http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2933 http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/retrieve/10127 http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2933 Search the Channel search http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2952 Title: code4lib Conference 2006, February 17, 2006 : presentations, breakout session review, lightning talks, conference wrap up <br/> <br/>Abstract: What Blog Applications Can Teach Us About Library Software Architecture : The number of programmers in the library world is growing and our individual efforts have shown great promise, but they exist largely as a spectacle that few libraries can enjoy. We need better means to aggregate our efforts and share solutions that can be employed by libraries without programming staff. Looking outside libraries, we see some interesting examples in the blog world. The blog world is growing with new bloggers every day, but the most interesting aspect is how many people with limited technical skills are using (maintaining and configuring) blog applications like WordPress or Moveable Type, and how quickly the contributions of the many plugin and theme developers are implemented on those blogs. What lessons can we learn from this and how might a library application built from those lessons work? Are some software architectures better at leveraging the network effects of the growing number of developers in our community than others? Bisson is working on a project that attempts to answer those questions and he hopes to release a public beta shortly (update: it's WPopac, online now). -- Lightning talks: 1. Choose Your Own Adventure Conference (Devon Smith) 2. Native XML Database Demo (Al Cornish) 3. OCLC Software Contest (Thom Hickey) 4. Panizzi!! (Walter Lewis, with Peter Binkley virtually) <br/> <br/>Description: These presentations, lightning talks and breakout reviews were given on the third day of the code4lib Conference held Feb. 15-17, 2006, at LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2951 Title: code4lib Conference 2006, February 17, 2006 : morning presentations <br/> <br/>Abstract: Quality metrics : This talk discusses the core development activities of the Quality Metrics project at Emory's Woodruff Library. This project is being conducted under an IMLS grant to research requirements for and build a working prototype digital library search system. What this project is doing that is new is truly generalizing and integrating explicit and latent quality indicators which allow users to ascertain the fitness of digital library resources. Most search engine components have only one indicator: content-query similarity (relevance). Google only has two, adding PageRank to the latter. Our system, QM-search, will have an unlimited number of these, which will be customizable by the digital librarian for the target community and collections, and even customizeable from user to user or search to search. Some basic examples of quality indicators that digital libraries might be able to exploit would be activations (views online or check-outs in circulation), selection (compilation in bookmark lists online or additions to course reserves lists), extent of review (from a peer-reviewed journal, conference, or not?), or citation-based metrics. The ouput of QM-search will be in a completely generalized XML format, with the search results represented as a structure based on the structure specified in the input organization spec. This XML output can be transformed into presentation HTML resembling anything from a linear Google-like search results list to an A9-like column display to more exotic groupings and breakdowns. Requirements for QM-search are being gleaned from focus groups being conducted at Emory (preliminary results will be shared), and development is being conducted as a high-level layer atop the excellent Lucene open source search engine project. -- Practical aspects of implementing Open Source in Armenia : A look at Open Source from outside of North America. What is the situation on Open Source in Armenia? What actions will be implemented at Yerevan State University library concerning Open Source? What are problems facing Armenian libraries, as well as those in Georgia and Azerbaijan, in creating digital repositories? <br/> <br/>Description: These presentations were given on the third day of the code4lib Conference held Feb. 15-17, 2006, at LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2948 Title: code4lib Conference 2006, February 16, 2006 : lightning talks 2 <br/> <br/>Abstract: Titles of the 5 minute talks: 1. LinkPURLs and Firefox (Devon Smith) 2. xISBN and Bookmarklets (Jeff Young) 3. Vendors - Give us Our Data! (Aaron Krowne) 4. How to Share User Data without getting 5. Subpoenaed (Casey Durfee) 5. Repurpose/Syndication of Scopus DB Results on Library Webpages (Jim Robertson) 6. Perl Script for Interpreting LC Call Numbers (Jeff Davis) 7. OCLC License (Thom Hickey) 8. Google Maps and SVG (Art Rhyno) 9. Extending and Customizing Moveable Type for Library Weblogs (Karen Coombs) 10. The COINs Generator (Eric Hellman) 11. Standardized Image Production and Metadata Storage for Libraries and Archives (John Sarnowski) <br/> <br/>Description: The lightning talks were fast paced 5 minute talks on topics of the speaker's choosing. code4lib Conference was held Feb. 15-17, 2006, at LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1957/2947 Title: code4lib Conference 2006, February 16, 2006 : afternoon session <br/> <br/>Abstract: Teaching the library and information community how to remix information : Yee articulates a framework that he is using to teach LIS students how to remix information with XML and web services. Because information remix comes across as a grab bag of techniques, students need a framework for learning a particular example of remix in depth so they can understand remixing in a broader context. In his talk, he reflects on using Flickr as a paradigmatic example in elucidating remix to LIS students. -- Chasing Babel : "Two Paths to Interoperable Metadata [1] proposed a model for metadata translation that offers substantial gains over models based on the current community standard, which usually involves an XSLT implementation. In this presentation, Smith discusses implementation issues with the Semantic Equivalence Expression Language (Seel), their alternative to XSLT [2]. He shows how Seel eases the complex task of change management because it represents a more faithful computational model of the metadata translation problem. --The Case for Code4Lib 501c(3) : Libraries face tremendous challenges to create effective and responsive institutions in a Googlezon world. But the type of leadership that is needed so far hasn't materialized. If it isn't going to come from the administrators, let it come from the coders. In this talk Tennant will build a case for establishing Code4Lib as a nonprofit library software cooperative. A financial structure would allow code4lib to put real resource's both financial and human into bringing libraries into the 21st century. <br/> <br/>Description: These 20 minute presentations were given during the second day of the code4lib Conference held Feb. 15-17, 2006 at LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:58:59 GMT