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2013 social activities

2013-01-23T17:14:55Z

Mrbill70: /* Newcomer Dinner, Tuesday 2/12 */

== Ideas ==

* Aviary: super-crazy cocktails. http://www.molecularrecipes.com/molecular-mixology/aviary-cocktails/ . List your name if you're interested, whether Sunday, Monday, and/or Tuesday (after newcomer dinners) work, and whether you're just interested in stopping by, or doing a 7 cocktail tasting flight.*
** statsfool: sunday/monday/tuesday, either drinks or flight.
** Amyhannah: monday/tuesday, drinks, probably not the flight.
** anarchivist: sunday/monday, prefer drinks over flight but could be convinced
** [[User:highermath|highermath]]: monday (could use 10 cocktails after Drupal subCon, I am sure). Uber now works in Chicago, so I would do the flight.
** [[User:pberry|pberry]]: any night but Wednesday (that's Goose Island night) and I'd be up for drinks or flight, although leaning away from flight.
** [[User:thatandromeda|thatandromeda]] oh my gosh yes, any time, probably not the flight.
** [[User:Gdave|gdave]] beautiful site, I would be interested, Sun,Mon,Tues. either drink or flight.
** scollett: sun/mon/tue, drinks, maybe flight. Parks and Recreation: [http://bit.ly/13MY2EW The wrong way to consume alcohol (molecular mixology)]

* Game Night! Type of games might vary due to interest, could range from party games like Werewolf, Wits & Wagers, Telestrations, Taboo, Apples to Apples to perhaps more strategic games like De Vulgari Eloquentia or Eclipse. Jon Gorman is willing to bring some games, are you? Jon will try to send out an email soon to get some interest.
** yo_bj: I have some games I can bring as well (Kill Doctor Lucky, Fluxx, Godzilla: Stomp, Munchkin Zombies, etc.). Monday doesn't have anything major planned...
**danwho: I 'll bring the Cards Against Humanity set.
**escowles (Mon/Tue preferred): I've got lots of games I could bring like Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Age of Renaissance, Elfenland, Agricola, Le Havre, Smallworld, RoboRally, etc. etc.
**jen_young: I'm local and I have quite a few games. Just about every version of Fluxx, Bananagrams, Gloom, Munchkin Cthulu,Cards Against Humanity, Apples to Apples, Risk, Last Night on Earth, etc.)
** decasm: Interested in Go (aka igo, weiqi, baduk) anytime, not just game night. I can do Catan as well. (And as much as I love it, Cards Against Humanity is probably a violation of the new Code of Conduct.)
** csharp: I'm interested in playing games - whatever people bring. I almost always travel with a pack or two of playing cards ;-). Monday or Tuesday nights are fine.
** moneill: I would love to join in! I have a version of Catchphrase floating around somewhere, and I think I have Battleship...I need to go weed around in that drawer and see what else presents itself. Tuesday would be my preferred night, but I will make it work!
** demiankatz: I'm always up for a game. I'm hoping to travel light so probably shouldn't bring anything, but if there's a local game shop, I might be persuaded to pick up something new as a souvenir.
** sekjal: I've got [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion Dominion], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68448/7-wonders 7 Wonders], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30933/bang-the-bullet Bang!], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18333/ecofluxx EcoFluxx] and [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/116/guillotine Guillotine] that I can bring. ++ on Cards against Humanity! Prefer non-conflict with beer night.
** arty: so totally interested. Unfortunately, I have no games to contribute.
** sanderson: I would be interested. I can bring [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/478/citadels Citadels] (2-7 players)
** dvdndrsn: Definitely in! Can bring Innovation, Tichu, Dominion, but Cards Against Humanity sounds good.
** smkiewel: I'm likely to join. Can bring Arkham Horror and Munchkin.
** jkwilson: I'd like to attend Monday or Tuesday. I have a bunch of games but I'd prefer not to travel with them, and anyway it sounds like they're covered above. I'll bring the 5-6 player Catan extension.
** ejlynema: Interested, but will probably attend Newcomer dinner on Tuesday. Like Dominion and 7 Wonders, but probably don't have room to bring in suitcase. Anyone bringing Tsuro?
** save4use: Also interested, but also probably attending newcomer dinner on Tuesday. Can bring [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11/bohnanza Bohnanza] and one deck of {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_%28game%29 Set].

* Brewery tour - some possible candidates would be Goose Island, Brew Bus http://www.chicagobrewbus.com/, Piece, Revolution, Half Acre.
* Library field trips - because we're library geeks. Possible places include Newberry and Read/Write.--Read/Write Library confirmed for February 12.--Newberry Library confirmed for February 14.
* Art Institute of Chicago - Only open until 5pm, but possible for people coming in early enough on Sunday.
** escowles: I'm getting in around noon on Sunday, and interested in this.

== Planned Events ==

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

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

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

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

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

'''Restaurants'''

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

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

* Al Cornish - v (leader)

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

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

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

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

*Jason Ronallo (leader)- v
*Linda Ballinger
*Alicia Cozine - n

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

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

[http://www.roditys.com/index.html Roditys] (Greek)

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

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

[http://avecrestaurant.com/# Avec] (Small plate)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[http://www.mythaitakumi.com/index.html MyThai Takumi] (Japanese Thai) Meeting details TBA

*Becky Yoose (leader) - v
*May Chan - n
*David Anderson - newby
*Terry Brady - new

[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
* Mark Matienzo (tweeter) - v
* Devon Smith (pickle eater) - repeat offender
* Chris Sharp (dead horse beater) - v
* Michael B. Klein (greeter) - v
* Bill McMillin (meeter) - n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[http://www.theberghoff.com/default.aspx The Berghoff] (German)
* Declan Fleming - v
* Joshua Gomez - v (I will have to leave by around 7:15, going to see a show at 7:30)
* Dave Green - n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=== 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
# May Chan (msuicat at gmail dot com)

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

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

=== Non-beery get together ===
'''When:''' Wednesday, 2/13, TBD (evening)

Contact: @dchud, @ranti, @yo_bj, @wendyrlibrarian

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

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

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

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

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

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

== Social Map - Places of Interest==

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

== Local Events ==
== Local Food ==
== Local Drinks ==
==Chicago Events Feb 11-14==
===Monday February 11===
===Tuesday, February 12===
Field trip to the Read/Write Library (details to follow). 6-9 PM+
Come help catalog the Read/Write Library catalog and hack on the library catalog. We will also invite friends from Code for America to hang out and talk civic data.

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

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

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

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 preconference proposals

2013-01-03T19:50:38Z

Mrbill70: /* 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=====
*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
* 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

=== 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
* James Van Mil

=== 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

=== 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
* 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
* 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

===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

==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

=== 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
* 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
* 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

2013-01-03T18:54:43Z

Mrbill70: /* 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
* 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

=== 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
* James Van Mil

=== 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

=== 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
* 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
* 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

===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

==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

=== 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
* 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

=== 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 social activities

2012-12-12T22:13:39Z

Mrbill70:

== Ideas ==

* Game Night! Type of games might vary due to interest, could range from party games like Werewolf, Wits & Wagers, Telestrations, Taboo, Apples to Apples to perhaps more strategic games like De Vulgari Eloquentia or Eclipse. Jon Gorman is willing to bring some games, are you? Jon will try to send out an email soon to get some interest.
** yo_bj: I have some games I can bring as well (Kill Doctor Lucky, Fluxx, Godzilla: Stomp, Munchkin Zombies, etc.)
**danwho: I 'll bring the Cards Against Humanity set.
**escowles: 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.
* Brewery tour - some possible candidates would be Goose Island, Brew Bus http://www.chicagobrewbus.com/, Piece, Revolution, Half Acre.
* Library field trips - because we're library geeks. Possible places include Newberry and Read/Write.--Read/Write Library confirmed for February 12.

== Planned Events ==

=== Newcomer Dinner ===

Placeholder - more to come

=== Veg*n Dinner ===

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

Details later. Suggestions on where to eat near the conference hotel? Interested in coming or co-organizing? Contact Jason at jronallo@gmail.com.

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

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

=== Non-beery get together ===
'''When:''' Wednesday, 2/13, TBD (evening)

Contact: @dchud, @ranti, @yo_bj, @wendyrlibrarian

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

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

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

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

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

'''''Sign Up List'''''
# Jay Luker (first!)
# Bill McMillin
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#

== Social Map - Places of Interest==

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

== Local Events ==
== Local Food ==
== Local Drinks ==
==Chicago Events Feb 11-14==
===Monday February 11===
===Tuesday, February 12===
Field trip to the Read/Write Library (details to follow). 6-9 PM+
Come help catalog the Read/Write Library catalog and hack on the library catalog. We will also invite friends from Code for America to hang out and talk civic data.

===Wednesday, February 13===
===Thursday, February 14===

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]