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2015 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting

2015-05-15T20:33:41Z

Jshank:

== Code4Lib Midwest 2015 Meeting ==

Mark your calendars -- The Ohio State University Libraries will be hosting the Code4Lib Midwest 2015 meeting in Columbus, OH.

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://library.osu.edu The Ohio State University Libraries].
* '''When''' - July 23 and July 24, 2015
* '''Where''' - [http://library.osu.edu Thompson Library], room 165 at OSU
* '''Who''' - contact person: Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu )

===Logistics===

'''Suggested Hotels'''

* [http://www.theblackwell.com/ '''The Blackwell Inn'''] (2110 Tuttle Park Place, Columbus, OH 43210 :: +1 (614) 247-4000)

-The Blackwell Inn is located on campus, roughly 0.2 miles from the Thompson Library.

* [http://www.varsityinn.com/ '''The Varsity Inn South'''] (1445 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43212 :: +1 (614) 291-2983)

-The Varsity Inn South is roughly 1.7 miles from the Thompson Library.

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

=== Schedule ===

==== Tentative Thursday, July 23rd ====

8:30 - 9:00: Check-in 

9:00 - 9:20: Welcome and House Keeping 

9:20 - 9:40: Presentation #1 

9:40 - 10:00: Presentation #2 

10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #3 

10:20 - 10:40: Break/Networking 

10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #4 

11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks 

12:00 - 1:30: Lunch 

1:30 - 5:00: Hands on Workshop...tentative topic; supporting digital humanities. 

look at topics related to text mining, topic models, n-grams, visualization 

6:30 - ? Social 

==== Tentative Friday, July 24th ====

8:00 - 8:30: Checkin 
8:30 - 8:45: Housekeeping 
8:45 - 9:45: Lightening Talks #2 
9:45 - 10:00: Break 
10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #5 
10:20 - 10:40: Presentation #6 
10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #7 
11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks #3 / Tech petting zoo? 
12:00 - 12:30: Closing 

===Social Media Goodness===

Twitter hash tag: [https://twitter.com/search?q=c4lmw&src=typd #c4lmw]

===Technical Details===

* We'll have a Projector station with hookups, as well as a community PC Laptop with Powerpoint.
* Both a wired and wireless mic
* Wifi

==Programming Sign-up==

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

Share what you are working on! Add your name and a description below. Please also let us know how long you'll need, and whether you prefer Wednesday or Thursday (or if it doesn't matter)

===Presentations or Workshops===

'''ActiveSierra''' - Sean Crowe and James Van Mil: while waiting for a useful API from III, we've modeled useful bits of the Sierra database for use in Rails apps and in vanilla ruby. We'd be able to present the SierraDNA and ActiveRecord/ActiveModel frameworks with some of the tools we're building (~1 hour?). If folks have access to their home III database systems, we could also host a workshop/hackfest around these tools.

'''Text mining: An introduction''' - This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the use of Python's Natural Language Toolkit ([http://www.nltk.org NLTK]), and through this process participants will learn the rudiments of text mining. While it may sound trivial, the workshop will count and tabulate words. How many words are in a given document? What are those words, and how often do they occur? How significant are those words compared to a similar sent in a different document? Visualize the comparison. Identify where selected words appear in a document and visualize that. After identifying significant words in a text, use a simple keyword-in-context (concordance) application to understand who the words are used in the text. Using these simple techniques a person can "read" a large corpuse of materials quickly and easily. Participants will be expected to have their own computers with the NLTK previously installed. --Eric Lease Morgan (University of Notre Dame)

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

Suggested topic:
Benefits and risks of attempting user driven development : Early Adopters --> Use Cases --> Agile. Is this an art or a science, a structured process or a dialectic? (Linda Newman and team from UC)

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

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

# David Malone - Wheaton College (david.malone%wheaton.edu)
# Ralph LeVan - OCLC (levan@oclc.org)
# Britain Woodman - University of Michigan (britainwumichedu)
# Angela Galvan - Ohio State University (galvan.as@gmail.com)
# Carrie Preston - Ohio University (prestonc@ohio.edu)
# Laurie Lee Moses - Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago (lmoses@colum.edu)
# Sasha Griffin - Denison University (griffins@denison.edu)
# Daniel Weddington - Berea College (Daniel_Weddington@berea.edu)
# Ken Irwin - Wittenberg University (kirwin@wittenberg.edu)
# Jane Wu - Otterbein University (jwu@otterbein.edu)
# James Van Mil - University of Cincinnati (vanmiljf@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Nathan Tallman - University of Cincinnati (tallmann@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Sean Crowe - University of Cincinnati (crowesn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Glen Horton - University of Cincinnati (hortongn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Linda Newman - University of Cincinnati (newmanld@ucmail.uc.edu) (If we reach 50 and UC has more than it's share of attendees let me know.)
# Jeffrey Mudge - Wheaton College (jeffrey.mudge@wheaton.edu)
# Karen Coombs - OCLC (coombsk@oclc.org)
# Thomas Scherz - University of Cincinnati (scherztc@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Ann Schoenenberger - Kenton County Public Library (Ann.Schoenenberger@kentonlibrary.org)
# Christina Harlow - University of Tennessee, Knoxville (charlow2@utk.edu)
# Megan Kudzia - Albion College (moneill@albion.edu)
# Eric Lease Morgan - University of Notre Dame (emorgan@nd.edu)
# Peter Murray (jester@dltj.org)
# Jon Shank - Northwestern University (j-shank@northwestern.edu)

The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 50. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

#

2015 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting

2015-05-14T15:37:21Z

Jshank:

== Code4Lib Midwest 2015 Meeting ==

Mark your calendars -- The Ohio State University Libraries will be hosting the Code4Lib Midwest 2015 meeting in Columbus, OH.

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://library.osu.edu The Ohio State University Libraries].
* '''When''' - July 23 and July 24, 2015
* '''Where''' - [http://library.osu.edu Thompson Library], room 165 at OSU
* '''Who''' - contact person: Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu )

===Logistics===

'''Suggested Hotels'''

* [http://www.theblackwell.com/ '''The Blackwell Inn'''] (2110 Tuttle Park Place, Columbus, OH 43210 :: +1 (614) 247-4000)

-The Blackwell Inn is located on campus, roughly 0.2 miles from the Thompson Library.

* [http://www.varsityinn.com/ '''The Varsity Inn South'''] (1445 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43212 :: +1 (614) 291-2983)

-The Varsity Inn South is roughly 1.7 miles from the Thompson Library.

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

=== Schedule ===

==== Tentative Thursday, July 23rd ====

8:30 - 9:00: Check-in 

9:00 - 9:20: Welcome and House Keeping 

9:20 - 9:40: Presentation #1 

9:40 - 10:00: Presentation #2 

10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #3 

10:20 - 10:40: Break/Networking 

10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #4 

11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks 

12:00 - 1:30: Lunch 

1:30 - 5:00: Hands on Workshop...tentative topic; supporting digital humanities. 

look at topics related to text mining, topic models, n-grams, visualization 

6:30 - ? Social 

==== Tentative Friday, July 24th ====

8:00 - 8:30: Checkin 
8:30 - 8:45: Housekeeping 
8:45 - 9:45: Lightening Talks #2 
9:45 - 10:00: Break 
10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #5 
10:20 - 10:40: Presentation #6 
10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #7 
11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks #3 / Tech petting zoo? 
12:00 - 12:30: Closing 

===Social Media Goodness===

Twitter hash tag: [https://twitter.com/search?q=c4lmw&src=typd #c4lmw]

===Technical Details===

* We'll have a Projector station with hookups, as well as a community PC Laptop with Powerpoint.
* Both a wired and wireless mic
* Wifi

==Programming Sign-up==

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

Share what you are working on! Add your name and a description below. Please also let us know how long you'll need, and whether you prefer Wednesday or Thursday (or if it doesn't matter)

===Presentations or Workshops===

'''ActiveSierra''' - Sean Crowe and James Van Mil: while waiting for a useful API from III, we've modeled useful bits of the Sierra database for use in Rails apps and in vanilla ruby. We'd be able to present the SierraDNA and ActiveRecord/ActiveModel frameworks with some of the tools we're building (~1 hour?). If folks have access to their home III database systems, we could also host a workshop/hackfest around these tools.

'''Text mining: An introduction''' - This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the use of Python's Natural Language Toolkit ([http://www.nltk.org NLTK]), and through this process participants will learn the rudiments of text mining. While it may sound trivial, the workshop will count and tabulate words. How many words are in a given document? What are those words, and how often do they occur? How significant are those words compared to a similar sent in a different document? Visualize the comparison. Identify where selected words appear in a document and visualize that. After identifying significant words in a text, use a simple keyword-in-context (concordance) application to understand who the words are used in the text. Using these simple techniques a person can "read" a large corpuse of materials quickly and easily. Participants will be expected to have their own computers with the NLTK previously installed. --Eric Lease Morgan (University of Notre Dame)

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

Suggested topic:
Benefits and risks of attempting user driven development : Early Adopters --> Use Cases --> Agile. Is this an art or a science, a structured process or a dialectic? (Linda Newman and team from UC)

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

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

# David Malone - Wheaton College (david.malone%wheaton.edu)
# Ralph LeVan - OCLC (levan@oclc.org)
# Britain Woodman - University of Michigan (britainwumichedu)
# Angela Galvan - Ohio State University (galvan.as@gmail.com)
# Carrie Preston - Ohio University (prestonc@ohio.edu)
# Laurie Lee Moses - Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago (lmoses@colum.edu)
# Sasha Griffin - Denison University (griffins@denison.edu)
# Daniel Weddington - Berea College (Daniel_Weddington@berea.edu)
# Ken Irwin - Wittenberg University (kirwin@wittenberg.edu)
# Jane Wu - Otterbein University (jwu@otterbein.edu)
# James Van Mil - University of Cincinnati (vanmiljf@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Nathan Tallman - University of Cincinnati (tallmann@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Sean Crowe - University of Cincinnati (crowesn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Glen Horton - University of Cincinnati (hortongn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Linda Newman - University of Cincinnati (newmanld@ucmail.uc.edu) (If we reach 50 and UC has more than it's share of attendees let me know.)
# Jeffrey Mudge - Wheaton College (jeffrey.mudge@wheaton.edu)
# Karen Coombs - OCLC (coombsk@oclc.org)
# Thomas Scherz - University of Cincinnati (scherztc@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Ann Schoenenberger - Kenton County Public Library (Ann.Schoenenberger@kentonlibrary.org)
# Christina Harlow - University of Tennessee, Knoxville (charlow2@utk.edu)
# Megan Kudzia - Albion College (moneill@albion.edu)
# Eric Lease Morgan - University of Notre Dame (emorgan@nd.edu)
# Peter Murray (jester@dltj.org)

The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 50. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

#

2015 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting

2015-05-14T15:25:42Z

Jshank:

== Code4Lib Midwest 2015 Meeting ==

Mark your calendars -- The Ohio State University Libraries will be hosting the Code4Lib Midwest 2015 meeting in Columbus, OH.

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://library.osu.edu The Ohio State University Libraries].
* '''When''' - July 23 and July 24, 2015
* '''Where''' - [http://library.osu.edu Thompson Library], room 165 at OSU
* '''Who''' - contact person: Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu )

===Logistics===

'''Suggested Hotels'''

* [http://www.theblackwell.com/ '''The Blackwell Inn'''] (2110 Tuttle Park Place, Columbus, OH 43210 :: +1 (614) 247-4000)

-The Blackwell Inn is located on campus, roughly 0.2 miles from the Thompson Library.

* [http://www.varsityinn.com/ '''The Varsity Inn South'''] (1445 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43212 :: +1 (614) 291-2983)

-The Varsity Inn South is roughly 1.7 miles from the Thompson Library.

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

=== Schedule ===

==== Tentative Thursday, July 23rd ====

8:30 - 9:00: Check-in 

9:00 - 9:20: Welcome and House Keeping 

9:20 - 9:40: Presentation #1 

9:40 - 10:00: Presentation #2 

10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #3 

10:20 - 10:40: Break/Networking 

10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #4 

11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks 

12:00 - 1:30: Lunch 

1:30 - 5:00: Hands on Workshop...tentative topic; supporting digital humanities. 

look at topics related to text mining, topic models, n-grams, visualization 

6:30 - ? Social 

==== Tentative Friday, July 24th ====

8:00 - 8:30: Checkin 
8:30 - 8:45: Housekeeping 
8:45 - 9:45: Lightening Talks #2 
9:45 - 10:00: Break 
10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #5 
10:20 - 10:40: Presentation #6 
10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #7 
11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks #3 / Tech petting zoo? 
12:00 - 12:30: Closing 

===Social Media Goodness===

Twitter hash tag: [https://twitter.com/search?q=c4lmw&src=typd #c4lmw]

===Technical Details===

* We'll have a Projector station with hookups, as well as a community PC Laptop with Powerpoint.
* Both a wired and wireless mic
* Wifi

==Programming Sign-up==

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

Share what you are working on! Add your name and a description below. Please also let us know how long you'll need, and whether you prefer Wednesday or Thursday (or if it doesn't matter)

===Presentations or Workshops===

'''ActiveSierra''' - Sean Crowe and James Van Mil: while waiting for a useful API from III, we've modeled useful bits of the Sierra database for use in Rails apps and in vanilla ruby. We'd be able to present the SierraDNA and ActiveRecord/ActiveModel frameworks with some of the tools we're building (~1 hour?). If folks have access to their home III database systems, we could also host a workshop/hackfest around these tools.

'''Text mining: An introduction''' - This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the use of Python's Natural Language Toolkit ([http://www.nltk.org NLTK]), and through this process participants will learn the rudiments of text mining. While it may sound trivial, the workshop will count and tabulate words. How many words are in a given document? What are those words, and how often do they occur? How significant are those words compared to a similar sent in a different document? Visualize the comparison. Identify where selected words appear in a document and visualize that. After identifying significant words in a text, use a simple keyword-in-context (concordance) application to understand who the words are used in the text. Using these simple techniques a person can "read" a large corpuse of materials quickly and easily. Participants will be expected to have their own computers with the NLTK previously installed. --Eric Lease Morgan (University of Notre Dame)

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

Suggested topic:
Benefits and risks of attempting user driven development : Early Adopters --> Use Cases --> Agile. Is this an art or a science, a structured process or a dialectic? (Linda Newman and team from UC)

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

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

# David Malone - Wheaton College (david.malone%wheaton.edu)
# Ralph LeVan - OCLC (levan@oclc.org)
# Britain Woodman - University of Michigan (britainwumichedu)
# Angela Galvan - Ohio State University (galvan.as@gmail.com)
# Carrie Preston - Ohio University (prestonc@ohio.edu)
# Laurie Lee Moses - Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago (lmoses@colum.edu)
# Sasha Griffin - Denison University (griffins@denison.edu)
# Daniel Weddington - Berea College (Daniel_Weddington@berea.edu)
# Ken Irwin - Wittenberg University (kirwin@wittenberg.edu)
# Jane Wu - Otterbein University (jwu@otterbein.edu)
# James Van Mil - University of Cincinnati (vanmiljf@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Nathan Tallman - University of Cincinnati (tallmann@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Sean Crowe - University of Cincinnati (crowesn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Glen Horton - University of Cincinnati (hortongn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Linda Newman - University of Cincinnati (newmanld@ucmail.uc.edu) (If we reach 50 and UC has more than it's share of attendees let me know.)
# Jeffrey Mudge - Wheaton College (jeffrey.mudge@wheaton.edu)
# Karen Coombs - OCLC (coombsk@oclc.org)
# Thomas Scherz - University of Cincinnati (scherztc@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Ann Schoenenberger - Kenton County Public Library (Ann.Schoenenberger@kentonlibrary.org)
# Christina Harlow - University of Tennessee, Knoxville (charlow2@utk.edu)
# Megan Kudzia - Albion College (moneill@albion.edu)
# Eric Lease Morgan - University of Notre Dame (emorgan@nd.edu)
# Peter Murray (jester@dltj.org)
# Jon Shank - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (j-shank@northwestern.edu)

The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 50. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

#

2015 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting

2015-05-14T15:23:23Z

Jshank:

== Code4Lib Midwest 2015 Meeting ==

Mark your calendars -- The Ohio State University Libraries will be hosting the Code4Lib Midwest 2015 meeting in Columbus, OH.

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://library.osu.edu The Ohio State University Libraries].
* '''When''' - July 23 and July 24, 2015
* '''Where''' - [http://library.osu.edu Thompson Library], room 165 at OSU
* '''Who''' - contact person: Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu )

===Logistics===

'''Suggested Hotels'''

* [http://www.theblackwell.com/ '''The Blackwell Inn'''] (2110 Tuttle Park Place, Columbus, OH 43210 :: +1 (614) 247-4000)

-The Blackwell Inn is located on campus, roughly 0.2 miles from the Thompson Library.

* [http://www.varsityinn.com/ '''The Varsity Inn South'''] (1445 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43212 :: +1 (614) 291-2983)

-The Varsity Inn South is roughly 1.7 miles from the Thompson Library.

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

=== Schedule ===

==== Tentative Thursday, July 23rd ====

8:30 - 9:00: Check-in 

9:00 - 9:20: Welcome and House Keeping 

9:20 - 9:40: Presentation #1 

9:40 - 10:00: Presentation #2 

10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #3 

10:20 - 10:40: Break/Networking 

10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #4 

11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks 

12:00 - 1:30: Lunch 

1:30 - 5:00: Hands on Workshop...tentative topic; supporting digital humanities. 

look at topics related to text mining, topic models, n-grams, visualization 

6:30 - ? Social 

==== Tentative Friday, July 24th ====

8:00 - 8:30: Checkin 
8:30 - 8:45: Housekeeping 
8:45 - 9:45: Lightening Talks #2 
9:45 - 10:00: Break 
10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #5 
10:20 - 10:40: Presentation #6 
10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #7 
11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks #3 / Tech petting zoo? 
12:00 - 12:30: Closing 

===Social Media Goodness===

Twitter hash tag: [https://twitter.com/search?q=c4lmw&src=typd #c4lmw]

===Technical Details===

* We'll have a Projector station with hookups, as well as a community PC Laptop with Powerpoint.
* Both a wired and wireless mic
* Wifi

==Programming Sign-up==

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

Share what you are working on! Add your name and a description below. Please also let us know how long you'll need, and whether you prefer Wednesday or Thursday (or if it doesn't matter)

===Presentations or Workshops===

'''ActiveSierra''' - Sean Crowe and James Van Mil: while waiting for a useful API from III, we've modeled useful bits of the Sierra database for use in Rails apps and in vanilla ruby. We'd be able to present the SierraDNA and ActiveRecord/ActiveModel frameworks with some of the tools we're building (~1 hour?). If folks have access to their home III database systems, we could also host a workshop/hackfest around these tools.

'''Text mining: An introduction''' - This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the use of Python's Natural Language Toolkit ([http://www.nltk.org NLTK]), and through this process participants will learn the rudiments of text mining. While it may sound trivial, the workshop will count and tabulate words. How many words are in a given document? What are those words, and how often do they occur? How significant are those words compared to a similar sent in a different document? Visualize the comparison. Identify where selected words appear in a document and visualize that. After identifying significant words in a text, use a simple keyword-in-context (concordance) application to understand who the words are used in the text. Using these simple techniques a person can "read" a large corpuse of materials quickly and easily. Participants will be expected to have their own computers with the NLTK previously installed. --Eric Lease Morgan (University of Notre Dame)

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

Suggested topic:
Benefits and risks of attempting user driven development : Early Adopters --> Use Cases --> Agile. Is this an art or a science, a structured process or a dialectic? (Linda Newman and team from UC)

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

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

# David Malone - Wheaton College (david.malone%wheaton.edu)
# Ralph LeVan - OCLC (levan@oclc.org)
# Britain Woodman - University of Michigan (britainwumichedu)
# Angela Galvan - Ohio State University (galvan.as@gmail.com)
# Carrie Preston - Ohio University (prestonc@ohio.edu)
# Laurie Lee Moses - Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago (lmoses@colum.edu)
# Sasha Griffin - Denison University (griffins@denison.edu)
# Daniel Weddington - Berea College (Daniel_Weddington@berea.edu)
# Ken Irwin - Wittenberg University (kirwin@wittenberg.edu)
# Jane Wu - Otterbein University (jwu@otterbein.edu)
# James Van Mil - University of Cincinnati (vanmiljf@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Nathan Tallman - University of Cincinnati (tallmann@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Sean Crowe - University of Cincinnati (crowesn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Glen Horton - University of Cincinnati (hortongn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Linda Newman - University of Cincinnati (newmanld@ucmail.uc.edu) (If we reach 50 and UC has more than it's share of attendees let me know.)
# Jeffrey Mudge - Wheaton College (jeffrey.mudge@wheaton.edu)
# Karen Coombs - OCLC (coombsk@oclc.org)
# Thomas Scherz - University of Cincinnati (scherztc@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Ann Schoenenberger - Kenton County Public Library (Ann.Schoenenberger@kentonlibrary.org)
# Christina Harlow - University of Tennessee, Knoxville (charlow2@utk.edu)
# Megan Kudzia - Albion College (moneill@albion.edu)
# Eric Lease Morgan - University of Notre Dame (emorgan@nd.edu)
# Peter Murray (jester@dltj.org)
# Jonathan Shank - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (j-shank@northwestern.edu)

The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 50. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

#

2015 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting

2015-05-14T15:22:53Z

Jshank:

== Code4Lib Midwest 2015 Meeting ==

Mark your calendars -- The Ohio State University Libraries will be hosting the Code4Lib Midwest 2015 meeting in Columbus, OH.

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://library.osu.edu The Ohio State University Libraries].
* '''When''' - July 23 and July 24, 2015
* '''Where''' - [http://library.osu.edu Thompson Library], room 165 at OSU
* '''Who''' - contact person: Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu )

===Logistics===

'''Suggested Hotels'''

* [http://www.theblackwell.com/ '''The Blackwell Inn'''] (2110 Tuttle Park Place, Columbus, OH 43210 :: +1 (614) 247-4000)

-The Blackwell Inn is located on campus, roughly 0.2 miles from the Thompson Library.

* [http://www.varsityinn.com/ '''The Varsity Inn South'''] (1445 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43212 :: +1 (614) 291-2983)

-The Varsity Inn South is roughly 1.7 miles from the Thompson Library.

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

=== Schedule ===

==== Tentative Thursday, July 23rd ====

8:30 - 9:00: Check-in 

9:00 - 9:20: Welcome and House Keeping 

9:20 - 9:40: Presentation #1 

9:40 - 10:00: Presentation #2 

10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #3 

10:20 - 10:40: Break/Networking 

10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #4 

11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks 

12:00 - 1:30: Lunch 

1:30 - 5:00: Hands on Workshop...tentative topic; supporting digital humanities. 

look at topics related to text mining, topic models, n-grams, visualization 

6:30 - ? Social 

==== Tentative Friday, July 24th ====

8:00 - 8:30: Checkin 
8:30 - 8:45: Housekeeping 
8:45 - 9:45: Lightening Talks #2 
9:45 - 10:00: Break 
10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #5 
10:20 - 10:40: Presentation #6 
10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #7 
11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks #3 / Tech petting zoo? 
12:00 - 12:30: Closing 

===Social Media Goodness===

Twitter hash tag: [https://twitter.com/search?q=c4lmw&src=typd #c4lmw]

===Technical Details===

* We'll have a Projector station with hookups, as well as a community PC Laptop with Powerpoint.
* Both a wired and wireless mic
* Wifi

==Programming Sign-up==

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

Share what you are working on! Add your name and a description below. Please also let us know how long you'll need, and whether you prefer Wednesday or Thursday (or if it doesn't matter)

===Presentations or Workshops===

'''ActiveSierra''' - Sean Crowe and James Van Mil: while waiting for a useful API from III, we've modeled useful bits of the Sierra database for use in Rails apps and in vanilla ruby. We'd be able to present the SierraDNA and ActiveRecord/ActiveModel frameworks with some of the tools we're building (~1 hour?). If folks have access to their home III database systems, we could also host a workshop/hackfest around these tools.

'''Text mining: An introduction''' - This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the use of Python's Natural Language Toolkit ([http://www.nltk.org NLTK]), and through this process participants will learn the rudiments of text mining. While it may sound trivial, the workshop will count and tabulate words. How many words are in a given document? What are those words, and how often do they occur? How significant are those words compared to a similar sent in a different document? Visualize the comparison. Identify where selected words appear in a document and visualize that. After identifying significant words in a text, use a simple keyword-in-context (concordance) application to understand who the words are used in the text. Using these simple techniques a person can "read" a large corpuse of materials quickly and easily. Participants will be expected to have their own computers with the NLTK previously installed. --Eric Lease Morgan (University of Notre Dame)

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

Suggested topic:
Benefits and risks of attempting user driven development : Early Adopters --> Use Cases --> Agile. Is this an art or a science, a structured process or a dialectic? (Linda Newman and team from UC)

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

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Terry Reese (reese.2179@osu.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

# David Malone - Wheaton College (david.malone%wheaton.edu)
# Ralph LeVan - OCLC (levan@oclc.org)
# Britain Woodman - University of Michigan (britainwumichedu)
# Angela Galvan - Ohio State University (galvan.as@gmail.com)
# Carrie Preston - Ohio University (prestonc@ohio.edu)
# Laurie Lee Moses - Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago (lmoses@colum.edu)
# Sasha Griffin - Denison University (griffins@denison.edu)
# Daniel Weddington - Berea College (Daniel_Weddington@berea.edu)
# Ken Irwin - Wittenberg University (kirwin@wittenberg.edu)
# Jane Wu - Otterbein University (jwu@otterbein.edu)
# James Van Mil - University of Cincinnati (vanmiljf@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Nathan Tallman - University of Cincinnati (tallmann@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Sean Crowe - University of Cincinnati (crowesn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Glen Horton - University of Cincinnati (hortongn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Linda Newman - University of Cincinnati (newmanld@ucmail.uc.edu) (If we reach 50 and UC has more than it's share of attendees let me know.)
# Jeffrey Mudge - Wheaton College (jeffrey.mudge@wheaton.edu)
# Karen Coombs - OCLC (coombsk@oclc.org)
# Thomas Scherz - University of Cincinnati (scherztc@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Ann Schoenenberger - Kenton County Public Library (Ann.Schoenenberger@kentonlibrary.org)
# Christina Harlow - University of Tennessee, Knoxville (charlow2@utk.edu)
# Megan Kudzia - Albion College (moneill@albion.edu)
# Eric Lease Morgan - University of Notre Dame (emorgan@nd.edu)
# Peter Murray (jester@dltj.org)
# Jonathan Shank- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (j-shank@northwestern.edu)

The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 50. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

#

2013 During the Conference Volunteers

2013-02-05T21:25:47Z

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code4lib 2013 During the Conference Volunteers

== Hospitality Suite Committee ==

This committee makes arrangements for any hospitality suite amenities (technology, snacks, games, icebreakers...) we may want. '''N.B. This year's suite will have a curfew of 11 pm, for the sake of the neighboring rooms'''

*Becky Yoose(b.yoose at gmail dot com) -- Grinnell College
*Ranti Junus (ranti.junus at gmail dot com) -- Michigan State University

== Welcome Wagon Committee ==

Offers conference newcomers an opportunity to self-identify; offers oldtimers an opportunity to meet newcomers. May also want to constitute a year-round variation for #code4lib.

* Becky Yoose(b.yoose at gmail dot com) -- Grinnell College
* Rosalyn Metz (rosalynmetz at gmail dot com) -- The George Washington University

== Social Networking ==
Responsible for non-IRC social networking presence.

== IRC Evangelists ==
Demonstrate how to get onto #code4lib during Registration. Offer support for newcomers in #code4lib during the conference.
* Mark - anarchivist
* Ross - rsinger
* Jon - jtgorman
* Gabriel - gsf
unconfirmed:
* Michael - mjgiarlo

== IRC Access ==
Look into technology/procedures to make connecting to, and maintaining a connection to, IRC less painful.
* Mark - anarchivist

== Video Committee ==
Video archiving and video streaming possibilities.

==Registration Desk Volunteers==
We need 1-2 volunteers to hang out at the registration desk. Also, an additional volunteer with wireless access knowledge would be helpful on the Registration Desk to answer tech questions.

===Registration Desk Schedule===
This is based on the previous year/schedule. Hosts committee, feel free to edit.

Monday
No registration. Check in with preconference leaders.

Tuesday 7:30-8 am (to help setup)
* Linda Ballinger
* [[User:Ianc|Ian Chan]]

Tuesday 8-9 am
* Cody Hennesy
* Emily Zervas
* Megan O'Neill Kudzia(tech expert)
* Jon Shank

Tuesday 9-10 am
* Michael Lindsey
* Tim Thompson
* (tech expert)
*

==MCs==
Margaret and Abigail will be MC wranglers

Tuesday AM
* [[User:Cynthia|Cynthia]]

Tuesday PM
* [[User:Ranti|Ranti]]

Wednesday AM
* [[User:Yoosebj|Becky]], butcher of last names

Wednesday PM
*Margaret

Thursday AM
*ThatAndromeda

== Microphone Runners==

Run wireless handheld microphones to audience members asking questions.

Tuesday AM
* Michael Levy

Tuesday PM

* Dan Chudnov

Wednesday AM
* Emily Zervas

Wednesday PM

* Matt Cordial

Thursday AM

* Rosalyn Metz

== Session Timer Volunteers ==

People who volunteer to sit up front, keep time (and bring timer equipment - i.e. a laptop with a stopwatch program). It's good to have two people in each slot to back each other up in case of machinery failure.

'''Schedule for Session Timers'''

Tuesday AM

* Dan Chudnov

Tuesday PM

* Linda Ballinger

Wednesday AM

* Megan O'Neill Kudzia

Wednesday PM

* Dan Chudnov

Thursday AM

* Linda Ballinger

== Raffles ==

* Carmen Mitchell

[[Category: Code4Lib2013]]

2013 Code4Lib Midwest Conference

2011-07-05T16:02:11Z

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==Code4Lib Midwest 2011 Meeting==

=== Registration ===

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

* Eric Lease Morgan ( emorgan at nd.edu) - University of Notre Dame
* Lauren Reno (renol at newberry.org ) - Newberry Library
* Rick Johnson (rick dot johnson at nd dot edu) - University of Notre Dame
* Peter Schlumpf (pschlumpf at gmail.com) - Avanti Library Systems
* Margaret Kipp (kipp at uwm.edu) - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* Ken Irwin - Wittenberg University (Ohio)
* Abigail Goben (agoben@uic.edu)--University of Illinois, Chicago
* Francis Kayiwa (kayiwa AT My Institution next ) - University of Illinois, Chicago
* Margaret Heller (mheller@dom.edu) - Dominican University, River Forest
* Bob Sandusky (sandusky@uic.edu) - University of Illinois at Chicago
* Ranti Junus (ranti.junus at gmail.com) - Michigan State University
* Ling Wang (lwang@uic.edu) - University of Illinois at Chicago
* Valerie Harris (val66 at UIC email) - University of Illinois at Chicago Library
* Linda Ballinger (linda dot ballinger at gmail) - Newberry Library
* Michael North (m-north@northwestern.edu) - Northwestern University
* Rajesh Balekai (rbalekai@nd.edu) - University of Notre Dame
* Max Anderson (max@uic.edu) - University of Illinois at Chicago
* Jonathan Shank (j-shank@neiu.edu) - Northeastern Illinois University

=== Basics ===

*July 28-29, 2011
Both days will be held at the University of Illinois-Chicago
We will be at the Daley Library.

=== Call for Presenters ===
Share what you are working on! We are looking for 20 minute talks, lightning talks, hour long talks, and a lengthier (90 minute) workshop style talk.

Please list your proposed topic below:

*Name, Title, Topic

* Eric Lease Morgan (Digital Projects Librarian, University of Notre Dame) and "Text Mining in 'Discovery Systems'" - This short presentation will describe what text mining is, and then it will demonstrate how text mining can be integrated into library "discovery systems". The goal of the presentation is to increase the awareness of digital humanities computing techniques and to encourage the library profession to embrace them as a way of making collections more useful.

* Peter Schlumpf (Avanti Library Systems) and "Avanti Nova: A Semantic Mapping System" - This presentation will introduce and demonstrate the latest work on Avanti Nova, a semantic mapping software. Nova provides a new and useful way of doing some things. The basic concepts, principles and how it works will be explained, and there will be a demonstration of the software implementing a library catalogue.

* Margaret Kipp (Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee) and "Teaching Linked Data and the Semantic Web to MLIS Students" - This short presentation will report on the scope, coverage and results of teaching a course on linked data in libraries to a group of MLIS students which encouraged them to explore aspects of information organisation through experimenting with library and non-library metadata, semantic web and web 2.0 tools for creating library mashups. One of the goals of the presentation is to start a conversation about what libraries are doing with linked data and the semantic web and how we can incorporate this knowledge into MLIS courses.

=== Hackfest topics ===

Got a problem that coders can solve? We will set aside time for a hackfest -- post your issues now.

* Anyone interested in taking XTF apart

== (Completed) 2010 (Inaugural) Code4Lib Midwest Meeting ==

The Inaugural Code4Lib "Midwest" Meeting will be held at the University of Notre Dame:

* '''Who''' - Anybody and everybody is invited, especially if you are interested in aspects of computers and librarianship
* '''What''' - A Code4Lib "mini-conference"
* '''When''' - Friday, June 11 starting at 10 o'clock until Saturday, June 12 around noon
* '''Where''' - Room 248 Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame (Indiana) ([http://www.library.nd.edu/ home page], [http://map.nd.edu/ maps])
* '''Why''' - Because community is a good thing, and communication is the key to our success

=== Agenda ===

The agenda is be very simple and includes things such as but not limited to:

* introductions and agenda reformulation
* lightning talks
* show & tell
* lunch at the dinning hall
* tour of campus
* some sort of presentation to library faculty/staff where we will try to get a "Code4Lib Challenge" from the audience
* hack sessions
* social event at Eric Morgan's house
* more hacking

=== Lightning Talks, Show & Tell, and Workshops ===

If you would like to give a lightning talk, do a show & tell, or even give a more formal workshop, then please add your topic and name below. This will help others learn more about what the Meeting will have to offer.

* '''tei2epub''' - a lightning talk about converting TEI/XML into "ebook" files (Eric Morgan)
* '''XC''' - a description of what is happening with the XC (eXtensible Catalog) and ''maybe'' a demonstration of a local XC implementation (Eric Morgan)
* '''offline catalog''' for the [http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/prisonprogram Liberal Arts in Prison Program] - how to use XAMPP, VuFind, and a portable hard drive to create an offline version of the library catalog that can be used for courses taught to prisoners who aren't allowed to have Internet access (Julia Bauder) (This will be a show-and-tell if I can borrow a Windows machine to show it on - it doesn't run on Linux, and I don't own a Windows laptop.)
* '''bilingual subject heading web service''' - LCSH in/Spanish version out. Currently under development for OCLC Connexion client. What would a more generalized standards based service look like? (Mike Kreyche)
* '''FRBR, facets, and moving images''' - an [http://www.olacinc.org OLAC] project to create an improved interface for searching for film and video in libraries. (1) Overview of the project and its goals; (2) Discussion of strategies for extracting and normalizing FRBR-based data from existing MARC bibliographic records. (Kelley McGrath)
* '''[http://bit.ly/9UaxGr Why Notre Dame Should Join the Big Ten From a Library Perspective]''' (Michael Witt)
* '''jQuery + OPACs''' (Ken Irwin)
** the good folks at Packt publishing are offering a code4lib discount on their jQuery books:
:Special 15% off on the cover price of any jQuery print book, please use promotion code '''jqur76pr'''
:Special 40% off on the cover price of any jQuery eBook, please use promotion code '''jqur76ebk'''
:Customers purchasing the print and the eBook together automatically get a 10% off on the print and 85% off on the eBook.
:A complete listing of our jQuery titles can be found here: http://www.packtpub.com/books/jquery
:Customers have to add the jQuery book of their choice to the shopping cart and add the respective promotion code. Next they need to click the "Add Promotion Code" button for the discount to be applied.

Please note that these promotion codes apply to all books under the jQuery category on PacktPub.com except Joomla! 1.5 JavaScript jQuery, as this book is in pre - order stage.
* '''Preparing Hathi Trust and Project Gutenberg records for loading into local catalogs''' (Mike Kreyche)
* '''Wanted: Tips for Unicode/MARC8 conversions''' (Mike Kreyche)
* '''Some of our Drupal/Solr Hacking''' (Rob Casson, who is still tentative, but trying to make it)
* '''Taverna Workflows for Digital Content''' - Go over thoughts on automating data transformations using Taverna to accelerate development time with less code and make work easily shareable, portable, and decoupled (Rick Johnson and Banu Lakshminarayanan)

=== Affinity Groups ===
* [[Mobile Devices]]
* FRBR + Media
* Repositories
* EPUBs
* [[jQuery intro]]

=== Accommodations ===

There are quite a number of hotels in the immediate area, but the following two are recommended in priority order:

# [http://www.innatsaintmarys.com Inn at St. Mary's] - Close. Inexpensive. Gets very good recommendations. Probably serves a breakfast. Within walking distance, but also hosts a shuttle service
# [http://morrisinn.nd.edu/ Morris Inn] - On campus and therefore very close. A bit pricey. A nice hotel.

=== Registration ===

Registration will make it easier for us to plan as well as get you wireless access while you are here. To register, simply send [mailto:emorgan@nd.edu Eric Morgan] an email message, and he will keep track of things.

=== Fees ===

There are no fees with the exception of your hotel and travel costs. At least one lunch and one dinner will be provided.

=== Mailing list ===

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

=== Summary ===

The Inaugural Code4Lib "Midwest" Regional Meeting (June 11 & 12, 2010 at the University of Notre Dame) was a qualified success.

About twenty-six people attended. (At least that was the number of people who went to lunch.) They came from Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, and Illinois. Julia Bauder won the prize for coming the furthest distance away — Grinnell, Iowa.

We began with Lightning Talks:

* ePub files by Michael Kreyche
* FRBR and MARC data by Kelly McGrath
* Great Books by Eric Lease Morgan
* jQuery and the OPAC by Ken Irwin
* Notre Dame and the Big Ten by Michael Witt
* Solr & Drupal by Rob Casson
* Subject headings via a Web Service by Michael Kreyche
* Taverna by Rick Johnson and Banu Lakshminarayanan
* VUFind on a hard disk by Julia Bauder

We dined in the University's South Dining Hall, and toured a bit of the campus on the way back taking in the "giant marble", the Architecture Library, and the Dome.

In the afternoon we broke up into smaller groups and discussed things including institutional repositories, mobile devices & interfaces, ePub files, and FRBR. In the evening we enjoyed varieties of North Carolina barbecue, and then retreated to the campus bar (Legend's) for a few beers.

The Code4Lib Challenge was not successful. Us hackers were either to engrossed to notice whether or not anybody came to the event, or nobody showed up to challenge us. Maybe next time.

There were fewer participants on Day #2. We spent the time listening to Ken elaborate on the uses and benefits of jQuery. Eric hacked at something I'm calling "The Great Books Survey".

The event was successful in that it provided plenty of opportunity to discuss shared problems and solutions. A good time was had by all, and it is quite possible the next "Midwest" Regional Meeting will be hosted by the folks in Chicago.