Category: Programming

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 16: 20 minute sessions 2 + breakouts/lighting talks

    Teaching the Library and Information Community How to Remix Information Raymond Yee The one thing that sticks out in this session is that someone is actually showing MLIS students how information can be remixed.  I just got out of an MLIS program 3 years ago, and I don’t remember this type of a class being…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 16: 20 minute sessions 1

    1000 lines of code Thom Hickey This was a very interesting look at OCLC research.  Thom showed a number of very light-weight coding projects to do a number of very cool and interesting things.  Personally, I liked this one.  Very often, many projects get lost in the complexity of the task.  What I liked here…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15: Breakout sessions/Lighting Talks

    I attended the unAPI breakout session.  I’m not sure I completely understand how this will be completely utilized, but I’ll be keeping an eye on the developing standard. Lighting talks Yeah — this is what every conference needs.  Maybe I’ll try to get in on this tomorrow. –Terry

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15: 20 minute sessions 2

    Lipstick on a Pig: 7 Ways to Improve the Sex Life of your OPAC Jim Robertson This was interesting, but most of the information presented would be difficult to implement within Innovative.  The ILS that this presentation utilized was Voyager, one of may systems that is much more open that our ILS.  This actually is…

  • A night out at the Oregon Symphony

    It was too bad that most folks at the Code4Lib conference had to leave early today because they missed out a one fantastic concert put on by the Oregon Symphony in Salem.  This is the 50th anniversary of the Oregon Symphony playing in Salem, OR so they Symphony put on a free concert for the community. …

  • Search Engine for Coders

    Seen this on slashdot today: http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/06/02/17/2027211.shtml.  I’ve signed up.  I’d like to see what this actually looks like. –Terry

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15 Keynote: 20 minute sessions 1

    Here are some notes from the first set of 20 minute sessions.  There is one session not commented on, Jeff Young’s session on WikiD.  Its an interesting project, but one that I’m having a difficult time summarizing. (Twenty minute sessions) ERP Options in the OSS World Art Rhyno Primary OpenSource ERP Contenders: GNUe — python-based,…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15 Keynote: Evergreen development

    Evergreen branching out Bill Erickson (Systems Developer), Jason Etheridge (PINES System Support Specialists), Brad LaJeunesse (PINES System Administrator) and Mike Rylander (Database Developer) Quick History of the PINES Consoritum *      Started as a Y2K project o        Many libraries running older, antiquated systems. o        Some libraries were still manual *      Politial support was available for the…

  • Code4Lib

    I’ll be periodically posting my notes on the Code4lib sessions, so stay tuned. –Terry

  • WPOPAC — a testbed by Casey Maison

    Disclaimer — these are some first impression type thoughts…dangerous, I know.  Take them for what they are…musings.  Casey Maison has been doing a lot of writing and thinking about how to make ILS systems more social — and as such, has created a testbed application using WordPress to sit ontop of their library opac.  His original post…