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Code4Lib 2023 Conference Committees

2022-10-20T15:40:10Z

Helrond: Adding myself to LPC

= Code4Lib 2023 Conference Committees =

Hosting a conference is complex, and it cannot be done without the help of the entire community. If you are interested in being an awesome person and applying your skills to a particular part of the Code4Lib 2023 conference, create an account on this wiki and sign-up for one or more of the groups below (please provide a contact). Each committee must have a Primary Contact (chair), Secondary Contact (co-chair), and Documentarian (secretary). The role of the Documentarian is to transcribe key information to future conference committees, such as timelines, costs, process, etc. Feel free to improve the summary statements for each of the committees. When adding your name, please indicate 'v' if you are a veteran on the committee so that we ensure committees are not made up entirely of newbies.

We will assign a local contact (LPC) to each committee.

== Location and Dates ==

* Location: Princeton University
* Dates: March 14-17, 2023

== Local Planning Committee ==
The LPC is charged with running the show such as overall timeline, budgeting, coordinating of locations and logistics, wrangler of committees, and communicating with the community.

* Kate Lynch - (katelynch@princeton.edu) - Chair, Primary Contact
* Esmé Cowles - (escowles@princeton.edu) - Documentarian & Secondary Contact
* Greg Murray - (gregory.murray@ptsem.edu) - Tertiary Contact
* Hillel Arnold - (harnold@rockarch.org) - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Website Working Group ==
This group will focus on content strategy and feature implementations for the conference website to improve the overall experience for users (i.e., on-site and remote attendees, speakers, potential sponsors, post-conference users).

[[2023 Website Working Group Documents|2023 Website Working Group Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Kate Deibel (kndeibel@metageekery.org) - Accessibility Committee Contact
* Craig Rosenbeck (rosenbeck_craig@roberts.edu) - Volunteer
* Robert-Anthony Lee-Faison (rl3667-at-princeton-dot-edu) - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Budget and Sponsorship Committee ==
This group involves working with the Planning Committee to close any budget gaps and talking to potential sponsors to find the level that is right for them.

[[2023 Budget and Sponsorship Documents|2023 Budget and Sponsorship Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Linda Salvesen - (salvesenl@wpunj.edu) - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Keynote Committee ==
This group will: gather nominations from Code4Lib community; contact nominees to confirm their willingness and availability; collect bios from the available nominees and add them to the Diebold-o-Tron; support the voting process; work with the community's top nominees to schedule their keynotes; and collaborate with other committees and the community to ensure everything is communicated appropriately and logistical matters are given suitable attention.

[[2023 Keynote Documents|2023 Keynote Documents]]

[[2023 Keynote Speakers Nominations|2023 Keynote Speakers Nominations]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Ranti Junus - Volunteer
* Tyler N Wade-(tw8766@princeton.edu) - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Pre-conference Committee ==
This committee plans the pre or post-conference day (TBD). It keeps strong lines of communications open with the Program Committee. It also helps shepherd events on the day itself.

[[2023 Pre-conference Documents|2023 Pre-conference Documents]]

* Ann Marie Mesco - (mesco@andrew.cmu.edu) - Primary Contact, Chair
* Andrea Schurr - (Andrea-Schurr@utc.edu) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* Hardy Pottinger - (hardy.pottinger@ucop.edu) - Documentarian
* Eric Morgan <emorgan@nd.edu> - Volunteer, grip, and all-around lackey
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Program Committee ==
This committee plans the structure of the program, arranges the voting on presentations, etc. This includes soliciting regular talks. These folks will also manage the flow of the program at the conference -- introducing speakers or soliciting other volunteers to MC. Committee membership will be capped at 10 members.

[[2023 Program Documents|2023 Program Documents]]

* Matt Sherman - (matt.r.sherman-at-gmail-com) - Primary Contact, Chair
* Dre (akorphan) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* Andrew Battelini - (abattel@emory.edu)- Documentarian
* Ranti Junus (junus-at-msu-edu) - Volunteer
* Emily Boss (eboss-at-unr-edu) - Volunteer
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]] - Volunteer

== Scholarship Committee ==
This committee works with funding institutions to arrange the scholarships offered. They solicit submissions and select winners of the scholarship(s). They also work with the winners to plan their travel and arrangements.

[[2023 Scholarship Documents|2023 Scholarship Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* Bess Sadler - (bess-dot-sadler-at-princeton-dot-edu) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* Soojeong Herring - (soojeong-dot-herring-at-colostate-dot-edu) - Documentarian
* Yongming Wang - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Community Support Squad (CSS) ==
This group responds to violations and concerns regarding [https://github.com/code4lib/code-of-conduct/blob/main/code_of_conduct.md the Code4Lib code of conduct] and ensures that the event is safe and enjoyable for all attendees. More details here: https://2022.code4lib.org/conduct/#volunteers

* Coordinator: Bess Sadler - bess-dot-sadler-at-princeton-dot-edu
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== T-Shirt Committee ==
This committee organizes the t-shirt contest, collecting submissions, and putting out the call for votes. This committee is also responsible for helping the local planning committee identify a vendor that will fit within the budget constraints for the conference. User sizes and preferences will be obtained as part of the registration process.

[[2023 T-Shirt Documents|2023 T-Shirt Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Online Volunteer Committee ==

This committee wrangles people to volunteer for the following duties:

'''Looking for opportunities to help out at the conference? See [[2023 Conference Volunteers]]'''

[[2023 Online Volunteer Documents|2023 Online Volunteer Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Social Activities Committee ==

This committee organizes social activities for the conference, including the Newcomer Dinner (for in-person conferences) and other after/before conference hours activities (for in-person and virtual conferences). This committee also facilitates the process for attendee-planned social activities for virtual and in-person conferences.

2023 Social Activities Documents - Contact the Primary Contact/Chair for access to the Google Drive folder

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Streaming Video Committee ==
With the local program committee(as appropriate), organize the streaming and archiving of presentations at the conference. This could include securing A/V equipment, working with the conference venue w/r/t AV needs, choosing streaming and archiving providers, post-production editing and posting of videos, securing speaker releases for recording talks (?), and possibly running the camera during the conference.

[[2023 Streaming Video Documents|2023 Streaming Video Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* [[User:ksclarke|Kevin S. Clarke]] - Volunteer
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]] - Volunteer

== Code4Lib 2023 Host Voting Committee ==
This committee organizes the call for hosts for the next annual code4lib conference as well as the voting process.

[[2023 Host Voting Documents|2023 Host Voting Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Book Giveaway Committee ==
This committee solicits free copies of books from various publishers or free keys/copies of programs from various companies (for example, free private repo from Github or license for oXygen). They also handle the raffle at the conference (with a randomizer to do the drawing of names).

[[2023 Book Giveaway Documents|2023 Book Giveaway Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== IRC and Slack Committee ==
This committee will assist attendees with IRC and Slack.

[[2023 IRC and Slack Documents|2023 IRC and Slack Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Accessibility Committee ==
Document and address major points of the conference that are not accessible for conference attendees.

[[2023 Accessibility Documents|2023 Accessibility Documents]]

* Kate Deibel - (kndeibel@metageekery.org) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Whatever Committee ==
Not a committee per se. This is a list of people who are willing to help the above committees with various tasks.

[[2023 Whatever Documents|2023 Whatever Documents]]

* NAME - (EMAIL) - Primary Contact, Chair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Secondary Contact, CoChair
* NAME - (EMAIL) - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

[[Category:Code4Lib2023]]

2016 Lightning Talks

2016-03-14T18:46:02Z

Helrond: Adding link to slides

==Lightning Talks==
Lightning Talks presented at [http://2016.code4lib.org Code4Lib 2016] in Philadelphia, PA from March 8, 2016 - March 10, 2016.

==Tuesday 15:50 to 16:50==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJf8Ja6sPAg Recording]

# [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Xets1RZSM-7IsR31k3bsQn5wzSnQbtT0eGfe0y9-oLQ/edit#slide=id.p4 #Code4LibProgramSoWhite] - Whitni Watkins & [http://wiki.code4lib.org/2016_Conference_Committees#Program_Committee 2016 Program Committee]
# [http://hillelarnold.com/staticaid-presentation/ staticAid: a static site generator for archival description] - Hillel Arnold
# [http://subtxt.in/slides/av-access Accessible Digital Video Libraries for Humans and Machines] - Drew Gordon
# Visualizing Book Content - Greg Lindall
# So You're Going to Die :) - Angela Galvan
# You Can Participant In An OSS Project Even If You Don't Write Programs - Yuka Egusa
# XFR Collective - Lorena Ramírez-López
# [http://www.slideshare.net/bohyunkim/visualizing-library-data-59311803 Visualizing Library Data] - Boyhun Kim

==Wednesday 11:00 to 12:00==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaMuY9SeyOc&feature=youtu.be&t=2h10m20s Recording]

# Let's Get Physical - Ian Walls
# Transferring Digital Records to the Archives - Greg Wiedeman
# Instagram API Changes - Todd Stoffer
# Why Cats Prefer Boxes Over Fancy Toys - Katherine Deibel
# [http://bit.ly/1YuCok4 "xmlaminar"] - Michael Gibney
# [http://z.umn.edu/c4ldoi Resolving Metadata from DOI] - Michael Berkowski
# [http://kbeswick.github.io/quick_search_code4lib2016/ QUICKSEARCH (Now Open Source)] - Kevin Beswick
# Using Sphinx for Documentation - Dan Gillean
# GW Programming Consultations - Justin Littman
# The RMap Project - Karen Hanson

==Thursday 10:15 to 11:00==

[https://youtu.be/pSlJr8L8dpA?t=50s Recording]

# [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JbSDNvsOgTOMVPgQ7HgXSVrLj270DZlDTzFrawhubuA/edit#slide=id.g10c59995b4_0_76 Finding Aids/Digital Collections Integration] - Sean Aery
# Code4Lib Con (Staring down the barrel of a huge contract) - Chad Nelson
# GitHub as a Knowledge Base - Heidi Tebbe
# Leveraging the Public Cloud to Compliment Your ILS - Shlomo Knisbacher
# Stupid Simple JavaScript that Makes You a Hero and How to Win Friends in Libraries - Allison Jai O'Dell
# Single Sign On, Identity & System Integration - Steelsen Smith
# [https://github.com/alblaine/c4l16-lightningtalk/blob/master/slides.pdf Code+Art] - Alison Blaine
# opaquenamespace.org - Ryan Wick
# Your Metadata is What?!? - Robert Haschart
# FAUXBR, etc. in Pika - James Staub

[[Category:Code4Lib2016]]

2014 Keynote by Sumana Harihareswara

2014-04-02T18:45:44Z

Helrond: /* Blog posts */

An unofficial transcript of my 25 March 2014 keynote at the Code4Lib conference - suggested title: '''"UX Is A Social Justice Issue".''' These are the notes I spoke from, and I know I deviated in several cases with little jokes and additions; I hope to update this with the transcript after I watch the [http://youtube.com/watch?v=_8MJATYsqbY&list=PLw-ls5JXzeNZRQHi51BtyOpIAnhu_VsoR recording], or I may get [http://stenoknight.com/ captions].

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= UX Is A Social Justice Issue =

== Intro ==

Thank you so much for having me.

This community is super thoughtful and I've avidly read your posts for years; you set a high bar for insight and achievement in thinking about information, skillsharing, and service.

I work for the Wikimedia Foundation in the Engineering Community Team, and I help people integrate with our [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox API] for Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, and all our other sites, and it's really exciting to me that we're finally moving towards a service-oriented architecture and away from the SCM, Spaghetti Code Model. But I won't really be talking too much about that today. I'm happy to talk about it and I'm here for the whole conference so please do come up to me if you want to talk about it.

For a few years I've helped run internship programs that bring new people into the community of practice that is open source, and I've done my share of mentorship, and I also want to talk with people about that this week, but not right now.

And last year I took a sabbatical and I went to [http://hackerschool.com/ Hacker School], in New York City, to improve my programming skills, and I found a tremendously educational and transforming experience. And I came back to Wikimedia and decided to stop being a manager and dive into tech writing and coding instead. But that's ALSO something to talk with me about later.

And [http://jobs.wikimedia.org/ we're hiring].

But today I am following in the steps of Jeremy Prevost and [http://www.ibiblio.org/bess/?p=302 Bess Sadler] and [http://matienzo.org/blog/2013/emotion-archives-interactive-fiction-linked-data/ Mark Matienzo], among others, in their previous Code4Lib presentations and writings about emotion and design.

Now, you in this room are the experts on your pieces of software that you work on. And most of you already know if the user experience of that software isn't what you want it to be. So I want to give you some thoughts and some examples from other communities and products, about what good and bad user experience can do, and then talk about why we technologists usually don't put enough investment into user experience, and what we can do to fix that.

(And I'll be posting these talk notes, including links, to the Code4Lib wiki later today, as soon as Ryan Wick gets me a login, so you don't need to scramble to write down names and whatnot.)

== The last mile problem ==

So, we have a really big hurdle, for most services and products we make, and that is choosing to make the right things and make them usable.

I remember hearing this phrase in the 1990s, about the "last mile problem." Telecommunications companies laid down a bunch of fiber to connect one hub to another, but often the actual houses and schools and offices and shops didn't get hooked up for months or years, because it got finicky and expensive, or because companies weren't creative enough to do it well. And there are still people, in North America and in the larger world, dealing with this right now. We call this the "last mile problem," and I feel like usability is like the "last mile" problem. We have to be creative and disciplined enough to actually provide those services in a way people can use.

At least one of my friends said that's a bad metaphor, because that makes it sound like it's something to address at the end of the process. I do NOT mean we should address it AFTER we build other infrastructure, because of course we need to be thinking about design and usability right from the start, when we decide what to build. I mean that really usefully connecting with users is a hard problem of a different type than just building big pipes, and that if we don't do it we have a gap and aren't actually delivering.

Maybe another way of thinking about it is, when we're building services for people, we often have a lot more practice seeing from the computer's point of view than seeing from another person's point of view. In tech I think we understand how to build arteries better than we understand how to build capillaries.

Personally, I think capillaries are more interesting than arteries. Maybe it's just a personal temperament, but I like all the little surprising details of how people end up experiencing the ripple effects of big new systems, and how users actually interact with the user interface of a service, especially ones that we don't really think of as having a user interface. Like taxes, or healthcare, or hotels. But for all these big systems, there are little capillaries, where people exchange information or get healed or get whatever they need. And when those capillaries aren't working right, then those people just don't get what they need.

Over and over, in lots of different fields, we see that bad usability makes a '''HUGE''' difference, and that when choosing between two services, people will make very different choices depending on which service actually seems designed around the user's needs.

Earlier this month there was a conversation on MetaFilter about coffee machines, especially about those pod machines, Keurigs. And one person said, "This convenience thing is a bit overstated." And librarian Jessamyn West had a really interesting response, which I'd like to quote. She said:

: "Not that I'm not more in your camp taste-wise than the Keurig camp but I see this as a great exercise for people generally in the "other people have different priorities in life and aren't just bad versions of you" direction. Not you [personally], just the general you. I know a lot of people for whom Keurigs solve a problem and they don't mind the downsides. I respect that. I also know a lot of people who wouldn't be caught dead with one and I respect that as well.

: "I know it's tough to get your head around but the goal state for people with Keurigs is generally not to just have the best cup of coffee. It's to have a coffee solution that is easy to clean up after, or that turns itself off, or that has pre-measured sizes, or that has all the brands that people like, or that makes cocoa, or that offers holiday flavors, or that you can buy at the department store, or that is easy to clean, or that can be modified to accept change, or that you can put in a place with no running water, or that descales itself, or can be put in a place without a kitchen, or that has funky modern lines, or that can make ten cups of passable coffee in five flavors (caf and decaf) in ten minutes. These things do not solve problems for me, but they solve a problem for an awful lot of people which is why these things are so popular." http://www.metafilter.com/137379/Your-New-Coffee-Overlord#5456577

So, yes, usability makes a difference in what coffee people drink. And if you care about health, and education, and the working class, then this is actually scary, because the difference between user experience in two services is driving people to make bad choices. I want to give you a few examples.

== Examples ==

=== Banking ===

Payday lending and check cashing services have sprouted up in lots of working-class communities. And often it's just predatory or incredibly expensive, compared to traditional banking. And these services don't give people any way to save and earn interest instead of paying interest.

But Lisa J. Servon, an urban policy professor at The New School, worked in a RiteCheck for four months and found that one reason people chose RiteCheck over a traditional bank was the user experience, the hospitality people got. She wrote in The Atlantic:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/09/why-poor-choose-go-without-bank-accounts/6783/

: "The glue at RiteCheck is the customer/teller relationship. I interviewed 50 RiteCheck customers after my stint as a teller and, when I asked them why they brought their business to RiteCheck instead of the major well-known bank three blocks away, they often told me stories about the things the RiteCheck tellers did for them.....At RiteCheck, the tellers treated the customers as individuals and went the extra mile to assist them, perhaps in the same way that a neighborhood grocer might allow a trusted customer to run a monthly tab. On busy days, tellers regularly skipped lunch and coffee breaks in order to keep the wait times down. Ana Paula, our manager, often joined us at the window. The customer always came first and knew it."

Professor Servon believes that to attract these depositors, banks would need a better product -- fee and service structures that work for them.

=== Ebook lending ===

New York Public Library has been lending out ebooks for years, and New York City has a lot of people who have smartphones or dedicated ebook reading devices. I think we could expect that people who are already buying ebooks would be interested in borrowing them for free. But ebook borrowing rates at some of our libraries are just abysmal. For context, across the United States, as I understand it, for every 100 print books sold, somewhere from 30 to 80 ebooks get sold. (This is from some rough numbers that some friends and I put together and I checked with some Code4Lib folks yesterday.)

So given that New York Public Library lent out about 250,000 print books every week last year, you might hope that NYPL would be lending out, let's say, 150,000, or maybe even just a hundred thousand or fifty thousand ebooks per week. But the number is actually way lower than that: 19,000. So instead of a 3-to-2 or a 3-to-1 ratio it's more like a 13-to-1 ratio.

The reason I know about this is that New York Public Library has this division, NYPL Labs, which you might have heard of. And they have broken down the ebook borrowing experience and found that it currently takes eighteen separate steps for an NYPL user to borrow an ebook. So this spring they're starting a two-year project to take that down to three steps. That's their goal. And I would predict that this would raise ebook borrowing rates beyond this freaking 13:1 print-to-ebook ratio.

=== Wikipedia ===

At Wikimedia, our number one concern is gaining and retaining Wikipedia editors and contributors in general. If we want a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge, then we need diverse perspectives EDITING and providing that knowledge.

And we've found that sometimes little things make a big difference. Like, for a subsection of an article, the "edit" link used to be all the way at the right side of the screen. So it wasn't obvious what it was for, and in fact some users thought it was the way you edited the previous section. When we moved that link to be right next to the subsection's headline, we got a much higher clickthrough rate, consistently -- the rate more than doubled. It went up by 117 percent. And that higher volume of clicks led to 8.6 percent more edits as well. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Section_edit_modification#Overview_analysis_from_previous_test https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Change_to_section_edit_links

And I don't know whether you've ever edited Wikipedia, but on Wikipedia, we see the bounce-off effect of hitting Edit and seeing wikitext, the markup language that evolved with MediaWiki. Generally when newcomers see that, they worry that something's broken. Because when else would you see that kind of jibberish? So we've invested in making a WYSIWYG editor, the VisualEditor, and you can try it right now on English Wikipedia, if you log in and turn on Beta Features in your preferences. Our hypothesis, which we're working to prove, is that if we make the user experience better, more people, and more different kinds of people, will edit.

One last note about Wikipedia and usability: you don't have to register to read Wikipedia. It's just there, no paywall, no regwall. And there are a lot of really great open educational resources out there, OERs, that have content that readers would really find useful -- except it's behind a registration wall. And that just massively reduces how many people are going to see it.

=== Healthcare ===

OK, something a little different: let's look a little at health care. I think health care in the United States is kind of fractally broken -- like, it's broken on the macro and the micro levels, and you zoom in and you just keep finding new kinds of breakage. But you don't have to agree with me on that. Let's just look at the kind of traditional general practitioner acquisition, booking, and service. Usability is pretty poor; a lot of offices aren't open at night or on weekends, you have to call them during business hours to make an appointment, you have to book a whole appointment just to get a flu shot, and there's a long wait once you get there.

So in recent years we've seen some new startups that are usability hacks. Like ZocDoc, a website that lets you see doctors in your area who have open appointment slots this week, and lets you filter out the ones who don't take your insurance, and lets you book the appointment online. And MinuteClinics and other quick clinics at drugstores and big box stores are walk-in, low-cost ways to get quick diagnoses or shots.

But this convenience does come at a cost. Patients on ZocDoc are often just going to book with the next available doctor, and people who use MinuteClinics are skipping a longer doctor visit. So these patients maybe won't get long-term preventive care, and long-term relationships, and that might be something to consider. http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2007/01/16/0 One comparison I've heard in the library world is how ResearchGate and Academia.edu are hacks patrons use to get their needs fulfilled, which is great, except they're routing around the kind of deep and long-term research help your institutions could give them.

=== Encryption ===

OK, final example. Let's talk about privacy tools. Pretty Good Privacy, PGP - who's heard of it?

And who uses it on a regular basis?

PGP is basically the common standard for email encryption. But PGP is incredibly hard to wrap your head around, and encryption tech in general has terrrrrible usability, customer support, and localisation, and thus abysmal adoption rates. And as a result, journalists and dissidents and activists generally don't use it, even when the stakes are really high. Instead they're using Twitter and Facebook and unencrypted email, because those are just a lot easier to use. The Open Internet Tools Project's James Vasile said in his Open Source Bridge keynote last year that the privacy tech community would be better off spending the next year of our time on user experience design, localisation, and end user customer support, rather than writing new tools or features. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiHsRPd_U-0

== Why the bottleneck? ==

So these examples - banking, lending, Wikipedia, healthcare, encryption - show you how bad usability can really change what choices people make.

We in the open source community -- and code4lib is part of this -- put a lot of energy into lowering barriers to entry, like licensing and cost. And those are visible barriers that stop people from getting information. But bad usability is a barrier to entry too-- it's less visible but it's just as real.

Free access to education and free expression of political opinions and privacy from unwarranted surveillance are human rights (in the [http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml UN Declaration of Human Rights]), and even if you don't want to go that far, in general they're social justice goals that we all like. We're here because we share a vision -- less waste, more empowerment, getting knowledge into people's hands. But actually getting these benefits to our users requires that our users be able to use our software. So, in getting rid of user experience obstacles, we are working to achieve social justice goals.

OK, since it's so clear why we ought to make our products usable, why do we have this bottleneck?

It's not just that the problem's hard. We've had other hard problems -- from mainframe to web, distributed computing, localisation -- that we've done better on.

So, why?

Well, I can speak as a tech veteran.

This is where I start saying controversial things.

Let's look at what it takes to do user experience work. You have to look at your service from the point of view of someone who knows a lot less than you, and see where they're coming from. You have to imagine the reasons why they want what they want. Seeing that causation, seeing the connection between what someone's doing now and all the causation that went before it, is empathy. It's a little like reverse engineering; you're trying to unlock the DRM that's stopping them from getting what they need. Which is a really cool hack, actually.

We need to to exercise a disciplined empathy. It's an empathy that includes qualitative thinking, like interviews and watching people use stuff to see where the snags are, and quantitative thinking, like A/B testing and heatmaps.

But the tech industry is pretty crappy at empathy. And I'm speaking from my experience here - I know library tech is its own field - but in my experience of our industry, we just drop the ball on empathy and hospitality, a lot.

One reason is that our industry systematically undervalues the jobs and roles that require empathy, and has deeply gendered associations with hospitality and empathy -- they're not seen as masculine traits. And this isn't just a women versus men thing; it affects everyone. The tech industry values masculinity over femininity, meaning traits like hospitality are devalued. Those who perform or reinforce masculinity -- whether they're male or female, are privileged, and *everyone,* women and men, gets trapped in this cycle of (usually unknowingly) reinforcing all these things that say hospitality, empathy, and so on is stuff that gets you demoted down the respect ladder and the payscale ladder. And naturally, all this stuff gets smushed out of our software, because it's not just *not* incentivized, it's actually penalized.

And when the group making the software isn't very diverse, then the cycle just repeats, and gets even worse.

In general, marginalized people develop more empathy than the dominant group, because we *have to*. We have to be able to see from other people's point of view, the dominant point of view, as a matter of survival.

This is one reason diversity in a group is useful - it includes people with different perspectives, AND is likely to have more people with the ability to see from multiple perspectives. Including the users' perspectives. ''(see: http://blog.melchua.com/2013/08/20/engineering-education-discourses-on-representation-why-problematization-matters-beddoes-2011/ ; "hegemonic masculinity" as coined by coined by Raewyn Connell: Connell, R. W. (2005). Masculinities (2nd ed.). Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press; "strong objectivity" (coined by Sandra Harding) and standpoint theory, Harding, S. (1993). Rethinking standpoint epistemology: what is strong objectivity? In L. Alcoff & E. Potter (Eds.), Feminist Epistemologies (pp. 49–82). New York, NY: Routledge. Much thanks to [http://blog.melchua.com/ Mel Chua] for research on this.)''

And we need to be able to see from many different users' points of view, even when it's uncomfortable or shows us that we have failed.

== What you can do ==

This means treating customer support, those front-line desk and phone tasks, as a first-class responsibility and a source of important data. These are your bug reports. This is how you know if you aren't being as hospitable as you want to be. I heard some lore yesterday about a library that logs every time they have to say "no" to patrons, and then tries to fix it.

This means listening to designers and learning to speak their language, and it means that designers also learn how to integrate their work into the development workflow, which is happening. I recommend Crystal Beasley's blog post, "Code Talks and Designers Don't Speak the Language" http://skinnywhitegirl.com/blog/code-talks-and-designers-dont-speak-the-language/930/ , in which she says that in general, coders don't know what to expect from user experience designers, and developers don't have good judgment procedures to know whether proposed designs are correct. She says: "representing the work of a designer requires a shift in culture" which I think is totally true. Beasley also says, "The solutions to all these problems lie in communication and building a trusted relationship. It's a higher barrier for designers that takes time to overcome. I've found all of my team to be receptive when I've taken the time to explain the principles that guide my decisions." And I like that she mentions that -- I think in any negotiation, it's good to help people see the principles you're reasoning from, and the experiences you've had that led you to where you are now.

If you don't think empathy is one of your strong suits, you can change that. We all came into this community with some skills and without others; we're here at Code4Lib partly because this is a great community for learning and skill-sharing. And you can learn and exercise your empathy skills as well. If you have a sequential learning style where you prefer a structured approach, take a course in conflict resolution. If you want something more self-study, read novels and blogs written by people with lives very different from yours. And at your own institution, watch real users use your library and your library's digital services -- patrons and colleagues.

And the good news is that we have resources here! As Bess Sadler said, "at this intersection of technology and librarianship ... we need to not only bring technology skills and values to library services, we need to bring library skills and values to technology services." And I'd say that includes hospitality, and access.

U of Michigan's Library Information Technology group has a User Experience Department http://www.lib.umich.edu/library-information-technology/user-experience-department , and Suzanne Chapman there also has a really interesting blog at userslib.com .

University of Illinois's Library has a usability testing lab http://www.library.illinois.edu/sc/services/Usability_Testing/usability_testing.html -- two workstations and a room set up to conduct usability studies.

Matthew Reidsma at Grand Valley State University Libraries http://matthew.reidsrow.com/ has a "Work Notes" blog so you can see, for instance, how the GVSU Web team responded to data and anecdotes to make incremental improvements to their site. I also suggest you read his pieces "The Library with a Thousand Databases" http://matthew.reidsrow.com/articles/58 and "How We Do Usability Testing" http://matthew.reidsrow.com/articles/13 .

If you you may be interested in UserTesting.com -- it's a really quick and easy-to-use site that lets you commission a test, so testers perform tasks and record/narrate on video what they're doing. It's cheap - someone I know commissioned a test for $89 and got results in less than an hour. So if you want to start with usability testing and maybe just find glitches quickly, this is an option.

Aaron Schmidt, Amanda Etches, and Nate Hill's consultancy Influx http://weareinflux.com/ focuses on library user experience; they have a newsletter.

Within LITA, some folks have proposed a Usability Interest Group, so that's also something to look into.

== Let's go ==

So, you can see that other libraries are doing this. Sometimes we call it UI, or Human-Computer Interface, or user-centered design, or interaction design, and it intersects with product management, but it all goes to what I've been talking about. Several people on the Code4Lib list in October talked about what a huge difference a dedicated UX person or team makes. For example, Tom Cramer said, "We have been lucky to have a full time interaction designer within our library IT group for about 6 years. It makes a world of difference in the quality of our products." https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1310&L=CODE4LIB&F=&S=&P=243880

So, we have some resources that I've just mentioned, and I know I missed a lot of people and guides and groups who can help out. So someone is starting, right now, [https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1403&L=CODE4LIB&O=D&P=327030 an email thread on the code4lib list], to share usability resources. And if there's nothing at your institution right now, if you don't have what you need, then let's talk about how to hack your institution to get it. Let's talk about that this week, here in Raleigh, and on the list.

I want to thank all the people who have already talked about this with me and helped me work out the ideas in this talk:
* Coral Sheldon-Hess
* Mel Chua
* Andromeda Yelton
* Bess Sadler
* Emma Molls
* Leonard Richardson
* Jared Zimmerman
* Sky Croeser

and I want to thank all of you for the work you're going to do, hacking yourselves and your institutions to serve users better.

Better user experience is the best force multiplier we have at our command, so it's vital that we make it a first-class priority, throughout the development process. And with disciplined empathy we can do that - here at the intersection of libraries and tech, we can figure out how to scale hospitality, fix the new last mile problem, and actually achieve the social justice goals that so many of us got into this for.

- [http://www.harihareswara.net/ Sumana Harihareswara], Mar 25, 2014

= Response =

== Blog posts ==

* http://bakinglibrarian.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/code4lib-day-1/
* http://cynng.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/code4lib-2014-opening-keynote/
* http://makerbridge.si.umich.edu/blog/140331-900
* http://juniortidal.com/2014/03/code4lib-2014-an-amazing-time/
* http://duraspace.org/view-code4lib-2014
* http://rockarch.org/programs/digital/bitsandbytes/?p=1036

== Tweets ==

* [https://twitter.com/BarnardArchives/status/448884704742498304 @BarnardArchives] If you haven't yet read @brainwane's #c4l14 keynote you really should http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_Keynote_by_Sumana_Harihareswara … 1/2
** [https://twitter.com/BarnardArchives/status/448885009836171264 @BarnardArchives] "Seeing that causation, seeing the connection between what someone's doing now & all the causation that went before it, is empathy."WOAH 2/2
* [https://twitter.com/AprilMuses/status/448844978413117440 @AprilMuses] @brainwane @Nadaleen "UX Is A Social Justice Issue." This is awesome! I've been really interested in this angle of UX.
* [https://twitter.com/onelittlebecca/status/448449952310915072 ‏@onelittlebecca] Connecting w users is a hard problem. Addressing usability. #code4lib
* [https://twitter.com/onelittlebecca/status/448450163766734848 @onelittlebecca] In tech, understand how to build arteries (internal systems) as opposed to capillaries (ux) #code4lib
* [https://twitter.com/onelittlebecca/status/448451063906324480 @onelittlebecca] UX - can make or break tech. Period. End of story. #code4lib
* [https://twitter.com/macasaurus_rex/status/448453739645390848 @macasaurus_rex] Usability is important! #code4lib
* [https://twitter.com/bibliotechy/status/448454388374585344 ‏@bibliotechy] Empathy as reverse engineering. @brainwane at the #code4lib keynote. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/onelittlebecca/status/448454415746621440 @onelittlebecca] Tech industry lacks hospitality and empathy; not men v women in industry, but devalued in general. Interesting thought @brainwane #code4lib
* [https://twitter.com/web_kunoichi/status/448465191400116225 @web_kunoichi] "A dedicated user experience team or person makes a huge difference." I will have to go find that #code4lib thread! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/brainwane/status/448467397855674368 ‏@brainwane] My #c4l14 #code4lib keynote notes and script http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_Keynote_by_Sumana_Harihareswara … including links. Suggested title: "UX Is A Social Justice Issue."
* [https://twitter.com/kongtemplation/status/448818929977135105 @kongtemplation] important message, thx! MT @brainwane: My #code4lib notes and script http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_Keynote_by_Sumana_Harihareswara … Suggested title: "UX Is A Social Justice Issue."
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448448613299933185 @yo_bj] #c4l14 shout out to #libtechwomen IRC channel
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448448749048983552 @cm_harlow] #c4l14 introducing the keynote now! And she has Bay Area stand up comedy experience - ooooh (and she is a columbia alumna, represent!)
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448449228717981696 @yo_bj] #c4l14 Theme: Talking about design and emotion.
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448449344556236800 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana is hiring ;c)
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448449413514797056 @sclapp] Oh I totally get that - our keynoter purposefully went back from mgt to coding #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448449790754701312 @cm_harlow] 'the last mil problem' - laying down the wires, but actually hooking up the houses got lost in costs, details (bad metaphor?) #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/mejackreed/status/448449962612105216 @mejackreed] "Usability is like the last mile problem" @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/MrDys/status/448449923969998848 ‏@MrDys] .@brainwane's #c4l14 keynote is about UX. Bam.
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448449861034442752 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Usability is like the Last Mile problem. We need to be disciplined to make things usable and connecting to users.
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448450282213867520 @sclapp] I like that - usability is like that old "last mile problem" - so crucial, hard to do, & necessary not final phase though #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448450263066898432 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana metafilter shout out :cD
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448450128970797056 ‏@yo_bj] MT @cm_harlow: Sumana- last mile bad metaphor bc it shouldn't be saved for last stretch of work- UX should be involved whole time #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448450021017792512 ‏@cm_harlow] Sumana- last mile bad metaphor bc it shouldn't be saved for last stretch of work- user experience should be involved the whole time #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448450598523133952 @yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana Metafilter thread in question: Your New Coffee Overlord | MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/137379/Your-New-Coffee-Overlord …
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448450473054703616 ‏@sclapp] @jessamyn gets a shout out @ #c4l14!
* [https://twitter.com/helrond/status/448450444478906368 ‏@helrond] I heart me a keynote about user experience at a tech conference. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448450288362721280 ‏@cm_harlow] Sumana - in tech, we are better at building arteries than capillaries #c4l14 #unsurespelling
* [https://twitter.com/kayiwa/status/448450973674246144 @kayiwa] I so don't get usability or I've misused/misunderstood it! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/gugek/status/448450939851399169 @gugek] Speaking of k-cups: #c4l14 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/how-do-you-drm-a-thing-like-a-coffee-pod/ … from Library Link of the Day
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448450866895282176 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana UX makes people do bad choices, like payday loans. Happy to hear Sumana making those connections.
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448451657454456832 @cm_harlow] Sumana - using example of @nypl ebooks low lending rates, as compared to physical books lending rates #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448451316206305280 @sclapp] Payday lending hurts users in long-run but the ux of these places is brilliantly executed so users are loyal #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448451837193359360 @cm_harlow] Sumana- shout out to @nypl_labs about research on 19 steps required to access ebooks from nypl #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/eefahy/status/448451782730338305 ‏@eefahy] The revolution (#c4l14) will be (is currently being) televised (streamed) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8MJATYsqbY …
* [https://twitter.com/JuniorTidal/status/448451773137960960 ‏@JuniorTidal] #c4l14 It takes 18 steps to borrow an eBook? Painful UX :(
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448451701641859072 @yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana NYPL ebook lending example. Circulation numbers are pretty much crap. Why? 18 separate steps to check out an ebook.
* [https://twitter.com/phette23/status/448452195101728768 @phette23] . @brainwane: Biggest challenge for Wikimedia is gaining & retaining editors. Usability makes a difference here. Fear of wiki text. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/bohyunkim/status/448452078349074433 ‏@bohyunkim] @nypl_labs will work on reducing the current 18/19 steps of NYPL ebook lending to 3 steps for users. --- @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448452063929057281 ‏@cm_harlow] Sumana- need for diverse perspectives on usability #hellsyeah #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448452032010391552 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana Currently working on gaining, retaining Wikipedia editors. Little UX things make huge difference. Example, edit link placement
* [https://twitter.com/seanaery/status/448452267805769728 @seanaery] eBook borrowing UX stinks and it shows: NYPL print vs ebook borrowing 13:1 compared to ~3:1 sales. #c4l14 keynote.
* [https://twitter.com/kayiwa/status/448452267658989568 ‏@kayiwa] Time for me to really contribute to the (Ki)Swahili version of Wikipedia #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/oodja/status/448452293349081088 ‏@oodja] This is why for many users Step Zero is now TORRENT THAT SHIT RT @JuniorTidal: #c4l14 It takes 18 steps to borrow an eBook? Painful UX :(
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448452284176158720 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana Wiki text to a newcomer? Yeah, not going to happen. Working on a WYSIWYG editor for Wikipedia
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448452429701718016 @sclapp] Nypl's ebook #s so low (19k) when userbase is ebook-oriented. Nypl labs described the "19 steps of hell" it takes to get those ebooks #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448452325435523072 ‏@cm_harlow] Sumana- bounce off effect of newbies going to edit wiki entries, getting scared off by wiki editing code/text #wysiwyg #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448452811421122560 @sclapp] OERs so often behind paywalls that Wikipedia still more easily consumed & more popular w/students #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448452798238425088 ‏@cm_harlow] Sumana- shout out to folks doing usability hacks for health care, like zocdoc #c4l14
*[https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448452738964525056 @yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana Healthcare examples of UX fails. Startups to address issues: ZocDoc http://www.zocdoc.com/
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448452668571529216 @cm_harlow] Sumana- health care in the us is fractally broken- zoom in from big errors, find infinite smaller errors #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448453098684825600 @cm_harlow] I use zocdoc, but lack of history with chosen docs is an issue- but still, found docs open on Sunday! #c4l14 #hoorayNYC
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448453083308523520 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana Privacy UX example: How many know PGP? *lots of hands* How many use it regularly? *barely any hands*
* [https://twitter.com/bohyunkim/status/448453035342430208 ‏@bohyunkim] Usability hacks in healthcare, example - Zocdoc http://www.zocdoc.com #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/bohyunkim/status/448453571122843649 @bohyunkim] Hear hear! "Bad usability can really change the choices ppl make and is another barrier to access." -- @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/helrond/status/448453350950858752 @helrond] Feeling pretty good about all the time I've spent over the past year and a half doing user testing. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448453304075706368 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana PGP intended audience (journalists, activists) don't use it when stakes are high, end up going to unsecured lines like tweets
* [https://twitter.com/chrpr/status/448453302616092672 ‏@chrpr] Wish I was able to tweet about how incredibly awesome this keynote is... #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/web_kunoichi/status/448454005937934336 @web_kunoichi] User experience is a human rights issue. @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448453921758261248 ‏@cm_harlow] No one wants bad usability, how to fix the issues though? (Sumana gave a warning that the controversial is coming up) #c4l14 #fairwarning
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448453799049711616 ‏@sclapp] Yes indeed who IS arguing for poor usability?! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448453631394988032 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana UX = social justice
* [https://twitter.com/yawnyou/status/448453602865340416 ‏@yawnyou] "Bad usability can influence what choices people make", "bad usability is a barrier to entry" @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448454007233978368 @yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana We need to exercise a disciplined empathy.
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448454309723000833 ‏@cm_harlow] Our industry continually drop the roles that deal with empathy, gives these gendered traits (empathy not masculine) #c4l14 @brainwane
* [https://twitter.com/mberkowski/status/448454260238581760 ‏@mberkowski] The tech industry is terrible at empathy. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/emilyrnlds/status/448454238147194880 ‏@emilyrnlds] “The tech industry is pretty crappy at empathy!” @brainwane on the importance of UX at #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/phette23/status/448454216471040000 ‏@phette23] “The tech industry is pretty crappy at empathy.” @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448454191208747008 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana General tech generally devalue UX, gets tied with gender issues
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448454402551349248 @sclapp] Usability=empathy "Empathy is like reverse engineering... we need to exercise a disciplined empathy" Sumana #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/bibliotechy/status/448454388374585344 ‏@bibliotechy] Empathy as reverse engineering. @brainwane at the #code4lib keynote. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cpsarason/status/448454358628564992 ‏@cpsarason] holy crap this is an awesone keynote, thx @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448454357747793920 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana If the group making the software aren't diverse, things aren't going to change.
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448454514824478721 ‏@cm_harlow] @brainwane diversity, empathy with multiple perspectives, then gets pushed out of tech, software #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448454630276874241 @yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana We need to treat front end functions with the same status as other positions in the tech field.
* [https://twitter.com/squaredsong/status/448454665261158402 @squaredsong] "Disciplined empathy" in user design. @brainwane argues is much needed in the tech #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/phette23/status/448454834812104704 ‏@phette23] Library that logs every time they have to say “no” to a patron & work on fixing it #c4l14 I love that idea.
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448454739320389632 ‏@cm_harlow] @brainwane library logs every time someone has to say 'no', then sees how to fix that #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448454730420060161 ‏@sclapp] Sumana explained how diversity helps with empathy #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/bohyunkim/status/448454708051845120 ‏@bohyunkim] Marginal groups develop more empathy than dominant groups because they have to. Diversity IS important for UX! <- @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/web_kunoichi/status/448454956052656129 @web_kunoichi] Marginalized people have more empathy. "We have to, as a matter of survival," understand the dominant viewpoint. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/ranti/status/448454940558897152 ‏@ranti] "@yo_bj: #c4l14 Sumana We need to treat front end functions with the same status as other positions in the tech field."
* [https://twitter.com/seanaery/status/448454909705609216 ‏@seanaery] What does it take to do UX work? Empathy. Tech industry is pretty crappy at it. Diversity in a group a key factor of empathy #c4l14 keynote
* [https://twitter.com/declan/status/448454876004372480 ‏@declan Wow, such great insight on empathy and tech. Stop undervaluing the service desk! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/emilyrnlds/status/448455117529161728 @emilyrnlds] “Code talks and designers don’t speak the language” post referenced in #c4l14 keynote: http://skinnywhitegirl.com/blog/code-talks-and-designers-dont-speak-the-language/930/ …
* [https://twitter.com/web_kunoichi/status/448455104447139840 ‏@web_kunoichi] Diverse teams better at UX, because of that. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/eefahy/status/448455008078798848 ‏@eefahy] activism, social justice, UX design & emotion in tech and all in one keynote. Hell ya. #c4l14 @brainwane
* [https://twitter.com/TheRealArty/status/448455401475158016 @TheRealArty] Shoutout to @mreidsma and his work notes blog, and he does usability testing every month! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448455273490182144 ‏@sclapp] Empathy is learnable says Sumana, who then suggests things like reading novels that take others' perspectives can teach you #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/anarchivist/status/448455266195890176 ‏@anarchivist] devs, don't forget that empathy is a core engineering value -beyond ux~ http://forens.es/12u #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448455250790604800 ‏@cm_harlow] @brainwane how to learn empathy? Take a conflict resolution class, read blogs by folks w/far different lives, observe users #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cpsarason/status/448455407980535808 @cpsarason] @brainwane "customer service should be a first class citizen to help improve usability" #truefacts #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/helrond/status/448455510971252736 @helrond] The last time I heard the word "hospitality" used this often was at the Catholic Worker. #c4l14 #justsaying
* [https://twitter.com/violetailik/status/448455713158082560 @violetailik] Amazing keynote! "@eefahy: activism, social justice, UX design & emotion in tech and all in one keynote. Hell ya. #c4l14 @brainwane"
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448455695013515264 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana Lots of examples of Library UX efforts. Sumana should have list o' links later today.
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448455991815069696 ‏@cm_harlow] @brainwane code4lib email list staring a thread on usability resources - nice #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448455943639298048 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana Let's talk about hacking institutions to get UX resources!
* [https://twitter.com/bohyunkim/status/448455890682003456 ‏@bohyunkim] @brainwane just mentioned @ALA_LITA UX IG. :)) Talk to me or @web_kunoichi if u are interested! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448455888505143297 ‏@sclapp] http://Usertesting.com not overly expensive & quick; a full time ux position in lib makes a world of difference #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/JFBlase/status/448456128750702592 @JFBlase] @brainwane Having a dedicated user experience team - or even a single person - can make a world of difference in product quality. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448456111575015424 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana UX is the greatest force multiplier that we have control over.
* [https://twitter.com/c_genereux/status/448456038358847488 ‏@c_genereux] Love the #c4l14 keynote!
* [https://twitter.com/MrDys/status/448456011364712448 ‏@MrDys] Here's my plug for @eduiconf: It's #code4lib adjacent, focused on UX and has some very quality speakers/workshops. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/kayiwa/status/448456310187913217 @kayiwa] THAT! WAS! AWESOME! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/cm_harlow/status/448456288172015616 ‏@cm_harlow] @brainwane that talk was #kickass thank you!!!! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/bohyunkim/status/448456259420061696 ‏@bohyunkim] UX is the best force multiplier we have for social justice! - @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448456183897411584 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 Sumana Scale hospitality! :cD
* [https://twitter.com/cdmo/status/448456151475433472 ‏@cdmo] Empathy++ great talk from @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/sclapp/status/448456381465919488 @sclapp] How do we hack our organizations to serve users better, asks Sumana - "it's a first-class development problem" #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/yo_bj/status/448456767736143872 ‏@yo_bj] #c4l14 @brainwane started us off on a high note. Thanks again for the great talk!
* [https://twitter.com/bohyunkim/status/448456765538312192 ‏@bohyunkim] @brainwane That was an amazing keynote. Thank you so much for speaking at #c4l14.
* [https://twitter.com/seanaery/status/448456462243991552 ‏@seanaery] We need to bring library skills & values e.g. hospitality & access to IT services. UX is key. Awesome keynote by @brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/helrond/status/448457032849321985 @helrond] @barkivist yeah I want to make all the archivists everywhere watch the opening keynote from #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/jastirn/status/448457141490556928 @jastirn] "We can figure out how to scale hospitality..." partially through better, more devoted UX #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/tmasao/status/448457183341334528 @tmasao] #c4l14 オープンニングキーノートおわり。Wikimedia財団のSumana Harihareswaraから。「ユーザビリティ」をテーマに、多様性、エモーションとハックについてマシンガントークでした。。。
** (translation from Google Translate: "Last open partitioning keynote. From Sumana Harihareswara of the Wikimedia Foundation. The theme of "usability", it was nonstop talk diversity, about the hack and emotion...")
* [https://twitter.com/digibib/status/448460211666554880 @digibib] The last mile hurdle:To make the right pieces of software that are usable and connects with the user.Design for user needs!@brainwane #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/ranti/status/448461756302516224 @ranti] #c4l14 @brainwane's keynote take away: user experience, user perspective, and discipline of empathy. Thank you, Sumana! #UX
* [https://twitter.com/web_kunoichi/status/448465191400116225 @web_kunoichi] "A dedicated user experience team or person makes a huge difference." I will have to go find that #code4lib thread! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/tallgood/status/448466637662871552 @tallgood] Great presentation @brainwane #c4l14 Better u/x is the best force multiplier we have. Agreed. @ASULibraries, let's jump on this train!
* [https://twitter.com/eosadler/status/448475477842608128 ‏@eosadler] Inspiring keynote from @brainwane this morning. Great prompting to renew our efforts around usability, empathy, & social justice. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/JMarkOckerbloom/status/448476999833485313 @JMarkOckerbloom] Wikimedia's @brainwane gave the #c4l14 keynote, "User Experience is a Social Justice Issue". Her speaker notes: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_Keynote_by_Sumana_Harihareswara …
* [https://twitter.com/kvanmalssen/status/448481452930629632 ‏@kvanmalssen] Inspiring keynote on usability at #c4l14 this morning by @brainwane: notes, links, script http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_Keynote_by_Sumana_Harihareswara ….
* [https://twitter.com/chrpr/status/448487228462092288 @chrpr] Love the #c4l14 focus on UX and usability this am. Also reminded of fine line between user studies and surveillance...
* [https://twitter.com/tararobertson/status/448499720055316481 @tararobertson] #c4l14 keynote from @brainwane: Library tech drops the ball on empathy and hospitality, a lot. Make UX a priority. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_Keynote_by_Sumana_Harihareswara …
* [https://twitter.com/web_kunoichi/status/448822841300230144 ‏@web_kunoichi] "UX is a social justice issue," we agreed, right? Maybe even a human rights issue? So is website accessibility! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/phette23/status/448825222977060864 @phette23] It's so cool to see @brianwane sticking around at #c4l14, asking questions, being a part of the community. She is teh awesome.
* [https://twitter.com/ranti/status/448825442272038912 @ranti] #c4l14 Just because your site is accessible doesn't mean your site is usable by default. UX still matters.
* [https://twitter.com/kayiwa/status/448873638566309888 @kayiwa] For a keynote speaker. It is frightening how approachable @brainwane is! #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/chrpr/status/448875200697090048 @chrpr] #c4l14 @kayiwa In addition to being approachable, @brainwane also has insightful answers to challenging questions!
* [https://twitter.com/bohyunkim/status/448875910201352193 @bohyunkim] @chrpr @kayiwa Both @adainitiative & @brainwane also dropped by #libtechwomen & #code4lib IRC before the #c4l14 keynotes. Total awesomeness.
* [https://twitter.com/chrpr/status/448876747401199616 @chrpr] Listening to @eosadler always helps me better understand how to inch toward the kind of empathy @brainwane beseeched of us. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/chrpr/status/448879826620145664 @chrpr] I want to take yest's keynote, Bess' last 2 years of talks, Matienzo's lightning talk from 2013: burn to a dvd, send as a mass mail. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/toomuchjeff/status/448931729534119936 @toomuchjeff] #c4l14 My 12 yr old daughter loves coding. Shared with her the strong female participation and voice @ c4lib on way home from schol. Thanks!
* [https://twitter.com/adainitiative/status/449198138738606080 @adainitiative] Thank you to the #code4lib community for voting for keynotes from @brainwane and @adainitiative this year! We were honored #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/chrpr/status/449216164909305857 @chrpr] A huge thanks to all of #c4l14! For me, years of this conf was about being a better coder. Of late, it's been about being a better human.
* [https://twitter.com/chrpr/status/449634430156832768 @chrpr] Essay on UX, content strategy & empathy builds nicely on themes in @brainwane's #c4l14 talk: http://www.sarawb.com/2014/03/28/empathy/ … Lots of links to follow.
* [https://twitter.com/Sarah_Shealy/status/448915289485639680 @Sarah_Shealy] Loving the focus on Usability this year. #c4l14
* [https://twitter.com/phette23/status/449174785248231424 @phette23] "If we afforded greater status to writing we would get better documentation" @vaurora echoes Tuesday's keynote re devaluing design/UX #c4l14

[[Category:Code4Lib2014]]

2014 Breakout II (Wednesday)

2014-03-27T13:24:14Z

Helrond: /* AngularJS */

==UX==

''Notes by @erinrwhite again. Y'all cannot escape me''

NCSU's UX department is cross-functional and has members from across departments. Looking at creating cross-channel experiences from digital to real life. Working on consistency across experiences. Expanded on UMich's UX department to create a UX research team.

Research: the NCSU does a research project every month. NCSU is also training new library fellows to infuse User Experience work into their projects. Growing the culture of UX within the organization.

===Process===

How do you work in harmony with a dev team when sometimes the UX team can be the roadblock to development? Need to get a workflow that works so that everyone can move quickly.

UXing web pages vs. entire web applications: they're totally different experiences so need different approaches to user experience evaluation.

===Research===

Guerrilla research: go out into the public spaces of your library to test prototypes or design ideas. Make it quick. User research doesn't have to be a huge deal.

If you can't give money as remuneration, give 'em candy bars. But make the candy bars full-size, not the minis.

===Librarians are users too...right?===

How do we push back against librarians' assertions that pages/interfaces should look a certain way?

Research with users can *sometimes* help.

Need to communicate your evidence to your library. UT hired someone last year just to do IT communication (!).

Numbers don't always work. Need a visual tool if possible (i.e. a heatmap). If you can compile a video or audio of user interviews or usability testing, that can be very powerful.

===Resources===

Recommendation: 37Signals' book [https://gettingreal.37signals.com/ Getting Real] on helping choose things that are/aren't important and moving on.

===Publish your damn work!===

As a community, we need to get better about sharing our work with each other so we don't have to keep reinventing the wheel.

==Securing EZproxy==
Mag II

==Tech service==
Pine Oak

==AngularJS==
Capitol

Resources mentioned and more-or-less related to Angular:
* http://firebase.com/docs/angular/
* http://angularjs.org/
* http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2013/04/12/video-tutorial-angularjs-fundamentals-in-60-ish-minutes.aspx
* http://blog.davemo.com/
* http://mustache.github.io/
* https://egghead.io/lessons/angularjs-introduction-ui-router
* http://emberjs.com/ - okay, not angular
* http://cmaurer.github.io/angularjs-nvd3-directives/
* http://frontendmasters.com/courses/angularjs-in-depth/

==BIBFRAME 2 & Linked Data==
in Ballroom

==Unusual searches & long searches==
Willow Oak

This group met to talk about unusual searches, especially extremely long searches, copied and pasted citations, and other issues related to serving niche searches.

Some of the possible solutions include:

*Looking for DOI, ISBN or other identifiers in the query, extract these, and make the request to a service using these IDs.
*Remove extraneous characters from the beginning of a string that may indicate copied and pasted text.
*Truncate a long query at a certain character length (80 to 100?) assuming that the most useful text appears at the start of the query.
*Use a regex to identify a citation by detecting some combination of words commonly used in citations (Vol., Iss., pp.), four digit years, and other combinations of numbers.
**It would be useful to test this regex against a search corpus to check for false matches.
**Once a citation is identified either certain characters could be removed from the query or a citation parser such as the Brown's FreeCite [http://freecite.library.brown.edu/].

Other things noted:

*If you truncate a query don't truncate in the middle of a word or else recall may be worse.
*Log queries that provide zero hit as way to find types of queries that may need some post processing.
*Is there way to provide smarter, live results for libraries for thing such as library hours, similar to the way Google provides live flight tracking information directly in the results list.

==ResCarta==
We gathered in the ballroom and had an active conversation about the philosophy of keeping archives in a reduced set of file formats with standardized metadata. We reviewed directory structures and METS collection level details.
For a future reduction of coding and costs we advise the reduction of file formats (normalization) on ingestion into a structured archive.

Justin from Artefactual shared their philosophy and thoughts on use of METS collection level file contents.

Historically systems like NDNP are gate keeper validation systems and we should be building digital archive creation systems. Build to a standard under code control rather than code to check hand made datasets.

==OCLC institution RDF project==
in ballroom

== Digital Preservation ==

Cost issues, billing departments, charging grant projects one-time vs. multiple

Internal vs. external hosting

Trusted Digital Repository, TRAC, ISO standard

Geographic distribution, what does that actually mean

? who is using checksums and how often they are verifying
 UNC - make sure checksums checked every quarter, throttle/stagger checking

? Has anyone had checksum checks fail?
 only time is user error, checking wrong one, files are changed after initial checksum

video - frame-level checksum, part of ffmpeg, make frame level information and checksum that

? how much code/time is done to check on problems with checksums?
 manual vs. auto repair, prefer manual intervention

how often to check tapes, without further damaging tape

for testing, there's a tool that will flip bits
 disaster recovery testing
 hesitance to test/break files on production

ZFS, self-healing filesystem, replication (worried about replicating checksum errors)

? about viruses, malicious scripts
 UNC runs ClamAV on everything, does make sure everyone is authorized user

AV Artifact Atlas - visual glossary of damage types to a/v files

tape backup of everything can take too long to run (days)
 rely on multiple copies of objects on disk

format migrations - no one has really done it yet
 archivematica wiki is great resource

normalization on ingest
 emulation as a service - possible collaboration in community
 internet archive emulation service using javascript/jsmess

=== Major issues for Digital Preservation ===
* storage (terabytes coming in each year, no cost-effective solutions for growing needs)
* staffing (for smaller institutions)
* funding model/sustainability (some charge for services, some funding by Campus IT)
** research data, grants, data management planning tool
** how long can we offer to store files
** trying to convince Provost that library storage is like library shelf space and needs to be funded
** split funding, from graduate schools or president's office
* some work on service level agreements, tiers of service
* file retrievals may not be tracked anywhere, if so can't tell what hasn't been retrieved

NDSA Levels of Preservation - http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/activities/levels.html

2014 preconference proposals

2014-01-22T20:33:19Z

Helrond: /* Archival discovery and use */

= PROPOSALS ARE CLOSED : PLEASE DO NOT ADD NEW PRECONFERENCES TO THIS PAGE =

Proposals were accepted through December 6th, 2013.

It would be really, super duper helpful if folks who think they might want to attend a pre-conference could indicate interest by adding your name to a session below.

===Note===
Attendance at a pre-conference will require a small fee ''due at the time of conference registration".

Although this was specified in the email announcements relating to pre-conferences, it was not added to this page until December 2nd. I (Adam C.) apologize for the omission and I hope this will not cause any "sticker shock." Putting your name on this list does not incur any obligation on your part, but we'll be using it to gauge interest and work out room assignments.

Please put your pre-conference on the list in the following format:

=Code4Lib 2014 Pre-Conference Proposals=

===Drupal4lib Sub-con Barcamp===
=====Full Day=====

* Contact [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], cgordon@chillco.com

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.

This event is open to the library community. There will be a nominal fee (t/b/d) for non-Code4LibCon attendees (subject to organizer approval).

[[resources to help you learn drupal]]

====Interested in Attending:====

=====All Day=====

* Renna Tuten

=====Morning=====

* Kevin Reiss
* Charlie Morris (NCSU) - glad to see this again this year!
* Paula Gray-Overtoom
* Laurie Lee Moses

=====Afternoon=====

 

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===Open Refine Hackfest===
'''"Half-Day"'''
* Contact [[User:bibliotechy|Chad Nelson]], chadbnelson@gmail.com

[http://openrefine.org/ Open Refine] is a powerful open source tool for wrangling messy data that can also be used to help in the creation of Linked Data via the [https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/wiki/Reconciliation-Service-API Reconciliation API]. It is possible to write reconciliation services against API's, like the [http://iphylo.blogspot.com/2013/04/reconciling-author-names-using-open.html VIAF service] or, even just against local authority files for helping maintain authority control

The session would first introduce Open Refine, then walk through building a reconciliation service, and the rest of the session would be a hackfest where we build new reconciliation services for public consumption or local use.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here
<ol>
<li>Adam Constabaris
<li>Ray Schwartz
<li>Jason Stirnaman
<li>Joshua Gomez
<li>Sam Kome
<li>Mike Beccaria
<li>Angela Zoss
<li>A. Soroka
<li> Matt Zumwalt
</ol>
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===Responsive Design Hackfest===
'''"Half-Day [Afternoon]"'''
* Contact Jim Hahn, University of Illinois, jimfhahn@gmail.com
* Contact David Ward, University of Illinois, dh-ward@illinois.edu

This structured hackfest will give attendees an opportunity to explore methods to create responsive mobile apps using the Bootstrap framework [http://getbootstrap.com/]and a set of APIs for accessing library data. We will start with an API template for creating space-based mobile tools that draw from work coming out of the IMLS funded Student/Library Collaborative grant [http://www.library.illinois.edu/nlg_student_apps]. Available APIs will include a room reservation template and codebase for implementing at any campus and the set of Minrva catalog APIs generating JSONP [http://minrvaproject.org/services.php].

Hosts will give a brief report of a study on student hacking projects and interests in mobile library apps that are the basis for the templates utilized in this Hackathon. By the end of the pre-conference attendees will have a sample responsive mobile web app in Bootstrap 3 to bring back to their campus which can plug into their site-based content.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here
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=== Intro to Blacklight ===
'''"Half-Day [Morning]"'''
* Contact: Chris Beer, Stanford University, cabeer@stanford.edu
* TA: Bess Sadler, Stanford University, bess@stanford.edu

This session will be walk-through of the architecture of Blacklight, the community, and an introduction to building a Blacklight-based application. Each participant will have the opportunity to build a simple Blacklight application, and make basic customizations, while using a test-driven approach.

For more information about Blacklight see our wiki ( http://projectblacklight.org/ ) and our GitHub repo ( https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight ). We will also send out some brief instructions beforehand for those that would like to setup their environments to follow along and get Blacklight up and running on their local machines.

''Interested in Attending''

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

# Megan Kudzia
# Bret Davidson
# Coral Sheldon-Hess
# Cory Lown
# Emily Daly
# Angela Zoss
# Sean Aery
# Francis Kayiwa
# Heidi Frank
# Junior Tidal
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===Blacklight Hackfest===
'''"Half-Day [Afternoon]"'''
* Contact Chris Beer, Stanford University, cabeer@stanford.edu

This afternoon hackfest is both a follow-on to the Intro to Blacklight morning session to continue building Blacklight-based applications, and also an opportunity for existing Blacklight contributors and members of the Blacklight community to exchange common patterns and approaches into reusable gems or incorporate customizations into Blacklight itself.

For more information about Blacklight see our wiki ( http://projectblacklight.org/ ) and our GitHub repo ( https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight ).

''Interested in Attending''

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

# Shaun Ellis
# Kevin Reiss
# Megan Kudzia
# Erik Hatcher
# Emily Daly
# Laurie Lee Moses
# Francis Kayiwa

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===RailsBridge: Intro to programming in Ruby on Rails===
'''"Half-Day" [morning]'''
* Contact Justin Coyne, Data Curation Experts, justin@curationexperts.com

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! 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 Blacklight and Hydra.

''Interested in Attending''

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

1. Ayla Stein

2. Heidi Dowding

3. Caitlin Christian-Lamb

4. Scott Bacon

5. [[User:RileyChilds | Riley Childs]]

6. Carolina Garcia

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===Managing Projects: Or I'm in charge, now what? (aka PM4Lib)===
'''Full-Day'''

Contact:
* [[User:rosy1280|Rosalyn Metz]], rosalynmetz@gmail.com
* [[User:yoosebj|Becky Yoose]], yoosebec@grinnell.edu

This will be a full day session on project management. We'll cover
* '''Kicking off the Project''' -- project lifecycle, project constraints, scoping/goals, stakeholders, assessment
* '''Planning the Project''' -- project charters, work breakdown structures, responsibilities, estimating time, creating budgets
* '''Executing the Project''' -- status meeting, status reports, issue management
* '''Finishing the Project''' -- achieving the goal, post mortems, project v. product
This is a revival of rosy1280's LITA Forum Pre-Conference, but better (because iteration is good) and adapted to c4lib types.

''Interested in Attending''

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

# Robin Dean
# Erin White
# Andrew Darby
# Sam Kome
# Ryan Scherle
# Will Shaw
# Liz Milewicz
# Cynthia "Arty" Ng
# Laurie Lee Moses (if I don't do the Hackfest for Blacklight)
# Ranti Junus
# Bohyun Kim (Afternoon)

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===Fail4Lib 2014===
'''Half Day [TBD, probably afternoon]'''

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

The task of design (and the work that we do as library coders) is intimately tied to failure. Failures, both big and small, motivate us to create and improve. Failures are also occasionally the result of our work. Understanding and embracing failure, encouraging enlightened risk-taking, and seeking out opportunities to fail and learn are essential to success in our field. 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 feared.

The schedule may include the following:

* Case studies. We'll look at some classic failures from the literature: What can we learn from the mistakes of others?
* Confessionals, for those willing to share. Talk about your own experiences with rough starts, labor pains, and doomed projects in your own work: What can we learn from our own (and each others') failures?
* Group therapy. Let's talk about how to deal with risk management, failed projects, experimental endeavors, and more: How can we make ourselves, our colleagues, and our organizations more fault tolerant? How do we make sure we fail as productively as possible?

''Interested in attending''

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

#Bret Davidson
#Mike Graves
#Ray Schwartz
#Jason Stirnaman
#Julia Bauder
#Linda Ballinger
#Scott Hanrath
#Caitlin Christian-Lamb
#Ian Walls
#Scott Bacon
#mx matienzo
#Chris Sharp
#Junior Tidal
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===CLLAM @ code4lib===
'''(Computational Linguistics for Libraries, Archives and Museums)'''

'''Full Day'''

Contacts:
* Douglas W. Oard (primary), oard (at) umd.edu
* Corey Harper, corey (dot) harper (at) nyu.edu
* Robert Sanderson, azaroth42 (at) gmail.com
* Robert Warren, rwarren (at) math.carleton.ca

We will hack at the intersection of diverse content from Libraries, Archives and Museums and bleeding edge tools from computational linguistics for slicing and dicing that content. Did you just acquire the email archives of a startup company? Maybe you can automatically build an org chart. Have you got metadata in a slew of languages? Perhaps you can search it all using one query. Is name authority control for e-resources getting too costly? Let’s see if entity linking techniques can help. These are just a few teasers.

There’ll be plenty of content and tools supplied, but please bring your own [data] too -- you’ll hack with it in new ways throughout the day. We’ll get started with some lightning talks on what we’ve brought,then we’ll break up into groups to experiment and work on the ideas that appeal. Three guaranteed outcomes: you’ll walk away with new ideas, new tools, and new people you’ll have met.

''Interested in attending''

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

# Devon Smith
# Kevin S. Clarke
# Jason Stirnaman
# Joshua Gomez
# Carolina Garcia
# Tom Burton-West
# Dan Scott
# Devin Higgins
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=== GeoHydra: Managing geospatial content ===

'''Half-day [Afternoon]'''

* Contact: Darren Hardy, Stanford University, drh@stanford.edu
* Moderator: Bess Sadler, Stanford University, bess@stanford.edu

Do you have digitized maps, GIS datasets like Shapefiles, aerial photography,
etc., all of which you want to integrate into your digital repository? In this
workshop, we will discuss how Hydra can provide discovery, delivery, and
management services for geospatial assets, as well as solicit questions about
your own GIS projects. We aim to help answer the following questions you might have about putting geospatial data into your Hydra-based digital library:

* What are the types of geospatial data?
* How to dive into Hydra?
* How to model geospatial holdings with Hydra?
* How to discover and view geospatial data?
* How to build a geospatial data infrastructure?
* What are common approaches and problems?

''Interested in Attending''

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

# Esmé Cowles
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===Technology, Librarianship, and Gender: Moving the conversation forward===
'''Full Day'''

Contact: Lisa Rabey lisa @ biblyotheke dot net | [http://twitter.com/pnkrcklibrarian @pnkrcklibrarian]

'''Description'''

Librarianship is largely made up of women, yet women are significantly underrepresented in tech positions, on any level, within libraries themselves. Why? What are we doing to encourage women to become more involved in STEM within librarianship? What kind of message are we sending when library technology keynotes remain almost resolutely male? How are we changing the face of technology, not only within libraries, but with the field itself? How are we training our staff and colleagues in the areas of fairness and removal of bias? Our vendors?

Lots of tough questions.

While the conversation has been going on via various blogs and articles within the last few years, it was given a public face at [http://infotoday.com/il2013/day.asp?day=Monday#session_D105 Internet Librarian 2013] where a panel of 7 (four women, three men) gave personal experiences on the above and then opened up the conversation to the audience. As eye opening and enriching the conversation was, a 45 minute panel was not enough. One thing remains clear: We need to keep the conversation moving forward and start making some radical changes in the way we think, act, and how we need to harness this to start making real changes within librarianship itself.

Topics to include: Fairness, bias, impostor syndrome, code of conducts, sexual harassment, training opportunities, support systems, mentoring, ally support, and more

Those attending should expect: Begin with opening up the conversation of experiences and talking about what is most needed, spending remaining time putting together live, usable solutions to start implementing as well as pushing the conversation forward at local levels

''Interested in Attending''

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

=====All Day=====
1. Kate Kosturski

2. Valerie Aurora

3. Declan Fleming (I'd be good with a half day too)

4. mx matienzo (likewise ok w/ half day)

=====Morning=====
1. Shaun Ellis

2. Jason Casden

3. Bohyun Kim

=====Afternoon=====
1. Ayla Stein

2. Heidi Dowding

3. Coral Sheldon-Hess

4. Cory Lown
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===FileAnalyzer: Rapid Development of File Manipulation Tasks===
'''"Half-Day" [morning]'''
* Contact Terry Brady, twb27@georgetown.edu

The FileAnalyzer (http://georgetown-university-libraries.github.io/File-Analyzer/) is an application designed to solve a number of library automation challenges:

* validating digitized and reformatted files
* validating vendor statistics for counter compliance
* preparing collections of digital files for archiving and ingest
* manipulating ILS import and export files

The File Analyzer application was used by the US National Archives to validate 3.5 million digitized images from the 1940 Census. After implementing a customized ingest workflow within the File Analyzer, the Georgetown University Libraries was able to process an ingest backlog of over a thousand files of digital resources into DigitalGeorgetown, the Libraries’ Digital Collections and Institutional Repository platform. Georgetown is currently developing customized workflows that integrate Apache Tika, BagIt, and Marc conversion utilities.

The File Analyzer is a desktop application with a powerful framework for implementing customized file validation and transformation rules. As new rules are deployed, they are presented to users within a user interface that is easy (and powerful) to use.

The first half of this session will be targeted to potential users and developers. The second half of the session will be targeted towards developers who are interested in developing custom rules for the application.

''Session Overview''
* Overview of the application
* Running sample file tests/transformations through the application
* Compiling and building the application
* Coding a custom file processing task

''Interested in Attending''

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

#Ray Schwartz
# Michael Doran
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===Collecting social media data with Social Feed Manager===
'''Half-Day [Morning]'''

Contacts:
* Dan Chudnov, GW Libraries, dchud (at) gwu.edu
* Dan Kerchner, GW Libraries, kerchner (at) gwu.edu
* Laura Wrubel, GW Libraries, lwrubel (at) gwu.edu

Social media data is a popular material for research and a new format for building collections. What does it take to collect meaningfully from Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, Weibo, Facebook, and other sites? We will:
* Introduce options for collections, including both high- and low-end commercial offerings. Discuss what it means to collect these resources, covering boundaries, policies, and workflows required to develop a social media collection program in your institution.
* Explore the Twitter API in depth, with hands-on opportunities for those w/laptops and others who want to team up w/them
* Help you get started using the free [http://gwu-libraries.github.io/social-feed-manager Social Feed Manager] (SFM) app we're developing at GW to create your first collections. We’ll demo its use and demo a clean install (those w/environments can follow along)

''Interested in Attending''

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

# Declan Fleming
# Esmé Cowles
# Jason Stirnaman
# Ray Schwartz
# Liz Milewicz
# Ranti Junus

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=== Intro to Git ===
'''"Half-Day [tbd - probably afternoon]"'''
* Contact: Erin Fahy, Stanford University, efahy at stanford.edu
* TA: Michael Klein, Northwestern University, michael.klein at northwestern.edu

This session will cover the fundamentals of git by discussing/going through (time allowing):
* what is a distributed version control system
* what is git and github
* initializing a repo on a remote server/github
* cloning an existing repo
* creating a branch
* contributing code to a repo
* how to handle merge conflicts

''Interested in Attending''

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

# Ray Schwartz
# Sam Kome
# Paula Gray-Overtoom
# Liz Milewicz
# Michael Doran
# Caitlin Christian-Lamb
# [[User:RileyChilds|Riley Childs]]
----

=== Archival discovery and use ===
'''Full Day'''

Contacts:
* Tim Shearer, UNC Chapel Hill, tshearer at email.unc.edu,
* Will Sexton, Duke, will.sexton at duke.edu

This is a full day pre-conference about archival collections and will cover the intersections of archives, workflows, technologies, discovery, and use.

Morning agenda: focused talks around (but not limited to) issues such as:
* Crowd-sourcing description to enhance collecitons
* Linked data and authority
* Mass digitization and sustainable workflows
* Digitized objects in context (images and other objects in finding aids)
* Too many cooks in the kitchen: versioning
* Global-, intra-, and inter- discovery of archival materials via finding aids
* and more...

Afternoon agenda: Focused talks around specific tools followed by general discussion, connections, opportunities, aspirations, and planning.

Tool examples:
* Archivespace
* STEADy
* "RAMP" (Remixing Archival Metadata Project)
* OpenRefine
* Aeon

''Interested in Attending''

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

Morning:
* Julia Bauder

Afternoon:
* your name

All day:

# Josh Wilson
# Sam Kome
# Linda Ballinger
# Caitlin Christian-Lamb
# Laurie Lee Moses (seriously hard to decide here!)
# David Bass
# John Rees
# Lynn Eaton
# Hillel Arnold
----

===AV Content Slam===
'''Half-Day [morning]'''
Contacts:
* Kara Van Malssen, kara (at) avpreserve.com
* Lauren Sorenson, laurens (at) bavc.org
* Steven Villereal , villereal (at) gmail.com
A morning BarCamp/unconference for practitioners and coders who work with audiovisual content. The agenda will be attendee-driven, with a focus on sharing, synthesizing, and improving workflow strategies and documentation for software-based approaches to wrangling and providing access to audio and video content.
Possible topics of discussion might include:
* Use of format id and characterization/metadata extraction tools for AV
* Creating and using time-based metadata
* Managing (moving, fixity checking, etc) massive files (like uncompressed video)
For a better idea of the topics and concerns that have informed some past AV-themed events, check out the event wikis for [http://wiki.curatecamp.org/index.php/CURATEcamp_AVpres_2013 CURATEcamp AVpres 2013] as well as the [http://wiki.curatecamp.org/index.php/Association_of_Moving_Image_Archivists_%26_Digital_Library_Federation_Hack_Day_2013 AMIA/DLF 2013 Hack Day] .

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

# A. Soroka

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===OCLC Web Services Hackfest===

"Half-Day" [afternoon]

Contact: Shelley Hostetler, Community Manager, Developer Network hostetls[at]oclc.org

This half-day hackfest will explore some of the OCLC Developer Network web services. We will provide an overview of some of the common topics such as the general REST-based architecture for most services and how to use some new authentication clients. The group can then decide to take a deep dive into a particular API and/or write a client library for the community.

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

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===Obey the Testing Goat!: Test Driven Web Development From The Ground Up===
'''Half-Day [tbd - probably afternoon]'''
* Contact [[User:Mredar|Mark Redar]], mredar[at]gmail.com

Test driven development is a proven method for producing better quality code. But I've found it hard to follow a strict TDD methodology when starting new web projects. How do you write that first test when there is no code or web pages created yet.

In this session, we will follow the excellent book [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029533.do "Test-Driven Web Development with Python"] to create a simple web site in Django following TDD from the first character typed. Come ready to code and test. No prior knowledge of python or Django required.

By the end of this session, you should be able to [http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/ "Obey the Testing Goat"] from the start to finish for your next project.

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

# Charlie Morris (NCSU)
# Jason Stirnaman
# Joshua Gomez
# Liz Milewicz
# Scott Hanrath
# Mike Beccaria
# Sean Aery
# Carolina Garcia
# Heidi Frank
----

===Summon Hackfest and ProQuest Discovery & Management Technologies Users Group ===

Presenter: Eddie Newwirth and presenters from Summon libraries
Contact: Scott Schuetze (first DOT last @ serialssolutions. com)

The morning hackfest (10:30am-12pm) will be a great opportunity for libraries using the Summon service to share their creative customizations and code and exchange ideas about ways they can leverage the Summon API to better meet the needs of their users.

The ProQuest Discovery & Management Technologies User Group (1pm-4pm) will feature updates from product managers, presentations by several libraries sharing different aspects of their experiences with ProQuest discovery and management services, and an interactive session designed to let you share your stories and discuss ideas.

The Summon Hackfest and User Group are open to all libraries currently using ProQuest discovery and management services (Intota, Summon, Ulrich’s or the 360 suite of services), whether they are attending Code4Lib or are just in the area.

----

[[:Category:Code4Lib2014]]

Libraries Sharing Code

2013-02-18T03:16:54Z

Helrond: /* Institutions on GitHub */

A number of libraries have organizational repositories in GitHub. These can be very valuable and we attempt to collect them here.

==Institutions on GitHub==
* [https://github.com/gwu-libraries/ George Washington University Libraries]
* [https://github.com/gvsulib Grand Valley State University Libraries]
* [https://github.com/nypl/ The New York Public Library]
* [https://github.com/NYULibraries NYU Libraries]
* [https://github.com/psu-stewardship Penn State Digital Stewardship]
* [https://github.com/organizations/RockefellerArchiveCenter Rockefeller Archive Center]
* [https://github.com/adsabs/ SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System]
* [https://github.com/ucsdlib?tab=repositories UCSD Library]
* [https://github.com/ualibraries The University of Arizona Libraries]
* [https://github.com/ui-libraries University of Iowa Libraries]
* [https://github.com/ndlib University of Notre Dame] (And [https://github.com/ndlibersa the CORAL stuff])
* [https://github.com/yalemssa Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library]
* [https://github.com/yorkulibraries York University Libraries]
* [https://github.com/chattlibrary Chattanooga Public Library] (currently empty)
* [https://github.com/DarienLibrary Darien (CT) Library] (currently empty)
* [https://github.com/NCSU-Libraries NCSU Libraries] (currently empty, but see individuals below)
* [https://github.com/pulibrary Princeton University Library]

==Institutions with Non-GitHub open repositories==
* University of Florida: SobekCM software [http://sourceforge.net/directory/?q=sobekcm Sourceforge], [http://code.google.com/p/sobekcm/ Google code], [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/software UFDC institutional site]
* [http://eXtensibleCatalog.org eXtensible Catalog] repositories: [http://code.google.com/p/xcmetadataservicestoolkit/ Metadata Services Toolkit], [http://code.google.com/p/xcoaitoolkit/ OAI Toolkit], [http://code.google.com/p/xcncip2toolkit/ NCIP Toolkit] (all these on Google code), [http://drupal.org/project/xc Drupal Toolkit] (on drupal.org)

==Other Library Organizations on GitHub==
* [https://github.com/projectblacklight Project Blacklight]

==Individuals on GitHub==
* [https://github.com/jronallo Jason Ronallo] North Carolina State University
* [https://github.com/cazzerson Jason Casden] North Carolina State University

2013 social activities

2013-02-12T17:37:55Z

Helrond: /* 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.
** [[User:shawnc12|shawnc12]]: sunday/monday, either drink or flight
** wdenton: any night, either drink or flight
** beatricep: sunday/monday drink, highly susceptible to flight by peer pressure..
** ryan hess: sunday/monday drink or flight
** infosoph: sunday/monday yes/yes!!
** [[User:Pfeeley|Pfeeley]]: sunday/monday/tuesday, either drink or flight
** [[User:Ksprague|Ksprague]]: tuesday, drink or flight
** [[User:schwartzray|schwartzray]]: anything on any day
* 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 11.--Newberry Library confirmed for February 14.
* Art Institute of Chicago - Only open until 5pm, but possible for people coming in early enough on Sunday. There seems to be enough interest here to actually have a group, when and where should we meet? I added my email so that we could discuss details off the wiki.
** escowles: I'm getting in around noon on Sunday, and interested in this.
** pgrayove at gmail dot com: I'm getting in around noon on Sunday too. I'm interested.
** ranti: And I am.
** tshearerlib: Coming in at around the same time and hope to get to the museum by 1:00. Lunch first?
* 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. Target for arrival at bar: 7ish. Probably a group gathering to head north around 6:30 in hotel lobby (if you want to take the #8 Halsted bus that is).
** kayiwa
** Linda Ballinger
** Courtney Greene
** John Pillans
** +6 from NCSU incl one Bret Davidson
** Megan Kudzia
** Andrew Darby
** erinrwhite
** Will Clarke
** Cody Hanson
** Jesse Brown
** Matt Cordial +1 (my friend and I were already planning a Monday trip here)
** Ray Schwartz
** Eric Larson
** David Cliff
** Ken Irwin
** Dileshni Jayasinghe

== Planned Events ==

===Read/Write Library Field Trip, Monday 2/11===
Field trip to the [http://readwritelibrary.org/ Read/Write Library] 6:30PM-9PM

Drop in whenever during this time.

Come help catalog the Read/Write Library catalog and hack on the library catalog. We will get food or go to a nearby restaurant depending on interest. We will also invite friends from Code for America to hang out and talk civic data. Bring your laptop along if you have one.

Let us know if you are coming so we can figure out food:
* Margaret Heller
* Ranti Junus
* Wayne Schneider
* jrochkind will try to make it
* emily shaw (may be a little late)
* <strike>kenirwin - bailed on acct of pre-conf brain death</strike>
* Andromeda - yes, unless someone gets Aviary reservations
* Chris Clement - may attend
(hey, there are great bars in that neighborhood!)
* wdenton

'''Directions to the library from UIC:'''

''Bus''

Take the #8 Halsted Bus north to Chicago (Bus will say "#8 Halsted/79th North to Broadway/Waveland")
Take the #66 Chicago Bus west to California (Bus will say either "#66 Chicago west to Austin" or "#66 Chicago West to Pulaski." You can take either one because both Austin and Pulaski are further west than we are so both stop at California)
The Chicago bus stops on the west side of California, which is the side of the street we're on. On California, walk a block north to Walton.

''Train + Bus (slightly faster/more reliable, but only by about 5-10 minutes)''

Walk to the UIC/Halsted Blue Line
Take the O'Hare train (toward the Loop) and go all the way through the Loop and back west. Get off at Chicago and use the exit that says "North side of Chicago Ave" (or something similar — I don't remember exactly).
Take the #66 Chicago Bus west to California (Bus will say either "#66 Chicago west to Austin" or "#66 Chicago West to Pulaski." You can take either one because both Austin and Pulaski are further west than we are so both stop at California)
The Chicago bus stops on the west side of California, which is the side of the street we're on. On California, walk a block north to Walton.

=== 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 tech type folks
***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
* Dileshni Jayasinghe - v
* Will Clark - n
* Adam Constabaris - v
* Patrick Hogan - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[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://littlegoatchicago.com/ Little Goat]

Izard just opened a diner across the street from G&G that is walk-in only. (very good, probably a wait but they also have a bar in the back --wickr)

We'll meet in the lobby of the hotel at 6:30 and walk over. No reservations.

* Mark Matienzo (leader) - v
* Andromeda Yelton - n
* Hillel Arnold (intern) - veteran newbie
*
*
*

[http://www.haymarketbrewing.com/ Haymarket Pub & Brewery] (Pub food) - Reservations at 6:30pm. Meet in conference hotel lobby at 6:10pm

* Ryan Wick (leader) - v
* Sean Purcell - v
* Dan Fehrenbach - n
* Pierre Nault - n
* Minh-Quang Nguyen - n
* Matt Bernhardt - n
* David Gonzalez - n
* '''Capped at 7'''

[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
*Amy Deschenes - n
*Adam Strohm - n
*Jacob Reed - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[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. Its ok if you're a bit late to the lobby, we'll wait. If you have any questions email Rosalyn (Rosy) rosalynmetz at gmail dot com

* 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'''

Code4lib Chicago Celery Salt Society - [http://www.alsbeef.com/ Al's Beef]

* Jason Casden (leader) - v - No reservations. We can walk from the hotel at 7.
* Charlie Morris - n
* Cory Lown - v
* Carolina Garcia - n
* Cody Hanson - n
* Ken Varnum - v
* '''Capped at 6'''

[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)

(Since the reservation is late, does anyone want to meet for drink in the hotel bar beforehand? There's really no place to wait at the restaurant, and there's no nice bar nearby that I can recall. cm)
* Justin Coyne (reserver) - v - Reservation for Blackbird for 6 at 8:30pm (justin at curationexperts.com)
* Matt Cordial - v
* [http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/User:Camcclure Christine McClure - n]
* Devin Higgins - n (devinhiggins at gmail)
* Ken Irwin
* Tad Merchant - n (tadoneus @ gmail)
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://www.carnivalechicago.com/menu Carnivale] (Nuevo Latino)
* Nettie Lagace (oh hell, I'll host - I'll call over this afternoon(Tues)) - n/v
* Rebecca Jones - n/v
* Ben Burbridge - n
* Andrea Schurr - n/v
* Susan Price - n
*
* '''Capped at 6'''

[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...

* Andrew Nagy (leader) - v
* Virginia Schilling - n
* Jane Sandberg - n
* Richard Aroksaar - n
* Jesse Brown - n (jfbrown78 at gmail dot com)
* John Macgillivray
* Alicia Morris
* Ayla Stein - n
* Sharona Ginsberg - n
* Andrew Myers - n
* Jim LeFager - n

Giordano's Group Z (three newbies welcome to join, including folks from above if you want).
* Jonathan Rochkind (leader) -v
* rsinger -v
* ndushay -v
* -n
* -n
* -n
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

[http://www.idreamoffalafel.com/ I Dream of Falafel] (Mediterranean) -- No reservations -- this is a casual place. Supposed to be an 8 minute walk from the hotel. Let's meet at 6:20pm in the Crowne Plaza lobby. I have chin-length brown hair and probably will be holding a paper scribbled with 'falafel.'

* Emily Lynema (leader) - v
* Christie Peterson - n
* James Stuart - v
* Emily Shaw - n (emilyfshaw at gmail dot com)
* Ian Chan - n (ichan@csusm.edu)
* Zeno Tajoli - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://www.jaipurchicago.com/ Jaipur] (Indian; Reservation made for 6 at 6:30)
-- Let's meet in the crowne plaza lobby @ 6:15; it's supposed to be a 6 minute walk

* Andrew Darby (leader) - v
* Josh Wilson (joshwilsonnc at gmail) - n
* Tim Thompson - n
* Mariela Hristova - n
* ryan hess - n
* Patrick Feeley - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[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
* <del>Mark Matienzo (tweeter) - v</del> started a new newcomer dinner!
* Devon Smith (pickle eater) - repeat offender
* Chris Sharp (dead horse beater) - v
* Michael B. Klein (greeter) - v
* Bill McMillin (meeter) - n
* ONE SLOT STILL OPEN

[http://saigonsisters.tumblr.com/ Saigon Sisters] (Vietnamese) Reservation for 6:15, meet in hotel lobby
* Margaret Heller - v and leader
* Sharon Clapp - n
* Sean Crowe - n
* Meghan Finch - n
* Maccabee Levine - v
* James Griffin - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[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)

* Rachel Shaevel (herder, self-proclaimed dictator, and reservation maker) - n (we're on for 6:15!)
* Myrna E Morales (follower) - n
* Sarah Thorngate - n
* Steven Marsden - n
* David Lacy - v
* Luke Gaudreau - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

'''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.
** Let's meet in the lobby at 7p and cab over (or would people rather walk?)
* 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) lots of vegan, vegetarian, gluten free options. No reservations needed. We could meet near the convention center or Daley library around 6 and take the train together. Lots of places to get drinks afterwards.

I will wait at 5:30 at outside the UIC forum for anyone who wants to meet here. We'll pick up everyone else at Daley library at 6, then walk to the train station together.

*Annie Pho(potential leader) - n
*Lauren Magnuson - n
*Bennett Magnino - n (meeting outside the Daley library sounds good)
*Kelly Thompson - n
*Audrey Altman - n
*Mackenzie Brooks - n
*Steven Bassett - n (Can't wait! Native Foods is awesome!).
* '''Capped at 7''' Unless you can handle more folks!

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

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

[http://honkytonkbbqchicago.com/ Honky Tonk Barbeque] (BBQ) ---- I'm interested in Game Night this evening, so I'll make reservations for early dinner at lunch time (when there's some hope of the HT answering the phone). Please let me know if 6:30 is not OK. Lets leave from the UIC Library (front door) at 6:10. It's a moderate walk (a bit less than a mile) from campus; I also have a car, and can drive a couple people if you want.
*Allan Berry (leader) - n
*Jason Raitz - n
*Brian Wu - n (pwu14 at illinois dot edu)(EDIT: Plans sound good. I am also interested in game night. If somehow we don't make it, I have a 4 player game in my hotel room.)
*Gary Maixner - n
*Keith Nickum -v
*
* '''Capped at 6'''

[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
* Michael Neidhardt - n
* Rikke Willer - n
* Esme Cowles - v
* '''Capped at 6'''

=== 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/]

=== Bourbon and barbecue ===
'''When:''' Wednesday, 2/13, 7:00 PM

Friend of mine tells me his cousin manages a Chicago restaurant, Chicago q, and I should go there and tell him my friend sent me. [http://www.chicagoqrestaurant.com/menus/dinner.php Menu] keeps talking about artisanal barbecue and extensive bourbon options. DONE.

Reservation is at 7 for a party of 8. Add yourselves.

We can take the number 20 bus to the Red Line. We should plan to meet in the lobby at 6:10; that way we can work with the bus tracker and make a leisurely trip over.

* Andromeda Yelton
* Chris Day [cday2 at saic.edu]
* Abigail Goben
* Rosalyn Metz [rosalynmetz at gmail dot com]
* Dileshni Jayasinghe [d dot jayasinghe at utoronto dot ca]
* Ray Mathew
* Dre (Barbecue, yes. Bourbon... well, we'll see.) akorphan at ncsu.edu
* Sean Chen schen at law.duke.edu

=== 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
# Christie Peterson
# Andrew Pasterfield
# Virginia Schilling
# Al Cornish
# Sibyl Schaefer
# Kalee Sprague
# Luis Baquera (ready to distract everyone with his own fantastic wipeouts while Becky composes herself)
# Maccabee Levine
# Sarah Shealy (I'm pretty sure I'll fall spectacularly as well :) )
# Emily Lynema (interested!)

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

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

'''Class is full.'''

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
# Gabriel Farrell

=== Game Night! ===

See the http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_game_night page for the latest details and to sign up for individual games or add games you're willing to lead/teach!

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

Game Night! Type of games might vary due to interest and what people bring. Looks like interest right now is mostly on light to mediumish games with a dash of abstracts ;).

Rough Schedule:
* 7:30 setup
* 7:45 start playing games!
* 10:00 start winding down (don't start new games)
* 10:30 all done, turn off the lights

* I highly recommend that people walk in groups to get back to their respective lodgings. I'll ask folks still around at the end to help me clean up so we can walk back to the conference hotel*

Please bring your badge with. (You don't need to wear it on the way, but that'll help us make sure everyone in the room is supposed to be there.)

We have a conference room at the UIC library (Richard J. Daley Library MC 234, 801 S. Morgan, Chicago) reserved for 7:30 on Tuesday the 11th. I'll try to show up at the lobby and hang out there for at about 7:15. I'll be the guy with a code4lib nametag and a box of games ;). Not sure how late we'll play, it looks like the library is open till 1:00am, but I suspect I will for now put a rough ending time of 11pm.

(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 courteous to those around you. I will probably be pondering this issue for a while)

The original list of people who signed up is below.

I (Jon Gorman) will bring some board games and pick up some cards. Add your name to the list below if you're interested in attending. Also not if you can bring games. Bringing games is NOT REQUIRED. If you can bring a game you can teach, that's great and will make sure we're not just stuck playing the games I bring.

(I've added some comments to the game lists below)
* jtgorman, aka Jon Gorman: I'll bring Time's Up: Total Recall, Tsuro, Hey, That's My Fish, Hive, and some more I haven't decided on yet. (My profile over at http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ is jtgorman as well if you want to browse my games and make requests)
* 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.
** Take your pick! All good games. I'll try to finalize my list of games before Friday - JonG
*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.)
**All good games! If you don't mind bringing a box that would be awesome. I particularly like Apples to Apples, Last Night on Earth and Gloom - JonG
* 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.)
** I look forward to losing my first game of Go to you ;) - JonG
** I'd love to learn Go. <del>Perhaps after the newcomer dinner?</del> Oof... won't make for Tues. But would still be interested to learn. --ranti.
* 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!
** Don't worry too much about bringing a game if transportation is a problem. One thing I've done w/ stuff like catchphrase is not take the box but to put pieces and cards in a bag - JOn G
* 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.
** Don't worry, I think there will be plenty of games - JonG
* 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.
** Also all good games. I have 7 Wonders, but can bring some other games if you bring that. - Jon G
* arty: so totally interested. Unfortunately, I have no games to contribute.
** No prob.
* sanderson: I would be interested. I can bring [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/478/citadels Citadels] (2-7 players)
** Citadels would be awesome and means I don't have to bring it ;) - JonG
* dvdndrsn: Definitely in! Can bring Innovation, Tichu, Dominion, but Cards Against Humanity sounds good.
** I'll put in a vote for Tichu, heard good things about it - Jon G
* smkiewel: I'm likely to join. Can bring Arkham Horror and Munchkin.
** Arkham Horror seems rather bulky to travel with, but if you want to play bring it ;) - Jon G
** mbutler: If someone actually brings Arkham Horror I'd throw down. Otherwise, whateve.
* 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?
** I can bring Tsuro - Jon G
* Christie Peterson (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].
**Bohnanza and Set would be awesome - JonG
**Done! I will bring them both -- C
* 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...
** If you really want to play Cosmic Encounter, I can bring my copy (Fantasy Flight edition, 3 expansions), just let me know - JonG
*librarywebchic: I'm willing to bring a set and teach folks how to play Majhong. Need at least three to play though.
**beatricep: Uno gets no respect. ;-) @librarywebchic: I have always wanted to learn to play Majhong. If you're still bringing it, I'm in!
** Agreed, I don't know Majhong and I love learning new games. - JonG
** I actually know a few different rule sets. It's too bad I don't have a travel set or I'd bring a 2nd one -Arty
** I'm local and can bring a mahjong set. I've had no one to play with for years, so have probably forgotten how. -Linda B
* jcraitz: I'm in after the newcomer dinner. I'll bring Citadels and Bang!
**I think someone higher in the list offered to bring citadels, but won't hurt to have two copies just in case one of you don't show ;) - JonG
**Aww no. left my games at the office. Looks like I'll have to jump in someone else's game.
* julia: I'll be the freeloader who showed up and didn't bring any games.
* kenirwin: interested in attending
* sdellis: attending
* ianc: interested in attending, a little rusty but definitely up for a couple rounds of Mahjong, also want to try something new too!
* haschart: Interested in attending, if I can make it work with the newcomer dinner. Big fan of Dominion lately, but probably cannot bring it `cause the "Big Box" with the base game and two expansion sets is bigger than my suitcase. I could bring "Race for the Galaxy" if there's any interest.
* jessebrown: Interested in attending. I can bring Set and Zombie Fluxx.
* terrywbrady: I would like to attend
* dan fehrenbach (dnfehren): I would like to attend, can bring Pandemic if anyone is interested.
* dileshni: interested in attending.
* Corey Harper: definitely interested in attending if space allows.
* saverkamp: interested in attending.
* Emily Shaw: I like games.
* Alan Dyck: I play Carcassonne and Munchkin among others. I see those listed so I'm bringing a game some friends and I have been creating: Wandering Monster.
* Heidi Frank (hf36@nyu.edu) - I love card games like gin/rummy, but am open to anything.
* Sibyl Schaefer - attending, and will bring anything that fits in my carry-on
* Gary Maixner - Joining. Have a copy of Savage Worlds for roleplaying if anyone's interested.
* cpsarason - I'm up for whatever!

-- *Please, please, please, if you're signing up on this list, also sign up for a paritcular game slot to start out the evening or put your game in: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_game_night
we're having so many people sign up after Jan. 14th we're in risk of overflowing the room. (I should have put in a cap limit, but given how late I realized this, I haven't *

I have to confess, I started trying to organize what games certain people were bringing, but it got confusing fast and I don't want anyone to feel compelled to bring anything or feel bad if they can't make it. So if there is something you're dying to play, let me know and I'll try to bring it if I have it.

== Social Map - Places of Interest==

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

== Layar: augmented reality Code4Lib view of Chicago ==

There's a "Code4Lib 2013" layer in [http://www.layar.com/ Layar], an augmented reality app that runs on both Android and iOS. You can use it to scan around the city to see two kinds of things: 1) tweets using the #c4l13 or #code4lib hashtag (if the tweets are geolocated so they can be
nailed to a point) and 2) points of interest from the [https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213549257652679418473.0004ce6c25e6cdeb0319d&msa=0 shared Google Map].

To use it:

* install Layar on your phone
* run it and click to go into Geo Layers mode
* search for "code4lib 2013"
* launch the layer and look around

See Code4Lib people and events overlaid on top of Chicago, in real time! See an alternate view of the city that's all about libraries and coders!

To make your own tweets appear, use the #c4l13 hashtag and make sure the tweet is geolocated. In Twitter's client you need to do this by enabling geolocation in settings and then enabling it for each tweet.

Source code running this: [https://github.com/wdenton/laertes Laertes]. Bill Denton set it up and is very curious to find out if it's useful, so let him know if you try it out.

== 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/
* Chicago Studio Club's [http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?title=LIVE%20MUSIC%20in%20Chicagoland%20via%20Chicago%20Studio%20Club!%20&height=1000&wkst=1&hl=en&bgcolor=%2399ff99&src=info%40chicagostudioclub.net&color=%237A367A&ctz=America%2FChicago Live Music Google Calendar]

== Local Food ==
== Local Drinks ==
==Chicago Events Feb 10-14==

=== Sunday February 10===
Theater - [http://www.neofuturists.org/ Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind] "...with its ever-changing "menu," is an attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes. " 7pm.

Theater - [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chunks/Event?oid=8557720 Chunks] : Funny, Heartbreaking, Gross. 7pm & BYOB!

===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===

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

'''''Directions: '''''
The Newberry is at 60 W Walton St. It could take half an hour to get there from the conference hotel via CTA, so those of you who wish to take public transit as a group can meet me in the hotel lobby by 3:00. We will then go to the UIC-Halsted El stop (5 blocks from hotel), change trains in the Loop, then walk 3-4 blocks to the Newberry. Otherwise, plan on making your preferred way there and meet in the Newberry lobby by 3:30.

'''''Sign Up List'''''
# Michael Doran - doran@uta.edu
# William Denton - wtd@pobox.com
# Wayne Schneider - wschneider@hclib.org
# Matt Cordial - rev3lator [at] gmail.com
# ryan hess - mhess8 [at] depaul.edu
# [[User:ianc|Ian Chan]] ichan@csusm.edu
# Richard Aroksaar - richard_aroksaar@nps.gov
# [name] - [email address]
# Laurie Lee Moses - lmoses [at] colum.edu
# Ray Schwartz - schwartzr2@wpunj.edu

== Music ==

There's a [http://www.rdio.com/people/wdenton/playlists/2229053/Code4Lib_2013_in_Chicago/ Code4Lib 2013 in Chicago] collaborative playlist on Rdio. If you're a subscriber, have a look, and add something you think everyone would like to hear or use as their personal soundtrack while they're hacking and exploring Chicago.

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 preconference proposals

2013-01-06T17:00:18Z

Helrond: /* RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails */

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.

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

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

=====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
* Jason Casden
* Ryan Eby
* mark matienzo

=== 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:
* panel 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
* Ayla Stein
* Curtis Thacker
* Rosalyn Metz
* James Van Mil
* Andrew Nagy

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Justin Coyne, MediaShelf (justin.coyne at yourmediashelf.com)

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, University of Virginia, 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 can be a standalone intro, or attendees can follow up with the intro to hydra workshop in the afternoon.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Linda Ballinger
* Terry Brady
* Shawn Kiewel
* Dean Farrell
* Michael North
* Carl Jones
* Laney McGlohon

=== 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
* 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, the Rails framework, and version control with git. Participants will build a working Rails application.

There will be some pre-preconference preparation needed so that we can effectively use our time. Details to come.

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

'''I plan on attending:'''
# First and last name
# 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
# 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
# Ian Walls
# Steven Villereal
# Hillel Arnold - hillel{dot}arnold{at}gmail{dot}com
# Josh Wilson - joshwilsonnc at gmail
# Cynthia Ng
# Ian Chan
# Heidi Frank - hf36{at}nyu{dot}edu
# Mark Mounts
# Bill McMillin - wmcmilli{at}pratt {dot}edu
# David Lacy
# Courtney Greene - crgreene at indiana dot edu

===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, CouchDB, and Neo4j.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Erin Fahy
* Esha Datta
* Trevor Thornton
* Michael Doran
* Ray Schwartz
* Kevin Clarke
* Andreas Orphanides
* Tommy Ingulfsen
* Harrison Dekker
* Eric James
* Sean Crowe
* Scott Hanrath
* Karen Coyle
* Charles Draper
* David Uspal

==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
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Julia Bauder
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman at kumc.edu)
* Joshua Gomez
* Ayla Stein
* Harrison Dekker
* Ian Walls
* Scott Hanrath
* [[User:Kevenj|Keven Jeffery]]
* James Van Mil
* Sean Crowe
* Karen coyle
* David Lacy
* mark matienzo
* David Uspal

=== 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
* Linda Ballinger
* Terry Brady
* Betsy Coles
* Brendan Quinn
* Shawn Kiewel
* Steven Villereal
* Ryan Eby
* Dean Farrell
* Ian Chan
* Mark Mounts
* Carl Jones
* Laney McGlohon
* First and last name

=== 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
* Karen Miller
* Tommy Ingulfsen
* Chung Kang
* Santi Thompson
* Brandon Dudley
* Ken Irwin
* Brendan Quinn
* Hillel Arnold
* Heidi Frank - hf36{at}nyu{dot}com
* Chris Sharp - csharp{at}georgialibraries{dot}org
* Bill McMillin - wmcmilli{at} pratt{dot} edu

=== DPLA Intro/Hacking ===

* Presenter(s)/Leader(s): TBD
* Guy Who'd Be Interested in Helping: Jay Luker, Smithsonian Astrophysics Data System (jluker at cfa.harvard.edu)

This is a stub proposal entered solely to beat the submission deadline. I think there's be sufficient interest in this session, but only thought of it yesterday and haven't had time to coordinate with actual DPLA'ers and confirm that any of them are definitely coming.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name

=== 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

=== 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
* Esmé Cowles
* Jon Stroop
* Adam Constabars
* Kevin Clarke
* Jacob Andresen
* Ted Lawless
* Jay Luker
* Tom Burton-West
* Curtis Thacker
* Eric James
* Bess Sadler
* Michael North
* Charles Draper

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 preconference proposals

2012-12-14T04:12:59Z

Helrond: /* Intro to Blacklight */

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.

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

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

=====All Day=====
*

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

=====Afternoon=====
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton.edu (afternoon only)
* Christina Salazar (afternoon only)
* Sarah Dooley (afternoon)

==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
* First and last name
* Esmé Cowles
* Jason Casden

=== 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:
* panel 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
* Ayla Stein
* Curtis Thacker
* Rosalyn Metz

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Justin Coyne, MediaShelf (justin.coyne at yourmediashelf.com)

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, University of Virginia, 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 can be a standalone intro, or attendees can follow up with the intro to hydra workshop in the afternoon.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Linda Ballinger
* Terry Brady
* Shawn Kiewel
* First and last name

=== 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
* 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, the Rails framework, and version control with git. Participants will build a working Rails application.

There will be some pre-preconference preparation needed so that we can effectively use our time. Details to come.

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

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Jon Stroop
* Christina Salazar
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Becky Yoose
* Jeremy Morse
* Julia Bauder
* Chung Kang
* Karen Miller
* Betsy Coles
* Jay Luker
* Santi Thompson
* Sarah Dooley
* Brandon Dudley
* Ken Irwin
* Dennis Ogg
* Ian Walls
* Steven Villereal
* Hillel Arnold

===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, CouchDB, and Neo4j.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Esha Datta
* Trevor Thornton
* Michael Doran
* Ray Schwartz
* Kevin Clarke
* Andreas Orphanides
* Tommy Ingulfsen
* Harrison Dekker
* Eric James

==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:'''
* First and last name
* Devon Smith
* Esha Datta
* Ray Schwartz
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Julia Bauder
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman at kumc.edu)
* Joshua Gomez
* Ayla Stein
* Harrison Dekker
* Ian Walls
* [[User:Kevenj|Keven Jeffery]]

=== Intro to Hydra ===
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (awead at rockhall.org)
* Mike Giarlo, Penn State Information Technology Services (michael at psu.edu)
* 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
* Linda Ballinger
* Terry Brady
* Betsy Coles
* Brendan Quinn
* Shawn Kiewel
* Steven Villereal
* First and last name

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Justin Coyne, MediaShelf (justin.coyne at yourmediashelf.com)
* 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:'''
* First and last name
* Jon Stroop
* Jeremy Morse
* Karen Miller
* Tommy Ingulfsen
* Chung Kang
* Santi Thompson
* Brandon Dudley
* Ken Irwin
* Brendan Quinn
* Hillel Arnold

=== DPLA Intro/Hacking ===

* Presenter(s)/Leader(s): TBD
* Guy Who'd Be Interested in Helping: Jay Luker, Smithsonian Astrophysics Data System (jluker at cfa.harvard.edu)

This is a stub proposal entered solely to beat the submission deadline. I think there's be sufficient interest in this session, but only thought of it yesterday and haven't had time to coordinate with actual DPLA'ers and confirm that any of them are definitely coming.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name

=== 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:'''
* First and last name
* Becky Yoose
* Lisa Rabey

=== 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
* Esmé Cowles
* Jon Stroop
* Adam Constabars
* Kevin Clarke
* Jacob Andresen
* Ted Lawless
* Jay Luker
* Tom Burton-West
* Curtis Thacker
* Eric James
* Bess Sadler

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 preconference proposals

2012-12-14T04:12:23Z

Helrond: /* RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails */

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.

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

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

=====All Day=====
*

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

=====Afternoon=====
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton.edu (afternoon only)
* Christina Salazar (afternoon only)
* Sarah Dooley (afternoon)

==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
* First and last name
* Esmé Cowles
* Jason Casden

=== 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:
* panel 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
* Ayla Stein
* Curtis Thacker
* Rosalyn Metz

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Justin Coyne, MediaShelf (justin.coyne at yourmediashelf.com)

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, University of Virginia, 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 can be a standalone intro, or attendees can follow up with the intro to hydra workshop in the afternoon.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Linda Ballinger
* Terry Brady
* Shawn Kiewel
* First and last name

=== 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
* 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, the Rails framework, and version control with git. Participants will build a working Rails application.

There will be some pre-preconference preparation needed so that we can effectively use our time. Details to come.

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

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Jon Stroop
* Christina Salazar
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Becky Yoose
* Jeremy Morse
* Julia Bauder
* Chung Kang
* Karen Miller
* Betsy Coles
* Jay Luker
* Santi Thompson
* Sarah Dooley
* Brandon Dudley
* Ken Irwin
* Dennis Ogg
* Ian Walls
* Steven Villereal
* Hillel Arnold

===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, CouchDB, and Neo4j.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Esha Datta
* Trevor Thornton
* Michael Doran
* Ray Schwartz
* Kevin Clarke
* Andreas Orphanides
* Tommy Ingulfsen
* Harrison Dekker
* Eric James

==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:'''
* First and last name
* Devon Smith
* Esha Datta
* Ray Schwartz
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Julia Bauder
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman at kumc.edu)
* Joshua Gomez
* Ayla Stein
* Harrison Dekker
* Ian Walls
* [[User:Kevenj|Keven Jeffery]]

=== Intro to Hydra ===
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (awead at rockhall.org)
* Mike Giarlo, Penn State Information Technology Services (michael at psu.edu)
* 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
* Linda Ballinger
* Terry Brady
* Betsy Coles
* Brendan Quinn
* Shawn Kiewel
* Steven Villereal
* First and last name

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Justin Coyne, MediaShelf (justin.coyne at yourmediashelf.com)
* 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:'''
* First and last name
* Jon Stroop
* Jeremy Morse
* Karen Miller
* Tommy Ingulfsen
* Chung Kang
* Santi Thompson
* Brandon Dudley
* Ken Irwin
* Brendan Quinn

=== DPLA Intro/Hacking ===

* Presenter(s)/Leader(s): TBD
* Guy Who'd Be Interested in Helping: Jay Luker, Smithsonian Astrophysics Data System (jluker at cfa.harvard.edu)

This is a stub proposal entered solely to beat the submission deadline. I think there's be sufficient interest in this session, but only thought of it yesterday and haven't had time to coordinate with actual DPLA'ers and confirm that any of them are definitely coming.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name

=== 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:'''
* First and last name
* Becky Yoose
* Lisa Rabey

=== 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
* Esmé Cowles
* Jon Stroop
* Adam Constabars
* Kevin Clarke
* Jacob Andresen
* Ted Lawless
* Jay Luker
* Tom Burton-West
* Curtis Thacker
* Eric James
* Bess Sadler

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2012 c4l2012 social activities

2012-02-08T21:01:17Z

Helrond: /* Planned events */

==Ideas==
* Woodinville distillery tour
** +1
* Seattle distillery tour
* Favorite local breweries
* Favorite local tea houses
* Favorite local used bookstores
* Visit hackerspace
** +1

==Planned events==

===Pre-Newcomer + Veterans dinner /drink-up Monday===
Early in town for pre-conference?
First time at code4lib?
Don't know anyone at code4lib?
Join fellow c4l newbies + 2nd + 3rd timers + veterans.
You will gain a bunch of new/veteran code4libbers in one night!
Sign up below (NO CAP). You can show up only for dinner or drinks or both!

But put your name so that we have a rough idea about the number of ppl who will show up =)

'''Plans'''
* When: Monday evening (2/6)
* For Dinner: Meet at 6PM (ish)at the hotel lobby
* For Drinks: show up at Hideout between 8 -10 PM for local art, fancy cocktails, or Belgian beer
* For Hospitality suite intro chat/hangout: show up at 10 PM - midnight? at hospitality suite

Dinner: [http://www.yelp.com/biz/kastoori-grill-seattle Kastoori Grill -Indian & Himalayan/Nepalese/Tibetan (vegetarian-friendly)]
0.8 miles 15 min. walk
* Bohyun Kim - n/v (2nd-timer) (leader)
* Jason Clark - n/v leader
* Margaret Heller
* Sarah Johnston - n
* Andrea Schurr - n/v (2nd-timer)
* Jason Ronallo
* Karen Coombs - v
* Eric James
* Misty De Meo - n
* Keri Thompson - n
* Andreas Orphanides - v
* Tom Burton-West -v
* Keith Folsom - n
* Sam Meister - n
* Jen Weintraub - n
* Reservation made for 15. Bring cash if you can! =)

Drinks: [http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-hideout-seattle Hideout Lounge] for local art, fancy cocktails, and Belgian beer
0.3 miles 8 min. walk
* Bohyun Kim - n/v (2nd-timer) (leader)
* Jason Clark - n/v leader
* Lisa Kurt - n
* Margaret Heller
* Andrea Schurr - n/v (2nd-timer)
* Anoop Atre (Would love to if back from MS visit)
* Heather Pitts (maybe) - n
* Evviva Weinraub - Hope to join up if back from MS visit)
* Megan Banasek -n
* Misty De Meo (maybe) - n
* Keri Thompson (definitely)
* David Drexler (likely) - n
* Andreas Orphanides - v
* Rebecca Jones - n
* Chick Markley - v
* Ray Henry - n
* Jonathan Green (likely) - n
* Aaron Collier - n
* Tim Lepczyk - n

Hospitality suite intro chat/ hangout: just show up at the hospitality suite - no sign up required.

===Morning Run Tuesday===
I (Ray Schwartz) am organizing a morning run for anyone that would like to join me. It will be around 5 to 6 miles. I usually run a 10 minute per mile pace. And I would like to start around 7am. Select which days Tuesday or Wednesday or both mornings. Choose the date you wish via this Doodle link http://www.doodle.com/3tbigutqvkda5ib8

Link to the course map is at http://www.runningmap.com/?id=351428.

So far 4 have signed up for both Tuesday and Wednesday. Let's meet in the Lobby at 7am on Tuesday, and we will decide how to do Wednesday.

===Newcomer dinner Tuesday===
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 (2/7) '''Note that this year's dinner is on Tuesday'''
* 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.sazeracrestaurant.com/index.php Sazerac] (AWESOME happy hour menu that runs until 8)
* Martin Haye - n (2nd timer but it's been a ''long'' time)
<strike>* William Gunn - n</strike> - Sorry I must beg out, someone may want to take my spot.
* Rebecca Jones - n
* Chick Markley - v - leader
* Keri Thompson - n
* Andy Jackson - n
* Tom Burton-West -v
*'''capped at 6''' ''Reservation is at 6:30, I will be in lobby before walking over''

[http://oasiankitchen.com/ O'Asian Kitchen and Lounge] (Asian)

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

[http://www.pikebrewing.com/index_html.shtml Pike Brewing] (local brewery, pub food)
We are meeting in the lobby of the hotel at 6pm.
* Ken Varnum - n
* Chad Nelson - n
* Ed Summers - v
* Tommy Ingulfsen - n
* Adam Wead - v or .5n
* Dan Coughlin - n
*'''capped at 6''' ''(So, who's the fearless leader of this group? ~yo_bj)''

[http://www.rockbottom.com/ The Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery] (American)
It seemed like all the others were full so I thought it start this in case anyone else is as crazy unprepared as I am. Since we have no reservations feel free to join.
* Jonathan Green (jonathan at discoverygarden dot ca) - n
* <strike> Ed Fugikawa ( ed AT coalliance DOT org ) </strike> - n ( sorry, work is getting in the way )
* Zinthia Briceno - n (@zbriceno)
* David Talley - n ( dwtalley AT uw DOT edu ) -- Where to meet? Hotel main entrance, 6pm?
* Patrick Berry - v (@pberry) -- Lobby at 6pm sounds perfect. I'm the short blonde guy. I guess I will "lead" our merry band of famished folk.
* Al Cornish - v
* Tom Keays - v
* Andrew Pasterfield - n ( deesnutz AT gmail punto com )
* '''Not Taking Reservations -- Come with us at your own risk'''

[http://www.wildginger.net/ Wild Ginger] (Asian, a bit overpriced) "Reservations made under Jason Clark at 6pm for 6 people. Meeting in hotel lobby around 5:45pm."
* Jason Clark - n/v leader
* Tamar Sadeh - n
* Kevin Clarke - v
* Gary Thompson - n
* Keith Folsom - n
* Sarah Park - n (my Seattle friend recommended this place!)

[http://www.thepurplecafe.com/index.html Purple Cafe] (American, Wine Bar) ''reservation made under Calvin Mah for 6:30pm for the 6 of us. I'll be meeting in the hotel lobby at 6pm with some sort of sign. See you then!''
* Calvin Mah - (leader) - v
* David Isaak - n
* Aaron Collier - n
* Sean Hannan - v
* Joshua Gomez - v
* Charlie Morris - n
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://www.cafepaloma.com/ Cafe Paloma] (Mediterranean) Reservation for 6:15 -- Meet in hotel lobby at 6 -- I have short white hair and will be wearing a purple jacket.
* Jean Rainwater (leader) - v
* Kelley McGrath - n
* Lori Robare - n
* Emily Lynema - v
* Sarah Johnston - n
* Sam Meister - n
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://www.thecollinspub.com/ Collins Pub] (Pub Food, great beer selection) ''Meet in the lobby at 6:15pm''
* Francis Kayiwa - (leader) "(get hold of me at first dot last name at goog as the date gets closer with your mobile)" v
* Michael Lindsey - v
* Dan Suchy - v
* David Drexler - n
* Laura Smart - n
* Heather Pitts - n
*'''capped at 6'''

[http://www.mcmenamins.com/311-six-arms-home Six Arms - McMenamins] (Pub Food & they brew their own beer) ''Meet in the Lobby at 6pm. I've also emailed you. --Joel''
* Joel Richard (richardjm AT si.edu) (leader) - v
* Margaret Heller - v
* Sibyl Schaefer (sschaefer AT rockarch . org) - v
* Tim Lepczyk (timlepczyk AT gmail.com) - n
* Ray Schwartz (schwartzr2@wpunj.edu) - v
* Andrea Schurr (andrea-schurr AT utc DOT edu) - v(2nd-timer)
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://www.611supreme.com/ 611 Supreme] (Crepes and Full Bar) ''Reservation for 6 at 6:30. Meet in the conference hotel lobby at 6pm. Look for the short woman in a trench coat and wide brim hat ~Becky''

*Becky Yoose (leader) - v
*Cynthia Ng - n
*Zoe Chao - v
*Stephanie Collett - n (2nd-timer)
*Bethany Nowviskie - n
* Ben Shum - n
*'''capped at 6'''

[http://www.panafricamarket.com/wp/ Pan Africa Restaurant & Bar] (Pan African)
CLOSED TUESDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the confusion. I have moved everyone to Long Provincial, so that you'll have a place held in case you want it. If Long Provincial doesn't suit you, please remove your name in case someone else wants the spot. Again, I'm sorry. --Jason

[http://longprovincial.com/ Long Provincial] Vietnamese (.7 miles from hotel; 15 minute walk)

Reservation for 6 for 6:30 (and I have a confirmation number!). Meet in the hotel lobby at 6 to allow for a strolling pace to walk over there.

Has a jellyfish tank.

*Jason Ronallo (leader?) - v?
*Nettie Lagace - n
*Bohyun Kim - n/v (2nd-timer)
*Wendy Robertson - n
*Jennifer Bowen - n/v (3rd timer)
*James Stuart - n
*'''capped at six'''

'''Restaurants between .5 and 1 mile from hotel'''

[http://momijiseattle.com/ Momiji] New Japanese restaurant in Seattle - [http://www.concierge.com/tools/blogs/unpacked/2011/10/momiji-seattle.html Reviewed in Concierge.com]

* Andrew Nagy (leader) - v
* Cory Lown - v
* Tod Robbins - n
* Dennis Schafroth - n
*<strike> Tammy Allgood Wolf - n</strike> Sorry, I'm not feeling well and am going to cancel, if anyone wants my spot.
* Tim Shearer - v
* Tim Clarke - n
*'''capped at six'''

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=palace-kitchen-dinner Palace Kitchen] (another Tom Douglas restaurant, w/ a focus on meat). ''I have made a reservation for 6 at 8pm. Let's meet in the conference lobby at 6:30pm and make our way slowly over; we will find things to do in the interim. Look for Mike Giarlo, a man who may be holding a sign that says "HI I'M MIKE GIARLO" or otherwise shouting his name or looking confused.''

* Mike Giarlo (leader) - v
* Carmen Mitchell - n
* Daniel Lovins - v
* Cary Gordon - v
* Declan Fleming - v
* Space available!!
* (CAPPED AT SIX!)

[http://sitkaandspruce.com/ Sitka and Spruce] (Eclectic, super-local and super-seasonal.) ''We have a reservation for 6 at 8:15pm. We'll meet in the conference lobby at 6:30 pm and head over - the owners also run [http://www.ferdinandthebar.com/home/ Bar Ferd'nand], a wine shop/bar in the same building, and we can kill time there before we eat. Look for Mark Matienzo or Hillel Arnold.''

* Mark Matienzo (leader) - v
* Hillel Arnold - sophomore
* Devon Smith - v
* Derek Merleaux - sophmore
* Jennifer Weintraub - n
* Peter Green - n (2nd)

[http://www.yelp.com/biz/japonessa-seattle Japonessa Restaurant] (Japanese + full bar)

''Reservations for 6 at 7:00pm - Meet in lobby at 6:15''

* Ryan Wick (leader) - v
* Kate Zwaard - n
* Joe Atzberger - v
* Scott Fisher - n (2nd-timer)
* Anoop Atre - n
* Lisa Kurt - n
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=serious-pie Serious Pie] (Tom Douglas restaurant, inventive pizzas, good local beer list).

''No reservations for parties at Serious Pie...So, let's meet in the lobby at 6:30. Look for a guy wearing an 'Alma' sticker (me). Others out there...come and crash the 'capped at six' crowd heading to Serious Pie.''

* Christopher Spalding (leader) - v
* Robin Schaaf - n
* Jason Stirnaman - v
* Christina Morris - n
* Ray Henry - n
* Sean Purcell - n
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://www.allmenus.com/wa/seattle/204592-ballet-restaurant/menu/ Ballet] (Vietnamese)

[http://www.kokebrestaurant.com/ Kokeb Ethiopian Restaurant] (Ethiopian) ''Let's say meet at the lobby at 6pm like everyone else. Woohoo!''

''We have reservations for 6 at 6:45.''

* Andreas Orphanides (leader) - v
* Mark Mounts - v
* Joe Montibello - n
* Justin Littman - n
* Ron Peterson
* Bobbi Fox - sophmore
* (CAPPED AT SIX!)
Crashing the [http://www.seattlerb.org/ Seattle Ruby] meetup, which meets on Capital Hill at 7:00 on Tuesdays. Eat at [http://www.yelp.com/biz/poppy-seattle Poppy] before. Reservations for 6:15. Leaving from the hotel lobby at 5:45. ''If you dig Ruby, come to this. Seattle ruby produced Nokogiri, Vlad, Rubygems.org ....''
* Matt Zumwalt (leader) - v
* *Justin Coyne - n
* Misty De Meo - n
* Fumihiro Kato - n (2nd timer)
* Dan Brubaker Horst - n (3nd timer)
* Willy Mene - sophomore
* (CAPPED AT SIX)

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=dahlia-lounge Dahlia Lounge] (Pacific Northwest cuisine, $$$)

[http://www.mattsinthemarket.com/ Matt's in the Market] (Northwest Cuisine, $$$)

[http://www.placepigalle-seattle.com/ Place Pigalle] (French)

[http://www.chezshea.com/ Chez Shea] (French)

[http://www.elysianbrewing.com/elysian.html Elysian Breweries and Pubs] (Pub Food)

[http://www.mezaseattle.com/index.html Meza] (Latin Fare)
Have reservations for 6.45. It's about a mile from hotel. 10min bus, 30 min walk. Meet in lobby @ 6 and we'll work out bus/walk/cab. -corey
* Tara Robertson - n
* Shawn Averkamp - sophomore
* Corey Harper - v (leader)
* Shaun Ellis - sophomore
* Jon Stroop - fifth year senior
* Birkin James Diana - v (hi Jon!; hey newcomers, I'm taking the 6th slot, but, if you're stuck for a signup, plz do feel free to bump/overwrite me - seriously!)
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://inthebowlbistro.com/index.php In the Bowl] (Veg*n, Asian)

[http://www.plumbistro.com/ Plumb Bistro] (Veg*n)

[http://highlineseattle.com/ Highline] (Veg*n, bar)
* Jacob Reed - n
* Brian McBride - n

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

[http://bravehorsetavern.com/ Brave Horse Tavern] (another Tom Douglas, good regional beer list, yummy food. Near South Lake Union. Would require a ride on the South Lake Union Trolley (SLUT), but it's easy to get to/use from downtown.

[http://www.temperodobrasil.net/ Tempero do Brasil] I was excited to see Ipanema Grill 6 blocks from the hotel, unfortunately it seems to be closed for good. So this restaurant which is a 10 minute ($15) cab ride away and which also serves Brazilian cuisine (including the ever-tasty feijoada) will have to do. Reservation at 6:45, meet in lobby at 6:15 with a plan of getting in the taxis at about 6:30. I'll be wearing a red and white Hawaiian shirt.

* Robert Haschart - leader - v third year
* Molly Pickral - n
* Erik Hetzner - 2nd c4l
* Paul Deschner -n (where should we meet?)

[http://flyingfishrestaurant.com/ Flying Fish] (Seafood)

[http://www.allmenus.com/wa/seattle/3437-cafe-flora/menu/dinner/ Cafe Flora] (FANTASTIC Veg*n restaurant. Use Metro bus #11 to get there)

[http://www.teapotvegetarianhouse.com/index.htm Teapot Vegetarian House] (Veg*n, Asian)

[http://spaceneedle.com/restaurant/ Space Needle] (American, Pricy; but what the heck, listed it anyway for those who want the experience)

==="Get Lamp" viewing Tuesday (9 PM) ===

"Tuesday, February 7, 9 PM or shortly after -Courtyard Ballroom"

Adam Wead and Michael Klein are organizing a viewing of [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary]

It's not about Linux, Apache, MySQL or PHP, but if you don't have a one, you might get eaten by a grue.

If there is additional interest, there may be another viewing this week.

===Morning Run Wednesday===
I (Ray Schwartz) will not be running on Wednesday. Though several others have said that they will meet at 7am in the Hotel Lobby. I would recommend to walk straight down west to the water front and turn right-heading north, following the pedestrian path. It goes on or some miles, so it is a good choice.

===Veg*n Dinner Wednesday===

We'll pick a place with lots of veg*n options to go eat Wednesday for dinner. Vegetarians and non-vegetarians welcome.

*[http://lovinghut.us/seattle/index.html Loving Hut] Modest price. 1 mile from hotel. Will do bill splitting if we let them know up front.

Talked with Loving Hut and made a reservation for 15 for 6:30. Meet in the hotel lobby at 6.

*Jason Ronallo (jronallo AT gmail.com)
*Sean Hannan
*Ed Summers
*James Stuart
*Bohyun Kim
*Bethany Nowviskie
*Margaret Heller
*Laura Smart
*Sibyl Schaefer
*Cynthia Ng
*Andrea Shurr
*Eric James
*Birkin James Diana
*Sheree F
*Misty De Meo
*Reservation is for 15.

===Meat-Up Dinner Wednesday===

RIP Meat-Up. Going to Amazon for hurricanes.

(if you do not find a suitable burger joint, there are also some top-notch steakhouses in Seattle. Both the Metropolitan Grill and El Gaucho are delightful if folks are OK with $50 steaks. Just FYI, not trying to hijack your meat-up, Cary!. -mjgiarlo)

===Evergreen/Koha and friends dinner Wednesday===
Put your name and any food limitations, we're meeting in the hotel lobby at 6pm.

Going to [http://www.pikebrewing.com/ The Pike Brewing Company]. They can't take a reservation for the dining room, but we can ofder food off the same menu in the bar area. Apparently there are tables that can be pushed together so we can all sit together. Let's do this. (Or, if you don't like this plan make another one :) I'll be offline this afternoon. --tara)

* Tara Robertson
* Chris Sharp
* Tod Robbins - n
* Ben Shum
* Anoop Atre - n
* Matt Carlson - n
* Luis Baquera - n
* Larry Baerveldt (someplace with beer, natch)
* David Drexler -n (if there's space)
* Wayne Schneider
* Joe Atzberger

===Archives MeetUp===
'''Wednesday, February 8, 8pm - Room 1001'''
Working in archives or special collections? Interested in practical and theoretical issues relating to archives and code? Join us for an informal get-together (we'll also be doing some prepping for the Craft Brew Drinkup).

===[[2012 Craft Brew Drinkup|Craft Brew Drinkup]], Wednesday (9 PM)===

'''Wednesday, February 8, 9 PM-ish - Room 1001''' (room sponsored by [http://yourmediashelf.com/ MediaShelf]

Like good beer? Bring some in your luggage! Some of us are planning to bring some of our favorite local, special, or homebrewed beers to share. Interested? Sign up on the [[2012 Craft Brew Drinkup]] page!

===UNC-Duke Basketball game, Wednesday (6 PM)===

'''Wednesday, February 8, 6:00 - [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fox+bar+seattle&ll=47.614148,-122.334952&spn=0.006394,0.01929&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&fb=1&gl=us&hq=fox+bar&hnear=0x5490102c93e83355:0x102565466944d59a,Seattle,+WA&cid=0,0,17121402292050307829&t=m&z=16 FOX Sports Grill]'''

Looks like this may be the best local venue for watching the game. Meet in the lobby at 5:45, or just find us there. Out the lobby door, hang a left on 6th, five blocks, on the right.

===Dim Sum Lunch Thursday===

For those of you staying in town after the last session on Thursday, [http://oasiankitchen.com/ O'Asian Kitchen] has dim sum service during the weekdays. Meet up around 12:35, meeting location tba. Bring cash for easier bill splitting.

*Becky Yoose
* Declan Fleming - love me some Dim Sum!
* Adam Wead
* Heather Pitts
* Sibyl Schaefer
* Anoop Atre
* Dan Suchy
* Carmen Mitchell
* Tara Robertson
* Ray Schwartz
* Corey Harper
* Joshua Gomez
* Cary Gordon
* Mike Giarlo
* Joe Atzberger
* Dileshni Jayasinghe
* Ryan Wick
* Dennis Schafroth
* Mike Durbin
* Ben Shum
* Dan Chudnov
* Luis Baquera

==Social Map - places of interest==
[http://g.co/maps/4m5pk Code4lib 2012 - Seattle - social events, hangouts, and places to see]

==Seattle Events Feb 5-9==
===Saturday, February 4, 2012===
In case you are showing up really early.
* Belgianfest: http://www.washingtonbeer.com/belgianfest/
===Sunday, February 5, 2012===
* Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band/Live Wyya/Adrian Xavier/Selecta Raiford/DJ Courtland, Neumos: http://neumos.com/neumos.php
* Michael The Blind/The Els, Skylark: http://www.skylarkcafe.com/
* Addaura/Alda/Hallow, Comet
* "I Am My Own Wife" 7:30pm at Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle Center) http://www.seattlerep.org/Plays/1112/IM/
* Science Fiction + Fantasy short film festival, Encore screening. http://www.empmuseum.org/programs/index.asp?categoryID=216

===Monday, February 6, 2012===
* Silent Movie Mondays: Last Command 1928, http://stgpresents.org/artists/?artist=1829#, Show at 7:00pm, The Paramount Theatre $10
This all-classic film series, First Oscars, is accompanied by live music from the historic Mighty Wurlitzer organ, one of the last three remaining organs of its kind to reside in its original environment, played by critically acclaimed organist Jim Riggs.

===Tuesday, February 7, 2012===
* Lionize/Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster, El Corazon: http://elcorazonseattle.com/
* The Pulltab Playboys/Rachel Lyn Harrington & The Knock Outs/The James Low Western Front, Sunset: http://sunsettavern.com/
* Twin Sister, Vera: http://theveraproject.org/shows/
* The Features, Chop Suey: http://www.chopsuey.com/
* Wilco/White Denim, Paramount Theatre: http://stgpresents.org/
* "I Am My Own Wife" 7:30pm at Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle Center) http://www.seattlerep.org/Plays/1112/IM/
* Intro to Arduino Workshop, 7pm at Metrix Create Space http://metrixcreatespace.com/

===Wednesday, February 8, 2012===
* The Golden Blondes/The Jet Age/Mr. Drinx & The Pot Heads, Sunset: http://sunsettavern.com/
* Pipsisewah/The Chasers/The Magic Mirrors, Tractor: http://www.tractortavern.com/
* Dengue Fever vs Secret Chiefs 3, Moe Bar http://bit.ly/yJtfXv (how could you pass the opportunity to see someone play this thing :http://bit.ly/wB5AgZ
* Amazon Tech in Seattle is having an open house next Wednesday at 5:30 PM with Werner Vogels and David Friedberg of the Climate Corporation. https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-open-house-february-2012/ ([http://g.co/maps/adpnt map])
* YACHT/Secret Shopppers/Bobby Birdman, The Crocodile: http://thecrocodile.com/index.html

===Thursday, February 9, 2012===
* SAM Opening - Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise: http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/gauguin
* The Jayhawks, Neptune Theater: http://stgpresents.org/
* Digital Leather, Comet
* Savani World Quintet/Super Sones, Columbia City Theater: http://www.columbiacitytheater.com/
* Blvd Park {album release}/Nettle Honey/Creeping Time, Tractor: http://www.tractortavern.com/
* Eleanor Friedberger, Crocodile: http://thecrocodile.com/index.html

===Ongoing Events===
* Seattle Art Museum: Tours are every Saturday & Sunday at noon, and the First Thursday of every month at 10:30, 11:30 am, 12:30 & 1:30 pm.
* EMP: Exhibits on display include: Battlestar Galactica, Nirvana, Avatar, and Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film
* Teatro ZinZanni: ¡Caliente! http://dreams.zinzanni.org/
* Pacific NW Ballet: performing Don Quixote at McCaw Hall http://www.pnb.org/
* Oklahoma!, Sunday matinee and nightly: 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Avenue http://www.5thavenue.org/show/oklahoma

==Local events/places==
* Metrix Create Space
* Ada's Technical Books
* Northwest Outdoor Center
* Center for Wooden Boats
* Empty Sea Studios acoustic music

==Local Beer Places==
* Map of [http://beermapping.com/maps/citymaps.php?m=seattle#lat=47.66723703450515&lng=-122.28263854980469&z=5 beer venues] maintained at Beermapping.com.
* List of [http://www.washingtonbeer.com/breweries/seattle-king-co/ local breweries] ([http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=201783184139227541123.0004813e64758434cb054&source=embed&ll=47.558921,-122.106171&spn=0.442982,1.234589&z=10&source=embed map]) maintained by the Washington Beer Commission
* Map of [http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/RegionMap.asp?rid=7600 beer venues] maintained by Ratebeer.com.

==See also==
[http://orbiscascade.org/index/c4l-things-to-do-in-seattle Things to do in Seattle, from the hosts]

==Tour of the Seattle Public Library==

===Tuesday breakout session 3-4pm - max 20 ppl===

Meet by the coffee urns, leaving at 2:55pm (10% off at the gift shop if you mention that you are attending code4lib)

* Tara Robertson
* Bohyun Kim
* Shirley Lew
* Margaret Heller
* Ben Shum
* Chris Sharp
* Cynthia Ng
* Megan Banasek
* Chris Beer
* Peter Murray
* Bobbi Fox
* Joe Montibello
* Tim Lepczyk
* Mark Mounts
* Robin Dean
* Robert Haschart
* Zoe Chao
* Shawn Averkamp

More tour may come later. Stay tuned!

Jeff Christensen 206-387-4659

centaltours@spl.org

===Wednesday afternoon tour===
Tour on Tuesday was nice, but less of a "behind the scenes" experience than I'd hoped. The tour guide talked a bit about the building, architecture and some of the design aspects that worked (and didn't). Unfortunately the Wed tour will not include the automatic materials sorting room. Again, max 20 people.

Also, Wednesday needs a group wrangler.

Meet the Anne Repass, your tour guide by the gift shop, just inside the 5th Ave entrance.

* Anoop Atre
* Sean Chen
* Andrew Pasterfield
* Jacob Reed
* Brian McBride
* Calvin Mah
* Duncan Barth
* Molly Pickral
* Jean Rainwater
* Matt Critchlow
* Dennis Schafroth
* Corey Harper
* Greg Schrank
* Luis Baquera
* Tamar Sadeh
* ernesto valencia
* Graham Trigg
* "due to a cancellation this could be you"
* Andrea Schurr
[[Category:Code4Lib2012]]

2012 Lightning Talks Signup

2012-02-08T19:31:00Z

Helrond: /* Thursday, 10:15-11:00am [9 slots] */

'''Sign up for Lightning Talks!!'''

Lightning talks are scheduled on all three days of the conference. A lightning talk is a fast-paced 5 minute talk on a topic of your choosing. Sign-ups for lightning talks will open at 10 am on Tuesday, February 7, immediately following the first keynote.

Mark Jason Dominus has a nice page [http://perl.plover.com/lt/lightning-talks.html about lightning talks], which includes this summary of why you might want to do one:

''Maybe you've never given a talk before, and you'd like to start small. For a Lightning Talk, you don't need to make slides, and if you do decide to make slides, you only need to make three.''

''Maybe you're nervous and you're afraid you'll mess up. It's a lot easier to plan and deliver a five minute talk than it is to deliver a long talk. And if you do mess up, at least the painful part will be over quickly.''

''Maybe you don't have much to say. Maybe you just want to ask a question, or invite people to help you with your project, or boast about something you did, or tell a short cautionary story. These things are all interesting and worth talking about, but there might not be enough to say about them to fill up thirty minutes.''

You might also like Mark Fowler's's [http://www.perl.com/pub/2004/07/30/lightningtalk.html Advice for Giving a Lightning Talk].

'''LIGHTNING TALK SIGNUPS OPEN AT 10 AM PST ON FEBRUARY 7'''

=== Tuesday, 4:10-5:10pm [12 slots] ===

Enter ''Name'' -- ''Title of Talk''

# Al Cornish / [https://s3.amazonaws.com/professional-akc/xtfLightning2012.pdf XTF in 300 seconds]
# Makoto OKamoto / [http://savemlak.jp/wiki/saveMLAK/en?lang=en&uselang=en saveMLAK] - Aid activities for the Great East Japan Earthquake through collaboration via Wiki ([http://www.slideshare.net/arg_editor/code4lib201220120207 Slide])
# Andrew Nagy / Vendors Suck
# akorphan - [https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8qxz6BpsdaqOGYxYmI4ZmItZDU4Yy00YTgzLWFhMjQtYWM3ZDNiYzBiNmIw Heat maps... not just for input analysis]
# Gabriel Farrell / ElasticSearch
# nettie lagace - identifying and solving interoperability problems through cooperation
# Eric Larson -- [http://speakerdeck.com/u/ewlarson/p/finding-images-in-book-page-images Finding images in book page images] [https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/ewlarson/web/finding_images.pdf PDF]
# adam wead / Blacklight at the Rock Hall
# Kelley McGrath -- FRBR, facets, moving images
# Bohyun Kim -- [http://www.slideshare.net/bohyunkim Web Usability in terms of words]
# Simon Spero. - Restriction Classes, Bitches
# Cynthia Ng / [http://processing.org/ Processing] & [http://processingjs.org/ ProcessingJS]

=== Wednesday, 4:00-5:00pm [12 slots] ===

Enter ''Name'' -- ''Title of Talk''

# Scott Hanrath -- Zotero and SHERPA/RoMEO API mashup
# [[User:DataGazetteer|Peter Murray]] -- Introducing FOSS4LIB.org
# Mark Matienzo -- I've Got Good News
# Mike Durbin -- Edge Cases - Digitizing and delivering undescribed items in EAD
# David Walker -- Basic Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) Protocol
# Ryuuji Yoshimoto -- Introducing [http://calil.jp/ CALIL.JP], scraping/mashup all of OPACs in JAPAN! [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3580301/Introduce%20CALIL.JP.pdf PDF]
# Kåre Fiedler Christiansen (@kaarefc) -- Chucking all the software components in a library together to present recorded radio and tv
# Joel Richard -- introducing Macaw metadata collection tool
# Rachel Frick - LOD-LAM Incubator Project
# Mao Tsunekawa - Project Shizuku : Making Friends in libraries
# Keith Folsom - Archivists' Toolkit Database Server on an Amazon EC2 Instance
# Rebecca Jones -- call for services

=== Thursday, 10:15-11:00am [9 slots] ===

Enter ''Name'' -- ''Title of Talk''

# David Uspal -- Rapid Deployment Projects
# Robert Haschart -- Adding publicly-accessible Hathi Trust items to your Solr-based discovery system.
# Jeremy Nelson -- Aristotle a Django based Discovery Layer
# Dennis Schafroth - Turbo MARC in YAZ Library
# Yuka Egusa, Masao Takaku -- Recovery of Minamisanriku Library from tsunami disaster
# Hillel Arnold -- Occupy Wall Street documentation
# Erik Hetzner -- Strategy for c4l voting
# Ed Summers -- jobs.code4lib.org
# Christopher Spalding -- Search in a Blender

===If only we had more time===
# Tim Shearer - Mass Digitization Update: EAD, Ajax, and CONTENTdm
# Jason Clark - BookMeUp (Book Suggestions App) http://bit.ly/zRmmvA
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[[Category:Code4Lib2012]]

2012 preconference proposals

2012-02-06T23:35:26Z

Helrond: /* DACS and EAD Overview */

=Proposals for 2012 Code4LibCon Preconferences=
Proposals closed Sunday, November 20, 2011, so we can finalize the list and add them to registration! (The deadline for preconference proposals has passed.)

Spaces available: main meeting room (max 275) + 5 breakout rooms (max 30-50).

'''Please include a "Contact/Responsible Individual" name and email address so we know who is willing to put on the proposed precon.
'''
==Full Day==

=== Developing applications using REST web services ===

Been hearing about web services but don’t know where to start to build something? Have you built applications that use read services but are stumped by OAuth, Content Negotiation and HTTP Headers? Come dig in and learn how to build applications that interact with both read and write REST services. We’ll cover the basic principles and practices of REST services and discuss the Atom Publishing Protocol as a REST service and its extensibility. The group will examine and test the CouchDB HTTP API by building a simple list creation tool. You’ll learn how OCLC’s platform web services leverage Atom to expose the data and business processes from OCLC’s library systems. By the end of the session, you’ll know the basic principles of REST services, be able to perform Create, Read, Update and Delete operations via REST and be able to authenticate to REST services via API keys and OAuth.

Come ready to learn and code!

Presenter: Karen Coombs - coombsk at oclc dot org

Room: East Room

==== Interest in Attending ====

*Sam Kome
*Ray Schwartz (schwartzr2@wpunj.edu)
*Jim Robinson
*David Bucknum
*Jean Rainwater
*Joshua Gomez
*Andy Kohler
*Michael North
* Tom Keays (keaysht at lemoyne dot edu)
*Charlie Morris
*Michael Lindsey
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen (morning only)
* Jørn Thøgersen
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen
* Dre
* Timothy Clarke (tclarke@muhlenberg.edu)
* Keith Folsom
* Rebecca Jones
* Michael Doran (doran@uta.edu)
* Ray Henry (ray dot henry at pcc dot edu)
* Bohyun Kim
* Matt Connolly
* Cynthia Ng
* Justin Littman
* Sibyl Schaefer
* Ron Peterson (ronp@udel.edu)
* Tim Lepczyk
* Joe Montibello
* Mao Tsunekawa (tsunekaw at slis.tsukuba.ac.jp)
* Ryuuji Yoshimoto (ryuuji at notaland.com)
* Masae Fujita (mfujita at code4lib.jp)

==Half Day Morning==

=== [[2012 Linkfest Preconference|Linkfest]] ===

We've had talks and sessions galore about Linked Data at code4lib in past years. Let's focus on linking. Bring data you want to publish and link to or link from and your ideas about new ways we can push data linking into being part of our regular approach to how we put our libraries' content and services on the web. At the start of the session we'll run a quick poll to see who wants to link to what and how, and we'll pair or group up and get to work from there. May a kajillion links bloom!

If you need an "intro to linked data" we can prep a good list of readings/talks to review before you come. But please come ready to link!

Organizer type person: Dan Chudnov, GWU Libraries, @dchud or dchud at gwu edu

Room: Municipal Room

==== Interest in Attending ====
* Becky Yoose
* Tom Johnson
* Ed Summers
* bernardo gomez ( bgomez at emory dot edu )
* William Gunn
* Jason Ronallo
* Keri Thompson
* David Lacy
* Corey A Harper
* Matt Phillips (mphillips@law.harvard.edu)
* Declan Fleming
* Shaun Ellis (shaune@princeton.edu)
* Wendy Robertson
* Joel Richard (richardjm AT si DOT edu)
* Devon Smith
* Scott Hanrath (shanrath AT ku DOT edu)
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman AT kumc DOT edu)
* Sean Chen
* Laura Smart
* Tommy Ingulfsen
* Mark Mounts (mark.mounts@dartmouth.edu)
* Kate Zwaard
* Cindy Harper
* Jon Stroop
* Tim Shearer (tshearer at email dot unc dot edu)

=== What's New in Solr ===

UPDATE: Erik won't be making it to Seattle, but will tune in and call in as desired to that time slot. Discuss Solr!!! I'll be lurking and helping out however I can.

This session will bring folks up to speed on the latest developments in Lucene and Solr. There's always a lot of new capabilities as well as tips and tricks on using Solr in clever and powerful ways.

Presenter: Erik Hatcher - erik . hatcher @ lucidimagination dot com (remotely calling in and/or via IRC)

Room: Federal Room

==== Interest in Attending ====
* "Gabriel Farrell" <gsf24@drexel.edu>
* "Erik Hetzner" <erik.hetzner AT ucop BORK edu>
* "Michael B. Klein" <mbklein@gmail>
* Demian Katz (demian DOT katz AT villanova DOT edu)
* Anoop Atre ~ anoop.atre AT mnsu . edu
* David Isaak <david.isaak@kpchr.org>
* John Pillans <jpillan@indiana.edu>
* John Wynstra (john.wynstra@uni.edu)
* mark a. matienzo (mark at matienzo dot oh are gee)
* Sepehr Mavedati (sepehr DOT mavedati AT utoronto DOT ca)
* Mads Villadsen
* Jonathan Rochkind
* Shahin Sahebi (shahin.ezzatsahebi at utoronto dot ca)
* Naomi Dushay (ndushay at stanford dot edu)
* Jeremy Nelson
* Kirk Hess <kirkhess@illinois.edu>
* Gary Thompson
* Larry Baerveldt <lrbaerveldt@gmail.com>
* Dennis Schafroth <dennis @ indexdata.com>
* Bobbi Fox <bobbi_fox at harvard dot edu>
* Ed Fugikawa <ed at coalliance dot org>
* Eric James <eric dot james at yale dot edu>
* Robert Haschart <rh9ec at virginia dot edu>
* Ted Lawless

=== Knocking Down Silos: Tools and Approaches for Simplifying Discovery ===

What strategies have you used to merge silos to give users a more streamlined search experience? How are libraries using tools like Drupal, Islandora, Dublin Core, Solr and Blacklight to make article, catalog and/or repository content discoverable via a single interface? If you’re interested in these issues, challenges and conundrums join us for a morning of thinking, dreaming and scheming.

Speakers/Facilitators will be:
- Thom Cox - Manager of Library Information Technology Services - Tufts University
- Ken Varnum – Web Systems Manager - University of Michigan Libraries
- Stephen Westman – Analyst Programmer, Emerging Technologies and Services - Oregon State University Libraries

Contact: Margaret Mellinger - margaret dot mellinger at oregonstate dot edu

Room: Salon A

==== Interest in Attending ====

* David Uspal (david DOT uspal AT villanova DOT edu)
* Tammy Allgood Wolf
* Wayne Schneider
* Laney McGlohon
* "Kevin S. Clarke" <ksclarke@gmail>
*Kevin Reiss (kr2 AT princeton DOT edu)
* Dan Brubaker Horst (dan.brubaker.horst AT nd.edu)

==Half Day Afternoon==

=== Git -r done ===

A session to cover all things Git, everyone's favorite distributed version control system. This session should cover a little bit of the history of Git, how it works, and how it's different than other version controls systems like SVN. Practical application should also be covered, including how to clone existing repos and contribute code back to them, how to host your own repository, and best practices for setting up a distributed network.

Looking for attendees with real-life Git experience to share it, so we can all broaden our understanding of possible use-cases and nifty advanced features.

Coordinator: <del>Ian Walls, ByWater Solutions, @sekjal or ian.walls at bywatersolutions com</del>

Coordinator Stand-In: Michael B. Klein, Stanford University Libraries, @mbklein or mbklein at stanford.edu

Helper: Cary Gordon, Cherry Hill Company, @highermath / cgordon@chillco.com

Room: Superior Room
==== Interest in Attending ====

* Patrick Berry (pberry@csuchico.edu)
* Chris Sharp (csharp@georgialibraries.org)
* Matt Critchlow (mcritchlow@ucsd.edu)
* Peter Murray (Peter.Murray@lyrasis.org)
* Margaret Heller (mheller@dom.edu)
* Kevin S. Clarke (ksclarke@gmail)
* Michael B. Klein (mbklein@gmail)
* Demian Katz (demian DOT katz AT villanova DOT edu)
* Benjamin Shum (bshum@biblio.org)
* Sibyl Schaefer (sschaefer at rockarch dot org)
* Tammy Allgood Wolf (tammy.allgood@asu.edu)
* Chad Nelson (cnelson17 AT gsu DOT edu)
* Lisa Kurt (lkurt@unr.edu)
* Matt Phillips (mphillips@law.harvard.edu)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe (d.jayasinghe@utoronto.ca)
* John Wynstra (john.wynstra@uni.edu)
* Declan Fleming
* Shaun Ellis (shaune@princeton.edu)
* Mads Villadsen
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
* Shahin Sahebi (shahin.ezzatsahebi@utoronto.ca)
* Devon Smith
* Jeremy Nelson
* Stephanie Collett
* Gary Thompson
* Brian McBride (brian.mcbride at utah.edu)
* Jacob Reed (jacob.reed at utah.edu)
* Bohyun Kim (bohyun.kim at fiu.edu)
* Larry Baerveldt <lrbaerveldt@gmail.com>
* Wayne Schneider
* Matt Connolly
* ernesto valencia
* Ed Fugikawa <ed at coalliance dot org>
* Andrea Schurr (Andrea-Schurr at utc dot edu)
* David Uspal (david DOT uspal AT villanova DOT edu)
* Kate Zwaard
* Kevin Reiss (kr2 AT princeton DOT edu)
* Jon Stroop

=== Blacklight ===

This session will be walk-through of the architecture of Blacklight and what we have been improving since the rails 3 upgrade. In addition to the architecture of the software, we will also briefly discuss the architecture of the Blacklight community and what has made it successful so far.

For part of the session we will install Blacklight live and get it up and running. This install demo will include a How-To on basic customizations in Blacklight using a test-driven approach (one of the cornerstones of the Blacklight community).

For more information about Blacklight see our wiki ( http://projectblacklight.org/ ) and our GitHub repo ( https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight ). We will also send out some brief instructions beforehand for those that would like to setup their environments to follow along and get Blacklight up and running on their local machines.

Installation screencast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLuHuoB8Z6w

Presenters: Jessie Keck, Stanford University - jkeck at stanford dot edu | Molly Pickral, University of Virginia - mpc3c at virginia dot edu

Room: Municipal Room

==== Interest in Attending ====
* bernardo gomez ( bgomez at emory dot edu )
* Mark Mounts <mark.mounts@dartmouth.edu>
* Sibyl Schaefer (sschaefer@rockarch.org)
* John Pillans (jpillan@indiana.edu)
* Mang Sun (mang.dot sun at rice dot edu)
* Emily Lynema (emily_lynema at ncsu dot edu)
* mark a. matienzo (mark at matienzo dot oh are gee)
* Daniel Lovins (daniel dot lovins at nyu dot edu)
* Jonathan Rochkind
* Keith Folsom
* Kirk Hess <kirkhess@illinois.edu>
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman AT kumc DOT edu)
* David Drexler <ddrexler@eou.edu>
* Mike Giarlo (michael at psu.edu)
* Scott Fisher
* Ryuuji Yoshimoto (ryuuji at notaland.com)
* Joe Montibello (joseph.montibello@dartmouth.edu)
* Mao Tsunekawa (tsunekaw at slis.tsukuba.ac.jp)
* Mark Baggett (mbagget1 at utk.edu)

=== DACS and EAD Overview ===

This session will look at what DACS (Describing Archives: a Content Standard) is and describe the ten required elements. Then there will be an overview of what EAD is, how it works, and the required elements. The final part will be a practice session on taking a paper finding aid and coding it using DACS and EAD.

Presenter: Doris Munson, Eastern Washington University, dmunson at ewu dot edu
(please feel free to contact me if you are interested in being a co-presenter)

Room: Hospitality Suite

==== Interest in Attending ====
* Francis Kayiwa ( kayiwa@ YouEyeSee dot edu )
* Carmen Mitchell (carmenmitchell at gmail dot com)
* Cindy Harper (charper at colgate dot edu)

==== Links ====
*[http://www2.archivists.org/standards SAA Standards Portal]
*[http://loc.gov/ead/ LoC EAD website]
*[http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) project] ([http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/prototype.html Prototype])
*[http://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ EAC-CPF Website]

=== [[Digging into metadata: context, code, and collaboration]] ===

Working with library/archival metadata is difficult. This preconference will tackle pressing questions and will show some of the intricacies of metadata (including AACR2/MARC) with exercises to demonstrate why inconsistencies exist in the data. What steps can the cataloging & metadata community take to help improve the quality of this data? What tools & techniques could help? Rules have evolved over time leaving dirty legacy data. Systems have impacted--and will continue to impact--data structure & design. How can this data be aggregated and refined for use in a new emerging data environments? What assumptions can safely be made and when do you need to inquire about local practice? We will end with a hack-fest where you can ask questions of experienced catalogers and get help with your metadata related problems. Bring your laptops and data.

Person Herder: Becky Yoose, Grinnell College, yoosebec at grinnell dot edu

Collaborators/Facilitators: Corey Harper, New York University - corey dot harper at nyu dot edu | Shana L. McDanold, University of Pennsylvania -
mcdanold at pobox dot upenn dot edu | Laura Smart, Caltech - laura at library dot caltech dot edu

Room: Salon A

==== Interest in Attending ====
* Peter Green (pmgreen@princeton.edu)
* David Isaak (david.isaak@kpchr.org)
* Alex Rolfe (arolfe@georgefox.edu)
* mark a. matienzo (mark at matienzo dot oh are gee)
* Sarah Johnston (johnsts@stolaf.edu)
* Derek Merleaux (derek@merleaux d0t net)
* Adam Wead (awead {at} rockhall d.t 0 R G)
* Tania Fersenheim (tania dot fersenheim at gmail) (I'm only a maybe because I may have a conflict in this time slot)
* Robin Dean (robin at coalliance dot org)
* Takanori Hayashi (tzhaya at affrc dot go dot jp)
* Paul Deschner (deschner at law dot harvard dot edu)

=== "Geo" ===
This session will explore, we hope collaboratively, the presentation of objects on maps. There will be a section on workflow, a section on discovering objects via "geobrowse," a section discovery of objects via "geosearch," and an exploration of the discovery and presentation of geo-referenced images (e.g. historic maps). There will be open discussion on other approaches to map-based discovery. Emphasis will be placed on simplicity of workflow and implementation. Technologies include: Atom, Django, Solr, and OpenLayers.

Presenters: Mike Graves, UNC Chapel Hill, gravm at email dot unc dot edu; Tim Shearer, UNC Chapel Hill, tshearer at email dot unc dot edu
(please feel free to contact Tim if you are interested in being a co-presenter)

Room: Federal Room

==== Interest in Attending ====
* "Gabriel Farrell" <gsf24@drexel.edu>
* Anoop Atre ~ anoop.atre AT mnsu . edu
* Chad Nelson (cnelson17 AT gsu DOT edu)
* Jason Casden (jmcasden AT ncsu DOT edu
* Dileshni Jayasinghe (d.jayasinghe@utoronto.ca)
* Sepehr Mavedati (sepehr DOT mavedati AT utoronto DOT ca)
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen
* Wendy Robertson
* Joel Richard (richardjm AT si DOT edu)
* Jonathan Rochkind
* Naomi Dushay (ndushay at stanford dot edu)
* Scott Hanrath (shanrath AT ku DOT edu)
* Aaron Collier (acollier AT csufresno DOT edu)
* David Lacy (david DOT lacy AT villanova DOT edu)
* Jen Weintraub (jweintraub AT library dot ucla dot edu)
* Sean Chen
* Bobbi Fox (bobbi_fox AT harvard dot edu)
* Eric James (eric dot james at yale dot edu)
* Ted Lawless
* Dan Brubaker Horst (dan.brubaker.horst AT nd.edu)
* Masae Fujita (mfujita at code4lib.jp)

== Half-day Evening ==

=== Microsoft Campus Visit ===
Join us for a trip across Lake Washington to Microsoft Headquarters. Bus will depart from the conference hotel at 4:15pm on Monday. We will visit the Microsoft Home, the Envisioning Lab, and/or the MS Library. The we'll head over to Microsoft Research for drinks and appetizers, and you'll see some great demos of some cool new (and free!) technologies coming out of MSR. Bus will get back to hotel by 9:00pm, plenty of time to hit a pub. You'll learn about:

1. Layerscape -[http://communities.worldwidetelescope.org/]

2. ChronoZoom - [http://research.microsoft.com/chronozoom/]

3. F# - [http://www.tryfsharp.org]

4. Microsoft Academic Search - [http://academic.research.microsoft.com]

5. Microsoft Audio Visual Indexing System - [http://research.microsoft.com/mavis]

Space is limited, so reserve your seat today Email Alex at the address below.

Coordinator: Alex Wade, Microsoft Research, awade at microsoft dot com

Presenters: Behrooz Chitsaz; Rob Fatland; Christophe Poulain; Michael Zyskowski

==== Interest in Attending (Registration closed! We are now at capacity.) ====
* Declan Fleming
* Matt Critchlow
* Tom Keays (keaysht at lemoyne dot edu)
* mark a. matienzo (mark at matienzo dot oh are gee)
* Mark Mounts <mark.mounts@dartmouth.edu>
* Kyle Banerjee <banerjek@uoregon.edu>
* Evviva Weinraub
* Emily Lynema <emily_lynema at ncsu dot edu>
* Jason Casden <jmcasden AT ncsu DOT edu>
* Daniel Lovins <daniel.lovins@nyu.edu>
* Cynthia Ng
* "Gabriel Farrell" <gsf24@drexel.edu>
* Shaun Ellis (shaune AT princeton DOT edu)
* Derek Merleaux (derek@merleaux d0t net)
* Mads Villadsen
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
* Jørn Thøgersen
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen
* Dileshni Jayasinghe
* Matt Phillips (mphillips@law.harvard.edu)
* Wendy Robertson
* Shahin Sahebi
* Matt Connolly <mjc12 AT cornell dot edu>
* Jeremy Nelson
* Naomi Dushay (ndushay at stanford dot edu)
* Dre
* Ken Varnum (varnum umich edu)
* David Uspal (david DOT uspal AT villanova DOT edu)
* REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

[[Category: Code4Lib2012]]

2012 Linkfest Preconference

2012-02-06T18:08:58Z

Helrond: /* Potential projects */

== Description ==

We've had talks and sessions galore about Linked Data at code4lib in past years. Let's focus on linking. Bring data you want to publish and link to or link from and your ideas about new ways we can push data linking into being part of our regular approach to how we put our libraries' content and services on the web. At the start of the session we'll run a quick poll to see who wants to link to what and how, and we'll pair or group up and get to work from there. May a kajillion links bloom!

If you need an "intro to linked data" we can prep a good list of readings/talks to review before you come. But please come ready to link!
Organizer type person: Dan Chudnov, GWU Libraries, @dchud or dchud at gwu edu

== Potential projects ==

* charper - working with [http://www.tagasauris.com/ tagasauris]
* tim shearer - reconciling against geonames
* edsu - linking data available about books that are available online in [http://everybodyslibraries.com/ John Ockerbloom]'s [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/aboutolbp.html Online Books Website] to [http://books.google.com Google Books]
* dchud - social network for people and their bibliographic obsessions with caching piece
* helrond - reconciling lists of names from EAD to amplify existing description ([http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/ead/tamwag/dw_photos.xml Daily Worker - Communist Party of USA photos] - finding aid is big; be patient...)
* declan
* jpstroop - linking data, adding URIs etc to EAD
* jaron (@ronallo) Jason Ronallo - making microdata more like linked data
* caching linked data for performance (Dan Chudnov)
* use "common vocab" in something like http://jobs.code4lib.org/ (Corey Harper) - the common vocabs from linked data make catalogers jobs easier

== Success stories (or at least interesting stories) ==

* [http://jobs.code4lib.org jobs.code4lib.org] use of [http://www.freebase.com/docs/suggest Freebase Suggest] enables a view like [http://jobs.code4lib.org/jobs/ruby/ all Ruby jobs]
* [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Chronicling America] use of [http://sitemaps.org sitemaps] and delivery of OCR data, for example take a look at the source code of [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1912-02-06/ed-1/seq-1/ this newspaper page resource]
* [https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/ Facebook Graph API] JSON representations of resources w/ typed links to other JSON representations of Resources = Linked Data

== Resources ==

* [http://www.w3.org/RDF/ W3C RDF Tools page]
** http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
* DLIB article; see section on Linking Authorities if that interests you: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november10/byrne/11byrne.html
* [http://www.diglib.org/forums/2011forum/schedule/linked-data-hands-on-how-to/ DLF Fall Forum 2011 Linked Data Hands-on How-to] includes tutorials and sample data sets
* [http://freeyourmetadata.org/ Free Your Metadata]
* [http://www.tagasauris.com/ Tagasaurius]
* http://thedatahub.org/group/lld
* https://subj3ct.com/

2012 Linkfest Preconference

2012-02-06T17:56:43Z

Helrond: /* Potential projects */

== Description ==

We've had talks and sessions galore about Linked Data at code4lib in past years. Let's focus on linking. Bring data you want to publish and link to or link from and your ideas about new ways we can push data linking into being part of our regular approach to how we put our libraries' content and services on the web. At the start of the session we'll run a quick poll to see who wants to link to what and how, and we'll pair or group up and get to work from there. May a kajillion links bloom!

If you need an "intro to linked data" we can prep a good list of readings/talks to review before you come. But please come ready to link!
Organizer type person: Dan Chudnov, GWU Libraries, @dchud or dchud at gwu edu

== Potential projects ==

* charper - working with [http://www.tagasauris.com/ tagasauris]
* tim shearer - reconciling against geonames
* edsu - linking data available about books that are available online in [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/aboutolbp.html Online Books Page] to [http://books.google.com Google Books]
* dchud - personal bibliographic wotsit
* helrond - reconciling lists of names from EAD to amplify existing description ([http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/dw_photos.xml Daily Worker - Communist Party of USA photos] - finding aid is big; be patient...)
* declan
* jpstroop - linking data, adding URIs etc to EAD
* jaron (@ronallo) Jason Ronallo - making microdata more like linked data

== Success stories (or at least interesting stories) ==

* [http://jobs.code4lib.org jobs.code4lib.org] use of [http://www.freebase.com/docs/suggest Freebase Suggest] enables a view like [http://jobs.code4lib.org/jobs/ruby/ all Ruby jobs]
* [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Chronicling America] use of [http://sitemaps.org sitemaps] and delivery of OCR data, for example take a look at the source code of [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1912-02-06/ed-1/seq-1/ this newspaper page resource]
* [https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/ Facebook Graph API] JSON representations of resources w/ typed links to other JSON representations of Resources = Linked Data

== Resources ==

* [http://www.w3.org/RDF/ W3C RDF Tools page]
** http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
* DLIB article; see section on Linking Authorities if that interests you: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november10/byrne/11byrne.html
* [http://www.diglib.org/forums/2011forum/schedule/linked-data-hands-on-how-to/ DLF Fall Forum 2011 Linked Data Hands-on How-to] includes tutorials and sample data sets
* [http://freeyourmetadata.org/ Free Your Metadata]
* [http://www.tagasauris.com/ Tagasaurius]
* http://thedatahub.org/group/lld

2012 twitter list

2012-02-06T17:40:11Z

Helrond:

Put your twitter handle in here, if you're at Code4Lib 2012 Seattle. I'll add you to the [https://twitter.com/#!/code4lib/attendees-2012 Attendees 2012 twitter list] for @code4lib when I get a chance. Thanks! -Sean

# Sean Hannan (@MrDys)
# Cynthia Ng (@TheRealArty)
# Becky Yoose (@yo_bj)
# Jason Ronallo (@ronallo)
# Kåre Fiedler Christiansen (@kaarefc)
# Joe Montibello (@firstweet)
# Charlie Morris (@cdmo)
# Laura Smart (@infod1va)
# Keri Thompson (@DigiKeri_SIL)
# Misty De Meo (@mistydemeo)
# Robert H. McDonald (@mcdonald) - attending virtually
# Takanori Hayashi (@tzhaya)
# Jason Casden (@cazzerson)
# Corey Harper (@chrpr)
# Heather Pitts (@HLPitts)
# Alex Wade (@alexwade)
# Zoe Chao (@zoechao)
# Joel Richard (@cajunjoel)
# Mark Matienzo (@anarchivist)
# Tim Lepczyk (@singlesoliloquy)
# Scott Hanrath (@rshanrath)
# Mads Villadsen (@maxxkrakoa)
# Hillel Arnold (@helrond)

2012 Linkfest Preconference

2012-02-06T17:38:12Z

Helrond: /* Potential projects */

2012 Linkfest Preconference

2012-02-06T17:37:15Z

Helrond: /* Potential projects */

2012 Linkfest Preconference

2012-02-06T17:36:53Z

Helrond: /* Potential projects */

2012 c4l2012 social activities

2012-01-30T01:04:37Z

Helrond: /* Newcomer dinner Tuesday */

==Ideas==
* Woodinville distillery tour
* Seattle distillery tour
* Favorite local breweries
* Favorite local tea houses
* Visit hackerspace
* Evergreen/Koha - Open Source ILS brewery/tea house meetup

==Planned events==

===[[2012 Craft Brew Drinkup|Craft Brew Drinkup]]===

'''Date/Time TBA; to be held in the Hospitality Suite.'''

Like good beer? Bring some in your luggage! Some of us are planning to bring some of our favorite local, special, or homebrewed beers to share. Interested? Sign up on the [[2012 Craft Brew Drinkup]] page!

==="Get Lamp" showing===

Some attendees are organizing a showing of [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary] in the hospitality suite.

To indicate your preference of time and date for the showing, please fill out [http://www.doodle.com/p4c32i3b2ybsrkbh this Doodle poll].

===Newcomer dinner Tuesday===
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 (2/7) '''Note that this year's dinner is on Tuesday'''
* 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.sazeracrestaurant.com/index.php Sazerac] (AWESOME happy hour menu that runs until 8)
* Martin Haye - n
* William Gunn - n

[http://oasiankitchen.com/ O'Asian Kitchen and Lounge] (Asian)

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

[http://www.pikebrewing.com/index_html.shtml Pike Brewing] (local brewery, pub food)
* Ken Varnum - n
* Chad Nelson - n
* Ed Summers - v
* Tommy Ingulfsen - n

[http://www.rockbottom.com/ The Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery] (American)

[http://www.wildginger.net/ Wild Ginger] (Asian, a bit overpriced)

[http://www.thepurplecafe.com/index.html Purple Cafe] (American, Wine Bar)

[http://www.cafepaloma.com/ Cafe Paloma] (Mediterranean)
* Jean Rainwater (leader) - v

[http://www.thecollinspub.com/ Collins Pub] (Pub Food, great beer selection)
* Francis Kayiwa - v
* Michael Lindsey - v
* Dan Suchy - v

[http://www.mcmenamins.com/311-six-arms-home Six Arms - McMenamins] (Pub Food) ''Meeting place TBA. Leave email and I'll coordinate late next week. --Joel''
* Joel Richard (richardjm AT si.edu) (leader) - v

[http://www.611supreme.com/ 611 Supreme] (Crepes and Full Bar) ''Meet in the conference hotel lobby at 6pm. Look for the short woman in a trench coat and wide brim hat ~Becky''

*Becky Yoose (leader) - v
*Cynthia Ng - n
*Zoe Chao - v
*Justin Coyne - n
*Stephanie Collett -n

[http://www.panafricamarket.com/wp/ Pan Africa Restaurant & Bar] (Pan African) CLOSED MONDAYS ''Veg and non-veg options available. Located in the Pike Place Market, so we can explore a bit too, though the fish flinging will be over by then. Meet in the conference hotel lobby at 6PM.''

*Jason Ronallo (leader; happy to lead to any other veg-friendly place as an alternative) - v

'''Restaurants between .5 and 1 mile from hotel'''

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=palace-kitchen-dinner Palace Kitchen] (another Tom Douglas restaurant, w/ a focus on meat). ''I have made a reservation for 6 at 8pm. Let's meet in the conference lobby at 6:30pm and make our way slowly over; we will find things to do in the interim. Look for Mike Giarlo, a man who may be holding a sign that says "HI I'M MIKE GIARLO" or otherwise shouting his name or looking confused.''

* Mike Giarlo (leader) - v
* Carmen Mitchell - n
* Daniel Lovins - v
* Cary Gordon - v
* Declan Fleming - oldandcrusty
* ...
* (CAPPED AT SIX!)

[http://sitkaandspruce.com/ Sitka and Spruce] (Eclectic, super-local and super-seasonal.) ''We have a reservation for 6 at 8:15pm. We'll meet in the conference lobby at 6:30 pm and head over - the owners also run [http://www.ferdinandthebar.com/home/ Bar Ferd'nand], a wine shop/bar in the same building, and we can kill time there before we eat. Look for Mark Matienzo or Hillel Arnold.''

* Mark Matienzo (leader) - v
* Hillel Arnold - sophomore
* ...
* ...
* ...
* ...
* (CAPPED AT SIX!)

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=serious-pie Serious Pie] (Tom Douglas restaurant, inventive pizzas, good local beer list).

[http://www.allmenus.com/wa/seattle/204592-ballet-restaurant/menu/ Ballet] (Vietnamese)

[http://www.kokebrestaurant.com/ Kokeb Ethiopian Restaurant] (Ethiopian) ''Let's say meet at the lobby at 6pm like everyone else. Woohoo!''

* Andreas Orphanides (leader) - v

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=dahlia-lounge Dahlia Lounge] (Pacific Northwest cuisine, $$$)

[http://www.mattsinthemarket.com/ Matt's in the Market] (Northwest Cuisine, $$$)

[http://www.placepigalle-seattle.com/ Place Pigalle] (French)

[http://www.chezshea.com/ Chez Shea] (French)

[http://www.elysianbrewing.com/elysian.html Elysian Breweries and Pubs] (Pub Food)

[http://www.mezaseattle.com/index.html Meza] (Latin Fare)

[http://lovinghut.us/seattle/index.html Loving Hut] (Vietnamese/Veg*n)

[http://inthebowlbistro.com/index.php In the Bowl] (Veg*n, Asian)

[http://www.plumbistro.com/ Plumb Bistro] (Veg*n)

[http://highlineseattle.com/ Highline] (Veg*n, bar)

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

[http://bravehorsetavern.com/ Brave Horse Tavern] (another Tom Douglas, good regional beer list, yummy food. Near South Lake Union. Would require a ride on the South Lake Union Trolley (SLUT), but it's easy to get to/use from downtown.

[http://flyingfishrestaurant.com/ Flying Fish] (Seafood)

[http://www.allmenus.com/wa/seattle/3437-cafe-flora/menu/dinner/ Cafe Flora] (FANTASTIC Veg*n restaurant. Use Metro bus #11 to get there)

[http://www.teapotvegetarianhouse.com/index.htm Teapot Vegetarian House] (Veg*n, Asian)

[http://spaceneedle.com/restaurant/ Space Needle] (American, Pricy; but what the heck, listed it anyway for those who want the experience)

===Veg*n Dinner Wednesday===

We'll pick a place with lots of veg*n options to go eat Wednesday for dinner. Vegetarians and non-vegetarians welcome.

(I probably won't make it but DO YOURSELVES A FAVOR AND '''GO TO CAFÉ FLORA''', SRSLY. -mjgiarlo)

*Jason Ronallo
*Sean Hannan
*Ed Summers
*Becky Yoose (carnivore ambassador)

===Dim Sum Lunch Thursday===

For those of you staying in town after the last session on Thursday, [http://oasiankitchen.com/ O'Asian Kitchen] has dim sum service during the weekdays. Meet up around 12:35, meeting location tba. Bring cash for easier bill splitting.

*Becky Yoose
* Declan Fleming - love me some Dim Sum!

==Social Map - places of interest==
[http://g.co/maps/4m5pk Code4lib 2012 - Seattle - social events, hangouts, and places to see]

==Seattle Events Feb 5-9==
===Sunday, February 5, 2012===
* Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band/Live Wyya/Adrian Xavier/Selecta Raiford/DJ Courtland, Neumos: http://neumos.com/neumos.php
* Michael The Blind/The Els, Skylark: http://www.skylarkcafe.com/
* Addaura/Alda/Hallow, Comet
* "I Am My Own Wife" 7:30pm at Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle Center) http://www.seattlerep.org/Plays/1112/IM/

===Monday, February 6, 2012===
* Silent Movie Mondays: Last Command 1928, http://stgpresents.org/artists/?artist=1829#, Show at 7:00pm, The Paramount Theatre $10
This all-classic film series, First Oscars, is accompanied by live music from the historic Mighty Wurlitzer organ, one of the last three remaining organs of its kind to reside in its original environment, played by critically acclaimed organist Jim Riggs.

===Tuesday, February 7, 2012===
* Lionize/Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster, El Corazon: http://elcorazonseattle.com/
* The Pulltab Playboys/Rachel Lyn Harrington & The Knock Outs/The James Low Western Front, Sunset: http://sunsettavern.com/
* Twin Sister, Vera: http://theveraproject.org/shows/
* The Features, Chop Suey: http://www.chopsuey.com/
* Wilco/White Denim, Paramount Theatre: http://stgpresents.org/
* "I Am My Own Wife" 7:30pm at Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle Center) http://www.seattlerep.org/Plays/1112/IM/

===Wednesday, February 8, 2012===
* The Golden Blondes/The Jet Age/Mr. Drinx & The Pot Heads, Sunset: http://sunsettavern.com/
* Pipsisewah/The Chasers/The Magic Mirrors, Tractor: http://www.tractortavern.com/
* Dengue Fever vs Secret Chiefs 3, Moe Bar :http://bit.ly/yJtfXv (how could you pass the opportunity to see someone play this thing :http://bit.ly/wB5AgZ

===Thursday, February 9, 2012===
* SAM Opening - Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise: http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/gauguin
* The Jayhawks, Neptune Theater: http://stgpresents.org/
* Digital Leather, Comet
* Savani World Quintet/Super Sones, Columbia City Theater: http://www.columbiacitytheater.com/
* Blvd Park {album release}/Nettle Honey/Creeping Time, Tractor: http://www.tractortavern.com/
* Eleanor Friedberger, Crocodile: http://thecrocodile.com/index.html

===Ongoing Events===
* Seattle Art Museum: Tours are every Saturday & Sunday at noon, and the First Thursday of every month at 10:30, 11:30 am, 12:30 & 1:30 pm.
* EMP: Exhibits on display include: Battlestar Galactica, Nirvana, Avatar, and Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film
* Teatro ZinZanni: ¡Caliente! http://dreams.zinzanni.org/
* Pacific NW Ballet: performing Don Quixote at McCaw Hall http://www.pnb.org/
* Oklahoma!, Sunday matinee and nightly: 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Avenue http://www.5thavenue.org/show/oklahoma

==Local events/places==
* Metrix Create Space
* Ada's Technical Books
* Northwest Outdoor Center
* Center for Wooden Boats
* Empty Sea Studios acoustic music

==Local Beer Places==
* Map of [http://beermapping.com/maps/citymaps.php?m=seattle#lat=47.66723703450515&lng=-122.28263854980469&z=5 beer venues] maintained at Beermapping.com.
* List of [http://www.washingtonbeer.com/breweries/seattle-king-co/ local breweries] ([http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=201783184139227541123.0004813e64758434cb054&source=embed&ll=47.558921,-122.106171&spn=0.442982,1.234589&z=10&source=embed map]) maintained by the Washington Beer Commission
* Map of [http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/RegionMap.asp?rid=7600 beer venues] maintained by Ratebeer.com.

==See also==
[http://orbiscascade.org/index/c4l-things-to-do-in-seattle Things to do in Seattle, from the hosts]

Craft Brew Drinkup

2011-01-25T15:21:47Z

Helrond:

'''Date and Time TBA.'''

The Craft Brew Drinkup at Code4lib 2011 is all about sharing and enjoying good beer with fellow conference attendees. The idea is to bring bottles of your favorite beers. For this sort of thing anarchivist usually recommends bringing 22 oz bottles, but 12 oz. is OK if it's strong or really special. While you're not obligated to bring local beers from whereever you're from, participants are definitely encouraged to bring beer that you think is special and might be somewhat hard for others outside your area to find. Sign up below with your name, where you're from, and list a few brews or bottles you're thinking (but not necessarily committing to bring along.) You can also request that people bring specific beer if you so desire, but not necessarily expect this.

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" class="sortable"
! Name
! Location
! Brews or Breweries I might bring
! Requests
|-
| Mark Matienzo
| New Haven CT/Brooklyn NY
| Pretty Things (1901 KK and Babayaga); Brooklyn Brewery?, something from Connecticut
| Imperial porters/stouts; really funky-/Brett-tasting beers
|-
| Edward Corrado
| Binghamton NY
| Something from one or more local microbreweries
| smokey beer
|-
| Mike Giarlo
| Pennsyltucky
| Either local PA stuff (Otto's, Elk Creek, Victory, Tröegs, Stoudts, Weyerbacher) or Dogfish Head or both
| Sour beers, barleywines, malty beers, and beers that make you go "Hmmmm..."
|-
| Declan Fleming
| San Diego
| Green Flash, Alesmith, Lost Abbey
| Stouts, sours, not of that fizzy yellow ick, not too many hops
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| Jason Stirnaman
| Kansas City
| Boulevard Smokestack something or other - Imperial Stout if available
| Stouts, lagers, no hoppy or spicy ales
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| Ryan Eby
| Lansing/Ann Arbor, MI
| Jolly Pumpkin, Founders, others by request (below). Driving so can do growlers.
| Dark or Hoppy
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| Julie Hardesty
| Bloomington, IN
| Growler of Java Porter or Ruby Bloom Amber from Bloomington Brewing Co. (depends on what they're making). You can give it a try before you make the trek to Lennie's.
| Going for stout and/or flavor
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| Esmé Cowles
| Gainesville, FL
| Cigar City or homebrew scotch ale.
| Anything malty and/or aromatic. French Broad Wee Heavy-er (or -est) if anybody's coming up from Asheville.
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| Tim Donohue
| Champaign, IL
| Three Floyds, Two Brothers, or whatever I find that looks good at local [http://www.friartuckonline.com/ Friar Tucks] (welcoming requests)
| Most anything except fruity/spicy. I like hoppy, dark and/or malty.
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| Linda Ballinger
| Chicago, IL
| Half Acre (probably)
| Dark, bitter
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| Dan Suchy
| Sandy Eggo, CA
| Ballast Point, Port Brewing/Lost Abbey, Alpine (let me know if you have a specific request)
| Funky Farm House ales, local IPAs, would love to try that Smokestack series.
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| Rob Casson
| Cincinnati, OH
| Variety of stuff from [http://www.thepartysource.com/beer.php Party Source] (taking requests). Sadly, Cincinnati's brewing heritage never really recovered from Prohibition, but I may still find/bring something local.
| I like beer.
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| Anjanette Young
| Seattle, WA
| Fremont (Bourbon Abominable), Upright Brewing (Saison), whatever else I think of between now and then.
| Pretty Things!
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| Hillel Arnold
| Upstate Manhattan
| Some combination of Brooklyn Brewery, Southampton Public House, Kelso, Sixpoint, or Captain Lawrence (basically, whatever looks appealing when I go to the store).
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| Your name here
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=== Suggestions ===

* mjgiarlo: Stoudts, Weyerbacher get decent distribution around MI at least. the otto/elk sounds interesting. special victory's --eby; Sly Fox (anarchivist)
* eby: atwater (anarchivist), founders and bells (bigd)

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