koha (LEK) and Harley, another version with a separate development track. The library I work for is in a group that is involved in the development of the Liblime Enterprise "fork" of Koha. LEK development seems to be a hybrid of the open source and proprietary ILS models. It has the buggy software and development headaches seen by beta testers of open source software, with the cost of a proprietary ILS. LEK lacks some features that you might expect in an ILS, such as stopwords and the ability to click on a subject heading to produce a search of the full heading. The support from Liblime improved this year when PTFS bought the company, but unfortunately the major problems with the Enterprise Koha software remain. LEK code is currently private, so it's effectively proprietary software and no other company offers support for that version of Koha. There is another version Liblime offers called Harley. The code for Harley was recently released, so the 'vendor lock-in' may not be an issue there, but I don't know whether it is any better or worse than LEK as to missing features, bugs, and other peculiarities. If you use any Koha version other than the official one, you're going to be giving up some of the support from the user community that is one of the appealing features of open source software. If you're automating a small library with Koha, you'll probably be better off if you set up your own Debian server and install the official open source version of Koha. If you can't run your own server but want to use Koha, consider one of the vendors that support the community Koha version. That way, you won't have to be so dependent on the vendor for support, and can more easily migrate to another vendor if you find one that better suits your needs in the future. The open source Koha community moved to a new website, but search engines haven't quite caught up with this change. If you want to use the current open source version of Koha you can download it from: -- Stacy Pober Information Alchemist Riverdale, NY 10471 stacy.pober at manhattan.edu >> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog >> To: Sharon Foster >> Cc: learnrt at ala.org, T is For Training >> , web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org, >> nexgenlib at googlegroups.com, publib at webjunction.org, >> web4lib at webjunction.org >> Message-ID: >> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Stephanie, >> I know this slide is old but you may find it interesting: >> http://www.slideshare.net/vimal0212/open-source-library-management-systems >> . >> >> Also, KOHA became quite big in recent years and you can relatively easily >> find help form either community of suers or a commercial company such as >> the LibLime. >> >> I think LOC will provide MARC records free of charge - not sure how you >> can automate the system; maybe you should consider an LMS with Z39.50 >> functionality that will enable you to do copy cataloguing on the go. >> Meaning you will need to open one of the public z39 opacs; perform your >> search for ISBN with a scanner and then when a record is identified you >> revise, make changes and save to your LMS. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Renata Dyer >> Manager, Systems and Electronic Services >> High Court of Australia Library >> Canberra, ACT 2604 >> ph: 02 6270 6916 >> >> >On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Stephanie Zimmerman wrote: > Hi, > > (Please excuse cross-postings) > > One of my coworkers was awarded a grant and is required to organize a small > library at a local Youth Intervention Center. Here's what she is asking... > > "As part of the grant we?re receiving from United Way, we?ve agreed to > organize the YIC library. We were hoping to create documentation of > everything the YIC owns. Rather than enter this into a spreadsheet on our > own, we were wondering what kind of free library software is out there? I > have heard of some for MAC that are not free, like Monster Delicious ? where > you use the iSight to scan ISBN and it loads all the information (title, > author, publication, etc.) into a program that looks much like iTunes. Do > you know of anything free for a PC that we could do something similar, but > with a normal scanner like we use for checking out library books? Like > perhaps we could scan ISBN?s and it would bring up all the information into > a program? We would use this information to make quality book purchases for > the future ? by seeing what topics we need more of and so on?" > > I did some research on Library Thing but don't see a way to scan the books > in which would save a lot of time. Does anyone know of any free or low cost > way to do such a thing? > > Thanks for your time! > > Sincerely, > > Stephanie Zimmerman > Training Coordinator > Library System of Lancaster County > 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107 > Lancaster PA 17601 > phone: 717.207.0500 x 1281 > fax: 717.207.0504 > email: szimmerman at lancasterlibraries.org > website: www.lancasterlibraries.org > Training Blog: http://lslctraining.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Publib mailing list > Publib at webjunction.org > https://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib > > From krichel at openlib.org Sat Jun 19 13:39:30 2010 From: krichel at openlib.org (Thomas Krichel) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:39:30 +0200 Subject: [Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20100619173930.GA13521@openlib.org> Stacy Pober writes > If you're automating a small library with Koha, you'll probably be > better off if you set up your own Debian server and install the > official open source version of Koha. Could not agree more. This is becoming real easy with the releave of a Debian package for koha, the work of the great and good Lars Wirzenius http://koha-community.org/new-debian-apt-repository-for-experimental-ko\ ha-packages/ Before that, it was not all that difficult either. I ran a course in January at Long Island University's Palmer school. All students got koha up and running in 3 days, with no Debian experience whatsoever. My material for the course is at http://wotan.liu.edu/home/krichel/courses/lis508/ Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel From eye at suu.edu Sat Jun 19 16:42:41 2010 From: eye at suu.edu (John Eye) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:42:41 -0600 Subject: [Web4lib] Assistant Professor of Library Media/Electronic Services Librarian Message-ID: <4C1CD7610200004E0009E9F7@gwise2.suu.edu> Assistant Professor of Library Media/Electronic Services Librarian Southern Utah University?s Gerald R. Sherratt Library invites applications from individuals with vision, creativity, energy, and initiative. Founded in 1897, Southern Utah University is a liberal arts residential university featuring personalized and participative programs. Nestled in the heart of beautiful Southern Utah, famous for its colorful national parks, high desert scenery and home of the Utah Shakespearean Festival, SUU is one of the fastest growing institutions in the state. RESPONSIBILITIES The Electronic Services Librarian will administer and develop all aspects of electronic services including library website, catalog interface(s), and other electronic services following best practices in usability and accessibility; manage Web 2.0 and mobile applications within the library?s web infrastructure; evaluate, recommend, implement and support emerging technologies; gather, monitor, and evaluate usage statistics; chair library?s web committee; provide instruction on tools and software; serve as backup for ILS; assist in developing and maintaining online courses; support marketing efforts. Teach face-to-face and online courses, participate in required academic university responsibilities (i.e. scholarly activity, professional and community service) and complete reference desk and collection development responsibilities. QUALIFICATIONS MLS from accredited library school or equivalent education required; potential for earning tenure; experience in web design, development, graphic design, and video editing software; ability to write effectively for the web; flexible, team-oriented; excellent interpersonal, organization and communication skills; ability to work independently and collegially; positive service attitude. Desired starting date: Fall 2010. Complete job description and application at http://jobs.suu.edu. University benefits at www.suu.edu/ad/hr/benefits.html. Call 435-704-4666 to meet with Dean of the Library at ALA. From digitalscholarship at gmail.com Mon Jun 21 11:45:06 2010 From: digitalscholarship at gmail.com (Charles W. Bailey, Jr.) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:45:06 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] PDF: Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2008 Annual Edition Message-ID: <4C1F8902.9090902@gmail.com> This June is the twenty-first anniversary of PACS-L, an early mailing list. PACS-L facilitated the establishment in August 1989 of The Public-Access Computer Systems Review (PACS Review), one of the first open access journals published on the Internet. In turn, a PACS Review experiment resulted in the establishment of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography in October 1996, which led to the establishment of Digital Scholarship in April 2005. See "A Look Back at 21 Years as an Open Access Publisher" for details. http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/21/21years.htm To commemorate these events, Digital Scholarship has released a free PDF version of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2008 Annual Edition. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/sepb2008.pdf -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://digital-scholarship.org/ From ATLA at gatesfoundation.org Mon Jun 21 13:06:21 2010 From: ATLA at gatesfoundation.org (ATLA) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:06:21 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's 2011 Access to Learning Award (ATLA) Message-ID: *Apologies for multiple/cross postings* The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications to its 2011 Access to Learning Award (ATLA), which recognizes the innovative efforts of public libraries and similar institutions outside the United States to connect people to information and opportunities through free access to computers and the Internet. The award is given by Global Libraries, an initiative of the foundation's Global Development Program. The recipient of the Access to Learning Award will receive $1 million (U.S.). Computers and the Internet are powerful tools that provide opportunities for people to improve their social and economic well-being. Worldwide, just one person in six has access to the Internet. This means that more than five billion people miss out on chances to pursue education and employment, access government services, learn about valuable health information, conduct business online, and exchange information and ideas. The Access to Learning Award encourages new, innovative ways to provide computer and Internet services to people without access, and promotes greater development of public access technology programs around the world. The Access to Learning Award honors innovative organizations that are opening a world of online information to people in need. The foundation's Global Libraries initiative invites applications from libraries and similar organizations outside the United States that have created new ways to offer these key services: -Free public access to computers and the Internet. -Public training to assist users in accessing online information that can help improve their lives. -Technology training for library staff. -Outreach to underserved communities. Please note: -Applications are open to institutions outside the United States that are working with disadvantaged communities. -To be eligible, the applying institution must allow all members of the public to use computers and the Internet free of charge in a community space. Applications for the 2011 Access to Learning Award must be submitted via an online submission process by September 30, 2010. The application form is available only in English and must be completed in English to be eligible for consideration. You may find additional information on eligibility requirements and the process of selection at: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ATLA Specific inquiries may be emailed to the ATLA Administrator at atla at gatesfoundation.org From celestihel at gmail.com Mon Jun 21 14:14:33 2010 From: celestihel at gmail.com (Helen L) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:14:33 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Join Us on the NETSL Board! 2nd Call for Nominations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The New England Technical Services Librarians(NETSL) are holding elections to fill open positions on the Board. The following positions on the 2010-2011 Executive Board are open, terms begin October 2010 at the NELA Annual Conference: * Corresponding Secretary (one-year term) * Recording Secretary (one-year term) * Treasurer (one-year term) * Vice President/President-Elect (three-year term) After serving as VP for one year, the VP succeeds to the office of President, then remains a third year on the Board as Past President. The VP must be, or become, a member of the ALCTS division of the American Library Association in addition to being a NETSL member. VP candidates write a personal statement (approximately 150 words) outlining their background and interests, which will be included on the ballot. If you are interested in running for a Board office, please contact Amy Hart at netslpresident at nelib.org, or 508-655-8008 x222 by July 9th. Election ballots will go out to the membership in late July. Amy Hart President, NETSL netslpresident at nelib.org 508-655-8008 x222 From amy.chang at utsa.edu Mon Jun 21 16:00:38 2010 From: amy.chang at utsa.edu (Amy Chang) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:00:38 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Web4lib Digest, Vol 63, Issue 20 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2768A5B569B1D54EA47861B9A05422E104EF6E5C@jade1604.UTSARR.NET> Access Services Conference Registration Early registration is now open for the Access Services Conference and will close July 11, 2010 (all payments must be received by July 11 to receive Early Registration Rate). Early registration is $200 and regular registration is $225 and is open from July 12-October 1, 2010. https://conferences.library.gatech.edu/access/index.php/access/index Thank you, Catherine Catherine Jannik Downey Head of Access Services Georgia Gwinnett College Library 1000 University Center Lane, Bldg. B, Rm. 1020 Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043 678.407.5142 cdowney at ggc.edu http://www.ggc.edu/index.php/Library-Main-Page.html -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of web4lib-request at webjunction.org Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 11:00 AM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Web4lib Digest, Vol 63, Issue 20 Send Web4lib mailing list submissions to web4lib at webjunction.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/web4lib or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to web4lib-request at webjunction.org You can reach the person managing the list at web4lib-owner at webjunction.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Web4lib digest..." Today's Topics: 1. PDF: Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2008 Annual Edition (Charles W. Bailey, Jr.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:45:06 -0500 From: "Charles W. Bailey, Jr." Subject: [Web4lib] PDF: Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2008 Annual Edition To: web4lib at webjunction.org Message-ID: <4C1F8902.9090902 at gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 This June is the twenty-first anniversary of PACS-L, an early mailing list. PACS-L facilitated the establishment in August 1989 of The Public-Access Computer Systems Review (PACS Review), one of the first open access journals published on the Internet. In turn, a PACS Review experiment resulted in the establishment of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography in October 1996, which led to the establishment of Digital Scholarship in April 2005. See "A Look Back at 21 Years as an Open Access Publisher" for details. http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/21/21years.htm To commemorate these events, Digital Scholarship has released a free PDF version of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2008 Annual Edition. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/sepb2008.pdf -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://digital-scholarship.org/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ End of Web4lib Digest, Vol 63, Issue 20 *************************************** From wdi at uw.edu Mon Jun 21 17:04:58 2010 From: wdi at uw.edu (wdi) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:04:58 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] ALA 2010 Leaders Wanted / LIS Doctoral Program Options Fair Message-ID: ***Please distribute widely and share with all of your graduate students and library contacts*** Event Flyer: http://wdi.ischool.uw.edu/images/ALA_2010_Leaders_Wanted_Flyer.pdf Leaders Wanted / LIS Doctoral Program Options Fair Cultivating Diversity in LIS Education Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010 Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Place: Renaissance Washington - West A/B (999 Ninth Street NW, Washington DC) The ALA Office for Diversity and the UW iSchool are very excited to invite you to "Leaders Wanted: Is an LIS Doctoral Program Right for You?" This event will feature: ? A panel of minority LIS faculty members, doctoral students, and recruiters sharing information about getting a PhD ? An Options Fair where attendees can speak with faculty and doctoral students to learn about PhD programs and funding opportunities. Don't miss this unique opportunity to explore PhD options from schools across the country. Panel Speakers Clara M. Chu (Moderator) ? University of North Carolina at Greensboro Renee E. Franklin - Syracuse University Cynthia del Rosario - University of Washington Deborah Turner - Drexel University Nicole A. Cooke - Rutgers University Are you on Facebook? RSVP at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103417669695707&index=1 For more information, email us at wdi at uw.edu or visit our website at http://wdi.ischool.uw.edu ================================== Sheryl A. Day Program Manager Washington Doctoral Initiative University of Washington Information School 206.685.1878 From hewlett at usfca.edu Mon Jun 21 19:56:10 2010 From: hewlett at usfca.edu (Norma Jean Hewlett) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:56:10 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers Message-ID: Hi, everyone I'm looking for any info about libraries that are circulating e-book readers. We are especially interested in the use of Kindles or iPads in academic libraries, but use of any type of reader in any type of library would also be useful. Many thanks for your help as we try to design envision how such a program might work. Jean Hewlett University of San Francisco From rballiot at gmail.com Mon Jun 21 20:56:33 2010 From: rballiot at gmail.com (Robert Balliot) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:56:33 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The new tablet technology is knocking the price down on the e-book readers. It is a great time to wait and see how the price will bottom out: http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2 R. Balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Norma Jean Hewlett wrote: > Hi, everyone > I'm looking for any info about libraries that are circulating e-book > readers. > > We are especially interested in the use of Kindles or iPads in academic > libraries, but use of any type of reader in any type of library would also > be useful. > > Many thanks for your help as we try to design envision how such a program > might work. > > Jean Hewlett > University of San Francisco > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > From tim at librarything.com Mon Jun 21 21:23:23 2010 From: tim at librarything.com (Tim Spalding) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:23:23 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Loaning out ereaders is a losing game. Real-world books have a problem. When you take one out of the library, one is out. But loaning out ereaders is far worse. When you take one out of the library, every book on the device is out. It's sounds modern, but it's really a big step back, like chaining books to their shelves. It's like the limitations of the physical world, times 200. Loaning out ereaders is cute, but not sustainable financially or organizationally. The real future is clear. You will pay through the nose for a true ebook lending right. Tim On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Robert Balliot wrote: > The new tablet technology is knocking the price down on the e-book readers. > It is a great time to wait and see how the price will bottom out: > > http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2 > > R. Balliot From mindspiral at gmail.com Mon Jun 21 21:50:50 2010 From: mindspiral at gmail.com (Brian Gray) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:50:50 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Some libraries do not loan out e-readers as a tool to access books specifically, but rather as a service to allow their patrons to experience and experiment with the technology. Other libraries are using e-readers as a device to deliver interlibrary loan requests (or patron driven e-acquisitions). It seems like the niche uses or user groups do have benefits. Brian Gray mindspiral at gmail.com bcg8 at case.edu On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Tim Spalding wrote: > Loaning out ereaders is a losing game. Real-world books have a > problem. When you take one out of the library, one is out. But loaning > out ereaders is far worse. When you take one out of the library, every > book on the device is out. It's sounds modern, but it's really a big > step back, like chaining books to their shelves. It's like the > limitations of the physical world, times 200. > > Loaning out ereaders is cute, but not sustainable financially or > organizationally. The real future is clear. You will pay through the > nose for a true ebook lending right. > > Tim > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Robert Balliot > wrote: > > The new tablet technology is knocking the price down on the e-book > readers. > > It is a great time to wait and see how the price will bottom out: > > > > > http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2 > > > > R. Balliot > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > From michelle.watson at deakin.edu.au Mon Jun 21 22:08:08 2010 From: michelle.watson at deakin.edu.au (Michelle Watson) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:08:08 +1000 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, We have recently begun circulating kindles at Deakin Uni, and have also purchased a number if iPads, Kobo readers and Handiis which we may also circulate (Sony readers are not yet available here in Australia). We are finding there is value in having these tools on hand so library staff can see, feel and use them - and to discover whether there are any access issues with the library's e-books (there are). Last week we had an afternoon where we all got to try them out. Library staff are also encouraged to borrow them overnight. The other positive is it's good PR for the Library to be seen to be proactive in this area, and to be perceived as embracers of new technology. It allows us to build some knowledge/expertise in the area. I've also read about one library which lent out their kindles with nothing on them, allowing the client to choose and download titles on behalf of the library - so it's an empowering thing for the user and the library gets an understanding of client reading preferences. Contact Janine Epps (Janine.epps at deakin.edu.au) if you want more detailed info. about the project. Cheers, Michelle. -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Norma Jean Hewlett Sent: Tuesday, 22 June 2010 9:56 AM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers Hi, everyone I'm looking for any info about libraries that are circulating e-book readers. We are especially interested in the use of Kindles or iPads in academic libraries, but use of any type of reader in any type of library would also be useful. Many thanks for your help as we try to design envision how such a program might work. Jean Hewlett University of San Francisco _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From phaenomen.l at gmx.de Tue Jun 22 04:37:55 2010 From: phaenomen.l at gmx.de (Lina Egle) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:37:55 +0200 Subject: [Web4lib] Thesis: Twitter as a communications tool for libraries - survey Message-ID: <000601cb11e6$36ccc1d0$a4664570$@l@gmx.de> I'm a LIS student and need your support for my diploma thesis. I have created a survey about your library's Twitter profile to compare German and US library Twitter profiles. Target group of the survey are all employees of all kinds of libraries who twitter for their library. Please start the survey here: http://www.unipark.de/uc/OR6/99bd/ (Just one attendance per library) Answering completely may take about 15 minutes or even faster, most questions can be answered by checkboxes. Thanks for your help! Sincerely, Lina Egle Cologne University of Applied Sciences From rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com Tue Jun 22 09:02:55 2010 From: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com (Robert L. Balliot) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:02:55 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When the unit price goes down to something like $150, then I think there is some real cost/benefit potential. I was not very comfortable with a $400-$500 unit cost for new technology. If you are able to purchase 20 e-book readers for $3000, you can provide benefits to the public with: 1. Visual accessibility - These devices include a voice reader function so people with visual problems can receive library materials. 2. Government document PDF accessibility - A device could include a huge amount of local / state / federal information that would be portable. 3. A demonstration of the ability of the library to accommodate newer technology. 4. Better use/ promotion of on-line library subscriptions to electronic books - Electronic books for people without computer access are inaccessible - it would level the playing field and make the subscriptions more valuable. These are just a few off the top of my head. But, I could imagine that a grant based around number 1 could be devised to bring the local cost to zero, with tangible benefits. It seems that this could be an excellent group project to define the cost/benefits to libraries for a nice tightly written $3K grant proposal to provide accessibility to library materials. ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:23 PM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers Loaning out ereaders is a losing game. Real-world books have a problem. When you take one out of the library, one is out. But loaning out ereaders is far worse. When you take one out of the library, every book on the device is out. It's sounds modern, but it's really a big step back, like chaining books to their shelves. It's like the limitations of the physical world, times 200. Loaning out ereaders is cute, but not sustainable financially or organizationally. The real future is clear. You will pay through the nose for a true ebook lending right. Tim On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Robert Balliot wrote: > The new tablet technology is knocking the price down on the e-book readers. > It is a great time to wait and see how the price will bottom out: > > http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2 > > R. Balliot _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From darby.lists at gmail.com Tue Jun 22 09:13:43 2010 From: darby.lists at gmail.com (Andrew Darby) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:13:43 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Code4Lib Journal Issue 10 Message-ID: [Apologies for cross-posting] Issue 10 of the Code4Lib Journal is now available: http://journal.code4lib.org/ //////////////////////////// ////// Contents ////// ////////////////////////// Editorial Introduction: The Code4Lib Journal Experiment, Rejection Rates, and Peer Review Edward M. Corrado Code4Lib Journal has been a successful experiment. With success, questions have arisen about the scholarly nature and status of the Journal. In this editorial introduction we take a look at the question of Code4Lib Journal?s rejections rates and peer review status. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3277 Building a Location-aware Mobile Search Application with Z39.50 and HTML5 MJ Suhonos This paper presents MyTPL (http://www.mytpl.ca/), a proof-of-concept web application intended to demonstrate that, with a little imagination, any library with a Z39.50 catalogue interface and a web server with some common open-source tools can readily provide their own location-aware mobile search application. The complete source code for MyTPL is provided under the GNU GPLv3 license, and is freely available at: http://github.com/mjsuhonos/mytpl http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2947 OpenRoom: Making Room Reservation Easy for Students and Faculty Bradley D. Faust, Arthur W. Hafner, and Robert L. Seaton Scheduling and booking space is a problem facing many academic and public libraries. Systems staff at the Ball State University Libraries addressed this problem by developing a user friendly room management system, OpenRoom. The new room management application was developed using an open source model with easy installation and management in mind and is now publicly available. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2941 Map it @ WSU: Development of a Library Mapping System for Large Academic Libraries Paul Gallagher The Wayne State Library System launched its library mapping application in February 2010, designed to help locate materials in the five WSU libraries. The system works within the catalog to show the location of materials, as well as provides a web form for use at the reference desk. Developed using PHP and MySQL, it requires only minimal effort to update using a unique call number overlay mechanism. In addition to mapping shelved materials, the system provides information for any of the over three hundred collections held by the WSU Libraries. Patrons can do more than just locate a book on a shelf: they can learn where to locate reserve items, how to access closed collections, or get driving maps to extension center libraries. The article includes a discussion of the technology reviewed and chosen during development, an overview of the system architecture, and lessons learned during development. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3072 Creating a Library Database Search using Drupal Danielle M. Rosenthal & Mario Bernardo When Florida Gulf Coast University Library was faced with having to replace its database locator, they needed to find a low-cost, non-staff intensive replacement for their 350 plus databases search tool. This article details the development of a library database locator, based on the methods described in Leo Klein?s ?Creating a Library Database Page using Drupal? online presentation. The article describes how the library used Drupal along with several modules, such as CCK, Views, and FCKeditor. It also discusses various Drupal search modules that were evaluated during the process. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2920 Implementing a Real-Time Suggestion Service in a Library Discovery Layer Benjamin Pennell and Jill Sexton As part of an effort to improve user interactions with authority data in its online catalog, the UNC Chapel Hill Libraries have developed and implemented a system for providing real-time query suggestions from records found within its catalog. The system takes user input as it is typed to predict likely title, author, or subject matches in a manner functionally similar to the systems found on commercial websites such as google.com or amazon.com. This paper discusses the technologies, decisions and methodologies that went into the implementation of this feature, as well as analysis of its impact on user search behaviors. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3022 Creating Filtered, Translated Newsfeeds James E. Powell, Linn Marks Collins, Mark L. B. Martinez Google Translate?s API creates the possibility to leverage machine translation to both filter global newsfeeds for content regarding a specific topic, and to aggregate filtered feed items as a newsfeed. Filtered items can be translated so that the resulting newsfeed can provide basic information about topic-specific news articles from around the globe in the desired language of the consumer. This article explores a possible solution for inputting alternate words and phrases in the user?s native language, aggregating and filtering newsfeeds progammatically, managing filter terms, and using Google Translate?s API. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3232 Metadata In, Library Out. A Simple, Robust Digital Library System Tonio Loewald, Jody DeRidder Tired of being held hostage to expensive systems that did not meet our needs, the University of Alabama Libraries developed an XML schema-agnostic, light-weight digital library delivery system based on the principles of ?Keep It Simple, Stupid!? Metadata and derivatives reside in openly accessible web directories, which support the development of web agents and new usability software, as well as modification and complete retrieval at any time. The file name structure is echoed in the file system structure, enabling the delivery software to make inferences about relationships, sequencing, and complex object structure without having to encapsulate files in complex metadata schemas. The web delivery system, Acumen, is built of PHP, JSON, JavaScript and HTML5, using MySQL to support fielded searching. Recognizing that spreadsheets are more user-friendly than XML, an accompanying widget, Archivists Utility, transforms spreadsheets into MODS based on rules selected by the user. Acumen, Archivists Utility, and all supporting software scripts will be made available as open source. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3107 AudioRegent: Exploiting SimpleADL and SoX for Digital Audio Delivery Nitin Arora AudioRegent is a command-line Python script currently being used by the University of Alabama Libraries? Digital Services to create web-deliverable MP3s from regions within archival audio files. In conjunction with a small-footprint XML file called SimpleADL and SoX, an open-source command-line audio editor, AudioRegent batch processes archival audio files, allowing for one or many user-defined regions, particular to each audio file, to be extracted with additional audio processing in a transparent manner that leaves the archival audio file unaltered. Doing so has alleviated many of the tensions of cumbersome workflows, complicated documentation, preservation concerns, and reliance on expensive closed-source GUI audio applications. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2882 Automatic Generation of Printed Catalogs: An Initial Attempt Jared Camins-Esakov Printed catalogs are useful in a variety of contexts. In special collections, they are often used as reference tools and to commemorate exhibits. They are useful in settings, such as in developing countries, where reliable access to the Internet?or even electricity?is not available. In addition, many private collectors like to have printed catalogs of their collections. All the information needed for creating printed catalogs is readily available in the MARC bibliographic records used by most libraries, but there are no turnkey solutions available for the conversion from MARC to printed catalog. This article describes the development of a system, available on github, that uses XSLT, Perl, and LaTeX to produce press-ready PDFs from MARCXML files. The article particularly focuses on the two XSLT stylesheets which comprise the core of the system, and do the ?heavy lifting? of sorting and indexing the entries in the catalog. The author also highlights points where the data stored in MARC bibliographic records requires particular ?massaging,? and suggests improvements for future attempts at automated printed catalog generation. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3154 Easing Gently into OpenSRF, Part 1 and 2 Dan Scott The Open Service Request Framework (or OpenSRF, pronounced ?open surf?) is an inter-application message passing architecture built on XMPP (aka ?jabber?). The Evergreen open source library system is built on an OpenSRF architecture to support loosely coupled individual components communicating over an OpenSRF messaging bus. This article introduces OpenSRF, demonstrates how to build OpenSRF services through simple code examples, explains the technical foundations on which OpenSRF is built, and evaluates OpenSRF?s value in the context of Evergreen. Part 1 of a 2 part article in this issue: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3284 Part 2 of a 2 part article in this issue: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/3365 From jmc at virginia.edu Tue Jun 22 10:05:57 2010 From: jmc at virginia.edu (Campbell, James (jmc)) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:05:57 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Well, the time to try is now. B&N is releasing a new version of the Nook, WiFi but no 3G, for $149. http://www.mobiletechreview.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=37510 But if you really want to provide home access to information for your customers, why not just lend them netbooks? You can get something pretty decent for a little over $200 that would meet criteria 1-3 plus your customers could actually use it with your "on-line library subscriptions to electronic books." I think it will be a while before ebrary, etc can make titles available on dedicated readers. They'd have to renegotiate a lot of deals with publishers for one thing. - Jim Campbell Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Robert L. Balliot Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:03 AM To: 'Tim Spalding'; web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers When the unit price goes down to something like $150, then I think there is some real cost/benefit potential. I was not very comfortable with a $400-$500 unit cost for new technology. If you are able to purchase 20 e-book readers for $3000, you can provide benefits to the public with: 1. Visual accessibility - These devices include a voice reader function so people with visual problems can receive library materials. 2. Government document PDF accessibility - A device could include a huge amount of local / state / federal information that would be portable. 3. A demonstration of the ability of the library to accommodate newer technology. 4. Better use/ promotion of on-line library subscriptions to electronic books - Electronic books for people without computer access are inaccessible - it would level the playing field and make the subscriptions more valuable. These are just a few off the top of my head. But, I could imagine that a grant based around number 1 could be devised to bring the local cost to zero, with tangible benefits. It seems that this could be an excellent group project to define the cost/benefits to libraries for a nice tightly written $3K grant proposal to provide accessibility to library materials. ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:23 PM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers Loaning out ereaders is a losing game. Real-world books have a problem. When you take one out of the library, one is out. But loaning out ereaders is far worse. When you take one out of the library, every book on the device is out. It's sounds modern, but it's really a big step back, like chaining books to their shelves. It's like the limitations of the physical world, times 200. Loaning out ereaders is cute, but not sustainable financially or organizationally. The real future is clear. You will pay through the nose for a true ebook lending right. Tim On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Robert Balliot wrote: > The new tablet technology is knocking the price down on the e-book readers. > It is a great time to wait and see how the price will bottom out: > > http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2 > > R. Balliot _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From rballiot at gmail.com Tue Jun 22 10:38:34 2010 From: rballiot at gmail.com (Robert Balliot) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:38:34 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That sounds like a great idea. My concern about netbooks would be the cost of maintenance. A netbook is certainly much more versatile right off the bat. However, that same versatility means they are much more susceptible to hacking / misuse / file corruption. I think you want loaned out devices / media to be somewhat more self-sustaining and fool-proof. I don't think I ever got a call from someone who did not know how to open a book. Although the vetted clientele at places such as the University of Virginia might be inclined towards tom-foolery, the fool-proof concern is especially applicable to public libraries. R. Balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Campbell, James (jmc) wrote: > Well, the time to try is now. B&N is releasing a new version of the Nook, > WiFi but no 3G, for $149. > http://www.mobiletechreview.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=37510 > > But if you really want to provide home access to information for your > customers, why not just lend them netbooks? You can get something pretty > decent for a little over $200 that would meet criteria 1-3 plus your > customers could actually use it with your "on-line library subscriptions to > electronic books." I think it will be a while before ebrary, etc can make > titles available on dedicated readers. They'd have to renegotiate a lot of > deals with publishers for one thing. > > - Jim Campbell > > Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German > University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 > > 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto: > web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Robert L. Balliot > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:03 AM > To: 'Tim Spalding'; web4lib at webjunction.org > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are > circulatinge-book readers > > > When the unit price goes down to something like $150, then I think there is > some real cost/benefit potential. I was not very comfortable with a > $400-$500 unit cost for new technology. If you are able to purchase 20 > e-book readers for $3000, you can provide benefits to the public with: > > 1. Visual accessibility - These devices include a voice reader function so > people with visual problems can receive library materials. > > 2. Government document PDF accessibility - A device could include a huge > amount of local / state / federal information that would be portable. > > 3. A demonstration of the ability of the library to accommodate newer > technology. > > 4. Better use/ promotion of on-line library subscriptions to electronic > books - Electronic books for people without computer access are > inaccessible > - it would level the playing field and make the subscriptions more > valuable. > > These are just a few off the top of my head. But, I could imagine that a > grant based around number 1 could be devised to bring the local cost to > zero, with tangible benefits. > > It seems that this could be an excellent group project to define the > cost/benefits to libraries for a nice tightly written $3K grant proposal to > provide accessibility to library materials. > > ************************************************* > Robert L. Balliot > Skype: RBalliot > Bristol, Rhode Island > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm > ************************************************* > > -----Original Message----- > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org > [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:23 PM > To: web4lib at webjunction.org > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are > circulatinge-book readers > > Loaning out ereaders is a losing game. Real-world books have a > problem. When you take one out of the library, one is out. But loaning > out ereaders is far worse. When you take one out of the library, every > book on the device is out. It's sounds modern, but it's really a big > step back, like chaining books to their shelves. It's like the > limitations of the physical world, times 200. > > Loaning out ereaders is cute, but not sustainable financially or > organizationally. The real future is clear. You will pay through the > nose for a true ebook lending right. > > Tim > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Robert Balliot > wrote: > > The new tablet technology is knocking the price down on the e-book > readers. > > It is a great time to wait and see how the price will bottom out: > > > > > http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2 > > > > R. Balliot > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > From jmc at virginia.edu Tue Jun 22 11:03:02 2010 From: jmc at virginia.edu (Campbell, James (jmc)) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:03:02 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There are (somewhat effective) ways to lock computers down and from my experience in a mixed-marriage (Sony and Kindle), readers are certainly not maintenance-free, but the truth is I'm not a big fan of lending devices. Tim Spalding pretty much summed up the case against the pre-loaded device. And if you're mostly doing this to prove that libraries can do it, how many proofs of concept do you need? Libraries were using Kindle's family sharing system within weeks of the Kindle's introduction. It's been done, it can be done. Each library needs to decide now if it's a cost-effective way to provide service. Most people don't seem to find them an acceptable substitute for audio books, and even at $149/device you're going to be hard-pressed to serve more than a tiny fraction of your customer base, particularly if you can't use your existing online subscriptions and if, as expected, the price of books for e-readers moves back a bit closer to the print price. I can conceive of situations where lending readers would be a good decision, but I can't think of too many. - Jim Campbell Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 From: Robert Balliot [mailto:rballiot at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:39 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers That sounds like a great idea. My concern about netbooks would be the cost of maintenance. A netbook is certainly much more versatile right off the bat. However, that same versatility means they are much more susceptible to hacking / misuse / file corruption. I think you want loaned out devices / media to be somewhat more self-sustaining and fool-proof. I don't think I ever got a call from someone who did not know how to open a book. Although the vetted clientele at places such as the University of Virginia might be inclined towards tom-foolery , the fool-proof concern is especially applicable to public libraries. R. Balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Campbell, James (jmc) > wrote: Well, the time to try is now. B&N is releasing a new version of the Nook, WiFi but no 3G, for $149. http://www.mobiletechreview.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=37510 But if you really want to provide home access to information for your customers, why not just lend them netbooks? You can get something pretty decent for a little over $200 that would meet criteria 1-3 plus your customers could actually use it with your "on-line library subscriptions to electronic books." I think it will be a while before ebrary, etc can make titles available on dedicated readers. They'd have to renegotiate a lot of deals with publishers for one thing. - Jim Campbell Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Robert L. Balliot Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:03 AM To: 'Tim Spalding'; web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers When the unit price goes down to something like $150, then I think there is some real cost/benefit potential. I was not very comfortable with a $400-$500 unit cost for new technology. If you are able to purchase 20 e-book readers for $3000, you can provide benefits to the public with: 1. Visual accessibility - These devices include a voice reader function so people with visual problems can receive library materials. 2. Government document PDF accessibility - A device could include a huge amount of local / state / federal information that would be portable. 3. A demonstration of the ability of the library to accommodate newer technology. 4. Better use/ promotion of on-line library subscriptions to electronic books - Electronic books for people without computer access are inaccessible - it would level the playing field and make the subscriptions more valuable. These are just a few off the top of my head. But, I could imagine that a grant based around number 1 could be devised to bring the local cost to zero, with tangible benefits. It seems that this could be an excellent group project to define the cost/benefits to libraries for a nice tightly written $3K grant proposal to provide accessibility to library materials. ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:23 PM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers Loaning out ereaders is a losing game. Real-world books have a problem. When you take one out of the library, one is out. But loaning out ereaders is far worse. When you take one out of the library, every book on the device is out. It's sounds modern, but it's really a big step back, like chaining books to their shelves. It's like the limitations of the physical world, times 200. Loaning out ereaders is cute, but not sustainable financially or organizationally. The real future is clear. You will pay through the nose for a true ebook lending right. Tim On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Robert Balliot > wrote: > The new tablet technology is knocking the price down on the e-book readers. > It is a great time to wait and see how the price will bottom out: > > http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2 > > R. Balliot _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From tim at librarything.com Tue Jun 22 11:28:00 2010 From: tim at librarything.com (Tim Spalding) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:28:00 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat?I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will?indeed are?selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim From DrewW at tc3.edu Tue Jun 22 12:08:40 2010 From: DrewW at tc3.edu (Wilfred Drew) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:08:40 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <847E56CCF2682C41B52795B54701AEC6031C6D2B651C@MAIL.admin.tc3.edu> Tim To number 1: Some academic libraries, not most of them. I agree with no. 2. It may turn into something similar to the author payments made by libraries in Great Britain every time a book is loaned. ----------------------------------------- Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Strengths: Ideation, Input, Learner, Command, Analytical E-mail: dreww at tc3.edu Follow the library: http://twitter.com/TC3Library ?Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail or document. -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:28 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat?I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will?indeed are?selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From almag at mills.edu Tue Jun 22 12:25:04 2010 From: almag at mills.edu (Alma Garcia) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:25:04 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <488891D797463443B364921823030C374EA62790E6@EXCHANGE02.mills.edu> Most e-book readers, now offer a computer interface that will allow a user to access their e-book collection. Although it does not provide the same user experience as a standalone e-reader, it does offer the ability to bring together a collection of resources. This is especially true if the e-reader can support multiple formats. Alma -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Brian Gray Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:51 PM To: Tim Spalding Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers Some libraries do not loan out e-readers as a tool to access books specifically, but rather as a service to allow their patrons to experience and experiment with the technology. Other libraries are using e-readers as a device to deliver interlibrary loan requests (or patron driven e-acquisitions). It seems like the niche uses or user groups do have benefits. Brian Gray mindspiral at gmail.com bcg8 at case.edu On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Tim Spalding wrote: > Loaning out ereaders is a losing game. Real-world books have a > problem. When you take one out of the library, one is out. But loaning > out ereaders is far worse. When you take one out of the library, every > book on the device is out. It's sounds modern, but it's really a big > step back, like chaining books to their shelves. It's like the > limitations of the physical world, times 200. > > Loaning out ereaders is cute, but not sustainable financially or > organizationally. The real future is clear. You will pay through the > nose for a true ebook lending right. > > Tim > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Robert Balliot > wrote: > > The new tablet technology is knocking the price down on the e-book > readers. > > It is a great time to wait and see how the price will bottom out: > > > > > http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/technology/nook_price_cut/index.htm?hpt=T2 > > > > R. Balliot > > > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From bohyun.kim.ois at gmail.com Tue Jun 22 13:11:03 2010 From: bohyun.kim.ois at gmail.com (Bohyun Kim) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:11:03 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] ALA Annual Program: What Is Your Library Doing about Emerging Technologies? Message-ID: What Is Your Library Doing about Emerging Technologies? Date/Time: June 26, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Location: Washington Convention Center -103B A new job title of ?Emerging Technology Librarian? seems to reflect an awareness among today?s libraries that there is a need for a librarians whose main role is to explore, evaluate, promote, and implement various emerging technologies. 16 librarians in different fields of librarianship at academic, school, and public libraries will discuss the topic of emerging technologies at libraries, their evaluation, implementation, adoption, and management challenges. Come join us! Panel Moderator: * Bohyun Kim, Digital Access Librarian, Florida International University Topics and Panelists: (1) What are emerging technologies and how they need to be adapted for libraries? * Elisabeth Leonard, Associate Dean for Library Services, Western Carolina University * Frank Cervone, Vice Chancellor for Information Services, Purdue University Calumet * Peter Murray, Assistant Director, New Service Development, OhioLINK * Steven Zink, V.P. Information Technology and Dean, University of Nevada (2) Daily tasks of and skills required for emerging technologies librarians * Amanda Margis, Web Services Children's Librarian ,Warren-Newport Public Library * Danielle Whren Johnson, Digital Access Librarian, Loyola/Notre Dame Library * Darcy Del Bosque, Emerging Technologies Librarian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas * Elisabeth Abarbanel, School Librarian, Brentwood School, Los Angeles * Rebekah Kilzer, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Drexel University Libraries (3) Challenges and management issues in emerging technology projects * Cynthia Johnson, Head of Reference, University of California, Irvine * Jacquelyn Erdman, Web Services Librarian, East Carolina University * Kathryn Munson, Assistant Access Services Librarian, Southeastern Louisiana University * Marissa Ball, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Florida International University (4) Emerging technology implementation and lessons learned * David Ratledge, Associate Professor & Head, Library Technology Services, University of Tennessee * Gwen Evans, Coordinator, Library Information and Emerging Technologies, Bowling Green State University * Rebecca K. Miller, College Librarian for the Sciences, Virginia Tech Bohyun Kim, M.A., M.L.I.S. Digital Access Librarian Florida International University Medical Library bohyun.kim at fiu.edu 305. 348. 1471 From rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com Tue Jun 22 14:12:19 2010 From: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com (Robert L. Balliot) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:12:19 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries thatare circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: <847E56CCF2682C41B52795B54701AEC6031C6D2B651C@MAIL.admin.tc3.edu> References: <847E56CCF2682C41B52795B54701AEC6031C6D2B651C@MAIL.admin.tc3.edu> Message-ID: <9385B4DC704E46988588B946D5411CE8@junior> I don't think the e-book licensing for public libraries is sufficiently evolved to make prediction number 2. I think the trend will most likely follow the same downward pressure as the music and video market. I think that the academic market is an anomaly in the overall book market with some factors that don't fall in line with the rest of the curve. I can select thousands of videos from NetFlix and view them online for about $10 a month. I can watch them without commercial interruption. I can watch PBS content without being hit up with incessant interruptions by their begathons. Obviously, the video distributors found it profitable. Books represent much less data byte for byte than videos. So, they are much less expensive to distribute as data. Each time a book is physically circulated by a library, it represents many costs. There is the cost of manufacturing the book, marketing the book, selecting the book, the processing, the shelving, the re-shelving, the labeling, the delivery in ILL, the wear and tear on the book and amortization without tax benefit, and the space in the library for the book. The fact is, the e-book is much less expensive to deliver and less expensive to deliver than thousands of videos on NetFlix. I disagree with Jim's assessment of the viability of this sort of loan when the unit cost has moved down so far. I also wonder why he would use an argument that he has personally used disposable income for two e-book readers, but does not recommend that they are made available to the public who cannot afford them. Seems like a bunch of tom-foolery to me. ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Wilfred Drew Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:09 PM To: 'Tim Spalding'; Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries thatare circulatinge-book readers Tim To number 1: Some academic libraries, not most of them. I agree with no. 2. It may turn into something similar to the author payments made by libraries in Great Britain every time a book is loaned. ----------------------------------------- Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Strengths: Ideation, Input, Learner, Command, Analytical E-mail: dreww at tc3.edu Follow the library: http://twitter.com/TC3Library ?Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail or document. -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:28 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat?I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will?indeed are?selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From Michael.Mitchell at brazosport.edu Tue Jun 22 14:42:03 2010 From: Michael.Mitchell at brazosport.edu (Mitchell, Michael) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:42:03 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Desire2Learn Message-ID: Is anyone doing anything interesting within the Desire2Learn software framework other than distance-ed type classes? It seems to have a lot of bells and whistles but I don't know if there are any real opportunities for our library in some sort of support mode for example. Our college just recently got this software and I thought some of you might be familiar with it and have some suggestions. Michael Mitchell Technical Services Librarian Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu From jmc at virginia.edu Tue Jun 22 15:07:54 2010 From: jmc at virginia.edu (Campbell, James (jmc)) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:07:54 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries thatare circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: <9385B4DC704E46988588B946D5411CE8@junior> References: <847E56CCF2682C41B52795B54701AEC6031C6D2B651C@MAIL.admin.tc3.edu> <9385B4DC704E46988588B946D5411CE8@junior> Message-ID: I'm dubious about arguing with someone who misquotes me to make debating points, but just to clarify: I never made any recommendation that e-book readers not be "made available to the public who cannot afford them." I said that libraries should make their own decisions about how to spend their budgets so as to best serve their readers and I allowed that in some few situations lending e-book readers might be the way to go. On pricing, I think you ought to do a little reading. Publishers are very upset with Amazon's policies and one of the ways Apple is attracting them to the iPad is precisely by allowing them to set the prices. Many industry pundits are now speculating that as the prices of delivery systems come down, the price of content will go up to ensure a constant revenue stream. The music analogy is flawed. In the music industry it has long been true that artists got stiffed by the record companies and made their money off touring. The move to iTunes etc therefore made relatively little difference to many of them, they still make their money on the road. Authors really don't have that option. This is all a short-term argument anyway. Eventually we'll move away from the dedicated device to cloud-based access. The iPad is the first step, and this will all look very different in a couple of years. - Jim Campbell Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 -----Original Message----- From: Robert L. Balliot [mailto:rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:12 PM To: 'Wilfred Drew'; 'Tim Spalding'; Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries thatare circulatinge-book readers I don't think the e-book licensing for public libraries is sufficiently evolved to make prediction number 2. I think the trend will most likely follow the same downward pressure as the music and video market. I think that the academic market is an anomaly in the overall book market with some factors that don't fall in line with the rest of the curve. I can select thousands of videos from NetFlix and view them online for about $10 a month. I can watch them without commercial interruption. I can watch PBS content without being hit up with incessant interruptions by their begathons. Obviously, the video distributors found it profitable. Books represent much less data byte for byte than videos. So, they are much less expensive to distribute as data. Each time a book is physically circulated by a library, it represents many costs. There is the cost of manufacturing the book, marketing the book, selecting the book, the processing, the shelving, the re-shelving, the labeling, the delivery in ILL, the wear and tear on the book and amortization without tax benefit, and the space in the library for the book. The fact is, the e-book is much less expensive to deliver and less expensive to deliver than thousands of videos on NetFlix. I disagree with Jim's assessment of the viability of this sort of loan when the unit cost has moved down so far. I also wonder why he would use an argument that he has personally used disposable income for two e-book readers, but does not recommend that they are made available to the public who cannot afford them. Seems like a bunch of tom-foolery to me. ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Wilfred Drew Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:09 PM To: 'Tim Spalding'; Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries thatare circulatinge-book readers Tim To number 1: Some academic libraries, not most of them. I agree with no. 2. It may turn into something similar to the author payments made by libraries in Great Britain every time a book is loaned. ----------------------------------------- Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Strengths: Ideation, Input, Learner, Command, Analytical E-mail: dreww at tc3.edu Follow the library: http://twitter.com/TC3Library ?Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail or document. -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:28 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat?I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will?indeed are?selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com Tue Jun 22 15:41:18 2010 From: rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com (Robert L. Balliot) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:41:18 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries thatare circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: References: <847E56CCF2682C41B52795B54701AEC6031C6D2B651C@MAIL.admin.tc3.edu><9385B4DC704E46988588B946D5411CE8@junior> Message-ID: Misquote to make debating points? No, it was just the way that I interpreted your argument : "There are (somewhat effective) ways to lock computers down and from my experience in a mixed-marriage (Sony and Kindle), readers are certainly not maintenance-free, but the truth is I'm not a big fan of lending devices." Saying that libraries should come up with their own conclusions is not really an argument, unless you think your endorsement enables them to do so. ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Campbell, James (jmc) Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:08 PM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries thatare circulatinge-book readers I'm dubious about arguing with someone who misquotes me to make debating points, but just to clarify: I never made any recommendation that e-book readers not be "made available to the public who cannot afford them." I said that libraries should make their own decisions about how to spend their budgets so as to best serve their readers and I allowed that in some few situations lending e-book readers might be the way to go. On pricing, I think you ought to do a little reading. Publishers are very upset with Amazon's policies and one of the ways Apple is attracting them to the iPad is precisely by allowing them to set the prices. Many industry pundits are now speculating that as the prices of delivery systems come down, the price of content will go up to ensure a constant revenue stream. The music analogy is flawed. In the music industry it has long been true that artists got stiffed by the record companies and made their money off touring. The move to iTunes etc therefore made relatively little difference to many of them, they still make their money on the road. Authors really don't have that option. This is all a short-term argument anyway. Eventually we'll move away from the dedicated device to cloud-based access. The iPad is the first step, and this will all look very different in a couple of years. - Jim Campbell Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 -----Original Message----- From: Robert L. Balliot [mailto:rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:12 PM To: 'Wilfred Drew'; 'Tim Spalding'; Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries thatare circulatinge-book readers I don't think the e-book licensing for public libraries is sufficiently evolved to make prediction number 2. I think the trend will most likely follow the same downward pressure as the music and video market. I think that the academic market is an anomaly in the overall book market with some factors that don't fall in line with the rest of the curve. I can select thousands of videos from NetFlix and view them online for about $10 a month. I can watch them without commercial interruption. I can watch PBS content without being hit up with incessant interruptions by their begathons. Obviously, the video distributors found it profitable. Books represent much less data byte for byte than videos. So, they are much less expensive to distribute as data. Each time a book is physically circulated by a library, it represents many costs. There is the cost of manufacturing the book, marketing the book, selecting the book, the processing, the shelving, the re-shelving, the labeling, the delivery in ILL, the wear and tear on the book and amortization without tax benefit, and the space in the library for the book. The fact is, the e-book is much less expensive to deliver and less expensive to deliver than thousands of videos on NetFlix. I disagree with Jim's assessment of the viability of this sort of loan when the unit cost has moved down so far. I also wonder why he would use an argument that he has personally used disposable income for two e-book readers, but does not recommend that they are made available to the public who cannot afford them. Seems like a bunch of tom-foolery to me. ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Wilfred Drew Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:09 PM To: 'Tim Spalding'; Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries thatare circulatinge-book readers Tim To number 1: Some academic libraries, not most of them. I agree with no. 2. It may turn into something similar to the author payments made by libraries in Great Britain every time a book is loaned. ----------------------------------------- Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Strengths: Ideation, Input, Learner, Command, Analytical E-mail: dreww at tc3.edu Follow the library: http://twitter.com/TC3Library ?Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail or document. -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:28 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat?I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will?indeed are?selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From tapinformation at yahoo.com Tue Jun 22 18:57:30 2010 From: tapinformation at yahoo.com (Tom Peters) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:57:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Web4lib] ALA VCL MIG mtg in DC and in SL Message-ID: <448722.70310.qm@web82102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi, Everyone. The ALA VCL MIG (Virtual Communities and Libraries, Member Initiative Group)?will have a program and business meeting this Saturday, June 26th in DC (District of Columbia) and SL (Second Life).? Everyone is welcome to attend and participate.? Locations: a.? Washington Convention Center,?Room?303 b.? ALA Island in Second Life (http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/118/102/29/) Start Times: a.? 1:30 p.m.?EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) b.? 10:30 a.m. SLT (Second Life Time, also Pacific Daylight Time) Duration:? 2.5 hours max. Program: >>? Tom Boellstorff, author of Coming of Age in Second Life:? An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human, will speak about his studies >>? Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book is OverDue, plans to attend and make some informal remarks.? >>? Other discussions and presentations too numerous to mention.? >>? Business meeting to follow:? This is a MIG (Member Initiative Group).? Everyone's ideas and input are welcome! Another Program of Interest:? The ACRL VW IG?(Virtual Worlds Interest Group) will be meeting in?CAP South American beginning at 4:00 EDT (1:00 SLT) on Saturday.? More Info: a.? Tom Peters (real life) (tpeters at tapinformation.com or 816.616.6746) b.? Maxito Ricardo (Second Life) ? Thanks! ? Tom ? Tom Peters,?CEO? TAP Information Services 6106 South Stillhouse Road Oak Grove ?MO ?64075 ? phone:???? 816.616.6746? email:????? tpeters at tapinformation.com?? fax:????????? 816.625.0025 web:??????? www.tapinformation.com Second Life Avatar:? Maxito Ricardo OPAL:??????????? www.opal-online.org Unabridged:? www.unabridged.info ? My new book, Library Programs Online,?has been?published by Libraries Unlimited.???? TAP Info helps organizations innovate. From lbell927 at yahoo.com Wed Jun 23 17:46:58 2010 From: lbell927 at yahoo.com (Lori Bell) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:46:58 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Web4lib] Invitation to Join My Info Quest collaborative text message reference project Message-ID: <700726.73977.qm@web52806.mail.re2.yahoo.com> We invite you to join the My Info Quest collaborative text messaging project, which kicked off on July 20, 2009 and continues its growth into 2010.? Over 60 libraries from across the United States of all types participate using Altarama and gmail and we would like more to meet our goal of 24/7 coverage. Our first Canadian partner joined several months ago, and libraries from outside the U.S. are welcome to participate, as well.? The only requirements are that you staff the desk 2 hours per week, attend online meetings and training, and participate in evaluation activities.? There is no cost? at this time to join this exciting project, which is coordinated by Lori Bell, administered by Mary-Carol Lindbloom, Executive Director of? the South Central Regional Library Council in New York State, and evaluated by Dr. Lili Luo of the School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University.?? If you would like to join, please contact Project Coordinator Lori Bell at lbell927 at gmail.com. You will be sent some informational documents and an agreement form to fill out with library information and your preferred coverage hours. If you would like to join the project communications group, visit http://groups.google.com/group/InfoQuest. Visit the project?s website at www.myinfoquest.info.? ?Lori Bell Lecturer School of Library and Information Science San Jose State University (309)338-5115 lbell927 at gmail.com lbell927 at yahoo.com From DrewW at tc3.edu Thu Jun 24 11:11:43 2010 From: DrewW at tc3.edu (Wilfred Drew) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:11:43 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] #Ask4stuff via twitter from WorldCat Message-ID: <847E56CCF2682C41B52795B54701AEC6031C6D2B654F@MAIL.admin.tc3.edu> I just wrote the blog post below about OCLC Innovation Lab's new service for using Twitter to search WorldCat. Enjoy! ----------------------------------------- Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Strengths: Ideation, Input, Learner, Command, Analytical E-mail: dreww at tc3.edu Follow the library: http://twitter.com/TC3Library PPlease consider the environment before printing this e-mail or document. =================================================================================================================== Today OCLC Innovation Lab announced a new trial service, #Ask4Stuff . It is a very simple tool for using twitter to find "stuff" within WorldCat. Here are instructions on using provided by OCLC: #Ask4Stuff is a new, Twitter-based service that returns a WorldCat search when you send a tweet with the tag #Ask4Stuff. So if you send the following tweet: #Ask4Stuff lake erie shipwreck You'll get a tweet back that says something like: @YOURNAME A few things about lake erie shipwreck in #Ask4Stuff, check out http://is.gd/cY7gi Where the link then takes you to the WorldCat.org search result for "lake erie shipwreck." You can even localize the result to a WorldCat Local instance by including the Local library name as another hash tag. Example: #Ask4Stuff #OSU lake erie shipwreck I have been playing with it and find it quite easy to use. Here are some examples: I send "#ask4stuff #TC3 au: hemingway, ernest" via Twitter and get the following back: Ask4Stuff @BillDrew4 A wide and varied collection of au: hemingway, ernest in #Ask4Stuff at #TC3, look here: http://purl.org/wct/418 The result is a list of works by Ernest Hemingway including books and magazine articles in the TC3 version of WorldCat Local. You can use other search strategies as well. Here is one for a title search of Where the Wild Things Are within TC3 WorldCat Local: #ask4stuff #TC3 ti:where the wild things are The resulting reply gives you a rich set of results: Ask4Stuff @BillDrew4 Not a bad collection of ti:where the wild things are in #Ask4Stuff at #TC3, check out http://is.gd/d27ZW Phrase searching works quite well, too. Here is one I did: #ask4stuff "not just cows" Here are the results: Ask4Stuff @BillDrew4 We found something on "not just cows" in #Ask4Stuff, check out http://is.gd/d28vZ Many may ask,"Why do this?" This may be useful. it is outside the box. It also give you a way to do quick searches and share the results with others via Twitter. OCLC Innovation Lab is to be commended for this effort. Innovative and fun to use!! [http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=6114faa7-51eb-8639-a1f0-6fe7b678f855] OCLC, OCLC Innovation Lab, Twitter, Ask4Stuff, Innovation, Libraries Powered by ScribeFire. -- Posted By Bill Drew to Baby Boomer Librarian at 6/24/2010 10:01:00 AM From kcordes at nypl.org Thu Jun 24 11:49:56 2010 From: kcordes at nypl.org (kcordes at nypl.org) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:49:56 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] "Taking Mobile to the Next Level" - Join us for the RUSA MARS Hot Topics Discussion at ALA Message-ID: "Taking Mobile to the Next Level" Are you interested in developing new features for your library's mobile site? Are you looking for new ways to reach out to iPhone users and mobile-savvy patrons? If so, join us for the RUSA MARS Hot Topics Discussion Group at Annual Conference in Washington D.C., on Saturday, June 26, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Beacon Hotel Overlook Room. Our topic will be "Taking Mobile to the Next Level" and we'll have presenters from several libraries who are doing new and cool things with their mobile sites. Among the topics discussed will be interactive maps, QR codes, dynamic hours information, and mobile interfaces to databases, as well as what promises to be a lively discussion about how to make these features go live when your library has limited time and resources. Of course, there will be time for Q&A, so come to learn more, or to share your library's experiences. Bring your friends! For more information, contact Anne Houston, Chair of Hot Topics, at ahouston at virginia.edu. Presenters Jason Michel, Miami University Erin White, Virginia Commonwealth University Josh Bishoff, University of Illinois Bonnie Buzzell, Brown University RUSA MARS Hot Topics Discussion: Taking Mobile to the Next Level Saturday, June 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Beacon Hotel, Overlook Room ALA Annual Conference, Washington D.C (And please excuse the cross-postings) From dwalker at calstate.edu Thu Jun 24 12:38:07 2010 From: dwalker at calstate.edu (Walker, David) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:38:07 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> > I think the situation is somewhat different for academics I would also add that academic library users use books differently than public library users. Students, in particular, are often just skimming books looking for relevant information on their research topic, rather than sitting down and reading each book cover-to-cover. In that situation, a plain old PDF of the book viewed on your laptop is probably *better* than reading the book on some specialized e-book reader. With my laptop, I can also have Word, a browser, and maybe some citation management software open at the same time. I can look at both books and articles, and cut-and-paste citations into my research paper. I don't really see a compelling need for academic libraries to lend e-book readers. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding [tim at librarything.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:28 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat?I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will?indeed are?selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From jmc at virginia.edu Thu Jun 24 12:55:09 2010 From: jmc at virginia.edu (Campbell, James (jmc)) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:55:09 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> References: , <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> Message-ID: It's an excellent point, David. Our business school was one of the three schools that got Kindles to use with course materials. They gave up on the program after one semester and what you describe is pretty much what the students said. The perils of generalization: humanities faculty do still read whole books and at least some of them tell me they want to do it on an e-reader. But they want to do it on their reader, not one they borrow from us. They want the library as an alternative to the Kindle store. - Jim Campbell Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 -----Original Message----- From: Walker, David [mailto:dwalker at calstate.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:38 PM To: Tim Spalding; Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers > I think the situation is somewhat different for academics I would also add that academic library users use books differently than public library users. Students, in particular, are often just skimming books looking for relevant information on their research topic, rather than sitting down and reading each book cover-to-cover. In that situation, a plain old PDF of the book viewed on your laptop is probably *better* than reading the book on some specialized e-book reader. With my laptop, I can also have Word, a browser, and maybe some citation management software open at the same time. I can look at both books and articles, and cut-and-paste citations into my research paper. I don't really see a compelling need for academic libraries to lend e-book readers. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding [tim at librarything.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:28 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat-I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will-indeed are-selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From tim at librarything.com Thu Jun 24 13:06:44 2010 From: tim at librarything.com (Tim Spalding) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:06:44 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> References: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> Message-ID: "In that situation, a plain old PDF of the book viewed on your laptop is probably *better* than reading the book on some specialized e-book reader." This is a good point. In my experience ebook reading is like reading a book through a window. It works great for novels, where you basically read "forward." They're clearly designed for that. But they're lousy for academic work, where you need to jump around. In theory, digital formats are great for searching, jumping and annotating but actual ereaders are lousy all three. It will be a while before ebooks replicate the experience of a Greek text with an apparatus criticus and lots of marginalia in the center of your table, a dictionary to the right, a pile of secondary works above, a grammar to the left with your fingers holding three places in it, and a mechanical pencil in your mouth. :) Tim From dwalker at calstate.edu Thu Jun 24 13:13:53 2010 From: dwalker at calstate.edu (Walker, David) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:13:53 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: References: , <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco>, Message-ID: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86C@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> > But they want to do it on their reader, not one > they borrow from us. Yeah, and I can also see students using an e-book reader for text books -- if for no other reason than to lighten-up your backpack. In fact, I think there are some devices specially designed for that already. But, in that case, too, I think you'd want your *own* tablet, rather than one you check out of the library for an hour or two. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Campbell, James (jmc) [jmc at virginia.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:55 AM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers It's an excellent point, David. Our business school was one of the three schools that got Kindles to use with course materials. They gave up on the program after one semester and what you describe is pretty much what the students said. The perils of generalization: humanities faculty do still read whole books and at least some of them tell me they want to do it on an e-reader. But they want to do it on their reader, not one they borrow from us. They want the library as an alternative to the Kindle store. - Jim Campbell Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 -----Original Message----- From: Walker, David [mailto:dwalker at calstate.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:38 PM To: Tim Spalding; Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers > I think the situation is somewhat different for academics I would also add that academic library users use books differently than public library users. Students, in particular, are often just skimming books looking for relevant information on their research topic, rather than sitting down and reading each book cover-to-cover. In that situation, a plain old PDF of the book viewed on your laptop is probably *better* than reading the book on some specialized e-book reader. With my laptop, I can also have Word, a browser, and maybe some citation management software open at the same time. I can look at both books and articles, and cut-and-paste citations into my research paper. I don't really see a compelling need for academic libraries to lend e-book readers. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding [tim at librarything.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:28 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat-I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will-indeed are-selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From jmc at virginia.edu Thu Jun 24 13:34:17 2010 From: jmc at virginia.edu (Campbell, James (jmc)) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:34:17 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86C@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> References: , <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco>, <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86C@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> Message-ID: For some students and some textbooks, maybe, but it was partly textbooks that weren't working out on the Kindle in the experiment here. - Jim Campbell -----Original Message----- From: Walker, David [mailto:dwalker at calstate.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:14 PM To: Campbell, James (jmc); web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers > But they want to do it on their reader, not one > they borrow from us. Yeah, and I can also see students using an e-book reader for text books -- if for no other reason than to lighten-up your backpack. In fact, I think there are some devices specially designed for that already. But, in that case, too, I think you'd want your *own* tablet, rather than one you check out of the library for an hour or two. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Campbell, James (jmc) [jmc at virginia.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:55 AM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers It's an excellent point, David. Our business school was one of the three schools that got Kindles to use with course materials. They gave up on the program after one semester and what you describe is pretty much what the students said. The perils of generalization: humanities faculty do still read whole books and at least some of them tell me they want to do it on an e-reader. But they want to do it on their reader, not one they borrow from us. They want the library as an alternative to the Kindle store. - Jim Campbell Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 -----Original Message----- From: Walker, David [mailto:dwalker at calstate.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:38 PM To: Tim Spalding; Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers > I think the situation is somewhat different for academics I would also add that academic library users use books differently than public library users. Students, in particular, are often just skimming books looking for relevant information on their research topic, rather than sitting down and reading each book cover-to-cover. In that situation, a plain old PDF of the book viewed on your laptop is probably *better* than reading the book on some specialized e-book reader. With my laptop, I can also have Word, a browser, and maybe some citation management software open at the same time. I can look at both books and articles, and cut-and-paste citations into my research paper. I don't really see a compelling need for academic libraries to lend e-book readers. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding [tim at librarything.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:28 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat-I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will-indeed are-selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From jaf30 at cornell.edu Thu Jun 24 14:00:32 2010 From: jaf30 at cornell.edu (John Fereira) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:00:32 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86C@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> References: , <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco>, <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86C@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> Message-ID: I read something awhile back about a small college in Missouri that was replacing *all* hard copy text books with electronic version that could be read with an ebook reader. Apparently the cost savings to students was significant. -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Walker, David Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:14 PM To: Campbell, James (jmc); web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers > But they want to do it on their reader, not one > they borrow from us. Yeah, and I can also see students using an e-book reader for text books -- if for no other reason than to lighten-up your backpack. In fact, I think there are some devices specially designed for that already. But, in that case, too, I think you'd want your *own* tablet, rather than one you check out of the library for an hour or two. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Campbell, James (jmc) [jmc at virginia.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:55 AM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers It's an excellent point, David. Our business school was one of the three schools that got Kindles to use with course materials. They gave up on the program after one semester and what you describe is pretty much what the students said. The perils of generalization: humanities faculty do still read whole books and at least some of them tell me they want to do it on an e-reader. But they want to do it on their reader, not one they borrow from us. They want the library as an alternative to the Kindle store. - Jim Campbell Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112 513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985 -----Original Message----- From: Walker, David [mailto:dwalker at calstate.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:38 PM To: Tim Spalding; Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers > I think the situation is somewhat different for academics I would also add that academic library users use books differently than public library users. Students, in particular, are often just skimming books looking for relevant information on their research topic, rather than sitting down and reading each book cover-to-cover. In that situation, a plain old PDF of the book viewed on your laptop is probably *better* than reading the book on some specialized e-book reader. With my laptop, I can also have Word, a browser, and maybe some citation management software open at the same time. I can look at both books and articles, and cut-and-paste citations into my research paper. I don't really see a compelling need for academic libraries to lend e-book readers. --Dave ================== David Walker Library Web Services Manager California State University http://xerxes.calstate.edu ________________________________________ From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding [tim at librarything.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:28 AM To: Campbell, James (jmc) Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers FWIW--and to reverse myself somewhat-I think the situation is somewhat different for academics: 1. Academic libraries are used to paying huge amounts for monographs. A single Brill volume about Greek history can set you back $300 and still not get read. So putting some cheap stuff on a $150 Kobo reader as an experiment isn't such a terrible deal. You're trading money for a little flash, and some learning. 2. Academic ebook licensing will be different. Trade publishers will never allow public libraries to have a "real" lending right. They don't want to sell the Lost Symbol once and have 10 or 20 people read it--the sort of thing that physical books now allow. But so long as the library can't lend an ebook outside of the institution, academic publishers doesn't care if there's an unlimited right to read some obscure academic monograph that probably won't be read by two people in a year, let alone two people at the same time. They will-indeed are-selling e-monograph access at fairly normal (pricey!) rates. Tim _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From yitzchak.schaffer at gmx.com Thu Jun 24 15:36:25 2010 From: yitzchak.schaffer at gmx.com (Yitzchak Schaffer) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:36:25 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] E-study, lots of texts, was Libraries that are circulating e-book readers In-Reply-To: References: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> Message-ID: <4C23B3B9.90508@gmx.com> On 6/24/2010 13:06, Tim Spalding wrote: > ... > It will be a while before ebooks > replicate the experience of a Greek text with an apparatus criticus > and lots of marginalia in the center of your table, a dictionary to > the right, a pile of secondary works above, a grammar to the left with > your fingers holding three places in it, and a mechanical pencil in > your mouth. :) > This is actually something like a use case that has me interested in a smaller, portable device (iPhone). I typically study the Mishnah (ancient Hebrew legal text), among other things, during my two-train commute. Not the ideal place, but hey, that's where I have the time. I have a pocket edition, but regularly find myself wanting to consult with the commentaries available in the normal edition, as well as the large Jastrow dictionary. As of now, I'm stuck either waiting on the other commentaries and dictionary, until I can sit down with them at home, at which point I have to study the whole section again and remember what I didn't understand before; or hauling around everything in e.g. a rolling backpack. I've tried that; it's not so pretty, especially factoring in that I also study other things on my commute. With an iPhone, I could theoretically carry all these books and more in PDF or image form in my pocket. I test-drove the thing in the store a bit; the screen real-estate is not exactly ideal, in terms of the space concerns that Tim describes - see http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=37939&st=&pgnum=178 for a sample page of Mishnah, with the text near the top in the middle (7 lines), and commentaries around. You have to flip back and forth, which is a bit tricky. The iPhone 3G (original) is too slow for comfort; I can't remember if I tried the 3GS yet, but I imagine it's that much better. Would be better size-wise on an iPad, but for one, it's that much harder to transport/hold in a train with NY-Penn crowds, and for two, I don't know if I could justify paying that much for a portable device without a phone or camera - which is why I ruled out the iPod Touch. So indeed... these portable magic devices are not going to satisfy serious research needs, though they could have use cases. On the other hand, maybe I'm wrong: http://bit.ly/9z1tGH -- Yitzchak Schaffer Systems Manager Touro College Libraries 33 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10010 Tel (212) 463-0400 x5230 Fax (212) 627-3197 Email yitzchak.schaffer at tourolib.org Access Problems? Contact systems.library at touro.edu From mindspiral at gmail.com Fri Jun 25 19:35:55 2010 From: mindspiral at gmail.com (Brian Gray) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:35:55 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulatinge-book readers In-Reply-To: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86C@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> References: <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86A@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> <84FE93771E94E24E9733E2296292BFB11D4D27F86C@COWEWEXMB02.csuco> Message-ID: As one of the Kindle DX schools most students do not find the advantage of carrying around less books enough of a reason to use an e-reader. The Kindle did not match the ease of highlighting, notes, post it notes, and flipping that most students utilize when studying. Brian Gray mindspiral at gmail.com bcg8 at case.edu On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Walker, David wrote: > > But they want to do it on their reader, not one > > they borrow from us. > > Yeah, and I can also see students using an e-book reader for text books -- > if for no other reason than to lighten-up your backpack. In fact, I think > there are some devices specially designed for that already. > > But, in that case, too, I think you'd want your *own* tablet, rather than > one you check out of the library for an hour or two. > > --Dave > ================== > David Walker > Library Web Services Manager > California State University > http://xerxes.calstate.edu > From rdrzewicki at gmail.com Sun Jun 27 23:00:39 2010 From: rdrzewicki at gmail.com (Robert Drzewicki) Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:00:39 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Global news monitoring tools providing trend analysis Message-ID: Hi all - Apologies for any cross posting. Can anyone advise on global news monitoring tools providing trend analysis. I am working on providing a list of recommendations for trial and eventual purchase, focusing on health, environment, urbanization, survival and security trends. Take a look at www.silobreaker.com as an example. Thanks for any suggestions! -- Robert Drzewicki rdrzewicki at gmail.com 917.376.3315 From jenne.heise at gmail.com Mon Jun 28 11:43:05 2010 From: jenne.heise at gmail.com (Jennifer Heise) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:43:05 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Thanks... SMS to Chat help Message-ID: Several months ago, I asked about services libraries were using to provide SMS 'texting' reference through a chat interface. I got a lot of helpful responses. As a result, we eventually moved from Meebo chat to LibraryH3lp, something we'd been planning to do, and signed up for Google Voice. I'm happy to report we have a working SMS chat and are planning when to publicize it now! Thanks! -- Jennifer Heise known in the SCA as Jadwiga Zajaczkowa From jenne.heise at gmail.com Mon Jun 28 11:45:58 2010 From: jenne.heise at gmail.com (Jennifer Heise) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:45:58 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Question: Digital Sign software Message-ID: Hi! We are looking at providing monitors at our circulation desk that scroll through a list of events. Our staff would like them to also default to, say, CNN when not providing event/news signage, but I'll settle for basic "Library News" scrolling display. I'm pretty sure I can do this with Powerpoint, but am wondering if anyone knows of some simple free software to do this for us? (The idea is that we would merely purchase larger monitors and attach them to an older machine retired from our Public computing site, then program the event information to display on the rotating sign screen.) Any help would be appreciated. -- Jennifer Heise known in the SCA as Jadwiga Zajaczkowa From Elena_OMalley at emerson.edu Mon Jun 28 12:02:49 2010 From: Elena_OMalley at emerson.edu (Elena OMalley) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:02:49 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There was a presentation at NERCOMP about libraries loaning e-readers this past March. The pdf of the presentations is available. I believe their presentations also referred to other projects. http://www.educause.edu/Resources/EBooksonCampusAreWeThereYet/201136 I believe the presenters would be willing to discuss their projects further, if you contacted them directly. Elena O'Malley Assistant Director for Technology and Access Services Emerson College, Iwasaki Library, Boston, MA 02116 -----Original Message----- From: Norma Jean Hewlett [mailto:hewlett at usfca.edu] Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 7:56 PM To: web4lib at webjunction.org Subject: [Web4lib] Request for info: Libraries that are circulating e-book readers Hi, everyone I'm looking for any info about libraries that are circulating e-book readers. We are especially interested in the use of Kindles or iPads in academic libraries, but use of any type of reader in any type of library would also be useful. Many thanks for your help as we try to design envision how such a program might work. Jean Hewlett University of San Francisco From Margaret.E.Hazel at ci.eugene.or.us Mon Jun 28 12:32:16 2010 From: Margaret.E.Hazel at ci.eugene.or.us (HAZEL Margaret E) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:32:16 -0700 Subject: [Web4lib] Thanks... SMS to Chat help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <813A01DF90DA7C4489F0AFC875D99646378362341E@cesrv011.eugene1.net> Let us know where to see it when you do, Jennifer! -Margaret Eugene, OR -----Original Message----- From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer Heise Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 8:43 AM To: web4lib Subject: [Web4lib] Thanks... SMS to Chat help Several months ago, I asked about services libraries were using to provide SMS 'texting' reference through a chat interface. I got a lot of helpful responses. As a result, we eventually moved from Meebo chat to LibraryH3lp, something we'd been planning to do, and signed up for Google Voice. I'm happy to report we have a working SMS chat and are planning when to publicize it now! Thanks! -- Jennifer Heise known in the SCA as Jadwiga Zajaczkowa _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib at webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ From lbell927 at yahoo.com Wed Jun 30 09:37:09 2010 From: lbell927 at yahoo.com (Lori Bell) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:37:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Web4lib] Trendy Topics: Library Websites online conference Message-ID: <785370.14840.qm@web52807.mail.re2.yahoo.com> TAP Information Services Announces Trendy Topics 2010: Library Websites TAP Information Services is pleased to announce the sixth in a dynamic monthly series of online workshops librarians can enjoy right at their desktops on hot topics. The latest conference on "Library Websites" is scheduled for Tuesday July 13.? Aaron Schmidt, from the District of Columbia Public Library is the keynote speaker. Schmidt will speak on ?Improving Library Services by Recognizing That You?re a Designer.?? In this talk, he will introduce attendees to the world of user experience design.? His talk will contain practical tips for making library websites easier to use and how the same methods can be used for every library service. Other speakers for this day-long conference include: ??????? David Lee King on ?Creating User Experiences on the Web? ??????? Karen McBride on ?Adding Video and Other Media to your Library Website? ??????? Chad Mairn on ?Creating A Mobile Library Presence? ??????? Genna Buhr on ?Using WordPress.com for an Easy Library Website? ??????? Laura Solomon on ?20 Things You can Do to Make your Library Site Better Right Now? ?Register at http://www.eventbee.com/view/trendytopics/event?eid=65537 Registration for librarians for the one day conference is $40; for students $30; and for groups $100. For more information on these workshops please contact Lori Bell at lbell927 at gmail.com or Tom Peters at TAP Information Services at tpeters at tapinformation.com. TAP Information Services (www.tapinformation.com) helps organizations innovate. From jenne.heise at gmail.com Wed Jun 30 10:47:54 2010 From: jenne.heise at gmail.com (Jennifer Heise) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:47:54 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Thanks... SMS to Chat help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi! LibraryH3lp (chat reference service) has an integrated gateway that can connect to Google Voice to pick up SMS text messages sent to your Google Voice number. Google Voice is a free service but you have to have an invite (we had to request one then wait about 6 months for ours). You have a single number that can be directed to ring at one or more regular numbers (my roommate is setting this up for us at home so we can have a 'contact phone number' to give out that will ring for all our cell phones and land line. Google Voice, obviously, also accepts SMS/Chat messages at that number. When you have set up a GoogleVoice gateway in your LibraryH3lp account, Texts sent to that GoogleVoice account will show up in the LibraryH3lp chat; if no librarian is logged on to LibraryH3lp when the text is received, it just pops up as soon as someone logs in. We've found that the incoming (from cell phone to LibraryH3lp) path is somewhat slow-- up to 30 minutes; but the outgoing message from LibraryH3lp to the user's cell phone is quite swift. [You can also use your regular Gchat to send and respond to SMS messages (option you can turn on in Google Labs), but my friends have found that the outgoing messages are often lost if you send out through Gchat.] -- Jenne Heise On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Christa E. Van Herreweghe < Christa at ucpl.lib.mo.us> wrote: > Hmmm, I'm not familiar with Google Voice. What are you doing with it > specifically? > > > Christa Van Herreweghe > IT/Reference Librarian > University City Public Library > www.ucpl.lib.mo.us > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org > [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer Heise > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:43 AM > To: web4lib > Subject: [Web4lib] Thanks... SMS to Chat help > > Several months ago, I asked about services libraries were using to > provide > SMS 'texting' reference through a chat interface. I got a lot of helpful > responses. As a result, we eventually moved from Meebo chat to > LibraryH3lp, > something we'd been planning to do, and signed up for Google Voice. I'm > happy to report we have a working SMS chat and are planning when to > publicize it now! > > Thanks! > > -- > Jennifer Heise > > known in the SCA as Jadwiga Zajaczkowa > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > Web4lib at webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ > > -- Jennifer Heise known in the SCA as Jadwiga Zajaczkowa From leo at leoklein.com Wed Jun 30 11:16:15 2010 From: leo at leoklein.com (Leo Robert Klein) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:16:15 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] Thanks... SMS to Chat help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4C2B5FBF.2080308@leoklein.com> On 6/30/2010 9:47 AM, Jennifer Heise wrote: > Google Voice is a free service but you have to have an invite (we had to > request one then wait about 6 months for ours). You have a single number > that can be directed to ring at one or more regular numbers (my roommate is > setting this up for us at home so we can have a 'contact phone number' to > give out that will ring for all our cell phones and land line. > Google Voice opened up last week so you no longer need an invite: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/google-voice-now-open-to-the-public/ LEO -- ------------------- www.leoklein.com (site) www.ChicagoLibrarian.com (blog) aim/msn/yhoo/goog: 'leorobertklein' -- ------------------------------- From mindspiral at gmail.com Wed Jun 30 13:09:25 2010 From: mindspiral at gmail.com (Brian Gray) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:09:25 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Thanks... SMS to Chat help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think Google Voice went public in the last 2 weeks. It is not an invitation process anymore. Brian Gray mindspiral at gmail.com bcg8 at case.edu On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Jennifer Heise wrote: > Hi! LibraryH3lp (chat reference service) has an integrated gateway that can > connect to Google Voice to pick up SMS text messages sent to your Google > Voice number. > > Google Voice is a free service but you have to have an invite (we had to > request one then wait about 6 months for ours). You have a single number > that can be directed to ring at one or more regular numbers (my roommate is > setting this up for us at home so we can have a 'contact phone number' to > give out that will ring for all our cell phones and land line. > > Google Voice, obviously, also accepts SMS/Chat messages at that number. > > When you have set up a GoogleVoice gateway in your LibraryH3lp account, > Texts sent to that GoogleVoice account will show up in the LibraryH3lp > chat; > if no librarian is logged on to LibraryH3lp when the text is received, it > just pops up as soon as someone logs in. We've found that the incoming > (from > cell phone to LibraryH3lp) path is somewhat slow-- up to 30 minutes; but > the > outgoing message from LibraryH3lp to the user's cell phone is quite swift. > > [You can also use your regular Gchat to send and respond to SMS messages > (option you can turn on in Google Labs), but my friends have found that the > outgoing messages are often lost if you send out through Gchat.] > > -- Jenne Heise > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Christa E. Van Herreweghe < > Christa at ucpl.lib.mo.us> wrote: > > > Hmmm, I'm not familiar with Google Voice. What are you doing with it > > specifically? > > > > > > Christa Van Herreweghe > > IT/Reference Librarian > > University City Public Library > > www.ucpl.lib.mo.us > From chodgson at niso.org Wed Jun 30 14:23:57 2010 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:23:57 -0400 Subject: [Web4lib] Joint NISO/DCMI Webinar: Dublin Core: The Road from Metadata Formats to Linked Data Message-ID: <004f01cb1881$67c9d740$375d85c0$@org> The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) are pleased to announce a new educational partnership, starting with an educational webinar on "Dublin Core: The Road from Metadata Formats to Linked Data," to be held Wednesday, August 25th, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (eastern time). Created in 1995, the Dublin Core was a result of the early phase of the web revolution. While most saw the Dublin Core as a simple metadata format, or as a set of descriptive headers embedded in web pages, a few of its founders saw it as a cornerstone of a fundamentally new approach to metadata. In the shadow of search engines, a Semantic Web approach developed in the early 2000s, reaching maturity in 2006 with the Linked Data movement, which uses Dublin Core as one of its key vocabularies. This webinar will discuss the difference between traditional approaches based on record formats and the Linked Data approach, based on metadata "statements" designed to be merged across data silo boundaries. Focusing on the dual role of Dublin Core as a format and as a Semantic Web vocabulary, this webinar will discuss new technologies for bridging the gap between traditional and Linked Data approaches, highlighting how old ideas such as embedded metadata have been reinvented with new web technologies and tools to solve practical problems of resource discovery and navigation. SPEAKERS AND TOPICS . Dublin Core in the Early Web Revolution Makx Dekkers, Managing Director and CEO, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Ltd. (DCMI) Makx will describe how the early history of the Dublin Core illustrates an emerging split between two quite different paradigms for metadata -- one based on closed systems and record formats and the other based on recombinational metadata with an "open-world" assumption. . What Makes the Linked Data Approach Different Thomas Baker, Chief Information Officer, DCMI Ltd. Tom will demonstrate how metadata can be designed for merging across the boundaries of repositories and data silos. . Designing Interoperable Metadata on Linked Data Principles Thomas Baker, Chief Information Officer, DCMI Ltd. Tom will show how good metadata design is rooted in well-articulated requirements and how the interoperability of metadata depends on shared underlying vocabularies in the context of a shared "grammar" for metadata. . Bridging the Gap to the Linked Data Cloud Makx Dekkers, Managing Director and CEO, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Ltd. (DCMI) Makx will describe how existing metadata applications can participate in the Linked Data cloud with emphasis on the role of simple, generic vocabularies such as the Dublin Core in providing a common denominator for interoperability. REGISTRATION Registration is per site (defined as access for one computer). NISO and NASIG members may register at a discounted rate. A student discount is also available. Can't make it on the scheduled date or time? Registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year, which can be viewed at your convenience. For more information or to register, visit the event webpage: www.niso.org/news/events/2010/dublincore/. Cynthia Hodgson NISO Technical Editor Consultant National Information Standards Organization Email: chodgson at niso.org Phone: 301-654-2512 From gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com Wed Jun 30 15:45:32 2010 From: gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com (gerrymck) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:45:32 -0500 Subject: [Web4lib] MindTime > Past / Present / Future Message-ID: Colleagues/ Diffusion of Innovations is a theory of how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread through cultures. [snip] The publication of a study of Ryan and Gross on the diffusion of hybrid corn in Iowa[3] was the first sustainably visible contribution in a broader interest in innovations which was especially popularized by the textbook by Everett Rogers (1962), Diffusion of Innovations (Rogers 1962). He defines diffusion as "the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system." [snip] Diffusion of an innovation occurs through a five?step process. This process is a type of decision-making. It occurs through a series of communication channels over a period of time among the members of a similar social system. Ryan and Gross first indicated the identification of adoption as a process in 1943 (Rogers 1962, p. 79). Rogers categorizes the five stages (steps) as: awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption. An individual might reject an innovation at anytime during or after the adoption process. In later editions of the Diffusion of Innovations Rogers changes the terminology of the five stages to: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation. However the descriptions of the categories have remained similar throughout the editions. [snip] Rogers defines an adopter category as a classification of individuals within a social system on the basis of innovativeness. In the book Diffusion of Innovations, Rogers suggests a total of five categories of adopters in order to standardize the usage of adopter categories in diffusion research. The adoption of an innovation follows an S curve when plotted over a length of time.[10] The categories of adopters are: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards (Rogers 1962, p. 150) BTW: Rogers is an Iowa native who attended Iowa State [:-)] This Weekend I Had An Epiphany >>> Would It Be (More) Useful To Consider Innovation And Its Adoption As A Matter Of One's Time Zone >>> That Is > One's Temporal Orientation > The Past And/Or The Present And/Or The Future ? 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