Spaceport
Python application with GUI that exports EADs from ArchivesSpace and transforms them into MARCXML for JMU Library Catalog, HTML for Libraries website, and modified EAD for Virginia Heritage
JMU DOI minter
Python application with GUI that mints DOIs from bepress Digital Commons metadata using DataCite API and prepares metadata for reingest into Digital Commons
The visibility of authority records, researcher identifiers, academic social networking profiles, and related faculty publications in search engine results
Co-authored with Jody Condit Fagan Journal of Web Librarianship, 13(2) Abstract Information about faculty and their publications can be found in library databases such as the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, WorldCat, and institutional repositories; in identifier registries such as ORCID and ISNI; and on academic social networking sites such as Academia, Google
Journal holdings count
Python script that retrieves a list and count of all academic libraries in Virginia that hold given journal titles
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JMU ETD scripts
XSLT scripts for creating RDA bibliographic and authority records from ETD metadata harvested from JMU Scholarly Commons via OAI-PMH
ABCDs of E: Managing metadata for e-books and streaming media
Co-presented with Allison Lyttle and Faye Goodman Poster presented at LET Showcase, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Abstract This poster outlines the functions performed by the JMU Libraries E-Monograph Team to acquire and analyze, batch edit, check access, and distribute or delete metadata records for e-books and streaming media materials.
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VIVA linked data pilot project
Co-presented with Steven W. Holloway Poster presented at LET Showcase, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Abstract JMU Libraries & Educational Technologies participated in a 2017 pilot project with VIVA to present special collections records through a BIBFRAME discovery platform. This poster describes the project’s goals, the steps we took to prepare our records for conversion
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OTL licenses
Python script that retrieves license information from Open Textbook Library landing pages and formats it for insertion into MARC records
Direct database access to OCLC Connexion’s local save file
Code4Lib Journal, 38 Abstract A feature of OCLC’s Connexion cataloging client unknown to most librarians is the ability to directly work with the Microsoft Access database underlying the local save file. This article provides an overview of the metadata made available through this method, including fields that cannot be accessed through the regular Connexion interface,
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You are welcome here: The genesis and evaluation of a new employee orientation program within the library
Co-presented with Jennifer Keach, Elizabeth Price, Susan Thomas, and Michael Trocchia Poster presented at the Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA Abstract Your library may hire new employees throughout the year, but do you prepare them to succeed in your environment? Learn how James Madison University Libraries developed a new employee orientation program designed