Tag: digital collections

Demian Katz – gamebooks.org, Geeby-Deeby, and the Dime Novel Bibliography Project.

• interactive fiction books
• Made a really big bibliography
• people sending in more
• put it in a big database
• open-source project to adapt backend
• MySQL db that models various types of entities, relationships
• backend system to edit entities, enter data, edit relationships

Rachel Frick – LODLAM Summit 2013 and Challenge

• linked open data in library, archive, and museum
• had challenge to win cash prize
• can still submit, just fill out form and make/submit video

Kenny Ketner – Occam’s Reader

• allow libraries to lend ebooks to each other using document delivery model
• compatible with IILiad
• no training, no workflow change
• can add formats incrementally (started with PDF)
• basic interface that discourages abuse
• access previously unaccessible resources
• in alpha testing
• Slides

Al Cornish – Orbis Cascade Alliance Shared ILS Project

• primary service is consortial services
• move to new system beyond traditional ILS
• single shared system (vs. currently 37)
• explore collaborative technical services, collection development
• Alma + Primo selected, migration in progress

Makoto Okamoto – Crowd Funding for Library in Japan

• culture of donation changed a lot after 3.11
• share experience and metrics
• key to success is setting up appropriate ticket

William Denton – Code4Lib 2013 Augmented Reality View in Layar

• picking points of interest from two spots
• 1: Google Places map
• 2: Twitter search API – of the ones that are geolocated
• Web service in Ruby and Sinatra, hosted on Heroku
• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge – go read it.
• Slides

Rosalyn Metz – What I learned while I was away

• learned about planning, budget, and time
• time is the most important thing
• track your time, might be spending too much time on things e.g. don’t spend more than 10 mins on a single email
• can demonstrate where need help
• Slides

Nettie Lagace – Recent Cool Fun NISO Activities

• ResourceSync Framework Specification
• Bibligraphic Roadmap Initiative
• Slides

Chuck Koscher – Fundref

• list of funders
• what articles given certain funding

Andromeda Yelton – Five Conversations About Coding

• computer science majors in 1995: yardstick of who is cooler than who dependent on the most arcane knowledge
• boston python workshop 2012: women friendly course. Expecting to be judged.
• chad nelson, monday night. It’s not free
• bess sadler, yesterday. We have a problem with insecurity
• important to recognized our limitations, but have this imaginary yardstick
• ever done coding? majority. think coder? 1/2

Jeremy Morse – mPach: Publishing directly into HathiTrust

• sorry, didn’t quite get this one

Rob Dumas – Git in Five Minutes

• source control software
• accountability – record of changes over time
• can keep branching and merging
• Going from SVN to Git
• Slides

That’s all for today.