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Happy to Announce that I'm Joining Index Data
Index Data posted an announcement on their blog about how I will be joining them next month. Confirmed! I'll be working on the open source library service platform that was announced by EBSCO last month, and more specifically in a role as an organizer and advocate for people participating …
Posted onand last updated May 19, 2016· 1 minutes reading time -
Modify Islandora objects on-the-fly using Devel "Execute PHP Code"
Alan Stanley taught me this trick at an Islandora Camp a few years ago, and when trying to remember it this morning I messed up one critical piece. So I'll post it here so I have something to refer back to when I need to do this again.
The Drupal …
Posted onand last updated March 22, 2016· 1 minutes reading time -
How to fix a directory that Git thinks is a submodule
Nuts. I added and committed a directory to my Git repository when the directory itself was another separate Git repository. Now Git thinks it's some sort of submodule, but it doesn't know how to deal with it:
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$ git submodule update No submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path …
Posted onand last updated March 02, 2016· 1 minutes reading time -
Idea for an NPR Twitter bot -- Tweet me about that story I just heard
So I had an idea for a Twitter bot I would like to see. Occasionally I'll be listening to a story on NPR and I'll want to know more about it. Sometimes the host will say something like: "come to npr.org for more information and click on..." Other times …
Posted onand last updated January 15, 2018· 4 minutes reading time -
Emerging Tech: Bluetooth Beacons and the DPLA
This is the text of a talk that I gave at the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region tech talk on January 29, 2016. It has been lightly edited and annotated with links to articles and other information. The topic was "Emerging Technology" and Trisha Adamus, Research Data Librarian at UW-Madison …
Posted onand last updated January 29, 2016· 11 minutes reading time -
Embedding Graphics in Jaspersoft Report Files
One of the features of Jaspersoft Reports is the ability to include static graphics -- logos, for instance -- in the completed reports. These graphic files are normally listed in the JRXML configuration file by reference -- meaning that what is stored in the configuration is a file name and not the graphic …
Posted onand last updated December 31, 2018· 3 minutes reading time -
Separating Configuration from Code in CollectionSpace
For the past few months I've been working on a project to migrate a museum's collection registry to CollectionSpace. CollectionSpace is a "free, open-source, web-based software application for the description, management, and dissemination of museum collections information." ((From the answer to the first question of the CollectionSpace frequently asked questions …
Posted onand last updated December 01, 2015· 3 minutes reading time -
The Who, What, When, Where and Why of Library Discovery (text as intended for presentation)
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Closing out #nisoforum w Peter Murray as disruptive tech jester! pic.twitter.com/TvRb8UEY0T
— Lettie Conrad (@lyconrad) October 6, 2015
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Last week I was at the NISO Forum: The Future of Library Resource Discovery with a …Posted onand last updated October 12, 2015· 10 minutes reading time -
Registration Now Open for a Fall Forum on the Future of Library Discovery
Helping patrons find the information they need is an important part of the library profession, and in the past decade the profession has seen the rise of dedicated "discovery systems" to address that need. The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is active at the intersection of libraries, content suppliers, and …
Posted onand last updated August 26, 2015· 3 minutes reading time -
Announcing "The Future of Library Resource Discovery" -- a NISO Two-day Forum in October in Baltimore
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In early October, NISO will be hosting a two-day forum on the future of resource discovery in libraries. This is an in-person meeting to extend the work of Marshall …Posted onand last updated July 13, 2015· 1 minutes reading time -
Issue 78: Battles over strong encryption, IPv4 addresses exhausted while IPv6 surges
Two articles in each of two threads this week:
- If Strong Encryption is Outlawed...
- Allocations of IPv4 Internet Addresses Now Restricted; It's a Good Thing IPv6 is Finally Here
Feel free to send this newsletter to others you think might be interested in the topics. If you are not already …
Posted onand last updated January 15, 2018· 5 minutes reading time -
Issue 77: New and Interesting from ALA Exhibits
I'm just home from the American Library Association meeting in San Francisco, so this week's threads are just a brief view of new and interesting things I found on the exhibit floor.
- Book-Donations-Processing-as-a-Service
- Free Driver's Ed Resources for Libraries
- Free Online Obituaries Service from Orange County Library
Note! Funding for …
Posted onand last updated January 15, 2018· 3 minutes reading time -
Thursday Threads: Data Management Plans, Better Q/A Sessions, App for Bird Identification
This week's threads:
- Where should you keep your data? Your library can help with that answer!
- Use index cards for your next presentation's question and answer session -- it'll make for a better experience for you and your audience.
- What's that bird? There is an app for that! Give it your …
Posted onand last updated June 25, 2015· 3 minutes reading time -
Changes to "Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church" Wikipedia Page, Visualized
Edited after initial publication to add: My thoughts are with the people in and around Charleston, South Carolina, this evening. What is making it out of the media fog to me tonight is your compassion for each other. Please be well as you absorb, internalize, and recover from this shocking …
Posted onand last updated June 20, 2015· 3 minutes reading time -
Thursday Threads: Let's Encrypt is coming, Businesses want you coming to the office, OR2015 Summary
This week's threads:
- Let's Encrypt announces its launch schedule, so soon everyone can have web servers with encrypted transmissions;
- Ploys by businesses to get you to come into the office, if you work at a place where coming into an office is optional; and
- A summary of Open Repositories 2015 …
Posted onand last updated June 18, 2015· 4 minutes reading time -
Top Tech Trends, ALA Annual 2015 edition: Local and Unique; New metrics and citation tools
I threw my hat into the ring to be on the LITA Top Tech Trends panel at the ALA annual conference later this month in San Francisco, and never could I say that I was more excited not to be selected. (You can find more info on this year's Top …
Posted onand last updated June 12, 2015· 3 minutes reading time -
Thursday Threads: Advertising and Privacy, Giving Away Linux, A View of the Future
In just a few weeks there will be a gathering of 25,000 librarians in the streets of San Francisco for the American Library Association annual meeting. The topics on my mind as the meeting draws closer? How patrons intersect with advertising and privacy when using our services. What one …
Posted onand last updated June 11, 2015· 5 minutes reading time -
Can Google's New "My Account" Page be a Model for Libraries?
One of the things discussed in the NISO patron privacy conference calls has been the need for transparency with patrons about what information is being gathered about them and what is done with it. The recent announcement by Google of a "My Account" page and a privacy question/answer site …
Posted onand last updated June 11, 2015· 4 minutes reading time -
My View of the NISO Patron Privacy Working Group
Yesterday Bobbi Newman posted Thinking Out Loud About Patron Privacy and Libraries on her blog. Both of us are on the NISO committee to develop a Consensus Framework to Support Patron Privacy in Digital Library and Information Systems, and her article sounded a note of discouragement that I hope to …
Posted onand last updated June 09, 2015· 6 minutes reading time -
Seeking new opportunity in library technology
Dear Colleagues,
Know of someone looking for a skilled library technologist? The funding for my position at LYRASIS will run out at the end of June, and I am looking for a new opportunity for my skills in library technology, open source, and community engagement. My resume/c.v. is …
Posted onand last updated June 08, 2015· 1 minutes reading time