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+1 for what I know of Avalon Media service -- Al Matthews Software Developer, Digital Services Unit Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library email: [log in to unmask]; office: 1 404 978 2057 On 11/12/13 8:21 AM, "Edward Summers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hi Kelley, > >Thanks for posting this. When I began work on jobs.code4lib.org I was >hoping it would encourage people to post short term contracts. The >thought being that it may be easier for some institutions to find money >for projects than full-time staff, and it could encourage more open >source collaboration between organizations, similar to what the Hydra >Project are doing. > >So, I added your post to jobs.code4lib.org [1]. Ordinarily the person who >publishes a job posting is the only one who can edit it. But if you would >like to make any changes to it please let me know and I’ll make you the >editor. > >Incidentally I was curious about your decision to hire two programmers to >do what appears to be a very similar task. Was your intent to have two >implementations to compare to see which you liked better? Were the two >developers supposed to work together or separately? > >//Ed > >[1] http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/10658/ > >On Nov 11, 2013, at 10:58 PM, Kelley McGrath <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I have a small amount of money to work with and am looking for two >>people to help with extracting data from MARC records as described >>below. This is part of a larger project to develop a FRBR-based data >>store and discovery interface for moving images. Our previous work >>includes a consideration of the feasibility of the project from a >>cataloging perspective (http://www.olacinc.org/drupal/?q=node/27), a >>prototype end-user interface (https://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/, >>https://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/page/about) and a web form to >>crowdsource the parsing of movie credits >>(http://olac-annotator.org/#/about). >> Planned work period: six months beginning around the second week of >>December (I can be somewhat flexible on the dates if you want to wait >>and start after the New Year) >> Payment: flat sum of $2500 upon completion of the work >> >> Required skills and knowledge: >> >> * Familiarity with the MARC 21 bibliographic format >> * Familiarity with Natural Language Processing concepts (or >>willingness to learn) >> * Experience with Java, Python, and/or Ruby programming languages >> >> Description of work: Use language and text processing tools and >>provided strategies to write code to extract and normalize data in >>existing MARC bibliographic records for moving images. Refine code based >>on feedback from analysis of results obtained with a sample dataset. >> >> Data to be extracted: >> Tasks for Position 1: >> Titles (including the main title of the video, uniform titles, variant >>titles, series titles, television program titles and titles of contents) >> Authors and titles of related works on which an adaptation is based >> Duration >> Color >> Sound vs. silent >> Tasks for Position 2: >> Format (DVD, VHS, film, online, etc.) >> Original language >> Country of production >> Aspect ratio >> Flag for whether a record represents multiple works or not >> We have already done some work with dates, names and roles and have a >>framework to work in. I have the basic logic for the data extraction >>processes, but expect to need some iteration to refine these strategies. >> >> To apply please send me an email at kelleym@uoregon explaining why you >>are interested in this project, what relevant experience you would bring >>and any other reasons why I should hire you. If you have a preference >>for position 1 or 2, let me know (it's not necessary to have a >>preference). The deadline for applications is Monday, December 2, 2013. >>Let me know if you have any questions. >> >> Thank you for your consideration. >> >> Kelley >> >> PS In the near future, I will also be looking for someone to help with >>work clustering based on title, name, date and identifier data from MARC >>records. This will not involve any direct interaction with MARC. >> >> >> Kelley McGrath >> Metadata Management Librarian >> University of Oregon Libraries >> 541-346-8232 >> [log in to unmask]