http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20701 <pre>Hi all, My library is looking into adopting Innovative's Content Pro IRX to manage digital collections for a large corporate organization. I was wondering if anyone had any experiences (negative or positive) working with this software and might be willing to share. We're mainly considering it because we already use Innovative's Millennium ILS software and it is easy for us to stay with the same vendor, and the IRX version looks like it will allow us to create separate content areas and sets of credentials for different departments within our organization. Any feedback would be appreciated. Cheers, Schuyler ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-05-15 </pre> Schuyler Lindberg 2013-05-15T21:38:54 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20700 <pre>Join the team at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at UAF, the largest library in Alaska! We are seeking a Systems Administrator/Programmer who appreciates the needs of an academic environment, enjoys working in diverse cultural setting and being part of a dynamic team of friendly, knowledgeable and dedicated individuals. Flexibility,attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines is a must. Must possess theoretical and practical knowledge to develop (programming and system analysis) systems and adapt to rapidly changing technology. Incumbent must have extensive system administration experience working with Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems. Ability to install, configure and back-up advanced software applications such as compilers, databases, emulators and clusters. Incumbent must have extensive knowledge of network management, diagnostic tools and security application. Successful applicants must have demonstrated knowledge/expertise with Perl, PHP and CSS and at least two of the following </pre> Ilana Kingsley 2013-05-14T22:04:55 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20699 <pre>Classes this summer with Library Juice Academy Below is a list of the classes we are offering this summer at Library Juice Academy. These are online classses, mostly four weeks in length. They are taught asynchronously, meaning that participants do the work on their own time, though some classes have optional live chat sessions included. These classes are geared toward librarians, but other library staff members may benefit from them as well. Registration for a four-week class is $175. For those librarians who need CEUs to document their continuing education, our four-week classes earn 1.5 CEUs. Participants can pay with a credit card, or have their institution issue us a purchase order. Discounts are available when registering multiple participants. Our FAQ: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/faq.php Customer feedback: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/news/?cat=8 June Introduction to RDA Instructor: Melissa Adler Marketing the Library in the 21st Century Instructor: Debra Lucas-Alfieri Success in First </pre> Rory Litwin 2013-05-14T13:15:19 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20698 <pre>I do appreciate the references. Many thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB-0lvw86wZMd/BnOJFYrmQmg&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Jankowski Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 7:21 AM To: WEB4LIB-0lvw86wZMd/BnOJFYrmQmg&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] books on data science or "Big Data" Bill Drew: Here are a few additional references related to big data. I think many of us would appreciate receiving the bibliography you compile based on your query and further search; please post to this list or send separately. Thanks, Nick Jankowski nickjan-qWit8jRvyhVmR6Xm/wNWPw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Anderson, C. (2008, June 23). The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete. Wired Magazine, (Science: Discoveries). Available at: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-07/pb_theory Bollier, D. (rapporteur) (2010). The promise and peril of big data. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute. Available at: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/publicati</pre> Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOIL 2013-05-14T12:14:13 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20697 <pre>Dear Colleague, You are cordially invited to the next VALA Guest Speaker Event which will be held on Wednesday 22 May. This event is FREE to attend, but online registration is essential (see below for details). About the Event:- Topic: "Real-time user stats for your Library web OPAC" Speaker: Justin Kelly, Swinburne University Library See what your library users are doing on your system right now, how their behaviour changes over time and how to use this data to enhance your Library web OPAC. Identify 'right-now' library usage trend and produce data visualisations to reflect usage trend to enable librarians and library staff to better serve the current needs of your users. About our Speaker:- Justin Kelly is a web developer at Swinburne University Library. He manages their ExLibris Primo system and has worked on the Aleph, Primo, Primo hosted, and Alma migration/implementation projects. Please Register:- your attendance by logging on to www.vala.org.au/meetings What: VALA Guest Sp</pre> VALA Executive Officer 2013-05-14T01:54:22 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20696 <pre>When: Saturday, June 29th 3-4 p.m. Where: McCormick Place Convention Center N134 The LITA Heads of Library Technology Interest Group (HoLT) seeks 4-5 short presentations (10-15 minutes) on issues relating to Leadership and Library Technology for the upcoming 2013 ALA Annual conference in Chicago. All topics will be considered, but some ideas to get your thought process started include; maker spaces, tablet computing, responsive design and analytics. Physical attendance at ALA Annual in Chicago is required for the presentation and/or attendance at this meeting. Deadline for proposal submission is June 7th. Please submit proposals to Meg Brown-Sica &lt;Margaret.Brown-Sica-nW+oXHvFcJb2fBVCVOL8/A&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; or Evviva Weinraub Lajoie &lt;evviva.weinraub-e/prDBdGCFNcusGGlJDZ6w&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-05-13 </pre> Evviva Weinraub 2013-05-13T23:42:04 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20695 <pre>... &gt;Managing Research Data (Pryor ed) from facet Hi Bill, You may be interested in a review in/Ariadne/ of the Prior work: Sally Rumsey. "Book Review: Managing Research Data ". July 2012, /Ariadne/ Issue 69 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue69/rumsey-rvw Best regards Richard </pre> Richard Waller 2013-05-13T19:45:17 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20694 <pre> Of potential interest to list members: NFAIS Webinar: The Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb) – Building a Community-Managed Knowledgebase On Friday, May 31, 2013 NFAIS will hold a 90-minute webinar from 11:00am - 12:30pm EDST to take a look at the Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb) – a new open, community-based international data repository that will provide libraries with information about electronic resources. It will include data such as publication information, related organizations, and model licenses, and will be accessible across all US and UK academic libraries. The initiative was funded in June 2012 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is being led by the Kuali OLE partner libraries and JISC. The expectation is that a beta version will be launched this summer. The ultimate goal of the effort is to enhance the supply chain lifecycle for libraries in managing electronic resources while mobilizing community effort to add quality, timeliness and economies to the library management environment.</pre> jilloneill-9wywJmec16Iq7nC9nEY4TA< at >public.gmane.org 2013-05-13T19:32:15 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20693 <pre>Certificate in User Experience (UX) The 6-course sequence with Library Juice Academy starts next month. In this 6-course certificate program, you will learn the fundamentals of user experience (UX) and how to apply user-centered strategies to library websites and beyond. The program begins by teaching you the key concepts of UX design and how to employ them in your website projects. Next, you will learn the ins and outs of information architecture: how to structure and organize your content so that it is both discoverable and navigable in the easiest way possible. The next two courses will give you the tools to continually get feedback on your website through usability testing and other research methods. You will then learn how to better write for the web so that once your users discover your content, they can both understand it and act on it. Finally, you will learn how you can create a web site content strategy, so that from that point forward all your content will be useful, usable, and findable. All t</pre> Rory Litwin 2013-05-13T13:29:21 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20692 <pre>Reminder that the survey closes on Monday, May 13th.  If you have not participated, please consider spending the 15 to 20 minutes.  Thanks! ---------------------------------------------- Hello Colleagues, A group of Illinois State University librarians is researching the learning styles of academic librarians. The purpose of this study is to determine what, if any, patterns exist within this group using the Felder-Silverman Index of Learning Styles instrument. You are invited to complete a brief, voluntary, and anonymous questionnaire that will gather professional demographic data and to take the Index of Learning Styles. It will take approximately 15-20 minutes to finish. You may withdraw at any time. At the end, you will receive your learning style results and information about those results. Questionnaire is available at http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/learning/consent.html The survey will be available until May 13, 2013. This study protocol was approved by the Illinois State University Institutional Revi</pre> Kahl, Chad 2013-05-13T04:29:10 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20691 <pre>Bill Drew: Here are a few additional references related to big data. I think many of us would appreciate receiving the bibliography you compile based on your query and further search; please post to this list or send separately. Thanks, Nick Jankowski nickjan-qWit8jRvyhVmR6Xm/wNWPw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Anderson, C. (2008, June 23). The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete. Wired Magazine, (Science: Discoveries). Available at: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-07/pb_theory Bollier, D. (rapporteur) (2010). The promise and peril of big data. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute. Available at: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/promise-peril-big-data boyd, d. &amp; Crawford, K. (2011). Six provocations for big data. Conference paper. Available at SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1926431 boyd, d. &amp; Crawford, K. (2012). Critical questions for big data: provocations for a cultural, technological, and scholarly phenomenon. Information, Co</pre> Jankowski 2013-05-11T11:20:43 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20690 <pre>Not a book, and not primarily technical, but Harvard Business Review had an interesting "big data"/data science-themed issue a few months ago. http://hbr.org/archive-toc/BR1210 It's a good review of the practical difficulties of making good use of big data: (1) The field is new. The credentials and standards of a mature field are lacking, so capable and creative data scientists are few in number, and are therefore hard to identify, recruit, use effectively and retain ; (2) Managers and leaders don't know why or how to effectively use big data. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Randy Norwood Programmer/Analyst III Texas Tech University School of Law Library randy.norwood-RjfF7LNgmFM&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&lt;mailto:randy.norwood-RjfF7LNgmFM&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. --Daniel Patrick Moynihan From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB-0lvw86wZMd/BnOJFYrmQmg&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Abigail Goben Sent</pre> Norwood, Randy 2013-05-10T20:42:33 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20689 <pre>Hi Bill, A couple that have been on my shelves and perusal recently: Data mining methods for the content analyst : an introduction to the computational analysis of content / Kalev Hannes Leetaru. Managing Research Data (Pryor ed) from facet Facilitating Access to the web of data (Stuart) also from Facet O'Reilly has some stuff though I've not had a chance to explore deeply into that. Abigail On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOIL &lt; Wilfred.Drew.ctr-o3itWz9qcj5mR6Xm/wNWPw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; wrote: </pre> Abigail Goben 2013-05-10T19:26:58 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20688 <pre></pre> Chris Peterson 2013-05-10T18:00:20 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20687 <pre>I am looking for technical books and research oriented books on data science or "Big Data." Any suggestions or sources for reviews of such titles? __________________________________________ //SIGNED// Wilfred (Bill) Drew Croop-LaFrance, Inc. Technical Librarian AFMC/AFRL/RIOIL Tech Library: http://go.usa.gov/YVQB Rome Research Site Phone: (315) 330-7608 Email: Wilfred.Drew.ctr-KJo6GFs1luxmR6Xm/wNWPw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org My milBook: http://go.usa.gov/YVQe Military Librarians milBook: http://go.usa.gov/gNjH "Google can bring you back 100000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one." -- Neil Gaiman ______________________________________ The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Croop-LaFrance, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2013-05-10 </pre> Drew, Wilfred E CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIOIL 2013-05-10T16:19:07 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20686 <pre>Usability and Instructional Support Specialist Responsibilities involve supporting the work the Teaching and Learning Office (T&amp;L), supporting multimedia development needs of librarians and staff throughout the libraries, leading usability and user studies of web user interfaces and applications with a focus on discovery systems, creation of instructional materials for software used by Libraries faculty and staff, and collaborating with various units across campus as appropriate. This position is situated in the Teaching and Learning Office and reports to the Head. Conducts usability studies, advises on public-facing interfaces and designs, assists in user research projects. Co-directs the Instructor Development Program through multimedia support and direction of participants, serves as business manager for Information Literacy Toolkit and Head Hunt orientation game, provides leadership in the production team for instructional videos. Collects and analyzes data to assess online programs. Target hiring range </pre> Black, Elizabeth L. (Beth 2013-05-10T15:02:25 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20685 <pre>LITA Mobile Computing Interest Group Meeting – Call for Participation When: Monday, July 1st, 2013 – 3 – 4pm Where: Palmer House Hilton, Chicago Room The LITA Mobile Computing IG seeks 4-5 short presentations (approximately 15 minutes) on mobile computing for the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. The LITA Mobile IG is also seeking suggestions for discussion topics. Things you'd like to hear more about, projects you're working on, plan to work on, or want to work on in terms of mobile computing. All suggestions and presentation topics are welcome and will be given consideration for presentation and discussion. Please email Evviva Weinraub, Kevin Lau, or post your topic suggestion in the comments section here: http://connect.ala.org/node/205515. For previous presentation topics and descriptions, see http://connect.ala.org/node/197707 and http://connect.ala.org/node/176080 We are accepting suggestions through May 31st. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4l</pre> Evviva Weinraub 2013-05-09T22:30:28 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20684 <pre>*** Spoiler Alert &gt; Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ IMHO &gt; Most Excellent !!! /Gerry The New York Times dubbed 2012 “The Year of the MOOC,” and it has since become one of the hottest topics in education. Time magazine said that free MOOCs open the door to the “Ivy League for the Masses.” Two of the world’s leading MOOCs, Coursera and Udacity, earned venture capital in the amounts of $22 million and $15 million, respectively. Educators, politicians, and yes, librarians, are taking note of this disruptive educational technology trend, and the future it holds for the training for our future scientists, doctors, nurses, engineers, and others entering STEM fields. I remember back my library school days, how librarians were fearing and struggling to redefine their role in “search” in the Age of Google, and now, they face another challenge, finding their role aiding professors and students in the Era of the MOOC. [more] Source and Full Text Available Via [ http://moocsandlibraries.bl</pre> McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 2013-05-09T22:08:42 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20683 <pre>*** Spoiler Alert &gt; Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Pleased to see that there will be a focus on OERs. /Gerry Live Webcast / May 22, 2013 11 a.m. Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern 90 minutes Description: Technology is enabling Higher Education to change more in the next ten years than it has in the past hundred. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are potentially one such technological innovation and have generated a lot of press in the past year. This live, interactive webcast will focus on the role of the librarian in these online courses. First, we will examine what librarians are currently doing to provide support for these institutional course offerings. Next, we will discuss possible future roles that librarians can play as MOOCs move from the margins to the mainstream. Learning Outcomes: Learn about current library efforts to support MOOCs (e.g. copyright and licensing). Learn about new strategic challenges that MOOCs present for libraries (e.g. </pre> McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 2013-05-07T23:54:58 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20682 <pre>Want to transform a library via technology? The Anchorage Public Library is looking for a visionary systems / technology professional. Roadmap (recently completed technology plan) included. http://agency.governmentjobs.com/moa/default.cfm?action=viewJob&amp;jobID=579866 Please note -- I'm not recruiting for the position but I did just help the awesome folks at APL with their facilities master plan and technology plan Thanks! Carson </pre> Carson Block 2013-05-07T17:19:25 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/20681 <pre>******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** Join NISO/DCMI for our joint May webinar --Webinar: Semantic Mashups Across Large, Heterogeneous Institutions: Experiences from the VIVO Service --Date: May 22, 2013 --Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time - UTC 17:00:00) (World Clock: http://bit.ly/157qF2S) --Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/vivo/ ========================================================================= ABOUT THE WEBINAR: VIVO is a semantic web application focused on discovering researchers and research publications in the life sciences. The service, which uses open-source software originally developed and implemented at Cornell University, operates by harvesting data about researcher interests, activities, and accomplishments from academic, administrative, professional, and funding sources. Using a built-in, editable ontology for describing things such as People, Courses, and Publications, data is transformed into a Semantic-Web-compliant for</pre> DCMI Announce 2013-05-07T14:20:07 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.education.web4lib