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2013 coral meetup

2013-02-13T22:11:07Z

Jfriesen: Created page with "Coral Meetup Attendees --------- * Steve Oberg - Wheator College + * Yongming Wnag - College of New Jersey Library + * Brian McBride - University Utah (pilot) * Alan Witkowski ..."

Coral Meetup

Attendees
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* Steve Oberg - Wheator College +
* Yongming Wnag - College of New Jersey Library +
* Brian McBride - University Utah (pilot)
* Alan Witkowski - University Utah (pilot)
* Megan Finch - Oakland University of Michigan
* Robin Schaaf - Notre Dame +
* Bill Dueber - University of Michigan (pilot)
* Lauren Ajamie - Notre Dame +
* Jeremy Friesen - Notre Dame +

(+ - using CORAL)

Updates
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* Jaron Kennel (jkennel@nd.edu) and Robin Schaff have stepped back from the project
* Remington Steed (rjs7@CALVIN.EDU) from Calvin College has been taking the lead
* Eric Hartman from Texas A&M has been very helpful

https://github.com/ndlibersa/CORAL-Main. This is considered the canonical source; Please put your Issues/TODO here.

Notre Dame
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* About 3500 entries; ebooks are on the horizon
* Licensing data is used for negotiation; See what the typical agreements are like.
* Use document management part of License (upload PDF and archive it)

College of New Jersey Library
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* Two instances installed
* Not using workflow, as there is only one person doing the work of Coral. Appreciate the alerts.
* About 100 entries for databases for vendors

Wheaton College
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* Populating data is a challenge
* Scripts as they are, in Github, are intended for initial data loads; But if you want to overlay this becomes more challenging.
* Many nods to this "Straightening out the mess for data going into CORAL is labor intensive"
* Suggested to start with installing the usage-statistics module of CORAL
* About 1900 entries
* Wants to track access paths for resources in Coral (i.e. SFX, Discovery layer, 360 Link, etc.)
* Tremendous amount of work to extract licensing expression/text

University Utah
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* Question - what is the community's commitment to CORAL? Robin is confident in the community. * Texas A&M have put a lot of support behind this.
* Texas A&M is working on a documentation module; For troubleshooting easy proxy.
* ER&L will have a meetup and NASIG "should" have a meetup.

University of Michigan
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* Pilot project would load 10000 records or so

Comments
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* Where does the code need love: Sushi usage (if it is implemented would be fabulous)
* Most people said that CORAL is significantly better than any vendor supplied ERM.
* ERMs are conceptually very simple, or at least the needs that we really want are simple.
* International characters are supported.
* Customization is very flexible. But be careful of data migration, spend some time planning your categories
* Licensing Terms look up feature usage and extension
* Bringing open source to the institution can be challenging

2013 breakout sessions reports

2013-02-13T21:50:48Z

Jfriesen: /* Wednesday, Feb.13, 2013 */

== Tuesday, Feb.12, 2013 ==
* CodeCraft - Writing better code - '''location: Room D''' [[2013_codecraft_breakout]]
* Code4Lib Journal discussion of editorial process (open to anyone) - '''Main Room, front right corner'''
* Tools for instruction: Guide on the Side, LMS integration, subject / course guides, etc. - '''Main Room, rear right corner''' Minutes: [[2013_instruction_breakout]]
* Marc4J, SolrMarc, and MARC -> Solr in general -- Next steps - '''Room E''' Minutes: [[2013_marc_breakout]]
* Building / Keeping relevant skills - How do you access training, develop skills, and keep current while still doing your day job - '''Room F''' Minutes: [[2013_breakout_remaining_relevant]]
* Cupcakes4Lib -- A Pilgrimage - '''Registration Table''' -- We ate cupcakes. It was amazing. We felt that we chose the right break out session. Photos of the yumminess can be found here. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/qe7uh2jmrs2mhmm/PJ3FjjMR9r
* relevance ranking and testing - '''Main room, left rear corner'''
* Fedora4Lib: Developer Challenge! (http://fedora4lib.org/hack/) - '''Main room, left front corner'''
* Nap4Lib: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVmGBoPx6Ms zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

== Wednesday, Feb.13, 2013 ==
* CORAL meetup: Are you using CORAL -- '''main room center back (by Francis' recording platform)''' [[2013_coral_meetup]]
* Open Library: status, needs, and infogami as a platform for experimentation -- '''Room F'''
* VuFind Update / Discussion -- '''main room front left'''
* Project Ride Sharing Board -- '''main room back left'''
* Use cases, relevancy, and usability -- '''Room D'''
* Lone technologists at small libraries -- '''Room E'''
* Archival Description Discovery Systems (EAD+beyond) -- '''main room front right'''
* BorrowDirect, CIC, other lending cooperatives using Relais and IndexData tools -- '''main room back right'''
* Internally facing tools for institutional staff -- '''main room center front'''
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2013 Code4Lib Midwest Conference

2012-07-17T18:27:08Z

Jfriesen: /* Registration */

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

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

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

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

===Programming===

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

====Lightning Talks====
* Francis Kayiwa - Giving XTF an Admin interface
* M Ryan Hess - UnLibGuiding LibGuides - Using JQuery and CSS with Campus Guides to make LibGuides a real Web CMS
* Matthew Reidsma - Guerrila analytics - uncovering user behavior with jQuery, JSONP, and sneakery.
* Margaret Heller - What works for intranets and what doesn't (may be a hackfest question as well)
* Erin Fisher - Makerspaces: What are they and why should they live in libraries?

====Talks====
* M Ryan Hess - Web Services project management and reporting using a custom-built Zoho ticketing application.
* ''Virtual Presentation via video: Ken Irwin - Deluxe screen-scraping with DOM parsing (15 min + Q&A)''
* Kyle Felker Gamification Basics (30 mins + Q&A)
* Matthew Reidsma - Dead-simple version control for your team with Git.
* Eric Echeverri and Noah Botimer - Devise Authentication for Rails (for beginners)

====Workshops====

====Hackfest ideas====

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

===Registration===

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

*Margaret Heller, mheller@dom.edu, Dominican University
*Matthew Reidsma, reidsmam@gvsu.edu, Grand Valley State University
*Francis Kayiwa, kayiwa@MyUniNext, University of Illinois at Chicago
*Ranti Junus, ranti.junus@gmail.com, Michigan State University
*Aaron Collie, collie@msu.edu, Michigan State University
*Jim LeFager jlefager@depaul.edu, DePaul University
*Bill Dueber, dueberb@umich.edu, University of Michigan
*Kyle Felker, felkerk@gvsu.edu, Grand Valley State University
*[''I will not be able to make it in person, but I would love to participate virtual to the extent possible: Ken Irwin, kirwin[at]wittenberg.edu, Wittenberg University (Ohio)'']
*M Ryan Hess, mhess8@depaul.edu, DePaul University
*Mary Morgan, morganm@gvsu.edu, Grand Valley State University
*Linda Ballinger, ballingerl at newberry.org, Newberry Library (Chicago)
*Kelly Sattler, sattler9@msu.edu, Michigan State University
*Esther Verreau, everreau@skokielibrary.info, Skokie Public Library
*Dave Widmer, dwidmer@bgsu.edu, Bowling Green State University
*Albert Bertram, bertrama@umich.edu, University of Michigan
*Jeremy Morse, jgmorse@umich.edu, University of Michigan
*Steve Meyer, steve_meyer@oclc.org, OCLC
*Joshua Neds-Fox, jnf@wayne.edu, Wayne State University
*Elliot Polak, elliot.polak@wayne.edu Wayne State University
*Graham Hukill, graham.hukill@wayne.edu, Wayne State University
*Leah Black, blackl@mail.lib.msu.edu, Michigan State University
*Christine Tobias, tobiasc@msu.edu, Michigan State University
*Jenny Brandon, jbrandon@msu.edu, Michigan State University
*Emily Sanford, sanfor79@msu.edu, Michigan State University.
*Patrick Roth, rothpa@gvsu.edu, Grand Valley State University
*Kim Pierce, piercek@mail.lib.msu.edu, Michigan State University [Tuesday only]
*Nathan Collins, colli372@mail.lib.msu.edu, Michigan State University [Tuesday only]
*Stephen Schrauger, schraug1@mail.lib.msu.edu, Michigan State University [Tuesday only]
*Eric Echeverri, ericeche@umich.edu, University of Michigan
*Ben Reiter, reiterbe@mail.lib.msu.edu, Michigan State University
* Noah Botimer, ???, University of Michigan
* Ryan Eby, ryaneby at gmail, AADL (tentative)
* Jeremy Friesen, jfriesen@nd.edu, University of Notre Dame
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== Previous C4L Midwest Regional Meetings ==

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

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