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Code4Lib 2019 Conference Committees

2018-09-17T16:44:26Z

Otterfan: /* Pre-conference Committee */ fixed mailto links

= Code4Lib 2019 Conference Committees =

Hosting a conference is incredibly complex, and it cannot be done without the help of the entire community. If you are interested in being an awesome person and applying your skills to a particular part of the Code4Lib 2019 conference, create an account on this wiki and sign-up for one or more of the groups below (please provide a contact). Each committee must have a Primary Contact (chair), Secondary Contact (co-chair), and Documentarian (secretary). The role of the Documentarian is to transcribe key information to future conference committees, such as timelines, costs, process, etc. Feel free to improve the summary statements for each of the committees. When adding your name, please indicate 'v' if you are a veteran on the committee so that we ensure committees are not made up entirely of newbies.

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

== Location and Dates ==

* Location: '''[http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/california/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-san-jose-JOSE-DT/index.html DoubleTree by Hilton]''' near the Airport, San José, CA
* Dates: February 19 (pre-con) - 22, 2019
** Pre-conferences: February 19, 2019
** Main meeting: February 20-22, 2019
** Post conference activities: Coming Soon

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

* [mailto:nicole.esque@gmail.com Nicole Johnson], bepress - co-chair, Primary Contact
* [mailto:ephetteplace@cca.edu Eric Phetteplace], California College of the Arts - co-chair, Primary Contact
* [mailto:tennantr@oclc.org Roy Tennant], OCLC - Tertiary Contact
* [mailto:matienzo@stanford.edu Mark Matienzo], Stanford University - Tertiary Contact
* [mailto:aaron.collier@stanford.edu Aaron Collier], Stanford University - Tertiary Contact

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

[[2019 Website Working Group Documents|2019 Website Working Group Documents]]

* [[User:KaitlinNewson|Kaitlin Newson]], Scholars Portal - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [[User:WhitniWatkins|Whitni Watkins]], Analog Devices, Inc. - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair (if you want to volunteer and you've not served on any Code4Lib committees before, let me know, I'll step aside)
* [[User:Phette23|Eric Phetteplace]], California College of the Arts - Local Planning Contact
* [http://mailto:kndeibel@syr.edu Kate Deibel], Syracuse University Libraries - Documentarian
* [[User:Ranti|Ranti Junus]], Michigan State University - Volunteer
* [[User:jcoyne|Justin Coyne]], Stanford - Volunteer
* [[User:AshleyBrewer|Ashley Brewer]], Virginia Commonwealth University - Volunteer
* Cody Whitby, Virginia Commonwealth University - Volunteer
* Laura Chuang - Volunteer

== Budget Committee ==
This group will focus on making sure we are appropriately planning for budgetary issues.

[[2019 Budget and Sponsorship Documents|2019 Budget and Sponsorship Documents]]

* [mailto:swayh@oclc.org Hank Sway] - Primary Contact AKA Chair
* [mailto:gmcharlt@gmail.com Galen Charlton] - Secondary Contact and Co-Chair (veteran of 2017 and 2018)
* Mark Matienzo - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:gmcharlt@gmail.com Galen Charlton] - Documentarian (veteran of 2017 and 2018)
* [mailto:bethany@clir.org Bethany Nowviskie] - ex officio, fiscal host (CLIR/DLF)
* [mailto:chennesy@berkeley.edu Cody Hennesy]- Volunteer (UC Berkeley)

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

[[2019 Budget and Sponsorship Documents|2019 Budget and Sponsorship Documents]]

* [mailto:matienzo@stanford.edu Mark Matienzo], Stanford University - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [mailto:jeffreystephensabol@gmail.com Jeffrey Sabol], Long Beach City College - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:nicole.esque@gmail.com Nicole Johnson] - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:dicossio@crimson.ua.edu Diana Cossio]- Documentarian
* [mailto:mprice@calpoly.edu Mike Price] - Volunteer (Cal Poly)
* [mailto:selizabethgreen@gmail.com Sarah Green] - Volunteer
* [mailto:cmathieu@jpl.nasa.gov Camille Mathieu], JPL Library - Volunteer
* [mailto:subrama@purdue.edu Annapurni Subramaniam], Purdue - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Keynote Documents|2019 Keynote Documents]]

* [mailto:axm1195@case.edu Andrew Mancuso] - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [mailto:lconrad@cca.edu Lisa Conrad] - Volunteer
* [mailto:clara.turp@mcgill.ca Clara Turp] - Volunteer
* [mailto:crh92@case.edu Charlie Harper] - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Pre-conference Documents|2019 Pre-conference Documents]]

* [mailto:benjamin.florin@bc.edu Ben Florin] - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [mailto:lydiaz@ualberta.ca Lydia Zvyagintseva] - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Program Documents|2019 Program Documents]]

* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [http://roytennant.com/ Roy Tennant] - Local Planning Contact
* [https://lib.ncsu.edu/staff/akorphan Dre] - Volunteer
* [mailto:bomanca@miamioh.edu Craig Boman] - Volunteer
* [http://about.me/cynthiang Arty (Cynthia Ng)] - Volunteer
* [mailto:matt.r.sherman@gmail.com Matt Sherman] - Volunteer
* [[User:DanielDraper|Dan Draper]] - Volunteer
* - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Scholarship Documents|2019 Scholarship Documents]]

* [mailto:elvia.ar@uci.edu Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez - UC Irvine] - Primary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:mlemusro@iupui.edu Mairelys Lemus-Rojas - IUPUI] - Primary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:phette23@gmail.com Eric Phetteplace] - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:mandellr@usc.edu Rachel Mandell] - Documentarian
* [mailto:avloera@cpp.edu Alyssa V. Loera - Cal Poly Pomona] - (Volunteer)
* [mailto:yooyoung.lee@uottawa.ca Yoo Young Lee - uOttawa] - (Volunteer)

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

[[2019 T-Shirt Documents|2019 T-Shirt Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Onsite Volunteer Committee ==
This committee wrangles <s>tributes</s> people to volunteer for the following duties:

[[2019 Onsite Volunteer Documents|2019 Onsite Volunteer Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka (Co-)Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Social Activities Committee ==
This committee works closely with the local programming committee in organizing events outside of conference hours. This committee is in charge of organizing the Newcomer Dinner (traditionally held the night before the first day of the main conference) as well as ensuring that there is a variety of different events to cater to different interests (alcoholic/non-alcoholic, carnivore/vegan, mainstream/niche, and everything in between).

[[2019 Social Activities Documents|2019 Social Activities Documents]]

Conference goers - The page you are looking for is at [[2019 Social Activities]]

* Becky Yoose - Primary (or secondary if there's someone who wants to step up this year!) Contact aka Co-Chair
* [http://wiki.code4lib.org/User:NatashaAllen Natasha Allen] - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Streaming Video Documents|2019 Streaming Video Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer

== Code4Lib 2019 Host Voting Committee ==
This committee organizes the call for hosts for the next annual code4lib conference as well as the voting process.

[[2019 Host Voting Documents|2019 Host Voting Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Wifi and Electrical ==
Arguably the most important committee. Coordinates with the local programming committee and the conference venue to ensure that wifi will be functioning for 450 people x 3 to 4 wifi enabled devices per person... as well as ensuring that there is ample power for folks to plug said devices in at the conference. Note that this will largely be handled by the conference management company.

[[2019 Wifi and Electrical Documents|2019 Wifi and Electrical Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Book Giveaway Documents|2019 Book Giveaway Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== IRC and Slack Committee ==
Coordinate with freenode to ensure that the #code4lib IRC & Slack channels can handle the extra traffic during the conference. Also responsible for recruiting and advertising IRC helpers at the conference.

[[2019 IRC and Slack Documents|2019 IRC and Slack Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Accessibility Documents|2019 Accessibility Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Whatever Documents|2019 Whatever Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

[[Category:Code4Lib2019]]

Code4Lib 2019 Conference Committees

2018-09-04T18:48:26Z

Otterfan: /* Pre-conference Committee */ volunteering...

= Code4Lib 2019 Conference Committees =

Hosting a conference is incredibly complex, and it cannot be done without the help of the entire community. If you are interested in being an awesome person and applying your skills to a particular part of the Code4Lib 2019 conference, create an account on this wiki and sign-up for one or more of the groups below (please provide a contact). Each committee must have a Primary Contact (chair), Secondary Contact (co-chair), and Documentarian (secretary). The role of the Documentarian is to transcribe key information to future conference committees, such as timelines, costs, process, etc. Feel free to improve the summary statements for each of the committees. When adding your name, please indicate 'v' if you are a veteran on the committee so that we ensure committees are not made up entirely of newbies.

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

== Location and Dates ==

* Location:[http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/california/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-san-jose-JOSE-DT/index.html DoubleTree by Hilton] near the Airport, San José, CA
* Dates: February 19 (pre-con) - 22, 2019
** Pre-conferences: February 19, 2019
** Main meeting: February 20-22, 2019
** Post conference activities: Coming Soon

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

* [mailto:nicole.esque@gmail.com Nicole Johnson], bepress - co-chair, Primary Contact
* [mailto:ephetteplace@cca.edu Eric Phetteplace], California College of the Arts - co-chair, Primary Contact
* [mailto:tennantr@oclc.org Roy Tennant], OCLC - Tertiary Contact
* [mailto:matienzo@stanford.edu Mark Matienzo], Stanford University - Tertiary Contact
* [mailto:aaron.collier@stanford.edu Aaron Collier], Stanford University - Tertiary Contact

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

[[2019 Website Working Group Documents|2019 Website Working Group Documents]]

* [[User:KaitlinNewson|Kaitlin Newson]], Scholars Portal - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [[User:WhitniWatkins|Whitni Watkins]], Analog Devices, Inc. - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair (if you want to volunteer and you've not served on any Code4Lib committees before, let me know, I'll step aside)
* [[User:Phette23|Eric Phetteplace]], California College of the Arts - Local Planning Contact
* [http://mailto:kndeibel@syr.edu Kate Deibel], Syracuse University Libraries - Documentarian
* [[User:Ranti|Ranti Junus]], Michigan State University - Volunteer
* [[User:jcoyne|Justin Coyne]], Stanford - Volunteer
* [[User:AshleyBrewer|Ashley Brewer]], Virginia Commonwealth University - Volunteer
* Cody Whitby, Virginia Commonwealth University - Volunteer
* [[User:jgo|Joshua Gomez]], UCLA - Volunteer
* Laura Chuang - Volunteer

== Budget Committee ==
This group will focus on making sure we are appropriately planning for budgetary issues.

[[2019 Budget and Sponsorship Documents|2019 Budget and Sponsorship Documents]]

* [mailto:swayh@oclc.org Hank Sway] - Primary Contact AKA Chair
* [mailto:gmcharlt@gmail.com Galen Charlton] - Secondary Contact and Co-Chair (veteran of 2017 and 2018)
* Mark Matienzo - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:gmcharlt@gmail.com Galen Charlton] - Documentarian (veteran of 2017 and 2018)
* [mailto:bethany@clir.org Bethany Nowviskie] - ex officio, fiscal host (CLIR/DLF)
* [mailto:chennesy@berkeley.edu Cody Hennesy]- Volunteer (UC Berkeley)

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

[[2019 Budget and Sponsorship Documents|2019 Budget and Sponsorship Documents]]

* [mailto:matienzo@stanford.edu Mark Matienzo], Stanford University - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [mailto:jeffreystephensabol@gmail.com Jeffrey Sabol], Long Beach City College - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:nicole.esque@gmail.com Nicole Johnson] - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:dicossio@crimson.ua.edu Diana Cossio]- Documentarian
* [mailto:mprice@calpoly.edu Mike Price] - Volunteer (Cal Poly)
* [mailto:selizabethgreen@gmail.com Sarah Green] - Volunteer
* [mailto:cmathieu@jpl.nasa.gov Camille Mathieu], JPL Library - Volunteer
* [mailto:subrama@purdue.edu Annapurni Subramaniam], Purdue - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Keynote Documents|2019 Keynote Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [mailto:clara.turp@mcgill.ca Clara Turp] - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Pre-conference Documents|2019 Pre-conference Documents]]

* [http://mailto:benjamin.florin@bc.edu Ben Florin] - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Program Documents|2019 Program Documents]]

* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [http://roytennant.com/ Roy Tennant] - Local Planning Contact
* [https://lib.ncsu.edu/staff/akorphan Dre] - Volunteer
* [mailto:bomanca@miamioh.edu Craig Boman] - Volunteer
* [http://about.me/cynthiang Arty (Cynthia Ng)] - Volunteer
* [mailto:matt.r.sherman@gmail.com Matt Sherman] - Volunteer
* [[User:DanielDraper|Dan Draper]] - Volunteer
* - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Scholarship Documents|2019 Scholarship Documents]]

* [mailto:elvia.ar@uci.edu Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez - UC Irvine] - Primary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:mlemusro@iupui.edu Mairelys Lemus-Rojas - IUPUI] - Primary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:phette23@gmail.com Eric Phetteplace] - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:mandellr@usc.edu Rachel Mandell] - Documentarian
* [mailto:avloera@cpp.edu Alyssa V. Loera - Cal Poly Pomona] - (Volunteer)
* [mailto:yooyoung.lee@uottawa.ca Yoo Young Lee - uOttawa] - (Volunteer)

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

[[2019 T-Shirt Documents|2019 T-Shirt Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Onsite Volunteer Committee ==
This committee wrangles <s>tributes</s> people to volunteer for the following duties:

[[2019 Onsite Volunteer Documents|2019 Onsite Volunteer Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka (Co-)Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Social Activities Committee ==
This committee works closely with the local programming committee in organizing events outside of conference hours. This committee is in charge of organizing the Newcomer Dinner (traditionally held the night before the first day of the main conference) as well as ensuring that there is a variety of different events to cater to different interests (alcoholic/non-alcoholic, carnivore/vegan, mainstream/niche, and everything in between).

[[2019 Social Activities Documents|2019 Social Activities Documents]]

Conference goers - The page you are looking for is at [[2019 Social Activities]]

* Becky Yoose - Primary (or secondary if there's someone who wants to step up this year!) Contact aka Co-Chair
* [http://wiki.code4lib.org/User:NatashaAllen Natasha Allen] - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Streaming Video Documents|2019 Streaming Video Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer

== Code4Lib 2019 Host Voting Committee ==
This committee organizes the call for hosts for the next annual code4lib conference as well as the voting process.

[[2019 Host Voting Documents|2019 Host Voting Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Wifi and Electrical ==
Arguably the most important committee. Coordinates with the local programming committee and the conference venue to ensure that wifi will be functioning for 450 people x 3 to 4 wifi enabled devices per person... as well as ensuring that there is ample power for folks to plug said devices in at the conference. Note that this will largely be handled by the conference management company.

[[2019 Wifi and Electrical Documents|2019 Wifi and Electrical Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Book Giveaway Documents|2019 Book Giveaway Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== IRC and Slack Committee ==
Coordinate with freenode to ensure that the #code4lib IRC & Slack channels can handle the extra traffic during the conference. Also responsible for recruiting and advertising IRC helpers at the conference.

[[2019 IRC and Slack Documents|2019 IRC and Slack Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Accessibility Documents|2019 Accessibility Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2019 Whatever Documents|2019 Whatever Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

[[Category:Code4Lib2019]]

Code4Lib 2018 Conference Committees

2017-04-10T21:37:07Z

Otterfan: /* Code4Lib 2018 Host Voting Committee */ more volunteering

= Code4Lib 2018 Conference Committees =

Hosting a conference is incredibly complex, and it cannot be done without the help of the entire community. If you are interested in being an awesome person and applying your skills to a particular part of the Code4Lib 2018 conference, create an account on this wiki and sign-up for one or more of the groups below (please provide a contact). Each committee must have a Primary Contact (chair), Secondary Contact (co-chair), and Documentarian (secretary). The role of the Documentarian is to transcribe key information to future conference committees, such as timelines, costs, process, etc. Feel free to improve the summary statements for each of the committees. When adding your name, please indicate 'v' if you are a veteran on the committee so that we ensure committees are not made up entirely of newbies.

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

== Location and Dates ==

* Location: Washington, DC (more info coming soon)
* Dates: we're looking at early February 2018
** Pre-conferences: Coming Soon but we're thinking they'll be at DCPL branches
** Main meeting: Coming Soon but we're thinking a hotel downtown
** Post conference activities: Coming Soon but we're thinking tours of LC, Smithsonian, etc.

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

* [mailto:jame@loc.gov Jaime Mears], Library of Congress - Primary Contact
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim], University of Maryland, Baltimore, Health Sciences and Human Services Library - Secondary Contact
* [mailto:nicholas.kerelchuk@dc.gov Nick Kerelchuk], DC Public Libraries - Tertiary Contact
* [mailto:RichardJM@si.edu Joel Richard], Smithsonian Libraries - Tertiary Contact
* [[User:BenWallberg|Ben Wallberg]], University of Maryland Libraries - Tertiary Contact
* [mailto:katedohe@umd.edu Kate Dohe], University of Maryland Libraries - Tertiary Contact

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

[[2018 Website Working Group Documents|2018 Website Working Group Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [[User:BenWallberg|Ben Wallberg]], UMD Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Budget and Sponsorship Planning Committee ==
This group will focus on making sure we are appropriately planning for budgetary issues. This group will work involves working with the LPC to close budget gaps and talking to potential sponsors to find the level that is right for them.

[[2018 Budget and Sponsorship Documents|2018 Budget and Sponsorship Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:jame@loc.gov Jaime Mears], Library of Congress - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim], UMB HS/HSL - Local Planning Contact (Back-up)
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [mailto:gmcharlt@gmail.com Galen Charlton] - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* [mailto:bethany@clir.org Bethany Nowviskie], DLF - Ex Officio, Fiscal Host

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

[[2018 Keynote Documents|2018 Keynote Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:katedohe@umd.edu Kate Dohe], University of Maryland Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Pre-conference Documents|2018 Pre-conference Documents]]

* [mailto:benjamin.florin@bc.edu Ben Florin] - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [mailto:jame@loc.gov Jaime Mears], Library of Congress - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Program Documents|2018 Program Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [mailto:jame@loc.gov Jaime Mears], Library of Congress - Local Planning Contact/Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim], UMB HS/HSL - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:chris@cbeer.info Chris Beer], Stanford University (v) - Volunteer
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer
* [mailto:acollier@calstate.edu Aaron Collier], California State University - Co-Chair of 2017 Program committee, Happy to help with carry over.
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer


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

[[2018 Scholarship Documents|2018 Scholarship Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair/Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:katedohe@umd.edu Kate Dohe], University of Maryland Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 T-Shirt Documents|2018 T-Shirt Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim] - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Onsite Volunteer Committee ==
This committee wrangles <s>tributes</s> <s>minions</s> people to volunteer for the following duties:

[[2018 Onsite Volunteer Documents|2018 Onsite Volunteer Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka (Co-)Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:richardjm@si.edu Joel Richard], Smithsonian Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Social Activities Committee ==
This committee works closely with the local programming committee in organizing events outside of conference hours. This committee is in charge of organizing the Newcomer Dinner (traditionally held the night before the first day of the main conference) as well as ensuring that there is a variety of different events to cater to different interests (alcoholic/non-alcoholic, carnivore/vegan, mainstream/niche, and everything in between).

[[2018 Social Activities Documents|2018 Social Activities Documents]]

Conference goers - The page you are looking for is at [[2018 Social Activities]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:richardjm@si.edu Joel Richard], Smithsonian Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:katedohe@umd.edu Kate Dohe], University of Maryland Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Streaming Video Documents|2018 Streaming Video Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [[User:BenWallberg|Ben Wallberg]], UMD Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Code4Lib 2018 Host Voting Committee ==
This committee organizes the call for hosts for the next annual code4lib conference as well as the voting process.

[[2018 Host Voting Documents|2018 Host Voting Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [mailto:benjamin.florin@bc.edu Ben Florin] - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Wifi and Electrical ==
Arguably the most important committee. Coordinates with the local programming committee and the conference venue to ensure that wifi will be functioning for 450 people x 3 to 4 wifi enabled devices per person... as well as ensuring that there is ample power for folks to plug said devices in at the conference. Note that this will largely be handled by the conference management company.

[[2018 Wifi and Electrical Documents|2018 Wifi and Electrical Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact/Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [[User:BenWallberg|Ben Wallberg]], UMD Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Book Giveaway Documents|2018 Book Giveaway Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim] - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== IRC and Slack Committee ==
Coordinate with freenode to ensure that the #code4lib IRC & Slack channels can handle the extra traffic during the conference. Also responsible for recruiting and advertising IRC helpers at the conference.

[[2018 IRC and Slack Documents|2018 IRC and Slack Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact/Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Accessibility Documents|2018 Accessibility Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [mailto:richardjm@si.edu Joel Richard], Smithsonian Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Whatever Documents|2018 Whatever Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim] - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

[[Category:Code4Lib2018]]

Code4Lib 2018 Conference Committees

2017-04-10T21:27:29Z

Otterfan: /* Pre-conference Committee */ volunteered for duty

= Code4Lib 2018 Conference Committees =

Hosting a conference is incredibly complex, and it cannot be done without the help of the entire community. If you are interested in being an awesome person and applying your skills to a particular part of the Code4Lib 2018 conference, create an account on this wiki and sign-up for one or more of the groups below (please provide a contact). Each committee must have a Primary Contact (chair), Secondary Contact (co-chair), and Documentarian (secretary). The role of the Documentarian is to transcribe key information to future conference committees, such as timelines, costs, process, etc. Feel free to improve the summary statements for each of the committees. When adding your name, please indicate 'v' if you are a veteran on the committee so that we ensure committees are not made up entirely of newbies.

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

== Location and Dates ==

* Location: Washington, DC (more info coming soon)
* Dates: we're looking at early February 2018
** Pre-conferences: Coming Soon but we're thinking they'll be at DCPL branches
** Main meeting: Coming Soon but we're thinking a hotel downtown
** Post conference activities: Coming Soon but we're thinking tours of LC, Smithsonian, etc.

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

* [mailto:jame@loc.gov Jaime Mears], Library of Congress - Primary Contact
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim], University of Maryland, Baltimore, Health Sciences and Human Services Library - Secondary Contact
* [mailto:nicholas.kerelchuk@dc.gov Nick Kerelchuk], DC Public Libraries - Tertiary Contact
* [mailto:RichardJM@si.edu Joel Richard], Smithsonian Libraries - Tertiary Contact
* [[User:BenWallberg|Ben Wallberg]], University of Maryland Libraries - Tertiary Contact
* [mailto:katedohe@umd.edu Kate Dohe], University of Maryland Libraries - Tertiary Contact

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

[[2018 Website Working Group Documents|2018 Website Working Group Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [[User:BenWallberg|Ben Wallberg]], UMD Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Budget and Sponsorship Planning Committee ==
This group will focus on making sure we are appropriately planning for budgetary issues. This group will work involves working with the LPC to close budget gaps and talking to potential sponsors to find the level that is right for them.

[[2018 Budget and Sponsorship Documents|2018 Budget and Sponsorship Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:jame@loc.gov Jaime Mears], Library of Congress - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim], UMB HS/HSL - Local Planning Contact (Back-up)
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [mailto:gmcharlt@gmail.com Galen Charlton] - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* [mailto:bethany@clir.org Bethany Nowviskie], DLF - Ex Officio, Fiscal Host

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

[[2018 Keynote Documents|2018 Keynote Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:katedohe@umd.edu Kate Dohe], University of Maryland Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Pre-conference Documents|2018 Pre-conference Documents]]

* [mailto:benjamin.florin@bc.edu Ben Florin] - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [mailto:jame@loc.gov Jaime Mears], Library of Congress - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Program Documents|2018 Program Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [mailto:jame@loc.gov Jaime Mears], Library of Congress - Local Planning Contact/Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim], UMB HS/HSL - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:chris@cbeer.info Chris Beer], Stanford University (v) - Volunteer
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer


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

[[2018 Scholarship Documents|2018 Scholarship Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair/Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:katedohe@umd.edu Kate Dohe], University of Maryland Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 T-Shirt Documents|2018 T-Shirt Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim] - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Onsite Volunteer Committee ==
This committee wrangles <s>tributes</s> <s>minions</s> people to volunteer for the following duties:

[[2018 Onsite Volunteer Documents|2018 Onsite Volunteer Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka (Co-)Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:richardjm@si.edu Joel Richard], Smithsonian Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Social Activities Committee ==
This committee works closely with the local programming committee in organizing events outside of conference hours. This committee is in charge of organizing the Newcomer Dinner (traditionally held the night before the first day of the main conference) as well as ensuring that there is a variety of different events to cater to different interests (alcoholic/non-alcoholic, carnivore/vegan, mainstream/niche, and everything in between).

[[2018 Social Activities Documents|2018 Social Activities Documents]]

Conference goers - The page you are looking for is at [[2018 Social Activities]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:richardjm@si.edu Joel Richard], Smithsonian Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* [mailto:katedohe@umd.edu Kate Dohe], University of Maryland Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Streaming Video Documents|2018 Streaming Video Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [[User:BenWallberg|Ben Wallberg]], UMD Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Code4Lib 2018 Host Voting Committee ==
This committee organizes the call for hosts for the next annual code4lib conference as well as the voting process.

[[2018 Host Voting Documents|2018 Host Voting Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== Wifi and Electrical ==
Arguably the most important committee. Coordinates with the local programming committee and the conference venue to ensure that wifi will be functioning for 450 people x 3 to 4 wifi enabled devices per person... as well as ensuring that there is ample power for folks to plug said devices in at the conference. Note that this will largely be handled by the conference management company.

[[2018 Wifi and Electrical Documents|2018 Wifi and Electrical Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact/Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [[User:BenWallberg|Ben Wallberg]], UMD Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], Cherry Hill Company - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Book Giveaway Documents|2018 Book Giveaway Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim] - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

== IRC and Slack Committee ==
Coordinate with freenode to ensure that the #code4lib IRC & Slack channels can handle the extra traffic during the conference. Also responsible for recruiting and advertising IRC helpers at the conference.

[[2018 IRC and Slack Documents|2018 IRC and Slack Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact/Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Accessibility Documents|2018 Accessibility Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* [mailto:richardjm@si.edu Joel Richard], Smithsonian Libraries - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

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

[[2018 Whatever Documents|2018 Whatever Documents]]

* Your Name Here - Primary Contact aka Chair
* Your Name Here - Secondary Contact aka Co-Chair
* [mailto:bkim@hshsl.umaryland.edu Bohyun Kim] - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Local Planning Contact
* Your Name Here - Documentarian
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer
* Your Name Here - Volunteer

[[Category:Code4Lib2018]]

NECode4lib 2015 Fall

2015-11-09T15:47:54Z

Otterfan: /* Presentations */ added Ben Florin presentation

Please join us Friday, December 4, in Hanover, NH for the Fall 2015 NECode4Lib conference. This informal conference will feature sessions covering technology in libraries, archives and museums in the New England area.

===Location===
This NECode4Lib meeting will be hosted by the Dartmouth College Library.

'''When''' - Friday, December 4th

'''Where''' - Jones Media Center, [http://m.dartmouth.edu/map/campus?feed=f8a86d47cf&group=dartmouth&featureindex=65&category=f8a86d47cf%3A5&_b=%5B{%22t%22%3A%22Map%22%2C%22lt%22%3A%22Map%22%2C%22p%22%3A%22index%22%2C%22a%22%3A%22%22}%5D Baker-Berry Library], Dartmouth College

'''Registration Cost''' - Free!

'''Registration Link''' - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ne-code4lib-tickets-18823486555

'''Planning Committee''' - Joe Montibello (joseph.montibello@dartmouth.edu), Jenny Mullins (jennifer.l.mullins@dartmouth.edu), Carla Galarza (carla.m.galarza@dartmouth.edu), Laura Braunstein (laura.r.braunstein@dartmouth.edu), Shaun Akhtar (shaun.y.akhtar@dartmouth.edu)

===Logistics===
====Transportation====
* Hanover is a few minutes' drive from Exit 18 on I-89 or Exit 13 on I-91.
* The private [http://dartmouthcoach.com/ Dartmouth Coach] provides bus service to Hanover from South Station and Logan Airport in Boston and from Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
* On-campus parking will be free but attendees will need to register for a parking permit ahead of time - there will be a separate Eventbrite "ticket" available that will allow you to register for free parking.
* We are also looking into helping arrange carpooling. More information will be distributed to registrants as we get closer to the event. Please contact Shaun at the address above with any questions.

====Hotels====
Hotel blocks are being held for the nights of Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4 under Code4Lib -- mention this event when calling to make your reservation. Hotel blocks will be held at these rates until November 3. For additional suggestions, or if you need to book housing after the blocks have expired (or if they have sold out), please email the organizers at Code4Lib@dartmouth.edu

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Hotel !! Rate !! Phone
|-
| [http://www.hanoverinn.com/ Hanover Inn] (five minute walk from Baker-Berry Library) || $129 || 603-643-4300
|-
| [http://www.sixsouth.com/ Six South Street Hotel] (ten minute walk) || $114 || 603-643-0600
|-
| [http://www.elementhanoverlebanon.com/ Element Hotel] (ten minute drive) || $129 || 603-448-5000
|-
| [http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/lebcy-courtyard-hanover-lebanon/ Courtyard by Marriott] (ten minute drive) || $145 || 603-643-5600
|}

====Code of Conduct====
NECode4Lib is dedicated to a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. We are using the Code4Lib 2015 Conference Code of Conduct that can be found at: http://code4lib.org/content/2015-code-conduct If an incident occurs, please use the following contact information:

Conference organizers: 
Joe Montibello (cell) - 603-553-0393 
Dartmouth Safety & Security: 603-646-4000 
Hanover Police Department: 603-643-2222 
Grafton County Support Center Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: 603-448-5922 

==Programming==
===Programming Sign-up===
Share what you are working on or talk about a topic you are interested in! We would also love to ideas for some roundtable discussions. Add your name and a description below.

If you do not have a wiki account, you can contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account. Or, if you prefer to not have an account or muck about in the wiki yourself, you may contact Joe Montibello (joe@dartmouth.edu) to have your presentation/lightning talk/discussion topic added below for you.

====Presentations====
15-20 minutes talks.

# [[User:JulieSwierczek|Julie Swierczek]] - Digital Preservation for Everyone: A 15-Minute Romp through the OAIS Model
# [[User:Otterfan|Ben Florin]] - Recommending librarians using Elasticsearch and LC Call Numbers
#

====Lightning Talks====
A lightning talk is a fast-paced, 5-minute talk on the topic of your choice.

#
#
#

====Discussion Topics====
List some topics you are interested in talking to others during breakout time.

# Digital Preservation: Tools, Workflows, Policies, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, etc. ([[User:JulieSwierczek|Julie Swierczek]])
#
#

===Topics of interest===
Prospective attendees shared these responses to the survey question "What topics would you like to see presented on?"

* Digital preservation workflows.
* Tools for improving information management capabilities
* Blacklight
* Digital preservation tools
* Data visualization
* Cyber security in libraries
* Any Alma shops using import profiles? How are people managing their e-resources on a large scale? What cool ways are people enriching their records with non-library metadata - how are they doing this technically and what cultural changes are necessary to gain approval - is this a project with a specific scope or part of ongoing enrichment?
* Discovery tool improvements, innovative ways to spotlight collections online
* DPLA MAP as local data model
* Bibframe and Drupal
* I'd like to explore a career as a systems librarian, and I would love it if someone did a presentation on "what I wish I had known before I became a systems librarian" or "what you need to know to be a systems librarian" or "a day in the life..." or some similar overview. I recognize that 'systems librarian' can mean a bazillion different things, but I'm sure a pro could get to the core of it. Also, this would be very newbie-oriented, so maybe it's not appropriate for this meeting. Still, it's just an idea.
* Open source coding and programming basics, archival description (EAD) tools and applications...
* Linked data, data visualization, repositories, discovery environments
* Linux, HTML5, Python, Javascript
* Blacklight, Solr, Library location service
* Video game design in libraries, particularly with teens; parallels between storytelling and video game design experiences.
* TEI, text/data mining
* Analytics, repository development, metadata enrichment, server administration, user interface testing results, complex RDF descriptive metadata modeling, etc.
* Publication workflows in libraries
* Digital humanities and archives, linked data, diversifying the profession(s), digital preservation and born digital materials
* Sustainability planning, digital scholarship for subject liaisons, project development, hands-on coding/tool sessions
* Linked open data
* Digital curation, digital preservation, digital scholarship, born-digital preservation, digital collections.
* Database and collections management-related such as open source technologies that can assist in these areas.
* Coding for preschoolers/early elementary students, coding in school libraries
* The potential of tech in libraries and beyond.
* Web design; user testing; learning resources for junior-level web developers
* Open source programs for collaborative writing, editing, and publishing. How to build on open source programs in your special area of interest. Programs and tools for data visualization. Programs and tools for digital exhibits. Programs for managing metrics. How to talk to programmers and software designers- how to explain your vision so the result is what was expected. What programs are most important for library staff to know about? Ruby on Rails, Python.....? The anatomy of a program.
* Advantages of non-digital approaches.
* Digital preservation approaches (such as variable media and crowdsourcing) and techniques (such as emulation), as well as strategies for teaching digital curation.
* Asynchronous storage strategies. Advanced search tools for repositories on the web. Indexing metadata with tools/products other than Solr. All the topics.
* Code for websites. RDF ontology for library and archives.

==Schedule==

===Friday, December 4===

Registration and coffee starts at 9 a.m. Program starts at 10 and continues through late afternoon/early evening. Further details TBA.

==Registration==
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ne-code4lib-tickets-18823486555

==Mailing list==
NECode4Lib has a low-traffic [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4lib-ne NECode4Lib Google Group]. Consider subscribing.

User:Otterfan

2015-11-09T15:42:11Z

Otterfan: stuff is now here

My name is Ben Florin, and I'm a Web Developer at the Boston College Libraries.

Libraries Sharing Code

2014-04-23T18:51:59Z

Otterfan: /* Institutions on GitHub */ added Boston College

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

==Institutions on GitHub==
* [https://github.com/aadl Ann Arbor District Library]
* [https://github.com/BCLibCoop BC Libraries Cooperative]
* [https://github.com/BCLIbraries Boston College Libraries]
* [https://github.com/britishlibrary The British Library]
* [https://github.com/Brown-University-Library Brown University Library]
* [https://github.com/csusm-library CSU San Marcos]
* [https://github.com/clcdpc Central Library Consortium]
* [https://github.com/chattlibrary Chattanooga Public Library] (currently empty)
* [https://github.com/cul Columbia University Libraries]
* [https://github.com/DarienLibrary Darien (CT) Library]
* [https://github.com/gwu-libraries George Washington University Libraries]
* [https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries Georgetown University Libraries]
* [https://github.com/gvsulib Grand Valley State University Libraries]
* [https://github.com/GrinnellCollegeLibraries Grinnell College Libraries]
* [https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress Library of Congress]
* [https://github.com/ndlib University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries] (And [https://github.com/ndlibersa the CORAL stuff])
* [https://github.com/MontclairState Montclair State]
* [https://github.com/nims-library Scientific Information Office, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS Library)]
* [https://github.com/NCSU-Libraries NCSU Libraries]
* [https://github.com/nypl The New York Public Library]
* [https://github.com/NYULibraries NYU Libraries]
* [https://github.com/RockefellerArchiveCenter Rockefeller Archive Center]
* [https://github.com/osulibraries Ohio State University Libraries]
* [https://github.com/psu-stewardship Penn State Digital Stewardship]
* [https://github.com/pulibrary Princeton University Library]
* [https://github.com/ryersonlibrary Ryerson University Library & Archives]
* [https://github.com/adsabs SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System]
* [https://github.com/scds Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, McMaster University]
* [https://github.com/sul-dlss Stanford University Digital Library]
* [https://github.com/ualbertalib University of Alberta Libraries]
* [https://github.com/ualibraries The University of Arizona Libraries]
* [https://github.com/ucsdlib UCSD Library]
* [https://github.com/UMNLibraries University of Minnesota Libraries]
* [https://github.com/UNC-Libraries University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries]
* [https://github.com/ui-libraries University of Iowa Libraries]
* [https://github.com/vculibraries Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries]
* [https://github.com/wellcomelibrary Wellcome Library]
* [https://github.com/yalemssa Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library]
* [https://github.com/yorkulibraries York University Libraries]

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

==Other Library Organizations on GitHub==
* [https://github.com/projectblacklight Project Blacklight]
* [https://github.com/projecthydra Project Hydra]
* [https://github.com/islandora Islandora]
* [https://github.com/artefactual Artefactual], along with projects: [https://github.com/artefactual/atom AtoM], and [https://github.com/artefactual/archivematica Archivematica]
* [https://github.com/duraspace DuraSpace], along with projects: [https://github.com/dspace DSpace], [https://github.com/fcrepo/ Fedora], and [https://svn.duraspace.org/view/duracloud/ DuraCloud (not yet on GitHub)]
* [https://github.com/hbz/ North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Center (hbz)] and its service [https://github.com/lobid/ lobid]

* [https://github.com/pkp Public Knowledge Project], along with projects: [https://github.com/pkp/ojs Open Journal Systems], [https://github.com/pkp/ocs Open Conference Systems], and [https://github.com/pkp/omp Open Monograph Press]
* [https://github.com/internetarchive Internet Archive]
* [https://github.com/openlibrary Open Library Team]
* [https://github.com/scholarslab Scholars' Lab]
* [https://github.com/next-l Project Next-L]
* [http://librecat.org/ LibreCat Open Tools for Library and Research Services]
* [https://github.com/swissbib/ swissbib information services for Swiss university libraries and Swiss National library]

==Individuals on GitHub==
* [https://github.com/jronallo Jason Ronallo] North Carolina State University
* [https://github.com/cazzerson Jason Casden] North Carolina State University
* [https://github.com/jbfink John Fink] McMaster University
* [https://github.com/rgilmour70 Ron Gilmour] Ithaca College
* [https://github.com/mreidsma Matthew Reidsma] Grand Valley State University
* [https://github.com/mjsuhonos MJ Suhonos] Ryerson University Library & Archives
* [https://github.com/mjordan Mark Jordan] Simon Fraser University Library

User:Otterfan

2009-02-23T22:48:58Z

Otterfan: tabula rasa

Personal pages should never be empty.

2009 Conference Buzz

2009-02-23T22:47:02Z

Otterfan: /* Eats */ capital as in city, not building ;)

== Announcements From the Organizers ==

* twitter hashtag: #c4l09
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/schedule Conference Program]
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/breakouts Breakout Sessions]
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/lightning Lightning Talks]
* Internet in guest rooms at the Renaissance Providence is FREE. You have to accept payment on the login screen but internet charges will NOT be added to your bill. Free internet in guest rooms is part of our contract with the hotel. This applies whether you are in the discounted block or at a higher rate.
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107701218656997471821.00046117cc493635eebc1&ll=41.825572,-71.390877&spn=0.090438,0.152092&z=13 Annotated Google Map]
* The Handel meeting room is available for "whatever" to conference attendees from 7pm to 11pm Monday through Wednesday evenings.

== Does Anybody Want To...? ==

* go see some live music? see below under Things To Do: Clubs and Culture > Music.
<del>* Hit the rock climbing gym? See below under Things To Do: Saturday-Friday > Activities</del>

== Eats ==
* '''Breakfast''' Tuesday - Thursday is continental (pastry, bagels, fruit). If you want something more substantial the Temple Restaurant in the hotel serves breakfast starting at 6:30am.
* '''Lunch''' is provided on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lunch options on other days:
** '''Renaissance area'''
*** Temple (in the hotel - macaroni & cheese is yummy)
*** [http://www.thecubanrevolution.com/ Cuban Revolution], 50 Aborn Street
*** [http://www.providenceplace.com/html/mallattractions.asp Providence Place Mall] - The Mall is just down the hill from the Renaissance (exit the hotel and turn right down the hill). You can check out the Apple store while you're there.
**** Street Level (Francis St): [http://www.napavalleygrille.com/providence/about.php Napa Valley Grille] (upscale, local seasonal), Cheesecake Factory, [http://www.joesamerican.com/ Joe's American Bar & Grill], [http://www.fire-ice.com/locations/providence.html Fire + Ice]
**** Food Court (Level 3): Cathay Cathay, Charley's Grilled Subs, Gourmet India, Johnny Rocket's, Pizzera Regina, Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits, Surf and Turf, Taco Bell, Subway
**** Best Kept Secret: Cafe Nordstrom (inside Nordstrom's, level 3)
**** Entertainment Level (above food court): Dave & Buster's (adult arcade with food)
** '''Brown Campus area''' - Thayer St. vicinity - a few Ground Crew recommendations, but there are many others
*** Quick: Au Bon Pain (233 Thayer), [http://www.meetingstreetcafe.com Meeting Street Cafe] (220 Meeting St), [http://www.eastsidepocket.com/ East Side Pockets] (278 Thayer)
**** Meeting Street's sandwiches are delicious. Also the size of your head. Save yourself and order a half sandwich.
*** Sit down: [http://www.paragonandviva.com/ Paragon] (234 Thayer), Kartabar (284 Thayer)
*** Ethnic: Kabob & Curry (Indian, 261 Thayer), Andreas (Greek, 268 Thayer), Phonatic (Asian, 165 Angell)
*** Coffee shops: Starbucks (218 Thayer), Brown Bookstore Cafe (244 Thayer), [http://www.bluestatecoffee.com/ Blue State Coffee] (300 Thayer)
*** Best reasonably priced sushi: Sakura, 231 Wickenden St. They have a tatami room for those so inclined.
* '''Dinner''' (in addition to places mentioned for lunch)
''This is just a sample of the restaurants in the neighborhoods listed below.''
** '''Exchange Terrace''' - formerly the city's train station - 0.4 miles
***RuthChris Steak House
***Union Station Brewery, 36 Exchange Terrace
***Capital Grill
***[http://www.rira.com/providence/home.html RiRa]
** '''North & South Main Street''' - Providence's original settlement, then on the waterfront - 0.5-0.75 miles
***Hemenways - seafood
***ParkSide
***Mills Tavern
***XO
** '''Down City'''
***[http://www.downcityfood.com/ DownCity Diner]
***[http://www.local121.com/home Local 121]
***[http://www.trinitybrewhouse.com/ Trinity Brewhouse], 186 Fountain St
** '''Federal Hill''' - famed for its Italian restaurants, but there's quite a mix; might want a cab
** '''South Water & Wickenden''' - artsy area, antique stores & funky shops; might want a cab
***Al Forno - considered by some the best restaurant in Providence
***The Old Colonial

More options at [http://foam.lib.muohio.edu/ProvidenceRestaurantsCMA.pdf PDF of recommendations from Miami University of Ohio]

== Dinner Plans ==
* '''Sunday & Monday'''
If your travel plans include arriving in Providence on Sunday or Monday, you may want to hook up with other code4libbers for dinner. We suggest that you go to the lobby fireplace to identify like-minded souls at 5pm, 6pm or 7pm. We will point out a few nearby restaurants for your consideration, including the hotel's Temple Restaurant (http://www.temple-downtown.com/).
* '''Tuesday & Wednesday'''
We're expecting some kind-of-organized group dining options, possibly with signups in the registration area. Watch this spot for more details.

== Discounts ==
* $15.00 off per table for lunch or dinner at [http://www.napavalleygrille.com/providence/about.php Napa Valley Grille] with your Code4Lib badge

== Things To Do: Monday ==
If you have the time and inclination on Monday, you may want to head up College Hill, about 1 mile, to see historic Benefit Street, visit the Brown campus or go to lunch on Thayer Street. If so, you can walk or take advantage of shuttles we’ve arranged for the pre-conferences (but please give priority to pre-conference attendees).
* 7:45 am – 9:45 pm
* 11:45 am – 1:45 pm
* 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm

== Things To Do: Tuesday ==

== Things To Do: Wednesday ==
[http://www.local121.com/news American Farm documentary, Dinner Buffet of locally sourced food] ($15) at 6:15pm, Film at 7pm at Local 121, 121 Washington Street

== Things To Do: Thursday ==

== Things To Do: Saturday-Friday ==
''nearly all are easily walkable from the Renaissance''
* '''Fresh Air'''
** [http://www.providenceskating.com/ Bank of America Skating Center], 2 Kennedy Plaza (daily 11am-10pm)
** [http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=86 Riverwalk & Waterplace Park] - access across the street from the Mall
* '''Beer'''
** Union Station Brewery, 36 Exchange Terrace
** [http://www.trinitybrewhouse.com/ Trinity Brewhouse], 186 Fountain St
* '''Clubs'''
**[http://www.lupos.com Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel], 79 Washington St.
*** '''State Radio''' (Sat 2/21, 7pm)
*** '''Tokyo Police Club''' (Tue 2/24, 8:30pm) - [[User:fak3r|fak3r]] and kat3 are interested in going to this ([http://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&searchType=venue&displayType=list&cobrand=lupos&performance_id=889136 tickets])
** [http://www.as220.org/ AS220] - 115 Empire Street
*** '''[http://www.myspace.com/witchofficial Earthless] and [http://www.myspace.com/witchofficial Witch]''' (Sun 2/22) - [[User:Anarchivist|anarchivist]] is interested in this, and probably robcaSSon and gsf and kat3
*** '''[http://www.myspace.com/officialjuiceboxxx Juiceboxxx], Javelin, and Jazz Hand Job''' (Mon 2/23) - [[User:Anarchivist|anarchivist]]
* '''Culture'''
** Art
*** RISD Museum of Art
**** [http://greenlee.02909.com/ Shawn Greenlee] - '''Occasions''': ''Occasions produces subtle interactions of synthetic tones mediated by the resonance of space and the reception of the listener. It is a long form, audio-installation utilizing a 12-channel speaker array to project sound in the exhibition space. Each of the twelve speakers produces a unique tone gliding between established frequencies. The twelve speakers are divided into two groups which move asynchronously thus creating a fluctuation in acoustic and psychoacoustic phenomena as the glissandi interact. When listening, what one will notice most obviously are several beating frequencies and difference tones - and that the perception of these is in large part due to where the listener positions herself in relationship to the speakers. The sound of the HVAC will begin to wax and wane as Occasions interferes with its site.''
** Music
*** [http://vmari.org/inner/events/ripo-rush-feb26.php RI Philharmonic], next door to the Renaissance - '''Rush Hour Series: Copland, Britten, Shostakovich''' (Thur 6:30)
** Theater
*** [http://www.ppacri.org/ Providence Performing Arts Center], 220 Weybosset St - '''Stomp''' (Sat 5 & 9, Sun 1 & 6:30)
*** [http://www.trinityrep.com/ Trinity Repertory Theater], 201 Washington St - '''A Raisin in the Sun''' (7:30 on Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu, also 2 on Sun) - '''The Secret Rapture''' (7:30 on Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu)
*** [http://www.blackrep.org/ Black Repertory Theater], 276 Westminster St - '''A Time of Fire''' (Sat 7, Sun 3, Thu 7)
* '''Activities'''
** <del>Rock Climbing - [[User:Dcloutman|David Cloutman]] wouldn't mind getting a few hours in at the local rock climbing gym one evening during the conference. Looking for interested attendees. Would probably involve a cab ride. [http://www.rhodeislandrockgym.com/ "Rhode Island Rock Gym"]</del>
* '''Movies'''
** [http://www.providenceplace.com/html/movielisting.asp Providence Place Mall], 1st run & IMAX
** [http://www.cablecarcinema.com/ Cable Car Cinema & Cafe], 204 South Main St
* '''Sports''' - [http://www.dunkindonutscenter.com/ Dunkin Donuts Center], 1 LaSalle Square
** Basketball: Providence College vs. Notre Dame (Sat., noon), Providence College vs. Pitt (Tue 7pm)
** Hockey: Providence Bruins vs. Springfield Falcons (Sun 4)
** "Monster Jam" (Fri 7:30)
* '''Other''' - [http://www.flowershow.com/ Flower & Garden Show] (RI Convention Center, 1 Sabin St, Sat 10-9, Sun 10-6)

== Divine Providence ==
* Seeing the Sites
** don't miss: top EZ cheap visits that prove you left the hotel at least some duringall of code4lib. Arranged in an order that could be a walking tour. [under construction]
*** RI State House - When built in early 20th century RI was 2nd richest state; now we're tied with Michigan for highest unemployment, and continue to rely on the state motto: "Hope". Still, it remains a majestic space, worth a visit, and so close to code4lib! Give a call-out to the guy on top: the Independent Man.
*** Roger Williams National Memorial - Thank Roger for separation of church & state and freedom of religion; nice video gives the basics of Providence's founding after Massachusetts kicked him out, his unique respect and cooperation with Native Americans, etc. A visit here qualifies you to say "What Cheer, Netop!" with aplomb.
*** Cross Main Street, and walk up Star or Church Street next to the (Episcopal) Cathedral of St. John, to Benefit Street, and turn right for a stroll along "a mile of history" past a variety of 18th and 19th century buildings, a blend of residential and RISD. Notice the old State House, where Rhode Island declared independence in May 1776, two months prior to July 4th.
***First Baptist Church of America. One of those enchanting "colonial" churches, lovely inside and out. Unlike most of the rest of New England, Rhode Islanders didn't build their churches on village greens, lest the clergy keep too close an eye on things.
*** RISD (riz-dee) Museum. With a little bit of everything, this gem serves up art from ancient Egypt to now in easily digestible morsels. Wonderful new addition provides, among other things, an excellent 20th century gallery. Also, don't miss the Buddha. Enter on South Main or Benefit.
***Providence Athenaeum - Helps you remember why you care about libraries. Edgar Allen Poe is said to have had trysts with his sweetie, Helen, here, adding to the charm. Going up College Street, you arrive at Prospect Street, with Brown's John Hay Library to the left and the John D. Rockefeller Library, Jr. Library to the right.
***Lincoln and Lovecraft at the John Hay Library. John Hay was Abe Lincoln's Secretary of State and a Brown alum; give his nose a rub as generations of Brown students have. Currently some very nice Lincoln material is on exhibit on the main floor, and nine display cases of quirky Providence native son H. P. Lovecraft manuscripts and publications are in the Lownes Room. Check out the room devoted to toy soldiers (Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, 3rd floor) and the Audubon elephant folio in the lobby.
***Brown University central campus. Enter through the Van Wickle gates (that open in for opening convocation, and open out for commencement.) University Hall, the "college edifice" housed French soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The Greek Temple next to it was the second building: a library of course! Now it houses an always-interesting selection of artifacts from the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthrolopology. Walk between these two buildings, and cross the main green; one of the perks for Brown presidents is the right to graze sheep here. Head between the next row of buildings and go down the steps (notice Marcus Aurelius, copied from Rome). This green, Lincoln Field, was the original athletic field. (Aside: Brown was in--and lost--the first Rose Bowl game.) Pass through Soldiers Arch, memorializing Brown men and women who died in military service.
***Thayer Street. The 14-story concrete monolith to your left (a much-maligned example of the brutalist style of the 1970's) is the Sciences Library. Nice view from the upper floors; on the 13th floor look south to see Narragansett Bay. You might want to visit our newish 24-hour Friedman Study Center on the lower level--hugely popular with students. Beyond it, to the north, are several blocks of restaurants and shops, Providence's mini-version of Harvard Square. But go south instead.
***Power Street.
* History
* Trivia
* [http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/travel/03hours.html "36 Hours in Providence, R.I."] piece in the New York Times TRAVEL section from August, 2008.

== Ground Crew Contacts ==
Please feel free to contact us about anything, any time, between now and the end of the conference.
* Birkin James Diana, birkin_diana@brown.edu, cell 401-378-8246
* Bonnie Buzzell, bonnie_buzzell@brown.edu, cell 401-487-0245
* Jean Rainwater, jean_rainwater@brown.edu, cell 401-241-0098

2009 Conference Buzz

2009-02-23T22:43:56Z

Otterfan: /* Eats */ added RiRa link

== Announcements From the Organizers ==

* twitter hashtag: #c4l09
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/schedule Conference Program]
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/breakouts Breakout Sessions]
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/lightning Lightning Talks]
* Internet in guest rooms at the Renaissance Providence is FREE. You have to accept payment on the login screen but internet charges will NOT be added to your bill. Free internet in guest rooms is part of our contract with the hotel. This applies whether you are in the discounted block or at a higher rate.
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107701218656997471821.00046117cc493635eebc1&ll=41.825572,-71.390877&spn=0.090438,0.152092&z=13 Annotated Google Map]
* The Handel meeting room is available for "whatever" to conference attendees from 7pm to 11pm Monday through Wednesday evenings.

== Does Anybody Want To...? ==

* go see some live music? see below under Things To Do: Clubs and Culture > Music.
<del>* Hit the rock climbing gym? See below under Things To Do: Saturday-Friday > Activities</del>

== Eats ==
* '''Breakfast''' Tuesday - Thursday is continental (pastry, bagels, fruit). If you want something more substantial the Temple Restaurant in the hotel serves breakfast starting at 6:30am.
* '''Lunch''' is provided on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lunch options on other days:
** '''Renaissance area'''
*** Temple (in the hotel - macaroni & cheese is yummy)
*** [http://www.thecubanrevolution.com/ Cuban Revolution], 50 Aborn Street
*** [http://www.providenceplace.com/html/mallattractions.asp Providence Place Mall] - The Mall is just down the hill from the Renaissance (exit the hotel and turn right down the hill). You can check out the Apple store while you're there.
**** Street Level (Francis St): [http://www.napavalleygrille.com/providence/about.php Napa Valley Grille] (upscale, local seasonal), Cheesecake Factory, [http://www.joesamerican.com/ Joe's American Bar & Grill], [http://www.fire-ice.com/locations/providence.html Fire + Ice]
**** Food Court (Level 3): Cathay Cathay, Charley's Grilled Subs, Gourmet India, Johnny Rocket's, Pizzera Regina, Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits, Surf and Turf, Taco Bell, Subway
**** Best Kept Secret: Cafe Nordstrom (inside Nordstrom's, level 3)
**** Entertainment Level (above food court): Dave & Buster's (adult arcade with food)
** '''Brown Campus area''' - Thayer St. vicinity - a few Ground Crew recommendations, but there are many others
*** Quick: Au Bon Pain (233 Thayer), [http://www.meetingstreetcafe.com Meeting Street Cafe] (220 Meeting St), [http://www.eastsidepocket.com/ East Side Pockets] (278 Thayer)
**** Meeting Street's sandwiches are delicious. Also the size of your head. Save yourself and order a half sandwich.
*** Sit down: [http://www.paragonandviva.com/ Paragon] (234 Thayer), Kartabar (284 Thayer)
*** Ethnic: Kabob & Curry (Indian, 261 Thayer), Andreas (Greek, 268 Thayer), Phonatic (Asian, 165 Angell)
*** Coffee shops: Starbucks (218 Thayer), Brown Bookstore Cafe (244 Thayer), [http://www.bluestatecoffee.com/ Blue State Coffee] (300 Thayer)
*** Best reasonably priced sushi: Sakura, 231 Wickenden St. They have a tatami room for those so inclined.
* '''Dinner''' (in addition to places mentioned for lunch)
''This is just a sample of the restaurants in the neighborhoods listed below.''
** '''Exchange Terrace''' - formerly the city's train station - 0.4 miles
***RuthChris Steak House
***Union Station Brewery, 36 Exchange Terrace
***Capitol Grill
***[http://www.rira.com/providence/home.html RiRa]
** '''North & South Main Street''' - Providence's original settlement, then on the waterfront - 0.5-0.75 miles
***Hemenways - seafood
***ParkSide
***Mills Tavern
***XO
** '''Down City'''
***[http://www.downcityfood.com/ DownCity Diner]
***[http://www.local121.com/home Local 121]
***[http://www.trinitybrewhouse.com/ Trinity Brewhouse], 186 Fountain St
** '''Federal Hill''' - famed for its Italian restaurants, but there's quite a mix; might want a cab
** '''South Water & Wickenden''' - artsy area, antique stores & funky shops; might want a cab
***Al Forno - considered by some the best restaurant in Providence
***The Old Colonial

More options at [http://foam.lib.muohio.edu/ProvidenceRestaurantsCMA.pdf PDF of recommendations from Miami University of Ohio]

== Dinner Plans ==
* '''Sunday & Monday'''
If your travel plans include arriving in Providence on Sunday or Monday, you may want to hook up with other code4libbers for dinner. We suggest that you go to the lobby fireplace to identify like-minded souls at 5pm, 6pm or 7pm. We will point out a few nearby restaurants for your consideration, including the hotel's Temple Restaurant (http://www.temple-downtown.com/).
* '''Tuesday & Wednesday'''
We're expecting some kind-of-organized group dining options, possibly with signups in the registration area. Watch this spot for more details.

== Discounts ==
* $15.00 off per table for lunch or dinner at [http://www.napavalleygrille.com/providence/about.php Napa Valley Grille] with your Code4Lib badge

== Things To Do: Monday ==
If you have the time and inclination on Monday, you may want to head up College Hill, about 1 mile, to see historic Benefit Street, visit the Brown campus or go to lunch on Thayer Street. If so, you can walk or take advantage of shuttles we’ve arranged for the pre-conferences (but please give priority to pre-conference attendees).
* 7:45 am – 9:45 pm
* 11:45 am – 1:45 pm
* 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm

== Things To Do: Tuesday ==

== Things To Do: Wednesday ==
[http://www.local121.com/news American Farm documentary, Dinner Buffet of locally sourced food] ($15) at 6:15pm, Film at 7pm at Local 121, 121 Washington Street

== Things To Do: Thursday ==

== Things To Do: Saturday-Friday ==
''nearly all are easily walkable from the Renaissance''
* '''Fresh Air'''
** [http://www.providenceskating.com/ Bank of America Skating Center], 2 Kennedy Plaza (daily 11am-10pm)
** [http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=86 Riverwalk & Waterplace Park] - access across the street from the Mall
* '''Beer'''
** Union Station Brewery, 36 Exchange Terrace
** [http://www.trinitybrewhouse.com/ Trinity Brewhouse], 186 Fountain St
* '''Clubs'''
**[http://www.lupos.com Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel], 79 Washington St.
*** '''State Radio''' (Sat 2/21, 7pm)
*** '''Tokyo Police Club''' (Tue 2/24, 8:30pm) - [[User:fak3r|fak3r]] and kat3 are interested in going to this ([http://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&searchType=venue&displayType=list&cobrand=lupos&performance_id=889136 tickets])
** [http://www.as220.org/ AS220] - 115 Empire Street
*** '''[http://www.myspace.com/witchofficial Earthless] and [http://www.myspace.com/witchofficial Witch]''' (Sun 2/22) - [[User:Anarchivist|anarchivist]] is interested in this, and probably robcaSSon and gsf and kat3
*** '''[http://www.myspace.com/officialjuiceboxxx Juiceboxxx], Javelin, and Jazz Hand Job''' (Mon 2/23) - [[User:Anarchivist|anarchivist]]
* '''Culture'''
** Art
*** RISD Museum of Art
**** [http://greenlee.02909.com/ Shawn Greenlee] - '''Occasions''': ''Occasions produces subtle interactions of synthetic tones mediated by the resonance of space and the reception of the listener. It is a long form, audio-installation utilizing a 12-channel speaker array to project sound in the exhibition space. Each of the twelve speakers produces a unique tone gliding between established frequencies. The twelve speakers are divided into two groups which move asynchronously thus creating a fluctuation in acoustic and psychoacoustic phenomena as the glissandi interact. When listening, what one will notice most obviously are several beating frequencies and difference tones - and that the perception of these is in large part due to where the listener positions herself in relationship to the speakers. The sound of the HVAC will begin to wax and wane as Occasions interferes with its site.''
** Music
*** [http://vmari.org/inner/events/ripo-rush-feb26.php RI Philharmonic], next door to the Renaissance - '''Rush Hour Series: Copland, Britten, Shostakovich''' (Thur 6:30)
** Theater
*** [http://www.ppacri.org/ Providence Performing Arts Center], 220 Weybosset St - '''Stomp''' (Sat 5 & 9, Sun 1 & 6:30)
*** [http://www.trinityrep.com/ Trinity Repertory Theater], 201 Washington St - '''A Raisin in the Sun''' (7:30 on Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu, also 2 on Sun) - '''The Secret Rapture''' (7:30 on Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu)
*** [http://www.blackrep.org/ Black Repertory Theater], 276 Westminster St - '''A Time of Fire''' (Sat 7, Sun 3, Thu 7)
* '''Activities'''
** <del>Rock Climbing - [[User:Dcloutman|David Cloutman]] wouldn't mind getting a few hours in at the local rock climbing gym one evening during the conference. Looking for interested attendees. Would probably involve a cab ride. [http://www.rhodeislandrockgym.com/ "Rhode Island Rock Gym"]</del>
* '''Movies'''
** [http://www.providenceplace.com/html/movielisting.asp Providence Place Mall], 1st run & IMAX
** [http://www.cablecarcinema.com/ Cable Car Cinema & Cafe], 204 South Main St
* '''Sports''' - [http://www.dunkindonutscenter.com/ Dunkin Donuts Center], 1 LaSalle Square
** Basketball: Providence College vs. Notre Dame (Sat., noon), Providence College vs. Pitt (Tue 7pm)
** Hockey: Providence Bruins vs. Springfield Falcons (Sun 4)
** "Monster Jam" (Fri 7:30)
* '''Other''' - [http://www.flowershow.com/ Flower & Garden Show] (RI Convention Center, 1 Sabin St, Sat 10-9, Sun 10-6)

== Divine Providence ==
* Seeing the Sites
** don't miss: top EZ cheap visits that prove you left the hotel at least some duringall of code4lib. Arranged in an order that could be a walking tour. [under construction]
*** RI State House - When built in early 20th century RI was 2nd richest state; now we're tied with Michigan for highest unemployment, and continue to rely on the state motto: "Hope". Still, it remains a majestic space, worth a visit, and so close to code4lib! Give a call-out to the guy on top: the Independent Man.
*** Roger Williams National Memorial - Thank Roger for separation of church & state and freedom of religion; nice video gives the basics of Providence's founding after Massachusetts kicked him out, his unique respect and cooperation with Native Americans, etc. A visit here qualifies you to say "What Cheer, Netop!" with aplomb.
*** Cross Main Street, and walk up Star or Church Street next to the (Episcopal) Cathedral of St. John, to Benefit Street, and turn right for a stroll along "a mile of history" past a variety of 18th and 19th century buildings, a blend of residential and RISD. Notice the old State House, where Rhode Island declared independence in May 1776, two months prior to July 4th.
***First Baptist Church of America. One of those enchanting "colonial" churches, lovely inside and out. Unlike most of the rest of New England, Rhode Islanders didn't build their churches on village greens, lest the clergy keep too close an eye on things.
*** RISD (riz-dee) Museum. With a little bit of everything, this gem serves up art from ancient Egypt to now in easily digestible morsels. Wonderful new addition provides, among other things, an excellent 20th century gallery. Also, don't miss the Buddha. Enter on South Main or Benefit.
***Providence Athenaeum - Helps you remember why you care about libraries. Edgar Allen Poe is said to have had trysts with his sweetie, Helen, here, adding to the charm. Going up College Street, you arrive at Prospect Street, with Brown's John Hay Library to the left and the John D. Rockefeller Library, Jr. Library to the right.
***Lincoln and Lovecraft at the John Hay Library. John Hay was Abe Lincoln's Secretary of State and a Brown alum; give his nose a rub as generations of Brown students have. Currently some very nice Lincoln material is on exhibit on the main floor, and nine display cases of quirky Providence native son H. P. Lovecraft manuscripts and publications are in the Lownes Room. Check out the room devoted to toy soldiers (Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, 3rd floor) and the Audubon elephant folio in the lobby.
***Brown University central campus. Enter through the Van Wickle gates (that open in for opening convocation, and open out for commencement.) University Hall, the "college edifice" housed French soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The Greek Temple next to it was the second building: a library of course! Now it houses an always-interesting selection of artifacts from the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthrolopology. Walk between these two buildings, and cross the main green; one of the perks for Brown presidents is the right to graze sheep here. Head between the next row of buildings and go down the steps (notice Marcus Aurelius, copied from Rome). This green, Lincoln Field, was the original athletic field. (Aside: Brown was in--and lost--the first Rose Bowl game.) Pass through Soldiers Arch, memorializing Brown men and women who died in military service.
***Thayer Street. The 14-story concrete monolith to your left (a much-maligned example of the brutalist style of the 1970's) is the Sciences Library. Nice view from the upper floors; on the 13th floor look south to see Narragansett Bay. You might want to visit our newish 24-hour Friedman Study Center on the lower level--hugely popular with students. Beyond it, to the north, are several blocks of restaurants and shops, Providence's mini-version of Harvard Square. But go south instead.
***Power Street.
* History
* Trivia
* [http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/travel/03hours.html "36 Hours in Providence, R.I."] piece in the New York Times TRAVEL section from August, 2008.

== Ground Crew Contacts ==
Please feel free to contact us about anything, any time, between now and the end of the conference.
* Birkin James Diana, birkin_diana@brown.edu, cell 401-378-8246
* Bonnie Buzzell, bonnie_buzzell@brown.edu, cell 401-487-0245
* Jean Rainwater, jean_rainwater@brown.edu, cell 401-241-0098

2009 Conference Buzz

2009-02-23T22:42:34Z

Otterfan: /* Eats */ added Local 121 link

== Announcements From the Organizers ==

* twitter hashtag: #c4l09
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/schedule Conference Program]
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/breakouts Breakout Sessions]
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/lightning Lightning Talks]
* Internet in guest rooms at the Renaissance Providence is FREE. You have to accept payment on the login screen but internet charges will NOT be added to your bill. Free internet in guest rooms is part of our contract with the hotel. This applies whether you are in the discounted block or at a higher rate.
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107701218656997471821.00046117cc493635eebc1&ll=41.825572,-71.390877&spn=0.090438,0.152092&z=13 Annotated Google Map]
* The Handel meeting room is available for "whatever" to conference attendees from 7pm to 11pm Monday through Wednesday evenings.

== Does Anybody Want To...? ==

* go see some live music? see below under Things To Do: Clubs and Culture > Music.
<del>* Hit the rock climbing gym? See below under Things To Do: Saturday-Friday > Activities</del>

== Eats ==
* '''Breakfast''' Tuesday - Thursday is continental (pastry, bagels, fruit). If you want something more substantial the Temple Restaurant in the hotel serves breakfast starting at 6:30am.
* '''Lunch''' is provided on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lunch options on other days:
** '''Renaissance area'''
*** Temple (in the hotel - macaroni & cheese is yummy)
*** [http://www.thecubanrevolution.com/ Cuban Revolution], 50 Aborn Street
*** [http://www.providenceplace.com/html/mallattractions.asp Providence Place Mall] - The Mall is just down the hill from the Renaissance (exit the hotel and turn right down the hill). You can check out the Apple store while you're there.
**** Street Level (Francis St): [http://www.napavalleygrille.com/providence/about.php Napa Valley Grille] (upscale, local seasonal), Cheesecake Factory, [http://www.joesamerican.com/ Joe's American Bar & Grill], [http://www.fire-ice.com/locations/providence.html Fire + Ice]
**** Food Court (Level 3): Cathay Cathay, Charley's Grilled Subs, Gourmet India, Johnny Rocket's, Pizzera Regina, Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits, Surf and Turf, Taco Bell, Subway
**** Best Kept Secret: Cafe Nordstrom (inside Nordstrom's, level 3)
**** Entertainment Level (above food court): Dave & Buster's (adult arcade with food)
** '''Brown Campus area''' - Thayer St. vicinity - a few Ground Crew recommendations, but there are many others
*** Quick: Au Bon Pain (233 Thayer), [http://www.meetingstreetcafe.com Meeting Street Cafe] (220 Meeting St), [http://www.eastsidepocket.com/ East Side Pockets] (278 Thayer)
**** Meeting Street's sandwiches are delicious. Also the size of your head. Save yourself and order a half sandwich.
*** Sit down: [http://www.paragonandviva.com/ Paragon] (234 Thayer), Kartabar (284 Thayer)
*** Ethnic: Kabob & Curry (Indian, 261 Thayer), Andreas (Greek, 268 Thayer), Phonatic (Asian, 165 Angell)
*** Coffee shops: Starbucks (218 Thayer), Brown Bookstore Cafe (244 Thayer), [http://www.bluestatecoffee.com/ Blue State Coffee] (300 Thayer)
*** Best reasonably priced sushi: Sakura, 231 Wickenden St. They have a tatami room for those so inclined.
* '''Dinner''' (in addition to places mentioned for lunch)
''This is just a sample of the restaurants in the neighborhoods listed below.''
** '''Exchange Terrace''' - formerly the city's train station - 0.4 miles
***RuthChris Steak House
***Union Station Brewery, 36 Exchange Terrace
***Capitol Grill
***RiRa
** '''North & South Main Street''' - Providence's original settlement, then on the waterfront - 0.5-0.75 miles
***Hemenways - seafood
***ParkSide
***Mills Tavern
***XO
** '''Down City'''
***[http://www.downcityfood.com/ DownCity Diner]
***[http://www.local121.com/home Local 121]
***[http://www.trinitybrewhouse.com/ Trinity Brewhouse], 186 Fountain St
** '''Federal Hill''' - famed for its Italian restaurants, but there's quite a mix; might want a cab
** '''South Water & Wickenden''' - artsy area, antique stores & funky shops; might want a cab
***Al Forno - considered by some the best restaurant in Providence
***The Old Colonial

More options at [http://foam.lib.muohio.edu/ProvidenceRestaurantsCMA.pdf PDF of recommendations from Miami University of Ohio]

== Dinner Plans ==
* '''Sunday & Monday'''
If your travel plans include arriving in Providence on Sunday or Monday, you may want to hook up with other code4libbers for dinner. We suggest that you go to the lobby fireplace to identify like-minded souls at 5pm, 6pm or 7pm. We will point out a few nearby restaurants for your consideration, including the hotel's Temple Restaurant (http://www.temple-downtown.com/).
* '''Tuesday & Wednesday'''
We're expecting some kind-of-organized group dining options, possibly with signups in the registration area. Watch this spot for more details.

== Discounts ==
* $15.00 off per table for lunch or dinner at [http://www.napavalleygrille.com/providence/about.php Napa Valley Grille] with your Code4Lib badge

== Things To Do: Monday ==
If you have the time and inclination on Monday, you may want to head up College Hill, about 1 mile, to see historic Benefit Street, visit the Brown campus or go to lunch on Thayer Street. If so, you can walk or take advantage of shuttles we’ve arranged for the pre-conferences (but please give priority to pre-conference attendees).
* 7:45 am – 9:45 pm
* 11:45 am – 1:45 pm
* 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm

== Things To Do: Tuesday ==

== Things To Do: Wednesday ==
[http://www.local121.com/news American Farm documentary, Dinner Buffet of locally sourced food] ($15) at 6:15pm, Film at 7pm at Local 121, 121 Washington Street

== Things To Do: Thursday ==

== Things To Do: Saturday-Friday ==
''nearly all are easily walkable from the Renaissance''
* '''Fresh Air'''
** [http://www.providenceskating.com/ Bank of America Skating Center], 2 Kennedy Plaza (daily 11am-10pm)
** [http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=86 Riverwalk & Waterplace Park] - access across the street from the Mall
* '''Beer'''
** Union Station Brewery, 36 Exchange Terrace
** [http://www.trinitybrewhouse.com/ Trinity Brewhouse], 186 Fountain St
* '''Clubs'''
**[http://www.lupos.com Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel], 79 Washington St.
*** '''State Radio''' (Sat 2/21, 7pm)
*** '''Tokyo Police Club''' (Tue 2/24, 8:30pm) - [[User:fak3r|fak3r]] and kat3 are interested in going to this ([http://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&searchType=venue&displayType=list&cobrand=lupos&performance_id=889136 tickets])
** [http://www.as220.org/ AS220] - 115 Empire Street
*** '''[http://www.myspace.com/witchofficial Earthless] and [http://www.myspace.com/witchofficial Witch]''' (Sun 2/22) - [[User:Anarchivist|anarchivist]] is interested in this, and probably robcaSSon and gsf and kat3
*** '''[http://www.myspace.com/officialjuiceboxxx Juiceboxxx], Javelin, and Jazz Hand Job''' (Mon 2/23) - [[User:Anarchivist|anarchivist]]
* '''Culture'''
** Art
*** RISD Museum of Art
**** [http://greenlee.02909.com/ Shawn Greenlee] - '''Occasions''': ''Occasions produces subtle interactions of synthetic tones mediated by the resonance of space and the reception of the listener. It is a long form, audio-installation utilizing a 12-channel speaker array to project sound in the exhibition space. Each of the twelve speakers produces a unique tone gliding between established frequencies. The twelve speakers are divided into two groups which move asynchronously thus creating a fluctuation in acoustic and psychoacoustic phenomena as the glissandi interact. When listening, what one will notice most obviously are several beating frequencies and difference tones - and that the perception of these is in large part due to where the listener positions herself in relationship to the speakers. The sound of the HVAC will begin to wax and wane as Occasions interferes with its site.''
** Music
*** [http://vmari.org/inner/events/ripo-rush-feb26.php RI Philharmonic], next door to the Renaissance - '''Rush Hour Series: Copland, Britten, Shostakovich''' (Thur 6:30)
** Theater
*** [http://www.ppacri.org/ Providence Performing Arts Center], 220 Weybosset St - '''Stomp''' (Sat 5 & 9, Sun 1 & 6:30)
*** [http://www.trinityrep.com/ Trinity Repertory Theater], 201 Washington St - '''A Raisin in the Sun''' (7:30 on Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu, also 2 on Sun) - '''The Secret Rapture''' (7:30 on Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu)
*** [http://www.blackrep.org/ Black Repertory Theater], 276 Westminster St - '''A Time of Fire''' (Sat 7, Sun 3, Thu 7)
* '''Activities'''
** <del>Rock Climbing - [[User:Dcloutman|David Cloutman]] wouldn't mind getting a few hours in at the local rock climbing gym one evening during the conference. Looking for interested attendees. Would probably involve a cab ride. [http://www.rhodeislandrockgym.com/ "Rhode Island Rock Gym"]</del>
* '''Movies'''
** [http://www.providenceplace.com/html/movielisting.asp Providence Place Mall], 1st run & IMAX
** [http://www.cablecarcinema.com/ Cable Car Cinema & Cafe], 204 South Main St
* '''Sports''' - [http://www.dunkindonutscenter.com/ Dunkin Donuts Center], 1 LaSalle Square
** Basketball: Providence College vs. Notre Dame (Sat., noon), Providence College vs. Pitt (Tue 7pm)
** Hockey: Providence Bruins vs. Springfield Falcons (Sun 4)
** "Monster Jam" (Fri 7:30)
* '''Other''' - [http://www.flowershow.com/ Flower & Garden Show] (RI Convention Center, 1 Sabin St, Sat 10-9, Sun 10-6)

== Divine Providence ==
* Seeing the Sites
** don't miss: top EZ cheap visits that prove you left the hotel at least some duringall of code4lib. Arranged in an order that could be a walking tour. [under construction]
*** RI State House - When built in early 20th century RI was 2nd richest state; now we're tied with Michigan for highest unemployment, and continue to rely on the state motto: "Hope". Still, it remains a majestic space, worth a visit, and so close to code4lib! Give a call-out to the guy on top: the Independent Man.
*** Roger Williams National Memorial - Thank Roger for separation of church & state and freedom of religion; nice video gives the basics of Providence's founding after Massachusetts kicked him out, his unique respect and cooperation with Native Americans, etc. A visit here qualifies you to say "What Cheer, Netop!" with aplomb.
*** Cross Main Street, and walk up Star or Church Street next to the (Episcopal) Cathedral of St. John, to Benefit Street, and turn right for a stroll along "a mile of history" past a variety of 18th and 19th century buildings, a blend of residential and RISD. Notice the old State House, where Rhode Island declared independence in May 1776, two months prior to July 4th.
***First Baptist Church of America. One of those enchanting "colonial" churches, lovely inside and out. Unlike most of the rest of New England, Rhode Islanders didn't build their churches on village greens, lest the clergy keep too close an eye on things.
*** RISD (riz-dee) Museum. With a little bit of everything, this gem serves up art from ancient Egypt to now in easily digestible morsels. Wonderful new addition provides, among other things, an excellent 20th century gallery. Also, don't miss the Buddha. Enter on South Main or Benefit.
***Providence Athenaeum - Helps you remember why you care about libraries. Edgar Allen Poe is said to have had trysts with his sweetie, Helen, here, adding to the charm. Going up College Street, you arrive at Prospect Street, with Brown's John Hay Library to the left and the John D. Rockefeller Library, Jr. Library to the right.
***Lincoln and Lovecraft at the John Hay Library. John Hay was Abe Lincoln's Secretary of State and a Brown alum; give his nose a rub as generations of Brown students have. Currently some very nice Lincoln material is on exhibit on the main floor, and nine display cases of quirky Providence native son H. P. Lovecraft manuscripts and publications are in the Lownes Room. Check out the room devoted to toy soldiers (Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, 3rd floor) and the Audubon elephant folio in the lobby.
***Brown University central campus. Enter through the Van Wickle gates (that open in for opening convocation, and open out for commencement.) University Hall, the "college edifice" housed French soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The Greek Temple next to it was the second building: a library of course! Now it houses an always-interesting selection of artifacts from the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthrolopology. Walk between these two buildings, and cross the main green; one of the perks for Brown presidents is the right to graze sheep here. Head between the next row of buildings and go down the steps (notice Marcus Aurelius, copied from Rome). This green, Lincoln Field, was the original athletic field. (Aside: Brown was in--and lost--the first Rose Bowl game.) Pass through Soldiers Arch, memorializing Brown men and women who died in military service.
***Thayer Street. The 14-story concrete monolith to your left (a much-maligned example of the brutalist style of the 1970's) is the Sciences Library. Nice view from the upper floors; on the 13th floor look south to see Narragansett Bay. You might want to visit our newish 24-hour Friedman Study Center on the lower level--hugely popular with students. Beyond it, to the north, are several blocks of restaurants and shops, Providence's mini-version of Harvard Square. But go south instead.
***Power Street.
* History
* Trivia
* [http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/travel/03hours.html "36 Hours in Providence, R.I."] piece in the New York Times TRAVEL section from August, 2008.

== Ground Crew Contacts ==
Please feel free to contact us about anything, any time, between now and the end of the conference.
* Birkin James Diana, birkin_diana@brown.edu, cell 401-378-8246
* Bonnie Buzzell, bonnie_buzzell@brown.edu, cell 401-487-0245
* Jean Rainwater, jean_rainwater@brown.edu, cell 401-241-0098

2009 Conference Buzz

2009-02-23T22:41:12Z

Otterfan: /* Eats */ added DownCity link

== Announcements From the Organizers ==

* twitter hashtag: #c4l09
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/schedule Conference Program]
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/breakouts Breakout Sessions]
* [http://code4lib.org/conference/2009/lightning Lightning Talks]
* Internet in guest rooms at the Renaissance Providence is FREE. You have to accept payment on the login screen but internet charges will NOT be added to your bill. Free internet in guest rooms is part of our contract with the hotel. This applies whether you are in the discounted block or at a higher rate.
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107701218656997471821.00046117cc493635eebc1&ll=41.825572,-71.390877&spn=0.090438,0.152092&z=13 Annotated Google Map]
* The Handel meeting room is available for "whatever" to conference attendees from 7pm to 11pm Monday through Wednesday evenings.

== Does Anybody Want To...? ==

* go see some live music? see below under Things To Do: Clubs and Culture > Music.
<del>* Hit the rock climbing gym? See below under Things To Do: Saturday-Friday > Activities</del>

== Eats ==
* '''Breakfast''' Tuesday - Thursday is continental (pastry, bagels, fruit). If you want something more substantial the Temple Restaurant in the hotel serves breakfast starting at 6:30am.
* '''Lunch''' is provided on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lunch options on other days:
** '''Renaissance area'''
*** Temple (in the hotel - macaroni & cheese is yummy)
*** [http://www.thecubanrevolution.com/ Cuban Revolution], 50 Aborn Street
*** [http://www.providenceplace.com/html/mallattractions.asp Providence Place Mall] - The Mall is just down the hill from the Renaissance (exit the hotel and turn right down the hill). You can check out the Apple store while you're there.
**** Street Level (Francis St): [http://www.napavalleygrille.com/providence/about.php Napa Valley Grille] (upscale, local seasonal), Cheesecake Factory, [http://www.joesamerican.com/ Joe's American Bar & Grill], [http://www.fire-ice.com/locations/providence.html Fire + Ice]
**** Food Court (Level 3): Cathay Cathay, Charley's Grilled Subs, Gourmet India, Johnny Rocket's, Pizzera Regina, Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits, Surf and Turf, Taco Bell, Subway
**** Best Kept Secret: Cafe Nordstrom (inside Nordstrom's, level 3)
**** Entertainment Level (above food court): Dave & Buster's (adult arcade with food)
** '''Brown Campus area''' - Thayer St. vicinity - a few Ground Crew recommendations, but there are many others
*** Quick: Au Bon Pain (233 Thayer), [http://www.meetingstreetcafe.com Meeting Street Cafe] (220 Meeting St), [http://www.eastsidepocket.com/ East Side Pockets] (278 Thayer)
**** Meeting Street's sandwiches are delicious. Also the size of your head. Save yourself and order a half sandwich.
*** Sit down: [http://www.paragonandviva.com/ Paragon] (234 Thayer), Kartabar (284 Thayer)
*** Ethnic: Kabob & Curry (Indian, 261 Thayer), Andreas (Greek, 268 Thayer), Phonatic (Asian, 165 Angell)
*** Coffee shops: Starbucks (218 Thayer), Brown Bookstore Cafe (244 Thayer), [http://www.bluestatecoffee.com/ Blue State Coffee] (300 Thayer)
*** Best reasonably priced sushi: Sakura, 231 Wickenden St. They have a tatami room for those so inclined.
* '''Dinner''' (in addition to places mentioned for lunch)
''This is just a sample of the restaurants in the neighborhoods listed below.''
** '''Exchange Terrace''' - formerly the city's train station - 0.4 miles
***RuthChris Steak House
***Union Station Brewery, 36 Exchange Terrace
***Capitol Grill
***RiRa
** '''North & South Main Street''' - Providence's original settlement, then on the waterfront - 0.5-0.75 miles
***Hemenways - seafood
***ParkSide
***Mills Tavern
***XO
** '''Down City'''
***[http://www.downcityfood.com/ DownCity Diner]
***Local 121
***[http://www.trinitybrewhouse.com/ Trinity Brewhouse], 186 Fountain St
** '''Federal Hill''' - famed for its Italian restaurants, but there's quite a mix; might want a cab
** '''South Water & Wickenden''' - artsy area, antique stores & funky shops; might want a cab
***Al Forno - considered by some the best restaurant in Providence
***The Old Colonial

More options at [http://foam.lib.muohio.edu/ProvidenceRestaurantsCMA.pdf PDF of recommendations from Miami University of Ohio]

== Dinner Plans ==
* '''Sunday & Monday'''
If your travel plans include arriving in Providence on Sunday or Monday, you may want to hook up with other code4libbers for dinner. We suggest that you go to the lobby fireplace to identify like-minded souls at 5pm, 6pm or 7pm. We will point out a few nearby restaurants for your consideration, including the hotel's Temple Restaurant (http://www.temple-downtown.com/).
* '''Tuesday & Wednesday'''
We're expecting some kind-of-organized group dining options, possibly with signups in the registration area. Watch this spot for more details.

== Discounts ==
* $15.00 off per table for lunch or dinner at [http://www.napavalleygrille.com/providence/about.php Napa Valley Grille] with your Code4Lib badge

== Things To Do: Monday ==
If you have the time and inclination on Monday, you may want to head up College Hill, about 1 mile, to see historic Benefit Street, visit the Brown campus or go to lunch on Thayer Street. If so, you can walk or take advantage of shuttles we’ve arranged for the pre-conferences (but please give priority to pre-conference attendees).
* 7:45 am – 9:45 pm
* 11:45 am – 1:45 pm
* 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm

== Things To Do: Tuesday ==

== Things To Do: Wednesday ==
[http://www.local121.com/news American Farm documentary, Dinner Buffet of locally sourced food] ($15) at 6:15pm, Film at 7pm at Local 121, 121 Washington Street

== Things To Do: Thursday ==

== Things To Do: Saturday-Friday ==
''nearly all are easily walkable from the Renaissance''
* '''Fresh Air'''
** [http://www.providenceskating.com/ Bank of America Skating Center], 2 Kennedy Plaza (daily 11am-10pm)
** [http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=86 Riverwalk & Waterplace Park] - access across the street from the Mall
* '''Beer'''
** Union Station Brewery, 36 Exchange Terrace
** [http://www.trinitybrewhouse.com/ Trinity Brewhouse], 186 Fountain St
* '''Clubs'''
**[http://www.lupos.com Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel], 79 Washington St.
*** '''State Radio''' (Sat 2/21, 7pm)
*** '''Tokyo Police Club''' (Tue 2/24, 8:30pm) - [[User:fak3r|fak3r]] and kat3 are interested in going to this ([http://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&searchType=venue&displayType=list&cobrand=lupos&performance_id=889136 tickets])
** [http://www.as220.org/ AS220] - 115 Empire Street
*** '''[http://www.myspace.com/witchofficial Earthless] and [http://www.myspace.com/witchofficial Witch]''' (Sun 2/22) - [[User:Anarchivist|anarchivist]] is interested in this, and probably robcaSSon and gsf and kat3
*** '''[http://www.myspace.com/officialjuiceboxxx Juiceboxxx], Javelin, and Jazz Hand Job''' (Mon 2/23) - [[User:Anarchivist|anarchivist]]
* '''Culture'''
** Art
*** RISD Museum of Art
**** [http://greenlee.02909.com/ Shawn Greenlee] - '''Occasions''': ''Occasions produces subtle interactions of synthetic tones mediated by the resonance of space and the reception of the listener. It is a long form, audio-installation utilizing a 12-channel speaker array to project sound in the exhibition space. Each of the twelve speakers produces a unique tone gliding between established frequencies. The twelve speakers are divided into two groups which move asynchronously thus creating a fluctuation in acoustic and psychoacoustic phenomena as the glissandi interact. When listening, what one will notice most obviously are several beating frequencies and difference tones - and that the perception of these is in large part due to where the listener positions herself in relationship to the speakers. The sound of the HVAC will begin to wax and wane as Occasions interferes with its site.''
** Music
*** [http://vmari.org/inner/events/ripo-rush-feb26.php RI Philharmonic], next door to the Renaissance - '''Rush Hour Series: Copland, Britten, Shostakovich''' (Thur 6:30)
** Theater
*** [http://www.ppacri.org/ Providence Performing Arts Center], 220 Weybosset St - '''Stomp''' (Sat 5 & 9, Sun 1 & 6:30)
*** [http://www.trinityrep.com/ Trinity Repertory Theater], 201 Washington St - '''A Raisin in the Sun''' (7:30 on Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu, also 2 on Sun) - '''The Secret Rapture''' (7:30 on Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu)
*** [http://www.blackrep.org/ Black Repertory Theater], 276 Westminster St - '''A Time of Fire''' (Sat 7, Sun 3, Thu 7)
* '''Activities'''
** <del>Rock Climbing - [[User:Dcloutman|David Cloutman]] wouldn't mind getting a few hours in at the local rock climbing gym one evening during the conference. Looking for interested attendees. Would probably involve a cab ride. [http://www.rhodeislandrockgym.com/ "Rhode Island Rock Gym"]</del>
* '''Movies'''
** [http://www.providenceplace.com/html/movielisting.asp Providence Place Mall], 1st run & IMAX
** [http://www.cablecarcinema.com/ Cable Car Cinema & Cafe], 204 South Main St
* '''Sports''' - [http://www.dunkindonutscenter.com/ Dunkin Donuts Center], 1 LaSalle Square
** Basketball: Providence College vs. Notre Dame (Sat., noon), Providence College vs. Pitt (Tue 7pm)
** Hockey: Providence Bruins vs. Springfield Falcons (Sun 4)
** "Monster Jam" (Fri 7:30)
* '''Other''' - [http://www.flowershow.com/ Flower & Garden Show] (RI Convention Center, 1 Sabin St, Sat 10-9, Sun 10-6)

== Divine Providence ==
* Seeing the Sites
** don't miss: top EZ cheap visits that prove you left the hotel at least some duringall of code4lib. Arranged in an order that could be a walking tour. [under construction]
*** RI State House - When built in early 20th century RI was 2nd richest state; now we're tied with Michigan for highest unemployment, and continue to rely on the state motto: "Hope". Still, it remains a majestic space, worth a visit, and so close to code4lib! Give a call-out to the guy on top: the Independent Man.
*** Roger Williams National Memorial - Thank Roger for separation of church & state and freedom of religion; nice video gives the basics of Providence's founding after Massachusetts kicked him out, his unique respect and cooperation with Native Americans, etc. A visit here qualifies you to say "What Cheer, Netop!" with aplomb.
*** Cross Main Street, and walk up Star or Church Street next to the (Episcopal) Cathedral of St. John, to Benefit Street, and turn right for a stroll along "a mile of history" past a variety of 18th and 19th century buildings, a blend of residential and RISD. Notice the old State House, where Rhode Island declared independence in May 1776, two months prior to July 4th.
***First Baptist Church of America. One of those enchanting "colonial" churches, lovely inside and out. Unlike most of the rest of New England, Rhode Islanders didn't build their churches on village greens, lest the clergy keep too close an eye on things.
*** RISD (riz-dee) Museum. With a little bit of everything, this gem serves up art from ancient Egypt to now in easily digestible morsels. Wonderful new addition provides, among other things, an excellent 20th century gallery. Also, don't miss the Buddha. Enter on South Main or Benefit.
***Providence Athenaeum - Helps you remember why you care about libraries. Edgar Allen Poe is said to have had trysts with his sweetie, Helen, here, adding to the charm. Going up College Street, you arrive at Prospect Street, with Brown's John Hay Library to the left and the John D. Rockefeller Library, Jr. Library to the right.
***Lincoln and Lovecraft at the John Hay Library. John Hay was Abe Lincoln's Secretary of State and a Brown alum; give his nose a rub as generations of Brown students have. Currently some very nice Lincoln material is on exhibit on the main floor, and nine display cases of quirky Providence native son H. P. Lovecraft manuscripts and publications are in the Lownes Room. Check out the room devoted to toy soldiers (Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, 3rd floor) and the Audubon elephant folio in the lobby.
***Brown University central campus. Enter through the Van Wickle gates (that open in for opening convocation, and open out for commencement.) University Hall, the "college edifice" housed French soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The Greek Temple next to it was the second building: a library of course! Now it houses an always-interesting selection of artifacts from the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthrolopology. Walk between these two buildings, and cross the main green; one of the perks for Brown presidents is the right to graze sheep here. Head between the next row of buildings and go down the steps (notice Marcus Aurelius, copied from Rome). This green, Lincoln Field, was the original athletic field. (Aside: Brown was in--and lost--the first Rose Bowl game.) Pass through Soldiers Arch, memorializing Brown men and women who died in military service.
***Thayer Street. The 14-story concrete monolith to your left (a much-maligned example of the brutalist style of the 1970's) is the Sciences Library. Nice view from the upper floors; on the 13th floor look south to see Narragansett Bay. You might want to visit our newish 24-hour Friedman Study Center on the lower level--hugely popular with students. Beyond it, to the north, are several blocks of restaurants and shops, Providence's mini-version of Harvard Square. But go south instead.
***Power Street.
* History
* Trivia
* [http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/travel/03hours.html "36 Hours in Providence, R.I."] piece in the New York Times TRAVEL section from August, 2008.

== Ground Crew Contacts ==
Please feel free to contact us about anything, any time, between now and the end of the conference.
* Birkin James Diana, birkin_diana@brown.edu, cell 401-378-8246
* Bonnie Buzzell, bonnie_buzzell@brown.edu, cell 401-487-0245
* Jean Rainwater, jean_rainwater@brown.edu, cell 401-241-0098