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Craighton Hippenhammer | 1 Dec 2010 02:04
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Ektron CMS400.NET

I'm wondering if there are many academic libraries using the Ektron CMS400.NET ASP CMS?  And if you are,
whether that's what your university uses, and if that's the case, whether you have a separate instance of
it where you you have access to the code or whether you're limited to simple content editing.  And what's
your opinion of this CMS?

Craighton Hippenhammer
Informatics Librarian
Benner Library & Resource Center
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
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Michael J. Dargan | 1 Dec 2010 16:35
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Library Technology Conference 2011 Call for Proposals

*This message has been cross posted.  Please excuse the duplication. *

*Library Technology Conference 2011
Call for Proposals*

The Library Technology Conference 2011 planning committee invites you to
submit proposals for presentations at the Lib Tech 2011 conference to be
held on the campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, MN from March 16-17,
2011.  To submit a proposal, please visit the conference website
http://www.macalester.edu/libtechconference/  and click the "Call for
Session Proposals" tab.  Priority consideration will be given to proposals
received by Friday, December 13th.

*ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:*
This popular and growing two-day conference is now in its fourth year.  The
conference includes keynote, concurrent, hands-on and poster sessions
highlighting many of the technologies affecting how users interact with
libraries, as well as how libraries are using technology to create new and
better ways to manage existing resources.  It's a great opportunity for
library staff and the technologists to discuss how changing technologies are
affecting library services; to see examples of what libraries are doing with
these technologies; and to allow participants to learn specific skills or
knowledge that they can take back and adapt for use within their own
library.

*WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FROM YOU:*
We are looking for a balance of sessions that will appeal to a broad library
audience and provide a combination of "right now" solutions and "see the
future" technology presentations.  Projects can be already implemented or
still in process. Long-term experiments that stretch the boundaries of how
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Bob Duncan | 1 Dec 2010 18:41
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Re: CSS3 selector question - nth-child(even)

At 10:05 AM 12/1/2010, Thomas Dowling wrote:
>. . .
>I'm trying to display alternate entries in a list with a colored
>background using the CSS3 'foo.bar:nth-child(even)' selector.  My
>expectation was that, whatever else the page had, alternate occurrences of
>'<foo class="bar">' would have the background.
>
>Instead, I get the background on even-numbered <foo>'s *if* they happen to
>be 'class="bar"'.  That's a very different thing if you have to work
>around markup that may throw in other kinds of <foo>'s.

The condition of odd/even-ness is determined at the sibling level, 
and a sibling is a sibling regardless of HTML element and/or class 
attribute value (just as human children from the same two parents are 
siblings regardless of gender or hair color?).  In your list of tasty 
things, the first two animals are odd-numbered siblings, hence the 
style is not applied.  (See 
<http://libcat.lafayette.edu/screens/nthchild.html> for an example 
without classes involved.)

So with foo.bar:nth-child(even), the style declaration(s) will only 
be applied when a foo element with a bar class attribute is an 
even-numbered sibling.

Bob Duncan

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Robert E. Duncan
Systems Librarian
Editor of IT Communications
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Nancy Bulgarelli | 1 Dec 2010 20:20
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Position Openings

The Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine has immediate
openings for two librarians to join us in launching a new medical library.

*Information Literacy and eLearning Librarian*

This position will be responsible for planning and implementing an
integrated information literacy curriculum that will incorporate classroom,
small group, and online learning components. The design of online
instruction, including web-based tutorials and content modules for delivery
through learning management systems, will be a strong focus, as will
supporting faculty in incorporating library resources into their
instruction. This librarian will also participate in providing reference
service, in collection development, and will serve as liaison to departments
within the School of Medicine. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to
participate in the creation of a new and innovative medical school.

For more information, see the job posting on the Oakland University Academic
Human Resources web site:
http://www2.oakland.edu/provost/web/acadhr/jobdetail_basic.cfm?ID=476

Please send a letter of application, your curriculum vitae, and the names
and contact information of three current references to:

                Nancy Bulgarelli, Chair

                *Information Literacy and eLearning Librarian Search
Committee*

                300B Kresge Library
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Thomas Dowling | 1 Dec 2010 20:31
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Re: CSS3 selector question - nth-child(even)

On 12/01/2010 12:41 PM, Bob Duncan wrote:

> 
> The condition of odd/even-ness is determined at the sibling level, and a
> sibling is a sibling regardless of HTML element and/or class attribute
> value (just as human children from the same two parents are siblings
> regardless of gender or hair color?).  In your list of tasty things, the
> first two animals are odd-numbered siblings, hence the style is not
> applied.  (See <http://libcat.lafayette.edu/screens/nthchild.html> for an
> example without classes involved.)
> 

Thanks, Bob, that clears things up for me.  John Hubbard suggested to
offlist, tongue in cheek, that I could pump 80k-worth of JQuery libraries
down the pipe to accomplish what I wanted.  Little did he know that I'm
already doing just that, so I may tackle it from that end.

Thomas
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Robert Sullivan | 1 Dec 2010 22:39
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Help with obfuscated URL

O wise ones,

I'm working on a project for the upcoming Civil War sesquicentennial
and I'm trying to collect information about individual New York
regiments.  I have looked at the National Park Service's Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors System:

<http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>

and it will allow me to display a list of soldiers in (for example)
the 134th NY Infantry regiment, but because of the way they're using
frames and Javascript I can't figure out a URL for the results.

I wrote to them and the responder agreed that would be a useful
capability but the system (looks like they use Cold Fusion) doesn't
offer it.  That may be true, but I thought I would ask if anyone else
could come up with something.

Thanks for any ideas,

--

-- 
Bob Sullivan
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
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Terran McCanna | 1 Dec 2010 23:56
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Re: Twitter to Facebook

>>What do you all recommend as far as what to use to update your library Facebook 
>>page with your library tweets? <<

I've used http://ping.fm/ - it's a free and easy site that allows you to post to 
over 30 different social networking sites all at once. And for Twitter, it will 
automatically shrink long posts and long URLs and give them redirects to the 
full posts for the times when you just can't get everything down to 140 
characters. 
 ---
Terran McCanna
Virtual Services Librarian
Clayton County Library System
www.claytonpl.org
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Popp, Mary Pagliero | 2 Dec 2010 18:26
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Last Call -- Carroll Preston Baber research grant call for proposals

LAST CALL -- Carroll Preston Baber research grant call for proposals

Do you have a project that is just waiting for the right funding?  Are you thinking about ways that libraries
can improve services to users?
The American Library Association (ALA) gives an annual grant for those conducting research that will lead
to the improvement of services to users.  The Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant is given to one or more
librarians or library educators who will conduct innovative research that could lead to an improvement
in services to any specified group of people.
The grant, up to $3,000, will be given to a proposed project that aims to answer a question of vital
importance to the library community that is national in scope. Among the review panel criteria are:
*       The research problem is clearly defined, with a specific question or questions that can be answered by
collecting data. The applicant(s) clearly describe a strategy for data collection whose methods are
appropriate to the research question(s). A review of the literature, methodologies, etc. is not
considered research (e.g., methodology review rather than application of a methodology) for purposes
of the award, except where the literature review is the primary method of collecting data.
*       The research question focuses on benefits to library users and should be applied and have practical value
as opposed to theoretical.
*       The applicant(s) demonstrate ability to undertake and successfully complete the project. The
application provides evidence that sufficient time and resources have been allocated to the effort.
Appropriate institutional commitment to the project has been secured.

Any ALA member may apply, and the Jury would welcome projects that involve both a practicing librarian and a
researcher. Deadline is December 3, 2010.
Check out this web site to find procedures and an application form:
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ors/orsawards/baberresearchgrant/babercarroll.cfm
Questions?   Contact Mary Pagliero Popp, popp@...<mailto:popp@...>
Mary
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Mary Pagliero Popp, Research & Discovery Services Librarian
Digital User Experience Department
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Andy Kohler | 3 Dec 2010 00:19
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Re: Help with obfuscated URL

They do use Cold Fusion, but their content is difficult to access
directly due either to their CMS or their design choices (or both).

A quick look at the source code shows that they use javascript (their
goto_regiment function) to submit a form (regiment_form).  This form
uses a POST, so you can't just construct a URL with parameters -
you'll need to write or copy your own javascript to do what their code
does.

Up to you to decide whether it's worth the work.  Keep in mind, if
they change how their system works your code almost certainly will
break, so factor that risk and the maintenance into your decision.

--Andy

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Robert Sullivan
<robert.g.sullivan@...> wrote:
> O wise ones,
>
> I'm working on a project for the upcoming Civil War sesquicentennial
> and I'm trying to collect information about individual New York
> regiments.  I have looked at the National Park Service's Civil War
> Soldiers and Sailors System:
>
> <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>
>
> and it will allow me to display a list of soldiers in (for example)
> the 134th NY Infantry regiment, but because of the way they're using
> frames and Javascript I can't figure out a URL for the results.
>
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Leo Robert Klein | 3 Dec 2010 01:31

Re: Help with obfuscated URL

Well, since your focus is on New York State, maybe they'd let you grab the
data so you could fashion your own content.  It's worth asking...

LEO

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> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Robert Sullivan
> <robert.g.sullivan@...> wrote:
>> O wise ones,
>>
>> I'm working on a project for the upcoming Civil War sesquicentennial
>> and I'm trying to collect information about individual New York
>> regiments.  I have looked at the National Park Service's Civil War
>> Soldiers and Sailors System:
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