Welcome to Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic, a Philadelphia Area/Tri-State chapter of the [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib] organization.
== About ==
The official kick off of the chapter occurred on October 17th, 2012 at the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic conference. As with the main code4lib organization, the goal of the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic is to connect librarians, hackers, designers, architects, curators, catalogers, artists and instigators in the Philadelphia and greater Tri-State area (and if you're further out, that's cool too).
Sign up for the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4lib-mid-atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group] as we work out the details there for future meetings and activities.
== Call for Volunteers Proposal to host 2016 National Conference in Philadelphia ==* Our proposal: [c4l-phl.github.io]* Please note a shared google docs folder has been created as a workspace. If you need to be added, please contact someone on the planning committee either directly or via the code4lib-midatlantic mailing list.* We meet on google hangouts using this link [https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/gzsx2gu7iazevjakorhovcfwuia]
We're looking for volunteers, both for general long-term organizational duties and to help plan future events. Positions that we know we need include a social media expert, an IRC guy/gal, a social functions organizer, and a kind soul to host/run our listserv. We also need volunteers to help us with needs we as yet don't know we need (and feel free to identify them). If you're interested in helping the chapter, list your name, email address, affiliation and area of interest here and I'll pull together a Skype chat in the near futureBackground reading:* [[How To Plan A Code4LibCon]]* [[2014 Lessons Learned]]* [[Useful information from 2012]]
* David K Uspal, davidDOTuspalATvillanovaDOTedu, Villanova University, Guy who put the initial wiki entry together and official contact point for the 2012 conference== About ==
* Tim ClarkeThe official kick off of the chapter occurred on October 17th, tclarkeATmuhlenbergDOTedu2012 at the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic conference. As with the main code4lib organization, Muhlenberg College, willing the goal of the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic is to help with anythingconnect librarians, hackers, designers, architects, curators, catalogers, artists and instigators in the Philadelphia and greater Tri-State area (and if you're further out, that's cool too).
* Scott Williams, scottwiATupennDOTedu, Penn Museum, willing to help with anythingSign up for the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4lib-mid-atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group] as we work out the details there for future meetings and activities.
* Matt Zimmerman, mzimmermanATbrynmawrDOTedu, Bryn Mawr College, soft skills stuff (communications, organizing, cat herding, getting people to play nicely together)=== Governance & Contact Info ===
* Mark WilhelmBecause we're an informal group who share a common interest, markDOTwilhelmATthomsonreutersDOTcomthere's no real Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic governance per-say. Decisions about meet-ups and activities generally work with someone pitching an idea on the mailing list. Therein, Thomson Reutersif you have an idea for a project, willing improvement or activity for the group, just send off a quick email to help the Google Group, and before you know it, you'll most likely be "head" of said idea or activity. We're a good place to be an Experimentational Clearinghouse(tm), so don't hold back with anythingideas...
* Nico CarverWith this in mind, nicoATudelDOTeduwe want to structure the regional meetings to tailor to what the community wants -- be it more formal meetings with talks, University of Delawareroundtables, Multimediaetc or just evening informal meetups at a downtown pub. To this end, A/V nerd, willing we want to help hear from YOU (you've read this far, so you must be interested). To be heard, just contact [mailto:david.uspal@villanova.edu David Uspal] or jump onto the mailing list and send a post with anythingyour ideas.
* Leanne Finnigan=== Call for Volunteers ===We're looking for volunteers, lfinnigaATmc3DOTeduboth for general long-term organizational duties and to help plan future events. Positions that we know we need include a social media expert, Montgomery County Community Collegean IRC guy/gal, Can and a social functions organizer. We also need volunteers to help us with anythingneeds we as yet don't know we need (and feel free to identify them). If you're interested in helping the chapter, sign up for the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4lib-mid-atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group] and post what you'd be interested in. We're a friendly bunch so don't be afraid to jump right in.
Also, === Host a good channel to get information currently is the newly formed Google Group (information on this is in the about section above).Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Meetup ===
== Past Conferences ==Thanks to all who made As well as volunteers, we're definitely looking for future hosts for our Last Wednesday of the Code4Lib MidMonth meet-Atlantic kickoff conference a success! ups. For the May, June and October 17th kickoff meeting2013 are currently earmarked, the but we're open after that. Typically, we meet in a conference was located at [http:room for one to two hours (having a projector and laptop//librarycomputer on hand recommended) and adjourn to a local restaurant or bar for a social hour.villanova.edu/ Falvey Memorial Library]If you're interested in hosting, contact [httpmailto://www1david.uspal@villanova.edu/ Villanova UniversityDavid Uspal], and was held as part of he'll get you on the series of tech conferences, nicknamed the "Tech Trifecta", being held at Falvey Library over the week of October 15th, 2012calendar. Conferences held included the [http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_summit_2012 VuFind Summit 2012] (October 15th and 16th), Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic (October 17th), and [http://vustuff.org VuStuff III] (October 18th).
EventsTo keep us "regionally diverse", we're trying to keep on a 3:1 (previously 2:1, since updated) host schedule -- i.e for every three events hosted in Philadelphia (the gravitational center of this region), we'd like to get one outside the city as well. As such, we're especially looking for hosts outside the Center City Philadelphia area.
So far, our informal meet-ups have been "Quaker Style", aka anyone who has something to say gets up and presents (no formal time limits, but keeping it 10-15 minutes to be polite.) Feel free to plan your future meetup in this fashion or feel free to experiment with the formula. We're an easy-going bunch, so feel free to has as you'd like.
'''VuFind Summit 2012 (Oct 15th and 16th)''' -- The follow-up to 2010's 2.0 planning meeting will include detailed discussion of the new release and opportunities to network with other VuFind users. '''Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic 2012 (Oct 17th)''' -- Code4Lib is a volunteer-driven collective of hackers, designers, architects, curators, catalogers, artists and instigators from around the world, who largely work for and with libraries, archives and museums on technology "stuff." The Mid-Atlantic conference is a kick-off for a Philadelphia Area/Tri-State chapter of the organization. '''VuStuff III (Oct 18th)''' -- VuStuff is an annual conference on the intersections between technology and scholarly communication. It takes place every Fall at Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library. This year's conference, VuStuff III, will seek presentations from regional librarians on technology and scholarly communication in their respective libraries. We hope to foster an ongoing conversation among regional libraries, in order to further the development of technology in service of scholarly communication.== Past Conferences ==
ScheduleFor the October 17th kickoff meeting, the conference was located at [http://library.villanova.edu/ Falvey Memorial Library], [http://www1.villanova.edu/ Villanova University], and was held as part of the series of tech conferences, nicknamed the "Tech Trifecta", held at Falvey Library over the week of October 15th, 2012. Video, slide presentations, and abstract pages from this event coming soon(tm).
* 8:00a - 9:00a Coffee Hour (Light Refreshments provided) * 9:00a - 9:15a Opening Remarks * 9:15a – 9:45a GOKb, Our first informal meetup was held at the Global Open Knowledge Base: What it Builds On, and What It Can Help Build - John Mark Ockerbloom, University end of Pennsylvania * 9:45a - 10:15a Learning to Be Accessible: Programming for Web Accessibility through a Teaching and Learning Environment – Katherine Lynch, Drexel University * 10:15a - 10:30a Break * 10:30a - 11:00a Preparing Live CD/DVD for Integrating Koha ILS, GSDL/DSpace with Features of a Mail Server - Mohan Raj Pradhan, HealthNet * 11:00a – 11:30a Inside November at the Kuali OLE Project – Michelle Suranofsky, Lehigh Landmark Americana in University * 11:30p - 12:00p City. Complementary Flavors: REST Web Services and Object Oriented Programming - Karen Coombs, OCLC * 12:00p - 1:00p Lunch (Provided) * 1:00p - 1:30p Breakout Planning * 1:30p - 3:00p Breakout Session * 3:00p - 3:30p Breakout Session Discussion * 3:30p - 4:15p Lightning Talks * 4:15p - 4:30p Closing Remarks
== Abstracts ==UPDATE: A big thank you to Karen Coombs for stepping in on short notice to fill our final open presentation slot. Her talk title January 20th, 2013 saw us meeting at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and abstract will be up shortlyAnthropology.
April 24th, 2013 saw us meeting at Samuel L. Paley Library, Temple University.
May 29th, 2013 saw us meeting at the Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia.
GOKbJune 26th, the Global Open Knowledge Base: What It Builds On2013 saw us meeting for a tour of Hive4A, and What It Can Help Builda coworking/makerspace in Allentown, PA.
John Mark OckerbloomAugust 28th, 2013 saw us meeting at Samuel L. Paley Library, Temple University of Pennsylvania.
The Global Open Knowledge Base (GOKb) is a project funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation to build an openOctober 16, community-maintained knowledge source concerning electronic resources available to libraries. It aims to unify information provided by vendors and other sources to facilitate 2013 will see us meeting at Falvey Library at Villanova as part of the acquisition and use "Tech Superfecta" series of digital content for education and researchtech conferences.
The success of GOKB inherently depends on a rich network of collaboration, data, and standards. For example, the implementation of GOKB draws on JISC's architectural and editorial work in its KB+ project, the data models and formats of DLF's ERMI and UKSG and NISO's KBART, and the repository and rules infrastructure provided by Kuali OLE. The usefulness of GOKb, in turn, depends greatly on the openness and reusability of its data. For example, the use of linked data for GOKb enables its information to not only be consumed by a variety of RDF=== Code4Lib Mid-aware applications, but also potentially combined with related data that promotes use of electronic resources, such as link resolution, rights, open access, and contents data. We welcome ideas and discussion on ways to help build up, and build on, the work Atlantic 2013 Schedule of GOKb.Events ===
The following is the current schedule for the events on October 16, 2013:
9:30 – 10:00 Registration and Coffee Time (Coffee and Pastries available)
10:00 – 10:15 Introduction
10:15 – 10:45 Chad Nelson, Modern Development Best Practices : Testing, Continuous Integration & Automated Builds
10:45 – 11:15 David Uspal and Chris Hallberg, Bootcamp – A Primer on Responsive Design
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:00 Katherine Lynch, Omeka_a11y: Developing for Digital Exhibits with Accessibility in Mind
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Provided)
1:00 – 1:30 Beverly D. Charlot, Gaming: Engaging Students through Library Research
1:30 – 2:00 Denise Mangold, Monitoring Systems for Maximum Efficiency and Quick Response to Issues
2:00 – 2:15 Breakout Planning
2:15 – 3:30 Breakout
3:30 – 3:45 Breakout Reporting
3:45 – 4:15 Lightning Talks
4:15 – 4:30 Closing Remarks
5:00 Dinner at Gullifty’s (on your own)
Learning to Be Accessible: Programming for Web Accessibility through a Teaching and Learning Environment
Katherine Lynch'''Modern Development Best Practices : Testing, Drexel UniversityContinuous Integration & Automated Builds Chad Nelson, Jenkins Law Library'''
This presentation details a recent internship led by Katherine Lynch at Drexel University Librarieswill provide overview of some benefits and drawbacks of some current best practice trends in modern software development. Specifically, with a visually disabled undergraduate computer science major. This internship had two goals – I'll be talking about methods for the student testing your code to learn how to program for prevent bugs, the web using XHTML/HTML5, CSS, Javascript (including jQuery UI elements), what and PHPwhy of continuous integration, and about automating deployments across your environments to give the student experience in formal accessibility testing by conducting an accessibility audit of Drexel University Libraries' top-visited web pages, testing for accessibility errors, then devising increase uniformity and implementing solutions as needed. This presentation will detail the methods of learning employed for this internship, particulars reduce "works on the web development environment created to work with the student's assistive technology, and the outcome of Drexel University Libraries' web accessibility audit. The conclusion will include suggested techniques for conducting an audit and solving common accessibility my machine" type problems for one’s own library’s website.
Chad Nelson is a Librarian, Developer, and Oft-do-well at Jenkins Law Library.
Preparing Live CD/DVD for Integrating Koha ILS, GSDL/DSpace with Features of a Mail Server
Mohan Raj Pradhan'''Bootcamp – A Primer on Responsive Design David Uspal and Chris Hallberg, HealthNetVillanova University'''
Abstract Coming SoonExpanding on the short talk from our last Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Meet-up, David Uspal and Chris Hallberg will discuss the integration of Bootstrap into the various programs and content management systems (specifically, Concrete5, WordPress, and VuFind) at Falvey Library over the summer of 2013. This discussion will focus on responsive design principles, tips and tricks to get your current content ready for responsive design, some pitfalls we encountered along the way, and things to consider when beginning a responsive design project.
David Uspal is a member of the Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library Technology Development Team, which works to create and implement research technology that make research easier for faculty, students and staff. Chris Hallberg is the graduated Villanova grad assistant and resident front-end engineer to VuFind and VuDL.
Inside the Kuali OLE Project
Michelle Suranofsky'''Omeka_a11y: Developing for Digital Exhibits with Accessibility in Mind Katherine Lynch, Lehigh Temple UniversityLibraries'''
Kuali OLE is a grant In recent years, many institutions have become interested in building online exhibits to spotlight digital preservation efforts and partner funded project special collections materials. Additionally, web accessibility, or design and coding measures taken to ensure that websites, tools, and interfaces are understandable and operable by disabled users, is developing also a growing concern in Higher Education, and the Libraries community source Library Management Systemspecifically. This project For online exhibits, there is Omeka, an Open Source content management system designed to act as a large undertaking user-friendly solution for compiling items into a digital archive with recognized metadata standards, and from the outsidemaking them available in highly customizable exhibit websites, no coding required. This year, Temple University Libraries has begun experimenting with Omeka for possible use with online exhibits and other needs. However, in terms of web accessibility, Omeka lacks critical features in its core to be considered truly accessible. In order to use Omeka’s easy-to-adopt software without sacrificing the organizationuser experience for disabled students, development processTemple University Libraries has developed “Omeka_a11y, ” an accessible forked version of Omeka. Omeka_a11y features front-end interface improvements that make it easier for disabled users to perceive, understand, and navigate across Omeka sites. This presentation will cover the following points of the project management, and governance may be unclearof web accessibility as it relates to libraries and the digital humanities: - What is web accessibility? - What are the responsibilities of nonprofit organizations and Higher Education institutions? - Understanding Web Accessibility Policies - Using Omeka for Online Exhibits - Accessibility testing practices - Creating an enhancement path for inaccessible software - Developing “Omeka_a11y” - Impact on the Omeka user community.
This presentation will break down Katherine Lynch is the inner workings of Senior Digital Library Applications Developer at Temple University Libraries in Philadelphia. She works in the projectDigital Library Initiatives Department, it's historydeveloping and maintaining software solutions that aid in the creation, organizationstorage, workflow, challenges and successes from preservation of digitally-archived materials. Over the perspective course of her career, she has also earned a developer working national reputation for one of the partner schools - Lehigh Universityher research and presentation efforts related to educating software and web developers on how to design and program for web accessibility for disabled users.
'''Gaming: Engaging Students through Library Research Beverly D. Charlot, Delaware State University - William C. Jason Library'''
This talk will present and demonstrate an interactive library research (ILR) game designed for incoming freshmen students. The ILR game was developed to engage student participation and measure learning outcomes at the conclusion of each information literacy session provided during the school year. First-Year University Seminar and English Composition I students are taught basic research and critical thinking skills utilizing the established guidelines from the Association of College and Research Libraries. The structure is very similar to interactive games used by students today. Accessible online, the game also provides an additional opportunity to review library information at their leisure, reinforcing the goals and objectives covered during the IL session. In today’s global environment, these skills are imperative as technology continues to evolve and information increasingly overwhelms society via the Internet, print, electronic and digital formats.
== Governance ==Beverly D. Charlot is the Coordinator of Technical Services at Delaware State University, William C. Jason Library. This Department includes Acquisitions, Cataloging, Digitization, Circulation Access, Serials and Resource Sharing. Prior to my current position Beverly was the Systems and Resource Sharing Librarian with a Master’s Degrees in Library and Information Science (MLIS) and Management Science (MSM).
For the upcoming 2012 conference, we're looking to mimic the national conference in format. After that, we want to structure the regional meetings to tailor to what the community wants -- be it more formal meetings with talks, roundtables, etc or just evening informal meetups at a downtown pub. To this end, we want to hear from YOU (you've read this far, so you must be interested). To be heard, just contact David Uspal (info below) or add your good ideas to the wiki below.
Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Good Ideas List (name, email address, affiliation and idea):
*David K Uspal, davidDOTuspalATvillanovaDOTedu'''Monitoring Systems for Maximum Efficiency and Quick Response to Issues Denise Mangold, Villanova University, Make a Good Ideas List under the Governance heading'''
== Contact Info ==This presentation will go over how we monitor our systems at Villanova University and how we respond to potential and actual problems to minimize impact to the user community.
Inquiries or general comments can be directed to David Uspal Denise Mangold is a UNIX systems administrator at davidDOTuspalATvillanovaDOTeduVillanova University, and before that was a Senior Engineer with Comcast supporting mission critical systems such as SAP, Billing and Human resource systems. Denise was lead engineer for high availability systems, the company SME on Clustering and site to site replication, and also worked as a disaster recovery specialist consultant for Sungard for a number of years.
