From waltcrawford at GMAIL.COM Sat Feb 1 17:09:51 2014 From: waltcrawford at GMAIL.COM (Walt Crawford) Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 14:09:51 -0800 Subject: Cites & Insights 14:3 (Marcy 2014) available Message-ID: Breaking the silence of project preparation to announce: Cites & Insights 14:3 (March 2014) is now available for downloading at http://citesandinsights.info/civ14i3.pdf That's a 32-page two-column PDF optimized for printing. If you're planning to read it online or on an e-device, I suggest the 61-page single-column 6" x 9" PDF optimized for viewing (and much smaller as a download) at http://citesandinsights.info/civ14i3on.pdf The issue includes: The Front: Toward 15 and 200: Your Help Wanted pp. 1-3 Cites & Insights is in its 14th year and has passed Issue 170. I'm asking for help to encourage keeping it up to at least 15 and 200--and offering perks for donors. Media: Thinking about Magazines pp. 3-24 Think print magazines are disappearing--or, worse, are just miscellaneous collections of articles? Think again. If you want a sense of the continuing importance of print magazines, maybe four words will suffice: World Wildlife and STAND--the new glossy print magazines from, respectively, World Wildlife Fund and the ACLU, both of which recognize the special power of a good magazine. This roundup includes some numbers and some perspectives. (No, Cites & Insights isn't a magazine; it's closer to a newsletter. And while a few journals are also magazines--Science, for example--most journals aren't magazines and most magazines aren't journals.) The Back pp. 25-32 A baker's dozen of minisnarks (or, if you prefer, a dozen with lagniappe) on sound, prices, TED, silliness and casual (or ignorant) tech-sexism at "the newspaper of record." ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-01 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sat Feb 1 19:09:44 2014 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 00:09:44 +0000 Subject: Academic Torrents: Decentralized Platform To Share Papers and Datasets In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6D31CF@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Looks Promising ... /Gerry Researchers from the University of Massachusetts have launched a torrent site which allows academics to share papers and datasets. AcademicTorrents provides researchers with a reliable and decentralized platform to share their work with peers, as well as the rest of the world. [snip] The site was launched by Joseph Cohen and Henry Lo, two PhD students working at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. The torrent site aims to provide academics with a cheap and decentralized platform to share their work and data with the rest of the world. AcademicTorrents allows researchers to upload datasets, articles and other research material. The site runs it own tracker and supports web-seeds as well, which guarantee that files are available at all times. [more] >>> Thanks to Tara Penelope Calishain <<< Source and Link Available Via: [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2014/02/academictorrents.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From primarydat at AOL.COM Tue Feb 4 14:11:46 2014 From: primarydat at AOL.COM (James Moses) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 14:11:46 -0500 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report Message-ID: Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes James Moses, Research Director Primary Research Group Inc. 2753 Broadway #156 NY NY 10025 primarydat at gmail.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 From marshall.breeding at LIBRARYTECHNOLOGY.ORG Tue Feb 4 15:15:12 2014 From: marshall.breeding at LIBRARYTECHNOLOGY.ORG (Marshall Breeding) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 20:15:12 +0000 Subject: Perceptions 2013: An International Survey of Library Automation Message-ID: Thanks to all of the libraries that participated in my annual perceptions survey. I have posted the initial report that presents the findings of the survey: Perceptions 2013: An International Survey of Library Automation http://www.librarytechnology.org/perceptions2013.pl -marshall Marshall Breeding Independent Consultant marshall.breeding at librarytechnology.org www.librarytechnology.org/ twitter.com/mbreeding http://www.linkedin.com/in/breeding http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NnvfJ5cAAAAJ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randtke at GMAIL.COM Tue Feb 4 16:30:14 2014 From: randtke at GMAIL.COM (Wilhelmina Randtke) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:30:14 -0600 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: <6814766124669643.WA.primarydataol.com@listserv.nd.edu> Message-ID: Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much more likely that people will read a sign. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses wrote: > Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of > research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of > QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special > libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have > already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants > receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. > The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are > aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey > follow the link below: > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes > > James Moses, Research Director > Primary Research Group Inc. > 2753 Broadway #156 > NY NY 10025 > primarydat at gmail.com > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM Tue Feb 4 16:36:04 2014 From: steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM (Steffen Schilke) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 22:36:04 +0100 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Buhhh - why so negative? I think you can do a lot with qr codes (in Libraries) - like "we" do in a museum - I took the liberty to promote the survey: https://twitter.com/QRCodeART/status/430816339096113154 I would be intersted in the results as well. I also give presentations about qr code and the use in Libraries On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: > Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give > someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot > instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much > more likely that people will read a sign. > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses wrote: > >> Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of >> research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of >> QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special >> libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have >> already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants >> receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. >> The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are >> aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey >> follow the link below: >> >> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes >> >> James Moses, Research Director >> Primary Research Group Inc. >> 2753 Broadway #156 >> NY NY 10025 >> primarydat at gmail.com >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2014-02-04 >> > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From academichussy at GMAIL.COM Tue Feb 4 16:36:32 2014 From: academichussy at GMAIL.COM (Lisa Rabey) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 16:36:32 -0500 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Personally, I'm flabbergasted someone uses aol.com acount for professional use. -Lisa Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: > Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give > someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot > instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much > more likely that people will read a sign. > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses wrote: >> >> Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of >> research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of QR >> codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special >> libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have >> already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants >> receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The >> institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or >> not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the >> link below: >> >> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes >> >> James Moses, Research Director >> Primary Research Group Inc. >> 2753 Broadway #156 >> NY NY 10025 >> primarydat at gmail.com >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2014-02-04 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 From CabusM at PHILAU.EDU Tue Feb 4 16:39:18 2014 From: CabusM at PHILAU.EDU (Cabus, Michael) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 21:39:18 +0000 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thank you, Wilhelmina...I see a QR code on a product and I am not likely to use a QR reader.. When someone sees a QR code, to use it, one has to: 1.) Have a QR reader app on their phone (maybe they do not) 2.) Want to take the time to use their phone to get whatever information the QR code provides Most things I have read suggest putting the URL below the QR code because of reason #1..at that point QR codes are targeting a small subset of your population. I sort of think, if you have to use QR codes, most often it is to do a "fad", or it is just because you don't want to take the time to think of good design. Using QR codes is often a way not to think of an effective strategy for communicating whatever you want to communicate. Michael Cabus Systems Librarian, Paul J. Gutman Library Philadelphia University Phone. 215.951.5365 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilhelmina Randtke Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 4:30 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much more likely that people will read a sign. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses > wrote: Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes James Moses, Research Director Primary Research Group Inc. 2753 Broadway #156 NY NY 10025 primarydat at gmail.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dowlintp at WFU.EDU Tue Feb 4 17:26:36 2014 From: dowlintp at WFU.EDU (Thomas Dowling) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:26:36 -0500 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: "Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter?" What if your URL is 300 characters long or easily mixed up? What if your data isn't a URL, but a calendar event, a map location, or credentials for your library's wifi network? How many users have to find it useful before it matters? On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: > Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give > someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot > instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much > more likely that people will read a sign. > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses wrote: > >> Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of >> research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of >> QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special >> libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have >> already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants >> receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. >> The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are >> aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey >> follow the link below: >> >> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes >> >> James Moses, Research Director >> Primary Research Group Inc. >> 2753 Broadway #156 >> NY NY 10025 >> primarydat at gmail.com >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2014-02-04 >> > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > -- Thomas Dowling Director of Technologies, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University dowlintp at wfu.edu / 336-758-5797 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CabusM at PHILAU.EDU Tue Feb 4 17:32:56 2014 From: CabusM at PHILAU.EDU (Cabus, Michael) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 22:32:56 +0000 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: This is insightful http://infospace.ischool.syr.edu/2013/05/01/are-qr-codes-on-the-verge-of-death/ Michael Cabus Systems Librarian, Paul J. Gutman Library Philadelphia University Phone. 215.951.5365 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Dowling Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 5:27 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report "Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter?" What if your URL is 300 characters long or easily mixed up? What if your data isn't a URL, but a calendar event, a map location, or credentials for your library's wifi network? How many users have to find it useful before it matters? On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke > wrote: Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much more likely that people will read a sign. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses > wrote: Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes James Moses, Research Director Primary Research Group Inc. 2753 Broadway #156 NY NY 10025 primarydat at gmail.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 -- Thomas Dowling Director of Technologies, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University dowlintp at wfu.edu / 336-758-5797 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From s.graham4 at HERTS.AC.UK Wed Feb 5 08:32:29 2014 From: s.graham4 at HERTS.AC.UK (Graham, Stephen) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 13:32:29 +0000 Subject: Amazon Affiliate Program Message-ID: Hi All - just wondering if there are any academic libraries out there who are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program? If so, what does it actually entail, and was there any local opposition to becoming a member? We are looking at services which provide content enrichment such as books cover, ToCs, Description etc for our OPAC, and saw that that the Amazon Product Advertising API can be used for this? It seems to use this API, you need to become an Affiliate member. Any thoughts on this? Links to OPACs that use Amazon in this way? Cheers, Stephen Stephen Graham Online Information Manager Information Collections and Services University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. 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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilhelmina Randtke Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 4:30 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much more likely that people will read a sign. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses > wrote: Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes James Moses, Research Director Primary Research Group Inc. 2753 Broadway #156 NY NY 10025 primarydat at gmail.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Wed Feb 5 11:36:10 2014 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 08:36:10 -0800 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: If your URL is 300 characters long, or, like me, easily mixed up, you might consider using a URL shortener, be it a service (bit.ly, etc.) or something in-house. This is aside from the QR code question. Cary On Feb 4, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Thomas Dowling wrote: > "Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter?" > > What if your URL is 300 characters long or easily mixed up? What if your data isn't a URL, but a calendar event, a map location, or credentials for your library's wifi network? How many users have to find it useful before it matters? > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: > Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much more likely that people will read a sign. > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses wrote: > Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below: > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes > > James Moses, Research Director > Primary Research Group Inc. > 2753 Broadway #156 > NY NY 10025 > primarydat at gmail.com > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > > > > > -- > Thomas Dowling > Director of Technologies, Z. Smith Reynolds Library > Wake Forest University > dowlintp at wfu.edu / 336-758-5797 > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CabusM at PHILAU.EDU Wed Feb 5 11:55:12 2014 From: CabusM at PHILAU.EDU (Cabus, Michael) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 16:55:12 +0000 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: <5FF49571-FC4D-4418-BD95-594F2C3B49CA@chillco.com> Message-ID: Hi I want to emphasize that I do think QR codes could be relevant, but you have to be thoughtful regarding their use...which in most cases I've seen, companies are not thoughtful. It seems to me that QR codes work best when there is some kind of reward or coupon being offered...it is incentive to use them. Users might be disappointed if the QR code takes them to your mobile web site...and the frequency with which this happens is part of the reason people are not excited about QR codes...they are not sure the effort will be worth it. Now, if I am told, scan this QR code to get a list of our newest ebooks with direct access, yeah, I might be tempted..but I am quite capable of doing a Google search for your library name and getting to the web site on my own, if I need to. This is because QR codes take extra effort for users of iPhones at least...you have to download a QR code reader app. Many think things like augmented reality are the "future"..but, in general, QR codes remind me of a couple of years ago (maybe still), where companies were convinced they need an app. I know someone who is a designer that works with a lot of pharmaceutical companies, and he told me they all thought they needed an app for every drug they produced...in some cases (like diabetes medications), it made sense (reminders about dosages, when to take the medication, etc)...but allergy medicine, it didn't...people simply do not need or want to download an app that tells them about side-effects...they want to hear this information once and to go on taking their medication. And I think that is relevant to QR codes...sometimes people just want to know something once, sometimes it is just easy for them to look it up themselves when they need to know it. I am not being negative about QR codes, just our tendency to implement technologies without an overall strategic plan. Michael Cabus Systems Librarian, Paul J. Gutman Library Philadelphia University Phone. 215.951.5365 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 11:36 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report If your URL is 300 characters long, or, like me, easily mixed up, you might consider using a URL shortener, be it a service (bit.ly, etc.) or something in-house. This is aside from the QR code question. Cary On Feb 4, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Thomas Dowling > wrote: "Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter?" What if your URL is 300 characters long or easily mixed up? What if your data isn't a URL, but a calendar event, a map location, or credentials for your library's wifi network? How many users have to find it useful before it matters? On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke > wrote: Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much more likely that people will read a sign. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses > wrote: Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes James Moses, Research Director Primary Research Group Inc. 2753 Broadway #156 NY NY 10025 primarydat at gmail.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 -- Thomas Dowling Director of Technologies, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University dowlintp at wfu.edu / 336-758-5797 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-04 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-05 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From julianyoko at GMAIL.COM Wed Feb 5 12:01:45 2014 From: julianyoko at GMAIL.COM (Julian Prentice) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:01:45 -0800 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: You could also set up a simple experiment by providing a URL shortened URL and a QR code and track which one gets more clicks. Most URL shorteners have built in analytics (bit.ly, goo.gl for sure do) and just have the QR code map to an analytics URL with a campaign code. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Cabus, Michael wrote: > Hi > > I want to emphasize that I do think QR codes could be relevant, but you > have to be thoughtful regarding their use...which in most cases I've seen, > companies are not thoughtful. > > > > It seems to me that QR codes work best when there is some kind of reward > or coupon being offered...it is incentive to use them. Users might be > disappointed if the QR code takes them to your mobile web site...and the > frequency with which this happens is part of the reason people are not > excited about QR codes...they are not sure the effort will be worth it. Now, > if I am told, scan this QR code to get a list of our newest ebooks with > direct access, yeah, I might be tempted..but I am quite capable of doing a > Google search for your library name and getting to the web site on my own, > if I need to. > > > > This is because QR codes take extra effort for users of iPhones at > least...you have to download a QR code reader app. > > > > Many think things like augmented reality are the "future"..but, in > general, QR codes remind me of a couple of years ago (maybe still), where > companies were convinced they need an app. I know someone who is a > designer that works with a lot of pharmaceutical companies, and he told me > they all thought they needed an app for every drug they produced...in some > cases (like diabetes medications), it made sense (reminders about dosages, > when to take the medication, etc)...but allergy medicine, it didn't...people > simply do not need or want to download an app that tells them about > side-effects...they want to hear this information once and to go on taking > their medication. > > > > And I think that is relevant to QR codes...sometimes people just want to > know something once, sometimes it is just easy for them to look it up > themselves when they need to know it. > > > > I am not being negative about QR codes, just our tendency to implement > technologies without an overall strategic plan. > > > > Michael Cabus > > > > Systems Librarian, Paul J. Gutman Library > > Philadelphia University > > Phone. 215.951.5365 > > > > > > > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Cary Gordon > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 05, 2014 11:36 AM > > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and > Receive a Free Copy of the Report > > > > If your URL is 300 characters long, or, like me, easily mixed up, you > might consider using a URL shortener, be it a service (bit.ly, etc.) or > something in-house. This is aside from the QR code question. > > > > Cary > > > > On Feb 4, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Thomas Dowling wrote: > > > > "Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter?" > > What if your URL is 300 characters long or easily mixed up? What if your > data isn't a URL, but a calendar event, a map location, or credentials for > your library's wifi network? How many users have to find it useful before > it matters? > > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke > wrote: > > Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give > someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot > instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much > more likely that people will read a sign. > > > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses wrote: > > Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) > publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying > library use of QR codes. The international study is open to public, > academic and special libraries of all nations. The study is only open to > libraries that have already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. > Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from > the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but > responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To > take the survey follow the link below: > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes > > James Moses, Research Director > Primary Research Group Inc. > 2753 Broadway #156 > NY NY 10025 > primarydat at gmail.com > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > > > > > -- > Thomas Dowling > Director of Technologies, Z. 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Klein) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:02:54 -0500 Subject: Job: Senior Library Services Platform Developer Position @ Northwestern Message-ID: (This job posting is being sent to multiple lists; please excuse duplicates) Interested applicants need to apply online via Northwestern University's eRecruit web site, referencing either Job Opening ID #22520 at: This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies at Northwestern University Library. Check out our video: JOB SUMMARY: This 3-year term position serves as the Library Services Platform software developer reporting to the Head of the Library Technology Division?s Enterprise Systems department, and confers with the Library Collection Services Project Manager. This job includes working in a highly collaborative environment with Library colleagues and partners on the analysis, design, coding and testing of software in order to explore, adapt, and implement current and emerging technologies?particularly with implementation, integration with campus Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other systems, and developing software components in support of a Library Services Platform (such as Ex Libris Alma and Voyager). MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience from which comparable skills can be acquired. - Four to six years of development experience in an OOP development environment including experience with Web Services programming in a service-oriented architecture. - Advanced web development experience with languages such as Java, PHP, Ruby, Python, and/or Perl. - Experience with XML parsing technologies, JavaScript, and OOP. - Prior work with collaborative projects involving group software development. - Knowledge of software development life cycle - Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, verbal and written communication skills. For more information, interested applicants can view the full job description via Northwestern University's eRecruit web site, referencing Job Opening ID #22520 at: ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-05 From bennetttm at APPSTATE.EDU Wed Feb 5 15:31:35 2014 From: bennetttm at APPSTATE.EDU (Thomas Bennett) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:31:35 -0500 Subject: Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: To me, would you put a QR Code scanning app on your phone, makes about as much sense as, would you put a kindle app, chrome app, map app, or even Skype app on your phone. Although, I rarely use QR Codes but am glad I have a scanner when I want to scan a code. QR Codes are not strictly for URLs. You can make a VCard, sms, phone number, or map QR Code also. You can also make QR Codes specifically for short URLs or long URLs depending on the density you choose for the code. The lesser dense code is readable more easily by some poorly written apps. I printed up a single sheet page we could put up that had printed on it "Jobs At" and then the QR Code just below it and the URL below the QR Code which would be handy when the student is just walking by the poster. I sent the Dell rep a map QR Code, which is a GPS coordinate, in an email and replied that he was able to use it for driving instructions straight to my office, not just the building. The Map QR Code could be useful if you have more than one library, like we have a Music Library not too far from our building and a Map QR Code could give the patron walking directions. I've made a WEB app that easily produces all of these codes but it is on a site you have to authenticate, but I am willing to share the code and of course it is Python ;-), these were written some time prior to August 2012. What I don't understand is when people put QR Codes on mobile sites, I don't know of an app that will scan QR Codes on the device you are using, maybe a few mirror might help (not mirror sites). Oh yeah, and QR Codes are not just for phones, they work on tablets also. And Michael, sometimes using a QR Code is to make it easier for the user, but not just a QR Code without other information to identify it. Thomas PS: When I first tested code scanning apps for iPhone in 2012 I found that the quality of the apps varied greatly from one publisher to another and that was the major reason for making 2 URL codes, one less dense than the other. The best app I found for Android is Barcode Scanner which will scan bar codes or QR Codes. In either case, you should only need to download the app once like any other app for the most part. GPS coords to my office in the QR Code below, or attached (depending on your email client I guess). ==================================================== Support Request http://portal.support.appstate.edu ==================================================== Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Operations & Systems Analyst P O Box 32026 University Library Boone, North Carolina 28608 (828) 262 6587 Library Systems http://www.library.appstate.edu ==================================================== Confidentiality Notice: This communication constitutes an electronic communication within the meaning of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 2510, and its disclosure is strictly limited to the recipient intended by the sender of this message. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please contact this office immediately by return e-mail or at 828-262-6587, and destroy the original transmission and its attachment(s), if any, if you are not the intended recipient. On Feb 5, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Julian Prentice wrote: > You could also set up a simple experiment by providing a URL shortened URL and a QR code and track which one gets more clicks. Most URL shorteners have built in analytics (bit.ly, goo.gl for sure do) and just have the QR code map to an analytics URL with a campaign code. > > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Cabus, Michael wrote: > Hi > > I want to emphasize that I do think QR codes could be relevant, but you have to be thoughtful regarding their use?which in most cases I?ve seen, companies are not thoughtful. > > > > It seems to me that QR codes work best when there is some kind of reward or coupon being offered?it is incentive to use them. Users might be disappointed if the QR code takes them to your mobile web site?and the frequency with which this happens is part of the reason people are not excited about QR codes?they are not sure the effort will be worth it. Now, if I am told, scan this QR code to get a list of our newest ebooks with direct access, yeah, I might be tempted..but I am quite capable of doing a Google search for your library name and getting to the web site on my own, if I need to. > > > > This is because QR codes take extra effort for users of iPhones at least?you have to download a QR code reader app. > > > > Many think things like augmented reality are the ?future?..but, in general, QR codes remind me of a couple of years ago (maybe still), where companies were convinced they need an app. I know someone who is a designer that works with a lot of pharmaceutical companies, and he told me they all thought they needed an app for every drug they produced?in some cases (like diabetes medications), it made sense (reminders about dosages, when to take the medication, etc)?but allergy medicine, it didn?t?people simply do not need or want to download an app that tells them about side-effects?they want to hear this information once and to go on taking their medication. > > > > And I think that is relevant to QR codes?sometimes people just want to know something once, sometimes it is just easy for them to look it up themselves when they need to know it. > > > > I am not being negative about QR codes, just our tendency to implement technologies without an overall strategic plan. > > > > Michael Cabus > > > > Systems Librarian, Paul J. Gutman Library > > Philadelphia University > > Phone. 215.951.5365 > > > > > > > > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 11:36 AM > > > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Take the survey of library use of QR Codes and Receive a Free Copy of the Report > > > > If your URL is 300 characters long, or, like me, easily mixed up, you might consider using a URL shortener, be it a service (bit.ly, etc.) or something in-house. This is aside from the QR code question. > > > > Cary > > > > On Feb 4, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Thomas Dowling wrote: > > > > > "Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter?" > > What if your URL is 300 characters long or easily mixed up? What if your data isn't a URL, but a calendar event, a map location, or credentials for your library's wifi network? How many users have to find it useful before it matters? > > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: > > Can we just stop pretending that QR codes matter? If you need to give someone a URL, type out the URL. If you need to give someone on-the-spot instructions, make a poster, or put a note on a book blank. It's so much more likely that people will read a sign. > > > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, James Moses wrote: > > Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying library use of QR codes. The international study is open to public, academic and special libraries of all nations. The study is only open to libraries that have already used QR codes, even if in a very minimal way. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below: > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LibraryUseofQR-Codes > > James Moses, Research Director > Primary Research Group Inc. > 2753 Broadway #156 > NY NY 10025 > primarydat at gmail.com > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-04 > > > > > -- > Thomas Dowling > Director of Technologies, Z. 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Some french examples : * http://catalogue.iptheologie.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=&q=hugo&limit= * http://catalogue.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-combined-search.pl?q=hugo&searchOn=on * http://catalogue.bulac.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=hugo&advsearch=0 HTH -- Paul POULAIN - Associ?-g?rant Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08 http://www.biblibre.com Logiciels Libres pour les biblioth?ques et les centres de documentation ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-06 From darby.lists at GMAIL.COM Thu Feb 6 08:46:58 2014 From: darby.lists at GMAIL.COM (Andrew Darby) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 08:46:58 -0500 Subject: Information Systems Coordinator at the University of Miami Libraries Message-ID: (Apologies if you see this more than once . . .) The University of Miami Libraries seeks nominations and applications for a creative, innovative professional to serve as the Information Systems Coordinator. Under the direction of the Director for Library Information Management and Systems, the Information Systems Coordinator provides creative leadership, management, and support for core library information systems and applications at the University of Miami Libraries to provide library access and discovery services. Core library systems currently include but are not limited to the Integrated Library System Innovative), Inter-library loan/document delivery (ILLiad ), electronic course & audio reserves (Ares / Variations), special collections management (Aeon), electronic resource access & discovery (360Core/Link, Summon). Join an expanding technology team in a library system engaged in an exciting period of growth and innovation under new library leadership. See the University of Miami Libraries website for full position description: http://library.miami.edu/employment-information-systems-coordinator/ MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - Master's degree from an ALA accredited program, Information Science, Information Technology, or related field. - Two years working experience with an integrated library system, preferably Innovative Interfaces, Inc., in a medium to large research library or similar organization. - Experience developing and/or supporting library solutions for library workflow processes (digital publishing, document delivery, cataloging, interlibrary loan, etc.) and an understanding of the application of technology to scholarship and teaching. - Experience developing and administering web-based solutions using CSS, HTML, XML and related technologies. - Understanding of the MARC record; familiarity with metadata standards and formats for library systems such as Dublin Core, METS, EAD, and/or MODS preferred. - Working knowledge of server operating systems, preferably UNIX and/or Linux. - Demonstrated success in project management, including ability to manage multiple priorities. - Proven ability to work collaboratively with both technical and library staff with widely-varied skill sets and technical knowledge. - Strong organizational and analytical skills; demonstrated initiative - Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, and demonstrated service commitment to library users. - Strong aptitude for acquiring new skills relevant to library systems. PREFERRED - Experience with scripting and/or programming languages such as Perl, JavaScript, and/or SQL. - Experience with the implementation of a discovery system and integration of third-party applications into library systems. - Knowledge of user authentication/authorization protocols, including CAS, Shibboleth, and LDAP. - Experience supervising and mentoring staff. - Experience with assessment of technology services. SALARY AND BENEFITS: Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. This is a non-tenure track faculty appointment at the Librarian Assistant/Associate Professor rank. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package including: TIAA-CREF; medical and dental insurance; life, disability, and long-term care insurance available; tuition remission; 13 paid holidays; and 22 days annual vacation. Additional employment benefits available include credit union; Employee Assistance Program; bookstore, and sporting event discounts; optional fee-based membership in a state-of-the-art wellness center, and no state or local income taxes. More information on benefits can be found at: http://www.miami.edu/benefits/pdf/bensum-faculty06.pdf. APPLICATIONS AND NOMINATIONS: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applications and nominations will be accepted until a suitable candidate is selected. Applications should be submitted electronically and must include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae and the names of three references. The references will not be contacted before the appropriate time. Send nominations and applications to: Human Resources Manager Otto G. Richter Library University of Miami P.O. Box 248214 Coral Gables, FL 33124-0320 e-mail: richter.recruiting at miami.edu The University of Miami is one of the nation's leading research universities in a community of extraordinary diversity and international vitality. The University is privately supported, non-sectarian institution, located in Coral Gables, Florida, on a 260-acre subtropical campus. The University of Miami Libraries (www.library.miami.edu) rank among the top 50 research libraries in North America with a collection of over 3 million volumes and 92,958 current serials titles, including 90,550 electronic journals. The Otto G. Richter Library lies in the center of the Coral Gables campus and serves as the central library for the University. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. The University has a strong commitment to diversity and encourages applications from candidates of diverse cultural backgrounds. -- Andrew Darby Head, Web & Emerging Technologies University of Miami Libraries ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amyvecchione at BOISESTATE.EDU Thu Feb 6 11:02:50 2014 From: amyvecchione at BOISESTATE.EDU (Amy Vecchione) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 09:02:50 -0700 Subject: Handheld Librarian Conference: Registration is Open! Message-ID: *Join us for another great online conference! HHLib9 isFebruary 26th and 27th!* Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . *[image: HHLib9 Header Image]* Registration is Open On February 26th and 27th, 2014, join us for the 9th Handheld Librarian Online Conference (HHLib9) where librarians on the leading edge of our profession share their latest ideas, tools, and strategies. *HHLib9: Encouraging Innovation and Technology*, the top online tech conference for librarians, will feature inspiration and how to's. Take part in sessions that share the wide range of insights and experiences that come with implementing technologies and programs to meet the needs of library users. Drink up the inspiration and information on Wednesday, February 26th and Thursday, February 27th, 2014. In addition to a featured keynote presentation on *meaningful gamification* by *Scott Nicholson* of *Syracuse University's School of Information Studies* and the *Because Play Matters Game Lab,* the HHLib9 conference will offer presentations on the following range of topics: - Try Before You Buy: Beta Technology in Public Libraries - Using Augmented Reality in Information Retrieval - Social Georeferencing - A Model for Libraries - Creating An Infographic Contest at Your Library - Put a Badge on it! Badging and Professional Development We look forward to your participation. *Register * today! 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The TCDL 2014 planning committee welcomes proposals for participation at TCDL 2014, which will take place April 28-29 in Austin, TX. The conference covers topics relevant to the creation, promotion and preservation of research, scholarship and cultural heritage digital materials. This year's conference theme, Engaging Outliers: Context, Collections & Community, will explore the full range of projects, workflows, use cases and ideas-in-the-making related to digital library work with a special emphasis on those projects that lie outside of the ordinary. The conference will address such questions as: How are you using digital collections or materials in ways that are outside of their original context? What are you doing that no one else is doing? What would you like seen done that no one else is doing? Possible topics could include the following: * Transformative ventures beyond library contexts * Use and adaptation of systems in ways not originally intended * Innovative processes that are changing established library workflows * Use and reuse of digital materials in novel ways * Unique collections * Gaps in collecting areas or formats * Demographics not represented in typical digital library projects * Anticipating emerging needs for potential communities Proposals on other topics of interest to a digital libraries audience are welcome. TCDL 2014 has multiple avenues for participation, including individual presentations, panel sessions, posters, workshops and tutorials, "birds of a feather" sessions, and - new for 2014 - a 24x7 lightning round format. All completed presentations will be published on the conference website, and each presenters will have the option to submit a short paper to accompany the published presentation slides. Submission Guidelines Proposals will be accepted in the following categories. Please follow the links for more detailed information about proposal requirements. * Presentations: General presentations on practical work, theoretical or speculative issues, or on-going or completed research. * Panels: Panel sessions should address a single topic from multiple perspectives and should engage the audience for a full 80-minute session. * 24x7 Presentations (24 slides in 7 minutes): 7-minute presentations comprising no more than 24 slides. * Posters: Posters will be featured at the conference reception and through a "Minute Madness" session, during which presenters will give a 60-second summary of each poster. * Workshops, Tutorials & Demos, Birds of a Feather Sessions: These sessions will take place on April 29th in the afternoon. Proposals of no more than 500 words can be submitted through the "Proposal Submission" link on the conference website. Key Dates * November 14: Call for Proposals * January 31: Deadline for proposals for Workshops, Tutorials & Demos, and Birds of a Feather Sessions * February 7 February 14: Deadline for all other Proposal Submissions * March 14: Notification of Acceptance * April 1: Early Bird Conference Registration Deadline (REGISTER HERE) * June 2: Deadline for OPTIONAL papers (Presenters and panelists will have the option to produce a short paper to accompany their published presentations. The paper is not a requirement for participation. Papers will be published on the conference website under Presentations, along with the presentation slides.) Note: No individual shall participate as a speaker in more than one presentation/panel session; however, presenters and panel speakers are welcome to participate in the poster sessions. Also note: Accepted presenters, including co-presenters, panelists, and poster presenters, must register for the conference and pay applicable registration fees. Submission Instructions Proposals should be submitted through the "Proposal Submission" link on the conference website. Detailed instructions can be found in the Call for Proposals on the conference website. Need help? If you have questions about using the online submission system, please contact support at tdl.org. ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbrynnan at GMAIL.COM Thu Feb 6 12:27:02 2014 From: mbrynnan at GMAIL.COM (Morgan Brynnan) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 09:27:02 -0800 Subject: Amazon Affiliate Program Message-ID: Hi - I was looking into this for our local PTA. Unfortunately, the Amazon Affiliate program is not open to non-profits, so I imagine a college or public library couldn't participate-maybe a special or corporate library could, though. There is another program they offer for non-profits called Amazon Smiles if you google it. Best, Morgan Brynnan Butte College Library From: Graham, Stephen [mailto:s.graham4 at HERTS.AC.UK] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 5:32 AM Subject: Amazon Affiliate Program Hi All - just wondering if there are any academic libraries out there who are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program? If so, what does it actually entail, and was there any local opposition to becoming a member? We are looking at services which provide content enrichment such as books cover, ToCs, Description etc for our OPAC, and saw that that the Amazon Product Advertising API can be used for this? It seems to use this API, you need to become an Affiliate member. Any thoughts on this? Links to OPACs that use Amazon in this way? 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Is anyone using any type of software. There appears to be several vendors which businesses use but I was wondering if any libraries are using. We are using III's Decision Center which works with checkouts but we would like to go beyond this to track events, displays, etc. Thank you. Lauren Stokes, Virtual Library Manager Las Vegas-Clark County Library District 7060 W. Windmill Ln. Las Vegas, NV 89113 702.507.6302 eBooks & eAudio available at http://ebooks.lvccld.org eRead Me Vegas at http://www.readmevegas.blogspot.com/ Free Music every week to keep! At http://www.freegalmusic.com/users/idlogin ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jankelley at NEWHOPE.EDU Thu Feb 6 14:57:09 2014 From: jankelley at NEWHOPE.EDU (Jan Kelley) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 11:57:09 -0800 Subject: Amazon Affiliate Program In-Reply-To: <008201cf2360$a68cc670$f3a65350$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Our school is a non-profit and we have an affiliate account. We used it to implement a "virtual bookstore" for a couple of years after we closed our on-campus bookstore. I was not the one who set up the account so I can't speak to the details. Perhaps Amazon has changed the criteria? Jan Kelley Library Director Flint Memorial Library New Hope Christian College From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Morgan Brynnan Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:27 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Amazon Affiliate Program Hi - I was looking into this for our local PTA. Unfortunately, the Amazon Affiliate program is not open to non-profits, so I imagine a college or public library couldn't participate-maybe a special or corporate library could, though. There is another program they offer for non-profits called Amazon Smiles if you google it. Best, Morgan Brynnan Butte College Library From: Graham, Stephen [mailto:s.graham4 at HERTS.AC.UK] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 5:32 AM Subject: Amazon Affiliate Program Hi All - just wondering if there are any academic libraries out there who are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program? If so, what does it actually entail, and was there any local opposition to becoming a member? We are looking at services which provide content enrichment such as books cover, ToCs, Description etc for our OPAC, and saw that that the Amazon Product Advertising API can be used for this? It seems to use this API, you need to become an Affiliate member. Any thoughts on this? Links to OPACs that use Amazon in this way? 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We were originally told that this indicated a problem with the patron's record, but we've had a lot of reports of it from people with no problems or blocks on their records. Oddly, we're NOT getting the 502 Proxy error these days, which I was pretty sure meant our proxy server was getting overloaded, so now I'm wondering if the 403 error has replaced it? Somehow? But when we got the 502 error, it usually went away if you used a different browser, and the 403 error does not. I'm trying to troubleshoot what could be going on without any actual access to our proxy server. So I was just wondering if anyone else using WAM (or any other?) proxy server has run into this and what you did about it. (I am the person who posted not so long ago about WAM and was strongly encouraged by this list to move to EZProxy, which we are in the process of doing, by the way, and this should be completed within the next month.) Thanks, Amy Amy Fry Electronic Resources Coordinator Jerome Library Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 419.372.2690 afry at bgsu.edu personal.bgsu.edu/~afry -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of WEB4LIB automatic digest system Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:01 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: WEB4LIB Digest - 16 Oct 2013 to 17 Oct 2013 (#2013-238) There are 4 messages totaling 960 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. take pressure off proxy server? (2) 2. Job: Library Web Manager at Brown University Library 3. Repost:: Survey > Quality and Pedagogical Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) Use in Higher Education ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-10-17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:44:23 -0400 From: Thomas Bennett Subject: Re: take pressure off proxy server? Don't know if you are doing this already but if you filter your clients before they have to use WAM can take some load off. Before we moved to Drupal we were using Zope in which once you get to subject or title page a call would be made as such Where the return value of ip_add_flag(), a python script returning 1 or 0, would set the http environment variable 'hostname' and let this code (opens in a new window) display proxy url to off campus or non proxy url if on campus, and urls are all in a database The script simply used the split function which is also in Perl and probably Ruby or any other language and check the first 2 octets of the ip address, we owned the entire range and that is what really makes it work. (split on the period in the ip address and check [0] and [1] elements of the array that split returns. Not having as much experience in php we now have all our database links using the proxy url but the same solution should be able to use in Drupal using php or an external script call. Recently the local Google Search Appliance (on campus Google indexing server/spider) brought down our WAM proxy server by too many proxy links being checked at a time, guess it was a threaded process. So still having the old server running because some services still are not duplicated on Drupal, we still had a database page where we could at least give on campus users access to some of our databases. Since moving to the Drupal site the old server had not been updated to which databases we had access to but most of them we still had licensed. I'll be happy to share any scripting or answer any questions if anyone is interested. Tom ==================================================== Support Request http://portal.support.appstate.edu ==================================================== Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Operations & Systems Analyst P O Box 32026 University Library Boone, North Carolina 28608 (828) 262 6587 Library Systems http://www.library.appstate.edu ==================================================== Confidentiality Notice: This communication constitutes an electronic communication within the meaning of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 2510, and its disclosure is strictly limited to the recipient intended by the sender of this message. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please contact this office immediately by return e-mail or at 828-262-6587, and destroy the original transmission and its attachment(s), if any, if you are not the intended recipient. On Oct 16, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Amy Lynn Fry wrote: > Hi! > > I am brand new to Web4Lib. > > We currently use WAM proxy. Every semester, during our busiest times, our proxy server tends to get overloaded, and, as a result, people cannot access resources. They either don?t load, or users get a 402 or a 403 error. > > Is there a way we could set up our resources to take pressure off our > proxy server? (without having two links in every record) > > We are investigating moving to EZProxy, and I?m really, really hoping we will do that next year, but I?d like to be able to offer our patrons a more reliable experience using our resources NOW. Can anyone help me? > > Thanks, > Amy > > Amy Fry > Electronic Resources Coordinator > Bowling Green State University > Jerome Library > Bowling Green, OH 43403 > 419.372.2690 > afry at bgsu.edu > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-10-16 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-10-17 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:55:40 -0400 From: "Ashton, Andrew" Subject: Job: Library Web Manager at Brown University Library Brown University Library seeks a Library Web Manager to oversee and manage content and software tools to support the Library?s web presence. The Library Web Manager will coordinate with stakeholders across the Library to administer the Library?s content management system and ensure consistency and accuracy of information on the Library?s public websites, intranet, and social media. S/he will work to improve the integration of the Library?s web-based discovery systems, and assist in the assessment, testing and implementation of new or improved services. Responsibilities: ? Provide oversight and guidance for the creation, organization and maintenance of content for the Library?s public websites and intranet ? Coordinate with content owners to ensure that the Library?s web presence is relevant, accurate, up-to-date, user-centered and accessible ? Collaborate in the design, implementation, and management of a Drupal content management system (CMS) for the Libraries, including responsibility for configuration and user support ? Develop and recommend policies, workflows, and content authoring guidelines for Web content development, implementation, and maintenance ? Conduct training in creating web content using the CMS ? Working with a library-wide advisory groups, assist in the development of effective and intuitive interfaces for the discovery of library content by ensuring the effective presentation of search options, metadata, and related resources ? Field questions and identify solutions to improve access and retrieval of library resources via the web ? Regularly assess and promote awareness of new and existing services, such as Summon, VuFind, etc. ? Participate in the design, implementation and analysis of user research/usability studies ? Conduct regular analytics to identify opportunities for improvement Qualifications: Required: ? Bachelor?s Degree ? Demonstrated content management and web publishing experience ? 3-4 years of related professional experience ? Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. ? Excellent written and oral communication skills ? Ability to think creatively ? Demonstrated experience working with content management systems (e.g. Drupal, Wordpress) and information technologies relevant to web site design and maintenance (e.g. HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP) ? Strong understanding of usability, usability testing, and information architecture concepts ? Experience with web analytics analysis ? Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills Desired: ? Master's degree in Library or Information Science, Computer Science, or equivalent. ? Experience developing and managing Drupal-based web sites ? Supervisory experience leading a team To apply for this position (Job #B01524), please visit Brown?s Online Employment website (https://careers.brown.edu), complete an application online, attach documents, and submit for immediate consideration. Documents should include cover letter, resume, and the names and e-mail addresses of three references. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer -- Andrew Ashton Associate University Librarian for Digital Technologies Brown University Library ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-10-17 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:21:03 -0700 From: Cary Gordon Subject: Re: take pressure off proxy server? The answer is that you should move to EZProxy sooner than later. WAM, like Squid and other similar solutions, is resource intensive. EZProxy is not. It is easy to setup and configure, and it is supported by a great community (and, of course, OCLC). It was very inexpensive when we worked with it, and I don't think that it is very expensive now. I believe it is likely that doing the move now would take less resources than trying to fix your WAM issue. Thanks, Cary Amy Lynn Fry wrote: > From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on > behalf of Amy Lynn Fry [afry at BGSU.EDU] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:31 AM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] take pressure off proxy server? > > Hi! > > I am brand new to Web4Lib. > > We currently use WAM proxy. Every semester, during our busiest times, our proxy server tends to get overloaded, and, as a result, people cannot access resources. They either don?t load, or users get a 402 or a 403 error. > > Is there a way we could set up our resources to take pressure off our > proxy server? (without having two links in every record) > > We are investigating moving to EZProxy, and I?m really, really hoping we will do that next year, but I?d like to be able to offer our patrons a more reliable experience using our resources NOW. Can anyone help me? > > Thanks, > Amy > > Amy Fry > Electronic Resources Coordinator > Bowling Green State University > Jerome Library > Bowling Green, OH 43403 > 419.372.2690 > afry at bgsu.edu > > ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > 2013-10-16 > ============================ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-10-17 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:55:30 +0000 From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" Subject: Repost:: Survey > Quality and Pedagogical Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) Use in Higher Education *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ FYI /Gerry Dear OER Experts or University Educators, The researchers are conducting an online survey to develop and validate a set of quality and pedagogical guidelines which individual educators in higher education can apply in selecting and utilizing freely available OER for their teaching. OER can be full courses, textbooks, course materials, video/audio lectures, tests, and any other materials or tools used to support teaching and learning. We are asking for your help in validating the quality/pedagogical guidelines for OER by completing an online survey. This survey should take about 10 minutes. This survey has 4 sections: * Section 1, Your Background, consists of 4 questions. * Section 2, Quality Standards, consists of rating the importance of the 18 Quality Standards. * Section 3, Pedagogical Guidelines, consists of rating the usefulness of the 10 Pedagogical Strategies. * Section 4, Additional Comments, consists of an optional opportunity to provide additional comments or suggestions. Your responses will be added together with other experts and educators involved in developing and/or using OER in selected universities in various regions . Your participation in this study is voluntary and you may stop at any time. Your participation in this survey will remain confidential. The survey does not require any personal information that would identify who is making the responses. While there are no foreseeable risks to you as a participant in this survey, your participation will contribute significantly to creating Quality Standards and Pedagogical Guidelines for OER useful for effective university teaching. We shall be pleased to share results of this survey with you upon request. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact any of the researchers below. If you?ve read our explanation above and agree to participate in this survey, please click the ?Continue to Survey? button below. If not, please exit this page. Findings of the survey will be first shared on a website (http://web.icu.ac.jp/IERS) and later published in an open journal which is under a Creative Commons license. Thank you for your contribution to the development of the quality standards / pedagogical guidelines for OER use in higher education. Sincerely, Researchers Insung Jung (isjung at icu.ac.jp) and Teruyoshi Sasaki (sasaki at icu.ac.jp) Professors of Education, International Christian University 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8585, Japan Tel: 81-422-33-3125/3123 Source and Link Available At http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2013/10/survey-quality-and-pedagogical.html Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 "It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours." http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-10-17 ------------------------------ End of WEB4LIB Digest - 16 Oct 2013 to 17 Oct 2013 (#2013-238) ************************************************************** ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-06 From academichussy at GMAIL.COM Thu Feb 6 15:54:36 2014 From: academichussy at GMAIL.COM (Lisa Rabey) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 15:54:36 -0500 Subject: wam proxy and 403 errors? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Amy: Is this all for the same databases or just specific ones? Can they access any other of your electronic materials via WAM or is it just affecting the databases? Are you getting the same error in all browsers or just one type of browser? Has your IP allocation from your college changed? Has the databases address or ips changed? Have you gone through and created a new listing in WAM to see if that one is corrupted? Has someone updated or changed the patron codes and you did not update the WAM table? :) -Lisa Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Amy Lynn Fry wrote: > Lately we've been getting a lot of patrons reporting getting "403 forbidden" errors when using our proxy server (WAM). > > We were originally told that this indicated a problem with the patron's record, but we've had a lot of reports of it from people with no problems or blocks on their records. > > Oddly, we're NOT getting the 502 Proxy error these days, which I was pretty sure meant our proxy server was getting overloaded, so now I'm wondering if the 403 error has replaced it? Somehow? But when we got the 502 error, it usually went away if you used a different browser, and the 403 error does not. > > I'm trying to troubleshoot what could be going on without any actual access to our proxy server. So I was just wondering if anyone else using WAM (or any other?) proxy server has run into this and what you did about it. > > (I am the person who posted not so long ago about WAM and was strongly encouraged by this list to move to EZProxy, which we are in the process of doing, by the way, and this should be completed within the next month.) > > Thanks, > Amy > > Amy Fry > Electronic Resources Coordinator > Jerome Library > Bowling Green State University > Bowling Green, OH 43403 > 419.372.2690 > afry at bgsu.edu > personal.bgsu.edu/~afry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of WEB4LIB automatic digest system > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:01 PM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: WEB4LIB Digest - 16 Oct 2013 to 17 Oct 2013 (#2013-238) > > There are 4 messages totaling 960 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. take pressure off proxy server? (2) > 2. Job: Library Web Manager at Brown University Library > 3. Repost:: Survey > Quality and Pedagogical Guidelines for Open Educational > Resources (OER) Use in Higher Education > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-10-17 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:44:23 -0400 > From: Thomas Bennett > Subject: Re: take pressure off proxy server? > > Don't know if you are doing this already but if you filter your clients before they have to use WAM can take some load off. > > Before we moved to Drupal we were using Zope in which once you get to subject or title page a call would be made as such > > > > Where the return value of ip_add_flag(), a python script returning 1 or 0, would set the http environment variable 'hostname' and let this code > > > > > (opens in a new window) > > > display proxy url to off campus or non proxy url if on campus, and urls are all in a database > > The script simply used the split function which is also in Perl and probably Ruby or any other language and check the first 2 octets of the ip address, we owned the entire range and that is what really makes it work. (split on the period in the ip address and check [0] and [1] elements of the array that split returns. > > Not having as much experience in php we now have all our database links using the proxy url but the same solution should be able to use in Drupal using php or an external script call. > > Recently the local Google Search Appliance (on campus Google indexing server/spider) brought down our WAM proxy server by too many proxy links being checked at a time, guess it was a threaded process. So still having the old server running because some services still are not duplicated on Drupal, we still had a database page where we could at least give on campus users access to some of our databases. Since moving to the Drupal site the old server had not been updated to which databases we had access to but most of them we still had licensed. > > > I'll be happy to share any scripting or answer any questions if anyone is interested. > > Tom > > ==================================================== > Support Request http://portal.support.appstate.edu > ==================================================== > Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University > Operations & Systems Analyst P O Box 32026 > University Library Boone, North Carolina 28608 > (828) 262 6587 > Library Systems http://www.library.appstate.edu > ==================================================== > > Confidentiality Notice: > This communication constitutes an electronic communication within the meaning of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 2510, and its disclosure is strictly limited to the recipient intended by the sender of this message. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please contact this office immediately by return e-mail or at 828-262-6587, and destroy the original transmission and its attachment(s), if any, if you are not the intended recipient. > > On Oct 16, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Amy Lynn Fry wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I am brand new to Web4Lib. >> >> We currently use WAM proxy. Every semester, during our busiest times, our proxy server tends to get overloaded, and, as a result, people cannot access resources. They either don't load, or users get a 402 or a 403 error. >> >> Is there a way we could set up our resources to take pressure off our >> proxy server? (without having two links in every record) >> >> We are investigating moving to EZProxy, and I'm really, really hoping we will do that next year, but I'd like to be able to offer our patrons a more reliable experience using our resources NOW. Can anyone help me? >> >> Thanks, >> Amy >> >> Amy Fry >> Electronic Resources Coordinator >> Bowling Green State University >> Jerome Library >> Bowling Green, OH 43403 >> 419.372.2690 >> afry at bgsu.edu >> >> ============================ >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2013-10-16 >> > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-10-17 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:55:40 -0400 > From: "Ashton, Andrew" > Subject: Job: Library Web Manager at Brown University Library > > Brown University Library seeks a Library Web Manager to oversee and manage content and software tools to support the Library's web presence. The Library Web Manager will coordinate with stakeholders across the Library to administer the Library's content management system and ensure consistency and accuracy of information on the Library's public websites, intranet, and social media. S/he will work to improve the integration of the Library's web-based discovery systems, and assist in the assessment, testing and implementation of new or improved services. > > Responsibilities: > * Provide oversight and guidance for the creation, organization and maintenance of content for the Library's public websites and intranet * Coordinate with content owners to ensure that the Library's web presence is relevant, accurate, up-to-date, user-centered and accessible * Collaborate in the design, implementation, and management of a Drupal content management system (CMS) for the Libraries, including responsibility for configuration and user support * Develop and recommend policies, workflows, and content authoring guidelines for Web content development, implementation, and maintenance * Conduct training in creating web content using the CMS * Working with a library-wide advisory groups, assist in the development of effective and intuitive interfaces for the discovery of library content by ensuring the effective presentation of search options, metadata, and related resources * Field questions and identify solutions to improve access and retrieval of l! > ibrary resources via the web * Regularly assess and promote awareness of new and existing services, such as Summon, VuFind, etc. > * Participate in the design, implementation and analysis of user research/usability studies * Conduct regular analytics to identify opportunities for improvement > > Qualifications: > Required: > * Bachelor's Degree > * Demonstrated content management and web publishing experience * 3-4 years of related professional experience * Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. > * Excellent written and oral communication skills * Ability to think creatively * Demonstrated experience working with content management systems (e.g. > Drupal, Wordpress) and information technologies relevant to web site design and maintenance (e.g. HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP) * Strong understanding of usability, usability testing, and information architecture concepts * Experience with web analytics analysis * Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills > > Desired: > * Master's degree in Library or Information Science, Computer Science, or equivalent. > * Experience developing and managing Drupal-based web sites * Supervisory experience leading a team > > To apply for this position (Job #B01524), please visit Brown's Online Employment website (https://careers.brown.edu), complete an application online, attach documents, and submit for immediate consideration. Documents should include cover letter, resume, and the names and e-mail addresses of three references. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. > > Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer > > -- > Andrew Ashton > Associate University Librarian for Digital Technologies Brown University Library > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-10-17 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:21:03 -0700 > From: Cary Gordon > Subject: Re: take pressure off proxy server? > > The answer is that you should move to EZProxy sooner than later. WAM, like Squid and other similar solutions, is resource intensive. EZProxy is not. It is easy to setup and configure, and it is supported by a great community (and, of course, OCLC). It was very inexpensive when we worked with it, and I don't think that it is very expensive now. > > I believe it is likely that doing the move now would take less resources than trying to fix your WAM issue. > > Thanks, > > Cary > > Amy Lynn Fry wrote: > >> From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on >> behalf of Amy Lynn Fry [afry at BGSU.EDU] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:31 AM >> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: [WEB4LIB] take pressure off proxy server? >> >> Hi! >> >> I am brand new to Web4Lib. >> >> We currently use WAM proxy. Every semester, during our busiest times, our proxy server tends to get overloaded, and, as a result, people cannot access resources. They either don't load, or users get a 402 or a 403 error. >> >> Is there a way we could set up our resources to take pressure off our >> proxy server? (without having two links in every record) >> >> We are investigating moving to EZProxy, and I'm really, really hoping we will do that next year, but I'd like to be able to offer our patrons a more reliable experience using our resources NOW. Can anyone help me? >> >> Thanks, >> Amy >> >> Amy Fry >> Electronic Resources Coordinator >> Bowling Green State University >> Jerome Library >> Bowling Green, OH 43403 >> 419.372.2690 >> afry at bgsu.edu >> >> ============================ >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> 2013-10-16 >> ============================ > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-10-17 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:55:30 +0000 > From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" > Subject: Repost:: Survey > Quality and Pedagogical Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) Use in Higher Education > > *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** > > Colleagues/ > > FYI > > /Gerry > > Dear OER Experts or University Educators, > > The researchers are conducting an online survey to develop and validate a set of quality and pedagogical guidelines which individual educators in higher education can apply in selecting and utilizing freely available OER for their teaching. OER can be full courses, textbooks, course materials, video/audio lectures, tests, and any other materials or tools used to support teaching and learning. > > We are asking for your help in validating the quality/pedagogical guidelines for OER by completing an online survey. This survey should take about 10 minutes. > > This survey has 4 sections: > > > * Section 1, Your Background, consists of 4 questions. > * Section 2, Quality Standards, consists of rating the importance of the 18 Quality Standards. > * Section 3, Pedagogical Guidelines, consists of rating the usefulness of the 10 Pedagogical Strategies. > * Section 4, Additional Comments, consists of an optional opportunity to provide additional comments or suggestions. > > Your responses will be added together with other experts and educators involved in developing and/or using OER in selected universities in various regions . Your participation in this study is voluntary and you may stop at any time. Your participation in this survey will remain confidential. The survey does not require any personal information that would identify who is making the responses. While there are no foreseeable risks to you as a participant in this survey, your participation will contribute significantly to creating Quality Standards and Pedagogical Guidelines for OER useful for effective university teaching. We shall be pleased to share results of this survey with you upon request. > > If you have any questions about the survey, please contact any of the researchers below. > > If you've read our explanation above and agree to participate in this survey, please click the "Continue to Survey" button below. If not, please exit this page. > > Findings of the survey will be first shared on a website (http://web.icu.ac.jp/IERS) and later published in an open journal which is under a Creative Commons license. > > Thank you for your contribution to the development of the quality standards / pedagogical guidelines for OER use in higher education. > > Sincerely, > > Researchers > Insung Jung (isjung at icu.ac.jp) and Teruyoshi Sasaki (sasaki at icu.ac.jp) Professors of Education, International Christian University > 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8585, Japan > Tel: 81-422-33-3125/3123 > > Source and Link Available At > > http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2013/10/survey-quality-and-pedagogical.html > > Gerry McKiernan > Associate Professor > and > Science and Technology Librarian > Iowa State University > 152 Parks Library > Ames IA 50011 > > "It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours." > > http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2013-10-17 > > ------------------------------ > > End of WEB4LIB Digest - 16 Oct 2013 to 17 Oct 2013 (#2013-238) > ************************************************************** > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-06 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-06 From randtke at GMAIL.COM Thu Feb 6 16:16:29 2014 From: randtke at GMAIL.COM (Wilhelmina Randtke) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 15:16:29 -0600 Subject: Amazon Affiliate Program In-Reply-To: Message-ID: In general, Amazon Affiliate links are driving traffic off your library website to Amazon with no benefit to the library other than any payments of money. If this is not about providing a better service to patrons, it's probably not a good idea. Pulling cover images or reviews or something useful to a patron has a benefit. They can see more info about the book and decide whether or not to read it. Putting a link to get that book from someone other than the library seems to go against the concept of getting books from the library. Library or Amazon? Library points at Amazon and shrugs. Not professional. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Feb 5, 2014 7:34 AM, "Graham, Stephen" wrote: > Hi All - just wondering if there are any academic libraries out there who > are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program? If so, what does it actually > entail, and was there any local opposition to becoming a member? We are > looking at services which provide content enrichment such as books cover, > ToCs, Description etc for our OPAC, and saw that that the Amazon Product > Advertising API can be used for this? It seems to use this API, you need to > become an Affiliate member. Any thoughts on this? Links to OPACs that use > Amazon in this way? > > > > Cheers, Stephen > > > > Stephen Graham > > Online Information Manager > > Information Collections and Services > > University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. AL10 9AB > > Tel. 01707 286111 > > Email s.graham4 at herts.ac.uk > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-05 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The SHARE notification system is consistent with higher education?s ongoing mission to encourage community-driven solutions that increase public access to research and maximize knowledge creation. Funding agencies, sponsored research offices at universities, institutional and disciplinary repositories, and other interested parties have found it difficult to keep abreast of the release of publications, datasets, and other results of scholarly research. Across the disciplines, principal investigators and other scholars do not have any single, structured way to report on these releases in a timely and comprehensive manner. The SHARE Notification System is a higher education?based initiative to strengthen efforts to identify, discover, and track research outputs. Source and Relevant Links Available Via: [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2014/02/share-notification-system-project-plan.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-07 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This picture might give a better idea of what we mean by semantically structured annotations: the ability for users to create knowledge graphs where web content fragments, concepts and entities are meaningfully connected. Technically, such a knowledge graph is represented using the Resource Description Framework (RDF), the main building block of the so called Semantic Web. [snip] Pundit enables users to create semantically structured data annotating the web. Annotations are organised in notebooks which can be shared with others to create collaborative structured knowledge. They can be simple comments, semantic links to the Web of Data or fine granular cross-references and citations done between entire pages, paragraphs or any other user-defined granularity, including custom drawn shapes over images. The created data can be exploited to build custom rich visualizations, by querying the server's open API. > Quick Start Guide To Pundit [snip] > Introductory Videos Pundit in a Nutshell [Video] [snip] Pundit Screencast [snip] Source and Links to Demos Available Via: [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2014/02/pundit-semantically-structured.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-07 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This paper reflects on the process and on our experiences in using OpenSim as a platform to support learning and the eventual move to Unity3D. Individuals requiring real-time captioning or other accommodations should contact?Dr. Sue Alman?as soon as possible. Biography: Dr. Bryan Carter Dr. Bryan Carter specializes in African American literature of the 20th Century with a primary focus on the Harlem Renaissance and a secondary emphasis on digital culture. He has published numerous articles on his doctoral project, Virtual Harlem, and has presented it at locations around the world. His research focuses on advanced visualization and how sustained and varied digital communication affects student retention and engagement in literature courses taught both online and face-to-face. Dr. Carter began teaching classes that met totally in Second Life in 2005 where his students have participated in role play, developed content, and have collaborated with students from around the world. Virtual Center for Archives and Records Administration (VCARA), SLIS Island, Second Life Contact Dr. Pat Franks at?patricia.franks at sjsu.edu?or Lori Bell at?lbell927 at yahoo.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Sat Feb 8 18:24:19 2014 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 23:24:19 +0000 Subject: ALCTS Webinar Series: Libraries and MOOCs > February 20014 > June 2014 In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6D9142@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Library Interest in MOOCs is Alive ... /Gerry Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are sweeping the country and libraries and librarians are watching this development carefully. This series of four webinars will help librarians gain an understanding of the complexity of the MOOC movement, learn how to support students and faculty engaged with MOOCs, become familiar with the copyright and intellectual property requirements in relation to MOOCs, and hear what the future may hold for MOOCs. * February 26, 2014. Dorothy Pawlowski will discuss opportunities for public libraries to promote lifelong learning by becoming meet-up destinations for MOOCs. * March 26, 2014. Curtis L. Kendrick and Irene Gashurov will look at how librarians can shape the conversation about changes created by MOOCs. * May 21, 2014. Rebecca Griffith will look at new research on opportunities and challenges associated with using third-party MOOCs in campus-based services. * June 4, 2014. Sarah Bardac will look at the roles, opportunities, and pitfalls of MOOCs. [snip] Who Should Attend? Librarians, library administrators, and library educators interested in supporting and enhancing libraries? preparation of and participation in MOOCs. Presenters * Dorothy Pawlowski is Adult Services Librarian at the Ridgefield (Connecticut) Library * Curtis L. Kendrick is University Dean for Libraries and Information Resources, and Irene Gashurov is communications writer for the Office of Library Services, City University of New York (CUNY). * Rebecca Griffith leads the program in Online Learning for Ithaka S+R. * Sarah Bordac is the Head of Instructional Design at Brown University Dates & Time (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) (ET) Sessions will be held on Wednesdays: February 26, 2014 March 26, 2014 May 21, 2014 June 4, 2014 Source, Fees, and Registration Links Available At: [ http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2014/02/alcts-webinar-series-libraries-and-moocs.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats -- ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Academic libraries must respond to this increasing focus on educating for sustainability and go beyond greening libraries to become active partners in advancing education and research for sustainability. This edited collection captures the current status and future direction of libraries? commitment to advance the focus of educating for sustainability. It is designed as a toolkit offering a wide range of best practices, case studies, and activities ready for implementation within academic libraries. Source and Link Available At: [ http://thegreenlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/focus-on-educating-for-sustainability.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From l.alvare at CGIAR.ORG Mon Feb 10 08:35:37 2014 From: l.alvare at CGIAR.ORG (Alvare, Luz Marina (IFPRI)) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:35:37 +0000 Subject: CIAT seeking for a Data and Information Manager Message-ID: The International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT, located in Colombia is seeking for a "Data and Information Manager". The data and information manager will lead and coordinate functions related to internal and external data and Information management at CIAT in collaboration with CGIAR research programs. This person will provide leadership in the implementation of CIAT's data management strategy and CGIAR's open access policy at the center level as well as in the development and implementation of an information management strategy. The selected candidate will be responsible for harmonizing, improving, and developing the Center's data and information management activities. She/he is also expected to design, oversee, and contribute to new information management and sharing initiatives and platforms at CIAT. See the whole description at http://ciat.cgiar.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jobs_data_information_manager.pdf Luz Marina Alvar? | Head, Knowledge Management | International Food Policy Research Institute | www.ifpri.org 2033 K Street N.W., Washington DC 20006| Tel: +1 202 862 5614 | Fax: +1 202 467 4439 Email: l.alvare at cgiar.org | Skype: lmalvare or ifprihomeoffice ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This paper reflects on the process and on our experiences in using OpenSim as a platform to support learning and the eventual move to Unity3D. Individuals requiring real-time captioning or other accommodations should contact?Dr. Sue Alman?as soon as possible. Biography: Dr. Bryan Carter Dr. Bryan Carter specializes in African American literature of the 20th Century with a primary focus on the Harlem Renaissance and a secondary emphasis on digital culture. He has published numerous articles on his doctoral project, Virtual Harlem, and has presented it at locations around the world. His research focuses on advanced visualization and how sustained and varied digital communication affects student retention and engagement in literature courses taught both online and face-to-face. Dr. Carter began teaching classes that met totally in Second Life in 2005 where his students have participated in role play, developed content, and have collaborated with students from around the world. Virtual Center for Archives and Records Administration (VCARA), SLIS Island, Second Life Contact Dr. Pat Franks at?patricia.franks at sjsu.edu?or Lori Bell at?lbell927 at yahoo.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From varnum at UMICH.EDU Mon Feb 10 15:38:04 2014 From: varnum at UMICH.EDU (Ken Varnum) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:38:04 -0500 Subject: Reminder -- Deadline for Proposals for LITA 2014 is February 24! Message-ID: *Apologies for cross-postingLITA 2014Transformation: From Node to NetworkNovember 5-8, 2014Albuquerque, New MexicoDue date for proposals: February 24, 2014Submit your proposal at http://bit.ly/2014forum The 2014 LITA National Forum Committee seeks proposals for excellent pre-conferences, concurrent sessions, and poster sessions for the 17th annual LITA National Forum to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 5-8, 2014.The 2014 theme, Transformation: From Node to Network, reflects the ongoing evolution of libraries from being seen as largely standalone institutions focused on their own locale to being integrated into and within their communities -- whether on a local, regional, national, or global level, or on all four.The Forum Committee welcomes pre-conferences, presentations, and interactive programs related to all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate. Proposals could relate to any of the following themes: - Cooperation & collaboration- Scalability of library services and tools- Researcher information networks- Practical applications of linked data sets- Large- and small-scale resource sharing- User experience & users- Information commons- "Big Data" -- work in discovery, preservation, or documentation- Anything else that relates to the conference themeProposals may cover projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. We accept proposals on any aspect of library and information technology, even if not narrowly covered by the above list. The committee particularly invites submissions from first time presenters, library school students, and individuals from diverse backgrounds.Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries. Presentations that incorporate audience participation are encouraged. Sessions can be full-day pre-conferences, concurrent sessions (50 minutes), or poster sessions. The format of the presentations may include single- or multi-speaker formats, panel discussions, moderated discussions, case studies and/or demonstrations of projects.Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library representative who is testing/using the product.Presenters will submit draft presentation slides and/or handouts on ALA Connect in advance of the Forum and will submit final presentation slides or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web site following the event. Presenters are expected to register and participate in the Forum as attendees; discounted registration will be offered. --Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arborvarnum 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/ 2014-02-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kathleen.Smith at SJVLS.ORG Mon Feb 10 15:56:47 2014 From: Kathleen.Smith at SJVLS.ORG (Smith, Kathleen) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:56:47 +0000 Subject: Any Californians going to Computers in Libraries conf? Message-ID: Anyone going to the 2014 Computers in Libraries conference in Wash DC in April? If I can find some other CA librarians going, Califa is willing to sign up as an organization offering the group discount: 1st pays $499, 2nd+ pays $299. Just wondering before I register all by myself. Thanks. Kathleen Smith, Associate Systems Librarian San Joaquin Valley Library System 2420 Mariposa Street, Fresno, CA 93721 kathleen.smith at sjvls.org 559-600-6256 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-10 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From newcomern at UMKC.EDU Tue Feb 11 11:58:43 2014 From: newcomern at UMKC.EDU (Newcomer, Nara L.) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:58:43 +0000 Subject: New article on discovery tool evaluation Message-ID: If you need to evaluate a discovery tool, allow me to recommend Rebecca Belford's just-published article "Evaluating Library Discovery Tools Through a Music Lens" Library Resources & Technical Service, V. 58, no. 1 (2014), p. 49-72. Available here, http://alcts.metapress.com/content/h608575u926r6886/ and soon in various aggregator databases. Don't be put off by "music" in the title - the paper provides a practical method anyone can use to put a discovery tool through the paces. It is full of examples of what to test, specific searches to use, how to interpret the results, and why. Appendix A is a checklist of what to search and Appendix B systematically provides actual sample searches. It is an excellent companion to the Music Discovery Requirements http://committees.musiclibraryassoc.org/ETSC/MDR (Of which, full disclaimer, I was the lead author and Rebecca Belford was a co-author.) The Music Discovery Requirements outlines discovery needs for music materials. Rebecca's article details how to evaluate an existing discovery tool's performance. The abstract: "This paper outlines how to use specialized cataloging to evaluate discovery tools for library collections. An awareness of the capability offered by bibliographic records and data for specialized materials enables libraries to conduct their own evaluation of a discovery tool's functionality for complex materials. Bibliographic records for materials such as music are excellent for putting a discovery tool through rigorous testing. This paper may be used to facilitate evaluation of discovery tools by those without music cataloging expertise, and it provides a ready supply of examples to quickly identify complex search strategies." -Nara Nara Newcomer Head of Music/Media Library | Adjunct Associate Professor, Conservatory of Music and Dance University of Missouri-Kansas City | G03C Miller Nichols Library 800 E. 51st St. | Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 p: 816-235-1679 | f: 816-333-5584 https://www.facebook.com/groups/umkcmusicmedialibrary/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbiquez at ICSMX.COM Wed Feb 12 09:10:43 2014 From: jbiquez at ICSMX.COM (Jorge Biquez) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:10:43 -0600 Subject: Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? Message-ID: Hello all. I hope the following questions do not sound so stupid. I do not know what could be the best answer. Finally we move to Wordpress. It is working fine we have some ideas to implement in the future and we are studying for doing our own plugins, following the advice on previous conversation here . We would like to be indexed and listed on search engines of course with this new version. Our old version of website was good indexed and we received good traffic in it. Asking a couple of expert companies in SEO they gave us different advice but we are not sure what would be the best. 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. 2) Start from a fresh and clean structure. Deleting all the old web pages (they were static ones) . That way the index will be done only in new pages only. It will create lot of "not found" errors but that will be the best even when traffic will be almost zero at the beginning. 3) Leave old pages without redirection and only with a legend that there is a new version and that users should go to new page. I am specially curious since it is a good exercise to learn more about how search engines will do with our new web pages. Yes, I know there are tons of new web pages added daily and that now it is more difficult to gain position on search engines that's why I decided to ask for you advice. If You have done something simila. To move from static simple html web pages to a dynamic system like Wordpress or similar. What did you do with the old version? Any other SEO tips to consider (free or not so expensive) to gain position in search engines with the new website. Of course assuming you have tags and all recommend stuff in the new site? Thanks in advance for the time and comments. Jorge Biquez ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 From wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG Wed Feb 12 09:16:30 2014 From: wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG (Wesley Johnson) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:16:30 -0600 Subject: Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? In-Reply-To: <201402121410.s1CEAt82009702@mail-mx3-prod-v.cc.nd.edu> Message-ID: One thing you'll want to do is always link related older blog entries in new posts. For instance, if you're writing up a yearly program, include the phrase "In last year's Program X..." and link it to the entry for the previous year's. Google sees this as a general link and not you linking back to your own site; this improves your importance ranking to the search engine. The value of doing this increases as your site's popularity increases. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jorge Biquez Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:11 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? Importance: High Hello all. I hope the following questions do not sound so stupid. I do not know what could be the best answer. Finally we move to Wordpress. It is working fine we have some ideas to implement in the future and we are studying for doing our own plugins, following the advice on previous conversation here . We would like to be indexed and listed on search engines of course with this new version. Our old version of website was good indexed and we received good traffic in it. Asking a couple of expert companies in SEO they gave us different advice but we are not sure what would be the best. 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. 2) Start from a fresh and clean structure. Deleting all the old web pages (they were static ones) . That way the index will be done only in new pages only. It will create lot of "not found" errors but that will be the best even when traffic will be almost zero at the beginning. 3) Leave old pages without redirection and only with a legend that there is a new version and that users should go to new page. I am specially curious since it is a good exercise to learn more about how search engines will do with our new web pages. Yes, I know there are tons of new web pages added daily and that now it is more difficult to gain position on search engines that's why I decided to ask for you advice. If You have done something simila. To move from static simple html web pages to a dynamic system like Wordpress or similar. What did you do with the old version? Any other SEO tips to consider (free or not so expensive) to gain position in search engines with the new website. Of course assuming you have tags and all recommend stuff in the new site? Thanks in advance for the time and comments. Jorge Biquez ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 From julianyoko at GMAIL.COM Wed Feb 12 10:21:23 2014 From: julianyoko at GMAIL.COM (Julian Prentice) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:21:23 -0800 Subject: Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? In-Reply-To: <942EBB7F9576624AA3F165C60455290F04057DFCD59E@mailboxstore03.Alphatek.loc> Message-ID: Here's an article on moving your site from the Webmaster Help Center . Might want to check out Webmaster Tools and some basic SEO guidelines . Hope that helps! On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:16 AM, Wesley Johnson wrote: > One thing you'll want to do is always link related older blog entries in > new posts. For instance, if you're writing up a yearly program, include the > phrase "In last year's Program X..." and link it to the entry for the > previous year's. Google sees this as a general link and not you linking > back to your own site; this improves your importance ranking to the search > engine. The value of doing this increases as your site's popularity > increases. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jorge Biquez > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:11 AM > To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? > Importance: High > > Hello all. > > I hope the following questions do not sound so stupid. I do not know what > could be the best answer. > > Finally we move to Wordpress. It is working fine we have some ideas to > implement in the future and we are studying for doing our own plugins, > following the advice on previous conversation here . > > We would like to be indexed and listed on search engines of course with > this new version. Our old version of website was good indexed and we > received good traffic in it. > > Asking a couple of expert companies in SEO they gave us different advice > but we are not sure what would be the best. > > 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling > there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That > way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. > > 2) Start from a fresh and clean structure. Deleting all the old web pages > (they were static ones) . That way the index will be done only in new pages > only. It will create lot of "not found" errors but that will be the best > even when traffic will be almost zero at the beginning. > > 3) Leave old pages without redirection and only with a legend that there > is a new version and that users should go to new page. > > I am specially curious since it is a good exercise to learn more about how > search engines will do with our new web pages. Yes, I know there are tons > of new web pages added daily and that now it is more difficult to gain > position on search engines that's why I decided to ask for you advice. > > If You have done something simila. To move from static simple html web > pages to a dynamic system like Wordpress or similar. What did you do with > the old version? > > Any other SEO tips to consider (free or not so expensive) to gain position > in search engines with the new website. Of course assuming you have tags > and all recommend stuff in the new site? > > Thanks in advance for the time and comments. > > Jorge Biquez > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-12 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-12 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG Wed Feb 12 10:32:53 2014 From: wjohnson at DCPLIBRARY.ORG (Wesley Johnson) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:32:53 -0600 Subject: Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I totally misunderstood your first email. Apologies; these things often happen to me in the morning. From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Julian Prentice Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:21 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? Here's an article on moving your site from the Webmaster Help Center. Might want to check out Webmaster Tools and some basic SEO guidelines. Hope that helps! On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:16 AM, Wesley Johnson > wrote: One thing you'll want to do is always link related older blog entries in new posts. For instance, if you're writing up a yearly program, include the phrase "In last year's Program X..." and link it to the entry for the previous year's. Google sees this as a general link and not you linking back to your own site; this improves your importance ranking to the search engine. The value of doing this increases as your site's popularity increases. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jorge Biquez Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:11 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? Importance: High Hello all. I hope the following questions do not sound so stupid. I do not know what could be the best answer. Finally we move to Wordpress. It is working fine we have some ideas to implement in the future and we are studying for doing our own plugins, following the advice on previous conversation here . We would like to be indexed and listed on search engines of course with this new version. Our old version of website was good indexed and we received good traffic in it. Asking a couple of expert companies in SEO they gave us different advice but we are not sure what would be the best. 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. 2) Start from a fresh and clean structure. Deleting all the old web pages (they were static ones) . That way the index will be done only in new pages only. It will create lot of "not found" errors but that will be the best even when traffic will be almost zero at the beginning. 3) Leave old pages without redirection and only with a legend that there is a new version and that users should go to new page. I am specially curious since it is a good exercise to learn more about how search engines will do with our new web pages. Yes, I know there are tons of new web pages added daily and that now it is more difficult to gain position on search engines that's why I decided to ask for you advice. If You have done something simila. To move from static simple html web pages to a dynamic system like Wordpress or similar. What did you do with the old version? Any other SEO tips to consider (free or not so expensive) to gain position in search engines with the new website. Of course assuming you have tags and all recommend stuff in the new site? Thanks in advance for the time and comments. Jorge Biquez ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From academichussy at GMAIL.COM Wed Feb 12 11:01:28 2014 From: academichussy at GMAIL.COM (Lisa Rabey) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:01:28 -0500 Subject: Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? In-Reply-To: <201402121410.s1CEAt82009702@mail-mx3-prod-v.cc.nd.edu> Message-ID: Jorge, I am not expert, but as someone who has moved sites around and curious about SEO process, I have done a lot of digging. As you have come across, there seems to be discrepancies on what one should be doing vs what one is doing. Here is what I do. Hope this helps: 1. I installed following WordPress plugins: All In One SEO Pack, Google XML Sitemaps, Broken Link Checker, and Redirection on all of my sites. 2. Pages that need/were moved were moved and redirects were set up via Redirection so those coming to the site via old bookmarks were going to the correct page and not the old page. This also helped with indexing with Google. 3. The two above also helped correct broken links internally as stuff continued to get shifted and make sure everything is going to the right place. If you're planning on using content from the old static site in the new site, your first option listed is going to be frowned upon. My understanding is that it is similar to bombing a crawler because of the indexing of duplicate content, even if it is just one or two pages, so I would be leery on doing this. I would also be leery of doing option 3 because this is not 1998 anymore -- plugins such as Redirection move people to the correct paths while keeping your content intact. I would suggest migrating your information from the static site over to the new site, create Redirection links from old to new, and make sure to use SEO guidelines and fill in All In One SEO Pack as much as humanly possible. Broken Link Checker can let you fix links on the fly that are broken and also you can do it in batches. I also found verifying your domain at various social networks (Pinterest, Google+, etc) will help in traffic and Page Ranking. Best, Lisa Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Jorge Biquez wrote: > Hello all. > > I hope the following questions do not sound so stupid. I do not know what > could be the best answer. > > Finally we move to Wordpress. It is working fine we have some ideas to > implement in the future and we are studying for doing our own plugins, > following the advice on previous conversation here . > > We would like to be indexed and listed on search engines of course with this > new version. Our old version of website was good indexed and we received > good traffic in it. > > Asking a couple of expert companies in SEO they gave us different advice > but we are not sure what would be the best. > > 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling > there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That > way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. > > 2) Start from a fresh and clean structure. Deleting all the old web pages > (they were static ones) . That way the index will be done only in new pages > only. It will create lot of "not found" errors but that will be the best > even when traffic will be almost zero at the beginning. > > 3) Leave old pages without redirection and only with a legend that there is > a new version and that users should go to new page. > > I am specially curious since it is a good exercise to learn more about how > search engines will do with our new web pages. Yes, I know there are tons of > new web pages added daily and that now it is more difficult to gain position > on search engines that's why I decided to ask for you advice. > > If You have done something simila. To move from static simple html web pages > to a dynamic system like Wordpress or similar. What did you do with the old > version? > > Any other SEO tips to consider (free or not so expensive) to gain position > in search engines with the new website. Of course assuming you have tags and > all recommend stuff in the new site? > > Thanks in advance for the time and comments. > > Jorge Biquez > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Wed Feb 12 14:14:12 2014 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:14:12 +0000 Subject: EMOOCs 2014: European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit > Proceedings > Research Track In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6DD34C@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Table of Contents > Understanding Persistence in MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses): Descriptive & Experimental Evidence 5 Rachel Baker, Brent Evans, Erica Greenberg and Thomas Dee > Analysing student participation in Foreign Language MOOCs: a case study 11 Elena B?rcena, Timothy Read, Elena Mart?n-Monje & M? Dolores Castrillo > Signals of Success and Self-directed Learning 18 Penny Bentley, Helen Crump, Paige Cuffe, Iwona Gniadek, Briar Jamieson, Sheila MacNeill and Yishay Mor > Analyzing completion rates in the First French xMOOC 26 Matthieu Cisel > Challenges for conceptualising EU MOOC for vulnerable learner groups 33 Inge de Waard, Michael Sean Gallagher, Ronda Zelezny-Green, Laura Czerniewicz, Stephen Downes, Agnes Kukulska-Hulme and Julie Willems > Scaffolding Self-learning in MOOCs 43 Israel Guti?rrez-Rojas, Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Mar P?rez-Sanagust?n, Derick Leony, Carlos Delgado-Kloos > Towards an Outcome-based Discovery and Filtering of MOOCs using moocrank 50 Israel Guti?rrez-Rojas, Derick Leony, Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Mar P?rez-Sanagust?n and Carlos Delgado-Kloos > Dropout Prediction in MOOCs using Learner Activity Features 58 Sherif Halawa, Daniel Greene and John Mitchell > Self-Regulated Learning in MOOCs: Do Open Badges and Certificates of Attendance Motivate Learners to Invest More? 66 Simone Haug, Katrin Wodzicki, Ulrike Cress and Johannes Moskaliuk > Extending the MOOCversity A Multi-layered and Diversified Lens for MOOC Research 73 Tanja Jadin and Martina Gaisch > Encouraging Forum Participation in Online Courses with Collectivist, Individualist and Neutral Motivational Framings 80 Ren? F. Kizilcec, Emily Schneider, Geoffrey L. Cohen and Daniel A. McFarland > MOOC Learning in Spontaneous Study Groups: Does Synchronously Watching Videos Make a Difference? 88 Nan Li, Himanshu Verma, Afroditi Skevi, Guillaume Zufferey and Pierre Dillenbourg > Dropout: MOOC Participants? Perspective 95 Tharindu Rekha Liyanagunawardena, Patrick Parslow and Shirley Ann Williams > Reflections on Enrollment Numbers and Success Rates at the openHPI MOOC Platform 101 Christoph Meinel, Christian Willems, Jan Renz and Thomas Staubitz > The SIRET Training Platform: Facing the Dropout Phenomenon of MOOC Environments 107 Sergio Miranda, Giuseppina Rita Mangione, Francesco Orciuoli, Vincenzo Loia and Saverio Salerno > MOOCs in fragile contexts 114 Barbara Moser-Mercer > Cultural Translation in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) 122 Bernard Nkuyubwatsi > A typology and dimensions of a description framework for MOOCs 130 Marilyne Rosselle*, Pierre-Andr? Caron**, Jean Heutte** > Characterizing video use in the catalogue of MITx MOOCs 140 Daniel T. Seaton, Sergiy Nesterko, Tommy Mullaney, Justin Reich, Andrew Ho and Isaac Chuang > How Students Learn using MOOCs: An Eye-tracking Insight 147 Kshitij Sharma, Patrick Jermann and Pierre Dillenbourg > A Platform that Integrates Quizzes into Videos 155 Robin Woll1, Sven Buschbeck2, Tino Steffens1, Pascal Berrang1, J?rn Loviscach3 > Designing Video for Massive Open Online-Education: Conceptual Challenges from a Learner-Centered Perspective 160 Carmen Zahn, Karsten Krauskopf, Jonas Kiener and Friedrich W. Hesse > Reviewers of Research Track 168 Source and Links to Full Text Available Via: http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2014/02/emoocs-2014-european-moocs-stakeholders.html /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From varnum at UMICH.EDU Wed Feb 12 14:24:55 2014 From: varnum at UMICH.EDU (Ken Varnum) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:24:55 -0500 Subject: WorldCat Registry Message-ID: As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's WorldCat Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've assiduously maintained data points like our campus IP addresses over the years. Yet I've not come across a library vendor (database, full-text, etc.) who actually makes use of it to maintain on-campus IP ranges for our institution. It seems a promising and useful tool that has largely gone ignored. Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? Anyone out there have vendors that use the Registry as the source of campus IP data for access? -- 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/ 2014-02-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The other resource that I thought used to make use of the OpenURL matching in the WorldCat Registry is eric.ed.gov, but I'm not seeing where it is used in there now. --Sue Dentinger On 2/12/2014 1:24 PM, Ken Varnum wrote: > As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's WorldCat > Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've assiduously > maintained data points like our campus IP addresses over the years. Yet I've > not come across a library vendor (database, full-text, etc.) who actually > makes use of it to maintain on-campus IP ranges for our institution. It > seems a promising and useful tool that has largely gone ignored. > > Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? 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Apply online at http://www.macewan.ca/wcm/Administrative/HumanResources/Careers/HR_JOB_LISTING?jobId=13&list=Academic Discovery Services Librarian Library Reporting to the Chair of Access and Discovery Services, the full-time continuing Discovery Services Librarian will be responsible for contributing to the Library's mission of delivering a seamless, user-focused, online experience. The successful candidate will apply his or her knowledge and experience with discovery tools, metadata, and library technologies to improve library users? access to our collections, resources and services. The Discovery Services Librarian will work in collaboration with her/his colleagues to develop, implement and assess policies, practices and technologies designed to enhance information discovery and sharing. Working on a wide variety of projects, many of which will be collaborative in scope, the successful candidate will seek ways to improve, extend, and integrate the Libraries? various search tools and online environments. The Discovery Services Librarian will also provide expertise to library staff dedicated to acquisitions, public services, the library website, institutional repository and archives. As a member of the Access and Discovery Unit, the individual will actively participate in the ongoing planning and delivery of contemporary and leading edge academic services. Key responsibilities include: ? Lead the development of strategies to improve access to library collections, resources, and services ? Work with library staff and users to design, develop, and implement solutions that integrate existing library discovery tools with new technologies and approaches (such as APIs and contextual metadata) to create a seamless discovery experience ? Monitor industry trends and best practices related to information access and discovery and recommend improvements to existing tools and workflows as appropriate. ? Participate in customization and integration of resources and services within the Library's discovery platform (EDS). ? Proactively identify service or resource gaps in the online environment and recommend strategies for enhancing/extending access. ? Maintain currency with metadata standards and practices related to information discovery. ? Contribute to the development of policies and strategies for data management, preservation and curation. ? Collaborate with team members to ensure shared scope, objectives, deliverables and schedule. Other responsibilities include: ? Participate in the provision of online and in-person reference services including IM, chat, email and in-person research consultation. ? Maintain an awareness of best practices in academic librarianship through ongoing engagement with scholarly and professional literature, and participation in relevant conferences, workshops, and professional development programs. ? Represent the Library in professional activities within the University as well as at the regional, national and international level. ? Participate in assessment of services as related to the Access and Discovery unit. ? Serve as liaison to one or more academic programs, including responsibility for provision of information literacy instruction, collection management activities and engagement with faculty, staff and students. Qualifications ? ALA accredited MLIS degree ? 3-5 years of relevant professional experience, preferably in an academic environment ? Experience with search and discovery tools (EDS, Summon, Primo, Worldcat Local) ? Demonstrated use of web-based programming languages and development tools ? Experience with the Drupal content management system is preferred ? Ability to identify trends and develop effective strategies to enhance access and discovery ? Knowledge of link resolvers, proxy servers and e-resource management tools ? Experience with non-marc metadata schemas, standards, and best-practices ? Demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with faculty, students and staff ? Excellent communication skills ? Self directed, flexible and results driven with a demonstrated ability to initiate, collaborate and deliver results ? Ability to work in a collegial, creative and highly productive environment with a preference for a team based collaborative approach ? Project management experience Grant MacEwan University, located in Edmonton, Alberta is a rapidly growing post-secondary institution with over 13,800 FTE students. The University offers a wide array of educational opportunities and credentials on its four campuses, including seven bachelor degrees, applied degrees, diplomas and certificates programs. The four campus MacEwan Libraries embrace a progressive, student centered vision with a focus on innovative service strategies including the development of a Library Commons services, re-visioning of information literacy delivery models, and embracing integrated, seamless online access to Library services and resources. The Discovery Services Librarian will play an integral role in the Library?s Virtual Services Integration Project (VSIP) - a comprehensive, two-year project intended to completely transform the Library?s online presence and access to electronic resources and services. Librarians are members of the MacEwan University Faculty Association. The University has a generous benefits package including 44 vacation days per year for faculty members. This position is included under the Faculty Association Collective Agreement. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Category Full-Time Continuing Salary Commensurate with education and experience Closing Date Monday, March 3, 2014 Competition No. 13.11.123 - REPOST - This is a re-posted position. Applicants who have already applied need not reapply. Sonya Betz, MA, MLIS Web and User Experience Librarian MacEwan University Rm 7-203, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 Tel: 780.497.5251 betzs3 at macewan.ca ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We will also discuss the best ways to make sure your library?s homepage fits onto phones of any size, and look into practical solutions for creating both web apps and native iPhone / Android apps. Course Objectives ?Understand the difference between mobile apps and native apps and the importance they play in libraries ?Recognize the best mobile services for your library and budget ?Develop a plan of action for training staff and patrons to use new services ?Hear from other librarians about what they have already implemented into their library with regard to mobile services ?Discuss current trends in technology and how they might change what libraries offer in the future Scott La Counte is the head librarian for the Southern California Institute of Technology. Scott holds a BA in Comparative Religion and English Literature from Cal State Fullerton, and an MLIS from San Jose State University. He has given presentations on mobile application development at several different conferences, and is the author of Going Mobile: Developing Apps for Your Library Using Basic HTML Programming (ALA Editions Special Reports, 2011), Build Your Own App for Fun and Profit (Huron Street Press, 2012), and Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian (Da Capo Press, 2008). Course Structure This is an online class that is taught asynchronously, meaning that participants do the work on their own time as their schedules allow. The class does not meet together at any particular times, although the instructor may set up optional sychronous chat sessions. Instruction includes readings and assignments in one-week segments. Class participation is in an online forum environment. Source and Registration Link Available Via: [ http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2014/02/bringing-library-services-to-mobile.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jill.emery at GMAIL.COM Wed Feb 12 17:44:43 2014 From: jill.emery at GMAIL.COM (Jill Emery) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:44:43 -0800 Subject: ER&L 2014 Workshops Message-ID: E-Resources and Libraries 9th Annual Conference is taking place next month in Austin, TX and online March 16 ? 19, 2014. You don?t need to attend ER&L to take a ? day course in Austin. Learn a new skill and a fresh perspective on your work with aworkshop. Learn how to assess the accessibility and usability of e-resource interfaces at Influencing and Improving Products: Structured Interface Reviews. Learn the basics of programming (skills we need in order to improve the way work gets done in our libraries) at Outsourcing Library Work to Your Computer with Python basics and Rails Workshop using the RailsBridge Curriculum, co-hosted with the LTG Summit. Learn how to be more comfortable at a negotiation table or in communicating your ideas at work with improv training (run by an improv troupe) at Improv in the workplace? Improve in the Workplace. Learn best practices in project management at Introduction to Project Management for Libraries. Learn how to manage, preserve and make accessible our library?s data at Electronic Resources & Data Management: A Love Story. Learn how to empower yourself and your organization by understanding what it takes to cultivate resilience at Forever Changes: cultivating resilience in times of change, challenge, uncertainty - and opportunity. Learn the best crowd-sourced workflows for managing e-resources at Developing workflow from TERMS: Techniques for Electronic Resource Management View the complete 1/2 day workshops course list and descriptions:http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/workshops ER&L 2014 KEY DATES Feb 20 | Regular Registration Closes Mar 7-11 | SXSW Interactive Mar 16-19 | ER&L 2014 in Austin, Texas or Online March 18 | ER&L UX Day (Learn more:http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/erlplus/uxday) March 19 | ER&L Workshops Mar 20-21 | LTG Summit (Learn more: http://www.ltgsummit.org/) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Any fee-based services tend to do their own and not rely on it. --Sue Dentinger On 2/13/2014 5:31 AM, Aaron Tay wrote: > > Could be wrong but I think some reference managers like Mendeley use such > information to suggest appropriate link resolver settjngs ? > > Sincerely, > > Aaron Tay > E-Service Facilitator > Senior Librarian, National University of Singapore (NUS) Libraries > > Twitter : https://twitter.com/aarontay > Blog : http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com > LinkedIn : http://sg.LinkedIn.com/in/aarontay/ > > On Feb 13, 2014 3:24 AM, Ken Varnum wrote: > > As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's WorldCat > Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've assiduously > maintained data points like our campus IP addresses over the years. Yet > I've not come across a library vendor (database, full-text, etc.) who > actually makes use of it to maintain on-campus IP ranges for our > institution. It seems a promising and useful tool that has largely gone > ignored. > > Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? Anyone out > there have vendors that use the Registry as the source of campus IP data > for access? > > -- > 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/ > > 2014-02-12 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-13 > -- Sue Dentinger Library Technology Group Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries 608-263-3250 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-13 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The extension searches the Library, State catalogs, and WorldCat to see if the same book found at Amazon is available in our resource pool. Library does not get any monetary gain, but our patrons save money, thus this benefits users. http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/app/OwensLinky/index.htm Sarah From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilhelmina Randtke Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 3:16 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Amazon Affiliate Program In general, Amazon Affiliate links are driving traffic off your library website to Amazon with no benefit to the library other than any payments of money. If this is not about providing a better service to patrons, it's probably not a good idea. Pulling cover images or reviews or something useful to a patron has a benefit. They can see more info about the book and decide whether or not to read it. Putting a link to get that book from someone other than the library seems to go against the concept of getting books from the library. Library or Amazon? Library points at Amazon and shrugs. Not professional. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Feb 5, 2014 7:34 AM, "Graham, Stephen" > wrote: Hi All - just wondering if there are any academic libraries out there who are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program? If so, what does it actually entail, and was there any local opposition to becoming a member? We are looking at services which provide content enrichment such as books cover, ToCs, Description etc for our OPAC, and saw that that the Amazon Product Advertising API can be used for this? It seems to use this API, you need to become an Affiliate member. Any thoughts on this? Links to OPACs that use Amazon in this way? Cheers, Stephen Stephen Graham Online Information Manager Information Collections and Services University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. 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Hi Chris, You've 2 options : * use a pdf to epub website, that you can easily find with google * install calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/), it contains file converters. -- Paul POULAIN - Associ?-g?rant Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08 http://www.biblibre.com Logiciels Libres pour les biblioth?ques et les centres de documentation ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-13 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Thu Feb 13 11:18:09 2014 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:18:09 +0000 Subject: PressForward > Discovering Scholarship on the Open Web: Communities and Methods Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO: Outstanding !!! /Gerry Joan Fragaszy Troyano, Project Director / Jeri Wieringa, Research Assistant / Last Updated: April 2013 Online publications that aggregate content from a wide variety of sources have become increasingly valuable to readers and publishers. The academy, however, is still unsure how to efficiently identify, collect, survey, evaluate, and redistribute the valuable scholarly writing published both formally and informally on the open web. Fortunately, some scholarly communities are developing methods to draw attention to upcoming work in their fields. This report outlines the current state of the aggregation, curation, evaluation, and distribution of scholarship on the open web. We describe the primary types of websites where open collections of scholarly work can be found, specifically repositories, aggregators, curated content, and forums for post-publication review. We suggest an eight-point rubric for analyzing similar sources of web-published scholarship. Finally, we offer an annotated bibliography of outlets for scholarly communication on the open web. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Aggregating and Curating Scholarly Content on the Web Repositories > Collections of Aggregated Content > Curated Content > Post-publication Review and Community Discussion 3. Conclusion: Moving toward a Rubric > Rubric for Scholarly Communication Outlets on the Open Web 4. Appendices > Appendix A: Sites Reviewed > Appendix B: Tools And Services Examined > Appendix C: Scholarly Communication Projects on the Open Web !!! Thanks to Michelle Mikkesen !!! Source and Full Text Available Via: [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2014/02/discovering-scholarship-on-open-web.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Libraries and publishers are among those leading the charge with projects and initiatives aimed at making information and resources more widely available in the greater web of data. This virtual conference will look at the challenges and opportunities available through the Semantic Web, highlighting applications, projects, and initiatives that are changing the way libraries and publishers structure their metadata and improve the accessibility of their content. TOPICS AND SPEAKERS . Keynote Address - Ramanathan V. Guha, Google Fellow; Founder of Schema.org . The W3C Semantic Web Initiative - Ralph Swick, Domain Lead of the Information and Knowledge Domain at W3C . Semantic Web Applications in Libraries: The Road to BIBFRAME - Kevin Ford, Network Development & MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress . The Social Data Graph: The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) Project - Henry Story, Chief Technical Officer & Co-founder at Stample . Sharing Information on the Semantic Web: The Need for a Global License Repository - Pierre-Paul Lemyre, Director of Business Development, Lexum . Semantic Web Applications in Publishing - Bob Du Charme, Director of Digital Media Solutions, TopQuadrant . Conference Roundtable: Services that Build on Others Semantic Web Data REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 4:00 pm Eastern on February 18, 2014 (the day before the virtual conference). Discounts are available for NISO members and students. All virtual conference registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year. Can't make it on the day of the virtual conference? All registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year. Take advantage of the Virtual Conference subscription package for all six of the 2014 Virtual Conferences and save 33%. (NISO members can save 50%.) Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/virtual/semantic/ Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peter.murray at LYRASIS.ORG Thu Feb 13 19:29:00 2014 From: peter.murray at LYRASIS.ORG (Peter Murray) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:29:00 +0000 Subject: WorldCat Registry In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Not a vendor or a campus user, but I?ve long thought that the WorldCat institution registry was a hidden gem of OCLC?s public services to the library community. As far as I can recall the origins, it lists /all/ libraries whether they are members of OCLC or not (using data complied from various national sources). It seems like a shame that the whole issue of campus IP address maintenance can?t simply be swept up into machine-to-machine API calls by content publishers to the institution registry. We?ve talked within LYRASIS about using the registry for various projects that ultimately didn?t come to fruition, and I had discussions years ago with folks within OCLC about using the registry for the purpose of simplifying IP address range maintenance, and they seemed quite interested in the use of the registry for that purpose. Peter On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Ken Varnum > wrote: As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's WorldCat Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've assiduously maintained data points like our campus IP addresses over the years. Yet I've not come across a library vendor (database, full-text, etc.) who actually makes use of it to maintain on-campus IP ranges for our institution. It seems a promising and useful tool that has largely gone ignored. Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? Anyone out there have vendors that use the Registry as the source of campus IP data for access? -- 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/ 2014-02-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karcher at U.NORTHWESTERN.EDU Thu Feb 13 23:27:32 2014 From: karcher at U.NORTHWESTERN.EDU (Sebastian Karcher) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:27:32 -0500 Subject: WorldCat Registry Message-ID: > Could be wrong but I think some reference managers like Mendeley use such information to suggest appropriate link resolver settjngs ? That's correct. Zotero uses the OCLC registry for the "search for resolver" function to set up library look-up (in the advanced tab of the preferences). Mendely also uses the registry to suggest libraries when you click on "Choose library from List" under Sharing/Importing in the Account Settings on the webpage. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-13 From varnum at UMICH.EDU Fri Feb 14 09:58:21 2014 From: varnum at UMICH.EDU (Ken Varnum) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:58:21 -0500 Subject: WorldCat Registry In-Reply-To: <1053DCF4-E2DB-443E-8556-CB7D4C7E5277@lyrasis.org> Message-ID: We're facing the need to communicate a significant change to our on-campus IP ranges to thousands of vendors. It's not going to be pretty. While I know this round of changes are going to be manual, I'd love to see vendors take up the OCLC Registry as their preferred (or even optional) source of data. So -- do other libraries have the same pain point and need? Ken -- 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 Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Peter Murray wrote: > Not a vendor or a campus user, but I've long thought that the WorldCat > institution registry was a hidden gem of OCLC's public services to the > library community. As far as I can recall the origins, it lists /all/ > libraries whether they are members of OCLC or not (using data complied from > various national sources). It seems like a shame that the whole issue of > campus IP address maintenance can't simply be swept up into > machine-to-machine API calls by content publishers to the institution > registry. > > We've talked within LYRASIS about using the registry for various > projects that ultimately didn't come to fruition, and I had discussions > years ago with folks within OCLC about using the registry for the purpose > of simplifying IP address range maintenance, and they seemed quite > interested in the use of the registry for that purpose. > > > Peter > > On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Ken Varnum wrote: > > As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's WorldCat > Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've assiduously > maintained data points like our campus IP addresses over the years. Yet > I've not come across a library vendor (database, full-text, etc.) who > actually makes use of it to maintain on-campus IP ranges for our > institution. It seems a promising and useful tool that has largely gone > ignored. > > Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? Anyone out > there have vendors that use the Registry as the source of campus IP data > for access? > > > > -- > 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/ > > 2014-02-13 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrew.welch at DRAKE.EDU Fri Feb 14 10:22:14 2014 From: andrew.welch at DRAKE.EDU (Andrew Welch) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:22:14 +0000 Subject: WorldCat Registry In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Yes, yes and yes. Our IT department added a significant number of IPs (in a single range) last February, and we're still struggling with vendors not making the change (or making it incorrectly). Andrew ________________________________ Andrew Welch, MLIS Librarian for Discovery Services & Technology Cowles Library | Drake University 2507 University Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311 p: 515-271-2862 | f: 515-271-3933 http://library.drake.edu/ From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Varnum Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 8:58 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WorldCat Registry We're facing the need to communicate a significant change to our on-campus IP ranges to thousands of vendors. It's not going to be pretty. While I know this round of changes are going to be manual, I'd love to see vendors take up the OCLC Registry as their preferred (or even optional) source of data. So -- do other libraries have the same pain point and need? Ken -- 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 Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Peter Murray > wrote: Not a vendor or a campus user, but I've long thought that the WorldCat institution registry was a hidden gem of OCLC's public services to the library community. As far as I can recall the origins, it lists /all/ libraries whether they are members of OCLC or not (using data complied from various national sources). It seems like a shame that the whole issue of campus IP address maintenance can't simply be swept up into machine-to-machine API calls by content publishers to the institution registry. We've talked within LYRASIS about using the registry for various projects that ultimately didn't come to fruition, and I had discussions years ago with folks within OCLC about using the registry for the purpose of simplifying IP address range maintenance, and they seemed quite interested in the use of the registry for that purpose. Peter On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Ken Varnum > wrote: As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's WorldCat Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've assiduously maintained data points like our campus IP addresses over the years. Yet I've not come across a library vendor (database, full-text, etc.) who actually makes use of it to maintain on-campus IP ranges for our institution. It seems a promising and useful tool that has largely gone ignored. Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? Anyone out there have vendors that use the Registry as the source of campus IP data for access? -- 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/ 2014-02-13 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aarontay at GMAIL.COM Fri Feb 14 10:58:47 2014 From: aarontay at GMAIL.COM (Aaron Tay) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 23:58:47 +0800 Subject: WorldCat Registry In-Reply-To: <64686b229e4446ac80b4caa034b19d3e@BLUPR03MB310.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: So far all the uses mentioned seem to be for identifying the user's institution and setting up the right link resolver. Also there was an announcement about a linkup with Wikipedia that seemed to me (not sure)to be along the same lines for libraries not on worldcat discovery services. None of them seem to involve directly authenticating users to resources. Is this by design? Regards Aaron On Feb 14, 2014, at 11:22 PM, Andrew Welch wrote: Yes, yes and yes. Our IT department added a significant number of IPs (in a single range) last February, and we're still struggling with vendors not making the change (or making it incorrectly). Andrew ________________________________ Andrew Welch, MLIS Librarian for Discovery Services & Technology Cowles Library | Drake University 2507 University Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311 p: 515-271-2862 | f: 515-271-3933 http://library.drake.edu/ *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Ken Varnum *Sent:* Friday, February 14, 2014 8:58 AM *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] WorldCat Registry We're facing the need to communicate a significant change to our on-campus IP ranges to thousands of vendors. It's not going to be pretty. While I know this round of changes are going to be manual, I'd love to see vendors take up the OCLC Registry as their preferred (or even optional) source of data. So -- do other libraries have the same pain point and need? Ken -- 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 Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Peter Murray wrote: Not a vendor or a campus user, but I've long thought that the WorldCat institution registry was a hidden gem of OCLC's public services to the library community. As far as I can recall the origins, it lists /all/ libraries whether they are members of OCLC or not (using data complied from various national sources). It seems like a shame that the whole issue of campus IP address maintenance can't simply be swept up into machine-to-machine API calls by content publishers to the institution registry. We've talked within LYRASIS about using the registry for various projects that ultimately didn't come to fruition, and I had discussions years ago with folks within OCLC about using the registry for the purpose of simplifying IP address range maintenance, and they seemed quite interested in the use of the registry for that purpose. Peter On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Ken Varnum wrote: As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's WorldCat Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've assiduously maintained data points like our campus IP addresses over the years. Yet I've not come across a library vendor (database, full-text, etc.) who actually makes use of it to maintain on-campus IP ranges for our institution. It seems a promising and useful tool that has largely gone ignored. Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? 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Also there was an > announcement about a linkup with Wikipedia that seemed to me (not sure)to > be along the same lines for libraries not on worldcat discovery services. > > None of them seem to involve directly authenticating users to resources. > Is this by design? > > Regards > Aaron > > On Feb 14, 2014, at 11:22 PM, Andrew Welch wrote: > > Yes, yes and yes. Our IT department added a significant number of IPs > (in a single range) last February, and we're still struggling with vendors > not making the change (or making it incorrectly). > > > > Andrew > > > > ________________________________ > > Andrew Welch, MLIS > > Librarian for Discovery Services & Technology > > Cowles Library | Drake University > > 2507 University Ave. > > Des Moines, IA 50311 > > p: 515-271-2862 | f: 515-271-3933 > > http://library.drake.edu/ > > > > > > > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > *On Behalf Of *Ken Varnum > *Sent:* Friday, February 14, 2014 8:58 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] WorldCat Registry > > > > We're facing the need to communicate a significant change to our on-campus > IP ranges to thousands of vendors. It's not going to be pretty. While I > know this round of changes are going to be manual, I'd love to see vendors > take up the OCLC Registry as their preferred (or even optional) source of > data. > > > > So -- do other libraries have the same pain point and need? > > > > Ken > > > > > -- > > 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 Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Peter Murray > wrote: > > Not a vendor or a campus user, but I've long thought that the WorldCat > institution registry was a hidden gem of OCLC's public services to the > library community. As far as I can recall the origins, it lists /all/ > libraries whether they are members of OCLC or not (using data complied from > various national sources). It seems like a shame that the whole issue of > campus IP address maintenance can't simply be swept up into > machine-to-machine API calls by content publishers to the institution > registry. > > > > We've talked within LYRASIS about using the registry for various projects > that ultimately didn't come to fruition, and I had discussions years ago > with folks within OCLC about using the registry for the purpose of > simplifying IP address range maintenance, and they seemed quite interested > in the use of the registry for that purpose. > > > > > > Peter > > > > On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Ken Varnum wrote: > > As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's WorldCat > Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've assiduously > maintained data points like our campus IP addresses over the years. Yet > I've not come across a library vendor (database, full-text, etc.) who > actually makes use of it to maintain on-campus IP ranges for our > institution. It seems a promising and useful tool that has largely gone > ignored. > > > > Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? Anyone out > there have vendors that use the Registry as the source of campus IP data > for access? > > > > > > -- > 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/ > > 2014-02-13 > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-14 > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-14 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-14 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aarontay at GMAIL.COM Fri Feb 14 11:17:18 2014 From: aarontay at GMAIL.COM (Aaron Tay) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 00:17:18 +0800 Subject: WorldCat Registry In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Yes that seemed to be the idea but as I said so far in this thread the use cases mentioned just used it for link resolver settings. Just made me wonder. Regards Aaron On 15 Feb, 2014, at 12:13 am, Ken Varnum wrote: Not just the link resolver -- it's also letting the vendor know what IP addresses are part of a campus, so that the vendor can allow or deny access to licensed content. And, of course, provide an appropriate OpenURL resolver link once the user is "in". -- 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 Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Aaron Tay wrote: > So far all the uses mentioned seem to be for identifying the user's > institution and setting up the right link resolver. Also there was an > announcement about a linkup with Wikipedia that seemed to me (not sure)to > be along the same lines for libraries not on worldcat discovery services. > > None of them seem to involve directly authenticating users to resources. > Is this by design? > > Regards > Aaron > > On Feb 14, 2014, at 11:22 PM, Andrew Welch wrote: > > Yes, yes and yes. Our IT department added a significant number of IPs > (in a single range) last February, and we're still struggling with vendors > not making the change (or making it incorrectly). > > > > Andrew > > > > ________________________________ > > Andrew Welch, MLIS > > Librarian for Discovery Services & Technology > > Cowles Library | Drake University > > 2507 University Ave. > > Des Moines, IA 50311 > > p: 515-271-2862 | f: 515-271-3933 > > http://library.drake.edu/ > > > > > > > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] > *On Behalf Of *Ken Varnum > *Sent:* Friday, February 14, 2014 8:58 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] WorldCat Registry > > > > We're facing the need to communicate a significant change to our on-campus > IP ranges to thousands of vendors. It's not going to be pretty. While I > know this round of changes are going to be manual, I'd love to see vendors > take up the OCLC Registry as their preferred (or even optional) source of > data. > > > > So -- do other libraries have the same pain point and need? > > > > Ken > > > > > -- > > 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 Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Peter Murray > wrote: > > Not a vendor or a campus user, but I've long thought that the WorldCat > institution registry was a hidden gem of OCLC's public services to the > library community. As far as I can recall the origins, it lists /all/ > libraries whether they are members of OCLC or not (using data complied from > various national sources). It seems like a shame that the whole issue of > campus IP address maintenance can't simply be swept up into > machine-to-machine API calls by content publishers to the institution > registry. > > > > We've talked within LYRASIS about using the registry for various projects > that ultimately didn't come to fruition, and I had discussions years ago > with folks within OCLC about using the registry for the purpose of > simplifying IP address range maintenance, and they seemed quite interested > in the use of the registry for that purpose. > > > > > > Peter > > > > On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Ken Varnum wrote: > > As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's WorldCat > Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've assiduously > maintained data points like our campus IP addresses over the years. Yet > I've not come across a library vendor (database, full-text, etc.) who > actually makes use of it to maintain on-campus IP ranges for our > institution. It seems a promising and useful tool that has largely gone > ignored. > > > > Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? Anyone out > there have vendors that use the Registry as the source of campus IP data > for access? > > > > > > -- > 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/ > > 2014-02-13 > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-14 > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-14 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-14 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbiquez at ICSMX.COM Fri Feb 14 11:22:04 2014 From: jbiquez at ICSMX.COM (Jorge Biquez) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:22:04 -0600 Subject: Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello Lisa and Wesley. Thanks for the time and comments. We are following the advice. Thanks a lot.! Jorge Biquez At 10:01 12/02/2014, you wrote: >Jorge, > >I am not expert, but as someone who has moved sites around and curious >about SEO process, I have done a lot of digging. As you have come >across, there seems to be discrepancies on what one should be doing vs >what one is doing. > >Here is what I do. Hope this helps: > >1. I installed following WordPress plugins: All In One SEO Pack, >Google XML Sitemaps, Broken Link Checker, and Redirection on all of my >sites. >2. Pages that need/were moved were moved and redirects were set up via >Redirection so those coming to the site via old bookmarks were going >to the correct page and not the old page. This also helped with >indexing with Google. >3. The two above also helped correct broken links internally as stuff >continued to get shifted and make sure everything is going to the >right place. > >If you're planning on using content from the old static site in the >new site, your first option listed is going to be frowned upon. My >understanding is that it is similar to bombing a crawler because of >the indexing of duplicate content, even if it is just one or two >pages, so I would be leery on doing this. > >I would also be leery of doing option 3 because this is not 1998 >anymore -- plugins such as Redirection move people to the correct >paths while keeping your content intact. > >I would suggest migrating your information from the static site over >to the new site, create Redirection links from old to new, and make >sure to use SEO guidelines and fill in All In One SEO Pack as much as >humanly possible. Broken Link Checker can let you fix links on the fly >that are broken and also you can do it in batches. > >I also found verifying your domain at various social networks >(Pinterest, Google+, etc) will help in traffic and Page Ranking. > >Best, >Lisa > > > > >Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net >Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net > > >On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Jorge Biquez wrote: > > Hello all. > > > > I hope the following questions do not sound so stupid. I do not know what > > could be the best answer. > > > > Finally we move to Wordpress. It is working fine we have some ideas to > > implement in the future and we are studying for doing our own plugins, > > following the advice on previous conversation here . > > > > We would like to be indexed and listed on search engines of > course with this > > new version. Our old version of website was good indexed and we received > > good traffic in it. > > > > Asking a couple of expert companies in SEO they gave us different advice > > but we are not sure what would be the best. > > > > 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling > > there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That > > way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. > > > > 2) Start from a fresh and clean structure. Deleting all the old web pages > > (they were static ones) . That way the index will be done only in new pages > > only. It will create lot of "not found" errors but that will be the best > > even when traffic will be almost zero at the beginning. > > > > 3) Leave old pages without redirection and only with a legend that there is > > a new version and that users should go to new page. > > > > I am specially curious since it is a good exercise to learn more about how > > search engines will do with our new web pages. Yes, I know there > are tons of > > new web pages added daily and that now it is more difficult to > gain position > > on search engines that's why I decided to ask for you advice. > > > > If You have done something simila. To move from static simple > html web pages > > to a dynamic system like Wordpress or similar. What did you do with the old > > version? > > > > Any other SEO tips to consider (free or not so expensive) to gain position > > in search engines with the new website. Of course assuming you > have tags and > > all recommend stuff in the new site? > > > > Thanks in advance for the time and comments. > > > > Jorge Biquez > > > > ============================ > > > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > > 2014-02-12 > >============================ > >To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > >Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > >2014-02-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 From sdentinger at LIBRARY.WISC.EDU Fri Feb 14 13:28:27 2014 From: sdentinger at LIBRARY.WISC.EDU (Sue Dentinger) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:28:27 -0600 Subject: WorldCat Registry In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Besides the campus IP address range and OpenURL resolver url, the WorldCat Registry also lets each campus identify an image they want to use to represent their OpenURL registry. PrimateLit relies on this to display that image within citation results. If no image is supplied, PrimateLit designates a generic one to use. --Sue Dentinger On 2/14/2014 10:13 AM, Ken Varnum wrote: > Not just the link resolver -- it's also letting the vendor know what IP > addresses are part of a campus, so that the vendor can allow or deny access > to licensed content. And, of course, provide an appropriate OpenURL resolver > link once the user is "in". > > > -- > 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 Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Aaron Tay > wrote: > > So far all the uses mentioned seem to be for identifying the user's > institution and setting up the right link resolver. Also there was an > announcement about a linkup with Wikipedia that seemed to me (not > sure)to be along the same lines for libraries not on worldcat discovery > services. > > None of them seem to involve directly authenticating users to resources. > Is this by design? > > Regards > Aaron > > On Feb 14, 2014, at 11:22 PM, Andrew Welch > wrote: > >> Yes, yes and yes. Our IT department added a significant number of IPs >> (in a single range) last February, and we?re still struggling with >> vendors not making the change (or making it incorrectly). >> >> Andrew >> >> ________________________________ >> >> Andrew Welch, MLIS >> >> Librarian for Discovery Services & Technology >> >> Cowles Library | Drake University >> >> 2507 University Ave. >> >> Des Moines, IA 50311 >> >> p: 515-271-2862 | f: 515-271-3933 >> >> http://library.drake.edu/ >> >> *From:*Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] >> *On Behalf Of *Ken Varnum >> *Sent:* Friday, February 14, 2014 8:58 AM >> *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] WorldCat Registry >> >> We're facing the need to communicate a significant change to our >> on-campus IP ranges to thousands of vendors. It's not going to be >> pretty. While I know this round of changes are going to be manual, I'd >> love to see vendors take up the OCLC Registry as their preferred (or >> even optional) source of data. >> >> So -- do other libraries have the same pain point and need? >> >> Ken >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Peter Murray > > wrote: >> >> Not a vendor or a campus user, but I?ve long thought that the WorldCat >> institution registry was a hidden gem of OCLC?s public services to the >> library community. As far as I can recall the origins, it lists /all/ >> libraries whether they are members of OCLC or not (using data complied >> from various national sources). It seems like a shame that the whole >> issue of campus IP address maintenance can?t simply be swept up into >> machine-to-machine API calls by content publishers to the institution >> registry. >> >> We?ve talked within LYRASIS about using the registry for various >> projects that ultimately didn?t come to fruition, and I had discussions >> years ago with folks within OCLC about using the registry for the >> purpose of simplifying IP address range maintenance, and they seemed >> quite interested in the use of the registry for that purpose. >> >> Peter >> >> On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Ken Varnum > > wrote: >> >> As the lucky guy who maintains our library's entries in OCLC's >> WorldCat Registry [http://worldcat.org/registry/institutions], I've >> assiduously maintained data points like our campus IP addresses >> over the years. Yet I've not come across a library vendor >> (database, full-text, etc.) who actually makes use of it to >> maintain on-campus IP ranges for our institution. It seems a >> promising and useful tool that has largely gone ignored. >> >> Am I simply not asking the right vendors the right questions? >> Anyone out there have vendors that use the Registry as the source >> of campus IP data for access? >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> 2014-02-13 >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2014-02-14 >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2014-02-14 >> > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-14 > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-14 > -- Sue Dentinger Library Technology Group Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries 608-263-3250 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It will engage particularly with the role of Open Educational Resources and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) OER, MOOCs and the promise of broadening access to education Speakers: Professor Grainne Conole, Dr Rebecca Eynon & Sarah Porter Thursday 20th February 2014 Noon - 1:00 PM (ET) 9:00 - 10 AM (GMT) Oxford Internet Institute To attend: Please email your name and affiliation and the title of the seminar [snip] >>> To Be Live Streamed <<< This seminar will focus on the use of ICTs for increasing access to educational opportunities for people who have been traditionally excluded from them, paying particular attention to the movement around articulated around the so-called Open Educational Resources (OER) and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). About the Speakers Professor Grainne Conole / Director of the Institute of Learning Innovation at the University of Leicester Gr?inne Conole is Professor of learning innovation at the University of Leicester. [snip] New open practices: the implications of OER and MOOCs for traditional educational institution At the heart of the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement is the vision that education is a fundamental human right and that educational resources should therefore be freely available. Promoted by organisations such as UNESCO and the Hewlett Foundation, there are now hundreds of OER repositories worldwide. In recent years we have seen the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), which can be considered to be a structured mechanism for delivering OER, over a particular time period and through a structured learning pathway. The talk will highlight the key developments in OER and MOOC research. It will present a framework for benchmarking OER initiatives and developing a vision and roadmap for their future development, along with a new classification scheme for MOOCs. Dr Rebecca Eynon / Senior Reserch Fellow at the OII and Lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford [snip] Conceptualising interaction in MOOCs While there has been a lot of attention about the potential for MOOCs to transform higher education, far less empirical research has been conducted that explores the experiences and behaviours of learners in these online settings. A particular strength of MOOCs is the potential for thousands of learners to come together to learn. Understanding who interacts, how they interact, and why is an important part of understanding how learning may occur. This presentation aims to highlight the different ways in which people communicate and interact with one another in MOOCs, and how these interactions are related to learner characteristics, experiences and outcomes through the in-depth mixed method analysis of one case study MOOC. The findings discussed are those emerging from an ongoing study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. [snip] Source and Links Available Via: [ http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2014/02/breaking-boundaries-broadening-access.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Integration of our code with that of our partners and vendors Required Qualifications Intimate knowledge of Drupal technologies - specifically PHP, MYSQL, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS Experience working with APIs Experience working with source control systems Passion for building high-quality web applications Excellent written and oral communication skills Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills Strong analytical, reasoning and problem resolution skills and demonstrated success in applying technology to meet user needs Desired Qualifications Experience developing native mobile applications See full job posting and application information http://denverlibrary.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-550107.html ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-14 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Feb 14 18:56:05 2014 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 23:56:05 +0000 Subject: _The Promo Code: Strategies for Promoting Library Resources and Services To Distant Learners_ Blog Updates ? Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am in the process of updating my _The PromoCode_ blog " ... devoted to documenting initiatives, projects, and research relating the variety of effective strategies for promoting library resources and services to distant learners." _The PromoCode_ is located at [ http://librarypromocode.blogspot.com/ ] I am interested in any efforts / publications relating to its scope. While I will be conducting my own literature and web reviews over the coming months, I'd appreciate learning of any / all cites/sites from December 2013 (or prior items not listed). 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Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I am in the process of updating my _Student Library Advocacy_ blog " ... that is devoted to documenting initiatives in which students are directly or indirectly involved in promoting library collections, events, services, etc. to fellow students, as well as to faculty, and/or staff." _The Student Library Advocacy_ blog is located at [ http://studentlibraryambassadors.blogspot.com/ ] I am interested in any efforts / publications relating to its scope. While I will be conducting my own literature and web reviews over the coming months, I'd appreciate learning of any / all cites/sites from December 2013 (or prior items not listed). 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This issue also has three feature articles that will be of interest to many readers. Margaret Brown-Sica and Rice Majors outline a way to infuse an everyday schedule with strategic thinking and planning. Neil Romanosky and Fritz Dement describe the experiences of the NYU Health Sciences Library in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. In our third feature article, Steven Staninger applies deconstruction theory to library organizational structures. Our columnists have again tackled intriguing topics for this issue. Jennifer Bartlett shares readings on the "Elusive Goal of Work-Life Balance," while Patricia Katopol describes methods for redefining positions within an organization. In a thought-provoking piece on the differences between leadership and management, Pixey Mosley explores issues regarding recruiting leaders and fostering leadership. Although unplanned, the columns this month create an interesting set about workplace issues. In the final column, Leo Lo invites us to consider different skills and abilities during recruitment for positions. Please contact Editor Beth Blakesley (beth.blakesley at wsu.edu) or incoming Editor Brad Eden (brad.eden at valpo.edu) with any comments or questions. Don't forget that we are recruiting for the next Associate Editor; please see the notice in the issue. Thanks for your continued interest in and support of LL&M and LLAMA. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randtke at GMAIL.COM Tue Feb 18 12:01:25 2014 From: randtke at GMAIL.COM (Wilhelmina Randtke) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:01:25 -0600 Subject: Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? In-Reply-To: <201402121410.s1CEAt82009702@mail-mx3-prod-v.cc.nd.edu> Message-ID: When I move to a new URL, then for each page I delete the page and I put a 301 redirect in the .htaccess file from the old URL to the new URL. The 301 status is the only one that will keep all your old link juice. Your SEO "expert" is probably not an expert, because option 3 is a bad idea. Option 1 is OK, if you are also giving a 301 status. Option 2 looses all your old traffic, and you are basically starting from just your domain name and whatever reputation that domain has. Option 3 hurts you in search engine rankings. You can read about "repetitive content penalty" to see this. So, whoever recommended you option number 3 is someone you should not do business with or rely on for advice. -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Jorge Biquez wrote: > Hello all. > > I hope the following questions do not sound so stupid. I do not know what > could be the best answer. > > Finally we move to Wordpress. It is working fine we have some ideas to > implement in the future and we are studying for doing our own plugins, > following the advice on previous conversation here . > > We would like to be indexed and listed on search engines of course with this > new version. Our old version of website was good indexed and we received > good traffic in it. > > Asking a couple of expert companies in SEO they gave us different advice > but we are not sure what would be the best. > > 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling > there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That > way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. > > 2) Start from a fresh and clean structure. Deleting all the old web pages > (they were static ones) . That way the index will be done only in new pages > only. It will create lot of "not found" errors but that will be the best > even when traffic will be almost zero at the beginning. > > 3) Leave old pages without redirection and only with a legend that there is > a new version and that users should go to new page. > > I am specially curious since it is a good exercise to learn more about how > search engines will do with our new web pages. Yes, I know there are tons of > new web pages added daily and that now it is more difficult to gain position > on search engines that's why I decided to ask for you advice. > > If You have done something simila. To move from static simple html web pages > to a dynamic system like Wordpress or similar. What did you do with the old > version? > > Any other SEO tips to consider (free or not so expensive) to gain position > in search engines with the new website. Of course assuming you have tags and > all recommend stuff in the new site? > > Thanks in advance for the time and comments. > > Jorge Biquez > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-12 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-18 From academichussy at GMAIL.COM Tue Feb 18 12:11:27 2014 From: academichussy at GMAIL.COM (Lisa Rabey) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:11:27 -0500 Subject: Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: .htaccess is only an option if you use Apache. Other web server software, such as Nginx, have a whole nother set of files to modify. -Lisa Lisa M. Rabey | @pnkrcklibrarian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An Unreliable Narrator: http://exitpursuedbyabear.net Cunning Tales from a Systems Librarian: http://lisa.rabey.net On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke wrote: > When I move to a new URL, then for each page I delete the page and I > put a 301 redirect in the .htaccess file from the old URL to the new > URL. The 301 status is the only one that will keep all your old link > juice. > > Your SEO "expert" is probably not an expert, because option 3 is a bad idea. > > Option 1 is OK, if you are also giving a 301 status. > Option 2 looses all your old traffic, and you are basically starting > from just your domain name and whatever reputation that domain has. > Option 3 hurts you in search engine rankings. You can read about > "repetitive content penalty" to see this. So, whoever recommended you > option number 3 is someone you should not do business with or rely on > for advice. > > -Wilhelmina Randtke > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Jorge Biquez wrote: >> Hello all. >> >> I hope the following questions do not sound so stupid. I do not know what >> could be the best answer. >> >> Finally we move to Wordpress. It is working fine we have some ideas to >> implement in the future and we are studying for doing our own plugins, >> following the advice on previous conversation here . >> >> We would like to be indexed and listed on search engines of course with this >> new version. Our old version of website was good indexed and we received >> good traffic in it. >> >> Asking a couple of expert companies in SEO they gave us different advice >> but we are not sure what would be the best. >> >> 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling >> there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That >> way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. >> >> 2) Start from a fresh and clean structure. Deleting all the old web pages >> (they were static ones) . That way the index will be done only in new pages >> only. It will create lot of "not found" errors but that will be the best >> even when traffic will be almost zero at the beginning. >> >> 3) Leave old pages without redirection and only with a legend that there is >> a new version and that users should go to new page. >> >> I am specially curious since it is a good exercise to learn more about how >> search engines will do with our new web pages. Yes, I know there are tons of >> new web pages added daily and that now it is more difficult to gain position >> on search engines that's why I decided to ask for you advice. >> >> If You have done something simila. To move from static simple html web pages >> to a dynamic system like Wordpress or similar. What did you do with the old >> version? >> >> Any other SEO tips to consider (free or not so expensive) to gain position >> in search engines with the new website. Of course assuming you have tags and >> all recommend stuff in the new site? >> >> Thanks in advance for the time and comments. >> >> Jorge Biquez >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2014-02-12 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-18 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-18 From lweber at LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU Tue Feb 18 12:17:12 2014 From: lweber at LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU (Lisa WEBER) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:17:12 -0800 Subject: Job: Digital Services Analyst - UC Berkeley Library Message-ID: Full-time temporary position - knowledge of Drupal required. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/LHRD/currentjobs.html#17400 Lisa Weber UC Berkeley Library Systems Office ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbiquez at ICSMX.COM Tue Feb 18 12:35:55 2014 From: jbiquez at ICSMX.COM (Jorge Biquez) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:35:55 -0600 Subject: Going To Wordpress. What to do with the old version? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello Thanks a lot for the time and comments. We did option 1) > 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling > there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That > way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. We just changed the redirect of each page to a zero second to wait for the redirection. I will check the 301 you mention sin yes, we are running Apache. Thanks again. Jorge Biquez At 11:01 18/02/2014, you wrote: >When I move to a new URL, then for each page I delete the page and I >put a 301 redirect in the .htaccess file from the old URL to the new >URL. The 301 status is the only one that will keep all your old link >juice. > >Your SEO "expert" is probably not an expert, because option 3 is a bad idea. > >Option 1 is OK, if you are also giving a 301 status. >Option 2 looses all your old traffic, and you are basically starting >from just your domain name and whatever reputation that domain has. >Option 3 hurts you in search engine rankings. You can read about >"repetitive content penalty" to see this. So, whoever recommended you >option number 3 is someone you should not do business with or rely on >for advice. > >-Wilhelmina Randtke > >On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Jorge Biquez wrote: > > Hello all. > > > > I hope the following questions do not sound so stupid. I do not know what > > could be the best answer. > > > > Finally we move to Wordpress. It is working fine we have some ideas to > > implement in the future and we are studying for doing our own plugins, > > following the advice on previous conversation here . > > > > We would like to be indexed and listed on search engines of > course with this > > new version. Our old version of website was good indexed and we received > > good traffic in it. > > > > Asking a couple of expert companies in SEO they gave us different advice > > but we are not sure what would be the best. > > > > 1) Leave old pages as they were and include a legend in each page telling > > there is a new version and redirect to new main page after 20 seconds. That > > way, they say, indexers, bot robots and search engines will still find us. > > > > 2) Start from a fresh and clean structure. Deleting all the old web pages > > (they were static ones) . That way the index will be done only in new pages > > only. It will create lot of "not found" errors but that will be the best > > even when traffic will be almost zero at the beginning. > > > > 3) Leave old pages without redirection and only with a legend that there is > > a new version and that users should go to new page. > > > > I am specially curious since it is a good exercise to learn more about how > > search engines will do with our new web pages. Yes, I know there > are tons of > > new web pages added daily and that now it is more difficult to > gain position > > on search engines that's why I decided to ask for you advice. > > > > If You have done something simila. To move from static simple > html web pages > > to a dynamic system like Wordpress or similar. What did you do with the old > > version? > > > > Any other SEO tips to consider (free or not so expensive) to gain position > > in search engines with the new website. Of course assuming you > have tags and > > all recommend stuff in the new site? > > > > Thanks in advance for the time and comments. > > > > Jorge Biquez > > > > ============================ > > > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > > > 2014-02-12 > >============================ > >To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > >Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > >2014-02-18 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-18 From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Tue Feb 18 13:49:17 2014 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:49:17 +0000 Subject: ALT Open Access Repository Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ The ALT Open Access Repository was developed as part of the wALTer project in conjunction with the establishment of the Online Learning Knowledge Garden by project partners Cranfield University. wALTer is a repository start up project part funded by JISC under the JISC Repositories and Preservation Programme, the help of which is gratefully acknowledged. A key issue for the Learning Design sector is the skills and knowledge of new entrants to a rapidly growing professional body. In order to be effective, a resource base for such staff development requires frameworks both to support practice and for professional accreditation. This project aims to provide a resource base and supporting technologies to ensure effective support for e-learning professionals. It builds on a number of existing resources, bodies of knowledge and expertise, technologies and professional frameworks and provides the first stage in a planned evolution path for a growing sustainable resource base. [snip] Source and Links Available At: [ http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/2014/02/alt-open-access-repository.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks LIbrary Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chirakot at OCLC.ORG Tue Feb 18 17:27:58 2014 From: chirakot at OCLC.ORG (Chirakos,Tony) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:27:58 +0000 Subject: WorldCat Registry Message-ID: Hi I'm Tony Chirakos, product manager of the WorldCat Registry at OCLC, and I wanted to thank everyone for the recent discussion and ask a few additional questions to help us continue to improve it. In terms of WorldCat Registry and IP data curation, originally, the OCLC cooperative had hoped that the WorldCat Registry would solve the problem of maintaining IP ranges and then disseminating that data to vendors. Unfortunately, as people have noted, there hasn't been much usage or participation. Curating the IP data in the WorldCat Registry does have an impact with vendors that load content to the WorldCat knowledge base. However, since the IP ranges are part of the infrastructure of all the programs that use the WorldCat knowledge base, the contribution of well-maintained data is easy to overlook. One of the issues the cooperative faces in curating IP data (and other institution data) for dissemination to vendors, is determining specifically how the data is used in vendor systems. For example, in OCLC systems, the IP Registry not only delivers a "Recognized" command to allow a minimal level of access to systems and services, but it also distributes other attributes (parameters) of the IP range: For example, OCLC Symbol, Authorization number, other product identification attributes, etc. These attributes of an IP range are used by the consuming systems for further credentialed authentication, usage statistics, and so forth. When OCLC delivers the IP ranges to a vendor, we don't know enough about what other attributes of the IP ranges the vendors would be interested in. This limits our ability, as curators of the data, to provide added value that might be of interest to vendors. That being said, I'd really like to follow up with you, Ken, and any other interested parties, to discuss in detail the types of data associated with IP ranges that vendors are interested in, so we can make the system useful to the library community overall. Institutional identity plays a central role in library infrastructure. As Peter Murray pointed out, the WorldCat Registry may be a hidden gem in OCLC's public services to the library community. I and OCLC are committed to making it the best it can be. Sincerely, Tony Chirakos OCLC Data Services ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prestonc at OHIO.EDU Wed Feb 19 16:07:46 2014 From: prestonc at OHIO.EDU (Preston, Carrie) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:07:46 -0500 Subject: Job: Web Services Librarian, Athens, Ohio, USA Message-ID: Please excuse cross-posting. Position Announcement Web Services Librarian The Ohio University Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Web Services Librarian. We seek an innovative candidate who is comfortable in a changing environment; eager to engage stakeholders in a dynamic, fast-paced atmosphere; committed to working effectively with students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds; and energized by an exciting future. Reporting to the Head of Web Services, the Web Services Librarian performs ongoing analysis of the Libraries' web presence to support continuous improvement of the user experience; participates in the development, operation, and maintenance of Libraries web sites and services; and works with library staff to develop knowledge and capability in the use of web sites and services. * Working from a librarianship and customer service perspective, plans and conducts ongoing analysis of the Libraries' web services, including market research, user studies, web analytics and related activities toward the continuous improvement of the user experience. * In collaboration with the Web Designer, ILS Coordinator, and other staff, participates in the development, operation, and maintenance of the Libraries' web sites and services, possibly including but not limited to the Libraries' web site, integrated library system, discovery layer, link resolver, proxy server, and digital collections. * Provides library staff development, training, and support related to the Libraries' web sites and services. * Engages in continuing self-education as necessary to adapt to new technologies and continually improve the Libraries' web services. * Engages in regular professional development through research, publications, presentations and participation in regional and national associations as part of the continuing commitment to bring best practices and innovative services to Ohio University students and faculty. * In collaboration with the Libraries' IT Support Specialists, provides occasional general technical support to Libraries staff and patrons. Minimum Qualifications * Master's degree in Library/Information Science from an ALA-accredited program by the time of the appointment. * Experience using library web services (examples: integrated library systems, discovery layers, link resolvers) utilizing staff-facing services and/or assisting library patrons with the use of patron-facing services * Strong general computer literacy; ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies. * Familiarity with HTML and CSS and basic understanding of web site development and maintenance * Introductory-level familiarity with a computer programming or scripting language (examples: JavaScript, Python) * Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills Preferred Qualifications * Experience with web analytics software such as Google Analytics * Experience with web usability testing * Teaching, training, or technical support experience * Experience with the WordPress content management system, EBSCO library products, and/or Innovative Interfaces integrated library systems Ohio University Libraries takes pride in providing outstanding service to all its clientele. 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URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Wed Feb 19 20:52:07 2014 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:52:07 +0000 Subject: Slides Now Available > Free Webinar > Open Textbook Publishing and Adoptions > February 5 2014 > 2:00 pm (ET) In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6E2858@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Slides Now Available /Gerry Recent research conducted by the OER Research Hub indicates that nearly 60% of community college faculty choose OER and open textbooks based on the reputation of the institution or recommendations from trusted colleagues. Join us on Wed, February 5, at 11:00 am (PT), 2:00 pm (ET) to hear about two high-quality open textbook publishing initiatives, one through the State University of New York (SUNY) and the other through OpenStax College at Rice University. Our featured speakers will share their experiences with publishing open textbooks for use by both faculty and students and share their open textbook adoption strategies. Cyril Oberlander, Director of Library Services at SUNY Geneseo heads up the SUNY Open Textbook initiative which publishes high-quality, cost-effective course resources by engaging faculty as authors and peer-reviewers, and libraries as a publishing service and infrastructure. They have released three open textbooks this last fall in their planned series of fifteen open textbooks in various disciplines. David Harris, Editor-in-chief OpenStax College at Rice University?s Connexions project. OpenStax College is a nonprofit organization committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. Their free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable, accurate, and meet the scope and sequence requirements of college courses. Their first six books released over the last two years are focused on general education courses and are gaining adoptions. [snip] No pre-registration is necessary. Click on [Webinar] link on the day of the webinar to login and listen. Source, Link, Slides Are Available Via: http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01/free-webinar-open-textbook-publishing.html Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 _OATs: Open Access Textbooks_ http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From varnum at UMICH.EDU Thu Feb 20 16:20:14 2014 From: varnum at UMICH.EDU (Ken Varnum) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:20:14 -0500 Subject: REMINDER: Call for Proposals for LITA Forum 2014 Deadline is Monday! Message-ID: LITA 2014 Transformation: From Node to Network November 5-8, 2014 Albuquerque, New Mexico Due date for proposals: February 24, 2014 Submit your proposal at http://bit.ly/2014forum The 2014 LITA National Forum Committee seeks proposals for excellent pre-conferences, concurrent sessions, and poster sessions for the 17th annual LITA National Forum to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 5-8, 2014. The 2014 theme, Transformation: From Node to Network, reflects the ongoing evolution of libraries from being seen as largely standalone institutions focused on their own locale to being integrated into and within their communities -- whether on a local, regional, national, or global level, or on all four. The Forum Committee welcomes pre-conferences, presentations, and interactive programs related to all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate. Proposals could relate to any of the following themes: - Cooperation & collaboration - Scalability of library services and tools - Researcher information networks - Practical applications of linked data sets - Large- and small-scale resource sharing - User experience & users - Information commons - "Big Data" -- work in discovery, preservation, or documentation - Anything else that relates to the conference theme Proposals may cover projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. We accept proposals on any aspect of library and information technology, even if not narrowly covered by the above list. The committee particularly invites submissions from first time presenters, library school students, and individuals from diverse backgrounds. Presentations must have a technological focus and pertain to libraries. Presentations that incorporate audience participation are encouraged. Sessions can be full-day pre-conferences, concurrent sessions (50 minutes), or poster sessions. The format of the presentations may include single- or multi-speaker formats, panel discussions, moderated discussions, case studies and/or demonstrations of projects. Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library representative who is testing/using the product. Presenters will submit draft presentation slides and/or handouts on ALA Connect in advance of the Forum and will submit final presentation slides or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web site following the event. Presenters are expected to register and participate in the Forum as attendees; discounted registration will be offered. -- 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/ 2014-02-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Thu Feb 20 17:51:24 2014 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:51:24 +0000 Subject: AV Now Available > Librarians & Altmetrics: Tools, Tips and Use Cases > February 20, 2013 > 11:00-11:50 AM (EST) Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Altmetrics are becoming an integral part of looking at the impact and reach of research. Tracking social and online outlets, altmetrics provide quick feedback from a wide range of sources. In this webinar, library experts will discuss how altmetrics work, tools available, and the application of altmetrics in a range of institutions and for various user groups. What steps should librarians be taking to incorporate altmetrics into their workflows and reports? Find out in this information-packed free webinar on altmetrics. Speakers: Kristi Holmes, Bioinformaticist, Washington University in St. Louis Kristi's professional interests include open science, support and training in genomic medicine, and understanding the impact of research efforts. She serves as the outreach lead for the research discovery platform VIVO and is a member of the ORCID Outreach Steering Group. Jenny Delasalle, Freelance Consultant/Librarian Jenny's interests include bibliometrics and altmetrics, the changing landscape of scholarly communication, and how researchers can and do share and promote their research while also protecting their professional image. Jenny has worked in a number of academic library roles at various UK higher education institutions, including most recently at the University of Warwick, managing the library's support of researchers. Mike Taylor, Research Specialist, Elsevier Labs Mike's current areas of work include altmetrics, contributorship, research networks, the future of scholarly communications and other identity issues. He has worked in various capacities within the ORCID initiative. A/V Now Available Via: http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2014/01/librarians-altmetrics-tools-tips-and.html /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 _OATs: Open Access Textbooks_ http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU Fri Feb 21 16:05:53 2014 From: gerrymck at IASTATE.EDU (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]) Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:05:53 +0000 Subject: JISC > Call for Participation: Institution as e-Textbook Publisher Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Postings *** Colleagues/ UK-based But ... Possibilities for U.S. ? /Gerry February 28 2014 We are today releasing a new call inviting UK higher education institutions (HEIs) and further education colleges (FECs) to participate in a three year national project to explore the viability of institutions becoming e-textbook publishers. The project is looking to assess the following question: Will the institution as e-textbook creator help students by providing a more affordable higher education, and promote a better, more sustainable information environment for libraries, students and faculty? To participate in this call, bidders are required to: Read the call documentation carefully Submit a proposal that meets the requirements as listed in the call. This includes a project plan, risk register, budget and documentation to demonstrate your team?s skills and expertise. Given that the focus of this call is on colleges and universities becoming publishers of e-textbooks, all bids must be led by one or more FECs or HEIs. To be clear, it is possible for institutions to group together to collaborate. In addition, FECs/HEIs bidding may subcontract parts of the work to other bodies (such as a university press, open access publisher, open source technology developer etc). Successful bidders will be required to: demonstrate knowledge and experience of current and recent e-textbook practice and developments in the UK and elsewhere in the context of current pedagogic practice produce two e-textbooks with appropriate functionality document and cost the processes and staffing required to produce them release and disseminate the e-textbooks using a specific business and licensing model provide reports at the end of each year participate in the dissemination and sharing of knowledge and results to the UK education sector How to submit a proposal: Read through the Call for participation: Operational Requirement and the annexes All bidders must register intent to submit a bid by emailing procurement at ja.net All clarifications must be raised via procurement at ja.net Submit your proposal by 5 March 2014 at procurement at ja.net Download the Call for participation and annexes below [snip] Source and Links Available Via: Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-21 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To participate in this call, bidders are required to: Read the call documentation carefully Submit a proposal that meets the requirements as listed in the call. This includes a project plan, risk register, budget and documentation to demonstrate your team?s skills and expertise. Given that the focus of this call is on colleges and universities becoming publishers of e-textbooks, all bids must be led by one or more FECs or HEIs. To be clear, it is possible for institutions to group together to collaborate. In addition, FECs/HEIs bidding may subcontract parts of the work to other bodies (such as a university press, open access publisher, open source technology developer etc). Successful bidders will be required to: demonstrate knowledge and experience of current and recent e-textbook practice and developments in the UK and elsewhere in the context of current pedagogic practice produce two e-textbooks with appropriate functionality document and cost the processes and staffing required to produce them release and disseminate the e-textbooks using a specific business and licensing model provide reports at the end of each year participate in the dissemination and sharing of knowledge and results to the UK education sector How to submit a proposal: Read through the Call for participation: Operational Requirement and the annexes All bidders must register intent to submit a bid by emailing procurement at ja.net All clarifications must be raised via procurement at ja.net Submit your proposal by 5 March 2014 at procurement at ja.net Download the Call for participation and annexes below [snip] Source and Links Available Via: [ http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2014/02/jisc-call-for-participation-institution.html ] Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-21 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From announce at DUBLINCORE.NET Sat Feb 22 22:01:21 2014 From: announce at DUBLINCORE.NET (DCMI Announce) Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 19:01:21 -0800 Subject: DCMI Regional Meeting: "Making Metadata Work", London, 23 June 2014 Message-ID: *** Apologies for cross-postings *** [image: Inline image 2] *MAKING METADATA WORK* DCMI Regional Meeting with ISKO-UK & IRSG ------------------------------------- *Date:* Monday 23rd June 2014 - *Location:* BCS Office, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA. *Websites:* http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm http://dcevents.dublincore.org/BibData/mmw/ ------------------------------------- This event will be a showcase for the latest developments in the evolution of the Semantic Web, exploitation of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS), metadata annotation to aid workflow automation, information retrieval in networks of diverse media assets, Linked Data, and other opportunities for using metadata. It is a Joint Meeting of ISKO UK, IRSG (Information Retrieval Special Interest Group of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT) and DCMI (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative). The day will be modular: attendance in the morning is optional, with a choice of workshop or tutorial, while the afternoon program is for everyone. *MORNING OPTIONS:* *a) Tutorial: Metadata management in Sharepoint (10.00 - 12.00)* While Sharepoint 2013 offers more metadata capabilities than ever before, the range of options can make it hard to implement the most effective way. Management of controlled vocabularies is a particular challenge. This tutorial will enable you to pick the brains of an experienced consultant, Marc Stephenson of Metataxis. *b) Workshop: Vocabularies and the potential for linkage (9.30 - 12.30)* Various approaches to the linkage of value vocabularies (KOSs) and/or element set vocabularies (metadata schemas) will be described by *Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche* (Fujitsu, Ireland), *Dan Brickley* (Google), *Gordon Dunsire* and *Stella Dextre Clarke*, with emphasis on the opportunities as well as the barriers to widespread adoption. After that is a case study from *Johan De Smedt* and *Agis Papantoniou*, both of TenForce, that draws on more than one technique. The subsequent discussion will address the prospects for take-up, aiming to help participants with application or development of similar techniques and projects. *AFTERNOON MEETING (Plenary, 14.00 - 18.00)* --*Martin White*: The importance of metadata for high quality Search --*Sean Bechhofer*: Wf4Ever: metadata for "Research Objects" --*Mark Sandler*: Semantic Media: a new paradigm for navigable content for the 21st century --*Richard Ranft*: Enhancing discovery of the British Library's audio collections --*Antoine Isaac*: A portrait of Europeana as a Linked Open Data case (in progress) --*Andrew MacFarlane*: Analysing creative image search queries to determine important facets Followed by networking, wine and nibbles from 18.00. *REGISTRATION FEE & BOOKING:* --*Full day,* including lunch and a choice of tutorial or workshop: ?120 (or ?70 for members of ISKO, IRSG or DCMI and for full-time students); --*Afternoon only:* ?60 (or ?25 for members of ISKO, IRSG or DCMI and for full-time students). --*Registration: * < http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm#Booking > *To avoid disappointment, please don't delay in booking.* ------------------------------------- *About ISKO UK* ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm). Its third conference was held in July 2013 on the general theme of "Knowledge organization - pushing the boundaries" http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/. *About BCS IRSG* Established in 1978, the main aim of the BCS IRSG is supporting the communication between information retrieval (IR) researchers and practitioners, promoting the use of IR methods in industry and raising public awareness of IR-related topics. Recognizing IR as an interdisciplinary field, a further aim of the BCS IRSG is to act as a link between computer science, library and information science and also cognate communities (like natural language processing). *About DCMI* The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an open, international forum for the development of interoperable online metadata standards with diverse applications. 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Message-ID: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I've searched high-and-low, but this link (and others) go to dead links [?] NDLTD VTLS Visualizer [http://www.vtls.com/ndltd The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog contains more than one million records of electronic theses and dissertations. Where in the World is the NDLTD Union Catalog ? /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <31F366253C635746A73718A84BF5F9A83C6E48D5@ITSDAG5A.its.iastate.edu> Message-ID: Try http://union.ndltd.org/portal/ On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:37 PM, McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] < gerrymck at iastate.edu> wrote: > *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** > > > > Colleagues/ > > > > I've searched high-and-low, but this link (and others) go to dead links [?] > > > > NDLTD VTLS Visualizer [http://www.vtls.com/ndltd > > > The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog > contains more than one million records of electronic theses and > dissertations. > > Where in the World is the NDLTD Union Catalog ? > > /Gerry > > > Gerry McKiernan > Associate Professor > and > Science and Technology Librarian > Iowa State University > 150 Parks Library > Ames IA 50011 > > > > OATs: Open Access Textbooks > > http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-23 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alan.cockerill at JCU.EDU.AU Sun Feb 23 19:49:24 2014 From: alan.cockerill at JCU.EDU.AU (Cockerill, Alan) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:49:24 +0000 Subject: Where Is The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: This doesn't appear to be searchable. Doesn't even link at collection level. It lists the Australiasian Digital Theses Program, which ceased in 2011 (data subsumed into Trove). Odd. Alan Cockerill Library Technologies Coordinator James Cook University PO Box 6811 CAIRNS QLD 4870 Phone:+61 7 4232 1737 Fax: +61 7 4232 1516 Email: Alan.Cockerill at jcu.edu.au Skype: alan.cockerill.jcu Web: http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/library/contacts/staff/JCUPRD_017401 Blog: http://jculibrarytechnology.blogspot.com/ Tweet: http://twitter.com/cockerilla CRICOS Provider Code: 00117J (QLD) From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Monday, 24 February 2014 10:42 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Where Is The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog ? Try http://union.ndltd.org/portal/ On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:37 PM, McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] > wrote: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I've searched high-and-low, but this link (and others) go to dead links [?] NDLTD VTLS Visualizer [http://www.vtls.com/ndltd The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog contains more than one million records of electronic theses and dissertations. Where in the World is the NDLTD Union Catalog ? /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roytennant at GMAIL.COM Sun Feb 23 19:57:59 2014 From: roytennant at GMAIL.COM (Roy Tennant) Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:57:59 -0800 Subject: Where Is The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Yes, odd. See this page: http://www.ndltd.org/resources/find-etds It appears that someone at VTLS needs to bounce a server. Roy On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Cockerill, Alan wrote: > This doesn't appear to be searchable. Doesn't even link at collection > level. > > > > It lists the Australiasian Digital Theses Program, which ceased in 2011 > (data subsumed into Trove). > > > > Odd. > > > > Alan Cockerill > Library Technologies Coordinator > James Cook University > > PO Box 6811 > CAIRNS QLD 4870 > Phone:+61 7 4232 1737 > Fax: +61 7 4232 1516 > Email: Alan.Cockerill at jcu.edu.au > > Skype: alan.cockerill.jcu > Web: > http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/library/contacts/staff/JCUPRD_017401 > > Blog: http://jculibrarytechnology.blogspot.com/ > > Tweet: http://twitter.com/cockerilla > > > CRICOS Provider Code: 00117J (QLD) > > > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Roy Tennant > *Sent:* Monday, 24 February 2014 10:42 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Where Is The Networked Digital Library of Theses > and Dissertations Union Catalog ? > > > > Try http://union.ndltd.org/portal/ > > > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:37 PM, McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] < > gerrymck at iastate.edu> wrote: > > *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** > > > > Colleagues/ > > > > I've searched high-and-low, but this link (and others) go to dead links [?] > > > > NDLTD VTLS Visualizer [http://www.vtls.com/ndltd > > > > The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog > contains more than one million records of electronic theses and > dissertations. > > > > Where in the World is the NDLTD Union Catalog ? > > > > /Gerry > > > > Gerry McKiernan > Associate Professor > and > Science and Technology Librarian > Iowa State University > 150 Parks Library > Ames IA 50011 > > > > OATs: Open Access Textbooks > > http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-23 > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-23 > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-23 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Doesn't even link at collection >> level. >> >> >> >> It lists the Australiasian Digital Theses Program, which ceased in 2011 >> (data subsumed into Trove). >> >> >> >> Odd. >> >> >> >> Alan Cockerill >> Library Technologies Coordinator >> James Cook University >> >> PO Box 6811 >> CAIRNS QLD 4870 >> Phone:+61 7 4232 1737 >> Fax: +61 7 4232 1516 >> Email: Alan.Cockerill at jcu.edu.au >> >> Skype: alan.cockerill.jcu >> Web: >> http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/library/contacts/staff/JCUPRD_017401 >> >> Blog: http://jculibrarytechnology.blogspot.com/ >> >> Tweet: http://twitter.com/cockerilla >> >> >> CRICOS Provider Code: 00117J (QLD) >> >> >> >> *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On >> Behalf Of *Roy Tennant >> *Sent:* Monday, 24 February 2014 10:42 AM >> *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Where Is The Networked Digital Library of >> Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog ? >> >> >> >> Try http://union.ndltd.org/portal/ >> >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:37 PM, McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] < >> gerrymck at iastate.edu> wrote: >> >> *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** >> >> >> >> Colleagues/ >> >> >> >> I've searched high-and-low, but this link (and others) go to dead links >> [?] >> >> >> >> NDLTD VTLS Visualizer [http://www.vtls.com/ndltd >> >> >> >> The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog >> contains more than one million records of electronic theses and >> dissertations. >> >> >> >> Where in the World is the NDLTD Union Catalog ? >> >> >> >> /Gerry >> >> >> >> Gerry McKiernan >> Associate Professor >> and >> Science and Technology Librarian >> Iowa State University >> 150 Parks Library >> Ames IA 50011 >> >> >> >> OATs: Open Access Textbooks >> >> http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats >> >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2014-02-23 >> >> >> >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2014-02-23 >> ============================ >> >> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib >> >> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ >> >> 2014-02-23 >> > > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alan.cockerill at JCU.EDU.AU Sun Feb 23 21:29:30 2014 From: alan.cockerill at JCU.EDU.AU (Cockerill, Alan) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 02:29:30 +0000 Subject: Where Is The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: And links to the now dead Scirus. Alan Cockerill Library Technologies Coordinator James Cook University PO Box 6811 CAIRNS QLD 4870 Phone:+61 7 4232 1737 Fax: +61 7 4232 1516 Email: Alan.Cockerill at jcu.edu.au Skype: alan.cockerill.jcu Web: http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/library/contacts/staff/JCUPRD_017401 Blog: http://jculibrarytechnology.blogspot.com/ Tweet: http://twitter.com/cockerilla CRICOS Provider Code: 00117J (QLD) From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Monday, 24 February 2014 11:00 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Where Is The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog ? Also, it appears that they have largely ceded discover to Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search. Roy On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Roy Tennant > wrote: Yes, odd. See this page: http://www.ndltd.org/resources/find-etds It appears that someone at VTLS needs to bounce a server. Roy On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Cockerill, Alan > wrote: This doesn't appear to be searchable. Doesn't even link at collection level. It lists the Australiasian Digital Theses Program, which ceased in 2011 (data subsumed into Trove). Odd. Alan Cockerill Library Technologies Coordinator James Cook University PO Box 6811 CAIRNS QLD 4870 Phone:+61 7 4232 1737 Fax: +61 7 4232 1516 Email: Alan.Cockerill at jcu.edu.au Skype: alan.cockerill.jcu Web: http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/library/contacts/staff/JCUPRD_017401 Blog: http://jculibrarytechnology.blogspot.com/ Tweet: http://twitter.com/cockerilla CRICOS Provider Code: 00117J (QLD) From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Monday, 24 February 2014 10:42 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Where Is The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog ? Try http://union.ndltd.org/portal/ On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:37 PM, McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] > wrote: *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ I've searched high-and-low, but this link (and others) go to dead links [?] NDLTD VTLS Visualizer [http://www.vtls.com/ndltd The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog contains more than one million records of electronic theses and dissertations. Where in the World is the NDLTD Union Catalog ? /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 150 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 OATs: Open Access Textbooks http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Cockerill, Alan wrote: > And links to the now dead Scirus. > > > > Alan Cockerill > Library Technologies Coordinator > James Cook University > > PO Box 6811 > CAIRNS QLD 4870 > Phone:+61 7 4232 1737 > Fax: +61 7 4232 1516 > Email: Alan.Cockerill at jcu.edu.au > > Skype: alan.cockerill.jcu > Web: > http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/library/contacts/staff/JCUPRD_017401 > > Blog: http://jculibrarytechnology.blogspot.com/ > > Tweet: http://twitter.com/cockerilla > > > CRICOS Provider Code: 00117J (QLD) > > > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Roy Tennant > *Sent:* Monday, 24 February 2014 11:00 AM > > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Where Is The Networked Digital Library of Theses > and Dissertations Union Catalog ? > > > > Also, it appears that they have largely ceded discover to Google Scholar > and Microsoft Academic Search. > > Roy > > > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: > > Yes, odd. See this page: > > > > http://www.ndltd.org/resources/find-etds > > > > It appears that someone at VTLS needs to bounce a server. > > Roy > > > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Cockerill, Alan < > alan.cockerill at jcu.edu.au> wrote: > > This doesn?t appear to be searchable. Doesn?t even link at collection > level. > > > > It lists the Australiasian Digital Theses Program, which ceased in 2011 > (data subsumed into Trove). > > > > Odd. > > > > Alan Cockerill > Library Technologies Coordinator > James Cook University > > PO Box 6811 > CAIRNS QLD 4870 > Phone:+61 7 4232 1737 > Fax: +61 7 4232 1516 > Email: Alan.Cockerill at jcu.edu.au > > Skype: alan.cockerill.jcu > Web: > http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/library/contacts/staff/JCUPRD_017401 > > Blog: http://jculibrarytechnology.blogspot.com/ > > Tweet: http://twitter.com/cockerilla > > > CRICOS Provider Code: 00117J (QLD) > > > > *From:* Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] *On > Behalf Of *Roy Tennant > *Sent:* Monday, 24 February 2014 10:42 AM > *To:* WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WEB4LIB] Where Is The Networked Digital Library of Theses > and Dissertations Union Catalog ? > > > > Try http://union.ndltd.org/portal/ > > > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 4:37 PM, McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] < > gerrymck at iastate.edu> wrote: > > *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** > > > > Colleagues/ > > > > I've searched high-and-low, but this link (and others) go to dead links [?] > > > > NDLTD VTLS Visualizer [http://www.vtls.com/ndltd > > > > The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog > contains more than one million records of electronic theses and > dissertations. > > > > Where in the World is the NDLTD Union Catalog ? > > > > /Gerry > > > > Gerry McKiernan > Associate Professor > and > Science and Technology Librarian > Iowa State University > 150 Parks Library > Ames IA 50011 > > > > OATs: Open Access Textbooks > > http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-23 > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-23 > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-23 > > > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-23 > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2014-02-23 > -- Thomas Dowling Director of Technologies, Z. 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On February 25th from 10am to 11am Eastern U.S. time (15.00 to 16.00 UTC), I'll be presenting a free webinar that describes the features and plans for the site. Like the FOSS4LIB.org website itself, this webinar is open to members and non-members of LYRASIS. To register for tomorrow's webinar or one of the ones later this year, just send me an e-mail. More details are at: http://foss4lib.org/content/free-webinars-introducing-foss4lib Peter -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS Peter.Murray at lyrasis.org +1 678-235-2955 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 800.999.8558 Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org LYRASIS: Great Libraries. Strong Communities. 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With funding from the Mellon Foundation, >LYRASIS stewards the FOSS4LIB.org site: "helping libraries decide IF and >WHICH open source software is right for them." > >On February 25th from 10am to 11am Eastern U.S. time (15.00 to 16.00 >UTC), I'll be presenting a free webinar that describes the features and >plans for the site. Like the FOSS4LIB.org website itself, this webinar >is open to members and non-members of LYRASIS. To register for >tomorrow's webinar or one of the ones later this year, just send me an >e-mail. More details are at: > > http://foss4lib.org/content/free-webinars-introducing-foss4lib > > >Peter >-- >Peter Murray >Assistant Director, Technology Services Development >LYRASIS >Peter.Murray at lyrasis.org >+1 678-235-2955 > >1438 West Peachtree Street NW >Suite 200 >Atlanta, GA 30309 >Toll Free: 800.999.8558 >Fax: 404.892.7879 >www.lyrasis.org > >LYRASIS: Great Libraries. Strong Communities. 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With funding from the Mellon Foundation, LYRASIS stewards the FOSS4LIB.org site: "helping libraries decide IF and WHICH open source software is right for them." > > On February 25th from 10am to 11am Eastern U.S. time (15.00 to 16.00 UTC), I'll be presenting a free webinar that describes the features and plans for the site. Like the FOSS4LIB.org website itself, this webinar is open to members and non-members of LYRASIS. To register for tomorrow's webinar or one of the ones later this year, just send me an e-mail. More details are at: > > http://foss4lib.org/content/free-webinars-introducing-foss4lib > > > Peter -- Renate Morgenstern Tel.: +264 61 242124 Cell: +264 81 2910284 Fax: 088637518 Windhoek, Namibia ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Access is a single stream conference featuring in-depth analyses, panel discussions, poster presentations, lightning talks, hackfest, and plenty of time for networking and social events. Join us in Calgary, Alberta, September 29-October 2 for Access 2014! Call for Proposals: In the spirit of the 21st Access Conference, this year's theme is Growing in the 21st Century. We're well into the 21st Century. How have libraries adapted? What can we expect for the next 86 years? How can we develop our skills to plan for the future? We're looking for proposals that consider: * Where we've come from, and how the plans of the past affect our present and future * Where we're going, considering current trends in future planning context * Buzz topics such as big data, linked open data, evidence-based practice, the semantic web, open access, and other emerging trends * Emerging tools and trends, and how to use them to build a new future for libraries * The 21st Century library in context and the dynamic of the library. How do libraries fit in a larger institutional or community context? How do technical and discovery services fit within the overall library dynamic? How are we shaping this context? Formats: Poster Presentations (NEW to Access 2014!): All poster presenters will also have the option to give a 3-5 minute lightning talk. Session Presentation: You propose the format! You can put together a traditional presentation, a lightning talk, Pecha Kucha, demos, audience participation, a panel, or something totally different. The sky is the limit, so be creative! All format proposals will be considered. The length of your session should range from 5-45 minutes. Any sessions longer than 15 minutes will be selected through double-blind peer-review. Your proposal should include: * Name, Position, Affiliation (let us know if you're a student!) * Have you presented at Access before? * If your presentation is not accepted in its proposed format, would you be willing to present in an alternate format (e.g. poster presentation, co-present with someone else)? * Presentation format summary - a few sentences outlining format * A summary (1-2 paragraphs) on the content of your proposed session To submit a proposal: E-mail to accesslibcon at gmail.com by April 4, 2014. Questions can be forwarded to accesslibcon at gmail.com, or via Twitter (@accesslibcon) http://accessconference.ca/ Paul R. Pival Public Services Systems Librarian University of Calgary TFDL 430b (403) 220-5650 ppival at ucalgary.ca ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-27 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From primarydat at AOL.COM Thu Feb 27 15:21:09 2014 From: primarydat at AOL.COM (James Moses) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:21:09 -0500 Subject: Take the survey of library efforts to render their websites more accessible by mobile devices Message-ID: Primary Research Group Inc., (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying libraries about how they are making their websites and other resources accessible to mobile devices. The international study is open to public, academic and special libraries of all nations. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SurveyMobileAccesstoLibraryWebsite James Moses, Research Director Primary Research Group Inc 2753 Broadway #156 New York, New York 10025 Primarydat at gmail.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2014-02-27 From afburke at UCI.EDU Thu Feb 27 17:31:54 2014 From: afburke at UCI.EDU (Ashley Burke) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:31:54 +0000 Subject: UCI Libraries: seeking recommendation for web site consultant companies Message-ID: Hello web4lib, The UCI Libraries is about to move forward on a site re-design for our public page (http://www.lib.uci.edu/). We would like to work with a web consultant company to evaluate our public web site and recommend new versions of the site. Company will establish and conduct interviews and surveys, gather user statistics, research and recommend best practices for new site designs, and deliver mockups for new versions of the Libraries' public web site. We have identified a few companies to evaluate, but would like 1 or 2 more specifically with experience in site design for higher ed libraries. It would be great if someone could pass on a few recommended companies for us to consider. Thank you, Ashley Side note: I just re-subscribed to this listserv, so my apologies if this question was answered by a previous posting. If so, just point me to that archive. 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