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On GitHub and Library Connections
Today at a session of the annual CALI Conference, a participant posed the following question in our corresponding Slack Channel:
@xyz - you mention the power of repositories: what about libraries? ...
dazza [1:20 PM] libraries should probably help curate the github repos of many projects, right?
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dazza [3:39 PM] Hi @xyz - here are some resources on libraries role with repositories. Is this what you were getting at regarding libraries and repositories or did you have another aspect of the topic(s) in mind?
dazza [3:41 PM]
- http://www.archives.gov/developer/#github (especially note how the Federal Register leverages GitHub as part of how it is becoming a gold-standard for legal publishing and public infrastructure model of official publish-subscribe legal materials service (service as in “REST” interface, not as in “a person who provides a service rather than a produce”) NARA for Developers
dazza [3:42 PM]
- Open Web Page for EVERY Book Ever Published: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary
GitHub internetarchive/openlibrary openlibrary - One webpage for every book ever published!
dazza [3:42 PM]
- New York Public Library is.. kinda existing significantly IN GitHub now… https://github.com/NYPL
dazza [3:43 PM]
- I love these people: https://github.com/dpla
dazza [3:45 PM]
- And the good folks of the LOCKSS Alliance somehow - frequently on their own time and own dime - held the torch high and maintained light on basic public records through thick and thin: http://www.lockss.org/
dazza [3:47 PM]
- And a nice little article from the point of view of a librarian (taking a “why should I care about GitHub” approach): http://infospace.ischool.syr.edu/2012/10/10/the-librarians-arsenal-git-github/ Information Space The Librarian’s Arsenal: Git & GitHub Prompted by a fantastic talk given by the iSchool's own Michael Fudge, I've been exploring Git, GitHub, and the ways librarians can benefit by using a version control system.Librarians should know h (34KB) Oct 10th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
dazza [3:52 PM]
- And this is my shirt. I got it from GitHub. It’s really comfortable. And starts conversations with people who are wonderful to talk with!
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dazza [3:54 PM] https://twitter.com/dazzagreenwood/status/611622229172989952 dazzagreenwood@dazzagreenwood #GitHub. Of course! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHzrLUWWgAA-HuY.jpg (56KB)
