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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/08/2014 02:29 PM, Van Mil, James (vanmiljf) wrote: > My colleague Sean Crowe and I have written a simple Rails engine > with models for the Postgresql database backend to Innovative > Interfaces Inc. Sierra ILS. Within a host rails app, it can be used > to spin up mediated access to the database via Ruby objects. With a > few additional controllers, it would also be straightforward to > enable the serialization of database contents over http via json or > xml. Though there is a pending release of API functionality for > Sierra, this gem offers broader and more granular access to the > database. > > See the github repo: https://github.com/uclibs/active_sierra/ NICE! > > We’re both primarily tech services librarians, and our first use > cases for this gem have focused on back-end workflow. For example, > we’re developing a Rails app to track and report lost, missing, or > long-overdue items in Sierra. With a rake task, a webapp will query > Sierra monthly and build a local database of targeted item record > numbers and values, which will be served to a site for use in > making decisions about replacement. Other possible use cases could > be record quality control reports. > > Out of security concerns, we've purposefully excluded models for > patron tables but we haven’t ruled out adding these once we can > ensure the security of this data. > > We still have some short-term development planned, but we noticed > that the repo was getting some attention yesterday, and thought it > would be a good time to share. Some of our planned work includes: > > - Developing tests for the models and methods - Adding more scopes > and methods to abstract the tables (we have a goal of making our > testing application backend as friendly as possible to other tech > services staff, and so we’d like the code to be readable to anyone > who is familiar with both MARC cataloging and III system > conventions) - Modeling additional tables > > Please feel free to use, fork or contribute. We are very open to > comments and suggestions (especially from experienced Rails > developers who may be able to offer some perspective on our > direction – we both started learning about Rails at Code4Lib2013). > > And of course we welcome any questions. Watch for pull requests coming your way soon. Again thanks for not paywalling this in the IUG Clearinghouse! Cheers, ./fxk - -- What I want to find out is -- do parrots know much about Astro-Turf? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTa88vAAoJEBKglk8SA18whiAH/iFDDq7TrUdTF7F8n3/vs9xZ RrBleQGby5fcaRS9Qj3DRZP/ePReLtnrvTSAe6rxTGfCQkYMVajJeWyy7HtVFerY qMV7/SJFqBPNPCGnxD7WuV72s7B8cMnKlxzdASOEamyy69m+a+BGmtKsBkMytIwk 5bZoUqScHJ2X0R66kFcSqUl/8cHKe0RLPNwSeWDaqlwZ2d5+uA1rEr9qY+vjBFJY gPeZY+GihVYVsYLnpY0LFluoBbT9cbJcK1PvKf7HyM1TwvFw9DdUbuZvKBymCuGG kk7bEPWMtEZDnyFu/aTxXVbh6AogAWQJoGemKub7rfZoVRVt48xd3RKAUudodcQ= =dDB9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----