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2017-01-31T20:06:37Z

Rsteed: /* Previous C4L Midwest Regional Meetings */ Add missing link to 2015 meeting

== Code4Lib Midwest 2017 Meeting ==
Loyola University Chicago will host a (the?) Code4Lib Midwest 2017 meeting in Chicago, IL

===Location===
Loyola University Chicago Klarcheck Information Commons.
* '''When''' - April 26-April 27, 2017 ''
* '''Where''' - [http://libraries.luc.edu/ Information Commons], Fourth Floor, 6501 N. Kenmore Ave., Chicago, IL 60626 · 773.508.8000.
* '''Who''' - contact person: Margaret Heller (mheller1@luc.edu)
* '''Meeting Page''' -- [[2017 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]

== Previous C4L Midwest Regional Meetings ==

* [[2010 (Inaugural) Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2011 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2012 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2013 Code4Lib Midwest Conference]]
* [[2014 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2015 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2016 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]

== Mailing list ==

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

2016 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting

2016-05-19T19:17:13Z

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== Code4Lib Midwest 2016 Meeting ==

Mark your calendars -- The University of Chicago Library will host the Code4Lib Midwest 2016 meeting in Chicago, IL.

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu The University of Chicago Library].
* '''When''' - July 14 & 15, 2016 ''(NOTE: date change)''
* '''Where''' - [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu Regenstein Library], room 122, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago. ([https://www.google.com/maps/place/Regenstein+Library,+1100+E+57th+St,+Chicago,+IL+60637/@41.7922338,-87.6024283,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x880e293e39d17fbd:0xc21663d6b4558f0a!8m2!3d41.7923654!4d-87.5999823 Map])
* '''Who''' - contact person: Tod Olson ( tod at uchicago.edu )

===Logistics===
====Travel====
Chicago is served by Midway Airport (closest to UChicago) and O'Hare International Airport (much further), Amtrak, and bus lines.

Directions to campus:
* [https://maps.uchicago.edu/directions/masstransit.shtml Mass Transit]
* [https://maps.uchicago.edu/directions/car.shtml Directions by Car]
* [https://maps.uchicago.edu/directions/airports.shtml From Chicago Airports]
* [https://maps.uchicago.edu/directions/taxi.shtml By Taxi or Shuttle]

====Accommodations====

There are a few hotel options in Hyde Park, including:

* [http://chicagosouthuniversity.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html Hyatt Place Chicago-South/University Medical Center] (5225 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615, (773) 752-5300) About 1.2 miles from the meeting location and near a number of restaurants on 53rd St.

====Parking====

The [https://maps.uchicago.edu/?location=Campus+North+Parking parking garage at 55th St. & Ellis Ave.] is an option for visitor parking, at a rate of $25 per day.

=== Schedule ===

==== Tentative Thursday, July 14th ====

8:30-9:00: Check-in 
9:00-9:15: Welcome and introductory remarks 
9:15-12:00: Talks & Break 
12:00-1:00: Lunch 
1:00-5:00: Talks & Break 

==== Tentative Friday, July 15th ====

8:30-9:00: Check-in 
9:00-12:00: Talks & Break 

===Technical Details===
* WiFi: Wireless access will be provided, and UChicago is an Eduroam participant

==Programming Sign-up==

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

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

===Presentations ===
(If you'd like to propose a workshop, talk to us.)

'''Talk Title''' - [Speaker Name]: [Description]

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

==Registration==
Registration is free, though we will cap at 50. List your name, affiliation, and email address here to register for the meeting. If you signed up and are unable to attend please remove your name or contact us, so that we can make room for others.

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Tod Olson (tod@uchicago.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

#Minhao Jiang - Wayne State (minhao.jiang % wayne.edu)
#Margaret Heller - Loyola University Chicago (mheller1@luc.edu)
#Eric Lesae Morgan - University of Notre Dame (emorgan@nd.edu)
#Jamie Carlstone - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Jdc6@illinois.edu)
#Remington Steed - Hekman Library, Calvin College (rjs7@calvin.edu)
#Dan Wells - Hekman Library, Calvin College (dbw2@calvin.edu)
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2015 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting

2015-07-06T13:15:06Z

Rsteed: Fix typos

== Code4Lib Midwest 2015 Meeting ==

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

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

===Logistics===

'''Suggested Hotels'''

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

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

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

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

* [http://www.uhdcolumbus.com/ '''Columbus Hospitality District''']

-Given the size of the University and University community, the University has it's own hospitality district, with lists to hotels and vendors that work closely with the University.

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

=== Schedule ===

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

8:30 - 9:00: Check-in 

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

9:20 - 9:40: Presentation #1 

9:40 - 10:00: Presentation #2 

10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #3 

10:20 - 10:40: Break/Networking 

10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #4 

11:00 - 12:00: Lightning Talks 

12:00 - 1:30: Lunch 

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

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

6:30 - ? Social 

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

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

===Social Media Goodness===

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

===Technical Details===

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

==Programming Sign-up==

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

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

===Presentations or Workshops===

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

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

'''PowerShell''' - Brittany Adams (Wheaton College): Code4LIb has many full-fledged coders, but there are others who are new to the library coding environment and may have limited access to common tools and operating systems often found in the coder's toolbox. As someone new to coding, Brittany Adams will show how PowerShell, which is part of the Windows OS, can be applied to various metadata projects. PowerShell can serve as the entry point for those unwilling or unable to dive in the deep-end of the Linux pool.

'''Handle: getting a grasp on URL management''' - Jeffrey Mudge and David Malone (Wheaton College): The print/analog library transition to thousands upon thousands of digital resources has brought with it the need to manage associated URLs. Part of the management is to address issues of resource transience and attempts to create persistence. The Handle System is a specification for assigning, managing, and resolving persistent identifiers for digital objects. This presentation will provide background on Handle as well as some user tools that Wheaton College has created to simplify the creation, management, and deletion of Handles.

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

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

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

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

# David Malone - Wheaton College (david.malone%wheaton.edu)
# Ralph LeVan - OCLC (levan@oclc.org)
# Britain Woodman - University of Michigan (britainwumichedu)
# Angela Galvan - Ohio State University (galvan.as@gmail.com)
# Carrie Preston - Ohio University (prestonc@ohio.edu)
# Laurie Lee Moses - Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago (lmoses@colum.edu)
# Sasha Griffin - Denison University (griffins@denison.edu)
# Daniel Weddington - Berea College (Daniel_Weddington@berea.edu)
# Ken Irwin - Wittenberg University (kirwin@wittenberg.edu)
# Jane Wu - Otterbein University (jwu@otterbein.edu)
# James Van Mil - University of Cincinnati (vanmiljf@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Nathan Tallman - University of Cincinnati (tallmann@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Sean Crowe - University of Cincinnati (crowesn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Linda Newman - University of Cincinnati (newmanld@ucmail.uc.edu) (If we reach 50 and UC has more than it's share of attendees let me know.)
# Jeffrey Mudge - Wheaton College (jeffrey.mudge@wheaton.edu)
# Karen Coombs - OCLC (coombsk@oclc.org)
# Ann Schoenenberger - Kenton County Public Library (Ann.Schoenenberger@kentonlibrary.org)
# Megan Kudzia - Albion College (moneill@albion.edu)
# Eric Lease Morgan - University of Notre Dame (emorgan@nd.edu)
# Peter Murray (jester@dltj.org)
# Jon Shank - Northwestern University (j-shank@northwestern.edu)
# Graham Hukill - Wayne State University (graham.hukill@wayne.edu)
# Amelia Lauren Mowry - Wayne State University (amelia.mowry@wayne.edu)
# Mark Baggett - University of Tennessee (mbagget1@utk.edu)
# Rebecca Karlis - Marygrove College (rkarlis6534@marygrove.edu)
# William G. Cowan - Indiana University (wgcowan@iu.edu)
# Carol Bean - University of Illinois at Chicago (NN/LM GMR) (cielbie@uic.edu)
# Heidi Dowding (dowdingh@gmail.com)
# Ranti Junus (ranti.junus@gmail.com)
# Charlotte Steffani - Wayne State University (ac7316@wayne.edu)
# Victor Replogle - Ball State University (vreplogle@bsu.edu)
# Paul Butler - Ball State University (prbutler@bsu.edu)
# Brittany Adams - Wheaton College (brittany.adams@wheaton.edu)
# Tod Olson - University of Chicago (tod@uchicago.edu)
# Kara Reuter - Worthington Libraries (kreuter@worthingtonlibraries.org)
# Stefan Langer - Worthington Libraries (slanger@worthingtonlibraries.org)
# Remington Steed - Hekman Library, Calvin College (rjs7@calvin.edu)
# Dan Wells - Hekman Library, Calvin College (dbw2@calvin.edu)
# Bill McMillin - University of Cincinnati (mcmillwh@ucmail.uc.edu)
The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 50. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

#

2015 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting

2015-06-26T20:53:42Z

Rsteed: /* Registration */

== Code4Lib Midwest 2015 Meeting ==

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

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

===Logistics===

'''Suggested Hotels'''

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

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

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

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

* [http://www.uhdcolumbus.com/ '''Columbus Hospitality District''']

-Given the size of the University and University community, the University has it's own hospitality district, with lists to hotels and vendors that work closely with the University.

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

=== Schedule ===

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

8:30 - 9:00: Check-in 

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

9:20 - 9:40: Presentation #1 

9:40 - 10:00: Presentation #2 

10:00 - 10:20: Presentation #3 

10:20 - 10:40: Break/Networking 

10:40 - 11:00: Presentation #4 

11:00 - 12:00: Lightening Talks 

12:00 - 1:30: Lunch 

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

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

6:30 - ? Social 

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

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

===Social Media Goodness===

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

===Technical Details===

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

==Programming Sign-up==

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

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

===Presentations or Workshops===

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

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

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

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

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

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

# David Malone - Wheaton College (david.malone%wheaton.edu)
# Ralph LeVan - OCLC (levan@oclc.org)
# Britain Woodman - University of Michigan (britainwumichedu)
# Angela Galvan - Ohio State University (galvan.as@gmail.com)
# Carrie Preston - Ohio University (prestonc@ohio.edu)
# Laurie Lee Moses - Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago (lmoses@colum.edu)
# Sasha Griffin - Denison University (griffins@denison.edu)
# Daniel Weddington - Berea College (Daniel_Weddington@berea.edu)
# Ken Irwin - Wittenberg University (kirwin@wittenberg.edu)
# Jane Wu - Otterbein University (jwu@otterbein.edu)
# James Van Mil - University of Cincinnati (vanmiljf@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Nathan Tallman - University of Cincinnati (tallmann@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Sean Crowe - University of Cincinnati (crowesn@ucmail.uc.edu)
# Linda Newman - University of Cincinnati (newmanld@ucmail.uc.edu) (If we reach 50 and UC has more than it's share of attendees let me know.)
# Jeffrey Mudge - Wheaton College (jeffrey.mudge@wheaton.edu)
# Karen Coombs - OCLC (coombsk@oclc.org)
# Ann Schoenenberger - Kenton County Public Library (Ann.Schoenenberger@kentonlibrary.org)
# Megan Kudzia - Albion College (moneill@albion.edu)
# Eric Lease Morgan - University of Notre Dame (emorgan@nd.edu)
# Peter Murray (jester@dltj.org)
# Jon Shank - Northwestern University (j-shank@northwestern.edu)
# Graham Hukill - Wayne State University (graham.hukill@wayne.edu)
# Amelia Lauren Mowry - Wayne State University (amelia.mowry@wayne.edu)
# Mark Baggett - University of Tennessee (mbagget1@utk.edu)
# Rebecca Karlis - Marygrove College (rkarlis6534@marygrove.edu)
# Cole Hudson - Wayne State University (cole.hudson@wayne.edu)
# William G. Cowan - Indiana University (wgcowan@iu.edu)
# Carol Bean - University of Illinois at Chicago (NN/LM GMR) (cielbie@uic.edu)
# Heidi Dowding (dowdingh@gmail.com)
# Ranti Junus (ranti.junus@gmail.com)
# Charlotte Steffani - Wayne State University (ac7316@wayne.edu)
# Victor Replogle - Ball State University (vreplogle@bsu.edu)
# Paul Butler - Ball State University (prbutler@bsu.edu)
# Brittany Adams - Wheaton College (brittany.adams@wheaton.edu)
# Tod Olson - University of Chicago (tod@uchicago.edu)
# Kara Reuter - Worthington Libraries (kreuter@worthingtonlibraries.org)
# Stefan Langer - Worthington Libraries (slanger@worthingtonlibraries.org)
# Remington Steed - Hekman Library, Calvin College (rjs7@calvin.edu)
# Dan Wells - Hekman Library, Calvin College (dbw2@calvin.edu)

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

===Waitlist===

#

Midwest

2014-07-22T15:04:55Z

Rsteed: /* Wednesday, July 23rd */

== Code4Lib Midwest 2014 Meeting ==

Please join us July 23-24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the Code4Lib Midwest 2014 conference.

This informal conference will feature short lightning talks, longer presentations, workshops, a technology-infused hackfest, and site visits to local technology companies. We'll spend 2 days learning about technology and code in libraries, archives and museums from colleagues throughout the Midwest.

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://gvsu.edu/library Grand Valley State University Libraries].
* '''When''' - Wednesday, July 23rd - Thursday July 24th, 2014
* '''Where''' - [http://gvsu.edu/library/maryidemapew Mary Idema Pew Library] at GVSU
* '''Registration Cost''' - Free!
* '''Planning Committee''' - Kyle Felker (felkerk@gvsu.edu), Erin Fisher {fisherin@gvsu.edu), Eric Kunnen (kunnene@gvsu.edu), Kristin Meyer (meyerk@gvsu.edu), and Matthew Reidsma (reidsmam@gvsu.edu)

===Logistics===
We hope you consider staying overnight to enjoy both days of the conference. We recommend staying in downtown Grand Rapids at the Holiday Inn. There is a [http://gvsu.edu/bus Rapid bus (#50)] to the Allendale campus that leaves every 20 minutes in the summer from Front Street right next to the hotel. Alternatively, you can park in any non-faculty/staff space on the GVSU Allendale campus for Wednesday's events. Thursday will happen downtown, within walking distance of the hotel.

'''Suggested Hotels'''

* [http://www.higrdt.com/ '''Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown'''] (310 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49504 :: +1 (616) 235-7611)

-The Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown is within walking distance to restaurants, breweries, museums, shops and Grand Valley's downtown campus. Access to free public transit to the Allendale campus is just a five minute walk (.2 miles).

* [http://www.sleepinn.com/hotel-allendale-michigan-MI214 '''Sleep Inn & Suites'''] (4869 Becker Dr., Allendale, MI, 49401 :: +1 (616) 892-8000)

-For those interested in staying near the Allendale campus, Sleep Inn is 1.2 miles away.

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

# Map of the area downtown with bus stops and venues: http://matthew.reidsrow.com/img/map.png
# Allendale Campus from Holiday Inn Downtown (by car): http://gvsu.edu/s/FQ
# [http://hopcatgr.com/grand-rapids HopCat Bar] from Holiday Inn Downtown (by foot): http://gvsu.edu/s/FR
# Bicycle Factory from Holiday Inn Downtown (on foot): http://gvsu.edu/s/FS
# [http://yeticgi.com Yeti CGI] & [https://www.grmakers.com GR Makers] from Bicycle Factory (by car): http://gvsu.edu/s/FT
# Allendale & Downtown Campus Maps (PDF): http://www.gvsu.edu/maps.htm

=== Schedule ===

We will be''' live streaming''' the event on our YouTube Channel, http://youtube.com/user/gvsulib. Thanks to Britain Woodman of the University of Michigan for helping us set that up!

==== Wednesday, July 23rd ====

'''Meeting at the [http://gvsu.edu/library/mary-idema-pew-library-224.htm#directions Mary Idema Pew Library, Allendale].'''

8:30am: Continental Breakfast

9am: Lightning Talks from Alison Hitchens, Eric Lease Morgan, Matthew Reidsma, Sarah Park, and Brian Zelip.

10am: Eric Echeverri, Doreen Bradley, and Steve Lonn on the digital open badges initiative that is taken place at the University of Michigan, specifically Digital Badges for libraries. (Steve and Doreen will be coming in through the computer internet)

11am: Cole Hudson on Wayne State’s Fedora Commons Implementation

11:30am: Jon Gorman on Development tips from the front-lines: Tips and techniques useful for software development in Libraries.

12 - 1pm : ''Lunch'' in the Multipurpose Room (Sandwiches and salads, vegetarian options available)

1 - 4:30pm : ''Hackfest'' with Toys from the [http://gvsu.edu/techshowcase/technology-on-display-3.htm Technology Showcase] ([http://store.makerbot.com/digitizer 3D scanner] and [http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2 printer], [http://www.makeymakey.com/ Makey Makey], etc.). We'll also have an afternoon cookie snack.

4:30pm : Optional tour of the [http://gvsu.edu/library/maryidemapew Mary Idema Pew Library]

6:00pm : ''Evening Social at [http://hopcatgr.com/grand-rapids HopCat GR]''. Last year, Grand Rapids was named Beer City USA, and HopCat was named the third best beer bar on the planet by Beer Advocate Magazine. Let's keep the conversation going over dinner and drinks!

==== Thursday, July 24th ====

'''Meeting at the [http://www.gvsu.edu/operations/bicycle-factory-4.htm GVSU Bicycle Factory, Downtown Grand Rapids].'''

8:30am: Continental Breakfast

9am: Lightning Talks from Alison Hitchens, Cole Hudson, Britain Woodman, Jon Gorman, John Fink, and Kristin Meyer

10am: Megan Kudzia on Can you do FOSS at your library if you're a small, one-person shop? How do you figure it out?

10:30am: Esther Verreau on Chicago Collections Consortium (CCC), XTF admin tool development

11am: Lightning talk overflow, additional talks that pop up, hackfest reports, session wrap up & discussion

12 - 1pm : ''Lunch'' at the Bicycle Factory (Wraps and Salads, Vegetarian Options available)

1:30 - 3:00pm : ''Site Visit'' to the offices of [http://yeticgi.com/ Yeti CGI] and [https://www.grmakers.com/ GR Makers] to talk about partnerships between software developers and libraries and the future of makerspaces. (We'll be carpooling to these locations if you can make it!)

===Social Media Goodness===

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

===Technical Details===

* We’ll have projectors with VGA hookups at both locations, and I’ll have a small assortment of Mac dongles (although please bring your own if you have one!) We’ll assume you have your own laptop, although in a pinch we can provide a PC with Powerpoint or a Mac with Keynote. We cannot, however, provide your slides. That’s up to you!
* We will be live streaming the presentations this year to our GVSU YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/gvsulib), and then posting the recordings (if we have your permission) in our Institutional Repository as CC-BY licensed. We will have a form on a handy clipboard for you to sign to make that official. This doesn’t at all stop you from posting the video or whatever on every other site on the internet.
* We will at the very least have a podium mic that you can take out and walk around with (or dance, like a ‘90s rapper). We hope to also have a lapel mic. Wednesday’s room is pretty big, and we want to make sure folks watching the stream can hear you.
* We’ll have Wifi usernames and passwords for all of you so you can get online.

===Code of Conduct===
Code4Lib Midwest is dedicated to a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at: [[C4LMW14 Code of Conduct]]

==Programming Sign-up==

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

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

===Presentations or Workshops===
Have something cool to share? Tell us about it. If you want someone to teach something to you, put that here as well.

* Eric Echeverri and Steve Lonn on the digital open badges initiative that is taken place at the University of Michigan, specifically Digital Badges for libraries. Steve Lonn will be joining us via Gtalk for an in depth understanding of this technology. Eric will go over the technical details of exporting badges into the Mozilla backpack for learners. This application is done in ruby and is up and running at [https://mblem.umich.edu https://mblem.umich.edu]
* Development tips from the front-lines: Tips and techniques useful for software development in Libraries. Jon Gorman, University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign). Last year's Code4Lib Midwest there was a great amount of interest in improving development skills. Jon doesn't claim to be the best developer, but he's will to share what intimidated him unnecessarily and useful tips & tricks for both improving skills and overview of techniques that make life easier. (Bootstrap, jQuery, Rule engines, templates, Good books to read, etc). (Note: I'm willing to bump this down to a very quick lightning talk if people aren't interested, I just thought the schedule looked like it needed some fleshing out).
* Can you do FOSS at your library if you're a small, one-person shop? How do you figure it out? Megan Kudzia, Albion College Library. I've made plenty of mistakes along the way, and I thought maybe others might find what I've figured out useful. As a community that values free/open source, it can be really difficult to assess if you're starting out in your career and you're pretty much "the technology person" at your library (I suspect there are a lot of us in this boat). In addition to mistakes, I've had some successes too, which I'll also share about - it's not all bad news! (Note: like Joh, I'm willing to bump this down to a lightning talk if folks aren't really interested).
* CANCELLED (sorry) Deploy Code with Confidence (with lots of tests and application monitoring). Jeremy Prevost, Northwestern University
* Chicago Collections Consortium (CCC), XTF admin tool development -- The CCC is creating a unified portal to access archival collections relating to Chicago at a variety of institutions. The consortium has chosen XTF to search and index the metadata. Our first order of business is to create an admin tool that can ingest any metadata from home institutions and create standardized metadata to allow discovery of related material across institutions. Development of the tool began in May. I'll give an overview of what we're doing from a technical stand point and update about where we are and what our difficulties have been. Esther Verreau, UIC

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

* Alison Hitchens - java program to create good e-theses MARC records from DSpace (UWSpace)
* Alison Hitchens -- involving library staff in software testing (using Primo as example)
* Brian Zelip - A Twofer: Migrating [http://minrvaproject.org a library web app's website] to an xml-based CMS & Use cases at [http://library.illinois.edu/sc an academic research services unit].
* Cole Hudson - Visualizing our book shelves: how we took Harvard's Stack View and made it our own
* Britain Woodman - how we evaluated and eventually made [http://github.com/cazzerson/suma Suma] part of our daily operations work
* Matthew Reidsma - improving website performance when you don't own all the assets: why I built cssMaker and how it might help other small teams.
* John Fink - a brief introduction to Docker and Linux containerization
* Sarah Park - how our users use a discovery tool (Using Google Analytics)
* Eric Lease Morgan - recent experiences installing Koha, exposing its content to the 'Net, and the possible use of ElasticSearch as the underlying indexer
* Jon Gorman - Short Story Index: MARC records + Neo4j Graph Database - A recently started personal project to harvest MARC records from various sources and graph relations between works, books, and authors. Mainly started to try to learn more of NoSQL databases, in particular graph databases. See https://github.com/jtgorman/shortstoryindex.
* Kristin Meyer- Using UX methodology to improve physical spaces and services

===Hackfest===
Pitch an idea you can work to solve in 3 hours or so, or join with someone else who has a project. Stuck on something at work? Find a buddy here to help you. Want to make something new and fun? Here's your chance for free labor. We'll have a hackfest idea basket at morning coffee, or you can leave your ideas on the wiki. Of course, you can also just show up with your idea. We're not the boss of you.

* MARCStore - Some sort of datastore, perhaps with using something like MARCPath that's relatively easy to ingest records in and then pull out & order records. - Jon Gorman
* Hack Koha or Evergreen to use SQRL (Squirrel), a key-exchange type system for authentication - https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm. Could be used for anonymous logins and interacting with system or even possibly for a "smartphone card" app. - Jon Gorman
* Short Story Remixer - try to create tool to pull in public domain short story collections, split them apart, and re-stitch them together - Jon Gorman
* Code4Lib Journal as epub - either Wordpress or screen scrape Code4Lib journal and produce epub/mobi file per issue. -Jon Gorman
* BookList - a collaborative tool for creating lists of books & comments on them (See BoardGameGeek geeklist for inspiration) - Jon Gorman

(Note from Jon Gorman, - Obviously I can't work on all of these things, but they're several of the projects that are recently have been rattling about in my brain, would be happy to work on any of them or to see other folks working on them).

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

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Matthew Reidsma (reidsmam@gvsu.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

# Eric Lease Morgan, University of Notre Dame, emorgan - at - nd - dot - edu
# Alexa Hagen, University of Michigan MLIS Student, alexa.hagen - at - gmail - dot - com
# John Fink, McMaster University. john.fink - at - gmail - dot - com
# Lisa Rabey, Skaldic Press, lisa - at - biblyotheke - dot - net
# Aaron Collie, Michigan State University, collie - at - msu - dot - edu
# Ranti Junus, Michigan State University, junus-at-mail-lib-msu-edu
# David Malone, Wheaton College, david dot malone at wheaton dot edu
# Cole Hudson, Wayne State University, cole - dot - hudson - at - wayne - dot - edu
# Brian Zelip, University of Illinois, bzelip -at- illinois -dot- edu
# Michael Perry, Northwestern University, michael -dot- perry -at- northwestern -dot- edu
# Joshua Neds-Fox, Wayne State University, jnf - at- wayne - dot - edu
# Kelly Germain, Davenport University, kelly -dot- germain -at- davenport -dot- edu
# Jeffrey Mudge, Wheaton College, jeffrey dot mudge at wheaton dot edu
# Thomas Hilliker, Holly Township Library, thomashilliker at gmail dot com
# Jamie Tiemeyer, Cornerstone University, jamie - dot - tiemeyer - at - cornerstone - dot - edu
# Devin Higgins, Michigan State University, higgi135 - at - msu - dot - edu
# Alison Hitchens, University of Waterloo, ahitchen - at - uwaterloo - dot - ca
# Megan Kudzia, Albion College, moneill - at - albion - dot - edu
# Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University, roy-dot-zimmer-at-wmich-dot-edu
# Thomas Padilla, Michigan State University, tpadilla-at-msu-dot-edu
# Jonathan Earley, Grand Valley State University, jonathan.a.earley - at - gmail - dot - com
# Jonathan Gorman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, jtgorman - at - illinois - edu
# Britain Woodman, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, britainw - at - umich - dot - edu
# Jessica Shuck, Cornerstone University, jessica - dot - shuck - at - cornerstone - dot - edu
# Esther Verreau, UIC, verreau1 - at - uic - dot - edu
# Brendan Quinn, Northwestern University, brendan-quinn - at - northwestern - dot - edu
# Paul Clough, Northwestern University, p-clough - at- northwestern - dot - edu
# Julie Vecchio, University of Notre Dame, jvecchio - at - nd - dot - edu
# Sarah Park, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, gpark - at - siue - edu
# Gary Maixner, Ferris State University, maixneg - at - ferris - edu
# Christina Czuhajewski, University of Michigan MSI student & Kalamazoo Public Library, cczu - at - umich - dot - edu
# Dan Wells, Calvin College, dbw2 - at - calvin - dot - edu
# Remington Steed, Calvin College, rjs7 - at - calvin - dot - edu
#
#
#
#
#

The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 40. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

#

== Previous C4L Midwest Regional Meetings ==

* [[2010 (Inaugural) Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2011 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2012 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2013 Code4Lib Midwest Conference]]

== Mailing list ==

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

Midwest

2014-07-09T21:03:23Z

Rsteed: /* Registration */

== Code4Lib Midwest 2014 Meeting ==

Please join us July 23-24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the Code4Lib Midwest 2014 conference.

This informal conference will feature short lightning talks, longer presentations, workshops, a technology-infused hackfest, and site visits to local technology companies. We'll spend 2 days learning about technology and code in libraries, archives and museums from colleagues throughout the Midwest.

We are working out the details: keep an eye on this space!

===Location===
Code4Lib MidWest meeting will be hosted by [http://gvsu.edu/library Grand Valley State University Libraries].
* '''When''' - Wednesday, July 23rd - Thursday July 24th, 2014
* '''Where''' - [http://gvsu.edu/library/maryidemapew Mary Idema Pew Library] at GVSU
* '''Registration Cost''' - Free!
* '''Planning Committee''' - Kyle Felker (felkerk@gvsu.edu), Erin Fisher {fisherin@gvsu.edu), Eric Kunnen (kunnene@gvsu.edu), Kristin Meyer (meyerk@gvsu.edu), and Matthew Reidsma (reidsmam@gvsu.edu)

===Logistics===
We hope you consider staying overnight to enjoy both days of the conference. We recommend staying in downtown Grand Rapids at the Holiday Inn. There is a [http://gvsu.edu/bus Rapid bus (#50)] to the Allendale campus that leaves every 20 minutes in the summer from Front Street right next to the hotel. Alternatively, you can park in any non-faculty/staff space on the GVSU Allendale campus for Wednesday's events. Thursday will happen downtown, within walking distance of the hotel.

'''Suggested Hotels'''

* [http://www.higrdt.com/ '''Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown'''] (310 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49504 :: +1 (616) 235-7611)

-The Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown is within walking distance to restaurants, breweries, museums, shops and Grand Valley's downtown campus. Access to free public transit to the Allendale campus is just a five minute walk (.2 miles).

* [http://www.sleepinn.com/hotel-allendale-michigan-MI214 '''Sleep Inn & Suites'''] (4869 Becker Dr., Allendale, MI, 49401 :: +1 (616) 892-8000)

-For those interested in staying near the Allendale campus, Sleep Inn is 1.2 miles away.

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

-A map with additional details coming soon!

=== Schedule ===

==== Wednesday, July 23rd ====

'''Meeting at the [http://gvsu.edu/library/mary-idema-pew-library-224.htm#directions Mary Idema Pew Library, Allendale].'''

9am - 12pm : ''Presentations and Lightning Talks''

12 - 1pm : ''Lunch''

1 - 4:30pm : ''Hackfest'' with Toys from the [http://gvsu.edu/techshowcase/technology-on-display-3.htm Technology Showcase] ([http://store.makerbot.com/digitizer 3D scanner] and [http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2 printer], [http://www.makeymakey.com/ Makey Makey], etc.)

4:30pm : Optional tour of the [http://gvsu.edu/library/maryidemapew Mary Idema Pew Library]

6:00pm : ''Evening Social in downtown Grand Rapids''. Last year, Grand Rapids was named Beer City USA. Let's keep the conversation going while visiting some local breweries and pubs. More details coming soon!

==== Thursday, July 24th ====

'''Meeting at the [http://www.gvsu.edu/operations/bicycle-factory-4.htm GVSU Bicycle Factory, Downtown Grand Rapids].'''

9am - 12pm : ''Presentations and Lightning Talks''

12 - 1pm : ''Lunch''

1 - 4:30pm : ''Site Visit'' to the offices of [http://yeticgi.com/ Yeti CGI] and [https://www.grmakers.com/ GR Makers] to talk about partnerships between software developers and libraries and the future of makerspaces. (We'll be carpooling to these locations if you can make it!) More details to follow.

===Social Media Goodness===

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

===Code of Conduct===
Code4Lib Midwest is dedicated to a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at: [[C4LMW14 Code of Conduct]]

==Programming Sign-up==

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

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

===Presentations or Workshops===
Have something cool to share? Tell us about it. If you want someone to teach something to you, put that here as well.

* Eric Echeverri and Steve Lonn on the digital open badges initiative that is taken place at the University of Michigan, specifically Digital Badges for libraries. Steve Lonn will be joining us via Gtalk for an in depth understanding of this technology. Eric will go over the technical details of exporting badges into the Mozilla backpack for learners. This application is done in ruby and is up and running at [https://mblem.umich.edu https://mblem.umich.edu]
* Development tips from the front-lines: Tips and techniques useful for software development in Libraries. Jon Gorman, University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign). Last year's Code4Lib Midwest there was a great amount of interest in improving development skills. Jon doesn't claim to be the best developer, but he's will to share what intimidated him unnecessarily and useful tips & tricks for both improving skills and overview of techniques that make life easier. (Bootstrap, jQuery, Rule engines, templates, Good books to read, etc). (Note: I'm willing to bump this down to a very quick lightning talk if people aren't interested, I just thought the schedule looked like it needed some fleshing out).
* Can you do FOSS at your library if you're a small, one-person shop? How do you figure it out? Megan Kudzia, Albion College Library. I've made plenty of mistakes along the way, and I thought maybe others might find what I've figured out useful. As a community that values free/open source, it can be really difficult to assess if you're starting out in your career and you're pretty much "the technology person" at your library (I suspect there are a lot of us in this boat). In addition to mistakes, I've had some successes too, which I'll also share about - it's not all bad news! (Note: like Joh, I'm willing to bump this down to a lightning talk if folks aren't really interested).
* CANCELLED (sorry) Deploy Code with Confidence (with lots of tests and application monitoring). Jeremy Prevost, Northwestern University
* Chicago Collections Consortium (CCC), XTF admin tool development -- The CCC is creating a unified portal to access archival collections relating to Chicago at a variety of institutions. The consortium has chosen XTF to search and index the metadata. Our first order of business is to create an admin tool that can ingest any metadata from home institutions and create standardized metadata to allow discovery of related material across institutions. Development of the tool began in May. I'll give an overview of what we're doing from a technical stand point and update about where we are and what our difficulties have been. Esther Verreau, UIC

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

* Alison Hitchens - java program to create good e-theses MARC records from DSpace (UWSpace)
* Brian Zelip - A Twofer: Migrating [http://minrvaproject.org a library web app's website] to an xml-based CMS & Use cases at [http://library.illinois.edu/sc an academic research services unit].
* Cole Hudson - Visualizing our book shelves: how we took Harvard's Stack View and made it our own
* Britain Woodman - how we evaluated and eventually made [http://github.com/cazzerson/suma Suma] part of our daily operations work

===Hackfest===
Pitch an idea you can work to solve in 3 hours or so, or join with someone else who has a project. Stuck on something at work? Find a buddy here to help you. Want to make something new and fun? Here's your chance for free labor. We'll have a hackfest idea basket at morning coffee, or you can leave your ideas on the wiki. Of course, you can also just show up with your idea. We're not the boss of you.

*

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

Contact Ryan Wick (ryanwick@gmail.com) with your preferred username to set up a Code4Lib wiki account, or ask Matthew Reidsma (reidsmam@gvsu.edu) to add your name to this list if you prefer not to set up an account.:

# Eric Lease Morgan, University of Notre Dame, emorgan - at - nd - dot - edu
# Alexa Hagen, University of Michigan MLIS Student, alexa.hagen - at - gmail - dot - com
# John Fink, McMaster University. john.fink - at - gmail - dot - com
# Lisa Rabey, librarian for hire, lisa - at - biblyotheke - dot - net
# Aaron Collie, Michigan State University, collie - at - msu - dot - edu
# Ranti Junus, Michigan State University, junus-at-mail-lib-msu-edu
# David Malone, Wheaton College, david dot malone at wheaton dot edu
# Cole Hudson, Wayne State University, cole - dot - hudson - at - wayne - dot - edu
# Brian Zelip, University of Illinois, bzelip -at- illinois -dot- edu
# Michael Perry, Northwestern University, michael -dot- perry -at- northwestern -dot- edu
# Joshua Neds-Fox, Wayne State University, jnf - at- wayne - dot - edu
# Kelly Germain, Davenport University, kelly -dot- germain -at- davenport -dot- edu
# Jeffrey Mudge, Wheaton College, jeffrey dot mudge at wheaton dot edu
# Thomas Hilliker, Holly Township Library, thomashilliker at gmail dot com
# Jamie Tiemeyer, Cornerstone University, jamie - dot - tiemeyer - at - cornerstone - dot - edu
# Devin Higgins, Michigan State University, higgi135 - at - msu - dot - edu
# Alison Hitchens, University of Waterloo, ahitchen - at - uwaterloo - dot - ca
# Megan Kudzia, Albion College, moneill - at - albion - dot - edu
# Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University, roy-dot-zimmer-at-wmich-dot-edu
# Thomas Padilla, Michigan State University, tpadilla-at-msu-dot-edu
# Jonathan Earley, Grand Valley State University, jonathan.a.earley - at - gmail - dot - com
# Jonathan Gorman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, jtgorman - at - illinois - edu
# Britain Woodman, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, britainw - at - umich - dot - edu
# Jessica Shuck, Cornerstone University, jessica - dot - shuck - at - cornerstone - dot - edu
# Esther Verreau, UIC, verreau1 - at - uic - dot - edu
# Brendan Quinn, Northwestern University, brendan-quinn - at - northwestern - dot - edu
# Paul Clough, Northwestern University, p-clough - at- northwestern - dot - edu
# Julie Vecchio, University of Notre Dame, jvecchio - at - nd - dot - edu
# Sarah Park, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, gpark - at - siue - edu
# Gary Maixner, Ferris State University, maixneg - at - ferris - edu
# Christina Czuhajewski, University of Michigan MSI student & Kalamazoo Public Library, cczu - at - umich - dot - edu
# Dan Wells, Calvin College, dbw2 - at - calvin - dot - edu
# Remington Steed, Calvin College, rjs7 - at - calvin - dot - edu
#
#
#
#
#

The capacity of our venue requires us to cap participation at 40. Beyond that, please put your name, affiliation and email address on the wait list and we'll email you if a spot opens up for you.

===Waitlist===

#

== Previous C4L Midwest Regional Meetings ==

* [[2010 (Inaugural) Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2011 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2012 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting]]
* [[2013 Code4Lib Midwest Conference]]

== Mailing list ==

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

2013 coral meetup

2013-02-14T15:14:37Z

Rsteed: Correcting my email and role in the project

Coral Meetup

Attendees
---------

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

(+ - using CORAL)

Updates
-------

* Jaron Kennel (jkennel@nd.edu) and Robin Schaff have stepped back from the project
* Remington Steed (rjs7@calvin.edu) from Calvin College has been doing some recent development
* Eric Hartman from Texas A&M has been very helpful

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

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

College of New Jersey Library
-----------------------------

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

Wheaton College
---------------

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

University Utah
---------------

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

University of Michigan
----------------------

* Pilot project would load 10000 records or so

Comments
--------

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