LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Open Source interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:53:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2011/04/code4lib-journal.html Issue 13 of the Code4Lib Journal has been published. Partial contents:ISBN and QR Barcode Scanning Mobile App for LibrariesGraham McCarthy and Sally WilsonThis article outlines the development of a mobile application for the Ryerson University Library. The application provides for ISBN barcode scanning that results in a lookup of library copies and services for the book scanned, as well as QR code scanning. Two versions of the application were developed, one for iOS and one for Android. The article includes some details on the free packages used for barcode scanning functionality. Source code for the Ryerson iOS and Android applications are freely available, and instructions are provided on customizing the Ryerson application for use in other library environments. Some statistics on the number of downloads of the Ryerson mobile app by users are included.Using Web Services for a Mobile OPACDenis Galvin and Mang SunThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the creation and intended evolution of the Rice University mobile online public access catalog (OPAC). The focus of the article is on how SirsiDynix’s Symphony Web Services can be used to create a mobile OPAC.Look What We Got! How Inherited Data Drives Decision-Making: UNC-Chapel Hill’s 19th-Century American Sheet Music CollectionRenée McBrideHave you inherited a digital collection containing valuable, but inconsistent metadata? And wondered how to transform it into a usable, quality resource while accepting that it can’t meet your idea of perfection? This article describes such an experience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library with its CONTENTdm-based 19th-Century American Sheet Music Collection, addressing issues such as field construction, the use of controlled vocabularies, development of a project data dictionary, and metadata clean-up. ... Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:00:00 +0100 895887 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2011/04/vudl-open-source-digital-library.html The Falvey Library at Villanova University has announced the Alpha Launch of VuDL: Open Source Digital Library Administration.VuDL is a simple to use Digital Library Administration application powered by all open source technologies. With VuDL, you get:METS metadata editorService image generation toolsXML database repositoryBuilt-in OAI serverBuilt-in record drivers for easy implementation with VuFindThe core of VuDL's application is powered by Orbeon Forms, a powerful XML/XForms processor. eXist (a native XML database) and the server's file system combine to support the data and image repository.VuDL is offered for free through the GPL open source license. You can modify the software and share your successes with the community! (Source: Catalogablog) Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:00:00 +0100 895886 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2011/04/social-networks-and-archival-context.html The Social Networks and Archival Context Project (SNAC) sounds interesting.Leveraging the new standard Encoded Archival Context-Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF), the SNAC Project will use digital technology to “unlock” descriptions of people from finding aids and link them together in exciting new ways. We will:Create efficient open-source tools that allow archivists to separate the process of describing people from that of records.Create a prototype integrated historical resource and access system that will link descriptions of people to one another and to descriptions of resources in archives, libraries and museums; online biographical and historical databases; and other diverse resources.Related articlesSNAC :: Social Networks and Archival Context Project (socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu) (Source: Catalogablog) Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:00:00 +0100 895896 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2011/03/vufind.html VuFind, the open-source discovery tool has released a new version.The next significant version of VuFind has been released this morning. Here are some of the highlights of the new release:Improved support for non-MARC metadata and authority recordsNew search tools: autosuggesters, snippets, keyword highlighting, alphabetical heading browseAlternate jQuery-based theme (for tighter integration with non-YUI sites)- Easier and more powerful favorite list managementMore API integration: book previews through Google Books/OpenLibrary/Hathi Trust, cover images from B&T Content CaféExpanded OAI-PMH and RSS output capabilitiesBetter discovery by search engines with automatic sitemap XML generation toolNumerous bug fixes, plus better-commented and standardized codeFor more information, and to download the new release, please visit http://vufind.org. (Source: Catalogablog) Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 895898 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16347 CONTENTdm Intern (OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Washington) OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs.  Tens of thousands of libraries around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials.  We are currently seeking candidates for a CONTENTdm Intern position.  The work location for the assignment will be our Seattle, Washington office. The OCLC Diversity and Inclusion Initiative offers internship opportunities designed to provide unique experiences for aspiring college students. ... Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:20:02 +0100 895648 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16336 Post-Doctoral Researcher (OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Ohio) OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. Tens of thousands of libraries around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials. We are currently seeking candidates for a Post-Doctoral Researcher position at our Corporate Headquarters in Dublin (Columbus), Ohio. The Post-Doctoral Researcher will typically work with existing teams in OCLC Research, under the guidance and supervision of a permanent scientific staff member. ... Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:20:02 +0100 895580 http://www.teleread.com/library/scholarly-electronic-publishing-weblog-updated-for-december/ Ariadne, no. 65 (2010): Includes: “Developing Infrastructure for Research Data Management at the University of Oxford,” “Moving Researchers across the eResearch Chasm,” “Trust Me, I’m an Archivist: Experiences with Digital Donors,” and other articles. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian 29, no. 4 (2010): Includes “Digital Archival Image Collections: Who Are the Users?” and other articles. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 49, no. 1 (2011): Includes “Google Book Search and Metadata,” “Reclassification in Academic Research Libraries: Is It Still Relevant in an E-book World?,” and other articles. Collection Management 36, no. 1 (2011): Includes “Librarian Roles in Institutional Repository Data Set Collecting: Outcomes of a Research Library Task Force” and other articles. First Monday 15, no. 12 (2010): Includes “The Size Distribution of Open Access Publishers: A Problem for Open Access?” and other articles. IFLA Journal 36, no. 4 (2010): Includes “Non-users’ Evaluation of Digital Libraries: A Survey at the Università degli studi di Milano” and other articles. The Journal of Electronic Publishing 13, no. 3 (2010): Includes “Academic Search Engine Spam and Google Scholar’s Resilience against It,” “OA Repositories: The Researchers’ Point of View,” “Traversing the Book of Mpub: An Agile, Web-first Publishing Model,” and other articles. Journal of Scholarly Publishing 42, no. 2 (2011): Includes “Extending ArXiv.org to Achieve Open Peer Review and Publishing,” “Protocols and Challenges to the Creation of a Cross-disciplinary Journal,” and other articles. Krikorian, Gaälle, and Amy Kapczynski, eds. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:35:45 +0100 895609 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss/~3/eC6Mm0oVw6U/ Ariadne, no. 65 (2010): Includes: "Developing Infrastructure for Research Data Management at the University of Oxford," "Moving Researchers across the eResearch Chasm," "Trust Me, I'm an Archivist: Experiences with Digital Donors," and other articles. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian 29, no. 4 (2010): Includes "Digital Archival Image Collections: Who Are the Users?" and other articles. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 49, no. 1 (2011): Includes "Google Book Search and Metadata," "Reclassification in Academic Research Libraries: Is It Still Relevant in an E-book World?," and other articles. Collection Management 36, no. 1 (2011): Includes "Librarian Roles in Institutional Repository Data Set Collecting: Outcomes of a Research Library Task Force" and other articles. First Monday 15, no. 12 (2010): Includes "The Size Distribution of Open Access Publishers: A Problem for Open Access?" and other articles. IFLA Journal 36, no. 4 (2010): Includes "Non-users' Evaluation of Digital Libraries: A Survey at the Università degli studi di Milano" and other articles. The Journal of Electronic Publishing 13, no. 3 (2010): Includes "Academic Search Engine Spam and Google Scholar’s Resilience against It," "OA Repositories: The Researchers' Point of View," "Traversing the Book of Mpub: An Agile, Web-first Publishing Model," and other articles. Journal of Scholarly Publishing 42, no. 2 (2011): Includes "Extending ArXiv.org to Achieve Open Peer Review and Publishing," "Protocols and Challenges to the Creation of a Cross-disciplinary Journal," and other articles. Krikorian, Gaälle, and Amy Kapczynski, eds. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:08:58 +0100 895591 http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/deal-of-the-day-for-the-kindle-real-cheap-kindle-books/ Picked this up from a tweet by Stephen Windwalker. Amazon has a new page for daily cheap Kindle books. I just checked it out and all of the books listed are $2.99. I bought A Spy’s Diary of World War II: Inside the OSS with an American Agent in Europe, by Wayne Nelson. Amazon lists its “Digital List Price” as $24.99 and the print list price as $35.00. I guess I’ll have to bookmark this page. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:58:37 +0100 895403 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/wUD9ApnvecM/4468 This Christmas I got a Nook Color from my hubby and mother. I’ve been using it for a few days and I think it’s time to share my opinions. First things first, if you have an ebook reader you must download Calibre. Calibre is an open source ebook management application that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux (a flavor for everyone). It’s a great way to convert files from one format to another, to manage all of your books and to download news from the web to your reader. I have started with a bunch of free and public domain materials (nothing purchased yet). I chose the Nook over other alternatives because it could open so many formats of ebook and it runs on the Android operating system so that gives me some options for openness should I decide to root the device (a practice that has recently been declared legal). However I have found some downsides to the supposed openness of the Nook. While I can read materials purchased or downloaded from other sites, these materials are treated like second class citizens on the Nook. What do I mean? Well my EPubs and PDFs can’t be mounted on the home screen. I can only access these materials by browsing my shelves or files. I also can’t use the built in social networking functionality on materials that are not from Barnes & Noble. Basically I can read these materials, but they’re harder to get to and not as functional. I’m reading The Art of Community right now and have just figured out how to highlight passages (a big plus). I can also access all of my highlights and notes in one menu. Now for the minus – I can’t find a way to download or share these quotes. If this were a Barnes and Noble publication I could share the quotes one by one with the ‘share’ function, but because this is a PDF (converted to Epub in Calibre) I can just highlight and that’s the end of it. ... Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:21:38 +0100 895489 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/25/3840 Markus FISCHER, Stefan KANDERA, Veronika KLEIBEL, Maike KRONE, Susanne MAYER, Erika NIEDERMANN und Dieter SULZER: bibnet.org – kooperative Referenzdatenbank für das Gesundheitswesen Zusammenfassung: Schwerpunktthema der aktuellen Ausgabe 3/2010 von GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information ist die Jahrestagung 2010 der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB) in Mainz; das Motto der Tagung lautete „alles – einfach – sofort: Service in Medizinbibliotheken“. Zentrales Thema der diesjährigen Tagung waren innovative Dienstleistungen und Produkte in und für Medizinbibliotheken. Weitere Beiträge setzten sich mit Themen wie Bibliotheksneubau, Benutzerschulungen und Qualitätsmanagement auseinander. Eine Arbeitsgruppe des Vereins „Netzwerk Fachbibliotheken Gesundheit“ (CH) hat unter der Adresse http://bibnet.org/ zusammen mit dem Rudolfinerhaus in Wien (A) eine kooperative und frei zugängliche Referenzdatenbank für das Gesundheitswesen geschaffen. Nachgewiesen werden Referenzen primär aus dem pflegerischen Bereich stammender und überwiegend deutschsprachiger Zeitschriftenartikel. bibnet.org führt auf einer zentralen Plattform vorhandene Katalogisate verschiedener Bibliotheken zusammen. Aktuell enthält die Datenbank rund 45.000 Datensätze aus über 400 ausgewerteten Zeitschriften. Diese stammen aus den Beständen des Rudolfinerhauses in Wien und der Pro Senectute Bibliothek Schweiz und gehen bis ins Jahr 1979 zurück. Weitere Datensätze werden durch Beteiligung zahlreicher Bibliotheken an der fortlaufenden Katalogisierung hinzugefügt. Jede teilnehmende Bibliothek übernimmt dabei die Verantwortung für die Auswertung der ihr zugeteilten Zeitschriften. Sämtliche verwendeten technischen Systeme basieren auf Open Source-Lösungen: Als Suchsystem kommt Vufind zum Einsatz. Als Katalogisierungssystem für Bibliotheken, die über keine MARC-kompatiblen Systeme verfügen, steht eine Instanz von KOHA zur Verfügung. ... Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:00:14 +0100 895375 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/12/22/google-datawiki/ Google legt momentan ein flottes Tempo vor. Über den nGram Viewer wurde inzwischen anderswo so viel geschrieben, das spare ich mir erstmal. Auf Shared Spaces wurde hier noch gar nicht eingegangen. Aber DataWiki kann man hier nicht unerwähnt lassen. Es handelt sich hierbei um ein Wiki für strukturierte Daten. In eigenen Worten With DataWiki it should be easy to: * create and edit structured data * create simple mashup applications in a few minutes * define formats in terms of others, e.g. Missing Person reports = vCard (who) + GeoRSS (last seen) + string (current status note) * share information with other systems via built-in federation * enable easy input/output from a variety of endpoints, e.g. via Twitter, ODK or SMS from a remote location Es gibt ein Gästebuch, an dem man ein wenig probieren kann. Einträge erstellen und suchen (z.B. nach Hans Dampf) kann man auch hier: Finden Erstellen Name: Comment: Gender: Country: Homepage: Name: Comment: Gender: Country: Homepage: Eine kleine Dokumentation gibt es auch, ebenso die Möglichkeit, DataWiki (Open Source) selbst zu installieren. Man kann seine Daten also in der Cloud lagern, muss aber nicht. Wer sehen möchte, was in Googles Laboren noch alles entwickelt wurde und wird, sollte sich diesen kurzen Überblick ansehen. (Source: Infobib) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:28:57 +0100 894697 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/wlMwfZeH2VA/posting-for-visiting-assistant.html INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES-BLOOMINGTON Metadata/Cataloging Librarian Visiting Assistant Librarian (Two Year, Non-Tenure Track Appointment) The IU Bloomington Libraries are seeking an innovative and service oriented individual for the position of Metadata/Cataloging Librarian at the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries. This is a two-year, full-time, non-tenure track appointment in the Libraries' Technical Services Department. Founded in 1820, Indiana University-Bloomington has grown from a small state seminary into the flagship campus of a great public university with over 42,000 students and almost 3,000 faculty. Innovation, creativity, and academic freedom are hallmarks of IU Bloomington and its world-class contributions in research and the arts. The Indiana University Bloomington Libraries (http://www.libraries.iub.edu) are among the leading academic research library systems in North America, having recently been named the top university library by the Association of College and Research Libraries. The IUB Libraries provide strong collections, quality service and instructional programs, and leadership in the application of information technologies. The collections support every academic discipline on campus and include more than 6.6 million books, journals, maps, films, and audio/visual materials in over 900 languages. Users can access more than 400 databases, 43,000 electronic journals, and 224,000 electronic books, as well as locally developed digital content. The IUB Libraries are active members of regional and national associations and consortia including the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Digital Library Federation (DLF), and is a founding member of HathiTrust, a shared digital repository. IU is the principal investigator for Kuali Open Library Environment (OLÉ) and is working with academic library partners to develop a next generation open source library management system. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:10:00 +0100 894502 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ouseful/~3/CsLaTMVW30I/ Lots of deleted stuff I might have regretted posting… (I also apologise in advance for what some might take to be the self-aggrandising nature of this post…) Anyway, that’s all as maybe… One of the ideas I started trying to develop in preparing the promotion case was the notion of “influence”, and how online, network based activities might result in payoff for someone else, through being influenced, that could in part trickle back through some sort of recognised acknowledgement, or feed forward into a payoff that makes the academic or host institution more productive. So here are a handful of examples from the last week or so that provide anecdotal evidence about the influence and reach of posts appearing on OUseful.info: I flashed up on screen a post from Tony Hirst’s OUseful blog where he confessed to ‘hassling’ Simon Rogers over the formats of some of the information in the Guardian Datastore. Tony’s contributions are fantastically useful, and the team have now changed some of their workflows to try and include more universal identifiers. On datasets with country lists, for example, they now aim to provide the two letter ISO country code in order to get around confusion when comparing datasets that might feature Burma or Myanmar for example. - news:rewired – “Reader-centred journalism” [C]hanged some of their workflows… right… so that might make it easier for others, such as academics stooping so low as to use news media published data rather than “original” sources in their own work. Or it might mean that folk who are not academics putting the data to work because it’s now easier for them to do so, and getting real value out of it. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:34:25 +0100 895051 http://www.betabib.org/2010/12/22/retrospect-chalmers-bibliotek-2010/ Mot slutet av året så brukar man göra små listor och funderingar över vad man gjort det senaste året. Förra året gjorde jag någon slags toppen och botten. I år tänkte jag summera lite annorlunda och utgå från biblioteket där jag jobbar och lyfta höjdpunkterna som jag ser dem. 1 februari 2010 lämnade jag Högskolebiblioteket i Jönköping för att bli avdelningschef på Chalmers bibliotek i Göteborg. Att gå från en specialistfunktion som systembibliotekarie med fokus på utveckling av bibliotekets elektronsika tjänster till en befattning med personalansvar och tydligare strategisk inriktning på arbetsuppgifterna har varit spännande. Det är uppenbart att Chalmers bibliotek är i en mycket positiv utvecklingsfas nu. Här är de saker som jag uppskattat mest under året på Chalmers bibliotek: Chalmers OA policy Från den 1 januari 2010 råder en Open Access policy på Chalmers. Den innebär att: All forskning som Chalmers forskare publicerar ska göras tillgänglig i ett öppet arkiv, i normalfallet inom 6 månader efter publicering, dock senast efter 12 månader. Detta betyder att Chalmers forskare ska deponera en fulltextkopia av alla sina publikationer i elektronisk form i Chalmers Publication Library (CPL). Referens till publikationen ska också registreras i CPL med hänvisning till den deponerade kopian (tidigare beslut C2004/700). Överlåtelse av upphovsrättigheter skall om möjligt undvikas. Författaren bör tillförsäkra sig rätten att kunna parallellpublicera sitt arbete och skall i varje fall ha rätt att deponera det i ett öppet arkiv senast efter sex månader, eller i undantagsfall 12 månader. Chalmers forskare rekommenderas att publicera sig i tidskrifter som är fritt tillgängliga, s.k. Open Access-tidskrifter, när så är lämpligt. Dispens från denna policy kan ges undantagsvis. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:45:05 +0100 895160 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/12/cfp-3rd-qualitative-and-quantitative_22.html CFP: 3rd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2011) URL: http://www.isast.org/qqml2011.htmlWe invite you to submit a paper /abstract /poster /workshop to the 3rd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2011), 24 - 27 May 2011, Athens Greece . First Call of Proposals QQML2011 Dear Colleagues, It is our great pleasure to announce the 3rd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2011) at 24 - 27 May 2011, Athens Greece . Since 2009 QQML has provided an excellent framework for the presentation of new trends and developments in every aspect of Library and Information Science, Technology, Applications and Research. The 3rd QQML2011 was scheduled during the previous 2nd QQML2010 Conference. It was also decided that the 4th QQML 2012 International Conference will be organized in Limerick Ireland . QQML2009 and QQML2010 were successful events both from the number and quality of the presentations and from the post conference publications in Journals and Books. QQML2011 will continue and expand the related topics. Papers are invited for this international conference. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894987 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/12/21/the-dilemma-with-delicious You probably heard last week that someone leaked that Yahoo was planning on shutting down Delicious - but then later said it will be maintained until a good home could be found. When I first read this, two things struck me: This is very bad, considering my library website’s subject guides rely on Delicious, plus I’ve been telling people for years to convert to Delicious This isn’t so bad, because the demise of Bloglines was announced and averted So, for the time being, I’m not panicking - but it is a perfect reminder that we need to face the realities of third-party tools with eyes wide open. You can integrate anything you want into your website, but remember it may go away at any time. David Lee King has a great post on this (and gwern0’s comment is spot-on). What is a librarian to to? Our options are: Keep using Delicious Migrate to a different service (reviews of some alternatives, and more at Stephen’s Lighthouse) Host your own Delicious-like service (neat - via iLibrarian) Sign a petition to get Delicious to go Open Source (via Nicole C. Engard) I’m going to be doing a little bit of all of these. Since there is no imminent deadline, I’m going to ignore all of this until after the holidays. Then, I’ll backup my bookmarks and start looking at alternatives in case migration becomes necessary. I had been wondering if there was a host-your-own option, so I’m happy to see that. However, although it would be nice to have control myself, I like the shared aspect of these tools. Not to mention I’d be responsible for the maintenance, and there is always the danger of getting stuck in yet another information silo. If we do have to move, right now I’m leaning towards Diigo because it seems to match most closely the Delicious features I use - namely, linkrolls and a bookmarklet (or toolbar). ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:40:05 +0100 894215 http://invisibleweblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-library-world-current-issue.html New Library World journal has published the 11/12th issue of its 111 Volume. The following papers appeared in this issue.Public libraries as impartial spaces in a consumer society: possible, plausible, desirable?Social networking in academic libraries: the possibilities and the concerns,Library design, learning spaces and academic literacy,Implementation of the Finnish University Libraries National Information Literacy Recommendation into academic studies at the Kumpula Science Library, University of Helsinki,Customizing an open-source tool to enhance information literacy,Reference tools in Second Life: implications for real life libraries,Project management in the library. (Source: The Invisible Web Weblog) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895025 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/9TP7Qm8IC2g/latest-from-lab.html Over the last couple of weeks, lots of apps have debuted on Google Labs, a laboratory where our more adventurous users can try our experimental products and offer feedback directly to the engineers who developed them. Teams at Google are gearing up to deliver more and more cool innovations to users, and this month alone, we’ve launched six new products on Google Labs. Here are the highlights of our recent releases.App Inventor for AndroidApp Inventor for Android makes it easier for people to access the capabilities of their Android phones and create apps for their personal use. Until now, it was only available to a group of people who requested and received invitations. Last week, we announced that App Inventor (beta) is now available to anyone with a Google account. Visit the App Inventor homepage to get set up and start building your own Android app—and be sure to share your App Inventor story on the App Inventor user forum!Body BrowserBody Browser is a demo app that allows you to visualize complex 3D graphics of the human body. It works in the latest beta version of Google Chrome and uses WebGL, a new standard that enables 3D experiences in the web browser without any plug-ins. Using Body Browser, you can explore different layers of human anatomy by moving the slider to rotate and zoom in on parts you are interested in. Not sure where something is? Try the search box. You can also share the exact scene you’re viewing by copying and pasting the corresponding URL.DataWikiDataWiki is a wiki for structured data, extending the idea of a normal wiki to make it easy to create, edit, share and visualize structured data, and to interlink data formats to make them more understandable and useful. The project is inspired by the need to create customized data formats for crisis response, for example to quickly create a person-finder application after an earthquake, or share Internet and cellular phone connectivity maps from an affected area. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894544 http://www.llrx.com/features/opensourcetutorialtools.htm Nicole C. Engard continues her series on best practices for libraries to leverage open source tools with a guide on publishing tutorials for using library resources. Rather than creating a printed pathfinder, she suggests creating a video tutorial instead, as the learning experience is often more engaging and has deeper impact when users see something done versus reading about it. (Source: LLRX.com) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:26:24 +0100 894227 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/LysV6_iCbCc/4458 Some of you have probably heard that Delicious is possibly going to be turned off by Yahoo!. One of my favorite mashups examples is using Delicious to create ‘link rolls.’ In fact link rolls power the links page on both my Library Mashups and Practical Open Source Software book sites. So the question now is what the heck do I do? Well, first I’m all for petitioning Yahoo! to open source Delicious so that it can not online live on, but probably get more development attention than Yahoo! ever gave it. If you like this idea you can try to get that to happen by participating in this petition (click the flame to the right or this link). Next, I recommend that you backup your links now and regularly while we wait to see what is going to happen to Delicious. Finally, some colleagues have already switched to Diigo, a tool that I tried a while ago but ended up leaving to return to Delicious. It looks like I’ll be giving it another shot now that it might be my only option. For this post I did a search on Diigo to see if I could use it for my mashups still and have found that I can. Diigo offers linkrolls just like Delicious did. I haven’t tested them at all, but this is promising to say the least. [update] There is a blog post out there saying that Delicious will move on and not close, but I can’t get it to load, so I haven’t read it yet. [/update] Related posts:Yahoo! Pipes Giving Twitter another shot Spam Karma – Solved (Source: What I Learned Today...) Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:30:22 +0100 894488 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62723 From the C-SPAN Web Site: The head of the National Open Source Intelligence Center spoke at a forum about the use of publicly available material in U.S. intelligence efforts. The event took place at the National Press Club in Washington DC on December 15, 2010 and runs about 110 minutes. [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:36:00 +0100 893420 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/12/17/delicious-com-soll-geschlossen-werden/ Techcrunch berichtet, dass Yahoo den beliebten Social-Bookmarking-Dienst Delicious.com schließen wird. Ein Verkauf oder die Veröffentlichung des Quelltextes scheint für Yahoo bislang keine Alternative zu sein. Wahrscheinlich wird die Delicious-Startseite daher bald ähnlich aussehen wie Geocities. Auch dies ein florierendes Projekt, dass von Yahoo gekauft, vergessen und schließlich geschlossen wurde. Da zahlreiche Bibliotheken und Bibliothekswesen Delicious einsetzen, wird nun die Suche nach Alternativen beginnen. Einfach wird das nicht. Delicious hat verschiedene Features, die die Nutzung in verschiedenen Kontexten sehr komfortabel machen. Zum Beispiel für eine Materialsammlung zum Heidelberger Appell, die Quicklinks des FZ Jülich oder die virtuellen Bibliotheken der Bibliothek der FH Hannover. Kurze, hoffentlich nützliche Linksammlung: Spabba.com Der eigene Browser Etwas ältere Liste mit Social-Bookmarking-Tools Ach ja: Es ist sicherlich empfehlenswert, die bestehende Delicious-Sammlung zu exportieren. Welche Lektion kann man daraus ziehen? Ist die Cloud tot, bevor sie sich überhaupt richtig durchgesetzt hat? Für Bibliotheken sollte auf jeden Fall klar sein, dass man keinen Dienst einsetzen sollte, der keinen kompletten Datenexport erlaubt. Die in Delicious gespeicherten Bookmarks lassen sich sichern. Das persönliche Netzwerk ist dennoch weg, die Einbindung des Dienstes in Webseiten muss auch ersetzt werden. Idealerweise sollte daher auch stets eine Open-Source-Alternative bereit stehen, um den Dienst zur Not selbst anbieten zu können. Eine weitere Lektion ist, dass man sich speziell auf Yahoo nicht verlassen sollte. Der Fall Geocities hätte eigentlich Warnung genug sein müssen. Nun Delicious, morgen vielleicht Yahoo Pipes oder Flickr? (Source: Infobib) Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:01:49 +0100 893460 http://dltj.org/article/company-contributions-to-open-source/ I was reading a story last week about the Linux Foundation‘s third annual report [PDF] of the Linux kernel, and in it was a section that talked about the affiliation of the programmers that contributed to the development of the kernel. This got me thinking about the affiliation of programmers in the library open source community. More on that after a brief detour to explain what the “kernel” is.For those that don’t know the inner pieces of how computers are put together, the “kernel” is that part of the operating system that governs everything else. It gets to say what programs are run and shuts them down when they misbehave. It arbitrates access to devices like the keyboard and the disk drive. It is the first thing that runs when the computer starts up and the last thing to quit when the computer shuts down. It is the heart of the device you see in front of you. There are some parallels that could be drawn to integrated library systems. So this is a thought exercise down one of those parallels.Much of the Linux kernel report is about the rate of change to the Linux kernel source code (faster pace, broader base of contributers). But there is also a section that talks about financial sponsorship of the work. Beginning on page 12, I’ve excepted a few bits under the heading “Who is Sponsoring the Work”The Linux kernel is a resource which is used by a large variety of companies. Many of those companies never participate in the development of the kernel; they are content with the software as it is and do not feel the need to help drive its development in any particular direction. …There are a number of developers for whom we were unable to determine a corporate affiliation; those are grouped under “unknown” in the table below. ... Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:58:06 +0100 894345 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/UczpJV-3t_M/biblio-tech-review-december-2010.html The December 2010 issue of Biblio Tech Review is now available. This issue includes: * Staffordshire University (UK) chooses Koha open source * European consortium launches advanced cloud infrastructure project * Western Regional Consortia (US) Share Library Resources across the Divide * SirsiDynix launches BookMyne 2.0 iPhone application * SkyRiver Becomes Exchange Partner for LC's Program for Cooperative Cataloging (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:10:45 +0100 893130 http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2010/12/dramatic-growth-of-open-access-dec-11.html Revised Dec. 17, 2010 - comment on renaissance of the scholar / publisher from Willinsky & Edgar added.Phil Davis on the Scholarly Kitchen has posted the comment, For Open Access Journals, the Size does Matter, as a comment on my Dec. 11, 2010 early year-end edition of the Dramatic Growth of Open Access.CommentIn briefThe growth of open access is particularly amazing given how little economic support has been made available so far. The economic target that I would suggest is high-quality, fully open access publishing that is economically sustainable or cost-effective. The number of open access journal titles is an indirect indication of the growth of open access publishing per se, which would ideally be measured by the number of articles published open access. As the DOAJ search by article service grows, this measure may become more feasible over time. Nevertheless, the number of titles per se is important as an indication of OA infrastructure, that is, the ability of open access to grow rapidly, given a little support. Behind the many fairly new, relatively small journals listed in DOAJ is a substantial new publishing system which can support many more titles; and small journals with relatively few articles could easily grow with even a little redirection of funding. These are just a few of the reasons why it makes a lot of sense for libraries to join the Compact for Open Access Publishing Equity. Online-only, open access journals are not the same as print or subscription-based journals, and so it does not make sense to apply the same measures to assess the success of these journals - for example, the need to bundle a certain amount of articles for a print artefact, or to justify subscriptions has implications for the number of articles needed for a successful print and/or subscription-based journal that does not necessarily apply to an online open access journal. ... Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893846 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/12/death-of-delicious-social-bookmarking.html Delicious, the popular social bookmarking service owned by Yahoo! that allows users to store, annotate and share bookmarks, may be shutting down, according to various web sources.ResourceShelf is not so sure.Many libraries have been turning to web 2.0 tools such as Delicious:MIT Updates Virtual Reference Pages Using Social Bookmarking (July 9, 2007): "The library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is using the social bookmarking site del.icio.us to keep its virtual reference web pages up to date (...) What is interesting is that MIT uses an RSS feed to send the links from the del.icio.us account to its virtual reference collection, making maintenance a much easier task."Use of Social Tagging in Libraries Spreading (September 17, 2007): "The article Tags Help Make Libraries Del.icio.us in the online version of Library Journal describes how more and more libraries are turning to social bookmarking tools such as del.icio.us to organize information about recommended resources and replace the traditional subject guide."More News From Federal Library Web 2.0 Interest Group (September 16, 2008): "In the summer, federal government librarians in Canada created a Web 2.0 Interest Group (WIG) to explore ways of incorporating collaborative technologies into their work (...) It was a great opportunity to see what work has been done on the Web 2.0 front. Here are a few of the projects mentioned at the roundtable that opened the meeting: ... The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information has launched a CISTI Facebook group, a wiki for posting known problems about its online services, and has created dozens of subject guides using delicious.com social bookmarks ... The Communications Security Establishment, Canada's electronic intelligence agency, uses wikis, mashups and social bookmarking ... Natural Resources Canada uses screencasting, wikis, blogs, and delicious. ... Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893286 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dTJJL/~3/UczpJV-3t_M/biblio-tech-review-december-2010.html The December 2010 issue of Biblio Tech Review is now available. This issue includes: * Staffordshire University (UK) chooses Koha open source * European consortium launches advanced cloud infrastructure project * Western Regional Consortia (US) Share Library Resources across the Divide * SirsiDynix launches BookMyne 2.0 iPhone application * SkyRiver Becomes Exchange Partner for LC's Program for Cooperative Cataloging (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893080 http://litablog.org/2010/12/call-for-bloggers-midwinter-2011-schedule/ Do you plan to attend ALA Midwinter in San Diego? Take this opportunity to become a LITA Blogger. The LITA Blog (http://litablog.org) will again be on hand to report what is happening and share the terrific Midwinter experience with those who cannot attend this year. If you like to write and are looking for new ways to get involved (or have blogged in the past and would like to blog again), please email me at thebrewinlibrarian@gmail.com and let me know what sessions you would like to cover. The blog schedule for Midwinter is below and will be updated as we receive volunteers. Names of bloggers appear in bold next to session. If there is no name after a session title, please feel free to sign up for it! We will be taking volunteers up to and during the conference. Thank you very much in advance! Matt Hamilton, LITA Web Coordinating Committee FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs 9:00 am- 4:30 pm SDCC-Room 24 A del.icio.us subject guides, Flickr library displays, YouTube library orientation; with mashups and APIs, it’s easier to bring pieces of the web together with library data. Learn what an API is and what it does, the components of web services, how to build a mashup, how to work with PHP, and how to create web services for your library. Participants should be comfortable with HTML markup and have an interest in learning about web scripting and programming and are encouraged to bring a laptop for hands-on participation. Open Source CMS Playroom 9:00 am- 4:30 pm SDCC-Room 24 B Open source content management systems present an opportunity for libraries to distribute content creation and maintenance and add Web 2.0 features to library websites. This workshop will provide an overview of several content management systems, compare and contrast system functionality and features, and demonstrate how open source CMSs can be used to enhance library websites. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:15:50 +0100 893198 http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com/2010/12/tis-season-great-book-sales.html I don't usually talk about sales on this blog, but I happened to notice a few book sales you may find of  interest--check these out: Information Today - library, information management and knowledge management titlesMichael Sauers has posted about the Information Today sale on books from Internet Librarian 2010 conference being extended to January 31, 2011: 40% off the retail price on all books. That is great news! I am reading The Accidental Taxonomist by Heather Hedden which I picked up from InfoToday at KM World. For anyone into taxonomy, I highly recommend it!! I  also purchased the new edition of Building & Running a Successful Research Business by Mary Ellen Bates which has been having great word-of-mouth reviews from colleagues, and Open Source Web Applications for Libraries by Haren Coombs & Amanda Hollister (shown in the image above). Lots of holiday reading in my future. Looks like I need the new edition of  Michael's book Blogging and RSS: A Librarian's Guide to add to my collection, too!Rosenfeld Media - user experience design titles Rosenfeld Media, the maker of fine books on user experience design (also affectionately known as UX)  currently has a 40% off sale on their books, epubs and webinars until January 1st. I have several of their titles on my shelf for reference. They are gorgeous books, beautifully designed and bound, with practical, well-written content. I try to pick up the latest ones every time I see they have a sale. Neal-Schuman Publishers - The Tech Set series for librariesI noticed the series my book Effective Blogging for Libraries is part of,  The Tech Set series, is currently on sale 30% off from Neal-Schuman if you purchase the whole 10 book set (there is an ad on the front of the website). The deadline isn't indicated, so you might want to check with them directly.In Canada this series is distributed by OLA Store. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893834 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/17213 You can use Calibre<http://epublishersweekly.wordpress.com/about/how-to-read-epub/>, an open source reader. Tim (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892928 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62616 The latest monthly installment in the ELI 7 Things... Brief series provides a two page overview of the Android operating system. Android is a Linux-based, open-source operating system designed for use on cell phones, e-readers, tablet PCs, and other mobile devices. Android has been selected by many hardware manufacturers to run on a [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:51:46 +0100 892794 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TravelinLibrarian/~3/1uDrL8cZybw/ Post-Internet Librarian 2010 Book Sale! Didn’t get the chance to buy the books you wanted during Internet Librarian 2010? There’s still time to save on new and classic ITI titles. We are offering a post-Internet Librarian show discount of 40% off the retail price on all ITI books. Whether you’re looking to start a blog for your library, learn more about open source web applications, create great gaming experiences for your patrons, or save and make money on the internet, we have the book for you. The sale starts Monday, December 13 and ends Monday, January 31, 2011. All book purchases can be made through the Information Today, Inc. website. The discount is good on an unlimited number of orders placed during the sale period—and with more than 150 titles available on our website, there’s something for everyone. Ordering on the ITI website is secure and easy, and the discount applies to all in-stock titles featured at the ITI bookstore. Books American Society for Indexing [ASI] Books American Society for Information Science & Technology [ASIS&T] Books Plexus Publishing To get the discount, use the code IL10 when you check out! The discount applies to the regular retail cover price of each book and cannot be combined with other discounts. Directories and periodicals are excluded from this offer. Standard shipping rates apply. For international orders, please email our customer service department at custserv@infotoday.com for shipping costs. New Jersey residents please add 7% state sales tax. (Source: Travelin' Librarian) Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:21:13 +0100 892942 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/RUX5Ex2uz60/4444 In March I’m doing a day long camp for NyLink on open source software in libraries. If you’re in the area make sure you sign up because space is limited. The library community is abuzz about open source software. Open source usually refers to an application whose source code is made available for use or modification as users see fit. Make sense? Probably not! Would it help if you knew that open source is not just about programming, but about following a philosophy? Still confused? Not surprising. What will open source mean to our libraries? More flexibility and freedom than software purchased with license restrictions. This is an important path for libraries to consider. Why open source? Because both the open source community and the library world live by the same rules and principles. In this one-day camp, Nicole Engard will give you the facts and dispel myths about open source. After an intro to open source, attendees will share their stories and experiences. Nicole will be on hand to answer questions; show possible tools and how libraries are using them; and to facilitate the day. Bring your laptops to experiment and try out new technologies! Takeaways: Define open source and be able to answer basic questions the nature of open source and its uses List open source applications for the library, home and office Compare open source applications to traditional proprietary options Discuss examples & experiences from other libraries Available Classes A 1 day(s) Conference at Nylink 3rd fl. Training Facility Rm. on: 03/08 (9:00 AM-4:00 PM ET) I hope to see some of you there!! Related posts:Learn All About Open Source Koha Camp Learn More about Open Source (Source: What I Learned Today...) Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:39:04 +0100 892975 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8890 State: Washington, D.C. Web Developer AA Gelman Library The George Washington University Libraries Responsible for designing and implementing web-enabled strategies to support the goals, objectives and/or functions of George Washington University Libraries, and for providing primary support for new initiatives in web presence, resource discovery, and scholarly communication. The position provides the opportunity to work in a highly collaborative environment on creative and innovative projects within the George Washington University Libraries. Posting Number: 0602335 Working Title: Web Developer Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time Work Schedule: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Total Hours Per Week: 40 Pay Grade: 18 Recruitment Salary/Range: Commensurate with Experience Required Licenses/Certifications and other Specifications: Credit Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, Sex Offender Registry Search, and Prior Employment Verification Job Open Date: 12-02-2010 Job Closing Date: Open Until Filled II. DEPARTMENT INFORMATION Campus Location: Foggy Bottom Division: Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs (AA) College/School: Not Applicable Department: AA Gelman Library III. JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT INFORMATION Minimum Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and 3 years of appropriate experience. Desired Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization, plus three years of relevant experience. MLS (Master in Library Science) / MLIS (Master in Library and Info Science) / MIS (Master in Management Info Systems) / MIM (Master of Info Management) / MCS (Master in Computer Science or equivalent) from an accredited institution preferred. Equivalent education and experience may be considered. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:00:02 +0100 892594 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8907 State: Kansas This is a technical support position in end user and network support for the State Library. The Technology Support Consultant maintains three servers, which includes applying service packs and patches, planning system upgrades, upgrading virus scanner software, running back ups, and securing servers. This position also assists network end users by maintaining workstations, assisting with hardware/software issues, training staff, installing applications, and troubleshooting network problems. The position is supervised by the State Librarian. Required knowledge, abilities and skills: ● Working knowledge of server administration, including Active Directory, DNS, Windows 2003 server ● Thorough working knowledge of microcomputer hardware ● Working knowledge of standard PC software, specifically MS Office, Firefox and Chrome web browsers, and content/communications programs (Adobe, Dreamweaver, etc. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:00:02 +0100 892593 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8950 State: California Title:    Electronic Resources Librarian Department:    University Library Class:   Full-Time Position Type: Exempt Staff Salary: Commensurate with experience. Upon eligibility, employees may participate in the benefits plans available to employees, such as medical/dental/vision coverage, 403(b) retirement plan, tuition remission, paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation. Post-Date:       2010-12-06 Deadline:         Open until filled. BASIC FUNCTION AND SCOPE OF JOB As a member of the University Library Team, this librarian will: ● Coordinate the selection and acquisition of electronic resources; assist in negotiating cost/funding issues with library selectors and external partners; manage database trials. ● Configure and maintain all library technologies that support e-resource management. ● Solicit, maintain, and disseminate usage statistics for all licensed online resources. ● Track developments of new and changing online services and resources. ● Provide reference and instruction to University students, faculty, staff, corporate members and alumni onsite and those affiliated with the University via Cybercampus. ● Work with other library staff and faculty to evaluate, select, and deselect materials in all media. ● Participate in library planning, assessment, and evaluation. ● Collaborate with other staff in peer training and staff development. ● Serve as the library's subject specialist and liaison for assigned disciplines (to be determined based on candidate's experience and organizational needs) and maintain effective communication with faculty in liaison areas. Schedule includes evening reference shifts, and one or more weekend days per month. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS This librarian oversees all University Library electronic resources. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:00:02 +0100 892585 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8978 State: New Jersey Library Web Developer/Designer Princeton University Library Princeton, New Jersey Requisition #1000633 The Princeton University Library comprises a large central library and nine specialized libraries that are heavily used by an academic community of 6,400 students, 1,100 faculty members, and many visiting scholars. To support the diverse needs of its users, the Library holds some six million printed volumes, ranging from incunabula to current imprints, and provides access to many other records of human knowledge, such as ancient papyri and cylinder seals, modern literary manuscripts, and recently produced electronic databases and journals. The Library employs more than 300 professional and support personnel, complemented by a large student and hourly workforce. Please consult the Library Web site for more information http://library.princeton.edu Available: Immediately Description and Responsibilities: The Web Developer position will help the Library Web Development Manager on specific projects to deliver more library content and services to our users from our web sites. Specific projects may include designing new sites, or using new web services technologies to improve the user experience in discovering, searching, finding, or acquiring library materials and content. Additionally, the position will assist in implementing the Drupal CMS, customizing the interface for the latest version of the OPAC, and creating mobile ready versions of the library web site and catalog. Customization tasks for the new NextGen Discovery system will be a large component of the work. Projects will also likely include implementation of open source code created in other libraries, using various API's made available by Google, OCLC, or Code4Lib members as well as various library vendors. This position will also be assigned other digital library projects as the need arises. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:00:02 +0100 892579 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/12/cfp-3rd-qualitative-and-quantitative.html CFP: 3rd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2011)We invite you to submit a paper /abstract /poster /workshop to the 3rd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2011), 24 - 27 May 2011, Athens Greece. First Call of Proposals QQML2011Dear Colleagues, It is our great pleasure to announce the 3rd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2011) at 24 - 27 May 2011, Athens Greece. Since 2009 QQML has provided an excellent framework for the presentation of new trends and developments in every aspect of Library and Information Science, Technology, Applications and Research. The 3rd QQML2011 was scheduled during the previous 2nd QQML2010 Conference. It was also decided that the 4th QQML 2012 International Conference will be organized in Limerick Ireland. QQML2009 and QQML2010 were successful events both from the number and quality of the presentations and from the post conference publications in Journals and Books. QQML2011 will continue and expand the related topics.Papers are invited for this international conference. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893698 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/12/12/library-web-developerdesigner-at-princeton-university-library-revised/ The Princeton University Library is recruiting a Library Web Developer/Designer. Here's an excerpt from the ad: The Web Developer position will help the Library Web Development Manager on specific projects to deliver more library content and services to our users from our web sites. Specific projects may include designing new sites, or using new web services technologies to improve the user experience in discovering, searching, finding, or acquiring library materials and content. Additionally, the position will assist in implementing the Drupal CMS, customizing the interface for the latest version of the OPAC, and creating mobile ready versions of the library web site and catalog. Customization tasks for the new NextGen Discovery system will be a large component of the work. Projects will also likely include implementation of open source code created in other libraries, using various API's made available by Google, OCLC, or Code4Lib members, as well as various library vendors. This position will also be assigned other digital library projects as the need arises. Conducting user-centric usability studies is highly desirable, so experience in this area will be preferred. | Digital Scholarship | (Source: DigitalKoans) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892863 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/Q9Bg_jGLH2U/ The Princeton University Library is recruiting a Library Web Developer/Designer. Here's an excerpt from the ad: The Web Developer position will help the Library Web Development Manager on specific projects to deliver more library content and services to our users from our web sites. Specific projects may include designing new sites, or using new web services technologies to improve the user experience in discovering, searching, finding, or acquiring library materials and content. Additionally, the position will assist in implementing the Drupal CMS, customizing the interface for the latest version of the OPAC, and creating mobile ready versions of the library web site and catalog. Customization tasks for the new NextGen Discovery system will be a large component of the work. Projects will also likely include implementation of open source code created in other libraries, using various API's made available by Google, OCLC, or Code4Lib members, as well as various library vendors. This position will also be assigned other digital library projects as the need arises. Conducting user-centric usability studies is highly desirable, so experience in this area will be preferred. | Digital Scholarship | (Source: DigitalKoans) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:03:20 +0100 892648 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/kQsaWTCLvG8/brei-eens-een-penistruitje.html Now that you're getting older,And the nights are getting colder, Nothing could be neater, Than this little Peter Heater  Ik constateerde het al eerder: je komt soms wonderlijk werkjes tegen, in de aanwinsten van Archive.org. Het document met het breipatroon voor een 'Knitted Willie Warmer' komt met stip binnen in de tipparade. Een ideetje, voor de kerst? Gerelateerd:Guerilla Breien en Open Source BreipatronenEen van de langste sjaals ooit Drie Penis Brandewijn: een koppig goedje?Kom niet aan het speeltje van Louis de Octopus! @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:00:00 +0100 892055 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/12/10/reducing-the-1-click-patent-claim/ I’ve been giving some thought to patent law since Simon Chester posted “Appeal Granted by Federal Court for Amazon.com 1-Click Patent Application” (Slaw: October 14, 2010). The case is Amazon.com, Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2010 FC 1011 (CanLII). I had a look at the case, thinking it would be interesting to see how Amazon had done the 1-click thing. I was disappointed. I got the distinct impression that the judge (Michael L. Phelan) knew even less than I do about what programming for the web involves. My brief comment was sort of an invitation to others to agree or disagree, and tell me what I had missed. Maybe there was more on the record than was in the reasons. Given the lack of take-up, maybe I should have just left it alone, but I didn’t. Since the case was bugging me, I thought I’d waste a whole column on it instead. Readers will quickly understand that I don’t live and breathe patent law. If I embarrass myself writing about it here, I suppose that’s just the price of learning sometimes. Anyway, the bottom line was in paragraph 82 of the case: THIS COURT ORDERS AND ADJUDGES that the appeal is allowed with respect to the Commissioner’s findings on statutory subject-matter. The Commissioner’s decision is quashed and is to be sent back for expedited re-examination with the direction that the claims constitute patentable subject matter to be assessed consistent with the Reasons for Judgment. What the judge seems to have meant by this is that that everything that might conceivably be a new and useful art, process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, etc. is prima facie patentable in Canada. In other words, there is no subject-matter-exclusion-list short-cut that the Commissioner could take instead of going through the assessment process. ... Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:00:39 +0100 892338 http://www.teleread.com/library/new-bookreader-on-the-internet-archive/ From The Open Library Blog:   We’re pleased to announce the release of our freshly re-designed BookReader on the Internet Archive. The updated BookReader has these great new features (links will take you to a live example): Redesigned user interface that maximizes the amount of space given to the book. Click the down arrow on the navigation bar to hide the user interface. (The Origin of Species) Navigation bar that helps show your location in the book and navigate through it. Search results and chapter markers (if available) show up on the navigation bar. New Read Aloud feature reads the book as audio in most browsers.  No special software is needed – just click the speaker icon  and go! Tables of contents are being automatically generated for most books and can be edited or added manually through the Open Library site.  The chapter markers appear in the new navigation bar. (Launching Out Into The Deep in Wake of the War Canoe) Vastly improved full-text search.  Search results are shown on the navigation bar and include a snippet of text near the matched search term. (Search results for “hawk” in book of birds) More sharing options – the new Share dialog gives you to option to choose how to link to the book and set options when embedding the BookReader on a blog or website.  As always, you can just copy and paste the address in your browser address bar to get a shareable link to the current page. (Page 65 of Aviation in Canada, 1-page mode) Touch gesture support – swipe to flip pages in two-page mode, pinch to zoom on iOS. Improved support for tablet devices like the iPad. Updated UI for the embedded BookReader – now includes “expando” button to view the book in a new browser window. Integration with Open Library – books that have an Open Library record can have their title and table of contents edited through the Open Library site. The chapter headings on Open Library link directly into the BookReader. ... Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:43:22 +0100 891745 http://bibliotheque20.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/bilbiotheque-numerique-mobile/ La bibliothèque de Toulouse vient de développer une version mobile pour sa bibliothèque numérique patrimoniale I. Comment on fait ? On a un logiciel sur lequel on a la main (ici, open source : Greenstone) On a une compétence en interne On a une volonté en interne d’y consacrer deux jours II. A quoi ca sert ? Alors, là, évidemment, la question peut se poser…  Je la tournerai autrement : Vaut-il mieux passer 15 heures à améliorer les notices de catalogage de 100 notices, ou 15 à développer un nouvel outil qui permet : d’assurer un nouveau service de monter en compétences techniques sur l’expertise d’un outil d’avancer pas à pas sur des problématiques plus vastes (la bib’ mobile), en faisant des expérimentations là où on peut les faire ? (Source: Des Bibliothèques 2.0) Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:51:34 +0100 892324 http://www.frbr.org/2010/12/10/last-week-in-frbr-38 Next-L Three or four FRBR-related talks were proposed for Code4Lib 2011, which is great. This one especially caught my eye: Next-L Enju, NDL Search and library geeks in Japan Next-L Enju is an open source integrated library system developed by Project Next-L, the library geek community in Japan launched on November 2006. It is built on open-source software (Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL/MySQL and Solr) and supports modern ILS features (e.g. FRBR structure and RESTful WebAPI). Enju has been inplemented by some libraries, which include National Diet Library (NDL), the largest library in Japan. NDL has chosen Enju to provide a new search engine, called “NDL Search” and added some extra features (e.g. automatic FRBRization and providing bibliographic data in a Linked Data format) . The development version is available at http://iss.ndl.go.jp/. I’m one of the authors of Next-L Enju. I’d like to talk about the overview and structure of Next-L Enju, NDL Search and the activities of our project. Presenter(s): Kosuke Tanabe, Keio University, tanabe at mwr dot mediacom dot keio dot ac dot jp Perhaps someone who reads Japanese could comment about the FRBRization? Seeking a Web-based FRBR Catalog Mike McReynolds asked on RDA-L for examples of FRBR catalogues. He got some replies: Australian Music Centre (about it) Scherzo (Variations/FRBR test catalogue) OCLC FictionFinder xISBN and thingISBN to supplement existing catalogues, as in Athens County Public Library’s entry for Hamlet (notice Editions tab). Swedish National Library’s LIBRIS VTLS has integrated FRBR into its products. Hamlet at the OpenLibrary zoeken.bibliotheek.be uses AquaBrowser, which was some FRBRy features. Some good examples are http://zoeken.bibliotheek.be/?q=jane austen and http://zoeken.bibliotheek.be/?q=bach cello suites. German National Library training materials FRBR training materials from Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. This is to support the move to RDA. ... Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891960 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/12/09/would-you-like-that-in-mobile-or-regular/ To the fair readers of The Cornflower: you now have the option to read our blog in a traditional web browser on a desktop computer (as you are undoubtedly doing right now) or on your smartphone using a mobile browser.  The blogs of the NN/LM were built with WordPress, an open-source content management system that is often used as a blog publishing tool.  The architecture allows for plug-ins (little add-on programs to hopefully enhance functionality) and custom templates (the design).  The blog editor turned on a plug-in called WPtouch.  WPtouch “…formats your site with a mobile theme for visitors on Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, Google Android, Blackberry Storm and Torch, Palm Pre and other touch-based smartphones.”  Some members have told us that our blog is blocked in their hospitals even though it comes from a .gov domain.  It will be interesting to see if this still happens when viewed on a mobile device. Your next assignment, if you choose to accept it: pull out your smartphone and open the browser.  Go to http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog.  You should see images similar to those below.  The images come from an iPhone/iPod Touch. This is the first view you will see when you go to the URL on your smartphone. After selecting the article you want to read, you can easily do so in mobile view. We hope you like it and definitely want to hear if you encounter any problems. (Source: The Cornflower) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:27:55 +0100 892457 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/fZj6EwIWF7E/4441 The program is out and I’ll be giving two pre-conference sessions at Computers in Libraries 2011 in Washington, D.C. Make sure you register early!! W7 – Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data Sunday, March 20, 2011 :: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Nicole C. Engard, Director of Open Source Education, ByWater Solutions Brian Herzog, Head of Reference, Chelmsford Public Library This workshop explains what mashups are, how they can be used, and shares examples from libraries around the world. In the first half of this workshop, attendees will learn about some of the tools they can use to mash up library data with content from the web to reach more patrons. Examples include using maps to enhance library data, using Flickr for digital collections, and creating library websites with data from several information sources. After learning the basics and seeing examples from other libraries around the world, attendees will have a chance to create a website pulling data from several sources on the web. After attending this talk, librarians will be able to define what a mashup is and identify mashups on library sites and the web; find tools and APIs to gather data for their own library sites; and pull data from other sites into a website W15 – Practical Open Source Software for Libraries Sunday, March 20, 2011 :: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM Nicole C. Engard, Director of Open Source Education, ByWater Solutions The commonly accepted definition of open source software is software that is distributed with human readable source code in order to allow the user freedom to run, review, alter, enhance, and modify the code for any purpose. But open source is about so much more than just the code behind the software, it’s about community, collaboration, and innovation. ... Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:20:12 +0100 892059 http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2010/12/7-things-you-should-know-about-android.html I'm blogging this since I didn't even know one thing about Android, but I see Android is being used for various library apps e.g. by Peter Godwin. This is a new white paper from EDUCAUSE in their "7 Things" series. I now know that "Android is a Linux-based, open-source operating system designed for use on cell phones, e-readers, tablet PCs, and other mobile devices."EDUCAUSE. (2010) 7 Things you should know about Android. Educause.http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutAndro/219427Photo by Sheila Webber: status report on my watering can (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891548 http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/2010/12/latest-in-7-things-series-covers-android.html Android is a Linux-based, open-source operating system designed for use on cell phones, e-readers, tablet PCs, and other mobile devices. Android has been selected by many hardware manufacturers to run on a wide range of devices, including cell phones, tablets, e-readers, netbooks, and others. Android may bring smartphone and tablet functionality to a much wider cross-section of students and faculty members. In this way, Android might hasten the integration of mobile technology into the learning experience and give students and faculty new ways to interact with content. Read more at: (Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891470 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/12/08/communique-on-the-odr-and-consumers-colloquium/ ♫ You’re the target that I’m aiming at Got to get that message home…♫ Lyrics and music by: Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin, recorded by Coldplay. The final Communique resulting from the International Online Dispute Resolution Conference on cross-border, low-value consumer transactions held in Vancouver on Nov. 2-3, 2010 has now been released. This conference is the latest in a series of international conferences that have been held examining how to apply technology to resolve low-value, cross-border consumer e-commerce disputes. The communique is as follows: Communiqué on the ODR and Consumers Colloquium Vancouver, BC, Canada November 2-3, 2010 Prepared by Doug Leigh, Ph.D. (Pepperdine University) and Colin Rule (eBay/PayPal) I. Introduction eCommerce has grown rapidly, riding the expansion of information and communications technology around the world, and transforming the way goods are bought and sold. Businesses and consumers have more choices than ever before, as every seller is just a click away, no matter where either may physically reside in the world. However, regardless of whether they are transacting face-to-face or online, it is inevitable that some of those transactions will generate disagreements. It therefore stands to reason that as eCommerce expands, so too will the number of problems people experience with online transactions. Unfortunately, the systems buyers and sellers rely on in face-to-face transactions to resolve transaction problems are almost entirely unavailable in online purchases. The few systems that do exist are too tied to geography, too expensive, or too complex for the type of low-value, high-volume transactions that eCommerce enables, be they domestic or international. The solution is Online Dispute Resolution (ODR). ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:37:25 +0100 892349 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/12/07/digital-library-applications-programmer-at-university-of-california-santa-cruz/ The University of California, Santa Cruz Library is recruiting a Digital Library Applications Programmer (grant funded through 03/31/2012). Here's an excerpt from the ad: The University of California, Santa Cruz Campus will make available digital collections on a cutting-edge website. This website will provide access to Grateful Dead Archive materials and tools to facilitate public contributions to the archive. This project will enable the university to convert a significant part of a traditional archive to digital form and make it available online while simultaneously experimenting with the impact of fostering, creating, and curatorship of a large, socially constructed archive. The website will support discovery, delivery, use and construction of the Grateful Dead Archive for a broad range of users including the general public and the academic research community. The position will contribute to the development of open source software Omeka (http://omeka.org/) developed by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Enhancement of the software will include improving social metadata capacity, permissions and rights consent for contributed digital content, and migration (export and import) of metadata and data between collection management software/social sharing sites and Omeka, as well as applications, servers and repositories supporting access, content management and digital preservation. Lastly, the position will also support the installation, configuration and management of applications and servers supporting the website. Under general supervision and reporting to the Grateful Dead Project Manager, this position designs and develops code to enhance applications and installs, configures and manages server, storage and networking hardware. Work is performed using PHP, MySQL, Javascript, XML software and XSLT stylesheets. ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891501 http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/2010/12/more-campuses-exploring-open-textbooks.html When Elizabeth Walz ran for student government last year, she built her campaign around an issue she knew would resonate with her peers at UC Davis: the cost of textbooks. "A lot of the responses were, 'I don't even buy my textbooks – they're too expensive. I only buy the ones I absolutely need. I go to the library, I use the ones on reserve,' " Walz said. Students can save some money buying used books or electronic versions, and many campus bookstores have started renting popular texts. But a new option is emerging: open-source textbooks that can be read for free online, or printed at relatively low cost. Read more at:  (Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891179 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/Kg_zREcBTlg/ The University of California, Santa Cruz Library is recruiting a Digital Library Applications Programmer (grant funded through 03/31/2012). Here's an excerpt from the ad: The University of California, Santa Cruz Campus will make available digital collections on a cutting-edge website. This website will provide access to Grateful Dead Archive materials and tools to facilitate public contributions to the archive. This project will enable the university to convert a significant part of a traditional archive to digital form and make it available online while simultaneously experimenting with the impact of fostering, creating, and curatorship of a large, socially constructed archive. The website will support discovery, delivery, use and construction of the Grateful Dead Archive for a broad range of users including the general public and the academic research community. The position will contribute to the development of open source software Omeka (http://omeka.org/) developed by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Enhancement of the software will include improving social metadata capacity, permissions and rights consent for contributed digital content, and migration (export and import) of metadata and data between collection management software/social sharing sites and Omeka, as well as applications, servers and repositories supporting access, content management and digital preservation. Lastly, the position will also support the installation, configuration and management of applications and servers supporting the website. Under general supervision and reporting to the Grateful Dead Project Manager, this position designs and develops code to enhance applications and installs, configures and manages server, storage and networking hardware. Work is performed using PHP, MySQL, Javascript, XML software and XSLT stylesheets. ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:02:14 +0100 891231 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/12/udell Tuesday, December 7, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.The elmcity project invites everyone who publishes community calendar events to: Realize that event data published in a structured format, unlike data published as HTML or PDF, can be routed through pub/sub syndication networks. Make public calendars available in the appropriate structured format: iCalendar (RFC 5545), the venerable Internet standard supported by all major calendar applications and services. Recognize that iCalendar is the RSS of calendars. It can enable a calendar-sphere in which, as in the blogosphere, everyone can publish their own feeds and also subscribe to feeds from other people or from network services. Help build the data web by owning the parts of it for which we ourselves are the authoritative sources. The elmcity project delivers enabling technical infrastructure for this new approach to the community calendar. The project's calendar syndication service is free; it runs open source code on the Microsoft Azure platform; it provides all of its syndicated data in open formats. The real challenge isn't technical, though, it's conceptual. Most people don't know how they could (or why they should) be the authoritative publishers of their own data. Missing concepts include: The pub/sub communication pattern Indirection ("pass-by-reference" vs "pass-by-value") Structured versus unstructured data Data provenance Service composition Along with reading, writing, and arithmetic, these Fourth R principles will empower an informed and engaged 21st-century citizenry. ... Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:30:00 +0100 891125 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8756 State: Washington, D.C. Appointment at the rank of Librarian I (entry level; minimum salary $47,000) or Librarian II (minimum 2 years experience; minimum salary $50,600). Rank and salary depend on qualifications and experience. This is a full-time 12 month, salary and benefits will commensurate with experience and qualifications of the person selected. Position Description: Under the direction of Resource Description Coordinator, the incumbent is a member of Resource Description Group (RDG) and the greater cataloging group within The George Washington University Libraries. The RDG is one of four units within Content Management Department, a part of the Library’s Division of Digital Initiatives and Content Management. The RDG is responsible for describing and providing access to library collections including serial and monographic content in all formats. Responsibilities: Performs original and complex metadata creation for all formats--print and non-print-- that the Library collects. Takes an active role in training, works closely with, and supervises paraprofessionals in a futuristic, fast paced and production-driven environment by taking full advantage of available metadata, helper applications, and emerging technology to augment, enhance and reuse the resource description for access to Library collections. Assumes a leadership role in designing, implementing and conducting training, resource description, data analysis for all Library projects where metadata is the essential component, including but not exclusively, manuscripts, archival materials, and digital content acquired from the Special Collections Research Center and other sources. Participates in Library planning, serves on Library, University-wide and Washington Research Library Consortium committees. The George Washington University librarians are expected to be active in librarianship, contribute to developments in the field and perform additional duties as assigned. ... Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:30:02 +0100 890893 http://www.affordance.info/mon_weblog/2010/12/google-edition-en-quelques-liens.html Il y a actuellement 3 sujets particulièrement "chauds" dans le petit monde des technophiles et geeks en tout genre : la nouvelle version des profils Facebook (un conseil : attendez un peu avant de changer) Wikileaks (un conseil : si vous ne devez lire qu'un article sur le sujet, c'est celui de Dominique Cardon, et profitez-en pour faire joujou avec cette application) et le lancement de Google Edition. Mes étudiants vous le confirmeront, j'avais dès 2006 annoncé que Google deviendrait un jour libraire. Et j'avais également indiqué qu'il le serait au plus tard en 2010. Il s'en est donc fallu de peu (25 jours), mais j'ai gagné mon pari :-) Le 6 décembre restera donc comme la date officielle de lancement de Google Edition : http://books.google.com/ebooks. Disponible uniquement aux Etats-Unis, l'ouverture pour l'Europe (et la France ?) et annoncée pour le début 2011 ("first quarter 2011"). Pas le temps de faire un billet d'analyse, je me lance donc, par défaut, dans une petite revue de liens qui permettront, je l'espère, de circonscrire les principaux enjeux de ce lancement. Car figurez-vous qu'en plus de ce lancement, Google a, ces derniers jours, multiplié les annonces. Mais d'abord une question. Pourquoi lancer Google Edition maintenant et dans une (relative) précipitation ? Parce que c'est bientôt Noël et parce que comme tous les foyers qui peuvent faire flamber leur carte bleue pour l'occasion sont déjà équipés de cafetières, de micro-ondes, d'ordinateurs, et de lecteurs DVD, tous les indicateurs et tous les analystes le disent : ce noël sera celui des tablettes tactiles et autres e-readers (liseuses). L'Ipad va faire un carton (même si je vous conseille d'attendre la prochaine version). ... Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891011 http://creativelibrarian.com/980/oss-list-updated/ I’ve updated my list of Open Source Software for libraries, updating links and cleaning out dead projects. (Source: Creative Librarian) Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:27:35 +0100 890448 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/walkingpaper/full/~3/jrzMk2SWMgU/3693 Spacelog is an absolutely stunning and fun to use interface for the transcripts of the Apollo 13 and Mercury 6 space missions. It is the best website I’ve seen in a long time. I don’t know what I enjoyed more: reading the transcripts or using the website. And not just because of its excessive use of the word “roger.” Take, for instance, the use of images. The open source font League Gothic was an inspired choice as it echoes a font used in the original documents. The Twitter-like display of transmissions is effective and fun. Much like the new New York Times feature, each transmission is linkable. The site really demonstrates how visual design and a usable interface can enhance content, give it a new life, and help tell a story. (Source: walking paper) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:10:14 +0100 890185 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/12/pkp-2011-conference-call-for-proposals.html PKP 2011 Conference - Call for ProposalsURL: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011CFP URL: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011/schedConf/cfpThe Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing ConferenceBuilding and Sustaining Alternative Scholarly Publishing Projects Around the WorldThe Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that, in partnership with the Freie Universität Berlin, the Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference will be held from September 26 - 28, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. This is the first time that the PKP Conference is being held outside of Vancouver, Canada, and we look forward to meeting more members of the growing, international PKP user community. Given that the landmark Budapest Open Access Initiative, launched in December 2001, will be celebrating its first decade, the conference invites explorations of the lessons learned, successes achieved, and setbacks overcome in our shared attempts to increase and open access within scholarly publishing. The first and second PKP conferences brought together a remarkable array of presentations and participants from around the world, and we anticipate an equally valuable experience in 2011.Proposals that address one or more of the following topics are especially encouraged:* New reading and publishing technologies, e.g., integration of Web 2.0 features;* Reports on national and regional open access policies and initiatives;* Alternative publishing and funding models;* National and international collaborative projects;* New roles and partnerships for libraries, scholarly publishers, and others;* Sustainability for open access publishing and open source software. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 890338 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/12/02/daily-tweets-2010-12-02/ Digital Commons Subscriber Newsletter, Fall 2010 http://bit.ly/dIw7qJ # Recording Available: In-Depth Fedora Tutorial for Developers http://bit.ly/eH9INf # 5 of the Best Free and Open Source Data Mining Software http://bit.ly/hMBpvr # What's Going on With Comcast and Level3? http://bit.ly/dSVMnF # GPO to Share Metadata with EBSCO http://bit.ly/hsuwxy # Notes on SITS – the Scholarly Infrastructure Technical Summit http://bit.ly/e8riem # Research Intelligence — We're Not Paying That Much! http://bit.ly/e6OFxz # Almost 60% of Wellcome-funded Papers in PMC Are Fully Open Access http://bit.ly/goxrC2 # University of Pittsburgh Library System Offers Free Ejournal Publishing Service http://bit.ly/dJjxph # FTC Wants "Do Not Track" Button on Your Browser, Pronto http://bit.ly/i0gJHy # Call Your Senators and Ask Them to Reauthorize IMLS and Confirm Susan Hildreth as Director of IMLS! http://bit.ly/huDFem # (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 890069 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16157 Open Source ILS Services Manager (Amigos Library Services, Texas) Position: Open Source ILS Services Manager Department:  Member Programs Department Work Schedule:   Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Basic Function:  Responsible for developing, managing, and providing customer support for Amigos’ Open Source ILS Services program. Position Requirements: Education:   MLS from ALA accredited school required; bachelor degree in Computer Science preferred. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:10:02 +0100 889895 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6487 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // December 1, 2010 [TUESDAY 12/7] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Rethinking the community calendar: A case study in learning and teaching Fourth R principles" with Jon Udell, senior technical evangelist, Microsoft (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/12/udell) Special note: The Berkman Center has issued a call for papers for the Rethink Music conference, to be held this coming spring in Cambridge and Boston: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6456 [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on LEARNING AND TEACHING THE FOURTH R PRINCIPLES ================================================================================== 12/7/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: Rethinking the community calendar: A case study in learning and teaching Fourth R principles Guests: Jon Udell, senior technical evangelist, Microsoft The elmcity project invites everyone who publishes community calendar events to:    * Realize that event data published in a structured format, unlike data published as HTML or PDF, can be routed through pub/sub syndication networks.    * Make public calendars available in the appropriate structured format: iCalendar (RFC 5545), the venerable Internet standard supported by all major calendar applications and services.    * Recognize that iCalendar is the RSS of calendars. It can enable a calendar-sphere in which, as in the blogosphere, everyone can publish their own feeds and also subscribe to feeds from other people or from network services.    * Help build the data web by owning the parts of it for which we ourselves are the authoritative sources. ... Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:40:39 +0100 889726 http://theipl.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/december-newsletter/ The ipl2’s December newsletter is packed with star-studded resources that everyone can enjoy. First, a movie version of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest comes out this month.  To learn more about this star of the stage, William Shakespeare, check out the ipl2’s special bookshelf collection and other brilliant Shakespeare links.  Next, we turn to the night sky. People have been gazing at the stars for centuries, and the ipl2 is happy to share a universe of resources on a captivating hobby for people of all ages.  Lastly, if stargazing isn’t your thing, there are plenty of spectacular events here on earth.  We have highlighted some entertaining festival resources to help you celebrate almost anything imaginable with your friends, family, and community.  New resources that will be added to the ipl2 are noted NEW! All other resources are already listed in the ipl2 collections.  We hope you enjoy this star-studded collection! William Shakespeare Shakespeare Bookshelf http://www.ipl.org/div/shakespeare/ Quick links to the complete works of William Shakespeare, plus study guides, discussion groups, glossary and criticism. Internet Shakespeare Editions http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/ Find here “scholarly, fully annotated texts of Shakespeare’s plays, multimedia explorations of the context of Shakespeare’s life and works, and records of his plays in performance.” Includes materials dealing with the overall structure of the editions, refereed materials, a database of historical and current performance records, less formal texts useful to Shakespearean scholars, links to related sites on Shakespeare and the Renaissance, and a discussion forum. Searchable. From the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Shakespeare for Kids http://www.folger.edu/template. ... Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:37:11 +0100 889593 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/pollock Tuesday, November 30, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.The talk will share what’s being learned as partners of all ages in the diverse community of Somerville, MA, explore the role of commonplace technology in improving communications about and with young people. In the OneVille Project, students, teachers, parents, mentors, techies, and researchers are co-designing and pilot-testing a toolbox of open source “community communication tools” supporting students individually, across schools, and citywide. Who needs to communicate what information to whom, through which media, in order to support youth in a community? Which barriers are in the way of such communication, and how might these barriers be overcome? And what are the devil(s) in the details of just “adding tech”? Mica Pollock, an anthropologist of education and Somerville parent, will share her early thoughts on this collective effort to understand and improve a city’s ecosystem of communications.About MicaMica Pollock, an anthropologist of education, has long studied how youth and adults discuss and address everyday issues of diversity and opportunity in schools. Pollock is now examining the full range of communications — including electronic communications — necessary to support young people in diverse communities. Pollock’s first three books offer readers concrete recommendations for engaging issues of race and equality in education. Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School helped readers navigate six core American struggles over talking (and not talking) in racial terms in schools. Because of Race: How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools, examined the U.S. ... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:30:00 +0100 889347 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8637 State: Ohio OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. Tens of thousands of libraries around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials. We are currently seeking candidates for a Post-Doctoral Researcher position at our Corporate Headquarters in Dublin (Columbus), Ohio. The Post-Doctoral Researcher will typically work with existing teams in OCLC Research, under the guidance and supervision of a permanent scientific staff member. However, the Post Doctoral Researcher also will be encouraged to propose new research topics and projects within the scope of his/her activities. The Post-Doctoral Researcher will be expected to maintain familiarity with the literature in the domain of expertise, to acquire and demonstrate understanding of new domains relevant to the individual’s work, and bring these skills to bear through the scholarly publication process and public presentation of research results in conferences and workshops. Responsibilities: The Post-Doctoral Researcher will possess the ability to: • Identify and work on problems in the dsicpline of expertise • Develop proof-of-concept software and participation in open source software projects • Share research outcomes either internally within OCLC or externally in the larger community • Support the projects of the research team and corporate, division, and member goals and projects • Prepare, present, and disseminate research findings by publishing in professional journals and orally at professional conferences and meetings • Meet project time lines • Assist with the development of grant proposals Qualifications • Ph.D. or Ph.D. ... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:40:01 +0100 889243 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/11/cfp-third-international-pkp-scholarly.html CFP: The Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing ConferenceBuilding and Sustaining Alternative Scholarly Publishing Projects Around the WorldThe Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that, in partnership with the Freie Universit=E4t Berlin, the Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference (http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011) will be held from September 26 - 28, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. This is the first time that the PKP Conference is being held outside of Vancouver, Canada, and we look forward to meeting more members of the growing, international PKP user community. Given that the landmark Budapest Open Access Initiative, launched in December 2001, will be celebrating its first decade, the conference invites explorations of the lessons learned, successes achieved,  and setbacks overcome in our shared attempts to increase and open access within scholarly publishing. The first and second PKP conferences brought together a remarkable array of presentations and participants from around the world, and we anticipate an equally valuable experience in 2011.Proposals that address one or more of the following topics are especially encouraged:*New reading and publishing technologies, e.g., integration of Web 2.0 features;*Reports on national and regional open access policies and initiatives;*Alternative publishing and funding models;*National and international collaborative projects;*New roles and partnerships for libraries, scholarly publishers, and others;*Sustainability for open access publishing and open source software. ... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 890342 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/11/30/e-books-konvertieren-und-verwalten/ Calibre ist ein Werkzeug, um E-Books zu verwalten und Dateien von einem Format in ein anderes zu konvertieren. Die Liste der verfügbaren Formate umfasst zur Zeit: Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT Output Formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, SNB, TCR, TXT Über die Konvertierung hinaus bietet Calibre verschiedene Funktionen zur Verwaltung von E-Book-Bibliotheken und der Synchronisierung mit verschiedenen E-Book-Readern. At the moment calibre has full support for the SONY PRS line, Barnes & Noble Nook, Cybook Gen 3/Opus, Amazon Kindle line, Entourage Edge, Longshine ShineBook, Ectaco Jetbook, BeBook/BeBook Mini, Irex Illiad/DR1000, Foxit eSlick, PocketBook 360, Italica, eClicto, Iriver Story, Airis dBook, Hanvon N515, Binatone Readme, Teclast K3, SpringDesign Alex, Kobo Reader, various Android phones and the iPhone/iPad. In addition, using the Save to disk function you can use it with any ebook reader that exports itself as a USB disk. Die Verwaltungsfunktionen sind für privaten Bereich brauchbar. Calibre ist steht Open Source und für Linux, Mac und Windows zum Download bereit. Eine Einführung in die wichtigsten Funktionen liefert Calibre-Entwickler Kovid Goyal in folgendem Video: (Source: Infobib) Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:24:28 +0100 889233 http://www.betabib.org/2010/11/29/att-jamfora-discoverynext-gen-opac/ I senaste numret av Library Hi-Tech finns det en artikel som heter Evaluating and comparing discovery tools: how close are we towards next generation catalog? skriven av Sharon Q. Yang och Kurt Wagner. Det är en traditionell jämförelse av olika system där man tittar vilka som uppfyller viss funktionalitet. Det som är lite speciellt med den här jämförelsen är att man även tar med open source system. Det är roligt. Det som är lite synd är att man inte har hängt med när det gäller aggregerade index så man missar både EDS och Primo Central i jämförelserna. Överlag så för man ganska lite resonemang kring utvecklingen av ”web-scale Discovery” som står i ganska stor kontrast till next gen opac:en/cat:en. Jag tycker även det är synd att man missar Summa i genomgången av OS-system. Som en introduktion till vad moderna gränssnitt bör erbjuda är artikeln helt klart läsvärd. (Source: betabib) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:58:09 +0100 890687 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/07378831011096312 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare open source and proprietary discovery tools and find out how much discovery tools have achieved towards becoming the next generation catalog. Design/methodology/approach – The paper summarizes characteristics of the next generation catalog into a check-list of 12 features. This list was checked against each of seven open source and ten proprietary discovery tools to determine if those features were present or absent in those tools. Findings – Discovery tools have many next generation catalog features, but only a few can be called real next generation catalogs. Federated searching and relevancy based on circulation statistics are the two areas that both open source and proprietary discovery tools are missing. Open source discovery tools seem to be bolder and more innovative than proprietary tools in embracing advanced features of the next generation catalog. Vendors of discovery tools may need to quicken their steps in catching up. Originality/value – It is the first evaluation and comparison of open source and proprietary discovery tools on a large scale. It will provide information as to exactly where discovery tools stand in light of the much desired next generation catalog. (Source: Library Hi Tech : Table of Contents) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:05:03 +0100 889317 http://freegovinfo.info/node/3131 Open standards explained, OpenSource.Com, by Jason Hibbets (13 Oct 2010). Hibbets introduces two videos by Venky Hariharan (Corporate Affairs Director, Asia-Pacific, at Red Hat). In this two-part video on the importance of open standards, Venky Hariharan details what open standards are, why open standards are appropriate for e-government, why you should care about how your government preserves your data, and why governments should adopt open standards. (Source: Free Government Information (FGI) blogs) Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:46:22 +0100 888510 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6472 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Upcoming events and digital media // November 23, 2010 [TUESDAY 11/30] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Building OneVille: Understanding and Improving a Communication Ecosystem in Education" with Mica Pollock, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education; The OneVille Project (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/pollock) CRCS Seminars [MONDAY 11/29] CRCS Seminar: "Untangling Attribution: Understanding the Requirements Needed for Attribution on the Network" with Susan Landau, Radcliffe/CRCS (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6466) Special note: The Berkman Center has issued a call for papers for the Rethink Music conference, to be held this coming spring in Cambridge and Boston: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6456 [TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on BUILDING ONEVILLE ================================================================================== 11/30/10, 12:30pm ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu) This event will be webcast live Topic: Building OneVille: Understanding and Improving a Communication Ecosystem in Education Guests: Mica Pollock, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education; The OneVille Project The talk will share what’s being learned as partners of all ages in the diverse community of Somerville, MA, explore the role of commonplace technology in improving communications about and with young people. In the OneVille Project, students, teachers, parents, mentors, techies, and researchers are co-designing and pilot-testing a toolbox of open source “community communication tools” supporting students individually, across schools, and citywide. ... Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:04:16 +0100 888262 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/11/https-everywhere.html The EFF has a new version of HTTPS Everywhere.This week, EFF launched a new version of HTTPS Everywhere, a free security tool that provides enhanced privacy protection for Firefox browser users. EFF built HTTPS Everywhere to automatically switch many of the websites you visit from insecure HTTP to secure HTTPS.EFF and the Tor Project originally built the HTTPS Everywhere software to help users take advantage of secure web searching on Google and a few other sites. Browsers normally prefer HTTP, unless site operators explicitly redirect browsers to HTTPS. HTTPS Everywhere changes the browser to prefer HTTPS wherever it's known to work.After researchers demonstrated major web security flaws on social networking sites, webmail and search engines, EFF was inspired to expand HTTPS Everywhere to include Facebook, Twitter, Hotmail, Bit.ly, Cisco, Dropbox, Evernote, and GitHub. In addition to making HTTPS Everywhere open-source and available for free, EFF has released a technical guide to help website operators implement HTTPS properly, which will improve security and privacy across the web.Related articlesBrowser add-on updated to slaughter Firesheep (go.theregister.com)HTTPS Everywhere now protects against Firesheep (net-security.org) (Source: Catalogablog) Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 888315 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/4XH6oA4fcRc/4429 Next month I’m teaching Finding The Right Technology For Your Library for METRO as a webinar. If you’re interested please register online. Details are as follows: December 06, 2010 (10:00 AM) Register for this event Location: Online Registration fees: $20 members; $20 myMETRO; $40 non-members Related posts:Learn All About Open Source Philadelphia SLA’s Tech-Topics Series Social Media Decision Making Webinar (Source: What I Learned Today...) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:19:31 +0100 888109 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8515 State: Indiana Veerwest Location: Bloomington, IN or Anywhere URL: www.veerwest.com We are looking for an intern or full-time professional to support our development. The ideal applicant: * has demonstrable web development experience (personal projects, open-source contributions are great). Mobile development experience a plus (iOS, HTML5) * has experience designing UI for the web and/or mobile * is interested in working in the startup environment * is willing to help and learn in other areas of his/her preference: customer support, system administration, UI/UX design, marketing, etc.. Responsibilities will include: * working with other developers to implement new features * helping with customer support requests and troubleshooting * suggesting and implementing improvements Schedule is flexible. Who We Are We run one of the top web form management solutions in a very competitive space, FormAssembly.com. We are small, bootstrapped, profitable and expanding. We’re looking for people to join us and make a difference in the company, for our customers and in their own career. Our office is located in downtown Bloomington, IN (USA), but you’re welcome to stay home and telecommute. The models we respect and try to emulate are 37signals, Fog Creek Software, and Atlassian. To apply: Send resume and cover letter to jobs@veerwest.com Submitted on 2010-11-17 (Source: SLIS Careers Feed) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:02 +0100 887886 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechsourceBlog/~3/pTEzYl09_QM/georgia-s-innovative-webinar-series.html In June, some Georgia librarians launched something new. The Georgia Public Library Service and the Georgia Library Association’s Professional and Continuing Education IG started the GeorgiaWednesday Webinar Series. The purpose of these bi-monthly webinars is to provide free continuing education opportunities for librarians and to highlight some of the wonderful things going on in Georgia’s libraries. Webinars are not new, but the focus of the webinars, Georgia’s innovative libraries and libraries, gives Georgia a chance to shine while sharing information inside and outside the borders of their state. Attendance is open to anyone who wants to attend which means that this webinar series has become an outreach and marketing tool, though this was not the original purpose. Speakers have included well-known librarians from Georgia like Buffy Hamilton, Cliff Landis, and Bobbi Newman. Topics are varied and touch different aspects of librarianship in different kinds of libraries. Recent topics range from effective change, open source software, and teaching financial literacy skills. The Georgia Wednesday Webinar Series is an ongoing project. It has been very successful, with 50-150 attendees per session, and the planning group intends to continue the series into the future. Pat Carterette, one of the planning members, recently said that the group has discussed branching out to include a webinar series that would highlight innovation in each of the 50 states. I think this idea is a great model for how a small idea can lead to big ideas in the professional field. One of the best things about this series is that, not only can anyone join in a session, but all sessions are available in a free archive. I love free archives! Here are some other ways to use this information and the model of the Georgia Wednesday Webinar Series in your library:Publicize this series to your staff. The speakers are excellent, the topics timely, and the archives free. ... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:53:38 +0100 888903 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/03074801011094877 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss customizing an open-source program called the Assignment Calculator into a tool designed specifically to serve the needs of students at California State University, Fresno, and at San José State University. The paper aims to discuss information literacy standards, students' need for convenient access to resources, time-management and research help and the technical issues involved in such a project. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents how the steps and content of the open-source tool were connected to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards. Subject matter was researched and evaluated from other tutorials to find the most valuable instructional concepts based on assessment of their students' needs. The paper discusses ways to customize, maintain and continue to revise the Assignment Calculator to keep it relevant and beneficial. Findings – The customized online tool can help improve understanding of the library's role in information literacy and provides opportunity for librarians and faculty to collaborate. Statistics and a survey can yield information on usage and usefulness. Originality/value – This case study reviews current research in incorporating information literacy concepts into an online tool. It describes the process for librarians to research and customize an open source tool and concludes that while it is initially time-consuming, it is ultimately a rewarding experience which will improve students' understanding of these concepts. (Source: New Library World) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:05:05 +0100 887665 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/02641611011094329 Abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to describe SpaceCat, a centralised and distributed online information system based on open source software (GSDL) and its use for the space science community in India. Design/methodology /approach – The system is based on open source software (GSDL, Apache, PERL, and GRE). SpaceCat gathers collections of space science serials, indexes them and offers them to the space science community. Findings – The findings of the study suggest that SpaceCat can serve as an ideal access tool for space science serials holdings information in India and will enhance space research activity by providing information accurately, exhaustively and expeditiously. Research limitations/implications – This is an experimental prototype study and only a few samples have been considered. This will be investigated further with a wider population, which will improve the SpaceCat System. Practical implications – These results suggest that a system like SpaceCat could be applicable to space science libraries, which would help to serve the students and scientists working on space science research in quickly accessing information from other institutes. Originality/value – The paper describes the application of open source software (GSDL) as a form of resource-sharing tool and a single authoritative source of space science serials holdings information in India. (Source: Interlending & Document Supply : Table of Contents) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:05:05 +0100 887588 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/11/cfp-ilds-2011-12th-interlending-and.html CFP: ILDS 2011 (12th Interlending and Document Supply Conference)The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Standing Committee invites papers for the 12th Interlending and Document Supply Conference to be held 19 - 21 September 2011 in Chicago, USA.The conference theme is "Resource Sharing in the Digital Age" and the following topics are of particular interest for papers:* Resource sharing activities of all types, including: interlibrary loan, cooperative collection development, cooperative reference, direct borrowing, consortial programs, and shared licensing/purchasing of electronic resources* International resource sharing concerns, such as: delivery methods, payment options, interoperability of systems, computer standards* Intellectual property rights in different countries or regions, especially as they pertain to electronic resources* Open source systems and their role in resource sharing* Innovative approaches or trends in resource sharing in all types of libraries or in any part of the worldProposalsProposals for papers should be sent to Rose Goodier at rose.goodier@manchester.ac.uk no later than 31 January 2011 and include  the following details:* Author(s) name, title, institution, and contact information* Brief biographical sketch* Title of paper* Abstract (100 to 250 words)The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Standing Committee (hereafter, the SC) has sole responsibility for the final conference programme. All accepted papers must be:* Presented at the conference in English by at least one of the authors* Original contributions, i.e. ... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 887382 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/griffey/~3/wlLthInbKBM/ David Lee King blogged about this just the other day, but it just came to my attention: the Knight News Challenge. Looks like a really interesting grant possibility. From the website: The Knight News Challenge is a media innovation contest that aims to advance the future of news by funding new ways to digitally inform communities. Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply. Applicants must only follow three rules: Use digital, open-source technology, distribute news in the public interest, fit into one of four categories. As much as $5 million will be given away this year, apply before midnight EST, December 1st. >> The idea of using digital, open-source technology to distribute information is right up the alley of librarians…even the four categories (mobile, authenticity, sustainability and community) speak directly to the strengths of libraries and librarians. If you are interested, or know anyone in your community that may be, the deadline for application is December 1, so get going! (Source: Pattern Recognition) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:57:47 +0100 887574 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/11/18/walmart-seventh-gen-give-free-lca-tool-a-trial-run/ Read the full story at GreenBiz. Seventh Generation, Walmart and Tetra Pak are among the companies that will test-drive a new open source tool to help them weigh the environmental and social impacts of their products. The three companies are participating in a pilot program that will trial Earthster 2 Turbo (E2T), a life cycle assessment (LCA) tool with a companion open source database. It is designed to give companies greater visibility into their supply chains in order to make smarter, more sustainable design decisions. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:58:16 +0100 887011 http://hhsmedia.blogspot.com/2009/11/fond-farewell.html Friday, 11.20.09 will be my last day here at Huntingtown High School. I will be taking on a new job which will allow me to explore Open Source Online Learning Management Systems that will let us provide classes for both students and teachers online throughout the state of Maryland. Every school in which I have worked has a special place in my heart, and HHS will be no different. I have learned so much from the HHS staff and students, and for that I thank you! I wish each and every one of you happiness and success in your future endeavors. Don't be afraid to embrace change and sieze opportunities that come your way. Remember that "keywords unlock information," and be a lifetime learner! My email address is the same, so if you need any help, feel free to email me at: voelkerc@calvernet.k12.md.us or follow me on twitter: voelkerc Proud to be a Hurricane,~Ms. Voelker (Source: Huntingtown High School Library Media Center) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 795093 http://splat.lili.org/node/415 Ever found yourself wishing for an alternative to Power Point- perhaps wanting dynamic visual representations and something open source. Look no further... for Prezi is here. It is free and really easy to use. So go sign up and start playing. Thanks to my coworker Alex for sharing this great site. http://prezi.com/ (Source: SPLAT - Special Projects Library Action Team blogs) Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:54:25 +0100 887311 http://www.betabib.org/2010/11/17/open-bibliographic-meta-data/ Häromdagen skrev JISC Information Environment Team ett blogginlägg med titeln ”What does open bibliographic meta-data mean for academic libraries”. At JISC we think there are some intriguing benefits from taking the open approach to bibliographic metadata. We think it will maximise the possibilities for reusing the metadata to develop new and innovative services for librarians, researchers, students and teachers. För att utforska olika exempel av hur fritt tillgängligt bibliografiskt data används har man konstruerat the Open Bibliographic Data Guide. LIBRIS lyfts här fram som ett exempel med tillgängliggöra ”open Linked Data for unspecified use”. Det är glädjande att så många bibliotek arbetar för att göra sitt data fritt tillgängligt! Open Knowledge Foundation bildades 2004 och är en: not-for-profit organization promoting open knowledge: that’s any kind of information – sonnets to statistics, genes to geodata – that can be freely used, reused, and redistributed. … What is Open Knowledge? ‘Open knowledge’ is any content, information or data that people are free to use, re-use and redistribute — without any legal, technological or social restriction. We detail exactly what openness entails in the Open Knowledge Definition. The main principles are: 1. Free and open access to the material 2. Freedom to redistribute the material 3. Freedom to reuse the material 4. No restriction of the above based on who someone is (e.g. their nationality) or their field of endeavour (e.g. commercial or non-commercial) De driver bl a en blogg som är värd att bevaka om du är intresserad av den här typen av frågor, vilket du borde vara om du jobbar på ett bibliotek. I bloggen kan du bl a läsa om The Open Library. Ett spännande projekt för att skapa en öppen katalog. CERN fattade i början av 2010 ett beslut om att öppna sin katalog och frigöra sitt data bl a via biblios. ... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:53:49 +0100 887602 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/11/schor Tuesday, November 16, 12:30 pmBerkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floorRSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET and archived on our site shortly after.We are witnessing escalating evidence of human destabilization of the climate and biodiversity loss. In the sustainability community, both activists and practitioners are increasingly turning to the internet to foster new lifestyles, consumption patterns and ways of producing. There has been an explosion of web-enabled innovations around consumption sharing and extra-market exchange in order to reduce footprint. At the cutting-edge people are turning to peer production and open-source practices to accelerate the design and diffusion of ecologically-intelligent and efficient modes of provision in agriculture, consumption and manufacturing. The conversation will draw on my recently published book, Plenitude: the new economics of true wealth.About JulietJuliet Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Before joining Boston College, she taught at Harvard University for 17 years, in the Department of Economics and the Committee on Degrees in Women’s Studies. A graduate of Wesleyan University, Schor received her Ph.D. in economics at the University of Massachusetts. Her most recent book is Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth (The Penguin Press 2010). She is also author of the national best-seller, The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (Basic Books, 1992) and The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need (Basic Books, 1998). The Overworked American appeared on the best-seller lists of The New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly, The Chicago Tribune, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe as well as the annual best books list for The New York Times, Business Week and other publications. The book is widely credited for influencing the national debate on work and family. ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:30:00 +0100 886357 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/11/16/opus-4-ist-da/ Endlich ist es geschafft, die Repository-Software OPUS ist in der neuen Version als OPUS 4 erschienen. OPUS wird nun auch endlich auch installationsbereit zum Download angeboten. Wie man OPUS (auf Ubuntu 10.04) installiert, kann man sich in einem Screencast ansehen. Der liegt zum Download bereit und umfasst sagenhafte 128 Megabyte. In der Erwartung eines abendfüllenden Spielfilms in High Definition und 3D habe ich dieses AVI-Riesenpaket heruntergeladen und auch die erforderlichen DivX-Pakete installiert. Nun sind 15 Minuten herum, und ich habe den Film immer noch nicht starten können. Vielleicht wäre der Upload auf ein Videoportal eine Option? Nun läuft der Film, und er ist nicht in 3D und hat auch keinen Ton. Abendfüllend ist er nur an knapp 9 Minuten langen Abenden. Wie so oft ist das Buch (OPUS-Dokumentation, PDF), nach dessen Vorlage der Film gedreht wurde, viel spannender und – in diesem Fall – wahrscheinlich auch nützlicher. Getestet habe ich die Installation noch nicht, sieht aber erstmal recht unkompliziert aus. Wer OPUS 4 schon mal sehen möchte: das KOBV betreibt eine Test-Installation. Der Upload-Vorgang wurde in Details verändert. Der Upload des Dokumentes erfolgt nun schon im ersten Schritt, wie auch hier gefordert wurde. Insgesamt gibt es immer noch viel zu viele Felder, aber da es sich um eine Demo-Installation handelt, müssen diese sicherlich nicht alle in Produktivsysteme übernommen werden. Wer hat OPUS 4 schon ausprobiert oder sogar im Einsatz? Update: (Source: Infobib) Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:15:32 +0100 886804 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/11/cfp-ohio-valley-group-of-technical.html CFP: Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2011 ConferenceTechnical Services RenaissanceMiami University, Oxford, OHMay 15-17, 2011CFP URL: http://techserv.lib.muohio.edu/ovgtsl11/call-for-proposals by December 3, 2010:URL: http://techserv.lib.muohio.edu/ovgtsl11/Description: In this time of turmoil for libraries, some Technical Services librarians are building a foundation for the future. Some study past successes and failures to guide future decisions and actions. Others applycurrent tools and concepts to reinvent existing services and to create innovative new services more relevant to today’s information environment. Finally, some are creating entirely new concepts and paradigms that willhelp drive the future of libraries. The foundation we are building will support a rebirth of function, form and purpose — a Technical Services Renaissance.Keynote speakers: Karen Coyle, Librarian and Consultant, and Susan Gibbons, Vice Provost and the Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of the River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester.The Conference Program Committee invites forward thinking submissions in all areas related to technical services librarianship including acquisitions, cataloging, serials, electronic resources and preservation in academic, public, and special libraries. Participants are encouraged to think about where we are headed and where we want to go and to share work in areas on the leading edge of librarianship. ... Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 887392 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/11/cfp-acquisitions-institute-at.html CFP: The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline LodgeURL: http://www.acquisitionsinstitute.org/home/call_for_papersThe Acquisitions Institute at Timberline LodgeSaturday, May 14 through Tuesday, May 17, 2011Timberline LodgeOne hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hoodhttp://www.acquisitionsinstitute.org/Call for PapersWHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?* Since 2000, the pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline Lodge.* A small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern setting.* A three-day conference focusing on the methods and madness of building andmanaging library collections to be held May 14-17, 2011.Please visit the Acquisitions Institute home page at: http://www.acquisitionsinstitute.org/ for more informationWHAT TOPICS are we looking for?The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion. Panel discussions are well received. The planning committee may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels.The committee is especially looking for submissions on the following topics:*All aspects of managing and directing acquisitions and/or collection development operations*Acquisitions functions in open source catalogs, networked integrated library systems, etc.*Evolving consortial roles in collection development and acquisitions*Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes*The future of scholarly communication--its impact on acquisitions and collection development*Data curation and management and other new roles for subject librarians and technical services specialists*Web 2. ... Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 887389 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00242531011086980 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at how the library sector might benefit from open source, from the point of view of the current vendor/owner of Koha, an open source library management system. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the author's experience in the library systems market. Findings – The paper finds that increasing numbers of libraries are migrating from the major proprietary vendors to both Evergreen and Koha. Originality/value – The vendor viewpoint supplies the value of this paper. (Source: Library Review : Table of Contents) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:05:03 +0100 886119 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00242531011086999 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at how the library sector might benefit from open source, from the point of view of a current vendor of Evergreen, an open source library management software. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the authors' experience in the library systems market. Findings – The next evolution of Evergreen is found to be the Evergreen superconsortium. Originality/value – The vendor viewpoint supplies the value of this paper. (Source: Library Review : Table of Contents) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:05:03 +0100 886118 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00242531011086971 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of open source to a non-technical audience and give an overview of its current and potential applications in libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a literature review. Findings – Open source already aids libraries and has great potential but is hobbled by its intrinsically technical appeal. Originality/value – The paper makes observations about information technology trends which might affect the take up of open source and introduces open source comprehensively but succinctly. (Source: Library Review : Table of Contents) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:05:03 +0100 886117 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00242531011087006 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a hybrid model of library software development, according to which libraries implement commercial software products and extend them with locally developed or community developed open-source components. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the following sources to describe several approaches to providing software that addresses the specific needs of individual libraries: commercial and community organizations' public statements of aims, philosophies, policies, and processes; e-mail interviews; and e-mail discussion lists. Data from a customer-accessed collaborative web site are offered in an examination of the approach taken by one vendor, Ex Libris, to developing and supporting systems that customers can extend, customize, and integrate with other systems. Findings – A little more than a year after the Ex Libris open-platform program was launched, active community interaction in the creation and sharing of code extensions to the vendor's commercial systems was observed. Practical implications – Community initiatives, a long part of the library tradition, are becoming common in library software development. Very few libraries have the resources required to carry out large software projects; however, by leveraging the resources of the community to develop and exchange code that enhances and customizes commercial solutions, all libraries, regardless of their resources, stand to benefit from commercial solutions in a cost-effective way. Originality/value – Libraries that are in the market for a software solution and are comparing commercial products with open-source initiatives can benefit from this description of a hybrid model in which libraries maximize their investment in a commercial product by leveraging their staff's expertise and community support. (Source: Library Review : Table of Contents) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:05:03 +0100 886116 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00242531011087024 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the two leading open source library management system (LMS) packages. Design/methodology/approach – The paper highlights the reasons behind a switch from one open source provider to another. It is based on practical experience. Findings – Both main open source LMSs (Koha and Evergreen) are presented in terms of their current use as well as their future directions of development and opportunities. Originality/value – This paper compares the history of Koha and Evergreen. The former is criticized because of the recent “fork”, i.e. commercial use of open source code. Problems with a local implementation of Koha are also discussed. Evergreen however, since it was developed by a library consortium, appeared the better choice for the Indiana Shared Library Catalog (ISLC), a consortium of different libraries in Indiana. ISLC runs through the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority. (Source: Library Review : Table of Contents) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:05:03 +0100 886115 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00242531011087015 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the following questions: How are members of the Tennessee's regional library system (TRLS) in the USA using open source software (OSS) applications and collaborating to further their missions and overcome some of their debilitating information-related circumstances? What kind of partnerships can be explored in order to further use of OSS in the state? Design/methodology/approach – The paper highlights findings from an exploratory website study to identify key trends, practices, and applications of use of OSS in the TRLS. Findings – OSS applications in the TRLS are presented in terms of their current use as well as their future directions of development and opportunities. Study of collaborations in OSS use and website development by public libraries in the TRLS reveals that the OSS infoscape is more complex than previously understood. Originality/value – Minimal research has been done involving the TRLS that has been in existence for over 60 years and comprises 12 multi-county regions serving 211 small- and medium-sized public libraries. Use of OSS has tremendous potentialities to overcome the harsh conditions of information poverty, lack of information resources and technology, and unique cultural, social, economic, and environmental challenges experienced in Tennessee that have prevented significant growth of information and communications technologies in the state. (Source: Library Review : Table of Contents) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:05:03 +0100 886114 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00242531011087033 Abstract: Purpose – In order to provide a general context for library implementations of open source software (OSS), the purpose of this paper is to discuss the existing presence of OSS in libraries, the functionality and variety of OSS products, and the need for further study into the application of OSS technologies in libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a literature review. Findings – This paper endeavors to provide a broad overview of the deepening relationship between libraries and OSS. Libraries are seeking alternatives to proprietary applications which may require specialized support and/or services. Moreover, OSS and proprietary products have a functional verisimilitude, and, as proprietary applications developers anticipate user needs, so too do OSS contributors. Practical implications – The degree of variance between proprietary and OSS applications, features, support, and compatibility is continually lessening, so libraries are increasingly making use of less costly alternatives to subscription based tools. Originality/value – The use of OSS in libraries is an increasing trend. OSS tools and implementations provide library institutions with access to a dynamic and cost effective solution for servicing user groups, manipulating large volumes of content, and facilitating communications between various institutional and public entities. This paper gives an holistic perspective albeit in a short form. (Source: Library Review : Table of Contents) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:05:03 +0100 886113 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/11/12/google-refine-2/ A few days ago Google released a very interesting tool: Google Refine 2.0. For anyone who’s ever had to sort through messy data to try to turn up a meaningful treatment, and who hasn’t, this tool is a godsend. You may never need to utter another regular expression. It offers a suite of functions that allow a person to clean up the data (detect and remove inconsistencies), to transform the data into formats suitable to the final destination (such as html), and even tools for finding and adding more data from disparate sources. There are three 6+ minute videos at the link above demonstrating some of the basics, and I watched them all. That really surprised me. The software is open source and desktop based. Details here. (Source: Slaw) Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:09:30 +0100 886042 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/11/12/google-refine/ Am Mittwoch wurde Google Refine 2.0 released. Google Refine kann dazu dienen, unordentliche Datenmengen aufzuräumen und nachnutzbar zu machen. Hat man z.B. eine Datei in der unterschiedliche Schreibweisen zur Beschreibung des selben Sachverhalts genutzt wurden, kann man sie mit Refine mühelos clustern. Mehr Infos dazu gibt es im Refine-Blog oder in diesen Tutorial-Videos: Erste Spielereien mit Refine zeigen, dass es ein mächtiges, aber durchaus schnelles Tool ist. Einsatzszenarien sind zum Beispiel die Aufbereitung von Open Government Data vor der Publikation. Vor diesem Release hieß die Software Freebase Gridworks und wurde u.a. eingesetzt, um Daten für data.gov.uk aufzubereiten. Dieses Beispiel ist neben anderen im Google-Refine-Blog zu finden. (Source: Infobib) Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:35:44 +0100 886806 http://dltj.org/article/thursday-threads-2010w45/ Receive DLTJ Thursday Threads by E-mail!Delivered by FeedBurner It has been a long week, so for many of you this edition of DLTJ Thursday Threads will actually be read on Friday. The spirit was willing, the topics were certainly out there in the past seven days, but the necessary distractions were numerous. Please enjoy this edition whenever you read it. As always, there is lots more on my FriendFeed aggregation page.Google Refine 2.0, a power tool for data wranglersGoogle Refine is a power tool for working with messy data sets, including cleaning up inconsistencies, transforming them from one format into another, and extending them with new data from external web services or other databases. Version 2.0 introduces a new extensions architecture, a reconciliation framework for linking records to other databases (like Freebase), and a ton of new transformation commands and expressions.Google’s Open Source blog has this announcement of a major new release of their “Refine” software package. It is software that runs on your Windows, Mac, or UNIX machine and you access it with your web browser. If your first inclination for cleaning up data sets is to drag out Excel or write a script using regular expressions, check out the three demonstration videos and see if Refine might get you to your end result faster.Why Do eBooks Cost So Much? (A Publisher’s Perspective)So far in our experience at Thomas Nelson, the elimination of manufacturing and distribution costs are being offset by retail price reductions and the three additional costs I have outlined. The good news is that we are making about the same margins, regardless of whether we sell the book in physical form or digital. As a result, I don’t expect eBook retail prices to come down any more. If they do, then publishers will have to figure out how to make it work. But for right now, I think the pricing is fair, based on the associated costs. ... Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:20:20 +0100 886456 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/netbib/DFxV/~3/h62KDyGdhVM/ The following tables comprise a selective guide to various free and open source software tools for a variety of digital media applications. JISC Digital Media bietet einen Überblick über gängige kostenlose Tools. (Source: netbib weblog) Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:44:54 +0100 886537 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/h62KDyGdhVM/ The following tables comprise a selective guide to various free and open source software tools for a variety of digital media applications. JISC Digital Media bietet einen Überblick über gängige kostenlose Tools. (Source: netbib weblog) Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:44:54 +0100 885504