Code4lib Day 3: Lightning Talks

David Uspal – Project Grab Bag

Interactive Map

  • Javascript baed (for accessibility)
  • Data stored in JSON file
  • SVG graphic
  • Uses the Raphael.js library – just use HTML5 instead
  • Search by: ocation, person, call number
  • To do:
    • decouple from CMS (Concrete 5)
    • SVG path generation as a web application
    • add more configurable options (colors, etc.)

Tap Tour

  • started at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
  • easy to create a mobile tour application
  • currently iPhone/iPod, plans to expand
  • Drupal CMS back-end (new version released 1/25/2012)

Robert Haschart – Adding Publicly-Accessible Hathi Trust Items to Your Solr-based Discovery System

  • Assumptions:
    • Solr-based index
    • SolrMarc used for indexing
    • only want publicly-accessible items
    • MARC record based with one Solr record per title
  • list of Hathi-items and download
  • tweak SolrMarc index specification
  • add all Hathi records to your index, and adjust interface code to display records correctly
  • download daily updates, merge updates
  • Code not yet available

Jeremy Nelson – Aristotle a Django based Discovery Layer

  • See it in Action
  • originally forked from Kochief
  • refactored to use Sunburnt for Solr interactions
  • developed custom authentication middleware with Millenium
  • did web redesign
  • Code on Github

Dennis Schafroth – Turbo MARC in YAZ Library

  • Problem: XSL transformation on MARC XML  is slow
  • Rule: combined the element with tag/code value when value is allowed
  • Pazpar2 became twice as fast
  • a lot faster, but not official standard

Yuka Egusa, Masao Takaku – Recovery of Minamisanriku Town Library from Tsunami Disaster

  • implemented technical support for a library system – thanks to OSS and cloud service
  • Amazon’s wish list for books needed from supporters
  • library can announce library service and daily activities on Facebook
  • Next-L Enju OSS search system

Ed Summers – jobs.code4lib.org

  • Jobs are posted
  • Tags allow to see all the jobs with that tag
  • OpenID log in
  • pushes to twitter @code4lib
  • pushes to mailing list
  • Code on Github

Christopher Spalding – Search in a Blender

  • works for ExLibris
  • collect results and sort
  • works in VuFind and Solr

Erik Hetzner – Strategy for c4l voting

  • majoritarian: top-rated talks are chosen
  • no representation for small parties
  • each voter gets unlimited votes, 0-3 points
  • Plurality-at-large
    • 1 vote total
  • Cumulative voting
    • number of votes up to talks, but can allow multiple votes
  • Hacking
    • the way done now, reduces to plurality at large
  • Fix
    • limit points users can assign
    • and/or only users to give one vote to teach talk
    • or adopt a proportional representation system
  • Inspire by Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy

Lightning Talks That Didn’t Happen