Re: [IUG] What are you doing with perl?

["Norwood, Randy" <randy dot norwood at ttu dot edu>]

http://activestate.com has a free, easy to install Perl for Windows. It
comes with "Perl Package Manager" which is a module (library) browser and
installer with a GUI interface. Very easy to use. You could install it on
your Windows workstation if you have access to install software. I do most
of my Perl work on my workstation.

 


On 04,22,2008 9:19 AM, "McGranahan, Jamen (Library)"
<Jamen dot McGranahan at nashville dot gov> wrote:

> I would love to make use of perl and script some of my daily routines.
> I'm able to do some with AutoIt in combo with Millennium Scheduler.  But
> I think there's more I could do.  However, our IT Dept does not support
> perl and I'm not comfortable enough with it to try to install it myself
> on our webserver.  :-(  I've tried and have been unsuccessful.  Oh well.
> If anyone knows of an easy install for perl, please let me know.  Thank
> you.
> 
> Jamen McGranahan
> Library Automation Specialist
> Nashville Public Library
> 615 Church Street
> Nashville, TN  37219
> Jamen dot McGranahan at nashville dot gov
> (615) 862-5726
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of John Dillon
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> Subject: Re: [IUG] What are you doing with perl?
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> 
> It is always very interesting to hear what people are doing with
> scripts.  Alan, thanks for posting.  We'd like to be doing more of this.
> 
> The only place we currently use perl is for posting of Ariel document
> delivery to a web server.  Some versions of those scripts can be found
> at:   http://www4.infotrieve.com/ariel/webserver.html
> 
> John
> 
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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
>> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Brown, Alan
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:32 AM
>> To: IUG INNOPAC List
>> Subject: Re: [IUG] What are you doing with perl?
>> 
>> At 21 April 2008 17:47 Phil Shirley wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm doing a poster session at the IUG conference entitled "what perl
>>> can do for you".  The idea is partially to show people who are not
>>> using perl scripts at their libraries that perl might be a
>> useful tool
>>> for them, and partially to provide everyone with examples of
>> how perl
>>> is being used or could be used in libraries, especially in
>>> relation to the III software.
>> 
>> Phil,
>> 
>> I do a number of things here with perl
>> 
>> 1. I use a script to generate my own new items RSS feeds from create
>> lists. I wrote this before Innovative had their feed builder product
>> and this has saved my some cash. The script is in the clearing house.
>> 
>> 2. Another script I use along with MARC::Record, I use to reorder the
>> isbns in my new bib records so that the 10 digit isbn is first so that
>> I can still use amazon book jackets.
>> 
>> 3. Once a month I do a full extract of the marc bib data using data
>> exchange. I use perl scripts to;
>> 
>> a) clean and separate data of the records to upload to other services
>> e.g. (unityuk, talis source), librarything for libraries.
>> b) load all of the data onto a mysql database which powers a
>> rudimentary evidence based stock management tool (perl/mysql).
>> This automatically generates a series of stock reports that we find
>> useful e.g. top issuing authors, a complete list of missing items, worn
> 
>> stock etc.
>> 
>> Many of these things can be done with create lists but when I find
>> myself repeating tasks, I usually think "I wonder if I can get a script
> 
>> to do that" (I use an autoit script to create the lists for my RSS
>> feeds perl script:).
>> 
>> I can't really recommend any books, but the perl documentation is
>> pretty good. In particular the documentation and tutorial for
>> MARC::Record is excellent.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> --
>> Alan Brown
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>> Resource Services
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