From jill.emery at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 3 00:31:56 2012 From: jill.emery at GMAIL.COM (Jill Emery) Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 21:31:56 -0800 Subject: ER&L Conference Early Bird Registration Ending Message-ID: The early bird registration for the 2012 Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference in Austin, Texas ends on 5 January 2012. http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/registration ER&L has sold out for the past six years, so register now to take advantage of the discounted price and to insure your attendance at the conference! If you're unable to attend ER&L in person this year, you can take advantage of an online conference option. ER&L Online will offer access to over 30 sessions including interaction by ER&L presenters in our simple online tools. 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Their premium service is $99; but basic is still free for libraries, educators, etc. Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Kristi Bryant Sent: Fri 12/30/2011 1:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." 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Thanks Abigail On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Harper, Christopher wrote: > We just recently went through the process of rating academic library > websites for our own redesign and came up with the following top five (from > ~25 individual picks):**** > > ** ** > > Library Website**** > > Rating**** > > *BYU Library * > > 4**** > > *Penn State University Library > * > > 4**** > > *NCSU Libraries * > > 3.5**** > > *University at Buffalo Libraries * > > 3.5**** > > *Luria Library * > > 3.5**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *Chris Harper* > Library Information Systems Specialist > Longwood University > 434.395.2438**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Michael Schofield [mailto:mschofield at NEFLIN.ORG] > *Sent:* Monday, December 19, 2011 3:30 PM > *Subject:* Favorite Academic Library Websites**** > > ** ** > > What's up, hive: > > Which academic library do you think has the best web presence? I'm mining > for examples and inspiration :-). > > All the best, > > Michael Schofield > Bradford County Public Library | www.bcplibrary.com > **** > > ============================ **** > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib **** > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ **** > > 2011-12-19 **** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-03 > > -- Abigail Goben, MLS abigailgoben at gmail.com http://HedgehogLibrarian.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justalover at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 3 12:57:40 2012 From: justalover at GMAIL.COM (miles stauffer) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:57:40 -0800 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I am a little on the fence with wiki's, even though I have used MediaWiki in the past. I have started to learn more towards content or document management systems. If you want to manage minimal resources I would even suggest Wordpress. You can easily install this software internally and tag/categorize your posts for future use. miles On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Hogue Melanie wrote: > We use PBwiki at http://www.pbworks.com/librarians . Their premium > service is $99; but basic is still free for libraries, educators, etc. > > Melanie Amy Hogue > Manager of Online Resources & Reports > Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library > 423-757-5114 > > ________________________________ > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Kristi Bryant > Sent: Fri 12/30/2011 1:10 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software > > > > Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used > by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other > about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. > > > > Thanks and Happy New Year! > > > > Kristi Bryant > > Reference and Technology Librarian > > Wells Public Library > > Wells, Maine 04090 > > 207-646-8181 ext. 205 > > e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org > > web: www.wellstown.org > > > > "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back > the right one." 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I'm interested in Wordpress plugin suggestions, but I'm open to more generic options, too. Thanks, Sharon ---------- Sharon M. Foster Digital Services Librarian *"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man?s own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came.*" ~Tom Paine ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Sarah at TECHSOUPGLOBAL.ORG Tue Jan 3 13:12:21 2012 From: Sarah at TECHSOUPGLOBAL.ORG (Sarah Washburn) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:12:21 +0000 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi there, TechSoup presented a webinar on wikis last year (well, in 2010) that included resources and tips from users: http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/watch-this-webinar-about-wikis TechSoup also offers a donation of Wikispaces Plus Plan for $10 for public libraries and nonprofits. Info on that, here: http://home.techsoup.org/stock/pages/product.aspx?id=G-40611 I hope this is helpful! -sarah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarah Washburn Library Program Manager, TechSoup for Libraries 415-633-9428 Twitter: TechSoup4Libs --> sign up for the monthly library newsletter From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of miles stauffer Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:58 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software I am a little on the fence with wiki's, even though I have used MediaWiki in the past. I have started to learn more towards content or document management systems. If you want to manage minimal resources I would even suggest Wordpress. You can easily install this software internally and tag/categorize your posts for future use. miles On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Hogue Melanie > wrote: We use PBwiki at http://www.pbworks.com/librarians . Their premium service is $99; but basic is still free for libraries, educators, etc. Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Kristi Bryant Sent: Fri 12/30/2011 1:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." 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Kristi From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sarah Washburn Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:12 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hi there, TechSoup presented a webinar on wikis last year (well, in 2010) that included resources and tips from users: http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/watch-this-webinar-about-wikis TechSoup also offers a donation of Wikispaces Plus Plan for $10 for public libraries and nonprofits. Info on that, here: http://home.techsoup.org/stock/pages/product.aspx?id=G-40611 I hope this is helpful! -sarah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarah Washburn Library Program Manager, TechSoup for Libraries 415-633-9428 Twitter: TechSoup4Libs --> sign up for the monthly library newsletter From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of miles stauffer Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:58 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software I am a little on the fence with wiki's, even though I have used MediaWiki in the past. I have started to learn more towards content or document management systems. If you want to manage minimal resources I would even suggest Wordpress. You can easily install this software internally and tag/categorize your posts for future use. miles On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Hogue Melanie > wrote: We use PBwiki at http://www.pbworks.com/librarians . Their premium service is $99; but basic is still free for libraries, educators, etc. Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Kristi Bryant Sent: Fri 12/30/2011 1:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." 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Foster > Digital Services Librarian > > *"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man?s > own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on > every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of > that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came.*" > ~Tom Paine > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-03 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From AMutch at TWP.WATERFORD.MI.US Tue Jan 3 13:21:04 2012 From: AMutch at TWP.WATERFORD.MI.US (Mutch, Andrew) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:21:04 -0500 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: A Message-ID: I would second this. We use MediaWiki for our Intranet for about 30 part and full-time employees. Even with extensions to use FCKEditor for editing pages and an RSS feed extension to import content from our staff blog, I've never felt that it's been a very user-friendly solution for our staff. They've gotten used to using it and some parts of the Wiki get updated regularly. But in hindsight, I would have gone the route of a CMS like WordPress. I think when I looked at WP at the time, it didn't feel like it could do everything I needed it to do. But the current version of WP is more than sufficient to do at least 95% of what we do with MediaWiki and it would save me the trouble of having to train and maintain on two different platforms (Wiki + Blog). While MediaWiki isn't that difficult to maintain, again, WP far easier to maintain in comparison. There may be other Wiki solutions that are more end-user friendly than MediaWiki but for a small library with a small staff (or even larger libraries), I would have to hear reasons why a Wiki is a "must have" before I would go that route again. Andrew Mutch Library Systems Technician Waterford Township Public Library Waterford, MI ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of miles stauffer Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 12:58 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software I am a little on the fence with wiki's, even though I have used MediaWiki in the past. I have started to learn more towards content or document management systems. If you want to manage minimal resources I would even suggest Wordpress. You can easily install this software internally and tag/categorize your posts for future use. miles On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Hogue Melanie wrote: We use PBwiki at http://www.pbworks.com/librarians . Their premium service is $99; but basic is still free for libraries, educators, etc. Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Kristi Bryant Sent: Fri 12/30/2011 1:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! 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URL: From shafer at ROWAN.EDU Tue Jan 3 13:29:33 2012 From: shafer at ROWAN.EDU (Shafer, Philip) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:29:33 -0500 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: <71289F7C1A53E642BADE615C569CCF5712A34F5508@wthex2k7.town.wells.me.us> Message-ID: We use OpenAtrium (http://openatrium.com/). We tried Wikis in the past and they just didn't work out. OpenAtrium is a drupal deployment that is easy to customize and built for team/community communication. We have been using it in our library since July and it has been a huge success. Our staff participation on the intranet has increased dramatically. ------------------------- Philip Shafer Web Developer Rowan University Library Services Ph: 856-256-4418 E-mail: shafer at rowan.edu From: Kristi Bryant > Reply-To: Web technologies in libraries > Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:14:34 -0500 To: "WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU" > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hi Sarah, Thanks for writing! These resources look awesome and I?ll definitely take a look. Happy New Year! Kristi From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Sarah Washburn Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:12 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hi there, TechSoup presented a webinar on wikis last year (well, in 2010) that included resources and tips from users: http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/watch-this-webinar-about-wikis TechSoup also offers a donation of Wikispaces Plus Plan for $10 for public libraries and nonprofits. Info on that, here: http://home.techsoup.org/stock/pages/product.aspx?id=G-40611 I hope this is helpful! -sarah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarah Washburn Library Program Manager, TechSoup for Libraries 415-633-9428 Twitter: TechSoup4Libs --> sign up for the monthly library newsletter From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of miles stauffer Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:58 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software I am a little on the fence with wiki's, even though I have used MediaWiki in the past. I have started to learn more towards content or document management systems. If you want to manage minimal resources I would even suggest Wordpress. You can easily install this software internally and tag/categorize your posts for future use. miles On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Hogue Melanie > wrote: We use PBwiki at http://www.pbworks.com/librarians . Their premium service is $99; but basic is still free for libraries, educators, etc. Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Kristi Bryant Sent: Fri 12/30/2011 1:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." 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Foster > Digital Services Librarian > > *"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man?s > own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on > every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of > that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came.*" > ~Tom Paine > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-03 > > -- Megan O'Neill Web Services & Emerging Technologies Librarian Stockwell-Mudd Library Albion College 602 E. Cass St. Albion, MI 49224 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To give you a better understanding of the query, I am quoting following cases, I would like to archive all the blog posts published over web on the topic titled "automated taxonomy" at a web page.I would like to archive all the job descriptions on "Knowledge management" published over WEB for the next 5 years and also last 5 years at a web page. Please share your ideas/solutions/tools.Thanks in advance. Praveen Veeramalla M:+91 9052345223 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cynthia.s.ng at GMAIL.COM Wed Jan 4 05:55:05 2012 From: cynthia.s.ng at GMAIL.COM (Cynthia Ng) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 02:55:05 -0800 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Just a suggestion, if you decide to go with a wiki (instead of a CMS or DMS), you might consider Confluence:www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/overview It can create a more dynamic look and feel compared to something like MediaWiki, and by default can do things such as threading and creating communities. Honestly, I've never personally used it, but have seen many organizations use it successfully. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-04 From aeryan201 at AIM.COM Wed Jan 4 11:05:01 2012 From: aeryan201 at AIM.COM (A Ryan) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 11:05:01 -0500 Subject: Favorite Academic Library Websites In-Reply-To: <10DF23AA3601234EB99B24225182B67C1287147135@terrier.longwood.edu> Message-ID: Regarding Chris Harpers rating of top academic library sites, I wonder if anyone has done a similar exercise for public libraries that they could share. -- : : Amy Ryan, Director : : Vineyard Haven Public Library : : 200 Main Street : : Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 : : 508.696.4211 : : amyryan at clamsnet.org On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Harper, Christopher wrote: > We just recently went through the process of rating academic library > websites for our own redesign and came up with the following top five (from > ~25 individual picks):**** > > ** ** > > Library Website**** > > Rating**** > > *BYU Library * > > 4**** > > *Penn State University Library > * > > 4**** > > *NCSU Libraries * > > 3.5**** > > *University at Buffalo Libraries * > > 3.5**** > > *Luria Library * > > 3.5**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *Chris Harper* > Library Information Systems Specialist > Longwood University > 434.395.2438**** > > ** ** > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sc at STEVECHERRY.NET Wed Jan 4 11:20:44 2012 From: sc at STEVECHERRY.NET (Steve Cherry) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 11:20:44 -0500 Subject: Web Syndicated Archiving Tools / RSS Mashups Message-ID: Sounds like you could use the Archive-It, the Internet Archive's web crawling service, which has the ability to save RSS feeds. After setting up the feeds you want to crawl and the frequency with which to crawl them, the process is automatic. You'd just need to monitor the results to make sure you're getting the content you wanted. Or if you wanted to store the content locally you could install Heretrix, the software that powers Archive-It. The following URLs would have more information: https://webarchive.jira.com/wiki/display/ARIH/Crawling+RSS+or+News+Feeds https://webarchive.jira.com/wiki/display/Heritrix/Heritrix Steve Cherry Electronic Services Librarian The Catholic University of America 620 Michigan Ave., N.E. Washington, DC 20064 202-319-6433 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-04 From bcponsford at LIBRARY.TAMU.EDU Wed Jan 4 13:07:31 2012 From: bcponsford at LIBRARY.TAMU.EDU (Bennett Ponsford) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:07:31 +0000 Subject: Favorite Academic Library Websites In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I would be interested as well. Thanks, Bennett ~~~ Bennett Claire Ponsford Digital Services Librarian University Libraries Texas A&M University bennett.ponsford at tamu.edu 5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843 Tel. 979.845.0877 http://library.tamu.edu ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Abigail Goben [abigailgoben at GMAIL.COM] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:56 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Favorite Academic Library Websites Christoper, Could you share with us what your rating process was for this? Thanks Abigail On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Harper, Christopher > wrote: We just recently went through the process of rating academic library websites for our own redesign and came up with the following top five (from ~25 individual picks): Library Website Rating BYU Library 4 Penn State University Library 4 NCSU Libraries 3.5 University at Buffalo Libraries 3.5 Luria Library 3.5 ________________________________ Chris Harper Library Information Systems Specialist Longwood University 434.395.2438 From: Michael Schofield [mailto:mschofield at NEFLIN.ORG] Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 3:30 PM Subject: Favorite Academic Library Websites What's up, hive: Which academic library do you think has the best web presence? I'm mining for examples and inspiration :-). 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Thanks in advance! -- Nina Nina McHale, MA/MSLS milehighbrarian.net Facebook & Twitter: @ninermac ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bohyun.kim.ois at GMAIL.COM Wed Jan 4 15:50:33 2012 From: bohyun.kim.ois at GMAIL.COM (Bohyun Kim) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:50:33 -0500 Subject: Register for the free LITA Mobile Computing IG 'Virtual' Meeting: 1/11 Noon EST Message-ID: *** Apologies for cross-posting *** Not going to Midwinter? You can still attend and participate in the LITA Mobile Computing IG Virtual Meeting. All you need to do is register for the web meeting below~! ++ LITA Mobile Computing IG Virtual Meeting ++ Meeting Title: LITA Mobile IG Meeting Date & Time: 01/11/2012 at Noon EST. Duration: 1.5 hour(s) Register here (Select 'LITA Mobile IG Meeting') : https://ala.ilinc.com/public Join the meeting on 1/11 : https://ala.ilinc.com/join/zwktzsx Presentations HTML5 Apps, APIs, and the Mobile Platform - Jason Clark, Head of Digital Access and Web Services, Montana State University Libraries With features like geolocation, voice input, and offline data storage, HTML5 is changing the way we can develop for the mobile platform. We'll take a close look at a prototype mobile web app, BookMeUp, a book recommender tool built with some of the newest features of HTML5 coupled with the Amazon Product Advertising API. The session will focus on some of the cutting edge features HTML5 has to offer, but will look to ways you might use HTML5 in your mobile development today. Handheld Tube Tours: Increasing orientation engagement with viral videos and mobile devices - Sean Cordes Instruction Services Coordinator, Western Illinois University Libraries Library orientation tours are helpful, but for many students, if you?ve seen one service point, you?ve seen them all. This presentation describes the practice of incorporating the You Tube viral video format with handheld devices to energize and engage students during library orientation tours. Topics include best practices for creating viral library content, and triumphs and challenges of using handheld devices to support library orientation tours including device availability, connectivity, sequencing content, and pacing the handheld supplemented tour. JISC m-libs - a UK academic library perspective - Jo Alcock, Researcher, Evidence Base at Birmingham City University The JISC Mobile Infrastructure for Libraries programme is a series of projects in UK supporting initiatives that utilise mobile computing in academic libraries. The presentation will give a brief overview of the institutional projects, and discuss the broader community support project which aims to help support and engage the emerging m-library community by reviewing and synthesising existing research and evidence-based guidance. Using paper prototyping to determine mobile platform requirements - David Brightbill, Manager of Research and Development, College Center for Library Automation, FL At CCLA, We?re currently doing some paper prototyping around potential mobile applications for our discovery tool . We are looking at mobile apps that support the student research process and are in a very early stage of this but have identified a few potential topics that we hope to examine in student focus groups in the new year. WordPress Mobile Piug-ins - Sharon Whitfield, Emerging Technologies Librarian, The College of New Jersey WordPress is primarily known as an open source blogging platform, but it?s actually capable of much more. One of the areas that Wordpress has been improving is with mobile website and app creation. There are presently 126 plug-ins that support mobile website creation including tools that can post, manage, and edit your website from your mobile device. Why guess which plug-ins will work for you? Join us for this presentation and learn the best plug-ins to make your WordPress site, mobile friendly. ------ Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS. LITA Mobile Computing IG Chair Digital Access Librarian | 305.348.1471 Florida International University Medical Library http://medlib.fiu.edu | http://medlib.fiu.edu/m (Mobile) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-04 From peterson at AMIGOS.ORG Thu Jan 5 00:12:53 2012 From: peterson at AMIGOS.ORG (Christine Peterson) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 05:12:53 +0000 Subject: Technology & Policy/Legislation - Online Conference Message-ID: Implementing technologies in this age of changing regulations and legislation is not an easy task. In this online conference, we'll delve into some of the most important and influential laws, regulations, and policies libraries are currently dealing with. Title: Technology: Unexpected Consequences of Legislation and Policies in Libraries When: 9:00am - 4:00pm central, Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Where: Online - from the comfort of your office Website: http://www.amigos.org/tech_conference Early Bird Deadline: January 25, 2012 John Carlo Bertot will begin the conference by discussing how the current information and telecommunications policy legislative and policy infrastructure is rapidly becoming obsolete and how the proposed solutions are creating potential barriers to libraries. >From there, enjoy presentations on the current and potential ramifications of topics like Section 508, the Digital Public Library of America, HathiTrust, the Open Library, digital rights management, the cloud, Internet2, and licensing, as well as policy discussions that incorporate both local and federal issues. Seating is limited and early bird registration ends Jan 25, 2012. Both individuals and groups are welcome. Recordings will be available to all registrants. To learn more and to register, visit the conference website at http://www.amigos.org/tech_conference. Christine Peterson Continuing Education Librarian Amigos Library Services, Inc. 800-843-8482 x2891 www.amigos.org peterson at amigos.org Unexpected Consequences of Technology An Amigos Online Conference February 8, 2012 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marc.davis at DRAKE.EDU Thu Jan 5 10:55:50 2012 From: marc.davis at DRAKE.EDU (Marcus W Davis) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:55:50 +0000 Subject: E-Portfolio software/web service ? Message-ID: I've been asked to look at using/developing some sort of e-portfolio software/web service for use by faculty in submitting promotion & tenure documents. - would need to keep some documents/pages confidential - need to provide restricted access (e.g., password-protected or shared) to the confidential portions - would like to be able to openly publish some documents/pages on web - some kind of templating so that portfolio could be structure to accord with promote/tenure requirements (recommendations, publications, activities, etc.) - would be excellent if reviewer comments were possible I obviously could build something like this using wiki or wordpress, but wanted to ask if anyone was doing this via a commercial service, commercial service or locally-built. Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. Marc W. Davis 515-271-1934 Cowles Library, Drake University Mailing: 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA Shipping: 2725 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 From fostersm1 at GMAIL.COM Thu Jan 5 11:04:10 2012 From: fostersm1 at GMAIL.COM (Sharon Foster) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 11:04:10 -0500 Subject: E-Portfolio software/web service ? In-Reply-To: <5EAE1DBD25E00749BCEEBD028E3D17391D79E607@CH1PRD0302MB115.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: Please reply to to the list--I would also be interested! Sharon ---------- Sharon M. Foster Digital Services Librarian *"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man?s own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came.*" ~Tom Paine On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Marcus W Davis wrote: > I've been asked to look at using/developing some sort of e-portfolio > software/web service for use by faculty in submitting promotion & tenure > documents. > - would need to keep some documents/pages confidential > - need to provide restricted access (e.g., password-protected or shared) > to the confidential portions > - would like to be able to openly publish some documents/pages on web > - some kind of templating so that portfolio could be structure to accord > with promote/tenure requirements (recommendations, publications, > activities, etc.) > - would be excellent if reviewer comments were possible > > I obviously could build something like this using wiki or wordpress, but > wanted to ask if anyone was doing this via a commercial service, commercial > service or locally-built. > > Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. > > Marc W. Davis 515-271-1934 > Cowles Library, Drake University > Mailing: 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA > Shipping: 2725 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-05 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolyne.darimont at ARCELORMITTAL.COM Thu Jan 5 11:32:35 2012 From: carolyne.darimont at ARCELORMITTAL.COM (Darimont, Carolyne) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 11:32:35 -0500 Subject: E-Portfolio software/web service ? In-Reply-To: A<5EAE1DBD25E00749BCEEBD028E3D17391D79E607@CH1PRD0302MB115.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: The first thing I thought of was Sharepoint or Xerox's Docushare. Carolyne Darimont | Manager, Library Resource Centre ArcelorMittal Dofasco Research and Development | Box 2460, 1390 Burlington St. E. Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3J5 T 905-548-7200 x2794 | F 905-548-4653 | www.arcelormittal.com | www.arcelormittal.com/hamilton/dofasco P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcus W Davis Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:56 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] E-Portfolio software/web service ? I've been asked to look at using/developing some sort of e-portfolio software/web service for use by faculty in submitting promotion & tenure documents. - would need to keep some documents/pages confidential - need to provide restricted access (e.g., password-protected or shared) to the confidential portions - would like to be able to openly publish some documents/pages on web - some kind of templating so that portfolio could be structure to accord with promote/tenure requirements (recommendations, publications, activities, etc.) - would be excellent if reviewer comments were possible I obviously could build something like this using wiki or wordpress, but wanted to ask if anyone was doing this via a commercial service, commercial service or locally-built. Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. Marc W. Davis 515-271-1934 Cowles Library, Drake University Mailing: 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA Shipping: 2725 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 From griffy.2 at OSU.EDU Thu Jan 5 11:43:20 2012 From: griffy.2 at OSU.EDU (Griffy, Henry) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:43:20 +0000 Subject: E-Portfolio software/web service ? In-Reply-To: <5EAE1DBD25E00749BCEEBD028E3D17391D79E607@CH1PRD0302MB115.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: Thomson-Reuters has a product called Research in View that sounds like what you are looking for: http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/researchinview/ Henry Griffy Program Coordinator, Documentation & Training Scholarly Resources Integration Dept The Ohio State University Libraries 320 Science and Engineering Library 175 W 18th Ave Columbus, OH 43210 Ph: 614-247-4663 ________________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Marcus W Davis [marc.davis at DRAKE.EDU] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:55 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] E-Portfolio software/web service ? I've been asked to look at using/developing some sort of e-portfolio software/web service for use by faculty in submitting promotion & tenure documents. - would need to keep some documents/pages confidential - need to provide restricted access (e.g., password-protected or shared) to the confidential portions - would like to be able to openly publish some documents/pages on web - some kind of templating so that portfolio could be structure to accord with promote/tenure requirements (recommendations, publications, activities, etc.) - would be excellent if reviewer comments were possible I obviously could build something like this using wiki or wordpress, but wanted to ask if anyone was doing this via a commercial service, commercial service or locally-built. Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. Marc W. Davis 515-271-1934 Cowles Library, Drake University Mailing: 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA Shipping: 2725 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 1316447201) is spam: Spam: https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php?i=1316447201&m=2bbac9e11fe4&c=s Not spam: https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php?i=1316447201&m=2bbac9e11fe4&c=n Forget vote: https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php?i=1316447201&m=2bbac9e11fe4&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Thu Jan 5 12:10:36 2012 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:10:36 -0800 Subject: E-Portfolio software/web service ? In-Reply-To: <5EAE1DBD25E00749BCEEBD028E3D17391D79E607@CH1PRD0302MB115.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: Alfresco or a Drupal/Alfresco mix would get the job done. Cary On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Marcus W Davis wrote: > I've been asked to look at using/developing some sort of e-portfolio software/web service for use by faculty in submitting promotion & tenure documents. > - would need to keep some documents/pages confidential > - need to provide restricted access (e.g., password-protected or shared) to the confidential portions > - would like to be able to openly publish some documents/pages on web > - some kind of templating so that portfolio could be structure to accord with promote/tenure requirements (recommendations, publications, activities, etc.) > - would be excellent if reviewer comments were possible > > I obviously could build something like this using wiki or wordpress, but wanted to ask if anyone was doing this via a commercial service, commercial service or locally-built. > > Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. > > Marc W. Davis ? 515-271-1934 > Cowles Library, Drake University > Mailing: ?2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA > Shipping: 2725 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-05 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 From John.Creech at CWU.EDU Thu Jan 5 12:34:19 2012 From: John.Creech at CWU.EDU (John Creech) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:34:19 -0800 Subject: E-Portfolio software/web service ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Mark, NCSU hosts a mega-page on faculty assessment at http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/upa/assmt/resource.htm - while not strictly tenure and review-related, there are links to software and to discussions on the ASSESS list. John Creech, CWU Library >>> "Griffy, Henry" 1/5/2012 8:43 AM >>> Thomson-Reuters has a product called Research in View that sounds like what you are looking for: http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/researchinview/ Henry Griffy Program Coordinator, Documentation & Training Scholarly Resources Integration Dept The Ohio State University Libraries 320 Science and Engineering Library 175 W 18th Ave Columbus, OH 43210 Ph: 614-247-4663 ________________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Marcus W Davis [marc.davis at DRAKE.EDU] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:55 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] E-Portfolio software/web service ? I've been asked to look at using/developing some sort of e-portfolio software/web service for use by faculty in submitting promotion & tenure documents. - would need to keep some documents/pages confidential - need to provide restricted access (e.g., password-protected or shared) to the confidential portions - would like to be able to openly publish some documents/pages on web - some kind of templating so that portfolio could be structure to accord with promote/tenure requirements (recommendations, publications, activities, etc.) - would be excellent if reviewer comments were possible I obviously could build something like this using wiki or wordpress, but wanted to ask if anyone was doing this via a commercial service, commercial service or locally-built. Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. Marc W. 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URL: From dmunson at EWU.EDU Thu Jan 5 13:48:40 2012 From: dmunson at EWU.EDU (Munson, Doris) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:48:40 -0800 Subject: E-Portfolio software/web service ? In-Reply-To: <5EAE1DBD25E00749BCEEBD028E3D17391D79E607@CH1PRD0302MB115.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: We went through the RFP process last year and decided to use Data180. It's fairly easy to use and has levels of security that address many of your concerns below. I don't know about the ability to publish documents/pages on the web but it does allow you to have URLs in the records to link to web pages. It's also possible to upload different document formats. EWU will start using it for promotion and tenure review next year. Templates can be customized for each department. We're using Active Directory authentication and will be uploading information from Banner. Regards, Doris Doris Munson Systems/Reference Librarian Eastern Washington University dmunson at ewu.edu 509-359-6395 -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcus W Davis Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 7:56 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] E-Portfolio software/web service ? I've been asked to look at using/developing some sort of e-portfolio software/web service for use by faculty in submitting promotion & tenure documents. - would need to keep some documents/pages confidential - need to provide restricted access (e.g., password-protected or shared) to the confidential portions - would like to be able to openly publish some documents/pages on web - some kind of templating so that portfolio could be structure to accord with promote/tenure requirements (recommendations, publications, activities, etc.) - would be excellent if reviewer comments were possible I obviously could build something like this using wiki or wordpress, but wanted to ask if anyone was doing this via a commercial service, commercial service or locally-built. Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. Marc W. 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Use of audience-response devices throughout the conference to capture audience opinions ? all registrants will be sent a copy of the results This three-day meeting scheduled from February 26 - 28, 2012 at the historic [http://philadelphia.bellevue.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp] Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia, PA will take a look at how technologies once considered disruptive have converged, been embraced, and are driving publishers and librarians around the globe to reinvent their methods of information creation, packaging, and delivery. The preliminary program is available at:[http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/361-program-2012-nfais-annual-conference] http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/361-program-2012-nfais-annual-conference. Highlights Include: ? A thought-provoking keynote by John Wilbanks on the emerging information landscape - what is shaping it and the opportunities it offers ? Survey results from Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, demonstrating the extent to which once disruptive technologies (mobile computing, social media, the Cloud, etc.) have become mainstream ? A panel of information industry leaders providing their perspective on the new normal and the changes that they have made in products, technologies, staff skills, and business policies in order to remain relevant ? Examples of how content providers are working with new content (data sets, multimedia, Big Data) and new technologies ( HTML5, cloud computing, APIs, mobile devices) to transform their products and services A look at initiatives fueled by current user information behavior and expectations such as Microsoft?s Academic Search, new methods for measuring the value of web-based scholarship, and crowd-sourced scholarly content Key issues relevant to all who operate in a global information economy - including competition for budget dollars from emerging industries within developing countries A look at what is down the road, including a profile of the researcher of the future from preliminary results of a joint survey by JISC and the British Library and a look at the Gartner Hype Cycle for emerging technologies that will impact the information community An interactive closing keynote by Joe Esposito looking at how the ?new normal? may evolve over the next five years To register or obtain more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning ([https://webmail.nfais.org/b/webmail.php?wsid=fWq2XamlsbG9uZWlsbEBuZmFpcy5vcmcsU3FYdXo5U3pGYXkv] jilloneill at nfais.org or [http://tel:215-893-1561/] 215-893-1561) or visit the NFAIS Web site at [http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/335-2012-nfais-annual-conference] http://nfais.brightegg.com/page/335-2012-nfais-annual-conference. The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004, Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403. NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From walter at KATIPO.CO.NZ Thu Jan 5 17:08:38 2012 From: walter at KATIPO.CO.NZ (Walter McGinnis) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 11:08:38 +1300 Subject: E-Portfolio software/web service ? In-Reply-To: <5EAE1DBD25E00749BCEEBD028E3D17391D79E607@CH1PRD0302MB115.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: Hi, Have you considered the open source Mahara project? http://mahara.org/ I'm working on a project for an association that will be using Mahara as the eportfolio system for its members. It will be used in conjunction with Kete (http://kete.net.nz). Best, Walter ----------------------------------------------------------------- Walter McGinnis Kete Project Lead (http://kete.net.nz) Katipo Communications, Ltd. (http://katipo.co.nz) http://twitter.com/wtem On Jan 6, 2012, at 4:55 AM, Marcus W Davis wrote: > I've been asked to look at using/developing some sort of e-portfolio software/web service for use by faculty in submitting promotion & tenure documents. > - would need to keep some documents/pages confidential > - need to provide restricted access (e.g., password-protected or shared) to the confidential portions > - would like to be able to openly publish some documents/pages on web > - some kind of templating so that portfolio could be structure to accord with promote/tenure requirements (recommendations, publications, activities, etc.) > - would be excellent if reviewer comments were possible > > I obviously could build something like this using wiki or wordpress, but wanted to ask if anyone was doing this via a commercial service, commercial service or locally-built. > > Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. > > Marc W. Davis 515-271-1934 > Cowles Library, Drake University > Mailing: 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA > Shipping: 2725 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-05 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-05 From roytennant at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 6 11:58:28 2012 From: roytennant at GMAIL.COM (Roy Tennant) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 08:58:28 -0800 Subject: OSTP RFI comment period extended to Jan 12: Public access to federally funded research (digital data and scientific publications) In-Reply-To: <8A50C9779669B849BD0B7A8C7135BA260A81DF7C@001FSN2MPN1-005.001f.mgd2.msft.net> Message-ID: Forwarded on behalf of . Roy On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Gagnon, Stuart wrote: > > OSTP RFI comment period extended to Jan 12: Public access to federally > funded research (digital data and scientific publications) > > > > In seeking stakeholder feedback on the systemic capabilities of the > scholarly community, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy > (OSTP) Interagency Working Group on Digital Data (IWGDD) issued two requests > for information (RFIs) on public access to digital data ?resulting from > federally funded scientific research? and to scientific (peer-reviewed, > scholarly) publications. > > > > Digital data > > http://1.usa.gov/tDVRdQ > > > > Scholarly publications > > http://1.usa.gov/vY2ROd > > > > Please consider sharing this request among your local faculty, submitting > your own comments [1, 2], and/or forwarding this message to your colleagues, > interest groups and potentially-interested parties. > > > > [Apologies if this duplicates earlier information.] > > > > Thank you for your consideration. > > > > Best regards, > > > > --Stu Gagnon > > =================== > > Stuart R. Gagnon, (MSLS) > > WQIC/NAL/ARS/USDA > > Beltsville, Maryland > > 301.504.6077 > > > > ---------- > > [1] ?How To Submit a Response [for scientific publications]: All comments > must be submitted electronically to: HYPERLINK > "mailto:publicaccess at ostp.gov"publicaccess at ostp.gov. Responses to this RFI > will be accepted through January 2, 2012. You will receive an electronic > confirmation acknowledging receipt of your response, but will not receive > individualized feedback on any suggestions. No basis for claims against the > U.S. Government shall arise as a result of a response to this request for > information or from the Government?s use of such information.? > > > > [2] ?How To Submit a Response [digital data resulting from federally funded > scientific research]: All comments must be submitted electronically to: > HYPERLINK "mailto:digitaldata at ostp.gov"digitaldata at ostp.gov. Responses to > this RFI will be accepted through January 12, 2012. You will receive an > electronic confirmation acknowledging receipt of your response, but will not > receive individualized feedback on any suggestions. No basis for claims > against the U.S. Government shall arise as a result of a response to this > request for information or from the Government?s use of such information.? ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-06 From havensa at OCLC.ORG Fri Jan 6 13:39:20 2012 From: havensa at OCLC.ORG (Havens,Andy) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:39:20 -0500 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: A<71289F7C1A53E642BADE615C569CCF5712A34F53BF@wthex2k7.town.wells.me.us> Message-ID: I love wikis for lots of uses, but I've ended up making the following recommendation a couple times for smaller/internal projects, and it's been well received: Start with a shared Google Docs account and use the word processor and spreadsheet apps to create and collaborate on docs. The main Google Docs page works well as a TOC, and you can tag pages with multiple key-words. If/when you get to having 10 pages, then think about making the move to a wiki. What a couple of my buddies discovered is that their initial requirements in terms of pages/topics ended up being, well... their only requirements. After a year, one of them was doing fine with just two shared docs that they updated quite frequently. Much easier than a wiki if you don't need lots of cross-references and many different pages. - A Andy Havens Manager of Branding and Creative Services, OCLC Email: havensa at oclc.org Phone: 614.764.4326 Mobile: 614.395.4134 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kristi Bryant Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 1:11 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." Neil Gaiman ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-30 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kbryant at WELLSTOWN.ORG Fri Jan 6 13:49:58 2012 From: kbryant at WELLSTOWN.ORG (Kristi Bryant) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:49:58 -0500 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: <64471FEE47C0EA47B0BEE3124D6B8E7809F5504E@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Message-ID: Thank you for all the comments, ideas and suggestions about WIKI/ Blog software. I've heard some great recommendations and feel much more informed at this point! Happy New Year to all, Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." Neil Gaiman From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Havens,Andy Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:39 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software I love wikis for lots of uses, but I've ended up making the following recommendation a couple times for smaller/internal projects, and it's been well received: Start with a shared Google Docs account and use the word processor and spreadsheet apps to create and collaborate on docs. The main Google Docs page works well as a TOC, and you can tag pages with multiple key-words. If/when you get to having 10 pages, then think about making the move to a wiki. What a couple of my buddies discovered is that their initial requirements in terms of pages/topics ended up being, well... their only requirements. After a year, one of them was doing fine with just two shared docs that they updated quite frequently. Much easier than a wiki if you don't need lots of cross-references and many different pages. - A Andy Havens Manager of Branding and Creative Services, OCLC Email: havensa at oclc.org Phone: 614.764.4326 Mobile: 614.395.4134 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kristi Bryant Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 1:11 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." Neil Gaiman ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-30 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-06 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hawkm at OCLC.ORG Fri Jan 6 14:00:19 2012 From: hawkm at OCLC.ORG (Hawk,Mickey) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 14:00:19 -0500 Subject: WIKI software In-Reply-To: A<64471FEE47C0EA47B0BEE3124D6B8E7809F5504E@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Message-ID: We've also used Basecamp (http://basecamphq.com) for both internal and external collaboration. Note that, in very small type on their Plans and Pricing page, they offer Basic and Free plans, which may be as much as you need. Mick Mickey Hawk Manager, Design OCLC hawkm at oclc.org From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Havens,Andy Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:39 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software I love wikis for lots of uses, but I've ended up making the following recommendation a couple times for smaller/internal projects, and it's been well received: Start with a shared Google Docs account and use the word processor and spreadsheet apps to create and collaborate on docs. The main Google Docs page works well as a TOC, and you can tag pages with multiple key-words. If/when you get to having 10 pages, then think about making the move to a wiki. What a couple of my buddies discovered is that their initial requirements in terms of pages/topics ended up being, well... their only requirements. After a year, one of them was doing fine with just two shared docs that they updated quite frequently. Much easier than a wiki if you don't need lots of cross-references and many different pages. - A Andy Havens Manager of Branding and Creative Services, OCLC Email: havensa at oclc.org Phone: 614.764.4326 Mobile: 614.395.4134 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kristi Bryant Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 1:11 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] WIKI software Hoping to receive suggestions for free wiki software that could be used by our small public library (10 employees) to communicate with each other about internal matters, websites, training resources, etc. Thanks and Happy New Year! Kristi Bryant Reference and Technology Librarian Wells Public Library Wells, Maine 04090 207-646-8181 ext. 205 e-mail: kbryant at wellstown.org web: www.wellstown.org "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." Neil Gaiman ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2011-12-30 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-06 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Rose.Schooff at LVA.VIRGINIA.GOV Fri Jan 6 16:16:28 2012 From: Rose.Schooff at LVA.VIRGINIA.GOV (Schooff, Rose (LVA)) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:16:28 -0500 Subject: Document Management - A Different Question Message-ID: I am looking for a simple document management system. Maybe that's not even the term I should be using when looking for what I want. I work in Library Development where we need to collect certain required documents from public libraries on a scheduled basis and I would like a system where the individual libraries can go to a website page and deposit these documents instead of us managing them manually. I would like to assign certain categories to the documents (ie State, Federal) and also have some sort of mechanism that alerts when the file is due to expire - ie we collect them yearly and it needs to be updated. Also have a folder or space where the individual libraries would sign in for their documents only - to place or update - but a view only across all libraries. For example, one library may want to see other libraries job descriptions or policies so we would only view only but no editing privileges unless it's owned by them. Everything I've looked at so far seems way too complicated or either it's geared towards web content management or collaboration type projects. I just want some type of repository. Any ideas or suggestions? Rose M. Schooff Technology Consultant The Library of Virginia 800 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 692-3772 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mjordan at SFU.CA Fri Jan 6 18:02:57 2012 From: mjordan at SFU.CA (Mark Jordan) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 15:02:57 -0800 Subject: Document Management - A Different Question In-Reply-To: <17471C21AC36E7409A60114295F6F9AC030982B1@COVMSGCES-EMB06.cov.virginia.gov> Message-ID: Rose, I've never used any of these, they are all open source apps that would need to be hosted somewhere, and they may not pass your "way too complicated" test, but check out: http://www.opendocman.com/ http://www.kordil.net/ http://frdcsa.org/~andrewdo/projects/paperless-office/ Mark ----- Original Message ----- > I am looking for a simple document management system. Maybe that?s not > even the term I should be using when looking for what I want. > > > > I work in Library Development where we need to collect certain > required documents from public libraries on a scheduled basis and I > would like a system where the individual libraries can go to a website > page and deposit these documents instead of us managing them manually. > I would like to assign certain categories to the documents (ie State, > Federal) and also have some sort of mechanism that alerts when the > file is due to expire ? ie we collect them yearly and it needs to be > updated. Also have a folder or space where the individual libraries > would sign in for their documents only ? to place or update - but a > view only across all libraries. For example, one library may want to > see other libraries job descriptions or policies so we would only view > only but no editing privileges unless it?s owned by them. > > > > Everything I?ve looked at so far seems way too complicated or either > it?s geared towards web content management or collaboration type > projects. I just want some type of repository. > > > > Any ideas or suggestions? > > > > Rose M. Schooff > > Technology Consultant > > The Library of Virginia > > 800 E. Broad Street > > Richmond, VA 23219 > > (804) 692-3772 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-06 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-06 From steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 6 18:08:36 2012 From: steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM (Steffen Schilke) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 00:08:36 +0100 Subject: Document Management - A Different Question In-Reply-To: <17471C21AC36E7409A60114295F6F9AC030982B1@COVMSGCES-EMB06.cov.virginia.gov> Message-ID: Dear Rose, you could do that with Microsoft Sharepoint (host your own or hosted) or Alfresco Share - there might be other systems but I know that these allow you to set up spaces for each library where the can upload the required documents (and version them). The other stuff could be done easily by simple configuration / workflows / programming (?!? by yourself or external help) etc. The rest you want could be done by access control for users and groups. Hope this helps. Kind regards sws PS: you might can achieve this with a WiKi and Access control as well PPS: you might want to have a look at a Lotus Notes based solution http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/quickr/ On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Schooff, Rose (LVA) < Rose.Schooff at lva.virginia.gov> wrote: > I am looking for a simple document management system. Maybe that?s not > even the term I should be using when looking for what I want.**** > > ** ** > > I work in Library Development where we need to collect certain required > documents from public libraries on a scheduled basis and I would like a > system where the individual libraries can go to a website page and deposit > these documents instead of us managing them manually. I would like to > assign certain categories to the documents (ie State, Federal) and also > have some sort of mechanism that alerts when the file is due to expire ? ie > we collect them yearly and it needs to be updated. Also have a folder or > space where the individual libraries would sign in for their documents only > ? to place or update - but a view only across all libraries. For > example, one library may want to see other libraries job descriptions or > policies so we would only view only but no editing privileges unless it?s > owned by them.**** > > ** ** > > Everything I?ve looked at so far seems way too complicated or either it?s > geared towards web content management or collaboration type projects. I > just want some type of repository.**** > > ** ** > > Any ideas or suggestions?**** > > ** ** > > Rose M. Schooff**** > > Technology Consultant**** > > The Library of Virginia**** > > 800 E. Broad Street**** > > Richmond, VA 23219**** > > (804) 692-3772**** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-06 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mviana at PUCRS.BR Mon Jan 9 06:32:20 2012 From: mviana at PUCRS.BR (Michelangelo M M Viana) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 09:32:20 -0200 Subject: SIP 3.0 has been published - how will ILS/LMS suppliers respond? Message-ID: Dear friends, Sharing news published by Michael Fortune , (Consultant at Library RFID Ltd - Limoges, France): "SIP 3.0 has been published - how will ILS/LMS suppliers respond? 3M have announced the publication of their SIP 3.0 protocol. (Copies available from www.mickfortune.com/Wordpress) Will 3M's decision to focus on circulation limit the potential for development of new library functionality as many move to adopt the international data standard for library RFID data? Will ILS/LMS vendors support SIP 3.0, NCIP or BLCF? Or does it matter at all?" What's New in SIP Version 3.0 Version 3.0 has several new messages that have been added to provide additional capability making it easier to implement new functionality in library products for managing the patron record. Below is a summary of changes. New functionality that the protocol supports - allow creation / registration of patrons from self-service devices - allow patrons to update their PINs / Passwords from a self-service device in the library - allow patrons to update their home addresses and phone numbers - support for handling electronic resources - support for staff overrides on self-service circulation - support for sortation systems - support for PC Management systems New messages were added to simplify implementation and clarify usage - Undo Checkout and Undo Check-in messages have been added to simplify implementation. It has been confusing for many developers to send a Check-in w/cancel flag to cancel a Checkout and send a Checkout w/cancel flag to cancel a Check-in. This was confounded by the fact that many ILS vendors did not support cancelling a transaction and would then proceed as a standard check-in (if cancelling a checkout) causing the patron to be removed from the hold list. - Added Off-line Checkout and Off-line Check-in messages to support off-line processing. - Added Unsupported Message Response to indicate that the message request is not supported by the library system. Grouped data Data can now be grouped to provide all information required for a specific event. For example, a fee consists of the following fields: fee identifier, currency code, fee amount, and fee type. These fields can now be grouped together to simplify the passing of multiple fees on a single request or response message. Each set of group data starts with a group identifier and ends with a group end field. -------------------------------- Regards, Michelangelo ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mildbull at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 9 09:24:03 2012 From: mildbull at GMAIL.COM (Michael Kim) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 09:24:03 -0500 Subject: ALA 2012 Midwinter Meeting Announcement: "Next Generation Catalogs on the horizon" Message-ID: You?re invited to attend the LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group at ALA 2012 Midwinter. LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group Midwinter 2012 Program Title: "Next Generation Catalog on the horizon" Date: Sunday Jan. 22, 2012 Time: 10:30-12:00 Noon Room: DCC-C156 The LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group invites representatives from major next generation catalog system vendors, including Ex Libris, eXtensible Catalog Organization, OCLC, and Serials Solutions. Representatives will demonstrate distinctive features of their systems and will join in a panel discussion on topics, such as the challenges of developing next generation catalog systems, embracing non-MARC metadata, and taking advantage of linked data. Participants are encouraged to ask any question related to next generation catalog systems. A brief business meeting of the Next Generation Catalog Interest Group will follow. S. Michael Kim Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services University of Miami Libraries Phone: 305-284-1561 Fax: 305-284-4721 E-mail: michaelkim at miami.edu http://www.library.miami.edu **Please excuse duplicate cross-posting on multiple listservs.** ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-09 From morville at SEMANTICSTUDIOS.COM Mon Jan 9 10:21:05 2012 From: morville at SEMANTICSTUDIOS.COM (Peter Morville) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:21:05 -0500 Subject: IA Stories In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On behalf of the Information Architecture Institute and World IA Day (http://worldiaday.org/), I invite you to share your IA Stories... http://www.flickr.com/groups/iastories/ ...and perhaps win a prize :-) Please spread the word. Thanks! Peter Morville President, Semantic Studios http://semanticstudios.com/ http://findability.org/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-09 From bhow at LOC.GOV Mon Jan 9 11:06:55 2012 From: bhow at LOC.GOV (Howard, Barrie) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:06:55 -0500 Subject: JCDL 2012 Call for Participation Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting ********************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 12th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2012) June 10-14, 2012 Washington, DC, USA Hosted by The George Washington University and The Library of Congress http://www.jcdl2012.info CALL FOR PAPERS The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, organizational, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term digital libraries, including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions and organizations; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, distributing, and accessing digital content; theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing; and theory and practice of use of managed content in science and education. IMPORTANT DATES * Full Papers due January 23, 2012 * Short Papers, Panels, Posters & Demos, Workshops, Tutorials due January 30, 2012 * Notification of acceptance for Workshops and Tutorials: March 1, 2012 * Notification of acceptance for Papers, Panels, Posters & Demos: March 21, 2012 * Doctoral Consortium Abstract submissions due March 31, 2012 CONFERENCE FOCUS The theme for JCDL 2012 is #sharing #linking #using #preserving. Digital libraries, under a variety of names and modalities, are often part of the every day web experience. The challenge is how digital libraries can enhance user experience through providing stability in changing information environment, breaking down information silos, integrating into accepted practices of the web, and providing a range of access and services to resources across the web, both to human and machine users. The intended community for this conference includes those interested in all aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; scientific data management; workflows; implementation; interface design; human-computer interaction; performance evaluation; usability evaluation; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. JCDL welcomes submissions in these areas, and submissions associated with the JCDL 2012 theme of social media influenced themes of linking, sharing, usage, and preservation are particularly welcome. The conference sessions, workshops and tutorials will cover all these aspects. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of established and emerging disciplines and professions including computer science, information science, web science, data science, librarianship, data management, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, information technology, medicine, social sciences, education and humanities. Representatives from academe, government, industry, and others are invited to participate. JCDL 2012 will be held in Washington, DC on the campus of The George Washington University. The program is organized by an international committee of scholars and leaders in the digital libraries field and attendance is expected to include several hundreds of researchers, practitioners, managers, and students. JCDL 2012 invites submissions of papers and proposals for posters, demonstrations, tutorials, and workshops that will make the conference an exciting and creative event to attend. As always, the conference welcomes contributions from all the fields that intersect to enable digital libraries. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Collaborative and participatory information environments * Cyberinfrastructure architectures, applications, and deployments * Data mining/extraction of structure from networked information * Digital library and Web Science curriculum development * Distributed information systems * Extracting semantics, entities, and patterns from large collections * Evaluation of online information environments * Impact and evaluation of digital libraries and information in education * Information and knowledge systems * Information policy and copyright law * Information visualization * Interfaces to information for novices and experts * Linked data and its applications * Personal digital information management * Retrieval and browsing * Scientific data curation, citation and scholarly publication * Social media, architecture, and applications * Social networks, virtual organizations and networked information * Social-technical perspectives of digital information * Studies of human factors in networked information * Theoretical models of information interaction and organization * User behavior and modeling * Visualization of large-scale information environments * Web archiving and preservation IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS All contributions must be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page, following ACM format guidelines and template available from http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Please submit all papers in PDF format. PAPER SUBMISSIONS Paper authors may choose between two formats: Full papers and short papers. Both formats will be included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Both formats will be rigorously peer reviewed. Complete papers are required-abstracts and incomplete papers will not be reviewed. Full papers report on mature work, or efforts that have reached an important milestone. Short papers will highlight efforts that might be in an early stage, but are important for the community to be made aware of. Short papers can also present theories or systems that can be described concisely in the limited space. Full papers must not exceed 10 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions. The material must therefore not have been previously published or be under review for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in English and must follow the ACM formatting guidelines, http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Papers are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012 All accepted papers will be published by ACM as conference proceedings and electronic versions will be included in both the ACM and IEEE digital libraries. POSTER & DEMOSTRATION SUBMISSIONS Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. Proposals must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Abstracts of posters will appear in the proceedings. Demonstrations showcase innovative digital libraries technology and applications, allowing you to share your work directly with your colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors and should not exceed 2 pages. Proposals must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings. PANELS & INVITED BRIEFINGS Panels will complement the refereed portions of the program with lively discussions of controversial and cutting-edge issues that are not addressed by other program elements. Invited briefings will explain a topic of interest to those building digital libraries-they can be thought of as being mini-tutorials. We are not soliciting formal proposals for panels or invited briefings, but if you have an idea for one that you'd like to hear, please send email directly to the panels/briefings chairs, Noha Adly, adly at bibalex.org, and Haowei Hsieh, haowei-hsieh at uiowa.edu. TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS Tutorials provide an opportunity to offer in-depth education on a topic or solution relevant to research or practice in digital libraries. They should address a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a full day. They are not intended to be venues for commercial product training. Experts who are interested in engaging members of the community who may not be familiar with a relevant set of technologies or concepts should plan their tutorials to cover the topic or solution to a level that attendees will have sufficient knowledge to follow and further pursue the material beyond the tutorial. Leaders of tutorial sessions will be expected to take an active role in publicizing and recruiting attendees for their sessions. Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an abstract (1-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a description or topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used for evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of participants; target audience, including level of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for the presenter(s). Tutorial proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest-both those in established communities, and also those interested in discussion and exploration of a new or emerging issue. They can range in format from formal, perhaps centering on presentation of refereed papers, to informal, perhaps centering on an extended roundtable discussions among the selected participants. Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the workshop; identification of the expected audience and expected number of attendees; a description of the planned format and duration (half-day, full-day, or one-and-a-half day); information about how the attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among applicants; as well as contact and biographical information about the organizers. Finally, if a workshop has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions should be provided-dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc. Workshop proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for PhD students from all over the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work (i.e., the consortium is not intended for those who are finished or nearly finished with their dissertation). The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on using the research environment in a constructive and international atmosphere. Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit an extended abstract describing their digital library research. Submissions relating to any aspect of digital library research, development, and evaluation are welcomed, including: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, and innovative applications in the sciences, humanities, and education. Doctoral Consortium proposals are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. ********************************** Barrie Howard Coordinator, Program Management National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program Office of Strategic Initiatives The Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue, SE Washington DC 20540-1300 +1-202-707-1830 bhow at loc.gov http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roytennant at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 9 13:38:35 2012 From: roytennant at GMAIL.COM (Roy Tennant) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:38:35 -0800 Subject: JOB: Din=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E9_?= College Systems Librarian, Tsaile, Arizona Message-ID: Forwarded on behalf of Herman Peterson . Roy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Herman Peterson Job Vacancy Announcement Din? College-Department of Human Resources PO Box 98 Tsaile, AZ 86556 928-724-6952/6603 Position Title: SYSTEMS LIBRARIAN Vacancy Number: 001.TS12.AD Location: College Library, Tsaile, AZ Salary Classification: Grade 11-$33,023.00-$41,278.00 Internal: Open: January 5, 2012 Closing: Open Until Filled External: Open: January 5, 2012 Closing: Open Until Filled Din? College seeks an entry-level professional librarian for the position of Systems Librarian. The person in this position will administer the integrated library system (Voyager), manage the library's growing collection of electronic resources, maintain the library's website, and manage all the hardware and software in the library. Major Duties and Responsibilities: ? Administers the integrated library system (Voyager). Works collaboratively with the vendor in installing, upgrading, troubleshooting, and training. Runs reports as requested. ? Manages the library's growing collection of electronic resources. Leads the library in exploring, evaluating, and adopting technologies that enhance its resources and services, and provides training for such technologies as needed. Will maintain, promote, develop access to, and monitor usage of electronic resources. Negotiates license agreements. Manages the library's growing collection of electronic resources. Leads the library in exploring, evaluating, and adopting technologies that enhance its resources and services, and provides training for such technologies as needed. Will maintain, promote, develop access to, and monitor usage of electronic resources. Negotiates license agreements. ? Maintains the library's website with a focus toward student learning. ? Manages and supports all of the hardware and software in the library, in collaboration with the IT department. ? Serves patrons at the Circulation/Information desk. May include some evening and/or weekend hours. ? Participates in special projects or initiatives in distance education, digital projects, and/or scholarly communications. Minimum Qualifications: Education: ? Master's degree in Library Science from a program accredited by the American Library Association. Experience: ? Entry level position. 0 to 6 months experience. Familiarity with integrated library systems, electronic resources, web design, and the hardware and software used in library applications. Other Skills: ? Ability to work effectively both in a team and independently.1. ? Demonstrated working knowledge of technology (both hardware and software), integrated library systems, and web design principles. ? Ability to work pleasantly and cooperatively with faculty, staff, and students. Operation of Equipment and/or Machinery: ? Personal computer and peripheral; eligibility for the Navajo Nation driving permit; state driver's license to operate a motor vehicle. Expectations: ? Must be student-centered and service-oriented. ? Creates and maintains a stable and efficient technology environment for all library operations. ? Will be able to communicate about and advise on emerging technologies and information service trends. ? Will endeavor to design, deliver, and assess technological services with a focus on student learning. Language: Must be able to demonstrate a high degree of fluency in the speaking and writing of the English language. Oral fluency in Navajo is highly desirable, but not mandatory. Conditions: Pre-employment policies as indicated in the Din? College Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual 300.01. Section F, for background verification, and 400.04, Section H.1., for substance abuse prevention. 400.02, Section A.1., sixty (60) workdays probationary period for nonsupervisory employees, and 400.02, Section A.2., probationary period 120 workdays for supervisors. How to apply: Please find all the information / documents needed to apply are on the website: dhr at dinecollege.edu ~or~ http://www.dinecollege.edu We do not accept FAX copies & incomplete packets. Din? College gives preference to eligible and qualified applicants in accordance with the Navajo Preference in Employment Act (NPEA) and the Veterans' Preference. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-09 From samato at WILLAMETTE.EDU Mon Jan 9 14:32:10 2012 From: samato at WILLAMETTE.EDU (Sara Amato) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:32:10 -0800 Subject: Position Announcement: Digital Assets Curator - Chemeketa Community College - Salem, OR - DEADLINE EXTENDED In-Reply-To: <8AE70CD5-0FBD-4317-BA8B-951DC7E95F64@willamette.edu> Message-ID: Position Announcement: Digital Assets Curator Chemeketa Community College is seeking a Digital Assets Curator. The Curator's role will be to create, manage, and promote the institution's digital repository. Initially, the Curator will help to define the scope of the digital assets program, lead the process for selecting a repository, establish metadata/cataloging standards for digital assets, and set procedures for in-take and on-going management of licensed and user-generated content in a variety of formats. Chemeketa's digital assets program will be a joint endeavor managed collectively by Library, Information Technology, and Distance Education and Academic Technology. The Curator will work closely with these departments, especially the Media Production Specialist and Cataloging Technician, and will participate in related committees and advisory groups. The Curator is a faculty position. Salary placement is subject to current contract depending on education and experience. 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URL: From mlbawg at GWUMC.EDU Mon Jan 9 14:46:49 2012 From: mlbawg at GWUMC.EDU (Alexandra Gomes) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:46:49 -0500 Subject: Job Posting -- Electronic Services Coordinator, Washington, DC Message-ID: Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library The George Washington University The Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library at The George Washington University supports the educational, clinical and research needs of the Medical Center. The Web Services department is works closely with the other library divisions to provide access to the library?s resources and services. Electronic Services Coordinator The Electronic Services Coordinator at the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library is a crucial member of the library staff. This position works closely with staff in the library operations department and the reference and instruction department in order to provide web-based access to the library?s vast electronic collections and services, and integrate specialized library software. Other duties include responsibility for the library?s mobile presence, instruction, currency with new technologies including web 2.0 applications, and membership on various library committees. This position reports to the Associate Director for Education, Information, and Technology Services. Duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following: ? Upgrade content and design of library website based on usability as new requirements arise. ? Maintain library website in conjunction with Publications Specialist/Web Assistant and Systems Librarian. ? Enhance and maintain library Intranet and mobile sites. ? Develop and support custom and specialized library applications; work closely with library departments to determine development and implementation requirements. ? Document all library development projects. ? Handle accounts on various library systems including LibGuides. ? Chair library Electronic Services and Mobile Committees. ? Serve on various library committees. ? Investigate new projects and technologies for use on library site. ? Participates in School of Medicine and Health Sciences Problem-Oriented, Case-based Learning (PCL) as librarian tutor. ? Participate in the departmental Library Liaison program providing instruction and informational services to various departments (both academic and clinical) of the Medical Center (in conjunction with reference department). ? Partner with the reference department to develop web-delivered courses and instructional materials. ? Manage/track software licenses, request/purchase server and/or workstation upgrades (hardware and software). ? Contribute to library marketing and communication activities. ? Supervise Library Publications Specialist/Web Assistant (FT). ? Coordinate activities with Marketing and Communications Department and Academic and Web Services. ? Other duties as assigned. Basic Qualifications: ? MLS from an ALA-accredited school or equivalent mix of education and experience ? 2-5 years experience in web programming/design ? Demonstrated strong working knowledge and understanding of current web standards and user interface design and principles ? Demonstrated strong knowledge of HTML, CSS/XHTML, Flash, JavaScript/Client-side Scripting ? Demonstrated knowledge of content management systems ? Instructional experience ? Documentation experience Preferred Qualifications: ? Library work or project experience ? Supervisory experience ? Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills ? Strong project management skills ? Knowledge of health sciences resources and environment ? Experience with usability testing ? Experience with Cold Fusion ? Experience with Drupal ? Familiarity with Google Apps and Analytics ? Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with all levels of library staff and patrons. The minimum salary is from $54,000, based on experience and qualifications, plus excellent academic benefits. Application Procedure: The review of applications will begin on February 8, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Send resume, cover letter that outlines assessment of skills as they relate to basic qualifications and salary requirement to the address below. Also provide the names and contact information of 3 references including telephone numbers and addresses. The successful candidate will be required to submit to and successfully complete a pre-employment background check. Only complete applications will be considered. The George Washington University Medical Center Attention: J. Marie Miller Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library 2300 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 The George Washington University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-09 From retalbert at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 9 16:46:17 2012 From: retalbert at GMAIL.COM (R Talbert) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:46:17 -0800 Subject: Position Announcement: Digital Assets Curator - Chemeketa Community College - Salem, OR - DEADLINE EXTENDED In-Reply-To: <19716AAE-DF1C-4038-BE13-D3977AE5CA8D@willamette.edu> Message-ID: Morning Sara Amato: What is the Job ID. Cannot find the listing to apply to on any of the pages. Sincerely, Robert Talbert On 1/9/12, Sara Amato wrote: > Position Announcement: Digital Assets Curator > > Chemeketa Community College is seeking a Digital Assets Curator. The > Curator's role will be to create, manage, and promote the institution's > digital repository. Initially, the Curator will help to define the scope of > the digital assets program, lead the process for selecting a repository, > establish metadata/cataloging standards for digital assets, and set > procedures for in-take and on-going management of licensed and > user-generated content in a variety of formats. Chemeketa's digital assets > program will be a joint endeavor managed collectively by Library, > Information Technology, and Distance Education and Academic Technology. The > Curator will work closely with these departments, especially the Media > Production Specialist and Cataloging Technician, and will participate in > related committees and advisory groups. The Curator is a faculty position. > Salary placement is subject to current contract depending on education and > experience. > > See full posting at http://hr.chemeketa.edu > Closing Date: January 12, 2012 **Deadline extended > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-09 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-09 From robert.g.sullivan at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 9 20:50:32 2012 From: robert.g.sullivan at GMAIL.COM (Robert Sullivan) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 20:50:32 -0500 Subject: Position Announcement: Digital Assets Curator - Chemeketa Community College - Salem, OR - DEADLINE EXTENDED In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > What is the Job ID. Cannot find the listing to apply to on any of the pages. Select "Job Opportunities" and then Faculty Position Openings (since the ad described it as one) and it's the only listing. Unfortunately, it will then fail (at least in Firefox 9) with a message about being in a different window than the one used to enter the site. This seems rather unreasonable, as it was the site which opened the second window. -- Bob Sullivan Schenectady Digital History Archive Schenectady County (NY) Public Library ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-09 From lelliott at NWRLS.LIB.FL.US Tue Jan 10 10:23:03 2012 From: lelliott at NWRLS.LIB.FL.US (Lynn Elliott) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:23:03 -0500 Subject: Job Opportunity Message-ID: Bay County Public Library in Panama City, FL is seeking a qualified and motivated individual to fill the open position of Webmaster/Reference Librarian. The successful candidate will manage the web presence for the Northwest Regional Library System headquartered at Bay County Public Library in Panama City, FL. For more information see the job list at Bay County Online: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/baycounty/default.cfm Lynn Elliott Head of Reference & Information Services Bay County Public Library 898 West 11th St Panama City, FL 850-522-2100 www.nwrls.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 From JTidal at CITYTECH.CUNY.EDU Tue Jan 10 11:51:56 2012 From: JTidal at CITYTECH.CUNY.EDU (Junior Tidal) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:51:56 -0500 Subject: Apache alias Message-ID: Hi all, I was wondering if this is possible: I have a directory that lives outside of the web root directory. However, I have made a symbolic link to that directory within the web root. I tried accessing this page through the browser, but it comes up as a 403 error. Do I have to edit httpd.conf to give permission for that directory? I have chmod'ed the directory so it is part of the apache group. Much thanks, Junior Tidal Assistant Professor Web Services and Multimedia Librarian New York City College of Technology, CUNY 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718.260.5481 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 From john.b.howard at UCD.IE Tue Jan 10 11:54:02 2012 From: john.b.howard at UCD.IE (John B Howard) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:54:02 +0000 Subject: Open Repositories 2012 (Edinburgh) - Call for Proposals Message-ID: Open Repositories 2012 Call for Proposals Open Repositories 2012 - "Open Services for Open Content: Local In/Global Out" This year's Open Repositories conference takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland between July 9th 2012 and July 13th. We're now inviting you to consider what you can contribute to the conference programme. Repositories are established in many ways as systems, as services, and as infrastructure for many types of content in an increasingly varied range of institutions. They now demonstrate how action on a local scale can have global consequences - for the institutions hosting repositories, for those who deposit content in them, and for society as a whole. Some actions, however, are only effective when coordinated at national, domain or global scale. Understanding the change repositories can bring about, the changes they themselves need to undergo, and the areas in which local action is sufficient are key themes of this year's conference. We're interested in hearing about: * Augmented content - and mediation and ownership of augmentation * Delivery of non-traditional content * Embedded repository service components * Shared and collaborative repository infrastructure and services * Open services that feed, support and consume repository services and content, such as identification services * Enabling content re-use * Long-term preservation in and of repositories and their content * Lessons learned about the difficulties of creating global services from local roots and any other topic that you think is relevant to our major themes. The aim of the Open Repositories Conference is to bring those responsible for the development, implementation and management of digital repositories together with stakeholders to address theoretical, practical, and strategic issues: across the entire lifecycle of information, from the creation and management of digital content, to enabling use, re-use, and interconnection of information, and ensuring long-term preservation and archiving. The current economic climate dictates that repositories operate across administrative and disciplinary boundaries and to interact with distributed computational services and social communities. Submissions can take the form of abstracts, posters, demos and workshops - more details are given below. We will consider any submission that seems to us sufficiently original and repository-related to merit attention at this event, but we'll give preference to submissions that address our primary theme. The programme will also include the developer challenge and space for sessions in the spirit of Edinburgh's successful 'Repository Fringe' (http://repositoryfringe.org) event. Further details of these segments of the programme will be announced nearer the time; they will include substantial aspects of the un-conference - an event whose format is controlled by its attendees. Submission process Conference papers We welcome two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that deal with organizational, theoretical, practical, or administrative issues of digital repositories and repository services that are not specific to a particular technical platform. Abstracts of accepted papers will be made available through the conference's web site, and later they and associated materials will be made available in a repository intended for current and future OR content. Relevant papers unsuccessful in the main track will automatically be considered for inclusion, as appropriate as a User Group presentation. User Group Presentations Two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that focus on use of one of the major repository platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) are invited from developers, researchers, repository managers, administrators and practitioners describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of repositories involving issues specific to these technical platforms. Posters and demos We invite developers, researchers, repository managers, administrators and practitioners to submit one-page proposals for posters and demonstrations. Posters provide an opportunity to present work that isn't appropriate for a paper; you'll have the chance to do a 60-second pitch for your poster or demo during a plenary session at the conference. Workshops and Tutorials Workshops will take place before and after the conference; they will require proposals and can be closely or loosely attached to the conference. Closely attached workshops will have registration & venues arranged by OR2012 organisers; loosely attached workshops are the responsibility of the organizers, but OR2012 will co-promote them if they are accepted. PLEASE submit your paper, poster, demo or workshop proposal through the conference system. The conference system will be linked from the conference web site (http://or2012.ed.ac.uk/) and will be available for submissions in January 2012. Key dates and contacts 2012-02-20 Deadline for papers, workshops & user group sessions 2012-03-31 Deadline for posters and demos 2012-04-06 Workshop/paper submitters notified 2012-05-11 Poster/demo submitters notified 2012-07-09 Conference pre-workshops begin Get these dates in your diary, and start thinking now about what your contribution will be and the change you want to make. We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh in July. Kevin Ashley On behalf of the programme committee & the local organising committee of OR2012 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Do I have to edit httpd.conf to give permission for that directory? I have chmod'ed the directory so it is part of the apache group. Much thanks, Junior Tidal Assistant Professor Web Services and Multimedia Librarian New York City College of Technology, CUNY 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718.260.5481 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 From markchristophercooper at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 10 12:09:20 2012 From: markchristophercooper at GMAIL.COM (Mark Cooper) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:09:20 -0800 Subject: Apache alias In-Reply-To: <4F0C265C0200000C0010BAFB@email2.citytech.cuny.edu> Message-ID: In principle that should work fine -- at least it works for me by default with Ubuntu Server and Apache2 ('Options FollowSymLinks' is set in the config.). Do you have an index.html/index.php in your non-web root directory? It could be that directory listing is disabled in your Apache configuration. Otherwise check the directory permissions on the non-web root. Mark Cooper, Cataloging Dept. Sonoma County Library On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Junior Tidal wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering if this is possible: I have a directory that lives outside > of the web root directory. However, I have made a symbolic link to that > directory within the web root. I tried accessing this page through the > browser, but it comes up as a 403 error. > > Do I have to edit httpd.conf to give permission for that directory? I have > chmod'ed the directory so it is part of the apache group. > > Much thanks, > > Junior Tidal > Assistant Professor > Web Services and Multimedia Librarian > New York City College of Technology, CUNY > 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 > Brooklyn, NY 11201 > 718.260.5481 > > http://library.citytech.cuny.edu > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-10 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Microsoft's New "Avoid Ghetto" App Message-ID: Hi all, I don't mean to stir up any more controversy than it's already getting. but. have you guys heard about Microsoft's new patent for a GPS app being casually called "Avoid Ghetto"? --SNIP-- "A new technology designed to help pedestrians avoid bad neighborhoods has plenty of smartphone users up in arms." "And "what if someone using a route from this system does get mugged, shot, assaulted, or robbed?" wonders Chris Matyszczyk at CNET. "Would they feel entitled to sue Microsoft because the route was supposed to be 'ghetto-free'?" --SNIP-- Here's the link: http://theweek.com/article/index/223122/microsofts-avoid-ghetto-app-racist My opinion: While I understand the need and concern for safety I can't help but think there's a better way to approach it. Also, last I heard people do get "mugged, shot, assaulted, or robbed" in areas not labeled "ghetto". I'm not certain that I can go so far as to call it racist, but I'm certainly disappointed in Microsoft and the Gates'. Just my two-cents, Malakia ______________________________ Malakia Oglesby, MIS Asbury Park Public Library 500 First Avenue Asbury Park, NJ 07712 Phone: (732) 774-4221 Fax: (732) 988-6101 Web: http://www.asburyparklibrary.org Email: moglesby at asburyparklibrary.org ------------------------------------------------ "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge Luis Borges ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The preferred candidates will have: - Master's degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design or a related field, plus two to three years relevant experience; or ALA accredited MLS degree plus three to five years relevant experience in instructional design/technology. - Demonstrated experience with administering, supporting, and training of content delivery systems and e-portfolios (ie: Blackboard, Moodle, Mahara, etc.). - Working knowledge of PCs (Windows OS) and Macs (OS 10.x). - Demonstrated experience in developing technical training, workshops, seminars, and classes for faculty on the use of technology to enhance learning. Review of applications begins January 10, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. *Application Information* Postal Address: Human Resources University of North Carolina at Asheville One University Heights Asheville, NC 28804 Phone: 828-251-6605 Fax: 828-251-6385 Online App. Form: http://careers.unca.edu *More Information on University of North Carolina at Asheville* UNC Asheville Careers Online UNC Asheville Website UNC Asheville Human Resources The University of North Carolina at Asheville is committed to equality of educational experiences for students and is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. 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IT Manager New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 505-476-9740 John.Chadwick at state.nm.us http://www.nmstatelibrary.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dean.james at EXCH.LIBRARY.TMC.EDU Tue Jan 10 16:53:30 2012 From: dean.james at EXCH.LIBRARY.TMC.EDU (Dean James) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:53:30 -0600 Subject: Position Announcement: Web Development Lead In-Reply-To: A Message-ID: Web Development Lead (Librarian) The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Library is a major research library serving Texas Medical Center researchers, clinicians and students, including two major medical schools and over 20 member institutions. The Library is also the Regional Medical Library for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region, with responsibility for providing health information to health professionals and consumers in the five state region of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The TMC Library seeks an energetic, Web Development Lead (Librarian). This individual will be responsible for the development and management of the TMC Library's websites both public/Intranet, and ensuring both sites meet accessibility standards. The Web Librarian will create and maintain mobile technologies for the website, chairs the Web Development Committee and conducts regular monthly meetings. Duties: * Creates and maintains the Library's websites, including the Intranet * Develops mobile and mash up technologies for the Library's website in mobile formats * Updates all Library websites in accordance with new technologies * Chairs the Library's Web Development Committee * Conducts annual user satisfaction surveys of the public website * Works with the Collection Development and Information Technology Departments to ensure that access to electronic resources through the website are dependable * Maintains current awareness of competing library websites and online services * Shares new developments and trends with other library staff * Other website construction as required * Training of CMS and other systems Additional Responsibilities: * Works closely with Digital Projects Librarian and Database Analyst to create usable databases to for clients and to collect usage data * Participates in the Library's Public Relations and Marketing Committees * Other duties as assigned Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills): * Required: BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; Experience will be considered in lieu of degree program; * Desired: MLS or MIS from an ALA-accredited library science program or equivalent * Three or more years developing integrated web sites and Internet applications in a business or educational environment * Understanding of PHP, ColdFusion, HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, .NET * Experience with web design, usability and mobile technologies * Knowledge of Internet multimedia technologies (Flash, Silverlight, streaming media, HTML5) * Applied knowledge of web standards * Working experience with PHP and also ColdFusion integration with SQL and MySQL databases (Database calls, Database Input, Search Coding, etc.) * Strong oral and written communication skills * Excellent interpersonal skills; excellent technical writing and documentation skills * Must be able to perform most programming and analysis tasks independently and with minimal supervision * Content Management System (CMS) experience required The TMC Library offers a complete benefits package which includes health, dental, life and long-term disability insurance. In additional to a comprehensive benefits package, the Library provides paid holidays, vacation accrual, an exceptional retirement plan and a monthly transportation subsidy. The TMC Library is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action institution, providing access to employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, veteran's status, political affiliation, or disability. Salary Range: $40,000 - 48,000 Please email or fax resume to: Rosalind Bob, Human Resources Specialist Email: rosalind.bob at exch.library.tmc.edu Fax: 713.799.7816 Dean James, Ph.D., M.S.L.S. Associate Director, Collection Development The TMC Library 1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston, TX 77030 (P) 713-799-7122; (F) 713-799-7180 Email: dean.james at exch.library.tmc.edu http://www.library.tmc.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From allinee.flanary at PCC.EDU Tue Jan 10 17:36:06 2012 From: allinee.flanary at PCC.EDU (Allie Flanary) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:36:06 -0800 Subject: InfoCamp PDX Message-ID: Registration is open for InfoCamp PDX, a one-day unconference for the information community. If you?re a librarian, visual or user experience designer, information architect, web developer, or in a related field and you?re excited about connecting people with information, InfoCamp is for you. [it's also dirt cheap, woo] The event will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the Q Center on N Mississippi Ave in Portland, Oregon. Visit the website to learn more and to register: http://portland.infocamp.org/ Let me know if you have questions. Hope to see you there! -- Allie Flanary, Faculty Librarian User Experience & Outreach Specialist Portland Community College Library Sylvania Campus allinee.flanary at pcc.edu | 971.722.4686 "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complex simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." ? Charles Mingus ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From betsbrooks at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 10 17:52:58 2012 From: betsbrooks at GMAIL.COM (Betsy Brooks) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:52:58 -0500 Subject: Internet Satellite on bookmobiles In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi John, We just had to discontinue bookmobile service for budgetary reasons, but for the last 7 years or so I have been supporting a satellite dish from motosat with datastorm service. It got to be a real headache - I think you could spend a lot of time fine tuning it and still have problems. Part of our issue was that we had very short stops of 1/2 hour to 1 hour at most. For a long time we struggled with the dish taking far too long (15 minutes or more) to find the satellite. Toward the end of last year there was a new problem and we couldn't connect at all most of the time. Troubleshooting required my going out with the bookmobile to "catch it misbehaving" and call support from the vehicle - difficult if you don't have cell service. We didn't live near any qualified support people although we did have a very knowledgeable support person we could reach by phone (Bill Adams of InternetAnywhere - I do recommend him, check the Datastorm Users forums at http://www.datastormusers.com/). Even he could not help us very much because we were always moving. Yes, buildings may block, but we could usually find a different way to park. It was the fussiness of the technology that made us crazy. You need a real techie with some time, or perhaps longer stops, or both, to do it the way we tried to do it. Personally I am glad it's over. Toward the end we got a mifi from Verizon which worked at many of our stops and it was great. Betsy Brooks Automation Librarian Clinton Essex Franklin Library System Plattsburgh, NY On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Chadwick, John, DCA < john.chadwick at state.nm.us> wrote: > We are looking at several different options of installing satellite > technology on our bookmobiles so they can function as Internet hot spots at > each stop. Cellular technology is not really an option given some of the > places our bookmobiles travel throughout the state. **** > > ** ** > > We have looked at dishes and have also considered domes. Some of the stops > may find a building blocking or partially blocking the dish. **** > > ** ** > > I would appreciate hearing from others who have implemented the technology > and I would like to hear about your success and limitations.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > John**** > > ** ** > > John Chadwick, Ed.D.**** > > IT Manager**** > > New Mexico State Library**** > > 1209 Camino Carlos Rey**** > > Santa Fe, NM 87507**** > > 505-476-9740**** > > John.Chadwick at state.nm.us**** > > http://www.nmstatelibrary.org**** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-10 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hewlett at USFCA.EDU Tue Jan 10 19:07:16 2012 From: hewlett at USFCA.EDU (Norma Jean Hewlett) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:07:16 -0800 Subject: Off-Topic? Microsoft's New "Avoid Ghetto" App In-Reply-To: <000801cccfc8$dc973e50$95c5baf0$@asburyparklibrary.org> Message-ID: I'm afraid this is kind of off topic for Web4Lib. It concerns Internet technology, but I don't see any direct relevance to libraries. Except perhaps for libraries in one of the areas that are flagged as "ghetto." I'm totally shocked by the "avoid ghetto" description, but quite okay with the concept. I've walked and driven through a number of areas where I really wished I'd had advance warning about what to expect or avoid. My daughter and I were talking about this yesterday. She pointed out that even though she dislikes this use of "ghetto" to mean "unsafe," she had used it recently when describing an area to friends. We also wondered whether the neighborhood we live in - a quiet family neighborhood on the edge of a rather bad one - might be included in the "avoid ghetto" recommendations. Jean Hewlett Librarian, Santa Rosa Campus University of San Francisco On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Malakia Oglesby wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I don't mean to stir up any more controversy than it's already getting. but. > > have you guys heard about Microsoft's new patent for a GPS app being > casually called "Avoid Ghetto"? > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > "A new technology designed to help pedestrians avoid bad neighborhoods has > plenty of smartphone users up in arms." > > > > "And "what if someone using a route from this system does get mugged, shot, > assaulted, or robbed?" wonders Chris Matyszczyk at CNET. "Would they feel > entitled to sue Microsoft because the route was supposed to be > 'ghetto-free'?" > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > Here's the link: > > > > http://theweek.com/article/index/223122/microsofts-avoid-ghetto-app-racist > > > > My opinion:? While I understand the need and concern for safety I can't help > but think there's a better way to approach it.? Also, last I heard people do > get "mugged, shot, assaulted, or robbed" in areas not labeled "ghetto".? I'm > not certain that I can go so far as to call it racist, but I'm certainly > disappointed in Microsoft and the Gates'. > > > > Just my two-cents, > > > > Malakia > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > Asbury Park Public Library > > 500 First Avenue > > Asbury Park, NJ? 07712 > > Phone: (732) 774-4221 > > Fax: (732) 988-6101 > > Web:? http://www.asburyparklibrary.org > > Email: moglesby at asburyparklibrary.org > > ------------------------------------------------ > > ?I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.? - Jorge > Luis Borges > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 From rballiot at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 10 20:09:24 2012 From: rballiot at GMAIL.COM (Robert Balliot) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:09:24 -0500 Subject: Off-Topic? Microsoft's New "Avoid Ghetto" App In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Norma / Malakia - I imagine that the MS marketing department calculated that the valuable viral leverage they would get by calling the AP "Avoid Ghetto" outweighed the perceived cost of appearing insensitive. As of right now, for the exact phrase "Avoid Ghetto" - past 24 hours 72,100 results in Google, - past week 293,000, - past month 456,00 So, being nasty sells by creation tension and conversation. It seems that you could generate something similar fairly easily by combining GPS with the publicly available FBI-Uniform Crime Reports and Census Data. -- ******************* Robert L. Balliot http://linkedin.com/in/robertballiot http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com http://www.facebook.com/robert.balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Norma Jean Hewlett wrote: > I'm afraid this is kind of off topic for Web4Lib. It concerns Internet > technology, but I don't see any direct relevance to libraries. Except > perhaps for libraries in one of the areas that are flagged as > "ghetto." > > I'm totally shocked by the "avoid ghetto" description, but quite okay > with the concept. I've walked and driven through a number of areas > where I really wished I'd had advance warning about what to expect or > avoid. > > My daughter and I were talking about this yesterday. She pointed out > that even though she dislikes this use of "ghetto" to mean "unsafe," > she had used it recently when describing an area to friends. We also > wondered whether the neighborhood we live in - a quiet family > neighborhood on the edge of a rather bad one - might be included in > the "avoid ghetto" recommendations. > > Jean Hewlett > Librarian, Santa Rosa Campus > University of San Francisco > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Malakia Oglesby > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I don't mean to stir up any more controversy than it's already getting. > but. > > > > have you guys heard about Microsoft's new patent for a GPS app being > > casually called "Avoid Ghetto"? > > > > > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > > > > > "A new technology designed to help pedestrians avoid bad neighborhoods > has > > plenty of smartphone users up in arms." > > > > > > > > "And "what if someone using a route from this system does get mugged, > shot, > > assaulted, or robbed?" wonders Chris Matyszczyk at CNET. "Would they feel > > entitled to sue Microsoft because the route was supposed to be > > 'ghetto-free'?" > > > > > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > > > > > Here's the link: > > > > > > > > > http://theweek.com/article/index/223122/microsofts-avoid-ghetto-app-racist > > > > > > > > My opinion: While I understand the need and concern for safety I can't > help > > but think there's a better way to approach it. Also, last I heard > people do > > get "mugged, shot, assaulted, or robbed" in areas not labeled "ghetto". > I'm > > not certain that I can go so far as to call it racist, but I'm certainly > > disappointed in Microsoft and the Gates'. > > > > > > > > Just my two-cents, > > > > > > > > Malakia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > > > Asbury Park Public Library > > > > 500 First Avenue > > > > Asbury Park, NJ 07712 > > > > Phone: (732) 774-4221 > > > > Fax: (732) 988-6101 > > > > Web: http://www.asburyparklibrary.org > > > > Email: moglesby at asburyparklibrary.org > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > ?I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.? - Jorge > > Luis Borges > > > > > > > > ============================ > > > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > > 2012-01-10 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-10 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From mxchakraborty at SALISBURY.EDU Wed Jan 11 10:15:49 2012 From: mxchakraborty at SALISBURY.EDU (Moushumi Chakraborty) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:15:49 -0500 Subject: Job Posting: Technology Librarian- Maryland Message-ID: Salisbury University's (SU) Blackwell Library seeks an energetic, service-oriented Technology Librarian to partner with campus IT, system IT and others to assist in the development and management of user-focused technology-based systems (including digital initiatives across library units, the library web site and emerging technologies meeting the SU community's information needs); provide staff support; and serve at the Research Help and the Access Services desks. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Support digital and technical projects within library units; * In conjunction with the Library Web Committee, design, develop, and support the main library web site and integrate it with the larger library web presence which includes discovery tools, digital collections, and electronic resources; * Recommend emerging technologies and implement/support those approved (e.g. mobile apps) * Serve as a liaison to campus and system IT; this may include serving on and representing the library on campus and/or system-wide committees and task forces; * Support/troubleshoot daily operation of library hardware and software; * Provide library staff support and training in basic software applications (e.g. Microsoft Office), virtual services, instructional technology, and basic web design * Serve at the Research Help Desk and the Access Services Desk * Perform other professional duties as assigned The individual functioning in this capacity is expected to contribute to the University's values of and commitment to student centeredness, academic excellence, and diversity. This position is part of the Access Services Department and reports to the Director of Public Services. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: M.L.S, M.L.I.S. or M.I.S. from an accredited library program; knowledge of hardware and software and the ability to troubleshoot them; demonstrated experience creating/maintaining web sites with relevant standards and technologies, including proficiency in HTML, XML, PHP, CSS, and Javascript; knowledge of relational databases using MS Access and/or SQL server and their use in the creation of dynamic web pages; ability to anticipate emerging technology trends and investigate their applications in academic libraries; strong analytical, problem solving skills; good listening, oral and written communication and interpersonal skills; ability to balance priorities and meet deadlines; aptitude for detail-oriented work; positive attitude, sense of humor, commitment to team work, and willingness to embrace change; flexibility and the ability to work independently also required. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: A minimum of two years of academic or research library experience is highly desirable; willingness to teach library instructional classes if needed; experience with ILS systems, particularly Aleph and SFX, MetaLib and ILLiad; knowledge of proxy server authentication; experience with using social media for enhancing and promoting library services and resources (Facebook, Twitter, MEEBO Chat, AskUsNow). APPOINTMENT, RANK AND SALARY: This is a library faculty position on a permanent status track with excellent benefits and salary commensurate with experience. Appointment will be contingent upon verification of eligibility to work in the U.S. Applications will be accepted via Salisbury University's Online Employment Application System. Please visit our website http://www.salisbury.edu/HR/Jobs/ to apply online. See the FAQs of the Online Employment Application System for more information and instructions. To be considered an applicant, you must apply online and submit the following: 1). A letter of interest, 2). curriculum vitae, and 3). the names and contact information of at least three (3) professional references. If you have any questions about the position, please contact the search chair, Mrs. Mou Chakraborty, at mxchakraborty at salisbury.edu. All other documents that you wish to provide must be attached to your application in the Online Employment Application System. Please do not send any other documents via E-mail. Applications submitted by February 26, 2012 will receive first consideration. The position will remain open until filled. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Appointment will be contingent upon verification of eligibility to work in the U.S. and is available immediately. Founded in 1925, Salisbury University is one of 13 institutions that compose the University System of Maryland. Salisbury University is a selective undergraduate institution with the University System of Maryland. The University is close to ocean beaches and the Chesapeake Bay and 2-3 hours from the metropolitan areas of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Norfolk. SU has been cited nationally as one of the top ten public regional universities in the North according to the U.S. News and World Report, and has also been recognized by the Princeton Review and Kiplingers magazine. SU has 380 full-time faculty members serving a student population of approximately 8,300. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~* Mou Chakraborty Director of Public Services Blackwell Library Salisbury University Ph: 410-543-6131 Email: mxchakraborty at salisbury.edu "We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love." -- Mother Teresa ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sfox at AUSTINCOLLEGE.EDU Wed Jan 11 10:49:15 2012 From: sfox at AUSTINCOLLEGE.EDU (Shannon E. Fox) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:49:15 -0600 Subject: Off-Topic? Microsoft's New "Avoid Ghetto" App In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Microsoft did not name the app "Avoid Ghetto." That's what people responding to the app have termed it. But I haven't located what they plan to call it. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/microsoft_avoid_ghetto_app_windows_phone.html Shannon From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Balliot Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:09 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Off-Topic? Microsoft's New "Avoid Ghetto" App Norma / Malakia - I imagine that the MS marketing department calculated that the valuable viral leverage they would get by calling the AP "Avoid Ghetto" outweighed the perceived cost of appearing insensitive. As of right now, for the exact phrase "Avoid Ghetto" * past 24 hours 72,100 results in Google, * past week 293,000, * past month 456,00 So, being nasty sells by creation tension and conversation. It seems that you could generate something similar fairly easily by combining GPS with the publicly available FBI-Uniform Crime Reports and Census Data. -- ******************* Robert L. Balliot http://linkedin.com/in/robertballiot http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com http://www.facebook.com/robert.balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Norma Jean Hewlett > wrote: I'm afraid this is kind of off topic for Web4Lib. It concerns Internet technology, but I don't see any direct relevance to libraries. Except perhaps for libraries in one of the areas that are flagged as "ghetto." I'm totally shocked by the "avoid ghetto" description, but quite okay with the concept. I've walked and driven through a number of areas where I really wished I'd had advance warning about what to expect or avoid. My daughter and I were talking about this yesterday. She pointed out that even though she dislikes this use of "ghetto" to mean "unsafe," she had used it recently when describing an area to friends. We also wondered whether the neighborhood we live in - a quiet family neighborhood on the edge of a rather bad one - might be included in the "avoid ghetto" recommendations. Jean Hewlett Librarian, Santa Rosa Campus University of San Francisco On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Malakia Oglesby > wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I don't mean to stir up any more controversy than it's already getting. but. > > have you guys heard about Microsoft's new patent for a GPS app being > casually called "Avoid Ghetto"? > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > "A new technology designed to help pedestrians avoid bad neighborhoods has > plenty of smartphone users up in arms." > > > > "And "what if someone using a route from this system does get mugged, shot, > assaulted, or robbed?" wonders Chris Matyszczyk at CNET. "Would they feel > entitled to sue Microsoft because the route was supposed to be > 'ghetto-free'?" > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > Here's the link: > > > > http://theweek.com/article/index/223122/microsofts-avoid-ghetto-app-racist > > > > My opinion: While I understand the need and concern for safety I can't help > but think there's a better way to approach it. Also, last I heard people do > get "mugged, shot, assaulted, or robbed" in areas not labeled "ghetto". I'm > not certain that I can go so far as to call it racist, but I'm certainly > disappointed in Microsoft and the Gates'. > > > > Just my two-cents, > > > > Malakia > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > Asbury Park Public Library > > 500 First Avenue > > Asbury Park, NJ 07712 > > Phone: (732) 774-4221 > > Fax: (732) 988-6101 > > Web: http://www.asburyparklibrary.org > > Email: moglesby at asburyparklibrary.org > > ------------------------------------------------ > > "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge > Luis Borges > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Microsoft's New "Avoid Ghetto" App**** > > ** ** > > Norma / Malakia -**** > > **** > > I imagine that the MS marketing department calculated that the valuable > viral leverage they would get by calling the AP "Avoid Ghetto" outweighed > the perceived cost of appearing insensitive. **** > > **** > > As of right now, for the exact phrase "Avoid Ghetto" **** > > - past 24 hours 72,100 results in Google, **** > - past week 293,000, **** > - past month 456,00**** > > So, being nasty sells by creation tension and conversation.**** > > **** > > It seems that you could generate something similar fairly easily by > combining GPS with the publicly available FBI-Uniform Crime Reports and > Census Data. **** > > -- **** > > *********************** > > Robert L. Balliot**** > > http://linkedin.com/in/robertballiot**** > > http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com**** > > http://www.facebook.com/robert.balliot**** > > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm**** > > ************************************************* **** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Norma Jean Hewlett > wrote:**** > > I'm afraid this is kind of off topic for Web4Lib. It concerns Internet > technology, but I don't see any direct relevance to libraries. Except > perhaps for libraries in one of the areas that are flagged as > "ghetto." > > I'm totally shocked by the "avoid ghetto" description, but quite okay > with the concept. I've walked and driven through a number of areas > where I really wished I'd had advance warning about what to expect or > avoid. > > My daughter and I were talking about this yesterday. She pointed out > that even though she dislikes this use of "ghetto" to mean "unsafe," > she had used it recently when describing an area to friends. We also > wondered whether the neighborhood we live in - a quiet family > neighborhood on the edge of a rather bad one - might be included in > the "avoid ghetto" recommendations. > > Jean Hewlett > Librarian, Santa Rosa Campus > University of San Francisco**** > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Malakia Oglesby > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I don't mean to stir up any more controversy than it's already getting. > but. > > > > have you guys heard about Microsoft's new patent for a GPS app being > > casually called "Avoid Ghetto"? > > > > > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > > > > > "A new technology designed to help pedestrians avoid bad neighborhoods > has > > plenty of smartphone users up in arms." > > > > > > > > "And "what if someone using a route from this system does get mugged, > shot, > > assaulted, or robbed?" wonders Chris Matyszczyk at CNET. "Would they feel > > entitled to sue Microsoft because the route was supposed to be > > 'ghetto-free'?" > > > > > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > > > > > Here's the link: > > > > > > > > > http://theweek.com/article/index/223122/microsofts-avoid-ghetto-app-racist > > > > > > > > My opinion: While I understand the need and concern for safety I can't > help > > but think there's a better way to approach it. Also, last I heard > people do > > get "mugged, shot, assaulted, or robbed" in areas not labeled "ghetto". > I'm > > not certain that I can go so far as to call it racist, but I'm certainly > > disappointed in Microsoft and the Gates'. > > > > > > > > Just my two-cents, > > > > > > > > Malakia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > > > Asbury Park Public Library > > > > 500 First Avenue > > > > Asbury Park, NJ 07712 > > > > Phone: (732) 774-4221 > > > > Fax: (732) 988-6101 > > > > Web: http://www.asburyparklibrary.org > > > > Email: moglesby at asburyparklibrary.org > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > ?I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.? - Jorge > > Luis Borges > > > > > > > > ============================ > > > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > > 2012-01-10 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-10**** > > > > > ============================ **** > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib **** > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ **** > > 2012-01-10 **** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-11 > > -- ******************* Robert L. 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Not much play on that aspect in the media at this point. -Matthew ------------------------------ Matthew Collins, PhD, MLIS mscolli at emory.edu ----------------------------- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Shannon E. Fox Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:49 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Off-Topic? Microsoft's New "Avoid Ghetto" App Microsoft did not name the app "Avoid Ghetto." That's what people responding to the app have termed it. But I haven't located what they plan to call it. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/microsoft_avoid_ghetto_app_windows_phone.html Shannon From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Balliot Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:09 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Off-Topic? Microsoft's New "Avoid Ghetto" App Norma / Malakia - I imagine that the MS marketing department calculated that the valuable viral leverage they would get by calling the AP "Avoid Ghetto" outweighed the perceived cost of appearing insensitive. As of right now, for the exact phrase "Avoid Ghetto" * past 24 hours 72,100 results in Google, * past week 293,000, * past month 456,00 So, being nasty sells by creation tension and conversation. It seems that you could generate something similar fairly easily by combining GPS with the publicly available FBI-Uniform Crime Reports and Census Data. -- ******************* Robert L. Balliot http://linkedin.com/in/robertballiot http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com http://www.facebook.com/robert.balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Norma Jean Hewlett > wrote: I'm afraid this is kind of off topic for Web4Lib. It concerns Internet technology, but I don't see any direct relevance to libraries. Except perhaps for libraries in one of the areas that are flagged as "ghetto." I'm totally shocked by the "avoid ghetto" description, but quite okay with the concept. I've walked and driven through a number of areas where I really wished I'd had advance warning about what to expect or avoid. My daughter and I were talking about this yesterday. She pointed out that even though she dislikes this use of "ghetto" to mean "unsafe," she had used it recently when describing an area to friends. We also wondered whether the neighborhood we live in - a quiet family neighborhood on the edge of a rather bad one - might be included in the "avoid ghetto" recommendations. Jean Hewlett Librarian, Santa Rosa Campus University of San Francisco On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Malakia Oglesby > wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I don't mean to stir up any more controversy than it's already getting. but. > > have you guys heard about Microsoft's new patent for a GPS app being > casually called "Avoid Ghetto"? > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > "A new technology designed to help pedestrians avoid bad neighborhoods has > plenty of smartphone users up in arms." > > > > "And "what if someone using a route from this system does get mugged, shot, > assaulted, or robbed?" wonders Chris Matyszczyk at CNET. "Would they feel > entitled to sue Microsoft because the route was supposed to be > 'ghetto-free'?" > > > > --SNIP-- > > > > Here's the link: > > > > http://theweek.com/article/index/223122/microsofts-avoid-ghetto-app-racist > > > > My opinion: While I understand the need and concern for safety I can't help > but think there's a better way to approach it. Also, last I heard people do > get "mugged, shot, assaulted, or robbed" in areas not labeled "ghetto". I'm > not certain that I can go so far as to call it racist, but I'm certainly > disappointed in Microsoft and the Gates'. > > > > Just my two-cents, > > > > Malakia > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > Asbury Park Public Library > > 500 First Avenue > > Asbury Park, NJ 07712 > > Phone: (732) 774-4221 > > Fax: (732) 988-6101 > > Web: http://www.asburyparklibrary.org > > Email: moglesby at asburyparklibrary.org > > ------------------------------------------------ > > "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." - Jorge > Luis Borges > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-11 ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Robert Balliot wrote: > Microsft did not name the app "Avoid Ghetto" on the patent application. > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Shannon E. Fox wrote: > >> Microsoft did not name the app ?Avoid Ghetto.? That?s what people >> responding to the app have termed it. But I haven?t located what they plan >> to call it. >> http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/microsoft_avoid_ghetto_app_windows_phone.html >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *Shannon ***** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On >> Behalf Of *Robert Balliot >> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:09 PM >> *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Off-Topic? Microsoft's New "Avoid Ghetto" App*** >> * >> >> ** ** >> >> Norma / Malakia -**** >> >> **** >> >> I imagine that the MS marketing department calculated that the valuable >> viral leverage they would get by calling the AP "Avoid Ghetto" outweighed >> the perceived cost of appearing insensitive. **** >> >> **** >> >> As of right now, for the exact phrase "Avoid Ghetto" **** >> >> - past 24 hours 72,100 results in Google, **** >> - past week 293,000, **** >> - past month 456,00**** >> >> So, being nasty sells by creation tension and conversation.**** >> >> **** >> >> It seems that you could generate something similar fairly easily by >> combining GPS with the publicly available FBI-Uniform Crime Reports and >> Census Data. **** >> >> -- **** >> >> *********************** >> >> Robert L. Balliot**** >> >> http://linkedin.com/in/robertballiot**** >> >> http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com**** >> >> http://www.facebook.com/robert.balliot**** >> >> http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm**** >> >> ************************************************* **** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Norma Jean Hewlett >> wrote:**** >> >> I'm afraid this is kind of off topic for Web4Lib. It concerns Internet >> technology, but I don't see any direct relevance to libraries. Except >> perhaps for libraries in one of the areas that are flagged as >> "ghetto." >> >> I'm totally shocked by the "avoid ghetto" description, but quite okay >> with the concept. I've walked and driven through a number of areas >> where I really wished I'd had advance warning about what to expect or >> avoid. >> >> My daughter and I were talking about this yesterday. She pointed out >> that even though she dislikes this use of "ghetto" to mean "unsafe," >> she had used it recently when describing an area to friends. We also >> wondered whether the neighborhood we live in - a quiet family >> neighborhood on the edge of a rather bad one - might be included in >> the "avoid ghetto" recommendations. >> >> Jean Hewlett >> Librarian, Santa Rosa Campus >> University of San Francisco**** >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Malakia Oglesby >> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > >> > >> > I don't mean to stir up any more controversy than it's already getting. >> but. >> > >> > have you guys heard about Microsoft's new patent for a GPS app being >> > casually called "Avoid Ghetto"? >> > >> > >> > >> > --SNIP-- >> > >> > >> > >> > "A new technology designed to help pedestrians avoid bad neighborhoods >> has >> > plenty of smartphone users up in arms." >> > >> > >> > >> > "And "what if someone using a route from this system does get mugged, >> shot, >> > assaulted, or robbed?" wonders Chris Matyszczyk at CNET. "Would they >> feel >> > entitled to sue Microsoft because the route was supposed to be >> > 'ghetto-free'?" >> > >> > >> > >> > --SNIP-- >> > >> > >> > >> > Here's the link: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://theweek.com/article/index/223122/microsofts-avoid-ghetto-app-racist >> > >> > >> > >> > My opinion: While I understand the need and concern for safety I can't >> help >> > but think there's a better way to approach it. Also, last I heard >> people do >> > get "mugged, shot, assaulted, or robbed" in areas not labeled >> "ghetto". I'm >> > not certain that I can go so far as to call it racist, but I'm certainly >> > disappointed in Microsoft and the Gates'. >> > >> > >> > >> > Just my two-cents, >> > >> > >> > >> > Malakia >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ______________________________ >> > >> > Malakia Oglesby, MIS >> > >> > Asbury Park Public Library >> > >> > 500 First Avenue >> > >> > Asbury Park, NJ 07712 >> > >> > Phone: (732) 774-4221 >> > >> > Fax: (732) 988-6101 >> > >> > Web: http://www.asburyparklibrary.org >> > >> > Email: moglesby at asburyparklibrary.org >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > ?I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.? - >> Jorge >> > Luis Borges >> > >> > >> > >> > ============================ >> > >> > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> > >> > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> > >> > 2012-01-10 >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-01-10**** >> >> >> >> >> ============================ **** >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib **** >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ **** >> >> 2012-01-10 **** >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-01-11 >> >> > > > -- > ******************* > Robert L. 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URL: From kayiwa at UIC.EDU Wed Jan 11 15:13:52 2012 From: kayiwa at UIC.EDU (Francis Kayiwa) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:13:52 -0600 Subject: Software for collecting global statistics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 1/11/12 1:31 PM, WIGGINS, RICHARD wrote: > Kent State University Libraries is interested in finding a software package that would allow us to collect all of our statistics in once place. This would include not only usage statistics using COUNTER or SUSHI connectors but also the ability to create connectors for local statistics, like ILS stats, gate counts, reference questions, etc. Ideally, this package would allow us to provide a web-based statistics dashboard for our students, staff, and faculty to use. > > Is there anyone currently using a system like this? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. At last years Code4lib[0] Thomas Barker from UPenn talked about a product that was *at the time* cooking at UPenn that may be what you want. Google finger[1] suggests that it is ready for consumption. cheers, ./fxk [0] http://code4lib.org/conference/2011/barker [1] http://code.google.com/p/metridoc/ -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-11 From Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV Wed Jan 11 17:07:52 2012 From: Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV (Pruntel,Alison) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:07:52 -0500 Subject: Pandigital Supernova & OverDrive? Message-ID: Anyone had any luck with the Pandigital tablet/e-reader and OverDrive? While OverDrive lists Pandigital Nova and Pandigital Novel (and apparently only the "white" version) on their compatible device list, trying to install the OverDrive Media Console or the Kindle app did not end up working, at least for the 2 patrons I tried to help today. The OverDrive Media Console for Android (Pandigital tablet uses the Android operating system) is available in the Android Marketplace (BTW, to use the Android Marketplace/install an app, you need to have a Gmail account...one of my Pandigital patrons couldn't get through the Gmail authentication process). When you try and install, you get an error message that your device is not supported for use with the Android Market (see http://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1141080&topic=1100168&ctx=topic) for details. Pandigital is NOT on the list of supported devices (http://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1727131). So even though they use Android, it's their version, not supported by Google. Pandigital has an "app store" called something like GetJar, but no OverDrive and no Kindle app in there. Also tried to install the Kindle app. No go in the Android Marketplace per above. You CAN install the Amazon Appstore for Android on the Pandigital, but then when you go to "purchase" the Kindle app (it's free), it kept giving my patron an error that she could not make the purchase because of the way her 1-click ordering was set up. We turned it on, credit card was there, etc.,, but it still didn't work, even though http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_200551840_payment?nodeId=200790830#payment leads you to believe it will work. Anyway, apparently there was a special on QVC for these Pandigitals, so we expect more questions. If anyone has had luck and documented the process, please share. Would love to get these patrons downloading free e-books from the library via Overdrive. I'm going to try OverDrive support, but thought I'd ask fellow librarians. Thanks, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KateButler at RODGERSLIBRARY.ORG Wed Jan 11 17:19:21 2012 From: KateButler at RODGERSLIBRARY.ORG (Kate Butler) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:19:21 +0000 Subject: Pandigital Supernova & OverDrive? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: My mother received a black Pandigital Novel last year for Christmas. After completing a firmware upgrade, I was able to side load the OMC app, but even though it installed and I was even able to check out and download a book, the app did not work correctly -- the page margins were not enforced so the text flowed off the side of the screen, rendering the book unreadable. However -- we were able to get the device to work by treating it as a 'dumb' reader, ie, like one of the eInk readers that require a PC to transfer the books. Using Adobe Digital Editions on a PC we could check out the ePub Overdrive books and transfer them to the device via a USB cable. Once there they appeared in the B&N app and could be read as normal. Not ideal for something that's supposed to work like a tablet, but it's something. Kate Butler Technology Librarian Rodgers Memorial Library (Hudson, NH) http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/ From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Pruntel,Alison Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 5:08 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Pandigital Supernova & OverDrive? Anyone had any luck with the Pandigital tablet/e-reader and OverDrive? While OverDrive lists Pandigital Nova and Pandigital Novel (and apparently only the "white" version) on their compatible device list, trying to install the OverDrive Media Console or the Kindle app did not end up working, at least for the 2 patrons I tried to help today. The OverDrive Media Console for Android (Pandigital tablet uses the Android operating system) is available in the Android Marketplace (BTW, to use the Android Marketplace/install an app, you need to have a Gmail account...one of my Pandigital patrons couldn't get through the Gmail authentication process). When you try and install, you get an error message that your device is not supported for use with the Android Market (see http://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1141080&topic=1100168&ctx=topic) for details. Pandigital is NOT on the list of supported devices (http://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1727131). So even though they use Android, it's their version, not supported by Google. Pandigital has an "app store" called something like GetJar, but no OverDrive and no Kindle app in there. Also tried to install the Kindle app. No go in the Android Marketplace per above. You CAN install the Amazon Appstore for Android on the Pandigital, but then when you go to "purchase" the Kindle app (it's free), it kept giving my patron an error that she could not make the purchase because of the way her 1-click ordering was set up. We turned it on, credit card was there, etc.,, but it still didn't work, even though http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_200551840_payment?nodeId=200790830#payment leads you to believe it will work. Anyway, apparently there was a special on QVC for these Pandigitals, so we expect more questions. If anyone has had luck and documented the process, please share. Would love to get these patrons downloading free e-books from the library via Overdrive. I'm going to try OverDrive support, but thought I'd ask fellow librarians. 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You can still attend and participate in the > LITA Mobile Computing IG Virtual Meeting. > All you need to do is register for the web meeting below~! > > ++ LITA Mobile Computing IG Virtual Meeting ++ > > Meeting Title: LITA Mobile IG Meeting > Date & Time: 01/11/2012 at Noon EST. > Duration: 1.5 hour(s) > > Register here (Select 'LITA Mobile IG Meeting') > : https://ala.ilinc.com/public > > Join the meeting on 1/11 > : https://ala.ilinc.com/join/zwktzsx > > Presentations > > HTML5 Apps, APIs, and the Mobile Platform > - Jason Clark, Head of Digital Access and Web Services, Montana State > University Libraries > > With features like geolocation, voice input, and offline data storage, > HTML5 is changing the way we can develop for the mobile platform. > We'll take a close look at a prototype mobile web app, BookMeUp, a > book recommender tool built with some of the newest features of HTML5 > coupled with the Amazon Product Advertising API. The session will > focus on some of the cutting edge features HTML5 has to offer, but > will look to ways you might use HTML5 in your mobile development > today. > > Handheld Tube Tours: Increasing orientation engagement with viral > videos and mobile devices > - Sean Cordes > Instruction Services Coordinator, Western Illinois University Libraries > > Library orientation tours are helpful, but for many students, if > you?ve seen one service point, you?ve seen them all. This presentation > describes the practice of incorporating the You Tube viral video > format with handheld devices to energize and engage students during > library orientation tours. Topics include best practices for creating > viral library content, and triumphs and challenges of using handheld > devices to support library orientation tours including device > availability, connectivity, sequencing content, and pacing the > handheld supplemented tour. > > JISC m-libs - a UK academic library perspective > - Jo Alcock, Researcher, Evidence Base at Birmingham City University > > The JISC Mobile Infrastructure for Libraries programme is a series of > projects in UK supporting initiatives that utilise mobile computing in > academic libraries. The presentation will give a brief overview of the > institutional projects, and discuss the broader community support > project which aims to help support and engage the emerging m-library > community by reviewing and synthesising existing research and > evidence-based guidance. > > Using paper prototyping to determine mobile platform requirements > - David Brightbill, Manager of Research and Development, College > Center for Library Automation, FL > > At CCLA, We?re currently doing some paper prototyping around potential > mobile applications for our discovery tool . We are looking at mobile > apps that support the student research process and are in a very early > stage of this but have identified a few potential topics that we hope > to examine in student focus groups in the new year. > > WordPress Mobile Piug-ins > - Sharon Whitfield, Emerging Technologies Librarian, The College of New > Jersey > > WordPress is primarily known as an open source blogging platform, but > it?s actually capable of much more. One of the areas that Wordpress > has been improving is with mobile website and app creation. There > are presently 126 plug-ins that support mobile website creation > including tools that can post, manage, and edit your website from your > mobile device. Why guess which plug-ins will work for you? 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The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. Thanks! Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa.ahlstedt at KCTCS.EDU Thu Jan 12 16:07:45 2012 From: lisa.ahlstedt at KCTCS.EDU (Ahlstedt, Lisa A (Southeast)) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:07:45 +0000 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Our IT department uses Ghost: http://us.norton.com/ghost/ If I understand it correctly, patrons have a lot of freedom when they are using the computer - they can download, save, move things around, change the wallpaper, etc. But when the computer is restarted, it is re-set to a pre-defined setting. All changes are wiped out. There are administrator settings that can be used if you need to make a permanent change to any file or program. At least, that's the way it was explained to me! Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but it might be worth considering. Lisa Ahlstedt Southeast KY Community & Technical College Library Middlesboro, KY From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcie Brandriff Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:57 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling the ability to download and install toolbars? We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. Thanks! Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM Thu Jan 12 16:24:49 2012 From: steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM (Steffen Schilke) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:24:49 +0100 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Did you have a look into the Kiosk Mode? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154780/en-us it works in the newer versions as well. Also other browsers have a Kiosk mode ( http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/ , FireFox R-Kiosk or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk_software ) other buzz words are Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit or Windows SteadyState and Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Marcie Brandriff wrote: > We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet > Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons > can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the > menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling > the ability to download and install toolbars? > > We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. > The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard > time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information > there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here > would be helpful as well. > > Thanks! > > Marcie Brandriff > > Librarian > > Northborough Free Library > > 34 Main Street > > Northborough, MA 01532 > > 508-393-5025 > > mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-12 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhamilton at WLU.CA Thu Jan 12 16:42:34 2012 From: dhamilton at WLU.CA (Don Hamilton) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:34 -0500 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Have a look at the archives. There's a long thread back on Dec 8th of 2011 on this very subject..... >>> Steffen Schilke 1/12/2012 4:24 PM >>> Did you have a look into the Kiosk Mode? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154780/en-us it works in the newer versions as well. Also other browsers have a Kiosk mode ( http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/ , FireFox R-Kiosk or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk_software ) other buzz words are Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit or Windows SteadyState and Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Marcie Brandriff wrote: We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling the ability to download and install toolbars? We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. Thanks! Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 ( tel:508-393-5025 ) mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET Thu Jan 12 18:22:46 2012 From: TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET (Thomas Edelblute) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:22:46 +0000 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Warning: Technical content follows. Microsoft Group Policy objects are available but need some experimenting with to see what is the best way to work with them. Most of the ones that I use are under User Configuration, Administrative Tools, Windows Components, Internet Explorer. However, the proxy server settings are under User Configuration, Windows Settings, Internet Explorer Connections. When you highlight a policy, on the left side it will tell you what the policy effects and how it is used. Here is a Microsoft Technet overview http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782876(WS.10).aspx One thing to keep in mind is that for some of these settings will make registry changes to the computers you apply it to. So if you enable something, and change your mind, returning it to the previously set "Not Configured" setting will not undo the change. You will have to change from enabled to disabled to write the new changes to the registry. Sometimes that is not clear to people who are starting out with Group Policy objects. You can also make different group policies for different functions and link them to some groups and not others. Then you can stack multiple Group Policy objects on a single group of users or computers, but Microsoft recommends that you do not do more than eight Group Policy Objects on a single organizational unit. So I may have overdone it for this introductory e-mail, but let me know if I can help you in any way. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcie Brandriff Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:57 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling the ability to download and install toolbars? We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. Thanks! 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Thank you. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa.ahlstedt at KCTCS.EDU Thu Jan 12 18:58:00 2012 From: lisa.ahlstedt at KCTCS.EDU (Ahlstedt, Lisa A (Southeast)) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:58:00 +0000 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Oops, the program that wipes out any changes is Faronics Deepfreeze, not Ghost. I guess that's why they leave the IT stuff to others! Lisa ________________________________ From: Ahlstedt, Lisa A (Southeast) Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:07 PM To: Web technologies in libraries Subject: RE: Locking down IE on public computers Our IT department uses Ghost: http://us.norton.com/ghost/ If I understand it correctly, patrons have a lot of freedom when they are using the computer ? they can download, save, move things around, change the wallpaper, etc. But when the computer is restarted, it is re-set to a pre-defined setting. All changes are wiped out. There are administrator settings that can be used if you need to make a permanent change to any file or program. At least, that?s the way it was explained to me! Not sure if it?s exactly what you?re looking for, but it might be worth considering. Lisa Ahlstedt Southeast KY Community & Technical College Library Middlesboro, KY From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcie Brandriff Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:57 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling the ability to download and install toolbars? We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. Thanks! Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 From JEphraim at ROANOKETEXAS.COM Thu Jan 12 19:02:11 2012 From: JEphraim at ROANOKETEXAS.COM (Jesse Ephraim) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:02:11 +0000 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We use Deep Freeze, and have been very happy with it. No matter what the patron puts on the computer, it reverts to its original state after you reboot it. Jesse Ephraim Roanoke Public Library Roanoke, TX -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ahlstedt, Lisa A (Southeast) Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:58 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers Oops, the program that wipes out any changes is Faronics Deepfreeze, not Ghost. I guess that's why they leave the IT stuff to others! Lisa ________________________________ From: Ahlstedt, Lisa A (Southeast) Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:07 PM To: Web technologies in libraries Subject: RE: Locking down IE on public computers Our IT department uses Ghost: http://us.norton.com/ghost/ If I understand it correctly, patrons have a lot of freedom when they are using the computer - they can download, save, move things around, change the wallpaper, etc. But when the computer is restarted, it is re-set to a pre-defined setting. All changes are wiped out. There are administrator settings that can be used if you need to make a permanent change to any file or program. At least, that's the way it was explained to me! Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but it might be worth considering. Lisa Ahlstedt Southeast KY Community & Technical College Library Middlesboro, KY From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcie Brandriff Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:57 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling the ability to download and install toolbars? We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. Thanks! Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 From dmunson at EWU.EDU Thu Jan 12 20:15:23 2012 From: dmunson at EWU.EDU (Munson, Doris) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:15:23 -0800 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers In-Reply-To: <26D826E645F3F845B8761B2923C5109014F220CE@Ex2K10.CITYOFROANOKE.LOCAL> Message-ID: I used to use Fortres at my old job and was able to lockdown the computers fairly tightly, even to the point that the only function on the Start menu was the option to turn the computer off. However, we use DeepFreeze at my current job and I'm very happy with it. DeepFreeze allows users to access all parts of the computer but restores the original settings when it is rebooted. (Occasionally, I'll turn off the computer and then turn it back on to really make sure the settings are restored.) The one drawback I've come across is that automatic updates of security software don't stick. We've gotten around this by scheduling DeepFreeze to turn itself around 2am (when the library is closed), install software updates, and then have DeepFreeze turn itself back on. It does mean that the computers have to stay on all the time. Regards, Doris Doris Munson Systems/Reference Librarian Eastern Washington University dmunson at ewu.edu 509-359-6395 -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jesse Ephraim Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:02 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers We use Deep Freeze, and have been very happy with it. No matter what the patron puts on the computer, it reverts to its original state after you reboot it. Jesse Ephraim Roanoke Public Library Roanoke, TX -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ahlstedt, Lisa A (Southeast) Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:58 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers Oops, the program that wipes out any changes is Faronics Deepfreeze, not Ghost. I guess that's why they leave the IT stuff to others! Lisa ________________________________ From: Ahlstedt, Lisa A (Southeast) Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:07 PM To: Web technologies in libraries Subject: RE: Locking down IE on public computers Our IT department uses Ghost: http://us.norton.com/ghost/ If I understand it correctly, patrons have a lot of freedom when they are using the computer - they can download, save, move things around, change the wallpaper, etc. But when the computer is restarted, it is re-set to a pre-defined setting. All changes are wiped out. There are administrator settings that can be used if you need to make a permanent change to any file or program. At least, that's the way it was explained to me! Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but it might be worth considering. Lisa Ahlstedt Southeast KY Community & Technical College Library Middlesboro, KY From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcie Brandriff Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:57 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling the ability to download and install toolbars? We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. Thanks! Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 From ivelamazan at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 13 04:04:07 2012 From: ivelamazan at GMAIL.COM (=?utf-8?Q?Iv=C3=A1n_V=2EG=2E?=) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:04:07 +0100 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Also, for those of you who don't specifically need Windows & MSIE, I've recently discovered WebConverger, a sort of kiosk mode GNU/Linux distro (although I've not personally tested it yet). En Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:24:49 +0100, Steffen Schilke escribi?: > Did you have a look into the Kiosk Mode? > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154780/en-us it works in the newer > versions as well. Also other browsers have a Kiosk mode ( > http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/ , FireFox R-Kiosk or > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk_software ) other buzz words > are Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit or Windows SteadyState and Internet > Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Marcie Brandriff > wrote: > >> We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet >> Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so >> patrons >> can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the >> menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also >> disabling >> the ability to download and install toolbars? >> >> We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the >> browser. >> The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a >> hard >> time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information >> there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here >> would be helpful as well. -- ..:: Iv?n V.G. :: Tempus fugit, carpe diem ::.. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 From mbrandriff2 at CWMARS.ORG Fri Jan 13 09:45:17 2012 From: mbrandriff2 at CWMARS.ORG (Marcie Brandriff) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:45:17 +0000 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers In-Reply-To: <4F0F0D7A0200006E00052181@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Message-ID: I did check the archive before posting because I figured someone else had a similar problem, but that thread is more for time limits and blocking certain URLs. We have a solution for our catalog computers that keeps patrons only within the catalog, and we don't have time restrictions on the public Internets. I did get a few ideas from that thread, but a lot of it went over my head and I thought I'd ask my specific question instead of trying to tailor someone else's problem to mine. Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Don Hamilton [dhamilton at WLU.CA] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:42 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers Have a look at the archives. There's a long thread back on Dec 8th of 2011 on this very subject..... >>> Steffen Schilke 1/12/2012 4:24 PM >>> Did you have a look into the Kiosk Mode? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154780/en-us it works in the newer versions as well. Also other browsers have a Kiosk mode ( http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/ , FireFox R-Kiosk or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk_software ) other buzz words are Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit or Windows SteadyState and Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Marcie Brandriff > wrote: We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling the ability to download and install toolbars? We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. Thanks! Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Carol.Hassler at WICOURTS.GOV Fri Jan 13 10:30:04 2012 From: Carol.Hassler at WICOURTS.GOV (Carol Hassler) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:30:04 -0600 Subject: Locking down public computers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello, I didn't see much discussion of this in the archives. If I missed the answer to my question, please let me know! I've been reading the "Locking down IE" thread with great interest... Our IT department is considering trying to replace our old SteadyState/XP public computer security with just a Windows 7 software solution. So they're planning on moving to Windows 7, but they are looking to roll their own solution using the OS and avoid using a third party product like DeepFreeze. Has anyone locked down their public computers using only Windows 7 - like using the Systems Restore function for example? If not, what are you using? We have a number of needs including saving browser passwords for one of our online databases, providing multiple browsers, and providing access to file-based and online databases. We also want to wipe any extra files users may have placed on the computers upon logout and prevent too much tampering with the installed programs or computer settings. It would also be nice to be able to somewhat easily manage software updates. We've found this somewhat recent Techsoup article on "Securing public access computers: some alternatives to SteadyState" http://goo.gl/1xyOD We don't have many computers, but our IT staff are off-site, so we are looking for as robust a solution as we can find. And if you think the best solution is a particular product, please feel free to respond with suggestions. Thanks, everyone! Carol Hassler Webmaster / Cataloger Wisconsin State Law Library (608) 261-7558 http://wilawlibrary.gov/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From PWhitford at BRASWELL-LIBRARY.ORG Fri Jan 13 10:55:58 2012 From: PWhitford at BRASWELL-LIBRARY.ORG (Phillip Whitford) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:55:58 -0500 Subject: Locking down public computers In-Reply-To: A<4F0FF99C020000800004617F@gw.wicourts.gov> Message-ID: Windows guru Mark Minasi offers a free product he calls Steadier State as a replacement for Steadystate. I haven't used it but you can find it here: http://www.steadierstate.com/ Here's what he said about it in Issue 87, February 2010, of his Networking Tech Page: "My Free Replacement for Steady State... Steadier State I know that a lot of you really miss Steady State, the tool that lets you essentially create virtual machine "snapshots," but on a physical copy of Windows like a classroom lab PC, public library workstation, kiosk PC etc, and that lets you un-do all of the mess done to a Windows box in under four minutes with no admin interaction needed. So I created what I call Steadier State. Put it on a PC, get it the way you like it, and snapshot the machine. Then turn it loose on the public for as long as you like, and reboot it. One of the reboot options will be "Roll Back Windows," and if you choose that, then in under four minutes everything that the users did is completely un-done. Give it a try at http://www.steadierstate.com." Phillip B. Whitford Associate Director for Support Services Braswell Memorial Library Rocky Mount, NC 27804 Opinions expressed may not be those of my organization From: Carol Hassler [mailto:Carol.Hassler at WICOURTS.GOV] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 10:30 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Locking down public computers Hello, I didn't see much discussion of this in the archives. If I missed the answer to my question, please let me know! I've been reading the "Locking down IE" thread with great interest... Our IT department is considering trying to replace our old SteadyState/XP public computer security with just a Windows 7 software solution. So they're planning on moving to Windows 7, but they are looking to roll their own solution using the OS and avoid using a third party product like DeepFreeze. Has anyone locked down their public computers using only Windows 7 - like using the Systems Restore function for example? If not, what are you using? We have a number of needs including saving browser passwords for one of our online databases, providing multiple browsers, and providing access to file-based and online databases. We also want to wipe any extra files users may have placed on the computers upon logout and prevent too much tampering with the installed programs or computer settings. It would also be nice to be able to somewhat easily manage software updates. We've found this somewhat recent Techsoup article on "Securing public access computers: some alternatives to SteadyState" http://goo.gl/1xyOD We don't have many computers, but our IT staff are off-site, so we are looking for as robust a solution as we can find. And if you think the best solution is a particular product, please feel free to respond with suggestions. Thanks, everyone! Carol Hassler Webmaster / Cataloger Wisconsin State Law Library (608) 261-7558 http://wilawlibrary.gov/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kayiwa at UIC.EDU Fri Jan 13 11:11:39 2012 From: kayiwa at UIC.EDU (Francis Kayiwa) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:11:39 -0600 Subject: Locking down public computers In-Reply-To: <4F0FF99C020000800004617F@gw.wicourts.gov> Message-ID: On 1/13/12 9:30 AM, Carol Hassler wrote: > Hello, > > I didn't see much discussion of this in the archives. If I missed the > answer to my question, please let me know! I've been reading the > "Locking down IE" thread with great interest... > > Our IT department is considering trying to replace our old > SteadyState/XP public computer security with just a Windows 7 software > solution. So they're planning on moving to Windows 7, but they are > looking to roll their own solution using the OS and avoid using a third > party product like DeepFreeze. > > Has anyone locked down their public computers using only Windows 7 - > like using the Systems Restore function for example? If not, what are > you using? > > We have a number of needs including saving browser passwords for one of > our online databases, providing multiple browsers, and providing access > to file-based and online databases. We also want to wipe any extra files > users may have placed on the computers upon logout and prevent too much > tampering with the installed programs or computer settings. It would > also be nice to be able to somewhat easily manage software updates. Windows Active Directory's Group Policy does all of these. While it is a tough animal to tame your needs will IMHO should be met by any company that does consulting of this sort. > > We've found this somewhat recent Techsoup article on "Securing public > access computers: some alternatives to SteadyState" http://goo.gl/1xyOD > > We don't have many computers, but our IT staff are off-site, so we are > looking for as robust a solution as we can find. And if you think the > best solution is a particular product, please feel free to respond with > suggestions. Most of the other solutions offered with the `easy` button tend to be over engineered and have a tendency to break when Windows Updates in a way that using GPO + Active Directory doesn't. regards, ./fxk -- TFMotD: Archive::Tar (3p) - module for manipulations of tar archives ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 From don.saklad at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 13 11:31:07 2012 From: don.saklad at GMAIL.COM (don warner saklad) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:31:07 -0500 Subject: Question. How do you get online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask. Chris Dodge, et al. Message-ID: Question How do you get online? the out of print... 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In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Bookfinder.com works for me. E. Carol Dales Library Distance Learning Instruction & Services Coordinator & Associate Professor of the Library, California State University, Dominguez Hills (310) 243-2088 cdales at csudh.edu http://library.csudh.edu/ Please include my message in your reply! -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Darimont, Carolyne Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 9:07 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question. How do you get online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask. Chris Dodge, et al. I use abebooks.com -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 11:59 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question. How do you get online? the out of print... 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Jesse Ephraim Roanoke Public Library Roanoke, TX -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Darimont, Carolyne Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 11:07 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question. How do you get online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask. Chris Dodge, et al. I use abebooks.com -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 11:59 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question. How do you get online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask. Chris Dodge, et al. 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Thank you. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 From don.saklad at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 13 12:27:50 2012 From: don.saklad at GMAIL.COM (don warner saklad) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:27:50 -0500 Subject: How do you arrange to have it put online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask. Chris Dodge, et al. Message-ID: How do you arrange to have it put online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask Chris Dodge, et al Words in the content can be counted... at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003013336 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 From SELLERS_M at FORTLEWIS.EDU Fri Jan 13 12:39:38 2012 From: SELLERS_M at FORTLEWIS.EDU (Sellers, Minna) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:39:38 -0700 Subject: How do you arrange to have it put online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask. Chris Dodge, et al. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Out of Print does not mean out of copyright. You would need to contact the authors and publisher to get permission. Here's a pretty good explanation. Minna Sellers, MLS Fort Lewis College sellers_m at fortlewis.edu -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of don warner saklad Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 10:28 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] How do you arrange to have it put online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask. Chris Dodge, et al. How do you arrange to have it put online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask Chris Dodge, et al Words in the content can be counted... at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003013336 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 From hilton.gibson at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 13 12:55:04 2012 From: hilton.gibson at GMAIL.COM (Hilton Gibson) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:55:04 +0200 Subject: Locking down public computers In-Reply-To: <4F0FF99C020000800004617F@gw.wicourts.gov> Message-ID: We use the public fox plug in for mozilla firefox. On 13 Jan 2012 17:30, "Carol Hassler" wrote: > Hello, > > I didn't see much discussion of this in the archives. If I missed the > answer to my question, please let me know! I've been reading the "Locking > down IE" thread with great interest... > > Our IT department is considering trying to replace our old SteadyState/XP > public computer security with just a Windows 7 software solution. So > they're planning on moving to Windows 7, but they are looking to roll their > own solution using the OS and avoid using a third party product like > DeepFreeze. > > Has anyone locked down their public computers using only Windows 7 - like > using the Systems Restore function for example? If not, what are you using? > > We have a number of needs including saving browser passwords for one of > our online databases, providing multiple browsers, and providing access to > file-based and online databases. We also want to wipe any extra files users > may have placed on the computers upon logout and prevent too much tampering > with the installed programs or computer settings. It would also be nice to > be able to somewhat easily manage software updates. > > We've found this somewhat recent Techsoup article on "Securing public > access computers: some alternatives to SteadyState" http://goo.gl/1xyOD > > We don't have many computers, but our IT staff are off-site, so we are > looking for as robust a solution as we can find. And if you think the best > solution is a particular product, please feel free to respond with > suggestions. > > Thanks, everyone! > > > Carol Hassler > Webmaster / Cataloger > Wisconsin State Law Library > (608) 261-7558 > http://wilawlibrary.gov/ > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU Fri Jan 13 16:14:23 2012 From: GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU (Riesner, Giles W.) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:14:23 -0500 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers Message-ID: We had done this a number of years back making some of our Library PC's "Catalog Only" stations. I put together the details along the line and have a 2 pager or so available from: http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/~griesner/CCBCLIB/OpacOnly-details.pdf Years back in the Library we used Fortres to lock down our PCs and since then the College moved to Using the Centurion Guard (hardware/software combo) and Drive Shield (software only) and now Deep Freeze. All do the same as Steady State but cost you some money for the solution. I'll be glad to answer any questions about what we're doing now or have done in the past. Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | Catonsville, MD 21228 USA Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu CCBC. The incredible value of education. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcie Brandriff Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:57 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling the ability to download and install toolbars? We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. Thanks! Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV Fri Jan 13 16:44:03 2012 From: Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV (Pruntel,Alison) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:44:03 -0500 Subject: Pandigital Supernova & OverDrive? Message-ID: Thanks to everyone on publib, lita and web4lib who has responded to my plea so far. Only the Pandigital Novel is listed on OverDrive's list of compatible devices for e-books (http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/Default.aspx?type=ebook), and I believe that requires a side-load; the Pandigital Nova is listed on OverDrive's list of compatible devices for e-audio books (not e-books). Fauquier County Public Library staff finally had success downloading/reading library e-books with the Pandigital Nova/SuperNova using the Amazon Kindle Reading App. * Go to Amazon.com and search for Kindle Reading App or type in http://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/kcp * Choose Android * You will be prompted to download from the Amazon Appstore for Android * You will need to sign in with an Amazon account (if you don't have one, you can create one) * Download the Amazon Appstore for Android to your device * Once you've downloaded and installed the Amazon Appstore, search the Amazon Appstore for the Kindle Reader * Download and install the Kindle Reader app to your device; NOTE: You must set your Amazon account up with for 1-click ordering, which requires a valid credit card (or gift card), shipping address, etc., on file, as well as a valid cell phone number for one-click. This is because this is technically for mobile users, i.e., smart phone users. * Once you've downloaded/installed the Kindle Reader device, go to http://library.fauquiercounty.gov from a computer or device that allows you to access the web in a full/desktop browser (not a mobile browser); the Pandigital Nova/Supernova's browser is a mobile browser and will not display Kindle book format, only ePub * Under Services, select e-books & e-audiobooks; * Select Overdrive; * Browse or search for an e-book. (TIP: If you choose Advanced Search, you can limit format to Kindle and also select to show only titles available); * Once you've found a book, click "Add to cart"; * From your Cart, click "Proceed to Checkout"; * Select your library system and enter your library card number; * Click "Confirm check out"; * Click the "Get for Kindle" button. This opens the Amazon.com website. You will need to sign in to your Amazon.com account; * Click the "Get library book" button; * You will be prompted to again log in to your Amazon account; * Once you've authenticated, your e-book(s) will be delivered wirelessly to the Kindle app installed on your Pandigital. In some cases, the book shows up under Archives. Returning your e-book(s) early Here are the basic instructions to return a Kindle e-book. * An eBook checked out on the Kindle is returned through Amazon. Go to www.amazon.com, and from the Kindle menu on the right, select "Manage Your Kindle". * Sign in to your Amazon account. * Select the "Actions" dropdown menu next to the book you want to return. * (Tip: the words "public library" will appear next to any library e-books) * From the menu, select "Return this book". * Select "Yes" to return the book. * After you return the book, it will still show in Your Kindle Library list. To remove it from the list, select Actions again, and from the dropdown menu select "Delete from library." Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov From: Pruntel,Alison [mailto:Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 5:08 PM Subject: Pandigital Supernova & OverDrive? Anyone had any luck with the Pandigital tablet/e-reader and OverDrive? While OverDrive lists Pandigital Nova and Pandigital Novel (and apparently only the "white" version) on their compatible device list, trying to install the OverDrive Media Console or the Kindle app did not end up working, at least for the 2 patrons I tried to help today. The OverDrive Media Console for Android (Pandigital tablet uses the Android operating system) is available in the Android Marketplace (BTW, to use the Android Marketplace/install an app, you need to have a Gmail account...one of my Pandigital patrons couldn't get through the Gmail authentication process). When you try and install, you get an error message that your device is not supported for use with the Android Market (see http://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1141080&topic=1100168&ctx=topic) for details. Pandigital is NOT on the list of supported devices (http://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1727131). So even though they use Android, it's their version, not supported by Google. Pandigital has an "app store" called something like GetJar, but no OverDrive and no Kindle app in there. Also tried to install the Kindle app. No go in the Android Marketplace per above. You CAN install the Amazon Appstore for Android on the Pandigital, but then when you go to "purchase" the Kindle app (it's free), it kept giving my patron an error that she could not make the purchase because of the way her 1-click ordering was set up. We turned it on, credit card was there, etc.,, but it still didn't work, even though http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_200551840_payment?nodeId=200790830#payment leads you to believe it will work. Anyway, apparently there was a special on QVC for these Pandigitals, so we expect more questions. If anyone has had luck and documented the process, please share. Would love to get these patrons downloading free e-books from the library via Overdrive. I'm going to try OverDrive support, but thought I'd ask fellow librarians. Thanks, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbiquez at ICSMX.COM Fri Jan 13 22:00:43 2012 From: jbiquez at ICSMX.COM (Jorge Biquez) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:00:43 -0600 Subject: OFF Topic. Android Development? Message-ID: Hello all. First of all a great year to all. My best wishes. I was wondering if you can give your advice and comments about the following. As part of new services to offer we are planning to do some Android development. So we are interested in learning about Android Development. I am searching information on the web, documentation about how to start learning about Android Development. Any links or tips to look at are more than welcomed. Talking with a friend he told me he is learning using some tools he found he is running them under Linux Ubuntu. If any of you is developing for Android using Mandriva or other Linux distros as your platform. Can you tell me about your experience? Tips and advice on what to use to start are welcome. I am not sure if this kind of off topic could be of interested to the list so please feel free to answer me directly . Thanks in advance. Jorge Biquez ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 From mohanraju at YAHOO.COM Fri Jan 13 22:05:48 2012 From: mohanraju at YAHOO.COM (S.Mohan) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:05:48 -0800 Subject: OFF Topic. Android Development? In-Reply-To: <201201140305.q0E358la086925@krusty.intranet.com.mx> Message-ID: Check this, it's very easy for instant start http://www.basic4ppc.com/android/why.html mohan --- On Fri, 1/13/12, Jorge Biquez wrote: From: Jorge Biquez Subject: [WEB4LIB] OFF Topic. Android Development? To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: Friday, January 13, 2012, 10:00 PM Hello all. First of all a great year to all. My best wishes. I was wondering if you can give your advice and comments about the following. As part of new services to offer we are planning to do some Android development. So we are interested in learning about Android Development. I am searching information on the web, documentation about how to start learning about Android Development. Any links or tips to look at are more than welcomed. Talking with a friend he told me he is learning using some tools he found he is running them under Linux Ubuntu. If any of you is developing for Android using Mandriva or other Linux distros as your platform. Can you tell me about your experience? Tips and advice on what to use to start are welcome. I am not sure if this kind of off topic could be of interested to the list so please feel free to answer me directly . Thanks in advance. Jorge Biquez ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From don.saklad at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 13 22:56:12 2012 From: don.saklad at GMAIL.COM (don warner saklad) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:56:12 -0500 Subject: How do you arrange to have it put online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask. Chris Dodge, et al. In-Reply-To: <04E445D738C1CC44A2BC9BABE0BA16EB1343552C30@ore.fortlewis.edu> Message-ID: >"Here's a pretty good explanation." Nothing appeared here! On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Sellers, Minna wrote: > Out of Print does not mean out of copyright. You would need to contact the authors and publisher to get permission. Here's a pretty good explanation. > > Minna Sellers, MLS > Fort Lewis College > sellers_m at fortlewis.edu > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of don warner saklad > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 10:28 AM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] How do you arrange to have it put online? the out of print... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask. Chris Dodge, et al. > > How do you arrange to have it put online? the out of print... > Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sandy Berman But Were Afraid To Ask Chris Dodge, et al > > Words in the content can be counted... > at > http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003013336 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-13 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-13 From retalbert at GMAIL.COM Sat Jan 14 02:36:47 2012 From: retalbert at GMAIL.COM (Robert Talbert) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:36:47 -0800 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers - Try Userful In-Reply-To: <4B95307E77198E43BA73E35445A473B5DD3B04@cwe.ccbc.ccbcmd.edu> Message-ID: Lock down your system? Then why stick with Microsoft? There is a product I have used at the university for application and web browsing. Userful also has a Kiosk version which is locked down. It is a Ubuntu Linux machine which, as a bonus, can have multiple dual monitor cards and USB keyboards, mice, and USB audio. By that I mean I have set up one Pentium i7 system as a ten (10) workstation computer. Our ten headed system worked off long USB and video cables stretching across five desks. I am not affiliated with Userful but found it to be a very reliable money saving system. Build your own or buy a complete configured system from Userful. Userful MultiSeat v4.1 has now become an official, stable release. This release can now be downloaded from Userful.com: http://www.userful.com/support/all-downloads/ums-download For complete documentation, visit http://support.userful.com/ums-manual Robert E Talbert I'd like to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.-Anonymous On 1/13/2012 1:14 PM, Riesner, Giles W. wrote: > > We had done this a number of years back making some of our Library > PC's "Catalog Only" stations. > > I put together the details along the line and have a 2 pager or so > available from: > > http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/~griesner/CCBCLIB/OpacOnly-details.pdf > > > Years back in the Library we used Fortres to lock down our PCs and > since then the College moved to > > Using the Centurion Guard (hardware/software combo) and Drive Shield > (software only) and now > > Deep Freeze. All do the same as Steady State but cost you some money > for the solution. > > I'll be glad to answer any questions about what we're doing now or > have done in the past. > > *Giles W. Riesner, Jr. *|Lead Library Technician , Library Technology > > The Community College of Baltimore County|800 South Rolling Road > |Catonsville, MD 21228 USA > Phone: 1-443-840-2736 |Fax: 1-410-455-6436 |Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu// > > /CCBC. The incredible value of education./ > > *From:*Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > *On Behalf Of *Marcie Brandriff > *Sent:* Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:57 PM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers > > We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet > Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so > patrons can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either > hiding the menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites > and also disabling the ability to download and install toolbars? > > > We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the > browser. The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm > having a hard time searching the Microsoft website because there's so > much information there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. > Any suggestions here would be helpful as well. > > Thanks! > > Marcie Brandriff > > Librarian > > Northborough Free Library > > 34 Main Street > > Northborough, MA 01532 > > 508-393-5025 > > mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-12 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-13 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fostersm1 at GMAIL.COM Sat Jan 14 08:25:33 2012 From: fostersm1 at GMAIL.COM (Sharon Foster) Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:25:33 -0500 Subject: Locking down IE on public computers - Try Userful In-Reply-To: <4F11308F.4030405@gmail.com> Message-ID: We set up a 4-seat Userful station at my previous POW for the Kids Computer Room. I think everyone's been very happy with it, except possibly the pre-teen boys who were forever installing games and such on the old Windows machines. If there are kids waiting, they get the option of using an Ubuntu laptop. (Now if it were only possible to convince the adults that they don't really need Windows or Macs, either...) Sharon ---------- Sharon M. Foster Digital Services Librarian *"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man?s own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came.*" ~Tom Paine On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:36 AM, Robert Talbert wrote: > > Lock down your system? Then why stick with Microsoft? > There is a product I have used at the university for application and web > browsing. Userful also has a Kiosk version which is locked down. It is a > Ubuntu Linux machine which, as a bonus, can have multiple dual monitor > cards and USB keyboards, mice, and USB audio. By that I mean I have set up > one Pentium i7 system as a ten (10) workstation computer. Our ten headed > system worked off long USB and video cables stretching across five desks. > > I am not affiliated with Userful but found it to be a very reliable money > saving system. Build your own or buy a complete configured system from > Userful. > > Userful MultiSeat v4.1 has now become an official, stable release. This > release can now be downloaded from Userful.com: > http://www.userful.com/support/all-downloads/ums-download > > For complete documentation, visit http://support.userful.com/ums-manual > > Robert E Talbert > > I'd like to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.-Anonymous > > > On 1/13/2012 1:14 PM, Riesner, Giles W. wrote: > > We had done this a number of years back making some of our Library PC?s > ?Catalog Only? stations.**** > > I put together the details along the line and have a 2 pager or so > available from:**** > > ** ** > > > http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/~griesner/CCBCLIB/OpacOnly-details.pdf **** > > ** ** > > Years back in the Library we used Fortres to lock down our PCs and since > then the College moved to**** > > Using the Centurion Guard (hardware/software combo) and Drive Shield > (software only) and now**** > > Deep Freeze. All do the same as Steady State but cost you some money for > the solution.**** > > ** ** > > I?ll be glad to answer any questions about what we?re doing now or have > done in the past.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *Giles W. Riesner, Jr. *| Lead Library Technician , Library Technology *** > * > > The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road |Catonsville, MD 21228 USA > Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu > ** > > *CCBC. The incredible value of education.* **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > *On Behalf Of *Marcie Brandriff > *Sent:* Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:57 PM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* [WEB4LIB] Locking down IE on public computers**** > > ** ** > > We are using Public Web Browser but are looking to switch to Internet > Explorer. However, we need a way to lock down certain functions so patrons > can't make too many changes to it. Any suggestions for either hiding the > menus or locking down the Tools menu and maybe Favorites and also disabling > the ability to download and install toolbars?**** > > > We do have Fortres, but they don't lock down anything inside the browser. > The IT guy there suggested using Microsoft Policies, but I'm having a hard > time searching the Microsoft website because there's so much information > there and I don't really know what I'm looking for. 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The journal aims to keep readers informed about current trends in research, and to report on new initiatives and developments. Digital libraries and digital repositories are a particular focus, together with relevant standards and techniques. Coverage ?Digital libraries ?Digital repositories ?Digital cultural content services ?Web metadata standards ?Web markup languages ?Digital preservation ?Imaging and digitization techniques ?Usability studies OCLC Systems & Services is indexed and abstracted in: ?Academic Search Alumni Edition ?Academic Search Complete ?Academic Search Premier ?Computer Science Index ?Computer & Communications Security Abstracts ?Current Abstracts ?Current Awareness Abstracts ?Education Full Text ?Education Research ?Emerald Management Reviews ?Information Science and Technology Abstracts (ISTA) ?The Informed Librarian ?INSPEC ?International Academic Research Library ?Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts ?Library & Information Science Abstracts ?Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts ?Library Literature & Information Science ?Library Literature & Information Science Full Text ?OmniFile Full Text Mega ?OmniFile Full Text Select ?Scopus ?TOC Premier Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D. Editor Dean of Library Services Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 brad.eden at valpo.edu 219-464-5099 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-16 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From suzchap at UMICH.EDU Mon Jan 16 14:15:01 2012 From: suzchap at UMICH.EDU (Chapman, Suzanne) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:15:01 +0000 Subject: Job Posting: User Experience Designer Message-ID: User Experience Designer University of Michigan MLibrary, Ann Arbor The User Experience (UX) Department at the University of Michigan Library is seeking a talented and enthusiastic UX Designer. The ideal candidate will be able to create beautiful and usable interfaces, have a passion for understanding users, strong problem solving skills, and be invested in improving the library web experience. The UX Designer will focus on interface design but also take part in the full range of departmental duties, including user research/usability, accessibility, and web analytics. The UX Designer works in a collaborative team environment and participates in all stages of development - from concept to implementation. This position will be a FULL-TIME, TWO-YEAR term appointment with the possibility of renewal. See the full job posting for more information and instructions for applying. Contact Suzanne Chapman (suzchap at umich.edu) with any questions about the position. ------------------------------ Suzanne Chapman University of Michigan | MLibrary Head, User Experience Department suzchap at umich.edu 734-763-0246 www.userslib.com @MLibraryUX ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-16 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jill.emery at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 16 19:16:03 2012 From: jill.emery at GMAIL.COM (Jill Emery) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:16:03 -0800 Subject: ER&L Conference Update Message-ID: The Electronic Resources & Libraries is proud to announce AIP sponsored student grant awards to this year's conference. These awards are open to currently enrolled students wishing to attend ER&L 2012. Student applicants will be required to supply contact and school information as well as to answer a question related to how attending the ER&L Conference can assist the applicant in achieving professional and academic goals. Please forward to anyone who would be eligible to apply: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ERLTravelGrant The AT&T Conference Center has sold out rooms for the ER&L Conference. If you're still planning to attend in person and have not booked a room, here are a couple of recommendations, however, please note, that there are no discounted rates offered at either venue: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/travelhotels If you will be attending the ER&L 2012 Conference and are wondering how to make the most of your conference attendance, please see this document: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/getting-the-most-out-of-erl Lastly, there are about 25 spots lefts for in person attendance at ER&L and still open slots available for the online conference. Regular registration ends on 1 February! http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/registration ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-16 From andrew_ashton at BROWN.EDU Tue Jan 17 09:13:03 2012 From: andrew_ashton at BROWN.EDU (Ashton, Andrew) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:13:03 -0500 Subject: Job opening: web applications developer for a TEI publishing project Message-ID: Brown University Web Applications Developer, TAPAS Project The Brown University Library and the TAPAS Project are seeking a developer to lead the technical implementation of the TAPAS service. Working with other members of the Brown Digital Repository development team, the developer will install and customize an instance of Islandora (Drupal and Fedora), and will develop functionality for publishing, describing, analyzing, visualizing, and sharing scholarly texts. ?The developer will collaborate with Brown systems and development staff, staff at Wheaton College, and other TAPAS participants, to create, refine, and implement ideas for building the service, and will work with those groups to test and roll out new web applications. Additionally, the developer will customize Drupal and the underlying Fedora repository to enable a broad set of interactions to support the publication of encoded texts, and will develop an API to provide programmatic access to TAPAS data. The TEI Archiving, Publishing and Access Service, or TAPAS (http://www.tapasproject.org), ?is a new community service for scholars and other creators of TEI materials who need a place to publish and archive their data and ensure it remains accessible over time. TAPAS will provide repository services with a user-friendly interface for contributing, managing, and publishing TEI data, and will also offer training and supporting services for those who need help developing and publishing their projects. Qualifications: ? ? ? ?? Bachelor?s degree or equivalent education and experience ? ? ? ?? 2-5 years of demonstrated experience and proficiency planning, developing, and maintaining web sites and back-end systems. ? ? ? ?? Substantial experience with PHP; Drupal experience strongly preferred. ? ? ? ?? Familiarity with XML, XSLT, Solr, and Fedora Commons desirable. ? ? ? ?? Experience developing web applications using APIs and web services. ? ? ? ?? Familiarity with TEI & common metadata standards (e.g., MODS, Dublin Core) desirable ? ? ? ?? Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work successfully as part of a distributed team. This is a 2-year full time position with the possibility of renewal, contingent on funding. ?We are also willing to consider part time work arrangements. To apply for this position (JOB# B01380), please visit Brown?s Online Employment website (https://careers.brown.edu), complete an application online, attach documents, and submit for immediate consideration. ?Documents should include cover letter, resume, and the names and e-mail addresses of three references. ?Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer -- Andrew Ashton Director of Digital Technologies Brown University Library ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-17 From cmetcalf at UOTTAWA.CA Tue Jan 17 10:15:59 2012 From: cmetcalf at UOTTAWA.CA (Cameron Metcalf) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:15:59 +0000 Subject: Employment Opportunity - University of Ottawa - Web Initiatives Librarian In-Reply-To: Message-ID: University of Ottawa Library Web Initiatives Librarian - 201655 http://www.academiccareers.uottawa.ca/node/409 Responsibilities: The University of Ottawa Library seeks an energetic, innovative and service-oriented individual with good technical and communication skills to fill the position of Web Initiatives Librarian at the University of Ottawa Library. The successful candidate will be a creative individual who works well with colleagues in a challenging and changing environment. Setting: Located in the heart of the National Capital, the University of Ottawa is recognized as one of Canada's leading teaching and research institutions. With 1500 regular faculty and 40,000 students enrolled in over 360 programs, the University of Ottawa offers a broad spectrum of high quality programs in both English and French. For more information, see: www.uottawa.ca. Description: Reporting to the Head, Library Systems Division the incumbent monitors, identifies and communicates innovations in the uses of the web and recommends and implements new and emerging web-based technologies and services for our environment; provides creative and technical expertise to design, develop, manage and support innovative web-based information services and systems. Working collaboratively with Library staff, the Web Initiatives Librarian leads and coordinates the creation and enhancement of the Library Web site and the staff Intranet. The incumbent supports reference and public services staff in web related and web-based information services; participates or leads projects to implement and adopt new technology to deliver services to clients; provides reference and research assistance; and as a member of the Systems team, participates in the planning, development, and implementation of the Library's current and future services, systems and technical infrastructure. ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS: 1. A Master's degree in Library and Information Studies (M.L.I.S.) from an ALA accredited institution; 2. Two (2) years of relevant work experience or fewer depending on the relevance of the experience; 3. Demonstrated experience with current web and database technologies and standards including XHTML, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, CSS, RSS, W3C Web Usability Guidelines; good knowledge of accessibility standards and security issues; familiarity with Unix and Windows server environments; knowledge of library technology integration using linking tools (such as SFX) and web 2.0 technologies; 4. Demonstrated experience in web interface design, site management, content development and/or demonstrated skill in developing relational databases to create dynamic web pages; 5. Demonstrated ability to manage time and set priorities using project management techniques; manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and work under pressure; 6. Technologically competent, analytical, curious, detail oriented, flexible and responsive; 7. A proven service orientation with a willingness to collaborate and share expertise; work in teams and negotiate solutions with diverse groups; 8. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; 9. Bilingual (English and French), written and spoken, including the ability to make presentations and train in both official languages. Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position is part of the Bargaining Unit (Faculty, Librarians, Counsellors, Language teachers). Applications, accompanied by up-to-date Curriculum Vitae, should be submitted no later than 5 p.m., Friday, February 3rd , 2012 Ms. Leslie Weir University Librarian University of Ottawa Library 65 University Private Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Email: biblio at uottawa.ca The University of Ottawa Library thanks all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ---- Cameron Metcalf (613.562.5800 x 3651) Chef, D?partement des syst?mes | Head, Library Systems Division Biblioth?que uOttawa Library www.biblio.uottawa.ca ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-17 From clifflandis at GSU.EDU Tue Jan 17 10:52:36 2012 From: clifflandis at GSU.EDU (James Clifford Landis) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:52:36 +0000 Subject: Job Posting: Department Head, Digital Library Services, Georgia State University Message-ID: Georgia State University Library seeks an enthusiastic, collegial, service-oriented and dynamic head of Digital Library Services who will provide leadership and management for web services, network and desktop systems, and digital initiatives. Details are at: http://library.gsu.edu/JobAds/Vacancy-Announ-Dept-Head-Dig-Lib-2012.pdf. ________________________ Cliff Landis Interim Department Head, Digital Library Services Georgia State University Library clifflandis at gsu.edu / 404.413.2772 / Social Web: clifflandis ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randtke at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 17 11:52:53 2012 From: randtke at GMAIL.COM (Wilhelmina Randtke) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:52:53 -0500 Subject: Call for articles: OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Is there a deadline for submissions? Is there a website with more info on submission? Sorry, to ask, but a quick Google search just got this same message you sent out. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Brad Eden wrote: > Please excuse duplication. Please forward to interested colleagues and > other listservs. > > _OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives_ > (OSS:IDLP) is looking for articles. Articles can be of any length, and > figures and screen shots are encouraged. OSS:IDLP is a peer-reviewed > journal. If you are interested, there is a short timeline for publication; > your article can be published as early as July 2012. For more information, > contact the editor at the email address below. > > Editorial objectives > OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives covers > a broad range of subject areas relating to the Web-based delivery of > digital cultural content. The journal aims to keep readers informed about > current trends in research, and to report on new initiatives and > developments. Digital libraries and digital repositories are a particular > focus, together with relevant standards and techniques. > > Coverage > ?Digital libraries > ?Digital repositories > ?Digital cultural content services > ?Web metadata standards > ?Web markup languages > ?Digital preservation > ?Imaging and digitization techniques > ?Usability studies > > OCLC Systems & Services is indexed and abstracted in: > ?Academic Search Alumni Edition > ?Academic Search Complete > ?Academic Search Premier > ?Computer Science Index > ?Computer & Communications Security Abstracts > ?Current Abstracts > ?Current Awareness Abstracts > ?Education Full Text > ?Education Research > ?Emerald Management Reviews > ?Information Science and Technology Abstracts (ISTA) > ?The Informed Librarian > ?INSPEC > ?International Academic Research Library > ?Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts > ?Library & Information Science Abstracts > ?Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts > ?Library Literature & Information Science > ?Library Literature & Information Science Full Text > ?OmniFile Full Text Mega > ?OmniFile Full Text Select > ?Scopus > ?TOC Premier > > Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D. > Editor > Dean of Library Services > Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources > Valparaiso University > Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 > > brad.eden at valpo.edu > 219-464-5099 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-16 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brad.eden at VALPO.EDU Tue Jan 17 11:58:51 2012 From: brad.eden at VALPO.EDU (Brad Eden) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:58:51 -0600 Subject: Call for articles: OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives In-Reply-To: Message-ID: No deadline for submissions. That is the website, just write the article as a Word doc, then let me know and I will send you details for submitting to our CMS. Brad Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D. Dean of Library Services Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 brad.eden at valpo.edu 219-464-5099 On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: > Is there a deadline for submissions? Is there a website with more info on > submission? > > Sorry, to ask, but a quick Google search just got this same message you > sent out. > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Brad Eden wrote: > >> Please excuse duplication. Please forward to interested colleagues and >> other listservs. >> >> _OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives_ >> (OSS:IDLP) is looking for articles. Articles can be of any length, and >> figures and screen shots are encouraged. OSS:IDLP is a peer-reviewed >> journal. If you are interested, there is a short timeline for publication; >> your article can be published as early as July 2012. For more information, >> contact the editor at the email address below. >> >> Editorial objectives >> OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives >> covers a broad range of subject areas relating to the Web-based delivery of >> digital cultural content. The journal aims to keep readers informed about >> current trends in research, and to report on new initiatives and >> developments. Digital libraries and digital repositories are a particular >> focus, together with relevant standards and techniques. >> >> Coverage >> ?Digital libraries >> ?Digital repositories >> ?Digital cultural content services >> ?Web metadata standards >> ?Web markup languages >> ?Digital preservation >> ?Imaging and digitization techniques >> ?Usability studies >> >> OCLC Systems & Services is indexed and abstracted in: >> ?Academic Search Alumni Edition >> ?Academic Search Complete >> ?Academic Search Premier >> ?Computer Science Index >> ?Computer & Communications Security Abstracts >> ?Current Abstracts >> ?Current Awareness Abstracts >> ?Education Full Text >> ?Education Research >> ?Emerald Management Reviews >> ?Information Science and Technology Abstracts (ISTA) >> ?The Informed Librarian >> ?INSPEC >> ?International Academic Research Library >> ?Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts >> ?Library & Information Science Abstracts >> ?Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts >> ?Library Literature & Information Science >> ?Library Literature & Information Science Full Text >> ?OmniFile Full Text Mega >> ?OmniFile Full Text Select >> ?Scopus >> ?TOC Premier >> >> Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D. >> Editor >> Dean of Library Services >> Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources >> Valparaiso University >> Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 >> >> brad.eden at valpo.edu >> 219-464-5099 >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-01-16 >> >> > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-17 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From cnelson at UFL.EDU Tue Jan 17 16:38:53 2012 From: cnelson at UFL.EDU (Caitlin Nelson) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:38:53 -0500 Subject: Workshop: "Advanced XML: Further Adventures with XSLT" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: (Please excuse the cross-posting. ?I'd like to forward out this information on a workshop being held at my institution in April. ?We are very excited to be hosting this and hope you see you here!) Advanced XML: Further Adventures with XSLT April 9?11, 2012, Gainesville, Florida Washington, DC?The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics and Assessment Program and the Digital Library Federation, a program of the Council on Library and Information Resources, are pleased to offer an in-depth workshop focused on using XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) in digital library projects. Taught by experienced XML/XSLT instructors and developers Matthew Gibson, Director of Digital Programs at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities at the University of Virginia, and Christine Ruotolo, Digital Services Manager at the University of Virginia Library, this three-day workshop will explore XSLT with a specific focus on the role of XSLT in digital library projects. The workshop will be a mix of lecture and hands-on demonstration and experimentation. Lectures, exercises, and projects will allow participants to gain experience using some of the more powerful components of XSLT 1.0 and 2.0, including: - navigating the XML tree with XPath 2.0; - working with recursion, modes, and named templates; - using and creating functions; - combining source documents and creating multiple result documents; - sorting and grouping data; and - using branching and control structures. Participants should have a strong background in XML markup. A basic understanding of XSLT technology is encouraged, as is a thorough familiarity with HTML markup. Event Details Dates: Monday, April 9?Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Time: 9:00 a.m.?5:00 p.m. Location: Florida Center for Library Automation in Gainesville, FL Fee: $1,500 Register: by March 15, 2012 For more details and to register, see http://www.arl.org/stats/statsevents/XSLT-workshop.shtml. For more information, contact: David Green Association of Research Libraries 202-296-2296 david at arl.org --------- Caitlin Nelson Digital Initiatives Librarian Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) 5820 NW 39th Avenue Gainesville, FL 32606 P:? 352.392.9020 x298 F:? 352.392.9185 E:? cnelson at ufl.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-17 From rballiot at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 17 18:20:36 2012 From: rballiot at GMAIL.COM (Robert Balliot) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:20:36 -0500 Subject: Collection Development - Favorite Books 2011 Message-ID: David Faulkner has just provided his Favorite Booklist from Publib Readers for 2011 here: http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/publib-favorite-books-201/ It is also available as a permanent page here: http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/technical-services/collection-development/favorite-books-2011/ Past editions of David's Publib Booklists are here: http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/technical-services/collection-development/favorite-books-2010/ ******************* Robert L. 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Job ID 11239 http://www.clemson.edu/employment/prospective/findjobs.html Job Summary Responsible for developing and implementing a strategy to rebuild the library's online presence, which includes redesign and migration of current main library web site (and related web sites) from Cascade to open-source content management system such as Drupal. Reporting to the Head of Digital Initiatives and Information Technology Unit, develops methods and web applications to market and deliver library services online, and implement user interfaces for a number of projects designed to interpret digital objects in Clemson's institutional repository. Works with library public services to plan and conduct user surveys on experience and usability features and to future design. Required Qualifications - Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related computing field and 2 years experience. (Two years experience substitutable for one year of education). Preferred Experience - Experience developing within Drupal or Joomla. - Familiarity with XML schemas such as TEI, MODS, METS, EAD, RDF. - Experience with Fedora repository. Knowledge and use of version control systems in development. - Knowledge and experience in UNIX/Linux administration. - Experience designing mobile interfaces. - Experience with web analytics software. - Previous experience developing web sites or applications in a library environment. - Previous supervisory experience. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Experience programming web applications and designing web sites. - Demonstrated proficiency in web standards: XHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, AJAX, REST; in server applications: Apache, MySQL, Tomcat; and in scripting languages: PHP, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, jQuery. - Experience managing an open-source content management system. - Knowledge of Section 508 ADA compliance. - Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. - Excellent sense of visual design, graphic production, and information architecture. - Good interpersonal and communication skills. - May be required to work evenings and weekends To apply for this job visit the Clemson University HR website (Job ID 11239): http://www.clemson.edu/employment/prospective/findjobs.html The position closes on *January 27, 2012*. -- Christopher G. Vinson Interim Head, Digital Initiatives and Information Technology Digital Projects Librarian Clemson University Libraries 864-656-3622 vinsonc at clemson.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-18 From Marsha.Miller at INDSTATE.EDU Wed Jan 18 11:42:58 2012 From: Marsha.Miller at INDSTATE.EDU (Marsha Miller) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:42:58 -0500 Subject: 3 positions available: Indiana State University, Terre Haute Message-ID: Whether you're a Midwesterer by nature, or someone living on the coast, you need to take a look at ISU! Indiana State University's Cunningham Memorial Library has 3 open faculty positions: Chair of Reference/Instruction Department; Emerging Technology Librarian [I'm chairing this one]; and Special Collections Catalog Librarian. Join an exciting campus community. Enrollments are up, we have just completed a successful comprehensive fundraising campaign, and we have been designated a "Best in the Midwest" for the eighth consecutive year by Princeton Review. ISU has a strategic goal to employ and retain highly qualified faculty from underrepresented groups. Our city, a regional hub for commerce, arts, sports, cultural events, and medical services, received the 2010 "Indiana Community of the Year" award in 2010. And the Library is at the heart of this exciting campus of more than 11,000 undergraduates and graduates. Our motto is "Your campus living room," and that is what we strive to be-the gathering place for campus. We offer many resources for our users including more than 1.3 million items in our collection including 140,000 e-books and 71,000 e-journals/databases. Our Special Collections houses the Warren N. and Suzanne B. Cordell Collection of Dictionaries, one of the largest such collections in the world. In addition, we offer many services including the Writing Center and Commuter Lounge as well as excellent reference and instruction services, Interlibrary Loan, and e-Reserves. Offering opportunities to attend unique and rewarding programs, last year the library hosted 122 events that attracted 14,000 attendees. The Library is committed to serving as the academic and research heart of the Indiana State University. Chair of the Reference/Instruction Department - 12-month senior leadership position, reporting to the Dean of Libraries. Manages, hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates department of 7 librarians and 1 support staff. Responsible for all daily reference/instruction operations. Facilitates a collegial work environment. Collaborates with colleagues in library-wide planning, budgeting, and policy development. Co-supervises Writing Center with chair of English Department. Expected to progress successfully along tenure and promotion track; participate fully as a member of library faculty. Special Collections Catalog Librarian -12-month, tenure track position. Performs original/enhanced cataloging of books, manuscripts, special collections material in multiple languages. Coordinates copy cataloging of collections. Uses expertise in bibliographic/physical description of rare books and knowledge of processing/arrangement of manuscript collections to provide access to rare, unique materials in digital format. Develops knowledge of collections housed in department. Keeps department open, provides security for collections, and serves users. Assists in department events and creating exhibits. Expected to progress successfully along the tenure and promotion track; participate fully as member of library faculty. Emerging Technology Librarian -12-month tenure-track position. Designs, works with web applications, social media, mobile interfaces. Incorporates design principles, information architectures, coding standards, emerging technologies in online systems. Gathers data about how ISU Library users employ technology to access information. Identifies, assesses, implements emerging technologies. Works with users through outreach and instruction in use of library technology. Makes recommendations to improve online access. Tracks changes in technology, resource platforms, and related tools; uses social media, online tools to advertise changes in technology to university community. Coordinates work with other Library units. Expected to progress successfully along tenure and promotion track, participate fully as a member of library faculty. Indiana State University is an EEO/AA employer and is committed to recruiting and retaining minority faculty and staff. For more information, please see https://jobs.indstate.edu. The Committee will continue to accept applications and nominations until the position is filled. 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I am looking for a good web form builder, but my search is complicated by the fact that we have lots of specific functions we want our forms to have. For example: 1. Multicolumn questions (instead of just one question per line in one, long column, which is like many of the open source form builders). 2. Form must have query-capable database "behind the scenes" where all information is collected and displayed. 3. All submitted information should be able to be in a printable form, or be converted to one. 4. Forms should be web-based and preferably should email creator of form when form is submitted. I have found many open-source and pay form builders but have yet to find one that has ALL of these functions. Can anyone please pass along experiences and/ or recommendations for form builder sites to me? Thank you! Katie Katie Davis Reference / Emerging Technologies Librarian Ottenheimer Library Pulaski Technical College 3000 West Scenic Drive North Little Rock, AR 72118 (501) 812-2274 mdavis at pulaskitech.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-18 From holmbergl at BOULDERLIBRARY.ORG Wed Jan 18 13:15:32 2012 From: holmbergl at BOULDERLIBRARY.ORG (Holmberg, Lisa) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:15:32 -0700 Subject: Creating interactive web forms In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Mary, I've used http://www.formstack.com/ for a forms on 4 different websites over the past 5 years and have been very happy with them every time. The easily meet all the criteria you have and more. By the way, we take the form they generate and host it on our site, so it even looks like part of our site. And they offer discounted pricing for libraries... I believe it was 20% off... Please let me know if you questions. --Lisa Lisa Holmberg Web Specialist Boulder Public Library 1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80302 303-441-3472 holmbergl at boulderlibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Mary Davis Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:10 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Creating interactive web forms Hello! I'm new to this listserv, and I hope that reaching out in this way will help me stay abreast of the best emerging technologies for libraries. Also, I need to pose a question to this community! My library is in the process of creating interactive web forms for typical library requests like interlibrary loan, instruction request, instruction evaluation, research consultation, etc.... I am looking for a good web form builder, but my search is complicated by the fact that we have lots of specific functions we want our forms to have. For example: 1. Multicolumn questions (instead of just one question per line in one, long column, which is like many of the open source form builders). 2. Form must have query-capable database "behind the scenes" where all information is collected and displayed. 3. All submitted information should be able to be in a printable form, or be converted to one. 4. Forms should be web-based and preferably should email creator of form when form is submitted. I have found many open-source and pay form builders but have yet to find one that has ALL of these functions. Can anyone please pass along experiences and/ or recommendations for form builder sites to me? Thank you! Katie Katie Davis Reference / Emerging Technologies Librarian Ottenheimer Library Pulaski Technical College 3000 West Scenic Drive North Little Rock, AR 72118 (501) 812-2274 mdavis at pulaskitech.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-18 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-18 From roy.degler at OKSTATE.EDU Wed Jan 18 13:55:09 2012 From: roy.degler at OKSTATE.EDU (Degler, Roy) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:55:09 -0600 Subject: Creating interactive web forms In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I think the best form processor out there is Machform by AppNitro. For only $39 (one time fee) you get a very easy to use drag and drop form creator, back end with database of entries (excel downloads), full set of features, and great support. Every individual I have demoed the app to has purchased it for their websites- Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma Library Assoc, and Mountain Plains Library Assoc. Some Great Features include * File Upload * Admin hidden fields. Used in back end to recorded data to add to forms * Tooltips for each field * submission approval page * Redirect URLs * PHP source * csv or excel download * and much The only area that might present some problems for you is item #1. Multicolumn displasy are done with CSS to position the content. Roy Degler On Jan 18, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Mary Davis wrote: Hello! I'm new to this listserv, and I hope that reaching out in this way will help me stay abreast of the best emerging technologies for libraries. Also, I need to pose a question to this community! My library is in the process of creating interactive web forms for typical library requests like interlibrary loan, instruction request, instruction evaluation, research consultation, etc.... I am looking for a good web form builder, but my search is complicated by the fact that we have lots of specific functions we want our forms to have. For example: 1. Multicolumn questions (instead of just one question per line in one, long column, which is like many of the open source form builders). 2. Form must have query-capable database "behind the scenes" where all information is collected and displayed. 3. All submitted information should be able to be in a printable form, or be converted to one. 4. Forms should be web-based and preferably should email creator of form when form is submitted. I have found many open-source and pay form builders but have yet to find one that has ALL of these functions. Can anyone please pass along experiences and/ or recommendations for form builder sites to me? Thank you! 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And, yes, the concern relates to this extension of copyright restrictions, versus the enlarged use and creativity afforded when a work releases into the public domain. _________________________________ Kerry A. Keck Asst. University Librarian, Collections Fondren Library, Rice University 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005 keckker at rice.edu On Jan 18, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Mitchell, Michael wrote: > Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court gave its blessing Wednesday to a federal law giving copyright protection to millions of international books, music and other artistic creations that had once been in the free-access "public domain." > > http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/18/justice/scotus-copyrights-foreign-works/index..html?eref=rss_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29 > > I don't exactly understand the background of this case. Anyone know why these works were in the public domain here in the first place? Are they copyrighted overseas and the copyrights weren't being honored here? Anyone know? Seems to be another bad ruling for digital access. > > Michael Mitchell > Technical Services Librarian > Brazosport College > Lake Jackson, TX > Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu > > !DSPAM:2148,4f171eea265822795714297! ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-18 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rballiot at GMAIL.COM Wed Jan 18 17:29:38 2012 From: rballiot at GMAIL.COM (Robert Balliot) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:29:38 -0500 Subject: Justices allow copyrights on foreign works In-Reply-To: <31312F3E-6060-4920-B575-3E4BE1C2E7FA@rice.edu> Message-ID: I think you can look at the current practical differences by comparing the US to Non-US copyright restrictions in works provided by Wikimedia Commons . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags R. Balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Kerry Keck wrote: > Before the U.S. became a signatory to the 1994 international treaty that > harmonized intellectual property laws, patents granted abroad were subject > to the U.S. terms (which, in some cases, provided more limited terms of > coverage). Certain works copyrighted abroad had expired under these > conditions, and were in the public domain in the U.S. but were "recovered" > when the '94 international treaty came into effect here. > > And, yes, the concern relates to this extension of copyright restrictions, > versus the enlarged use and creativity afforded when a work releases into > the public domain. > _________________________________ > Kerry A. Keck > Asst. University Librarian, Collections > Fondren Library, Rice University > 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005 > keckker at rice.edu > > > > On Jan 18, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Mitchell, Michael wrote: > > Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court gave its blessing Wednesday to a > federal law giving copyright protection to millions of international books, > music and other artistic creations that had once been in the free-access > "public domain."**** > ** ** > > http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/18/justice/scotus-copyrights-foreign-works/index..html?eref=rss_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29 > **** > ** ** > I don't exactly understand the background of this case. Anyone know why > these works were in the public domain here in the first place? Are they > copyrighted overseas and the copyrights weren't being honored here? Anyone > know? Seems to be another bad ruling for digital access.**** > ** ** > Michael Mitchell**** > Technical Services Librarian**** > Brazosport College**** > Lake Jackson, TX**** > Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu**** > ** ** > !DSPAM:2148,4f171eea265822795714297! ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-18 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-18 > > -- ******************* Robert L. Balliot http://linkedin.com/in/robertballiot http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com http://www.facebook.com/robert.balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The primary responsibility of this librarian is to identify, implement, and support computer applications and technologies that enhance the library?s ability to deliver services in both local and global networked environments. These include systems application upgrades, configuration, maintenance, integration, troubleshooting, continued evaluation, training, and design and maintenance of the Library?s website. This position requires strong analytical and communications skills to develop and implement successful technology strategies for library operations and functions. Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate the following: knowledge of current issues and trends in library technology; knowledge of contemporary web design and development and common scripting languages; demonstrated project management abilities; the ability to operate and maintain online catalog and circulation systems; knowledge of national standards for library systems, authentication, networking, and protocols for search and retrieval; understanding of metadata schema. Strong candidates will be able to evaluate the implications of adopting new technologies, and how they can be leveraged for liberal arts college libraries and the learners they serve. The successful candidate will be flexible, creative, and enthusiastic. S/he will have a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and possess a strong service commitment, with a demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate and carry out complex projects. Required qualifications: Master's degree from an ALA-accredited program; experience working in a library technology position, preferably in an academic library, supporting systems for library management, network infrastructure, digital library services, web development, scholarly communication, research support and emerging technologies; evidence of establishing priorities and seeing projects through to completion. Whitman is a private, selective, non-sectarian, residential college of the liberal arts and sciences with approximately 1500 students and 135 faculty. Penrose Library has a strong service orientation, a team-orientated approach to decision making, and provides excellent opportunities for professional development. Penrose Library consistently ranks highly in Princeton Review?s "Best College Library" category. The College is located in Walla Walla, positioned in the heart of beautiful SE Washington?s wine country in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. The area allows one to experience a wide variety of recreational opportunities, provides access to more than a dozen art galleries, three theatres, and the oldest continuous symphony west of the Mississippi River. Whitman has vibrant theatre and music programs and routinely invites renowned speakers and performers to campus. Moreover, residents of the state of Washington pay no state income tax. Please submit application letter, vita, and contact information for three references through the College Employment Opportunities form at http://www.whitman.edu/hr. Application review will begin February 21, 2012 and will continue until filled. For more information about Whitman College see http://www.whitman.edu. Whitman is building a diverse academic community and encourages minorities, women and persons with disabilities to apply. Experience that contributes to the diversity of the College is appreciated. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-18 From glenn at ENGAGEDPATRONS.ORG Wed Jan 18 23:25:24 2012 From: glenn at ENGAGEDPATRONS.ORG (Glenn Peterson) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:25:24 -0600 Subject: Creating interactive web forms Message-ID: Hi Katie - EngagedPatrons.org has been creating custom interactive web forms for libraries for over six years. See an example of an ILL form here: http://engagedpatrons.org/bellingham/patronrequestform.cfm Forms and your data are hosted in the cloud providing reliability and ease of use. EP is founded and operated by a librarian with over 30 years experience working in and working with libraries. Contact me for more details. Glenn Peterson engagedpatrons.org http://engagedpatrons.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Davis" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:10 PM Subject: [WEB4LIB] Creating interactive web forms > Hello! > > I'm new to this listserv, and I hope that reaching out in this way will > help me stay abreast of the best emerging technologies for libraries. > Also, I need to pose a question to this community! My library is in the > process of creating interactive web forms for typical library requests > like interlibrary loan, instruction request, instruction evaluation, > research consultation, etc.... I am looking for a good web form builder, > but my search is complicated by the fact that we have lots of specific > functions we want our forms to have. For example: > > 1. Multicolumn questions (instead of just one question per line in one, > long column, which is like many of the open source form builders). > > 2. Form must have query-capable database "behind the scenes" where all > information is collected and displayed. > > 3. All submitted information should be able to be in a printable form, or > be converted to one. > > 4. Forms should be web-based and preferably should email creator of form > when form is submitted. > > I have found many open-source and pay form builders but have yet to find > one that has ALL of these functions. > > Can anyone please pass along experiences and/ or recommendations for form > builder sites to me? > > Thank you! > > Katie > > Katie Davis > Reference / Emerging Technologies Librarian > Ottenheimer Library > Pulaski Technical College > 3000 West Scenic Drive > North Little Rock, AR 72118 > (501) 812-2274 > mdavis at pulaskitech.edu > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-18 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-18 From Michael.Mitchell at BRAZOSPORT.EDU Thu Jan 19 08:45:53 2012 From: Michael.Mitchell at BRAZOSPORT.EDU (Mitchell, Michael) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:45:53 -0600 Subject: Justices allow copyrights on foreign works In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks Robert. That is quite a comprehensive table! Michael Mitchell Technical Services Librarian Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Balliot Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:30 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Justices allow copyrights on foreign works I think you can look at the current practical differences by comparing the US to Non-US copyright restrictions in works provided by Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags R. Balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Kerry Keck > wrote: Before the U.S. became a signatory to the 1994 international treaty that harmonized intellectual property laws, patents granted abroad were subject to the U.S. terms (which, in some cases, provided more limited terms of coverage). Certain works copyrighted abroad had expired under these conditions, and were in the public domain in the U.S. but were "recovered" when the '94 international treaty came into effect here. And, yes, the concern relates to this extension of copyright restrictions, versus the enlarged use and creativity afforded when a work releases into the public domain. _________________________________ Kerry A. Keck Asst. University Librarian, Collections Fondren Library, Rice University 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005 keckker at rice.edu On Jan 18, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Mitchell, Michael wrote: Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court gave its blessing Wednesday to a federal law giving copyright protection to millions of international books, music and other artistic creations that had once been in the free-access "public domain." http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/18/justice/scotus-copyrights-foreign-works/index..html?eref=rss_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29 I don't exactly understand the background of this case. Anyone know why these works were in the public domain here in the first place? Are they copyrighted overseas and the copyrights weren't being honored here? Anyone know? Seems to be another bad ruling for digital access. 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Mellon Foundation, LYRASIS Technology Services is leveraging the expertise of its open source development team and consulting staff to help librarians and technologists navigate through the planning, decision-making and implementation processes associated with open source. ?Open source software enables libraries to improve their services in cost-effective ways. Through the FOSS4LIB website, library professionals will be able to more effectively assess and meet the needs of their staff and users through open source,? said Kate Nevins, Executive Director of LYRASIS. FOSS4LIB offers a set of Decision Support Tools for the library community to assess open source readiness and related decisions. The tools include: ? a self-paced survey to determine the best open source hosting option; ? a list of questions that helps libraries understand open source software requirements and how to integrate with their larger institutional technology environments; ? a list of factors that impact the true cost of implementing open source; and ? a document to guide the final software package selection. The site also details current information about open source software service providers, events and usage. Through its open source software registry, FOSS4LIB enables providers to highlight their software packages and benefits, libraries to submit firsthand experience with open source software, and users to learn about open source software updates and releases. FOSS4LIB is accessible at http://foss4lib.org/. Software package creators, service providers and library professionals are encouraged to add their contact information to the registry. LYRASIS is providing additional information about this free online resource via free webinars and online classes, and will present overviews at the ALA Midwinter Conference. ? January 21st from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (CST), City Center Marriott Somerset Room ? January 22nd from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (CST), City Center Marriott Bordeaux Room -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS Peter.Murray at lyrasis.org +1 678-235-2955 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 800.999.8558 Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org LYRASIS: Great Libraries. Strong Communities. 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Jean Hewlett University of San Francisco On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Hogue Melanie wrote: > Any collection of materials that can be transmittted electronically to patrons not physically present in a library > > Melanie Amy Hogue > Manager of Online Resources & Reports > Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library > 423-757-5114 > > ________________________________ > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Thomas Edelblute > Sent: Thu 1/19/2012 6:22 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > > > > ________________________________ > > > 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. 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Cindy Greenan www.pogoe.org Mount Sinai School of Medicine On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Norma Jean Hewlett wrote: > > When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? > > > Any collection of materials that can be transmittted > > electronically to patrons not physically present in a library > > So there's no "place" component at all? Just a collection? > Jean Hewlett > University of San Francisco > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Hogue Melanie > wrote: > > Any collection of materials that can be transmittted electronically to > patrons not physically present in a library > > > > Melanie Amy Hogue > > Manager of Online Resources & Reports > > Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library > > 423-757-5114 > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Thomas Edelblute > > Sent: Thu 1/19/2012 6:22 PM > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > > > > > When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? > > > > > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > > > Anaheim Public Library > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > 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. 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CoTweet is "sunsetting" their free version in about a month, and would love to hear what libraries with almost-no-budget for social media are thinking about using from now on (or are already using). Thanks in advance, Silvia Fernandez Biblioteca Tecla Sala L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awoodard at CUMBERLAND.EDU Fri Jan 20 10:39:01 2012 From: awoodard at CUMBERLAND.EDU (Amber Woodard) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:39:01 -0600 Subject: Any libraries out there using CoTweet? In-Reply-To: <1327073354.42118.YahooMailNeo@web29504.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I'm not too familiar with CoTweet, but from what I could gather from a quick glimpse of their website, they are similar to HootSuite ( http://hootsuite.com/ ). We use HootSuite and love it. You can schedule tweets/updates on different social media networks, you have a real-time dashboard for updates on the networks you choose, and when you post links, you get weekly reports on the number of clicks they received. It also has a feature that posts updates on social networks when RSS feeds of your choice are updated. We have a free account, and it's been more than sufficient for our small library. If you have any questions, feel free to email me off-list, and I'll do my best to answer them! Thanks! Amber Woodard Reference and Instruction Librarian Cumberland University, Vise Library awoodard at cumberland.edu On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:29 AM, sfer wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Any libraries out there using CoTweet to manage their Twitter accounts? > CoTweet is "sunsetting" their free version in about a month, and would > love to hear what libraries with almost-no-budget for social media are > thinking about using from now on (or are already using). > > Thanks in advance, > > Silvia Fernandez > Biblioteca Tecla Sala > L'Hospitalet de Llobregat > Spain > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-20 > > -- Amber Woodard Reference & Instruction Librarian Cumberland University, Vise Library awoodard at cumberland.edu 615-547-1302 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Patrice 2012/1/20 Hogue Melanie > Any collection of materials that can be transmittted electronically to > patrons not physically present in a library > > Melanie Amy Hogue > Manager of Online Resources & Reports > Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library > 423-757-5114 > > ________________________________ > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Thomas Edelblute > > When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? > > > Thomas Edelblute > Public Access Systems Coordinator > Anaheim Public Library > -- --------------- http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 1/20/2012 11:15 AM, Patrice Chalon wrote: > Hello, > > I would extend to any electronic resources selected by the local > librarian (but not obligatory bought by the local library which is the > library digital collection). > > This includes free online resources (databases, etc), but also > selected OAI repositories aggregated at the OPAC. > > Of course this a personal definition. > > Patrice > > 2012/1/20 Hogue Melanie > > > Any collection of materials that can be transmittted > electronically to patrons not physically present in a library > > Melanie Amy Hogue > Manager of Online Resources & Reports > Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library > 423-757-5114 > > ________________________________ > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Thomas Edelblute > > When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? > > > Thomas Edelblute > Public Access Systems Coordinator > Anaheim Public Library > > > -- > --------------- > http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon > http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-20 > -- ~~ Jane Foo, Digital Systems Librarian, Seneca Libraries ~~ Seneca College of Applied Arts& Technology ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://library.senecacollege.ca (Web) ~~ Jane.Foo at senecacollege.ca (Email) ~~ 416-491-5050 x22011 (Phone) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was a lengthy and robust process, we?re excited about the results, and can say that it all began with our survey to you. If you have questions about our process in making the switch to Drupal 7 and the development process, please feel free to contact us. Short answer: we love Drupal! Redesign Team Members: Annie DeVane, Karen Merguerian, Amanda Rust, Diann Smothers Please pardon our cross-posting on the 4lib lists! Annie DeVane Northeastern University Libraries a.devane at neu.edu phone 617.373.7757 fax 617.373.8396 ------------------------ 260 Snell Library 360 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If it is a "Virtual Branch" (such as we term our own public library website,) then it is the virtual offerings and services of what is otherwise a brick & mortar operation, also providing information on the site about the brick & mortar services. -Margaret Margaret Hazel Virtual Branch & Innovative Tech Manager Eugene Public Library Eugene, OR 541-682-6015 margaret.e.hazel at ci.eugene.or.us ======================== From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Thomas Edelblute When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library ============================================== ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Pat.Rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG Fri Jan 20 13:40:12 2012 From: Pat.Rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG (Pat Rapp) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:40:12 -0500 Subject: Question: Virtual Libraries In-Reply-To: <52882995E3FA484FA4FFBF4C2C837CFE0DB0E2@COAMBOX2.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: To me, the term "virtual libraries" means libraries in immersive/virtual environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. Pat Rapp Fairport Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library ________________________________ 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. 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Cindy Greenan www.pogoe.org On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Pat Rapp wrote: > To me, the term ?virtual libraries? means libraries in immersive/virtual > environments, like Second Life and Open Sim.**** > > ** ** > > Pat Rapp**** > > Fairport Public Library**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Thomas Edelblute > *Sent:* Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM > > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries**** > > ** ** > > When you think of the term ?virtual libraries? what do you think of?**** > > **** > > Thomas Edelblute**** > > Public Access Systems Coordinator**** > > Anaheim Public Library**** > > **** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > > 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. 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URL: From adri at PLS.LIB.OK.US Fri Jan 20 13:52:47 2012 From: adri at PLS.LIB.OK.US (Adri Edwards-Johnson) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:52:47 -0600 Subject: Question: Virtual Libraries In-Reply-To: <5B10464EC0EB84419869EFF867C3FFA129A7A0F4A3@KERMIT.fairnet.lib> Message-ID: I think of my work. J The PLS Virtual Library is responsible for delivering library services found in a brick & mortar building to our customers online. That includes collection development, outreach, training staff, virtual library card registrations, vendor negotiations, website development, online reference services, social networking presence, customer support of services, etc? -- Adri Adriana Edwards-Johnson Virtual Library Coordinator Pioneer Library System 405-701-2693 http://www.justsoyouknow.us adri at pls.lib.ok.us Please take our customer survey @ http://pioneer.countingopinions.com/ Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pioneerlibrarysystem Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/mylibrary2go ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From moglesby at ASBURYPARKLIBRARY.ORG Fri Jan 20 15:03:27 2012 From: moglesby at ASBURYPARKLIBRARY.ORG (Malakia Oglesby) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:03:27 -0500 Subject: Question: Virtual Libraries In-Reply-To: <5B10464EC0EB84419869EFF867C3FFA129A7A0F4A3@KERMIT.fairnet.lib> Message-ID: Speaking of Second Life. Does anyone know of a website or some other source that lists the libraries in Second Life (SL)? I've come across a few in my virtual SL travels but most have been University libraries. I'm interested in knowing what public libraries have a Second Life presence. I know I can always use the SL search but just wondered if anyone had compiled a list. In the same way that we (as librarians and library support staff) are integrating other technologies (digital libraries, mobile apps, ebooks and ebook readers, etc.) I think it'd be great to be able to point out how libraries are using this kind of technology to reach, support, and provide information to "virtual" patrons. If there is no such list or source out there already I'd be more than happy to start compiling one. ______________________________ Malakia Oglesby, MIS Asbury Park Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:40 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries To me, the term "virtual libraries" means libraries in immersive/virtual environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. Pat Rapp Fairport Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? 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Congratulations Jorge Biquez At 10:27 a.m. 20/01/2012, you wrote: >Greetings! > >About a year ago, we asked members of this group to take a survey >regarding their staffing models for Drupal web sites. We were so >grateful for the responses we received and would like to once again >thank those who answered that survey, as well as those who expressed >interest in our redesign process. (Results available here: >http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001181 > >And we're now happy to announce that we've launched our new web >site, using Drupal 7, at >http://library.northeastern.edu . > >We worked with iFactory, a Boston-based design firm, to create the >new site. Their usability and design expertise helped us with a >wholesale, ground-up, user-focused re-design. It was a lengthy and >robust process, we're excited about the results, and can say that it >all began with our survey to you. > >If you have questions about our process in making the switch to >Drupal 7 and the development process, please feel free to contact >us. Short answer: we love Drupal! > >Redesign Team Members: >Annie >DeVane, >Karen >Merguerian, >Amanda >Rust, >Diann >Smothers >Please pardon our cross-posting on the 4lib lists! > >Annie DeVane >Northeastern University Libraries >a.devane at neu.edu >phone 617.373.7757 >fax 617.373.8396 >------------------------ >260 Snell Library >360 Huntington Avenue >Boston, MA 02115 > > >============================ > >To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > >Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > >2012-01-20 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mhess8 at DEPAUL.EDU Fri Jan 20 15:12:50 2012 From: mhess8 at DEPAUL.EDU (Ryan Hess) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:12:50 -0600 Subject: Drupal 7 Site Launch-Northeastern University Libraries In-Reply-To: <201201202009.q0KK9YYw055924@krusty.intranet.com.mx> Message-ID: Really nice job! Yes...do share the modules....especially details on the hours view. M Ryan Hess Web Services Coordinator DePaul University JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614 office: 773-325-7829 | cell: 650-224-7279 | fax: 773-325-2297 | mhess8 at depaul.edu On 1/20/12 2:05 PM, "Jorge Biquez" wrote: > Hello. > > I like it a lot. Great Great job. > > In the effort of learning, can you talk about the modules you decided to use > and how that help/affect the process? > > Very good job. Congratulations > > Jorge Biquez > > At 10:27 a.m. 20/01/2012, you wrote: >> Greetings! >> >> About a year ago, we asked members of this group to take a survey regarding >> their staffing models for Drupal web sites. We were so grateful for the >> responses we received and would like to once again thank those who answered >> that survey, as well as those who expressed interest in our redesign process. >> (Results available here: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001181 >> >> And we?re now happy to announce that we?ve launched our new web site, using >> Drupal 7, at http://library.northeastern.edu . >> >> We worked with iFactory, a Boston-based design firm, to create the new site. >> Their usability and design expertise helped us with a wholesale, ground-up, >> user-focused re-design. It was a lengthy and robust process, we?re excited >> about the results, and can say that it all began with our survey to you. >> >> If you have questions about our process in making the switch to Drupal 7 and >> the development process, please feel free to contact us. Short answer: we >> love Drupal! >> >> Redesign Team Members: Annie DeVane >> >> , Karen Merguerian, >> > an> Amanda Rust >> , >> Diann Smothers >> > > >> Please pardon our cross-posting on the 4lib lists! >> >> Annie DeVane >> Northeastern University Libraries >> a.devane at neu.edu >> phone 617.373.7757 >> fax 617.373.8396 >> ------------------------ >> 260 Snell Library >> 360 Huntington Avenue >> Boston, MA 02115 >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-01-20 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-20 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Pat.Rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG Fri Jan 20 15:14:37 2012 From: Pat.Rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG (Pat Rapp) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:14:37 -0500 Subject: Question: Virtual Libraries In-Reply-To: <001201ccd7ae$95ceef70$c16cce50$@asburyparklibrary.org> Message-ID: My public library is part of Monroe County Library System, which is comprised of 19 town libraries and 12 city libraries. We have a space in Second Life that is shared with the Center for Virtual Worlds Education and Research. (I swap out the build as needed, and have info on both organizations regardless of the build.) I know Olathe Public Library is in there, too. I just pinged the SL library list (alliancesecondlife at googlegroups.com) to see if there is a complete list and will let you know what I hear back. Pat From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Malakia Oglesby Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 3:03 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries Speaking of Second Life... Does anyone know of a website or some other source that lists the libraries in Second Life (SL)? I've come across a few in my virtual SL travels but most have been University libraries. I'm interested in knowing what public libraries have a Second Life presence. I know I can always use the SL search but just wondered if anyone had compiled a list. In the same way that we (as librarians and library support staff) are integrating other technologies (digital libraries, mobile apps, ebooks and ebook readers, etc.) I think it'd be great to be able to point out how libraries are using this kind of technology to reach, support, and provide information to "virtual" patrons. If there is no such list or source out there already I'd be more than happy to start compiling one. ______________________________ Malakia Oglesby, MIS Asbury Park Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:40 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries To me, the term "virtual libraries" means libraries in immersive/virtual environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. Pat Rapp Fairport Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? 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If you haven't already, you should share this with Drupal4lib http://drupalib.interoperating.info/node/88 Jim LeFager Web Applications Librarian | DePaul University Libraries JTR 116, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus Office Number: 773-325-3265 Google Voice: 224-725-3786 jlefager at depaul.edu On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Ryan Hess wrote: > Really nice job! Yes...do share the modules....especially details on the > hours view. > > M Ryan Hess > Web Services Coordinator > DePaul University > JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., > Chicago IL 60614 > office: 773-325-7829 | cell: 650-224-7279 | fax: 773-325-2297 | * > mhess8 at depaul.edu* > > On 1/20/12 2:05 PM, "Jorge Biquez" wrote: > > Hello. > > I like it a lot. Great Great job. > > In the effort of learning, can you talk about the modules you decided to > use and how that help/affect the process? > > Very good job. Congratulations > > Jorge Biquez > > At 10:27 a.m. 20/01/2012, you wrote: > > Greetings! > > About a year ago, we asked members of this group to take a survey > regarding their staffing models for Drupal web sites. We were so grateful > for the responses we received and would like to once again thank those who > answered that survey, as well as those who expressed interest in our > redesign process. (Results available here: > http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001181 > > And we?re now happy to announce that we?ve launched our new web site, > using Drupal 7, at http://library.northeastern.edu . > > We worked with iFactory, a Boston-based design firm, to create the new > site. Their usability and design expertise helped us with a wholesale, > ground-up, user-focused re-design. It was a lengthy and robust process, > we?re excited about the results, and can say that it all began with our > survey to you. > > If you have questions about our process in making the switch to Drupal 7 > and the development process, please feel free to contact us. 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I know I can always use the SL search but just wondered if anyone had compiled a list. > > In the same way that we (as librarians and library support staff) are integrating other technologies (digital libraries, mobile apps, ebooks and ebook readers, etc.) I think it?d be great to be able to point out how libraries are using this kind of technology to reach, support, and provide information to ?virtual? patrons. > > If there is no such list or source out there already I?d be more than happy to start compiling one. > ______________________________ > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > Asbury Park Public Library > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Pat Rapp > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:40 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > To me, the term ?virtual libraries? means libraries in immersive/virtual environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. > > Pat Rapp > Fairport Public Library > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > When you think of the term ?virtual libraries? what do you think of? > > Thomas Edelblute > Public Access Systems Coordinator > Anaheim Public Library > > > > 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. 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Does anyone know of a website or some other source that lists the libraries in Second Life (SL)? I?ve come across a few in my virtual SL travels but most have been University libraries. I?m interested in knowing what public libraries have a Second Life presence. I know I can always use the SL search but just wondered if anyone had compiled a list. In the same way that we (as librarians and library support staff) are integrating other technologies (digital libraries, mobile apps, ebooks and ebook readers, etc.) I think it?d be great to be able to point out how libraries are using this kind of technology to reach, support, and provide information to ?virtual? patrons. If there is no such list or source out there already I?d be more than happy to start compiling one. ______________________________ Malakia Oglesby, MIS Asbury Park Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:40 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries To me, the term ?virtual libraries? means libraries in immersive/virtual environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. Pat Rapp Fairport Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries When you think of the term ?virtual libraries? what do you think of? 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Innovative Answers. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-20 From hewlett at USFCA.EDU Sat Jan 21 14:35:09 2012 From: hewlett at USFCA.EDU (Norma Jean Hewlett) Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:35:09 -0800 Subject: Question: Virtual Libraries In-Reply-To: <000001ccd7b7$71f28d10$55d7a730$@asburyparklibrary.org> Message-ID: Thanks, Allison! And many, many thanks to everybody who helped compile that list of SecondLife libraries! https://docs.google.com/a/usfca.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aha1k_6Nhx2ddGdzS3c0c3lKSFp5Z0hHRHZHNWdyX2c&hl=en_US#gid=0 At the recent ALA meeting on SecondLife, we discussed whether it might be possible to make a list of libraries on other virtual worlds. So far, we've heard about 2. Does anybody know of others? Jean Hewlett aka Riven Homewood Director, Steelhead Public Library, SecondLife On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Malakia Oglesby wrote: > Thanks Allison! > > > > ______________________________ > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > Asbury Park Public Library > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Allison Brueckner > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 3:39 PM > > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > SL Links, including a list SL libraries & > organizations:?http://www.infoisland.org/links > > _____________________________ > > Allison Brueckner, M.I.S > > Digital Services & Reference Librarian > > Northville District Library, MI ? USA > > www.northvillelibrary.org > > 734-834-4276 > > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Malakia Oglesby > wrote: > > Speaking of Second Life? > > > > Does anyone know of a website or some other source that lists the libraries > in Second Life (SL)?? I?ve come across a few in my virtual SL travels but > most have been University libraries.? I?m interested in knowing what public > libraries have a Second Life presence.? I know I can always use the SL > search but just wondered if anyone had compiled a list. > > > > In the same way that we (as librarians and library support staff) are > integrating other technologies (digital libraries, mobile apps, ebooks and > ebook readers, etc.) I think it?d be great to be able to point out how > libraries are using this kind of technology to reach, support, and provide > information to ?virtual? patrons. > > > > If there is no such list or source out there already I?d be more than happy > to start compiling one. > > ______________________________ > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > Asbury Park Public Library > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Pat Rapp > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:40 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > To me, the term ?virtual libraries? means libraries in immersive/virtual > environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. > > > > Pat Rapp > > Fairport Public Library > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > When you think of the term ?virtual libraries? what do you think of? > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > 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. 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No physical place, hence the "e-vocabulary" term "virtual". Really, I think its just a metaphor to define and expand the concept of libraries' websites. Full-text article databases and e-books available via download make the website into something very much akin to a branch because it has its own collection. Some libraries have separate staff members to manage the website. The work at the virtual branch. The website is the "building" with pages/database interfaces being "rooms" or "departments" and so on. Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Norma Jean Hewlett Sent: Thu 1/19/2012 11:18 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? > Any collection of materials that can be transmittted > electronically to patrons not physically present in a library So there's no "place" component at all? Just a collection? Jean Hewlett University of San Francisco On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Hogue Melanie wrote: > Any collection of materials that can be transmittted electronically to patrons not physically present in a library > > Melanie Amy Hogue > Manager of Online Resources & Reports > Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library > 423-757-5114 > > ________________________________ > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Thomas Edelblute > Sent: Thu 1/19/2012 6:22 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > > > > ________________________________ > > > 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. 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I have visited some; but I thought at the time (a year ago) that their materials were more limited than library websites - they seemed more like visitor centers. Have any of these started providing downloads or online reading of real published works - like maybe Project Gutenberg? Seems like it should be possible . . . Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Norma Jean Hewlett Sent: Sat 1/21/2012 2:35 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries Thanks, Allison! And many, many thanks to everybody who helped compile that list of SecondLife libraries! https://docs.google.com/a/usfca.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aha1k_6Nhx2ddGdzS3c0c3lKSFp5Z0hHRHZHNWdyX2c&hl=en_US#gid=0 At the recent ALA meeting on SecondLife, we discussed whether it might be possible to make a list of libraries on other virtual worlds. So far, we've heard about 2. Does anybody know of others? Jean Hewlett aka Riven Homewood Director, Steelhead Public Library, SecondLife On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Malakia Oglesby wrote: > Thanks Allison! > > > > ______________________________ > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > Asbury Park Public Library > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Allison Brueckner > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 3:39 PM > > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > SL Links, including a list SL libraries & > organizations: http://www.infoisland.org/links > > _____________________________ > > Allison Brueckner, M.I.S > > Digital Services & Reference Librarian > > Northville District Library, MI USA > > www.northvillelibrary.org > > 734-834-4276 > > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Malakia Oglesby > wrote: > > Speaking of Second Life... > > > > Does anyone know of a website or some other source that lists the libraries > in Second Life (SL)? I've come across a few in my virtual SL travels but > most have been University libraries. I'm interested in knowing what public > libraries have a Second Life presence. I know I can always use the SL > search but just wondered if anyone had compiled a list. > > > > In the same way that we (as librarians and library support staff) are > integrating other technologies (digital libraries, mobile apps, ebooks and > ebook readers, etc.) I think it'd be great to be able to point out how > libraries are using this kind of technology to reach, support, and provide > information to "virtual" patrons. > > > > If there is no such list or source out there already I'd be more than happy > to start compiling one. > > ______________________________ > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > Asbury Park Public Library > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Pat Rapp > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:40 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > To me, the term "virtual libraries" means libraries in immersive/virtual > environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. > > > > Pat Rapp > > Fairport Public Library > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > 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. 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Thanks, Kristin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Kristin Futterlieb Head Librarian Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Hermann-F?ge-Weg 11 37073 G?ttingen Germany Tel: +49 (551) 4956-143 Fax: +49 (551) 4956-170 futterlieb at mmg.mpg.de http://www.mmg.mpg.de ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 From lcohn at BPLNJ.ORG Mon Jan 23 10:30:28 2012 From: lcohn at BPLNJ.ORG (Lisa Cohn) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:30:28 -0500 Subject: Question: Virtual Libraries Message-ID: Melanie Yes, Librarians in Second Life are offering complete virtual libraries. There are links to books that can be downloaded. Displays on a number of topics and subjects. I just took over leadership of the Science Fiction and Fantasy area of the Community Virtual Library in Second Life. My area is still being built, so I have mostly resources being built. We haven't had any programs in the new portal yet, since I'm still building it up, but CVL, the Community Virtual Library also has programs: >nightly story readings of great literature or amusing literature in voice. This is truly immersive literature when the world can be built around the story and those attending with avatars can be something other than human. Imagine listening to a story about faeries in a darkened woodland landscape with fairies all around listening to the story. > book discussions, philosophy discussions, film discussions, author talks. ... > Reference Desk staffed by volunteer librarians that help new comers to the virtual worlds get aclimated, as there is a fairly steep learning curve. I'm sure i'm forgetting a lot of things. And much more. There's professional friendships and sharing of advice and ideas from librarians around the world. Not just librarians, of course, but people who love libraries. It's a fantastic platform for professional education. I greatly encourage anyone who is interested to get involved. It's a wonderful group of people. Look online at www.infoisland.org, or look Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/AllianceVirtualLibrary. My own Portal to SciFi and Fantasy has it's own Facebook page....please like it and check it out. I've been loading pictures of the new area as we build it. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portal-to-Sci-Fi-Fantasy/149507778435956 If any of you are in Second Life and would like a tour, or are interested enough to get involved, please email me off list. I'll be happy to get you started and introduce you to any number of other librarians who would also give you a virtual hand in. Lisa ------------------------------------------------------------ Lisa Cohn, WebMaster, Programming Bloomfield Public Library 90 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 (973) 566-6200 x217, lcohn at bplnj.org, ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.bplnj.org/ Follow us on Twitter (bplnj) & Facebook! Sign up for our new eNewsletter listserv. ---------------------------------------- From: "Hogue Melanie" Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 8:39 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries Wow. I totally forgot about Second Life. I have visited some; but I thought at the time (a year ago) that their materials were more limited than library websites - they seemed more like visitor centers. Have any of these started providing downloads or online reading of real published works - like maybe Project Gutenberg? Seems like it should be possible . . . Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Norma Jean Hewlett Sent: Sat 1/21/2012 2:35 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries Thanks, Allison! And many, many thanks to everybody who helped compile that list of SecondLife libraries! https://docs.google.com/a/usfca.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aha1k_6Nhx2ddGdzS3c 0c3lKSFp5Z0hHRHZHNWdyX2c&hl=en_US#gid=0 At the recent ALA meeting on SecondLife, we discussed whether it might be possible to make a list of libraries on other virtual worlds. So far, we've heard about 2. Does anybody know of others? Jean Hewlett aka Riven Homewood Director, Steelhead Public Library, SecondLife On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Malakia Oglesby wrote: > Thanks Allison! > > > > ______________________________ > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > Asbury Park Public Library > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Allison Brueckner > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 3:39 PM > > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > SL Links, including a list SL libraries & > organizations: http://www.infoisland.org/links > > _____________________________ > > Allison Brueckner, M.I.S > > Digital Services & Reference Librarian > > Northville District Library, MI USA > > www.northvillelibrary.org > > 734-834-4276 > > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Malakia Oglesby > wrote: > > Speaking of Second Life... > > > > Does anyone know of a website or some other source that lists the libraries > in Second Life (SL)? I've come across a few in my virtual SL travels but > most have been University libraries. I'm interested in knowing what public > libraries have a Second Life presence. I know I can always use the SL > search but just wondered if anyone had compiled a list. > > > > In the same way that we (as librarians and library support staff) are > integrating other technologies (digital libraries, mobile apps, ebooks and > ebook readers, etc.) I think it'd be great to be able to point out how > libraries are using this kind of technology to reach, support, and provide > information to "virtual" patrons. > > > > If there is no such list or source out there already I'd be more than happy > to start compiling one. > > ______________________________ > > Malakia Oglesby, MIS > > Asbury Park Public Library > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Pat Rapp > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:40 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > To me, the term "virtual libraries" means libraries in immersive/virtual > environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. > > > > Pat Rapp > > Fairport Public Library > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > 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. 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URL: From Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV Mon Jan 23 12:11:29 2012 From: Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV (Pruntel,Alison) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:11:29 -0500 Subject: Need a new library website - help Message-ID: ***Cross-posted to Web4Lib, publib and lita listservs; apologies in advance if you have to read this more than once!*** Hi all, Our county IT department is moving away from the current website structure and looking at 3rd party vendors to host the county site(s). From preliminary conversations, they are weighing Sharepoint vs. Vision Internet (http://www.visioninternet.com/index.aspx?page=1). From what I've seen of Vision Internet, it appears that in most counties (at least in Virginia), the library system goes off to a separate domain/site (not the Vision Internet design/site used for the rest of the county departments). So we are thinking we may need to now budget to do something on our own. As I am just getting started (reviewing http://www.webjunction.org/technology/website-development/-/articles/content/98104148, etc.), am hoping to get some feedback from other libraries, especially those in Virginia/metro DC area. Some background... * We don't have our own IT department...just me for "technical" issues; I use Dreamweaver to upload content to our current site, maintain our ILS, etc. and otherwise handle other "electronic" librarian duties for databases, e-books, etc. (i.e., "jack of all trades, master of none"); * While not averse to using something like WordPress for a CMS (hosted by someone else!), something more complicated/staff-intensive like Drupal, Joomla, etc. and anything we'd be required to host ourselves is not really an option at this point; * We don't have a designer (let alone a web designer) on staff; * We do not want to be responsible for purchasing/configuring/maintaining a server (to be hosted by our county) for this...would want someone else to host; * Money is always an issue...$10K is probably all we could afford at this point; * We have had NO discussions at this point with board, amongst our staff, etc., as to what a library site should have or what our goals are - and I am aware that should be priority number one; In light of the above, can anyone who has been in a similar predicament send me any advice/recommendations on a 3rd party vendor (particularly one that works well with libraries) you used and are happy with, and ballpark cost? Accompanying RFPs would also be appreciated. I realize I will be able to find some of this via discussion on WebJunction, TechSoup, etc. (and have access to Library Technology Reports), but also will gladly take any offline responses as I get started researching this. Thanks in advance, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fostersm1 at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 23 12:43:25 2012 From: fostersm1 at GMAIL.COM (Sharon Foster) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:43:25 -0500 Subject: Need a new library website - help In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Alison, $10K will buy you the services of a graphic designer to come up with a new look for a WordPress website, plus a consultant to set it up and do any customization you may need to connect it to your OPAC, plus an annual hosting account and domain name registration. WordPress happens to be my current favorite hobby horse, so I'm definitely biased, but it really is ideal for public libraries. Polly Farrington--an outstanding instructor--has lots of material about WP on her wiki, and a new book on WP in libraries. She is currently running an online course for ALA, too. http://lib20.pbworks.com/w/page/16753907/classes-wordpress-websites The wp4lib wiki has a list of libraries that use WordPress, http://wp4lib.bluwiki.com/ ... to which I would add my own FPOW. We had several preliminary discussions about the new website spanning several months, but when I finally sat down to do it, the set up and copying of content from the old site to the new site took me about 18 hours total. http://www.ryepubliclibrary.org Support for WP is great, and there is both a LinkedIn group for WP in general, and a Facebook group specifically for WP in libraries. Email me privately and I'll hook you up with the Facebook group. Good luck! It's always exciting to start a new website project. Sharon ---------- Sharon M. Foster Digital Resources Librarian *"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man?s own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came.*" ~Tom Paine On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Pruntel,Alison < Alison.Pruntel at fauquiercounty.gov> wrote: > ***Cross-posted to Web4Lib, publib and lita listservs; apologies in > advance if you have to read this more than once!******* > > ** ** > > Hi all,**** > > ** ** > > Our county IT department is moving away from the current website structure > and looking at 3rd party vendors to host the county site(s). From > preliminary conversations, they are weighing Sharepoint vs. Vision > Internet (http://www.visioninternet.com/index.aspx?page=1). From what > I?ve seen of Vision Internet, it appears that in most counties (at least in > Virginia), the library system goes off to a separate domain/site (not the > Vision Internet design/site used for the rest of the county departments). > So we are thinking we may need to now budget to do something on our own. * > *** > > ** ** > > As I am just getting started (reviewing > http://www.webjunction.org/technology/website-development/-/articles/content/98104148, > etc.), am hoping to get some feedback from other libraries, especially > those in Virginia/metro DC area. **** > > ** ** > > Some background?**** > > **? **We don?t have our own IT department?just me for ?technical? > issues; I use Dreamweaver to upload content to our current site, maintain > our ILS, etc. and otherwise handle other ?electronic? librarian duties for > databases, e-books, etc. (i.e., ?jack of all trades, master of none?);**** > > **? **While not averse to using something like WordPress for a > CMS (hosted by someone else!), something more complicated/staff-intensive > like Drupal, Joomla, etc. and anything we?d be required to host ourselves > is not really an option at this point;**** > > **? **We don?t have a designer (let alone a web designer) on > staff; **** > > **? **We do not want to be responsible for > purchasing/configuring/maintaining a server (to be hosted by our county) > for this?would want someone else to host;**** > > **? **Money is always an issue?$10K is probably all we could > afford at this point;**** > > **? **We have had NO discussions at this point with board, > amongst our staff, etc., as to what a library site should have or what our > goals are ? and I am aware that should be priority number one;**** > > ** ** > > In light of the above, can anyone who has been in a similar predicament > send me any advice/recommendations on a 3rd party vendor (particularly > one that works well with libraries) you used and are happy with, and > ballpark cost? Accompanying RFPs would also be appreciated. I realize I > will be able to find some of this via discussion on WebJunction, TechSoup, > etc. (and have access to Library Technology Reports), but also will gladly > take any offline responses as I get started researching this.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks in advance,**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *Alison Pruntel* > Electronic Resources Librarian > Fauquier County Public Library > 11 Winchester Street > Warrenton, VA 20186 > 540-422-8515 **** > > alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov > *FCPL Web Site:* http://library.fauquiercounty.gov > > **** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-23 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rballiot at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 23 12:52:36 2012 From: rballiot at GMAIL.COM (Robert Balliot) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:52:36 -0500 Subject: Need a new library website - help In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I agree with Sharon 100% regarding Wordpress. Many national TV broadcasting affiliates have adopted Wordpress for their web presence - so it even fits their stringent corporate models of cost-benefit. It is flexible and easy to modify and maintain. With the huge number of theme variations available, I can't imagine where it would not fit the needs of a public library website. R. Balliot On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Sharon Foster wrote: > Hi Alison, > > $10K will buy you the services of a graphic designer to come up with a new > look for a WordPress website, plus a consultant to set it up and do any > customization you may need to connect it to your OPAC, plus an annual > hosting account and domain name registration. > > WordPress happens to be my current favorite hobby horse, so I'm definitely > biased, but it really is ideal for public libraries. Polly Farrington--an > outstanding instructor--has lots of material about WP on her wiki, and a > new book on WP in libraries. She is currently running an online course for > ALA, too. > > http://lib20.pbworks.com/w/page/16753907/classes-wordpress-websites > > The wp4lib wiki has a list of libraries that use WordPress, > > http://wp4lib.bluwiki.com/ > > ... to which I would add my own FPOW. We had several preliminary > discussions about the new website spanning several months, but when I > finally sat down to do it, the set up and copying of content from the old > site to the new site took me about 18 hours total. > > http://www.ryepubliclibrary.org > > Support for WP is great, and there is both a LinkedIn group for WP in > general, and a Facebook group specifically for WP in libraries. Email me > privately and I'll hook you up with the Facebook group. > > Good luck! It's always exciting to start a new website project. > > Sharon > ---------- > Sharon M. Foster > Digital Resources Librarian > > *"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man?s > own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on > every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of > that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came.*" > ~Tom Paine > > > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Pruntel,Alison < > Alison.Pruntel at fauquiercounty.gov> wrote: > >> ***Cross-posted to Web4Lib, publib and lita listservs; apologies in >> advance if you have to read this more than once!******* >> >> ** ** >> >> Hi all,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Our county IT department is moving away from the current website >> structure and looking at 3rd party vendors to host the county site(s). >> From preliminary conversations, they are weighing Sharepoint vs. Vision >> Internet (http://www.visioninternet.com/index.aspx?page=1). From what >> I?ve seen of Vision Internet, it appears that in most counties (at least in >> Virginia), the library system goes off to a separate domain/site (not the >> Vision Internet design/site used for the rest of the county departments). >> So we are thinking we may need to now budget to do something on our own. >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> As I am just getting started (reviewing >> http://www.webjunction.org/technology/website-development/-/articles/content/98104148, >> etc.), am hoping to get some feedback from other libraries, especially >> those in Virginia/metro DC area. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Some background?**** >> >> **? **We don?t have our own IT department?just me for >> ?technical? issues; I use Dreamweaver to upload content to our current >> site, maintain our ILS, etc. and otherwise handle other ?electronic? >> librarian duties for databases, e-books, etc. (i.e., ?jack of all trades, >> master of none?);**** >> >> **? **While not averse to using something like WordPress for a >> CMS (hosted by someone else!), something more complicated/staff-intensive >> like Drupal, Joomla, etc. and anything we?d be required to host ourselves >> is not really an option at this point;**** >> >> **? **We don?t have a designer (let alone a web designer) on >> staff; **** >> >> **? **We do not want to be responsible for >> purchasing/configuring/maintaining a server (to be hosted by our county) >> for this?would want someone else to host;**** >> >> **? **Money is always an issue?$10K is probably all we could >> afford at this point;**** >> >> **? **We have had NO discussions at this point with board, >> amongst our staff, etc., as to what a library site should have or what our >> goals are ? and I am aware that should be priority number one;**** >> >> ** ** >> >> In light of the above, can anyone who has been in a similar predicament >> send me any advice/recommendations on a 3rd party vendor (particularly >> one that works well with libraries) you used and are happy with, and >> ballpark cost? Accompanying RFPs would also be appreciated. I realize I >> will be able to find some of this via discussion on WebJunction, TechSoup, >> etc. (and have access to Library Technology Reports), but also will gladly >> take any offline responses as I get started researching this.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks in advance,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *Alison Pruntel* >> Electronic Resources Librarian >> Fauquier County Public Library >> 11 Winchester Street >> Warrenton, VA 20186 >> 540-422-8515 **** >> >> alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov >> *FCPL Web Site:* http://library.fauquiercounty.gov >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-01-23 >> >> > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-23 > > -- ******************* Robert L. 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If you need just a few pages outside of that; you can buy a domain name (under $100), and set up a Google, Mochahost, or other webhost website ( that should cost a couple of hundred dollars a year and provides editor software as part of the online interface). Or you can also use Dreamweaver's FTP site connection to edit a hosted site - just create a new site pointing to the hosted address. I'm not sure about Google; but Mochahost also sells web design services (-MUCH more affordable than your budget). Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources & Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Pruntel,Alison Sent: Mon 1/23/2012 12:11 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Need a new library website - help ***Cross-posted to Web4Lib, publib and lita listservs; apologies in advance if you have to read this more than once!*** Hi all, Our county IT department is moving away from the current website structure and looking at 3rd party vendors to host the county site(s). >From preliminary conversations, they are weighing Sharepoint vs. Vision Internet (http://www.visioninternet.com/index.aspx?page=1). From what I've seen of Vision Internet, it appears that in most counties (at least in Virginia), the library system goes off to a separate domain/site (not the Vision Internet design/site used for the rest of the county departments). So we are thinking we may need to now budget to do something on our own. As I am just getting started (reviewing http://www.webjunction.org/technology/website-development/-/articles/content/98104148, etc.), am hoping to get some feedback from other libraries, especially those in Virginia/metro DC area. Some background... ? We don't have our own IT department...just me for "technical" issues; I use Dreamweaver to upload content to our current site, maintain our ILS, etc. and otherwise handle other "electronic" librarian duties for databases, e-books, etc. (i.e., "jack of all trades, master of none"); ? While not averse to using something like WordPress for a CMS (hosted by someone else!), something more complicated/staff-intensive like Drupal, Joomla, etc. and anything we'd be required to host ourselves is not really an option at this point; ? We don't have a designer (let alone a web designer) on staff; ? We do not want to be responsible for purchasing/configuring/maintaining a server (to be hosted by our county) for this...would want someone else to host; ? Money is always an issue...$10K is probably all we could afford at this point; ? We have had NO discussions at this point with board, amongst our staff, etc., as to what a library site should have or what our goals are - and I am aware that should be priority number one; In light of the above, can anyone who has been in a similar predicament send me any advice/recommendations on a 3rd party vendor (particularly one that works well with libraries) you used and are happy with, and ballpark cost? Accompanying RFPs would also be appreciated. I realize I will be able to find some of this via discussion on WebJunction, TechSoup, etc. (and have access to Library Technology Reports), but also will gladly take any offline responses as I get started researching this. Thanks in advance, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 8724 bytes Desc: not available URL: From fostersm1 at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 23 13:26:32 2012 From: fostersm1 at GMAIL.COM (Sharon Foster) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:26:32 -0500 Subject: online payments using QMS? Message-ID: We're a non-governmental, non-profit library that is currently accepting online subscription payments using PayPal. Several of our subscribers report reluctance to give information to PayPal, and feel intimidated by its insistence that they open a PayPal account even though it's not required. We're thinking of switching to Intuit's QuickBook Merchant Service. I have never encountered it and am looking for examples demonstrating the look-and-feel from the customer's point of view. If you are using it, or just know of a website that uses it, could you please send me a link to it? Thanks, Sharon ---------- Sharon M. Foster Digital Resources Librarian *"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man?s own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came.*" ~Tom Paine ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emorgan at ND.EDU Mon Jan 23 14:25:05 2012 From: emorgan at ND.EDU (Eric Lease Morgan) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:25:05 -0500 Subject: FOSS4Lib and decision support tools In-Reply-To: <33A26E76-DAD5-4A05-BFB9-4291EBD68905@lyrasis.org> Message-ID: As previously mentioned here, the folks at LYRASIS have put together a site called FOSS4Lib -- http://foss4lib.org And one of the things it includes is a set of decision support tools that may be of interest. While there may not be a one-to-one correlation between library-assoicated websites and free/open source software, there are a number similarities and synergies. And as the FOSS4Lib site states: Whether you are looking to decide if open source software is right for your library or need helpfinding what open source software package meets your needs, this site has the content and the community to help you with those decisions. To that end, the site includes a number of decision support tools designed to help librarians and administrators determine whether or not open source software is something for them. One of the tools is a 40-question survey which will plot one's amenity for open source software and hosted software solutions -- http://bit.ly/AkHzxX The tool then outlines computing solutions based on one's score. Other tools outline the costs of open source software, questions one should ask of information technology departments, and a software selection tool. Interesting!? -- Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 From patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 23 14:34:11 2012 From: patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM (Patrice Chalon) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:34:11 +0100 Subject: Need a new library website - help In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello, Maybe of interest: Drupal offers some modules that allow to connect to ILS, providing another discovering interface to your collection. For Drupal (I'm also biased;-), you can visit this http://drupalib.interoperating.info/library_modules (For Wordpress, there is at least http://scriblio.net/) Hope it helps, Patrice 2012/1/23 Pruntel,Alison > ***Cross-posted to Web4Lib, publib and lita listservs; apologies in > advance if you have to read this more than once!******* > > ** ** > > Hi all,**** > > ** ** > > Our county IT department is moving away from the current website structure > and looking at 3rd party vendors to host the county site(s). From > preliminary conversations, they are weighing Sharepoint vs. Vision > Internet (http://www.visioninternet.com/index.aspx?page=1). From what > I?ve seen of Vision Internet, it appears that in most counties (at least in > Virginia), the library system goes off to a separate domain/site (not the > Vision Internet design/site used for the rest of the county departments). > So we are thinking we may need to now budget to do something on our own. * > *** > > ** ** > > As I am just getting started (reviewing > http://www.webjunction.org/technology/website-development/-/articles/content/98104148, > etc.), am hoping to get some feedback from other libraries, especially > those in Virginia/metro DC area. **** > > ** ** > > Some background?**** > > **? **We don?t have our own IT department?just me for ?technical? > issues; I use Dreamweaver to upload content to our current site, maintain > our ILS, etc. and otherwise handle other ?electronic? librarian duties for > databases, e-books, etc. (i.e., ?jack of all trades, master of none?);**** > > **? **While not averse to using something like WordPress for a > CMS (hosted by someone else!), something more complicated/staff-intensive > like Drupal, Joomla, etc. and anything we?d be required to host ourselves > is not really an option at this point;**** > > **? **We don?t have a designer (let alone a web designer) on > staff; **** > > **? **We do not want to be responsible for > purchasing/configuring/maintaining a server (to be hosted by our county) > for this?would want someone else to host;**** > > **? **Money is always an issue?$10K is probably all we could > afford at this point;**** > > **? **We have had NO discussions at this point with board, > amongst our staff, etc., as to what a library site should have or what our > goals are ? and I am aware that should be priority number one;**** > > ** ** > > In light of the above, can anyone who has been in a similar predicament > send me any advice/recommendations on a 3rd party vendor (particularly > one that works well with libraries) you used and are happy with, and > ballpark cost? Accompanying RFPs would also be appreciated. I realize I > will be able to find some of this via discussion on WebJunction, TechSoup, > etc. (and have access to Library Technology Reports), but also will gladly > take any offline responses as I get started researching this.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks in advance,**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *Alison Pruntel* > Electronic Resources Librarian > Fauquier County Public Library > 11 Winchester Street > Warrenton, VA 20186 > 540-422-8515 **** > > alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov > *FCPL Web Site:* http://library.fauquiercounty.gov > > **** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-23 > > -- --------------- http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jason -- Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU Mon Jan 23 16:01:33 2012 From: micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU (Michel, Jason Paul) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:01:33 -0500 Subject: web service apis and libraries In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Roy, I've actually got quite a few examples in the manuscript at this point with respect to OCLC's web services. I should've made that more apparent? Thanks! Jason Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel On Jan 23, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: Any reason why you didn't mention any of our many library APIs? Thanks, Roy On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Michel, Jason Paul > wrote: Hello, all! I'm currently writing a manuscript for ALA editions about web service APIs and their implementations in various library settings. The manuscript is primarily a how-to technical guide, but I'm interested in incorporating real-world examples. I'm primarily interested in hearing what cool things you all have done and how they were used in your library with the following APIs: Twitter API Flickr API Vimeo API Google Charts API Open Library API LibraryThing API Goodreads API Google Books API Any and all information that you'd like to share is cool.. Thank you very much for your time and help! Jason -- Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU Mon Jan 23 16:02:59 2012 From: micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU (Michel, Jason Paul) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:02:59 -0500 Subject: web service apis and libraries In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Robin - Thanks so much for the insight! I'll be contacting you soon if that's cool! Jason Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel On Jan 23, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Robin Hastings wrote: We've used the Twitter, Flickr and Goodreads APIs to get information from those sites onto our Drupal-based web page. Twitter is used on our homepage at www.mrrl.org, Flickr on our pictures page at http://www.mrrl.org/content/slideshow and Goodreads on our Teen page at www.mrrl.org/content/teen-zone. Let me know what you would like to know about how we use those! Robin Hastings robin.hastings at gmail.com http://www.rhastings.net On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Michel, Jason Paul wrote: Hello, all! I'm currently writing a manuscript for ALA editions about web service APIs and their implementations in various library settings. The manuscript is primarily a how-to technical guide, but I'm interested in incorporating real-world examples. I'm primarily interested in hearing what cool things you all have done and how they were used in your library with the following APIs: Twitter API Flickr API Vimeo API Google Charts API Open Library API LibraryThing API Goodreads API Google Books API Any and all information that you'd like to share is cool.. Thank you very much for your time and help! Jason -- Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU Mon Jan 23 16:27:21 2012 From: micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU (Michel, Jason Paul) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:27:21 -0500 Subject: web service apis and libraries In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Oh, cool! That's fantastic. I guess we should probably put our code up on google code, huh? I'll take a look and would you mind if I contacted you at some point? Thanks! Jason Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel On Jan 23, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Erin R White/FS/VCU wrote: Jason, we've developed a contentdm2flickr uploader using the Flickr API, inspired by your project at MU. http://code.google.com/p/contentdm2flickr/ The website lists a couple of collections that we've put into Flickr with the tool. -- Erin White Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries 804-827-3552 | erwhite at vcu.edu | www.library.vcu.edu From: "Michel, Jason Paul" To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Date: 01/23/2012 03:50 PM Subject: [WEB4LIB] web service apis and libraries Sent by: Web technologies in libraries Hello, all! I'm currently writing a manuscript for ALA editions about web service APIs and their implementations in various library settings. The manuscript is primarily a how-to technical guide, but I'm interested in incorporating real-world examples. I'm primarily interested in hearing what cool things you all have done and how they were used in your library with the following APIs: Twitter API Flickr API Vimeo API Google Charts API Open Library API LibraryThing API Goodreads API Google Books API Any and all information that you'd like to share is cool.. Thank you very much for your time and help! Jason -- Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jill at NCLIVE.ORG Mon Jan 23 17:11:12 2012 From: jill at NCLIVE.ORG (Jillian Morris) Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:11:12 -0500 Subject: Need a new library website - help In-Reply-To: Message-ID: If you're looking at Open Source options, Lyrasis just put together a new site (FOSS4Lib) that is designed to bring together the Open Source options that are out there and allow you to compare and contrast them, and see comments others have left. It's new, and the site is still a work in progress, but might be a valuable resource for you as you're costing out your options. http://foss4lib.org -Jill -- Jill Robinson Morris NC LIVE Assistant Director email: jill at nclive.org phone: 919.513.0447 fax: 919.513.2588 http://www.nclive.org On Twitter @nclive Like Us On Facebook On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Patrice Chalon wrote: > Hello, > > Maybe of interest: Drupal offers some modules that allow to connect to > ILS, providing another discovering interface to your collection. > > For Drupal (I'm also biased;-), you can visit this > http://drupalib.interoperating.info/library_modules > > (For Wordpress, there is at least http://scriblio.net/) > > Hope it helps, > > Patrice > > > > 2012/1/23 Pruntel,Alison > > ***Cross-posted to Web4Lib, publib and lita listservs; apologies in >> advance if you have to read this more than once!******* >> >> ** ** >> >> Hi all,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Our county IT department is moving away from the current website >> structure and looking at 3rd party vendors to host the county site(s). >> From preliminary conversations, they are weighing Sharepoint vs. Vision >> Internet (http://www.visioninternet.com/index.aspx?page=1). From what >> I?ve seen of Vision Internet, it appears that in most counties (at least in >> Virginia), the library system goes off to a separate domain/site (not the >> Vision Internet design/site used for the rest of the county departments). >> So we are thinking we may need to now budget to do something on our own. >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> As I am just getting started (reviewing >> http://www.webjunction.org/technology/website-development/-/articles/content/98104148, >> etc.), am hoping to get some feedback from other libraries, especially >> those in Virginia/metro DC area. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Some background?**** >> >> **? **We don?t have our own IT department?just me for >> ?technical? issues; I use Dreamweaver to upload content to our current >> site, maintain our ILS, etc. and otherwise handle other ?electronic? >> librarian duties for databases, e-books, etc. (i.e., ?jack of all trades, >> master of none?);**** >> >> **? **While not averse to using something like WordPress for a >> CMS (hosted by someone else!), something more complicated/staff-intensive >> like Drupal, Joomla, etc. and anything we?d be required to host ourselves >> is not really an option at this point;**** >> >> **? **We don?t have a designer (let alone a web designer) on >> staff; **** >> >> **? **We do not want to be responsible for >> purchasing/configuring/maintaining a server (to be hosted by our county) >> for this?would want someone else to host;**** >> >> **? **Money is always an issue?$10K is probably all we could >> afford at this point;**** >> >> **? **We have had NO discussions at this point with board, >> amongst our staff, etc., as to what a library site should have or what our >> goals are ? and I am aware that should be priority number one;**** >> >> ** ** >> >> In light of the above, can anyone who has been in a similar predicament >> send me any advice/recommendations on a 3rd party vendor (particularly >> one that works well with libraries) you used and are happy with, and >> ballpark cost? Accompanying RFPs would also be appreciated. I realize I >> will be able to find some of this via discussion on WebJunction, TechSoup, >> etc. (and have access to Library Technology Reports), but also will gladly >> take any offline responses as I get started researching this.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks in advance,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *Alison Pruntel* >> Electronic Resources Librarian >> Fauquier County Public Library >> 11 Winchester Street >> Warrenton, VA 20186 >> 540-422-8515 **** >> >> alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov >> *FCPL Web Site:* http://library.fauquiercounty.gov >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-01-23 >> >> > > > -- > --------------- > http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon > http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-23 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Knowledge, Skills and Experience Knowledge of scientific/technical information resources (e.g. Web of Science, IEEE Xplore, SciFinder; Science Direct) and knowledge of citation metrics tools and techniques (e.g., h-index, Impact Factor, Eigenfactor, Journal Citation Reports and InCites); Skill in analyzing data from a variety of sources and creating statistical reports that reflect that analysis. Skill in conducting citation impact analyses and publication assessments. Knowledge of content, format and search strategies of bibliographic databases and electronic information resources; XML, HTML, Drupal, relational database structures, data taxonomies, digital repositories, emerging web standards and technologies including Open URL and link resolution software. Graduate degree in library and/or information science. BA/BS in a scientific discipline or computer science preferred. Due to this position's responsibilities requiring full access to library databases and specialized collection, which do contain Official Use Only and other unclassified controlled information, U.S. citizenship is required. Go to http://www.anl.gov/jobsearch/detail.jsp?userreqid=318750+CIS&lsBrowse=ALL to apply We will consider someone graduating in the Spring. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email me. Argonne National Laboratory is 25 miles SW of Chicago. carol lepzelter berry senior electronic resources librarian clepzelter at anl.gov argonne national laboratory 630-252-3876 "One should always keep an open mind, but not one that is so open that your brains drop out." -- Carl Sagan ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 From ismith at SUN.AC.ZA Tue Jan 24 08:47:53 2012 From: ismith at SUN.AC.ZA (Smith, Ina ) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:47:53 +0200 Subject: First Announcement : Berlin 10 Open Access Conference to be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa Message-ID: *** First Announcement *** Berlin 10 Open Access Conference to be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa Stellenbosch University, in partnership with the Max Planck Society and the Academy of Science for South Africa, has the pleasure of announcing that the prestigious Berlin 10 Open Access Conference will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa. This will be the first time that the Berlin Open Access Conference will be held in Africa. As is tradition with the conference, it will explore the transformative impact that open, online access to research can have on scholarship, scientific discovery, and the translation of results to the benefit of the public. The Conference will be held at the Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS). STIAS is situated on the historic Mostertsdrift farm in the heart of Stellenbosch. Conference date: 7-8 November 2012 Pre-conference date: 6 November 2012 The theme, programme, speakers and other relevant information will become available in forthcoming announcements which will also be available on the conference website (www.berlin10.org). 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To get up and running with WordPress even quicker, you could just purchase a theme (http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/commercial/ or http://themeforest.net/category/wordpress) or even get a free theme (http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/). Then you just need a designer / programmer to add some branding and maybe some OPAC integration (e.g. recent or popular items, featured lists) if possible. Sharon pretty much wrapped everything else up, but I just wanted to point out that you can go WordPress on the super cheap if needed. ________________________________ Chris Harper Library Information Systems Specialist Longwood University 434.395.2438 From: Pruntel,Alison [mailto:Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 12:11 PM Subject: Need a new library website - help ***Cross-posted to Web4Lib, publib and lita listservs; apologies in advance if you have to read this more than once!*** Hi all, Our county IT department is moving away from the current website structure and looking at 3rd party vendors to host the county site(s). From preliminary conversations, they are weighing Sharepoint vs. Vision Internet (http://www.visioninternet.com/index.aspx?page=1). From what I've seen of Vision Internet, it appears that in most counties (at least in Virginia), the library system goes off to a separate domain/site (not the Vision Internet design/site used for the rest of the county departments). So we are thinking we may need to now budget to do something on our own. As I am just getting started (reviewing http://www.webjunction.org/technology/website-development/-/articles/content/98104148, etc.), am hoping to get some feedback from other libraries, especially those in Virginia/metro DC area. Some background... * We don't have our own IT department...just me for "technical" issues; I use Dreamweaver to upload content to our current site, maintain our ILS, etc. and otherwise handle other "electronic" librarian duties for databases, e-books, etc. (i.e., "jack of all trades, master of none"); * While not averse to using something like WordPress for a CMS (hosted by someone else!), something more complicated/staff-intensive like Drupal, Joomla, etc. and anything we'd be required to host ourselves is not really an option at this point; * We don't have a designer (let alone a web designer) on staff; * We do not want to be responsible for purchasing/configuring/maintaining a server (to be hosted by our county) for this...would want someone else to host; * Money is always an issue...$10K is probably all we could afford at this point; * We have had NO discussions at this point with board, amongst our staff, etc., as to what a library site should have or what our goals are - and I am aware that should be priority number one; In light of the above, can anyone who has been in a similar predicament send me any advice/recommendations on a 3rd party vendor (particularly one that works well with libraries) you used and are happy with, and ballpark cost? Accompanying RFPs would also be appreciated. I realize I will be able to find some of this via discussion on WebJunction, TechSoup, etc. (and have access to Library Technology Reports), but also will gladly take any offline responses as I get started researching this. Thanks in advance, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jeffw at PITT.EDU Tue Jan 24 09:51:34 2012 From: Jeffw at PITT.EDU (Jeff Wisniewski) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:51:34 -0500 Subject: Unique mobile and/or ereader uses? Message-ID: Hi, Doing something truly unique and noteworthy in the mobile or ereader space? I???d love to hear and spread the word about it! I???m talking about things beyond a mobile presence and/or lending iPads or ereaders, looking for more unique and/or cutting edge. Anyone care to share? ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-24 From micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU Tue Jan 24 11:11:20 2012 From: micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU (Michel, Jason Paul) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:11:20 -0500 Subject: web service apis and libraries In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Ken, We met in Monterey right? Hello again! I'll definitely take a look at this. Thanks for the insight. Jason Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel On Jan 23, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Varnum, Ken wrote: Jason, Not sure if an open-source implementation of a proprietary API is of interest to you, but I'll point your attention to the "Article Discovery" Drupal module for the Summon API we developed here at the University of Michigan: http://drupal.org/sandbox/bertrama/1119778 It powers our article discovery service, http://www.lib.umich.edu/articlesplus Regards, Ken -- Ken Varnum Web Systems Manager E: varnum at umich.edu University of Michigan Library T: 734-615-3287 300C Hatcher Graduate Library F: 734-647-6897 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190 http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum From: "Michel, Jason Paul" > Reply-To: Web4Lib > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:49:04 -0500 To: Web4Lib > Subject: [WEB4LIB] web service apis and libraries Hello, all! I'm currently writing a manuscript for ALA editions about web service APIs and their implementations in various library settings. The manuscript is primarily a how-to technical guide, but I'm interested in incorporating real-world examples. I'm primarily interested in hearing what cool things you all have done and how they were used in your library with the following APIs: Twitter API Flickr API Vimeo API Google Charts API Open Library API LibraryThing API Goodreads API Google Books API Any and all information that you'd like to share is cool.. Thank you very much for your time and help! Jason -- Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU Tue Jan 24 11:20:45 2012 From: micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU (Michel, Jason Paul) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:20:45 -0500 Subject: Unique mobile and/or ereader uses? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Jeff - Here at Miami U. in Oxford, Ohio we did a small pilot project where we embedded QR codes on a set of the top circulated books in our library. When scanned the codes link to a mobile page dedicated to that book which then connects users to things like: books by the same author (in the mobile catalog) books on the same subject (" " ") articles on the subject through ebsco's mobile platform book reviews if available i'll have someone take a look at the stats, but i think for a true gauge of its efficacy they need to placed on a much larger swath of the collection? Jason Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel On Jan 24, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Jeff Wisniewski wrote: Hi, Doing something truly unique and noteworthy in the mobile or ereader space? I?d love to hear and spread the word about it! I?m talking about things beyond a mobile presence and/or lending iPads or ereaders, looking for more unique and/or cutting edge. 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URL: From chodgson at NISO.ORG Tue Jan 24 11:35:34 2012 From: chodgson at NISO.ORG (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:35:34 -0500 Subject: NISO February Webinar: Embracing the Cloud: Real Life Examples of Library Cloud Implementation Message-ID: NISO February 2012 Webinar: Embracing the Cloud: Real Life Examples of Library Cloud Implementation DATE: February 8, 2012 TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/embracing_the_cloud/ =============================================================== ABOUT THE WEBINAR Cloud computing, a concept that has leapt onto the scene in the last few years, is available to libraries in the form of hosted systems for an ILS or for e-resource access. These systems take advantage of cheaper computing power, increased availability of services such as Amazon Web Services, and new development strategies from library vendors. What does moving library information to a networked environment do to improve the overall management of the system? How can libraries leverage cloud-hosted and managed collections? Are there tradeoffs in terms of local control? Learn the answers to these and related issues at this webinar where speakers will discuss actual cloud implementations in library environments. TOPICS AND SPEAKERS The Cloud and Libraries Erik Mitchell, Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park Pepperdine University Libraries' Move to the Cloud Michael Dula, Director for Digital Initiatives & Technology Strategy, Pepperdine University Libraries REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on February 8, 2012. Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. Can't make it on the webinar date/time? Register now and gain access to the recorded archive for one year. Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/embracing_the_cloud/ Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-24 From emorgan at ND.EDU Tue Jan 24 11:39:01 2012 From: emorgan at ND.EDU (Eric Lease Morgan) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:39:01 -0500 Subject: Unique mobile and/or ereader uses? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Jan 24, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Jeff Wisniewski wrote: > Doing something truly unique and noteworthy in the mobile or ereader space? I am working on the thing that may be of interest, and we call it the Catholic Youth Literature Project. * preliminary blog postings - http://bit.ly/pFBZwC, http://bit.ly/z4Bg8N * ugly home page - http://bit.ly/nguLYh About sixty students will be using this interface in the coming weeks to learn about what it meant to be Catholic in the 19th Century. In short, working with a faculty member, we have had 100 pieces of literature from the 19th century digitized. Each of these items are Catholic in their subject matter, and each of these items were written with youth in mind. The rudimentary catalog as been created and using an mobile interface designed for iPad-like devices, the reader should be able to do two things: 1) read the text, and 2) do "distant reading". The first action -- read the text -- is straight-forward except the PDF documents do not load on the iPad-like devices. They are too big. Other online interfaces are supported instead. The second action -- distant reading -- is of more interest to me. Specifically, I have used named-entity recognition software to extract names, places, and organizations from the texts. I then created rudimentary word clouds against the result as well as the ability to look up the items in the text (via a concordance), look items up in wikipedia, and plot the places on world map. I have also used a parts-of-speech tool to extract all of the pronouns, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs from the text. These extractions can tell one a lot about the texts -- they go way beyond traditional library cataloging techniques. I have extracted the most frequently used words and phrases while linking them to the concordance. Finally, the concordance tool returns snippets of text and makes it easy to see how words are used in context. The concordance also supports a "map" (in the form of a histogram) illustrating where the words are used in the text(s) as well as a "networked diagram" illustrating what words were used "in the same breath" when a given word was used. Here are some examples which will probably melt down as they are used. Your milage will vary: * home page for a book - http://bit.ly/x6VCSN * close reading - http://bit.ly/xt04QG * distant reading choices - http://bit.ly/wmydxZ * automatically generated listed of names & organizations - http://bit.ly/wK4Abh * automatically generated list of places - http://bit.ly/w1cXOe * disambiguation page for Jerusalem with links to maps and wikipedia - http://bit.ly/AzF24c * all part of speech used in a book - http://bit.ly/xn1l8a * most common words and phrases used in a book - http://bit.ly/yDfMLB * the word "god" in the concordance - http://bit.ly/z7HSqU * "map" of where "god" is used in the text - http://bit.ly/wCdL5q * network diagram illustrating what words are near the word "god" - http://bit.ly/xj5old Remember, software is never done, and this software is no different! Much of the work is based on my (unaccepted) Digital Public Library of America Beta-sprint proposal called Use & Understand: Use & understand is an evolutionary step in the processes and functions of a library. These processes and functions enable the reader to ask and answer questions of large and small sets of documents relatively easily. Through the use of various text mining techniques, the reader can grasp quickly the content of documents, extract some of their meaning, and evaluate them more thoroughly when compared to the traditional application of metadata. Some of these processes and functions include: word/phrase frequency lists, concordances, histograms illustrating the location of words/phrases in a text, network diagrams illustrating what author say ?in the same breath? when they mention a given word, plotting publication dates on a timeline, measuring the weight of a concept in a text, evaluating texts based on parts-of-speech, supplementing texts with Wikipedia articles, and plotting place names on a world maps. http://bit.ly/ojWmzN In summary, I have been creating an e-reader (iPad-like) interface allowing the student to "read" texts in new and different ways. -- Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-24 From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Tue Jan 24 11:49:53 2012 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:49:53 -0800 Subject: Need a new library website - help In-Reply-To: Message-ID: FWIW - foss4lib.org is built with Drupal. On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Jillian Morris wrote: > If you're looking at Open Source options, Lyrasis just put together a new > site (FOSS4Lib) that is designed to bring together the Open Source options > that are out there and allow you to compare and contrast them, and see > comments others have left.? It's new, and the site is still a work in > progress, but might be a valuable resource for you as you're costing out > your options.??? http://foss4lib.org > > -Jill > > -- > Jill Robinson Morris > NC LIVE > Assistant Director > email: jill at nclive.org > phone: 919.513.0447 > fax: 919.513.2588 > http://www.nclive.org > On Twitter @nclive > Like Us On Facebook > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Patrice Chalon > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Maybe of interest: Drupal offers some modules that allow to connect to >> ILS, providing another discovering interface to your collection. >> >> For Drupal (I'm also biased;-), you can visit this >> http://drupalib.interoperating.info/library_modules >> >> (For Wordpress, there is at least http://scriblio.net/) >> >> Hope it helps, >> >> Patrice >> >> >> >> 2012/1/23 Pruntel,Alison >> >>> ***Cross-posted to Web4Lib, publib and lita listservs; apologies in >>> advance if you have to read this more than once!*** >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> Our county IT department is moving away from the current website >>> structure and looking at 3rd party vendors to host the county site(s). From >>> preliminary conversations, they are weighing Sharepoint? vs. Vision Internet >>> (http://www.visioninternet.com/index.aspx?page=1). From what I?ve seen of >>> Vision Internet, it appears that in most counties (at least in Virginia), >>> ?the library system goes off to a separate domain/site (not the Vision >>> Internet design/site used for the rest of the county departments). So we are >>> thinking we may need to now budget to do something on our own. >>> >>> >>> >>> As I am just getting started (reviewing >>> http://www.webjunction.org/technology/website-development/-/articles/content/98104148, >>> etc.), am hoping to get some feedback from other libraries, especially those >>> in Virginia/metro DC area. >>> >>> >>> >>> Some background? >>> >>> ????????? We don?t have our own IT department?just me for ?technical? >>> issues; I use Dreamweaver to upload content to our current site, maintain >>> our ILS, etc. and otherwise handle other ?electronic? librarian duties for >>> databases, e-books, etc. (i.e., ?jack of all trades, master of none?); >>> >>> ????????? While not averse to using something like WordPress for a CMS >>> (hosted by someone else!), something more complicated/staff-intensive like >>> Drupal, Joomla, etc. and anything we?d be required to host ourselves is not >>> really an option at this point; >>> >>> ????????? We don?t have a designer (let alone a web designer) on staff; >>> >>> ????????? We do not want to be responsible for >>> purchasing/configuring/maintaining a server (to be hosted by our county) for >>> this?would want someone else to host; >>> >>> ????????? Money is always an issue?$10K is probably all we could afford >>> at this point; >>> >>> ????????? We have had NO discussions at this point with board, amongst >>> our staff, etc., as to what a library site should have or what our goals are >>> ? and I am aware that should be priority number one; >>> >>> >>> >>> In light of the above, can anyone who has been in a similar predicament >>> send me any advice/recommendations on a 3rd party vendor (particularly one >>> that works well with libraries) you used ?and are happy with, and ballpark >>> cost? Accompanying RFPs would also be appreciated. I realize I will be able >>> to find some of this via discussion on WebJunction, TechSoup, etc. (and have >>> access to Library Technology Reports), but also will gladly take any offline >>> responses as I get started researching this. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Alison Pruntel >>> Electronic Resources Librarian >>> Fauquier County Public Library >>> 11 Winchester Street >>> Warrenton, VA 20186 >>> 540-422-8515 >>> >>> alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov >>> FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================ >>> >>> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >>> >>> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >>> >>> 2012-01-23 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> --------------- >> http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon >> http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-01-23 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-23 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-24 From bill.drew at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 24 14:14:07 2012 From: bill.drew at GMAIL.COM (Bill Drew) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:14:07 -0500 Subject: Need a new library website - help In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The Facebook Group: WordPress and Librarians is at http://www.facebook.com/groups/214139591937761/. All you need to join is be a Facebook member and obviously work in a library. Polly-Allida Farrington and I are the moderators/admins for the group. Bill Drew Bill.drew at gmail.com From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Balliot Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 12:53 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Need a new library website - help I agree with Sharon 100% regarding Wordpress. Many national TV broadcasting affiliates have adopted Wordpress for their web presence - so it even fits their stringent corporate models of cost-benefit. It is flexible and easy to modify and maintain. With the huge number of theme variations available, I can't imagine where it would not fit the needs of a public library website. R. Balliot On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Sharon Foster wrote: Hi Alison, $10K will buy you the services of a graphic designer to come up with a new look for a WordPress website, plus a consultant to set it up and do any customization you may need to connect it to your OPAC, plus an annual hosting account and domain name registration. WordPress happens to be my current favorite hobby horse, so I'm definitely biased, but it really is ideal for public libraries. Polly Farrington--an outstanding instructor--has lots of material about WP on her wiki, and a new book on WP in libraries. She is currently running an online course for ALA, too. http://lib20.pbworks.com/w/page/16753907/classes-wordpress-websites The wp4lib wiki has a list of libraries that use WordPress, http://wp4lib.bluwiki.com/ ... to which I would add my own FPOW. We had several preliminary discussions about the new website spanning several months, but when I finally sat down to do it, the set up and copying of content from the old site to the new site took me about 18 hours total. http://www.ryepubliclibrary.org Support for WP is great, and there is both a LinkedIn group for WP in general, and a Facebook group specifically for WP in libraries. Email me privately and I'll hook you up with the Facebook group. Good luck! It's always exciting to start a new website project. Sharon ---------- Sharon M. Foster Digital Resources Librarian "All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man's own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came." ~Tom Paine On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Pruntel,Alison wrote: ***Cross-posted to Web4Lib, publib and lita listservs; apologies in advance if you have to read this more than once!*** Hi all, Our county IT department is moving away from the current website structure and looking at 3rd party vendors to host the county site(s). From preliminary conversations, they are weighing Sharepoint vs. Vision Internet (http://www.visioninternet.com/index.aspx?page=1). From what I've seen of Vision Internet, it appears that in most counties (at least in Virginia), the library system goes off to a separate domain/site (not the Vision Internet design/site used for the rest of the county departments). So we are thinking we may need to now budget to do something on our own. As I am just getting started (reviewing http://www.webjunction.org/technology/website-development/-/articles/content /98104148, etc.), am hoping to get some feedback from other libraries, especially those in Virginia/metro DC area. Some background. . We don't have our own IT department.just me for "technical" issues; I use Dreamweaver to upload content to our current site, maintain our ILS, etc. and otherwise handle other "electronic" librarian duties for databases, e-books, etc. (i.e., "jack of all trades, master of none"); . While not averse to using something like WordPress for a CMS (hosted by someone else!), something more complicated/staff-intensive like Drupal, Joomla, etc. and anything we'd be required to host ourselves is not really an option at this point; . We don't have a designer (let alone a web designer) on staff; . We do not want to be responsible for purchasing/configuring/maintaining a server (to be hosted by our county) for this.would want someone else to host; . Money is always an issue.$10K is probably all we could afford at this point; . We have had NO discussions at this point with board, amongst our staff, etc., as to what a library site should have or what our goals are - and I am aware that should be priority number one; In light of the above, can anyone who has been in a similar predicament send me any advice/recommendations on a 3rd party vendor (particularly one that works well with libraries) you used and are happy with, and ballpark cost? Accompanying RFPs would also be appreciated. I realize I will be able to find some of this via discussion on WebJunction, TechSoup, etc. (and have access to Library Technology Reports), but also will gladly take any offline responses as I get started researching this. Thanks in advance, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-23 -- ******************* Robert L. 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(Due to improvements in scanning technology, many of the newer scans are much better quality than Gutenberg's.) The Caledon Library and Community Virtual Library have created SecondLife virtual objects for far more books than this, probably several hundred in total. At one time there was a SecondLife Library of Alexandria that attempted to collect every book published on SL, but I haven't heard anything from them lately and don't know if they are still in operation. The library at Rockcliffe University has several online databases that their students can use from within SecondLife, and I believe this is true of libraries on some other SecondLife university campuses as well. Jean Hewlett Librarian, Santa Rosa Campus University of San Francisco aka Riven Homewood Director, Steelhead Public Library, SecondLife On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:38 AM, Hogue Melanie wrote: > Wow. I totally forgot about Second Life. I have visited some; but I thought at the time (a year ago) that their materials were more limited than library websites - they seemed more like visitor centers. Have any of these started providing downloads or online reading of real published works - like maybe Project Gutenberg? Seems like it should be possible . . . > > Melanie Amy Hogue > Manager of Online Resources & Reports > Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library > 423-757-5114 > > ________________________________ > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Norma Jean Hewlett > Sent: Sat 1/21/2012 2:35 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > Thanks, Allison! And many, many thanks to everybody who helped compile > that list of SecondLife libraries! > > https://docs.google.com/a/usfca.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aha1k_6Nhx2ddGdzS3c0c3lKSFp5Z0hHRHZHNWdyX2c&hl=en_US#gid=0 > > At the recent ALA meeting on SecondLife, we discussed whether it might > be possible to make a list of libraries on other virtual worlds. So > far, we've heard about 2. Does anybody know of others? > > Jean Hewlett > aka Riven Homewood > Director, Steelhead Public Library, SecondLife > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Malakia Oglesby > wrote: >> Thanks Allison! >> >> >> >> ______________________________ >> >> Malakia Oglesby, MIS >> >> Asbury Park Public Library >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Allison Brueckner >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 3:39 PM >> >> >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries >> >> >> >> SL Links, including a list SL libraries & >> organizations: http://www.infoisland.org/links >> >> _____________________________ >> >> Allison Brueckner, M.I.S >> >> Digital Services & Reference Librarian >> >> Northville District Library, MI ? USA >> >> www.northvillelibrary.org >> >> 734-834-4276 >> >> >> On Jan 20, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Malakia Oglesby >> wrote: >> >> Speaking of Second Life... >> >> >> >> Does anyone know of a website or some other source that lists the libraries >> in Second Life (SL)? ?I've come across a few in my virtual SL travels but >> most have been University libraries. ?I'm interested in knowing what public >> libraries have a Second Life presence. ?I know I can always use the SL >> search but just wondered if anyone had compiled a list. >> >> >> >> In the same way that we (as librarians and library support staff) are >> integrating other technologies (digital libraries, mobile apps, ebooks and >> ebook readers, etc.) I think it'd be great to be able to point out how >> libraries are using this kind of technology to reach, support, and provide >> information to "virtual" patrons. >> >> >> >> If there is no such list or source out there already I'd be more than happy >> to start compiling one. >> >> ______________________________ >> >> Malakia Oglesby, MIS >> >> Asbury Park Public Library >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Pat Rapp >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:40 PM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries >> >> >> >> To me, the term "virtual libraries" means libraries in immersive/virtual >> environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. >> >> >> >> Pat Rapp >> >> Fairport Public Library >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute >> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries >> >> >> >> When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? >> >> >> >> Thomas Edelblute >> >> Public Access Systems Coordinator >> >> Anaheim Public Library >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> >> 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. 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I'm developing a website called SecondLibraries about libraries in Second Life and other virtual worlds (which will include information and examples of innovations in virtual technologies and virtual worlds, integration of traditional services with virtual services as well as new services that arise out of virtual presences, virtual reference and community outreach programs, a directory of libraries in the "metaverse", that sort of thing). I am interested in pursuing a grant to help with the costs of purchasing, developing, and maintaining a 1/2 or Full SIM for the project. One of the major things I wanted to do with the space is to create virtual representations of all the world libraries (or as many as I can fit) that have been destroyed (modern and historical). I started working with the list over on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_destroyed_libraries,_archives_and_museu ms. I have not yet research grants that may be applicable. If anyone knows of any other sources for this kind of information (grants specifically for virtual projects, or other grants that may include this kind of project, SL libraries that have been destroyed, etc.) would you please email me. Also, if there are any SL residents on this list that would not mind sharing information please email me your SL username so that I can visit with you in world. My current SL username is "Vida Magnifico" but I will be creating an alt to use specifically with this project. Finally, I could certainly use some help so....if there is anyone out there interested in contributing to the project please let me know. Thanks so much. Sincerely, Malakia ______________________________ Malakia Oglesby, MIS Asbury Park Public Library -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Norma Jean Hewlett Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:21 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries At the Steelhead Public Library on SecondLife, we have book objects that link to online versions of about 60 different ebooks. Some are from Project Gutenberg, others are public domain works that were digitized by Google or other providers. (Due to improvements in scanning technology, many of the newer scans are much better quality than Gutenberg's.) The Caledon Library and Community Virtual Library have created SecondLife virtual objects for far more books than this, probably several hundred in total. At one time there was a SecondLife Library of Alexandria that attempted to collect every book published on SL, but I haven't heard anything from them lately and don't know if they are still in operation. The library at Rockcliffe University has several online databases that their students can use from within SecondLife, and I believe this is true of libraries on some other SecondLife university campuses as well. Jean Hewlett Librarian, Santa Rosa Campus University of San Francisco aka Riven Homewood Director, Steelhead Public Library, SecondLife On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:38 AM, Hogue Melanie wrote: > Wow. I totally forgot about Second Life. I have visited some; but I thought at the time (a year ago) that their materials were more limited than library websites - they seemed more like visitor centers. Have any of these started providing downloads or online reading of real published works - like maybe Project Gutenberg? Seems like it should be possible . . . > > Melanie Amy Hogue > Manager of Online Resources & Reports > Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library > 423-757-5114 > > ________________________________ > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Norma Jean Hewlett > Sent: Sat 1/21/2012 2:35 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries > > > > Thanks, Allison! And many, many thanks to everybody who helped compile > that list of SecondLife libraries! > > https://docs.google.com/a/usfca.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aha1k_6Nhx2dd > GdzS3c0c3lKSFp5Z0hHRHZHNWdyX2c&hl=en_US#gid=0 > > At the recent ALA meeting on SecondLife, we discussed whether it might > be possible to make a list of libraries on other virtual worlds. So > far, we've heard about 2. Does anybody know of others? > > Jean Hewlett > aka Riven Homewood > Director, Steelhead Public Library, SecondLife > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Malakia Oglesby > wrote: >> Thanks Allison! >> >> >> >> ______________________________ >> >> Malakia Oglesby, MIS >> >> Asbury Park Public Library >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] >> On Behalf Of Allison Brueckner >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 3:39 PM >> >> >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries >> >> >> >> SL Links, including a list SL libraries & >> organizations: http://www.infoisland.org/links >> >> _____________________________ >> >> Allison Brueckner, M.I.S >> >> Digital Services & Reference Librarian >> >> Northville District Library, MI ? USA >> >> www.northvillelibrary.org >> >> 734-834-4276 >> >> >> On Jan 20, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Malakia Oglesby >> wrote: >> >> Speaking of Second Life... >> >> >> >> Does anyone know of a website or some other source that lists the >> libraries in Second Life (SL)? ?I've come across a few in my virtual >> SL travels but most have been University libraries. ?I'm interested >> in knowing what public libraries have a Second Life presence. ?I know >> I can always use the SL search but just wondered if anyone had compiled a list. >> >> >> >> In the same way that we (as librarians and library support staff) are >> integrating other technologies (digital libraries, mobile apps, >> ebooks and ebook readers, etc.) I think it'd be great to be able to >> point out how libraries are using this kind of technology to reach, >> support, and provide information to "virtual" patrons. >> >> >> >> If there is no such list or source out there already I'd be more than >> happy to start compiling one. >> >> ______________________________ >> >> Malakia Oglesby, MIS >> >> Asbury Park Public Library >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] >> On Behalf Of Pat Rapp >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:40 PM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries >> >> >> >> To me, the term "virtual libraries" means libraries in >> immersive/virtual environments, like Second Life and Open Sim. >> >> >> >> Pat Rapp >> >> Fairport Public Library >> >> >> >> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] >> On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute >> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:22 PM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question: Virtual Libraries >> >> >> >> When you think of the term "virtual libraries" what do you think of? >> >> >> >> Thomas Edelblute >> >> Public Access Systems Coordinator >> >> Anaheim Public Library >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> >> 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. 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Cheers, Jeff On 1/24/12 11:20 AM, "Michel, Jason Paul" wrote: Jeff - Here at Miami U. in Oxford, Ohio we did a small pilot project where we embedded QR codes on a set of the top circulated books in our library. When scanned the codes link to a mobile page dedicated to that book which then connects users to things like: books by the same author (in the mobile catalog) books on the same subject (" " ") articles on the subject through ebsco's mobile platform book reviews if available i'll have someone take a look at the stats, but i think for a true gauge of its efficacy they need to placed on a much larger swath of the collection... Jason Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel On Jan 24, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Jeff Wisniewski wrote: Hi, Doing something truly unique and noteworthy in the mobile or ereader space? I'd love to hear and spread the word about it! I'm talking about things beyond a mobile presence and/or lending iPads or ereaders, looking for more unique and/or cutting edge. Anyone care to share? ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-25 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU Wed Jan 25 12:51:47 2012 From: micheljp at MUOHIO.EDU (Michel, Jason Paul) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:51:47 -0500 Subject: Unique mobile and/or ereader uses? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Will do! Jason Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel On Jan 25, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Wisniewski, Jeffrey A wrote: Cool stuff, thanks Jason. If you have any stats you?re willing to share that would be awesome. Cheers, Jeff On 1/24/12 11:20 AM, "Michel, Jason Paul" > wrote: Jeff - Here at Miami U. in Oxford, Ohio we did a small pilot project where we embedded QR codes on a set of the top circulated books in our library. When scanned the codes link to a mobile page dedicated to that book which then connects users to things like: books by the same author (in the mobile catalog) books on the same subject (" " ") articles on the subject through ebsco's mobile platform book reviews if available i'll have someone take a look at the stats, but i think for a true gauge of its efficacy they need to placed on a much larger swath of the collection? Jason Jason Paul Michel User Experience Librarian Miami University Libraries tel: 513-529-3935 twitter: @jpmichel On Jan 24, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Jeff Wisniewski wrote: Hi, Doing something truly unique and noteworthy in the mobile or ereader space? 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A review of applications will begin on February 20, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Interested applicants should submit 1) a letter of interest, 2) a current CV, and 3) the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three references including the professional relationship of each reference to facultyvitae19 at utc.edu Thanks! -- Andrea Schurr Associate Professor Web Technology Librarian and ILS Manager Lupton Library, Dept. 6456 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Phone: 423-425-2668 Fax: 423-425-4775 Email: Andrea-Schurr at utc.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-25 From sclancy at UCI.EDU Wed Jan 25 20:16:38 2012 From: sclancy at UCI.EDU (Steve Clancy) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:16:38 -0800 Subject: Endnote as a library catalog Message-ID: Howdy. Has anyone had any experience with using EndNote as a low-cost catalog for a very small book collection? It would probably run on one dedicated workstation. I'm trying to help someone out who has been put in charge of putting a very small occupational health collection online so the staff can search it. The department is willing to spend little, if any, money on it. Thanks. --steve -- -- Steve Clancy, MLS Research Librarian for Health Sciences and Nursing Science Ayala Science Library, Univ. of Calif., Irvine CA. U.S.A. 949-824-7309 * sclancy AT uci.edu http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5109 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We don't see things as they are...We see things as we are." - Anais Nin ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-25 From cmagnusson at CI.HIBBING.MN.US Wed Jan 25 20:32:51 2012 From: cmagnusson at CI.HIBBING.MN.US (Chris Magnusson) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:32:51 -0600 Subject: Endnote as a library catalog Message-ID: I haven't used that but I use LibraryThing for my church library collection. It is free and no limit to the number of books. No server needed either. Chris Magnusson Arena Maintenance City of Hibbing www.hibbing.mn.us http://www.facebook.com/cityofhibbing http://www.twitter.com/cityofhibbing -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Steve Clancy Sent: Wed 1/25/2012 7:16 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Endnote as a library catalog Howdy. Has anyone had any experience with using EndNote as a low-cost catalog for a very small book collection? It would probably run on one dedicated workstation. I'm trying to help someone out who has been put in charge of putting a very small occupational health collection online so the staff can search it. The department is willing to spend little, if any, money on it. Thanks. --steve -- -- Steve Clancy, MLS Research Librarian for Health Sciences and Nursing Science Ayala Science Library, Univ. of Calif., Irvine CA. 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The free version has a limit of 200 books, or you can sign up for $10/yr or $25 for life, which is a 0% increase from a few years ago when I joined. http://www.librarything.com/ If they'd rather have the catalog stored on the local computer, Collectorz is also reasonably priced. http://www.collectorz.com/book/ Sharon ---------- Sharon M. Foster Digital Resources Librarian *"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man?s own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came.*" ~Tom Paine On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Chris Magnusson < cmagnusson at ci.hibbing.mn.us> wrote: > I haven't used that but I use LibraryThing for my church library > collection. It is free and no limit to the number of books. No server > needed either. > > Chris Magnusson > Arena Maintenance > City of Hibbing > www.hibbing.mn.us > http://www.facebook.com/cityofhibbing > http://www.twitter.com/cityofhibbing > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Steve Clancy > Sent: Wed 1/25/2012 7:16 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Endnote as a library catalog > > Howdy. > > Has anyone had any experience with using EndNote as a low-cost catalog > for a very small book collection? It would probably run on one dedicated > workstation. > > I'm trying to help someone out who has been put in charge of putting a > very small occupational health collection online so the staff can search > it. The department is willing to spend little, if any, money on it. > > Thanks. > > --steve > > -- > -- > > Steve Clancy, MLS > Research Librarian for Health Sciences and Nursing Science > Ayala Science Library, Univ. of Calif., Irvine CA. U.S.A. > 949-824-7309 * sclancy AT uci.edu > http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5109 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "We don't see things as they are...We see things as we are." - Anais Nin > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-25 > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-25 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-25 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbspodic at UST.HK Wed Jan 25 21:28:53 2012 From: lbspodic at UST.HK (Edward Spodick) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:28:53 +0800 Subject: FOSS4Lib and decision support tools In-Reply-To: <7B31D3CF-5802-4B94-854B-6DF0B75D1B53@nd.edu> Message-ID: Interesting. I'll add their RSS feed to my aggregatoir. Along with the already existing http://oss4lib.org site. I hope foss4lib stays more active that oss4lib has... -Edward At 2:25 PM -0500 1/23/12, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: >As previously mentioned here, the folks at LYRASIS have put together a site called FOSS4Lib -- http://foss4lib.org And one of the things it includes is a set of decision support tools that may be of interest. > >While there may not be a one-to-one correlation between library-assoicated websites and free/open source software, there are a number similarities and synergies. And as the FOSS4Lib site states: > > Whether you are looking to decide if open source software is > right for your library or need helpfinding what open source > software package meets your needs, this site has the content and > the community to help you with those decisions. > >To that end, the site includes a number of decision support tools designed to help librarians and administrators determine whether or not open source software is something for them. One of the tools is a 40-question survey which will plot one's amenity for open source software and hosted software solutions -- http://bit.ly/AkHzxX The tool then outlines computing solutions based on one's score. Other tools outline the costs of open source software, questions one should ask of information technology departments, and a software selection tool. > >Interesting!? > >-- >Eric Lease Morgan >University of Notre Dame > >============================ -- Edward F Spodick, IT and Services Infrastructure Manager Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library lbspodic at ust.hk tel:852-2358-6743 fax:852-2358-1043 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-25 From patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM Thu Jan 26 01:35:54 2012 From: patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM (Patrice Chalon) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:35:54 +0100 Subject: Endnote as a library catalog In-Reply-To: <4F20A976.40902@uci.edu> Message-ID: Hello, I did used EndNote for managing a small library for 2 years. It was a nice option at that time (2004): structured records, connection to NLM catalog or LC catalog, possibility to export in standard format.... The odd was about exemplars: it is not suited for several exemplars of the same book. Managing journals (recording all received issues) was also not ideal. And of course, no OPAC... So the next step for us at that time (2006) was to look at the ILS without license fee (we ended up with PMB, a open source full web ILS and are very happy with it). In the same context, I would probably use the same approach today, but with Zotero (or Mendeley) to get an "OPAC" (was necessary for us); or, if possible (needs some resources), use Drupal with bibliography module (the more as Drupal is our intranet CMS). There are alternatives too EndNote : free (BibTex, Bibus, ...), or cheaper (like biblioscape which offers several versions - I made a trial and it was my second choice after EndNote-, the most expensive seems to be suited for library management) Hope it helps, Patrice 2012/1/26 Steve Clancy : > Howdy. > > Has anyone had any experience with using EndNote as a low-cost catalog for a > very small book collection? It would probably run on one dedicated > workstation. > > I'm trying to help someone out who has been put in charge of putting a very > small occupational health collection online so the staff can search it. The > department is willing to spend little, if any, money on it. > > Thanks. > > --steve > > -- > -- > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Steve Clancy, MLS > ? Research Librarian for Health Sciences and Nursing Science > ? ?Ayala Science Library, Univ. of Calif., Irvine CA. U.S.A. > ? ? ? ?949-824-7309 * sclancy AT uci.edu > ? http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5109 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "We don't see things as they are...We see things as we are." - Anais Nin > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-25 -- --------------- http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-26 From sclancy at UCI.EDU Thu Jan 26 12:50:46 2012 From: sclancy at UCI.EDU (Steve Clancy) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:50:46 -0800 Subject: Endnote as a library catalog In-Reply-To: <55DC99E98941634DA829B136D71AF1E5A20051@HIBBINGDC.hibbing.int> Message-ID: Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! This is really not my area of expertise so I appreciate the input. --steve -- Steve Clancy, MLS Research Librarian for Health Sciences and Nursing Science Ayala Science Library, Univ. of Calif., Irvine CA. U.S.A. 949-824-7309 * sclancy AT uci.edu http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5109 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We don't see things as they are...We see things as we are." - Anais Nin On 1/25/2012 5:32 PM, Chris Magnusson wrote: > I haven't used that but I use LibraryThing for my church library collection. It is free and no limit to the number of books. No server needed either. > > Chris Magnusson > Arena Maintenance > City of Hibbing > www.hibbing.mn.us > http://www.facebook.com/cityofhibbing > http://www.twitter.com/cityofhibbing > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Steve Clancy > Sent: Wed 1/25/2012 7:16 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Endnote as a library catalog > > Howdy. > > Has anyone had any experience with using EndNote as a low-cost catalog > for a very small book collection? It would probably run on one dedicated > workstation. > > I'm trying to help someone out who has been put in charge of putting a > very small occupational health collection online so the staff can search > it. The department is willing to spend little, if any, money on it. > > Thanks. > > --steve > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-26 From sclancy at UCI.EDU Thu Jan 26 13:17:48 2012 From: sclancy at UCI.EDU (Steve Clancy) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:17:48 -0800 Subject: Endnote as a library catalog In-Reply-To: <55DC99E98941634DA829B136D71AF1E5A20051@HIBBINGDC.hibbing.int> Message-ID: Chris, thanks again. I joined LT in order to check it out. One question: is it possible to "lock" the catalog/records so that they can only be edited by one person and not everyone who uses it? I can't seem to find this in the help section. Thanks. --steve -- Steve Clancy, MLS Research Librarian for Health Sciences and Nursing Science Ayala Science Library, Univ. of Calif., Irvine CA. U.S.A. 949-824-7309 * sclancy AT uci.edu http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5109 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We don't see things as they are...We see things as we are." - Anais Nin On 1/25/2012 5:32 PM, Chris Magnusson wrote: > I haven't used that but I use LibraryThing for my church library collection. It is free and no limit to the number of books. No server needed either. > > Chris Magnusson > Arena Maintenance > City of Hibbing > www.hibbing.mn.us > http://www.facebook.com/cityofhibbing > http://www.twitter.com/cityofhibbing > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Steve Clancy > Sent: Wed 1/25/2012 7:16 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Endnote as a library catalog > > Howdy. > > Has anyone had any experience with using EndNote as a low-cost catalog > for a very small book collection? It would probably run on one dedicated > workstation. > > I'm trying to help someone out who has been put in charge of putting a > very small occupational health collection online so the staff can search > it. The department is willing to spend little, if any, money on it. > > Thanks. > > --steve > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-26 From TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET Thu Jan 26 14:11:43 2012 From: TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET (Thomas Edelblute) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:11:43 +0000 Subject: Donations through web pages Message-ID: We are wondering how public libraries (or any libraries) setup and are managing receiving monetary donations through their web site. Is this through PayPal or through some other type of merchant account? If the latter, who are you using? Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinor Anaheim Public Library ________________________________ 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. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Library itself, at present, doesn't take direct donations via the web. Louise E. Alcorn Reference Technology Librarian West Des Moines Public Library 4000 Mills Civic Pkwy West Des Moines IA 50265 (515) 222-3573 louise.alcorn at wdm.iowa.gov (note new email domain as of July, 2011) http://www.wdmlibrary.org From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:12 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Donations through web pages We are wondering how public libraries (or any libraries) setup and are managing receiving monetary donations through their web site. Is this through PayPal or through some other type of merchant account? If the latter, who are you using? Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinor Anaheim Public Library ________________________________ 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. 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I'm trying to help someone out who has been put in charge of putting a very small occupational health collection online so the staff can search it. The department is willing to spend little, if any, money on it. Thanks. --steve -- -- Steve Clancy, MLS Research Librarian for Health Sciences and Nursing Science Ayala Science Library, Univ. of Calif., Irvine CA. U.S.A. 949-824-7309 * sclancy AT uci.edu http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5109 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We don't see things as they are...We see things as we are." - Anais Nin ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-25 -- ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Systems and Emerging Technologies Librarian will be part of our Technical Services Department and will join our library systems and technology team to manage and support our integrated library system and collaborate to design, promote, and improve online access to resources across systems. For more information about the position, see http://library.csun.edu/About/Employment; for general information about the library, see http://library.csun.edu; and see http://www.csun.edu for more information about California State University, Northridge. The university is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era status. _____________ Luiz H. 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U.S.A. > 949-824-7309 * sclancy AT uci.edu > http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5109 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "We don't see things as they are...We see things as we are." - Anais Nin > > > On 1/25/2012 5:32 PM, Chris Magnusson wrote: >> I haven't used that but I use LibraryThing for my church library >> collection. It is free and no limit to the number of books. No >> server needed either. >> >> Chris Magnusson >> Arena Maintenance >> City of Hibbing >> www.hibbing.mn.us >> http://www.facebook.com/cityofhibbing >> http://www.twitter.com/cityofhibbing >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Steve Clancy >> Sent: Wed 1/25/2012 7:16 PM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Endnote as a library catalog >> >> Howdy. >> >> Has anyone had any experience with using EndNote as a low-cost catalog >> for a very small book collection? It would probably run on one dedicated >> workstation. >> >> I'm trying to help someone out who has been put in charge of putting a >> very small occupational health collection online so the staff can search >> it. The department is willing to spend little, if any, money on it. >> >> Thanks. >> >> --steve >> > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-01-26 Gerry O. Laroza Computer & Audio-visual Section Rizal Library Ateneo de Manila University "Hardwork is useless, unless appreciated!" ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-26 From cmagnusson at CI.HIBBING.MN.US Fri Jan 27 11:35:55 2012 From: cmagnusson at CI.HIBBING.MN.US (Chris Magnusson) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:35:55 -0600 Subject: Endnote as a library catalog Message-ID: Yes and no. Some fields are controlled by librarything, anyone with an account can add a book review or rate the book, but only someone with your account password can change your tags, remarks, and other unique information displayed in your catalog. Chris Magnusson Arena Maintenance City of Hibbing www.hibbing.mn.us http://www.facebook.com/cityofhibbing http://www.twitter.com/cityofhibbing -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Steve Clancy Sent: Thu 1/26/2012 12:17 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Endnote as a library catalog Chris, thanks again. I joined LT in order to check it out. One question: is it possible to "lock" the catalog/records so that they can only be edited by one person and not everyone who uses it? I can't seem to find this in the help section. Thanks. --steve -- Steve Clancy, MLS Research Librarian for Health Sciences and Nursing Science Ayala Science Library, Univ. of Calif., Irvine CA. U.S.A. 949-824-7309 * sclancy AT uci.edu http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5109 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We don't see things as they are...We see things as we are." - Anais Nin On 1/25/2012 5:32 PM, Chris Magnusson wrote: > I haven't used that but I use LibraryThing for my church library collection. It is free and no limit to the number of books. No server needed either. > > Chris Magnusson > Arena Maintenance > City of Hibbing > www.hibbing.mn.us > http://www.facebook.com/cityofhibbing > http://www.twitter.com/cityofhibbing > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Steve Clancy > Sent: Wed 1/25/2012 7:16 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Endnote as a library catalog > > Howdy. > > Has anyone had any experience with using EndNote as a low-cost catalog > for a very small book collection? It would probably run on one dedicated > workstation. > > I'm trying to help someone out who has been put in charge of putting a > very small occupational health collection online so the staff can search > it. The department is willing to spend little, if any, money on it. > > Thanks. > > --steve > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-26 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-27 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3795 bytes Desc: not available URL: From tim at LIBRARYTHING.COM Fri Jan 27 12:00:58 2012 From: tim at LIBRARYTHING.COM (Tim Spalding) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:58 -0500 Subject: Endnote as a library catalog In-Reply-To: <55DC99E98941634DA829B136D71AF1E5A20052@HIBBINGDC.hibbing.int> Message-ID: The best way to put it is this: LibraryThing has two "levels" in play at every moment?(1) your own library and (2) a global layer. Your own data is your own, drawn from any of 700 libraries and editable. This is what you see in your catalog. But because everyone's doing this on the same site, we herd that data together to create the global layer. If you only care about your data, that's fine. You can shut your eyes to the rest of it. If you want to see what other people have tagged something, or whatever, that's available too. Best, Tim On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Chris Magnusson wrote: > Yes and no. Some fields are controlled by librarything, anyone with an account can add a book review or rate the book, but only someone with your account password can change your tags, remarks, and other unique information displayed in your catalog. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-27 From brad.eden at VALPO.EDU Fri Jan 27 18:36:00 2012 From: brad.eden at VALPO.EDU (Brad Eden) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:36:00 -0600 Subject: Call for articles: Special issue of journal on cloud computing and libraries Message-ID: Please excuse duplication. Please forward to interested colleagues and other listservs. _OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives_ (OSS:IDLP) will be publishing a special issue on Working in the Cloud: Library Futures. The editor is looking for articles on all aspects of this topic. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged. 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It can do fiction and nonfiction for all ages, and I think it's easier to browse than NoveList. NoveList is more handy for matching a particular title. Marcie Brandriff Librarian Northborough Free Library 34 Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 508-393-5025 mbrandriff2 at cwmars.org ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Ed Erjavek [erjavek.ed at SBPL.ORG] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:38 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] reader's advisory databases What reader?s advisory databases would you recommend? You may please respond directly. Thanks, Ed Ed Erjavek Library Information Technology Manager San Bernardino Public Library 555 W. 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Please forward to interested colleagues and other listservs. _OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives_ (OSS:IDLP) will be publishing a special issue on Working in the Cloud: Library Futures. The editor is looking for articles on all aspects of this topic. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged. OSS:IDLP is a peer-reviewed journal. If you are interested in contributing, please send the editor your name, a short proposal of the topic, and a tentative title for the article. Deadline for proposals is March 1, 2012. Articles would be due to the editor by September 1, 2012. Any questions and proposal should be directed to the editor, not to this listserv. Thank you. Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D. Editor, _OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives_ Dean of Library Services Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 brad.eden at valpo.edu 219-464-5099 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-27 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-30 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jghapher at VCU.EDU Mon Jan 30 12:06:15 2012 From: jghapher at VCU.EDU (Jimmy Ghaphery) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:15 -0500 Subject: Job Posting VCU Libraries Systems Librarian Message-ID: Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries seeks faculty candidates to help manage enterprise library applications, such as Alma, Primo, DSpace, and ILLiad. Although experience in certain areas is desirable, this is an entry-level position in which candidates who demonstrate excellent promise and a passion for developing superior academic library systems will be given the most serious consideration. ALA-accredited graduate degree or accredited graduate degree in another appropriate discipline required. Salary commensurate with experience, not less than $45,000. Review of applications will begin March 1, 2012, and will continue until the position is filled. Preferred qualifications, application procedures and other information are available in the complete position description at http://www.library.vcu.edu/about/jobs/SystemsLibrarian.html Virginia Commonwealth University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. -- Jimmy Ghaphery Head, Library Information Systems VCU Libraries http://www.library.vcu.edu -- ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-30 From rballiot at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 30 12:36:13 2012 From: rballiot at GMAIL.COM (Robert Balliot) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:36:13 -0500 Subject: Saggy Pants Message-ID: I apologize to Web4Lib 'Owner' Roy Tenant and the readers of Web4Lib for posting a link to the Best of Publib article "Saggy Pants" on Web4Lib. The "Saggy Pants" dialog has nothing to do with Web Librarianship in libraries. I was not intending to spam the Web4Lib list. Sincerely - ******************* Robert L. Balliot http://linkedin.com/in/robertballiot http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com http://www.facebook.com/robert.balliot http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-30 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From demian.katz at VILLANOVA.EDU Mon Jan 30 14:10:40 2012 From: demian.katz at VILLANOVA.EDU (Demian Katz) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:10:40 -0500 Subject: VuFind 1.3 Released Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VuFind 1.3 Released Villanova, Pennsylvania - January 30, 2012 - The latest version of the VuFind Open Source discovery software has just been released. The new release includes several significant enhancements: - A new "book bag" feature has been added for shopping-cart-style bulk actions (save, email, export multiple records). - VuFind is now driven by Apache Solr 3.5, the latest version of the powerful index engine. - New optional search plug-ins have been added for visual timelines, Google Maps integration and Europeana searches. - Enhanced RSS feeds allow VuFind results to be easily shared with external services such as Elsevier's SciVerse platform. - Syndetics integration has been improved. - VuFind's default theme now uses jQuery and Blueprint for a more dynamic, polished interface. Additionally, several bug fixes and minor improvements have been incorporated. Questions about the new release or VuFind in general can be directed to Demian Katz, the lead developer of the project at Villanova University. Contact: Demian Katz demian.katz at villanova.edu Villanova University Falvey Memorial Library 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 ### ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-30 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From black.367 at OSU.EDU Mon Jan 30 17:12:07 2012 From: black.367 at OSU.EDU (Black, Elizabeth) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:12:07 +0000 Subject: Unique mobile and/or ereader uses? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Jeff, Here at Ohio State University Libraries we assisted in the development of the campus mobile app (OSU Mobile). As part of that collaboration, we integrated a library catalog search using Z39.50 and library location list using an API we built (we reuse library location data in several spots on the web). We have also created an independent application in collaboration with the University Archives called Buckeye Stroll that is a GPS enabled tour of campus featuring the history of campus locations. This content is also included in the OSU Mobile app. Is this the type of thing you are looking for? Beth Beth Black Associate Professor and Systems Librarian Head, Web Implementation Team Ohio State University Libraries Science and Engineering Library, Room 002A 175 West 18th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210 614-688-5428 black.367 at osu.edu -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeff Wisniewski Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:52 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Unique mobile and/or ereader uses? Hi, Doing something truly unique and noteworthy in the mobile or ereader space? I?d love to hear and spread the word about it! I?m talking about things beyond a mobile presence and/or lending iPads or ereaders, looking for more unique and/or cutting edge. 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URL: From vinsonc at CLEMSON.EDU Tue Jan 31 13:18:46 2012 From: vinsonc at CLEMSON.EDU (Christopher Vinson) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:46 -0500 Subject: Job Posting - Web Developer, Clemson University, Clemson, SC Message-ID: Please excuse cross-posting. Search extended until Feb 10, 2012. Clemson University Libraries Information Resource Coordinator II Web Developer Job ID 11239 http://www.clemson.edu/employment/prospective/findjobs.html http://media.clemson.edu/library/lib_overview/positions/irc2-web-developer.pdf Job Summary Responsible for developing and implementing a strategy to rebuild the library?s online presence, which includes redesign and migration of current main library web site (and related web sites) from Cascade to open-source content management system such as Drupal. Reporting to the Head of Digital Initiatives and Information Technology Unit, develops methods and web applications to market and deliver library services online, and implement user interfaces for a number of projects designed to interpret digital objects in Clemson?sinstitutional repository. Works with library public services to plan and conduct user surveys on experience and usability features and to future design. Required Qualifications Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related computing field and 2 years experience. (Two years experience substitutable for one year of education). Preferred Experience ? Experience developing within Drupal or Joomla. ? Familiarity with XML schemas such as TEI, MODS, METS, EAD, RDF. ? Experience with Fedora repository. Knowledge and use of version control systems in development. ? Knowledge and experience in UNIX/Linux administration. ? Experience designing mobile interfaces. ? Experience with web analytics software. ? Previous experience developing web sites or applications in a library environment. ? Previous supervisory experience. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities ? Experience programming web applications and designing web sites. ? Demonstrated proficiency in web standards: XHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, AJAX, REST; in server applications: Apache, MySQL, Tomcat; and in scripting languages: PHP, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, jQuery. ? Experience managing an open-source content management system. ? Knowledge of Section 508 ADA compliance. ? Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. ? Excellent sense of visual design, graphic production, and information architecture. ? Good interpersonal and communication skills. ? May be required to work evenings and weekends To apply for this job visit the Clemson University HR website (Job ID 11239): http://www.clemson.edu/employment/prospective/findjobs.html The position closes on February 10, 2012. -- Christopher G. Vinson Interim Head, Digital Initiatives and Information Technology Digital Projects Librarian Clemson University Libraries 864-656-3622 vinsonc at clemson.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-01-31 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: