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1. Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing? (3)
2. Mapping LCSH to DDC (9)
3. problem in old etd xml files (3)
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 22:24:22 -0600
From: Brian Zelip <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
Not metadata, but still pretty fun - http://meettheipsums.com - some
curated ipsums.
Brian Zelip
---
Graduate Assistant
Scholarly Commons, University Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well it's not a web service, but it does make lots of fake metadata for
> batch loading into DSpace. I will just leave this here:
>
> https://github.com/hardyoyo/random_dspace_batch_metadata
>
> Thanks for the lead on the Faker gem! This was a fun diversion. I
> especially like the titles this script mints. :-)
>
> A possible improvement would be to randomly reuse author names, so author
> facets have more than one item. I'll do that if I ever have to test author
> facets.
>
> --Hardy
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:36 PM, "Roy Tennant" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> [log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> I ask you, would you want to work all day sitting on top of a huge pile of
> radioactive MARC records? I sure wouldn't...
> Roy
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> [log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> The sad thing is that the Library of Congress spent billions of dollars of
> taxpayer money building a safe storage facility in the stable caves under
> Dublin, OH, but now no one will let them bury them there.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> [log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> I can't help wondering what the half-life of a radioactive MARC record
> is.
> My guess is it is either really, really short or really, really long. ;-)
> Roy
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Peter Binkley <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> Years ago Bill Moen had a set of "radioactive" MARC records with unique
> tokens in all fields, to test Z39.50 retrieval. I don't know whether
> they
> were ever released anywhere, but I see the specs are here:
>
> http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111015/m1/1/
>
> Peter
>
>
> Peter Binkley
> Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian
> Information Technology Services
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> 2-10K Cameron Library
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton, Alberta
> Canada T6G 2J8
>
> phone 780-492-3743
> fax 780-492-9243
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> [log in to unmask]>>
> wrote:
>
> I checked out the Eclipse option and was not able to get much use out
> of
> it.
> Maybe someone else will have better luck? It doesn't seem to align
> very
> well
> with a library use case.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of
> Ben
> Companjen
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 11:14 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
>
> Hi Josh,
>
> Before you start coding:
>
>
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17106/how-to-generate-sample-xml-documen
> ts-from-their-dtd-or-xsd suggests that Eclipse can generate XML from
> an
> DTD
> or XSD file. First try with the EAC XSD shows I need to try other
> options,
> but it's promising.
>
> (It's still an interesting problem to try to tackle yourself, of
> course.)
>
> Ben
>
> On 09-12-13 17:59, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> wrote:
>
> It's hard-coded to generate the specific elements. But your way
> sounds
> a lot cleaner, so I might try to do that instead :) It will be more
> difficult initially but much easier once I start implementing other
> metadata formats.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf
> Of
> Ben Companjen
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 10:52 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
>
> Cool!
> My first thought on this topic was: give the program an XML schema,
> and
> generate possible documents with the correct datatypes etc.
> (Something
> like that must exist somewhere, right?) Does it happen to work
> anything
> like that, or is it hardcoded to generate these specific elements?
>
> Ben
>
> On 09-12-13 17:27, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> wrote:
>
> Challenge accepted.
>
> http://library.ucmo.edu/dev/metadata-generator.php
>
> Obviously in the prototype phase, but it works. Only MODS is
> available
> for now, and you can only select top-level elements (all child
> elements of the top-level selections will be auto-generated). I
> will
> try to expand it to more than just MODS. Admittedly, I know very
> little about METS, so I will need some assistance if I am going to
> make
> one of those.
>
> I'll eventually host this somewhere else once it's done, so don't
> bookmark it.
>
> Josh Welker
> Information Technology Librarian
> James C. Kirkpatrick Library
> University of Central Missouri
> Warrensburg, MO 64093
> JCKL 2260
> 660.543.8022
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf
> Of Kevin S. Clarke
> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 12:26 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a
> thing?
>
> When I first read this, I was imagining not having to give it your
> metadata but native support for most of our commonly used metadata
> records... so the interface is: "Give me 100 MODS records" and it
> spits that out... You could get fancy and say, "Give me X number of
> METS records that wrap TIFFs and JPGs and that uses MODS, etc."
> That's not as trivial as hooking into an lorem ipsum machine, but
> it'd
> be pretty cool, imho.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. <
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd
> better take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me
> that
> there's a service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like
> "Lorem Ipsum" but you feed it your fields and it gives you
> nonsense
> metadata back. But, it looks right enough for testing.
> Yesterday, I
> had to make up about 50 rows of fake metadata to test some code
> that
> handles paging in a UI, and I had to make it all up by hand. This
> hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such a service exists, and
> link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or else, I may
> just
> make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to go
> coding
> some new service if it already exists, because that sort of thing
> is
> for chumps.
>
>
> --
> HARDY POTTINGER <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> University of
> Missouri
> Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/
> https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/
> "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Bill Dueber
> Library Systems Programmer
> University of Michigan Library
>
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 23:28:04 -0500
From: "Kevin S. Clarke" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
I was telling Hardy earlier today we needed a metadata ipsum... it would
pull random words from the full-text of the AACR2.
Kevin
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Brian Zelip <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Not metadata, but still pretty fun - http://meettheipsums.com - some
> curated ipsums.
>
>
> Brian Zelip
>
> ---
> Graduate Assistant
> Scholarly Commons, University Library
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Well it's not a web service, but it does make lots of fake metadata for
> > batch loading into DSpace. I will just leave this here:
> >
> > https://github.com/hardyoyo/random_dspace_batch_metadata
> >
> > Thanks for the lead on the Faker gem! This was a fun diversion. I
> > especially like the titles this script mints. :-)
> >
> > A possible improvement would be to randomly reuse author names, so author
> > facets have more than one item. I'll do that if I ever have to test
> author
> > facets.
> >
> > --Hardy
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:36 PM, "Roy Tennant" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> > [log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> >
> > I ask you, would you want to work all day sitting on top of a huge pile
> of
> > radioactive MARC records? I sure wouldn't...
> > Roy
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> > [log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> >
> > The sad thing is that the Library of Congress spent billions of dollars
> of
> > taxpayer money building a safe storage facility in the stable caves under
> > Dublin, OH, but now no one will let them bury them there.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:
> > [log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> >
> > I can't help wondering what the half-life of a radioactive MARC record
> > is.
> > My guess is it is either really, really short or really, really long. ;-)
> > Roy
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Peter Binkley <[log in to unmask]
> > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Years ago Bill Moen had a set of "radioactive" MARC records with unique
> > tokens in all fields, to test Z39.50 retrieval. I don't know whether
> > they
> > were ever released anywhere, but I see the specs are here:
> >
> > http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111015/m1/1/
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > Peter Binkley
> > Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian
> > Information Technology Services
> > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > 2-10K Cameron Library
> > University of Alberta
> > Edmonton, Alberta
> > Canada T6G 2J8
> >
> > phone 780-492-3743
> > fax 780-492-9243
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> > [log in to unmask]>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > I checked out the Eclipse option and was not able to get much use out
> > of
> > it.
> > Maybe someone else will have better luck? It doesn't seem to align
> > very
> > well
> > with a library use case.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> > Of
> > Ben
> > Companjen
> > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 11:14 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
> >
> > Hi Josh,
> >
> > Before you start coding:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17106/how-to-generate-sample-xml-documen
> > ts-from-their-dtd-or-xsd suggests that Eclipse can generate XML from
> > an
> > DTD
> > or XSD file. First try with the EAC XSD shows I need to try other
> > options,
> > but it's promising.
> >
> > (It's still an interesting problem to try to tackle yourself, of
> > course.)
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > On 09-12-13 17:59, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> [log in to unmask]>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > It's hard-coded to generate the specific elements. But your way
> > sounds
> > a lot cleaner, so I might try to do that instead :) It will be more
> > difficult initially but much easier once I start implementing other
> > metadata formats.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf
> > Of
> > Ben Companjen
> > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 10:52 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
> >
> > Cool!
> > My first thought on this topic was: give the program an XML schema,
> > and
> > generate possible documents with the correct datatypes etc.
> > (Something
> > like that must exist somewhere, right?) Does it happen to work
> > anything
> > like that, or is it hardcoded to generate these specific elements?
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > On 09-12-13 17:27, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> [log in to unmask]>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Challenge accepted.
> >
> > http://library.ucmo.edu/dev/metadata-generator.php
> >
> > Obviously in the prototype phase, but it works. Only MODS is
> > available
> > for now, and you can only select top-level elements (all child
> > elements of the top-level selections will be auto-generated). I
> > will
> > try to expand it to more than just MODS. Admittedly, I know very
> > little about METS, so I will need some assistance if I am going to
> > make
> > one of those.
> >
> > I'll eventually host this somewhere else once it's done, so don't
> > bookmark it.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> > Information Technology Librarian
> > James C. Kirkpatrick Library
> > University of Central Missouri
> > Warrensburg, MO 64093
> > JCKL 2260
> > 660.543.8022
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Kevin S. Clarke
> > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 12:26 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a
> > thing?
> >
> > When I first read this, I was imagining not having to give it your
> > metadata but native support for most of our commonly used metadata
> > records... so the interface is: "Give me 100 MODS records" and it
> > spits that out... You could get fancy and say, "Give me X number of
> > METS records that wrap TIFFs and JPGs and that uses MODS, etc."
> > That's not as trivial as hooking into an lorem ipsum machine, but
> > it'd
> > be pretty cool, imho.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. <
> > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd
> > better take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me
> > that
> > there's a service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like
> > "Lorem Ipsum" but you feed it your fields and it gives you
> > nonsense
> > metadata back. But, it looks right enough for testing.
> > Yesterday, I
> > had to make up about 50 rows of fake metadata to test some code
> > that
> > handles paging in a UI, and I had to make it all up by hand. This
> > hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such a service exists, and
> > link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or else, I may
> > just
> > make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to go
> > coding
> > some new service if it already exists, because that sort of thing
> > is
> > for chumps.
> >
> >
> > --
> > HARDY POTTINGER <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> [log in to unmask]>>
> > University of
> > Missouri
> > Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/
> > https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/
> > "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bill Dueber
> > Library Systems Programmer
> > University of Michigan Library
> >
>
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:18:43 +0000
From: Irina Arndt <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Mapping LCSH to DDC
Hi CODE4LIB,
we would like to add DDC classes to a bunch of MARC records, which contains only LoC Subject Headings.
Does anybody know, if a mapping between LCSH and DDC is anywhere existent (and available)?
I understood, that WebDewey http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey.en.html might provide such a service, but
· we are no OCLC customers or subscribers to WebDewey
· even if we were, I'm not sure, if the service matches our needs
I'm thinking of a tool, where I can upload my list of subject headings and get back a list, where the matching Dewey classes have been added (but a 'simple' csv file with LCSH terms and DDC classes would be helpful as well- I am fully aware, that neither LCSH nor DDC are simple at all...) . Naïve idea...?
Thanks for any clues,
Irina
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Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
Library System Coordinator
Amalienstr. 33
D-80799 Muenchen, Germany
Tel. +49 89 38602-254
Fax +49 89 38602-290
Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
http://www.mpdl.mpg.de
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 07:36:29 -0600
From: Jason Bengtson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: problem in old etd xml files
Sounds like a good plan to me.
Best regards,
Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA
Head of Library Computing and Information Systems
Assistant Professor, Graduate College
Department of Health Sciences Library and Information Management
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
405-271-2285, opt. 5
405-271-3297 (fax)
[log in to unmask]
http://library.ouhsc.edu
www.jasonbengtson.com
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On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:48 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For my money, the text transform should look only for exact matches (e.g.,
> "á", " ", "©") and replace them with their numeric
> counterparts.
> Roy
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:41 PM, jason bengtson <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> For testing purposes I just nixed them. As I noted, to rework the file a
>> person would probably want to use a more critical eye with find and
>> replace. Totally doable.
>>
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Jon Gorman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> How did you fix the ampersands? I ask, because if you just did a simple
>>> text transform from & to &, it would mask the problem of the entity
>>> escaping I think...
>>>
>>> Not at work, so I don't have a good example and the file is downloading
>>> very slowly here, so I'll try to do one from memory.
>>>
>>> There were several á in the XML which mapped to an accent
>> character
>>> in the DTD via the Entity.
>>>
>>> If you just substituted & with &, you'd get &aacute;, which would
>>> render inline as &accute;. It would superficially solve the issue since
>>> browsers would no longer give the errors about the dtd since it wouldn't
>> be
>>> trying to load entities from the DTDs. And depending how you did it, you
>>> likely could also replace a correctly encoded one to make &amp;,
>>> leading to some very odd stuff.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't be surprised to find some unescaped ampersands, but the
>> solution
>>> I posted will essentially replace the entities with their text, hopefully
>>> causing most characters to appear correctly. You definitely still need to
>>> fix some of the other stuff. (I suspect it never worked for most browsers
>>> and XML systems, most likely only IE).
>>>
>>> Jon Gorman
>>> University of Illinois
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA
>> Head of Library Computing and Information SystemsAssistant Professor,
>> Graduate CollegeDepartment of Health Sciences Library and Information
>> ManagementUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center405-271-2285, opt.
>> 5405-271-3297 (fax)
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://library.ouhsc.edu
>> www.jasonbengtson.com
>>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:30:46 -0600
From: Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Metadata generator (was: Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?)
I really like Ben's idea of programmatically reading the XML schema and
generating the XML structure based on that rather than hard-coding each
metadata schema. I've hit a snag. I'm using the MODS 3.5 schema as a
starting point.
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-5.xsd
By convention, it seems that a properly formed MODS file starts with a
<modsCollection> element that wraps the whole file and then an individual
<mods> element for each record. However, when you look at the schema file,
there doesn't seem to be anything that specifies that structure. Every
element, including the individual metadata fields and subfields, are
globally defined top-level elements. As a result, I have no idea how I
could tell my program which element to use as my document root without
hard-coding that information for each schema. I couldn't even do something
as simple as saying that the first defined element should be the document
root because, in the case of MODS, the <mods> tag is defined before
<modsCollection>, whereas <modsCollection> is actually the root element.
Any suggestions?
Josh Welker
-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ben
Companjen
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 10:52 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
Cool!
My first thought on this topic was: give the program an XML schema, and
generate possible documents with the correct datatypes etc. (Something like
that must exist somewhere, right?) Does it happen to work anything like
that, or is it hardcoded to generate these specific elements?
Ben
On 09-12-13 17:27, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Challenge accepted.
>
>http://library.ucmo.edu/dev/metadata-generator.php
>
>Obviously in the prototype phase, but it works. Only MODS is available
>for now, and you can only select top-level elements (all child elements
>of the top-level selections will be auto-generated). I will try to
>expand it to more than just MODS. Admittedly, I know very little about
>METS, so I will need some assistance if I am going to make one of those.
>
>I'll eventually host this somewhere else once it's done, so don't
>bookmark it.
>
>Josh Welker
>Information Technology Librarian
>James C. Kirkpatrick Library
>University of Central Missouri
>Warrensburg, MO 64093
>JCKL 2260
>660.543.8022
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Kevin S. Clarke
>Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 12:26 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
>
>When I first read this, I was imagining not having to give it your
>metadata but native support for most of our commonly used metadata
>records... so the interface is: "Give me 100 MODS records" and it spits
>that out... You could get fancy and say, "Give me X number of METS
>records that wrap TIFFs and JPGs and that uses MODS, etc." That's not
>as trivial as hooking into an lorem ipsum machine, but it'd be pretty
>cool, imho.
>
>Kevin
>
>
>On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. <
>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured I'd
>> better take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me that
>> there's a service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of like
>> "Lorem Ipsum" but you feed it your fields and it gives you nonsense
>> metadata back. But, it looks right enough for testing. Yesterday, I
>> had to make up about 50 rows of fake metadata to test some code that
>> handles paging in a UI, and I had to make it all up by hand. This
>> hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such a service exists, and link
>> me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or else, I may just make
>> such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to go coding some
>> new service if it already exists, because that sort of thing is for
>> chumps.
>>
>>
>> --
>> HARDY POTTINGER <[log in to unmask]> University of Missouri
>> Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/
>> https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/
>> "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed
>>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:49:57 -0000
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Job: DIGITAL INITIATIVES LIBRARIAN at Western Carolina University
DIGITAL INITIATIVES LIBRARIAN
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee
The Digital Initiatives Librarian provides expertise in creating and managing
library digital collections, such as digital special collections, electronic
theses and dissertations, and other born-digital or retrospectively digitized
materials. The Digital Initiatives Librarian participates in the planning,
implementation, maintenance, expansion, communication and promotion of digital
library and institutional repository services, collections and content. The
Digital Initiatives Librarian will serve as a member of the Digital, Access,
and Technology Services Department's leadership team and, in coordination with
the department head, will be responsible for developing a strategy for the
current and future library's digital initiatives. He/she works closely with
the other units of the library to determine how digital assets should be
leveraged for both scholarly and popular audiences.
Reporting to the head of digital, access, and technology services, this is a
12-month, tenure-track position with an anticipated initial appointment at the
rank of assistant professor. Salary is commensurate with qualifications, with
a minimum salary of $50,000. Responsibilities include:
• Manages the daily operation of the Digital Initiatives unit, consisting of
1.5 FTE technical processing staff and student assistants.
• In collaboration with the DATS department head, the head of special
collections, and other library faculty and staff, identifies potential
collections for digitization and seeks out potential grant sources to
facilitate funding of projects.
• Collaborates with the library's systems unit in the management of CONTENTdm,
the library's hosted digital collections platform.
• Participates in the development of NC-DOCKS, the university's shared
institutional repository, including collection development strategy, policy
development, outreach, technical workflows, digital conversion, and management
and archiving of research datasets.
• Works closely with the metadata librarian and cataloging unit staff to
establish consistent descriptive metadata for digitized collections.
• Collaborates with the library's Web developer to develop and maintain
digital collections Websites. Serves as a member of the library's Web Steering
and Digital Collections Steering Committees.
• Keeps current with trends in digital library technologies, digital curation
practices, preservation formats and standards, and scholarly communication.
• Demonstrates and facilitates effective communication throughout the Library
and across the University with the various colleges, departments, and
faculty.
The University
Western Carolina University (WCU) is one of the 17 senior institutions of the
University of North Carolina (UNC) system. It is a dynamic,
regional comprehensive university with more than 10,000 students and is
dedicated to continuous enhancement of its academic programs and integrating
engaged learning with service to the region. WCU focuses on academic quality
through its Quality Enhancement Plan and through its commitment to integrated
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Ernest Boyer model of scholarship and is committed to its stewardship of place
role in serving western North Carolina. Located in
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visited national parks. While in a small town setting, the university is only
three hours from the vibrant urban centers of Atlanta and Charlotte.
The Library
Hunter Library has a long, respected record of providing excellent service to
the university and region. The library is dedicated to the thoughtful
integration of print and digital resources and to supporting and developing
the general, information, digital, graphic, and visual literacy of students
and the teaching and research needs of faculty and staff. The library has 20
tenure- track faculty members, 29 staff members, and an annual budget of over
$4 million. The library offers approximately 2.6 million
items of intellectual content, including print and electronic titles and
volumes, and provides access to more than 45,000 journals through print
subscriptions and electronic databases. The library is an active partner in
the Western North Carolina Library Network, NC DOCKS, and the Carolina
Consortium.
Required Qualifications:
Masters degree in library and/or information science from an ALA-accredited
program. Must have a demonstrated understanding of the application of
technology as it relates to scholarship and teaching; two years of direct
experience with digital initiatives (digitization projects, digital content
management systems and/or Web-based delivery of digital objects); experience
with archives and archival practices; experience with digital image and text
creation (scanning); experience with digital asset management platforms or
extensible services such as DSpace, DigiTool, CONTENTdm, etc.; experience with
digital image file formats, conversion and software such as Adobe CS;
knowledge of audio and visual applications in the virtual environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Supervisory experience; experience with grant writing and applications,
knowledge of copyright and licensing issues affecting digitization efforts;
experience with digital project management; experience with scholarly
communication initiatives in the digital humanities or related areas;
experience with Open Source journal publishing platforms such as OJS;
experience with Web programming languages such as Perl or Java; experience in
using metadata standards such as Dublin Core, EAD, or
METS.
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:50:08 -0600
From: Jon Gorman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: problem in old etd xml files
Right, hence my earlier suggestion of just replacing the entities ;). It's
not exactly the approach you describe, as your would would deal with common
cases that didn't get properly set up in the dtd, but it also would be a
bit more difficult to map for weird custom entities.
My email was a bit rambling, but the magic sauce I recommended was
something like
xmllint --loaddtd --noent --dropdtd FRONT.XML > FRONT_nodtdent.xml
(In reality you'd want to automate that a little more, xmllint uses the
libxml libraries if I remember correctly, so there are likely bindings that
do the same thing.)
What that seems to do is loads the dtd (which xmllint no longer does unless
it needs to), takes any entity and replaces it with what's in the dtd, and
then just drops the dtd. I didn't look closely, but it doesn't seem to just
transplant it with the numeric code (ÿ), but use the actual unicode
character.
(You still need to fix the several mistakes that have already been observed
and pointed out by folks like Jason, the xml:stylesheet that needs to be
xml-stylesheet, making sure the filename are actually correct for
case-sensitive OSes.)
Jon G.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For my money, the text transform should look only for exact matches (e.g.,
> "á", " ", "©") and replace them with their numeric
> counterparts.
> Roy
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:41 PM, jason bengtson <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > For testing purposes I just nixed them. As I noted, to rework the file a
> > person would probably want to use a more critical eye with find and
> > replace. Totally doable.
> >
> >
> > On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Jon Gorman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > How did you fix the ampersands? I ask, because if you just did a simple
> > > text transform from & to &, it would mask the problem of the entity
> > > escaping I think...
> > >
> > > Not at work, so I don't have a good example and the file is downloading
> > > very slowly here, so I'll try to do one from memory.
> > >
> > > There were several á in the XML which mapped to an accent
> > character
> > > in the DTD via the Entity.
> > >
> > > If you just substituted & with &, you'd get &aacute;, which
> would
> > > render inline as &accute;. It would superficially solve the issue since
> > > browsers would no longer give the errors about the dtd since it
> wouldn't
> > be
> > > trying to load entities from the DTDs. And depending how you did it,
> you
> > > likely could also replace a correctly encoded one to make &amp;,
> > > leading to some very odd stuff.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't be surprised to find some unescaped ampersands, but the
> > solution
> > > I posted will essentially replace the entities with their text,
> hopefully
> > > causing most characters to appear correctly. You definitely still need
> to
> > > fix some of the other stuff. (I suspect it never worked for most
> browsers
> > > and XML systems, most likely only IE).
> > >
> > > Jon Gorman
> > > University of Illinois
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA
> > Head of Library Computing and Information SystemsAssistant Professor,
> > Graduate CollegeDepartment of Health Sciences Library and Information
> > ManagementUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center405-271-2285, opt.
> > 5405-271-3297 (fax)
> > [log in to unmask]
> > http://library.ouhsc.edu
> > www.jasonbengtson.com
> >
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>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:10:24 +0000
From: "Robertson, Wendy C" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: problem in old etd xml files
Thanks all! Yes, I was expecting to need to replace those text strings with the numeric entities
Wendy
-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 7:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] problem in old etd xml files
For my money, the text transform should look only for exact matches (e.g., "á", " ", "©") and replace them with their numeric counterparts.
Roy
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:41 PM, jason bengtson <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> For testing purposes I just nixed them. As I noted, to rework the file
> a person would probably want to use a more critical eye with find and
> replace. Totally doable.
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Jon Gorman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > How did you fix the ampersands? I ask, because if you just did a
> > simple text transform from & to &, it would mask the problem of
> > the entity escaping I think...
> >
> > Not at work, so I don't have a good example and the file is
> > downloading very slowly here, so I'll try to do one from memory.
> >
> > There were several á in the XML which mapped to an accent
> character
> > in the DTD via the Entity.
> >
> > If you just substituted & with &, you'd get &aacute;, which
> > would render inline as &accute;. It would superficially solve the
> > issue since browsers would no longer give the errors about the dtd
> > since it wouldn't
> be
> > trying to load entities from the DTDs. And depending how you did it,
> > you likely could also replace a correctly encoded one to make
> > &amp;, leading to some very odd stuff.
> >
> > I wouldn't be surprised to find some unescaped ampersands, but the
> solution
> > I posted will essentially replace the entities with their text,
> > hopefully causing most characters to appear correctly. You
> > definitely still need to fix some of the other stuff. (I suspect it
> > never worked for most browsers and XML systems, most likely only IE).
> >
> > Jon Gorman
> > University of Illinois
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA
> Head of Library Computing and Information SystemsAssistant Professor,
> Graduate CollegeDepartment of Health Sciences Library and Information
> ManagementUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center405-271-2285, opt.
> 5405-271-3297 (fax)
> [log in to unmask]
> http://library.ouhsc.edu
> www.jasonbengtson.com
>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:15:17 -0500
From: Peter Murray <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: LYRASIS Open Source Case Study Call for Proposals
Share your story of implementing an open source system at your library. If selected, you will get paid to develop a case study of your open source system adoption experience and learning.
LYRASIS, in partnership with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation<https://foss4lib.org/article/2012/nov/second-mellon-grant-for-foss4lib>,[0] is seeking academic and public libraries to share their experiences with open source systems, such as content repositories or institutional repositories, integrated library systems, or public-facing websites. The two selected case studies will be available on FOSS4Lib.org<http://FOSS4Lib.org>. This effort, part of the larger LYRASIS Digital<http://www.lyrasis.org/lyrasisdigital>[1] initiative, is a continuation of LYRASIS working with libraries and other cultural heritage organizations to learn about, evaluate, adopt, and use open source software systems.
More information is available in the formal call-for-proposals document<https://foss4lib.org/sites/default/files/inline/Open%20Source%20Case%20Study%20Call%20for%20Proposals.pdf>.[2] To apply, submit a brief description of the potential case study by email to Peter Murray<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [3] with the name of the proposed primary author as well as names of others at the library who may contribute to creation of the case study. The deadline for submission is Friday, January 11, 2014.
[0] https://foss4lib.org/article/2012/nov/second-mellon-grant-for-foss4lib
[1] http://www.lyrasis.org/lyrasisdigital
[2] https://foss4lib.org/sites/default/files/inline/Open%20Source%20Case%20Study%20Call%20for%20Proposals.pdf
[3] mailto:[log in to unmask]
--
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Assistant Director, Technology Services Development
LYRASIS
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+1 678-235-2955
800.999.8558 x2955
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:15:55 -0700
From: Peter Binkley <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
It all takes me back to the heady days of "MARC Must Die, and Be Disposed
of with Minimal Impact on the Environment". Now we're leaving the next
generation to deal with the North Pacific Subfield Whorl. Sad.
Peter
Peter Binkley
Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian
Information Technology Services
[log in to unmask]
2-10K Cameron Library
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2J8
phone 780-492-3743
fax 780-492-9243
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I ask you, would you want to work all day sitting on top of a huge pile of
> radioactive MARC records? I sure wouldn't...
> Roy
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > The sad thing is that the Library of Congress spent billions of dollars
> of
> > taxpayer money building a safe storage facility in the stable caves under
> > Dublin, OH, but now no one will let them bury them there.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I can't help wondering what the half-life of a radioactive MARC record
> > is.
> > > My guess is it is either really, really short or really, really long.
> ;-)
> > > Roy
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Peter Binkley <
> [log in to unmask]
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Years ago Bill Moen had a set of "radioactive" MARC records with
> unique
> > > > tokens in all fields, to test Z39.50 retrieval. I don't know whether
> > they
> > > > were ever released anywhere, but I see the specs are here:
> > > >
> > > > http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111015/m1/1/
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Peter Binkley
> > > > Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian
> > > > Information Technology Services
> > > > [log in to unmask]
> > > >
> > > > 2-10K Cameron Library
> > > > University of Alberta
> > > > Edmonton, Alberta
> > > > Canada T6G 2J8
> > > >
> > > > phone 780-492-3743
> > > > fax 780-492-9243
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I checked out the Eclipse option and was not able to get much use
> out
> > > of
> > > > > it.
> > > > > Maybe someone else will have better luck? It doesn't seem to align
> > very
> > > > > well
> > > > > with a library use case.
> > > > >
> > > > > Josh Welker
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf
> > > Of
> > > > > Ben
> > > > > Companjen
> > > > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 11:14 AM
> > > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a
> thing?
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Josh,
> > > > >
> > > > > Before you start coding:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17106/how-to-generate-sample-xml-documen
> > > > > ts-from-their-dtd-or-xsd suggests that Eclipse can generate XML
> from
> > an
> > > > > DTD
> > > > > or XSD file. First try with the EAC XSD shows I need to try other
> > > > options,
> > > > > but it's promising.
> > > > >
> > > > > (It's still an interesting problem to try to tackle yourself, of
> > > course.)
> > > > >
> > > > > Ben
> > > > >
> > > > > On 09-12-13 17:59, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >It's hard-coded to generate the specific elements. But your way
> > sounds
> > > > > >a lot cleaner, so I might try to do that instead :) It will be
> more
> > > > > >difficult initially but much easier once I start implementing
> other
> > > > > >metadata formats.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Josh Welker
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > > > >From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of
> > > > > >Ben Companjen
> > > > > >Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 10:52 AM
> > > > > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > > >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a
> thing?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Cool!
> > > > > >My first thought on this topic was: give the program an XML
> schema,
> > > and
> > > > > >generate possible documents with the correct datatypes etc.
> > (Something
> > > > > >like that must exist somewhere, right?) Does it happen to work
> > > anything
> > > > > >like that, or is it hardcoded to generate these specific elements?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Ben
> > > > > >
> > > > > >On 09-12-13 17:27, "Joshua Welker" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >>Challenge accepted.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>http://library.ucmo.edu/dev/metadata-generator.php
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>Obviously in the prototype phase, but it works. Only MODS is
> > > available
> > > > > >>for now, and you can only select top-level elements (all child
> > > > > >>elements of the top-level selections will be auto-generated). I
> > will
> > > > > >>try to expand it to more than just MODS. Admittedly, I know very
> > > > > >>little about METS, so I will need some assistance if I am going
> to
> > > make
> > > > > >>one of those.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>I'll eventually host this somewhere else once it's done, so don't
> > > > > >>bookmark it.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>Josh Welker
> > > > > >>Information Technology Librarian
> > > > > >>James C. Kirkpatrick Library
> > > > > >>University of Central Missouri
> > > > > >>Warrensburg, MO 64093
> > > > > >>JCKL 2260
> > > > > >>660.543.8022
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>-----Original Message-----
> > > > > >>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf
> > > > > >>Of Kevin S. Clarke
> > > > > >>Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 12:26 PM
> > > > > >>To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > > >>Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a
> > thing?
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>When I first read this, I was imagining not having to give it
> your
> > > > > >>metadata but native support for most of our commonly used
> metadata
> > > > > >>records... so the interface is: "Give me 100 MODS records" and it
> > > > > >>spits that out... You could get fancy and say, "Give me X number
> of
> > > > > >>METS records that wrap TIFFs and JPGs and that uses MODS, etc."
> > > > > >>That's not as trivial as hooking into an lorem ipsum machine, but
> > > it'd
> > > > > >>be pretty cool, imho.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>Kevin
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. <
> > > > > >>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>> Hi, I asked this on Google Plus earlier today, but I figured
> I'd
> > > > > >>> better take this question here: my brain is trying to tell me
> > that
> > > > > >>> there's a service or app that makes "fake" metadata, kind of
> like
> > > > > >>> "Lorem Ipsum" but you feed it your fields and it gives you
> > nonsense
> > > > > >>> metadata back. But, it looks right enough for testing.
> > Yesterday, I
> > > > > >>> had to make up about 50 rows of fake metadata to test some code
> > > that
> > > > > >>> handles paging in a UI, and I had to make it all up by hand.
> This
> > > > > >>> hurts my soul. Someone please tell me such a service exists,
> and
> > > > > >>> link me to it, so I never have to do this again. Or else, I may
> > > just
> > > > > >>> make such a service, to save us all. But I don't want to go
> > coding
> > > > > >>> some new service if it already exists, because that sort of
> thing
> > > is
> > > > > >>> for chumps.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> --
> > > > > >>> HARDY POTTINGER <[log in to unmask]> University of
> > Missouri
> > > > > >>> Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/
> > > > > >>> https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/
> > > > > >>> "Making things that are beautiful is real fun." --Lou Reed
> > > > > >>>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bill Dueber
> > Library Systems Programmer
> > University of Michigan Library
> >
>
>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:50:57 -0500
From: Robert Haschart <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Fwd: FW: Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
Forwarding a message for someone who's having trouble posting...
-------- Original Message --------
______
From: Roland, Perry (pdr4h)
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 11:41 AM
To: Code for Libraries
Subject: RE: Lorem Ipsum metadata? Is there such a thing?
oXygen can generate sample XML files from an XSD schema. See http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-editorEclipse/topics/xml-schema-instance-generator.html.
I've attached an example of generated MODS.
--
p.
__________________________
Perry Roland
Music Library
University of Virginia
P. O. Box 400175
Charlottesville, VA 22904
434-982-2702 (w)
pdr4h (at) virginia (dot) edu
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:00:16 -0500
From: Tim McGeary <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Announcing Code4Lib2014 expected registration date and estimated registration cost
I am happy to announce that we have had a very successful sponsorship
campaign this year which has a tremendous impact on keeping the
registration cost low. While the conference committee is still receiving
bids for the A/V contract, we can provide the estimated registration cost
for you to use to submit your travel requests at your institution. If the
A/V contract amount is different than what we have budgeted, we will adjust
the registration cost appropriately before the start of registration.
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:52:02 +0000
From: "Hostetler,Shelley" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Developer House Nominations Close Friday
Hi Everyone,
We're pretty excited about the level of interest in our Developer House event - we've gotten lots of nominations for participants with a broad range of interests and experience, which should make for a terrific event.
It's not too late to nominate someone you know - including yourself! -- to join what will undoubtedly be a great group of library developers and a really fun week of learning, collaborating, and coding. Nominations close this Friday - but why wait? Submit a nomination today<http://registration.oclc.org/reg/?pc=Developerhousenominationform>.
Learn more about Developer House in our recent Little House on the Network<http://oc.lc/C87gzw> blog post, or feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions at all.
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:18:58 -0500
From: Edward Summers <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Mapping LCSH to DDC
Not a naive idea at all. If you have the stomach for it, you could extract the Subject Heading / Dewey combinations out of say the LC Catalog MARC data [1] to use as training data for some kind of clustering [2] algorithm. You might even be able to do something simple like keep a count of the Dewey ranges associated with each subject heading.
I’m kind of curious myself, so I could work on getting the subject heading / dewey combinations if you want?
//Ed
[1] https://archive.org/details/marc_records_scriblio_net
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis
On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Irina Arndt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi CODE4LIB,
>
> we would like to add DDC classes to a bunch of MARC records, which contains only LoC Subject Headings.
> Does anybody know, if a mapping between LCSH and DDC is anywhere existent (and available)?
>
> I understood, that WebDewey http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey.en.html might provide such a service, but
>
> · we are no OCLC customers or subscribers to WebDewey
>
> · even if we were, I'm not sure, if the service matches our needs
>
> I'm thinking of a tool, where I can upload my list of subject headings and get back a list, where the matching Dewey classes have been added (but a 'simple' csv file with LCSH terms and DDC classes would be helpful as well- I am fully aware, that neither LCSH nor DDC are simple at all...) . Naïve idea...?
>
> Thanks for any clues,
> Irina
>
>
> -------
>
> Irina Arndt
> Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
> Library System Coordinator
> Amalienstr. 33
> D-80799 Muenchen, Germany
>
> Tel. +49 89 38602-254
> Fax +49 89 38602-290
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> http://www.mpdl.mpg.de
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:26:58 -0800
From: Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Mapping LCSH to DDC
I've often thought that this would be an interesting exercise if someone
would undertake it.
Just a reminder: in theory (IN THEORY) the first subject heading in an
LC record is the one most semantically close to the assigned subject
classification. So perhaps a first pass with the FIRST 6xx might give a
more refined matching. And then it would be interesting to compare that
with the results using all 600-651's.
kc
On 12/10/13, 1:18 PM, Edward Summers wrote:
> Not a naive idea at all. If you have the stomach for it, you could extract the Subject Heading / Dewey combinations out of say the LC Catalog MARC data [1] to use as training data for some kind of clustering [2] algorithm. You might even be able to do something simple like keep a count of the Dewey ranges associated with each subject heading.
>
> I’m kind of curious myself, so I could work on getting the subject heading / dewey combinations if you want?
>
> //Ed
>
> [1] https://archive.org/details/marc_records_scriblio_net
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis
>
> On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Irina Arndt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi CODE4LIB,
>>
>> we would like to add DDC classes to a bunch of MARC records, which contains only LoC Subject Headings.
>> Does anybody know, if a mapping between LCSH and DDC is anywhere existent (and available)?
>>
>> I understood, that WebDewey http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey.en.html might provide such a service, but
>>
>> · we are no OCLC customers or subscribers to WebDewey
>>
>> · even if we were, I'm not sure, if the service matches our needs
>>
>> I'm thinking of a tool, where I can upload my list of subject headings and get back a list, where the matching Dewey classes have been added (but a 'simple' csv file with LCSH terms and DDC classes would be helpful as well- I am fully aware, that neither LCSH nor DDC are simple at all...) . Naïve idea...?
>>
>> Thanks for any clues,
>> Irina
>>
>>
>> -------
>>
>> Irina Arndt
>> Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
>> Library System Coordinator
>> Amalienstr. 33
>> D-80799 Muenchen, Germany
>>
>> Tel. +49 89 38602-254
>> Fax +49 89 38602-290
>>
>> Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> http://www.mpdl.mpg.de
--
Karen Coyle
[log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net
m: 1-510-435-8234
skype: kcoylenet
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:37:08 -0500
From: Edward Summers <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Mapping LCSH to DDC
I was going to try to reduce the space a bit by focusing on 650 fields. Each record with a Dewey number will be a tab separated line, that will include each 650 field in order. So something like:
305.42/0973 <tab> Women's rights -- United States -- History -- Sources. <tab> Women -- United States -- History — Sources <tab> Manuscripts, American -- Facsimiles.
I thought it might be a place to start at least … it’s running on an ec2 instance right now :-)
//Ed
On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I've often thought that this would be an interesting exercise if someone would undertake it.
>
> Just a reminder: in theory (IN THEORY) the first subject heading in an LC record is the one most semantically close to the assigned subject classification. So perhaps a first pass with the FIRST 6xx might give a more refined matching. And then it would be interesting to compare that with the results using all 600-651's.
>
> kc
>
> On 12/10/13, 1:18 PM, Edward Summers wrote:
>> Not a naive idea at all. If you have the stomach for it, you could extract the Subject Heading / Dewey combinations out of say the LC Catalog MARC data [1] to use as training data for some kind of clustering [2] algorithm. You might even be able to do something simple like keep a count of the Dewey ranges associated with each subject heading.
>>
>> I’m kind of curious myself, so I could work on getting the subject heading / dewey combinations if you want?
>>
>> //Ed
>>
>> [1] https://archive.org/details/marc_records_scriblio_net
>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Irina Arndt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi CODE4LIB,
>>>
>>> we would like to add DDC classes to a bunch of MARC records, which contains only LoC Subject Headings.
>>> Does anybody know, if a mapping between LCSH and DDC is anywhere existent (and available)?
>>>
>>> I understood, that WebDewey http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey.en.html might provide such a service, but
>>>
>>> · we are no OCLC customers or subscribers to WebDewey
>>>
>>> · even if we were, I'm not sure, if the service matches our needs
>>>
>>> I'm thinking of a tool, where I can upload my list of subject headings and get back a list, where the matching Dewey classes have been added (but a 'simple' csv file with LCSH terms and DDC classes would be helpful as well- I am fully aware, that neither LCSH nor DDC are simple at all...) . Naïve idea...?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any clues,
>>> Irina
>>>
>>>
>>> -------
>>>
>>> Irina Arndt
>>> Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
>>> Library System Coordinator
>>> Amalienstr. 33
>>> D-80799 Muenchen, Germany
>>>
>>> Tel. +49 89 38602-254
>>> Fax +49 89 38602-290
>>>
>>> Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>> http://www.mpdl.mpg.de
>
> --
> Karen Coyle
> [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net
> m: 1-510-435-8234
> skype: kcoylenet
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:02:19 -0600
From: Bryan Baldus <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Mapping LCSH to DDC
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:18 AM, Irina Arndt wrote:
>we would like to add DDC classes to a bunch of MARC records, which contains only LoC Subject Headings. Does anybody know, if a mapping between LCSH and DDC is anywhere existent (and available)?
...
>I'm thinking of a tool, where I can upload my list of subject headings and get back a list, where the matching Dewey classes have been added (but a 'simple' csv file with LCSH terms and DDC classes would be helpful as well- I am fully aware, that neither LCSH nor DDC are simple at all...) . Naïve idea...?
Classification Web offers a correlations feature between Dewey and the 1st LCSH, based on usage in LC's database (as well as correlations between LCC and LCSH, and DDC and LCC). It is of some use in helping the cataloger determine possible classifications or subject headings to use. Unfortunately, I don't believe ClassWeb is easily accessible by automated processes (even for subscribers). Even if it were, I doubt it is possible to automate a process of assigning Dewey based on 1st LCSH. As mentioned, the 1st LCSH and classification are generally supposed to be similar/linked, but that applies more to LCC/LCSH than DDC to LCSH, due to the way Dewey works. For example, ClassWeb correlation between LCSH Disease management (chosen while looking at Health, then Disease, then looking for an example showing a better variety of Deweys than the 1st 2) shows DDCs used by LC (counts of records in parentheses):
Disease management [Topical]
362.1 (4)
610.285 (1)
615.1 (1)
615.5071 (1)
616.89142 (1)
####
That said, as Ed mentioned, given a large set of records for training, you should be able to develop something to help local catalogers determine possible Deweys record-by-record.
I hope this helps,
Bryan Baldus
Senior Cataloger
Quality Books Inc.
The Best of America's Independent Presses
1-800-323-4241x402
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:15:52 -0800
From: Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Mapping LCSH to DDC
Yeah, Ed! I'm totally looking forward to results. Unlikely as it is, if
there's anything I can do....
and I understand about limiting to 650, but ... well, let's see how it goes.
kc
On 12/10/13, 1:37 PM, Edward Summers wrote:
> I was going to try to reduce the space a bit by focusing on 650 fields. Each record with a Dewey number will be a tab separated line, that will include each 650 field in order. So something like:
>
> 305.42/0973 <tab> Women's rights -- United States -- History -- Sources. <tab> Women -- United States -- History — Sources <tab> Manuscripts, American -- Facsimiles.
>
> I thought it might be a place to start at least … it’s running on an ec2 instance right now :-)
>
> //Ed
>
> On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I've often thought that this would be an interesting exercise if someone would undertake it.
>>
>> Just a reminder: in theory (IN THEORY) the first subject heading in an LC record is the one most semantically close to the assigned subject classification. So perhaps a first pass with the FIRST 6xx might give a more refined matching. And then it would be interesting to compare that with the results using all 600-651's.
>>
>> kc
>>
>> On 12/10/13, 1:18 PM, Edward Summers wrote:
>>> Not a naive idea at all. If you have the stomach for it, you could extract the Subject Heading / Dewey combinations out of say the LC Catalog MARC data [1] to use as training data for some kind of clustering [2] algorithm. You might even be able to do something simple like keep a count of the Dewey ranges associated with each subject heading.
>>>
>>> I’m kind of curious myself, so I could work on getting the subject heading / dewey combinations if you want?
>>>
>>> //Ed
>>>
>>> [1] https://archive.org/details/marc_records_scriblio_net
>>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis
>>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Irina Arndt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi CODE4LIB,
>>>>
>>>> we would like to add DDC classes to a bunch of MARC records, which contains only LoC Subject Headings.
>>>> Does anybody know, if a mapping between LCSH and DDC is anywhere existent (and available)?
>>>>
>>>> I understood, that WebDewey http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey.en.html might provide such a service, but
>>>>
>>>> · we are no OCLC customers or subscribers to WebDewey
>>>>
>>>> · even if we were, I'm not sure, if the service matches our needs
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking of a tool, where I can upload my list of subject headings and get back a list, where the matching Dewey classes have been added (but a 'simple' csv file with LCSH terms and DDC classes would be helpful as well- I am fully aware, that neither LCSH nor DDC are simple at all...) . Naïve idea...?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any clues,
>>>> Irina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------
>>>>
>>>> Irina Arndt
>>>> Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
>>>> Library System Coordinator
>>>> Amalienstr. 33
>>>> D-80799 Muenchen, Germany
>>>>
>>>> Tel. +49 89 38602-254
>>>> Fax +49 89 38602-290
>>>>
>>>> Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>>> http://www.mpdl.mpg.de
>>
>> --
>> Karen Coyle
>> [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net
>> m: 1-510-435-8234
>> skype: kcoylenet
>
>
--
Karen Coyle
[log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net
m: 1-510-435-8234
skype: kcoylenet
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:53:37 -0800
From: Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Mapping LCSH to DDC
This is my inclination. However, if the algorithm doesn't incorporate
values from the tables used to synthesize Dewey numbers, identifying the
stems of numbers may be tricky. It might be worth calling up someone at a
major Dewey library like UIUC or Northwestern to see if they might be
willing to provide data to add to what you get from LC.
kyle
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Edward Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Not a naive idea at all. If you have the stomach for it, you could extract
> the Subject Heading / Dewey combinations out of say the LC Catalog MARC
> data [1] to use as training data for some kind of clustering [2] algorithm.
> You might even be able to do something simple like keep a count of the
> Dewey ranges associated with each subject heading.
>
> I’m kind of curious myself, so I could work on getting the subject heading
> / dewey combinations if you want?
>
> //Ed
>
> [1] https://archive.org/details/marc_records_scriblio_net
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis
>
> On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Irina Arndt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi CODE4LIB,
> >
> > we would like to add DDC classes to a bunch of MARC records, which
> contains only LoC Subject Headings.
> > Does anybody know, if a mapping between LCSH and DDC is anywhere
> existent (and available)?
> >
> > I understood, that WebDewey
> http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey.en.html might provide such a
> service, but
> >
> > · we are no OCLC customers or subscribers to WebDewey
> >
> > · even if we were, I'm not sure, if the service matches our needs
> >
> > I'm thinking of a tool, where I can upload my list of subject headings
> and get back a list, where the matching Dewey classes have been added (but
> a 'simple' csv file with LCSH terms and DDC classes would be helpful as
> well- I am fully aware, that neither LCSH nor DDC are simple at all...) .
> Naïve idea...?
> >
> > Thanks for any clues,
> > Irina
> >
> >
> > -------
> >
> > Irina Arndt
> > Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
> > Library System Coordinator
> > Amalienstr. 33
> > D-80799 Muenchen, Germany
> >
> > Tel. +49 89 38602-254
> > Fax +49 89 38602-290
> >
> > Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > http://www.mpdl.mpg.de
>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:11:00 -0800
From: Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Mapping LCSH to DDC
Has anyone looked at using the Classify web service for this? [1] It
doesn't have a batch mode, but it has a web service [2].
Roy
[1] http://oclc.org/research/activities/classify.html
[2] http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/api_docs/index.html
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> This is my inclination. However, if the algorithm doesn't incorporate
> values from the tables used to synthesize Dewey numbers, identifying the
> stems of numbers may be tricky. It might be worth calling up someone at a
> major Dewey library like UIUC or Northwestern to see if they might be
> willing to provide data to add to what you get from LC.
>
> kyle
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Edward Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Not a naive idea at all. If you have the stomach for it, you could
> extract
> > the Subject Heading / Dewey combinations out of say the LC Catalog MARC
> > data [1] to use as training data for some kind of clustering [2]
> algorithm.
> > You might even be able to do something simple like keep a count of the
> > Dewey ranges associated with each subject heading.
> >
> > I’m kind of curious myself, so I could work on getting the subject
> heading
> > / dewey combinations if you want?
> >
> > //Ed
> >
> > [1] https://archive.org/details/marc_records_scriblio_net
> > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis
> >
> > On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Irina Arndt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi CODE4LIB,
> > >
> > > we would like to add DDC classes to a bunch of MARC records, which
> > contains only LoC Subject Headings.
> > > Does anybody know, if a mapping between LCSH and DDC is anywhere
> > existent (and available)?
> > >
> > > I understood, that WebDewey
> > http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey.en.html might provide such
> a
> > service, but
> > >
> > > · we are no OCLC customers or subscribers to WebDewey
> > >
> > > · even if we were, I'm not sure, if the service matches our
> needs
> > >
> > > I'm thinking of a tool, where I can upload my list of subject headings
> > and get back a list, where the matching Dewey classes have been added
> (but
> > a 'simple' csv file with LCSH terms and DDC classes would be helpful as
> > well- I am fully aware, that neither LCSH nor DDC are simple at all...) .
> > Naïve idea...?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any clues,
> > > Irina
> > >
> > >
> > > -------
> > >
> > > Irina Arndt
> > > Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
> > > Library System Coordinator
> > > Amalienstr. 33
> > > D-80799 Muenchen, Germany
> > >
> > > Tel. +49 89 38602-254
> > > Fax +49 89 38602-290
> > >
> > > Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > > http://www.mpdl.mpg.de
> >
>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:30:41 -0500
From: Edward Summers <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Mapping LCSH to DDC
In case anyone wants to have a go, here’s the ddc/lcsh data I extracted from the LC 2007 retrospective file [1]:
http://inkdroid.org/data/dewey-lcsh.gz
The file contains ddc/lcsh combinations from 2,909,673 records.
//Ed
[1] https://archive.org/details/marc_records_scriblio_net
On Dec 10, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Has anyone looked at using the Classify web service for this? [1] It
> doesn't have a batch mode, but it has a web service [2].
> Roy
>
> [1] http://oclc.org/research/activities/classify.html
> [2] http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/api_docs/index.html
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> This is my inclination. However, if the algorithm doesn't incorporate
>> values from the tables used to synthesize Dewey numbers, identifying the
>> stems of numbers may be tricky. It might be worth calling up someone at a
>> major Dewey library like UIUC or Northwestern to see if they might be
>> willing to provide data to add to what you get from LC.
>>
>> kyle
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Edward Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Not a naive idea at all. If you have the stomach for it, you could
>> extract
>>> the Subject Heading / Dewey combinations out of say the LC Catalog MARC
>>> data [1] to use as training data for some kind of clustering [2]
>> algorithm.
>>> You might even be able to do something simple like keep a count of the
>>> Dewey ranges associated with each subject heading.
>>>
>>> I’m kind of curious myself, so I could work on getting the subject
>> heading
>>> / dewey combinations if you want?
>>>
>>> //Ed
>>>
>>> [1] https://archive.org/details/marc_records_scriblio_net
>>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis
>>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Irina Arndt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi CODE4LIB,
>>>>
>>>> we would like to add DDC classes to a bunch of MARC records, which
>>> contains only LoC Subject Headings.
>>>> Does anybody know, if a mapping between LCSH and DDC is anywhere
>>> existent (and available)?
>>>>
>>>> I understood, that WebDewey
>>> http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/webdewey.en.html might provide such
>> a
>>> service, but
>>>>
>>>> · we are no OCLC customers or subscribers to WebDewey
>>>>
>>>> · even if we were, I'm not sure, if the service matches our
>> needs
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking of a tool, where I can upload my list of subject headings
>>> and get back a list, where the matching Dewey classes have been added
>> (but
>>> a 'simple' csv file with LCSH terms and DDC classes would be helpful as
>>> well- I am fully aware, that neither LCSH nor DDC are simple at all...) .
>>> Naïve idea...?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any clues,
>>>> Irina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------
>>>>
>>>> Irina Arndt
>>>> Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL)
>>>> Library System Coordinator
>>>> Amalienstr. 33
>>>> D-80799 Muenchen, Germany
>>>>
>>>> Tel. +49 89 38602-254
>>>> Fax +49 89 38602-290
>>>>
>>>> Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>>> http://www.mpdl.mpg.de
>>>
>>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:30:58 -0800
From: Ron Peterson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Call for Proposals: Code4Lib Journal
Call for Proposals (and apologies for cross-posting):
The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) exists to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future.
We are now accepting proposals for publication in our 24th issue. Don't miss out on this opportunity to share your ideas and experiences. To be included in the 24th issue, which is scheduled for publication in mid April 2014, please submit articles, abstracts, or proposals at http://journal.code4lib.org/submit-proposal or to [log in to unmask] by Friday, January 10, 2014. When submitting, please include the title or subject of the proposal in the subject line of the email message.
C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome submissions across a broad variety of topics that support the mission of the journal. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
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Remember, for consideration for the 24th issue, please send proposals, abstracts, or draft articles to [log in to unmask] no later than Friday, January 10, 2014.
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