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2016 Invited Speakers Nominations

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Nominations for invited speakers/keynotes for Code4Lib 2016 in Philadelphia. Please include a description and any relevant links and try to keep the list in alphabetical order.

Please follow the formatting guidelines:

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== Nominee's Name ==

Description of no more than 250 words.

[[Link(s) with contact information for nominee]]

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== danah boyd ==

dana boyd is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and the founder of [http://www.datasociety.net/ Data & Society Research Institute]. She's also a Visiting Professor at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program and a faculty affiliate at Harvard's Berkman Center. For over a decade, her research focused on how young people use social media, which resulted in two books: Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out (2009) and It's Complicated (2014). More recently, she has focused on the social and cultural dimensions of big data, especially privacy and publicity, data(mis)interpretation, and the civil rights implications of data analytics. She often works closely with librarians, and was the keynote speaker at the Reference and User Services Association President’s Program at ALA Annual in San Francisco in 2015.

[http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/ blog] [https://twitter.com/zephoria Twitter] [http://www.danah.org/papers/#essays Essays]

== Mandy Brown ==

Mandy Brown builds systems to help writers and editors to work together. She co-founded and served as CEO of [http://editorially.com/ Editorially], a platform for collaborative writing and editing; Editorially was acquired by Vox Media where she is now director of platform. She is also co-founder and was editor-in-chief of [http://abookapart.com/ A Book Apart], was a contributing editor for [http://alistapart.com/ A List Apart], and edited many books, including [http://shapeofdesignbook.com/ The Shape of Design], by Frank Chimero. She previously served as communications director and product lead at [http://typekit.com/ Typekit] and as creative director at [http://wwnorton.com/ W. W. Norton & Company]. She blogs at [http://aworkinglibrary.com/ A Working Library] and has spoken at [http://2014.dconstruct.org/ dConstruct], [http://2012.buildconf.com/ Build], [http://confab2011.com/ Confab], [http://typotalks.com/sanfrancisco/ TYPO SF], and [http://2013.beyondtellerrand.com/ Beyond Tellerrand ]. Additionally, [http://aworkinglibrary.com/coffee/ she mentors and advises people from underrepresented groups in the tech industry]. She lives in Philadelphia.

== Maciej Cegłowski ==

Maciej Cegłowski, is a programmer, [http://idlewords.com/art/ painter], [http://www.idlewords.com/ essayist], [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/431908798/send-idle-words-to-antarctica travel writer], and [http://idlewords.com/talks/ speaker]. He has been running Pinboard, a bookmarking site, since 2009. He has worked at Yahoo!, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education, and has done contract work for Twitter and SixApart. He's funny on Twitter, whether he's representing [https://twitter.com/baconmeteor himself] or his company, [https://twitter.com/pinboard Pinboard].

== Paul Ford ==

Paul Ford is a Brooklyn-based writer and web technologist. He often writes about [https://medium.com/message/how-paper-magazines-web-engineers-scaled-kim-kardashians-back-end-sfw-6367f8d37688 the web], [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6241967 archives] [http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ programming], [http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html the nature of information], and [https://medium.com/message/networks-without-networks-7644933a3100 living in the information age]. Past projects include [https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf tilde.club] and the [http://www.ftrain.com/AWebSiteForHarpers.html semantic web-ified harpers.org] (back in 2003). His ~30,00-word article [http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ What Is Code?] was the entire June 11, 2015 issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

[http://ftrain.com Website] [http://twitter.com/ftrain Twitter] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSL5qVL3Mng His talk at XOXO 2014] [http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2012/an-interview-with-paul-ford-and-gina-trapani/ An interview, along with Gina Trapani, at In the Library with the Lead Pipe]

== Amelia Greenhall ==

Amelia Greenhall is the Chief Creative Officer of [http://magicvibes.co/ Magic Vibes Corporation]. Previously, she cofounded and served as Executive Director and board chair of [http://doubleunion.org/ Double Union], a non-profit feminist hacker/maker space in San Francisco with the mission of being a safe and comfortable space for women to work on their projects. She also cofounded the publication Model View Culture, and designed things for companies including [http://futureadvisor.com/ FutureAdvisor] and [http://www.ameliagreenhall.com/pieces/budge Habit Labs]. She is the publisher of the [http://openreviewquarterly.com/ Open Review Quarterly] literary journal, and the entries at [http://ameliagreenhall.com/blog her personal blog] are usually made available as episodes of [http://ameliagreenhall.com/pieces/amelia-explains-it-all Amelia Explains It All], a "podcast for men in tech."

== Alison Macrina ==

Alison Macrina is the founder and director of the Library Freedom Project (LFP), an initiative that helps libraries fulfill the the promise of intellectual freedom by teaching librarians and their local communities about surveillance threats, privacy rights and law, and privacy-protecting technology tools that help safeguard digital freedoms. She is passionate about connecting surveillance issues to larger global struggles for justice, demystifying privacy and security technologies for ordinary users, and resisting an internet controlled by a handful of intelligence agencies and multinational corporations. She cowrote the Radical Reference Collective’s zine, "[http://radicalreference.info/content/we-are-all-suspects-guide-people-navigating-expanded-powers-surveillance-21st-century We Are All Suspects]," which gives advice and tools for preventing surveillance, and has written or co-written articles for [http://boingboing.net/2014/09/13/radical-librarianship-how-nin.html Boing Boing] and [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/20/adobe_s_digital_editions_e_book_software_and_library_patron_privacy.html Slate]. LFP has been featured in [https://libraryfreedomproject.org/press/ numerous prominent publications], including [http://www.thenation.com/article/librarians-versus-nsa/ The Nation] magazine and NPR's [http://www.onthemedia.org/story/librarians-vs-patriot-act/ On the Media], and LFP's partners include the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and the Tor Project.

In February 2015, LFP won a ~$250,000 two-year grant through the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge, which enabled her to work on LFP full-time. Prior to that, she was the technology librarian/IT manager at the Watertown (Massachusetts) Free Public Library.

== Lauren Pressley ==

Lauren Pressley became the University of Washington Tacoma Library Director and Associate Dean of University Libraries on September 15, 2015. Her professional interests include formal and informal learning, design in library services, the evolving information environment, organizational change, and the future of libraries. She is the author of [https://unglue.it/work/76348/ So You Want to Be a Librarian] and [http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3969 Wikis for Libraries], a co-chair of [https://www.librarypipeline.org/ Library Pipeline], and holds an elected position on the American Library Association Council. She has also served on the Library Information Technology Association board of directors and the [http://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon/ Horizon Project] advisory board.

Prior to joining UW, she was the Director of Learning Environments and Associate Professor at Virginia Tech University Libraries, where she led a team of thirty people who were responsible for enhancing situated learning by connecting services and spaces, including Reference, Circulation, Roving Services, Learning Spaces, Online Learning, academic programming, and community engagement. [http://www.slideshare.net/laurenpressley/presentations Several dozen of her presentations] are posted online.

== Jenica Rogers ==

Jenica Rogers is Director of Libraries at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Her current professional interests include interrogating the ways our information economy is breaking down and reforming now that the internet changed everything, figuring out what the role of a library is in a reality in which warehousing books is sort of passé, and informing, mentoring, and supporting new library professionals as they hit the real world face first and at full speed. She has written at length about library issues on her blog, [http://www.attemptingelegance.com Attempting Elegance], represented SUNY Potsdam as the subject of [http://chronicle.com/article/As-Chemistry-Journals-Prices/134650/ an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about journal prices], and has given numerous invited keynote speeches at library conferences around the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2014, she was chosen to receive the American Library Association’s ALCTS HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions.

To get a sense of her presentation style, watch her deliver the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vy0Kv4eqeg plenary speech at the 2013 Charleston Conference] (in which she discusses her refusal to pay the extortionate fees being charged by a professional association for its journals) as well as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhMXClsue9w the Vision speech at NASIG's 2014 Annual Conference].

== Gabriel Weinberg ==

Gabriel Weinberg is the CEO and Founder of [https://duckduckgo.com/ DuckDuckGo], "the search engine that doesn't track you," and the co-author of [ Traction], "the book that helps startups get customers." He is also an active [ angel investor], and he lives and works in the Philadelphia suburbs.

[http://ye.gg/app/twitter Twitter] [http://ye.gg/app/medium Medium] [http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/marketing-search-an-interview-with-pete-bell-of-endeca-and-gabriel-weinberg-of-duckduckgo/ Interview, along with Pete Bell, at In the Library with the Lead Pipe] [https://vimeo.com/68099450 Speech at Gel 2013] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=59&v=TvfGJgzBeH0 Appearance on Conversations with Great Minds]

==Kam Woods==
Research Associate & Adjunct Faculty at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kam is currently developing modified open source digital forensics tools for digital archivists. He works with archivists, librarians, forensics researchers, and other development groups to identify core needs in analyzing and preparing digital content for preservation -- specifically needs that can be addressed using existing high-performance forensic technologies (with a little tweaking). He is also interested in developing datasets and teaching technologies to support education and professional training in digital archiving. He gave a great talk at 2014 ALA & I'll bet would have some great tech & social insights for Code4Lib. [http://www.digpres.com/ Kam Woods]

==Audrey Watters==

Audrey Watters is an education writer with a focus on ed-tech. She is the author of [http://monsters.hackeducation.com/ The Monsters of Education Technology], a collection of her lectures and she is currently working on two more books, [http://teachingmachin.es/ Teaching Machines] and [Claim Your Domain http://reclaim.hackeducation.com/], both due out in 2015. According to [http://audreywatters.com/cv/travel.html her upcoming talks page] she could be available to share her insights with code4lib.

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2015 Preconference Proposals

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== Instructions ==
Thank you for considering proposing a pre-conference! Here are a few details:

* We will be taking pre-conference proposals until '''November 7, 2014'''
* If you cannot or do not want to edit this wiki directly, you can email your proposals to cmh2166@columbia.edu or collie@msu.edu
* Examples from the 2014 pre-conference proposals can be found at [[2014 preconference proposals|http://wiki.code4lib.org/2014_preconference_proposals]]
* If you are interested in ''attending'' a particular pre-conference, please append your name below that proposal (indicating interest in more than one proposal is fine!)
* If you have an idea for a pre-conference, but cannot facilitate yourself please post the idea below and email cmh2116@columbia.edu or collie@msu.edu
* '''NOTE:''' Pre-conferences are NOT included in the Code4Lib Conference price and will be held on Monday, February 9, 2015 as either full day or half day sessions
* Please use the template for proposals provided in the pre-formatted block below

=== Proposal formatting guidelines: ===
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=== Preconference Title: ===

One of:
'''"Full Day"'''
'''"Half Day [Morning]"'''
'''"Half Day [Afternoon]"'''

* Facilitator's name, affiliation, and email address
* Second facilitator's name, affiliation, email address, if second speaker

Abstract

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

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== Pre-conference Proposals ==

Post your ideas here!

=== Delivering and Preserving GIS Data ===

'''Half Day [Morning]'''

* Darren Hardy, Stanford University, drh@stanford.edu
* Jack Reed, Stanford University, pjreed@stanford.edu

We will discuss how to set up a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) to deliver GIS data, to manage GIS content in a Fedora repository for preservation, and to establish metadata requirements for good spatial discovery. By the end of the workshop you will have a working SDI! This workshop is a compliment to the GeoBlacklight workshop in the afternoon.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# [[User:Ssimpkin|Sarah Simpkin]]
# Vicky Steeves
# Andrew Battista
# Peggy Griesinger
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=== A hands-on introduction to GeoBlacklight ===

'''Half Day [Afternoon]'''

* Darren Hardy, Stanford University, drh@stanford.edu
* Jack Reed, Stanford University, pjreed@stanford.edu

GeoBlacklight is a discovery solution for geospatial data that builds on the successful Blacklight platform. Many libraries have collections of GIS data that aren’t easily discoverable. This will be a hands-on workshop, focused on installing and running GeoBlacklight which builds on the morning workshop "Delivering and Preserving GIS Data".

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# [[User:Ssimpkin|Sarah Simpkin]]
# Vicky Steeves
# Andrew Battista
# Peggy Griesinger
#

===RailsBridge: Intro to programming in Ruby on Rails===
'''"Half-Day" [morning]'''
* Contact Carolyn Cole, Penn State University, carolyn@psu.edu
* Additional instructors welcome

Interested in learning how to program? Want to build your own web application? Never written a line of code before and are a little intimidated? There's no need to be! [http://www.railsbridge.org/ RailsBridge] is a friendly place to get together and learn how to write some code.

RailsBridge is a great workshop that opens the doors to projects like [http://projectblacklight.org/ Blacklight] and [http://projecthydra.org/ Hydra] and [https://github.com/traject-project/traject Traject].

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Maura Carbone
#Vicky Steeves
# Peggy Griesinger
# Mike Price
# Jean Rainwater
# Coral Sheldon-Hess

=== Replace yourself with a painfully complex bash script...or try Ansible ===
'''Half Day [Morning]'''

* Chad Nelson, chad dot nelson @ lyrasis dot org
* Blake Carver, Blake dot carver @lyrasis dot org

Abstract:

[http://www.ansible.com Ansible] is an open source automation and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration_management configuration management] tool that focuses on simplicity to help make your life as a developer, or a sysadmin, or even a full on devops-er, easier. This workshop will cover the basic building blocks used in Ansible as well as some best practices for maintaining your Ansible code. We will start by working through a simple example together, and then participants will be given time to work on their own projects with instructors providing guidance and troubleshooting along the way. By the end of the session, participants will have a working knowledge of Ansible and be able to write a working [http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks.html playbook] to meet local needs.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here
# Ray Schwartz
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=== Intro to Docker ===
'''Half Day [Whenever]'''

* John Fink, McMaster University, john dot fink at gmail dot com
* Francis Kayiwa, Kayiwa Consulting , francis dot kayiwa at gmail dot com

Abstract:

[http://docker.io Docker] ([http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/9669 jbfink code4lib journal article]) is an open source Linux operating system-level virtualization framework that has seen great uptake over the past year. This workshop will take you through the basic features of Docker, including setup, importing of containers, development workflows and deploying. Knowing when Docker is useful and when it isn't will also be covered. Ideally, every attendee will have ample experience creating and running their own Docker instances by the end.

''Interested in Attending''

# Jim Hahn
# Joshua Gomez
# Bobbi Fox
# Ray Schwartz
# Megan Kudzia

=== Code Retreat ===
'''Full Day'''

* Jeremy Friesen, University of Notre Dame, jfriesen at nd dot edu
* Additional facilitators welcome; Especially if you have CodeRetreat experience.

Abstract:

"Coderetreat is a day-long, intensive practice event, focusing on the fundamentals of software development and design.
By providing developers the opportunity to take part in focused practice, away from the pressures of 'getting things done', the coderetreat format has proven itself to be a highly effective means of skill improvement.
Practicing the basic principles of modular and object-oriented design, developers can improve their ability to write code that minimizes the cost of change over time." [http://coderetreat.org/about About Code Retreat]

''Interested in Attending''

# Mike Giarlo
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=== Presentations workshop ===

'''"Half Day [Afternoon]"''' (but could be expanded based on interest)

* Chris Beer, Stanford University, cabeer@stanford.edu
* Additional facilitators welcome.

This is a preconference session intended for first time Code4Lib speakers, habitual procrastinators, experienced speakers, those thinking about offering lightning talks, etc. If you're preparing a talk for this year's Code4Lib, this workshop is an opportunity to rehearse your presentation, get feedback from peers, get familiar with the presentation technology, etc.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

#Vicky Steeves
#
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=== Dive into Hydra ===

One of:
'''"Half Day [Afternoon]"'''

* Justin Coyne, Data Curation Experts, justin@curationexperts.com
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University, bess@stanford.edu

Hydra is a collaboration of over 30 educational institutions who work together to solve their repository needs by building open-source software. Dive into Hydra is a course that bootstraps you into the Hydra software framework. We'll start at the basics and walk you through the various layers of the Hydra stack. We'll conclude by installing the Worthwhile gem, enabling every participant to walk away with their own Institutional Repository. Participants who have prior exposure to web programming will get the most out of this course. It's recommended (but not required) that you attend "RailsBridge" prior to this workshop.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Maura Carbone
# Peggy Griesinger
# Mike Price
# Jean Rainwater

=== code4lib/Write The Docs barcamp ===

One of:
'''"Full Day"''', with options for jumping in for half a day

* code4lib wrangler: Becky Yoose, yoosebec at grinnell dot edu
* Write the Docs contacts: TBA

Abstract

Documentation. We all know that we need it for things we develop, but most of us either keep putting it off or write documentation that is not maintained, clear, concise, and so on. We're all guilty! So what's stopping us from doing better docs? Luckily, Portland is also the home to the NA Write the Docs conference, and is home for many folks who live and breathe documentation. This barcamp is open to both code4lib and non-code4lib conference attendees and is intended to provide a space where code4libbers can find practices and tools in creating better documentation for all as well as documentation wonks can find out ways in which the library wonks can help with better documentation access and organization.

Remember, like metadata, documentation is a love note to the future.

More information about Write the Docs at http://conf.writethedocs.org/

There will be a nominal fee (t/b/d) for non-Code4LibCon attendees (subject to organizer approval).

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

'''Full day'''
#
#
#

'''Morning'''
# Ranti Junus
# Mita Williams
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'''Afternoon'''
# Francis Kayiwa (if my Pre-Conf is in the AM) Otherwise with Ranti if my Pre-Conf is in the afternoon.
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=== Linked Data Workshop ===

One of:
'''"Half Day [morning]"'''

* Karen Estlund, University of Oregon, kestlund@uoregon.edu
* Tom Johnson, DPLA, tom@dp.la

Abstract:

Developer and metadata experts-focused linked data workshop. Topics covered will include: linked open data principles, converting existing data, and modeling linked data in DAMS.

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Logan Cox
# Ray Schwartz
#

=== Code4Arc ===

One of:
'''"Full Day"''' (with options for half day participation)

* Sarah Romkey, Artefactual Systems, sromkey@artefactual.com
* Justin Simpson, Artefactual Systems, jsimpson@artefactual.com
* Chris Fitzpatrick, ArchivesSpace, chris.fitzpatrick@lyrasis.org
* Alexandra Chassanoff, BitCurator Access, bitcurator@gmail.com

Abstract:

What does it mean to Code for Archives? Is it different than coding for libraries, and if so, how?

Code4Lib is a wonderful and successful model (you must agree or you wouldn't be reading this). This workshop is an attempt to create a space to replicate the model in an Archival context. A space to talk about development for archives, and the particular challenges of developing archival systems. Topics to discuss include Integration between different Archival software tools, and between Archival tools/workflows and larger institutional tools like institutional repositories, discovery and access systems.

The schedule may include the following:

* Panel type conversations about the State of Art in Archives
* Case Studies - discussion of workflows at specific institutions, including gaps in tools and how those are being addressed or could be addressed
* Tool Demos - access to demos of some of the open source tools used in an Archival Context (examples include ArchivesSpace, Archivematica, BitCurator, AtoM)

Artefactual will provide demos running Archivematica and AtoM, Lyrasis will do so for ArchivesSpace, BitCurator will for BitCurator. We encourage others to chime in here to expand the list of tools available to touch and play with.

When signing up, please indicate if you are an end-user or a developer.

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Laney McGlohon - developer
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=== Fail4Lib 2015 ===
'''Half Day [TBD, probably afternoon]'''

* Andreas Orphanides, akorphan (at) ncsu.edu
* Jason Casden, jmcasden (at) ncsu.edu

Abstract:

Failure. Failure never changes. Since failure is an inescapable part of our professional work, it's important to be familiar with it, to acknowledge it, and to grow from it -- and, in contravention to longstanding tradition, to accept it as a fact of development life. At Fail4Lib, we'll talk about our own experiences with projects gone wrong, explore some famous design failures in the real world, and talk about how we can come to terms with the reality of failure, to make it part of our creative process -- rather than something to be shunned. Let's train ourselves to understand and embrace failure, encourage enlightened risk-taking, and seek out opportunities to fail and learn. This way, when we do what we do -- and fail at what we do -- we'll do so with grace and without fear.

This year's preconference will include new case studies and an improved discussion format. Repeat customers are welcome! (Fail early, fail often.)

The schedule may include the following:

* Case studies. Avoid our own mistakes by bearing witness to the failures of others.
* Confessionals, for those willing to share. Let's learn from our own (and each others') failures.
* Group therapy. Vent about your own experiences in a judgment-free setting. Explore how we can make our organizations less risk-averse and more failure-tolerant.

''Interested in attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Ray Schwartz
#
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=== Coding Custom Solutions for Every Department in the Library with File Analyzer ===

One of:
'''"Half Day [Morning]"'''

* Terry Brady, Georgetown University Library, twb27@georgetown.edu

Abstract

The Georgetown University Library has shared an application called the [http://georgetown-university-libraries.github.io/File-Analyzer/ File Analyzer] that has allowed us to build custom solutions for nearly every department in the library.

* Analyzing Marc Records for the Cataloging department
* Transferring ILS invoices for the University Account System for the Acquisitions department
* Delivering patron fines to the Bursar’s office for the Access Service department
* Summarizing student worker timesheet data for the Finance department
* Validating counter compliant reports for the Electronic Resources department
* Preparing ingest packages for the Digital Services department
* Validating checksums for the Preservation department

This hands on workshop will step through the components of the application framework. Workshop participants will install and develop custom File Analyzer tasks in this session.

The workshop agenda will loosely follow the [https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki/File-Analyzer-Training----Code4Lib-2014 pre-conference agenda from Code4Lib 2014].

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Megan Kudzia
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=== Confessions of the (Accidental) Code Hoarder: How to make your Code Sharable: ===

'''Half Day [Whenever]'''

* Karen A. Coombs, OCLC, coombsk@oclc.org

Abstract
Have you built something cool and useful that you want to share with others? This preconference session will discuss techniques and tools for sharing code. Using our own OCLC Developer Network PHP authentication code libraries as an example, we will discuss a set of recommended best practices for how to share your code.

We’ll start with coding standards and test writing so you can be confident of the quality of your code. Next we'll discuss inline documentation as a tool for developers and how auto-generating documentation will save you time and effort. Lastly we'll provide an overview of the tricky areas of dependency and package management, and distribution tools. Along the way, we'll cover PHP coding standards, testing, and popular PHP tools including PHPDoc for documentation, Composer for smooth installations, and using GitHub and Packagist to manage distribution, updates and community feedback.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Peggy Griesinger
# Ray Schwartz
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=== UXtravaganza ===
'''"Half or Full Day [Based on Interest?, Morning/Afternoon Doesn’t Matter]"'''

* William Hicks, University of North Texas, William.hicks@unt.edu
* Volunteers?

Abstract

I’m envisioning a 1/2 of full day for front-end developers, content strategy people, and other misfits with an interest in user experience, where we can talk about our shared problems, use cases, the state of current research, and play with each other’s sites. A half day seems doable, but if there’s significant enough interest we could push for a full? Here are a few of the things I think might be interesting to see happen:

* '''Analytics Share-fest:''' A few volunteers demonstrate data about their websites, catalogs, archival/digital collections. Most of us know our own sites but it would be interesting/validating to share this data with others so we can start to see commonalities between institutions, in certain kinds of systems, etc. For anyone using event tracking, or using click- or heat-maps, this would be a great opportunity to show off what people are seeing.

* '''UX Best Practices Catch Up:''' This spring I had the opportunity to attend a few days worth of usability workshops from the Nielsen-Norman Group, most of which was focused on mobile. I could distill down a lot of the information into an short presentation. Since this is a constantly moving area of research it would be nice to see a few people do other similar short presentations on some current trends/findings relevant to libraries, search, etc.

* '''Mobile Dev Lab:''' The UNT Libraries has been collecting a small set of smartphones and tablets for testing and development. Basically an [http://labup.org Open Device Lab]. We have about a dozen devices now of varying sizes, OS, OS Versions, + Google Glass. I’ll bring the devices, you can bring yours, and assuming we can get the wifi up and running we can test our sites/services with our big sausage fingers rather than pretending to do so through emulators and the one or two devices we each usually have on hand. If anyone is game they can do a tutorial on Browser-based Inspector Tools, Browser-Cams, or other testing services.

* '''The Eye’s Have It.''' The UNT Libraries is also in the process of acquiring an eye tracker and software for usability and other gaze-based research studies. We’ll take possession of it shortly after this pre-conference proposal is due and will have a couple of months to play with them before the conference. Assuming we can get our act together learning the device and can get past the technical hurdles of setting it up at the pre-conference, we could try to do some live demos on each other’s sites; i.e. You nominate a site/service, someone in the audience volunteers to wear the device, and we all watch them struggle do the tasks you request on a projector. Rinse. Lather. Repeat. It would hardly be scientific, but it sure would be fun. As a backup, if we have some sites nominated beforehand, I can run a few students at my library through some tasks here and we can show off the results to the crowd.

For those of you wanting to attend and help out, I’d really like to see some discussion on typography, writing for the web, “dealing with business/administrative requirements from on-high", maybe do some prototyping exercises, etc. Similarly if anyone is interested in doing some tutorials on bootstrap or how-to’s on running a usability test, that would be rad. But we need you to step up and steer part of the time for most of this to work, so if you are interested in some aspect, and especially if you want to volunteer to lead a bit of the time, contact me.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your
name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Ray Schwartz
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=== Intro to Git & possibly beyond ===

'''Half Day [Whenever]'''

* Erin Fahy, Stanford University, efahy@stanford.edu
* Shaun Trujillo, Mount Holyoke College, strujill@mtholyoke.edu

We can start with the basics of Git and discuss ways in which it can help you version control just about any file, not just code. Points we can go over:

* What is a Distributed Version Control System?
* What's the difference between Git and Github.com?
* How to initialize new Git projects locally and on a remote server/Github
* Cloning/Forking existing projects and keeping up to date
* The wonderful world of Git branches
* Interactive rebasing
* Contributing code to existing projects & what pull requests are
* How to handle merge conflicts
* Overview of workflows and branch best practices
* (time allowing) Advanced git: pre/post hooks, submodules, anything else?

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

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=== Visualizing Library Data ===

'''"Half Day [Morning||Afternoon]"'''

* Matt Miller, matthewmiller@nypl.org, New York Public Library, NYPL Labs

Visualizing your institution’s data can give new insight about your holding’s strengths, weaknesses and outliers. They can also provide potential new avenues for discovery and access. This half day session will focus on programmatically visualizing library metadata. Emphasis will be on creating web-based visualizations utilizing libraries such as d3.js but attention paid towards visualizing large datasets while keeping them web accessible. By then end of the session participants will have template, sample code and methodologies enabling them to start producing visualization with their own data.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Ashley Blewer!
# Bobbi Fox
# Ray Schwartz
# Ranti Junus

=== CollectionSpace: Getting it up and running at your museum ===

'''Half Day [Afternoon]'''

* Richard Millet, CollectionSpace.org, richard.millet@lyrasis.org
* TBD

This workshop is designed for anyone interested in or tasked with the technical setup and configuration of CollectionSpace for use in any collections environment (museum, library, special collection, gallery, etc. For more information about CollectionSpace, visit http://www.collectionspace.org

Participants will be walked through the process of installing the software and performing basic configuration work on a stand-alone instance of CollectionSpace. Participants will learn how to create user accounts, set up basic roles and permissions, and may then catalog or otherwise document sample objects from their collections. Materials distributed prior to the workshop will cover hardware and system requirements for participants.

''Interested in Attending''
If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

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=== DPLA API Workshop: ===

'''Half Day [Afternoon]'''

* Audrey Altman, DPLA
* Mark Breedlove, DPLA
* Mark Matienzo, DPLA
* Tom Johnson, DPLA

The Digital Public Library of America API workshop guides attendees through the process of creating an app based on DPLA's free, public API. The API provides access to over 8 million [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0] licensed metadata records from America’s libraries, archives, and museums in a common metadata format. This workshop is designed for people of all technical skill levels and will cover API basics, the capabilities of the DPLA API, available toolsets, and tips for using records from the API effectively. Members of DPLA's technology team will be on hand to help the group build their first application, and answer questions about tools and content.

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# Ranti Junus
# Jean Rainwater
# Mita Williams

[[Category:Code4Lib2015]]

2015 Prepared Talk Proposals

2014-11-01T01:39:08Z

Copystar: added my submission

'''DRAFT ONLY'''

Code4lib 2015 is a loosely-structured conference that provides people working at the intersection of libraries/archives/museums/cultural heritage and technology with a chance to share ideas, be inspired, and forge collaborations. For more information about the Code4lib community, please visit http://code4lib.org/about/.
The conference will be held at the Portland Hilton & Executive Tower in Portland, Oregon, from February 9-12, 2015.

'''Proposals for Prepared Talks:'''

We encourage everyone to propose a talk.

Prepared talks are 20 minutes (including setup and questions), and should focus on one or more of the following areas:
* Projects you've worked on which incorporate innovative implementation of existing technologies and/or development of new software
* Tools and technologies – How to get the most out of existing tools, standards and protocols (and ideas on how to make them better)
* Technical issues - Big issues in library technology that should be addressed or better understood
* Relevant non-technical issues – Concerns of interest to the Code4Lib community which are not strictly technical in nature, e.g. collaboration, diversity, organizational challenges, etc.

Proposals can be submitted through Friday, November 7, 2014 at 5pm PST (GMT−8). Voting will start on November 11, 2014 and continue through November 25, 2014. The URL to submit votes will be announced on the Code4Lib website and mailing list and will require an active code4lib.org account to participate. The final list of presentations will be announced in early- to mid-December.

'''Proposals for Prepared Talks:'''

Log in to the Code4lib wiki and edit this wiki page using the prescribed format. If you are not already registered, follow the instructions to do so.
Provide a title and brief (500 words or fewer) description of your proposed talk.
If you so choose, you may also indicate when, if ever, you have presented at a prior Code4Lib conference. This information is completely optional, but it may assist voters in opening the conference to new presenters.

Please follow the formatting guidelines:

<pre>

== Talk Title: ==

* Speaker's name, email address, and (optional) affiliation
* Second speaker's name, email address, and affiliation, if second speaker

Abstract of no more than 500 words.

</pre>

'''Talk Proposals'''
==Drupal 8 — Evolution & Revolution==

* [[User:Highermath|Cary Gordon]], The Cherry Hill Company, cgordon@chillco.com

Drupal 8 is in beta and nearing release. Among its many features, it notably has become more developer friendly through its adoption of the Symfony PHP framework along with Symfony's outstanding set of libraries (like Guzzle) and tools (like Composer). And, in implementing the Twig theming system, it is can begin to escape PHPtemplate. These moves also make it easier to create headless systems that uses Angular.js and other systems for presentation, or even forgo presentation entirely.

From the site-builder's perspective, Drupal 8 provides a much smother experience and makes it easier to build and implement site recipes.

==Using GameSalad to Build a Gamified Information Literacy Mobile App for Higher Education==

* [[User:StanBogdanov|Stanislav 'Stan' Bogdanov]], stan@stanrb.com, Adelphi University and [http://bogliollc.com Boglio LLC]

GameSalad is a popular tool for developing mobile and desktop games with little actual programming. In this presentation, Stan Bogdanov breaks down the development process he followed while building [https://github.com/stanrb/mobiLit mobiLit], a mobile app with the goal of being the first open-source gamified information literacy app to be used as part of a college-level information literacy curriculum. He will go through the basics of using GameSalad to create an app that can be easily customized by non-programmers and the instructional principles used to teach the material in a mobile medium. Stan will also go through two qualitative design studies he did on the app and discuss their results and the lessons learned from building mobiLit. The session will conclude with an overview of the next steps for the [https://github.com/stanrb/mobiLit mobiLit project].

==The Impossible Search: Pulling data form unknown sources==

* Riley Childs, no official affiliation (currently a Senior in High School at Charlotte United Christian Academy), rchilds (AT) cucawarriors.com

It's easy to search data you know the structure of, but what if you need to pull in data from sources that don't have a standard structure. The ability to search community events along with your standard catalog search results is an example, but often the only way to pull these events is through XML, JSON, (Insert structured format here), or even just raw html. But how do you get that structure? That simple question is what makes this impossible. The process to define and process this structure takes a lot of manual labor, especially if the data you are pulling is just HTML, and then every time you add data to the index you have to run all the data through a script to pull in data in a format Solr or an other index can use. This talk will focus on Solr, but the principles explained will apply to many other indexes.

==What! You're Not Using Docker?==

* [[User:Highermath|Cary Gordon]], The Cherry Hill Company, cgordon@chillco.com

Boring part: Docker[1] is a container system that provides benefits similar to virtualization with only a fraction of the overhead. Scintillating part: Docker can host between four to six times the number of service instances than systems such as Xen or VMWare on a given piece of hardware. But thats not all! Docker also makes it simple(r) to create transportable instances, so you can spin up development servers on your laptop.

*[1]https://www.docker.com/

== Video Accessibility, WebVTT, and Timed Text Track Tricks ==

* Jason Ronallo, jronallo@gmail.com, NCSU Libraries

Video on the Web presents new challenges and opportunities. How do you make your video more accessible to those with various disabilities and needs? I'll show you how. This presentation will focus on how to write and deliver captions, subtitles, audio descriptions, and timed metadata tracks for Web video using the WebVTT W3C standard. Encoding timed text tracks in this way opens up opportunities for new functionality on your websites beyond accessibility. The presentation will show some examples of the potential for using timed text tracks in creative ways. I'll cover all the HTML and JavaScript you will need to know as well as some of the CSS and other bits you could probably do without but are too fun to pass up.

== Categorizing Records with Random Forests ==

* Geoffrey Boushey, geoffrey.boushey@ucsf.edu, UCSF Library
Academic libraries are increasingly responsible for providing ingest, search, discovery, and analysis for data sets. Emerging techniques from data science and machine learning can provide librarians and developers with an opportunity to generate new insights and services from these document collections. This presentation will provide a brief overview of common machine learning classification techniques, then dive into a more detailed example using a random forest to assign keywords to research data sets. The talk will emphasize the insight that can be gained from machine learning rather than the inner workings of the algorithms. The overall goal of this presentation is to provide librarians and developers with the context to recognize an opportunity to apply machine learning categorization techniques at their home campuses and organizations.

== Data Science in Libraries ==

* Devon Smith, smithde@oclc.org, OCLC

Data Science is increasing in buzz and hype. I'll go over what it is, what it isn't, and how it fits in libraries.

== PDF metadata extraction for academic literature ==

* Kevin Savage, kevin.savage at mendeley.com, Mendeley
* Joyce Stack, joyce.stack at mendeley.com, Mendeley

Mendeley recently added a, "document from file," endpoint to its API which attempts to extract metadata such as title and authors directly from PDF files. This talk will describe at a high level the machine learning methods we used including how we measured and tuned our model. We will then delve more deeply into our stack, the tools we used, some of the things that didn't work and why PDFs are the worst thing ever to compute over.

== Giving Users What They Want: Record Grouping in VuFind ==

* Mark Noble, mark@marmot.org, [//www.marmot.org Marmot Library Network]

In 2013, Marmot did extensive usability studies with patrons to determine what was difficult in the catalog. Many patrons had problems sifting through all of the various formats and editions of a title. In 2014 we developed a method for [//mercury.marmot.org/Union/Search?lookfor=divergent grouping records] so only a single work is shown in search results and all formats and editions are listed under that work. We will discuss our definition of a 'work' based on FRBR principles; combining meta data from MARC records with metadata from other sources like OverDrive; the technical details of Record Grouping; the design decisions made during implementation; and the reaction from users and staff.

== Topic Space: a mobile augmented reality recommendation app ==

* Jim Hahn, jimhahn@illinois.edu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Topic Space module (http://minrvaproject.org/modules_topicspace.php ) was developed with an IMLS Sparks! Grant to investigate augmented reality technologies for in-library recommendations. The funding allowed for sustained university community collaboration by the University Library, the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, as well as graduate student programmers sourced from the Department of Computer Science. Collaborators designed app functionality and identified relevant open source libraries that could power optical character recognition (OCR) functionality from within the mobile phone. Topic space allows a user to take a picture of an item's call number in the book stacks. The module will show the user other books that are relevant but that are not shelved nearby. It can also show users books that are normally shelved here but that are currently checked out.

Research questions included development of back end (server-side) pattern matching algorithms for recommendations, and a rapid formative evaluation (user testing in Undergrad Library) of interface design that would provide optimal user experience for receiving recommendations and navigation of the book stacks as a context to recommendations. Implications of research and development include best practice recommendations for interface development based on the formative user studies (e.g. communicating what works in this area, and what does not), further – based on the back end API developed for Topic Space, grant staff created web based recommendations that could serve as a new way of providing readers advisory and “more like this” recommendations from discovery interfaces library wide.

The recommender references both shelf locations of an item as well as other items circulation counts to provide recommendations. Outcomes of the grant include the availability of the Topic Spaces module on the Android Play store (select Undergrad library for Topic Space module: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.illinois.ugl.minrva ) and an experimental ([http://backbonejs.org/ Backbone.js]) Topic Space web app: http://minrva-dev.library.illinois.edu

== Leveling Up Your Git Workflow ==

* Megan Kudzia, moneill@albion.edu, Albion College Library
* Kate Sears, eks11@albion.edu, Albion College Library

Have you started experimenting with Git on your own, but now you need to include others in your projects? Learn from our mistakes! Transitioning from a one-person git workflow and repo structure, to a structure that includes multiple people (including student workers), is not for the faint of heart. We'll talk about why we decided to work this way, our path to developing a git culture amongst ourselves, conceptual and technical difficulties we've faced, what we learned, and where we are now. Also with pretty pictures (aka workflow drawings).

== Drone Loaning Program: Because Laptops are so last century ==

* Uche Enwesi, uenwesi@umd.edu, University of Maryland Libraries
* Francis Kayiwa, fkayiwa@umd.edu, University of Maryland Libraries

At Univ. Maryland we are in the very early stages of looking into allowing our student body get their hands on a drone. Yes that's right we will let students take out a drone for n amount of hours to work on projects of their choosing. The talk will talk about the logistics of getting a program of this sort from concept to "Is the drone available?". If people sign waivers we will also promise not to crash the drone into code4lib attendees.

== Got Git? Getting More Out of Your GitHub Repositories ==

* Terry Brady, twb27@georgetown.edu, Georgetown University Library

This presentation will discuss how librarians, developers, and system administrators at Georgetown University are maximizing their use of the public and private GitHub repositories.

In additional to all of the great benefits of using Git for code management, the GitHub interface provides a powerful set of tools to showcase a project and to keep your users informed of developments to your project. These tools can assist with marketing and outreach - turning your code repository into a focus of conversation!

* [http://georgetown-university-libraries.github.io/File-Analyzer/ Style-able Project Pages]
* [https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki Project Wikis]
* [https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/Georgetown-University-Libraries-Code/releases Project Release Notes/Portfolios]
* [https://rawgit.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/Georgetown-University-Libraries-Code/master/samples/GoogleSpreadsheetFilter.html Web Resources That Can Be Directly Requested]
* Gists for code sharing
* Private Repositories and Organizational Groups
* Pull Request Conversation Tracking
* Customized Issue management

== Quick Wins for Every Department in the Library - File Analyzer! ==

* Terry Brady, twb27@georgetown.edu, Georgetown University Library

The Georgetown University Library has customized workflows for nearly every department in our library with a single code base.
* Analyzing Marc Records for the Cataloging department
* Transferring ILS invoices for the University Account System for the Acquisitions department
* Delivering patron fines to the Bursar’s office for the Access Service department
* Summarizing student worker timesheet data for the Finance department
* Validating COUNTER compliant reports for the Electronic Resources department
* Generating ingest packages for the Digital Services department
* Validating checksums for the Preservation department

Learn how you can customize the [http://georgetown-university-libraries.github.io/File-Analyzer/ File Analyzer] to become a hero in your library!

==The Geospatial World is Moving from Maps *on* the Web to Maps *of* the web. Libraries can too==

* [[User:Copystar|Mita Williams]], mita@uwindsor.ca, User Experience Librarian, University of Windsor

The transition from paper maps to digital ones changed much more than the maps themselves; it changed the very foundation of how we work and how we find each other. Now maps are transforming again. The Geospatial World is moving from GIS systems that are institutionally-focused, expensive, feature-burdened, and binds data into a complicated and demanding user-hostile interface. From this transition from digital to web-based digital geospatial tools has come growth and development in new forms of map-based investigative journalism, activism, scholarship, and business ventures. This talk will highlight the conditions and strategies that made these changes possible as a means to draw a path by which librarians through our own work may follow, dragons notwithstanding.

[[Category:Code4Lib2015]]
[[Category:Talk Proposals]]

North

2012-05-24T12:55:14Z

Copystar: /* Schedule */

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Schedule ===
The schedule has now been moved to an editable google doc at : http://led.uwindsor.ca/c4ln otherwise known as: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dlTqrBNfiYwjRpVnUvJbtW0K7en1ndVp84WqWbfOrvE/edit

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Times: 9 am start time. 4 pm end time
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

There are no bed and breakfasts in the immediate area but the [http://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwestern_ontario/windsor Argyle and Olde Walkerville Bed and Breakfasts] are a bus ride away.

=== Social Events ===

There's nothing formal planned but on Wednesday and Thursday nights, we'll try to informally coordinate places to have supper together.
 

I suggest that those around on Wednesday night meet up at the [http://www.rockbottom.ca/ Rock Bottom Grill] at 3236 Sandwich Street, Windsor. It will busy because it's "2 for 1 Wing Night" but it should be worth it.

 
For those who love experimental film, there is the [http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/films-and-schedule-2012/ Media City Film Festival] taking place in Windsor and Detroit. Jason Scott aka textfiles will be speaking at the [http://www.aadl.org/events/list?id=14190 Ann Arbor Public Library] on Wednesday night
 

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===

A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!
 
We have talks in the morning and hackfests in the afternoon. We will finalize the speaking schedule Thursday morning but we will try to split the talks between the two days equally.

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink and Warren Layton|| Embedded Hardware Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || Our favorite jQuery modules for Drupal 7
|-
| David Fiander || The state of the ebook marketplace
|-
| Dan Chudnov || backplane
|-
| William Denton || Having provocative fun with reference desk statistics in R
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
| Mita Williams || "My god, it's full of stars! lists": building the library website that will incorporate [http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2011/05/code4lib-north-presentation-were-jamun.html Jamun.]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || occupy 1923
|-
| Graham Fawcett || A Web-based video annotation tool (for peer review, possibly captioning, maybe for some nefarious library uses we haven't imagined)
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)
::* Environmental monitoring on the cheap (Doug Sartori)
::* (I program in a few languages, and could do a teaser-session on one of them if there's interest. Maybe [http://www.python.org Python], [http://www.haskell.org/ Haskell], [http://clojure.org/ Clojure] or [http://dlang.org D]?) (Graham Fawcett)
::* [[C4LN 2012: Intro to the Twitter API|Intro to the Twitter API]], including how one might use it to make a Twitter bot ([[User:shadowspar|Rick Scott]])

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren, Sarah, John F)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita, John F, David F)
::* intro to Git (Warren, Sarah, David F)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! New note: Chris put what he did so far on [https://github.com/lib-uoguelph-ca/ddi2marc-xml github](Alison)
*[http://twitter.com/CanadianPoetry @CanadianPoetry] Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! Canadian Poetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with the migration to Drupal, site building, development, and theming of the new version. (Andrew)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects. Or we could rewrite the MARC editor in Dojo.
* [https://github.com/wdenton/splurge/ SPLURGE]: The Scholars Portal Library Usage-Based Recommendation Engine began at a hackfest in February and has been worked on since then, but it needs one last push to get all of the pieces joined together so that an easy-to-use "people who borrowed this also borrowed that" service built on shared circ data can be tested. There are four parts to SPLURGE: data cleanup, getting it into a properly configured database, a web service that talks to the database, some Javascript that can dropped into a catalogue to talk to the web service. They all exist, but not all of them are quite done and they don't all talk to each other. The purpose of this hackfest project would be for people to familiarize themselves with the work that's been done, and then try to finish it up.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

The next meetup is scheduled for Wednesday June 13th 2012 at 5pm (we'll take May off for code4lib North in Windsor). Once again, we'll be in the private room downstairs in The Exchange Pub.

As usual, please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-05-24T11:32:34Z

Copystar: /* Sign Up */ - change to sched

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Schedule ===
The schedule has now been moved to an editable google doc at : http://led.uwindsor.ca/c4ln

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Times: 9 am start time. 4 pm end time
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

There are no bed and breakfasts in the immediate area but the [http://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwestern_ontario/windsor Argyle and Olde Walkerville Bed and Breakfasts] are a bus ride away.

=== Social Events ===

There's nothing formal planned but on Wednesday and Thursday nights, we'll try to informally coordinate places to have supper together.
 

I suggest that those around on Wednesday night meet up at the [http://www.rockbottom.ca/ Rock Bottom Grill] at 3236 Sandwich Street, Windsor. It will busy because it's "2 for 1 Wing Night" but it should be worth it.

 
For those who love experimental film, there is the [http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/films-and-schedule-2012/ Media City Film Festival] taking place in Windsor and Detroit. Jason Scott aka textfiles will be speaking at the [http://www.aadl.org/events/list?id=14190 Ann Arbor Public Library] on Wednesday night
 

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===

A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!
 
We have talks in the morning and hackfests in the afternoon. We will finalize the speaking schedule Thursday morning but we will try to split the talks between the two days equally.

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink and Warren Layton|| Embedded Hardware Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || Our favorite jQuery modules for Drupal 7
|-
| David Fiander || The state of the ebook marketplace
|-
| Dan Chudnov || backplane
|-
| William Denton || Having provocative fun with reference desk statistics in R
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
| Mita Williams || "My god, it's full of stars! lists": building the library website that will incorporate [http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2011/05/code4lib-north-presentation-were-jamun.html Jamun.]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || occupy 1923
|-
| Graham Fawcett || A Web-based video annotation tool (for peer review, possibly captioning, maybe for some nefarious library uses we haven't imagined)
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)
::* Environmental monitoring on the cheap (Doug Sartori)
::* (I program in a few languages, and could do a teaser-session on one of them if there's interest. Maybe [http://www.python.org Python], [http://www.haskell.org/ Haskell], [http://clojure.org/ Clojure] or [http://dlang.org D]?) (Graham Fawcett)
::* [[C4LN 2012: Intro to the Twitter API|Intro to the Twitter API]], including how one might use it to make a Twitter bot ([[User:shadowspar|Rick Scott]])

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren, Sarah, John F)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita, John F, David F)
::* intro to Git (Warren, Sarah, David F)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! New note: Chris put what he did so far on [https://github.com/lib-uoguelph-ca/ddi2marc-xml github](Alison)
*[http://twitter.com/CanadianPoetry @CanadianPoetry] Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! Canadian Poetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with the migration to Drupal, site building, development, and theming of the new version. (Andrew)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects. Or we could rewrite the MARC editor in Dojo.
* [https://github.com/wdenton/splurge/ SPLURGE]: The Scholars Portal Library Usage-Based Recommendation Engine began at a hackfest in February and has been worked on since then, but it needs one last push to get all of the pieces joined together so that an easy-to-use "people who borrowed this also borrowed that" service built on shared circ data can be tested. There are four parts to SPLURGE: data cleanup, getting it into a properly configured database, a web service that talks to the database, some Javascript that can dropped into a catalogue to talk to the web service. They all exist, but not all of them are quite done and they don't all talk to each other. The purpose of this hackfest project would be for people to familiarize themselves with the work that's been done, and then try to finish it up.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

The next meetup is scheduled for Wednesday June 13th 2012 at 5pm (we'll take May off for code4lib North in Windsor). Once again, we'll be in the private room downstairs in The Exchange Pub.

As usual, please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-05-22T21:24:42Z

Copystar: /* Social Events */

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Times: 9 am start time. 4 pm end time
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

There are no bed and breakfasts in the immediate area but the [http://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwestern_ontario/windsor Argyle and Olde Walkerville Bed and Breakfasts] are a bus ride away.

=== Social Events ===

There's nothing formal planned but on Wednesday and Thursday nights, we'll try to informally coordinate places to have supper together.
 

I suggest that those around on Wednesday night meet up at the [http://www.rockbottom.ca/ Rock Bottom Grill] at 3236 Sandwich Street, Windsor. It will busy because it's "2 for 1 Wing Night" but it should be worth it.

 
For those who love experimental film, there is the [http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/films-and-schedule-2012/ Media City Film Festival] taking place in Windsor and Detroit. Jason Scott aka textfiles will be speaking at the [http://www.aadl.org/events/list?id=14190 Ann Arbor Public Library] on Wednesday night
 

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===

A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!
 
We have talks in the morning and hackfests in the afternoon. We will finalize the speaking schedule Thursday morning but we will try to split the talks between the two days equally.

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink and Warren Layton|| Embedded Hardware Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || Our favorite jQuery modules for Drupal 7
|-
| David Fiander || The state of the ebook marketplace
|-
| Dan Chudnov || backplane
|-
| William Denton || Having provocative fun with reference desk statistics in R
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
| Mita Williams || "My god, it's full of stars! lists": building the library website that will incorporate [http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2011/05/code4lib-north-presentation-were-jamun.html Jamun.]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || occupy 1923
|-
| Graham Fawcett || A Web-based video annotation tool (for peer review, possibly captioning, maybe for some nefarious library uses we haven't imagined)
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)
::* Environmental monitoring on the cheap (Doug Sartori)
::* (I program in a few languages, and could do a teaser-session on one of them if there's interest. Maybe [http://www.python.org Python], [http://www.haskell.org/ Haskell], [http://clojure.org/ Clojure] or [http://dlang.org D]?) (Graham Fawcett)
::* Intro to the Twitter API; how one might use it to make a Twitter bot ([[User:shadowspar|Rick Scott]])

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren, Sarah, John F)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita, John F, David F)
::* intro to Git (Warren, Sarah, David F)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! New note: Chris put what he did so far on [https://github.com/lib-uoguelph-ca/ddi2marc-xml github](Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects. Or we could rewrite the MARC editor in Dojo.
* [https://github.com/wdenton/splurge/ SPLURGE]: The Scholars Portal Library Usage-Based Recommendation Engine began at a hackfest in February and has been worked on since then, but it needs one last push to get all of the pieces joined together so that an easy-to-use "people who borrowed this also borrowed that" service built on shared circ data can be tested. There are four parts to SPLURGE: data cleanup, getting it into a properly configured database, a web service that talks to the database, some Javascript that can dropped into a catalogue to talk to the web service. They all exist, but not all of them are quite done and they don't all talk to each other. The purpose of this hackfest project would be for people to familiarize themselves with the work that's been done, and then try to finish it up.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

The next meetup is scheduled for Wednesday June 13th 2012 at 5pm (we'll take May off for code4lib North in Windsor). Once again, we'll be in the private room downstairs in The Exchange Pub.

As usual, please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-05-22T20:15:45Z

Copystar: /* Format */

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Times: 9 am start time. 4 pm end time
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

There are no bed and breakfasts in the immediate area but the [http://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwestern_ontario/windsor Argyle and Olde Walkerville Bed and Breakfasts] are a bus ride away.

=== Social Events ===

There's nothing formal planned but on Wednesday and Thursday nights, we'll try to informally coordinate places to have supper together.
 
For those who love experimental film, there is the [http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/films-and-schedule-2012/ Media City Film Festival] taking place in Windsor and Detroit.
 
Jason Scott aka textfiles will be speaking at the [http://www.aadl.org/events/list?id=14190 Ann Arbor Public Library] on Wednesday night If there's enough interest, I can take some folks in a mini-van for a field trip ... as long as you have your passport! If interested, let me (Mita) know.

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===

A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!
 
We have talks in the morning and hackfests in the afternoon. We will finalize the speaking schedule Thursday morning but we will try to split the talks between the two days equally.

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink and Warren Layton|| Embedded Hardware Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || Our favorite jQuery modules for Drupal 7
|-
| David Fiander || The state of the ebook marketplace
|-
| Dan Chudnov || backplane
|-
| William Denton || Having provocative fun with reference desk statistics in R
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
| Mita Williams || "My god, it's full of stars! lists": building the library website that will incorporate [http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2011/05/code4lib-north-presentation-were-jamun.html Jamun.]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || occupy 1923
|-
| Graham Fawcett || A Web-based video annotation tool (for peer review, possibly captioning, maybe for some nefarious library uses we haven't imagined)
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)
::* Environmental monitoring on the cheap (Doug Sartori)
::* (I program in a few languages, and could do a teaser-session on one of them if there's interest. Maybe [http://www.python.org Python], [http://www.haskell.org/ Haskell], [http://clojure.org/ Clojure] or [http://dlang.org D]?) (Graham Fawcett)
::* Intro to the Twitter API; how one might use it to make a Twitter bot ([[User:shadowspar|Rick Scott]])

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren, Sarah, John F)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita, John F, David F)
::* intro to Git (Warren, Sarah, David F)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! New note: Chris put what he did so far on [https://github.com/lib-uoguelph-ca/ddi2marc-xml github](Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects. Or we could rewrite the MARC editor in Dojo.
* [https://github.com/wdenton/splurge/ SPLURGE]: The Scholars Portal Library Usage-Based Recommendation Engine began at a hackfest in February and has been worked on since then, but it needs one last push to get all of the pieces joined together so that an easy-to-use "people who borrowed this also borrowed that" service built on shared circ data can be tested. There are four parts to SPLURGE: data cleanup, getting it into a properly configured database, a web service that talks to the database, some Javascript that can dropped into a catalogue to talk to the web service. They all exist, but not all of them are quite done and they don't all talk to each other. The purpose of this hackfest project would be for people to familiarize themselves with the work that's been done, and then try to finish it up.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

The next meetup is scheduled for Wednesday June 13th 2012 at 5pm (we'll take May off for code4lib North in Windsor). Once again, we'll be in the private room downstairs in The Exchange Pub.

As usual, please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-05-22T18:33:06Z

Copystar: /* When and Where */ added times

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Times: 9 am start time. 4 pm end time
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

There are no bed and breakfasts in the immediate area but the [http://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwestern_ontario/windsor Argyle and Olde Walkerville Bed and Breakfasts] are a bus ride away.

=== Social Events ===

There's nothing formal planned but on Wednesday and Thursday nights, we'll try to informally coordinate places to have supper together.
 
For those who love experimental film, there is the [http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/films-and-schedule-2012/ Media City Film Festival] taking place in Windsor and Detroit.
 
Jason Scott aka textfiles will be speaking at the [http://www.aadl.org/events/list?id=14190 Ann Arbor Public Library] on Wednesday night If there's enough interest, I can take some folks in a mini-van for a field trip ... as long as you have your passport! If interested, let me (Mita) know.

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===
A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!

Previous code4lib north days have had the hacking and the speaking events on separate days. We're thinking about doing a little bit each day. What do you think - we'd like your feedback : http://tinyurl.com/6obdnne

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink and Warren Layton|| Embedded Hardware Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || Our favorite jQuery modules for Drupal 7
|-
| David Fiander || The state of the ebook marketplace
|-
| Dan Chudnov || backplane
|-
| William Denton || Having provocative fun with reference desk statistics in R
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
| Mita Williams || "My god, it's full of stars! lists": building the library website that will incorporate [http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2011/05/code4lib-north-presentation-were-jamun.html Jamun.]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || occupy 1923
|-
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)
::* Environmental monitoring on the cheap (Doug Sartori)
::* (I program in a few languages, and could do a teaser-session on one of them if there's interest. Maybe [http://www.python.org Python], [http://www.haskell.org/ Haskell], [http://clojure.org/ Clojure] or [http://dlang.org D]?) (Graham Fawcett)
::* Intro to the Twitter API; how one might use it to make a Twitter bot ([[User:shadowspar|Rick Scott]])

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren, Sarah, John F)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita, John F, David F)
::* intro to Git (Warren, Sarah, David F)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! New note: Chris put what he did so far on [https://github.com/lib-uoguelph-ca/ddi2marc-xml github](Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects. Or we could rewrite the MARC editor in Dojo.
* [https://github.com/wdenton/splurge/ SPLURGE]: The Scholars Portal Library Usage-Based Recommendation Engine began at a hackfest in February and has been worked on since then, but it needs one last push to get all of the pieces joined together so that an easy-to-use "people who borrowed this also borrowed that" service built on shared circ data can be tested. There are four parts to SPLURGE: data cleanup, getting it into a properly configured database, a web service that talks to the database, some Javascript that can dropped into a catalogue to talk to the web service. They all exist, but not all of them are quite done and they don't all talk to each other. The purpose of this hackfest project would be for people to familiarize themselves with the work that's been done, and then try to finish it up.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

The next meetup is scheduled for Wednesday June 13th 2012 at 5pm (we'll take May off for code4lib North in Windsor). Once again, we'll be in the private room downstairs in The Exchange Pub.

As usual, please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-05-21T15:47:14Z

Copystar: /* Social Events */

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

There are no bed and breakfasts in the immediate area but the [http://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwestern_ontario/windsor Argyle and Olde Walkerville Bed and Breakfasts] are a bus ride away.

=== Social Events ===

There's nothing formal planned but on Wednesday and Thursday nights, we'll try to informally coordinate places to have supper together.
 
For those who love experimental film, there is the [http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/films-and-schedule-2012/ Media City Film Festival] taking place in Windsor and Detroit.
 
Jason Scott aka textfiles will be speaking at the [http://www.aadl.org/events/list?id=14190 Ann Arbor Public Library] on Wednesday night If there's enough interest, I can take some folks in a mini-van for a field trip ... as long as you have your passport! If interested, let me (Mita) know.

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===
A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!

Previous code4lib north days have had the hacking and the speaking events on separate days. We're thinking about doing a little bit each day. What do you think - we'd like your feedback : http://tinyurl.com/6obdnne

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink and Warren Layton|| Embedded Hardware Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || Our favorite jQuery modules for Drupal 7
|-
| David Fiander || The state of the ebook marketplace
|-
| Dan Chudnov || backplane
|-
| William Denton || Having provocative fun with reference desk statistics in R
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
| Mita Williams || "My god, it's full of stars! lists": building the library website that will incorporate [http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2011/05/code4lib-north-presentation-were-jamun.html Jamun.]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || occupy 1923
|-
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)
::* Environmental monitoring on the cheap (Doug Sartori)
::* (I program in a few languages, and could do a teaser-session on one of them if there's interest. Maybe [http://www.python.org Python], [http://www.haskell.org/ Haskell], [http://clojure.org/ Clojure] or [http://dlang.org D]?) (Graham Fawcett)
::* Intro to the Twitter API; how one might use it to make a Twitter bot ([[User:shadowspar|Rick Scott]])

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren, Sarah, John F)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita, John F, David F)
::* intro to Git (Warren, Sarah, David F)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! New note: Chris put what he did so far on [https://github.com/lib-uoguelph-ca/ddi2marc-xml github](Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects. Or we could rewrite the MARC editor in Dojo.
* [https://github.com/wdenton/splurge/ SPLURGE]: The Scholars Portal Library Usage-Based Recommendation Engine began at a hackfest in February and has been worked on since then, but it needs one last push to get all of the pieces joined together so that an easy-to-use "people who borrowed this also borrowed that" service built on shared circ data can be tested. There are four parts to SPLURGE: data cleanup, getting it into a properly configured database, a web service that talks to the database, some Javascript that can dropped into a catalogue to talk to the web service. They all exist, but not all of them are quite done and they don't all talk to each other. The purpose of this hackfest project would be for people to familiarize themselves with the work that's been done, and then try to finish it up.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

The next meetup is scheduled for Wednesday June 13th 2012 at 5pm (we'll take May off for code4lib North in Windsor). Once again, we'll be in the private room downstairs in The Exchange Pub.

As usual, please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-05-15T21:07:04Z

Copystar: /* Accommodation */ added a social events section

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

There are no bed and breakfasts in the immediate area but the [http://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwestern_ontario/windsor Argyle and Olde Walkerville Bed and Breakfasts] are a bus ride away.

=== Social Events ===

There's nothing formal planned but on Wednesday and Thursday nights, we'll try to informally coordinate places to have supper together.
 
For those who love experimental film, there is the [http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/films-and-schedule-2012/ Media City Film Festival] taking place in Windsor and Detroit.

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===
A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!

Previous code4lib north days have had the hacking and the speaking events on separate days. We're thinking about doing a little bit each day. What do you think - we'd like your feedback : http://tinyurl.com/6obdnne

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink and Warren Layton|| Embedded Hardware Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || Our favorite jQuery modules for Drupal 7
|-
| David Fiander || The state of the ebook marketplace
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
| Mita Williams || "My god, it's full of stars! lists": building the library website that will incorporate [http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2011/05/code4lib-north-presentation-were-jamun.html Jamun.]
|-
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)
::* Environmental monitoring on the cheap (Doug Sartori)
::* (I program in a few languages, and could do a teaser-session on one of them if there's interest. Maybe [http://www.python.org Python], [http://www.haskell.org/ Haskell], [http://clojure.org/ Clojure] or [http://dlang.org D]?) (Graham Fawcett)

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren, Sarah, John F)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita, John F, David F)
::* intro to Git (Warren, Sarah, David F)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! (Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects. Or we could rewrite the MARC editor in Dojo.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

The next meetup is scheduled for Wednesday June 13th 2012 at 5pm (we'll take May off for code4lib North in Windsor). Once again, we'll be in the private room downstairs in The Exchange Pub.

As usual, please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-05-10T13:46:03Z

Copystar: /* 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up */ added my talk

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

There are no bed and breakfasts in the immediate area but the [http://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwestern_ontario/windsor Argyle and Olde Walkerville Bed and Breakfasts] are a bus ride away.

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===
A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!

Previous code4lib north days have had the hacking and the speaking events on separate days. We're thinking about doing a little bit each day. What do you think - we'd like your feedback : http://tinyurl.com/6obdnne

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink and Warren Layton|| Embedded Hardware Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || jQuery for Drupal 7
|-
| David Fiander || The state of the ebook marketplace
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
| Mita Williams || "My god, it's full of stars! lists": building the library website that will incorporate [http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2011/05/code4lib-north-presentation-were-jamun.html Jamun.]
|-
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren, Sarah, John F)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita, John F, David F)
::* intro to Git (Warren, Sarah, David F)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! (Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects. Or we could rewrite the MARC editor in Dojo.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

The next meetup is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday June 14th 2012 (we'll take May off for code4lib North in Windsor). Venue to be announced shortly. As usual, please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-04-30T21:21:38Z

Copystar: /* Accommodation */ added bed and breakfasts

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

There are no bed and breakfasts in the immediate area but the [http://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwestern_ontario/windsor Argyle and Olde Walkerville Bed and Breakfasts] are a bus ride away.

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===
A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!

Previous code4lib north days have had the hacking and the speaking events on separate days. We're thinking about doing a little bit each day. What do you think - we'd like your feedback : http://tinyurl.com/6obdnne

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink and Warren Layton|| Embedded Hardware Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || jQuery for Drupal 7
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren, Sarah, John F)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita, John F)
::* intro to Git (Warren, Sarah)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! (Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

The next meetup is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday June 14th 2012 (we'll take May off for code4lib North in Windsor). Venue to be announced shortly. As usual, please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-04-24T19:27:09Z

Copystar: /* Food */ added notice about diet restrictions and added a list

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. (please email organizers if you have a dietary restriction - we will be ordering vegetarian options but we want to make sure we have enough!)
 
Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
 
And here's a list of places that could probably fit 40 people:
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1426344/restaurant/Detroit/Bubis-Awsome-Eats-Windsor Bubis Awesome Eats]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1435280/restaurant/Detroit/Hurricanes-Windsor Hurricane's]

=== Format ===
A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!

Previous code4lib north days have had the hacking and the speaking events on separate days. We're thinking about doing a little bit each day. What do you think - we'd like your feedback : http://tinyurl.com/6obdnne

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink || Embedded Linux Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita)
::* intro to Git (Warren)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! (Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

To follow up on the successful first outing, a second meetup is planned for April and will feature some show and tell sessions in addition to the regular socializing. Please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

We already have a few volunteers. Feel free to add your name to the list:

* Max Neuvians from the uOttawa ESIS program will be talking about "Social-biblio.ca : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative".
* Mary Beth Baker will provide a quick intro to [http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Ottawa/ Girl Develop It Ottawa] and also seek some input for the wireless-friendly Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference.
* Warren Layton will give a quick demo of LibraryBox, a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where security restrictions can limit network use.

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

====Details====

'''When:''' Tuesday April 24th 2012, 5pm

'''Location:''' [http://www.theexpub.com/ The Exchange Pub], [http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=50+Rideau+Street,+Ottawa,+Ontario&hl=en&sll=42.982515,-81.253973&sspn=0.619862,1.18515&hnear=50+Rideau+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario+K1N+9J1&t=m&z=16 50 Rideau Street] (entrance just inside Rideau Centre) 
Room is downstairs; Reservation under "Warren / code4lib"

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

2012-04-18T17:53:08Z

Copystar: /* Accommodation */ added a section about food

Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

=== Food ===
We will be providing lunch and snacks. Generally folks informally gather for supper.
 
Here are some of our nearby options:
[http://www.windsoreats.com/rest_search.php?rest_location=Windsor%20-%20West%20Windsor WindsorEats: Windsor West]
 
But there is much more if we wander farther afield: [http://www.windsoreats.com/ WindsorEats]
 
Near the university on Wyndotte Street are various Asian dining options including:
* [http://www.restaurantica.com/on/windsor/eros-restaurant/23004000/ Eros Restaurant]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1482082/restaurant/Detroit/Windsor-Seoul-Windsor Windsor Seoul]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1648665/restaurant/Detroit/Bibim-To-Go-Windsor Bibim-To-Go]
* [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/1549919/restaurant/Detroit/Hoi-Sushi-Windsor Hoi Sushi]

=== Format ===
A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!

Previous code4lib north days have had the hacking and the speaking events on separate days. We're thinking about doing a little bit each day. What do you think - we'd like your feedback : http://tinyurl.com/6obdnne

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink || Embedded Linux Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita)
::* intro to Git (Warren)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! (Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

To follow up on the successful first outing, a second meetup is planned for April and will feature some show and tell sessions in addition to the regular socializing. Please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

====Details====

'''When:''' Tuesday April 24th 2012, 5pm

'''Location:''' [http://www.theexpub.com/ The Exchange Pub], [http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=50+Rideau+Street,+Ottawa,+Ontario&hl=en&sll=42.982515,-81.253973&sspn=0.619862,1.18515&hnear=50+Rideau+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario+K1N+9J1&t=m&z=16 50 Rideau Street] (entrance just inside Rideau Centre) 
Room is downstairs; Reservation under "Warren / code4lib"

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

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Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Mailing list==

Want to participate in Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join the code4lib mailing list. (The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.)

== Third Meeting: University of Windsor, May 24 and 25th, 2012 ==

[[Image:code4libnorth.png|code4libnorth logo]]

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 40 people and you can signup here: https://c4ln2012.eventbrite.com/

=== Cost ===
This unconference runs on love... and the kindness of the Leddy Library who will provide : coffee, lunch, and wireless and the space

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 24 and 25th, 2012 (it's on!)
 
Location: 4th Floor, Leddy Library, University of Windsor: http://www.uwindsor.ca/
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/7a79qvw
 
Contact: mita@uwindsor.ca
 

=== Accommodation ===
The University offers rooms and suites for travellers, youth, and families seeking overnight, short or extended accommodations through its [http://www.conferences.uwindsor.ca/accommodations-for-individuals-and-families Conference Services: description of services provided]. Use this [https://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/AEC/Hospitality/conferenceServices/Registrations.nsf/CODE4LIBNorth?OpenForm Registration Form] to book a room with Conference Services.
 
 
In addition, University of Windsor special visit rates may be available by calling the local number and asking for the University of Windsor rate at certain hotels (which shouldn't dissuade you from staying wherever you prefer):
 
 
[http://his-windsor.com/ Holiday Inn Select]
1855 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 1-800-465-4329 or 519-966-1200 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YQGCNHX Hampton Inn & Suites]
1840 Huron Church Road, Windsor
Tel: 800-Hampton or 519-972-0770 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-windsor-canada-CN317 Quality Suites Downtown]
250 Dougall Ave., Windsor
Tel: 519-977-9707 (3 km from campus)
(frequently used hotel for participants in [http://projectconifer.ca Conifer] hackfests)
 
[http://www.ceasarswindsor.com/ Caesars Windsor]
377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor
Tel: 800-991-8888 (3 km from campus)
 
[http://www.windsorriversideinn.com/ The Windsor Riverside Inn]
333 Riverside Dr. West
Tel: 519-977-9777 (2 km from campus)
 
[http://www.travelodge.ca/hotel-search/list/windsor/all/ Travelodge Hotel Windsor Downtown Windsor]
33 Riverside Dr. East
Tel: 519-258-7774 (3 km from campus)
 

=== Format ===
A combination of 20 talks, 5 minute lightning talks, an Ask Anything session, workshops / hackfest time. We will try to find time for everyone who wants to present!

Previous code4lib north days have had the hacking and the speaking events on separate days. We're thinking about doing a little bit each day. What do you think - we'd like your feedback : http://tinyurl.com/6obdnne

=== 20 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Ted Lawless || easyArticle - steamlining access to library materials with OpenURL, automated interlibrary loan submission, vendor APIs, Django/Python.
|-
| Mita Williams || my sekret art project
|-
| John Fink || Embedded Linux Hijinx
|-
| Alison Hitchens || RDA for coders/systems folk
|}

=== 5 minutes talks :: feel free to sign up ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Nick Ruest || Other Redmine uses
|-
| Tim Ribaric || Circumvention using the Cloud?
|-
| Alison Hitchens || #catcode: Cataloguers embrace Code Year
|-
|}

=== 20 or 40 minute workshops: each one teach one ===

:: a workshop you are willing to lead
::* Intro to Git, if demand warrants -- if not, no big deal (John Fink)

:: a workshop of what you would love to attend
::* intro to IRC, meet zoia (Mita, Warren)
::* how to create a twitter bot (Mita)
::* intro to Git (Warren)

=== hackfest ideas :: scheme schemas ===
- build your own twitter bot; bot battles

=== hackfest ideas :: feel free to add to the list ===
*twitter bot war with code4lib The Great Eastern? http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/GreatEastern
*changing Odessi XML records to MARC XML so OCUL libraries can load MARC for Odessi, esp. Stats Can stuff. We started this project at TUG, so need someone to help me get further or finish! (Alison)
*CanPoetry Sprint: [http://library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry Canadian Poetry Online] needs an overhaul! CanPoetry is a web anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry, providing biographies and full-text poems from Canada's leading poets. Currently, it is being migrated to Drupal from the static HTML. Join in this [http://drupal.org/node/247982 code sprint] to help with site building, development, and theming of the new version. More details to follow. (Andrew McAlorum)
*[http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox] is a customized version of PirateBox that can run be run on the inexpensive TP-Link MR 3020. Currently, it acts as a simple file server but it could potentially offer a more library-focused service, such as [https://twitter.com/#!/djfiander/status/184315493157576704 an eBook server for nearby devices using OPDS]. (Warren)
* [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen]: The Evergreen project is currently recruiting volunteers for the Google Summer of Code effort and has [http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:summer_of_coding_ideas#project_ideas a list of project ideas]. Some of these ideas, if not already claimed by a student GSoC participant, might make for interesting hackfest projects.

=== code4lib north organizational team ===
*Mita Williams
*Karen Pillon
*Peter Zimmerman
*Jennifer Soutter
*Cathy Maskell
*Ranti Junus (Michigan State)

=== hashtag and twitter list ===
*c4ln2012
*https://twitter.com/copystar/c4ln2012

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

===Next Meetup===

To follow up on the successful first outing, a second meetup is planned for April and will feature some show and tell sessions in addition to the regular socializing. Please bring your laptops, tablets, demos, problems, and topics of discussion. Beginners are always welcome!

Those interested in attending or speaking can e-mail warren.layton@gmail.com for more information and (if not on the code4lib mailing list) to be kept informed of future events.

====Details====

'''When:''' Tuesday April 24th 2012, 5pm

'''Location:''' [http://www.theexpub.com/ The Exchange Pub], [http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=50+Rideau+Street,+Ottawa,+Ontario&hl=en&sll=42.982515,-81.253973&sspn=0.619862,1.18515&hnear=50+Rideau+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario+K1N+9J1&t=m&z=16 50 Rideau Street] (entrance just inside Rideau Centre) 
Room is downstairs; Reservation under "Warren / code4lib"

== Second Meeting: McMaster University, May 5-6, 2011 ==

=== Sign Up ===
We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http://c4ln2011.eventbrite.com/.

=== When and Where ===
Dates: May 5-6, 2011
 
Location:
* 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)
* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)

=== Accommodation ===
Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/visiting guide] together a while back.

=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :( - There is one bit of good news: if you park in the M lot, the day rate drops from $20 to $5. The M lot is about a 10-12 minute walk from the library, and there is a shuttle that will take you part of the way.
* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library
* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit]
* HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F831E17F-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400E/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.

=== Cost ===
Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.

=== Format ===
Day 1:
* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)
Day 2
* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF/breakouts

=== 20-minute talks ===
I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event.

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| William J Turkel || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/9/ Functional Programming Workout]
|-
| Dileshni Jayasinghe & Majid Valipour || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/8/ Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIs]
|-
| William Wueppelmann || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/1/ The Canadiana Web API]
|-
| Dan Chudnov || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/7/ WWIC? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium]
|-
| Mita Williams || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/3/ We're jamun (and we hope you like jamun too)]
|-
| William Denton || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/10/ Getting started with R]
|-
| Alan Harnum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/5/ When All You Have Is XSLT, Everything Looks Like XML: Heterogeneous Cloud-Based Content Management Using Google Docs and Other Services]
|-
| Wendy Huot || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/12/ Why can't a web page be more like a book? Using LaTeX with Readability to generate better 'print friendly' versions of web pages]
|-
| Chris Charles || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/11/ Introduction to Google Refine]
|-
| Karen A. Coombs || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/2/ Zend Framework: making using web services easier]

|}

=== 5-minute lighting talks ===

{| border=1
! Name
! Title
|-
| Andrew McAlorum || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/4/ Transition to Unity]
|-
| Dale Askey || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/6/ Fun with Failure, or, Learning to Stick a Fork in Things]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Getting testers to test what you need to have tested!]
|-
| Alison Hitchens || [http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/c4ln/13/ Using RT Tracker for user feedback]
|}

== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 ==

=== Sign up ===

Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).

=== When and Where ===

'''May 6-7, 2010'''
* Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm, followed by dinner and drinks
* Friday: 9am-4:30pm

Meeting location:
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888,-76.494584&spn=0.009226,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario] (map)
* Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the room.

=== Cost ===

There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!

=== How to get involved ===

Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.

=== Format ===

* 5-minute lighting talks
* 20-minute talks
* BOAF sessions
* Maybe a hackfest.

=== How many are attending? ===

45 people have registered. Most will be attending.

=== Program ===

'''Thursday May 6:'''

* 2pm-5pm: Open format (hang out and hack)
* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks

'''Friday:'''

* 9am-4:30pm: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below.

Morning Break: 10:30-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ....

Afternoon: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)

{| border=1
! Name
! Description
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data
|-
| Art Rhyno || Open Layers and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)
|-
| MJ Suhonos || [http://mytpl.ca Location-aware Mobile Search]
|-
|Alan Harnum || Building A [http://beta.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Library Website] with [http://www.endeca.com/ Endeca] technology
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique
|-
|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Library]
|-
| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery
|-
| John Miedema || [http://code.google.com/p/openbook4wordpress/wiki/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++]
|-
|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: a potential collaborative search tool
|}

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathon.tumblr.com/ Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

North

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Copystar: /* Sign Up */

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Copystar: /* Sign Up */

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logo for code4lib north 3.images from the Noun project

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