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The first alpha version of Skosmos 3 has been published! This release provides a peek into the upcoming next major version of the Skosmos publishing tool for SKOS controlled vocabularies.
The release features a reimplemented front-end with a fresh layout and improved accessibility, as well as many architectural improvements and modernization of the codebase.
https://github.com/NatLibFi/Skosmos/releases/tag/v3.0-alpha.1
GitHubRelease Skosmos 3.0-alpha.1 · NatLibFi/SkosmosThis is the first alpha release of Skosmos 3.0 that provides an early peek into the upcoming final 3.0 release. It is mainly intended for Skosmos users who want to plan ahead for the 3.0 release. Y...
It, uh, probably isn't ethical to host #Code4Lib in the US next year.
US academics also aren't going to have much in the way of travel funds, either.
Can we talk about an online-only conference now?
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#Code4Lib is a very special place where breakouts can be:
- ArchivesSpace Discussion w/Program Team Devs (Friend Center 108)
- How to Index Subject Headings (Friend Center 109)
- How to Defend Yourself Against a Dagger-Armed Brigand in Quattrocento Italy (Reprise) (Courtyard)
- Digitization Workflows (Friend Center 110)
- Local and Open Source Discovery Systems (Friend Center 111)
etc. #c4l25 (once you see it)
Continued thread
Text of my #Code4Lib #c4l25 talk is up: https://ruthtillman.com/talk/c4l-scaffolding-possibility/
Ruth Kitchin Tillman · Scaffolding Possibility: Systems, Stress, and Small Acts of Care | Ruth Kitchin TillmanWhat kinds of interventions can library tech workers or those with above-average technical aptitude make to improve their coworker's morale after a migration? I share some of the results of survey and interview research on morale and migration and the importance of small acts that keep possibility alive.
I am here at #Code4Lib! I have hugged friends! I have eaten food! I have applied my backup text method because there’s no presenter view.
Going to a conference this week? Why not back up your phone tonight! #code4lib in particular but also just a good idea for life.
The sensitivity index: Corrupting Y2K
by @beet_keeper
In December I asked “What will you bitflip today?” Not long after, Johan’s (@bitsgalore) Digtial Dark Age Crew released its long lost hidden single Y2K — well, I couldn’t resist corrupting it.
Fixity is an interesting property enabled by digital technologies. Checksums allow us to demonstrate mathematically that a file has not been changed. An often cited definition of fixity is:
Fixity, in the preservation sense, means the assurance that a digital file has remained unchanged, i.e. fixed — Bailey (2014)
It’s very much linked to the concept of integrity. A UNESCO definition of which:
The state of being whole, uncorrupted and free of unauthorized and undocumented changes.
Integrity is massively important at this time in history. It gives us the guarantees we need that digital objects we work with aren’t harboring their own sinister secrets in the form of malware and other potentially damaging payloads.
These values are contingent on bit-level preservation, the field of digital preservation largely assumes this; that we will be able to look after our content without losing information. As feasible as this may be these days, what happens if we lose some information? Where does authenticity come into play?
Through corrupting Y2K, I took time to reflect on integrity versus authenticity, as well as create some interesting glitched outputs. I also uncovered what may be the first audio that reveals what the Millennium Bug itself may have sounded like! Keen to hear it? Read on to find out more.
Continue reading “The sensitivity index: Corrupting Y2K”…
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Version 1.3 of the automated subject subject indexing tool #Annif has been released!
This release introduces support for the EstNLTK analyzer for better Estonian lemmatization 
, optimizations to the MLLM backend, as well as maintenance and bug fixes, including better file permissions in multi-user environments.
My librarian/developer friends! We have officially launched/stabilized our journal, Studies in Russian Literature, Philosophy, and Religious Thought. Built entirely from markdown using a pandoc docx -> markdown -> html/latex CI/CD process.
Please (kindly) eviscerate my code!
www.rplrt.orgNorthwestern University Studies in Russian Philosophy, Literature, and Religious Thought | A publication of the Northwestern University Research Initiative in Russian Philosophy, Literature, and Religious ThoughtCritical new approaches to the study of Russian philosophy, literature, and religious thought in their global contexts and meanings
I've been fooling around with a #Python script for converting #MARC bibliographic records to #Markdown for use with a static website generator. Probably only has an audience of one (me), but it's not complicated and it solves an interesting problem for private #librarians: how can we get our collections out there when LibraryThing isn't enough but a full OPAC is too much?
Reminder to #code4lib people: Keynote voting ends *tomorrow*! https://forms.gle/sZu15v2VbzV7sokv7 At the moment the vote is extremely close, so your vote could make the difference.
Google DocsCode4Lib 2025 Keynote VotingThe Code4Lib 2025 Keynote Committee is happy to open this year's invited speaker election. Please rate each nominee on a scale of 1 to 3, with 1 being least interested and 3 being most interested. When rating nominees, please consider whether they are likely to be an excellent contributor in each of the following areas:
Appropriateness. Is this speaker likely to convey information that is useful to many members of our community?
Uniqueness. Is this speaker likely to cover themes that may not commonly appear in the rest of the program?
Contribution to diversity. Will this person bring something rare, notable, or unique to our community, through uncommon experience or background?
The top two available vote recipients will be invited to be our keynote speakers this year. Voting closes on December 13, 2024.
#Code4Lib! You nominated some amazing potential keynote speakers and 8 of them are available to speak. Now you get to pick your favorites \o/ . Voting is open until until Dec 13: https://forms.gle/sZu15v2VbzV7sokv7
Google DocsCode4Lib 2025 Keynote VotingThe Code4Lib 2025 Keynote Committee is happy to open this year's invited speaker election. Please rate each nominee on a scale of 1 to 3, with 1 being least interested and 3 being most interested. When rating nominees, please consider whether they are likely to be an excellent contributor in each of the following areas:
Appropriateness. Is this speaker likely to convey information that is useful to many members of our community?
Uniqueness. Is this speaker likely to cover themes that may not commonly appear in the rest of the program?
Contribution to diversity. Will this person bring something rare, notable, or unique to our community, through uncommon experience or background?
The top two available vote recipients will be invited to be our keynote speakers this year. Voting closes on December 13, 2024.
I just had a paper published: "The Interconnectedness of All Things: Understanding Digital Collections Through File Similarity" in Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture.
https://doi.org/10.1515/pdtc-2024-0042
Come hurl your abuse and academic reprisals at me!
De Gruyter · The Interconnectedness of All Things: Understanding Digital Collections Through File SimilarityArchives that house digital collections often struggle with rapidly evolving workflows and the intrinsic difficulties in managing disordered records. Both physical and digital records may have complex relationships with other records such as drafts of the same document or one document that is included in another, but digital records offer the possibility that a computer may analyze the collection and automatically discover such relationships. An analytical tool for digital collections would employ a model that can represent the network of relationships between files instead of the hierarchical model used in traditional archival arrangement and description. A proof-of-concept of such a tool, employing techniques such as fuzzy and perceptual hashes, demonstrates the viability of this approach and suggests avenues for future research and development.
Are you using #Annif for automated subject indexing or classification? Have you tried it out? Did you look at it but never got around to using it?
If yes, please fill in this Annif user survey: https://forms.gle/P7jGoPMbEAJnD9zw9
We want to hear your thoughts about Annif and how to make it better in the future!
It should only take a few minutes. Deadline is November 30.
Google DocsAnnif users surveyWelcome to the Annif users survey!
The survey aims to gather information mainly about how
Annif is being used and with which vocabularies and datasets,
Annif could be improved and which directions to take in the future,
Annif community could be activated to enhance collaborations.
The survey should take between 5 to 15 minutes to complete. The responses or results are not shared in a way which allows identifying individual responders.
Feel free to share the survey link to relevant parties!
The survey will remain open until 30th November 2024.
In case of any problems or questions about the survey, please contact the Annif team at the National Library of Finland via finto-posti@helsinki.fi.
Thank you for your participation and valuable contributions!
We will organize an #Annif tutorial session "Introduction to the Annif automated indexing tool" at the #SWIB24 online conference on 25th November 2024, 9-13 CET! It's free, but you need to sign up through the SWIB Discourse platform: https://forum.swib.org/t/workshop-introduction-to-annif-automated-indexing-tool-category/139
The workshop is based on the Annif tutorial materials, created by the National Library of Finland and ZBW: https://github.com/NatLibFi/Annif-tutorial
SWIB Forum · 🔨 Workshop: Introduction to Annif automated indexing tool categoryFacilitator @Osma , Mona Lehtinen, Juho Inkinen, @AnkasZBW , Ghulam Mustafa Majal, Lakshmi Rajendram Bashyam Abstract Many libraries and related organizations are exploring automated methods for metadata creation. This workshop offers an introduction to the multilingual automated indexing tool, Annif (annif.org), which can be integrated into a library’s metadata production system. Participants will gain hands-on experience with Annif by setting it up, training its algorithms with sample data, ...
The automated subject indexing tool #Annif version 1.2 has been released! This release adds API and CLI functionality for language detection (based on the #Simplemma library), automated download of NLTK data packages, full support for Python 3.12, a few bug fixes and upgraded dependencies.
#AI #machinelearning #opensource #code4lib #libraries #subjectindexing #SKOS #classification
GitHubRelease Annif 1.2 · NatLibFi/AnnifThis release introduces language detection capabilities in the REST API and CLI, improves 🤗 Hugging Face Hub integration, and also includes the usual maintenance work and minor bug fixes.
The new R...
Library systems friends - other than supplier / user group conferences, what are you favourite conferences and events that are significantly or mostly focused on library technology and systems? Looking for more things like #code4lib.