From even.flood at GMAIL.COM Mon Apr 1 05:01:57 2013 From: even.flood at GMAIL.COM (Even Flood) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 11:01:57 +0200 Subject: Robert Murdoch buys Elsevier Message-ID: It was announced today that Robert Murdoch has bought Elsevier, thus adding the major scientific publisher to his media concern. On being asked why he does this, a spokesman for Murdoch said that he was tired of seeing all kinds of "scientific" stories that contradicted his and other conservatives, publishing papers supporting climate change, criticising pollution and favouring other left wing ideologies. It is, he said, high time that reality was represented in these publication, stating that there would be editorial changes in several ofthe most influential journals as a start. For more, se press release here: *http://tinyurl.com/bm563de * -- Even Hartmann Flood, Senior Academic Librarian Ilevollen 3e N 7018 Trondheim, Norway. Phone: +47 73 52 53 53/ +47 95 11 58 14 even.flood at gmail.com http://home.broadpark.no/~evflood/ "Come, and take choice of all my library, and so beguile thy sorrow." (Shakespeare) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On being asked why he does this, a spokesman for Murdoch said that he was tired of seeing all kinds of "scientific" stories that contradicted his and other conservatives, publishing papers supporting climate change, criticising pollution and favouring other left wing ideologies. It is, he said, high time that reality was represented in these publication, stating that there would be editorial changes in several ofthe most influential journals as a start. For more, se press release here: http://tinyurl.com/bm563de -- Even Hartmann Flood,? Senior Academic Librarian Ilevollen 3e N 7018 Trondheim, Norway. Phone: +47 73 52 53 53/ +47 95 11 58 14 even.flood at gmail.com http://home.broadpark.no/~evflood/ "Come, and take choice of all my library, and so? beguile thy sorrow." ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (Shakespeare) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.AF.MIL Mon Apr 1 08:05:08 2013 From: Wilfred.Drew.ctr at RL.AF.MIL (Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOIL) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 08:05:08 -0400 Subject: Robert Murdoch buys Elsevier In-Reply-To: A Message-ID: This is hilarious. I had bit of fear at first. Well played! From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Even Flood Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 5:02 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Robert Murdoch buys Elsevier It was announced today that Robert Murdoch has bought Elsevier, thus adding the major scientific publisher to his media concern. On being asked why he does this, a spokesman for Murdoch said that he was tired of seeing all kinds of "scientific" stories that contradicted his and other conservatives, publishing papers supporting climate change, criticising pollution and favouring other left wing ideologies. It is, he said, high time that reality was represented in these publication, stating that there would be editorial changes in several ofthe most influential journals as a start. For more, se press release here: http://tinyurl.com/bm563de -- Even Hartmann Flood, Senior Academic Librarian Ilevollen 3e N 7018 Trondheim, Norway. Phone: +47 73 52 53 53/ +47 95 11 58 14 even.flood at gmail.com http://home.broadpark.no/~evflood/ "Come, and take choice of all my library, and so beguile thy sorrow." (Shakespeare) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 5641 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Lynne.Haines at LIB.DE.US Mon Apr 1 08:54:20 2013 From: Lynne.Haines at LIB.DE.US (Lynne Haines) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 08:54:20 -0400 Subject: Robert Murdoch buys Elsevier In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Don't they mean Rupert Murdoch? From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOIL Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 8:05 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Robert Murdoch buys Elsevier This is hilarious. I had bit of fear at first. Well played! From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Even Flood Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 5:02 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Robert Murdoch buys Elsevier It was announced today that Robert Murdoch has bought Elsevier, thus adding the major scientific publisher to his media concern. On being asked why he does this, a spokesman for Murdoch said that he was tired of seeing all kinds of "scientific" stories that contradicted his and other conservatives, publishing papers supporting climate change, criticising pollution and favouring other left wing ideologies. It is, he said, high time that reality was represented in these publication, stating that there would be editorial changes in several ofthe most influential journals as a start. For more, se press release here: http://tinyurl.com/bm563de -- Even Hartmann Flood, Senior Academic Librarian Ilevollen 3e N 7018 Trondheim, Norway. Phone: +47 73 52 53 53/ +47 95 11 58 14 even.flood at gmail.com http://home.broadpark.no/~evflood/ "Come, and take choice of all my library, and so beguile thy sorrow." (Shakespeare) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Mon Apr 1 11:53:22 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:53:22 +0000 Subject: Open Resources Librarian ? In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5B2972@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am interested in any / all initiatives by academic and research libraries that have a Open Resources Librarian (ORL). While growing number of libraries have a Scholarly Communications Librarian and a Digital Repository Librarian, it appears that from a Google search, none have an"Open Resources Librarian" [?] As I envision the position, the Open Resources Librarian would a broader mission that would identify, organize, and promote a variety of general and specific resources as a corpus: * Institutional and subject repositories. * Open Access eTheses and Dissertations * Open Access databases * Open Access publications and publishing * Open Data Sets * Open Educational Resources * MOOCs * OTHER Note: The overall intent is to organize any/all Open Resources by subject /topic (not only by type) and to create a universal community resource. At each institution the ORL would focus on the ORs most relevant to the local community. I envision that the Open Resources Librarian would be responsible for preparing guides, and offering seminars and workshops, among other promotional efforts. The ORLs could present at various professional conferences and meetings to inform their colleagues. Indeed, I envision each professional association having an ad hoc or formal group devoted to relevant ORs. Of course, the ORLs would have their own association and conferences [:-)] In particular, ORLs could focus on identifying ORs relevant to MOOCs offered by local faculty. I have created a blog titled _Open Librarian_ that is located at http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/ and will be populating it with key relevant items as they are identified; Candidate resources are always welcome. Your thoughts ? Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From melody.boren at GMAIL.COM Mon Apr 1 13:37:08 2013 From: melody.boren at GMAIL.COM (Melody Boren) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:37:08 -0500 Subject: Robert Murdoch buys Elsevier In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Happy April Fools to you too! On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Even Flood wrote: > It was announced today that Robert Murdoch has bought Elsevier, thus > adding the major scientific publisher to his media concern. On being asked > why he does this, a spokesman for Murdoch said that he was tired of seeing > all kinds of "scientific" stories that contradicted his and other > conservatives, publishing papers supporting climate change, criticising > pollution and favouring other left wing ideologies. It is, he said, high > time that reality was represented in these publication, stating that there > would be editorial changes in several ofthe most influential journals as a > start. > > For more, se press release here: *http://tinyurl.com/bm563de > * > -- > Even Hartmann Flood, Senior Academic Librarian > Ilevollen 3e > N 7018 Trondheim, Norway. > Phone: +47 73 52 53 53/ +47 95 11 58 14 > even.flood at gmail.com > http://home.broadpark.no/~evflood/ > "Come, and take choice of all my library, and so beguile thy sorrow." > (Shakespeare) > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-01 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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BTW: I have found LibGuides, several of which I've posted in _MOOCs and Libraries_ [ http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/ ] Thanks for your assistance ! /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/ 2013-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Mon Apr 1 19:56:13 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 23:56:13 +0000 Subject: Library MOOC Seminars and/or Workshops ? In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5B2EF4@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in any/all seminars / workshops offered by libraries about MOOCs. MOOCs > [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course ] I have Googled but do not find links [:-(] ? BTW: I have found LibGuides, several of which I've posted in _MOOCs and Libraries_ [ http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/ ] Thanks for your assistance ! /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/ 2013-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV Tue Apr 2 07:31:30 2013 From: Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV (Pruntel,Alison) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 07:31:30 -0400 Subject: Auto-Login for PACs Message-ID: ***Please excuse for cross-posting*** We will be implementing Deep Freeze on our PACs in the coming months. We will be having the machines reboot in between sessions to ensure that the PCs are truly restored to a clean system. However, we are looking for a way to avoid having staff have to log the machines in each time/in between the sessions. Anyone have an auto-login process in place to address this? I am aware of the "control userpasswords2" utility, which is put in place before freezing the machine, but looking for some advice on how to best do this. Thanks in advance, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG Tue Apr 2 08:19:24 2013 From: wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG (Wesley Johnson) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 07:19:24 -0500 Subject: Auto-Login for PACs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Here's a quick Windows registry tweak that we use on all our public PCs for auto-login: "1. Go to Start>Run (or you can also press the windows key+r) 2. Type regedit and press the enter key or click on OK. This will open the Registry Editor. 3. In the registry editor go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows NT>CurrentVersion>Winlogon 4. On the right pane of the registry editor you should now see a list of names and it?s values. Among these name check whether AutoAdminLogon, DefaultPassword and DefaultUsername are there. 5. If any of names are listed make them by: right click on empty area in the right pane, then select New>String Value and enter the value names: AutoAdminLogon, DefaultPassword and DefaultUsername (or only keystrings that are not present) 6. After creating them double-click each value and enter the following value data for the particular value AutoAdminLogon Value : 1 DefaultPassword Value : the pasword of the user profile (example: pass123) DefaultUsername Value : the username of the account you want to log in to (example: Administrator) 7. Thats it. Restart (reboot) your computer and next time it starts it will auto-startup and login entered username and password." Those instructions came from this site: http://www.velikan.net/automatic-login-windows-account/. Sometimes you'll have to do it once or twice to get it to take; however, we've had pretty good luck doing that. ________________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Pruntel,Alison [Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 6:31 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Auto-Login for PACs ***Please excuse for cross-posting*** We will be implementing Deep Freeze on our PACs in the coming months. We will be having the machines reboot in between sessions to ensure that the PCs are truly restored to a clean system. However, we are looking for a way to avoid having staff have to log the machines in each time/in between the sessions. Anyone have an auto-login process in place to address this? I am aware of the ?control userpasswords2? utility, which is put in place before freezing the machine, but looking for some advice on how to best do this. Thanks in advance, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 From jbrice at CCFLS.ORG Tue Apr 2 09:47:44 2013 From: jbrice at CCFLS.ORG (Brice, John) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 09:47:44 -0400 Subject: Auto-Login for PACs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: You can always use a free program called LibKi. Check out Libki.org. John Brice On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Pruntel,Alison < Alison.Pruntel at fauquiercounty.gov> wrote: > ***Please excuse for cross-posting******* > > ** ** > > We will be implementing Deep Freeze on our PACs in the coming months. We > will be having the machines reboot in between sessions to ensure that the > PCs are truly restored to a clean system. However, we are looking for a way > to avoid having staff have to log the machines in each time/in between the > sessions. Anyone have an auto-login process in place to address this? I am > aware of the ?control userpasswords2? utility, which is put in place before > freezing the machine, but looking for some advice on how to best do this.* > *** > > ** ** > > Thanks in advance,**** > > ** ** > > *Alison Pruntel* > Electronic Resources Librarian > Fauquier County Public Library > 11 Winchester Street > Warrenton, VA 20186 > 540-422-8515 **** > > alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov > > **** > > > > **** > > ** ** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-02 > -- *John J. Brice, III* ___________________________________________________________________________________ Executive Director Meadville Public Library 848 North Main Street Meadville, PA 16335 814-336-1773 ext 302 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Tue Apr 2 10:20:28 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 14:20:28 +0000 Subject: Survey > Topic and Format Preferences for Postings to the _Alt-Ed_ MOOC Blog In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5B348F@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Over the past year, I have identified several thousands items relating to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). I estimate that I've blogged less than 5% in my _Alt-Ed_ blog [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/ ]. I am greatly interested in learning of your TOPIC and FORMAT interests and preference with regard to future posting of items and have prepared a survey to solicit your priorities. The survey requests your degree of interest in specific topics and formats (No Interest; Minor Interest; General Interest; Great Interest) *1. Please Indicate your personal /professional TOPIC preferences by clicking on the appropriate interest level. Note: Each topic requires a response. 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The survey is accessible via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2013/04/survey-topic-and-format-preferences-for.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gilbert.j at WHITEHALLPL.ORG Tue Apr 2 10:25:46 2013 From: gilbert.j at WHITEHALLPL.ORG (James Gilbert) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:25:46 -0400 Subject: Auto-Login for PACs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi John, Are these Windows Machines? If so: Go to START >> RUN; type "control userpasswords2" There should be an option to allow auto login to the computer. (You will select the user, then enter the password). I run Windows 7, and Faronics Suite (Deep Freeze, A/V, Anti-executable) with no staff intervention. James Gilbert, BS, MLIS Systems Librarian Whitehall Township Public Library 3700 Mechanicsville Road Whitehall, PA 18052 610-432-4330 ext: 203 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brice, John Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 9:48 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Auto-Login for PACs You can always use a free program called LibKi. Check out Libki.org. John Brice On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Pruntel,Alison wrote: ***Please excuse for cross-posting*** We will be implementing Deep Freeze on our PACs in the coming months. We will be having the machines reboot in between sessions to ensure that the PCs are truly restored to a clean system. However, we are looking for a way to avoid having staff have to log the machines in each time/in between the sessions. Anyone have an auto-login process in place to address this? I am aware of the "control userpasswords2" utility, which is put in place before freezing the machine, but looking for some advice on how to best do this. Thanks in advance, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 -- John J. Brice, III ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Executive Director Meadville Public Library 848 North Main Street Meadville, PA 16335 814-336-1773 ext 302 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbrice at CCFLS.ORG Tue Apr 2 10:52:52 2013 From: jbrice at CCFLS.ORG (Brice, John) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:52:52 -0400 Subject: Auto-Login for PACs In-Reply-To: <515aeb8f.044dec0a.72ba.ffff873dSMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> Message-ID: This is an open source project. The server runs on Linux the client can either be Windows, MAC or Linux. The server interfaces with the ILS through SIPII and provides access to the kiosk using the patrons library card number and ILS password. Libki gives each user a set amount of time, which can be extended by the staff. Libki provides a real time administration page that the staff can use to monitor patron usage and to look over their shoulder so to speak. You can also kick individuals off the system through the administration page. The latest version provides for remote reservations and we are looking to include print management features in the future. John Brice On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:25 AM, James Gilbert wrote: > Hi John,**** > > ** ** > > Are these Windows Machines?**** > > If so:**** > > ** ** > > Go to START >> RUN; type ?control userpasswords2?**** > > There should be an option to allow auto login to the computer.**** > > (You will select the user, then enter the password).**** > > ** ** > > I run Windows 7, and Faronics Suite (Deep Freeze, A/V, Anti-executable) > with no staff intervention.**** > > ** ** > > James Gilbert, BS, MLIS**** > > Systems Librarian**** > > Whitehall Township Public Library**** > > 3700 Mechanicsville Road**** > > Whitehall, PA 18052**** > > **** > > 610-432-4330 ext: 203**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Brice, John > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 02, 2013 9:48 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Auto-Login for PACs**** > > ** ** > > You can always use a free program called LibKi. Check out Libki.org.**** > > ** ** > > John Brice**** > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Pruntel,Alison < > Alison.Pruntel at fauquiercounty.gov> wrote:**** > > ***Please excuse for cross-posting******* > > **** > > We will be implementing Deep Freeze on our PACs in the coming months. We > will be having the machines reboot in between sessions to ensure that the > PCs are truly restored to a clean system. However, we are looking for a way > to avoid having staff have to log the machines in each time/in between the > sessions. Anyone have an auto-login process in place to address this? I am > aware of the ?control userpasswords2? utility, which is put in place before > freezing the machine, but looking for some advice on how to best do this.* > *** > > **** > > Thanks in advance,**** > > **** > > *Alison Pruntel* > Electronic Resources Librarian > Fauquier County Public Library > 11 Winchester Street > Warrenton, VA 20186 > 540-422-8515 **** > > alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov**** > > ** ** > > **** > > ============================ **** > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib **** > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ **** > > 2013-04-02 **** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > *John J. Brice, III***** > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > Executive Director > Meadville Public Library > 848 North Main Street > Meadville, PA 16335 > > 814-336-1773 ext 302**** > > ============================ **** > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib **** > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ **** > > 2013-04-02 **** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-02 > -- *John J. Brice, III* ___________________________________________________________________________________ Executive Director Meadville Public Library 848 North Main Street Meadville, PA 16335 814-336-1773 ext 302 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That may be obvious--but you might be surprised at just how far away from average most measures for most libraries are. For that matter, for any derivative measure, which average is average? This essay discusses averages and a few low-level statistical terms, then shows where American public libraries stand--not only for 2010 (the most recent IMLS data) but for changes from 2009 to 2010. I believe you'll find it revealing and interesting. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From benwbrum at GMAIL.COM Tue Apr 2 11:40:50 2013 From: benwbrum at GMAIL.COM (Ben Brumfield) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 11:40:50 -0400 Subject: Call for Participation: Open Source Indexing Message-ID: >From http://opensourceindexing.org/ The Challenge Historic documents often contain handwriting, old fonts, or other text formats that OCR software can't handle. We need humans--from volunteers to paid staff--to read the document images and transcribe what they see into databases which can be searched, analyzed, crawled, and used by researchers. Until now those efforts have required organizations either to outsource indexing to external partners or to cobble together their own off-line or on-site systems. Our goal is to build a tool that can be used by libraries, archives, museums, historical sites, genealogy and heritage societies to run their own indexing projects, under their own control. The Invitation We'd like to invite libraries, archives, and museums; historical, genealogy, and heritage societies to participate in the project. Right now we need advice and examples of indexing projects that real organizations would like to run. This would allow us to work with an eye on real data outside the UK parish registers and English census records which have been driving our development up to the present. What we need from you Project definitions including: Sample image files (around 5 per project in the format you'd use for access copies), A maximal spec for the data you'd like to collect, A minimal set of required fields you need, and A description of the material and goals of the project. In addition to example indexing project definitions, we need: * Funding to continue development. Our top priority is building a tool for our funders' indexing projects at FreeREG and FreeCEN. Building features outside of the needs common to those projects will require more funds. * Code contributions and help with design and programming. * Publicity and endorsement to spread the word about Open Source Indexing. The Tool We're basing our online indexing tool on Scribe, a tool developed by the Citizen Science Alliance from their Old Weather project and deployed by the Bodleian Library for What's the score at the Bodleian. More recently, Scribe has been customized by New York Public Library Labs for their Ensemble database of the performing arts. We're augmenting the Scribe transcription system by adding a database that allows users to search and view records created by the indexing tool. We're also adding support for and offline/legacy transcripts imported via CSV files. Improvements to the data-entry UI and a system for reporting on indexing activity and managing volunteers will round out the effort. (See the data flow diagram.) The entire system will be released under an Apache license. (In fact, the source code under development already is.) For more information, contact Ben Brumfield benwbrum at gmail.com http://manuscripttranscription.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 From rcromi at STARKLIBRARY.ORG Tue Apr 2 12:26:48 2013 From: rcromi at STARKLIBRARY.ORG (Rick Cromi) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 16:26:48 +0000 Subject: Auto-Login for PACs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: If these are in a Windows domain, use Group Policy Preferences to set the registry keys for AutoAdminLogon, DefaultUsername and DefaultPassword. Rick Cromi From: Pruntel,Alison [mailto:Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 7:35 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Auto-Login for PACs ***Please excuse for cross-posting*** We will be implementing Deep Freeze on our PACs in the coming months. We will be having the machines reboot in between sessions to ensure that the PCs are truly restored to a clean system. However, we are looking for a way to avoid having staff have to log the machines in each time/in between the sessions. Anyone have an auto-login process in place to address this? I am aware of the "control userpasswords2" utility, which is put in place before freezing the machine, but looking for some advice on how to best do this. Thanks in advance, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Rick Cromi Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 9:27 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Auto-Login for PACs If these are in a Windows domain, use Group Policy Preferences to set the registry keys for AutoAdminLogon, DefaultUsername and DefaultPassword. Rick Cromi From: Pruntel,Alison [mailto:Alison.Pruntel at FAUQUIERCOUNTY.GOV] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 7:35 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Auto-Login for PACs ***Please excuse for cross-posting*** We will be implementing Deep Freeze on our PACs in the coming months. We will be having the machines reboot in between sessions to ensure that the PCs are truly restored to a clean system. However, we are looking for a way to avoid having staff have to log the machines in each time/in between the sessions. Anyone have an auto-login process in place to address this? I am aware of the "control userpasswords2" utility, which is put in place before freezing the machine, but looking for some advice on how to best do this. Thanks in advance, Alison Pruntel Electronic Resources Librarian Fauquier County Public Library 11 Winchester Street Warrenton, VA 20186 540-422-8515 alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 ________________________________ THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. 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Does anyone have experience with this? I looked in the web4lib archives and there is not much there... Lynn Elliott, MLS Head of Information Services Northwest Regional Library System lelliott at nwrls.lib.fl.us (850)522-2104 Please Note: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jonathan.gorman at GMAIL.COM Wed Apr 3 09:04:53 2013 From: jonathan.gorman at GMAIL.COM (Jon Gorman) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 08:04:53 -0500 Subject: voice recognition software In-Reply-To: <4FA33A7517EAA24399B3EE0726DF1F06022AC2C4E1A2@nt-mbx-01> Message-ID: Perhaps finding some mailing lists focused on accessibility software for students, or perhaps a more general list for libraries (or library tech)? (lita-l and collib-l comes to mind, perhaps maybe even code4lib). Most places have some sort of accessibility office, perhaps one of your member libraries has one that you can talk to? >From what little experience I have most places have a dedicated workstation w/ the software like this pre-installed, although it would be pretty cool to have every workstation w/ a mic or perhaps have headphones for this. Room dynamics of sound and echoing might come into play and require a bit of experimentation. Jon Gorman On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Lynn Elliott wrote: > We are looking into the possibility of installing voice recognition > software such Dragon Naturally Speaking on some of the public-use computers. > **** > > Does anyone have experience with this? **** > > ** ** > > I looked in the web4lib archives and there is not much there?**** > > ** ** > > Lynn Elliott, MLS **** > > Head of Information Services**** > > Northwest Regional Library System**** > > lelliott at nwrls.li*b.fl.us* * ***** > > (850)522-2104**** > > **** > > > Please Note: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If > you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public > records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, > contact this office by phone or in writing. ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-02 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From is.cuimhim.liom at GMAIL.COM Wed Apr 3 10:02:48 2013 From: is.cuimhim.liom at GMAIL.COM (G W) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 08:02:48 -0600 Subject: voice recognition software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Most computers have some primitive software for speech. Dragon is great. To really get them to operate well, they must be trained to your voice. Most do not do well with children's voices. Speech and Language people are the professionals in this area. Try their literature. You are looking at assistive technology. If you have a large University near you with a medical school, they may have an assistive technology dept. Try searching on assistive technology. Ginny On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, Jon Gorman wrote: > Perhaps finding some mailing lists focused on accessibility software for > students, or perhaps a more general list for libraries (or library tech)? > (lita-l and collib-l comes to mind, perhaps maybe even code4lib). > > Most places have some sort of accessibility office, perhaps one of your > member libraries has one that you can talk to? > > From what little experience I have most places have a dedicated > workstation w/ the software like this pre-installed, although it would be > pretty cool to have every workstation w/ a mic or perhaps have headphones > for this. Room dynamics of sound and echoing might come into play and > require a bit of experimentation. > > Jon Gorman > > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Lynn Elliott > > wrote: > >> We are looking into the possibility of installing voice recognition >> software such Dragon Naturally Speaking on some of the public-use computers. >> **** >> >> Does anyone have experience with this? **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I looked in the web4lib archives and there is not much there?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Lynn Elliott, MLS **** >> >> Head of Information Services**** >> >> Northwest Regional Library System**** >> >> lelliott at nwrls.li*b.fl.us* > 'lelliott at nwrls.lib.fl.us');>* ***** >> >> (850)522-2104**** >> >> **** >> >> >> Please Note: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If >> you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public >> records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, >> contact this office by phone or in writing. ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2013-04-02 >> > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-03 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hoyte at CHAPMAN.EDU Wed Apr 3 12:37:21 2013 From: hoyte at CHAPMAN.EDU (Hoyte, Daniel) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 16:37:21 +0000 Subject: voice recognition software In-Reply-To: <4FA33A7517EAA24399B3EE0726DF1F06022AC2C4E1A2@nt-mbx-01> Message-ID: If those machines are running XP with, IIORC at least Office 2007, you already have rudimentary voice recognition. It is based on the old Via Voice engine. (now owned by Dragon) If you are running Windows 7+, it is built into the operating system Here are some of the issues: 1. They need a decent mic. 2. They work better in quiet environments 3. They MUST be trained for each speaker I have used Via Voice based systems and set up and tested Dragon based systems. It seems that the recognition engine from Dragon gives good results with less training than the Via Voice based systems. 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 Lynn Elliott Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 12:54 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] voice recognition software We are looking into the possibility of installing voice recognition software such Dragon Naturally Speaking on some of the public-use computers. Does anyone have experience with this? I looked in the web4lib archives and there is not much there... Lynn Elliott, MLS Head of Information Services Northwest Regional Library System lelliott at nwrls.lib.fl.us (850)522-2104 Please Note: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-02 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This research study contributes to the current Open Educational Resources (OER) Programme [ http://www.jisc.ac.uk/oer ], an initiative by JISC and the HEA whose objective is to promote the creation, dissemination, access and use of OER. This programme represents a firm commitment by UK Higher Education (HE) institutions to the OER movement. [more] [ http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-roles-of-libraries-and-information.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 [ http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/ ] ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The position reports to the Library IT Manager and works closely with colleagues in Web Content, Marketing and Library IT to deliver applications that enhance the experience for internal staff as well as patrons and other external users. Will gather requirements from stakeholders, create project implementation plans and schedules, and develop applications based on these schedules. Other duties may include: * Completes programming assignments, which may include process automation, enhancements, configurations or builds with limited oversight by a more experienced developer analyst; assists in ensuring high component availability while facilitating growth in usage and increased functionality by applying knowledge of multiple programming languages and techniques. * Responds to end-user questions, inquiries, and ad-hoc requests to include report design; works directly with end-users in evaluating solutions, fulfilling requests, and resolving issues; recommends solutions to ensure system availability. * Participates in system design reviews and communicates with technical and non-technical audiences. * Creates, reviews, and maintains documentation related to system software use and support including procedures, processes, metadata. * Collects, edits, and maintains data; ensures data is accurate, current, and complete through quality assurance procedures; develops new, and enhances existing, datasets through various techniques such as data mining, process automation, workflow modifications, and agency collaboration. * Monitors and helps ensure system and subsystem availability and performance; analyzes and resolves problems; conducts tests and monitors activities; analyzes reports. Qualifications: * Associate's degree in the following field(s) of study: Information Technology or related field and two years of experience in the Information Technology field are required. * Experience can substitute for education. Education can substitute for experience. Location: Central Resource Library Date Opened: April 3, 2013 Date Closed: April 16, 2013 Position Grade: 16 Pay Rate: $23.30 - $33.66/hr Schedule: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M-F, with occasional after hours and on-call work. Contact: Please apply online at www.jocolibrary.org/jobs. Michelle Beesley Web Content Manager Johnson County Library Office (913) 826 - 4526 | Mobile (913) 888-8567 beesleym at jocolibrary.org www.jocolibrary.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Wed Apr 3 19:47:25 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 23:47:25 +0000 Subject: ELI Online Spring Focus Session 2013 > April 3-4 2013 > Eventifier In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5B5696@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ For those who are/were not able to attend ELI Online Spring Focus Session 2013 > April 3-4 2013 [ http://www.educause.edu/eli/events/eli-online-spring-focus-session ] Note: Not Free An Eventifer with links to Tweets , Photos, Slides, Etc. are Now Available via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2013/04/eli-online-spring-focus-session-2013.html ] Note: Free I expect the a recording of the session will be available in the (near) future (as were previous sessions [?]). 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/ 2013-04-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbabli at MYWINTERHAVEN.COM Wed Apr 3 20:23:13 2013 From: lbabli at MYWINTERHAVEN.COM (Linda Babli) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 20:23:13 -0400 Subject: Computer Use Time Message-ID: What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? Any pros, cons? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda Babli, Reference & Technology Librarian Winter Haven Public Library 325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881 863-291-5880 lbabli at mywinterhaven.com http://whpl.mywinterhaven.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 From Janus.L.Lindholm at CI.EUGENE.OR.US Wed Apr 3 20:43:25 2013 From: Janus.L.Lindholm at CI.EUGENE.OR.US (LINDHOLM Janus L) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 17:43:25 -0700 Subject: Computer Use Time In-Reply-To: <9D58A3BF03FCE74F98978AB672A14647995DFC7701@Ida.mywinterhaven.com> Message-ID: We offer 90 minute and 60 minute reservations on our public PCs. We used to have 30 minute PCs but basically found that they were being used for longer sessions because most people were signing up for the 60 and 90 minute ones. Those that realized that would sign up for the 30 minute stations knowing that they would probably be able to extend their time to 60 and maybe even 90 minutes or more. Our 90 minute stations are in a training room that is open for general use when a class is not in session. I think if we didn't have the training room we would probably have all of the PCs at 60 minutes. We also have a 15 minute PC that is first come first serve - no reservations. This is also heavily used. The 15 minutes is enforced by the computer doing a reboot at the end of the time period. Janus Lindholm Application Support Tech, Sr. Eugene Public Library Eugene, OR 97401 541-682-6894 janus.l.lindholm at ci.eugene.or.us http://www.eugene-or.gov/library -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Babli Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 5:23 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? Any pros, cons? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda Babli, Reference & Technology Librarian Winter Haven Public Library 325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881 863-291-5880 lbabli at mywinterhaven.com http://whpl.mywinterhaven.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 From TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET Wed Apr 3 22:14:54 2013 From: TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET (Thomas Edelblute) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 02:14:54 +0000 Subject: Computer Use Time In-Reply-To: <9D58A3BF03FCE74F98978AB672A14647995DFC7701@Ida.mywinterhaven.com> Message-ID: Our public initially has a 60 minute session, and if there are no reservations on that computer at the end of the time then they are allowed one 30 minute extension. We also have two express stations that are limited to a maximum of a 15 minute session, but that is counted against the 90 minutes total time they are allowed for the day. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Babli Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 5:23 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? Any pros, cons? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda Babli, Reference & Technology Librarian Winter Haven Public Library 325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881 863-291-5880 lbabli at mywinterhaven.com http://whpl.mywinterhaven.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 ________________________________ 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/ 2013-04-03 From pbutler3 at UMW.EDU Thu Apr 4 08:38:32 2013 From: pbutler3 at UMW.EDU (Paul Butler (pbutler3)) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:38:32 -0400 Subject: Computer Use Time In-Reply-To: <9D58A3BF03FCE74F98978AB672A14647995DFC7701@Ida.mywinterhaven.com> Message-ID: All our public access computers are first-come, first-serve with a 60 minute time limit. If no one is waiting for a computer we allow an additional 60 minute session. We display a 60 minute countdown timer on the screen which reboots and wipes the machine automatically. The reference librarian signs the user onto the computer. Public access computers are heavily locked down with just IE, USB access, and printing capabilities. University-affiliated patrons have a separate bank of computers they can access themselves with no time restrictions. With this system we no longer have public patrons monopolizing a computer for 5 or 6 hours to play Farmville. They know they can come in and generally access a computer within minutes, where before the time restrictions were implemented we would often need to turn users away. We have received positive comments for students, staff, and public patrons themselves. Cheers, Paul +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Paul R Butler Assistant Systems Librarian Simpson Library University of Mary Washington 1801 College Avenue Fredericksburg, VA 22401 540.654.1756 libraries.umw.edu Sent from the mighty Dell Vostro 230. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Babli Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:23 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? Any pros, cons? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda Babli, Reference & Technology Librarian Winter Haven Public Library 325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881 863-291-5880 lbabli at mywinterhaven.com http://whpl.mywinterhaven.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-04 From mpoulin at COLGATE.EDU Thu Apr 4 09:14:14 2013 From: mpoulin at COLGATE.EDU (Mike Poulin) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 09:14:14 -0400 Subject: Position announcement: Systems Librarian at Colgate University - revised and extended Message-ID: Systems Librarian (search revised and extended) Colgate University Libraries seeks a creative and user-oriented information professional to serve as Systems Librarian. The primary focus will include the Libraries? integrated library system (Innovative Interfaces/III), interlibrary services system, the Dematic Library Automated Storage and Retrieval (LASR) system, and digital publishing platforms. Reporting to the Head of Digital Initiatives and Resources, this person will share leadership and responsibility for planning, developing, integrating, implementing, and maintaining the digital systems and services. The successful candidate will collaborate with librarians, staff, technologists, and faculty in a cutting edge library and technology facility. Ideally, the person will have a strong philosophical and functional grounding or interest in library services and the provision of technical and patron support in a library setting. The successful candidate will possess the best combination of the following: - An ALA-accredited master?s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - Proficiency with one or more programming or scripting languages and HTML/CSS [required] - Strong organizational, interpersonal, and project management skills; excellent oral and written communication skills; adaptability, creativity, and an aptitude to learn new technological tools and techniques - Working knowledge of an ILS (Innovative Interfaces Millennium/Sierra preferred but not required) - Familiarity with the MARC cataloging format - Proficiency with standard desktop software and hardware - Familiarity with current and emerging trends, standards and technologies, and the intellectual curiosity to investigate, advise, and collaboratively implement new technology solutions. *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/2632 Review of application materials will begin on May 2, 2013 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/ 2013-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From keckker at RICE.EDU Thu Apr 4 09:17:41 2013 From: keckker at RICE.EDU (Kerry Keck) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:17:41 -0500 Subject: Computer Use Time In-Reply-To: <4309B316BEBA3A4C9541A813A85E3440128485275C@MSEXCH-DB.umw.local> Message-ID: Our library has experienced a growing problem associated with access to our "public computers" (we have long had "kiosk" computers locked down to our web catalog, and our faculty and students also have a large bank of lab computers with no time restrictions, a large suite of software applications, and requiring a current NetId for login). These public computers had several browsers, USB access, and printing capabilities (for a fee). Although we were attempting to manage a policy of one-hour use with staff supervision and signage, we'd had an increase of inappropriate behavior, long-term "campers", and loud verbal confrontations between non-affiliate users (resulting in our bringing in our campus police). Just over 1 month ago, we installed time metering software (http://www.librarica.com/). Access codes are generated every morning and made available to non-affiliated visitors at our entry/security desk. We chose to set codes to provide 60 minutes (it can be non-sequential), and expire at midnight, when our hours for the general public end. Serious visiting scholars can arrange with our reference staff for additional access codes where they are using the library's research resources. We also reduced the number of public workstations from 10 to 6. This has been an instant success in eliminating friction among the non-affiliated user for our public computers. We have had no verbal outbursts, abusive language towards our staff, and have not had to summon our campus police for a month - a previously unheard of period of tranquility. Our reference and circulation staff are pleased to be able to once again focus on productive, positive interactions with our users (affiliated and non-affiliated), and we've had good feedback from students (we will issue unlimited access codes to our faculty/students, e.g. when the lab computers are all occupied). _________________________________ Kerry A. Keck Asst. University Librarian, Research Services Fondren Library, Rice University 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005 keckker at rice.edu On Apr 4, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Paul Butler (pbutler3) wrote: > All our public access computers are first-come, first-serve with a 60 minute time limit. If no one is waiting for a computer we allow an additional 60 minute session. We display a 60 minute countdown timer on the screen which reboots and wipes the machine automatically. The reference librarian signs the user onto the computer. Public access computers are heavily locked down with just IE, USB access, and printing capabilities. University-affiliated patrons have a separate bank of computers they can access themselves with no time restrictions. > > With this system we no longer have public patrons monopolizing a computer for 5 or 6 hours to play Farmville. They know they can come in and generally access a computer within minutes, where before the time restrictions were implemented we would often need to turn users away. We have received positive comments for students, staff, and public patrons themselves. > > Cheers, Paul > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > Paul R Butler > Assistant Systems Librarian > Simpson Library > University of Mary Washington > 1801 College Avenue > Fredericksburg, VA 22401 > 540.654.1756 > libraries.umw.edu > > Sent from the mighty Dell Vostro 230. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Babli > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:23 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time > > What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? > Any pros, cons? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Linda Babli, Reference & Technology Librarian Winter Haven Public Library > 325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881 > 863-291-5880 > lbabli at mywinterhaven.com > http://whpl.mywinterhaven.com > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-03 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-04 > > !DSPAM:2148,515d7489261226881770550! > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From janetrfine at HOTMAIL.COM Thu Apr 4 10:11:08 2013 From: janetrfine at HOTMAIL.COM (Janet Fine) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 14:11:08 +0000 Subject: Computer Use Time In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 4.4.13 We are a suburban public library with 1 main building and 3 branches. We have 25 (20 adult; 5 childrens) at the Main Building and each adult session is 60 minutes long with the option to sign on again if no one is waiting; childrens are set to 30 minutes with the option to sign on again if no one is waiting. Even is someone is waiting, we can extend sessions to give patrons time to save documents to a flash drive. Patrons are given an automatic 5 minute warning gneerated by the software. The branches have a total of 20 computers and the sessions are timed the same as the main building. This works very well and have very few, if any, complaints. We use Librarica's Cassie time/print management software. Hope this helps! Janet Fine Department Head, Circulation and Computer Services Great Neck Library 159 Bayview Avenue Great Neck, NY 11023 (516) 466-8055 ext. 205 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:17:41 -0500 From: keckker at RICE.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Our library has experienced a growing problem associated with access to our "public computers" (we have long had "kiosk" computers locked down to our web catalog, and our faculty and students also have a large bank of lab computers with no time restrictions, a large suite of software applications, and requiring a current NetId for login). These public computers had several browsers, USB access, and printing capabilities (for a fee). Although we were attempting to manage a policy of one-hour use with staff supervision and signage, we'd had an increase of inappropriate behavior, long-term "campers", and loud verbal confrontations between non-affiliate users (resulting in our bringing in our campus police). Just over 1 month ago, we installed time metering software (http://www.librarica.com/). Access codes are generated every morning and made available to non-affiliated visitors at our entry/security desk. We chose to set codes to provide 60 minutes (it can be non-sequential), and expire at midnight, when our hours for the general public end. Serious visiting scholars can arrange with our reference staff for additional access codes where they are using the library's research resources. We also reduced the number of public workstations from 10 to 6. This has been an instant success in eliminating friction among the non-affiliated user for our public computers. We have had no verbal outbursts, abusive language towards our staff, and have not had to summon our campus police for a month - a previously unheard of period of tranquility. Our reference and circulation staff are pleased to be able to once again focus on productive, positive interactions with our users (affiliated and non-affiliated), and we've had good feedback from students (we will issue unlimited access codes to our faculty/students, e.g. when the lab computers are all occupied). _________________________________ Kerry A. Keck Asst. University Librarian, Research Services Fondren Library, Rice University 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005 keckker at rice.edu On Apr 4, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Paul Butler (pbutler3) wrote: All our public access computers are first-come, first-serve with a 60 minute time limit. If no one is waiting for a computer we allow an additional 60 minute session. We display a 60 minute countdown timer on the screen which reboots and wipes the machine automatically. The reference librarian signs the user onto the computer. Public access computers are heavily locked down with just IE, USB access, and printing capabilities. University-affiliated patrons have a separate bank of computers they can access themselves with no time restrictions. With this system we no longer have public patrons monopolizing a computer for 5 or 6 hours to play Farmville. They know they can come in and generally access a computer within minutes, where before the time restrictions were implemented we would often need to turn users away. We have received positive comments for students, staff, and public patrons themselves. Cheers, Paul +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Paul R Butler Assistant Systems Librarian Simpson Library University of Mary Washington 1801 College Avenue Fredericksburg, VA 22401 540.654.1756 libraries.umw.edu Sent from the mighty Dell Vostro 230. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Babli Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:23 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? 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URL: From kelli at LANSINGPL.ORG Thu Apr 4 11:19:03 2013 From: kelli at LANSINGPL.ORG (Kelli Staley) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 10:19:03 -0500 Subject: Computer Use Time In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Public library: We have a 1 hour initial time, then the software allows users to extend in 15 minute increments for a max of 3 hours per day. We do not limit "sessions" but on the 3 hour per day limit. We instituted the daily limit when we had multiple situations with patrons getting overly frustrated and verbal with staff. We were experiencing that people don't take breaks to eat or walk around for a few minutes. The 3 hours limit is usually plenty, even for job hunters. Kelli Staley Circulation, Collection and Computer Services Dept. Head Lansing Public Library 2750 Indiana Ave. Lansing, IL 60438 (708) 474-2447x123 kelli at lansingpl.org http://www.lansingpl.org On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Janet Fine wrote: > 4.4.13 > > We are a suburban public library with 1 main building and 3 branches. We > have 25 (20 adult; 5 childrens) at the Main Building and each adult > session is 60 minutes long with the option to sign on again if no one is > waiting; childrens are set to 30 minutes with the option to sign on again > if no one is waiting. Even is someone is waiting, we can extend sessions > to give patrons time to save documents to a flash drive. Patrons are given > an automatic 5 minute warning gneerated by the software. The branches have > a total of 20 computers and the sessions are timed the same as the main > building. This works very well and have very few, if any, complaints. We > use Librarica's Cassie time/print management software. Hope this helps! > > > Janet Fine > Department Head, Circulation and Computer Services > Great Neck Library > 159 Bayview Avenue > Great Neck, NY 11023 > (516) 466-8055 ext. 205 > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:17:41 -0500 > From: keckker at RICE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > > Our library has experienced a growing problem associated with access to > our "public computers" (we have long had "kiosk" computers locked down to > our web catalog, and our faculty and students also have a large bank of lab > computers with no time restrictions, a large suite of software > applications, and requiring a current NetId for login). These public > computers had several browsers, USB access, and printing capabilities (for > a fee). > > Although we were attempting to manage a policy of one-hour use with staff > supervision and signage, we'd had an increase of inappropriate behavior, > long-term "campers", and loud verbal confrontations between non-affiliate > users (resulting in our bringing in our campus police). > > Just over 1 month ago, we installed time metering software ( > http://www.librarica.com/). Access codes are generated every morning and > made available to non-affiliated visitors at our entry/security desk. We > chose to set codes to provide 60 minutes (it can be non-sequential), and > expire at midnight, when our hours for the general public end. Serious > visiting scholars can arrange with our reference staff for additional > access codes where they are using the library's research resources. > > We also reduced the number of public workstations from 10 to 6. > > This has been an *instant* success in eliminating friction among the > non-affiliated user for our public computers. We have had no verbal > outbursts, abusive language towards our staff, and have not had to summon > our campus police for a month - a previously unheard of period of > tranquility. Our reference and circulation staff are pleased to be able to > once again focus on productive, positive interactions with our users > (affiliated and non-affiliated), and we've had good feedback from students > (we will issue unlimited access codes to our faculty/students, e.g. when > the lab computers are all occupied). > _________________________________ > Kerry A. Keck > Asst. University Librarian, Research Services > Fondren Library, Rice University > 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005 > keckker at rice.edu > > > > On Apr 4, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Paul Butler (pbutler3) wrote: > > All our public access computers are first-come, first-serve with a 60 > minute time limit. If no one is waiting for a computer we allow an > additional 60 minute session. We display a 60 minute countdown timer on the > screen which reboots and wipes the machine automatically. The reference > librarian signs the user onto the computer. Public access computers are > heavily locked down with just IE, USB access, and printing capabilities. > University-affiliated patrons have a separate bank of computers they can > access themselves with no time restrictions. > > With this system we no longer have public patrons monopolizing a computer > for 5 or 6 hours to play Farmville. They know they can come in and > generally access a computer within minutes, where before the time > restrictions were implemented we would often need to turn users away. We > have received positive comments for students, staff, and public patrons > themselves. > > Cheers, Paul > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > Paul R Butler > Assistant Systems Librarian > Simpson Library > University of Mary Washington > 1801 College Avenue > Fredericksburg, VA 22401 > 540.654.1756 > libraries.umw.edu > > Sent from the mighty Dell Vostro 230. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Linda Babli > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:23 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time > > What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? > Any pros, cons? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Linda Babli, Reference & Technology Librarian Winter Haven Public Library > 325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881 > 863-291-5880 > lbabli at mywinterhaven.com > http://whpl.mywinterhaven.com > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-03 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-04 > > !DSPAM:2148,515d7489261226881770550! > > > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > 2013-04-04 > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-04 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tim at SOUTHHOLLANDLIBRARY.ORG Thu Apr 4 12:05:07 2013 From: Tim at SOUTHHOLLANDLIBRARY.ORG (Tim DeYoung) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:05:07 -0500 Subject: Computer Use Time In-Reply-To: <9D58A3BF03FCE74F98978AB672A14647995DFC7701@Ida.mywinterhaven.com> Message-ID: On our public computers, users sign on with a valid library card and are granted a 60-minute session. After that, if there is time available, users may choose to receive an additional 60 minutes. Up to a total of 5 hours per day. We also have a group of walk-up computers that requires no sign on. Users are granted one 30-minute session with no extra time. Tim DeYoung | Technology Coordinator South Holland Public Library 16250 Wausau Avenue | South Holland, Illinois 60473 Phone: 708-331-5262 x202 | Fax: 708-331-6557 www.southhollandlibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Babli Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 6:23 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? Any pros, cons? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda Babli, Reference & Technology Librarian Winter Haven Public Library 325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881 863-291-5880 lbabli at mywinterhaven.com http://whpl.mywinterhaven.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-03 Pursuant to Illinois state law, e-mail communication to and from this address may be subject to public disclosure. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-04 From MHESS8 at DEPAUL.EDU Thu Apr 4 12:59:18 2013 From: MHESS8 at DEPAUL.EDU (Hess, M. Ryan) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 16:59:18 +0000 Subject: user testing programs? Message-ID: Howdy all, We've done intermittent user testing of our web platforms here over the years, but we don't have a formal user research program, which is something I've wanted to establish. Assuming that there is always something to test, I'm curious how your teams are handling user research: * Do you have an explicit research group or team? * How do you vet/coordinate research proposals? Or do you at all? * Do you aim for a particular number of studies each year? * Any other thoughts or suggestions? Thanks M Ryan Hess Web Services Coordinator DePaul University JTR 120, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614 office: 773-325-7829 | cell: 650-224-7279 | fax: 773-325-2297 | mhess8 at depaul.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Melody Boren Technology Services Librarian Amarillo Public Library On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Tim DeYoung wrote: > On our public computers, users sign on with a valid library card and are > granted a 60-minute session. > After that, if there is time available, users may choose to receive an > additional 60 minutes. > Up to a total of 5 hours per day. > > We also have a group of walk-up computers that requires no sign on. > Users are granted one 30-minute session with no extra time. > > > Tim DeYoung | Technology Coordinator > South Holland Public Library > 16250 Wausau Avenue | South Holland, Illinois 60473 > Phone: 708-331-5262 x202 | Fax: 708-331-6557 > www.southhollandlibrary.org > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Linda Babli > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 6:23 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time > > What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? > Any pros, cons? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Linda Babli, Reference & Technology Librarian > Winter Haven Public Library > 325 Avenue A NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881 > 863-291-5880 > lbabli at mywinterhaven.com > http://whpl.mywinterhaven.com > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-03 > > Pursuant to Illinois state law, e-mail communication to and from this > address may be subject to public disclosure. > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-04 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Thu Apr 4 15:36:31 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 19:36:31 +0000 Subject: SIIA Releases Guide on the Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in K-12 and Postsecondary Education In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5B5F95@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues. Open Resourcesseems to be in air ... /Gerry Guide helps stakeholders determine the appropriate model for developing and implementing educational resources Washington, D.C. (March 21, 2013) ? The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, today released the ?Guide on the Use of Open Educational Resources in K-12 and Postsecondary Education.? This Guide provides a framework for understanding open educational resources (OER), and it examines development and implementation costs, current business models, government and philanthropy?s role, and other considerations around the use of OER. ?SIIA expects that educational needs will be addressed moving forward by a mix of instructional materials, including OER,? said Karen Billings, vice president of SIIA?s Education Division. ?SIIA and this Guide are focused on helping public officials, instructors and content providers better understand the various OER models, as well as the total costs to consider in determining the appropriate strategy for developing and implementing a particular educational resource.? The Guide includes the following: * OER Definition, including full explanations of related copyright and licensing issues * Total Cost of Development/Ownership of instructional materials, including implications for those creating and implementing OER * Business/Funding Models being used to develop and support OER by content developers and aggregators, both for-profit and non-profit * Government Initiatives, including a sampling of key federal, state and international OER policies and grants * OER Frequently Asked Questions ?SIIA recognizes that content development and delivery models will continue to evolve, and encourages an environment that fosters R&D investment, rewards innovation and quality, and thus provides students and faculty with a robust choice of curricular resources and related tools and supports,? said Mark Schneiderman, SIIA?s senior director of education policy. ?In making cost-benefit calculations and comparisons, it is important that public leaders and educators consider that educational resources, including OER, require not only the initial investment, but as importantly must budget for the total, long-term cost of development and use.? The Guide was developed under the direction of the SIIA OER working group. It was authored by independent consultants Sue Collins of CollinsConsults and Peter Levy of Learning in Motion. Their knowledge, perseverance, and commitment to excellence made this document possible. The Guide is available to all under a CC-BY license and is especially crafted to inform legislators, government officials, education leaders, faculty, and content developers and aggregators. About SIIA The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education, and intellectual property protection to more than 700 leading software and information companies. The SIIA Education Division serves and represents more than 200 member companies that provide software, digital content and other technologies that address educational needs. The Division shapes and supports the industry by providing leadership, advocacy, business development opportunities and critical market information. For more information, visit www.siia.net/education. Source and Link To Guide Available Via [ http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2013/04/siia-releases-guide-on-use-of-open.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Thu Apr 4 20:06:04 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 00:06:04 +0000 Subject: Duke Librarians Aid MOOCs With Technology, Research In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5B60C6@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Please do let me know about other Library / MOOC engagements ... /Gerry Margot Tuchler | April 4, 2013 Coursera students see their professors in the online course videos, but they do not see the teams of people working behind the scenes to make the videos possible. The advent of massive open online courses in the higher education community?specifically Coursera, which Duke partnered with last summer?has demanded expertise from a variety of sectors across the Duke Libraries system, which is responsible for more than just books and databases. In fact, the relationship between professors and the online Coursera platform has largely been bridged by the Center for Instructional Technology, a division of Duke Libraries dedicated to helping teachers integrate various technologies into their lessons. Apart from CIT?s role in supporting the structure of online courses, Duke Libraries and its constituents have helped professors gather materials for courses and ensure that they are transferable to Coursera?s massive audiences. ?For a long time, the library, working closely with [the Office of Information Technology], has been the fulcrum for assisting faculty in introducing new technologies into their classes,? said Provost Peter Lange, noting that he immediately turned to Lynne O?Brien, director of academic technology and instructional services, to help with the move to MOOCs. ?She?s been my right-hand person throughout all of this. That puts the library at the center.? CIT helps professors make their course materials align with the Coursera platform, O?Brien noted. ?The staff in [CIT] have been the primary consultants to faculty on the development of Coursera courses,? O?Brien wrote in an email Wednesday. ?We work closely with colleagues in [OIT] and Duke Media Services on production of Coursera video materials.? Apart from CIT, O?Brien noted that Duke Libraries? involvement also extends to other departments, including Data and GIS Services, Digital Scholarship and Production Services and the Office of Copyright and Scholarly Communication. [snip] Apart from helping professors prepare for their Coursera classes, the library system has also played a role in assisting professors who wish to implement the new ?flipped classroom? model to their on-campus classes. CIT staff led workshops about flipping the classroom that around 70 faculty attended and provided consulting for the new educational approach, O?Brien said. [snip] The structure of Duke?s library is not very common among its peer institutions, O?Brien said, noting that Duke seems to be ahead of the game in terms of integrating technological assistance and access to course materials through one streamlined system. Duke joined Coursera last July, when only 15 schools other were participating. Now, Coursera hosts 62 universities. ?Duke is envied by many peer libraries for its close relationship between teaching support and instructional technology along with research services in the library,? O?Brien said. ?It?s been a very busy year for everyone.? Source and Full Text Available Via [ http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/04/duke-librarians-aid-moocs-with.html ] Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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So I am considering a Plantronics headset for Mac users. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of D. Turcotte Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 9:46 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question about Headphones Hi, I wasn't sure which listserv to go to for this question, but it is IT related. We are currently exploring the purchase of microphones for our computers. We are looking at the Califone 610 Binaural Headphones or the Hamilton Mono/Stereo personal headphones. Can you recommend 1 or the other? I can't find any reviews of these items. 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If you need a set with a mic, avoid the ones that have mini-phone plus and a USB adapter, if only for their decreased mechanical reliability. Thanks, Cary On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > The City of Anaheim is using Logitech headphones for its video > conferencing system. However, I am told they are not Mac compatible. So I > am considering a Plantronics headset for Mac users. > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *D. 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On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Janet Fine wrote: > Hi Vivienne, > > Answers below--Hope it helps! > > Kind regards, Janet > > > Janet Fine > Department Head, Circulation and Computer Services > Great Neck Library > 159 Bayview Avenue > Great Neck, NY 11023 > (516) 466-8055 ext. 205 > > > > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:11:26 -0400 > > From: eanderson at PELHAMLIBRARY.ON.CA > > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Classes/Event Registration > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > > > > I would also be interested in answers to this question but wondered > about anyone who might be using an online payment option or even something > like Interac at the desk. > > > > Thanks, > > Elaine > > > > Elaine Anderson > > Public Services Coordinator > > Pelham Public Library > > 43 Pelham Town Square > > Box 830 > > Fonthill, ON L0S 1E0 > > 905.892.6443 > > http://www.pelhamlibrary.on.ca > > http://www.pelhamlibrary.blogspot.com > > > > > > * -----Original Message----- > > * From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > > * On Behalf Of Vivienne Houghton > > * Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:16 PM > > * To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > * Subject: [WEB4LIB] Classes/Event Registration > > * > > * Hello! > > * > > * What event registration system are you using for your library > instruction > > * classes and events? > > * > > * We're currently researching options to either improve our current > classes > > * database, build a new one, or go with a new vendor or open source > solution. > > * > > * - Which event reg system are you using? *We use PlymouthRocket's > Eventkeeper software (**www.eventkeeper.com* * > )* > > > * - Does it satisfy your event registration needs? *Yes* > > * - Does it satisfy your reporting/analytics needs? *Yes* > > * - Would you recommend it? *Yes* > > * - What would you change if you could? *The ability > to print more of the fields > *> * - Are there other reg systems that you would recommend? *We are very > pleased with the product and support from the staff at Eventkeeper. > * > > * > > * Thank you very much! > > * Vivienne > > * > > * Vivienne Houghton, MLIS > > * Web Services Librarian | Health Sciences Library University of > Colorado | > > * Anschutz Medical Campus > > * 303-724-2178 | vivienne.houghton at ucdenver.edu > > * > > * ============================ > > * > > * To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > * > > * Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > * > > * 2013-03-19 > > * > > * __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > > * database 8140 (20130320) __________ > > * > > * The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > * > > * http://www.eset.com > > * > > > > ============================ > > > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > > 2013-03-20 > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-03-23 > -- Dan Eveland dan at daneveland.com voice (727) 344-9179 fax (727) 362-9276 skype dan.eveland www.daneveland.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The report is written from a UK higher education perspective, but is largely informed by the developments in MOOCs from the USA and Canada. A literature review was undertaken focussing on the extensive reporting of MOOCs through blogs, press releases as well as openly available reports. This identified current debates about new course provision, the impact of changes in funding and the implications for greater openness in higher education. The theory of disruptive innovation is used to help form the questions of policy and strategy that higher education institutions need to address. Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 1.1. The focus of the report 3 1.2. Making sense of MOOCs 3 1.3. Analysis of MOOC initiatives 3 1.4. Issues and challenges for MOOCs 3 1.5. MOOCs as disruptive innovations 4 1.6. Implications for higher education 4 2. Introduction 5 3. Making sense of MOOCs 5 3.1. The history and key features of MOOCs 5 3.2. cMOOCs vs. xMOOCs 7 4. Analysis of MOOC-style open education initiatives 7 4.1. Key developments of MOOCS-style Initiatives 7 4.2. Motivations for MOOC providers 8 4.3. Motivations for learners 9 4.4. Business models 9 5. Issues and challenges for MOOCs 10 5.1. Sustainability 10 5.2. Pedagogy 10 5.3. Quality and completion rates 11 5.4. Assessment and credit 11 6. MOOCs: Disruptive innovation in HE? 12 6.1. Disruptive innovation theory 12 6.2. MOOCs disruption and innovation in higher education 13 7. Implications for higher education 15 7.1. Drivers and trends towards open education 15 7.2. Implications for educational policy 17 7.3. Implications for HE institutions 17 8. Conclusions 18 9. References 19 Source and Full Text Available Via [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2013/04/moocs-and-open-education-implications_6.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/ 2013-04-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From announce at DUBLINCORE.NET Mon Apr 8 09:08:51 2013 From: announce at DUBLINCORE.NET (DCMI Announce) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 06:08:51 -0700 Subject: NISO/DCMI webinar: Deployment of RDA Cataloging and its Expression as Linked Data Message-ID: ******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** Join NISO/DCMI for our joint April webinar --Webinar: Deployment of RDA (Resource Description and Access) Cataloging and its Expression as Linked Data --Date: April 24, 2013 --Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time - UTC 17:00:00) (World Clock: http://bit.ly/XySJt0) --Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/rda/ ======================================================================== ABOUT THE WEBINAR: A seminar at the British Library in April 2012 marked the fifth anniversary of a 2007 meeting at which representatives of the Dublin Core, Semantic Web, and RDA communities jointly recommended that the then-draft cataloging standard RDA be provided in the form of vocabularies and application profiles usable for Linked Data. One year after this anniversary meeting and one year closer to the general deployment of RDA in libraries, this webinar will take stock of progress towards developing application profiles based on RDA and discuss the practicalities of exposing RDA-based data in the Linked Data cloud. SPEAKER: Alan Danskin, Metadata Standards Manager at The British Library, where he has worked in various capacities since 1987, including implementation of MARC 21. He currently represents the library on the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA (Resource Description and Access) for which he until recently served as chair. He has served as chair of the Cataloguing & Indexing Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and is a member of the Book Industry Communication Bibliographic Standards Group. Registration closes one hour before the webinar begins. 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Gillian Wiseman Electronic Resources Librarian Librarian Waco-McLennan County Library Waco TX, 76701 254-750-5944 gwiseman at ci.waco.tx.us From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Melody Boren Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 1:34 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time We limit the patron to 60 minutes per day, and only extend time for work or school related activity based upon availability. It works well for us, and we use Envisionware. Melody Boren Technology Services Librarian Amarillo Public Library On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Tim DeYoung wrote: On our public computers, users sign on with a valid library card and are granted a 60-minute session. After that, if there is time available, users may choose to receive an additional 60 minutes. Up to a total of 5 hours per day. We also have a group of walk-up computers that requires no sign on. Users are granted one 30-minute session with no extra time. Tim DeYoung | Technology Coordinator South Holland Public Library 16250 Wausau Avenue | South Holland, Illinois 60473 Phone: 708-331-5262 x202 | Fax: 708-331-6557 www.southhollandlibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Babli Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 6:23 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? 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URL: From gilbert.j at WHITEHALLPL.ORG Mon Apr 8 11:53:42 2013 From: gilbert.j at WHITEHALLPL.ORG (James Gilbert) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:53:42 -0400 Subject: Computer Use Time In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello, We use Envisionware with a promised 45-minute session. This session is renewable in 15-minute increments (automatically). They are allowed 4 sessions (log-ins) per day If all computers are in use, we reserve the computer which has been in use the longest. My only real complaint with Envisionware involves the fact their automated reservation process uses the "first available" computer. without consideration toward "extended time" status. We feel, that patrons who have used additional increments should give the seat up prior to those who are nearing the end of their 45-minute session. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Gillian Wiseman Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 11:22 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time We also limit to one hour per day with 30 minute extensions for work or school related tasks. The only time this is ever a problem is with new patrons who don't know to ask before their time expires; then they get upset when we tell them we "cannot" give them another session. But it almost never happens twice! Gillian Wiseman Electronic Resources Librarian Librarian Waco-McLennan County Library Waco TX, 76701 254-750-5944 gwiseman at ci.waco.tx.us From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Melody Boren Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 1:34 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time We limit the patron to 60 minutes per day, and only extend time for work or school related activity based upon availability. It works well for us, and we use Envisionware. Melody Boren Technology Services Librarian Amarillo Public Library On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Tim DeYoung wrote: On our public computers, users sign on with a valid library card and are granted a 60-minute session. After that, if there is time available, users may choose to receive an additional 60 minutes. Up to a total of 5 hours per day. We also have a group of walk-up computers that requires no sign on. Users are granted one 30-minute session with no extra time. Tim DeYoung | Technology Coordinator South Holland Public Library 16250 Wausau Avenue | South Holland, Illinois 60473 Phone: 708-331-5262 x202 | Fax: 708-331-6557 www.southhollandlibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Linda Babli Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 6:23 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Computer Use Time What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? 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URL: From varnum at UMICH.EDU Mon Apr 8 15:35:25 2013 From: varnum at UMICH.EDU (Ken Varnum) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:35:25 -0400 Subject: Deadline is 4/15! Call for Chapters: Top Technologies for 2017 (A LITA Guide) Message-ID: * [Apologies for cross-posting. Please share widely.] What current technologies are on the cusp of moving from ?gee whiz? to real-life application in libraries? This LITA Guide will explore the information landscape as it might be in 3-5 years. It will describe the emerging technologies of today that are likely to be at the core of ?standard? library offerings in the not-distant future. It will introduce project managers and project doers not just to new technologies, but also provide an understanding of the broader trends that are driving them. Chapter-length essays are particularly sought on the following topics: - Mobile Technologies - Linked Data - Web Scale Discovery Environments - Technology for Augmented Reality - Digital Repositories - Digital Preservation - Content Management - Ereaders & Ebooks - Cloud-based ILS - Beyond FRBR ? metadata formats Chapters will be in the 4000-4500 word range and address the following points: 1. Define the technology (in general, and in the context of the chapter) 2. Why does the technology matter in general, and to libraries in particular? 3. What are early adopters doing? 4. What does future trend look like? 5. Having embraced this technology, what would the library of 2017 look like? Proposals should be submitted to Ken Varnum, the book?s editor, at < toptech2017 at umich.edu> by Monday, April 15, 2013. Please include the following things in your proposal. - Your name, title, phone, and email address - A few sentences describing your experience with the technology being proposed - A draft of points 1 and 2 in the outline above - An outline of the remainder of the chapter - A writing sample, preferably something published in an edited or peer-reviewed publication Deadlines - April 15, 2013: Proposals due - May 1, 2013: Notification of acceptance - August 15, 2013: Chapter drafts due - September 15, 2013: Editor?s comments provided to authors - October 1, 2013: Revised drafts due to editor - 2014: Publication About the Editor Ken Varnum is the Web Systems Manager at the University of Michigan Library, where he manages the library web site and development of new features and functionality. He received a masters degree from the University of Michigan's School of Information and his Bachelor of Arts from Grinnell College. He has worked in a range of library settings -- large and small academic, corporate, and special. He led the University of Michigan's implementation of Summon using the Summon API in a Drupal site in 2010. An active member of the library technology world for 18 years, Ken's research and professional interests include Drupal, web-scale discovery, and user-generated content. He is the author of Drupal in Libraries (ALA TechSource, 2012) and a frequent presenter on library technology topics. * -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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"In 2012, we published two new standards, the revision of a two-part standard, two new recommended practices, two recommended practice revisions, and a new white paper. We also launched three new initiatives and were awarded two new grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. These are all described in more detail in this issue of ISQ." "NISO's role as the U.S. Administrator for the ISO TC46 Committee on Information and Documentation and the Secretariat for the subcommittee on Identification and Description ensures that our community has an active role in international standards development as well," said Cynthia Hodgson, ISQ Managing Editor and a consultant for NISO who helps manage the ISO work. "Our members not only vote on these ISO standards ballots, they also provide critical comments to the development working groups and volunteer to be members of these groups to help shape these international standards. This issue summarizes the work of TC 46 and its four subcommittees during 2012." "Standards and recommended practice development is only possible through the dedicated efforts of knowledgeable volunteers throughout the community," states Todd Carpenter, NISO's Executive Director. "Nothing NISO accomplishes could have happened without the tremendous efforts and support of our community of volunteers. The successes of the past year are a perfect example of that and as an organization we have much to be proud of, which is clearly illustrated in this issue." The Spring issue also contains a standard spotlight article on the Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS), a new standard based on an older specification, originally developed at the National Library of Medicine. Also included in the issue is the annual reference listing of all of NISO's published standards, recommended practices, and technical reports. The Spring issue of Information Standards Quarterly is available electronically in open access from the NISO website at: www.niso.org/publications/isq/. ISQ is also available in print format by subscription or in print on demand. Cynthia Hodgson ISQ Managing Editor chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Mon Apr 8 17:47:33 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:47:33 +0000 Subject: MOOCs for Library Information Literacy / Seminars / Workshops ? In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5BAF98@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in learning of libraries that have created MOOCs to complement / replace / supplement library-related information literacy sessions / seminars / workshops / etc. Thanks ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From LCorder at NOLS.ORG Tue Apr 9 16:01:19 2013 From: LCorder at NOLS.ORG (Lauren Corder) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 20:01:19 +0000 Subject: Position Available North Olympic Library System Message-ID: Information Technology Specialist II - Full time Primary assigned location: Port Angeles Main Library, Port Angeles, Washington. Travel to and work at other NOLS facilities is occasionally required. Salary: Range 13: $2,624.57 to $3,190.19 per month. Schedule: Position is budgeted and scheduled for 37.5 hours per week. Work schedule may occasionally vary, including evenings and weekends. See North Olympic Library System's Employment page for links to the full position description and application materials (http://www.nols.org/about-nols/employment.html). Lauren Lauren R. Corder, Digital Branch Librarian lcorder at nols.org | 360.417.8500 ext. 7723 North Olympic Library System 2210 S Peabody St Port Angeles, WA 98362 www.nols.org Learn. Create. 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Housed in eighteen buildings including the Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Bass Library, it employs a dynamic and diverse staff of approximately five hundred who offer innovative and flexible services to library readers. For additional information on the Yale University Library, please visit the Library's web site at www.library.yale.edu.**** ** ** Within the University Library, Technical Services departments pursue a course of continual change and innovation in building integrated, university-wide information access systems. These systems are designed to provide readers timely access to new materials in all formats as well as a high-quality bibliographic record of Yale's extraordinary library collections, which have developed over the last three centuries. Our collections continue to grow at more than 200,000 volumes per year, including an increasing number of materials in digital form.**** ** ** *Position Focus:* Under the general direction of the Metadata Services and Catalog Management Team Leader, the Discovery Metadata Librarian works closely with other librarians and support staff in the department, and across the Library, to support the discovery of, and access to, the library?s digital and print content through metadata analysis, creation, consultation, enhancement, and maintenance services for both analog and digital projects, within the Library and across the campus. The Metadata Librarian will also be responsible for developing metadata maintenance workflow and projects, and providing training in basic and/or special metadata implementations to other staff within the department and across the library. [711]**** ** ** *Position Responsibilities:* 1. Creates metadata records for the functional requirements of a project; identifies and implements appropriate metadata standards for digital projects that the team and department are engaged in; contributes to the development and maintenance of the library?s metadata initiatives and operations.**** 2. Designs and applies metadata mapping profiles for conversion of metadata from one schema to another for production purposes; develops and implements workflows and procedures for collection-specific projects. Provides consultation and guidance to colleagues in other departments or libraries and supports faculty members and/or students for their teaching, research, and learning endeavors.**** 3. Participates in the planning and implementation of library-wide digital initiatives and projects. Develops plans and monitors the timely progress of the ongoing projects; and provides training and documentation for project related activities.**** 4. 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URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Tue Apr 9 20:42:21 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:42:21 +0000 Subject: MOOCs and Libraries Event Videos Now Available In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5BCDC6@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ The "MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?" event took place 18-19 March at the University of Pennsylvania and was broadcast live online. Hosted by OCLC Research and University of Pennsylvania Libraries, the event featured thoughtful and provocative presentations about how libraries are already getting involved with MOOCs, and engaged attendees in discussions about strategic opportunities and challenges going forward. More than 500 people participated in this event: 125 attended in person and more than 400 attended remotely online. Links to the 11 individual videos and a MOOCs and Libraries video playlist that comprises all of these videos are available at the links below, on the MOOCs and Libraries event page, and on the OCLC Research YouTube Channel. Links to the presenters' slides, the next steps document (.pdf: 124K/1 pp.) and the #mooclib archived tweets (pdf: 639K/32 pp.) from this event are available on the MOOCs and Libraries event page. Look to the OCLC Research blog, HangingTogether, for a short series of postings that recap presentation highlights and summarize outcomes from this event. MOOCs and Libraries Video Playlist Monday, 18 March Welcome from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries (8:12) * Carton Rogers, University of Pennsylvania Why MOOCs, Why Penn, Why Now? (23:01) * Ed Rock, University of Pennsylvania MOOCs and Libraries, An Overview of the Landscape (14:46) * Jim Michalko, Vice President, OCLC Research Library Partnership MOOCs and Libraries, An Overview of the (Current) Landscape (14:09) * Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research Copyright, Licensing, Open Access (59:39) * Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives, Association of Research Libraries, moderator * Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications Officer, Duke University * Kenny Crews, Director, Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University * Kyle K. Courtney, Manager of Faculty Research and Scholarship, Harvard Law School Production & Pedagogy (1:16:11) * Bruce Lenthall, Director of Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Pennsylvania, moderator * Christian Terwiesch, Wharton School Faculty, University of Pennsylvania * Jackie Candido, Online Learning & Digital Engagement, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania * Amy Bennett, Penn Open Learning, University of Pennsylvania * Anna Delaney, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Tuesday, 19 March New Opportunities for Librarians: What Happens When You Go Behind the Lines in a MOOC? (1:04:11) * Marjorie Hassen, Director of Teaching, Research, and Learning Services, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, moderator * Sarah Bordac, Head, Instructional Design, Brown University * Jennifer Dorner, Head, Instruction and User Services, University of California Berkeley * Lynne O'Brien, Director of Academic Technology and Instructional Services, Duke University Who Are the Masses? A View of the Audience (19:04) * Howard Lurie, Vice President, Content Development, edX Who Are the Masses? A View of the Audience (16:24) * Deirdre Woods, Interim Executive Director, Open Learning Initiative, University of Pennsylvani Who Are the Masses? A View of the Audience (23:02) * Margaret Donnellan Todd, County Librarian, County of Los Angeles Public Library Summary, Next Steps and Group Discussion (18:32) * Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research * Chrystie Hill, Director, Community Relations, OCLC Source and Links to A/V ; Etc Available Via [ http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/04/moocs-and-libraries-event-videos-now.html ] Related Report > Detailed > OCLC Research Presents MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge? [ http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/03/report-oclc-research-presents-moocs-and.html ] Further Thoughts on MOOCs and Libraries [ http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/03/further-thoughts-on-moocs-and-libraries.html ] CHE > For Libraries, MOOCs Bring Uncertainty and Opportunity [ http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/03/che-for-libraries-moocs-bring.html ] Update > Streaming Also Available > OCLC Research > Free Program > MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge? > March 18-19 2013 > University of Pennsylvania [ http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/03/update-streaming-also-available-oclc.html ] Thanks to Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research, for her original posting earlier today ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Wed Apr 10 14:30:23 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:30:23 +0000 Subject: FridayLive! > sMOOChers Continue Debrief on MOOCs with Amy Woodgate > April 12 2013 > 2:00-3:00 pm (ET) In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5BD7C0@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ FridayLive! > sMOOChers Continue Debrief on MOOCs with Amy Woodgate > April 12 2013 > 2:00-3:00 pm (ET) /Gerry Amy Woodgate, University of Edinburgh MOOC project director, rejoins "sMOOChers" who participated in THE INTENTIONALLY EXPERIMENTAL #EDCMOOC "eLearning and Digital Cultures," . This is one of six MOOCs offered by the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh was offering this "course" both as a MOOC and as a more traditional course simultaneously. Amy will share insights gleaned from participant feedback and you are invited to join in conversation regarding some of the questions raised during her last session. This link will take you to those questions. We will continue to add to the MOOC guidelines that are emerging. Other questions to explore: Is TLT FridayLive a MOOC? How can TLT FridayLive learn from MOOCs and incorporate changes in form and function? For the last 15 minutes, participants will be invited to discuss emerging plans for the TLT Group to offer a MOOC-ish experience based on John Sener's recent book "Seven Futures of American Education: Improving Teaching and Learning in a Screen Captured World." Source and Links to Required Registration Available At [ http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2013/04/fridaylive-smoochers-continue-debrief.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/ 2013-04-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU Wed Apr 10 16:25:49 2013 From: GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU (Riesner, Giles W.) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:25:49 +0000 Subject: Question about Headphones Message-ID: We're just back from Spring Break and I'm catching up with what happened while we were gone. Dawna Turcotte asked: I wasn't sure which listserv to go to for this question, but it is IT related. We are currently exploring the purchase of microphones for our computers. We are looking at the Califone 610 Binaural Headphones or the Hamilton Mono/Stereo personal headphones. Can you recommend 1 or the other? I can't find any reviews of these items. We currently have very basic headphones without microphones attached to all of our PCs and Media equipment (VCR/DVD), bought for us by the IT department. These are Hamilton's SchoolMate HA2 which go for about $6 each; it appears they also have a version the HA2M with microphone that goes for about $15. We've had the HA2's about 2-1/2 years and are soon going to be replacing many of them. We also have a couple of Headphones with Microphones that I believe came to us from the Foreign Language department. They are Califone 3066-USB headsets, which get only occasional use. They seem to run abiout $45 in general though it looks Like you might be able to get some deals on them cheaper (I saw one place where a 10 pack was 369.90). Hope this helps. Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | Catonsville, MD 21228 USA Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu CCBC. The incredible value of education. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU Wed Apr 10 16:26:07 2013 From: GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU (Riesner, Giles W.) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:26:07 +0000 Subject: [WEB4LIB} Computer Use Time Message-ID: Linda Babli asked: What time limits, if any, have you set for you public access computers? Any pros, cons? A number of years back when we first got our lab and had only 20 PCs total for them to use we adopted a policy of a 2-hour time limit at a time for primarily academic use with the disclaimer that if things weren't busy we wouldn't enforce it. Back then we had some software (the particular program is no longer around, but I'm sure you can find comparable software still) that could enforce time limits, though we used it mostly to enforce closing time. It was an attempt at fairness, but required enforcement by staff. With many more PCs in a newer facility (about 120 public machines plus about 10 laptops) we tend not to even bother these days. The public libraries near us use reservation type software that DOES enforce time limits. Unless you have very limited resources and/or can enforce it with reservation type software (and I believe there's even freeware in this category), it's probably more trouble then it's worth. Just my .02 worth. Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | Catonsville, MD 21228 USA Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu CCBC. The incredible value of education. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU Wed Apr 10 16:26:19 2013 From: GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU (Riesner, Giles W.) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:26:19 +0000 Subject: Auto-Login for PACs Message-ID: Alison Pruntel asked: We will be implementing Deep Freeze on our PACs in the coming months. We will be having the machines reboot in between sessions to ensure that the PCs are truly restored to a clean system. However, we are looking for a way to avoid having staff have to log the machines in each time/in between the sessions. Anyone have an auto-login process in place to address this? I am aware of the "control userpasswords2" utility, which is put in place before freezing the machine, but looking for some advice on how to best do this. We've never really bothered much with auto-login, though it can be done easily enough in Windows relatively easily via a couple of entries in the registry or via group policies. Given my choice, I'd do the reg hack because it's much easier than dealing with the GPO's (Group Policy Objects) for a limited set of machines. Though it would have to be done at each individual PC, that can be done by batch files or pushes. A number of the local public libraries around here use automated PC reservation systems and when using them you just have your patrons login instead (often with their library card number), which can avoid this issue totally. Some of the systems will interconnect with your library system to authenticate against it (I think using the SIP protocol). I know that this can be done with III's Millennium (and probably Sierra) system. Deep Freeze is great, but if you and your patrons are new to such systems it takes a little getting used to. We've used a number of these over the years (Fortress, Centurion Guard/Drive Shield and now Deep Freeze). They're great but patrons have to get used to saving their documents to a flash drive, their email or a cloud based service such as Google Drive, SkyDrive or Drop Box. Documents are GONE as soon as the PC is restarted (not logged off) or shut down. A power failure (even someone kicking a plug out) wipes them for good and always and there is NO retrieving it. When we moved up to Windows 7 on our Public PCs our students' names started appearing on the folder formerly shown as "My Documents" and they ASSUMED that meant it was being stored somewhere on the network - not so. I put together a one pager called "Where are my Files" that I can send if you want it. Hope this helps. Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | Catonsville, MD 21228 USA Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu CCBC. The incredible value of education. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djones at SCU.EDU Wed Apr 10 17:42:17 2013 From: djones at SCU.EDU (David Jones) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:42:17 -0700 Subject: Auto-Login for PACs In-Reply-To: <30E2E783F910BA47923E2A1491D10979020890@CWEXMB02.ccbc.ccbcmd.edu> Message-ID: On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Riesner, Giles W. wrote: > such as Google Drive, SkyDrive or Drop Box. Documents are GONE as soon as > the PC is restarted (not logged off) or Thawspace + Data Igloo. http://www.faronics.com/assets/DF_RetainUserData.pdf HTH, David -- David Jones Library Systems Manager University Library Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053-0500 mailto:djones at scu.edu phone: 408-551-7167 http://www.scu.edu/library/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. 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Christine Zeitler, MLS Reference Librarian Olean Public Library SUNY JCC Library Olean, NY Friedsam Memorial Library On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into > digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they > choose could have something on their phone. > > > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > ------------------------------ > > THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO > WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, > CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the > reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or > agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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Just a thought. > > Christine Zeitler, MLS > Reference Librarian > Olean Public Library > SUNY JCC Library Olean, NY > Friedsam Memorial Library > > On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > >> At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into >> digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they >> choose could have something on their phone. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thomas Edelblute >> >> Public Access Systems Coordinator >> >> Anaheim Public Library >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO >> WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, >> CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. 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Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Christine Zeitler Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:24 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why not essentially have both, many scanners can now read cellphone screens? Allow your patrons the option of photographing the card and presenting that digital photo as their card. Just a thought. Christine Zeitler, MLS Reference Librarian Olean Public Library SUNY JCC Library Olean, NY Friedsam Memorial Library On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Thomas Edelblute wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. 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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into > digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they > choose could have something on their phone. > > > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > ------------------------------ > > THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO > WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, > CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the > reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or > agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson wrote: > Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly > rare. > > Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: > > > Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to > the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our > campus library, but not the app part. > > > > The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar > app. > > > > Interesting! > > - Patricia A. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute > wrote: > >> At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into >> digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they >> choose could have something on their phone. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thomas Edelblute >> >> Public Access Systems Coordinator >> >> Anaheim Public Library >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO >> WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, >> CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. 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I actually haven't noticed a big difference in the 3 options - Centurion, SteadyState, or DeepFreeze. PC Reservation, if you need reservation software, will automate the reboot on logoff nicely. And one of the others, running in the background, will present a clean user profile with each reboot. 2. IT work is much more cumbersome when you have to securely circumvent the software for repairs, etc; so whatever you do should also keep that in mind. 3. These software, I suspect but do not know, do the registry edit for you; so autologin is kind of the same thing regardless of how you configure it. This decision can be based on how comfortable you are changing registry settings yourself. 4. If you are using Active Directory (AD) on your public computers, you may have to figure out how the other software will interact with the Group Policy applied to an AD profile. You would, I suspect but do not know, be editing the Group Policy in AD just once instead of changing anything on each computer. Melanie A. Hogue, Systems Librarian Chestatee Regional Library System Dawsonville, Georgia 706-344-3690 Ext. 20 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:26:19 +0000 From: "Riesner, Giles W." Subject: Re: Auto-Login for PACs Alison Pruntel asked: We will be implementing Deep Freeze on our PACs in the coming months. We will be having the machines reboot in between sessions to ensure that the PCs are truly restored to a clean system. However, we are looking for a way to avoid having staff have to log the machines in each time/in between the sessions. Anyone have an auto-login process in place to address this? I am aware of the "control userpasswords2" utility, which is put in place before freezing the machine, but looking for some advice on how to best do this. We've never really bothered much with auto-login, though it can be done easily enough in Windows relatively easily via a couple of entries in the registry or via group policies. Given my choice, I'd do the reg hack because it's much easier than dealing with the GPO's (Group Policy Objects) for a limited set of machines. Though it would have to be done at each individual PC, that can be done by batch files or pushes. A number of the local public libraries around here use automated PC reservation systems and when using them you just have your patrons login instead (often with their library card number), which can avoid this issue totally. Some of the systems will interconnect with your library system to authenticate against it (I think using the SIP protocol). I know that this can be done with III's Millennium (and probably Sierra) system. Deep Freeze is great, but if you and your patrons are new to such systems it takes a little getting used to. We've used a number of these over the years (Fortress, Centurion Guard/Drive Shield and now Deep Freeze). They're great but patrons have to get used to saving their documents to a flash drive, their email or a cloud based service such as Google Drive, SkyDrive or Drop Box. Documents are GONE as soon as the PC is restarted (not logged off) or shut down. A power failure (even someone kicking a plug out) wipes them for good and always and there is NO retrieving it. When we moved up to Windows 7 on our Public PCs our students' names started appearing on the folder formerly shown as "My Documents" and they ASSUMED that meant it was being stored somewhere on the network - not so. I put together a one pager called "Where are my Files" that I can send if you want it. Hope this helps. Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | Catonsville, MD 21228 USA Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu CCBC. The incredible value of education. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-10 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:42:17 -0700 From: David Jones Subject: Re: Auto-Login for PACs On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Riesner, Giles W. wrote: > such as Google Drive, SkyDrive or Drop Box. Documents are GONE as soon > as the PC is restarted (not logged off) or Thawspace + Data Igloo. http://www.faronics.com/assets/DF_RetainUserData.pdf HTH, David -- David Jones Library Systems Manager University Library Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053-0500 mailto:djones at scu.edu phone: 408-551-7167 http://www.scu.edu/library/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-10 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:18:44 +0000 From: Thomas Edelblute Subject: Digital Library Cards At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library ________________________________ THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or telephone, and delete the original message immediately. 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Christine Zeitler, MLS Reference Librarian Olean Public Library SUNY JCC Library Olean, NY Friedsam Memorial Library On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look > into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons > if they choose could have something on their phone. > > > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > ------------------------------ > > THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY > TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS > PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE > LAWS. 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Zeitler, MLS Reference Librarian Olean Public Library Jamestown Community College Library Friedsam Memorial Library, St. Bonaventure University ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-10 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:28:24 -0500 From: Wilhelmina Randtke Subject: Re: Digital Library Cards When I meet people and they want to give me a card, but aren't carrying one, I just take a photo of them and something with their name on it in the photo. So, if it's a conference, I photo them and their conference badge. If it's some other business thing, they usually have a name tag. Business cards aren't that important anymore. The photo is better, because I don't need to make notes immediately after about who the person was. Instead, I can see their face and then remember the meeting. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Christine Zeitler < christine.zeitler at gmail.com> wrote: > Why not essentially have both, many scanners can now read cellphone > screens? Allow your patrons the option of photographing the card and > presenting that digital photo as their card. Just a thought. > > Christine Zeitler, MLS > Reference Librarian > Olean Public Library > SUNY JCC Library Olean, NY > Friedsam Memorial Library > > On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > >> At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look >> into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons >> if they choose could have something on their phone. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thomas Edelblute >> >> Public Access Systems Coordinator >> >> Anaheim Public Library >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY >> TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS >> PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE >> LAWS. 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Zeitler, MLS > Reference Librarian > Olean Public Library > Jamestown Community College Library > Friedsam Memorial Library, > St. Bonaventure University > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-10 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-10 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:31:18 +0000 From: Thomas Edelblute Subject: Re: Digital Library Cards I can't get that to work with my phone. It is out of focus and not enough detail in the picture to be read by the scanner. Maybe if I photographed it from over three feet away and cropped it I might be able to get something that is usable. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Christine Zeitler Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:24 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why not essentially have both, many scanners can now read cellphone screens? Allow your patrons the option of photographing the card and presenting that digital photo as their card. Just a thought. Christine Zeitler, MLS Reference Librarian Olean Public Library SUNY JCC Library Olean, NY Friedsam Memorial Library On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Thomas Edelblute wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library ________________________________ THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or telephone, and delete the original message immediately. Thank you. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-10 -- Christine M. 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Thank you. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-10 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:39:04 -0400 From: Patricia Anderson Subject: Re: Digital Library Cards Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute wrote: > At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look > into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons > if they choose could have something on their phone. > > > > > > Thomas Edelblute > > Public Access Systems Coordinator > > Anaheim Public Library > > ------------------------------ > > THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY > TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS > PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE > LAWS. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or > the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. 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Just download a free app like CardStar or Keyring - available for Droid and iPhone. The catch is that we had to get barcode scanners that would be able to read the barcode displayed on the screen. Because the screens are glass, our old scanners could not read them. The new scanners are pricier, but it's nice to be able to have the option of scanning a library card or a phone. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:18 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why have library cards at all? Why not just use the driver license as the library card? At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson > wrote: Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute > wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library ________________________________ THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. 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The new scanners are pricier, but it's nice to be able to have the option of scanning a library card or a phone. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:18 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why have library cards at all? Why not just use the driver license as the library card? At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson > wrote: Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute > wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library ________________________________ THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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They have a usb connection and will scan barcodes from barcode apps as well as barcodes on library cards and books, etc. http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Honeywell-Xenon-1900-barcode-scanner/2211471.aspx From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:39 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards So what kind of scanners did you get that can read a barcode off of a phone? From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Pat Rapp Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 6:56 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards We have a growing number of patrons who use their phone instead of their card. You don't need a photo of your card. Just download a free app like CardStar or Keyring - available for Droid and iPhone. The catch is that we had to get barcode scanners that would be able to read the barcode displayed on the screen. Because the screens are glass, our old scanners could not read them. The new scanners are pricier, but it's nice to be able to have the option of scanning a library card or a phone. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:18 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why have library cards at all? Why not just use the driver license as the library card? At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson > wrote: Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute > wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library ________________________________ THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS. 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At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson > wrote: Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute > wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. 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URL: From cblatchley at CCPA.NET Thu Apr 11 17:31:29 2013 From: cblatchley at CCPA.NET (Blatchley, Carolyn) Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:31:29 +0000 Subject: Digital Library Cards In-Reply-To: <52882995E3FA484FA4FFBF4C2C837CFE2F672438@COAMBOX2.anaheim.intranet> Message-ID: I hope I'm not helping to steer the original question off topic, but what policies and agreements do California and Michigan libraries have in place that govern data security for personally identifiable information in library card registration databases? Pennsylvania has a state statute (73 PS 2301 - Breach of Personal Information Notification Act) which includes information such as social security numbers, driver license numbers and credit/debit card numbers. Because of liabilities related to this act, we deleted all Driver License information from our database. We view it to verify identity and residency, but we don't store the information. Our barcode scanners won't read phones, but we also determined that someone could simply "steal" a barcode number from another borrower and add it to their app without taking their actual card. For that reason, if borrowers choose to show us a digital card, we also must see photo ID. (Same reason we don't let them rattle off the 14-digit number to us.) Carolyn Blatchley Training Services Coordinator Cumberland County Library System 1601 Ritner Highway, Suite 100 Carlisle, PA 17013-9380 717.240.5379 | cblatchley at ccpa.net cumberlandcountylibraries.org Follow CCLS Libraries [Facebook_sm] [Twitter_sm] on Facebook and Twitter! From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [Caution: Message contains Suspicious URL content] Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Do your driver licenses have a barcode, or are you scanning the magnetic strip into your ILS system to bring up the patron? I hope you are not typing it in by hand. We are a library system that serves an average of 1700 people per day so we can get quite busy and need to move people through the lines quickly. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:18 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why have library cards at all? Why not just use the driver license as the library card? At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson > wrote: Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute > wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. 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So I would find it difficult to defend asking for ID with a phone version of a library card barcode. -Margaret Margaret Hazel Technology Manager & Interim Facilities Manager Eugene Public Library Eugene, OR 541-682-6015 margaret.e.hazel at ci.eugene.or.us From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Blatchley, Carolyn Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:31 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards I hope I'm not helping to steer the original question off topic, but what policies and agreements do California and Michigan libraries have in place that govern data security for personally identifiable information in library card registration databases? Pennsylvania has a state statute (73 PS 2301 - Breach of Personal Information Notification Act) which includes information such as social security numbers, driver license numbers and credit/debit card numbers. Because of liabilities related to this act, we deleted all Driver License information from our database. We view it to verify identity and residency, but we don't store the information. Our barcode scanners won't read phones, but we also determined that someone could simply "steal" a barcode number from another borrower and add it to their app without taking their actual card. For that reason, if borrowers choose to show us a digital card, we also must see photo ID. (Same reason we don't let them rattle off the 14-digit number to us.) Carolyn Blatchley Training Services Coordinator Cumberland County Library System 1601 Ritner Highway, Suite 100 Carlisle, PA 17013-9380 717.240.5379 | cblatchley at ccpa.net cumberlandcountylibraries.org Follow CCLS Libraries [cid:image001.png at 01CE36DA.21C67DF0] [cid:image002.png at 01CE36DA.21C67DF0] on Facebook and Twitter! From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [Caution: Message contains Suspicious URL content] Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Do your driver licenses have a barcode, or are you scanning the magnetic strip into your ILS system to bring up the patron? I hope you are not typing it in by hand. We are a library system that serves an average of 1700 people per day so we can get quite busy and need to move people through the lines quickly. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:18 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why have library cards at all? Why not just use the driver license as the library card? At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson > wrote: Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute > wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. 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If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Cumberland County, PA. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-11 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cblatchley at CCPA.NET Thu Apr 11 17:52:25 2013 From: cblatchley at CCPA.NET (Blatchley, Carolyn) Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:52:25 +0000 Subject: Digital Library Cards In-Reply-To: <813A01DF90DA7C4489F0AFC875D99646F7AFA08FF8@cesrv011.eugene1.net> Message-ID: We have the card number displaying on receipt slips, and there is a reason (although I can't imagine what it is right now) that our libraries don't want to change that. So our take is that the borrower is responsible for reporting their card lost or stolen; the bearer of the card is assumed to be permitted to use it. If the number is stolen (say, typed into a phone app or memorized and rattled off), the carrier would have no way of knowing it was stolen. That's why we require photo ID. In lieu of an ID, if the person can also tell us the PIN on the account, they are permitted to use a digital card. Carolyn Blatchley Training Services Coordinator Cumberland County Library System 1601 Ritner Highway, Suite 100 Carlisle, PA 17013-9380 717.240.5379 | cblatchley at ccpa.net cumberlandcountylibraries.org Follow CCLS Libraries [Facebook_sm] [Twitter_sm] on Facebook and Twitter! From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of HAZEL Margaret E Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:42 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [Caution: Message contains Suspicious URL content] Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards But isn't it the responsibility of the patron to manage who has their card number? We don't ask for photo ID if someone presents their library card, and that card has no photo on it. So I would find it difficult to defend asking for ID with a phone version of a library card barcode. -Margaret Margaret Hazel Technology Manager & Interim Facilities Manager Eugene Public Library Eugene, OR 541-682-6015 margaret.e.hazel at ci.eugene.or.us From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Blatchley, Carolyn Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:31 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards I hope I'm not helping to steer the original question off topic, but what policies and agreements do California and Michigan libraries have in place that govern data security for personally identifiable information in library card registration databases? Pennsylvania has a state statute (73 PS 2301 - Breach of Personal Information Notification Act) which includes information such as social security numbers, driver license numbers and credit/debit card numbers. Because of liabilities related to this act, we deleted all Driver License information from our database. We view it to verify identity and residency, but we don't store the information. Our barcode scanners won't read phones, but we also determined that someone could simply "steal" a barcode number from another borrower and add it to their app without taking their actual card. For that reason, if borrowers choose to show us a digital card, we also must see photo ID. (Same reason we don't let them rattle off the 14-digit number to us.) Carolyn Blatchley Training Services Coordinator Cumberland County Library System 1601 Ritner Highway, Suite 100 Carlisle, PA 17013-9380 717.240.5379 | cblatchley at ccpa.net cumberlandcountylibraries.org Follow CCLS Libraries [Facebook_sm] [Twitter_sm] on Facebook and Twitter! From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [Caution: Message contains Suspicious URL content] Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Do your driver licenses have a barcode, or are you scanning the magnetic strip into your ILS system to bring up the patron? I hope you are not typing it in by hand. We are a library system that serves an average of 1700 people per day so we can get quite busy and need to move people through the lines quickly. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:18 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why have library cards at all? Why not just use the driver license as the library card? At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson > wrote: Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute > wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. 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Under Pennsylvania law: Pennsylvania Statutes Title 73 - Trade and Commerce Chapter 43 - Breach of Personal Information Notification Act "Personal information." (1) An individual's first name or first initial and last name in combination with and linked to any one or more of the following data elements when the data elements are not encrypted or redacted: (i) Social Security number. (ii) Driver's license number or a State identification card number issued in lieu of a driver's license. (iii) Financial account number, credit or debit card number, in combination with any required security code, access code or password that would permit access to an individual's financial account. James Gilbert, BS, MLIS Systems Librarian Whitehall Township Public Library 3700 Mechanicsville Road Whitehall, PA 18052 610-432-4339 ext: 203 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Do your driver licenses have a barcode, or are you scanning the magnetic strip into your ILS system to bring up the patron? I hope you are not typing it in by hand. We are a library system that serves an average of 1700 people per day so we can get quite busy and need to move people through the lines quickly. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:18 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why have library cards at all? Why not just use the driver license as the library card? At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson wrote: Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. 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Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Blatchley, Carolyn Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:52 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards We have the card number displaying on receipt slips, and there is a reason (although I can't imagine what it is right now) that our libraries don't want to change that. So our take is that the borrower is responsible for reporting their card lost or stolen; the bearer of the card is assumed to be permitted to use it. If the number is stolen (say, typed into a phone app or memorized and rattled off), the carrier would have no way of knowing it was stolen. That's why we require photo ID. In lieu of an ID, if the person can also tell us the PIN on the account, they are permitted to use a digital card. Carolyn Blatchley Training Services Coordinator Cumberland County Library System 1601 Ritner Highway, Suite 100 Carlisle, PA 17013-9380 717.240.5379 | cblatchley at ccpa.net cumberlandcountylibraries.org Follow CCLS Libraries [Facebook_sm] [Twitter_sm] on Facebook and Twitter! From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of HAZEL Margaret E Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:42 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [Caution: Message contains Suspicious URL content] Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards But isn't it the responsibility of the patron to manage who has their card number? We don't ask for photo ID if someone presents their library card, and that card has no photo on it. So I would find it difficult to defend asking for ID with a phone version of a library card barcode. -Margaret Margaret Hazel Technology Manager & Interim Facilities Manager Eugene Public Library Eugene, OR 541-682-6015 margaret.e.hazel at ci.eugene.or.us From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Blatchley, Carolyn Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:31 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards I hope I'm not helping to steer the original question off topic, but what policies and agreements do California and Michigan libraries have in place that govern data security for personally identifiable information in library card registration databases? Pennsylvania has a state statute (73 PS 2301 - Breach of Personal Information Notification Act) which includes information such as social security numbers, driver license numbers and credit/debit card numbers. Because of liabilities related to this act, we deleted all Driver License information from our database. We view it to verify identity and residency, but we don't store the information. Our barcode scanners won't read phones, but we also determined that someone could simply "steal" a barcode number from another borrower and add it to their app without taking their actual card. For that reason, if borrowers choose to show us a digital card, we also must see photo ID. (Same reason we don't let them rattle off the 14-digit number to us.) Carolyn Blatchley Training Services Coordinator Cumberland County Library System 1601 Ritner Highway, Suite 100 Carlisle, PA 17013-9380 717.240.5379 | cblatchley at ccpa.net cumberlandcountylibraries.org Follow CCLS Libraries [Facebook_sm] [Twitter_sm] on Facebook and Twitter! From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:10 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [Caution: Message contains Suspicious URL content] Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Do your driver licenses have a barcode, or are you scanning the magnetic strip into your ILS system to bring up the patron? I hope you are not typing it in by hand. We are a library system that serves an average of 1700 people per day so we can get quite busy and need to move people through the lines quickly. Thomas Edelblute Public Access Systems Coordinator Anaheim Public Library From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:18 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Digital Library Cards Why have library cards at all? Why not just use the driver license as the library card? At least in my state, Michigan, you can, and likely have gotten, a so-called State-ID as your alternative identification. /rich On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Patricia Anderson > wrote: Looks like that's not a new idea, although it still seems to be fairly rare. Kevin Kelly talked about them in 2006: Ed Vielmetti, here in Ann Arbor, picked up on the idea and brought it to the attention of people here. We have part of the idea implemented in our campus library, but not the app part. The closest thing I found to what you describe is this, using the CardStar app. Interesting! - Patricia A. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Thomas Edelblute > wrote: At the Library Board Meeting one of our members suggested we look into digital library cards, instead of having an actual card, patrons if they choose could have something on their phone. 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Our expert facilitators will be on hand to guide you through these challenging concepts and processes in a manner that is easy to understand and apply. This blog post provides an overview of the application of forensic techniques and emulation technologies in digital preservation: http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2013-03-18-digital-forensics-and-emulation-preservationista . *Who should attend?* Digital preservation practitioners; digital librarians and archivists, digital curators, repository managers and those with an interest in understanding and working as a team to solve concrete preservation challenges. Developers who write digital preservation software, and are interested in the technical challenges of solving concrete digital preservation challenges. *Why attend?* For more information about the format of the event, how it works, and what previous attendees have had to say about this type of event, take a look at this wiki page: http://wiki.opf-labs.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=13041673 (this hackathon format is also used bySPRUCE Project mashup events.) *Events* A Practical Approach to Disk Images & Digital Forensics, 15-17 May, The Royal Library, Copenhagen Registration: http://opf-digital-forensics.eventbrite.com/. Further information: http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/KB/2013-05-15+OPF+Hackathon+-+A+Practical+Approach+to+Disk+Images+and+Digital+Forensics+%28Copenhagen%29 . Tackling Real-World Collection Challenges with Digital Forensics Tools and Methods, 3-5 June, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Registration: https://apps.research.unc.edu/events/index.cfm?event=events.eventDetails&event_key=F0355A7A3325592E11733EFE6E2F9AE91FBDB499 . Further information: http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/KB/2013-06-03+OPF+Hackathon+-+Tackling+Real-World+Collection+Challenges+with+Digital+Forensics+Tools+and+Methods+%28Chapel+Hill%29 . OPF members are invited to attend free-of charge. Non-members are welcome to attend at a charge of EUR225 / $300, respectively. Please note that these events focus on very similar themes, though speakers and facilitators may vary. We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events! 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Regards, /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/ 2013-04-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rli at ILSTU.EDU Mon Apr 15 10:17:01 2013 From: rli at ILSTU.EDU (Rong Li) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:17:01 -0500 Subject: Position Announcement: Associate Dean for Strategic Technology Initiatives at Illinois State University Milner Library Message-ID: Illinois State University invites applications for the position of Associate Dean for Strategic Technology Initiatives for Milner Library. The Associate Dean for Strategic Technology Initiatives provides vision and leadership to effectively integrate technology into the operations of Milner Library. The Associate Dean develops and implements processes aligned with the university's strategic plan and student and faculty needs. The Associate Dean provides direction for Milner Library's technology departments, and coordinates the technology planning of services with Library departments and units. The Associate Dean will collaborate with university technology leadership and the university community to shape and implement information technology initiatives according to the needs of Educating Illinois. Applicants should have a minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience, developing and implementing library service-oriented technologies (three years preferably in a leadership capacity). A Master's degree from an ALA accredited graduate program and an additional advanced degree are required at time of hire. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. In order to ensure consideration, please apply no later than May 12, 2013. For a full job description and to apply online, please visit: www.jobs.ilstu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=63130 Illinois State is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action University Encouraging Diversity. Rong Li Web Services Librarian Subject Librarian for IT Milner Library,Illinois State University Office: Milner 172 Phone: (309) 438-3898 Facsimile: (309) 438-3676 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-15 From cmkahl at ILSTU.EDU Mon Apr 15 12:38:49 2013 From: cmkahl at ILSTU.EDU (Kahl, Chad) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:38:49 +0000 Subject: Invitation to participate - Learning style of academic librarians survey Message-ID: please pardon cross-posting Hello Colleagues, A group of Illinois State University librarians is researching the learning styles of academic librarians. The purpose of this study is to determine what, if any, patterns exist within this group using the Felder-Silverman Index of Learning Styles instrument. You are invited to complete a brief, voluntary, and anonymous questionnaire that will gather professional demographic data and to take the Index of Learning Styles. It will take approximately 15-20 minutes to finish. You may withdraw at any time. At the end, you will receive your learning style results and information about those results. Questionnaire is available at http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/learning/consent.html The survey will be available until May 13, 2013. This study protocol was approved by the Illinois State University Institutional Review Board (IRB). To ensure that this research continues to protect your rights and minimize your risk the IRB reserves the right to examine and evaluate data and research protocols involved in this project. If you wish additional information regarding your rights in this study you may contact the Research Ethics & Compliance Office at (309) 438-2529. If you have additional questions or comments please contact any of the principal investigators: Chad Kahl, cmkahl at ilstu.edu, Jennifer Sharkey, jsharke at ilstu.edu, or Amanda Rinehart, akrineh at ilstu.edu. Thank you for your time and participation. Chad Kahl, on behalf of Amanda Rinehart and Jennifer Sharkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chad M. Kahl Subject Specialist Librarian for Criminal Justice, Law, Military Science and Politics & Government Associate Professor Milner Library, room 418 Illinois State University email: cmkahl at ilstu.edu | IM: mlbcmkahl | phone: 309-438-3454 | fax: 309-438-3676 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-15 From GilsonT at COFC.EDU Mon Apr 15 15:02:27 2013 From: GilsonT at COFC.EDU (Gilson, Thomas V) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:02:27 +0000 Subject: 2013 Charleston Conference: Call for Papers Now Open! Message-ID: 2013 Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition "Too Much Is Not Enough!" November 6 - 9 Historic Downtown Charleston, South Carolina Call for Papers Now Open - submit your proposal online at http://katina.info/conference/callforpapers.php. We are seeking proposals for concurrent sessions, Lively Lunch discussions, poster sessions, and 6 minute, 40 second "shotgun" sessions on topics related to acquisitions and collection development. Details on each presentation type are available on the proposal form. Please contact Leah Hinds (leah at katina.info) or any of the Conference Directors (http://katina.info/conference/contact.php) with questions or comments. Online registration for the Conference will open on Monday, June 2, and the Early Bird discounted rate will be available through August 16, 2013. NEW for 2013: Due to requests from the attendee evaluations and comments that were given in person, we are making some scheduling and formatting changes for 2013. Updated for 2013! Poster Sessions and Conference Happy Hour: The 2013 Poster Sessions will have a brand new time slot and venue that eliminates conflicts with other conference presentations. They will be scheduled immediately following the afternoon plenary session on Thursday and Friday in the Caf? Bistro of the Courtyard Marriott. But best of all, the Poster Sessions will run while the Conference Happy Hour is in full swing in the adjacent Outdoor Courtyard area. Conference attendees will be able to mix and mingle in a relaxed setting while being afforded the opportunity to learn about the latest innovative projects at libraries throughout the county. There will be no concurrent sessions held during this time slot, allowing attendees to focus on the ideas presented in the posters and network at Happy Hour. Changes coming soon! Saturday Morning Tech Talks: We are in the process of re-structuring the Saturday morning Fast Tech Talks to better provide a wide breadth of content on new and updated products that are of interest to the Charleston Conference community. Look for more information to come soon, including a name change that more accurately reflects the change in focus. We're excited about this new format and look forward to sharing it with you. Be sure to include plans to stay for Saturday in your travel itinerary - you won't want to miss it! Tom Gilson Associate Editor, Against the Grain Head of Reference Emeritus Addlestone Library College of Charleston Charleston, SC 29424 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From electrum05 at GMAIL.COM Mon Apr 15 15:51:44 2013 From: electrum05 at GMAIL.COM (D. Turcotte) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:51:44 -0700 Subject: Question about Headphones In-Reply-To: <30E2E783F910BA47923E2A1491D10979020877@CWEXMB02.ccbc.ccbcmd.edu> Message-ID: Thanks for your comments about headphones, everyone! I will keep your comments in mind when purchasing new ones. Dawna Turcotte Northern Lights College Fort St. John, BC On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Riesner, Giles W. wrote: > We?re just back from Spring Break and I?m catching up with what > happened while we were gone. > > Dawna Turcotte asked: > > I wasn't sure which listserv to go to for this question, but it is IT > related. > We are currently exploring the purchase of microphones for our computers. > We are looking at the Califone 610 Binaural Headphones or the Hamilton > Mono/Stereo personal headphones. Can you recommend 1 or the other? I can't > find any reviews of these items. > > We currently have very basic headphones without microphones attached to > all of our PCs and Media equipment (VCR/DVD), > bought for us by the IT department. These are Hamilton?s SchoolMate HA2 > which go for about $6 each; it appears they also > have a version the HA2M with microphone that goes for about $15. We?ve > had the HA2?s about 2-1/2 years and are soon going > to be replacing many of them. > > We also have a couple of Headphones with Microphones that I believe came > to us from the Foreign Language department. > They are Califone 3066-USB headsets, which get only occasional use. They > seem to run abiout $45 in general though it looks > Like you might be able to get some deals on them cheaper (I saw one place > where a 10 pack was 369.90). > > Hope this helps. > > > *Giles W. Riesner, Jr. *| Lead Library Technician , Library Technology > The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road |Catonsville, MD 21228 USA > Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu > *CCBC. 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I just submitted an invited Think Piece on Open Resources and MOOCs to an major _Library Journal_ [:-)] and finalizing another invited submission for a British library news magazine that's due by the end of this week [Ugh !][:-)] Next Step : A Review Article ... Note: Suggested Open Access journals are Most Welcome ! Next Next Step > Presentations / Workshops > Will Have PPT(s) and Will Travel ... Next Next Next Step > A Book ... Note: I have enough content for an Encyclopedia [:-)] Note: Suggested Editors / Publishers Welcome ! /Gerry Hardly a day goes by without a story appearing in a major new outlet about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). While most of the headlines?including this one?reference MOOCs, the real issues are quite broad in scope, covering everything from whether higher education as we know it is on the verge of combusting, to big, bold experiments using technology to deliver education in transformative ways on a global scale. While the exact discussions seem to change on a constant basis, some of the current hot topics include proposed legislation in California, the swirl of possibilities around business models for so-called xMOOCs, and increased demand for production and availability of open textbooks [snip] Open Textbooks and OERs One of the challenges of MOOCs is providing access to reading materials?books, articles, reports that all students are able to access without limitations based on local libraries or requiring students to pay for expensive textbooks. While open access (OA) articles and books solve some needs, several organizations are trying to address this issue with a different approach: by producing free textbooks and using Open Educational Resources (OERs) in more systematic ways. [snip] Source and Full Text Available At [ http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-wild-west-of-moocs-information.html ] Related OATS: Open Access Textbooks [ http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From valasec at FASTMAIL.FM Tue Apr 16 00:33:31 2013 From: valasec at FASTMAIL.FM (VALA Executive Officer) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:33:31 +1000 Subject: VALA2014 - Call for Abstracts is OPEN Message-ID: *****Apologies for cross-postings***** Dear Colleague, VALA2014 ? Call for Abstracts OPEN Online submission of abstracts for VALA2014 has been extended to 10 May 2013. This year?s theme ?streaming with possibilities? opens the door for papers on a wide range of topics including Data, Bigger Data, Discovery, Publishing, Collaboration, Social, Stewardship, Maker/Hacker, Cloud, Future Proofing and Patron. This is your opportunity to present your latest research or experience to hundreds of delegates at VALA2014. Full details are available at www.vala.org.au/conf2014 and the Call for Abstracts will now remain open until 10 May 2013. VALA2014 Conference papers for publication are due to be submitted before the end of September when the peer-review process will begin, during which time you will have the opportunity to update the paper as events and technologies unfold. At the Conference you are asked to talk to your paper. VALA2014 will take place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from Tuesday 4 February to Thursday 6 February 2014, with Boot Camps and L-Plate Series on Monday 3 February. (Monday and Friday are also available for associated events, meetings or workshops - contact the VALA Conference Office at vala at wsm.com.au if you are interested in holding a workshop or associated event.) The Main Announcement and Registration Portal will be available online from September 2013 at www.vala.org.au/conf2014. Remember, you and your organisation will be able to get best value for money by being full members of VALA and paying for your registrations by 30 November 2013, so make your budget plans for the rest of this year accordingly! If you know of other people who are doing work that may be of interest, please direct them to the Call for Abstracts too. And there's a bonus: there is one discounted registration available per paper accepted for presentation at the Conference. If you know a vendor you would like to see at the trade exhibition, the Sponsorship and Exhibition Brochure is also available online - follow the links from the VALA2014 website. All VALA2014 information is updated regularly on our website so bookmark this page www.vala.org.au/conf2014 to keep in touch with the premier Australian forum for library and information professionals. We appreciate you passing this notice on to your colleagues. Lesley Ryall Executive Officer VALA - Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc. Reg No A0011933K ABN 75 344 574 577 P.O. Box 509 Mooroolbark VIC 3138 Phone: (03) 9725 2725 Fax: (03) 8625 0079 Email: vala at vala.org.au -- VALA Executive Officer valasec at fastmail.fm ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-16 From SUSAN at ROCHESTER.LIB.MN.US Tue Apr 16 11:08:51 2013 From: SUSAN at ROCHESTER.LIB.MN.US (Susan Hansen) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:08:51 -0500 Subject: Drupal Opac Message-ID: I would love to communicate with anyone who uses Drupal Opac with Sirsi/Dynix Symphony. Susan K. Hansen, Librarian/webmaster | Rochester Public Library 101 2nd Street SE |Rochester MN 55904-3776 susan at rochester.lib.mn.us www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org office phone: 507.328.2370 | fax: 507.328.2384 First-Class City, First-Class Service ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-16 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM Tue Apr 16 15:06:56 2013 From: steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM (Steffen Schilke) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:06:56 +0200 Subject: Call for Papers: Workshop digital preservation at the =?windows-1252?Q?=93Informatik_2013=94_?=conference in Koblenz, Germany In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The deadline for the submission of papers was extended: 30th of April 2013 On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Steffen Schilke wrote: > Call for Papers: Workshop digital preservation at the ?Informatik > 2013? conference in Koblenz, Germany > > We run a one day workshop on 20th of September 2013 about digital > preservation at the Informatik 2013 conference of the GI (Gesellschaft > f?r Informatik). > > The deadline for papers is the 22th of April 2013. Acceptance notice > will be given 20th of May. Camera ready papers have to be submitted > until 1st of July. > There is an ever increasing number of digital objects which need > long-term preservation solutions. Standards are evolving in this > domain and their implementation is in progress in various > organizations. We want to foster the exchange of ideas, methods and > best practices between organizations working in this domain. Possible > topics are: > > ? Existing or developing standards in the domain of long-term > archiving / preservation > ? Examples of implementations / applications of long-term archiving / > preservation > ? Scalable and automatic working systems > ? Metadata, exchange formats and long-term capable file formats > ? Ingest and archiving of database, applications, web sites with > dynamic and multimedia content > ? Archiving of complex digital objects like software, audio/visual > material, games and 3D objects > ? Preservation in e-Government, e-Justice (digital files) > ? Long-term archiving and preservation in the medical computer > science domain > ? Selection of digital objects for preservation > ? Emulation and migration approaches in organizations > ? New approaches for long-term archiving / preservation > > Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings as > Lecture Notes of Informatics. Please use the author guide lines > (available in English as well): > http://www.gi.de/service/publikationen/autorenrichtlinien.html Papers > can be between 5 and 15 pages (using the layout provided). Submissions > can be in English or German. > > At least one of the authors has to register for (and attend) the > conference. > > Please use the conference system for your submissions: > > https://www.conftool.pro/informatik2013/index.php?page=newPaper&form_contributiontypeID=41&newpaper=true > > Your Contacts: > Steffen W. Schilke, Projektleiter / Technischer Berater bei der > Hessischen Zentrale f?r Datenverarbeitung, Lehrbeauftragter, > steffen.schilke at gmail.com > > Armin Straube, Gesch?ftsstelle des nestor-Kompetenznetzwerk f?r > digitale Langzeitarchivierung, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, > a.straube at dnb.de > Workshop Homepage (with the program committee): > > http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/Subsites/nestor/DE/Veranstaltungen/TermineNestor/informatik2013.html > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-16 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peter.murray at LYRASIS.ORG Wed Apr 17 13:14:06 2013 From: peter.murray at LYRASIS.ORG (Peter Murray) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:14:06 -0400 Subject: Code4Lib Journal Issue #20 Published Message-ID: The Code4Lib Journal editors are excited to bring you this latest issue with seven articles. You can find it at http://journal.code4lib.org/issues/issues/issue20; a brief summary of the articles is included below. The first set of articles show ways to manipulate metadata records. In Workflow Tools for Digital Curation Andrew James Weidner and Daniel Gelaw Alemneh describe how they use AutoHotkey and Selenium IDE at the University of North Texas to automate various aspects of manipulating digital objects. Heidi Frank show how to process MARC records from Archivists Toolkit in Augmenting the Cataloger?s Bag of Tricks; the techniques ? using MarcEdit, Python, and PyMARC ? are transferrable to other sources of records as well. In Keeping up with Ebooks Kathryn Lybarger introduces a tool for updating batches of vendor-supplied records through a set of normalization routines. Jason Clark show how Montana State University is using YouTube as a digital video platform in Developing a Digital Video Library with the YouTube Data API. Getting users what they want without extraneous hits is always a challenge, and in Better Search Through Query Expansion Using Controlled Vocabularies and Apache Solr demonstrates how to configure SOLR to make the best use of a hierarchical controlled vocabulary. In Breaking Up With CONTENTdm Heather Gilbert and Tyler Mobley lead us through the migration of a repository to Fedora Commons using Drupal, Blacklight and Rutgers? OpenWMS software. And for the hardware geeks, Tim Ribaric and Jonathan Younker describe how to build a simple desk counter tied to a Google Spreadsheet in Arduino-enabled Patron Interaction Counting. On behalf of the Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee, Peter Murray, Code4Lib Journal Coordinating Editor for Issue #20 -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS Peter.Murray at lyrasis.org +1 678-235-2955 800.999.8558 x2955 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From varnum at UMICH.EDU Wed Apr 17 14:55:50 2013 From: varnum at UMICH.EDU (Ken Varnum) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:55:50 -0400 Subject: UX and Web Systems Job Postings at the University of Michigan Library Message-ID: * The following 3 positions are now available in the User Experience (UX) and Library Web Systems Departments at the University of Michigan Library. We're looking for candidates who take a user-centered approach, have a passion for solving complex problems, and are invested in improving the library website user experience. The U-M Library's technology unit designs, develops, and supports the library's primary web interfaces - including multiple websites, access systems, search apps, and mobile interfaces. These interfaces provide access to over 10 million physical and digital resources to more than 2 million users a month. Interface Designer (UX Department) Design beautiful, user-friendly, and accessible interfaces. Primary responsibilities include: creating wireframes, mockups, html prototypes, and complete visual designs and web-ready graphics. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/80525/interface_designer Interface Developer (Library Web Systems Department) Design and implement accessible interfaces for one of the largest research libraries in the world. Primary responsibilities include ensuring the library's web sites are accessible, implementing and refining interface designs, and developing responsive mobile-friendly interfaces to library resources. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81080/interface_developer Web Content Strategist (UX Department) Develop and oversee an overall content strategy for a large organization with 100+ content creators. Primary responsibilities include: assessing and improving current content and content workflows, curating and creating new web content, creating best practice and style guides, and informing design solutions and information architecture. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81076/web_content_strategist * -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tammy Allgood Wolf Web Services Librarian Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services Arizona State University 480-965-1797 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Varnum Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:56 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] UX and Web Systems Job Postings at the University of Michigan Library The following 3 positions are now available in the User Experience (UX) and Library Web Systems Departments at the University of Michigan Library. We're looking for candidates who take a user-centered approach, have a passion for solving complex problems, and are invested in improving the library website user experience. The U-M Library's technology unit designs, develops, and supports the library's primary web interfaces - including multiple websites, access systems, search apps, and mobile interfaces. These interfaces provide access to over 10 million physical and digital resources to more than 2 million users a month. Interface Designer (UX Department) Design beautiful, user-friendly, and accessible interfaces. Primary responsibilities include: creating wireframes, mockups, html prototypes, and complete visual designs and web-ready graphics. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/80525/interface_designer Interface Developer (Library Web Systems Department) Design and implement accessible interfaces for one of the largest research libraries in the world. Primary responsibilities include ensuring the library's web sites are accessible, implementing and refining interface designs, and developing responsive mobile-friendly interfaces to library resources. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81080/interface_developer Web Content Strategist (UX Department) Develop and oversee an overall content strategy for a large organization with 100+ content creators. Primary responsibilities include: assessing and improving current content and content workflows, curating and creating new web content, creating best practice and style guides, and informing design solutions and information architecture. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81076/web_content_strategist -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-17 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The skyrocketing rise in the popularity of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) has put this trend squarely on the front burner, bringing openness to pedagogy in a way not previously experienced in higher education ? and expanding free distribution of a university course to tens of thousands of students around the globe. This convergence holds great promise for open education, and also raises questions on what that future might look like. A panel of experts will explore the recent developments and policy implications of open education, the rise of open resources, and the potential impacts of this trend on libraries and higher education. They will also discuss both the promise and potential pitfalls of MOOCs and OER as part of open education. Join SPARC and ACRL for the 11th Annual Forum, which will take place on Saturday, June 29th at 3pm. Source [ http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2013/04/sparc-acrl-forum-june-29-at-ala-annual.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sigridkelsey at GMAIL.COM Thu Apr 18 14:49:22 2013 From: sigridkelsey at GMAIL.COM (Sigrid Kelsey) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:49:22 -0500 Subject: Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? Message-ID: We use Wordpress for some of our websites. The staff maintaining some of these sites want to use a WYSIWYG but aren't happy with Wordpress's. I've found Wordpress plugins to make FCKEditor and TinyMCE work with it, and I'm not sure which is better, or if there are even better options. Does anyone on this list have any recommendations for the best Wordpress plugins, or any other suggestions? The staff does not want to learn html or css, and has been frustrated with aligning images, and they way the editor deletes "behind the scenes" code. I want to do my best not to frustrate the staff further by installing something else that isn't as user friendly as they'd like. Thanks in advance, Sigrid ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zhu.kelly at YMAIL.COM Thu Apr 18 16:20:05 2013 From: zhu.kelly at YMAIL.COM (Kelly Zhu) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:20:05 -0700 Subject: Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I think ckeditor is the successor to fckeditor. ?- Kelly ________________________________ From: Sigrid Kelsey To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:49 PM Subject: [WEB4LIB] Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? We use Wordpress for some of our websites.? The staff maintaining some of these sites want to use a WYSIWYG but aren't happy with Wordpress's.? I've found Wordpress plugins to make FCKEditor and TinyMCE work with it, and I'm not sure which is better, or if there are even better options. Does anyone on this list have any recommendations for the best Wordpress plugins, or any other suggestions?? The staff does not want to learn html or css, and has been frustrated with aligning images, and they way the editor deletes "behind the scenes" code. I want to do my best not to frustrate the staff further by installing something else that isn't as user friendly as they'd like. 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URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Thu Apr 18 19:09:30 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:09:30 +0000 Subject: New SPARC Community Resource on Article-Level Metrics In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5C78C9@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Recognition by the Library Profession ? / By Library P&T Committees ? /Gerry Greg Tananbaum / April 16, 2013 Today, SPARC released a new community resource, Article-Level Metrics -- A SPARC Primer, delving into Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) an emerging hot topic in the scholarly publishing arena. Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) are rapidly emerging as important tools to quantify how individual articles are being discussed, shared, and used. This new SPARC primer is designed to give campus leaders and other interested parties an overview of what ALMs are, why they matter, how they complement established utilities and metrics, and how they might be considered for use in the tenure and promotion process. While Article-Level Metrics are not inherently part of the open access movement, they are tools that can be applied in a variety of ways that are of interest to SPARC and its constituents. The community can develop, distribute, and build upon ALM tools in a manner that opens up impact metrics as never before. These community efforts are transparent in the methodologies they use to track impact, as well as the technologies behind the processes. In this manner, ALMs dovetail with not just SPARC's push for open access but various other ?open? movements ? open science, open data, and open source chief among them. ALMs that are free to use, modify, and distribute contribute to a world in which information is more easily shared and in which the pace of research and development is accelerated as a consequence. Source and Link Available Via [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-sparc-community-resource-on-article.html ] 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/ 2013-04-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Thu Apr 18 19:28:32 2013 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:28:32 -0700 Subject: Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? In-Reply-To: <1366316405.86911.YahooMailNeo@web122106.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Neither is better. They each offer more options that you want to enable, so you might as well choose based on aesthetics. We don't always use WYSIWYG editors, but when we do, we use CKEditor. Our clients seem to like its aesthetics better than those of TinyMCE. I strongly suggest that you allow only the tools that are absolutely necessary, usually bold, italic, image, link, and numbered and unnumbered lists. More will only let your editors break usability and accessibility. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Kelly Zhu wrote: > I think ckeditor is the successor to fckeditor. - Kelly > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Sigrid Kelsey > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:49 PM > *Subject:* [WEB4LIB] Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? > > We use Wordpress for some of our websites. The staff maintaining some of > these sites want to use a WYSIWYG but aren't happy with Wordpress's. I've > found Wordpress plugins to make FCKEditor and TinyMCE work with it, and I'm > not sure which is better, or if there are even better options. > > Does anyone on this list have any recommendations for the best Wordpress > plugins, or any other suggestions? The staff does not want to learn html > or css, and has been frustrated with aligning images, and they way the > editor deletes "behind the scenes" code. > > I want to do my best not to frustrate the staff further by installing > something else that isn't as user friendly as they'd like. > > Thanks in advance, > Sigrid > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > 2013-04-18 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-18 > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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More will only let your editors break usability and accessibility. > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-18 From pat.rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG Fri Apr 19 10:57:08 2013 From: pat.rapp at FAIRPORTLIBRARY.ORG (Pat Rapp) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:57:08 +0000 Subject: Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Is it just me, or did anybody else read this line in the voice of the Dos Equiis guy? "We don't always use WYSIWYG editors, but when we do, we use CKEditor." ;-) From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 7:29 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? Neither is better. They each offer more options that you want to enable, so you might as well choose based on aesthetics. We don't always use WYSIWYG editors, but when we do, we use CKEditor. Our clients seem to like its aesthetics better than those of TinyMCE. I strongly suggest that you allow only the tools that are absolutely necessary, usually bold, italic, image, link, and numbered and unnumbered lists. More will only let your editors break usability and accessibility. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Kelly Zhu > wrote: I think ckeditor is the successor to fckeditor. - Kelly ________________________________ From: Sigrid Kelsey > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:49 PM Subject: [WEB4LIB] Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? We use Wordpress for some of our websites. The staff maintaining some of these sites want to use a WYSIWYG but aren't happy with Wordpress's. I've found Wordpress plugins to make FCKEditor and TinyMCE work with it, and I'm not sure which is better, or if there are even better options. Does anyone on this list have any recommendations for the best Wordpress plugins, or any other suggestions? The staff does not want to learn html or css, and has been frustrated with aligning images, and they way the editor deletes "behind the scenes" code. I want to do my best not to frustrate the staff further by installing something else that isn't as user friendly as they'd like. Thanks in advance, Sigrid ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-18 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-18 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-18 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Our clients seem to like >> its aesthetics better than those of TinyMCE. >> >> I strongly suggest that you allow only the tools that are absolutely >> necessary, usually bold, italic, image, link, and numbered and unnumbered >> lists. More will only let your editors break usability and accessibility. >> >> > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-18 -- Ruth A. Kneale, Systems Librarian, ATST Coffee to the rescue! ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 From GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU Fri Apr 19 11:53:54 2013 From: GRIESNER at CCBCMD.EDU (Riesner, Giles W.) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:53:54 +0000 Subject: OCLC Connexion and SharePoint Message-ID: Our IT folks are looking at seriously eliminating our network drives and using SharePoint exclusively. We currently store our OCLC Connexion data files on the network as our catalogers share these files. Does anyone know if OCLC Connexion can directly data access files on Microsoft SharePoint like it can network files or would we simply have to have them download (and checkout) the file on SharePoint and then put it back up and check it in when they finished with it? Giles W. Riesner, Jr. | Lead Library Technician , Library Technology The Community College of Baltimore County | 800 South Rolling Road | Catonsville, MD 21228 USA Phone: 1-443-840-2736 | Fax: 1-410-455-6436 | Email: griesner at ccbcmd.edu CCBC. The incredible value of education. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From varnum at UMICH.EDU Fri Apr 19 12:02:28 2013 From: varnum at UMICH.EDU (Ken Varnum) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:02:28 -0400 Subject: UX and Web Systems Job Postings at the University of Michigan Library In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks! All the more reason to come work for us! :) -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Tammy Wolf wrote: > Ken,**** > > ** ** > > I just have to say that I am exceptionally jealous of your ability to hire > these types of positions. Kudos to you and your institution for making > usability and web design/interaction such a priority. I look forward to > seeing more great things from you guys in the future.**** > > ** ** > > Tammy Allgood Wolf**** > > Web Services Librarian**** > > Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services**** > > Arizona State University**** > > 480-965-1797**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Ken Varnum > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:56 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* [WEB4LIB] UX and Web Systems Job Postings at the University of > Michigan Library**** > > ** ** > > The following 3 positions are now available in the User Experience (UX) > and Library Web Systems Departments at the University of Michigan Library. > We're looking for candidates who take a user-centered approach, have a > passion for solving complex problems, and are invested in improving the > library website user experience.** > > * * > > The U-M Library's technology unit designs, develops, and supports the > library's primary web interfaces - including multiple websites, access > systems, search apps, and mobile interfaces. These interfaces provide > access to over 10 million physical and digital resources to more than 2 > million users a month. ** > > * * > > *Interface Designer (UX Department)*** > > Design beautiful, user-friendly, and accessible interfaces. Primary > responsibilities include: creating wireframes, mockups, html prototypes, > and complete visual designs and web-ready graphics. ** > > View full job posting: * > http://umjobs.org/job_detail/80525/interface_designer* > > * * > > *Interface Developer (Library Web Systems Department)*** > > Design and implement accessible interfaces for one of the largest research > libraries in the world. Primary responsibilities include ensuring the > library's web sites are accessible, implementing and refining interface > designs, and developing responsive mobile-friendly interfaces to library > resources.** > > View full job posting: * > http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81080/interface_developer* > > * * > > *Web Content Strategist (UX Department)*** > > Develop and oversee an overall content strategy for a large organization > with 100+ content creators. Primary responsibilities include: assessing and > improving current content and content workflows, curating and creating new > web content, creating best practice and style guides, and informing design > solutions and information architecture.** > > View full job posting: * > http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81076/web_content_strategist*** > > * * > > ** ** > > --**** > > Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann > Arbor**** > > varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | > 734-615-3287**** > > ============================ **** > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib ** ** > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ **** > > 2013-04-17 **** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-17 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsabatini at CARRINGTON.EDU Fri Apr 19 12:07:06 2013 From: jsabatini at CARRINGTON.EDU (Jane Sabatini) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:07:06 -0700 Subject: UX and Web Systems Job Postings at the University of Michigan Library Message-ID: Thanks for the update. Jane Sabatini Librarian Ext. 31169 2004 Lloyd Center, 3rd Floor Portland, OR 97232 p/f: 503-575-1035 c: 503-753-2896 e: jsabatini at carrington.edu www.carrington.edu From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Varnum Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 9:02 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] UX and Web Systems Job Postings at the University of Michigan Library Thanks! All the more reason to come work for us! :) -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Tammy Wolf wrote: Ken, I just have to say that I am exceptionally jealous of your ability to hire these types of positions. Kudos to you and your institution for making usability and web design/interaction such a priority. I look forward to seeing more great things from you guys in the future. Tammy Allgood Wolf Web Services Librarian Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services Arizona State University 480-965-1797 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Varnum Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:56 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] UX and Web Systems Job Postings at the University of Michigan Library The following 3 positions are now available in the User Experience (UX) and Library Web Systems Departments at the University of Michigan Library. We're looking for candidates who take a user-centered approach, have a passion for solving complex problems, and are invested in improving the library website user experience. The U-M Library's technology unit designs, develops, and supports the library's primary web interfaces - including multiple websites, access systems, search apps, and mobile interfaces. These interfaces provide access to over 10 million physical and digital resources to more than 2 million users a month. Interface Designer (UX Department) Design beautiful, user-friendly, and accessible interfaces. Primary responsibilities include: creating wireframes, mockups, html prototypes, and complete visual designs and web-ready graphics. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/80525/interface_designer Interface Developer (Library Web Systems Department) Design and implement accessible interfaces for one of the largest research libraries in the world. Primary responsibilities include ensuring the library's web sites are accessible, implementing and refining interface designs, and developing responsive mobile-friendly interfaces to library resources. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81080/interface_developer Web Content Strategist (UX Department) Develop and oversee an overall content strategy for a large organization with 100+ content creators. Primary responsibilities include: assessing and improving current content and content workflows, curating and creating new web content, creating best practice and style guides, and informing design solutions and information architecture. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81076/web_content_strategist -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-17 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-17 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Fri Apr 19 12:36:59 2013 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:36:59 -0700 Subject: Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? In-Reply-To: <3038B5354FB7344EADE39BE9FCEE5D681DCF70D2@mail0.fairportlibrary.local> Message-ID: Busted. My favorite: "I don't always test my code, but when I do, I do it in production." On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Pat Rapp wrote: > Is it just me, or did anybody else read this line in the voice of the > Dos Equiis guy?**** > > ** ** > > ?We don't always use WYSIWYG editors, but when we do, we use CKEditor.?*** > * > > ** ** > > ;-)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Cary Gordon > *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2013 7:29 PM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress?**** > > ** ** > > Neither is better. They each offer more options that you want to enable, > so you might as well choose based on aesthetics. We don't always use > WYSIWYG editors, but when we do, we use CKEditor. Our clients seem to like > its aesthetics better than those of TinyMCE.**** > > ** ** > > I strongly suggest that you allow only the tools that are absolutely > necessary, usually bold, italic, image, link, and numbered and unnumbered > lists. More will only let your editors break usability and accessibility.* > *** > > ** ** > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Kelly Zhu wrote:*** > * > > I think ckeditor is the successor to fckeditor. - Kelly**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Sigrid Kelsey > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:49 PM > *Subject:* [WEB4LIB] Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress?**** > > ** ** > > We use Wordpress for some of our websites. The staff maintaining some of > these sites want to use a WYSIWYG but aren't happy with Wordpress's. I've > found Wordpress plugins to make FCKEditor and TinyMCE work with it, and I'm > not sure which is better, or if there are even better options.**** > > Does anyone on this list have any recommendations for the best Wordpress > plugins, or any other suggestions? The staff does not want to learn html > or css, and has been frustrated with aligning images, and they way the > editor deletes "behind the scenes" code.**** > > I want to do my best not to frustrate the staff further by installing > something else that isn't as user friendly as they'd like.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks in advance, > Sigrid**** > > ============================ **** > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib **** > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ **** > > 2013-04-18 **** > > ** ** > > ============================ **** > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib **** > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ **** > > 2013-04-18**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > http://chillco.com **** > > ============================ **** > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib ** ** > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ **** > > 2013-04-18 **** > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-04-19 > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From haitzlm at UCMAIL.UC.EDU Fri Apr 19 13:45:01 2013 From: haitzlm at UCMAIL.UC.EDU (Haitz, Lisa (haitzlm)) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:45:01 +0000 Subject: Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I like that one! From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:37 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? Busted. My favorite: "I don't always test my code, but when I do, I do it in production." On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Pat Rapp > wrote: Is it just me, or did anybody else read this line in the voice of the Dos Equiis guy? "We don't always use WYSIWYG editors, but when we do, we use CKEditor." ;-) From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 7:29 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? Neither is better. They each offer more options that you want to enable, so you might as well choose based on aesthetics. We don't always use WYSIWYG editors, but when we do, we use CKEditor. Our clients seem to like its aesthetics better than those of TinyMCE. I strongly suggest that you allow only the tools that are absolutely necessary, usually bold, italic, image, link, and numbered and unnumbered lists. More will only let your editors break usability and accessibility. On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Kelly Zhu > wrote: I think ckeditor is the successor to fckeditor. - Kelly ________________________________ From: Sigrid Kelsey > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:49 PM Subject: [WEB4LIB] Best WYSIWYG Editor for Wordpress? We use Wordpress for some of our websites. The staff maintaining some of these sites want to use a WYSIWYG but aren't happy with Wordpress's. I've found Wordpress plugins to make FCKEditor and TinyMCE work with it, and I'm not sure which is better, or if there are even better options. Does anyone on this list have any recommendations for the best Wordpress plugins, or any other suggestions? The staff does not want to learn html or css, and has been frustrated with aligning images, and they way the editor deletes "behind the scenes" code. I want to do my best not to frustrate the staff further by installing something else that isn't as user friendly as they'd like. Thanks in advance, Sigrid ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-18 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-18 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-18 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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All the more reason to come work for us! :) -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Tammy Wolf wrote: Ken, I just have to say that I am exceptionally jealous of your ability to hire these types of positions. Kudos to you and your institution for making usability and web design/interaction such a priority. I look forward to seeing more great things from you guys in the future. Tammy Allgood Wolf Web Services Librarian Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services Arizona State University 480-965-1797 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Varnum Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:56 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] UX and Web Systems Job Postings at the University of Michigan Library The following 3 positions are now available in the User Experience (UX) and Library Web Systems Departments at the University of Michigan Library. We're looking for candidates who take a user-centered approach, have a passion for solving complex problems, and are invested in improving the library website user experience. The U-M Library's technology unit designs, develops, and supports the library's primary web interfaces - including multiple websites, access systems, search apps, and mobile interfaces. These interfaces provide access to over 10 million physical and digital resources to more than 2 million users a month. Interface Designer (UX Department) Design beautiful, user-friendly, and accessible interfaces. Primary responsibilities include: creating wireframes, mockups, html prototypes, and complete visual designs and web-ready graphics. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/80525/interface_designer Interface Developer (Library Web Systems Department) Design and implement accessible interfaces for one of the largest research libraries in the world. Primary responsibilities include ensuring the library's web sites are accessible, implementing and refining interface designs, and developing responsive mobile-friendly interfaces to library resources. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81080/interface_developer Web Content Strategist (UX Department) Develop and oversee an overall content strategy for a large organization with 100+ content creators. Primary responsibilities include: assessing and improving current content and content workflows, curating and creating new web content, creating best practice and style guides, and informing design solutions and information architecture. View full job posting: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81076/web_content_strategist -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-17 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-17 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Apr 19 18:46:59 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:46:59 +0000 Subject: The Article of the Future Is Now Live! In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C5C8D5E@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ FYI > The Article of the Future Is Now Live! /Gerry Resulting from the Article of the Future project innovations, we are now able to announce the SciVerse ScienceDirect redesigned article page, with a new layout including a navigational pane and an optimized reading middle pane. The Article of the Future project- an ongoing initiative aiming to revolutionize the traditional format of the academic paper in regard to three key elements: presentation, content and context. About the Article of the Future Elsevier invests in platform innovation bringing together solutions like SciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus and web/third party content into one point of access: SciVerse. Now, through the Article of the Future project, Elsevier is redefining the article and associated article page on SciVerse ScienceDirect to allow for an optimal exchange of formal scientific research between scientist Source Available At [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-article-of-future-is-now-live_19.html ] Related E is for Everything: The Extra-Ordinary, Evolutionary [E-]Journal http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Eis4.pdf EJI(sm): A Registry of Innovative E-Journal Features, Functionalities, and Content http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm Morning Becomes Electric: Post-Modern Scholarly Information Access, Organization, and Navigation http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/Morning.htm New Age Navigation:Innovative Information Interfaces for Electronic Journals http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/NewAge.pdf The Once and Future [E-] Journal http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Once.ppt Seize the E!: The Eclectic Journal and Its Ramifications http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/SeizeTheE.pdf 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/ 2013-04-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Courtney.Terry at CI.MCMINNVILLE.OR.US Fri Apr 19 18:48:11 2013 From: Courtney.Terry at CI.MCMINNVILLE.OR.US (Courtney Terry) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:48:11 +0000 Subject: New this year at OVRS - free online streaming of the program! Message-ID: Apologies for duplicate postings, just trying to spread the joys of virtual reference to all! Can't make it to The Oregon Garden for the Oregon Virtual Reference Summit on May 3rd? Bummer. But the good news is that this year, we're trying something new for those unable to attend. In partnership with the Oregon Library Association, we will stream live portions of the program, 9am-12:30pm Pacific time. Register for the free online streaming at http://www.answerland.org/summit/streaming Space is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Please see the registration page for more information about the free software, easy download and other important decisions. If you're wanting to come for the real-life experience of Oregon Virtual Reference Summit, registration is open until April 29th. You can register here: http://www.answerland.org/content/registration-2013-oregon-virtual-reference-summit This year's Summit is going to be excitingly engaging, hope to see you there! Courtney Terry OVRS Planning Committee McMinnville Public Library ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-19 From rlitwin at GMAIL.COM Mon Apr 22 10:26:00 2013 From: rlitwin at GMAIL.COM (Rory Litwin) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:26:00 -0700 Subject: News from Library Juice Academy Message-ID: News from Library Juice Academy Contents: Courses in May and June Information About Courses Certificate in User Experience (UX) Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems Webinar Series - Gary Price Webinar Series - Libraries on the Ballot Call for Presenters Sponsor a Librarian In the Planning Stages? Teach For Us Other Information Courses in May Cataloging for the Non-Cataloger Instructor: Melissa Adler The Mechanics of Metadata Instructor: Grace Agnew Game-Based Learning in Library Instruction Instructor: Scott Rice Introduction to the Semantic Web Instructor: Robert Chavez Copyright for Librarians 101: Copyright Basics Instructor: Rachel Bridgewater Embedded Librarianship Instructor: Courtney Mlinar Introduction to Project Management Instructor: Robin Hastings Courses in June Introduction to RDA Instructor: Melissa Adler Marketing the Library in the 21st Century Instructor: Debra Lucas-Alfieri Success in First Library Supervisor Position Instructor: Tony Garrett Patent Searching Instructor: Martin Wallace Online Instruction Instructor: John Doherty Introduction to Drupal for Libraries Instructor: Cody Hennesy Diversity Plans for Academic Libraries Instructor: Julie Biando Edwards Designing a Usable Website (Concepts of User-Centered Design) Instructor: Carolyn Ellis The Sustainability Movement on Campus: Forming a Library Action Plan for Engagement Instructor: Madeleine Charney Information About Courses We have enlisted instructors for our classes based on their expertise in their areas of instruction, as well as their teaching abilities. Classes are taught asynchronously, using the Moodle course platform, so participants can do the work as their schedules allow. Most courses are four weeks in length and cost $175. CEU documentation is available to participants who need this (1.5 CEUs per 4-week course, a 4-week course requiring 15 hours of work). Discounts are available to institutions who want to enroll at least five people in a course. Payment can be by credit card, or through your institution's normal accounts payable process in response to a billing invoice. We accept enrollments into the first week of instruction, to accommodate last-minute needs. Visit the website to see our listings for July and August as well. http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems In this 6-course certificate program, you will gain competency as a coder in XML and RDF-based systems that create, transform, manage, and disseminate content and metadata. Typically, these are the structures at the heart of content management systems, repositories, and digital libraries. Topics covered include XML fundamentals, XPath, DTDs and Schemas, standard markup languages, XSLT and Xquery, the semantic web, RDFa and RDFa Lite, RSS, ontologies and linked data, and the SPARQL semantic query language and protocol. Register for all six courses and get a 10% discount. Certificate in User Experience (UX) In this 6-course certificate program, you will learn the fundamentals of user experience (UX) and how to apply user-centered strategies to library websites and beyond. The program begins by teaching you the key concepts of UX design and how to employ them in your website projects. Next, you will learn the ins and outs of information architecture: how to structure and organize your content so that it is both discoverable and navigable in the easiest way possible. The next two courses will give you the tools to continually get feedback on your website through usability testing and other research methods. You will then learn how to better write for the web so that once your users discover your content, they can both understand it and act on it. Finally, you will learn how you can create a website content strategy, so that from that point forward all your content will be useful, usable, and findable. All together, these courses cover a breadth of topics that will equip you with the skills necessary to create, manage, and sustain library websites that provide an excellent user experience. Register for all six courses and get a 10% discount. Webinar Series: What's New with Gary Price In these fast-paced sessions Gary Price shares a handful of the latest and most useful web resources, tools, and search techniques he's been posting and sharing on LJ's infoDOCKET. Plus, each session focuses on a special topic loaded with resources and discussion. Topics include online privacy and security, current awareness tools, real time information sources, ethical issues for the 21st Century librarian, personal information archiving, and online productivity tools. Webinar Series with EveryLibrary: Libraries on the Ballot Is your library going to be on the ballot within the next 3 years? Get the information you want and the tools you need to plan the campaign and win on Election Day. Join EveryLibrary and Library Juice Academy for a new 9-part webinar series focused exclusively on local library ballot measures like levies, bonds, and referenda. Whether you are running an Information-Only campaign through the library or are managing a Vote Yes campaign through a ballot committee, you will learn relevant, proven, and actionable techniques for voter segmentation, canvasing and GOTV work, coalition building, opposition research, and campaign management. These webinars are non-partisan, non-political, and pro-library. Sessions will include interactive Q&A time with subject-experts, and participants will receive best practice guides for each topic. Call for Presenters: Webinar Series on Creative Solutions in Academic Libraries There is no shortage of discussion about "problems faced by academic libraries" at the big scale, regarding trends in higher education and technology, where the approach to these problems is mainly a question of strategic planning. There is less attention to the small scale problems that academic librarians solve in the process of adapting services and processes to a changing environment or to new plans. These solutions to small scale problems can be in the realm of technological kludges or hacks, organizational adjustments, creative ideas in outreach, procedural changes, questioning and revision of "the way we do things," recognition of areas where "what didn't work before" can work now, time management strategies, and others. We are looking for presenters for a series of monthly webinars where academic librarians will share a creative solution that may be helpful to librarians in other institutions. These hour-long webinars will likely include two 20-minute presentations and a period for discussion, with presentations grouped by theme. Presentations may be by individuals or groups. There will be monetary compensation for presenters based on the number of paying attendees. Sponsor a Librarian A problem that many librarians are concerned about is the difficult job market and the difficulty that out-of-work librarians face in keeping up their skills. Library Juice Academy?s ?sponsored librarian? project aims to help unemployed librarians pay for their continuing education. If you are an unemployed librarian who wants to take classes from Library Juice Academy, you can set up a profile on our site. If you want to donate some funds to help an unemployed librarian pay for their classes, you can find their profile and use your PayPal account or credit card to pay for a full class or donate an amount toward the enrollment fees. We also encourage peer-to-peer micro-lending, so that unemployed librarians can pay their donors back once they have found employment. We think this system will help facilitate the mutual support that is part of what makes librarianship a satisfying field to work in. In the Planning Stages... Doc talks webinar series We are planning a webinar series where current doctoral students in library and information studies will give presentations on their dissertation research. The intended audience will be librarians and library students who are interested in the newest directions that the field is taking, and other doctoral students and LIS faculty. Michael Wartenbe of UCLA will organize and present these sessions. Support staff certificate program We are planning a series of courses intended for paraprofessionals who are earning credits toward the ALA-APA's Library Support Staff Certification. Halsted Mencotti Bernard will teach these classes. Teach for Us We are currently seeking to add more instructors with expert knowledge of practical topic areas in librarianship. Classes are asynchronous, and go for two or four weeks, requiring seven and fifteen hours of student work, respectively. Instructors will need to be able to guide class participation on a daily basis for the duration of the course. Although we have a structure for helping instructors design their courses, they are responsible for assigning any readings, requiring any writing or other work product, creating any tests, and keeping students on track over the course of the workshop. Pay is generous, comparable to what other programs are offering instructors, if not a little better. We offer help in terms of best practices and a little coaching. Other Information We are proud of our Jingle, as well as our customer feedback, and we'd also like you to read our FAQ. Library Juice Academy P.O. Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 Tel. 218-260-6115 inquiries at libraryjuiceacademy.com http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Teach For Us Other Information Courses in May Cataloging for the Non-Cataloger Instructor: Melissa Adler The Mechanics of Metadata Instructor: Grace Agnew Game-Based Learning in Library Instruction Instructor: Scott Rice Introduction to the Semantic Web Instructor: Robert Chavez Copyright for Librarians 101: Copyright Basics Instructor: Rachel Bridgewater Embedded Librarianship Instructor: Courtney Mlinar Introduction to Project Management Instructor: Robin Hastings Courses in June Introduction to RDA Instructor: Melissa Adler Marketing the Library in the 21st Century Instructor: Debra Lucas-Alfieri Success in First Library Supervisor Position Instructor: Tony Garrett Patent Searching Instructor: Martin Wallace Online Instruction Instructor: John Doherty Introduction to Drupal for Libraries Instructor: Cody Hennesy Diversity Plans for Academic Libraries Instructor: Julie Biando Edwards Designing a Usable Website (Concepts of User-Centered Design) Instructor: Carolyn Ellis The Sustainability Movement on Campus: Forming a Library Action Plan for Engagement Instructor: Madeleine Charney Information About Courses We have enlisted instructors for our classes based on their expertise in their areas of instruction, as well as their teaching abilities. Classes are taught asynchronously, using the Moodle course platform, so participants can do the work as their schedules allow. Most courses are four weeks in length and cost $175. CEU documentation is available to participants who need this (1.5 CEUs per 4-week course, a 4-week course requiring 15 hours of work). Discounts are available to institutions who want to enroll at least five people in a course. Payment can be by credit card, or through your institution's normal accounts payable process in response to a billing invoice. We accept enrollments into the first week of instruction, to accommodate last-minute needs. Visit the website to see our listings for July and August as well. http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems In this 6-course certificate program, you will gain competency as a coder in XML and RDF-based systems that create, transform, manage, and disseminate content and metadata. Typically, these are the structures at the heart of content management systems, repositories, and digital libraries. Topics covered include XML fundamentals, XPath, DTDs and Schemas, standard markup languages, XSLT and Xquery, the semantic web, RDFa and RDFa Lite, RSS, ontologies and linked data, and the SPARQL semantic query language and protocol. Register for all six courses and get a 10% discount. Certificate in User Experience (UX) In this 6-course certificate program, you will learn the fundamentals of user experience (UX) and how to apply user-centered strategies to library websites and beyond. The program begins by teaching you the key concepts of UX design and how to employ them in your website projects. Next, you will learn the ins and outs of information architecture: how to structure and organize your content so that it is both discoverable and navigable in the easiest way possible. The next two courses will give you the tools to continually get feedback on your website through usability testing and other research methods. You will then learn how to better write for the web so that once your users discover your content, they can both understand it and act on it. Finally, you will learn how you can create a website content strategy, so that from that point forward all your content will be useful, usable, and findable. All together, these courses cover a breadth of topics that will equip you with the skills necessary to create, manage, and sustain library websites that provide an excellent user experience. Register for all six courses and get a 10% discount. Webinar Series: What's New with Gary Price In these fast-paced sessions Gary Price shares a handful of the latest and most useful web resources, tools, and search techniques he's been posting and sharing on LJ's infoDOCKET . Plus, each session focuses on a special topic loaded with resources and discussion. Topics include online privacy and security, current awareness tools, real time information sources, ethical issues for the 21st Century librarian, personal information archiving, and online productivity tools. Webinar Series with EveryLibrary: Libraries on the Ballot Is your library going to be on the ballot within the next 3 years? Get the information you want and the tools you need to plan the campaign and win on Election Day. Join EveryLibrary and Library Juice Academy for a new 9-part webinar series focused exclusively on local library ballot measures like levies, bonds, and referenda. Whether you are running an Information-Only campaign through the library or are managing a Vote Yes campaign through a ballot committee, you will learn relevant, proven, and actionable techniques for voter segmentation, canvasing and GOTV work, coalition building, opposition research, and campaign management. These webinars are non-partisan, non-political, and pro-library. Sessions will include interactive Q&A time with subject-experts, and participants will receive best practice guides for each topic. Call for Presenters: Webinar Series on Creative Solutions in Academic Libraries There is no shortage of discussion about "problems faced by academic libraries" at the big scale, regarding trends in higher education and technology, where the approach to these problems is mainly a question of strategic planning. There is less attention to the small scale problems that academic librarians solve in the process of adapting services and processes to a changing environment or to new plans. These solutions to small scale problems can be in the realm of technological kludges or hacks, organizational adjustments, creative ideas in outreach, procedural changes, questioning and revision of "the way we do things," recognition of areas where "what didn't work before" can work now, time management strategies, and others. We are looking for presenters for a series of monthly webinars where academic librarians will share a creative solution that may be helpful to librarians in other institutions. These hour-long webinars will likely include two 20-minute presentations and a period for discussion, with presentations grouped by theme. Presentations may be by individuals or groups. There will be monetary compensation for presenters based on the number of paying attendees. Sponsor a Librarian A problem that many librarians are concerned about is the difficult job market and the difficulty that out-of-work librarians face in keeping up their skills. Library Juice Academy's "sponsored librarian" project aims to help unemployed librarians pay for their continuing education. If you are an unemployed librarian who wants to take classes from Library Juice Academy , you can set up a profile on our site. If you want to donate some funds to help an unemployed librarian pay for their classes, you can find their profile and use your PayPal account or credit card to pay for a full class or donate an amount toward the enrollment fees. We also encourage peer-to-peer micro-lending , so that unemployed librarians can pay their donors back once they have found employment. We think this system will help facilitate the mutual support that is part of what makes librarianship a satisfying field to work in. In the Planning Stages... Doc talks webinar series We are planning a webinar series where current doctoral students in library and information studies will give presentations on their dissertation research. The intended audience will be librarians and library students who are interested in the newest directions that the field is taking, and other doctoral students and LIS faculty. Michael Wartenbe of UCLA will organize and present these sessions. Support staff certificate program We are planning a series of courses intended for paraprofessionals who are earning credits toward the ALA-APA's Library Support Staff Certification. Halsted Mencotti Bernard will teach these classes. Teach for Us We are currently seeking to add more instructors with expert knowledge of practical topic areas in librarianship. Classes are asynchronous, and go for two or four weeks, requiring seven and fifteen hours of student work, respectively. Instructors will need to be able to guide class participation on a daily basis for the duration of the course. Although we have a structure for helping instructors design their courses, they are responsible for assigning any readings, requiring any writing or other work product, creating any tests, and keeping students on track over the course of the workshop. Pay is generous, comparable to what other programs are offering instructors, if not a little better. We offer help in terms of best practices and a little coaching. Other Information We are proud of our Jin gle, as well as our customer feedback , and we'd also like you to read our FAQ . Library Juice Academy P.O. Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 Tel. 218-260-6115 inquiries at libraryjuiceacademy.com http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-22 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gagnew at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU Mon Apr 22 11:22:12 2013 From: gagnew at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU (Grace Agnew) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:22:12 -0400 Subject: News from Library Juice Academy In-Reply-To: <5D0B3658-80EC-4853-811B-10DF5EFAF238@gmail.com> Message-ID: Rory, were you able to share the document with gatransition at gmail.com? Thanks! 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Teach For Us Other Information Courses in May Cataloging for the Non-Cataloger Instructor: Melissa Adler The Mechanics of Metadata Instructor: Grace Agnew Game-Based Learning in Library Instruction Instructor: Scott Rice Introduction to the Semantic Web Instructor: Robert Chavez Copyright for Librarians 101: Copyright Basics Instructor: Rachel Bridgewater Embedded Librarianship Instructor: Courtney Mlinar Introduction to Project Management Instructor: Robin Hastings Courses in June Introduction to RDA Instructor: Melissa Adler Marketing the Library in the 21st Century Instructor: Debra Lucas-Alfieri Success in First Library Supervisor Position Instructor: Tony Garrett Patent Searching Instructor: Martin Wallace Online Instruction Instructor: John Doherty Introduction to Drupal for Libraries Instructor: Cody Hennesy Diversity Plans for Academic Libraries Instructor: Julie Biando Edwards Designing a Usable Website (Concepts of User-Centered Design) Instructor: Carolyn Ellis The Sustainability Movement on Campus: Forming a Library Action Plan for Engagement Instructor: Madeleine Charney Information About Courses We have enlisted instructors for our classes based on their expertise in their areas of instruction, as well as their teaching abilities. Classes are taught asynchronously, using the Moodle course platform, so participants can do the work as their schedules allow. Most courses are four weeks in length and cost $175. CEU documentation is available to participants who need this (1.5 CEUs per 4-week course, a 4-week course requiring 15 hours of work). Discounts are available to institutions who want to enroll at least five people in a course. Payment can be by credit card, or through your institution's normal accounts payable process in response to a billing invoice. We accept enrollments into the first week of instruction, to accommodate last-minute needs. Visit the website to see our listings for July and August as well. http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems In this 6-course certificate program, you will gain competency as a coder in XML and RDF-based systems that create, transform, manage, and disseminate content and metadata. Typically, these are the structures at the heart of content management systems, repositories, and digital libraries. Topics covered include XML fundamentals, XPath, DTDs and Schemas, standard markup languages, XSLT and Xquery, the semantic web, RDFa and RDFa Lite, RSS, ontologies and linked data, and the SPARQL semantic query language and protocol. Register for all six courses and get a 10% discount. Certificate in User Experience (UX) In this 6-course certificate program, you will learn the fundamentals of user experience (UX) and how to apply user-centered strategies to library websites and beyond. The program begins by teaching you the key concepts of UX design and how to employ them in your website projects. Next, you will learn the ins and outs of information architecture: how to structure and organize your content so that it is both discoverable and navigable in the easiest way possible. The next two courses will give you the tools to continually get feedback on your website through usability testing and other research methods. You will then learn how to better write for the web so that once your users discover your content, they can both understand it and act on it. Finally, you will learn how you can create a website content strategy, so that from that point forward all your content will be useful, usable, and findable. All together, these courses cover a breadth of topics that will equip you with the skills necessary to create, manage, and sustain library websites that provide an excellent user experience. Register for all six courses and get a 10% discount. Webinar Series: What's New with Gary Price In these fast-paced sessions Gary Price shares a handful of the latest and most useful web resources, tools, and search techniques he's been posting and sharing on LJ's infoDOCKET . Plus, each session focuses on a special topic loaded with resources and discussion. Topics include online privacy and security, current awareness tools, real time information sources, ethical issues for the 21st Century librarian, personal information archiving, and online productivity tools. Webinar Series with EveryLibrary: Libraries on the Ballot Is your library going to be on the ballot within the next 3 years? Get the information you want and the tools you need to plan the campaign and win on Election Day. Join EveryLibrary and Library Juice Academy for a new 9-part webinar series focused exclusively on local library ballot measures like levies, bonds, and referenda. Whether you are running an Information-Only campaign through the library or are managing a Vote Yes campaign through a ballot committee, you will learn relevant, proven, and actionable techniques for voter segmentation, canvasing and GOTV work, coalition building, opposition research, and campaign management. These webinars are non-partisan, non-political, and pro-library. Sessions will include interactive Q&A time with subject-experts, and participants will receive best practice guides for each topic. Call for Presenters: Webinar Series on Creative Solutions in Academic Libraries There is no shortage of discussion about "problems faced by academic libraries" at the big scale, regarding trends in higher education and technology, where the approach to these problems is mainly a question of strategic planning. There is less attention to the small scale problems that academic librarians solve in the process of adapting services and processes to a changing environment or to new plans. These solutions to small scale problems can be in the realm of technological kludges or hacks, organizational adjustments, creative ideas in outreach, procedural changes, questioning and revision of "the way we do things," recognition of areas where "what didn't work before" can work now, time management strategies, and others. We are looking for presenters for a series of monthly webinars where academic librarians will share a creative solution that may be helpful to librarians in other institutions. These hour-long webinars will likely include two 20-minute presentations and a period for discussion, with presentations grouped by theme. Presentations may be by individuals or groups. There will be monetary compensation for presenters based on the number of paying attendees. Sponsor a Librarian A problem that many librarians are concerned about is the difficult job market and the difficulty that out-of-work librarians face in keeping up their skills. Library Juice Academy?s ?sponsored librarian? project aims to help unemployed librarians pay for their continuing education. If you are an unemployed librarian who wants to take classes from Library Juice Academy , you can set up a profile on our site. If you want to donate some funds to help an unemployed librarian pay for their classes, you can find their profile and use your PayPal account or credit card to pay for a full class or donate an amount toward the enrollment fees. We also encourage peer-to-peer micro-lending , so that unemployed librarians can pay their donors back once they have found employment. We think this system will help facilitate the mutual support that is part of what makes librarianship a satisfying field to work in. In the Planning Stages... Doc talks webinar series We are planning a webinar series where current doctoral students in library and information studies will give presentations on their dissertation research. The intended audience will be librarians and library students who are interested in the newest directions that the field is taking, and other doctoral students and LIS faculty. Michael Wartenbe of UCLA will organize and present these sessions. Support staff certificate program We are planning a series of courses intended for paraprofessionals who are earning credits toward the ALA-APA's Library Support Staff Certification. Halsted Mencotti Bernard will teach these classes. Teach for Us We are currently seeking to add more instructors with expert knowledge of practical topic areas in librarianship. Classes are asynchronous, and go for two or four weeks, requiring seven and fifteen hours of student work, respectively. Instructors will need to be able to guide class participation on a daily basis for the duration of the course. Although we have a structure for helping instructors design their courses, they are responsible for assigning any readings, requiring any writing or other work product, creating any tests, and keeping students on track over the course of the workshop. Pay is generous, comparable to what other programs are offering instructors, if not a little better. 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The Associate Director, Research Engagement & Health Sciences Partnerships develops and implements a program of research support for the University's faculty and graduate students and leads the Libraries' partnership program in health sciences. The Libraries' program of Research Engagement will enhance and strengthen the University's research activities through partnerships between librarians and researchers to discover, manage, analyze, and use information and avenues of scholarly communication. The Associate Director will develop and lead libraries staff in building the program of Research Engagement. The Health Sciences Partnership program builds and maintains relationships and partnerships with key faculty and staff of the Drexel College of Medicine, the College of Nursing & Health Professions, and the School of Public Health. The Associate Director leads a group of health sciences liaison librarians to embed information literacy and skill development into the curricula of health sciences and provide reference and research consulting. The Associate Director is the primary selector and collections manager for the health sciences resources. Required qualifications M.S. in Library or Information Sciences from an ALA-accredited program Minimum of five years of professional experience in a medical or health sciences library Minimum of three years administrative and supervisory experience Demonstrated participation in science or health sciences research in an academic setting Demonstrated ability to handle multiple complex projects simultaneously Knowledge of sources and procedures relevant to health sciences reference and research; familiarity with evidence-based approaches Experience with procedures and techniques in the selection of materials in support of health sciences research, education, and patient care Preferred qualifications Undergraduate degree and/or additional masters' degree in a STEM related discipline Experience working in a collaborative matrixed organization Essential Functions Development and management of the program of Research Engagement Management of the Health Sciences Partnership program Supervision of librarians with subject expertise in the health sciences; Participation in the planning, organizing and managing of Libraries' programs of liaison, instruction and collections; Collaboration with health sciences key constituents and Libraries' staff to represent Libraries across the University community; Represent Libraries in affiliated professional associations that support medical and health sciences education; such AASHL Participation in budget development and management; Participation in Libraries' managerial leadership to evaluate/coordinate cross-functional activities; Contribute to the profession through presentations, publications and/or personal involvement in professional associations. Supplemental Posting Information The Associate Director reports to the Director of Library Academic Partnerships; a division that enables students to explore and develop superior levels of competency in the Drexel Student Learning Priorities (DSLP); identifies authoritative information resources for the university community; coaches and guides community members to resources; and facilitates faculty and student research and scholarship. Background investigations are required for all new hires as a condition of employment, after the job offer is made. Employment will be contingent upon the University's acceptance of the results of the background investigation. Drexel University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. Applicants are required to apply online at: www.drexeljobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=77059 or visit www.drexeljobs.com and search for Associate Director, Research Engagement & Health Sciences Partnerships. The requisition number is 5303. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG Tue Apr 23 09:30:48 2013 From: wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG (Wesley Johnson) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:30:48 -0500 Subject: Pushing QuickTime via Group Policy Message-ID: Hello, I'm attempting to push QuickTime to staff & public PCs via Microsoft Group Policy. While I've done this successfully with several other programs, I'm having a bit of trouble with this one. Has anyone on the list successfully pushed the program this way? If so, I'd love to have them impart some wisdom to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Wesley ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From AMutch at TWP.WATERFORD.MI.US Tue Apr 23 10:07:46 2013 From: AMutch at TWP.WATERFORD.MI.US (Mutch, Andrew) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:07:46 -0400 Subject: Pushing QuickTime via Group Policy In-Reply-To: A<942EBB7F9576624AA3F165C60455290F040574A0E6BF@mailboxstore03.Alphatek.loc> Message-ID: Wesley, Have you seen this help page? I can't vouch for the steps but they sound right. http://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/msi_quicktime.html Also, this site which used to be AppDeploy.com usually has good tips on how to push out applications using Group Policy. http://www.itninja.com/ Good luck! Andrew Mutch Library Systems Technician Waterford Township Public Library Waterford, MI ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wesley Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:31 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Pushing QuickTime via Group Policy Hello, I'm attempting to push QuickTime to staff & public PCs via Microsoft Group Policy. While I've done this successfully with several other programs, I'm having a bit of trouble with this one. Has anyone on the list successfully pushed the program this way? If so, I'd love to have them impart some wisdom to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Wesley ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG Tue Apr 23 12:37:30 2013 From: wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG (Wesley Johnson) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:37:30 -0500 Subject: Pushing QuickTime via Group Policy In-Reply-To: <333E805A1B04284A90BF24897AFA7B684AF812@mailsrv1.waterford.com> Message-ID: I tried that method; however, I don't see an "Apple Software Helper" in the installer package. I tried to deploy as-is and got "unable to extract deployment information from package." From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Mutch, Andrew Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:08 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Pushing QuickTime via Group Policy Wesley, Have you seen this help page? I can't vouch for the steps but they sound right. http://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/msi_quicktime.html Also, this site which used to be AppDeploy.com usually has good tips on how to push out applications using Group Policy. http://www.itninja.com/ Good luck! Andrew Mutch Library Systems Technician Waterford Township Public Library Waterford, MI ________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wesley Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:31 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Pushing QuickTime via Group Policy Hello, I'm attempting to push QuickTime to staff & public PCs via Microsoft Group Policy. 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URL: From palsson at SONOMA.EDU Tue Apr 23 19:45:58 2013 From: palsson at SONOMA.EDU (Felicia Palsson) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:45:58 +0000 Subject: Position Announcement: Web Services Librarian, Sonoma State University Message-ID: Web Services Librarian Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA Just 50 miles north of San Francisco in beautiful Sonoma County, the University Library in the Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center thrives on innovation and creativity. We are seeking a motivated, collaborative, and future-oriented professional to join our team. The Web Services Librarian takes a leadership role in the vision, design, and management of an evolving library web presence to meet the needs of the students, faculty, and staff of the University. The successful candidate will be responsible for ongoing analysis of the web architecture, improving the user experience, and creating a holistic design to streamline access to services and resources. Our team environment offers many opportunities for professional growth and development. This position requires an ALA-accredited MLS/MLIS/MIS degree (or equivalent, awarded by August 1, 2013) and at least 2 years professional web experience. Rank: Senior Assistant Librarian Salary range: $57,084 - $72,132, commensurate with qualifications and experience. For a complete job description, application instructions, and more information about the University Library, visit: http://library.sonoma.edu/about/jobs_faculty.php. Review of applications starts May 17, 2013. Anticipated start date: August 1, 2013 Sonoma State is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. -- Felicia Palsson Instruction Coordinator Sonoma State University Library 1801 East Cotati Ave Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-664-2951 palsson at sonoma.edu http://library.sonoma.edu/about/profiles/palsson.php ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emitche2 at GMAIL.COM Wed Apr 24 08:40:13 2013 From: emitche2 at GMAIL.COM (emily mitchell) Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:40:13 -0400 Subject: Job Opening: Digital Services Associate at Ferris State University Message-ID: Position Vacancy Announcement Digital Services Associate Ferris State University Library for Technology, Information and Education Big Rapids, Michigan Position number A10047 Salary: $40,000-45,000 Summary of Position: Support computerized library services that facilitate access, discoverability, and management of library information resources. Provide primary support for routine maintenance and collaborative support for upgrades and enhancements of existing systems and implementation of new technology. Serve as primary applications specialist for assigned library functions. Provide backup assistance for computer support at the Information Desk. Member of the Digital Services Team. Reports to the Head of Digital and Support Services. Required Education: 60 credit hours of college level coursework relevant to the position or equivalent experience gleaned from prior employment and training and/or certification. See "Required Work Experience" below for further information. Required Work Experience: Two or more years of relevant, technology-oriented work experience for candidates with 60 or more hours of college credit; three or more years of relevant, technology-oriented experience for candidates with 45-59 hours of college credit; four or more years of relevant, technology-oriented work experience for candidates with fewer than 45 hours of college credit. Preferred Qualifications: Server experience including familiarity with command-line interface; bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field; library work experience; working knowledge of MySQL; programming experience in Perl, PHP, C or similar; experience using one or more staff modules of an integrated library system such as Innovative Interfaces' Millennium/Sierra or other specialized library software. Required Skills and Abilities: Ability to learn new software and technical skills in a rapidly changing environment. Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team. Effective oral and written communication skills; ability to meet deadlines. Excellent problem solving skills with attention to detail. Familiarity with Linux or other UNIX-like operating systems and HTML. Strong customer service orientation. Essential Duties: Server support and cloud-hosted services * Perform daily and weekly server monitoring and backups. * Perform routine software updates and upgrades to library servers. * Collaborate on developmental updates to library servers (with Automation Librarian). * Collaborate on transition of appropriate library technology services from local hosting to cloud hosting. Website and mobile interfaces of library web services * Assist in making changes and updates to the library's web presence. * Assist in developing and implementing mobile interfaces for library web services. Statistics, Reports, and Documenting Procedures * Assist in gathering usage statistics on library resources and services. * Produce reports and document procedures as needed. Library Applications * Serve as primary applications specialist for assigned library functions (TBD, but could include digital signage, print management, electronic resource management, web-scale discovery service, etc.) May serve as principal software administrator of select applications. * Assist in selecting, implementing, and testing potential new digital tools to enhance library services. Tutorials * Update technical aspects of online tutorials as directed by Educational Technologies Librarian. Patron technology assistance * Assist at Oval Information Desk during heavy load or cover in the absence of a Digital Services Assistant. Marginal Duties Planning * Assist in updating the library's technology plan and participate in other library planning activities. * Assist in investigating methods of migrating obsolete formats to formats suitable for preservation. Meetings and Committees * Attend monthly FLITE Technology meetings. * Participate in departmental, library, and university-wide meetings and committees. Professional Development * Participate in appropriate ongoing training and professional development Ferris State University is sincerely committed to being a truly diverse institution and actively seeks applications from women, minorities, and other underrepresented groups. For more information about Ferris State University, please visit our web site at http://www.ferris.edu/. Instructions for applying for this position can be found under the link for "Administrative" job postings at https://employment.ferris.edu. -- Emily Mitchell Reference & Educational Technologies Librarian Ferris State University FLITE 140F, 1010 Campus Drive Big Rapids, Michigan 49307 Phone: (231) 591-3730 mitchee3 at ferris.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Thu Apr 25 17:56:19 2013 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:56:19 +0000 Subject: ICORE, The International Council for Open Research and Open Education! Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ ICORE promotes, supports and enhances Open Research and Open Education worldwide. Main objectives of ICORE are the recognition, progress and application of Open Research and Open Education: ICORE wants to bridge both worlds of Open Research and Open Education. The goal is the mutual re-usage of their results and outcomes, e.g. through the usage of digital resources from Open Research in Open Education. Join the ICORE association and strengthen our common objectives for Open Research and Open Education and for a better future of our society worldwide! About ICORE The following principles form the basis for fulfilling the ICORE association?s objectives: ICORE aims to promote Open Research and Open Education as a fundamental social objective. ICORE aims to support the design and implementation of innovative strategies, instruments and services for facilitating Open Research and Open Education such as Open Access, Open Educational Practices and Resources. ICORE aims to foster co-operation among all relevant stakeholders in Open Research and Open Education such as policy makers, researchers, educators, students, learners, non-profit and commercial providers and users. ICORE aims to facilitate the continuous and rapid transfer of results from Open Research and Open Education into the deployment for future research and education and for the benefits of the general public and global society. ICORE aims at fostering research and development that leads to innovation when that will benefit the objectives of the association. Sources Available At [ http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2013/04/icore-international-council-for-open.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-25 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From J.Neubert at ZBW.EU Fri Apr 26 11:00:18 2013 From: J.Neubert at ZBW.EU (Neubert Joachim) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:00:18 +0000 Subject: CfP SWIB13 Semantic Web in Libraries Conference, Hamburg, 25-27/11/2013 Message-ID: Call for Proposals: SWIB13 - Semantic Web in Libraries Conference ("Semantic Web in Bibliotheken"), 25.11. - 27.11.2013, Hamburg Linked Open Data (LOD) has become a widespread method for the publication and management of data on the web. Many libraries and related institutions have already run projects or launched products that comply with the LOD paradigm. New projects, services and tools are emerging continuously. The SWIB conference aims to provide substantial information on LOD developments relevant to the library world and to forster the exchange of ideas and experiences among practicioners. SWIB encourages thinking outside the box by involving participants and speakers from other domains, such as scholarly communications, museums and archives, or the publishing and news industry. As in the years before, SWIB13 will be organized by the North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz) and the ZBW - German National Library of Economics / Leibniz Information Centre for Economics. The conference language is English. Is there an interesting service, research topic or project that you would like to present at the conference? Or, can you offer giving a tutorial or a workshop on the afternoon of 25 November? We appreciate proposals on the following or related topics: Projects & Applications * publication & consumption of linked data * integration of LOD into productive library applications * authorities and knowledge organization systems (thesauri, classifications, ontologies) * mash-ups (using data from different sources) * crowdsourcing approaches Technology (focus on Open Source software) * semantically enhanced data publication * data integration/enhancement/mapping * searching/information retrieval * linked data in library systems Standards & Best Practices * Bibframe, DAIA & other library specific open standards * provenance information * providing updates & syncing data sources * open data licensing We are looking forward to receiving your proposals by *26 May 2013*. Please include an abstract of 1000-1500 characters and submit your abstract using our website at http://swib.org (submission will be active from early May). Joachim Neubert ZBW Tel. +49-(0)40-42834462 E-mail: j.neubert(at)zbw.eu or Adrian Pohl hbz Tel. +49-(0)221-40075235 E-mail: swib(at)hbz-nrw.de Website: http://swib.org/swib13 Twitter: http://twitter.com/swibcon Hashtag: #swib13 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-26 From cynthia.s.ng at GMAIL.COM Fri Apr 26 12:46:46 2013 From: cynthia.s.ng at GMAIL.COM (Cynthia Ng) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:46:46 -0400 Subject: 4th Code4Lib North May 23-24, Toronto Message-ID: Apologies for cross posting. -- Hi everyone, This is a reminder that the 4th Code4Lib North unconference is fast approaching, and that we only have 14 spaces left for attendees! This year we're trying something a little different, and considering an untheme around the concept of "computational thinking". We want to encourage coders and non-coders to mingle together and learn from each other -- so tech-services-types and others are especially welcome. If you haven't registered yet, now's the time. If you've registered but haven't signed up for a talk, now's the time. If you have an idea for a hackfest, workshop, or breakout discussion, now is definitely the time. When: May 23 & 24, 2013 Where: Ryerson University, Toronto, ON at Heaslip House Format: 2 full days ? morning presentations, afternoon workshops/hackfest Sign up to present 5 or 20 min talk, or to lead/facilitate a hackfest or workshop! All other information is on the wiki page: http://bit.ly/c4ln2013 Schedule and socials will be posted as they get hammered out. Register here: http://c4ln2013.eventbrite.ca/ Cheers, @mjsuhonos ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The new release includes several significant enhancements: - Significant security improvements, including more secure password storage and protection against spammer abuse. - A "MultiBackend" driver which allows VuFind to interact with multiple integrated library systems at once. - A new and flexible search system with more modular, reusable code. - 2.0 versions of all new features introduced in the 1.4 release, including support for hierarchical records and the Clickatell SMS service. Additionally, several bug fixes and minor improvements have been incorporated. Questions about the new release or VuFind in general can be directed to Demian Katz, the lead developer of the project at Villanova University. Contact: Demian Katz demian.katz at ... 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OCLC and LITA are working together to promote library participation at the upcoming Semantic Technology & Business Conference (SemTechBiz - http://semtechbizsf2013.semanticweb.com/), an event that brings together thought leaders and practitioners to explore the impact of semantic technology applications. So ? if you know of someone working on an interesting project, nominate him or her to participate in the conference, to be held in San Francisco from June 2-5, 2013. Note that the project can be ongoing, but significant practical work should have been accomplished prior to March 31, 2013. Nominations (http://bit.ly/11K9uzJ) for the Spotlight are being accepted through May 10. Self-nominations cheerfully accepted. The Spotlight opportunity provides one sponsored presenter with space on the conference program to give a short, lightning style talk about their work. Travel & lodging costs during the conference will be paid by OCLC, plus a full conference pass from Semantic.Web.com. Even if you do not nominate anyone, the Semantic Technology and Business Conference is well worth experiencing. SemTechBiz brings together industry thought leaders and practitioners to explore the challenges and opportunities jointly impacting both business leaders and technologists. Conference sessions include technical talks and case studies that highlight semantic technology applications in action. The program includes tutorials and over 130 sessions and demonstrations as well as a hackathon, start-up competition, exhibit floor, and networking opportunities. As supporters of the SemanticWeb.com Library Spotlight, OCLC and LITA members will get a 50% discount on a gold conference pass - use discount code OCLC or LITA when registering - LITA members - http://semtechbizsf2013.semanticweb.com/?c=stsflita - discount code "lita" minus quotes OCLC members - http://semtechbizsf2013.semanticweb.com/?c=stsfoclc - discount code "oclc" minus quotes Thanks and good luck! dsshapiro at wisc.edu Debra Shapiro UW-Madison SLIS Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282 600 N. Park St. Madison WI 53706 608 262 9195 mobile 608 712 6368 FAX 608 263 4849 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-26 From dsshapiro at WISC.EDU Sat Apr 27 15:39:15 2013 From: dsshapiro at WISC.EDU (Debra Shapiro) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:39:15 -0500 Subject: Send a library practitioner to SemTechBiz, June 2 - 5 Message-ID: Have you been working on a linked data project for your library? Or do you know someone doing great work promoting or demonstrating the benefits of linked data for libraries? If so, consider nominating yourself or that colleague for first the SemanticWeb.com "Library Spotlight on Library Innovation"! OCLC and LITA are working together to promote library participation at the upcoming Semantic Technology & Business Conference (SemTechBiz - http://semtechbizsf2013.semanticweb.com/), an event that brings together thought leaders and practitioners to explore the impact of semantic technology applications. So ? if you know of someone working on an interesting project, nominate him or her to participate in the conference, to be held in San Francisco from June 2-5, 2013. Note that the project can be ongoing, but significant practical work should have been accomplished prior to March 31, 2013. Nominations (http://bit.ly/11K9uzJ) for the Spotlight are being accepted through May 10. Self-nominations cheerfully accepted. The Spotlight opportunity provides one sponsored presenter with space on the conference program to give a short, lightning style talk about their work. Travel & lodging costs during the conference will be paid by OCLC, plus a full conference pass from Semantic.Web.com. Even if you do not nominate anyone, the Semantic Technology and Business Conference is well worth experiencing. SemTechBiz brings together industry thought leaders and practitioners to explore the challenges and opportunities jointly impacting both business leaders and technologists. Conference sessions include technical talks and case studies that highlight semantic technology applications in action. The program includes tutorials and over 130 sessions and demonstrations as well as a hackathon, start-up competition, exhibit floor, and networking opportunities. As supporters of the SemanticWeb.com Library Spotlight, OCLC and LITA members will get a 50% discount on a gold conference pass - use discount code OCLC or LITA when registering - LITA members - http://semtechbizsf2013.semanticweb.com/?c=stsflita - discount code "lita" minus quotes OCLC members - http://semtechbizsf2013.semanticweb.com/?c=stsfoclc - discount code "oclc" minus quotes Thanks and good luck! dsshapiro at wisc.edu Debra Shapiro UW-Madison SLIS Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282 600 N. Park St. Madison WI 53706 608 262 9195 mobile 608 712 6368 FAX 608 263 4849 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-04-27 From rlitwin at GMAIL.COM Mon Apr 29 11:22:33 2013 From: rlitwin at GMAIL.COM (Rory Litwin) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:22:33 -0700 Subject: Introduction to the Semantic Web (online class in May) Message-ID: Introduction to the Semantic Web Instructor: Robert Chavez Dates: May 1-28, 2013 (also offered in October) Credits: 1.5 CEUs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/020-intro-semantic-web.php One of the main goals the semantic web (sometimes referred to as Web 3.0, Linked Data, or the Web of Data) is to allow the web to be treated like a database through structured metadata, controlled vocabularies, and data linking. Simply put, semantics is the process of adding description and information to resources to help us understand the meaning of these resources. This is not a foreign concept to LIS professionals, the language and tools of semantic organization, however, are a new and evolving discipline. In this asynchronous, online course we will provide an introduction to semantic web standards (RDF, RDFa, taxonomies/OWL, SKOS) and their application. RDF is the foundation of the semantic web and most related standards so we will spend a significant portion of time learning the basic concepts of the RDF framework and how RDF can be represented in an XML format (we'll be looking at a good number of RDF examples). In addition, we will explore how to create semantic models that could be used to link/share different types of resources, and how basic ontologies (using the Web Ontology Language) are created. This course can be taken as one of six courses needed to earn our Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems, and may assume a certain level of background knowledge covered in other courses in the sequence. Robert Chavez holds a PhD in Classical Studies from Indiana University. From 1994-1999 he worked in the Library Electronic Text Resource Service at Indiana University Bloomington as an electronic text specialist. From 1999-2007 Robert worked at Tufts University at the Perseus Project and the Digital Collections and Archives as a programmer, digital humanist, and institutional repository program manager. He currently works for the New England Journal of Medicine in as Content Applications Architect. Please refer to our FAQ if you have questions, and contact us of they are still not answered: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/faq.php Also, please see our website for our other course listings. Library Juice Academy P.O. 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