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calberts2002 | 1 Jul 21:46
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Conal Tuohy | 2 Jul 03:52
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Re: Andrew Keen: Doesn't Like Web 2.0 Nor His Spinach. PT.TWO:

On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 05:11 +1200, Gerry Mckiernan wrote:
> Colleagues/
> 
> Today's NYTimes has a review of Andrew Keen's new book: _THE CULT OF
> THE AMATEUR: How Today*s Internet Is Killing Our Culture_ :
> 
> And I Quote:
> 
> we will *live to see [...] our news made up of hyperactive
> celebrity gossip, served up as mere dressing for advertising.* 

Oh, we'll "live to see" this will we? :-)

What century is Andrew Keen living in?
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McIntyre, Ruth | 2 Jul 04:12
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Federated Search versus Crawler or Spider

Dear Colleagues

I manage the Livestock Library, http://www.livestocklibrary.com.au/
<http://www.livestocklibrary.com.au/> , an online database of links to over
22,000 journal articles and conference papers about livestock production
developed for the benefit of all participants in Australia's livestock
industries.

We wish to also provide access to information that has been written for
producers (farmers); however producer information changes frequently, so it
is important to access current information from its publishers' sites.  We
are having a debate as to whether a federated search or a spider/crawler is
the best way to access this information.  There are probably about 20 - 30
target sites, most of which are freely available to the public and do not
require authentication. 

We have trialled a federated search and are reasonably confident it will
work with the target sites, though it is preferable for target sites to have
advanced search screens, which is not always the case.

I would be interested to know the opinion of list members.

Kind regards

Ruth McIntyre

Ruth McIntyre

Manager, Livestock Library
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Thomas,Dylan | 2 Jul 12:35
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Re: Federated Search versus Crawler or Spider

McIntyre, Ruth wrote:
> Dear Colleagues
> 
>  
> 
> I manage the Livestock Library, http://www.livestocklibrary.com.au/
> <http://www.livestocklibrary.com.au/> , an online database of links to over
> 22,000 journal articles and conference papers about livestock production
> developed for the benefit of all participants in Australia's livestock
> industries.
> 
>  
> 
> We wish to also provide access to information that has been written for
> producers (farmers); however producer information changes frequently, so it
> is important to access current information from its publishers' sites.  We
> are having a debate as to whether a federated search or a spider/crawler is
> the best way to access this information.  There are probably about 20 - 30
> target sites, most of which are freely available to the public and do not
> require authentication. 
> 
>  
> 
> We have trialled a federated search and are reasonably confident it will
> work with the target sites, though it is preferable for target sites to have
> advanced search screens, which is not always the case.
> 
>  
> 
> I would be interested to know the opinion of list members.
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chodgson | 2 Jul 17:03
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NISO Shared E-Resource Understanding Working Group Seeks Trial Implementers

NISO Issues Fast-Tracked SERU Draft

Document on Shared E-Resource Understanding in Trial Use Through December 20

Only nine months after the Shared E-Resource Understanding (SERU) Working
Group was first formed, the National Information Standards Organization
(NISO) has issued a Draft for Trial Use of "SERU: A Shared Electronic
Resource Understanding" (SERU version 0.9). The SERU trial period runs
from June 20, 2007 through December 20, 2007; the draft is available from:
www.niso.org/committees/seru/.

The SERU recommended practice document aims to solve the problem of
customer-by-customer, bilaterally negotiated formal legal contracts, which
increase the cost of sales for both libraries and publishers and delay
access for users at subscribing institutions. The document consists of a
framework and set of statements that express frequently adopted
expectations among academic and other nonprofit libraries and publishers.
Libraries and publishers will be able to forgo a license by referencing
these common understandings.

To facilitate trial uses of the statement, SERU 0.9 includes guidelines
for implementation and the Working Group's website includes new
accompanying FAQs to assist users of the statements. A registry of
libraries, publishers, and other content providers who wish to announce
their interest in using SERU for transactions during the six-month pilot
is also available. The working group encourages pilot use of the 0.9 draft
by interested libraries and publishers. To join the registry or see the
list of current trial participants visit:
www.niso.org/committees/seru/registry.html.
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Hutchens, Chad | 2 Jul 18:45
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RE: Andrew Keen: Doesn't Like Web 2.0 Nor His Spinach.PT.TWO:

Yeah...I think we've already crossed that threshold.

Chad E. Hutchens
Electronic Resources Librarian
Montana State University Libraries
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT  59717-3320
(406) 994-4313 phone
(406) 994-2851 fax 
chutchens@...

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces@...
[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Conal Tuohy
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 7:53 PM
To: web4lib@...
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Andrew Keen: Doesn't Like Web 2.0 Nor His
Spinach.PT.TWO:

On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 05:11 +1200, Gerry Mckiernan wrote:
> Colleagues/
> 
> Today's NYTimes has a review of Andrew Keen's new book: _THE CULT OF
> THE AMATEUR: How Today*s Internet Is Killing Our Culture_ :
> 
> And I Quote:
> 
> we will *live to see [...] our news made up of hyperactive
> celebrity gossip, served up as mere dressing for advertising.*
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Frances, Melodie | 2 Jul 20:11
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RE: Andrew Keen: Doesn't Like Web 2.0 Nor HisSpinach.PT.TWO:

It does seem to me like it's gotten a lot worse, though. Especially for
those of us who have lost local stations (ones that became FOX, UPN, and
what's the other one? WUB? LOL).

I actually like that someone is being critical of the 2.0 stuff -
balances things out a little.

Melodie Frances
Head of Cataloging
Graduate Theological Union

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces@...
[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Hutchens, Chad
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 9:46 AM
To: conal.tuohy@...; web4lib@...
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Andrew Keen: Doesn't Like Web 2.0 Nor
HisSpinach.PT.TWO:

Yeah...I think we've already crossed that threshold.

Chad E. Hutchens
Electronic Resources Librarian
Montana State University Libraries
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT  59717-3320
(406) 994-4313 phone
(406) 994-2851 fax 
chutchens@...
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John Fereira | 2 Jul 22:22
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Re: Clarification of on/off topic on Web4Lib

Well, John, we should all be so lucky.  Not all libraries are so lucky.  Many aren't academic, and thus don't
even have the option of a university pay scale.

Others of us don't have a university pay scale.  Such positions are professional, and thus subject to
individual budgets and negotiations.  The folks who work in university central IT make from 10K to 30K more
than the same types/levels/competencies of positions in the libraries.  It is a continuing issue for me,
and for the guys who work for me.  They do stay (at least so far) working for the library because they much
prefer the environment for many reasons, they get to work in one building instead of running all over
campus, and they have a bit more autonomy and quite a bit more flexibility in schedule, dress, and so forth. 
However, they're continually attracted by bigger bucks from campus IT, and even bigger ones from off
campus.  Best of all we're nice people to work with, with a very low "jerk quotient" in almost all
colleagues.  That is worth a lot.

As to the "good approach" of offering a competitive salary, well....you get what you pay for....though
I'll say that we're getting much more than we pay for, at least in the library.

dan

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I am not sure what library pay scales are but at least at the 
university where I work a web developer can expect to be offered the 
same salary whether going to work in one of the libraries, at the law 
school, engineering school, etc.  If one can't find a good developer 
by offering lower salaries it would seem to me that offering a salary 
that is competitive with what any other employer in the area might 
offer might be a good approach.

John Fereira
jaf30@...
Ithaca, NY
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Dan Lester | 2 Jul 22:27

Re: Vista weirdness

The problem did turn out to be a problem with configuration of a switch that serves the library.   

For a while our lab assistants had reported problems with Vista, but since we don't officially support it
yet on campus, and since our student assistants are instructed not to touch any patron computers, we just
had to say "sorry, don't have an answer".  I finally confirmed that it was a real problem by bringing in my own
Vista laptop and proving that it was a problem, and starting the ball rolling on getting it fixed.  This
morning the switch got reconfigured and all is well.

I don't recall the particular issue with it at the moment, but if anyone cares, I can get you the information
via private email.

Thanks to Rich and others who responded.

dan

It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you;
  it's what you leave behind you when you go.

dan@...
Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA

  ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
  From: "Richard Wiggins" <richard.wiggins@...>
  To: dan@...
  Received: 6/29/2007 8:41:22 AM
  Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Vista weirdness

  >This isn't directly on point, but Vista does handle networking differently.
  >We have recently launched an SSL VPN service.  Normally, when you connect to
  >the service from off campus, all of your traffic routes through the campus
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Jamie Anderson | 2 Jul 23:51
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BC Library Assoc - Introduction to Data Manipulation Using Perl

Apologies for any cross postings.

A course of possible interest list members in BC or the Pacific NW.

Please feel free to forward to others who you think may be interested
in this 2 day session.

Thank you

www.bcla.bc.ca/perl
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Introduction to Data Manipulation Using Perl
Date:	Sept 15 & 16, 2007 (Sat&Sun)
Time:	09:30AM-05:00PM
Description:	
Introduction to Data Manipulation Using Perl
This workshop will teach participants how to use Perl, a common,
cross-platform scripting language, to manipulate data in a library
setting. The workshop will be hands-on.

Location:
Vancouver (BC) Public Library Central Branch
350 West Georgia St., Vancouver BC
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=350+West+Georgia+St.,+Vancouver+BC&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.174768,82.705078&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1

Presenters:
John Durno - UVic
Mark Jordan - SFU

Information and Registration:
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