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Code4lib/elag2010

2009-06-11T12:56:40Z

Nicomo: /* Organization */

Planning for the code4lib 1-day preconference at ELAG2010 in Helsinki (Finland)

You can get more information about what ELAG looks like at the ELAG2009 website at [http://indico.ulib.sk/elag2009 http://indico.ulib.sk/elag2009] or [http://library.wur.nl/elag2008/ the Elag2008 website] which has more footage.

At this stage (2009-06-04) things are pretty much wide open about this : feel free to step in.

=== Ideas for topics ===

* Initial suggested topic for the preconference : lucene/solr ("A backend for your new catalogue in 15 minutes. Bring your data!"). Yes, for example, various programming interfaces to Solr/Lucene could be explored: Java, PHP, Perl, etc.

* Text mining -- the process of extracting information out of unstructured text -- might be an interesting topic. More specifically, text mining includes the processes of relevancy ranking search results, automatically classifying documents, automatically categorizing documents (not the same as classification), entity (name, place, organization, date) extraction, keywords and key phrase extraction, and summarization. With the increasing availability of full text books and journal articles, text mining provides a way to make sense of large corpuses of content in ways traditional cataloging are unequipped to deal with.

* Linked data seems to be one of many people's favorite topics these days. Discussions and demonstrations on how such things can be implemented might a good topic for a pre-conference.

* Incorporating ebooks into library "catalogs". Many of us are licensing ebooks in the same way we are licensing journal article content. How can these things be integrated into our "discovery" systems.

* Compare and contrast "discovery" systems. What are the various technical characteristics of things like VUFind, Primo, XC, Blacklight, Scriblio, etc. How are they the same and different? How are they each empowering and/or limiting?

* Pick a cool OSS distribution: Umlaut, VUFind, LibraryFind, MyLibrary, etc. Then do some hands-on with the selected tool. Call it a user-group meeting.

* other idea (but maybe less "hands on"?): Drilling holes into that data silo. How to connect cool tools (eg NGCs/DIs) to legacy library systems? What's available, what's needed and what's practical?

=== Stylish questions ===
* A real geeky coding session for library hackers or a more guided but "hands on" approach? Please no "workshop" in the "28 minutes talks/2 minutes questions" style.

=== Organization ===
* everyone is expected to come with his/her own laptop
* we could be hosted [http://www.helsinki.fi/teknos/opetustilat/keskusta/u40/default.htm here] or [http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksandria/english/ there] by the University of Helsinki.
* GOOD wifi required : should we ask for a wired network too?
* server : we don't think there's a need for a server, as we may as easily set something up on EC2, a home server, etc. But I (nicomo) could be wrong here : pls give your point of view if need be.
* number of people : we're thinking about a cap at 50. Which seems a lot for a hands-on thing, maybe? That's the working assumption at least for now.

Code4lib/elag2010

2009-06-11T12:55:51Z

Nicomo:

Planning for the code4lib 1-day preconference at ELAG2010 in Helsinki (Finland)

You can get more information about what ELAG looks like at the ELAG2009 website at [http://indico.ulib.sk/elag2009 http://indico.ulib.sk/elag2009] or [http://library.wur.nl/elag2008/ the Elag2008 website] which has more footage.

At this stage (2009-06-04) things are pretty much wide open about this : feel free to step in.

=== Ideas for topics ===

* Initial suggested topic for the preconference : lucene/solr ("A backend for your new catalogue in 15 minutes. Bring your data!"). Yes, for example, various programming interfaces to Solr/Lucene could be explored: Java, PHP, Perl, etc.

* Text mining -- the process of extracting information out of unstructured text -- might be an interesting topic. More specifically, text mining includes the processes of relevancy ranking search results, automatically classifying documents, automatically categorizing documents (not the same as classification), entity (name, place, organization, date) extraction, keywords and key phrase extraction, and summarization. With the increasing availability of full text books and journal articles, text mining provides a way to make sense of large corpuses of content in ways traditional cataloging are unequipped to deal with.

* Linked data seems to be one of many people's favorite topics these days. Discussions and demonstrations on how such things can be implemented might a good topic for a pre-conference.

* Incorporating ebooks into library "catalogs". Many of us are licensing ebooks in the same way we are licensing journal article content. How can these things be integrated into our "discovery" systems.

* Compare and contrast "discovery" systems. What are the various technical characteristics of things like VUFind, Primo, XC, Blacklight, Scriblio, etc. How are they the same and different? How are they each empowering and/or limiting?

* Pick a cool OSS distribution: Umlaut, VUFind, LibraryFind, MyLibrary, etc. Then do some hands-on with the selected tool. Call it a user-group meeting.

* other idea (but maybe less "hands on"?): Drilling holes into that data silo. How to connect cool tools (eg NGCs/DIs) to legacy library systems? What's available, what's needed and what's practical?

=== Stylish questions ===
* A real geeky coding session for library hackers or a more guided but "hands on" approach? Please no "workshop" in the "28 minutes talks/2 minutes questions" style.

=== Organization ===
* everyone is expected to come with his/her own laptop
* we could be hosted [http://www.helsinki.fi/teknos/opetustilat/keskusta/u40/default.htm here] or [http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksandria/english/ there] by the University of Helsinki.
* GOOD wifi required : should we ask of wired network too?
* server : we don't think there's a need for a server, as we may as easily set something up on EC2, a home server, etc. But I (nicomo) could be wrong here : pls give your point of view if need be.
* number of people : we're thinking about a cap at 50. Which seems a lot for a hands-on thing, maybe? That's the working assumption at least for now.

* What infrastructure will be available? BYO hard/software? Reliable net connection?

Main Page

2009-06-04T15:23:48Z

Nicomo: /* Other workshops */

__NOTOC__
= Code4Lib Wiki =

== Local / Regional Groups ==

* [[NYC|Code4LibNYC]] - NYC and surrounding areas
* [[NEC4L|New England Code4lib]] - New England
* [http://se.code4lib.org Southeastern Code4lib] - North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, etc.
* [[NL|Code4Bib]] - Dutch Code4Bib
* [[MDC|Code4libMDC]] - Maryland, Washington D.C and surrounding areas
* [http://groups.google.com/group/pnwcode4lib?hl=en PNWCode4Lib] - Pacific Northwest

== Interest Groups ==

* [[Open_Source_Book_Widgets|Open Source Book Widgets]] - A list of open source book widgets
* [[Discovery|Open Source Discovery]] - Open Source application to enhance and support "discovery" in libraries

== Software Usage and Documentation ==

* [[Umlaut]] - OpenURL link resolving middleware
* [[:Category:Patterns|Patterns for Collaborative Code]] - Patterns to make your open source 'more open', more amenable to distributed development and use at multiple institutions without forking.
* [[ILS Documentation]]
* [[OSS Directory]]
* [[Getting Started with Zebra]] - indexing and searching MARC records
* [[ruby-marc]] - some notes and recipes for processing MARC files in ruby
* [[Rogue]] - principles for standards creation

== Conference/Workshop Materials ==

=== Code4libcon 2010 ===
* [[c4l2010planning]] - planning page for issues, expectations, etc. for the 2010 conference

=== Code4libcon 2009 ===
* [[BookRaffle]] - coordinate begging publishers for books to raffle off at the conference
* [http://inkdroid.org/c4l2009/attendees Get FOAFed] - add your FOAF profile to the network of c4l2009 attendees
* PreConferences:
** [[GIS_preconf_code4libcon2009]] - Open source GIS just like mom used to make
** [[LinkedData]] - A proposal for a linked-data code4lib2009 pre-conference
** [[LibX_Preconference]] - Proposal for a half-day pre-conference targeted at developers who wish to use the LibX 2.0 platform
** [http://code4lib.org/2009/oclc-precon OCLC Grid Services Preconference]
* [[RoommatesRidesEtc]] - Find roommates for Code4Lib 2009, share rides, etc.
* [[Conference Buzz]] - Conference announcements and a place for code4libbers to plan stuff

=== Other workshops ===
* [http://barcamp.org/SearchCampDC SearchCampDC] - barcamp style event in DC with usual suspects from code4lib
* [[code4lib/elag2010]] - 1-day code4lib preconference at elag2010

== Code4lib Journal ==

* [[:Category:Code4Lib Journal|Code4Lib Journal]] - information and working documents

== Current topics ==

* [[Logo Design Process]]
* [[OCLC Policy Change]]

== Other Code4Lib Sites ==

* [http://www.code4lib.org/ code4lib.org]
* [http://planet.code4lib.org planet.code4lib.org]

[[AdminToDo]] - ideas and tasks for maintaining the Code4Lib sites

Code4lib/elag2010

2009-06-04T15:22:51Z

Nicomo: New page: Planning for the code4lib 1-day preconference at ELAG2010 in Helsinki (Finland) You can get more information about what ELAG looks like at the ELAG2009 website at [http://indico.ulib.sk/e...

Planning for the code4lib 1-day preconference at ELAG2010 in Helsinki (Finland)

You can get more information about what ELAG looks like at the ELAG2009 website at [http://indico.ulib.sk/elag2009 http://indico.ulib.sk/elag2009]

Initial suggested topic for the preconference : lucene/solr

At this stage (2009-06-04) things are pretty much wide open about this : feel free to step in.