2004-2005 Meeting Schedule
[as of April 21, 2005]
Note: All meetings are from 1:30pm to 3:00pm
on the second floor of Mann Library (except Feb'05) .
Refreshments will be served!
| Date | Topic | Description |
| October 18, 2004 [a MONDAY!] |
Web Services Authentication and Authorization, with Host: Holly Mistlebauer |
What types of services are available to provide authentication and authorization for restricted sites? How do they work? How does a web designer choose between options, and who should be contacted for each solution? This session will include a discussion of SideCar/Kerberos, CUWebLogin, Apache's authentication system, and VeriSign, which is used for credit card purchases. We will also be discussing how to handle different levels of authorization within a web site. |
| November 22, 2004 [a MONDAY!] |
Digital Publishing System (DPubS) Host: David Ruddy |
This past summer CUL was awarded a grant from the Mellon Foundation to generalize and enhance its Digital Publishing System (DPubS) and release this new, improved version under an open source license. This briefing session will review the 2-year development agenda <http://dpubs.org/DevAgenda.html> and discuss how our project collaborators (peer libraries and university presses) will contribute to our development goals. |
| February 15, 2005 LOCATION CHANGE: Mann Library's Stone Classroom (on the first floor). |
Management of Web Sites Using CommonSpot Host: Holly Mistlebauer |
PaperThin's CommonSpot is a "complete and comprehensive
web content management solution providing organizations with simple and
sophisticated tools for creating, publishing and managing Web content in
a controlled, distributed and collaborative Web development environment."
Cornell University purchased a site license for CommonSpot at the end of 2004. The first quarter of 2005 is being spent determining how best to implement CommonSpot within CUL. Oya Rieger, coordinator of the installation and initial implementation of CommonSpot at CUL, will give us a status of the efforts of her team. (Oya is also Co-Charing the University's CommonSpot SIG.) This will be followed with a demo of CommonSpot. |
| Cancelled: New PCAC group deemed better venue. [Was for March 15, 2005] | Public Computing Tips, Tricks, and Challenges | Do you manage one or more Windows-based public computers for patron access? Public Computing brings with it a variety of challenges that can be addressed in a variety of ways. Learn and share with others ideas on topics such as security and work-saving techniques. Tools such as Ghost and DeepFreeze will be covered, as well as Registry tips. |
| May 3, 2005 [New date, as of 4/12/05] |
Windows Server Logs Host: Bill Klinko |
Although logging information on Windows systems is fairly simple, mining that data in a meaningful way can be time consuming, especially when monitoring a number of systems. Perhaps you'd like all those logs consolidated to a "master log" that you can search easily for trouble events. Perhaps you'd like to have certain events flagged to notify you when they are recorded. Come to hear how others are managing their logs to maximize efficiency. |
| May 17, 2005 | Techniques for Making Your Web Site More Visible Host: Greg Lawrence |
Presenters include Nate Rupp and Keith Jenkins. Will cover an assortment of techniques for making your web site more visible in Google, at CU, and from within CUL pages. This includes dynamic content (i.e. "deep web"). Will also address making your site's URLs compact, book-markable (persistent), and easy to remember. The new CU policies on domain names will be covered as well. |
| September 20, 2005 | Harvesting Content | How do we gather current information for our web sites from other sources at Cornell and elsewhere? What software is available? What do we do with the metadata? How to we address preservation issues? |
For further information, please contact a member of the LTEF Planning Committee:
Oliver Habicht
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George Kozak <gsk5>
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Greg Lawrence <gwl1>
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Holly Mistlebauer
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Michelle Paolillo
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