From goetze at JPBERLIN.DE Mon Oct 1 08:45:00 2012 From: goetze at JPBERLIN.DE (Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=F6tze?=) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:45:00 +0200 Subject: Crowdsourcing transcriptions: professionals & tools? Message-ID: Hello, we are working on a project for enabling structured access to about 300 historical phone and address directories (i.e. name, profession, address, ...), with directories from Berlin, Germany, dating from 1799 to 1990... We have rather poor OCR results, which we want to correct with methods of crowdsourcing. Currently we are looking for professionals & companies that have experience in this field and who would like to implement an attractive, user-friendly solution for us. Do you have experience with or can you recommend sb.??? Alternatively we considered to search for sb. to implement an open source solution for this task - below are some links to some resources and solutions. Do you have experiences with one of these? Thanks a lot for your support - we will provide a summary of the feedback. Many greetings, Michael G?tze => an overview of tools: http://manuscripttranscription.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/2010-year-of-crowdsourcing.html => some tools: - Scribe (used in https://www.zooniverse.org/): https://github.com/zooniverse/Scribe; e.g.: in http://www.oldweather.org - From The Page (): https://github.com/benwbrum/fromthepage/wiki - T-Pen: http://digital-editor.blogspot.de/ - Scripto: http://scripto.org/ - Transcription Desk (Transcribe Bentham): http://www.transcribe-bentham.da.ulcc.ac.uk/td/Transcribe_Bentham - - - - - - - Michael G?tze Mobil: 0157 - 7156 1976 Web: http://kleinzacheles.net Unkraut ist alles, was nach dem J?ten wieder w?chst. (Mark Twain) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-01 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Mon Oct 1 10:18:31 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:18:31 +0000 Subject: SETDA > Out Of Print: Reimagining the K-12 Textbook in a Digital Age In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811AE7879@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Yet another Paradigm Shift >>> /Gerry SETDA > Out Of Print: Reimagining the K-12 Textbook in a Digital Age Monday / September 24, 2012 / 2:00-4:00 pm EDT / National Press Club, Washington, DC State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) Out of Print highlights the sea change underway in the multi-billion dollar U.S. K-12 instructional materials market enabled by recent technology and intellectual property rights innovations. With a focus on the ultimate impact on student learning, the report provides examples of lessons learned from recent digital and open (OER) content initiatives by leading states and school districts and offers comprehensive recommendations for government, industry, and educators to ensure that the inevitable shift to digital instructional materials improves student achievement and engagement and efficiently uses scarce resources. Presenters: * Douglas Levin, Executive Director, SETDA, * Geoffrey Fletcher, Deputy Executive Director, SETDA, * Tiffany Hall, K-12 Literacy Coordinator, Teaching and Learning, Utah State Office of Education, * Lan Neugent, Assistant Superintendent for Technology, Career, and Adult Education and Chief Information Officer, Virginia Department of Education, * Tom Woodward, Assistant Director, Instructional Technology, Henrico County Schools, Virginia, * Peter Zamora, Director of Federal Relations, Council of Chief State School Officers. Source and Links To Press Release, Report, Related Resources, Slides, and Video Available Via [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/09/setda-out-of-print-reimaginning-k-12.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From demian.katz at VILLANOVA.EDU Mon Oct 1 11:09:59 2012 From: demian.katz at VILLANOVA.EDU (Demian Katz) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:09:59 +0000 Subject: VuFind 2.0beta Released Message-ID: (apologies for cross-posting) As some of you may already know, the VuFind community has been hard at work on a major 2.0 release to improve and modernize the code. I didn't widely announce the earlier 2.0alpha release, as it was a long way from the final architecture I hoped to reach for 2.0; however, today's release gets us a lot closer, and I think it might be of interest to the wider community. Today's 2.0beta release features all of the same functionality as 2.0alpha, but it has been upgraded to use the newly released Zend Framework 2.0. Additionally, the installation process and configuration options have been made more powerful and flexible, and online documentation has been significantly expanded. 2.0beta is still NOT INTENDED FOR PRODUCTION, and some architectural details will change prior to the full 2.0 release in 2013. However, the code is maturing, and this release should be suitable for use by early adopters willing to follow development closely over the coming months. To download the preview release, visit http://vufind.org/downloads.php; for online documentation, see http://vufind.org/wiki/. - Demian ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mheller at DOM.EDU Mon Oct 1 11:48:52 2012 From: mheller at DOM.EDU (Heller, Margaret) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:48:52 +0000 Subject: Chicagoland Drupal in Libraries Meeting October 16 Message-ID: This message is being posted to multiple lists, but please forward to anyone who might be interested. The Chicagoland Drupal in Libraries group will be meeting at the Northbrook Public Library (directions http://www.librarylearning.info/events/location.aspx?locationID=1326) on October 16 from 9:30AM-12PM. Join us for informal presentations on the Drupal content management system. Librarians, IT, etc., are welcome to learn from experienced Drupal users during presentation time and share problems/experiences/ interesting tricks during the open share time. Mick Jacobsen will present the basics of the Themekey module. Rob Dumas will lead a discussion on Git. http://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=14326 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-01 From benwbrum at GMAIL.COM Mon Oct 1 13:05:37 2012 From: benwbrum at GMAIL.COM (Ben Brumfield) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:05:37 -0400 Subject: Crowdsourcing transcriptions: professionals & tools? Message-ID: Michael (and list), I'm the developer behind FromThePage.com and the manuscript transcription blog you linked to on your post. I'm currently working with FreeUKGen, the charity behind the genealogy database FreeBMD, to build a general-purpose, open-source tool for transcribing structured data into a search-able database. We're basing our system on the Scribe tool developed for the Citizen Science Alliance for What's the Score at the Bodleian (http://whats-the-score.org), which originated out of their experience building OldWeather.org and other citizen science sites. Our plan is to build the following systems: A) A new tool for loading image sets into the Scribe system and attaching them to data-entry templates. B) Modifications to the Scribe system to handle our volunteer organization' workflow, plus some usability enhancements C) A publicly-accessible search-and-display website to mine the database created through data entry. D) A reporting, monitoring, and coordinating system for our volunteer supervisors. We also plan to add support for geocoding during transcription and GIS support within the search and display system. Currently, initial development is mostly finished with A and moving on to B and C above. Although this tool is focused on support for parish registers and census forms, we are intent on creating a general-purpose system for any tabular/structured data. We're particularly interested in being of use to archives and libraries, and are looking for collaborators and advisors from those communities. We are also looking for supporting collaborators, whether they contribute code, funding, or advice. It might be easier for the Berlin directory digitization project to pool resources with us now, or to customize our tool once the core functionality meets their needs. I suspect that a Scribe-based solution will work better for their tabular data than Scripto, the Bentham Transcription Desk, or my own FromThePage -- all of which are wonderful for letters, diaries, and other free-form prose, but were not designed for work with structured material. Regardless, I'll be interested in following the project and in any other feedback you get, and I wish you the best of luck. 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In addition, the Analyst Programmer Lead develops end-user interfaces and dynamic forms for web applications using a variety of scripting languages and frameworks including PHP, JavaScript, CSS, XML/XSLT, and RSS. This position works with project stakeholders as needed to further develop or enhance application designs or features. This position also works collaboratively with library Systems personnel to implement and configure web servers in support of web development activities, authentication technologies and server security. The Analyst Programmer Lead mentors and trains other programmers to ensure services meet coding and quality standards, and develops and implements an integrated web application plan to ensure the overall quality, accessibility, security and stability of the library's web presence. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and three years of related experience; or a combination of education and experience. 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In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 2012-10-01 14:45, Michael G?tze wrote: > we are working on a project for enabling structured access to about 300 > historical phone and address directories (i.e. name, profession, address, > ...), with directories from Berlin, Germany, dating from 1799 to 1990... > > We have rather poor OCR results, which we want to correct with methods of > crowdsourcing. Currently we are looking for professionals & companies that > have experience in this field and who would like to implement an > attractive, user-friendly solution for us. > > Do you have experience with or can you recommend sb.??? > > Alternatively we considered to search for sb. to implement an open source Do you already have a crowd? It seems wasteful to implement a new solution and gather a new crowd for only 300 volumes. It's not a big digital library, and perhaps you underestimate the required overhead to keep the site running.Have you considered to upload your scanned images and text to Wikisource, and use that existing platform and crowd? If you have any resources to invest, I would hope that you could work with Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. in Berlin to improve the existing Wikisource platform. http://de.wikisource.org/ My background in this matter, back in 2005, http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LA2/Digitizing_books_with_MediaWiki -- Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se) Project Runeberg - free Nordic literature - http://runeberg.org/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-01 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Mon Oct 1 18:17:16 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:17:16 +0000 Subject: NPR > Online Education Grows Up, And For Now, It's Free In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811AE829C@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO > Great Detailed Profile of MOOCs and Coursera and Non-SciTech projects /Gerry Online education isn't particularly new. It has been around in some form since the 1990s, but what is new is the speed and scale in which online learning is growing. In barely a year, many of the most prestigious research universities in the world ? including Stanford, Caltech, Oxford and Princeton ? have started to jump onto the online bandwagon. Those universities now offer classes through consortiums like Coursera, a tech company that's partnered with more than 30 of the top universities in the world to offer online classes from its course catalogue ? for free. Other companies offering online courses include Udacity and edX. [more] Duration > 18:14 Source and Link Available Via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/09/npr-online-education-grows-up-and-for.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cynthia.s.ng at GMAIL.COM Mon Oct 1 19:03:31 2012 From: cynthia.s.ng at GMAIL.COM (Cynthia Ng) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:03:31 -0400 Subject: Code4lib 2013 Call for Proposals - Get in on the Action! Message-ID: We are now accepting proposals for Code4lib 2013. Code4lib 2013 is a loosely-structured conference for library technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be inspired, and forge collaborations. The conference will be held Monday February 11th (Preconference Day) - Thursday February 14th, 2013 in Chicago, IL. More information can be found at http://tigger.uic.edu/~kayiwa/code4lib.html **Prepared Talks** Head over to the call for proposals page at http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_talks_proposals and submit your idea for a prepared talk for this year's conference! Proposals should be no longer than 500 words, and preferably many less. Prepared talks are 20 minutes (including setup and questions), and focus on one or more of the following areas: * tools (some cool new software, software library or integration platform) * specs (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones) * challenges (one or more big problems we should collectively address) The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of: * usefulness * newness * geekiness * uniqueness * awesomeness Proposals can be submitted through Friday, November 2nd, 5pm PT. 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The subject matter, important facts, calendar events, authorship, licensing, and whatever else you might like to share become there for the taking. Sales reports, RSS feeds, industry analysis, maps, diagrams and process artifacts can now connect back to other data sets to provide linkage to context and related content. The key to this is the adoption standards for both the data model (RDF) and the means of weaving it into documents (RDFa). Drupal 7 has become the leading content platform to adopt these standards. This webinar will describe how RDFa and Drupal 7 can improve how organizations publish information and data on the Web for both internal and external consumption. It will discuss what is required to use these features and how they impact publication workflow. The talk will focus on high-level and accessible demonstrations of what is possible. Technical people should learn how to proceed while non-technical people will learn what is possible. 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In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811AE8D25@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO > A Major Development ! /Gerry The World Bank is currently working with a few countries that are planning for the procurement of lots of digital learning materials. In some cases, these are billed as 'e-textbooks', replacing in part existing paper-based materials; in other cases, these are meant to complement existing curricular materials. In pretty much all cases, this is happening as a result of past, on-going or upcoming large scale procurements of lots of ICT equipment. Once you have your schools connected and lots of devices (PCs, laptops, tablets) in the hands of teachers and students, it can be rather useful to have educational content that runs on whatever gadgets you have introduced into to help aid and support teaching and learning. In this regard, we have been pleased to note fewer countries pursuing one of the prominent worst practices in ICT use in education that we identified a few years ago: "Think about educational content only after you have rolled out your hardware." [more] Source and Full Text Available Via [http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/textbooks-of-future-will-you-be-buying.html ] Enjoy ! Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ebook Economics & Trends > 2:15 PM ? 4:00 PM * Erik Adams, Electronic Resource Librarian, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton * Elizabeth Altman, Web Services Coordinator, California State University, Northridge * Doris Small Helfer, Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities Librarian, Oviatt Library, California State University, Northridge * Steve Kutay, Digital Services Librarian, California State University, Northridge * Mary Woodley, Collection Development Coordinator, California State University, Northridge * Gerry McKiernan, Science & Technology Librarian, Iowa State University Increasingly, libraries are clearing stacks to make way for flexible spaces suited to portable personal technology and replacing print holdings with electronic collections. The session begins with a case study of replacing annually purchased reference books with electronic books, includes an analysis of the economics, review of availability of materials, and a brief look at the difficulties of creating specialized ebooks to fill in gaps. The CSU group share the results of a survey to assess the use of e-reader and tablet devices, their adoption by students and faculty, as well as how frequently and in what environments they are being used for conducting research and completing course assignments. McKiernan looks at the current landscape for digital textbooks; the vendors, platforms and initiatives happening in this space; funding options; predictions; and more! Source and Link Available Via [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/09/internet-librarian-2012-a104a105-ebook.html ] Regards, Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For those who prefer to read on e-devices, the single-column 60-page 6?9? edition is also available, at http://citesandinsights.info/civ12i10on.pdf The issue includes three essays, each also available as HTML separates from http://citesandinsights.info (or, if you?re reading this on or from a blog, via the title headings below): Libraries Give Us a Dollar and We?ll Give You Back Four (2012-13): Commentary, Part 1 (pp. 1-22) Casual commentary on a few of the interesting items in Chapters 2-19 of Give Us a Dollar and We?ll Give You Back Four (2012-13). You may have seem slightly different versions of some of this commentary on Walt at Random; that will continue for some time to come? The CD-ROM Project (pp. 22-24) Seeing whether six first-rate Dorling-Kindersley explorational CD-ROM titles will work in a current operating environment. I wish I had good news here? The Back (pp. 24-32) Hi-fi fun and other nonsense: Seventeen little rants. See if you can spot which one was added at the last minute for copyfitting reasons? ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-04 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Thu Oct 4 18:02:01 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 22:02:01 +0000 Subject: A/V Now Available > Accessing Academic Content via Mobile Devices: Issues, Solutions and Future Developments In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811AEB33C@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO > Most Excellent Webinar > Speakers !!! /Gerry A/V Now Available > Accessing Academic Content via Mobile Devices: Issues, Solutions and Future Developments October 5 2012 / ~ 60 Minutes This free webinar, organised by the STM Library Relations group in collaboration with the Copyright Clearance Centre (CCC) has been designed to: > Shed light on the way mobile technology is currently being used in the academic library environment to access academic content, especially peer-reviewed scientific research > Examine ways in which the experience of such mobile use within an institutional environment might be both enhanced and simplified > Look at what further developments are on the horizon, what advantages each development might bring to publishers, libraries, and end users, what the key stakeholders should do to ensure they are prepared for them, and which ones are most likely to gain the necessary traction to become new standard elements of mobile content access functionality The webinar will be of interest to: >Librarians who are keen to discover how issues they may be facing might be addressed and to learn what developments are round the corner in this area > Publishers who want to confirm how best they can serve the academic library market with mobile technology and what technological developments may assist their so doing in the future. Presenters Ruth Jenkins Ruth Jenkins has been University Librarian at Loughborough University since 2009, and is a member of the JISC Collections Electronic Information Resources Working Group. She has previously held posts at the Universities of Nottingham, Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool. As a smartphone user for nearly a decade, Ruth has a particular enthusiasm for making electronic journals, ebooks and other internet-based information resources accessible via mobile devices. Marty Picco Mr. Picco is passionate about extending the Atypon platform into the mobile world. He brings deep technical understanding of digital media,cloud-computing, and mobile applications to the digital publishing world after spending many years creating and deploying innovative video processing and streaming solutions for major TV operators worldwide. Baker Evans Baker Evans has worked in multi-national education, publishing and information services organization for more than 15 years, most recently with Elsevier's Science & Technology Division since 2008. Baker helped form the strategic vision of Elsevier's on-line portfolios of search and discovery and performance and planning solutions known as SciVerse and SciVal respectively. As an extension to the portfolio strategies, Baker and his team led the development of the mobile channel strategy targeting Academic and Government users, including a mix of application, devices and mobile website offerings to create greater access to customers' content collections. Source and Associated Links Available Via http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2012/10/av-now-available-accessing-academic.html Enjoy ! Related: Please consider visiting my _Searcher_ "Mobile Libraries" column articles at [http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Oct 5 11:36:17 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:36:17 +0000 Subject: _The Handheld Library: Mobile Technology and the Librarian_ [Paperback] Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert / Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ WoW ! > Congrats Tom and Lori ! /Gerry The Handheld Library: Mobile Technology and the Librarian [Paperback] Thomas A. Peters / Lori Bell The Handheld Library: Mobile Technology and the Librarian provides the information and guidance librarians need to adapt themselves and their facilities to the mobile revolution?the fastest, most diffuse worldwide technological innovation in human history. The book provides an up-to-date survey of how mobile technologies are affecting library use, library services, library systems, librarians, and library users at various types of libraries. The authors cover core topics related to mobile libraries, including mobile reference, eBooks, mobile websites, and QR codes, and address aspects of the mobile revolution less frequently covered in the literature, such as mobile health information services, the use of mobile technologies on archival work, the impact of the mobile revolution on physical libraries, and the ways in which new mobile technologies are creating professional development opportunities within the profession. While this resource is specifically targeted toward librarians who plan and provide services using mobile technologies, academic, public, and other librarians will also find the ideas and information within useful. Paperback: 275 pages / Publisher: Libraries Unlimited (March 25, 2013) / Language: English ISBN-10: 1610693000 / ISBN-13: 978-1610693004 Source and Link Available At [ http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-handheld-library-mobile-technology.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Oct 5 12:49:42 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:49:42 +0000 Subject: Program > Textbooks and Their Stakeholders > November 1 2012 In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811AEBCA4@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I'm very pleased to see increasing library interest in digital textbooks ... /Gerry Sponsored by ACRL New England Chapter Collection Development Interest Group (CDIG) / Thursday, November 1, 2012 / 9:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Northeastern University > Egan Engineering/Science Research Center > Boston, Massachusetts Students, teachers, authors, and publishers all have a stake in the textbook industry. As textbook publication models are transformed by online interactivity and open-source content, what are the implications for these stakeholders, particularly in terms of financial and intellectual property aspects? Is there a role for libraries in this rapidly shifting landscape? Registration is FREE and REQUIRED. Program Schedule: 9:00 AM Continental breakfast 9:30 AM Welcome 9:35 AM Nicole Allen, Student PIRGs Affordable Textbook Advocate. "An Overview of the Textbook Market and Strategies to Reduce Costs." 10:00 AM Dustin Lewis, Project Manager/Technical Lead, H2O online platform for textbook development and distribution; Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Harvard Law School Library. "H2O: Developing and Distributing an Ocean of Content." 10:25 AM Kyle K. Courtney, Manager, Resource Sharing and Faculty Information Delivery, Harvard Law School. ?Intellectual Property Law and Textbooks.? 10:50 AM Break 11:00 AM Chris Hyde, Senior Account Manager, Nature Education. "Presenting Principles of Biology; An Interactive Textbook Changing the Educational Landscape." 11:25 AM Carrie Nelson, Academic Librarian, College Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison (via Skype). "Do Libraries Belong Here? Lessons From an Institutional E-textbook Implementation." 11:50 PM Q & A with all the speakers 12:15 PM Program ends Source and Link to Registration Available At [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/program-textbooks-and-their.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Ames IA 50011 [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ] ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sat Oct 6 11:52:29 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:52:29 +0000 Subject: _ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology 2012_ In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811AFB7C9@ITSDAG2D.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ The 2012 ECAR Report > The Infographic Visualizes IT All ! /Gerry Key Findings * Blended-learning environments are the norm; students say that these environments best support how they learn. * Students want to access academic progress information and course material via their mobile devices, and institutions deliver. * Technology training and skill development for students is more important than new, more, or "better" technology. * Students use social networks for interacting with friends more than for academic communication. ECAR Recommends * Look to emerging or established leaders (other institutions, other countries, other industries) for strategies to deliver instruction and curricular content to tablets and smartphones. Learn from their exemplary strategies for IT support and security with student devices as well as planning, funding, deploying, and managing instructional technologies, services, and support. * Prioritize the development of mobile-friendly resources and activities that students say are important: access to course websites and syllabi, course and learning management systems, and academic progress reports (i.e., grades). * Bridge the gap between the technologies that have seen the greatest growth (e-portfolios, e-books/e-textbooks, and web-based citation/bibliographic tools) and students? attitudes about their importance. Focus training/skill-building opportunities for students, professional development opportunities for faculty, and support service opportunities on these emerging technologies. * Use e-mail and the course and learning management system for formal communication with students. Experiment with text messaging and instant messaging/online chatting, and don?t focus efforts on using social networks and telephone conversations to interact with students. Source and Links to Full Report and Infographic Available Via [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/ecar-study-of-undergraduate-students.html ] Regards, Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From announce at DUBLINCORE.NET Sat Oct 6 14:18:47 2012 From: announce at DUBLINCORE.NET (DCMI Announce) Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 11:18:47 -0700 Subject: NISO/DCMI Webinar: Embedding Linked Data invisibly into Web pages - Strategies and workflows for publishing with RDFa Message-ID: -------------------- Webinar: Embedding Linked Data Invisibly into Web Pages: Strategies and Workflows for Publishing with RDFa Date: October 24, 2012 Time: 1:00 ? 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time) Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/dcmi/publishing_with_RDFa/ ------------------- ABOUT THE WEBINAR As described in the April NISO/DCMI webinar by Dan Brickley, schema.org is a search-engine initiative aimed at helping webmasters use structured data markup to improve the discovery and display of search results. Drupal 7 makes it easy to markup HTML pages with schema.org terms, allowing users to quickly build websites with structured data that can be understood by Google and displayed as Rich Snippets. Improved search results are only part of the story, however. Data-bearing documents become machine-processable once you find them. The subject matter, important facts, calendar events, authorship, licensing, and whatever else you might like to share become there for the taking. Sales reports, RSS feeds, industry analysis, maps, diagrams and process artifacts can now connect back to other data sets to provide linkage to context and related content. The key to this is the adoption standards for both the data model (RDF) and the means of weaving it into documents (RDFa). Drupal 7 has become the leading content platform to adopt these standards. This webinar will describe how RDFa and Drupal 7 can improve how organizations publish information and data on the Web for both internal and external consumption. It will discuss what is required to use these features and how they impact publication workflow. The talk will focus on high-level and accessible demonstrations of what is possible. Technical people should learn how to proceed while non-technical people will learn what is possible. Speakers Brian Sletten (Bosatsu Consulting) is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on using and evangelizing forward-leaning technologies. He has a background as a system architect, a developer, a security consultant, a mentor, a team lead, an author and a trainer and operates in all of those roles as needed. His experience has spanned the online game, defense, finance, academic, hospitality, retail and commercial domains. He has worked with a wide variety of technologies such as network matrix switch controls, 3D simulation/visualization, Grid Computing, P2P and Semantic Web-based systems. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary. He is President of Bosatsu Consulting, Inc. and lives in Los Angeles, CA. St?phane Corlosquet (Software Engineer and Drupal Developer at MIND Informatics) has been a driving force in incorporating Semantic Web capabilities into the core of the Drupal Content Management System. He holds a master's degree specializing in Semantic Web from the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), Ireland, and has published widely read papers and technical publications, including two chapters in the book, Definitive Guide to Drupal 7. St?phane has worked as the head of IT and Web development for Ici Formation and Eco Innovation and currently works at MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), MGH, as a Software Engineer developing the Science Collaboration Framework, a Drupal-based distribution for building online communities of researchers in biomedecine. Thomas Baker, Chief Information Officer of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, has recently co-chaired the W3C Semantic Web Deployment Working Group and the W3C Incubator Group on Library Linked Data. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sat Oct 6 21:40:03 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 01:40:03 +0000 Subject: Topic Preferences for A Digital Textbooks Article ? In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B05B9B@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in learning of your interests and preferences with regard to topics as they relate to Digital Textbooks that should be the focus of an an invited profile article I've been invited to write and would most appreciate your response to the questions in a SurveyMonkey survey. The survey is available at [ http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WHKXKQY ] Thanks for your assistance ! Regards, Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Danky, Future of Print Project, Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture University of Wisconsin-Madison - Sean Devine, CEO, Coursesmart - Matt MacInnis, Founder & CEO, Inkling - Vineet Madan, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, McGraw-Hill Higher Education - Osman Rashid, Co-Founder & CEO, Kno Moderator - Casey Green, Founding Director, The Campus Computing Project Link to Video Available Via [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/highed-tech-video-from-dewey-to-digital.html ] Gerry McKiernan Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-07 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sun Oct 7 19:21:35 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 23:21:35 +0000 Subject: Ohio State University Joins Massive Open Online Course Movement In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B073E6@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Can we say Land-Grant Mission ? /Gerry COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State University, in the past reluctant to offer online courses, is now part of the massive open online course movement ? known as MOOC. OSU announced last month it would join Coursera, which offers free non-credit online classes. Coursera added 17 new university partners for a total of 33. [snip] OSU currently offers a handful of graduate programs online and a few courses for undergraduates, said Wayne Carlson, vice provost for undergraduate studies. "Online is an approach to teaching and learning that we can't ignore," he said. "We have to pay attention to it and are looking at what it means to us as an institution and how to embrace it and maintain the quality of the education process that we believe in." He said OSU officials watched the development of MOOCs and saw its potential to change the way courses are delivered. "We realized in order to be at the table to discuss how this approach to higher education takes place we really needed to participate rather than wait on the sidelines and watch others do it," he said. He said Gee asked him to investigate Coursera after he met one of the founders. OSU will offer two courses next year on Coursera. Those who complete them will receive a certificate signed by the online instructor One is a 10-week long introduction to pharmacy, an existing course that will be adapted to an online format. The other is a six-week course on the science behind prescription drug abuse, which has been taught as an outreach program in high schools. "Some faculty believe that everyone in the world deserves to participate in higher education and it shouldn't be limited to those who can afford it or have the ability to go to campus," Carlson said of the benefits of Coursera. "Others say it is an opportunity to get our message out there." He said some officials believe joining the reputable universities in Coursera gives OSU "street cred." "There is some truth to all of those things," he said. Source and Full Text Available Via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/ohio-state-university-joins-massive.html ] Regards, Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-07 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Mon Oct 8 18:04:37 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 22:04:37 +0000 Subject: HowOpenIsIt? : Open Access Spectrum In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B07C68@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ FYI > HowOpenIsIt?: Open Access Spectrum Thanks to Alan Tay / National University of Singapore !!! /Gerry Not all Open Access is created equal. To move beyond the seemingly simple question of ?Is it Open Access?? PLOS, SPARC and OASPA have collaborated to develop a resource called ?HowOpenIsIt?? This resource identifies the core components of open access (OA) and how they are implemented across the spectrum between "Open Access" and "Closed Access". We recognize there are philosophical disagreements regarding OA and this resource will not resolve those differences. We are seeking input on the accuracy and completeness of how OA is defined in this guide. Download the above open review draft and provide feedback below in the comment form. In its final form, this guide will provide an easily understandable, comprehensive, and quantifiable resource to help authors make informed decisions on where to publish based on publisher policies. In addition, funders and other organizations will have a resource that indicates criteria for what level of OA is required for their policies and mandates. This OA guide is aimed toward a wide audience of researchers, authors, and policy-makers. Your feedback will help us more precisely define OA across a number of categories. The goals of the guide are to: ? Move the conversation from ?is it open access?? to ?how open?? ? Clarify the definition of OA ? Standardize terminology ? Illustrate a continuum of ?more open? versus ?less open? ? Enable people to compare and contrast publications and policies ? Broaden the understanding of OA to a wider audience In 2002, the Budapest Open Access Initiative articulated the basic tenets of OA for the first time. Since then, thousands of journals have adopted policies that embrace some or all of the open access core components related to: readership; reuse; copyright; posting; and machine readability. Why now and why this resource? OA is gaining momentum and we are seeing a groundswell of support from authors and funders to colleges and governments. Despite this progress there is still confusion about OA. With this guide we aim to provide greater clarity regarding its definition and components. All suggestions will be considered and a final version will be released during Open Access Week (October 22 -28, 2012). Source and Link to Document [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2012/10/howopenisit-open-access-spectrum.html ] Note: Unfortunately > The comment is now closed. 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I'm not talking about blogs about upcoming events, but actual, curated, [community-relevant?] news. Hell, if anything I'd think there's more of a place for it on a library's website than Comcast's [or your ISP of choice]. I'm just interested in the different kinds of content types we can bring into play that may not appear to be on the table when we're discussing these things. Especially if your library serves a smaller community with fewer outlets, would they appreciate a hub of hyper-local news even if it does not immediately connect back to the library itself? Are any of you doing this? This is all assuming we have the extra time and resources to maintain something like this. Perhaps you could just curate submissions generated from your patrons. Just brainstorming [and procrastinating .]. Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536 Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center Hi! Hit me up any time, but I'd really appreciate it if you report broken links, bugs, your meeting minutes, or request an awesome web app over on the Library Web Services site. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brad.eden at VALPO.EDU Tue Oct 9 13:13:35 2012 From: brad.eden at VALPO.EDU (Brad Eden) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 12:13:35 -0500 Subject: Got an article to publish? Try OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives Message-ID: 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 February 2013. 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/ 2012-10-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The editor will work with authors that are new to LIS publishing, and those who are seeking outlets for reporting on practical uses of budgets and finances in libraries. Submissions particularly welcome in the following areas (for example): ? Library changes and challenges from recent economic turmoil ? Case studies on library budgeting and finances ? Case studies on library development activities ? Downsizing and reorganization of libraries ? Library budgets and finances from an administrator?s perspective (high-level or middle management) ? Library budgets and finances from a staff perspective ? Innovative ways to raise money and awareness of library activities and mission ? Thought-provoking opinions related to library budgets and finances Go to www.emeraldinsight.com/bl.htm to see past tables of contents and sample articles. I look forward to hearing from you Regards Dr Brad Eden, Editor Dean of Library Services Valparaiso University brad.eden at valpo.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From FerranteR at SI.EDU Tue Oct 9 15:06:42 2012 From: FerranteR at SI.EDU (Ferrante, Riccardo) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:06:42 -0400 Subject: Position Announcement: Smithsonian Institution Archives web developer Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting: The Smithsonian Institution Archives is seeking a web developer to maintain and expand its Drupal-based websites. The Archives is the memory of the Smithsonian with collections spanning its complex history as a cultural heritage and active scientific research organization. The Archives' websites provide innovative ways to serve and engage researchers, scholars, scientists and the general public. 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URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Tue Oct 9 16:39:44 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 20:39:44 +0000 Subject: Art.sy : The 'Pandora' of the Art World In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B087A0@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ What Can I Say ? > WoW !!! /Gerry The world of fine art ? from the auction house to the home display ? has long been considered the realm of the stuffy, old and wealthy. One imagines collectors examining sought-after pieces through opera glasses, wine glasses in hand, noses in the air. Fine art is also one of the last mediums to resist the digital pull. These days, while we buy music, shoes, books and anything else we want online, art has remained a world apart. The developers of Art.sy aim to change that. CEO Carter Cleveland and COO Sebastian Cwilich bill the website as the Pandora for the art world, an algorithm-based website that draws on a users' art preferences for find new artists they'll love. Cleveland, a young computer programmer with a passion for art, and Cwilich, a former executive at Christie's Auction House, hope to upend the art world, and to open fine art to a new, digital generation. GUESTS: Carter Cleveland and Sebastian Cwilich PRODUCED BY: Jillian Weinberger Also Link to NYTimes article > NYTimes > Online, a Genome Project for the World of Art Source and Links Available Via [ http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2012/10/artsy-pandora-of-art-world.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bgsloan2 at YAHOO.COM Tue Oct 9 18:40:55 2012 From: bgsloan2 at YAHOO.COM (B.G. Sloan) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:40:55 -0700 Subject: Art.sy : The 'Pandora' of the Art World In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B087C4@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: Hmm... art.sy CEO Carter Cleveland says: "All the world?s art is going to be free to anyone with an Internet connection." Good luck with that on a number of levels! ? Bernie Sloan From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 4:39 PM Subject: [WEB4LIB] Art.sy : The 'Pandora' of the Art World *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ What Can I Say ? > WoW !!! /Gerry? The world of fine art ? from the auction house to the home display ? has long been considered the realm of the stuffy, old and wealthy. One imagines collectors examining sought-after pieces through opera glasses, wine glasses in hand, noses in the air. Fine art is also one of the last mediums to resist the digital pull. These days, while we buy music, shoes, books and anything else we want online, art has remained a world apart. The developers of Art.sy aim to change that. CEO Carter Cleveland and COO Sebastian Cwilich bill the website as the Pandora for the art world, an algorithm-based website that draws on a users' art preferences for find new artists they'll love. Cleveland, a young computer programmer with a passion for art, and Cwilich, a former executive at Christie's Auction House, hope to upend the art world, and to open fine art to a new, digital generation. GUESTS: Carter Cleveland and Sebastian Cwilich PRODUCED BY: Jillian Weinberger Also Link to NYTimes article >? NYTimes > Online, a Genome Project for the World of Art Source and Links Available Via [?http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2012/10/artsy-pandora-of-art-world.html?] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University? 152 Parks Library? Ames IA 50011 http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-09 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eloehr at SMITH.EDU Wed Oct 10 11:38:19 2012 From: eloehr at SMITH.EDU (Eric Loehr) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:38:19 -0400 Subject: URL redirecter for library databases Message-ID: Hi all, We're trying to figure out a way to keep our database URLs current without having to update them in multiple places when they change; right now we have links to databases in our Drupal site, Libguides, on static HTML pages in Moodle, and maybe other places I'm not remembering. What I'd like to do is to assign a URL to each database (that can be entered in all of the above places) that can point to a database of some sort which redirects it to the correct URL. That way we'd only have to update it in the database instead of multiple web sites. After some Googling, I found YOURLS ( http://yourls.org/ ) - - "YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL shortening service (*a la*TinyURL). You can make it private or public, you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API." Has anyone ever used YOURLS? Are there other better possibilites out there that folks are using? Thanks - - Eric -- Eric Loehr Library Systems Manager eloehr at smith.edu (413) 585-2969 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brazos at GMAIL.COM Wed Oct 10 11:55:13 2012 From: brazos at GMAIL.COM (Brazos) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:55:13 -0500 Subject: URL redirecter for library databases In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Without knowing the complexities of what you are trying to do it seems like you could route everything through your Drupal instance and either use page manager or URL redirect to have Drupal route it to the correct place. Brazos On Oct 10, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Eric Loehr wrote: > Hi all, > > We're trying to figure out a way to keep our database URLs current without having to update them in multiple places when they change; right now we have links to databases in our Drupal site, Libguides, on static HTML pages in Moodle, and maybe other places I'm not remembering. > > What I'd like to do is to assign a URL to each database (that can be entered in all of the above places) that can point to a database of some sort which redirects it to the correct URL. That way we'd only have to update it in the database instead of multiple web sites. > > After some Googling, I found YOURLS ( http://yourls.org/ ) - - "YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL shortening service (a laTinyURL). You can make it private or public, you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API." > > Has anyone ever used YOURLS? Are there other better possibilites out there that folks are using? > > Thanks - - > > Eric > > > -- > Eric Loehr > Library Systems Manager > eloehr at smith.edu > (413) 585-2969 > > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lross at UVM.EDU Wed Oct 10 12:29:03 2012 From: lross at UVM.EDU (Lyman Ross) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:29:03 -0400 Subject: URL redirecter for library databases In-Reply-To: Message-ID: There are probably lots of ways to do this but we've been managing links through our opac for years as we catalog all of our databases. A small perl script is the go between; it uses the bib id to retrieve the url from oracle and returns a redirect. -Lyman On 10/10/2012 11:38 AM, Eric Loehr wrote: > Hi all, > > We're trying to figure out a way to keep our database URLs current > without having to update them in multiple places when they change; > right now we have links to databases in our Drupal site, Libguides, on > static HTML pages in Moodle, and maybe other places I'm not remembering. > > What I'd like to do is to assign a URL to each database (that can be > entered in all of the above places) that can point to a database of > some sort which redirects it to the correct URL. That way we'd only > have to update it in the database instead of multiple web sites. > > After some Googling, I found YOURLS ( http://yourls.org/ ) - > - "YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run > your own URL shortening service (/a la/TinyURL). You can make it > private or public, you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its > own API." > > Has anyone ever used YOURLS? Are there other better possibilites out > there that folks are using? > > Thanks - - > > Eric > > > -- > Eric Loehr > Library Systems Manager > eloehr at smith.edu > (413) 585-2969 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-10 > -- Lyman Ross Systems Librarian University of Vermont Libraries Email: lross at uvm.edu Phone: (802)656-4508 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From coral at SHELDON-HESS.ORG Wed Oct 10 13:06:34 2012 From: coral at SHELDON-HESS.ORG (Coral Sheldon-Hess) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:06:34 -0800 Subject: URL redirecter for library databases In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Eric, I don't know if this approach will help you manage ALL links, but it's a good way to manage links in LibGuides: * http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7019* * *(I admit, I have not yet taken the time to implement it in my library's CampusGuides system. It's a lot of tedious work to set up, if you're already running with a lot of guides...) -- Coral Sheldon-Hess http://sheldon-hess.org/coral @web_librarian On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Eric Loehr wrote: > Hi all, > > We're trying to figure out a way to keep our database URLs current without > having to update them in multiple places when they change; right now we > have links to databases in our Drupal site, Libguides, on static HTML pages > in Moodle, and maybe other places I'm not remembering. > > What I'd like to do is to assign a URL to each database (that can be > entered in all of the above places) that can point to a database of some > sort which redirects it to the correct URL. That way we'd only have to > update it in the database instead of multiple web sites. > > After some Googling, I found YOURLS ( http://yourls.org/ ) - - "YOURLS > is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL > shortening service (*a la*TinyURL). You can make it private or public, > you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API." > > Has anyone ever used YOURLS? Are there other better possibilites out > there that folks are using? > > Thanks - - > > Eric > > > -- > Eric Loehr > Library Systems Manager > eloehr at smith.edu > (413) 585-2969 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-10 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roytennant at GMAIL.COM Wed Oct 10 13:57:45 2012 From: roytennant at GMAIL.COM (Roy Tennant) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:57:45 -0700 Subject: Web4Lib Posting Policy Message-ID: Every now and then I think it is a good idea to repost the Web4Lib Posting Policy so everyone is clear about the conditions under which they participate in this forum. 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If you have access to some webhosting, so even a simple library webpage where your file extensions are html , then you can make a separate html file for each database, then have that html file redirect to where you want it to go. So, I might make a folder on the website called "libpurls" then inside it make a file called "jstor.html" and that file would read: This page should redirect you to JSTOR. If you were not redirected, then please click here to go to JSTOR. Then make an incoming link to www.yourlibrarywebsite.com/libpurls/jstor.html and someone who visits that will be automatically redirected to JSTOR with a working proxy added on the front. You can make a back up of your PURLs by clicking and dragging the "libpurls" folder. You will also have to keep a current list of your PURLs in www.yourlibrarywebsite.com/libpurl and make sure librarians are right clicking to cut-and-paste your PURL, instead of the destination it redirects to. Awareness across library staff is the hardest thing to get working. Put your central list as front and center as you can, and make it easy for librarians to work with. Once you have a system of PURLs, do not change the way it works for librarians trying to use it. So, commit before you launch the PURLs and give really consistent instructions. The advantage of doing the PURLs in LibGuides is that the librarians who use it most tend to be from many different backgrounds, and not just a technology background. So, it can help in getting the PURLs to the people who need them most. LibGuides also lets librarians reuse/copy the link from another guide, so they don't have to remember to right click the link, then copy the PURL, then paste the PURL. The disadvantage of doing PURLs exclusively in LibGuides, is that it is difficult to make a meaningful systemwide backup, so it's a really good idea to keep a master list of working database links. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess wrote: > Eric, > > I don't know if this approach will help you manage ALL links, but it's a > good way to manage links in LibGuides: * > http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7019* > * > *(I admit, I have not yet taken the time to implement it in my library's > CampusGuides system. It's a lot of tedious work to set up, if you're > already running with a lot of guides...) > > -- > Coral Sheldon-Hess > http://sheldon-hess.org/coral > @web_librarian > > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Eric Loehr wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> We're trying to figure out a way to keep our database URLs current >> without having to update them in multiple places when they change; right >> now we have links to databases in our Drupal site, Libguides, on static >> HTML pages in Moodle, and maybe other places I'm not remembering. >> >> What I'd like to do is to assign a URL to each database (that can be >> entered in all of the above places) that can point to a database of some >> sort which redirects it to the correct URL. That way we'd only have to >> update it in the database instead of multiple web sites. >> >> After some Googling, I found YOURLS ( http://yourls.org/ ) - - "YOURLS >> is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL >> shortening service (*a la*TinyURL). You can make it private or public, >> you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API." >> >> Has anyone ever used YOURLS? Are there other better possibilites out >> there that folks are using? >> >> Thanks - - >> >> Eric >> >> >> -- >> Eric Loehr >> Library Systems Manager >> eloehr at smith.edu >> (413) 585-2969 >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-10 >> >> > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-10 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jouchida at USC.EDU Wed Oct 10 14:48:24 2012 From: jouchida at USC.EDU (Joyce Ouchida) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:48:24 -0700 Subject: Position Announcement: Webmaster at University of Southern California Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. USC Libraries' Web Operations unit is seeking a Webmaster to join its team. The Webmaster will oversee and manage the content for the various user interfaces of the Libraries' web properties. In addition to strong organizational and management skills, the ideal candidate has a passion for continually improving web-based library services for users. Among other related responsibilities, position duties are to: * Provide leadership and direction for the creation, organization and maintenance of content for the Libraries' web user interfaces, including public-facing web sites and Intranet * Oversee content for the Libraries' web sites to ensure it is relevant, up-to-date, user-centered and accessible; coordinate and collaborate with various content owners and stakeholders to update and maintain web content * Collaborate in the design, implementation, and management of a content management system for the Libraries, including responsibility for configuration, customization, and user support * Manage and coordinate staff and student workers to implement content updates and provide user support * Lead content migration activities for web redesign projects * Develop and recommend policies, workflows, and content authoring guidelines for web content development, implementation, and maintenance * Conduct training for faculty and staff in creating web content and web content management systems * Identify, recommend, and implement new modes and techniques of communication to optimize discoverability of content, enhance the user experience and promote awareness of existing and new services * Participate in the design, implementation and analysis of user research/usability studies * Conduct regular web analytics to identify opportunities for improvement in how content is presented * Serve on/participate in library and university organizations, committees, task forces, and teams as appropriate Qualifications: Required: * Demonstrated content management and web publishing experience * 2-3 years of project management experience * 2-3 years of experience managing people both in teams and across teams * Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. * Excellent written and oral communication skills * Demonstrated experience working with content management systems and information technologies relevant to Web site design and maintenance such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML, PHP, Drupal, Wordpress * Strong understanding of usability, usability testing, and information architecture concepts * Strong interpersonal skills * Ability to create and manage processes to ensure comprehensive and consistent workflow * Positive attitude and strong work ethic * High attention to detail combined with the ability to see the big picture Desired: * Master's degree from an ALA accredited program in Library or Information Science * Experience with web analytics analysis * Knowledge or experience with SEO For more information and to apply: http://jobs.usc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=66854 The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the "Trojan Family," which is comprised of the faculty, students and staff that make the university what it is. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From suellen.stringer-hye at VANDERBILT.EDU Wed Oct 10 15:10:32 2012 From: suellen.stringer-hye at VANDERBILT.EDU (Stringer-Hye, Suellen) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:10:32 -0500 Subject: Position Announcement: Webmaster at University of Southern California In-Reply-To: <5075C2F8.4070809@usc.edu> Message-ID: Move to LA? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2012, at 2:06 PM, "Joyce Ouchida" > wrote: Apologies for cross-posting. USC Libraries' Web Operations unit is seeking a Webmaster to join its team. The Webmaster will oversee and manage the content for the various user interfaces of the Libraries' web properties. In addition to strong organizational and management skills, the ideal candidate has a passion for continually improving web-based library services for users. Among other related responsibilities, position duties are to: * Provide leadership and direction for the creation, organization and maintenance of content for the Libraries' web user interfaces, including public-facing web sites and Intranet * Oversee content for the Libraries' web sites to ensure it is relevant, up-to-date, user-centered and accessible; coordinate and collaborate with various content owners and stakeholders to update and maintain web content * Collaborate in the design, implementation, and management of a content management system for the Libraries, including responsibility for configuration, customization, and user support * Manage and coordinate staff and student workers to implement content updates and provide user support * Lead content migration activities for web redesign projects * Develop and recommend policies, workflows, and content authoring guidelines for web content development, implementation, and maintenance * Conduct training for faculty and staff in creating web content and web content management systems * Identify, recommend, and implement new modes and techniques of communication to optimize discoverability of content, enhance the user experience and promote awareness of existing and new services * Participate in the design, implementation and analysis of user research/usability studies * Conduct regular web analytics to identify opportunities for improvement in how content is presented * Serve on/participate in library and university organizations, committees, task forces, and teams as appropriate Qualifications: Required: * Demonstrated content management and web publishing experience * 2-3 years of project management experience * 2-3 years of experience managing people both in teams and across teams * Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. * Excellent written and oral communication skills * Demonstrated experience working with content management systems and information technologies relevant to Web site design and maintenance such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML, PHP, Drupal, Wordpress * Strong understanding of usability, usability testing, and information architecture concepts * Strong interpersonal skills * Ability to create and manage processes to ensure comprehensive and consistent workflow * Positive attitude and strong work ethic * High attention to detail combined with the ability to see the big picture Desired: * Master's degree from an ALA accredited program in Library or Information Science * Experience with web analytics analysis * Knowledge or experience with SEO For more information and to apply: http://jobs.usc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=66854 The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the "Trojan Family," which is comprised of the faculty, students and staff that make the university what it is. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jouchida at USC.EDU Wed Oct 10 20:20:50 2012 From: jouchida at USC.EDU (Joyce Ouchida) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:20:50 -0700 Subject: Position Announcement: Web Developer at University of Southern California Message-ID: Apologies for cross posting. USC Libraries is seeking a Web Developer to join its Information Technology team. The Web Developer II works closely with the Senior Web Developer and other members of the IT team to support and maintain the Libraries' multiple Web properties, develop library-specific Web applications, and enhance end users' online experience of using library resources to conduct academic research. Among other related duties, the position has responsibility to: * Develop, support and maintain library Web applications that provide access to library resources and services * Work with existing development team to add on, improve and debug existing Web platform software * Customize and enhance the user interface for templated content management systems * Work with existing team to handle Web site technical support issues * Assist in the creation of written, video and or audio content for Web site as needed * Assist in the creation of graphics, logos, or identity for Web site as needed * Follows protocols and procedures to ensure application security * Help develop and maintain design processes and system documentation * Stay informed of new developments and technologies and evaluate appropriateness and applicability for projects Qualifications: * 3 years' experience in web development, including expertise in HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and SQL * Strong understanding of coding frameworks and libraries (jQuery, CodeIgniter, etc.) * Experience developing CMS-based websites and applications (Drupal/ExpressionEngine/WordPress, etc.) * Experience working with external APIs and ability to master new APIs quickly * Strong understanding of usability/ux principles and practices * Knowledge of Subversion or other modern version control system * Knowledge/ interest in CSS3/HTML5/Responsive Design & Layout * Experience designing mobile interfaces * Working knowledge of Linux administration and programming via command line * Knowledge of Photoshop/Fireworks/Adobe Creative Suite * Creative, self-motivated, resourceful * Able to work independently as well as in a team setting * Great communication skills and attention to detail * Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills * Desire to learn The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the "Trojan Family," which is comprised of the faculty, students and staff that make the university what it is. For more information and to apply: http://jobs.usc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=66652 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-10 From ras at ANZIO.COM Thu Oct 11 14:07:44 2012 From: ras at ANZIO.COM (Bob Rasmussen) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:07:44 -0700 Subject: Doing anything with stereogram viewing Message-ID: I'm curious whether anyone is doing anything to make archived stereograms (such as http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003668464/resource/) visible in 3D on a computer or TV screen. Some PC monitors and laptops, and 3D TV's connected to some PC video cards, could potentially do this (generally requiring glasses). If you are aware of any projects in this area, please let me know. Regards, ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 From joseph.deodato at RUTGERS.EDU Thu Oct 11 14:19:44 2012 From: joseph.deodato at RUTGERS.EDU (Joseph Deodato) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:19:44 -0400 Subject: Doing anything with stereogram viewing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Have you seen NYPL's Stereogranimator? http://stereo.nypl.org/ ------- Joseph Deodato Digital User Services Librarian Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Alexander Library 169 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1163 E-mail: joseph.deodato at rutgers.edu Phone: 848-932-6111 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Rasmussen" To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:07:44 PM Subject: [WEB4LIB] Doing anything with stereogram viewing I'm curious whether anyone is doing anything to make archived stereograms (such as http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003668464/resource/) visible in 3D on a computer or TV screen. Some PC monitors and laptops, and 3D TV's connected to some PC video cards, could potentially do this (generally requiring glasses). If you are aware of any projects in this area, please let me know. Regards, ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM Thu Oct 11 14:25:51 2012 From: steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM (Steffen Schilke) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:25:51 +0200 Subject: Doing anything with stereogram viewing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hallo, in Germany there are at least two museums which exhibit such kind of material: Frankfurt EXPLORA Science Center, http://www.explora.info Dinkelsb?hl 3D-Museum, http://www.3d-museum.de (was even featured in the Japanese TV:http://www.panoramio.com/photo/79431997 or video http://goo.gl/ZNMY8 ) The section Presse Pix shows you pictures - to display them with a computer might be possible but there they use slides in small projectors like a binocular viewer devices. They use high quality lenses for this. Kind regards . On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: > I'm curious whether anyone is doing anything to make archived stereograms > (such as http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003668464/resource/) > visible in 3D on a computer or TV screen. Some PC monitors and laptops, > and 3D TV's connected to some PC video cards, could potentially do this > (generally requiring glasses). If you are aware of any projects in this > area, please let me know. > > Regards, > ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. > > personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com > company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com > voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) > fax: (US) 503-624-0760 > web: http://www.anzio.com > street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. > 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 > Portland, OR 97223 USA > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-11 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From keecha at PDX.EDU Thu Oct 11 15:12:24 2012 From: keecha at PDX.EDU (Anne Keech) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:12:24 -0700 Subject: Job Opening at Portland State University Library Message-ID: http://library.pdx.edu/media/FullAdvertismentAULPS_Oct10.pdf Position # D98884 Job Title Assistant University Librarian for Public Services Department Library FTE 1.0 FTE, 12-month, benefits eligible Posted October 10, 2012 Portland State University, a thriving public university based in downtown Portland, Oregon, seeks a dynamic, experienced library professional to serve as Assistant University Librarian for Public Services (AULPS). Comprising eight schools and colleges, Portland State is the largest academic institution in the Oregon University System and is one of the 100 largest public universities in the nation, enrolling 29,818 students in 99 bachelors, 89 masters, and 38 doctoral programs. Occupying an attractive central location on the PSU campus, the Branford Price Millar Library is an exceptional resource to support students and faculty and also an active and influential member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a library consortium of 36 higher education institutions in Oregon and Washington. The Assistant University Librarian for Public Services is a full-time, unclassified, unrepresented faculty position, reporting to the University Librarian. This position provides leadership, vision, planning, budgeting, assessment, and management for public service functions within the scope of the Portland State and Library policies, procedures, and strategic plans. The AULPS will be responsible for active collaboration, within the Library and at the campus and consortial level; effective leadership in student and faculty-focused services and facilities; and the AULPS must contribute to the profession through outstanding professional service and scholarly activities, as well as supporting library faculty in the promotion and tenure process. Responsibilities . Leads the operations of the Public Services groups; . Supervises and mentors the Public Services faculty librarians, contributing to the evaluation of their performance; . Plans, justifies, and monitors budgets related to Public Services; . Continually evaluates and assesses the quality of public services, making suggestions for greater efficiency, cost containment, or service enhancements to meet goals related to educational impact and learning outcomes; . Contributes to the Library's long-range strategic planning, establishing short- and long-range Public Services goals and objectives, and positioning Public Services to anticipate and meet the changing needs of library users; . Participates in broad oversight, decision making, policy development, and alignment of resources for the Library, as a member of the Administrative Leadership Team; . Works positively and productively in a changing environment, providing a supportive work environment for colleagues and a positive role model that demonstrates professionalism, a strong public services commitment, and a willingness to adapt to changes; . Develops and documents effective policies, procedures, and standards of service; . Ensures effective training and professional development of Public Services faculty and staff; . Cultivates and maintains strategic relationships with the relevant campus units; . Serves at the Reference Desk, the Circulation Desk, and provides classroom instruction if time permits; . Participates in development and fund-raising activities for the Library; . Performs other duties as assigned. Research/Scholarly Activities . Pursues an active publication and research agenda; . Meets expectations for faculty scholarship in accordance with the Library and University's promotion, tenure, and post-tenure review guidelines. University Service Activities . Participates in faculty governance activities within the governance structure of the Portland State Library and the University; . Contributes to the work of relevant committees and work groups in the Library and the University; . Supports the mission, goals, and objectives of the University and the Library; . Supports University and Library development efforts. Professional Service Activities . Represents Portland State Library in regional and national public service arenas; . Maintains current professional expertise through participation in workshops, classes, professional associations and networks, and through continued awareness of the scholarly literature. Essential Key Cultural Competencies . Creates an environment that acknowledges, encourages, and celebrates differences; . Functions and communicates effectively and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities, and cultural backgrounds; . Seeks opportunities to gain experience working and collaborating in diverse, multicultural, and inclusive setting with a willingness to change for continual improvement; . Adheres to all of PSU's policies including the policy on Prohibited Discrimination & Harassment and the Professional Standards of Conduct. Required: . MLS/MLIS from an ALA accredited program; . Record of experience in a public services working unit, successful growth in library management and leadership, and influence in professional associations and collaborative groups, with a least 5 years of successful managerial and supervisory experience equivalent to a department head level or higher; . Record of scholarly accomplishments and professional service for an appointment as a tenured associate or full professor, or for a tenure-track appointment at assistant professor; . Sound knowledge of issues and trends in academic libraries and academia; . Excellent technical, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills; . Demonstrated planning, organizational, and project management skills; . Evidence of administrative effectiveness and the ability to work successfully as part of an academic leadership team; . Demonstrated ability to work positively and productively with diverse constituencies in a rapidly changing environment. Preferred: . Experience with methodologies and initiatives for the assessment and improvement of library programs; . Experience working with new information technologies, with an ability to use technology appropriately and effectively in improving productivity and service delivery; . Future-oriented, with the ability to anticipate, adapt, and respond to changing needs and priorities and to create powerful outcomes for Library users; . Experience in effectively marketing products or services to targeted groups or individuals; . Experience participating in development and fund-raising activities. Portland State University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, committed to the development of an inclusive and diverse community. Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged. Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until finalists have been identified. The starting annual salary rate for this position will be competitive, with an excellent benefits package including comprehensive healthcare; a generous retirement and vacation package; and reduced tuition rates for employee, spouse or dependent at any of the Oregon University System schools. Applicants should send a detailed letter of application, a curriculum vita, and contact information for five references to Stephanie Doig, Library Office Manager (smdoig at pdx.edu, 503-725-4126). Electronic submission of applications and correspondence is strongly preferred. Inquiries and nominations can be submitted to the same e-mail address. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lmzarrella at STGREGORYS.EDU Thu Oct 11 15:28:07 2012 From: lmzarrella at STGREGORYS.EDU (Lisa M. Zarrella) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:28:07 -0500 Subject: Online Dictionary Message-ID: Good Day, It has been requested that the university library make a good online dictionary available to students on it's website. I have thus far looked at Merriam-Webster and Oxford. Does anyone else have any suggestions? If you have a dictionary resource on your library website, what do you use? Thanks! Lisa ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 From hoyte at CHAPMAN.EDU Thu Oct 11 16:19:05 2012 From: hoyte at CHAPMAN.EDU (Hoyte, Daniel) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:19:05 +0000 Subject: URL redirecter for library databases In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We have not used YOURLS. Our ERM serves our database A to Z list. The URL points to an entry in the database backend. That redirects to the resource. All we do is maintain the ERM entry. When a database is added to a Libguide, we use the URL that is provided from the A to Z list. The ERM handles the proxy prepend. Here is a sample URL, as copied from the A to Z: http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/COU/resource/1325/goto. This one happens to be Academic OneFile. The main difficulty with this method is getting buy-in from the Libguide maintainers to use the links provided from the ERM. (That went away when we started sending ALL complaints about broken links to them. :)) Daniel Hoyte M.R.S. Senior Library Systems Technician Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University 714-532-7745 Skype: daniel.hoyte - Come to the dark side... We have technology. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric Loehr Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 8:38 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] URL redirecter for library databases Hi all, We're trying to figure out a way to keep our database URLs current without having to update them in multiple places when they change; right now we have links to databases in our Drupal site, Libguides, on static HTML pages in Moodle, and maybe other places I'm not remembering. What I'd like to do is to assign a URL to each database (that can be entered in all of the above places) that can point to a database of some sort which redirects it to the correct URL. That way we'd only have to update it in the database instead of multiple web sites. After some Googling, I found YOURLS ( http://yourls.org/ ) - - "YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL shortening service (a laTinyURL). You can make it private or public, you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API." Has anyone ever used YOURLS? Are there other better possibilites out there that folks are using? Thanks - - Eric -- Eric Loehr Library Systems Manager eloehr at smith.edu (413) 585-2969 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-10 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tduggan at PRATTLIBRARY.ORG Thu Oct 11 16:47:15 2012 From: tduggan at PRATTLIBRARY.ORG (Teresa Duggan) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:47:15 -0400 Subject: Doing anything with stereogram viewing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I'd love to know about this too, so please update me if you find any tools to use - especially free ones! I'm really impressed with NYPL Labs' Stereogranimator, but it looks like it took a big teama lot of work to do it and it's not offered for free for others to do the same. Very inspirational, though: http://stereo.nypl.org/ *Teresa Duggan* Web Developer/Graphic Artist Enoch Pratt Free Library tduggan at prattlibrary.org Desk phone: 443-984-2447 Web Department main line: 410-545-0700 On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: > I'm curious whether anyone is doing anything to make archived stereograms > (such as http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003668464/resource/) > visible in 3D on a computer or TV screen. Some PC monitors and laptops, > and 3D TV's connected to some PC video cards, could potentially do this > (generally requiring glasses). If you are aware of any projects in this > area, please let me know. > > Regards, > ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. > > personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com > company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com > voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) > fax: (US) 503-624-0760 > web: http://www.anzio.com > street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. > 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 > Portland, OR 97223 USA > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-11 > Scanned MGW2 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrew.carlos at CSUEASTBAY.EDU Thu Oct 11 16:56:02 2012 From: andrew.carlos at CSUEASTBAY.EDU (Andrew Carlos) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:56:02 -0700 Subject: Doing anything with stereogram viewing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Making the 3D animated gif is a simple case of having a timed javascript image swap - shouldn't be too complicated. http://sunpig.com/martin/archives/2005/12/12/wiggle-stereoscopy-a-new-approach.html There is an iphone app that I just found out about called jittergram that does this - it's pretty awesome and it's free. Andrew Carlos CSU, East Bay | STEM/Web Services On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Teresa Duggan wrote: > I'd love to know about this too, so please update me if you find any tools > to use - especially free ones! I'm really impressed with NYPL Labs' > Stereogranimator, but it looks like it took a big teama lot of work to do it and it's not offered for free for others to do the > same. Very inspirational, though: http://stereo.nypl.org/ > > *Teresa Duggan* > Web Developer/Graphic Artist > Enoch Pratt Free Library > tduggan at prattlibrary.org > Desk phone: 443-984-2447 > Web Department main line: 410-545-0700 > > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: > >> I'm curious whether anyone is doing anything to make archived stereograms >> (such as http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003668464/resource/) >> visible in 3D on a computer or TV screen. Some PC monitors and laptops, >> and 3D TV's connected to some PC video cards, could potentially do this >> (generally requiring glasses). If you are aware of any projects in this >> area, please let me know. >> >> Regards, >> ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. >> >> personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com >> company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com >> voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) >> fax: (US) 503-624-0760 >> web: http://www.anzio.com >> street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. >> 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 >> Portland, OR 97223 USA >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-11 >> Scanned MGW2 >> > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-11 > > -- Andrew Carlos | STEM/Web Librarian | California State University, East Bay ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From richard.wiggins at GMAIL.COM Thu Oct 11 17:35:08 2012 From: richard.wiggins at GMAIL.COM (Richard Wiggins) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:35:08 -0400 Subject: Online Dictionary In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I suggest a Web site called Onelook.com. it aggregates many dictionary sites, including Merriam-Webster and Oxford. /rich On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Lisa M. Zarrella wrote: > Good Day, > > It has been requested that the university library make a good online > dictionary available to students on it's website. I have thus far looked > at Merriam-Webster and Oxford. Does anyone else have any suggestions? If > you have a dictionary resource on your library website, what do you use? > > Thanks! > > Lisa > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-11 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Thu Oct 11 18:28:13 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:28:13 +0000 Subject: Grammar and Syntax Make Their MOOC Debut in Course Taught by Stanford Scientist Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting ** Colleagues/ MOOCs > Not Just For Sci-Tech , But Also For SciTech Writing ... /Gerry Grammar and syntax make their MOOC debut in course taught by Stanford scientist Stanford medical faculty member Kristin Sainani launches an online science-writing class. Kristin Sainani is teaching her 'Writing in the Sciences' course online for the first time this fall. Here's a really bad sentence: "This paper provides a review of the basic tenets of cancer biology study design, using as examples studies that illustrate the methodologic challenges or that demonstrate successful solutions to the difficulties inherent in biological research." Kristin Sainani ? epidemiologist, statistician and writer ? teaches scientists not to write like that. She does it in a classroom at Stanford's School of Medicine, and, since late September, she does it online, reaching thousands of scientists and would-be scientists who find cell structure way easier to master than sentence structure. [more] Source and Full Text Available At [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/grammar-and-syntax-make-their-mooc.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lmzarrella at STGREGORYS.EDU Thu Oct 11 19:19:02 2012 From: lmzarrella at STGREGORYS.EDU (Lisa M. Zarrella) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:19:02 -0500 Subject: Online Dictionary Message-ID: Thanks for the suggestions so far. What I think we need is something I can actually put on the website...like the online databases. Lisa M. Zarrella Reference & Circulation Librarian James J. Kelly Library St. Gregory's University Office: 405-878-5109 Ref. Desk: 405-878-5111 ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Richard Wiggins Sent: Thu 10/11/2012 4:35 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Online Dictionary I suggest a Web site called Onelook.com. it aggregates many dictionary sites, including Merriam-Webster and Oxford. /rich On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Lisa M. Zarrella wrote: Good Day, It has been requested that the university library make a good online dictionary available to students on it's website. I have thus far looked at Merriam-Webster and Oxford. Does anyone else have any suggestions? If you have a dictionary resource on your library website, what do you use? Thanks! Lisa ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 From richard.wiggins at GMAIL.COM Thu Oct 11 19:30:14 2012 From: richard.wiggins at GMAIL.COM (Richard Wiggins) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:30:14 -0400 Subject: Online Dictionary In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Please let us know if you find such a thing. /rich On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Lisa M. Zarrella wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions so far. What I think we need is something I > can actually put on the website...like the online databases. > > Lisa M. Zarrella > Reference & Circulation Librarian > James J. Kelly Library > St. Gregory's University > Office: 405-878-5109 > Ref. Desk: 405-878-5111 > > ________________________________ > > From: Web technologies in libraries on behalf of Richard Wiggins > Sent: Thu 10/11/2012 4:35 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Online Dictionary > > > I suggest a Web site called Onelook.com. it aggregates many dictionary > sites, including Merriam-Webster and Oxford. > > > /rich > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Lisa M. Zarrella < > lmzarrella at stgregorys.edu> wrote: > > > Good Day, > > It has been requested that the university library make a good > online dictionary available to students on it's website. I have thus far > looked at Merriam-Webster and Oxford. Does anyone else have any > suggestions? 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URL: From rhutchinson at STLAWU.EDU Fri Oct 12 08:47:15 2012 From: rhutchinson at STLAWU.EDU (Robin Hutchinson) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:47:15 +0000 Subject: Online Dictionary In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We have subscribed for several years to the Oxford English Dictionary. It is the equivalent of the 20 volume set published in 1989, with the updates. I would highly recommend it, even if you have the print edition in your reference collection. Costs somewhere in the 500-1000 a year range. As others have mentioned, Oxford does have a free online presence, but that is quite a different resource. It seems to me that students do not need the library to point them to dictionary resources on the open web, they know how to find them. Providing them with the subscription-based OED for comprehensive definitions, historical instances of use, etymologies, etc. is more of a library responsibility. I use both.. http://oxforddictionaries.com/ http://www.merriam-webster.com/ http://www.urbandictionary.com/ etc. etc. But I go to the OED for history, etymology, examples of use, and the institution has to pay for that... Robin Robin Hutchinson Serials Librarian Owen D. Young Library St. Lawrence University Canton, NY 13617 -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Lisa M. Zarrella Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 3:28 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Online Dictionary Good Day, It has been requested that the university library make a good online dictionary available to students on it's website. I have thus far looked at Merriam-Webster and Oxford. Does anyone else have any suggestions? If you have a dictionary resource on your library website, what do you use? Thanks! Lisa ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-11 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-12 From tduggan at PRATTLIBRARY.ORG Fri Oct 12 09:21:44 2012 From: tduggan at PRATTLIBRARY.ORG (Teresa Duggan) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:21:44 -0400 Subject: Doing anything with stereogram viewing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thank you, the revised code, even from 7 years ago, still looks worth a try. I was glad to see that even though it looks like an animated gif, it's just showing 2 sides of a jpg so you don't get the loss of colors in gif compression. I wish I had an iphone so I could try jittergram too; thanks for the tips. Teresa *Teresa Duggan* Web Developer/Graphic Artist Enoch Pratt Free Library tduggan at prattlibrary.org Desk phone: 443-984-2447 Web Department main line: 410-545-0700 On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Andrew Carlos wrote: > Making the 3D animated gif is a simple case of having a timed javascript > image swap - shouldn't be too complicated. > > > http://sunpig.com/martin/archives/2005/12/12/wiggle-stereoscopy-a-new-approach.html > > There is an iphone app that I just found out about called jittergram that > does this - it's pretty awesome and it's free. > > Andrew Carlos > CSU, East Bay | STEM/Web Services > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Teresa Duggan wrote: > >> I'd love to know about this too, so please update me if you find any >> tools to use - especially free ones! I'm really impressed with NYPL Labs' >> Stereogranimator, but it looks like it took a big teama lot of work to do it and it's not offered for free for others to do the >> same. Very inspirational, though: http://stereo.nypl.org/ >> >> *Teresa Duggan* >> Web Developer/Graphic Artist >> Enoch Pratt Free Library >> tduggan at prattlibrary.org >> Desk phone: 443-984-2447 >> Web Department main line: 410-545-0700 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: >> >>> I'm curious whether anyone is doing anything to make archived stereograms >>> (such as http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003668464/resource/) >>> visible in 3D on a computer or TV screen. Some PC monitors and laptops, >>> and 3D TV's connected to some PC video cards, could potentially do this >>> (generally requiring glasses). If you are aware of any projects in this >>> area, please let me know. >>> >>> Regards, >>> ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. >>> >>> personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com >>> company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com >>> voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) >>> fax: (US) 503-624-0760 >>> web: http://www.anzio.com >>> street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. >>> 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 >>> Portland, OR 97223 USA >>> >>> ============================ >>> >>> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >>> >>> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >>> >>> 2012-10-11 >>> Scanned MGW2 >>> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-11 >> >> > > > -- > Andrew Carlos | STEM/Web Librarian | California State University, East Bay > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-11 > > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ras at ANZIO.COM Fri Oct 12 12:43:00 2012 From: ras at ANZIO.COM (Bob Rasmussen) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:43:00 -0700 Subject: Doing anything with stereogram viewing In-Reply-To: <2e4ae773-4ae1-4985-98e0-f9c91a5472a3@zimmbox11.rutgers.edu> Message-ID: To summarize the comments received so far, New York Public has a project that displays their (and I think Boston's) stereograms using the "wigglegram" approach, alternating between two images a few times a second. I'm still interested in whether anyone is using actual 3D displays in-house. I'm also interested in whether anyone would be interested in this, because I think I could make it work. Regards, ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-12 From tduggan at PRATTLIBRARY.ORG Fri Oct 12 12:59:49 2012 From: tduggan at PRATTLIBRARY.ORG (Teresa Duggan) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:59:49 -0400 Subject: Doing anything with stereogram viewing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Bob, I haven't seen it used for in-house displays personally, but I vaguely recall seeing a company that sold cheaper modern stereo viewers for museums, schools, etc. (stiff cardboard and plastic, similar to 3D movie glasses.) We don't have current plans for this so I can't spend time researching it, but if you do I'd definitely be interested to see what you learn. Maye a museums/history group would know? thanks, Teresa *Teresa Duggan* Web Developer/Graphic Artist Enoch Pratt Free Library tduggan at prattlibrary.org Desk phone: 443-984-2447 Web Department main line: 410-545-0700 On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: > To summarize the comments received so far, New York Public has a project > that displays their (and I think Boston's) stereograms using the > "wigglegram" approach, alternating between two images a few times a > second. > > I'm still interested in whether anyone is using actual 3D displays > in-house. I'm also interested in whether anyone would be interested in > this, because I think I could make it work. > > Regards, > ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. > > personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com > company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com > voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) > fax: (US) 503-624-0760 > web: http://www.anzio.com > street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. > 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 > Portland, OR 97223 USA > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-12 > Scanned MGW2 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Oct 12 15:55:58 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:55:58 +0000 Subject: SCRLC Fall 2012 > Digital Textbooks: An Idea Whose Time Has Come In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B0A94A@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am pleased to announce the availability of the PPT slides for an invited virtual presentation I gave yesterday, October 11 2012 > South Central Regional Library Council > RSUG Fall 2012 > The Changing World of Resource Sharing: Copyright Clearance Center, Creative Commons & e-Textbooks Date & Time: Thursday, October 11, 2012 ; 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Location: Corning Museum of Glass, Rakow Library This training is funded in part by Federal Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) funds, awarded to the NYS Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). I would like to thank Matt Hogan, Manager of Digital Services and Resource Sharing, South Central Regional Library Council, Ithaca, NY Link Available Via [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/scrlc-fall-2012-digital-textbooks-idea.html ] Note: This is an updated and expanded version of presentations given late September 2012 > Digital Textbook Presentations > Parma, Italy > September 2012 [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/09/digital-textbook-presentations-parma.html ] Digital Textbook Presentations > Belgrade, Serbia > September 2012 [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/09/digital-textbook-presentations-belgrade.html ] Enjoy ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Oct 12 19:34:11 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:34:11 +0000 Subject: A/V Available > Got MOOC? Why Your CIO Can Solve Your MOOC Dilemma, Analyze Your Student Retention Problem and Support Your Flipped Classroom In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B0AA6F@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO > Most Excellent ! /Gerry Originally Aired: Thursday, October 4, 2012 Register ... To View The Archive Higher education is buzzing about blended and online learning, the flipped classroom and MOOCs. Academics from every discipline have taken notice and are working on strategies to incorporate these concepts into their curriculums and courses. CIOs and technologists should be part of these strategic discussions and work together with academics to bring the best solutions to the table in order to meet the institution?s goals. Join us for this complimentary webinar event where one innovative CIO puts it all into perspective ? when to enter the conversation on blended learning strategy and how to adapt to the latest learning methodologies. Hear from University of Kentucky?s technology leader, Vince Kellen. As a 2012 Dell Transformational CIO, Vince shares how UK is responding to the uncertainty facing higher education by: * Defining a blended learning strategy before buying technology * Weeding through the portfolio of technology options in order to invest in the right solutions for teaching and learning * Responding to the MOOC phenomenon and how technologies like lecture capture can be used to support new programs [more] Source and Links Available Via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/av-available-got-mooc-why-your-cio-can.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Ames IA 50011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Oct 12 21:11:13 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:11:13 +0000 Subject: Long-Term Access To e-Books ? In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B0AB25@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ During a recent visit from a rep from Taylor & Francis, I asked about long-term access to its e-book collection ; He was not aware of any effort ... I have since searched and learned that Portico not only 'preserves' e-journal collections but also e-books > "Portico is committed to the preservation of digital publications such as e-journals, e-books, and other digital content." http://www.portico.org/digital-preservation/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Portico-Lib-Brochure-PDF.pdf The LOCKSS project seems to be focused on e-journals [?] http://www.lockss.org/ I'll investigate further ... As is CLOCKKS [?] http://www.clockss.org/clockss/Home I continue to investigate .... Are there any other e-book long-term access projects ? Thanks ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lars at ARONSSON.SE Sat Oct 13 08:09:53 2012 From: lars at ARONSSON.SE (Lars Aronsson) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:09:53 +0200 Subject: Online Dictionary In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 10/11/2012 09:28 PM, Lisa M. Zarrella wrote: > It has been requested that the university library make a good online dictionary available to students on it's website. I have thus far looked at Merriam-Webster and Oxford. Does anyone else have any suggestions? If you have a dictionary resource on your library website, what do you use? If I were to suggest Wiktionary, the free dictionary from the Wikimedia Foundation, what would be the argument against that? By what measure is it not good enough, or how far from being good is it? I suppose both OED and Merriam-Webster are good enough, but do you have any quick clues to determine if another candidate is useless or worth trying? Wiktionary, like Wikipedia, exists in many languages. The domain (of the URL) specifies the language for explanations. For example, the English Wiktionary contains explanations in English of words from various languages, including Italian, Latin, English, German and many more. http://wiktionary.org/ -- Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se) Project Runeberg - free Nordic literature - http://runeberg.org/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-13 From mbrynnan at GMAIL.COM Sat Oct 13 14:57:25 2012 From: mbrynnan at GMAIL.COM (Morgan A. Brynnan) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:57:25 -0700 Subject: FW: Long-Term Access To e-Books ? Message-ID: Hi Gerry, Overdrive ( www.overdrive.com/) also partners with eBook vendors to preserve access should libraries choose not to host their eBooks at the vendor site. When buying eBooks with perpetual access, this is a basic service. Personally, I would not purchase perpetual license books from a vendor without a guarantee of access. Morgan Brynnan Butte College Library From: McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] [mailto:gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 6:11 PM Subject: Long-Term Access To e-Books ? *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ During a recent visit from a rep from Taylor & Francis, I asked about long-term access to its e-book collection ; He was not aware of any effort ... I have since searched and learned that Portico not only 'preserves' e-journal collections but also e-books > "Portico is committed to the preservation of digital publications such as e-journals, e-books, and other digital content." http://www.portico.org/digital-preservation/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Porti co-Lib-Brochure-PDF.pdf The LOCKSS project seems to be focused on e-journals [?] http://www.lockss.org/ I'll investigate further ... As is CLOCKKS [?] http://www.clockss.org/clockss/Home I continue to investigate .... Are there any other e-book long-term access projects ? Thanks ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sat Oct 13 20:48:11 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:48:11 +0000 Subject: Interview > Exploring the Uses of Digital Badges > Daniel Hickey In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B0B1E7@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Interview is with Daniel Hickey, the Director of Learning Sciences at the School of Education at Indiana University at Bloomington. Hickey was recently awarded a $400,000 grant by the MacArthur Foundation?s Digital Media and Learning Initiative to study how digital badges, a non-traditional mechanism to record and display achievements and accomplishments, could be used to recognize, assess, motivate and evaluate learning. In this interview, Hickey discusses the value he thinks badges will bring to the higher education space and warns educators about challenges badges could face. Audio and Q&A Text Available Via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/interview-exploring-uses-of-digital.html ] Enjoy ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sun Oct 14 10:56:00 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:56:00 +0000 Subject: Designing, Developing, and Running (Massive) Open Online Courses In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B0B401@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO > Most Excellent Recommendations by a noted MOOCer > George Siemens .... George Siemens is a writer, theorist, speaker, and researcher on learning, networks, technology, analytics and visualization, openness, and organizational effectiveness in digital environments.[1] He is the author of the article Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age and the book Knowing Knowledge - an exploration of the impact of the changed context and characteristics of knowledge. [snip] In 2008, Siemens and Stephen Downes designed and taught an online, open course (also known as a Massive open online course, or MOOC) reported as a "landmark in the small but growing push toward 'open teaching.'" [Wikipedia] /Gerry Slide presentation available via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/designing-developing-and-running.html ] Regards, Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 500011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sun Oct 14 12:54:56 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:54:56 +0000 Subject: Academic Library Open Access Textbook (Re)Placement Projects ? In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B0B7F3@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert / Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in learning of any /all academic libraries that have or are considering projects in which librarians with collection development responsibility seek to identify Open Access digital textbooks as candidate replacements for print or non-Open Access digital textbooks. One initiative of which I am aware is that at the University of Michigan libraries that is described in a presentation given by Maria Bonn, Associate University Librarian for Publishing, University of Michigan Library, titled "Responding to the Changing Textbook Terrain at the University of Michigan" which was given at _The Future of e-Textbooks: A Symposium On The Influence Of e-Textbooks On Academic Life_ in mid-March 2011 at the university. A link to a recording (~ 30 minutes) of her presentation can be found at her entry in my blog posting at http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2011/03/future-of-e-textbooks-symposium-on.html The description of the university library's Open Textbook (re) placement scenarios is described beginning at ~18:00 to 20:15; Also in Q&A at ~ 28:00 IMHO > I believe that the entire presentation is well worth your time. BTW: Next week I will be giving a selected presentation on Open Access textbooks at the Internet Librarian 2012 conference in Monterey, CA on March 22. The working presentation titled _ OATs: Open Access Digital Textbooks_ has been self-archived and is accessible via [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/oats-open-access-digital-textbooks-il.html ] The presentation provides a listing of known OA textbook projects and catalogs as well as profiles of select initiatives. Note: Throughout this week I will be adding two (or three) additional profiles. If you are exploring the use of OA textbooks as (re)placements, please note as a comment on this blog post: [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/oats-open-access-digital-textbooks-il.html ] as well as responding to the list(s). Thanks for your assistance ! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sun Oct 14 15:23:57 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:23:57 +0000 Subject: The (Mini) MOOCs Meet Info Lit ? In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B0B8FE@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in learning of any / all initiatives that link *lecture capture* content to Info Lit initiatives. Specifically, I am interested in learning about efforts that integrate lecture capture recordings within > A basic info lit class web page (ISU has a 1/2 semester required class titled "Library 160" in Blackboard Learn) [ http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/Library160 ] > LibGuides (or other digital user guides) > The lecture capture recording would explain the use of the LibGuide > Library presentations / seminars / workshop > As a substitute / supplement / review I am *not* interested in multimedia per se in these InfoLit resources, but in lecture capture content that *explains* the resource to which it is linked. As one would expect there are number of lecture capture options [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecture_recording] BTW: ISU uses Panopto [ http://www.panopto.com/lecture-capture ] ISU Page [ http://panopto.its.iastate.edu/Panopto/Pages/Default.aspx ] BTW-1: Panopto integrates very well within Blackboard ... Note: If you are aware of any initiatives, please leave as a comment on this blog post [ http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-mini-moocs-meets-info-lit.html ] as well as posting to The List(s) Thanks for your assistance ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They would like to use system for intranet and website and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback forums - with voting eg like uservoice and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us to update information and manage distributed publishers good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc Any light shed would be appreciated many thanks Anna Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr Manager, Electronic Library Services Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec Private Bag 92025 Victoria Street West Auckland 1142 New Zealand Website: http://www.unitec.ac.nz ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Currently they use Shado > What CMS do you think are worth considering? > > They would like to use system for intranet and website > and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, > feedback forums - with voting eg like uservoice > and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind > us to update information and manage distributed publishers > good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc > > Any light shed would be appreciated > > many thanks > Anna > > > Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr > Manager, Electronic Library Services > Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand > > email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz > ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 > web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz > twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec > > > > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-14 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Mon Oct 15 00:22:17 2012 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:22:17 -0700 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: <23BBC1DA-2B9F-4352-8EBD-484FF094DE91@gmail.com> Message-ID: Drupal is widely used and broadly supported in the library community. You can find information at http://groups.drupal.org/libraries and take a look at the drupal4lib mailing list at http://listserv.uic.edu/archives/drupal4lib.html There is a great general resource on open-source software for libraries at http://foss4lib.org. This was created by Lyrasis and offers information on many of the content management systems and frameworks used in the Library community. Drupal and Wrodpress seem to be the most popular among the free and open-source systems used by libraries. I am a librarian and long-time Drupal evangelist in the community, and my company offers Drupal services. Thanks, Cary On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:29 PM, ward smith wrote: > I know it is not open source, but for an institution, even for an > individual, it is very affordable, and imho, the best available: > > htttp://expressionengine.com > > as far as mobile interface goes, you could use expressionengine as the > backend and jquery mobile for the front end. > > best, Ward Smith > > On Oct 14, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: > > oh and of course great mobile accessibility and general usability - front > end > > >>> Anna Wheeler 15/10/2012 12:24 p.m. >>> > Hi > > Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new Content > Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. Currently > they use Shado > What CMS do you think are worth considering? > > They would like to use system for intranet and website > and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback > forums - with voting eg like uservoice > and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us to > update information and manage distributed publishers > good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc > > Any light shed would be appreciated > > many thanks > Anna > > > Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr > Manager, Electronic Library Services > Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand > > email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz > ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 > web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz > twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec > > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-14 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-14 > > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wardgsmith at GMAIL.COM Mon Oct 15 01:13:50 2012 From: wardgsmith at GMAIL.COM (ward smith) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:13:50 -0700 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I acknowledge the prevalence of drupal and wordpress (and let's not forget concrete5) in the library community. however, if you are interested and/or need actual content modeling and want loose coupling between your content model and presentation -- and if you want a template model that is flexible, expandible, and is easily manageable, i would suggest that you try out expressionengine. i am a librarian too, "Free Open Source" is great and I am an advocate of it, but human time and staff committment and capabiltiy is a cost as well, and has to be factored into any choice. . Best, Ward Smith On Oct 14, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: > Drupal is widely used and broadly supported in the library > community. You can find information at http://groups.drupal.org/libraries > and take a look at the drupal4lib mailing list at http://listserv.uic.edu/archives/drupal4lib.html > > There is a great general resource on open-source software for > libraries at http://foss4lib.org. This was created by Lyrasis and > offers information on many of the content management systems and > frameworks used in the Library community. Drupal and Wrodpress seem > to be the most popular among the free and open-source systems used > by libraries. > > I am a librarian and long-time Drupal evangelist in the community, > and my company offers Drupal services. > > Thanks, > > Cary > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:29 PM, ward smith > wrote: > I know it is not open source, but for an institution, even for an > individual, it is very affordable, and imho, the best available: > > htttp://expressionengine.com > > as far as mobile interface goes, you could use expressionengine as > the backend and jquery mobile for the front end. > > best, Ward Smith > > On Oct 14, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: > >> oh and of course great mobile accessibility and general usability - >> front end >> >> >>> Anna Wheeler 15/10/2012 12:24 p.m. >>> >> Hi >> >> Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new >> Content Management System CMS to manage both their website and >> intranet. Currently they use Shado >> What CMS do you think are worth considering? >> >> They would like to use system for intranet and website >> and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, >> feedback forums - with voting eg like uservoice >> and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to >> remind us to update information and manage distributed publishers >> good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc >> >> Any light shed would be appreciated >> >> many thanks >> Anna >> >> >> Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr >> Manager, Electronic Library Services >> Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand >> >> email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz >> ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 >> web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz >> twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec >> >> >> >> >> ============================ >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-14 >> > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-14 > > > > > > > -- > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > http://chillco.com > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-15 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mschofield at NOVA.EDU Mon Oct 15 02:23:02 2012 From: mschofield at NOVA.EDU (Michael Schofield) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:23:02 -0400 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Disclaimer: I tapped this out on my phone, and while I tried to catch errors, I'm pretty sure the autocorrect shamed me :). Also, I am soapboxing for Wordpress below (in case you want to skip it :-/). I get that Drupal is the going favorite in the community, and I can second/third the recommendations for expression engine (real cool), but Wordpress IMHO is the more robust and user-friendly option. The affordability of expression engine is no more a draw than the affordability--if you don't have a web person of your own--of having the largest design community of the web. If you have a designer on staff, its free. Themes--free and for sale (and again, that is if you aren't interested in developing your own)--are increasingly responsive, and for about $50 you can find a dozen mobile-first* responsive Wordpress themes (or you can use themble.com's Bones mobile-first starter theme if you have your own web person). Content and presentation are separated in all of the CMS's suggested to you already. No other CMS has so much documentation or so many (free) tutorials, nor broader extensibility through plugins like buddy-press and simplePress for forums - oh, and wikis. Easy to rig, easy to pickup, and if you need to buy a theme or hire a developer it has the biggest marketplace and the most freelancers. You can pretty painlessly set up a Wordpress network so you can host multiple websites on a single installation, so you could have a public facing site at www.library.org and an intranet at staff.library.org. We use a Wordpress for automating ticket tracking in systems, generating multiple email newsletters, and some regular departmental web pages so you can pretty much do what you want with it. If you're rolling your own, it will take you a fraction of the time to learn than Drupal. The latter would be my second choice, but unless you already have a Drupal dev on hand, commitment to learning Drupal isn't even worth it anymore (that's probably sacrilegious ... ). I really think expression engine is groovy, too. But I find that doing web stuff for libraries requires just a lot of jury-rigging for unusual library-only circumstances, and because of that I veer toward the tool that has the most written about it on the web and the most help on StackOverflow. For CMS's, that's Wordpress. After all this late-night tapping I would like Wordpress to now cut me a check :-). Michael * Slide deck for future-friendly / mobile-first web design in libraries: www.ns4lib.com/talks/future-friendly Sent from my iPhone On Oct 15, 2012, at 1:13 AM, ward smith wrote: > I acknowledge the prevalence of drupal and wordpress (and let's not forget concrete5) in the library community. however, if you are interested and/or need actual content modeling and want loose coupling between your content model and presentation -- and if you want a template model that is flexible, expandible, and is easily manageable, i would suggest that you try out expressionengine. > > i am a librarian too, "Free Open Source" is great and I am an advocate of it, but human time and staff committment and capabiltiy is a cost as well, and has to be factored into any choice. > > . Best, Ward Smith > > On Oct 14, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: > >> Drupal is widely used and broadly supported in the library community. You can find information at http://groups.drupal.org/libraries and take a look at the drupal4lib mailing list at http://listserv.uic.edu/archives/drupal4lib.html >> >> There is a great general resource on open-source software for libraries at http://foss4lib.org. This was created by Lyrasis and offers information on many of the content management systems and frameworks used in the Library community. Drupal and Wrodpress seem to be the most popular among the free and open-source systems used by libraries. >> >> I am a librarian and long-time Drupal evangelist in the community, and my company offers Drupal services. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Cary >> >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:29 PM, ward smith wrote: >>> I know it is not open source, but for an institution, even for an individual, it is very affordable, and imho, the best available: >>> >>> htttp://expressionengine.com >>> >>> as far as mobile interface goes, you could use expressionengine as the backend and jquery mobile for the front end. >>> >>> best, Ward Smith >>> >>> On Oct 14, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: >>> >>>> oh and of course great mobile accessibility and general usability - front end >>>> >>>> >>> Anna Wheeler 15/10/2012 12:24 p.m. >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new Content Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. Currently they use Shado >>>> What CMS do you think are worth considering? >>>> >>>> They would like to use system for intranet and website >>>> and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback forums - with voting eg like uservoice >>>> and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us to update information and manage distributed publishers >>>> good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc >>>> >>>> Any light shed would be appreciated >>>> >>>> many thanks >>>> Anna >>>> >>>> >>>> Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr >>>> Manager, Electronic Library Services >>>> Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand >>>> >>>> email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz >>>> ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 >>>> web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz >>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ============================ >>>> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >>>> >>>> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >>>> >>>> 2012-10-14 >>>> >>> >>> ============================ >>> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >>> >>> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >>> >>> 2012-10-14 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cary Gordon >> The Cherry Hill Company >> http://chillco.com >> ============================ >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-15 >> > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From elsmart35 at GMAIL.COM Mon Oct 15 07:03:15 2012 From: elsmart35 at GMAIL.COM (smart el) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:03:15 +0200 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: <16D924AA-DCC5-4DBF-9EB0-3E2E27D85DA6@nova.edu> Message-ID: Drupal will be helpful.. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Michael Schofield wrote: > Disclaimer: I tapped this out on my phone, and while I tried to catch > errors, I'm pretty sure the autocorrect shamed me :). Also, I am soapboxing > for Wordpress below (in case you want to skip it :-/). > > I get that Drupal is the going favorite in the community, and I can > second/third the recommendations for expression engine (real cool), but > Wordpress IMHO is the more robust and user-friendly option. The > affordability of expression engine is no more a draw than the > affordability--if you don't have a web person of your own--of having the > largest design community of the web. If you have a designer on staff, its > free. Themes--free and for sale (and again, that is if you aren't > interested in developing your own)--are increasingly responsive, and for > about $50 you can find a dozen mobile-first* responsive Wordpress themes > (or you can use themble.com's Bones mobile-first starter theme if you > have your own web person). Content and presentation are separated in all of > the CMS's suggested to you already. > > No other CMS has so much documentation or so many (free) tutorials, nor > broader extensibility through plugins like buddy-press and simplePress for > forums - oh, and wikis. Easy to rig, easy to pickup, and if you need to buy > a theme or hire a developer it has the biggest marketplace and the most > freelancers. > > You can pretty painlessly set up a Wordpress network so you can host > multiple websites on a single installation, so you could have a public > facing site at www.library.org and an intranet at staff.library.org. > > We use a Wordpress for automating ticket tracking in systems, generating > multiple email newsletters, and some regular departmental web pages so you > can pretty much do what you want with it. > > If you're rolling your own, it will take you a fraction of the time to > learn than Drupal. The latter would be my second choice, but unless you > already have a Drupal dev on hand, commitment to learning Drupal isn't even > worth it anymore (that's probably sacrilegious ... ). > > I really think expression engine is groovy, too. But I find that doing web > stuff for libraries requires just a lot of jury-rigging for unusual > library-only circumstances, and because of that I veer toward the tool that > has the most written about it on the web and the most help on > StackOverflow. For CMS's, that's Wordpress. > > After all this late-night tapping I would like Wordpress to now cut me a > check :-). > > Michael > > * Slide deck for future-friendly / mobile-first web design in libraries: > www.ns4lib.com/talks/future-friendly > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 15, 2012, at 1:13 AM, ward smith wrote: > > I acknowledge the prevalence of drupal and wordpress (and let's not forget > concrete5) in the library community. however, if you are interested and/or > need actual content modeling and want loose coupling between your content > model and presentation -- and if you want a template model that is > flexible, expandible, and is easily manageable, i would suggest that you > try out expressionengine. > > i am a librarian too, "Free Open Source" is great and I am an advocate of > it, but human time and staff committment and capabiltiy is a cost as well, > and has to be factored into any choice. > > . Best, Ward Smith > > On Oct 14, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: > > Drupal is widely used and broadly supported in the library community. You > can find information at http://groups.drupal.org/libraries and take a > look at the drupal4lib mailing list at > http://listserv.uic.edu/archives/drupal4lib.html > > There is a great general resource on open-source software for libraries at > http://foss4lib.org. This was created by Lyrasis and offers information > on many of the content management systems and frameworks used in the > Library community. Drupal and Wrodpress seem to be the most popular among > the free and open-source systems used by libraries. > > I am a librarian and long-time Drupal evangelist in the community, and my > company offers Drupal services. > > Thanks, > > Cary > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:29 PM, ward smith wrote: > >> I know it is not open source, but for an institution, even for an >> individual, it is very affordable, and imho, the best available: >> >> htttp://expressionengine.com >> >> as far as mobile interface goes, you could use expressionengine as the >> backend and jquery mobile for the front end. >> >> best, Ward Smith >> >> On Oct 14, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: >> >> oh and of course great mobile accessibility and general usability - front >> end >> >> >>> Anna Wheeler 15/10/2012 12:24 p.m. >>> >> Hi >> >> Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new Content >> Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. Currently >> they use Shado >> What CMS do you think are worth considering? >> >> They would like to use system for intranet and website >> and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback >> forums - with voting eg like uservoice >> and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us >> to update information and manage distributed publishers >> good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc >> >> Any light shed would be appreciated >> >> many thanks >> Anna >> >> >> Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr >> Manager, Electronic Library Services >> Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand >> >> email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz >> ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 >> web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz >> twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec >> >> >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-14 >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-14 >> >> >> > > > -- > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > http://chillco.com > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-15 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-15 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-15 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alnisa at NONPROFIT-TECH.ORG Mon Oct 15 09:51:58 2012 From: alnisa at NONPROFIT-TECH.ORG (Alnisa Allgood) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:51:58 -0500 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: <507C0099020000F2000A4F26@gwia2.unitec.ac.nz> Message-ID: I vote for ExpressionEngine http://expressionengine.com I've yet to use a more flexible CMS, and that includes Drupal and WordPress. You'll need a website developer/design to properly sketch out and get the project up and running for you. While ExpressionEngine (EE) is template driven (separated content from design), it was also designed more so for developers, which means unlike Drupal and WordPress, there aren't a lot of free standing templates for it. The reason is two-fold: (1) the community prides itself on its design and development skills, and (2) technically any design can be placed inside an EE CMS, so long as you have access to the HTML, CSS, and other related files. Content re-use, version control, relational data, distributed publishers, workflow management, etc are all available and can be configured (another reason to have a developer work with you is publishing permissions and workflow management), version control, relations, and permissions are all built-in, but the best combination of who has access to what, when, and who get's notified of what when, generally requires some plotting out if the structure is more complicated than group A can publish to section's A and B. This is probably true of all complicated permission and workflow structures, having someone help you plat out degrees and levels of access is good practice, especially if you want to increase the number of people who can directly publish content using the system (great for removing content road blocks, where only 1 or 2 people can official publish to the site). Polls, forums, feedback this would all be third-party add-ons. EE2 comes with a forums module, but I know a number of developers who work intensively with forums typically use a third party forum module. I believe there are more than a few of them, but none of our clients use forums, so I can't really discuss pros and cons of individual ones in-depth. But there are polling modules, survey, analytics (though Google Analytics is frequently used and then integrated into the system, other services and systems can be used). I'm not certain if you were primarily using ShadoCMS due to the translation services offered by Stalker, but EE can handle multi-lingual sites very well. The handling can simple or complicated depending on your needs. We set-up a system for a few clients that is what we call just a step above simple. They needed the ability to add translations of particular publications, say an English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean version of the same publication. Our goal was to just allow each version to be published, related back to each other, and then when ever someone pulls the document, it always links to the alternative languages. That's not super complicated, but isn't as simple as pure one to one translation, either. EE handled the situation very well, the complication is more in the planning it out first, and making sure language handling is added for end users in a very simple manner. Drupal and WordPress can also handle multi-language requirements, as I said it's more about the designer/developer than the system itself, though Drupal/WordPress do present some complications for full on translations versus just partial content translations. Drupal/WordPress start free. ExpressionEngine starts $150 (there's a freelancer's version that's cheaper, but I wouldn't recommend it for a library usage). The $150 non-commercial license is probably best starting point or the $300 commercial license. If you plan on a lot of e-commerce go for the commercial license, but basic commerce stuff, accepting donations, processing memberships, or selling things can be handled under either license. The software is the same for both licenses, its more about intent. Now that said third party add-ons can add more costs to basic ownership/license. I believe most of the Drupal modules, I've heard of are free; WordPress has free and paid module; as well as ExpressionEngine. I tend to use a number of paid ExpressionEngine modules, developer companies I like are Pixel & Tonic: https://pixelandtonic.com, Solspace: http://www.solspace.com, Exp-resso: https://exp-resso.com, Andrew Weaver: http://brandnewbox.co.uk. ExpressionEngine provides a great deal of flexibility for handling issues or needs internally. You can do custom queries, add php directly to the template, create a plug-in, extension, or module, etc. All these options are free. But sometime you want to think about, will you need more functionality for that feature in the future and do you want to be in-charged of doing it. There are also a number of free modules and add-ons for EE, as well. Cost wise, I'd probably say everything mentioned will be less expensive than ShadoCMS, my memory could be wrong, but it use to start around $3-$5,000. There are far more free to under $1,000 CMS solutions available these days and many are very good. If you plan on getting or have already have an in-house web developer, then going with Drupal or WordPress can be a good option, but the cost of maintenance and management exist and can require a full-time staff member for some organizations. An internal web developer can learn EE just as well as WordPress or Drupal, and EE generally require far less on-going maintenance and management issues. If you're constantly modifying the structure, you want someone around continuously, but for many of our clients, once the projects done, it's done. We come around once a year, and offer to do a version update for free. But security updates aren't nearly as much of an issue. ..................... Alnisa Allgood Executive Director Nonprofit Tech t. 608.241.3616 e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org .................................................................................. On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: > Hi > > Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new Content > Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. Currently > they use Shado > What CMS do you think are worth considering? > > They would like to use system for intranet and website > and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback > forums - with voting eg like uservoice > and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us to > update information and manage distributed publishers > good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc > > Any light shed would be appreciated > > many thanks > Anna > > > Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr > Manager, Electronic Library Services > Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand > > email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz > ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 > web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz > twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec > > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-14 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Mon Oct 15 10:35:14 2012 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:35:14 -0700 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I love hearing great stuff and good results that you and others get with ExpressionEngine and other systems. What I find tiresome are blanket statements about the difficulty and cost of maintaining a WordPress or Drupal site. These are, for the most part, nonsense coming from folks who know little, if anything about the systems they are berating. I installed and played with ExpressionEngine two years ago, and that qualifies me to say that I don't know enough about it to offer any criticism, comparison or advice. Working from the command line with Linux or Windows, I can perform all updates on a Drupal system with two words: "drush up". This command makes a backup of everything it replaces, loads the new code and runs the update scripts. It takes two commands to load and install a new module or theme. Drupal, in particular, is frequently tarred with a lable of being difficult that goes back over seven years ago, when the Drupal community had a very strict and largely whacky interpretation of its GPLv2 license, and required folks to setup and configure the database in a separate, and poorly documented operation. At that time there were about 300 modules and themes available for Drupal. Now, there is a streamlined install process and there are over 10,000 contributed modules, themes, profiles and translation sets available, all of them free. There are another 13,000 modules and themes available as sandbox projects. Few of the public libraries using Drupal (or Wordpress) have programmers on staff, nor do they need them. Drupal requires no special maintenance or monitoring in library usage, and has relatively modest hosting requirements. We recommend that libraries do not use commodity shared hosting ? the $6/month variety ? but that leaves many inexpensive options like LISHost starting at about $140/year. We provide fully managed hosting starting at $900/year including unlimited support. As I said in an earlier post, community is important. You should check out the software and the community as part of your evaluation. Thanks, Cary On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Alnisa Allgood wrote: > I vote for ExpressionEngine http://expressionengine.com > > I've yet to use a more flexible CMS, and that includes Drupal and > WordPress. You'll need a website developer/design to properly sketch out > and get the project up and running for you. While ExpressionEngine (EE) is > template driven (separated content from design), it was also designed more > so for developers, which means unlike Drupal and WordPress, there aren't a > lot of free standing templates for it. The reason is two-fold: (1) the > community prides itself on its design and development skills, and (2) > technically any design can be placed inside an EE CMS, so long as you have > access to the HTML, CSS, and other related files. > > Content re-use, version control, relational data, distributed publishers, > workflow management, etc are all available and can be configured (another > reason to have a developer work with you is publishing permissions and > workflow management), version control, relations, and permissions are all > built-in, but the best combination of who has access to what, when, and who > get's notified of what when, generally requires some plotting out if the > structure is more complicated than group A can publish to section's A and > B. This is probably true of all complicated permission and workflow > structures, having someone help you plat out degrees and levels of access > is good practice, especially if you want to increase the number of people > who can directly publish content using the system (great for removing > content road blocks, where only 1 or 2 people can official publish to the > site). > > Polls, forums, feedback this would all be third-party add-ons. EE2 comes > with a forums module, but I know a number of developers who work > intensively with forums typically use a third party forum module. I believe > there are more than a few of them, but none of our clients use forums, so I > can't really discuss pros and cons of individual ones in-depth. But there > are polling modules, survey, analytics (though Google Analytics is > frequently used and then integrated into the system, other services and > systems can be used). > > I'm not certain if you were primarily using ShadoCMS due to the > translation services offered by Stalker, but EE can handle multi-lingual > sites very well. The handling can simple or complicated depending on your > needs. We set-up a system for a few clients that is what we call just a > step above simple. They needed the ability to add translations of > particular publications, say an English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean > version of the same publication. Our goal was to just allow each version to > be published, related back to each other, and then when ever someone pulls > the document, it always links to the alternative languages. > > That's not super complicated, but isn't as simple as pure one to one > translation, either. EE handled the situation very well, the complication > is more in the planning it out first, and making sure language handling is > added for end users in a very simple manner. Drupal and WordPress can also > handle multi-language requirements, as I said it's more about the > designer/developer than the system itself, though Drupal/WordPress do > present some complications for full on translations versus just partial > content translations. > > Drupal/WordPress start free. ExpressionEngine starts $150 (there's a > freelancer's version that's cheaper, but I wouldn't recommend it for a > library usage). The $150 non-commercial license is probably best starting > point or the $300 commercial license. If you plan on a lot of e-commerce go > for the commercial license, but basic commerce stuff, accepting donations, > processing memberships, or selling things can be handled under either > license. The software is the same for both licenses, its more about intent. > > Now that said third party add-ons can add more costs to basic > ownership/license. I believe most of the Drupal modules, I've heard of are > free; WordPress has free and paid module; as well as ExpressionEngine. > > I tend to use a number of paid ExpressionEngine modules, developer > companies I like are Pixel & Tonic: https://pixelandtonic.com, Solspace: > http://www.solspace.com, Exp-resso: https://exp-resso.com, Andrew Weaver: > http://brandnewbox.co.uk. ExpressionEngine provides a great deal of > flexibility for handling issues or needs internally. You can do custom > queries, add php directly to the template, create a plug-in, extension, or > module, etc. All these options are free. But sometime you want to think > about, will you need more functionality for that feature in the future and > do you want to be in-charged of doing it. > > There are also a number of free modules and add-ons for EE, as well. > > Cost wise, I'd probably say everything mentioned will be less expensive > than ShadoCMS, my memory could be wrong, but it use to start around > $3-$5,000. There are far more free to under $1,000 CMS solutions available > these days and many are very good. If you plan on getting or have already > have an in-house web developer, then going with Drupal or WordPress can be > a good option, but the cost of maintenance and management exist and can > require a full-time staff member for some organizations. > > An internal web developer can learn EE just as well as WordPress or > Drupal, and EE generally require far less on-going maintenance and > management issues. If you're constantly modifying the structure, you want > someone around continuously, but for many of our clients, once the projects > done, it's done. We come around once a year, and offer to do a version > update for free. But security updates aren't nearly as much of an issue. > > > > ..................... > Alnisa Allgood > Executive Director > Nonprofit Tech > t. 608.241.3616 > e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org > > > .................................................................................. > > > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new Content >> Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. Currently >> they use Shado >> What CMS do you think are worth considering? >> >> They would like to use system for intranet and website >> and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback >> forums - with voting eg like uservoice >> and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us >> to update information and manage distributed publishers >> good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc >> >> Any light shed would be appreciated >> >> many thanks >> Anna >> >> >> Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr >> Manager, Electronic Library Services >> Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand >> >> email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz >> ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 >> web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz >> twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec >> >> >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-14 >> >> > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-15 > > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alnisa at NONPROFIT-TECH.ORG Mon Oct 15 11:21:48 2012 From: alnisa at NONPROFIT-TECH.ORG (Alnisa Allgood) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:21:48 -0500 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Actually, my statements come from direct experience with more than fifty or so nonprofits who have chosen primarily Drupal, secondarily WordPress as their content management system. We are frequently brought in to help them access on-going cost, security issues (my sites been hacked), adding new features and functionality etc. My statement isn't a blanket statement, it's a reminder statement, 'free is rarely free'. If you don't have a Drupal or WordPress person (someone who knows more than just how to install a theme and make minor modifications to it) on staff and if you are using typical hosting, then the issue isn't is the system problematic to keep up to date; *it's the frequency of updates and care*. With WordPress and Drupal, we recommend either you select a host that automatically applies updates for the software for you or you invest in having someone on staff dedicated to doing so. The problem is most organizations don't do either. Someone came in, suggested the software, installed a few themes, then left the organization to manage and maintain it themselves. This eventually results in chaos. Yes, a good developer can update WordPress, Drupal, and ExpressionEngine pretty rapidly, and not consider it much of an issue. They can ssh in, do database backups, apply security updates and more. But typically that means, paying for a good developer to maintain the system or having an in-house staff person do it. People seem to overlook the cost involved, and end up in situations that end up costing them more. We've worked with organizations who had no one to apply security updates to organizations who've hired part-time staff to maintain their Drupal installation. We've had to rescue organizations who worked with developers who not only insisted that Drupal or WordPress would be free, but the organization could run it on the computer under their desk. Good hosting and good developers can take care of that for you, but both communities have more than their share of individuals who just install themes and make minor CSS modifications. They suck at recommending proper hosting and proper on-going maintenance. The problem is most people don't know command line and don't understand that a good web host can reduce security and maintenance costs. I only mentioned ExpressionEngine as a comparison on that front, because we literally have installs, where they receive not a single update for more than a year-- and we aren't worried about security or other issues even in shared hosting situations. With WordPress and Drupal, I typically recommend the installation of security updates pretty immediately, and someone needs to do them. That's not an insult to Drupal or WordPress (it's true for a lot of things), they need regular care and feeding. EE works better with it as well, but it can be left starving for sometime, if need be. There are always 'ideal' situations?you got a good host, you had an awesome developer, and you have someone how can run updates, patches, etc. But most organizations end up in less than ideal situations, because they didn't know. That's my statement, not that Drupal and Wordpress are by their nature problematic. Alnisa ..................... Alnisa Allgood Executive Director Nonprofit Tech t. 608.241.3616 e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org .................................................................................. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Cary Gordon wrote: > I love hearing great stuff and good results that you and others get with > ExpressionEngine and other systems. What I find tiresome are blanket > statements about the difficulty and cost of maintaining a WordPress or > Drupal site. These are, for the most part, nonsense coming from folks who > know little, if anything about the systems they are berating. I installed > and played with ExpressionEngine two years ago, and that qualifies me to > say that I don't know enough about it to offer any criticism, comparison or > advice. > > Working from the command line with Linux or Windows, I can perform all > updates on a Drupal system with two words: "drush up". This command makes a > backup of everything it replaces, loads the new code and runs the update > scripts. It takes two commands to load and install a new module or theme. > > Drupal, in particular, is frequently tarred with a lable of being > difficult that goes back over seven years ago, when the Drupal community > had a very strict and largely whacky interpretation of its GPLv2 license, > and required folks to setup and configure the database in a separate, and > poorly documented operation. At that time there were about 300 modules and > themes available for Drupal. Now, there is a streamlined install process > and there are over 10,000 contributed modules, themes, profiles and > translation sets available, all of them free. There are another 13,000 > modules and themes available as sandbox projects. Few of the public > libraries using Drupal (or Wordpress) have programmers on staff, nor do > they need them. > > Drupal requires no special maintenance or monitoring in library usage, and > has relatively modest hosting requirements. We recommend that libraries do > not use commodity shared hosting ? the $6/month variety ? but that leaves > many inexpensive options like LISHost starting at about $140/year. We > provide fully managed hosting starting at $900/year including unlimited > support. > > As I said in an earlier post, community is important. You should check out > the software and the community as part of your evaluation. > > Thanks, > > Cary > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Alnisa Allgood > wrote: > >> I vote for ExpressionEngine http://expressionengine.com >> >> I've yet to use a more flexible CMS, and that includes Drupal and >> WordPress. You'll need a website developer/design to properly sketch out >> and get the project up and running for you. While ExpressionEngine (EE) is >> template driven (separated content from design), it was also designed more >> so for developers, which means unlike Drupal and WordPress, there aren't a >> lot of free standing templates for it. The reason is two-fold: (1) the >> community prides itself on its design and development skills, and (2) >> technically any design can be placed inside an EE CMS, so long as you have >> access to the HTML, CSS, and other related files. >> >> Content re-use, version control, relational data, distributed publishers, >> workflow management, etc are all available and can be configured (another >> reason to have a developer work with you is publishing permissions and >> workflow management), version control, relations, and permissions are all >> built-in, but the best combination of who has access to what, when, and who >> get's notified of what when, generally requires some plotting out if the >> structure is more complicated than group A can publish to section's A and >> B. This is probably true of all complicated permission and workflow >> structures, having someone help you plat out degrees and levels of access >> is good practice, especially if you want to increase the number of people >> who can directly publish content using the system (great for removing >> content road blocks, where only 1 or 2 people can official publish to the >> site). >> >> Polls, forums, feedback this would all be third-party add-ons. EE2 comes >> with a forums module, but I know a number of developers who work >> intensively with forums typically use a third party forum module. I believe >> there are more than a few of them, but none of our clients use forums, so I >> can't really discuss pros and cons of individual ones in-depth. But there >> are polling modules, survey, analytics (though Google Analytics is >> frequently used and then integrated into the system, other services and >> systems can be used). >> >> I'm not certain if you were primarily using ShadoCMS due to the >> translation services offered by Stalker, but EE can handle multi-lingual >> sites very well. The handling can simple or complicated depending on your >> needs. We set-up a system for a few clients that is what we call just a >> step above simple. They needed the ability to add translations of >> particular publications, say an English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean >> version of the same publication. Our goal was to just allow each version to >> be published, related back to each other, and then when ever someone pulls >> the document, it always links to the alternative languages. >> >> That's not super complicated, but isn't as simple as pure one to one >> translation, either. EE handled the situation very well, the complication >> is more in the planning it out first, and making sure language handling is >> added for end users in a very simple manner. Drupal and WordPress can also >> handle multi-language requirements, as I said it's more about the >> designer/developer than the system itself, though Drupal/WordPress do >> present some complications for full on translations versus just partial >> content translations. >> >> Drupal/WordPress start free. ExpressionEngine starts $150 (there's a >> freelancer's version that's cheaper, but I wouldn't recommend it for a >> library usage). The $150 non-commercial license is probably best starting >> point or the $300 commercial license. If you plan on a lot of e-commerce go >> for the commercial license, but basic commerce stuff, accepting donations, >> processing memberships, or selling things can be handled under either >> license. The software is the same for both licenses, its more about intent. >> >> Now that said third party add-ons can add more costs to basic >> ownership/license. I believe most of the Drupal modules, I've heard of are >> free; WordPress has free and paid module; as well as ExpressionEngine. >> >> I tend to use a number of paid ExpressionEngine modules, developer >> companies I like are Pixel & Tonic: https://pixelandtonic.com, Solspace: >> http://www.solspace.com, Exp-resso: https://exp-resso.com, Andrew >> Weaver: http://brandnewbox.co.uk. ExpressionEngine provides a great deal >> of flexibility for handling issues or needs internally. You can do custom >> queries, add php directly to the template, create a plug-in, extension, or >> module, etc. All these options are free. But sometime you want to think >> about, will you need more functionality for that feature in the future and >> do you want to be in-charged of doing it. >> >> There are also a number of free modules and add-ons for EE, as well. >> >> Cost wise, I'd probably say everything mentioned will be less expensive >> than ShadoCMS, my memory could be wrong, but it use to start around >> $3-$5,000. There are far more free to under $1,000 CMS solutions available >> these days and many are very good. If you plan on getting or have already >> have an in-house web developer, then going with Drupal or WordPress can be >> a good option, but the cost of maintenance and management exist and can >> require a full-time staff member for some organizations. >> >> An internal web developer can learn EE just as well as WordPress or >> Drupal, and EE generally require far less on-going maintenance and >> management issues. If you're constantly modifying the structure, you want >> someone around continuously, but for many of our clients, once the projects >> done, it's done. We come around once a year, and offer to do a version >> update for free. But security updates aren't nearly as much of an issue. >> >> >> >> ..................... >> Alnisa Allgood >> Executive Director >> Nonprofit Tech >> t. 608.241.3616 >> e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org >> >> >> .................................................................................. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new >>> Content Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. >>> Currently they use Shado >>> What CMS do you think are worth considering? >>> >>> They would like to use system for intranet and website >>> and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback >>> forums - with voting eg like uservoice >>> and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us >>> to update information and manage distributed publishers >>> good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc >>> >>> Any light shed would be appreciated >>> >>> many thanks >>> Anna >>> >>> >>> Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr >>> Manager, Electronic Library Services >>> Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand >>> >>> email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz >>> ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 >>> web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz >>> twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================ >>> >>> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >>> >>> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >>> >>> 2012-10-14 >>> >>> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-15 >> >> > > > -- > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > http://chillco.com > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-15 > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roy.degler at OKSTATE.EDU Mon Oct 15 12:11:37 2012 From: roy.degler at OKSTATE.EDU (Degler, Roy) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:11:37 -0500 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I have three recommendations: Modx- is my personal favorite for several reasons: templates are html/css/js(template design is very simple), displays site layout just like Windows explorer folder view(makes is to train users), while open source it is managed by a real company, i have a great deal of experience w/ Modx making all projects easier for me. Drupal- is flexible and powerful, many libraries use Drupal, large community. opensourcecms.com- Go to this site and they have a very large number of CMS's installed and you can log in to each one to discover how it fits your style of development and work. pick the one you like. (This is how I discovered modx- originally an etomite fork my first cmd) Good luck with the selection of a cms Roy Degler roy.degler at okstate.edu Digital Library Services On Oct 15, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Alnisa Allgood > wrote: Actually, my statements come from direct experience with more than fifty or so nonprofits who have chosen primarily Drupal, secondarily WordPress as their content management system. We are frequently brought in to help them access on-going cost, security issues (my sites been hacked), adding new features and functionality etc. My statement isn't a blanket statement, it's a reminder statement, 'free is rarely free'. If you don't have a Drupal or WordPress person (someone who knows more than just how to install a theme and make minor modifications to it) on staff and if you are using typical hosting, then the issue isn't is the system problematic to keep up to date; it's the frequency of updates and care. With WordPress and Drupal, we recommend either you select a host that automatically applies updates for the software for you or you invest in having someone on staff dedicated to doing so. The problem is most organizations don't do either. Someone came in, suggested the software, installed a few themes, then left the organization to manage and maintain it themselves. This eventually results in chaos. Yes, a good developer can update WordPress, Drupal, and ExpressionEngine pretty rapidly, and not consider it much of an issue. They can ssh in, do database backups, apply security updates and more. But typically that means, paying for a good developer to maintain the system or having an in-house staff person do it. People seem to overlook the cost involved, and end up in situations that end up costing them more. We've worked with organizations who had no one to apply security updates to organizations who've hired part-time staff to maintain their Drupal installation. We've had to rescue organizations who worked with developers who not only insisted that Drupal or WordPress would be free, but the organization could run it on the computer under their desk. Good hosting and good developers can take care of that for you, but both communities have more than their share of individuals who just install themes and make minor CSS modifications. They suck at recommending proper hosting and proper on-going maintenance. The problem is most people don't know command line and don't understand that a good web host can reduce security and maintenance costs. I only mentioned ExpressionEngine as a comparison on that front, because we literally have installs, where they receive not a single update for more than a year-- and we aren't worried about security or other issues even in shared hosting situations. With WordPress and Drupal, I typically recommend the installation of security updates pretty immediately, and someone needs to do them. That's not an insult to Drupal or WordPress (it's true for a lot of things), they need regular care and feeding. EE works better with it as well, but it can be left starving for sometime, if need be. There are always 'ideal' situations?you got a good host, you had an awesome developer, and you have someone how can run updates, patches, etc. But most organizations end up in less than ideal situations, because they didn't know. That's my statement, not that Drupal and Wordpress are by their nature problematic. Alnisa ..................... Alnisa Allgood Executive Director Nonprofit Tech t. 608.241.3616 e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org .................................................................................. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Cary Gordon > wrote: I love hearing great stuff and good results that you and others get with ExpressionEngine and other systems. What I find tiresome are blanket statements about the difficulty and cost of maintaining a WordPress or Drupal site. These are, for the most part, nonsense coming from folks who know little, if anything about the systems they are berating. I installed and played with ExpressionEngine two years ago, and that qualifies me to say that I don't know enough about it to offer any criticism, comparison or advice. Working from the command line with Linux or Windows, I can perform all updates on a Drupal system with two words: "drush up". This command makes a backup of everything it replaces, loads the new code and runs the update scripts. It takes two commands to load and install a new module or theme. Drupal, in particular, is frequently tarred with a lable of being difficult that goes back over seven years ago, when the Drupal community had a very strict and largely whacky interpretation of its GPLv2 license, and required folks to setup and configure the database in a separate, and poorly documented operation. At that time there were about 300 modules and themes available for Drupal. Now, there is a streamlined install process and there are over 10,000 contributed modules, themes, profiles and translation sets available, all of them free. There are another 13,000 modules and themes available as sandbox projects. Few of the public libraries using Drupal (or Wordpress) have programmers on staff, nor do they need them. Drupal requires no special maintenance or monitoring in library usage, and has relatively modest hosting requirements. We recommend that libraries do not use commodity shared hosting ? the $6/month variety ? but that leaves many inexpensive options like LISHost starting at about $140/year. We provide fully managed hosting starting at $900/year including unlimited support. As I said in an earlier post, community is important. You should check out the software and the community as part of your evaluation. Thanks, Cary On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Alnisa Allgood > wrote: I vote for ExpressionEngine http://expressionengine.com I've yet to use a more flexible CMS, and that includes Drupal and WordPress. You'll need a website developer/design to properly sketch out and get the project up and running for you. While ExpressionEngine (EE) is template driven (separated content from design), it was also designed more so for developers, which means unlike Drupal and WordPress, there aren't a lot of free standing templates for it. The reason is two-fold: (1) the community prides itself on its design and development skills, and (2) technically any design can be placed inside an EE CMS, so long as you have access to the HTML, CSS, and other related files. Content re-use, version control, relational data, distributed publishers, workflow management, etc are all available and can be configured (another reason to have a developer work with you is publishing permissions and workflow management), version control, relations, and permissions are all built-in, but the best combination of who has access to what, when, and who get's notified of what when, generally requires some plotting out if the structure is more complicated than group A can publish to section's A and B. This is probably true of all complicated permission and workflow structures, having someone help you plat out degrees and levels of access is good practice, especially if you want to increase the number of people who can directly publish content using the system (great for removing content road blocks, where only 1 or 2 people can official publish to the site). Polls, forums, feedback this would all be third-party add-ons. EE2 comes with a forums module, but I know a number of developers who work intensively with forums typically use a third party forum module. I believe there are more than a few of them, but none of our clients use forums, so I can't really discuss pros and cons of individual ones in-depth. But there are polling modules, survey, analytics (though Google Analytics is frequently used and then integrated into the system, other services and systems can be used). I'm not certain if you were primarily using ShadoCMS due to the translation services offered by Stalker, but EE can handle multi-lingual sites very well. The handling can simple or complicated depending on your needs. We set-up a system for a few clients that is what we call just a step above simple. They needed the ability to add translations of particular publications, say an English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean version of the same publication. Our goal was to just allow each version to be published, related back to each other, and then when ever someone pulls the document, it always links to the alternative languages. That's not super complicated, but isn't as simple as pure one to one translation, either. EE handled the situation very well, the complication is more in the planning it out first, and making sure language handling is added for end users in a very simple manner. Drupal and WordPress can also handle multi-language requirements, as I said it's more about the designer/developer than the system itself, though Drupal/WordPress do present some complications for full on translations versus just partial content translations. Drupal/WordPress start free. ExpressionEngine starts $150 (there's a freelancer's version that's cheaper, but I wouldn't recommend it for a library usage). The $150 non-commercial license is probably best starting point or the $300 commercial license. If you plan on a lot of e-commerce go for the commercial license, but basic commerce stuff, accepting donations, processing memberships, or selling things can be handled under either license. The software is the same for both licenses, its more about intent. Now that said third party add-ons can add more costs to basic ownership/license. I believe most of the Drupal modules, I've heard of are free; WordPress has free and paid module; as well as ExpressionEngine. I tend to use a number of paid ExpressionEngine modules, developer companies I like are Pixel & Tonic: https://pixelandtonic.com, Solspace: http://www.solspace.com, Exp-resso: https://exp-resso.com, Andrew Weaver: http://brandnewbox.co.uk. ExpressionEngine provides a great deal of flexibility for handling issues or needs internally. You can do custom queries, add php directly to the template, create a plug-in, extension, or module, etc. All these options are free. But sometime you want to think about, will you need more functionality for that feature in the future and do you want to be in-charged of doing it. There are also a number of free modules and add-ons for EE, as well. Cost wise, I'd probably say everything mentioned will be less expensive than ShadoCMS, my memory could be wrong, but it use to start around $3-$5,000. There are far more free to under $1,000 CMS solutions available these days and many are very good. If you plan on getting or have already have an in-house web developer, then going with Drupal or WordPress can be a good option, but the cost of maintenance and management exist and can require a full-time staff member for some organizations. An internal web developer can learn EE just as well as WordPress or Drupal, and EE generally require far less on-going maintenance and management issues. If you're constantly modifying the structure, you want someone around continuously, but for many of our clients, once the projects done, it's done. We come around once a year, and offer to do a version update for free. But security updates aren't nearly as much of an issue. ..................... Alnisa Allgood Executive Director Nonprofit Tech t. 608.241.3616 e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org .................................................................................. On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Anna Wheeler > wrote: Hi Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new Content Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. Currently they use Shado What CMS do you think are worth considering? They would like to use system for intranet and website and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback forums - with voting eg like uservoice and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us to update information and manage distributed publishers good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc Any light shed would be appreciated many thanks Anna Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr Manager, Electronic Library Services Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-14 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davidpwhelan at GMAIL.COM Mon Oct 15 12:39:47 2012 From: davidpwhelan at GMAIL.COM (David Whelan) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:39:47 -0400 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I like the suggestions for Wordpress, although out of the box it won't do some of the things you're looking for. It would work well for both intranet/Web (and consider Wordpress Multisite, which is built-in, for managing more than one Wordpress site at once). The plugins seem limitless and would answer for forms, polls, voting, etc. You could also develop your own, which is a huge plus for the application. I'm not sure it handles content aging in the way you're describing and I'm not aware of a plugin that would help you to flag content for review after X months or whatever. Plugins can also help with content reuse and shortcodes are available (and can be created) to support that. I also don't think it's great on version control, but it's not a feature I've dug into so perhaps there is more to it. I use the Wordpress Jetpack plugin for some analytics but mostly use an external analytics tool. Plone is another (free to acquire) open source CMS that is weaker on the plug-in side but provides more of the version control and management tools you might want. It also has functionality you can add for discussions, polls, etc, and could be implemented in more than one instance. If you've already got Python expertise and not PHP, this might be a better option than Wordpress or Drupal. Also, I think it handles multi-lingual sites better than Wordpress. It can be tricky to retheme but there's a large community of folks developing for it and supporting it. Like Wordpress & Drupal, there are 3d party consultants implementing it. Good luck! David. > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new >>>> Content Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. >>>> Currently they use Shado >>>> What CMS do you think are worth considering? >>>> >>>> They would like to use system for intranet and website >>>> and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, >>>> feedback forums - with voting eg like uservoice >>>> and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us >>>> to update information and manage distributed publishers >>>> good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc >>>> >>>> Any light shed would be appreciated >>>> >>>> many thanks >>>> Anna >>>> >>>> >>>> Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr >>>> Manager, Electronic Library Services >>>> Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand >>>> >>>> email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz >>>> ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 >>>> web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz >>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec >>>> >>>> >>> ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Mon Oct 15 13:45:06 2012 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:45:06 -0700 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: As community built software, with over 10,000 community contributed components, Drupal can have a lot of moving parts. The Drupal project has a substantial security team that reviews all of Drupal core and contrib components, and fixes security issues. They release these as they are created and tested with no filter or holdback. Fortunately, as I mentioned, there are a couple simple ways to keep these up to date, including issuing a two-word command to back-up and update the entire site. There is also a command to only perform security related updates. Wordpress and Drupal users accrue the benefit of working with products that are built in the daylight, widely adopted, and used by organizations and governments which cannot tolerate security vulnerability. Smaller and less broadly adopted projects don't have and frequently don't really require this level of assiduous attention. Cary On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Alnisa Allgood wrote: > I only mentioned ExpressionEngine as a comparison on that front, because > we literally have installs, where they receive not a single update for more > than a year-- and we aren't worried about security or other issues even in > shared hosting situations. With WordPress and Drupal, I typically recommend > the installation of security updates pretty immediately, and someone needs > to do them. That's not an insult to Drupal or WordPress (it's true for a > lot of things), they need regular care and feeding. EE works better with it > as well, but it can be left starving for sometime, if need be. > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbfaccioli at YAHOO.COM Mon Oct 15 14:03:04 2012 From: mbfaccioli at YAHOO.COM (Mary Beth Faccioli) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:03:04 -0700 Subject: Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi, I commonly evaluate web projects for either Drupal or WordPress, and I develop with both systems.? I will typically go with/recommend Drupal if there are certain needs for functionality.? One is discussion forums.? Another is complexity within the user roles, and controlling content for certain users.? If these aspects (among others, but these are some you mention) are part of a project, I wouldn't use WordPress.? That's just my own process, that I've been using for a number of years now.? I believe Drupal is also more powerful on content re-use, and while I don't use version control myself, Drupal has high marks on this.? I'm looking at the specs you outline, and based on those things (not cost, not resources you do or don't have available for development and maintaining, not hosting), if I was consulting on your project, I would recommend Drupal over WordPress.? I can't speak to the other platforms being mentioned.? In case this is helpful. Mary Beth Faccioli, MLIS Instructional Design and Technology Consultant Colorado State Library ________________________________ From: David Whelan To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Content Management System for web/intranet I like the suggestions for Wordpress, although out of the box it won't do some of the things you're looking for. ?It would work well for both intranet/Web (and consider Wordpress Multisite, which is built-in, for managing more than one Wordpress site at once). ?The plugins seem limitless and would answer for forms, polls, voting, etc. ?You could also develop your own, which is a huge plus for the application. ?I'm not sure it handles content aging in the way you're describing and I'm not aware of a plugin that would help you to flag content for review after X months or whatever. ?Plugins can also help with content reuse and shortcodes are available (and can be created) to support that. ? I also don't think it's great on version control, but it's not a feature I've dug into so perhaps there is more to it. ?I use the Wordpress Jetpack plugin for some analytics but mostly use an external analytics tool. Plone is another (free to acquire) open source CMS that is weaker on the plug-in side but provides more of the version control and management tools you might want. ?It also has functionality you can add for discussions, polls, etc, and could be implemented in more than one instance. ?If you've already got Python expertise and not PHP, this might be a better option than Wordpress or Drupal. ?Also, I think it handles multi-lingual sites better than Wordpress. ?It can be tricky to retheme but there's a large community of folks developing for it and supporting it. ?Like Wordpress & Drupal, there are 3d party consultants implementing it. Good luck! ?David. ? On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: >>> >>>Hi >>>>? >>>>Just a quick question.?We are helping our?institution??find a new Content Management System CMS to manage both their?website and intranet. Currently they use Shado >>>>What CMS do you think are worth considering?? >>>>? >>>>They would like to use system for intranet and website >>>>and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback forums - with?voting eg like uservoice >>>>and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting?system to remind us to update information and manage distributed publishers >>>>good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control?etc >>>>? >>>>Any light shed would be appreciated >>>>? >>>>many thanks >>>>Anna >>>>? >>>>? >>>>Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr >>>>Manager, Electronic Library Services >>>>Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand >>>>? >>>>email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz >>>>ph:????+64 9?8154321 ext 8601 >>>>web:??http://library.unitec.ac.nz >>>>twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec >>>>? ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roy.degler at OKSTATE.EDU Mon Oct 15 15:49:32 2012 From: roy.degler at OKSTATE.EDU (Degler, Roy) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:49:32 -0500 Subject: Fwd: [WEB4LIB] Content Management System for web/intranet Message-ID: Roy Degler roy.degler at okstate.edu Digital Library Services Begin forwarded message: From: "Degler, Roy" > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Content Management System for web/intranet Date: October 15, 2012 11:11:37 AM CDT To: Web technologies in libraries > I have three recommendations: Modx- is my personal favorite for several reasons: templates are html/css/js(template design is very simple), displays site layout just like Windows explorer folder view(makes is to train users), while open source it is managed by a real company, i have a great deal of experience w/ Modx making all projects easier for me. Drupal- is flexible and powerful, many libraries use Drupal, large community. opensourcecms.com- Go to this site and they have a very large number of CMS's installed and you can log in to each one to discover how it fits your style of development and work. pick the one you like. (This is how I discovered modx- originally an etomite fork my first cmd) Good luck with the selection of a cms Roy Degler roy.degler at okstate.edu Digital Library Services On Oct 15, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Alnisa Allgood > wrote: Actually, my statements come from direct experience with more than fifty or so nonprofits who have chosen primarily Drupal, secondarily WordPress as their content management system. We are frequently brought in to help them access on-going cost, security issues (my sites been hacked), adding new features and functionality etc. My statement isn't a blanket statement, it's a reminder statement, 'free is rarely free'. If you don't have a Drupal or WordPress person (someone who knows more than just how to install a theme and make minor modifications to it) on staff and if you are using typical hosting, then the issue isn't is the system problematic to keep up to date; it's the frequency of updates and care. With WordPress and Drupal, we recommend either you select a host that automatically applies updates for the software for you or you invest in having someone on staff dedicated to doing so. The problem is most organizations don't do either. Someone came in, suggested the software, installed a few themes, then left the organization to manage and maintain it themselves. This eventually results in chaos. Yes, a good developer can update WordPress, Drupal, and ExpressionEngine pretty rapidly, and not consider it much of an issue. They can ssh in, do database backups, apply security updates and more. But typically that means, paying for a good developer to maintain the system or having an in-house staff person do it. People seem to overlook the cost involved, and end up in situations that end up costing them more. We've worked with organizations who had no one to apply security updates to organizations who've hired part-time staff to maintain their Drupal installation. We've had to rescue organizations who worked with developers who not only insisted that Drupal or WordPress would be free, but the organization could run it on the computer under their desk. Good hosting and good developers can take care of that for you, but both communities have more than their share of individuals who just install themes and make minor CSS modifications. They suck at recommending proper hosting and proper on-going maintenance. The problem is most people don't know command line and don't understand that a good web host can reduce security and maintenance costs. I only mentioned ExpressionEngine as a comparison on that front, because we literally have installs, where they receive not a single update for more than a year-- and we aren't worried about security or other issues even in shared hosting situations. With WordPress and Drupal, I typically recommend the installation of security updates pretty immediately, and someone needs to do them. That's not an insult to Drupal or WordPress (it's true for a lot of things), they need regular care and feeding. EE works better with it as well, but it can be left starving for sometime, if need be. There are always 'ideal' situations?you got a good host, you had an awesome developer, and you have someone how can run updates, patches, etc. But most organizations end up in less than ideal situations, because they didn't know. That's my statement, not that Drupal and Wordpress are by their nature problematic. Alnisa ..................... Alnisa Allgood Executive Director Nonprofit Tech t. 608.241.3616 e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org .................................................................................. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Cary Gordon > wrote: I love hearing great stuff and good results that you and others get with ExpressionEngine and other systems. What I find tiresome are blanket statements about the difficulty and cost of maintaining a WordPress or Drupal site. These are, for the most part, nonsense coming from folks who know little, if anything about the systems they are berating. I installed and played with ExpressionEngine two years ago, and that qualifies me to say that I don't know enough about it to offer any criticism, comparison or advice. Working from the command line with Linux or Windows, I can perform all updates on a Drupal system with two words: "drush up". This command makes a backup of everything it replaces, loads the new code and runs the update scripts. It takes two commands to load and install a new module or theme. Drupal, in particular, is frequently tarred with a lable of being difficult that goes back over seven years ago, when the Drupal community had a very strict and largely whacky interpretation of its GPLv2 license, and required folks to setup and configure the database in a separate, and poorly documented operation. At that time there were about 300 modules and themes available for Drupal. Now, there is a streamlined install process and there are over 10,000 contributed modules, themes, profiles and translation sets available, all of them free. There are another 13,000 modules and themes available as sandbox projects. Few of the public libraries using Drupal (or Wordpress) have programmers on staff, nor do they need them. Drupal requires no special maintenance or monitoring in library usage, and has relatively modest hosting requirements. We recommend that libraries do not use commodity shared hosting ? the $6/month variety ? but that leaves many inexpensive options like LISHost starting at about $140/year. We provide fully managed hosting starting at $900/year including unlimited support. As I said in an earlier post, community is important. You should check out the software and the community as part of your evaluation. Thanks, Cary On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Alnisa Allgood > wrote: I vote for ExpressionEngine http://expressionengine.com I've yet to use a more flexible CMS, and that includes Drupal and WordPress. You'll need a website developer/design to properly sketch out and get the project up and running for you. While ExpressionEngine (EE) is template driven (separated content from design), it was also designed more so for developers, which means unlike Drupal and WordPress, there aren't a lot of free standing templates for it. The reason is two-fold: (1) the community prides itself on its design and development skills, and (2) technically any design can be placed inside an EE CMS, so long as you have access to the HTML, CSS, and other related files. Content re-use, version control, relational data, distributed publishers, workflow management, etc are all available and can be configured (another reason to have a developer work with you is publishing permissions and workflow management), version control, relations, and permissions are all built-in, but the best combination of who has access to what, when, and who get's notified of what when, generally requires some plotting out if the structure is more complicated than group A can publish to section's A and B. This is probably true of all complicated permission and workflow structures, having someone help you plat out degrees and levels of access is good practice, especially if you want to increase the number of people who can directly publish content using the system (great for removing content road blocks, where only 1 or 2 people can official publish to the site). Polls, forums, feedback this would all be third-party add-ons. EE2 comes with a forums module, but I know a number of developers who work intensively with forums typically use a third party forum module. I believe there are more than a few of them, but none of our clients use forums, so I can't really discuss pros and cons of individual ones in-depth. But there are polling modules, survey, analytics (though Google Analytics is frequently used and then integrated into the system, other services and systems can be used). I'm not certain if you were primarily using ShadoCMS due to the translation services offered by Stalker, but EE can handle multi-lingual sites very well. The handling can simple or complicated depending on your needs. We set-up a system for a few clients that is what we call just a step above simple. They needed the ability to add translations of particular publications, say an English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean version of the same publication. Our goal was to just allow each version to be published, related back to each other, and then when ever someone pulls the document, it always links to the alternative languages. That's not super complicated, but isn't as simple as pure one to one translation, either. EE handled the situation very well, the complication is more in the planning it out first, and making sure language handling is added for end users in a very simple manner. Drupal and WordPress can also handle multi-language requirements, as I said it's more about the designer/developer than the system itself, though Drupal/WordPress do present some complications for full on translations versus just partial content translations. Drupal/WordPress start free. ExpressionEngine starts $150 (there's a freelancer's version that's cheaper, but I wouldn't recommend it for a library usage). The $150 non-commercial license is probably best starting point or the $300 commercial license. If you plan on a lot of e-commerce go for the commercial license, but basic commerce stuff, accepting donations, processing memberships, or selling things can be handled under either license. The software is the same for both licenses, its more about intent. Now that said third party add-ons can add more costs to basic ownership/license. I believe most of the Drupal modules, I've heard of are free; WordPress has free and paid module; as well as ExpressionEngine. I tend to use a number of paid ExpressionEngine modules, developer companies I like are Pixel & Tonic: https://pixelandtonic.com, Solspace: http://www.solspace.com, Exp-resso: https://exp-resso.com, Andrew Weaver: http://brandnewbox.co.uk. ExpressionEngine provides a great deal of flexibility for handling issues or needs internally. You can do custom queries, add php directly to the template, create a plug-in, extension, or module, etc. All these options are free. But sometime you want to think about, will you need more functionality for that feature in the future and do you want to be in-charged of doing it. There are also a number of free modules and add-ons for EE, as well. Cost wise, I'd probably say everything mentioned will be less expensive than ShadoCMS, my memory could be wrong, but it use to start around $3-$5,000. There are far more free to under $1,000 CMS solutions available these days and many are very good. If you plan on getting or have already have an in-house web developer, then going with Drupal or WordPress can be a good option, but the cost of maintenance and management exist and can require a full-time staff member for some organizations. An internal web developer can learn EE just as well as WordPress or Drupal, and EE generally require far less on-going maintenance and management issues. If you're constantly modifying the structure, you want someone around continuously, but for many of our clients, once the projects done, it's done. We come around once a year, and offer to do a version update for free. But security updates aren't nearly as much of an issue. ..................... Alnisa Allgood Executive Director Nonprofit Tech t. 608.241.3616 e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org .................................................................................. On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Anna Wheeler > wrote: Hi Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new Content Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. Currently they use Shado What CMS do you think are worth considering? They would like to use system for intranet and website and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback forums - with voting eg like uservoice and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us to update information and manage distributed publishers good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc Any light shed would be appreciated many thanks Anna Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr Manager, Electronic Library Services Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-14 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From awheeler at UNITEC.AC.NZ Mon Oct 15 18:31:20 2012 From: awheeler at UNITEC.AC.NZ (Anna Wheeler) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:31:20 +1300 Subject: Fwd: [WEB4LIB] Content Management System for web/intranet In-Reply-To: <3736FF2D-CC6C-44AC-A9E6-E8E402FB2AC5@okstate.edu> Message-ID: thanks to everyone who has replied so far - this is very helpful information :) Cheers Anna >>> "Degler, Roy" 16/10/2012 8:49 a.m. >>> Roy Degler roy.degler at okstate.edu Digital Library Services Begin forwarded message: From: "Degler, Roy" Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Content Management System for web/intranet Date: October 15, 2012 11:11:37 AM CDT To: Web technologies in libraries I have three recommendations: Modx- is my personal favorite for several reasons: templates are html/css/js(template design is very simple), displays site layout just like Windows explorer folder view(makes is to train users), while open source it is managed by a real company, i have a great deal of experience w/ Modx making all projects easier for me. Drupal- is flexible and powerful, many libraries use Drupal, large community. opensourcecms.com- Go to this site and they have a very large number of CMS's installed and you can log in to each one to discover how it fits your style of development and work. pick the one you like. (This is how I discovered modx- originally an etomite fork my first cmd) Good luck with the selection of a cms Roy Degler roy.degler at okstate.edu Digital Library Services On Oct 15, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Alnisa Allgood wrote: Actually, my statements come from direct experience with more than fifty or so nonprofits who have chosen primarily Drupal, secondarily WordPress as their content management system. We are frequently brought in to help them access on-going cost, security issues (my sites been hacked), adding new features and functionality etc. My statement isn't a blanket statement, it's a reminder statement, 'free is rarely free'. If you don't have a Drupal or WordPress person (someone who knows more than just how to install a theme and make minor modifications to it) on staff and if you are using typical hosting, then the issue isn't is the system problematic to keep up to date; it's the frequency of updates and care. With WordPress and Drupal, we recommend either you select a host that automatically applies updates for the software for you or you invest in having someone on staff dedicated to doing so. The problem is most organizations don't do either. Someone came in, suggested the software, installed a few themes, then left the organization to manage and maintain it themselves. This eventually results in chaos. Yes, a good developer can update WordPress, Drupal, and ExpressionEngine pretty rapidly, and not consider it much of an issue. They can ssh in, do database backups, apply security updates and more. But typically that means, paying for a good developer to maintain the system or having an in-house staff person do it. People seem to overlook the cost involved, and end up in situations that end up costing them more. We've worked with organizations who had no one to apply security updates to organizations who've hired part-time staff to maintain their Drupal installation. We've had to rescue organizations who worked with developers who not only insisted that Drupal or WordPress would be free, but the organization could run it on the computer under their desk. Good hosting and good developers can take care of that for you, but both communities have more than their share of individuals who just install themes and make minor CSS modifications. They suck at recommending proper hosting and proper on-going maintenance. The problem is most people don't know command line and don't understand that a good web host can reduce security and maintenance costs. I only mentioned ExpressionEngine as a comparison on that front, because we literally have installs, where they receive not a single update for more than a year-- and we aren't worried about security or other issues even in shared hosting situations. With WordPress and Drupal, I typically recommend the installation of security updates pretty immediately, and someone needs to do them. That's not an insult to Drupal or WordPress (it's true for a lot of things), they need regular care and feeding. EE works better with it as well, but it can be left starving for sometime, if need be. There are always 'ideal' situations*you got a good host, you had an awesome developer, and you have someone how can run updates, patches, etc. But most organizations end up in less than ideal situations, because they didn't know. That's my statement, not that Drupal and Wordpress are by their nature problematic. Alnisa ..................... Alnisa Allgood Executive Director Nonprofit Tech t. 608.241.3616 e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org .................................................................................. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Cary Gordon wrote: I love hearing great stuff and good results that you and others get with ExpressionEngine and other systems. What I find tiresome are blanket statements about the difficulty and cost of maintaining a WordPress or Drupal site. These are, for the most part, nonsense coming from folks who know little, if anything about the systems they are berating. I installed and played with ExpressionEngine two years ago, and that qualifies me to say that I don't know enough about it to offer any criticism, comparison or advice. Working from the command line with Linux or Windows, I can perform all updates on a Drupal system with two words: "drush up". This command makes a backup of everything it replaces, loads the new code and runs the update scripts. It takes two commands to load and install a new module or theme. Drupal, in particular, is frequently tarred with a lable of being difficult that goes back over seven years ago, when the Drupal community had a very strict and largely whacky interpretation of its GPLv2 license, and required folks to setup and configure the database in a separate, and poorly documented operation. At that time there were about 300 modules and themes available for Drupal. Now, there is a streamlined install process and there are over 10,000 contributed modules, themes, profiles and translation sets available, all of them free. There are another 13,000 modules and themes available as sandbox projects. Few of the public libraries using Drupal (or Wordpress) have programmers on staff, nor do they need them. Drupal requires no special maintenance or monitoring in library usage, and has relatively modest hosting requirements. We recommend that libraries do not use commodity shared hosting * the $6/month variety * but that leaves many inexpensive options like LISHost starting at about $140/year. We provide fully managed hosting starting at $900/year including unlimited support. As I said in an earlier post, community is important. You should check out the software and the community as part of your evaluation. Thanks, Cary On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Alnisa Allgood wrote: I vote for ExpressionEngine http://expressionengine.com I've yet to use a more flexible CMS, and that includes Drupal and WordPress. You'll need a website developer/design to properly sketch out and get the project up and running for you. While ExpressionEngine (EE) is template driven (separated content from design), it was also designed more so for developers, which means unlike Drupal and WordPress, there aren't a lot of free standing templates for it. The reason is two-fold: (1) the community prides itself on its design and development skills, and (2) technically any design can be placed inside an EE CMS, so long as you have access to the HTML, CSS, and other related files. Content re-use, version control, relational data, distributed publishers, workflow management, etc are all available and can be configured (another reason to have a developer work with you is publishing permissions and workflow management), version control, relations, and permissions are all built-in, but the best combination of who has access to what, when, and who get's notified of what when, generally requires some plotting out if the structure is more complicated than group A can publish to section's A and B. This is probably true of all complicated permission and workflow structures, having someone help you plat out degrees and levels of access is good practice, especially if you want to increase the number of people who can directly publish content using the system (great for removing content road blocks, where only 1 or 2 people can official publish to the site). Polls, forums, feedback this would all be third-party add-ons. EE2 comes with a forums module, but I know a number of developers who work intensively with forums typically use a third party forum module. I believe there are more than a few of them, but none of our clients use forums, so I can't really discuss pros and cons of individual ones in-depth. But there are polling modules, survey, analytics (though Google Analytics is frequently used and then integrated into the system, other services and systems can be used). I'm not certain if you were primarily using ShadoCMS due to the translation services offered by Stalker, but EE can handle multi-lingual sites very well. The handling can simple or complicated depending on your needs. We set-up a system for a few clients that is what we call just a step above simple. They needed the ability to add translations of particular publications, say an English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean version of the same publication. Our goal was to just allow each version to be published, related back to each other, and then when ever someone pulls the document, it always links to the alternative languages. That's not super complicated, but isn't as simple as pure one to one translation, either. EE handled the situation very well, the complication is more in the planning it out first, and making sure language handling is added for end users in a very simple manner. Drupal and WordPress can also handle multi-language requirements, as I said it's more about the designer/developer than the system itself, though Drupal/WordPress do present some complications for full on translations versus just partial content translations. Drupal/WordPress start free. ExpressionEngine starts $150 (there's a freelancer's version that's cheaper, but I wouldn't recommend it for a library usage). The $150 non-commercial license is probably best starting point or the $300 commercial license. If you plan on a lot of e-commerce go for the commercial license, but basic commerce stuff, accepting donations, processing memberships, or selling things can be handled under either license. The software is the same for both licenses, its more about intent. Now that said third party add-ons can add more costs to basic ownership/license. I believe most of the Drupal modules, I've heard of are free; WordPress has free and paid module; as well as ExpressionEngine. I tend to use a number of paid ExpressionEngine modules, developer companies I like are Pixel & Tonic: https://pixelandtonic.com, Solspace: http://www.solspace.com, Exp-resso: https://exp-resso.com, Andrew Weaver: http://brandnewbox.co.uk. ExpressionEngine provides a great deal of flexibility for handling issues or needs internally. You can do custom queries, add php directly to the template, create a plug-in, extension, or module, etc. All these options are free. But sometime you want to think about, will you need more functionality for that feature in the future and do you want to be in-charged of doing it. There are also a number of free modules and add-ons for EE, as well. Cost wise, I'd probably say everything mentioned will be less expensive than ShadoCMS, my memory could be wrong, but it use to start around $3-$5,000. There are far more free to under $1,000 CMS solutions available these days and many are very good. If you plan on getting or have already have an in-house web developer, then going with Drupal or WordPress can be a good option, but the cost of maintenance and management exist and can require a full-time staff member for some organizations. An internal web developer can learn EE just as well as WordPress or Drupal, and EE generally require far less on-going maintenance and management issues. If you're constantly modifying the structure, you want someone around continuously, but for many of our clients, once the projects done, it's done. We come around once a year, and offer to do a version update for free. But security updates aren't nearly as much of an issue. ..................... Alnisa Allgood Executive Director Nonprofit Tech t. 608.241.3616 e. alnisa at nonprofit-tech.org .................................................................................. On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Anna Wheeler wrote: Hi Just a quick question. We are helping our institution find a new Content Management System CMS to manage both their website and intranet. Currently they use Shado What CMS do you think are worth considering? They would like to use system for intranet and website and it will have ability to integrate discussion forums, polls, feedback forums - with voting eg like uservoice and it will have some kind of alerting or reporting system to remind us to update information and manage distributed publishers good analytics, reporting, content re-use, version control etc Any light shed would be appreciated many thanks Anna Anna Wheeler, LLB, DipLibr Manager, Electronic Library Services Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand email: awheeler at unitec.ac.nz ph: +64 9 8154321 ext 8601 ( tel:%2B64%209%C2%A08154321%20ext%208601 ) web: http://library.unitec.ac.nz twitter: http://twitter.com/elibraryUnitec ( http://www.unitec.ac.nz/ ) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-14 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 Private Bag 92025 Victoria Street West Auckland 1142 New Zealand Website: http://www.unitec.ac.nz ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Salary for an instructor with a Ph.d degree is: $5,950.80; for a masters degree: $4,971.60 payable at the end Here is some information about our school http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/about-slis http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/prospective-students/discover-online-learning Thanks for considering this. Linda Main -linda.main at sjsu.edu Linda Main Ph.D. Associate Director Coordinator of Admissions and Academic Advising School of Library and Information Science San Jose State University http://slisweb.sjsu.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-16 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Tue Oct 16 21:09:09 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:09:09 +0000 Subject: British Columbia Government Lends Support to Open Textbooks In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B0CD61@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO > A Major Seismic Event ! /Gerry The government of British Columbia, Canada?s westernmost province, has announced its support for the creation of open textbooks for the 40 most popular first- and second-year courses in the province?s public post-secondary system. The texts will be available for free online, or at a low cost for printed versions, to approximately 200,000 students. The first texts under this project could be in use at B.C. institutions as early as 2013 for courses in arts, sciences, humanities, and business. BCcampus, a publicly funded collaborative information technology organization serving the higher-education system, will engage B.C. faculty, institutions, and publishers to implement the open textbook project through an open request for proposals. David Porter, executive director for BCcampus, explained why CC licenses are crucial to this project. ?Open licenses are integral to making textbooks free for students, and flexible enough for instructors to customize the material to suit their courses.? 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(We do not use ISA either.) The problem is when trying to download a title with DRM I get multiple challenges from the ISA Server - which fail - With my limited searching Adobe offers little help http://apus.libanswers.com/a.php?qid=40266 According to Adobe Digital Editions: http://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions/ "This error is?occuring because ADE cannot get to Activation server. This generally happens because of either system or application level firewalls disallow access to the Adobe activation site (http://adeactivate.adobe.com/adept/)." Neither does Microsoft If anyone has advice - of what should be looked for allowing on the ISA server greatly appreciated. Or where to look. Thanks paul ********************************************************************** This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Sutherland, Paul < Paul.Sutherland at ccc.govt.nz> wrote: > Hi I did not get any response to this - does no one use Adobe DRM titiles > with a Micrsosoft ISA Server at their endoint > > Or if there is a better list to send this question to please advise > > Thanks > > paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Sutherland, Paul > Sent: Tuesday, 18 September 2012 8:37 AM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe DRM and Microsoft ISA > Server > > I wonder if anyone has an environment where they use Adobe DRM titiles > with a Micrsosoft ISA Server at their endoint > > This could be titles from a vendor such as Overdrive - or free titles with > DRM such as material here > http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/library/ > > > We have a third party vendor who looks after our staff environment > endpoint with an Microsoft ISA Server between us and the outside world The > problems below do not happen with our public environment which is managed > by Library IT Staff. (We do not use ISA either.) > > The problem is when trying to download a title with DRM I get multiple > challenges from the ISA Server - which fail - > > With my limited searching > Adobe offers little help > > http://apus.libanswers.com/a.php?qid=40266 > According to Adobe Digital Editions: > http://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions/ > "This error is occuring because ADE cannot get to Activation server. This > generally happens because of either system or application level firewalls > disallow access to the Adobe activation site ( > http://adeactivate.adobe.com/adept/)." > > Neither does Microsoft > > If anyone has advice - of what should be looked for allowing on the ISA > server greatly appreciated. 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Each session will feature an internationally known promoter and developer of open educational resources, research, or ideas. Note: This event is free and registration is not required. > Noon (Mountain Time) Hour Webcasts < Monday, October 22, 2012 OER and Mobile Learning The OER university: A sustainable model for more affordable education futures Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Open Access and Public Policy Wednesday, October 24, 2012 "Open and Closed" Getting the mix right. Who gets to Decide?? Thursday, October 25, 2012 Integrating openness in course design Much Open Online Content (mooc) Friday, October 26, 2012 Sleeping with the Elephant - Leveraging AU's Position through Open Courseware Contribution of AU's e-Lab initiative to Open Access and OER Development Athabasca River Basin Resarch Institute Repository: Enhancing open access, education and research Source and Links Available Via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/open-access-week-free-webcasts-october.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ] ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They also had displays nearby explaining ho w the old cards worked and vintage displays showing actual old cards, props demonstrating the old cameras, field developing setups, etc. On the way out I noticed a printed book from 2012 with red-cyan stereo images from the Civil War, so there's a chance that they already existed in that form rather than being made by museum workers, but you'll have to ask them. Hope it helps, and please let me know if you learn anything more. Teresa *Teresa Duggan* Web Developer/Graphic Artist Enoch Pratt Free Library tduggan at prattlibrary.org Desk phone: 443-984-2447 Web Department main line: 410-545-0700 On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Teresa Duggan wrote: > Hi Bob, > > I haven't seen it used for in-house displays personally, but I vaguely > recall seeing a company that sold cheaper modern stereo viewers for > museums, schools, etc. (stiff cardboard and plastic, similar to 3D movie > glasses.) We don't have current plans for this so I can't spend time > researching it, but if you do I'd definitely be interested to see what you > learn. Maye a museums/history group would know? > > thanks, > > Teresa > > *Teresa Duggan* > Web Developer/Graphic Artist > Enoch Pratt Free Library > tduggan at prattlibrary.org > Desk phone: 443-984-2447 > Web Department main line: 410-545-0700 > > > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: > >> To summarize the comments received so far, New York Public has a project >> that displays their (and I think Boston's) stereograms using the >> "wigglegram" approach, alternating between two images a few times a >> second. >> >> I'm still interested in whether anyone is using actual 3D displays >> in-house. I'm also interested in whether anyone would be interested in >> this, because I think I could make it work. >> >> Regards, >> ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. >> >> personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com >> company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com >> voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) >> fax: (US) 503-624-0760 >> web: http://www.anzio.com >> street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. >> 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 >> Portland, OR 97223 USA >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2012-10-12 >> Scanned MGW2 >> > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This issue consists of a single essay (also available in HTML form, if you absolutely hate PDF--but that one prints out as 40 pages, so again please don't use that version for printing): Libraries Give Us a Dollar and We'll Give You Back Four (2012-13): Commentary, Part 2 pp. 1-20 This essay consists entirely of notes about Chapter 20 of Give Us a Dollar and We'll Give You Back Four (2012-13): "Libraries by State." It also adds a new table for each state section (except DC and Hawaii), showing libraries in each size category. I'm doing this added issue because one fairly long and reasonably timely essay is almost done--and should be paired with another shorter and somewhat more timely essay. Since I'd like to publish those some time in November, and since adding those to this 20-page essay would make for an uncomfortably long issue, I'm putting this out now. Oh, and do go buy the book...these notes aren't nearly as useful without the book. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-18 From cnylrc at GMAIL.COM Thu Oct 18 16:39:04 2012 From: cnylrc at GMAIL.COM (CNY Library Resources Council) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:39:04 -0400 Subject: Doing anything with stereogram viewing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We have some stereoscopic cards in our collections on New York Heritage, so this thread has been very, very cool! I went to the NYPL's fantastic stereoanimator page (thank you Joseph!) and thought I could reproduce the same results for an animated gif. I posted about it and had several people ask me how, so here's the tutorial, in case anyone's interested in trying it themselves: http://www.nyheritage.org/blog/2012/10/18/stereographic-animations-tutorial/ -Claire Enkosky -- Central New York Library Resources Council *Connecting the Information Community* *(p) 315.446.5446 - (f) 315.446.5590* ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Long Live College! http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/time-cover-story-college-is-dead-long.html Udacity > Democratizing Higher Education http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/udacity-democratizing-higher-education.html What Campus Leaders Need to Know About MOOCs http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/what-campus-leaders-need-to-know-about.html Enjoy ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dee.baldwin at UNF.EDU Fri Oct 19 15:28:54 2012 From: dee.baldwin at UNF.EDU (Baldwin, Dee) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:28:54 -0400 Subject: Webinar on October 24: =?Windows-1252?Q?=B3The_Value_of_Usability_Testing=B2?= Message-ID: Please excuse duplication. Please forward to interested colleagues and other listservs. The Florida & Caribbean Chapter of SLA is offering a webinar, ?The Value of Usability Testing?, on Wednesday, October 24 at 2PM Eastern. Learn the basic principles of usability testing and how they can be incorporated into a user-centered design process that improves the quality of your site or product. This overview will cover developing, conducting, and reporting findings from a small usability test; and will illustrate why a small test can make a big difference to your users. Our speaker is Brian Arsenault, currently Senior Web Application Engineer at the Florida State University Center for Information Management & Educational Services and coordinates on-site and remote usability testing for CIMES. Mr. Arsenault earned his MS in Library and Information Studies from FSU in 2000. Registration fees (pay with PayPal) Florida & Caribbean Chapter members: $10 Other SLA members: $15 Non-members: $20 Students: $10 Register here Dee Baldwin President-elect SLA Florida & Caribbean Chapter dee.baldwin at unf.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Oct 19 15:43:50 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:43:50 +0000 Subject: Canada=?Windows-1252?Q?=92s_?= Contribution to the Commons: Creating a Culture of Open Education In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B0E966@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Thanks to Garrett Eastman, Director of Libraries, Becker College, for the HeadsUp ! /Gerry Key Players and Recommendations Administration University and College Administrators can reduce costs and improve the quality of learning with Open Education. They can promote Open Education by: * Providing education sessions around the benefits of Open Education institutional leaders; * Adopting Open Source Learning Management Systems; * Incentivizing the creation of OER and Open Access publications and provide IT support to allow easy sharing and distribution; * Exploring alternative business models for Open Education practices; and * Establishing forums for national and international discussions on open education to create and support platforms for the sharing, distribution and quality; * Publishing research in Open Access journals; and * Working with professional associations to establish quality control mechanisms. Faculty Open Educational content empowers teaching faculty to reclaim ownership over learning materials and improve their teaching methods through sharing, collaboration, and critique. Faculty can contribute to Open Education by: * Exploring open access alternative to commercial learning materials; * Collaborating to create OER with other instructors; * Publishing open access textbooks; * Publishing research in Open Access journals; and * Working with professional associations to establish quality control mechanisms. Students Students benefit from Open Education through reduced cost of learning materials, improved quality of education, and in some cases more interactive classroom experiences Students can promote Open Education alternatives through: * Expressing concerns to teaching faculty about the cost of commercial materials and a preference for OER options when the quality is comparable; * Encouraging the university administration to take the steps noted above; * Advocating for more collaborative learning and facilitative teaching practices. Governments Governments have an interest in the cost savings and improved quality of learning that Open Education initiatives can provide at all levels of public education. Governments can encourage Open Education by: * Exploring Open Access alternatives to traditional K-12 learning materials (Provincial); * Subsidizing the cost of Open Access textbook development where no alternatives to commercial texts exist (Provincial); * Providing competitive funding for the creation of open-access textbooks for higher education (Provincial and Federal); and * Making research grants issued by government agencies conditional upon the open-access publication of research results (Provincial and Federal). control of OER. Source and Full Text Available Via [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/canadas-contribution-to-commons.html ] Regards, Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cynthia.s.ng at GMAIL.COM Fri Oct 19 16:32:37 2012 From: cynthia.s.ng at GMAIL.COM (Cynthia Ng) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:32:37 -0400 Subject: Reminder: Code4lib 2013 Call for Proposals - Get in on the Action! Message-ID: Just a friendly reminder. 2 weeks left! > We are now accepting proposals for Code4lib 2013. > > Code4lib 2013 is a loosely-structured conference for library > technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be > inspired, and forge collaborations. The conference will be held Monday > February 11th (Preconference Day) - Thursday February 14th, 2013 in > Chicago, IL. More information can be found at > http://tigger.uic.edu/~kayiwa/code4lib.html > > **Prepared Talks** > > Head over to the call for proposals page at > http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_talks_proposals and submit > your idea for a prepared talk for this year's conference! Proposals > should be no longer than 500 words, and preferably many less. > > Prepared talks are 20 minutes (including setup and questions), and > focus on one or more of the following areas: > > * tools (some cool new software, software library or integration platform) > * specs (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones) > * challenges (one or more big problems we should collectively address) > > The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of: > * usefulness > * newness > * geekiness > * uniqueness > * awesomeness > > Proposals can be submitted through Friday, November 2nd, 5pm PT. > Voting will commence soon thereafter. The submitter (and if necessary > a second presenter) will be guaranteed an opportunity to register for > the conference. > > Proposals for preconferences are also open until November 2nd, 5pm PT. > http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_preconference_proposals > > We cannot accept every prepared talk proposal, but multiple lightning > talk and breakout sessions will provide everyone who wishes to present > with an opportunity to do so. > > Looking forward to seeing your proposals! > -Cynthia aka TheRealArty > Program Committee Lead ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-19 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Oct 19 20:06:13 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:06:13 +0000 Subject: A/V Now Available > Making Highly Interactive eBooks: Lessons from Market Innovators Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO > Most Excellent !!! /Gerry Today?s mobile-savvy audiences expect engaging content experiences that work across devices, from their computers, to their iPads to their mobile phones. Transferring printed pages to a simple eBook is no longer sufficient. Readers want to be captivated with interactivity. Beyond simple enhancements like links to audio and video, interactive eBooks leverage the true potential of new digital media. They transform static content into an imaginatively structured web of dynamic content using 3D images, animation, real-time assessments, and other digital assets. Join Michael Tully of Wolters Kluwer and Matt MacInnis of Inkling as they present a case study and demo revealing the keys to successful production of highly interactive, professional looking eBooks using Inkling, a modern digital publishing platform for all genres of eBooks. * Discover the possibilities for bringing content to life on the iPad, iPhone and the Web -- without breaking the bank. * Understand considerations for designing content that leverages the interactive features and functionalities of a digital publishing platform. * Assess the production differences for backlist titles versus born-digital eBooks.Learn how Inkling compares to the likes of Kindle and iBooks Author. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 > 2:00 EST / 11:00 PST NOTE: This presentation will be available to audience members until January 15, 2013 at 06:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Available At [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/av-now-available-making-highly.html ] Enjoy ! Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jill.emery at GMAIL.COM Mon Oct 22 01:00:56 2012 From: jill.emery at GMAIL.COM (Jill Emery) Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:00:56 -0700 Subject: Vote for ER&L 2013 Program Options 22-23 October Message-ID: Hello Everyone, ER&L welcomes you to participate in an open and anonymous community vote of submissions under review for the ER&L Conference. Go here to cast your vote on the 2013 proposed programs: http://electroniclibrarian.org/presenters/vote Are you planning on attending ER&L 2013? If so you can register for the conference here: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/registration-erl12-archive ER&L Program Planning ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-22 From mpoulin at COLGATE.EDU Mon Oct 22 08:50:20 2012 From: mpoulin at COLGATE.EDU (Mike Poulin) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:50:20 -0400 Subject: Subject: Job: Colgate University Libraries : Instruction Design and Web Librarian Message-ID: Instruction Design and Web Librarian Colgate University Libraries seeks a creative and user-oriented librarian to serve as Instructional Design and Web Librarian. Reporting to the Chair, Reference and Instruction Department, this person will support the integration of instructional design and information technologies into library services, co-chair the Libraries? Web Committee, and participate in reference and instruction. She or he will be familiar with instructional design principles as they apply to the teaching and learning process and the Libraries? online presence, and with usability studies and assessment. The successful candidate will collaborate with library colleagues, information technologists, and teaching faculty in a combined library and technology center with cutting edge technology. Qualifications: An ALA-accredited master?s degree and two years' experience or an equivalent master?s degree and two years' experience working in an academic or research library setting. All librarians at Colgate are expected to lead and work in a collaborative environment, to possess a strong public service orientation, to communicate effectively, to manage projects efficiently, and to work some evening, weekend, and holiday hours. The successful candidate will possess the best combination of the following: ? Knowledge of and experience in applying instructional design theory and principles ? Experience with assessment, including usability studies ? Proficiency with one or more scripting or programming languages ? Experience in developing web applications, online tutorials, or digital learning objects ? Experience working in a content management system and familiarity with XHTML, XML, PHP, and relational databases ? Background in the humanities ? Reference and instruction experience in an academic or research library ? Ability to analyze data and make decisions based on national and local trends *Additional information* about Colgate University, the Colgate Libraries, and the full job description can be found at http://exlibris.colgate.edu/joinus.html *Application procedure*: please apply online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2219 Review of application materials will begin on Nov. 16, 2012 and continue until the position is filled. Colgate is a highly selective private liberal arts university located in Hamilton, NY, and is an EO/AA employer. Developing and sustaining a diverse faculty, staff, and student body further the university?s educational mission. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applicants with dual career considerations can find postings of other employment opportunities at http://www.upstatenyherc.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mschofield at NOVA.EDU Tue Oct 23 09:22:47 2012 From: mschofield at NOVA.EDU (Michael Schofield) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:22:47 -0400 Subject: Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit Message-ID: Morning everyone, Our library has a large second-floor gallery and we're lucky enough to be able to host some really neat exhibits-sometimes art, sometimes historical-and I'm starting to think it would be cool to have a supplementary web component. We've a lot of distance users who likely won't cross the state to duck in, but if they're curious they might click through. I say supplementary because I don't want to volunteer to curate a standalone exhibit, but I'm thinking in terms of browsing or accessing further information about a specific [artifact] in the exhibit. What I want to do is essentially jury-rig reveal.js (an HTML Slide Deck [http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/]) to . I don't know yet, that's why I'm approaching the hive : ). You've been to museums that link QR Codes to audio-clips. What features do you appreciate in such a component? I'm also curious about what features would be really cool if you could pull them off. Some of my ideas: 1. Doctor revealJS because it is a feature-rich, swipe-friendly HTML deck that works just as well on phones as on desktops. Additionally, I'm only interested in working with the web - nothing native. 2. QR Codes [although I kind of hate them . ] in the exhibit link to specific pages with further reading and an audio description. 3. Option to auto-scroll through slides / stream all the audio as a walkthrough [e.g., a podcast]. 4. One thought is that instead of a specific exhibit, you could use it as a self-guided tour of your building, potentially tied-in with Google Maps Interior / etc. Just brainstorming. I plan to do something locally, but if anyone is interested in collaborating on additional museum/library/tour-oriented features for RevealJS, perhaps we can make a public fork on github and go to town. Let me know. Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536 Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center Hi! Hit me up any time, but I'd really appreciate it if you report broken links, bugs, your meeting minutes, or request an awesome web app over on the Library Web Services site. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nengard at GMAIL.COM Tue Oct 23 12:35:39 2012 From: nengard at GMAIL.COM (Nicole Engard) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:35:39 -0700 Subject: The Accidental Systems Librarian 2d Message-ID: Hi all, I hope you don't mind me sending out this announcement to you all. I wanted to let you all know that the 2nd edition of The Accidental Systems Librarian has been published by Information Today Inc. More info here: http://tasl.web2learning.net . I made sure to mention this list as a great resource to those working in systems in libraries :) Nicole C. Engard ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 From libr12 at GMAIL.COM Tue Oct 23 13:31:44 2012 From: libr12 at GMAIL.COM (Teresa Ashley) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:31:44 -0500 Subject: Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit In-Reply-To: <001601cdb121$7e16c130$7a444390$@nova.edu> Message-ID: These are excellent questions. I'm glad you brought up this topic because I have been thinking about the same thing. My idea, though, was to have a Libguide accompany a physical exhibit so that people at a distance could experience it. Our exhibit would have books that could be requested online via the Libguide links and photographs of the other items in the exhibit. However, your idea of having Augmented Reality of some sort in the physical exhibit is an interesting one and I am eager to read the responses of others on the list. Thanks. Teresa Ashley On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Michael Schofield wrote: > Morning everyone,**** > > ** ** > > Our library has a large second-floor gallery and we?re lucky enough to be > able to host some really neat exhibits?sometimes art, sometimes > historical?and I?m starting to think it would be cool to have a > supplementary web component. We?ve a lot of distance users who likely won?t > cross the state to duck in, but if they?re curious they might click > through. I say *supplementary *because I don?t want to volunteer to > curate a standalone exhibit, but I?m thinking in terms of browsing or > accessing further information about a specific [artifact] in the exhibit.* > *** > > ** ** > > What I want to do is essentially jury-rig reveal.js (an HTML Slide Deck [ > http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/]) to ? I don?t know yet, that?s why I?m > approaching the hive : ). You?ve been to museums that link QR Codes to > audio-clips. What features do you appreciate in such a component? I?m also > curious about what features would be *really *cool if you could pull them > off.**** > > ** ** > > Some of my ideas:**** > > ** ** > > **1. **Doctor revealJS because it is a feature-rich, swipe-friendly > HTML deck that works just as well on phones as on desktops. Additionally, > I?m only interested in working with the web ? nothing native.**** > > **2. **QR Codes [although I kind of hate them ? ] *in *the exhibit > link to specific pages with further reading and an audio description.**** > > **3. **Option to auto-scroll through slides / stream all the audio > as a walkthrough [e.g., a podcast].**** > > **4. **One thought is that instead of a specific exhibit, you could > use it as a self-guided tour of your building, potentially tied-in with > Google Maps Interior / etc.**** > > ** ** > > Just brainstorming. I plan to do something locally, but if anyone is > interested in collaborating on additional museum/library/tour-oriented > features for RevealJS, perhaps we can make a public fork on github and go > to town. Let me know.**** > > ** ** > > *M*ichael *Schofield*(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536 > **** > > Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center**** > > ** ** > > Hi! Hit me up *any* time, but I?d *really* appreciate it if you report *broken > links*, *bugs*, your meeting *minutes*, or request an awesome *web app*over on the Library > Web Services site.**** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-23 > -- ::-:: Teresa Ashley ::-:: libr12 (at) gmail (dot) com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mschofield at NOVA.EDU Tue Oct 23 13:41:13 2012 From: mschofield at NOVA.EDU (Michael Schofield) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:41:13 -0400 Subject: Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Teresa, Linking from the v. exhibit to the library's collection is such a good idea and makes so much sense (because, you know, libraries .). I imagine that if there was a short blurb about, let's say, George Washington's limited edition Harry Potter [resulting from a brief time warp during the American revolution], we make it so that users can put holds on related material. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Teresa Ashley Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:32 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit These are excellent questions. I'm glad you brought up this topic because I have been thinking about the same thing. My idea, though, was to have a Libguide accompany a physical exhibit so that people at a distance could experience it. Our exhibit would have books that could be requested online via the Libguide links and photographs of the other items in the exhibit. However, your idea of having Augmented Reality of some sort in the physical exhibit is an interesting one and I am eager to read the responses of others on the list. Thanks. Teresa Ashley On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Michael Schofield wrote: Morning everyone, Our library has a large second-floor gallery and we're lucky enough to be able to host some really neat exhibits-sometimes art, sometimes historical-and I'm starting to think it would be cool to have a supplementary web component. We've a lot of distance users who likely won't cross the state to duck in, but if they're curious they might click through. I say supplementary because I don't want to volunteer to curate a standalone exhibit, but I'm thinking in terms of browsing or accessing further information about a specific [artifact] in the exhibit. What I want to do is essentially jury-rig reveal.js (an HTML Slide Deck [http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/]) to . I don't know yet, that's why I'm approaching the hive : ). You've been to museums that link QR Codes to audio-clips. What features do you appreciate in such a component? I'm also curious about what features would be really cool if you could pull them off. Some of my ideas: 1. Doctor revealJS because it is a feature-rich, swipe-friendly HTML deck that works just as well on phones as on desktops. Additionally, I'm only interested in working with the web - nothing native. 2. QR Codes [although I kind of hate them . ] in the exhibit link to specific pages with further reading and an audio description. 3. Option to auto-scroll through slides / stream all the audio as a walkthrough [e.g., a podcast]. 4. One thought is that instead of a specific exhibit, you could use it as a self-guided tour of your building, potentially tied-in with Google Maps Interior / etc. Just brainstorming. I plan to do something locally, but if anyone is interested in collaborating on additional museum/library/tour-oriented features for RevealJS, perhaps we can make a public fork on github and go to town. Let me know. Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536 Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center Hi! Hit me up any time, but I'd really appreciate it if you report broken links, bugs, your meeting minutes, or request an awesome web app over on the Library Web Services site. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 -- ::-:: Teresa Ashley ::-:: libr12 (at) gmail (dot) com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Tue Oct 23 19:29:47 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:29:47 +0000 Subject: ARL Issue Brief > Massive Open Online Courses: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B107B0@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO > A Must Read ! /Gerry Brandon Butler / October 22, 2012 Executive Summary Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) raise significant legal and policy questions for research libraries, which are often asked to support the development of MOOC courses. These questions involve information policy concerns that are central to research libraries, including the proper application of fair use, the transition to open access as the default mode of scholarly publishing, and the provision of equal access to learning materials for students with and without disabilities. Where possible, research libraries should engage in conversations around MOOCs and promote their core values. By doing so, they will also promote the continuing vitality of libraries as partners in the educational mission. [more] Source and Full Text Available Via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/arl-issue-brief-massive-open-online.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 "May The MOOC Be With You!" ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mschofield at NOVA.EDU Wed Oct 24 09:22:37 2012 From: mschofield at NOVA.EDU (Michael Schofield) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:22:37 -0400 Subject: The Library in your Living Room Message-ID: I finally pulled down the latest Xbox 360 Update last night which is packaged with Internet Explorer 9. Sure, there are a lot of internet ready televisions, but only now when bundled with Kinect can you browse the web with gestures and voice commands. To be honest, I really enjoyed surfing from the couch. I could totally do that. Typing URIs with a joystick and a button leaves a little to be desired, but generally I thought the interface was pretty fun. But the web with its textual links and packed screen doesn't feel right when you're more than 24" away from your monitor. Input is clumsy - a controller, a remote, sketchy voice commands, or big gestures with your hands-so I kind of see the wisdom in the modular, Metro look of Windows 8, and I think that's where the web for big screens is going to go (unless you're controlling it with your phone). This has me thinking: what do you think the library will be like in your living room? Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536 Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center Hi! Hit me up any time, but I'd really appreciate it if you report broken links, bugs, your meeting minutes, or request an awesome web app over on the Library Web Services site. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hawkm at OCLC.ORG Wed Oct 24 09:27:20 2012 From: hawkm at OCLC.ORG (Hawk,Mickey) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:27:20 -0400 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: A<000901cdb1ea$a3a9a4c0$eafcee40$@nova.edu> Message-ID: Wondering if design for the TV shouldn't be more like design for mobile, especially when using input devices like you mention (joystick, etc.)? Not sure there is a good media query for that type of device. Have to look into that. Mick -- Mickey Hawk Manager, Design OCLC hawkm at oclc.org From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Schofield Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:23 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room I finally pulled down the latest Xbox 360 Update last night which is packaged with Internet Explorer 9. Sure, there are a lot of internet ready televisions, but only now when bundled with Kinect can you browse the web with gestures and voice commands. To be honest, I really enjoyed surfing from the couch. I could totally do that. Typing URIs with a joystick and a button leaves a little to be desired, but generally I thought the interface was pretty fun. But the web with its textual links and packed screen doesn't feel right when you're more than 24" away from your monitor. Input is clumsy - a controller, a remote, sketchy voice commands, or big gestures with your hands-so I kind of see the wisdom in the modular, Metro look of Windows 8, and I think that's where the web for big screens is going to go (unless you're controlling it with your phone). This has me thinking: what do you think the library will be like in your living room? Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536 Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center Hi! Hit me up any time, but I'd really appreciate it if you report broken links, bugs, your meeting minutes, or request an awesome web app over on the Library Web Services site. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pat.rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG Wed Oct 24 09:35:19 2012 From: pat.rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG (Pat Rapp) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:35:19 +0000 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: <52E301F960B30049ADEFBCCF1CCAEF5911358910@OAEXCH4SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Message-ID: For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game developers create content.) Pat Rapp From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Hawk,Mickey Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:27 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room Wondering if design for the TV shouldn't be more like design for mobile, especially when using input devices like you mention (joystick, etc.)? Not sure there is a good media query for that type of device. Have to look into that. Mick -- Mickey Hawk Manager, Design OCLC hawkm at oclc.org From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Schofield Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:23 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room I finally pulled down the latest Xbox 360 Update last night which is packaged with Internet Explorer 9. Sure, there are a lot of internet ready televisions, but only now when bundled with Kinect can you browse the web with gestures and voice commands. To be honest, I really enjoyed surfing from the couch. I could totally do that. Typing URIs with a joystick and a button leaves a little to be desired, but generally I thought the interface was pretty fun. But the web with its textual links and packed screen doesn't feel right when you're more than 24" away from your monitor. Input is clumsy - a controller, a remote, sketchy voice commands, or big gestures with your hands-so I kind of see the wisdom in the modular, Metro look of Windows 8, and I think that's where the web for big screens is going to go (unless you're controlling it with your phone). This has me thinking: what do you think the library will be like in your living room? Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536 Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center Hi! Hit me up any time, but I'd really appreciate it if you report broken links, bugs, your meeting minutes, or request an awesome web app over on the Library Web Services site. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.AF.MIL Wed Oct 24 09:48:36 2012 From: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.AF.MIL (Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:48:36 -0400 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: A<3038B5354FB7344EADE39BE9FCEE5D68ACD850@mail0.fairportlibrary.local> Message-ID: The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook color tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have it on my TV especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation. I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as our entertainment center. __________________________________________ Wilfred (Bill) Drew Croop-LaFrance, Inc. Technical Librarian AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL Tech Library Rome Research Site Phone: (315) 330-7608 Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game developers create content.) Pat Rapp ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 From J.P.Knight at LBORO.AC.UK Wed Oct 24 09:57:29 2012 From: J.P.Knight at LBORO.AC.UK (Jon Knight) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:57:29 +0100 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: <000901cdb1ea$a3a9a4c0$eafcee40$@nova.edu> Message-ID: On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Michael Schofield wrote: > But the web with its textual links and packed screen doesn't feel right when > you're more than 24" away from your monitor. > [...] > This has me thinking: what do you think the library will be like in your > living room? For my money, I wonder how many more years folk will be buying big, power hungry screens with DVD players, games consoles, etc, to plonk in the corner of their sitting rooms? Broadcast TV is already having its boundaries blurred with on-demand programming, timeshift cloud replay services available from multiple devices, etc. TVs as separate devices may well join the wood cabinets of the radiogram or the record decks of the hifi tower as an element of living rooms past for many people. If the personal display screen gets really hi res, cheap and popular (and folk like Google seem to be going that way), why would folk want to have a permanently shared screen sitting there 24" from their sofa? If you're always "wearing" your large virtual display, you could share your virtual screen with friends, family, neighbours and wouldn't even be limited to being physically in the same room. Then it comes down to the question of what will the library be like when its always available if wanted in your field of vision? ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 From holmbergl at BOULDERLIBRARY.ORG Wed Oct 24 10:04:43 2012 From: holmbergl at BOULDERLIBRARY.ORG (Holmberg, Lisa) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:04:43 +0000 Subject: Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit In-Reply-To: <00c301cdb145$988168d0$c9843a70$@nova.edu> Message-ID: I think we'd be interested in exploring a resource like this too. The city has an Arts dept that is part of the library and it think it would be terrific to be able to take the wonderful displays we have into a virtual space. We also have a terrific local history library that would like to put on more public displays. So Micheal, count me in. Lisa Lisa Holmberg Web Services Specialist Boulder Public Library 1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80302 303.441.3472 holmbergl at boulderlibrary.org From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Schofield Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 11:41 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit Hi Teresa, Linking from the v. exhibit to the library's collection is such a good idea and makes so much sense (because, you know, libraries ...). I imagine that if there was a short blurb about, let's say, George Washington's limited edition Harry Potter [resulting from a brief time warp during the American revolution], we make it so that users can put holds on related material. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Teresa Ashley Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:32 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit These are excellent questions. I'm glad you brought up this topic because I have been thinking about the same thing. My idea, though, was to have a Libguide accompany a physical exhibit so that people at a distance could experience it. Our exhibit would have books that could be requested online via the Libguide links and photographs of the other items in the exhibit. However, your idea of having Augmented Reality of some sort in the physical exhibit is an interesting one and I am eager to read the responses of others on the list. Thanks. Teresa Ashley On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Michael Schofield > wrote: Morning everyone, Our library has a large second-floor gallery and we're lucky enough to be able to host some really neat exhibits-sometimes art, sometimes historical-and I'm starting to think it would be cool to have a supplementary web component. We've a lot of distance users who likely won't cross the state to duck in, but if they're curious they might click through. I say supplementary because I don't want to volunteer to curate a standalone exhibit, but I'm thinking in terms of browsing or accessing further information about a specific [artifact] in the exhibit. What I want to do is essentially jury-rig reveal.js (an HTML Slide Deck [http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/]) to ... I don't know yet, that's why I'm approaching the hive : ). You've been to museums that link QR Codes to audio-clips. What features do you appreciate in such a component? I'm also curious about what features would be really cool if you could pull them off. Some of my ideas: 1. Doctor revealJS because it is a feature-rich, swipe-friendly HTML deck that works just as well on phones as on desktops. Additionally, I'm only interested in working with the web - nothing native. 2. QR Codes [although I kind of hate them ... ] in the exhibit link to specific pages with further reading and an audio description. 3. Option to auto-scroll through slides / stream all the audio as a walkthrough [e.g., a podcast]. 4. One thought is that instead of a specific exhibit, you could use it as a self-guided tour of your building, potentially tied-in with Google Maps Interior / etc. Just brainstorming. I plan to do something locally, but if anyone is interested in collaborating on additional museum/library/tour-oriented features for RevealJS, perhaps we can make a public fork on github and go to town. Let me know. Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536 Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center Hi! Hit me up any time, but I'd really appreciate it if you report broken links, bugs, your meeting minutes, or request an awesome web app over on the Library Web Services site. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 -- ::-:: Teresa Ashley ::-:: libr12 (at) gmail (dot) com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pat.rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG Wed Oct 24 10:16:03 2012 From: pat.rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG (Pat Rapp) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:16:03 +0000 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: Message-ID: It makes sense to use a tv as a monitor for all your devices. I have a high res 42" tv that is my monitor/screen for almost everything: TV, dvd player, Xbox, playstation, computer -- everything plugs into it and it is big and beautiful. I easily swap it out for my regular desktop computer monitor if I have a large imaging project or 3d sculpting to work on. (It's overkill for using as a monitor if I'm just typing.) At some point, we might just stop calling them TVs and start calling them all-purpose monitors. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jon Knight Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:57 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Michael Schofield wrote: > But the web with its textual links and packed screen doesn't feel > right when you're more than 24" away from your monitor. > [...] > This has me thinking: what do you think the library will be like in > your living room? For my money, I wonder how many more years folk will be buying big, power hungry screens with DVD players, games consoles, etc, to plonk in the corner of their sitting rooms? Broadcast TV is already having its boundaries blurred with on-demand programming, timeshift cloud replay services available from multiple devices, etc. TVs as separate devices may well join the wood cabinets of the radiogram or the record decks of the hifi tower as an element of living rooms past for many people. If the personal display screen gets really hi res, cheap and popular (and folk like Google seem to be going that way), why would folk want to have a permanently shared screen sitting there 24" from their sofa? If you're always "wearing" your large virtual display, you could share your virtual screen with friends, family, neighbours and wouldn't even be limited to being physically in the same room. Then it comes down to the question of what will the library be like when its always available if wanted in your field of vision? ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 From TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET Wed Oct 24 14:35:47 2012 From: TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET (Thomas Edelblute) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:35:47 +0000 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not included Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive than my DSL. So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem located in another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so tearing out the walls to recable is not an option. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook color tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have it on my TV especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation. I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as our entertainment center. __________________________________________ Wilfred (Bill) Drew Croop-LaFrance, Inc. Technical Librarian AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL Tech Library Rome Research Site Phone: (315) 330-7608 Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game developers create content.) Pat Rapp ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ________________________________ 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/ 2012-10-24 From Michael.Mitchell at BRAZOSPORT.EDU Wed Oct 24 14:46:09 2012 From: Michael.Mitchell at BRAZOSPORT.EDU (Mitchell, Michael) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:46:09 -0500 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: <52882995E3FA484FA4FFBF4C2C837CFE2F5663C5@COAMBOX2.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: A wireless router. Is your DSL at least T-1 speed? Streaming is a bandwidth hog. Michael Mitchell Technical Services Librarian Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:36 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not included Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive than my DSL. So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem located in another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so tearing out the walls to recable is not an option. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook color tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have it on my TV especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation. I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as our entertainment center. __________________________________________ Wilfred (Bill) Drew Croop-LaFrance, Inc. Technical Librarian AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL Tech Library Rome Research Site Phone: (315) 330-7608 Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game developers create content.) Pat Rapp ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ________________________________ 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/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 From kleinm at OCLC.ORG Wed Oct 24 14:49:05 2012 From: kleinm at OCLC.ORG (Klein,Max) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:49:05 -0400 Subject: Open Access Wikipedia Challenge MOOC on P2PU for Wikipedia Loves Libraries Message-ID: Hello All, Happy open access week, to celebrate I created the Open Access Wikipedia Challenge on P2PU [1]. The challenge is to embed media that was harvested from Open Access journals into Wikipedia, and I created a special edition barnstar for completing it [2]. This challenge is totally friendly to newbies and librarians as it includes over 1 hour of six screencast tutorial videos that explain every detail right from the account creation, to transclusion, and each module has waypoint challenges. Already ten people have accepted the challenge. Happy Open Access Week, [1] https://p2pu.org/en/groups/open-access-wikipedia-challenge/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Open_Access_Wikipedia_Challenge_Ba rnstar Max Klein Wikipedia in Residence kleinm at oclc.org +17074787023 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.AF.MIL Wed Oct 24 15:03:38 2012 From: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.AF.MIL (Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:03:38 -0400 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: A<52882995E3FA484FA4FFBF4C2C837CFE2F5663C5@COAMBOX2.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: This is an obvious case for using home based Wi-Fi. Bill Drew -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:36 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not included Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive than my DSL. So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem located in another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so tearing out the walls to recable is not an option. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook color tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have it on my TV especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation. I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as our entertainment center. __________________________________________ Wilfred (Bill) Drew Croop-LaFrance, Inc. Technical Librarian AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL Tech Library Rome Research Site Phone: (315) 330-7608 Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game developers create content.) Pat Rapp ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ________________________________ 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/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 5589 bytes Desc: not available URL: From TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET Wed Oct 24 15:09:33 2012 From: TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET (Thomas Edelblute) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:09:33 +0000 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Do the new televisions today have a WiFi receiver, or do I need to buy something that would plug into an Ethernet port? You can tell I have not been television shopping recently. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:04 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room This is an obvious case for using home based Wi-Fi. Bill Drew -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:36 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not included Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive than my DSL. So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem located in another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so tearing out the walls to recable is not an option. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook color tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have it on my TV especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation. I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as our entertainment center. __________________________________________ Wilfred (Bill) Drew Croop-LaFrance, Inc. Technical Librarian AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL Tech Library Rome Research Site Phone: (315) 330-7608 Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game developers create content.) Pat Rapp ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ________________________________ 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. 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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/ 2012-10-24 From hawkm at OCLC.ORG Wed Oct 24 15:10:58 2012 From: hawkm at OCLC.ORG (Hawk,Mickey) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:10:58 -0400 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: A<52882995E3FA484FA4FFBF4C2C837CFE2F56655C@COAMBOX2.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: My LG had an optional WiFi dongle you could plug into a USB port in the TV. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 3:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room Do the new televisions today have a WiFi receiver, or do I need to buy something that would plug into an Ethernet port? You can tell I have not been television shopping recently. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:04 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room This is an obvious case for using home based Wi-Fi. Bill Drew -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:36 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not included Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive than my DSL. So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem located in another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so tearing out the walls to recable is not an option. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook color tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have it on my TV especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation. I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as our entertainment center. __________________________________________ Wilfred (Bill) Drew Croop-LaFrance, Inc. Technical Librarian AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL Tech Library Rome Research Site Phone: (315) 330-7608 Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game developers create content.) Pat Rapp ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ________________________________ 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. 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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/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 From ras at ANZIO.COM Wed Oct 24 15:31:38 2012 From: ras at ANZIO.COM (Bob Rasmussen) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:31:38 -0700 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: <52882995E3FA484FA4FFBF4C2C837CFE2F56655C@COAMBOX2.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: If a TV is marketed as "smart", that generally means it can pull content from the internet. It will generally have wi-fi capabilities, although that may be an optional purchase, as a dongle. Note that you can get this connectivity other ways: 1) Via a "smart" DVD or Blu-Ray player, which again may have wi-fi, which may require an optional purchase; or 2) A streaming device, such as a Roku or an Apple TV. I particularly like the Apple TV. Either of these is considerably cheaper than replacing your TV. On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > Do the new televisions today have a WiFi receiver, or do I need to buy something that would plug into an Ethernet port? > > You can tell I have not been television shopping recently. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:04 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > This is an obvious case for using home based Wi-Fi. > > Bill Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:36 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not included > Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive than my DSL. > So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem located in > another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so tearing out the > walls to recable is not an option. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook color > tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have it on my TV > especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. > If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation. > I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as our > entertainment center. > > > __________________________________________ > Wilfred (Bill) Drew > Croop-LaFrance, Inc. > Technical Librarian > AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL > Tech Library > Rome Research Site > Phone: (315) 330-7608 > Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil > "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back > the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not > necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, the > Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface will be > a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their > televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they > take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I expect > we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something very > similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like > Warcraft where the game developers create content.) > > > > Pat Rapp > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-24 > > > ________________________________ > > 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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Thank you. > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-24 > > Regards, ....Bob Rasmussen, President, Rasmussen Software, Inc. personal e-mail: ras at anzio.com company e-mail: rsi at anzio.com voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time) fax: (US) 503-624-0760 web: http://www.anzio.com street address: Rasmussen Software, Inc. 10240 SW Nimbus, Suite L9 Portland, OR 97223 USA ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 From pat.rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG Wed Oct 24 15:50:37 2012 From: pat.rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG (Pat Rapp) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:50:37 +0000 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: <52E301F960B30049ADEFBCCF1CCAEF5911358918@OAEXCH4SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Message-ID: I don't know whether my tv is wifi-enabled or not. I suspect it's not. But I have usb ports, hdmi connections, and other stuff that I don't even know how to use. : ) -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Hawk,Mickey Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 3:11 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room My LG had an optional WiFi dongle you could plug into a USB port in the TV. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 3:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room Do the new televisions today have a WiFi receiver, or do I need to buy something that would plug into an Ethernet port? You can tell I have not been television shopping recently. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:04 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room This is an obvious case for using home based Wi-Fi. Bill Drew -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:36 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not included Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive than my DSL. So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem located in another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so tearing out the walls to recable is not an option. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook color tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have it on my TV especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation. I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as our entertainment center. __________________________________________ Wilfred (Bill) Drew Croop-LaFrance, Inc. Technical Librarian AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL Tech Library Rome Research Site Phone: (315) 330-7608 Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game developers create content.) Pat Rapp ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ________________________________ 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/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ________________________________ 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/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-24 From ahniwa at GMAIL.COM Wed Oct 24 15:51:56 2012 From: ahniwa at GMAIL.COM (Ahniwa Ferrari) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:51:56 -0700 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: Message-ID: While not the cheapest option, these ethernet over power adapters can still offer excellent value and offer less spotty streaming (usually) than your wi-fi will. They will also work with devices who would otherwise require a proprietary or very specific wireless dongle, which is not only more expensive but also less useful. In general, too, I recommend Monoprice for any cord-buying or other basic component needs. They're often 1/5th the cost of going to BB or another b&m. http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10501&cs_id=1050106&p_id=6998&seq=1&format=2 On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Bob Rasmussen wrote: > If a TV is marketed as "smart", that generally means it can pull content > from the internet. It will generally have wi-fi capabilities, although > that may be an optional purchase, as a dongle. > > Note that you can get this connectivity other ways: > > 1) Via a "smart" DVD or Blu-Ray player, which again may have wi-fi, which > may require an optional purchase; > > or > > 2) A streaming device, such as a Roku or an Apple TV. I particularly like > the Apple TV. > > Either of these is considerably cheaper than replacing your TV. > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > > > Do the new televisions today have a WiFi receiver, or do I need to buy > something that would plug into an Ethernet port? > > > > You can tell I have not been television shopping recently. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:04 PM > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > > > This is an obvious case for using home based Wi-Fi. > > > > Bill Drew > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > > Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:36 PM > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > > > Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not included > > Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive than my > DSL. > > So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem > located in > > another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so tearing out the > > walls to recable is not an option. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > > Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > > > The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook > color > > tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have it on > my TV > > especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. > > If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the > equation. > > I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as > our > > entertainment center. > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > Wilfred (Bill) Drew > > Croop-LaFrance, Inc. > > Technical Librarian > > AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL > > Tech Library > > Rome Research Site > > Phone: (315) 330-7608 > > Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil > > "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back > > the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not > > necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, > the > > Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > > > For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface > will be > > a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text on their > > televisions. Immersive environments are so much more interesting and they > > take advantage of everything your high deft tv screen has to offer. I > expect > > we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if not Second Life, then something > very > > similar where you can create your own content (as opposed to a world like > > Warcraft where the game developers create content.) > > > > > > > > Pat Rapp > > > > ============================ > > > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > > 2012-10-24 > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > 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 thuwe at LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU Wed Oct 24 15:57:25 2012 From: thuwe at LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU (Terry Huwe) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:57:25 -0700 Subject: The Library in your Living Room In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi all: I bought a wi-fi capable TV about 1 year ago (Sony Bravia). These have dropped in price since then. The wi-fi is built in, and provided that you have a strong signal, it works well. However: this TV is about 25 feet from the base station, and yet I rarely got more than three bars, which was not good enough. Same Story with the Blu-Ray. So--we ran network cable from the base station in another room to the TV, and hardwired the connection. Since then it's blazingly fast and works like a charm, using our cable-based Internet service. So for me It seemed like performance really required fast cable service, which I know is not universally popular. Using a Blu-Ray, Roku or other device is a very good alternative to buying an Internet ready TV, but once again, monitor the TV prices, which keep going down. Not sure if my experience with wi-fi for streaming video is representative, but I can tell you it's more than a bit frustrating to watch something and have the buffer reload every few minutes. In fact, it's a great incentive to pick a book (or soon, an iPad Mini) instead! :) Terry Huwe -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Rasmussen Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:32 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room If a TV is marketed as "smart", that generally means it can pull content from the internet. It will generally have wi-fi capabilities, although that may be an optional purchase, as a dongle. Note that you can get this connectivity other ways: 1) Via a "smart" DVD or Blu-Ray player, which again may have wi-fi, which may require an optional purchase; or 2) A streaming device, such as a Roku or an Apple TV. I particularly like the Apple TV. Either of these is considerably cheaper than replacing your TV. On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > Do the new televisions today have a WiFi receiver, or do I need to buy something that would plug into an Ethernet port? > > You can tell I have not been television shopping recently. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:04 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > This is an obvious case for using home based Wi-Fi. > > Bill Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:36 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > Which brings up an interesting question. In my case, I have not > included Internet with my cable TV because it is so much more expensive than my DSL. > So what would it take to connect an Internet TV up to a DSL modem > located in another room? Keep in mind I am renting an apartment, so > tearing out the walls to recable is not an option. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOI > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:49 AM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > The library is already in my living room. It is on my laptop, my nook > color tablet, and my droid smart phone. I am not in any hurry to have > it on my TV especially since I am on satellite for both TV and Internet. > If we ever get real broadband where I live, that will change the equation. > I would then think about using a real computer, not a game machine, as > our entertainment center. > > > __________________________________________ > Wilfred (Bill) Drew > Croop-LaFrance, Inc. > Technical Librarian > AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL > Tech Library > Rome Research Site > Phone: (315) 330-7608 > Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.af.mil > "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you > back the right one." -- Neil Gaiman > ______________________________________ > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not > necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, > the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in On Behalf Of Pat Rapp > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:35 AM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] The Library in your Living Room > > For those of us who have been working in Second Life, this interface > will be a welcome addition. I don't expect people to sift through text > on their televisions. Immersive environments are so much more > interesting and they take advantage of everything your high deft tv > screen has to offer. I expect we'll see virtual worlds catch on - if > not Second Life, then something very similar where you can create your > own content (as opposed to a world like Warcraft where the game > developers create content.) > > > > Pat Rapp > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-24 > > > ________________________________ > > 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 am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but it is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. We used it in collaboration with our history department and temporarily with the archives. Some people either hate it or love it. The history department used Omeka to supplement exhibitions virtually and to create their own digital exhibit as part of a semester-long project. It might be an interesting alternative to LibGuides. Best, Zach Zach Newell | Humanities Librarian | *: 978.542.7406 Salem State University Library | 352 Lafayette St., Salem Massachusetts 01970 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Holmberg, Lisa Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:05 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit I think we'd be interested in exploring a resource like this too. The city has an Arts dept that is part of the library and it think it would be terrific to be able to take the wonderful displays we have into a virtual space. We also have a terrific local history library that would like to put on more public displays. So Micheal, count me in. Lisa Lisa Holmberg Web Services Specialist Boulder Public Library 1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80302 303.441.3472 holmbergl at boulderlibrary.org From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Schofield Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 11:41 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit Hi Teresa, Linking from the v. exhibit to the library's collection is such a good idea and makes so much sense (because, you know, libraries ...). I imagine that if there was a short blurb about, let's say, George Washington's limited edition Harry Potter [resulting from a brief time warp during the American revolution], we make it so that users can put holds on related material. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Teresa Ashley Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:32 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit These are excellent questions. I'm glad you brought up this topic because I have been thinking about the same thing. My idea, though, was to have a Libguide accompany a physical exhibit so that people at a distance could experience it. Our exhibit would have books that could be requested online via the Libguide links and photographs of the other items in the exhibit. However, your idea of having Augmented Reality of some sort in the physical exhibit is an interesting one and I am eager to read the responses of others on the list. Thanks. Teresa Ashley On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Michael Schofield > wrote: Morning everyone, Our library has a large second-floor gallery and we're lucky enough to be able to host some really neat exhibits-sometimes art, sometimes historical-and I'm starting to think it would be cool to have a supplementary web component. We've a lot of distance users who likely won't cross the state to duck in, but if they're curious they might click through. I say supplementary because I don't want to volunteer to curate a standalone exhibit, but I'm thinking in terms of browsing or accessing further information about a specific [artifact] in the exhibit. What I want to do is essentially jury-rig reveal.js (an HTML Slide Deck [http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/]) to ... I don't know yet, that's why I'm approaching the hive : ). You've been to museums that link QR Codes to audio-clips. What features do you appreciate in such a component? I'm also curious about what features would be really cool if you could pull them off. Some of my ideas: 1. Doctor revealJS because it is a feature-rich, swipe-friendly HTML deck that works just as well on phones as on desktops. Additionally, I'm only interested in working with the web - nothing native. 2. QR Codes [although I kind of hate them ... ] in the exhibit link to specific pages with further reading and an audio description. 3. Option to auto-scroll through slides / stream all the audio as a walkthrough [e.g., a podcast]. 4. One thought is that instead of a specific exhibit, you could use it as a self-guided tour of your building, potentially tied-in with Google Maps Interior / etc. Just brainstorming. I plan to do something locally, but if anyone is interested in collaborating on additional museum/library/tour-oriented features for RevealJS, perhaps we can make a public fork on github and go to town. Let me know. Michael Schofield(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536 Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center Hi! 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Web analytics, including Google Analytics ? Log reports (search logs, system logs) ? Heat maps ? Vendor usage reports ? Third-party statistics and logs ? Public data from Twitter and other social sites Additionally, this issue will focus on how data from the above sources is used to support decisions about all aspects of the library?s virtual presence, including ? Discovery tools ? Library websites ? Library systems ? Mobile sites and interfaces Submissions should clearly state one or more research questions or, for more practical articles, a decision that was or will be supported by the data, and explain the type of data sources used. Query letters and preliminary proposals are welcome any time if potential authors would like to discuss their ideas with the issue editor. Please submit queries and manuscripts to guest editor Meris Mandernach at jwl.data at gmail.com. Please refer to the JWL web site, http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl for Instructions for Authors. 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I hope you'll find them interesting and useful: The introductory post: http://thoughts.care-affiliates.com/2012/10/impressions-of-new-library-service.html Post 2 is on Sierra by Innovative: http://thoughts.care-affiliates.com/2012/10/impressions-of-new-library-service_24.html Best wishes, Carl Carl Grant CARE Affiliates [Management Consulting Services] E: carl at care-affiliates.com P: +1.540.449.2418 Twitter: carl_grant Skype: carl_grant Blog: http://thoughts.care-affiliates.com Web: http://www.care-affiliates.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-25 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Thu Oct 25 19:17:01 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:17:01 +0000 Subject: iPaper > Mobility & Learning In The Digital Age In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B11C8D@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO > Most Excellent ! /Gerry Conclusions - For Now This iPaper offers a brief review of what we know about mobility and learning in the digital age. Any conclusions drawn must be subject to review, revision and change, for the subject itself is evolving and changing rapidly. >From what we?ve explored, one can draw several conclusions: * Ubiquitous mobile technology in the form of personal, portable, powerful information portals is changing all aspects of life - especially learning. * We need to revisit and rethink what we know and how we approach education and learning in the digital age. * Mobile learning technology lends itself to learner-centered education where the student is an active partner in creating and sharing knowledge. * Digital literacy is a more meaningful approach to defining the needs of learners. * Mobile learners are characterized by how they use technology, not by their age, where or who they are. * While mobility enables learning in more places at different times, the important of place remains crucial to the context of learning. * We need to think about learning spaces as more than just physical places but as ecologies of different types that support a wide variety of learning. * Facility support is important to enable mobile learning. * The promise of mobility and learning in the digital age is untethered, radical flexibility where activities, tools, technologies and spaces combine to support multiple modes of learning, interaction and activities. * We continue to learn as mobile learning evolves. Source and Full Text Available Via [ http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2012/10/ipaper-mobility-learning-in-digital-age.html ] Enjoy ! Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-25 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blakistonr at U.LIBRARY.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Oct 25 19:29:34 2012 From: blakistonr at U.LIBRARY.ARIZONA.EDU (Blakiston, Rebecca) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:29:34 +0000 Subject: Free Webinar from Internet Librarian Attendees! Message-ID: WHEN Tuesday, October 30th, 12pm-1pm CDT / 1-2pm EDT. WHAT Internet Librarian Lightning Round-Up! A free webinar presented by the ACRL-ULS Technology & Libraries Committee. This post-conference online session will provide you with an overview of some of the best presentations from Internet Librarian in Monterey, CA. Speakers from a variety of university libraries will present overviews of what they learned at the conference in a lightening-round fashion. Are fabulous presenters are: Jennifer Castaldo, Distance Education Librarian/Electronic Resources Manager Johns Hopkins University/Excelsior College Library Tammy Allgood, Web Services Librarian Arizona State University Cindy Fisher, First-year Experience Librarian University of Texas at Austin (Perry~Castaneda Library) Roy Degler, Digital Services Librarian Oklahoma State University REGISTER NOW Let us know you'll be attending: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG9NeFFubWV2Y0xMUlNmOTRGQnFnNHc6MQ#gid=0. We will e-mail you the link to the live webinar. 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Nick Shockey and Jonathan Eisen take us through the world of open access publishing and explain just what it's all about. IMHO > Most Informative and Entertaining ! Source and Link Available At [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2012/10/open-access-explained-youtube.html ] BTW: HowOpenIsIt? > Open Access Spectrum > Final Version Now Available [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2012/10/howopenisit-open-access-spectrum.html ] Happy Open Access Week ! [ http://www.openaccessweek.org/ ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/ ] ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The content is available for free, though it is at the discretion of the institution providing the content. The newspapers contained within guide are those that have ceased to operate or are currently running papers with archives available. It does not include papers that are currently running and only offer access to the most recent articles.? ? These newspapers provide an interesting view of history and aid in research in the field of African American history. They are a valuable resource that can be found in different institutions throughout the United States and this guide brings them all together in one place to aid students and teachers of history.? Nineteenth Century Periodicals ( http://libguides.marist.edu/19thcentperiodicals) ?This guide provides a list of 19th century periodicals available online. These periodicals have been digitized by outside institutions and made available to the general public by these institutions. Their continued availability is at the discretion of the digitizing institutions. Many of these periodicals ran before and after the 19th century, but for this project, we only catalogued those dates that fell within the 19th century. Also some of the missing dates may become available in the future and these links will be updated as they become available. The periodicals have been categorized by date, place of publication and subject. The subject categories were chosen to reflect major areas of publication, but not all can be accounted for. In some cases, they are categorized by the audience they catered to. For example, children's magazines are grouped together. In the case of women, a little more liberty was taken in their organization; publications on that page are those published for a female audience, contain women's writing, and discuss women's issues. If you feel that a periodical is in the wrong category or needs to be added to a subject category, please let us know. This is by no means a complete listing of all periodicals that were published in the 19th century, but a sampling that will be updated as more are found. If you know of any periodicals that are available or you would like to see, please let us know. We will add them or do our best to find them.? Katy Kathryn K. Silberger Automation Resources Librarian James A. Cannavino Library Marist College 3399 North Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Kathryn.Silberger at marist.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-26 From randtke at GMAIL.COM Fri Oct 26 20:04:58 2012 From: randtke at GMAIL.COM (Wilhelmina Randtke) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:04:58 -0500 Subject: Speech to text in Adobe Premiere: Are there ontologies I can feed it for better results? Message-ID: I am experimenting with text to speech ("speech analysis") in Adobe Premiere. A major source of inaccuracies seems to be that it doesn't recognize subject specific words. Right now I'm feeding it law related material, and it wrote "plaintiff" as "pleated skirt". Is it possible to plug in something like an ontology, so to give Premiere the context of the audio, and then it will tend to lean towards words related to that context? -Wilhelmina Randtke ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sat Oct 27 17:49:42 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:49:42 +0000 Subject: Resources on Open Access @ the [U of Toronto] iSchool Inforum In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B12CFA@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO: A Most Impressive Annotated Bibliography ! Source and Link Available At [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2012/10/resources-on-open-access-u-of-toronto.html ] Enjoy ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-27 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sat Oct 27 19:58:36 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:58:36 +0000 Subject: Open Textbook Adoption Presentations In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B12D7E@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Before There Was OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/oats-open-access-textbooks-il-2012.html There Was ... Adopting Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/adopting-open-textbooks.html It's An Open Book: Adopting Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/its-open-book-adopting-open-textbooks.html Open Learning Through Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/open-learning-through-open-textbooks.html Open Textbook Adoption http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/open-textbook-adoption.html BTW: I Am Greatly Interested In Any / All Initiatives That Seek To Promote The Adoption of Open Access Textbooks ; Please Inform As A Comment On Any Of The Postings As Well As The List(s) Thanks ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-27 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michelec at IASTATE.EDU Sat Oct 27 20:49:23 2012 From: michelec at IASTATE.EDU (Christian, Michele A [LIB]) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:49:23 +0000 Subject: Open Textbook Adoption Presentations In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B12D90@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: Tom, You can give it to Tanya on Tuesday. I will be out of town until Thursday. I hope it worked too. Have a good weekend. Michele ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] [gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 6:58 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Open Textbook Adoption Presentations *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Before There Was OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/oats-open-access-textbooks-il-2012.html There Was ... Adopting Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/adopting-open-textbooks.html It's An Open Book: Adopting Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/its-open-book-adopting-open-textbooks.html Open Learning Through Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/open-learning-through-open-textbooks.html Open Textbook Adoption http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/open-textbook-adoption.html BTW: I Am Greatly Interested In Any / All Initiatives That Seek To Promote The Adoption of Open Access Textbooks ; Please Inform As A Comment On Any Of The Postings As Well As The List(s) Thanks ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-27 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-27 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From J.Neubert at ZBW.EU Mon Oct 29 07:04:41 2012 From: J.Neubert at ZBW.EU (Neubert Joachim) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:04:41 +0000 Subject: Reminder: Register for SWIB12 (Semantic Web in Libraries, Cologne, 26 - 28 Nov) Message-ID: This is a reminder for everybody interested to register for SWIB12 (Semantic Web in Libraries) Conference in Cologne, 26 - 28 November 2012. Please register before November 19th, 07:00 CET at http://swib.org/swib12. For all people registering late: Please bring a proof of payment to the conference. Towards an international LOD library ecosystem To an ever increasing extent Linked Open Data (LOD) is developing into a mainstream topic, with more and more organizations announcing LOD projects and services. Furthermore, and especially during the last two years, Linked Open Data has received a lot more attention from the library world. Examples ranging from the Library of Congress' initiative "A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age", the Conference of European National Librarians and their vote to support the open licensing of their data, groups like LODLAM, IFLA'S Semantic Web Special Interest Group, to the point of library system vendors and providers discussing and experimenting with Linked Data technology - all these clearly reflect that LOD has gained a lot of momentum in library land. The question today is about how to ensure that LOD won't be a temporary hype but that it will gain ground in the scenery of future infrastructures. SWIB12 will focus on the adaption of Semantic Web approaches in applications for libraries and science. In the last years major efforts have been put into generating LOD datasets from legacy systems and into promoting the LOD approach towards a global and open information space. Upcoming challenges will involve the strategic and technical alignment of catalogues and legacy systems in libraries and the authoring environments for scholarly communication - both in a data and service infrastructure based on the principles of the Semantic Web. Full programme at http://swib.org/swib12/programme.php Offical Twitter Hashtag: #swib12 Further information and contact: Adrian Pohl North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Center (hbz) Phone +49 221 400 75-235 E-Mail: swib(at)hbz-nrw.de Joachim Neubert German National Library of Economics Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW) Phone +49 40 428 34-462 E-Mail: j.neubert(at) zbw.eu Looking forward to meet you in Cologne - Adrian and Joachim ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-29 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Mon Oct 29 11:00:26 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:00:26 +0000 Subject: Open Access Textbooks > Slideshare Presentations > Part I-A In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B136FB@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ A Treasure Trove Of Slideshare Presentations on Open Access Textbooks > Part I-A /Gerry > The $5 Textbook http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-5-textbook.html > Adopting Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/adopting-open-textbooks_28.html > Breaking the IronTriangle: ?The Obviousness of Open Policy? http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/breaking-irontriangle-obviousness-of.html > Building Communities of Practice to Encourage Open Textbook Use http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/building-communities-of-practice-to.html > Call for Action: Open Textbook Translation http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/call-for-action-open-textbook.html > College Open Textbooks: Collaborative & Business Models http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/college-open-textbooks-collaborative.html > Create the Medical Digital 'Textbook' of the Future http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/create-medical-digital-textbook-of.html > Developing a Culture of Sharing and Receiving: Open Educational Resources http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/developing-culture-of-sharing-and.html > Developing a Culture of Sharing and Receiving: Open Source Textbooks and Open Courses http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/developing-culture-of-sharing-and_28.html > Discover and Select: An Open Textbook or Module http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/discover-and-select-open-textbook-or.html > Discover Open Textbooks: Make Education More Affordable http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/discover-open-textbooks-make-education.html > Discover Open Textbooks: Pre-Workshop Slides http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/discover-open-textbooks-pre-workshop.html > Empowering Faculty & Students to Improve Teaching and Learning with Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/empowering-faculty-students-to-improve.html > Expand Your Classroom Walls with Open Educational Resources (OER) http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/expand-your-classroom-walls-with-open.html > Finding and Selecting High Quality OER http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/finding-and-selecting-high-quality-oer.html > Flat World Knowledge: Open Textbooks by Expert Authors http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/flat-world-knowledge-open-textbooks-by.html > Fostering OER-Friendly Policies http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/fostering-oer-friendly-policies.html > In Search of Affordable Textbooks: How OER Can Reduce Costs http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/in-search-of-affordable-textbooks-how.html > Latest Trends in Open Textbook Research > Panel Discussion http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/follow-latest-trends-in-open-textbook.html > Make Textbooks Affordable http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-textbooks-affordable.html > The Obviousness of Open Textbooks (& Policy & Courseware & Data & Science) http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-obviousness-of-open-textbooks.html Enjoy ! 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Perform technical planning, development, and implementation of Web-based applications and interfaces, including mobile applications, to provide a seamless access environment to end users. ? Work collaboratively with technical and non-technical library staff to provide general web development guidance and expertise, and to implement enhancements to the Libraries website and electronic resources discovery and access systems. ? Support the ongoing development of the Libraries software infrastructure, including, but not limited to, institutional repositories (DSpace, and others), content management systems, web applications, and other library systems. ? Collaborate with other technology partners. ? Work with teams to manage system administration, web/application server administration and database server administration, maintaining up-to-date system documentation and managing code in a version-control system. ? Investigate new technologies and software applications. **Required Qualifications:** ?Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Three years of experience developing web-based applications may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. ?Demonstrated proficiency: - developing web applications using one or more of the following programming languages: PHP,Ruby, Python, Java - experience with one or more of the following: HTML5, CSS3, XML, XSL, Javascript - working with relational databases such as MySQL or Postgresql. ? Strong customer service attitude; enthusiasm for working in a collaborative team-oriented environment. Please refer to http://ksulib.typepad.co m/jobs/2012/10/programmer-i.html for more information ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-29 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Mon Oct 29 13:57:12 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:57:12 +0000 Subject: EDUCAUSE Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Constituent Group In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B13BA6@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ This EDUCAUSE constituent group takes a broad look at MOOCs as a paradigm of learning communities and open education. Participants are encouraged to share experiences, ideas, and challenges relating to large-scale, open, online learning experiences. Key topics include distributed vs. centralized approaches, instructional design perspectives, assessment, certification, and policy and legal issues. Source and Subscription Link Available Via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/educause-massive-open-online-courses.html ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-29 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Tue Oct 30 16:48:42 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:48:42 +0000 Subject: CourseSmart Spring 2013 Internet2=?Windows-1252?Q?=AE/Educause_?=Research Project In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B14ADD@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ FYI > CourseSmart Spring 2013 Internet2?/Educause Research Project /Gerry CourseSmart, in conjunction with Internet2 and Educause, is pleased to announce an exciting research project which will allow higher education institutions to test a new and innovative digital content model designed to make course materials more affordable, engaging and effective for all students - including those with vision and reading disabilities. Central to this research project is a creative new business model which will give participants superior value, flexibility and ease by providing access to all digital course materials for one flat rate. Comprehensive CourseSmart Features The world's largest selection of eTextbooks and other digital course materials - more than 30,000 titles from over 40 publishers. 90% of core higher education textbooks in digital format. CourseSmart is committed to accessibility and is WCAG 2.0 AA certified. 80% of CourseSmart's top selling titles have been optimized for accessibility, and others can be optimized on request. CourseSmart integrates into all major LMS platforms: BlackboardLearn?, Desire2Learn?, Pearson LearningStudio, Sakai, Moodle, Canvas and custom LMSs. eTextbooks can be accessed online or offline anytime through almost any device - computers, and most tablets and smartphones with free CourseSmart apps. All notes, highlighting and bookmarks are synched so students always have what they need, when they need it. Innovative Program Introducing Subscription Pack Pricing. Choosing any eTextbook on CourseSmart for one flat fee covers all of a student's textbook needs. Students will be able to place any book on their bookshelf and access up to 12 titles at a time. Two optional tiers for institutional participation: 1. 100 students from an institution may participate for $27,500 per semester ($275 per student) 2. 200 students from an institution may participate for $44,000 per semester ($220 per student) Instructors will have free, unlimited access to all Coursesmart titles through the Faculty Instant Access service. Participating institutions get access to data sets and an analytics dashboard to facilitate student engagement. Superior Customer Support and Training CourseSmart has fully developed training and communications to support the rollout across a campus and 24/7 support via telephone, email, chat and an extensive online knowledge base. Research project participants will also have a dedicated "solution" hotline for students and faculty as well as direct Tier2 support for administrators and institutional help desk personnel. Faculty will receive training via live web conference with recordings available on demand. Source and Links to FAQ and Contact Available Via http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/coursesmart-spring-2013.html Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-30 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From erjavek.ed at SBPL.ORG Tue Oct 30 20:54:32 2012 From: erjavek.ed at SBPL.ORG (Ed Erjavek) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:54:32 -0700 Subject: bandwidth to PCs Message-ID: If a small public library is going to have 15 - 20 PCs - what type of bandwidth some we plan to provide? You may respond directly. Thanks, Ed Ed Erjavek Library Information Technology Manager San Bernardino Public Library 555 W. 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URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Mon Oct 29 11:00:26 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:00:26 +0000 Subject: Open Access Textbooks > Slideshare Presentations > Part I-A In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B136FB@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ A Treasure Trove Of Slideshare Presentations on Open Access Textbooks > Part I-A /Gerry > The $5 Textbook http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-5-textbook.html > Adopting Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/adopting-open-textbooks_28.html > Breaking the IronTriangle: ?The Obviousness of Open Policy? http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/breaking-irontriangle-obviousness-of.html > Building Communities of Practice to Encourage Open Textbook Use http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/building-communities-of-practice-to.html > Call for Action: Open Textbook Translation http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/call-for-action-open-textbookhtml > College Open Textbooks: Collaborative & Business Models http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/college-open-textbooks-collaborative.html > Create the Medical Digital 'Textbook' of the Future http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/create-medical-digital-textbook-of.html > Developing a Culture of Sharing and Receiving: Open Educational Resources http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/developing-culture-of-sharing-and.html > Developing a Culture of Sharing and Receiving: Open Source Textbooks and Open Courses http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/developing-culture-of-sharing-and_28.html > Discover and Select: An Open Textbook or Module http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/discover-and-select-open-textbook-or.html > Discover Open Textbooks: Make Education More Affordable http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/discover-open-textbooks-make-education.html > Discover Open Textbooks: Pre-Workshop Slides http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/discover-open-textbooks-pre-workshop.html > Empowering Faculty & Students to Improve Teaching and Learning with Open Textbooks http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/empowering-faculty-students-to-improve.html > Expand Your Classroom Walls with Open Educational Resources (OER) http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/expand-your-classroom-walls-with-open.html > Finding and Selecting High Quality OER http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/finding-and-selecting-high-quality-oer.html > Flat World Knowledge: Open Textbooks by Expert Authors http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/flat-world-knowledge-open-textbooks-by.html > Fostering OER-Friendly Policies http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/fostering-oer-friendly-policies.html > In Search of Affordable Textbooks: How OER Can Reduce Costs http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/in-search-of-affordable-textbooks-how.html > Latest Trends in Open Textbook Research > Panel Discussion http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/follow-latest-trends-in-open-textbook.html > Make Textbooks Affordable http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-textbooks-affordable.html > The Obviousness of Open Textbooks (& Policy & Courseware & Data & Science) http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-obviousness-of-open-textbooks.html Enjoy ! 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URL: From jfelts at COASTAL.EDU Wed Oct 31 08:15:27 2012 From: jfelts at COASTAL.EDU (John Felts) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:15:27 -0400 Subject: Job Posting: Electronic Resources and Government Documents Librarian Message-ID: Assistant/Associate Librarian - Electronic Resources and Government Documents Librarian Kimbel Library at Coastal Carolina University seeks a creative, innovative, service-oriented librarian to manage the library's electronic resources and related products used to manage electronic resources throughout their life cycle including evaluation, setup, implementation, and troubleshooting. Reporting to the Head of Library Technology and Systems, this twelve month, tenure-track position at either the assistant or associate level will coordinate the acquisition, evaluation, and maintenance of electronic resources, assess the effectiveness of electronic resources and identify ways to make access more effective and efficient. The successful candidate will solicit, maintain, and disseminate usage statistics for all licensed online resources, will be responsible for resolving all resource access problems. This position will manage and improve access to the library's small federal and state depository library collection and will act as liaison to state and federal reporting agencies. This position is expected to negotiate license agreements and contracts and describe and maintain access points to facilitate discovery of the library's electronic resources and government documents including development and maintenance of library web pages and online resource portals for electronic resources, including database descriptions, links, text and other information to ensure consistent access points and branding across the library's collection. The successful candidate will also develop and maintain services for archiving and providing perpetual access to electronic resources and will identify emerging trends and technologies in electronic resource acquisitions and management that have the potential for new and innovative library services. Required Qualifications: MLS degree or equivalent from an ALA accredited institution; demonstrated experience managing electronic resources including evaluation, setup, implementation, and troubleshooting; demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging technologies as they relate to electronic resource management; demonstrated experience working with integrated library systems, preferably III; strong analytical and problem-solving skills; excellent written and oral communication skills and interpersonal skills; strong computer skills including demonstrated competence with Microsoft Office; ability and interest in fulfilling tenure and promotion requirements for job performance, scholarship, professional development, and service. Preferred Qualifications: 2-3 years of demonstrated experience managing electronic resource collections in an academic library; experience working with various electronic resources, licensing, packages, platforms, administrative interfaces, aggregators, and vendors; some knowledge of HTML, CSS, or related technologies. Coastal Carolina University, a public liberal arts institution located just nine miles from the Atlantic coast resort of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, enrolls more than 9,000 students from 48 states and 39 nations. The University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the baccalaureate and master's degrees. Candidates should submit electronically a letter of application, a current CV, copies of transcripts; and names and addresses, postal and email, of three current references at: http://jobs.coastal.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled. Official transcripts for required degrees must be received prior to any offer of employment. Coastal Carolina University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. CCU is an EO/AA employer. ________________________________ John Felts Head of Library Technology and Systems Kimbel Library Coastal Carolina University P.O. Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528 843-349-5040 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-31 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From evviva.weinraub at GMAIL.COM Wed Oct 31 12:21:22 2012 From: evviva.weinraub at GMAIL.COM (Evviva Weinraub) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:21:22 -0700 Subject: Call for Participation - ALA MidWinter - LITA Mobile Computing IG Message-ID: Call for Participation: LITA Mobile Computing IG meeting Date & Time: TBA Location: Virtual The LITA Mobile Computing IG seeks 4-5 short presentations (15 minutes) on mobile computing for the upcoming ALA Mid-Winter Conference in Seattle, WA. This conference is virtual and held one week prior to Mid-Winter - physical attendance IS NOT required. The LITA MCIG is also seeking the suggestions for discussion topics, things you have been working on, plan to work, or want to work on in terms of mobile computing. All suggestions and presentation topics are welcome and will be given consideration for presentation and discussion. Feel free to email me off-list at (evviva.weinraub at oregonstate.edu) or (klau at gsd.harvard.edu) and/or post your topic at ALA Connect: http://connect.ala.org/node/191467 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-31 From tim at LIBRARYTHING.COM Wed Oct 31 13:57:28 2012 From: tim at LIBRARYTHING.COM (Tim Spalding) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:57:28 -0400 Subject: Job: Customer support for LibraryThing for Libraries Message-ID: LibraryThing for Libraries, LibraryThing's groundbreaking suite of catalog enhancements, is getting bigger?and we need help! The core skills are organization and communication. You need a mind like a steel trap. You also need to be very comfortable with computers. A library or information-science degree is a big plus. We're a fun company, with cool technology and room to grow. We're accepting applications from everywhere. All things being equal we'll favor employees in the Northeast. But standouts elsewhere will definitely be considered. Read more about it here: http://www.librarything.com/blogs/thingology/2012/10/hiring-customer-support-for-librarything-for-libraries/ Tim -- Check out my library at http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-31 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Christa at UCPL.LIB.MO.US Wed Oct 31 15:56:16 2012 From: Christa at UCPL.LIB.MO.US (Christa E. Van Herreweghe) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:56:16 -0500 Subject: Omeka Message-ID: Just wondering if anyone is using this and what you think of it. A colleague is considering Omeka and asked me if I knew anything about it. Since I don't, I thought it would be good to ask all the smart people I know. http://omeka.org Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Thanks, Christa Van Herreweghe Assistant Director/IT Librarian University City Public Library www.ucpl.lib.mo.us ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-31 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Wed Oct 31 16:21:09 2012 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:21:09 +0000 Subject: Summit On Online Education > November 1 2012 > University of Illinois @ U-C > In-Person and Live Stream In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A811B15D2D@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Summit On Online Education > November 1 2012 > University of Illinois @ U-C > In-Person and Live Stream /Gerry Venue: Illini Union, A, B & C, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Registration: 7:45?8:45 AM | Summit starts promptly at 8:45 AM View a live stream from the Summit NOTE: Only the first part of the Summit (from 8:45 AM?10:15 AM) will be streamed; this includes Chancellor Wise's welcome, Dr. Daphne Koller's talk, and the Q & A session right after that. About the Summit What does the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) phenomenon mean for Illinois? Higher education today is experiencing some potential disruption due to the growth of high quality, free online courses. The University's recent partnership with Coursera, faculty's interest in designing MOOCs, the campus mission to continue to enhance access, and the general question of what constitutes high-quality teaching and learning prompted the theme of this year's Summit on Online Education. We're honored to feature Dr. Daphne Koller, co-CEO and co-founder of Coursera as our guest speaker. Dr. Koller is the Rajeev Motwani Professor, Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and the Oswald Villard University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. A detailed schedule of events is available ... . Pre-event registration ... [ended on] October 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM. [snip] Summit outcomes * A deeper understanding of the potential for MOOCs as another online strategy to enhance the teaching and learning process; * Clarification of issues and lessons learned related to the design, development,and delivery of MOOCs; * Exploration of campus leadership's perspectives on our innovative future; and * An opportunity for engagement with Dr. Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera. This event is sponsored by Online & Continuing Education and the Office of the Provost. It has been co-organized by the Ubiquitous Learning Institute (ULI) at the College of Education, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the Graduate School of Library & Information Science. Source and Links Available Via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/10/summitt-on-online-education-november-1.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-31 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michael.daul at DUKE.EDU Wed Oct 31 17:17:28 2012 From: michael.daul at DUKE.EDU (Michael Daul) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:17:28 +0000 Subject: Omeka In-Reply-To: <0185E06F076E3241894E8C4E6F15397A031A04A0@ex-mbg-01.win.duke.edu> Message-ID: Hi Christa ? we use Omeka to manage our online exhibits at the library: http://library.duke.edu/exhibits/ In general I think Omeka works well. The system offers some powerful features to handle metadata with large collection of items, and makes ingesting those collections a very simple and straightforward process. It's also extensible and free / open source (and the developer community seems active, but not very large) so those are great pluses in my book. The documentation and user forums are also really good: http://omeka.org/forums/; http://omeka.org/codex/Documentation However, I think a lot of the more basic 'CMS-y' features that Omeka offers could be better served via a different platform (wordpress, drupal, etc.). In particular, I've found the templating system to be overly complex from a developer perspective, and our end-users have tended to get confused when applying different layout options to exhibit pages from time to time. So unless your colleague specifically needs a system that specializes in dealing with large collections of items and their metadata, then I'd suggest that they check out something different. That being said, Omeka v2 is right around the corner, so perhaps it will address some of the problems I've had with it. Just my two cents? Thanks, -Michael +++ Michael Daul Digital Projects Developer | Duke University Libraries michael.daul at duke.edu (919) 684-1710 From: "Christa E. Van Herreweghe" > Reply-To: Jennifer Copeland > Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 3:56 PM To: Jennifer Copeland > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Omeka Just wondering if anyone is using this and what you think of it. Acolleague isconsideringOmeka and asked me if I knew anything about it. Since I don?t,Ithought it would be good to ask all the smartpeopleI know. http://omeka.org Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Thanks, Christa Van Herreweghe Assistant Director/IT Librarian University City Public Library www.ucpl.lib.mo.us ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-31 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-31 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roytennant at GMAIL.COM Wed Oct 31 21:51:55 2012 From: roytennant at GMAIL.COM (Roy Tennant) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:51:55 -0700 Subject: Omeka In-Reply-To: <9947FD7D5C1B01449D25332C8D164584013DDE2E@ex-mbg-02.win.duke.edu> Message-ID: I use Omeka for a non-work site that I manage and I've found the lack of a well-thought-out workflow for uploading and describing content to be a real pain in the neck. To upload an item and describe it requires clicking around into several different menus, inexplicably having to set a metadata element in two separate locations, and other weirdness that makes me think they spent little time documenting the optimum uploading workflow before beginning to code. Another pet peeve, which Karen Coyle alluded to, is the intransigent nature of the metadata schema. They took Dublin Core whole-cloth (but the simple version) and offered no way to remove elements that you never use or to add ones that you would like to. Also, as Michael Daul points out below, the templating model has issues and the number of pre-cast template options that are offered from the Omeka site are very few and seem to be all cut from the same basic cloth. Therefore, to really make your site look different requires some pretty heavy lifting. Another annoyance is that there is no "login" link displayed, so you have to hack the template to make it show up, which of course breaks the next time you update the template. In the end, the only reason I'm using it is that it's free, which is a pretty poor reason for using just about anything. But at this point I feel somewhat stuck with it, and I'm hoping the next version is a serious upgrade. Roy On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Michael Daul wrote: > Hi Christa ? we use Omeka to manage our online exhibits at the library: > http://library.duke.edu/exhibits/ > > In general I think Omeka works well. The system offers some powerful > features to handle metadata with large collection of items, and makes > ingesting those collections a very simple and straightforward process. It's > also extensible and free / open source (and the developer community seems > active, but not very large) so those are great pluses in my book. The > documentation and user forums are also really good: > http://omeka.org/forums/; http://omeka.org/codex/Documentation > > However, I think a lot of the more basic 'CMS-y' features that Omeka offers > could be better served via a different platform (wordpress, drupal, etc.). > In particular, I've found the templating system to be overly complex from a > developer perspective, and our end-users have tended to get confused when > applying different layout options to exhibit pages from time to time. So > unless your colleague specifically needs a system that specializes in > dealing with large collections of items and their metadata, then I'd suggest > that they check out something different. That being said, Omeka v2 is right > around the corner, so perhaps it will address some of the problems I've had > with it. > > Just my two cents? > > Thanks, > > -Michael > > +++ > > Michael Daul > Digital Projects Developer | Duke University Libraries > michael.daul at duke.edu > (919) 684-1710 > > From: "Christa E. Van Herreweghe" > Reply-To: Jennifer Copeland > Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 3:56 PM > To: Jennifer Copeland > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Omeka > > Just wondering if anyone is using this and what you think of it. Acolleague > isconsideringOmeka and asked me if I knew anything about it. Since I > don?t,Ithought it would be good to ask all the smartpeopleI know. > > http://omeka.org > > Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the > display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and > exhibitions. > > Thanks, > > Christa Van Herreweghe > > Assistant Director/IT Librarian > > University City Public Library > > www.ucpl.lib.mo.us > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-31 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2012-10-31 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2012-10-31