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2015 Preconference Proposals

2014-11-17T22:00:03Z

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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

== Pre-conference Proposals ==

=== 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
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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".

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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
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===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].

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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
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=== 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.

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

'''Half Day [Whenever]'''

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

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[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.

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# Jim Hahn
# Joshua Gomez
# Bobbi Fox
# Ray Schwartz
# Megan Kudzia
# Coral Sheldon-Hess
# Cary Gordon (uses Docker in production on AWS)
# Eric Phetteplace
# Esther Verreau
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=== Code Retreat ===

'''Full Day'''

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

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"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]

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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.

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=== Dive into Hydra ===

'''"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
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=== code4lib/Write The Docs barcamp ===

'''"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).

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

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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 ===

'''"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.

''Interested in Attending''

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

# Logan Cox
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=== Code4Arc ===

'''"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.

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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.

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

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

'''"Half Day [Morning]"'''

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

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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].

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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?

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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.

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# Ashley Blewer!
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=== CollectionSpace: Getting it up and running at your museum ===

'''Half Day [Afternoon]'''

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

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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

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Midwest

2014-07-01T14:38:57Z

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== Code4Lib Midwest 2014 Meeting ==

Please join us July 23-24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the Code4Lib Midwest 2014 conference.

This informal conference will feature short lightning talks, longer presentations, workshops, a technology-infused hackfest, and site visits to local technology companies. We'll spend 2 days learning about technology and code in libraries, archives and museums from colleagues throughout the Midwest.

We are working out the details: keep an eye on this space!

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://gvsu.edu/library Grand Valley State University Libraries].
* '''When''' - Wednesday, July 23rd - Thursday July 24th, 2014
* '''Where''' - [http://gvsu.edu/library/maryidemapew Mary Idema Pew Library] at GVSU
* '''Registration Cost''' - Free!
* '''Planning Committee''' - Kyle Felker (felkerk@gvsu.edu), Erin Fisher {fisherin@gvsu.edu), Eric Kunnen (kunnene@gvsu.edu), Kristin Meyer (meyerk@gvsu.edu), and Matthew Reidsma (reidsmam@gvsu.edu)

===Logistics===
We hope you consider staying overnight to enjoy both days of the conference.

'''Suggested Hotels'''

* [http://www.higrdt.com/ '''Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown'''] (310 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49504 :: +1 (616) 235-7611)

-The Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown is within walking distance to restaurants, breweries, museums, shops and Grand Valley's downtown campus. Access to free public transit to the Allendale campus is just a five minute walk (.2 miles).

* [http://www.sleepinn.com/hotel-allendale-michigan-MI214 '''Sleep Inn & Suites'''] (4869 Becker Dr., Allendale, MI, 49401 :: +1 (616) 892-8000)

-For those interested in staying near the Allendale campus, Sleep Inn is 1.2 miles away.

'''Directions, restaurants, and more'''

-A map with additional details coming soon!

=== Schedule ===

==== Wednesday, July 23rd ====

'''Meeting at the [http://gvsu.edu/library/mary-idema-pew-library-224.htm#directions Mary Idema Pew Library, Allendale].'''

9am - 12pm : ''Presentations and Lightning Talks''

12 - 1pm : ''Lunch''

1 - 4:30pm : ''Hackfest'' with Toys from the [http://gvsu.edu/techshowcase/technology-on-display-3.htm Technology Showcase] ([http://store.makerbot.com/digitizer 3D scanner] and [http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2 printer], [http://www.makeymakey.com/ Makey Makey], etc.)

6:00pm : ''Evening Social in downtown Grand Rapids''. Last year, Grand Rapids was named Beer City USA. Let's keep the conversation going while visiting some local breweries and pubs. More details coming soon!

==== Thursday, July 24th ====

'''Meeting at the [http://www.gvsu.edu/operations/bicycle-factory-4.htm GVSU Bicycle Factory, Downtown Grand Rapids].'''

9am - 12pm : ''Presentations and Lightning Talks''

12 - 1pm : ''Lunch''

1 - 4:30pm : ''Site Visit'' to the offices of [http://yeticgi.com/ Yeti CGI] and [https://www.grmakers.com/ GR Makers] to talk about partnerships between software developers and libraries and the future of makerspaces. (We'll be carpooling to these locations if you can make it!) More details to follow.

===Social Media Goodness===

Twitter hash tag: #c4lmw

===Code of Conduct===
Code4Lib Midwest is dedicated to a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at: [[C4LMW14 Code of Conduct]]

==Programming Sign-up==

Code4Lib Midwest programming depends on the folks attending the conference. Please consider giving a presentation or lightning talk, or submitting your ideas for the hackfest.

Share what you are working on! Add your name and a description below.

===Presentations or Workshops===
Have something cool to share? Tell us about it. If you want someone to teach something to you, put that here as well.

* Eric Echeverri and Steve Lonn on the digital open badges initiative that is taken place at the University of Michigan, specifically Digital Badges for libraries. Steve Lonn will be joining us via Gtalk for an in depth understanding of this technology. Eric will go over the technical details of exporting badges into the Mozilla backpack for learners. This application is done in ruby and is up and running at [https://mblem.umich.edu https://mblem.umich.edu]
* Development tips from the front-lines: Tips and techniques useful for software development in Libraries. Jon Gorman, University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign). Last year's Code4Lib Midwest there was a great amount of interest in improving development skills. Jon doesn't claim to be the best developer, but he's will to share what intimidated him unnecessarily and useful tips & tricks for both improving skills and overview of techniques that make life easier. (Bootstrap, jQuery, Rule engines, templates, Good books to read, etc). (Note: I'm willing to bump this down to a very quick lightning talk if people aren't interested, I just thought the schedule looked like it needed some fleshing out).
* Can you do FOSS at your library if you're a small, one-person shop? How do you figure it out? Megan Kudzia, Albion College Library. I've made plenty of mistakes along the way, and I thought maybe others might find what I've figured out useful. As a community that values free/open source, it can be really difficult to assess if you're starting out in your career and you're pretty much "the technology person" at your library (I suspect there are a lot of us in this boat). In addition to mistakes, I've had some successes too, which I'll also share about - it's not all bad news! (Note: like Joh, I'm willing to bump this down to a lightning talk if folks aren't really interested).
* '''Deploy Code with Confidence (with lots of tests and application monitoring)'''.
** Deploying code into production can be nerve wracking. Or, it can be a non-issue. I'll talk about our current test environment, which allows us to feel reasonably confident our code does what we intend. I'll also discuss our application monitoring, which informs us when even our huge test suite missed a scenario. We often see bugs in our monitor, write tests to demonstrate the bug, fix the bug, and deploy code before a user ever reports a problem.
** Jeremy Prevost, Northwestern University
* Chicago Collections Consortium (CCC), XTF admin tool development -- The CCC is creating a unified portal to access archival collections relating to Chicago at a variety of institutions. The consortium has chosen XTF to search and index the metadata. Our first order of business is to create an admin tool that can ingest any metadata from home institutions and create standardized metadata to allow discovery of related material across institutions. Development of the tool began in May. I'll give an overview of what we're doing from a technical stand point and update about where we are and what our difficulties have been. Esther Verreau, UIC

===Lightning Talks===
Have something cool to share but you don't want to be in front of the room for more than 5 minutes? Lightning talks are for you. Sign up now or at the conference:

* Alison Hitchens - java program to create good e-theses MARC records from DSpace (UWSpace)
* Brian Zelip - A Twofer: Migrating [http://minrvaproject.org a library web app's website] to an xml-based CMS & Use cases at [http://library.illinois.edu/sc an academic research services unit].
* Cole Hudson - Visualizing our book shelves: how we took Harvard's Stack View and made it our own
* Britain Woodman - how we evaluated and eventually made [http://github.com/cazzerson/suma Suma] part of our daily operations work

===Hackfest===
Pitch an idea you can work to solve in 3 hours or so, or join with someone else who has a project. Stuck on something at work? Find a buddy here to help you. Want to make something new and fun? Here's your chance for free labor. We'll have a hackfest idea basket at morning coffee, or you can leave your ideas on the wiki. Of course, you can also just show up with your idea. We're not the boss of you.

*

==Registration==
Registration is free. List your name, affiliation, and email address here to register for the meeting. If you signed up and are unable to attend please remove your name or contact us, so that we can make room for others.

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Matthew Reidsma (reidsmam@gvsu.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

# Julia Bauder, Grinnell College Libraries. bauderj - at - grinnell - dot - edu
# Eric Lease Morgan, University of Notre Dame, emorgan - at - nd - dot - edu
# Alexa Hagen, University of Michigan MLIS Student, alexa.hagen - at - gmail - dot - com
# John Fink, McMaster University. john.fink - at - gmail - dot - com
# Lisa Rabey, librarian for hire, lisa - at - biblyotheke - dot - net
# Aaron Collie, Michigan State University, collie - at - msu - dot - edu
# Ranti Junus, Michigan State University, junus-at-mail-lib-msu-edu
# David Malone, Wheaton College, david dot malone at wheaton dot edu
# Cole Hudson, Wayne State University, cole - dot - hudson - at - wayne - dot - edu
# Brian Zelip, University of Illinois, bzelip -at- illinois -dot- edu
# Michael Perry, Northwestern University, michael -dot- perry -at- northwestern -dot- edu
# Joshua Neds-Fox, Wayne State University, jnf - at- wayne - dot - edu
# Kelly Germain, Davenport University, kelly -dot- germain -at- davenport -dot- edu
# Jeremy Prevost, Northwestern University, j-prevost at northwestern dot edu
# Jeffrey Mudge, Wheaton College, jeffrey dot mudge at wheaton dot edu
# Thomas Hilliker, Holly Township Library, thomashilliker at gmail dot com
# Jamie Tiemeyer, Cornerstone University, jamie - dot - tiemeyer - at - cornerstone - dot - edu
# Devin Higgins, Michigan State University, higgi135 - at - msu - dot - edu
# Alison Hitchens, University of Waterloo, ahitchen - at - uwaterloo - dot - ca
# Megan Kudzia, Albion College, moneill - at - albion - dot - edu
# Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University, roy-dot-zimmer-at-wmich-dot-edu
# Thomas Padilla, Michigan State University, tpadilla-at-msu-dot-edu
# Mike Priehs, Wayne State University, mpriehs - at - wayne - dot - edu
# Jonathan Earley, Grand Valley State University, jonathan.a.earley - at - gmail - dot - com
# Jonathan Gorman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, jtgorman - at - illinois - edu
# Britain Woodman, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, britainw - at - umich - dot - edu
# Andrew McAlorum, University of Waterloo, amcalorum - at - uwaterloo - dot - ca
# Jessica Shuck, Cornerstone University, jessica - dot - shuck - at - cornerstone - dot - edu
# Esther Verreau, UIC, verreau1 - at - uic - dot - edu
# Brendan Quinn, Northwestern University, brendan-quinn - at - northwestern - dot - edu
# Paul Clough, Northwestern University, p-clough - at- northwestern - dot - edu
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The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 40. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

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== Previous C4L Midwest Regional Meetings ==

* [[2010 (Inaugural) Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2011 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2012 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2013 Code4Lib Midwest Conference]]

== Mailing list ==

For better or for worse, Code4Lib "Midwest" has low-traffic [http://groups.google.com/group/code4lib-midwest mailing list/Google group]. Consider subscribing.

Midwest

2014-06-25T16:17:35Z

Everreau: /* Registration */

== Code4Lib Midwest 2014 Meeting ==

Please join us July 23-24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the Code4Lib Midwest 2014 conference.

This informal conference will feature short lightning talks, longer presentations, workshops, a technology-infused hackfest, and site visits to local technology companies. We'll spend 2 days learning about technology and code in libraries, archives and museums from colleagues throughout the Midwest.

We are working out the details: keep an eye on this space!

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://gvsu.edu/library Grand Valley State University Libraries].
* '''When''' - Wednesday, July 23rd - Thursday July 24th, 2014
* '''Where''' - [http://gvsu.edu/library/maryidemapew Mary Idema Pew Library] at GVSU
* '''Registration Cost''' - Free!
* '''Planning Committee''' - Kyle Felker (felkerk@gvsu.edu), Erin Fisher {fisherin@gvsu.edu), Eric Kunnen (kunnene@gvsu.edu), Kristin Meyer (meyerk@gvsu.edu), and Matthew Reidsma (reidsmam@gvsu.edu)

===Logistics===
We hope you consider staying overnight to enjoy both days of the conference.

'''Suggested Hotels'''

* [http://www.higrdt.com/ '''Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown'''] (310 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49504 :: +1 (616) 235-7611)

-The Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown is within walking distance to restaurants, breweries, museums, shops and Grand Valley's downtown campus. Access to free public transit to the Allendale campus is just a five minute walk (.2 miles).

* [http://www.sleepinn.com/hotel-allendale-michigan-MI214 '''Sleep Inn & Suites'''] (4869 Becker Dr., Allendale, MI, 49401 :: +1 (616) 892-8000)

-For those interested in staying near the Allendale campus, Sleep Inn is 1.2 miles away.

'''Directions, restaurants, and more'''

-A map with additional details coming soon!

=== Schedule ===

==== Wednesday, July 23rd ====

'''Meeting at the [http://gvsu.edu/library/mary-idema-pew-library-224.htm#directions Mary Idema Pew Library, Allendale].'''

9am - 12pm : ''Presentations and Lightning Talks''

12 - 1pm : ''Lunch''

1 - 4:30pm : ''Hackfest'' with Toys from the [http://gvsu.edu/techshowcase/technology-on-display-3.htm Technology Showcase] ([http://store.makerbot.com/digitizer 3D scanner] and [http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2 printer], [http://www.makeymakey.com/ Makey Makey], etc.)

6:00pm : ''Evening Social in downtown Grand Rapids''. Last year, Grand Rapids was named Beer City USA. Let's keep the conversation going while visiting some local breweries and pubs. More details coming soon!

==== Thursday, July 24th ====

'''Meeting at the [http://www.gvsu.edu/operations/bicycle-factory-4.htm GVSU Bicycle Factory, Downtown Grand Rapids].'''

9am - 12pm : ''Presentations and Lightning Talks''

12 - 1pm : ''Lunch''

1 - 4:30pm : ''Site Visit'' to the offices of [http://yeticgi.com/ Yeti CGI] and [https://www.grmakers.com/ GR Makers] to talk about partnerships between software developers and libraries and the future of makerspaces. (We'll be carpooling to these locations if you can make it!) More details to follow.

===Social Media Goodness===

Twitter hash tag: #c4lmw

===Code of Conduct===
Code4Lib Midwest is dedicated to a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at: [[C4LMW14 Code of Conduct]]

==Programming Sign-up==

Code4Lib Midwest programming depends on the folks attending the conference. Please consider giving a presentation or lightning talk, or submitting your ideas for the hackfest.

Share what you are working on! Add your name and a description below.

===Presentations or Workshops===
Have something cool to share? Tell us about it. If you want someone to teach something to you, put that here as well.

* Eric Echeverri and Steve Lonn on the digital open badges initiative that is taken place at the University of Michigan, specifically Digital Badges for libraries. Steve Lonn will be joining us via Gtalk for an in depth understanding of this technology. Eric will go over the technical details of exporting badges into the Mozilla backpack for learners. This application is done in ruby and is up and running at [https://mblem.umich.edu https://mblem.umich.edu]
* Development tips from the front-lines: Tips and techniques useful for software development in Libraries. Jon Gorman, University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign). Last year's Code4Lib Midwest there was a great amount of interest in improving development skills. Jon doesn't claim to be the best developer, but he's will to share what intimidated him unnecessarily and useful tips & tricks for both improving skills and overview of techniques that make life easier. (Bootstrap, jQuery, Rule engines, templates, Good books to read, etc). (Note: I'm willing to bump this down to a very quick lightning talk if people aren't interested, I just thought the schedule looked like it needed some fleshing out).
* Can you do FOSS at your library if you're a small, one-person shop? How do you figure it out? Megan Kudzia, Albion College Library. I've made plenty of mistakes along the way, and I thought maybe others might find what I've figured out useful. As a community that values free/open source, it can be really difficult to assess if you're starting out in your career and you're pretty much "the technology person" at your library (I suspect there are a lot of us in this boat). In addition to mistakes, I've had some successes too, which I'll also share about - it's not all bad news! (Note: like Joh, I'm willing to bump this down to a lightning talk if folks aren't really interested).

===Lightning Talks===
Have something cool to share but you don't want to be in front of the room for more than 5 minutes? Lightning talks are for you. Sign up now or at the conference:

* Alison Hitchens - java program to create good e-theses MARC records from DSpace (UWSpace)
* Brian Zelip - A Twofer: Migrating [http://minrvaproject.org a library web app's website] to an xml-based CMS & Use cases at [http://library.illinois.edu/sc an academic research services unit].
* Cole Hudson - Visualizing our book shelves: how we took Harvard's Stack View and made it our own

===Hackfest===
Pitch an idea you can work to solve in 3 hours or so, or join with someone else who has a project. Stuck on something at work? Find a buddy here to help you. Want to make something new and fun? Here's your chance for free labor. We'll have a hackfest idea basket at morning coffee, or you can leave your ideas on the wiki. Of course, you can also just show up with your idea. We're not the boss of you.

*

==Registration==
Registration is free. List your name, affiliation, and email address here to register for the meeting. If you signed up and are unable to attend please remove your name or contact us, so that we can make room for others.

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Matthew Reidsma (reidsmam@gvsu.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

# Julia Bauder, Grinnell College Libraries. bauderj - at - grinnell - dot - edu
# Eric Lease Morgan, University of Notre Dame, emorgan - at - nd - dot - edu
# Alexa Hagen, University of Michigan MLIS Student, alexa.hagen - at - gmail - dot - com
# John Fink, McMaster University. john.fink - at - gmail - dot - com
# Lisa Rabey, librarian for hire, lisa - at - biblyotheke - dot - net
# Aaron Collie, Michigan State University, collie - at - msu - dot - edu
# Ranti Junus, Michigan State University, junus-at-mail-lib-msu-edu
# David Malone, Wheaton College, david dot malone at wheaton dot edu
# Cole Hudson, Wayne State University, cole - dot - hudson - at - wayne - dot - edu
# Brian Zelip, University of Illinois, bzelip -at- illinois -dot- edu
# Michael Perry, Northwestern University, michael -dot- perry -at- northwestern -dot- edu
# Joshua Neds-Fox, Wayne State University, jnf - at- wayne - dot - edu
# Kelly Germain, Davenport University, kelly -dot- germain -at- davenport -dot- edu
# Jeremy Prevost, Northwestern University, j-prevost at northwestern dot edu
# Jeffrey Mudge, Wheaton College, jeffrey dot mudge at wheaton dot edu
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# Jamie Tiemeyer, Cornerstone University, jamie - dot - tiemeyer - at - cornerstone - dot - edu
# Devin Higgins, Michigan State University, higgi135 - at - msu - dot - edu
# Alison Hitchens, University of Waterloo, ahitchen - at - uwaterloo - dot - ca
# Megan Kudzia, Albion College, moneill - at - albion - dot - edu
# Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University, roy-dot-zimmer-at-wmich-dot-edu
# Thomas Padilla, Michigan State University, tpadilla-at-msu-dot-edu
# Mike Priehs, Wayne State University, mpriehs - at - wayne - dot - edu
# Jonathan Earley, Grand Valley State University, jonathan.a.earley - at - gmail - dot - com
# Jonathan Gorman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, jtgorman - at - illinois - edu
# Britain Woodman, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, britainw eet umich oot edu
# Andrew McAlorum, University of Waterloo, amcalorum - at - uwaterloo - dot - ca
# Jessica Shuck, Cornerstone University, jessica - dot - shuck - at - cornerstone - dot - edu
# Esther Verreau, UIC, verreau1 - at - uic - dot - edu
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The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 40. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

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== Previous C4L Midwest Regional Meetings ==

* [[2010 (Inaugural) Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2011 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2012 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2013 Code4Lib Midwest Conference]]

== Mailing list ==

For better or for worse, Code4Lib "Midwest" has low-traffic [http://groups.google.com/group/code4lib-midwest mailing list/Google group]. Consider subscribing.

Midwest 2013 planning

2013-05-03T15:06:07Z

Everreau: /* Who/When */

= Code4Lib Midwest 2013 planning =

Disappointed you won't be going to Austin for Code4Lib next year? Come visit the (one true) "Austin of the Midwest," aka Iowa City! [http://lib.uiowa.edu University of Iowa Libraries] would like to host your 2013 Code4Lib Midwest meeting, and we'd like to know how best to get you all here. We can offer dates in either August (any time from 8/1-9, 8/16-17, or 8/23-24) or in late September/early October, and we want to know when would work best for you. If you might be interested in attending, leave your name, organization, and preferred dates below (or contact us directly), so we can have an estimate for booking an appropriately sized room. More details to follow.

==Where==
University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA

==Who/When==
Even if you're unsure you'll be able to attend, let us know if you're interested and your preferences for dates (August--anytime from 8/1-9, 8/16-17, or 8/23-24 or in late September/early October)
* Shawn Averkamp, University of Iowa (no preference on dates)
* Emily Shaw, University of Iowa (prefer late September/early October, but could do August)
* Matthew Butler, University of Iowa (August)
* Audrey Altman, University of Iowa (August)
* Francis Kayiwa, University of Illinois at Chicago (late August 8/23+ or late September/early October)
* Linda Ballinger, Newberry Library (mid to late August [okay] or late September/early October [better])
* Margaret Heller, Loyola University Chicago (no preference on dates)
* Aaron Collie, Michigan State University. No preferences on dates.
* Becky Yoose, Grinnell College (no preference, except not late August)
* Ranti Junus, Michigan State University (no preference)
* Julia Bauder, Grinnell College (prefer late September, mid-October, or mid/late August, could do early August, couldn't do October 4-6.)
* Esther Verreau, Skokie Public Library (no preference)

==Volunteer==
Sign up here if you'd like to help with planning.
* Matthew Butler
* Becky Yoose
* Julia Bauder

==Contact==
* Shawn Averkamp, University of Iowa, shawn-averkamp@uiowa.edu
* Emily Shaw, University of Iowa, emily-f-shaw@uiowa.edu

==Mailing List==
Sign up for updates and participate in planning on the [http://groups.google.com/group/code4lib-midwest Code4Lib Midwest mailing list/Google group].

2013 social activities

2013-02-01T16:41:36Z

Everreau: /* Newcomer Dinner, Tuesday 2/12 */

== Ideas ==

* Aviary: super-crazy cocktails. http://www.molecularrecipes.com/molecular-mixology/aviary-cocktails/ . List your name if you're interested, whether Sunday, Monday, and/or Tuesday (after newcomer dinners) work, and whether you're just interested in stopping by, or doing a 7 cocktail tasting flight.*
** statsfool: sunday/monday/tuesday, either drinks or flight.
** Amyhannah: monday/tuesday, drinks, probably not the flight.
** anarchivist: sunday/monday, prefer drinks over flight but could be convinced
** [[User:highermath|highermath]]: monday (could use 10 cocktails after Drupal subCon, I am sure). Uber now works in Chicago, so I would do the flight.
** [[User:pberry|pberry]]: any night but Wednesday (that's Goose Island night) and I'd be up for drinks or flight, although leaning away from flight.
** [[User:thatandromeda|thatandromeda]] oh my gosh yes, any time, probably not the flight.
** [[User:Gdave|gdave]] beautiful site, I would be interested, Sun,Mon,Tues. either drink or flight.
** scollett: sun, drinks, maybe flight.
** [[User:shawnc12|shawnc12]]: sunday/monday, either drink or flight
* Brewery tour - some possible candidates would be Goose Island, Brew Bus http://www.chicagobrewbus.com/, Piece, Revolution, Half Acre.
* Library field trips - because we're library geeks. Possible places include Newberry and Read/Write.--Read/Write Library confirmed for February 12.--Newberry Library confirmed for February 14.
* Art Institute of Chicago - Only open until 5pm, but possible for people coming in early enough on Sunday.
** escowles: I'm getting in around noon on Sunday, and interested in this.
** pgrayove: I'm getting in around noon on Sunday too. I'm interested.
* Local Option http://localoptionbier.com/ - So you've heard of Hopleaf, you've heard of Maproom. Come to Chicago's *ahem* best kept secret for good food and an evening session on Monday. We will need a tally to make requisite arrangements.
** kayiwa
** Linda Ballinger
** Courtney Greene
** John Pillans

== Planned Events ==

=== Newcomer Dinner, Tuesday 2/12 ===

First time at code4lib? Join fellow c4l newbies and veterans for an evening of food, socializing, and stimulating <strike>discussions about</strike> demonstrations of the many uses of <strike>bacon</strike> <strike>dongles</strike> XML.

Code4Lib veterans, you're invited too. Join us in welcoming the newcomers!

'''Plans'''
* When: Tuesday evening (2/12)
* Time: 6 PM (ish) or whenever you can get your group together
* Mastermind (if you have any questions): [mailto:yoosebec@grinnell.edu Becky Yoose]

''Guidelines:''
*Max of '''6''' per group
**Please, no waitlisting
*ID yourselves so we can get a good mix of new people and veterans in each group
**New folks - n
**c4l vets - v
*One leader needed for each location (declare yourself! - '''Vets are highly encouraged to lead the group''')
**Leader duties
***Make reservations if required; otherwise make sure that the restaurant can handle a group of 6 rowdy library coders
***Herd folks from hotel to restaurant (know where you're going!)

'''Restaurants'''

'''Restaurants within .25 miles of the hotel'''

[http://www.athenarestaurantchicago.com/index.php Athena] (Greek)

* Al Cornish - v (leader)
* Carolyn Cole - n

[http://www.dinerestaurant.com/ Dine] (Contemporary)

<del>[http://www.girlandthegoat.com/ Girl and the Goat] (American) Top Chef fans take note! This is Stephanie Izard's award-winning resto.</del> Totally booked.

[http://www.haymarketbrewing.com/ Haymarket Pub & Brewery] (Pub food)

[http://www.karynsongreen.com/ Karyn’s on Green] (Vegan)
Completely vegan and close to the conference hotel. We'll meet in the conference hotel at around 6:45 (reservation at 7:00 for 6). Google maps says it is a 5 minute walk.

*Jason Ronallo (leader)- v
*Alicia Cozine - n
*Mark Mounts - v
*Barbara Hui - n
*Amy Deschenes - n

[http://niarestaurant.com/nia-restaurant-mediterranean-cuisine/ Nia] (Mediterranean tapas)

[http://www.pegasuschicago.com/index.php Pegasus] (Greek)

[http://www.roditys.com/index.html Roditys] (Greek) -- Reservations made for 6:30pm. Let's meet in the hotel lobby at 6pm and walk over from there.

* Rosalyn Metz (leader) - v
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]] - v
* [[User:Jacobandresen|Jacob Andresen]] - n
* Karen Miller - n
* Dre - v
* Mahria Lebow - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

'''Restaurants between .25 miles and .5 miles of the hotel'''

[http://avecrestaurant.com/# Avec] (Small plate)
Family-style small plate and tapas. Great Yelp reviews. We'll meet in the conference hotel at 6:00 <strike>6:45</strike> (they don't take reservations, but have stuff to sip on if there's a wait). Less than 10 minute walk from hotel.

* Shaun Ellis (leader) - v
* Jon Stroop - v
* Paula Gray-Overtoom - n
* Emily Zervas - n
* Cynthia Ng - neither
* Sarah Dooley - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://www.babavillage.com/ Baba’s Village] (Indian/Pakistani)

[http://blackbirdrestaurant.com/ Blackbird] (Contemporary)

* Jay Luker (reserver) - v - I'm currently leading the Publican group (see below), but I also made a reservation for Blackbird for 6 at 8:30pm (only available slot) as a backup plan. Talk to me if you're interested in taking over this res. (lbjay on IRC, jay {dot} luker {at} gmail).

[http://www.carnivalechicago.com/menu Carnivale] (Nuevo Latino)

[http://decero.hellotacos.com/ De Cero] (Mexican)

[http://www.dragonflymandarin.com/ Dragonfly] (Chinese, sushi)

[http://giordanos.com/ Giordano's] (Chicago Style Pizza) This place should be able to handle multiple groups...

[http://www.grangehallburgerbar.com/ Grange Hall Burger Bar] (Local food)

[http://www.idreamoffalafel.com/ I Dream of Falafel] (Mediterranean)

* Emily Lynema (leader) - v

[http://www.jaipurchicago.com/ Jaipur] (Indian)

* Andrew Darby (leader) - v
* Josh Wilson (joshwilsonnc at gmail) - n

[http://lasardine.com/ La Sardine] (French)

[http://www.mythaitakumi.com/index.html MyThai Takumi] (Japanese Thai) Reservation at 6:15. Meet in the hotel lobby at 6 pm. Look for the women in a trench coat and hat.

*Becky Yoose (leader) b dot yoose at gmail - v
*May Chan - n
*David Anderson - newby
*Terry Brady - new
* Dave Menninger - n
*Shawn Carraway -n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://www.nellcoterestaurant.com/ Nellcôte] (French)

[http://chicago.provincerestaurant.com/ Province] (American with Central/South American/Spanish influence)

[http://thepublicanrestaurant.com/ The Publican] (Seafood)

* Jay Luker (eater) - v - Rezzie is for 8pm
* Mark Matienzo (tweeter) - v
* Devon Smith (pickle eater) - repeat offender
* Chris Sharp (dead horse beater) - v
* Michael B. Klein (greeter) - v
* Bill McMillin (meeter) - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://saigonsisters.tumblr.com/ Saigon Sisters] (Vietnamese)

[http://www.thaiurbankitchen.com/ Thai Urban Kitchen] (Thai, sushi)

[http://www.trattoriaisabellachicago.com/rest.html Trattoria Isabella] (Italian)

[http://www.vivo-chicago.com/homepage-2 Vivo] (Italian)

[http://www.wishbonechicago.com/dining/westloop/ Wishbone] (Southern Reconstruction)

'''Restaurants between .5 miles and .75 miles of the hotel'''

[http://currentsontheriver.com/ Currents on the River] (Eclectic)

[http://n9ne.com/ N9NE Steakhouse] (Steak)

[http://www.verachicago.com/menu Vera Chicago] (Spanish)

'''Restaurants between .75 miles and 1 mile of the hotel'''

[http://www.theberghoff.com/default.aspx The Berghoff] (German)
* Declan Fleming - v (leader) I checked reservations, and for 6 people, the first time open after the conf is 7:30, so I grabbed that.
* Dave Green - n
* Steven Villereal - n
* Peter Murray - v
* Trey Terrell - n
* Mike Giarlo - v
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://www.yelp.com/biz/frontera-grill-chicago Frontera] (a Rick Bayliss Mex-American restaurant) Reservations are for 7:30, so perhaps the group could get a drink in the lobby beforehand. Either way, we'll depart at 7pm.
: (''note: the drinks at the bar at frontera are very tasty.'')
*Dan Suchy (leader and over-eater) - v
*Matt Critchlow - v
*Carmen Mitchell - v
*Maureen Callahan - n
*David Cliff - n
* Patrick Berry - 3rd year red-shirt freshman
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://www.nativefoods.com/ Native Foods] (Vegan)

'''Restaurants more than 1 mile from the hotel'''

[http://www.greenzebrachicago.com/index.html Green Zebra] (Vegan)

[http://honkytonkbbqchicago.com/ Honky Tonk Barbeque] (BBQ)

[http://www.karynraw.com/cooked Karyn’s Cooked] (Vegan)

[http://www.latabernatapas.com/ La Taberna Tapas] (Mediterranean)

[http://www.morganschicago.com/ Morgan's on Maxwell] (Pub food)

[http://www.chezjoelbistro.com/ Chez Joël] (French/Tangiers food) I am leaning towards an early dinner of 6:15 as I have to take-off to make sure the Game Night takes off without a hitch. So leave the conference hotel by 5:45 if it is walk weather or 6PM if it is taxi weather.

* Francis Kayiwa (knackered leader) - v
* Megan O'Neill Kudzia - n
* Esther Verreau - n

=== Veg*n Dinner ===

Let's have dinner at a veg*n-friendly place one night of the conference. Folks of all eating styles welcome.

Max *6* people per party this year.

'''Party #1: Chicago Diner''', Wednesday Night http://www.veggiediner.com/ "meat free since '83"
Will they easily be able to accommodate 6 folks walking in?
We'll plan on meeting in the conference hotel at 6pm and taking the 8 bus up there (3411 N. Halsted St Chicago, IL 60657).
# Jason Ronallo (jronallo@gmail.com)
# Linda Ballinger (linda dot ballinger at gmail)
# May Chan (msuicat at gmail dot com)
# Demian Katz (demian DOT katz AT villanova DOT edu)
# David Uspal (david dot uspal at villanova dot edu) In for the Country Fried StAEk and/or the Soul Bowl. Ex-Vegetarian (which may make it a crime for me to go), so if the list is full and you still want in, feel free to email me and I'll gladly turn over my spot to an actual Veg*n.
# Cynthia Ng (cynthia dot s dot ng at gmail)
Capped at 6

=== Code4lib/Goose Island Brewing Pull Request ===
'''When:''' Wednesday, 2/13, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

More information and sign up at [https://code4lib2013-estw.eventbrite.com/|https://code4lib2013-estw.eventbrite.com/]

=== Non-beery get together ===
'''When:''' Wednesday, 2/13, Meet at hotel lobby at around 6:30 (and take public transport over to the park) OR meet us at the rink at 6:45, skating rink closes at 8 PM

'''Where:''' [https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/ice_skating_at_themccormicktribuneicerink.html McCormick Tribune Ice Rink]

'''Contact:''' @dchud, @ranti, @yo_bj (b dot yoose at gmail), @wendyrlibrarian

'''Cost:''' $10 skate rental, people watching free

Come and (attempt to) skate with us! This is also a good people watching opportunity, so if you don't want to skate, there will be places to hang out around the rink and the park. There is a [http://www.parkgrillchicago.com/cafe/food-menu cafe] near the rink as well, with hot drinks and food.

FYI - For those of you who want something else to munch on while hanging out, there's a [http://www.garrettpopcorn.com/chicago-locations/4-east-madison-street/ Garrett Popcorn Shop] a couple blocks away.

# Chris Sharp (indicating interest)
# Becky Yoose (ready to fall on her butt repeatedly for the entertainment of others)
# Peter Murray
# Shawn Carraway
# Karen Coombs
# Michael Levy

=== Flying Trapeze ===
'''When:''' Monday, 2/11, TBD

'''Contact:''' rosalynmetz at gmail dot com

No this is not a joke. If you haven't heard Rosy is an aspiring trapeze artists and wants to bring the fun to her friends in Code4Lib. There is a trapeze rig in Chicago and she plans on visiting it and hopes that some of you can come along as well. If its your first time taking a trapeze class, they'll start you off learning [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oqPi_zuX7A a knee hang] and depending on how that goes you might be able to catch it at the end of class. If you have any questions about whether or not this is for you, [http://chicago.trapezeschool.com/classes/trapeze.php TSNY Chicago's website] should have the answer, if not feel free to contact Rosy.

Trapeze classes are $57, last 2 hours, and are limited to 10 people. Currently TSNY Chicago hasn't release their class schedule for February -- they should be doing that around Jan. 1. If we can get enough people interested before then, we can buy out a whole class. If not it'll be first come, first serve (along with the general public).

If you're interested in signing up, feel free to add your name and contact info to the list below.

'''''Sign Up List'''''
# Jay Luker (first!)
# Bill McMillin
# Bess Sadler
# Karen Coyle
# Sibyl Schaefer
# Rosalyn Metz (because I'm organizing)
# Alicia Cozine
#
#
#

=== Game Night! ===

Moved this from idea to an actual event. Still getting some details, but here's what we know:

We have a conference room at the UIC library reserved for 7:30 on Tuesday the 11th. Not sure how late we'll play. I'll bring some board games and pick up some cards. List below were people who were interested in games and what games they are bringing.

(Note, there's also some discussion on Cards Against Humanity. I will try to make sure there's an alternative game, but I don't know if I want to prohibit any games. I would say though to remember to be respectful and curteous to those around you. I will probably be pondering this issue for a while)

This will get updated more as I have time to spend on it.

Game Night! Type of games might vary due to interest, could range from party games like Werewolf, Wits & Wagers, Telestrations, Taboo, Apples to Apples to perhaps more strategic games like De Vulgari Eloquentia or Eclipse. Jon Gorman is willing to bring some games, are you? Jon will try to send out an email soon to get some interest.
** yo_bj: I have some games I can bring as well (Kill Doctor Lucky, Fluxx, Godzilla: Stomp, Munchkin Zombies, etc.). Monday doesn't have anything major planned...
**danwho: I 'll bring the Cards Against Humanity set.
**escowles (Mon/Tue preferred): I've got lots of games I could bring like Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Age of Renaissance, Elfenland, Agricola, Le Havre, Smallworld, RoboRally, etc. etc.
**jen_young: I'm local and I have quite a few games. Just about every version of Fluxx, Bananagrams, Gloom, Munchkin Cthulu,Cards Against Humanity, Apples to Apples, Risk, Last Night on Earth, etc.)
** decasm: Interested in Go (aka igo, weiqi, baduk) anytime, not just game night. I can do Catan as well. (And as much as I love it, Cards Against Humanity is probably a violation of the new Code of Conduct.)
** csharp: I'm interested in playing games - whatever people bring. I almost always travel with a pack or two of playing cards ;-). Monday or Tuesday nights are fine.
** moneill: I would love to join in! I have a version of Catchphrase floating around somewhere, and I think I have Battleship...I need to go weed around in that drawer and see what else presents itself. Tuesday would be my preferred night, but I will make it work!
** demiankatz: I'm always up for a game. I'm hoping to travel light so probably shouldn't bring anything, but if there's a local game shop, I might be persuaded to pick up something new as a souvenir.
** sekjal: I've got [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion Dominion], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68448/7-wonders 7 Wonders], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30933/bang-the-bullet Bang!], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18333/ecofluxx EcoFluxx] and [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/116/guillotine Guillotine] that I can bring. ++ on Cards against Humanity! Prefer non-conflict with beer night.
** arty: so totally interested. Unfortunately, I have no games to contribute.
** sanderson: I would be interested. I can bring [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/478/citadels Citadels] (2-7 players)
** dvdndrsn: Definitely in! Can bring Innovation, Tichu, Dominion, but Cards Against Humanity sounds good.
** smkiewel: I'm likely to join. Can bring Arkham Horror and Munchkin.
** jkwilson: I'd like to attend Monday or Tuesday. I have a bunch of games but I'd prefer not to travel with them, and anyway it sounds like they're covered above. I'll bring the 5-6 player Catan extension.
** ejlynema: Interested, but will probably attend Newcomer dinner on Tuesday. Like Dominion and 7 Wonders, but probably don't have room to bring in suitcase. Anyone bringing Tsuro?
** save4use: Also interested, but also probably attending newcomer dinner on Tuesday. Can bring [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11/bohnanza Bohnanza] and one deck of {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_%28game%29 Set].
** dgcliff: I'd be interested. Can bring Ticket to Ride.
** mbklein: definitely interested. Will check on my (currently unpacked) games. I am dying to play Cards Against Humanity. If we can't find a way to reconcile it with the Code of Conduct, we need a different Code of Conduct.
*** Considering that this is a public event, and that no one knows everyone's sensitivity levels in the room, it might not be a good idea to break out a crass, adult version of apples to apples in the middle of the gaming room. :cP (yo_bj)
** duspal: In. My board game collection is small but mighty (Arkham Horror, Catan, Vampire: Prince of the City, Deadlands: Battle for Slaughter Gulch, Arabian Nights, Diplomacy, Shogun, and Cosmic Encounter off the top of my head, amongst a few others). Let me know ahead of time if anyone is interested, since they're all relatively big...
**librarywebchic: I'm willing to bring a set and teach folks how to play Majhong. Need at least three to play though.

== Social Map - Places of Interest==

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213549257652679418473.0004ce6c25e6cdeb0319d&msa=0

== Local Events ==
Events Listings
* Chicago Reader http://www.chicagoreader.com/
* The City of Chicago’s Events Guide: http://www.choosechicago.com/
* Metromix Chicago: http://chicago.metromix.com/events
* Timeout Chicago: http://timeoutchicago.com/

== Local Food ==
== Local Drinks ==
==Chicago Events Feb 11-14==
===Monday February 11===

Music - [http://www.hideoutchicago.com/event/208497-robbie-fulks-michael-miles-chicago/ Robbie Fulks at the Hideout]

[http://fedora4lib.org/ fedora4lib] - 7 pm to whenever

===Tuesday, February 12===
Field trip to the Read/Write Library (details to follow). 6-9 PM+
Come help catalog the Read/Write Library catalog and hack on the library catalog. We will also invite friends from Code for America to hang out and talk civic data.

Concert - [http://www.thefatbabies.com/ The Fat Babies] playing at an awesome venue, [http://greenmilljazz.com/ The Green Mill].

[http://fedora4lib.org/ fedora4lib] - 7 pm to whenever

===Wednesday, February 13===
===Thursday, February 14===
Tour of the [http://www.newberry.org/ Newberry Library] -- 3:30 p.m.
This will be a special tour for Code4Lib attendees, so please sign up below if you are interested, as I'll need to give the tour guide an estimate of how many people will come. Details on how to get to the Newberry will follow. Questions? Contact ballingerl at newberry dot org

'''''Sign Up List'''''
# Michael Doran - doran@uta.edu
# William Denton - wtd@pobox.com
# Wayne Schneider - wschneider@hclib.org
# [name] - [email address]
#

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 preconference proposals

2013-01-30T16:08:03Z

Everreau:

Please sign up to attend by January 15th. Doesn't mean you can't change your mind, but we will use the host committee will use these numbers to assign rooms.

Proposals '''now closed'''.

Spaces available: 4+ Rooms

Please follow the formatting guidelines:
<pre>
=== Talk Title ===

* Presenter/Leader, affiliation (optional), and email address (mandatory!)
* Second Presenter/Leader, affiliation, email address, if applicable

Description.
</pre>

==Full Day==

===Drupal4lib Sub-con Barcamp===

* Contact [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], cgordon@chillco.com or
* [[User:cdmo|Charlie Morris]], NCSU Libraries, cdmorris@ncsu.edu

This will be a full day of self-selected barcamp style sessions. Anyone who wants to present can write down the topic on an index card and, after the keynote, we will vote to choose what we want to see. Attendees can also pick a topic and attempt to talk someone else into presenting on it.

If we run out of topics, we will pay homage to the project by testing patches for Drupal 8. It is easy, and we will show you how to do this invaluable task.

This event is open to the library community. There is a nominal fee ($10) for non-Code4LibCon attendees.

Local Drupal uber-ninja Larry Garfield will stop by to answer questions and give us some guidance.

====I plan on attending:====

=====All Day=====
*Margaret Heller
*Mahria Lebow, mahria at uw edu
*Paula Gray-Overtoom, pgrayove at gmail.com
*Dhanushka Samarakoon, dhanu80 at g mail com
*Leo Robert Klein <del>(when he figures out what date this is)</del> - 2/11 (9a-5p)
*Sarah Shealy, sarah.shealy at gmail.com

=====Morning=====
* [[User:Kevenj|Keven Jeffery]]
* Sean Chen

=====Afternoon=====
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton.edu (afternoon only)
* Christina Salazar (afternoon only)
* Sarah Dooley (afternoon)
* Josh Wilson, joshwilsonnc at gmail (likely afternoon only)
* Ken Varnum, varnum at umich e-d-u
* Cody Hennesy, chennesy at library berkeley edu

==Half Day Morning==
=== Open space session ===

* Dan Chudnov, dchud at gwu edu

The rest of code4libcon is pretty well structured these days; come in the morning for a few hours of old-school [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_technology open space technology] unconference. Bring a rough talk or idea you want to share or questions you have or something you want to learn about or discuss with other people, and be ready to tell us about it. Use it as extra prep time for your upcoming prepared or lightning talk if you want. We'll plan the morning out a little bit at the beginning, but not too much. What we do will be up to the people there in the room.

If there's interest, we could start with a "welcome to code4lib" introductory session for newcomers.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Devon Smith
* Esmé Cowles, escowles@ucsd.edu
* Jason Casden
* Ryan Eby
* mark matienzo
* Donald Mennerich
* Patrick Berry, pberry@csuchico.edu
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen, kfc@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen mn at statsbiblioteket dot dk
* Joe Atzberger, ohiocore@gmail.com
* Shawn Carraway carraways at midlandstech dot edu

=== Delivery services ===
* Ted Lawless, Brown University Library, tlawless at brown edu.
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton edu.

Are you interested in making it easier for users to obtain copies of known items? Do you feel your OpenURL and Interlibrary Loan software could be streamlined? This pre-conference workshop will focus on providing services that deliver content to users. Discovery systems are doing a better job of exposing library holdings but there's still a lot of work to do actually get the content in the users hands.

Possible topics/activities include:
* group discussion of what some libraries have done in this area
* comparisons of different approaches to addressing delivery
* overview of tools available
* sharing of strategies and experiences
* time to work with and review open source code in this area. Some possible tools to install and test out [https://github.com/team-umlaut/umlaut Umlaut], [https://github.com/lawlesst/heroku-360link Py360 Link].

Resources and background information:
* [https://github.com/team-umlaut/umlaut/wiki/What-is-Umlaut-anyway What-is-Umlaut-anyway]
* [http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7308 Hacking 360 Link: A hybrid approach]
* [http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/108 Auto-Populating an ILL form with the Serial Solutions Link Resolver API]
* [http://lawlesst.github.com/notebook/delivery.html Focusing on Delivery]

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Ken Varnum, varnum at umich e-d-u
* Curtis Thacker
* Rosalyn Metz rosalynmetz at gmail com
* James Van Mil - james.vanmil at gmail com
* Andrew Nagy
* Ranti Junus
* Aaron Collier - acollier at csufresno edu
* Demian Katz - demian dot katz at villanova dot edu
* Jacob Andresen - jacob at reindex dot dk
* Erin White - erwhite at vcu edu
* Zeno Tajoli tajoli at cilea it
* William Hicks - William{dot}hicks{at}unt{dot}edu

=== Intro to Blacklight CANCELLED ===

PLEASE NOTE: This pre-conference has been cancelled in favor of joining forces with the RailsBridge workshop. The afternoon Blacklight session will still be offered.

=== RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails ===
* Jason Ronallo, North Carolina State University Libraries, jnronall@ncsu.edu
* Mark Bussey, Data Curation Experts (mark at curationexperts.com)
* Shaun Ellis (helper), Princeton University Library, shaune@princeton.edu
* Ross Singer, Talis, rossfsinger@gmail.com
* Adam Wead (helper), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, awead@rockhall.org
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University, bess@stanford.edu
* James Stuart
* Anyone else want to come and help folks? Contact Jason.

RailsBridge comes to code4lib! We'll follow the RailsBridge curriculum (http://railsbridge.org) to provide a gentle introduction to Ruby on Rails. Topics covered include an introduction to the Ruby language and the Rails framework. Participants will build a working Rails application.

* Note: Attendees can follow up with the Intro to Blacklight afternoon session, which will be tailored for folks new to Ruby

Location: UIC Forum

There is some pre-preconference preparation needed so that we can effectively use our time.

'''IMPORTANT''': From this point on if you sign up you '''must''' do the following in order to be prepared for the preconference workshop:
# Add your name below
# fill out the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpxd0tzU1ZscnU5QUUtd0JGUk9qQkE6MA#gid=0 experience survey]
# read [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQEvljB6MWOdxqcibYsQDVMT2hCevk7Y5cm3143_eaU/edit the emails you have missed]

'''I plan on attending:'''
# First and last name and email address
# John MacGillivray
# Jon Stroop - jstroop at princeton
# Christina Salazar - christina{dot}salazar{at}csuci{dot}edu
# Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
# Becky Yoose - b dot yoose at google overlord
# Jeremy Morse - jgmorse at umich
# Julia Bauder - julia{dot}bauder{at}gmail{dot}com
# Chung Kang
# Karen Miller - k-miller3{at}northwestern{dot}edu
# Betsy Coles - bcoles{at}caltech{dot}edu
# Jay Luker - jay{dot}luker{at}gmail{dot}com
# Santi Thompson
# Sarah Dooley - sarah{at}nclive{dot}org
# Brandon Dudley
# Ken Irwin
# Dennis Ogg - ogg{at}ucar{dot}edu
# Ian Walls - iwalls{at}library{dot}umass{dot}edu
# Steven Villereal – villereal{at}gmail{dot}com
# Hillel Arnold - hillel{dot}arnold{at}gmail{dot}com
# Josh Wilson - joshwilsonnc at gmail
# Cynthia Ng - cynthia [dot] s [dot] ng [at] gmail
# Ian Chan
# Heidi Frank - hf36{at}nyu{dot}edu
# Mark Mounts - mark{dot}mounts{at}dartmouth{dot}edu
# Bill McMillin - wmcmilli{at}pratt {dot}edu
# David Lacy - david dot lacy at villanova dot edu
# Courtney Greene - crgreene at indiana dot edu
# Laney McGlohon - lmcglohon@getty.edu
# Nancy Enneking - nenneking@getty.edu
# Jason Raitz - jcraitz at ncsu dot edu
# Nick Cappadona
# Steven Marsden - steven.marsden@ryerson.ca
# Linda Ballinger - ballingerl at newberry dot org
# Brendan Quinn - brendan-quinn at northwestern dot edu
# Michael Levy - mlevy {at}ushmm {dot}org
# Michael North (m-north at northwestern dot edu)
# Shawn Averkamp - shawnaverkamp{at}gmail{dot}com
# Allan Berry - allan{dot}berry{at}gmail{dot}com
# Cody Hennesy - chennesy at library dot berkeley dot edu
# Devin Higgins - higgi135 at msu dot edu
# Emily Zervas - emily{dot}zervas{at}gmail{dot}com
# Rob Dumas - rdumas {at} chipublib {dot} org
# Evan Boyd - eboyd /at/ ctschicago /period/ edu
# Lauren Ajamie - lauren dot ajamie at nd dot edu
# David Anderson - david dot anderson3 at nih dot gov
# David Bucknum - dabu at loc dot gov
# Dave Menninger - dave.menninger at gmail dot com
# Chris Day - cday2 at saic dot edu
# Corey Harper - corey dot harper at nyu dot edu
# Dileshni Jayasinghe - d dot jayasinghe at utoronto dot ca
# Harish Nayak - hnayak at library dot rochester dot edu
# David Cliff dgcliff@iu.edu
# Cody Hanson codyhanson@umn.edu
# Laurie Lee Moses lmoses{at}colum{dot}edu
# Sibyl Schaefer sibylschaefer at gmail dot com
# Alisak Sanavongsay asanavongsay{at}ucmerced.edu
# Wayne Schneider wschneider at hclib dot org
# Emily F. Shaw - emily-f-shaw{at}uiowa{dot}edu
# Carolyn Caizzi - carolyn{dot}caizzi {at}northwestern{dot}edu
# Julie Rudder - j-rudder at northwestern dot edu
# Matthew Butler - matthew-butler at uiowa dot edu

'''IMPORTANT''': From this point on if you sign up you '''must''' do the following in order to be prepared for the preconference workshop:
# Add your name above
# fill out the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpxd0tzU1ZscnU5QUUtd0JGUk9qQkE6MA#gid=0 experience survey]
# read [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQEvljB6MWOdxqcibYsQDVMT2hCevk7Y5cm3143_eaU/edit the emails you have missed]

===Intro to NoSQL Databases===
* Joshua Gomez, George Washington University, jngomez at gwu edu

Since Google published its paper on BigTable in 2006, alternatives to the traditional relational database model have been growing in both variety and popularity. These new databases (often referred to as NoSQL databases) excel at handling problems faced by modern information systems that the traditional relational model cannot. They are particularly popular among organizations tackling the so-called "Big Data" problems. However, there are always tradeoffs involved when making such dramatic changes. Understanding how these different kinds of databases are designed and what they can offer is essential to the decision making process. In this precon I will discuss some of the various types of new databases (key-value, columnar, document, graph) and walk through examples or exercises using some of their open source implementations like Riak, HBase, MongoDB, and Neo4j.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Esha Datta
* Trevor Thornton
* Michael Doran
* Ray Schwartz - schwartzr2@wpunj.edu
* Kevin Clarke
* Andreas Orphanides
* Tommy Ingulfsen - tommying{at}caltech{dot}edu
* Harrison Dekker
* Eric James eric dot james at yale dot edu
* Sean Crowe - sean.crowe@uc.edu
* Scott Hanrath
* Erin Fahy - erin.fahy at mtholyoke edu
* Karen Coyle - kcoyle at kcoyle.net
* Charles Draper
* David Uspal
* Shawn Kiewel - smkiewel at uga dot edu
* Stephanie Collett - stephanie dot collett at ucop dot edu
* Declan Fleming - declan at declan dot net
* David Gonzalez - d.gonzalez26 at umiami dot edu
* Jeff Peterson - gpeterso at umn dot edu
* May Chan - msuicat at gmail dot com
* Kathryn Stine - kathryn dot stine at ucop dot edu
* Tim Thompson - t.thompson5{at}miami{dot}edu
* Eben English - eenglish [at] bpl dot org
* Marisa Strong - marisa dot strong at ucop dot edu
* Michael Lindsey - mackeral at gmail dot com
* Mike Hagedon - hagedonm at u dot library dot arizona dot edu
* Scott Fisher - first/last name with dot in between at ucop dot edu
* James Griffin - griffinj at lafayette dot edu
* Jesse Brown - jfbrown78 at gmail dot com
* [[User:gdave|Dave Green]] david dot L dot green at dartmouth dot edu
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen mn at statsbiblioteket dot dk
* Mads Villadsen, mv@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Jørn Thøgersen, jt@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Julien Gibert, gibert at abes dot fr
* Lisa Gonzalez, lgonzalez@ctu.edu
* Charles Ledvina, charles@indexdata.com
* Jim LeFager, jlefager@depaul.edu
* Debbie Maron, dmaron@purdue.edu
* Carolina Garcia - cg116 nyu
* Tracy Seneca- tjseneca@uic.edu
* William Denton - wtd@pobox.com
* Andrew Darby - agdarby at miami dot edu
* Gary Maixner maixner2 at uiuc dot edu
* Jeremy Prevost
* Esther Verreau everreau skokielibrary info

==Half Day Afternoon==
=== Data Visualization Hackfest ===
* Chris Beer, cabeer at stanford.edu
* Dan Chudnov, dchud at gwu edu

* Description: Want to hack/design/plan/document on a team of people who enjoy learning by creating? Interested in data visualization? Well, this hackfest is for you. Not familiar with the concept of a hackfest? See Roy Tennant's [http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA332564.html "Where Librarians Go To Hack"] and the page for the [http://access2010.lib.umanitoba.ca/node/3.html Access 2010 Hackfest]. We propose a half-day hackfest with a focus on visualization library data -- think stuff like library catalog data, access/circulation statistics, etc. Here's how it works, roughly:
- we'll (you'll!) do lightning tutorials for some data visualization tools, toolkits (R? d3js? ?), datasets.
- we'll separate into groups and hack on stuff.
- at the end of the day, we'll present our progress.

Not a code hacker? No worries; all skill sets and backgrounds are valuable!

'''I plan on attending:'''
# Devon Smith
# Esha Datta
# Ray Schwartz - schwartzr2@wpunj.edu
# Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
# Julia Bauder - julia{dot}bauder{at}gmail{dot}com
# Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman at kumc.edu)
# Joshua Gomez
# Ayla Stein (astein at uh.edu)
# Harrison Dekker
# Ian Walls - iwalls{at}library{dot}umass{dot}edu
# Scott Hanrath
# [[User:Kevenj|Keven Jeffery]]
# James Van Mil - james.vanmil at gmail com
# Sean Crowe - sean.crowe@uc.edu
# Karen coyle - kcoyle at kcoyle.net
# David Lacy - david dot lacy at villanova dot edu
# mark matienzo
# David Uspal
# Emily Lynema - ejlynema at ncsu dot edu
# Sean Chen
# Donald Mennerich
# Allan Berry - allan{dot}berry{at}gmail{dot}com
# Declan Fleming - declan at declan dot net
# Chick Markley -- chick at qrhino dot com
# Rosalyn Metz -- rosalynmetz at gmail com
# Devin Higgins - higgi135 at msu dot edu
# Emily Zervas emily{dot}zervas{at}gmail{dot}com
# May Chan -- msuicat at gmail dot com
# Kathryn Stine - kathryn dot stine at ucop dot edu
# Tim Thompson - t.thompson5{at}miami{dot}edu
# James Griffin - griffinj at lafayette dot edu
# Dave Menninger dave.menninger at gmail dot com
# [[User:gdave|Dave Green]] david dot L dot green at dartmouth dot edu
# Rikke Willer - riwi at dtic dot dtu dot dk
# Michael Poltorak NIelsen mn at statsbiblioteket dot dk
# Mads Villadsen, mv@statsbiblioteket.dk
# Jørn Thøgersen, jt@statsbiblioteket.dk
# Joe Atzberger, ohiocore@gmail.com
# Julien Gibert, gibert at abes dot fr
# Christie Peterson - cpeterson at jhu dot edu
# Jim LeFager - jlefager@depaul.edu
# Harish Nayak - hnayak at library dot rochester dot edu
# William Denton - wtd@pobox.com
# Shawn Carraway carraways at midlandstech dot edu
# Naomi Dushay - ndushay at stanford dot edu
# William Hicks - William{dot}hicks{at}unt{dot}edu

=== Intro to Hydra ===
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (awead at rockhall.org)
* Justin Coyne, Data Curation Experts (justin.coyne at curationexperts.com)
* Mark Bussey, Data Curation Experts (mark at curationexperts.com)

Hydra (http://projecthydra.org) is a free and open source repository solution that is being used by institutions on both sides of the North Atlantic to provide access to their digital content. Hydra provides a versatile and feature rich environment for end-users and repository administrators alike. Leveraging Blacklight as its front end discovery interface, the hydra project provides a suite of software components, data models, and design patterns for building a robust and sustainable digital repository, as well as a community of support for ongoing development. This workshop will provide an introduction to the hydra project and its software components. Attendees will leave with enough knowledge to get started building their own local repository solutions. This workshop will be led by Adam Wead of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Jeremy Prevost
* Dennis Ogg - ogg{at}ucar{dot}edu
* Terry Brady
* Betsy Coles - bcoles{at}caltech{dot}edu
* Brendan Quinn - brendan-quinn at northwestern dot edu
* Shawn Kiewel - smkiewel at uga dot edu
* Steven Villereal – villereal{at}gmail{dot}com
* Ryan Eby
* Dean Farrell
* Ian Chan
* Mark Mounts - mark{dot}mounts{at}dartmouth{dot}edu
* Carl Jones
* Laney McGlohon - lmcglohon@getty.edu
* Nancy Enneking - nenneking@getty.edu
* Allan Berry - allan{dot}berry{at}gmail{dot}com
* Andrew Darby - agdarby at miami dot edu
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen - kfc@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Corey Harper - corey dot harper at nyu dot edu
* Gary Maixner - maixner2 at uiuc dot edu
* Sibyl Schaefer - sibylschaefer at gmail dot com
* Emily F. Shaw - emily-f-shaw{at}uiowa{dot}edu
* Alicia Morris - alicia.morris@tufts.edu

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Jason Ronallo, NC State (jronallo at gmail.com)
* Shaun Ellis (helper), Princeton University Library, (shaune@princeton.edu)

Blacklight (http://projectblacklight.org) is a free and open source discovery interface built on solr and ruby on rails. It is used by institutions such as Stanford University, NC State, WGBH, Johns Hopkins University, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and an ever expanding community of adopters and contributors. Blacklight can be used as a front-end discovery solution for an ILS, or the contents of a digital repository, or to provide a unified discovery solution for many siloed collections. In this workshop we will cover the basics of solr indexing and searching, setting up and customizing Blacklight, and leave time for Q&A around local issues people might encounter.

Note: this workshop will be tailored as a follow-on to the morning's RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails workshop, but everyone is welcome

'''I plan on attending:'''
* John MacGillivray
* Jon Stroop
* Jeremy Morse - jgmorse at umich
* Karen Miller - k-miller3{at}northwestern{dot}edu
* Tommy Ingulfsen - tommying{at}caltech{dot}edu
* Chung Kang
* Santi Thompson
* Brandon Dudley
* Ken Irwin
* Hillel Arnold
* Heidi Frank - hf36{at}nyu{dot}com
* Chris Sharp - csharp{at}georgialibraries{dot}org
* Bill McMillin - wmcmilli{at} pratt{dot} edu
* Jason Raitz - jcraitz at ncsu dot edu
* Linda Ballinger - ballingerl at newberry dot org
* Tim Thompson - t.thompson5{at}miami{dot}edu
* David Gonzalez - d.gonzalez26 at umiami dot edu
* Courtney Greene - crgreene at indiana dot edu
* Evan Boyd - eboyd /at/ ctschicago /period/ edu
* Lauren Ajamie - lauren dot ajamie at nd dot edu
* David Anderson - david dot anderson3 at nih dot gov
* Michael Lindsey - mackeral at gmail dot com
* David Bucknum - dabu at loc dot gov
* Scott Fisher - first/last name with dot in between at ucop dot edu
* Chris Day - cday2 at saic dot edu
* Carolina Garcia - cg116 nyu
* David Cliff dgcliff@iu.edu
* Cody Hanson codyhanson@umn.edu
* Laurie Lee Moses lmoses{at}colum{dot}edu
* Alisak Sanavongsay asanavongsay{at}ucmerced.edu
* Wayne Schneider wschneider at hclib dot org
* Carolyn Caizzi carolyn{dot}caizzi{at}northwestern{dot}edu
* Julie Rudder - j-rudder at northwestern dot edu

=== DPLA Intro/Hacking ===

* Presenter(s)/Leader(s): Nate Hill (Chattanooga Public Library, DPLA Audience and Participation Co-chair), SJ Klein (Wikimedia, OLPC, DPLA Technical Aspects Co-chair), Jeff Licht (DPLA Technical Development Project Manager)

The [http://dp.la Digital Public Library of America] (DPLA) is an open source metadata repository that provides read-only access to millions of records from across the United States via an open REST API. All API queries are returned as JSON-LD, a lightweight linked data format, and the metadata is freely reusable under a CC0 public domain license. A front-end portal is currently under development and will be launched in April 2013, though it will serve as but one way into the DPLA’s data. The DPLA encourages the development of applications and tools by developers of all skill levels and backgrounds. In this workshop, participants will actively code against the API to make apps, visualization tools, plug-ins, and other interesting tools that make use of DPLA data.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name, Affiliation
* Justin Clark, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
* Anita Patel, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
* Peter Murray, LYRASIS

'''I plan on making:'''
* App name (your name): app description

=== Fail4lib ===
* Jason Casden, NCSU Libraries (jmcasden at ncsu.edu)
* Andreas Orphanides, NCSU Libraries (akorphan at ncsu.edu)

The Code4lib community is full of driven people who embrace the risks that are often associated with new projects. While these traits lead to the incredible projects that are presented at Code4lib, creative technical work also often leads to unexpected, vexing, or disappointing results even from eventually successful projects (however you define the term). Learning more about how our colleagues deal with failure in various contexts could lead to the development of better methods for communicating the value of productive failure, modifying project plans ("The Pivot"), and failing more cheaply.

Hopefully we can define the format as a group, but a fairly high level of participation is crucial if this is to be a worthwhile preconference. Some possible agenda items that could be mixed and matched to fill the afternoon:

# Given willing presenters, a series of 10-20 minute presentations that go into some depth about specific failures.
# Depending on the number of participants, either a multi- or single-track series of unconference-like themed discussions on various aspects of failure, possibly including themes like:
#* Technical failure
#* Failure to effectively address a real user need
#* Overinvestment
#* Outreach/Promotion failure
#* Design/UX failure
#* Project team communication failure
#* Missed opportunities (risk-averse failure)
#* Successes gleaned from failures
# A panel of participants who have prepared in advance to answer moderator and audience questions about their experience with failure.
# A prepared reading assignment that we could all forget to read, creating a shared fail in order to start the preconference on the right foot.

I'll serve as a moderator (if needed) and participant and would welcome more organizers. I am happy to be outvoted by participants on any of these points--I just want to get us talking about our screw-ups, blind spots, and anvils dropping from the sky.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Becky Yoose
* Lisa Rabey
* Cynthia Ng (maybe) - cynthia [dot] s [dot] ng [at] gmail
* Patrick Berry, pberry@csuchico.edu
* Erin White, erwhite at vcu edu
* Ranti Junus, ranti.junus at gmail

=== Solr 4 In Depth ===
* Contact: Erik Hatcher (erik.hatcher at lucidworks.com)

The long awaited and much anticipated Solr 4 has been released! It's a really big deal. There are so many improvements, it makes the head spin. This session will cover the major feature improvements from Lucene's flexible indexing and scoring API up through SolrCloud in a digestable half-day format. Sounds like this is an evening thing that might happen at a bar somewhere?

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Erin Fahy - erin.fahy at mtholyoke edu
* Esmé Cowles, escowles@ucsd.edu
* Jon Stroop
* Adam Constabars
* Kevin Clarke
* Jacob Andresen (jacob at reindex dot dk)
* Ted Lawless (tlawless at brown dot edu)
* Tom Burton-West
* Curtis Thacker
* Eric James eric dot james at yale dot edu
* Bess Sadler (bess at stanford dot edu)
* Michael North
* Charles Draper
* Nick Cappadona
* Stephanie Collett - stephanie dot collett at ucop dot edu
* Kalee Sprague - kalee dot sprague at yale dot edu
* Jeff Peterson - gpeterso at umn dot edu
* Erik Hetzner
* Demian Katz - demian dot katz at villanova dot edu
* Eben English - eenglish at bpl dot org
* Raman Chandrasekar
* Jason Ronallo - jnronall@ncsu.edu
* Eric Larson - elarson@library.wisc.edu
* Mike Hagedon - hagedonm at u dot library dot arizona dot edu
* Jesse Brown - jfbrown78 at gmail dot com
* Steven Marsden - steven.marsden@ryerson.ca
* Zeno Tajoli - tajoli at cilea it
* Charles Ledvina - charles att indexdata dott com
* Tracy Seneca - tjseneca@uic.edu
* Tod Olson - tod at uchicago dot edu
* Esther Verreau - everreau skokielibrary info
[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 Code4Lib Midwest Conference

2012-05-29T16:47:31Z

Everreau: /* Registration */

==Code4Lib Midwest 2012==
* Twitter hash tag: [http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23c4lmw #c4lmw]
===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be held at [http://www.lib.msu.edu Michigan State University Libraries]
* '''When''' - Tuesday, July 24th starting at 9am-ish until Wednesday, July 25th
* '''Where''' - [http://www.lib.msu.edu/general/address-visiting.jsp Michigan State University Main Library address and parking information]
**Tuesday in the MSU Libraries North Conference room, 4th floor, west wing of Main Library - [http://img.lib.msu.edu/structure/4th-west.pdf map]
**Wednesday in the MSU Libraries Reference Instruction room, 1st floor, lobby area of Main Library - [http://img.lib.msu.edu/structure/1stflr.pdf map (in the yellow area)]
* '''Contact''' - [http://twitter.com/#!/ranti Ranti Junus] (That One) , [http://twitter.com/#!/ksattler Kelly Sattler] (Room Wrangler), [http://twitter.com/#!/aaroncollie Aaron Collie] (Social & Logistics Buff), [http://twitter.com/#!/mreidsma Mathew Reidsma] (Programming Lord)

===Logistics===
* Lodging
** We have blocked off 30 rooms for 7/23 & 7/24 at the East Lansing Marriott. These rooms are at a discounted rate, and are held on a first come first served basis. Reservations must be booked by June 23rd or the rooms will be released back to the public.
*** Use the [http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/lanea-east-lansing-marriott-at-university-place/?toDate=&groupCode=LIBLIBA&fromDate=&app=resvlink this link] to book your stay, or call and mention the event code "LIBLIBA"
*** '''NOTE:''' if you use the link, make sure to uncheck "My Dates Are Flexible"
** Here is a list of alternative hotels, with notes on distance and transportation to MSU: http://www.ctlr.msu.edu/cotravel/hotels_msulocal.aspx

* Transportation
** '''Train:''' East Lansing Train Station -- Amtrak
** '''Bus:''' East Lansing Train Station -- Greyhound
** '''Air''': Lansing Capital City Airport (LAN) is the closest airport with connections through Detroit, Chicago, Cincinatti, Minneapolis, and Atlanta. However, there are a number of airports that you can fly into to reach the East Lansing area, including:
***Lansing Capital City Airport (LAN) in Lansing, MI
***Detroit Metro International Airport (DTW) in Detroit, MI
****[http://michiganflyer.com/ The Michigan Flyer] provides bus service between the Detroit Metro International Airport and East Lansing. It drops off and picks up directly at the East Lansing Marriott.

* Entertainment
** '''Check out the Google Map for some nearby eats n' drinks: http://g.co/maps/dbnzp '''
*** Woody's Oasis -- Good Mediterranean
*** Crunchy's -- Good appetizers and microbrews
*** Beggar's -- Pub fare and a good tap
*** Stateside -- Heaping deli sandwiches
*** Five Guys -- Burgers!
*** Brueggar's -- Bagels
*** Cosi -- Decent lunch spot
*** Noodles & Company -- You guessed it.
*** Potbelly's -- Right on the corner, grab n' go sandwiches
*** Omi -- Sushi
*** Sushi ya -- More Sushi
*** Bell's Pizza -- Pizza
*** Georgio's Pizza -- More Pizza

===Programming===

Share what you are working on! We are looking for 10-15 minute lightning talks, 30-60 minute in-depth talks, and 90-minute workshops. We would also love to hear some ideas for an afternoon hackfest. Add your name and a description of your talk below to sign up, or throw out an idea for hackfest.

====Lightning Talks====
* Ken Irwin - Deluxe screen-scraping with DOM parsing

====Talks====

====Workshops====

====Hackfest ideas====

Is your library facing a problem? Bring it to the hackfest and we'll work on some solutions. Remember! Hackfest topics don't need to be technical! We can work on solutions to hack organizational or political problems, too!

===Registration===

List your name, email address, and affiliation here to register for the meeting:

*Margaret Heller, mheller@dom.edu, Dominican University
*Amy Unger, aunger@library.wisc.edu, University of Wisconsin -- Madison
*Matthew Reidsma, reidsmam@gvsu.edu, Grand Valley State University
*Francis Kayiwa, kayiwa@MyUniNext, University of Illinois at Chicago
*Ranti Junus, ranti.junus@gmail.com, Michigan State University
*Aaron Collie, collie@msu.edu, Michigan State University
*Lisa Rabey, lrabey@grcc.edu, Grand Rapids Community College
*Jim LeFager jlefager@depaul.edu, DePaul University
*Bill Dueber, dueberb@umich.edu, University of Michigan
*Kyle Felker, felkerk@gvsu.edu, Grand Valley State University
*Ken Irwin, kirwin[at]wittenberg.edu, Wittenberg University (Ohio)
*Michael North, m-northwestern.edu, Northwestern University
*M Ryan Hess, mhess8@depaul.edu, DePaul University
*Mary Morgan, morganm@gvsu.edu, Grand Valley State University
*Linda Ballinger, ballingerl at newberry.org, Newberry Library (Chicago)
*Jason Colman, taftman@umich.edu, University of Michigan
*Kelly Sattler, sattler9@msu.edu, Michigan State University
*Esther Verreau, everreau@skokielibrary.info, Skokie Public Library
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== Previous C4L Midwest Regional Meetings ==

* [[2010 (Inaugural) Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2011 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]

== Mailing list ==

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