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2013 preconference proposals

2013-01-08T22:21:02Z

Tommytech:

Proposals '''now closed'''.

Spaces available: 4+ Rooms

Please follow the formatting guidelines:
<pre>
=== Talk Title ===

* Presenter/Leader, affiliation (optional), and email address (mandatory!)
* Second Presenter/Leader, affiliation, email address, if applicable

Description.
</pre>

==Full Day==

===Drupal4lib Sub-con Barcamp===

* Contact [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], cgordon@chillco.com or
* [[User:cdmo|Charlie Morris]], NCSU Libraries, cdmorris@ncsu.edu

This will be a full day of self-selected barcamp style sessions. Anyone who wants to present can write down the topic on an index card and, after the keynote, we will vote to choose what we want to see. Attendees can also pick a topic and attempt to talk someone else into presenting on it.

If we run out of topics, we will pay homage to the project by testing patches for Drupal 8. It is easy, and we will show you how to do this invaluable task.

Local Drupal uber-ninja Larry Garfield will stop by to answer questions and give us some guidance.

====I plan on attending:====

=====All Day=====
*Margaret Heller
*Mahria Lebow
*Paula Gray-Overtoom, pgrayove at gmail.com

=====Morning=====
* [[User:Kevenj|Keven Jeffery]]
* Sean Chen

=====Afternoon=====
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton.edu (afternoon only)
* Christina Salazar (afternoon only)
* Sarah Dooley (afternoon)
* Josh Wilson, joshwilsonnc at gmail (likely afternoon only)
* Ken Varnum, varnum at umich e-d-u
* Cody Hennesy, chennesy at library berkeley edu

==Half Day Morning==
=== Open space session ===

* Dan Chudnov, dchud at gwu edu

The rest of code4libcon is pretty well structured these days; come in the morning for a few hours of old-school [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_technology open space technology] unconference. Bring a rough talk or idea you want to share or questions you have or something you want to learn about or discuss with other people, and be ready to tell us about it. Use it as extra prep time for your upcoming prepared or lightning talk if you want. We'll plan the morning out a little bit at the beginning, but not too much. What we do will be up to the people there in the room.

If there's interest, we could start with a "welcome to code4lib" introductory session for newcomers.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Devon Smith
* Esmé Cowles, escowles@ucsd.edu
* Jason Casden
* Ryan Eby
* mark matienzo
* Donald Mennerich

=== Delivery services ===
* Ted Lawless, Brown University Library, tlawless at brown edu.
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton edu.

Are you interested in making it easier for users to obtain copies of known items? Do you feel your OpenURL and Interlibrary Loan software could be streamlined? This pre-conference workshop will focus on providing services that deliver content to users. Discovery systems are doing a better job of exposing library holdings but there's still a lot of work to do actually get the content in the users hands.

Possible topics/activities include:
* group discussion of what some libraries have done in this area
* comparisons of different approaches to addressing delivery
* overview of tools available
* sharing of strategies and experiences
* time to work with and review open source code in this area. Some possible tools to install and test out [https://github.com/team-umlaut/umlaut Umlaut], [https://github.com/lawlesst/heroku-360link Py360 Link].

Resources and background information:
* [https://github.com/team-umlaut/umlaut/wiki/What-is-Umlaut-anyway What-is-Umlaut-anyway]
* [http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7308 Hacking 360 Link: A hybrid approach]
* [http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/108 Auto-Populating an ILL form with the Serial Solutions Link Resolver API]
* [http://lawlesst.github.com/notebook/delivery.html Focusing on Delivery]

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Ken Varnum, varnum at umich e-d-u
* Ayla Stein
* Curtis Thacker
* Rosalyn Metz
* James Van Mil
* Andrew Nagy

=== Intro to Blacklight CANCELLED ===

PLEASE NOTE: This pre-conference has been cancelled in favor of joining forces with the RailsBridge workshop. The afternoon Blacklight session will still be offered.

=== RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails ===
* Jason Ronallo, North Carolina State University Libraries, jnronall@ncsu.edu
* Mark Bussey, Data Curation Experts (mark at curationexperts.com)
* Shaun Ellis (helper), Princeton University Library, shaune@princeton.edu
* Ross Singer, Talis, rossfsinger@gmail.com
* Adam Wead (helper), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, awead@rockhall.org
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University, bess@stanford.edu
* Anyone else want to come and help folks? Contact Jason.

RailsBridge comes to code4lib! We'll follow the RailsBridge curriculum (http://railsbridge.org) to provide a gentle introduction to Ruby on Rails. Topics covered include an introduction to the Ruby language, the Rails framework, and version control with git. Participants will build a working Rails application.

There will be some pre-preconference preparation needed so that we can effectively use our time. Details to come.

* Note: Attendees can follow up with the Intro to Blacklight afternoon session, which will be tailored for folks new to Ruby

Please add your name below and fill out the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpxd0tzU1ZscnU5QUUtd0JGUk9qQkE6MA#gid=0 experience survey].

'''I plan on attending:'''
# First and last name and email address
# John MacGillivray
# Jon Stroop - jstroop at princeton
# Christina Salazar - christina{dot}salazar{at}csuci{dot}edu
# Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
# Becky Yoose - b dot yoose at google overlord
# Jeremy Morse
# Julia Bauder - julia{dot}bauder{at}gmail{dot}com
# Chung Kang
# Karen Miller - k-miller3{at}northwestern{dot}edu
# Betsy Coles - bcoles{at}caltech{dot}edu
# Jay Luker - jay{dot}luker{at}gmail{dot}com
# Santi Thompson
# Sarah Dooley - sarah{at}nclive{dot}org
# Brandon Dudley
# Ken Irwin
# Dennis Ogg
# Ian Walls - iwalls{at}library{dot}umass{dot}edu
# Steven Villereal
# Hillel Arnold - hillel{dot}arnold{at}gmail{dot}com
# Josh Wilson - joshwilsonnc at gmail
# Cynthia Ng
# Ian Chan
# Heidi Frank - hf36{at}nyu{dot}edu
# Mark Mounts
# Bill McMillin - wmcmilli{at}pratt {dot}edu
# David Lacy - david dot lacy at villanova dot edu
# Courtney Greene - crgreene at indiana dot edu
# Laney McGlohon
# Nancy Enneking
# Jason Raitz - jcraitz at ncsu dot edu
# Nick Cappadona
# Steven Marsden
# Linda Ballinger - ballingerl at newberry dot org
# Brendan Quinn
# Michael Levy - mlevy {at}ushmm {dot}org
# Michael North (m-north at northwestern dot edu)
# Shawn Averkamp - shawnaverkamp{at}gmail{dot}com
# Tim Thompson - t.thompson5{at}miami{dot}edu

===Intro to NoSQL Databases===
* Joshua Gomez, George Washington University, jngomez at gwu edu

Since Google published its paper on BigTable in 2006, alternatives to the traditional relational database model have been growing in both variety and popularity. These new databases (often referred to as NoSQL databases) excel at handling problems faced by modern information systems that the traditional relational model cannot. They are particularly popular among organizations tackling the so-called "Big Data" problems. However, there are always tradeoffs involved when making such dramatic changes. Understanding how these different kinds of databases are designed and what they can offer is essential to the decision making process. In this precon I will discuss some of the various types of new databases (key-value, columnar, document, graph) and walk through examples or exercises using some of their open source implementations like Riak, HBase, CouchDB, and Neo4j.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Erin Fahy
* Esha Datta
* Trevor Thornton
* Michael Doran
* Ray Schwartz - schwartzr2@wpunj.edu
* Kevin Clarke
* Andreas Orphanides
* Tommy Ingulfsen - tommying{at}caltech{dot}edu
* Harrison Dekker
* Eric James eric dot james at yale dot edu
* Sean Crowe - sean.crowe@uc.edu
* Scott Hanrath
* Karen Coyle
* Charles Draper
* David Uspal
* Shawn Kiewel - smkiewel at uga dot edu
* Stephanie Collett - stephanie dot collett at ucop dot edu

==Half Day Afternoon==
=== Data Visualization Hackfest ===
* Chris Beer, cabeer at stanford.edu
* Dan Chudnov, dchud at gwu edu

* Description: Want to hack/design/plan/document on a team of people who enjoy learning by creating? Interested in data visualization? Well, this hackfest is for you. Not familiar with the concept of a hackfest? See Roy Tennant's [http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA332564.html "Where Librarians Go To Hack"] and the page for the [http://access2010.lib.umanitoba.ca/node/3.html Access 2010 Hackfest]. We propose a half-day hackfest with a focus on visualization library data -- think stuff like library catalog data, access/circulation statistics, etc. Here's how it works, roughly:
- we'll (you'll!) do lightning tutorials for some data visualization tools, toolkits (R? d3js? ?), datasets.
- we'll separate into groups and hack on stuff.
- at the end of the day, we'll present our progress.

Not a code hacker? No worries; all skill sets and backgrounds are valuable!

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Devon Smith
* Esha Datta
* Ray Schwartz - schwartzr2@wpunj.edu
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Julia Bauder - julia{dot}bauder{at}gmail{dot}com
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman at kumc.edu)
* Joshua Gomez
* Ayla Stein
* Harrison Dekker
* Ian Walls - iwalls{at}library{dot}umass{dot}edu
* Scott Hanrath
* [[User:Kevenj|Keven Jeffery]]
* James Van Mil
* Sean Crowe - sean.crowe@uc.edu
* Karen coyle
* David Lacy - david dot lacy at villanova dot edu
* mark matienzo
* David Uspal
* Emily Lynema
* Sean Chen
* Donald Mennerich

=== Intro to Hydra ===
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (awead at rockhall.org)
* Justin Coyne, Data Curation Experts (justin.coyne at curationexperts.com)
* Mark Bussey, Data Curation Experts (mark at curationexperts.com)

Hydra (http://projecthydra.org) is a free and open source repository solution that is being used by institutions on both sides of the North Atlantic to provide access to their digital content. Hydra provides a versatile and feature rich environment for end-users and repository administrators alike. Leveraging Blacklight as its front end discovery interface, the hydra project provides a suite of software components, data models, and design patterns for building a robust and sustainable digital repository, as well as a community of support for ongoing development. This workshop will provide an introduction to the hydra project and its software components. Attendees will leave with enough knowledge to get started building their own local repository solutions. This workshop will be led by Adam Wead of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Jeremy Prevost
* Dennis Ogg
* Terry Brady
* Betsy Coles - bcoles{at}caltech{dot}edu
* Brendan Quinn
* Shawn Kiewel - smkiewel at uga dot edu
* Steven Villereal
* Ryan Eby
* Dean Farrell
* Ian Chan
* Mark Mounts
* Carl Jones
* Laney McGlohon
* Nancy Enneking
* First and last name

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Jason Ronallo, NC State (jronallo at gmail.com)
* Shaun Ellis (helper), Princeton University Library, (shaune@princeton.edu)

Blacklight (http://projectblacklight.org) is a free and open source discovery interface built on solr and ruby on rails. It is used by institutions such as Stanford University, NC State, WGBH, Johns Hopkins University, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and an ever expanding community of adopters and contributors. Blacklight can be used as a front-end discovery solution for an ILS, or the contents of a digital repository, or to provide a unified discovery solution for many siloed collections. In this workshop we will cover the basics of solr indexing and searching, setting up and customizing Blacklight, and leave time for Q&A around local issues people might encounter.

Note: this workshop will be tailored as a follow-on to the morning's RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails workshop, but everyone is welcome

'''I plan on attending:'''
* John MacGillivray
* Jon Stroop
* Jeremy Morse
* Karen Miller - k-miller3{at}northwestern{dot}edu
* Tommy Ingulfsen - tommying{at}caltech{dot}edu
* Chung Kang
* Santi Thompson
* Brandon Dudley
* Ken Irwin
* Hillel Arnold
* Heidi Frank - hf36{at}nyu{dot}com
* Chris Sharp - csharp{at}georgialibraries{dot}org
* Bill McMillin - wmcmilli{at} pratt{dot} edu
* Jason Raitz - jcraitz at ncsu dot edu
* Linda Ballinger - ballingerl at newberry dot org
* Tim Thompson - t.thompson5{at}miami{dot}edu

=== DPLA Intro/Hacking ===

* Presenter(s)/Leader(s): TBD
* Guy Who'd Be Interested in Helping: Jay Luker, Smithsonian Astrophysics Data System (jluker at cfa.harvard.edu)

This is a stub proposal entered solely to beat the submission deadline. I think there's be sufficient interest in this session, but only thought of it yesterday and haven't had time to coordinate with actual DPLA'ers and confirm that any of them are definitely coming.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name

=== Fail4lib ===
* Jason Casden, NCSU Libraries (jmcasden at ncsu.edu)
* Andreas Orphanides, NCSU Libraries (akorphan at ncsu.edu)

The Code4lib community is full of driven people who embrace the risks that are often associated with new projects. While these traits lead to the incredible projects that are presented at Code4lib, creative technical work also often leads to unexpected, vexing, or disappointing results even from eventually successful projects (however you define the term). Learning more about how our colleagues deal with failure in various contexts could lead to the development of better methods for communicating the value of productive failure, modifying project plans ("The Pivot"), and failing more cheaply.

Hopefully we can define the format as a group, but a fairly high level of participation is crucial if this is to be a worthwhile preconference. Some possible agenda items that could be mixed and matched to fill the afternoon:

# Given willing presenters, a series of 10-20 minute presentations that go into some depth about specific failures.
# Depending on the number of participants, either a multi- or single-track series of unconference-like themed discussions on various aspects of failure, possibly including themes like:
#* Technical failure
#* Failure to effectively address a real user need
#* Overinvestment
#* Outreach/Promotion failure
#* Design/UX failure
#* Project team communication failure
#* Missed opportunities (risk-averse failure)
#* Successes gleaned from failures
# A panel of participants who have prepared in advance to answer moderator and audience questions about their experience with failure.
# A prepared reading assignment that we could all forget to read, creating a shared fail in order to start the preconference on the right foot.

I'll serve as a moderator (if needed) and participant and would welcome more organizers. I am happy to be outvoted by participants on any of these points--I just want to get us talking about our screw-ups, blind spots, and anvils dropping from the sky.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Becky Yoose
* Lisa Rabey
* Cynthia Ng

=== Solr 4 In Depth ===
* Contact: Erik Hatcher (erik.hatcher at lucidworks.com)

The long awaited and much anticipated Solr 4 has been released! It's a really big deal. There are so many improvements, it makes the head spin. This session will cover the major feature improvements from Lucene's flexible indexing and scoring API up through SolrCloud in a digestable half-day format. Sounds like this is an evening thing that might happen at a bar somewhere?

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Erin Fahy
* Esmé Cowles, escowles@ucsd.edu
* Jon Stroop
* Adam Constabars
* Kevin Clarke
* Jacob Andresen
* Ted Lawless (tlawless at brown dot edu)
* Jay Luker
* Tom Burton-West
* Curtis Thacker
* Eric James eric dot james at yale dot edu
* Bess Sadler (bess at stanford dot edu)
* Michael North
* Charles Draper
* Nick Cappadona
* Stephanie Collett - stephanie dot collett at ucop dot edu
[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 preconference proposals

2012-12-05T22:18:34Z

Tommytech:

Proposals '''now closed'''.

Spaces available: 4+ Rooms

Please follow the formatting guidelines:
<pre>
=== Talk Title ===

* Presenter/Leader, affiliation (optional), and email address (mandatory!)
* Second Presenter/Leader, affiliation, email address, if applicable

Description.
</pre>

==Full Day==

===Drupal4lib Sub-con Barcamp===

* Contact [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], cgordon@chillco.com or
* [[User:cdmo|Charlie Morris]], NCSU Libraries, cdmorris@ncsu.edu

This will be a full day of self-selected barcamp style sessions. Anyone who wants to present can write down the topic on an index card and, after the keynote, we will vote to choose what we want to see. Attendees can also pick a topic and attempt to talk someone else into presenting on it.

If we run out of topics, we will pay homage to the project by testing patches for Drupal 8. It is easy, and we will show you how to do this invaluable task.

Local Drupal uber-ninja Larry Garfield will stop by to answer questions and give us some guidance.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton.edu (afternoon only)
* Christina Salazar (afternoon only)

==Half Day Morning==
=== Open space session ===

* Dan Chudnov, dchud at gwu edu

The rest of code4libcon is pretty well structured these days; come in the morning for a few hours of old-school [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_technology open space technology] unconference. Bring a rough talk or idea you want to share or questions you have or something you want to learn about or discuss with other people, and be ready to tell us about it. Use it as extra prep time for your upcoming prepared or lightning talk if you want. We'll plan the morning out a little bit at the beginning, but not too much. What we do will be up to the people there in the room.

If there's interest, we could start with a "welcome to code4lib" introductory session for newcomers.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Devon Smith
* First and last name
* Esmé Cowles
* Jason Casden

=== Delivery services ===
* Ted Lawless, Brown University Library, tlawless at brown edu.
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton edu.

Are you interested in making it easier for users to obtain copies of known items? Do you feel your OpenURL and Interlibrary Loan software could be streamlined? This pre-conference workshop will focus on providing services that deliver content to users. Discovery systems are doing a better job of exposing library holdings but there's still a lot of work to do actually get the content in the users hands.

Possible topics/activities include:
* panel discussion of what some libraries have done in this area
* comparisons of different approaches to addressing delivery
* overview of tools available
* sharing of strategies and experiences
* time to work with and review open source code in this area. Some possible tools to install and test out [https://github.com/team-umlaut/umlaut Umlaut], [https://github.com/lawlesst/py360link Py360 Link].

Resources and background information:
* [https://github.com/team-umlaut/umlaut/wiki/What-is-Umlaut-anyway What-is-Umlaut-anyway]
* [http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7308 Hacking 360 Link: A hybrid approach]
* [http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/108 Auto-Populating an ILL form with the Serial Solutions Link Resolver API]
* [http://lawlesst.github.com/notebook/delivery.html Focusing on Delivery]

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Justin Coyne, MediaShelf (justin.coyne at yourmediashelf.com)

Blacklight (http://projectblacklight.org) is a free and open source discovery interface built on solr and ruby on rails. It is used by institutions such as Stanford University, University of Virginia, WGBH, Johns Hopkins University, the Rock and Roll hall of fame, and an ever expanding community of adopters and contributors. Blacklight can be used as a front-end discovery solution for an ILS, or the contents of a digital repository, or to provide a unified discovery solution for many siloed collections. In this workshop we will cover the basics of solr indexing and searching, setting up and customizing Blacklight, and leave time for Q&A around local issues people might encounter.

Note: this workshop can be a standalone intro, or attendees can follow up with the intro to hydra workshop in the afternoon.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Linda Ballinger
* First and last name

=== RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails ===
* Jason Ronallo, North Carolina State University Libraries, jnronall@ncsu.edu
* Mark Bussey, Data Curation Experts (mark at curationexperts.com)
* Shaun Ellis (helper), Princeton University Library, shaune@princeton.edu
* Ross Singer, Talis, rossfsinger@gmail.com
* Adam Wead (helper), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, awead@rockhall.org
* Anyone else want to come and help folks? Contact Jason.

RailsBridge comes to code4lib! We'll follow the RailsBridge curriculum (http://railsbridge.org) to provide a gentle introduction to Ruby on Rails. Topics covered include an introduction to the Ruby language, the Rails framework, and version control with git. Participants will build a working Rails application.

There will be some pre-preconference preparation needed so that we can effectively use our time. Details to come.

* Note: Attendees can follow up with the Intro to Blacklight afternoon session, which will be tailored for folks new to Ruby

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Shawn Kiewel
* Jon Stroop
* Christina Salazar
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Becky Yoose
* Jeremy Morse
* Julia Bauder
* Chung Kang
* Karen Miller

===Intro to NoSQL Databases===
* Joshua Gomez, George Washington University, jngomez at gwu edu

Since Google published its paper on BigTable in 2006, alternatives to the traditional relational database model have been growing in both variety and popularity. These new databases (often referred to as NoSQL databases) excel at handling problems faced by modern information systems that the traditional relational model cannot. They are particularly popular among organizations tackling the so-called "Big Data" problems. However, there are always tradeoffs involved when making such dramatic changes. Understanding how these different kinds of databases are designed and what they can offer is essential to the decision making process. In this precon I will discuss some of the various types of new databases (key-value, columnar, document, graph) and walk through examples or exercises using some of their open source implementations like Riak, HBase, CouchDB, and Neo4j.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Esha Datta
* Trevor Thornton
* Michael Doran
* Ray Schwartz
* Kevin Clarke
* Andreas Orphanides
* Chung Kang
* Tommy Ingulfsen

==Half Day Afternoon==
=== Data Visualization Hackfest ===
* Chris Beer, cabeer at stanford.edu
* Dan Chudnov, dchud at gwu edu

* Description: Want to hack/design/plan/document on a team of people who enjoy learning by creating? Interested in data visualization? Well, this hackfest is for you. Not familiar with the concept of a hackfest? See Roy Tennant's [http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA332564.html "Where Librarians Go To Hack"] and the page for the [http://access2010.lib.umanitoba.ca/node/3.html Access 2010 Hackfest]. We propose a half-day hackfest with a focus on visualization library data -- think stuff like library catalog data, access/circulation statistics, etc. Here's how it works, roughly:
- we'll (you'll!) do lightning tutorials for some data visualization tools, toolkits (R? d3js? ?), datasets.
- we'll separate into groups and hack on stuff.
- at the end of the day, we'll present our progress.

Not a code hacker? No worries; all skill sets and backgrounds are valuable!

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Devon Smith
* Esha Datta
* Ray Schwartz
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Julia Bauder
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman at kumc.edu)
* Chung Kang

=== Intro to Hydra ===
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (awead at rockhall.org)
* Mike Giarlo, Penn State Information Technology Services (michael at psu.edu)
* Mark Bussey, Data Curation Experts (mark at curationexperts.com)

Hydra (http://projecthydra.org) is a free and open source repository solution that is being used by institutions on both sides of the North Atlantic to provide access to their digital content. Hydra provides a versatile and feature rich environment for end-users and repository administrators alike. Leveraging Blacklight as its front end discovery interface, the hydra project provides a suite of software components, data models, and design patterns for building a robust and sustainable digital repository, as well as a community of support for ongoing development. This workshop will provide an introduction to the hydra project and its software components. Attendees will leave with enough knowledge to get started building their own local repository solutions. This workshop will be led by Adam Wead of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Jeremy Prevost
* Dennis Ogg
* Linda Ballinger
* First and last name

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Justin Coyne, MediaShelf (justin.coyne at yourmediashelf.com)
* Jason Ronallo, NC State (jronallo at gmail.com)
* Shaun Ellis (helper), Princeton University Library, (shaune@princeton.edu)

Blacklight (http://projectblacklight.org) is a free and open source discovery interface built on solr and ruby on rails. It is used by institutions such as Stanford University, NC State, WGBH, Johns Hopkins University, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and an ever expanding community of adopters and contributors. Blacklight can be used as a front-end discovery solution for an ILS, or the contents of a digital repository, or to provide a unified discovery solution for many siloed collections. In this workshop we will cover the basics of solr indexing and searching, setting up and customizing Blacklight, and leave time for Q&A around local issues people might encounter.

Note: this workshop will be tailored as a follow-on to the morning's RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails workshop, but everyone is welcome

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Shawn Kiewel
* Jon Stroop
* Jeremy Morse
* Karen Miller
* Tommy Ingulfsen

=== DPLA Intro/Hacking ===

* Presenter(s)/Leader(s): TBD
* Guy Who'd Be Interested in Helping: Jay Luker, Smithsonian Astrophysics Data System (jluker at cfa.harvard.edu)

This is a stub proposal entered solely to beat the submission deadline. I think there's be sufficient interest in this session, but only thought of it yesterday and haven't had time to coordinate with actual DPLA'ers and confirm that any of them are definitely coming.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name

=== Fail4lib ===
* Jason Casden, NCSU Libraries (jmcasden at ncsu.edu)
* Andreas Orphanides, NCSU Libraries (akorphan at ncsu.edu)

The Code4lib community is full of driven people who embrace the risks that are often associated with new projects. While these traits lead to the incredible projects that are presented at Code4lib, creative technical work also often leads to unexpected, vexing, or disappointing results even from eventually successful projects (however you define the term). Learning more about how our colleagues deal with failure in various contexts could lead to the development of better methods for communicating the value of productive failure, modifying project plans ("The Pivot"), and failing more cheaply.

Hopefully we can define the format as a group, but a fairly high level of participation is crucial if this is to be a worthwhile preconference. Some possible agenda items that could be mixed and matched to fill the afternoon:

# Given willing presenters, a series of 10-20 minute presentations that go into some depth about specific failures.
# Depending on the number of participants, either a multi- or single-track series of unconference-like themed discussions on various aspects of failure, possibly including themes like:
#* Technical failure
#* Failure to effectively address a real user need
#* Overinvestment
#* Outreach/Promotion failure
#* Design/UX failure
#* Project team communication failure
#* Missed opportunities (risk-averse failure)
#* Successes gleaned from failures
# A panel of participants who have prepared in advance to answer moderator and audience questions about their experience with failure.
# A prepared reading assignment that we could all forget to read, creating a shared fail in order to start the preconference on the right foot.

I'll serve as a moderator (if needed) and participant and would welcome more organizers. I am happy to be outvoted by participants on any of these points--I just want to get us talking about our screw-ups, blind spots, and anvils dropping from the sky.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Becky Yoose

=== Solr 4 In Depth ===
* Contact: Erik Hatcher (erik.hatcher at lucidworks.com)

The long awaited and much anticipated Solr 4 has been released! It's a really big deal. There are so many improvements, it makes the head spin. This session will cover the major feature improvements from Lucene's flexible indexing and scoring API up through SolrCloud in a digestable half-day format.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Esmé Cowles
* Jon Stroop
* Adam Constabars
* Kevin Clarke
* Jacob Andresen

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 preconference proposals

2012-12-05T22:17:48Z

Tommytech: /* Intro to NoSQL Databases */

Proposals '''now closed'''.

Spaces available: 4+ Rooms

Please follow the formatting guidelines:
<pre>
=== Talk Title ===

* Presenter/Leader, affiliation (optional), and email address (mandatory!)
* Second Presenter/Leader, affiliation, email address, if applicable

Description.
</pre>

==Full Day==

===Drupal4lib Sub-con Barcamp===

* Contact [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]], cgordon@chillco.com or
* [[User:cdmo|Charlie Morris]], NCSU Libraries, cdmorris@ncsu.edu

This will be a full day of self-selected barcamp style sessions. Anyone who wants to present can write down the topic on an index card and, after the keynote, we will vote to choose what we want to see. Attendees can also pick a topic and attempt to talk someone else into presenting on it.

If we run out of topics, we will pay homage to the project by testing patches for Drupal 8. It is easy, and we will show you how to do this invaluable task.

Local Drupal uber-ninja Larry Garfield will stop by to answer questions and give us some guidance.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton.edu (afternoon only)
* Christina Salazar (afternoon only)

==Half Day Morning==
=== Open space session ===

* Dan Chudnov, dchud at gwu edu

The rest of code4libcon is pretty well structured these days; come in the morning for a few hours of old-school [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_technology open space technology] unconference. Bring a rough talk or idea you want to share or questions you have or something you want to learn about or discuss with other people, and be ready to tell us about it. Use it as extra prep time for your upcoming prepared or lightning talk if you want. We'll plan the morning out a little bit at the beginning, but not too much. What we do will be up to the people there in the room.

If there's interest, we could start with a "welcome to code4lib" introductory session for newcomers.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Devon Smith
* First and last name
* Esmé Cowles
* Jason Casden

=== Delivery services ===
* Ted Lawless, Brown University Library, tlawless at brown edu.
* Kevin Reiss, Princeton University Library, kr2 at princeton edu.

Are you interested in making it easier for users to obtain copies of known items? Do you feel your OpenURL and Interlibrary Loan software could be streamlined? This pre-conference workshop will focus on providing services that deliver content to users. Discovery systems are doing a better job of exposing library holdings but there's still a lot of work to do actually get the content in the users hands.

Possible topics/activities include:
* panel discussion of what some libraries have done in this area
* comparisons of different approaches to addressing delivery
* overview of tools available
* sharing of strategies and experiences
* time to work with and review open source code in this area. Some possible tools to install and test out [https://github.com/team-umlaut/umlaut Umlaut], [https://github.com/lawlesst/py360link Py360 Link].

Resources and background information:
* [https://github.com/team-umlaut/umlaut/wiki/What-is-Umlaut-anyway What-is-Umlaut-anyway]
* [http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7308 Hacking 360 Link: A hybrid approach]
* [http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/108 Auto-Populating an ILL form with the Serial Solutions Link Resolver API]
* [http://lawlesst.github.com/notebook/delivery.html Focusing on Delivery]

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Justin Coyne, MediaShelf (justin.coyne at yourmediashelf.com)

Blacklight (http://projectblacklight.org) is a free and open source discovery interface built on solr and ruby on rails. It is used by institutions such as Stanford University, University of Virginia, WGBH, Johns Hopkins University, the Rock and Roll hall of fame, and an ever expanding community of adopters and contributors. Blacklight can be used as a front-end discovery solution for an ILS, or the contents of a digital repository, or to provide a unified discovery solution for many siloed collections. In this workshop we will cover the basics of solr indexing and searching, setting up and customizing Blacklight, and leave time for Q&A around local issues people might encounter.

Note: this workshop can be a standalone intro, or attendees can follow up with the intro to hydra workshop in the afternoon.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Linda Ballinger
* First and last name

=== RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails ===
* Jason Ronallo, North Carolina State University Libraries, jnronall@ncsu.edu
* Mark Bussey, Data Curation Experts (mark at curationexperts.com)
* Shaun Ellis (helper), Princeton University Library, shaune@princeton.edu
* Ross Singer, Talis, rossfsinger@gmail.com
* Adam Wead (helper), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, awead@rockhall.org
* Anyone else want to come and help folks? Contact Jason.

RailsBridge comes to code4lib! We'll follow the RailsBridge curriculum (http://railsbridge.org) to provide a gentle introduction to Ruby on Rails. Topics covered include an introduction to the Ruby language, the Rails framework, and version control with git. Participants will build a working Rails application.

There will be some pre-preconference preparation needed so that we can effectively use our time. Details to come.

* Note: Attendees can follow up with the Intro to Blacklight afternoon session, which will be tailored for folks new to Ruby

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Shawn Kiewel
* Jon Stroop
* Christina Salazar
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Becky Yoose
* Jeremy Morse
* Julia Bauder
* Chung Kang
* Karen Miller

===Intro to NoSQL Databases===
* Joshua Gomez, George Washington University, jngomez at gwu edu

Since Google published its paper on BigTable in 2006, alternatives to the traditional relational database model have been growing in both variety and popularity. These new databases (often referred to as NoSQL databases) excel at handling problems faced by modern information systems that the traditional relational model cannot. They are particularly popular among organizations tackling the so-called "Big Data" problems. However, there are always tradeoffs involved when making such dramatic changes. Understanding how these different kinds of databases are designed and what they can offer is essential to the decision making process. In this precon I will discuss some of the various types of new databases (key-value, columnar, document, graph) and walk through examples or exercises using some of their open source implementations like Riak, HBase, CouchDB, and Neo4j.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Esha Datta
* Trevor Thornton
* Michael Doran
* Ray Schwartz
* Kevin Clarke
* Andreas Orphanides
* Chung Kang
* Tommy Ingulfsen

==Half Day Afternoon==
=== Data Visualization Hackfest ===
* Chris Beer, cabeer at stanford.edu
* Dan Chudnov, dchud at gwu edu

* Description: Want to hack/design/plan/document on a team of people who enjoy learning by creating? Interested in data visualization? Well, this hackfest is for you. Not familiar with the concept of a hackfest? See Roy Tennant's [http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA332564.html "Where Librarians Go To Hack"] and the page for the [http://access2010.lib.umanitoba.ca/node/3.html Access 2010 Hackfest]. We propose a half-day hackfest with a focus on visualization library data -- think stuff like library catalog data, access/circulation statistics, etc. Here's how it works, roughly:
- we'll (you'll!) do lightning tutorials for some data visualization tools, toolkits (R? d3js? ?), datasets.
- we'll separate into groups and hack on stuff.
- at the end of the day, we'll present our progress.

Not a code hacker? No worries; all skill sets and backgrounds are valuable!

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Devon Smith
* Esha Datta
* Ray Schwartz
* Karen Coombs - coombsk{at}oclc{dot}org
* Julia Bauder
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman at kumc.edu)
* Chung Kang

=== Intro to Hydra ===
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (awead at rockhall.org)
* Mike Giarlo, Penn State Information Technology Services (michael at psu.edu)
* Mark Bussey, Data Curation Experts (mark at curationexperts.com)

Hydra (http://projecthydra.org) is a free and open source repository solution that is being used by institutions on both sides of the North Atlantic to provide access to their digital content. Hydra provides a versatile and feature rich environment for end-users and repository administrators alike. Leveraging Blacklight as its front end discovery interface, the hydra project provides a suite of software components, data models, and design patterns for building a robust and sustainable digital repository, as well as a community of support for ongoing development. This workshop will provide an introduction to the hydra project and its software components. Attendees will leave with enough knowledge to get started building their own local repository solutions. This workshop will be led by Adam Wead of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* Jeremy Prevost
* Dennis Ogg
* Linda Ballinger
* First and last name

=== Intro to Blacklight ===
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University Library (bess at stanford.edu)
* Justin Coyne, MediaShelf (justin.coyne at yourmediashelf.com)
* Jason Ronallo, NC State (jronallo at gmail.com)
* Shaun Ellis (helper), Princeton University Library, (shaune@princeton.edu)

Blacklight (http://projectblacklight.org) is a free and open source discovery interface built on solr and ruby on rails. It is used by institutions such as Stanford University, NC State, WGBH, Johns Hopkins University, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and an ever expanding community of adopters and contributors. Blacklight can be used as a front-end discovery solution for an ILS, or the contents of a digital repository, or to provide a unified discovery solution for many siloed collections. In this workshop we will cover the basics of solr indexing and searching, setting up and customizing Blacklight, and leave time for Q&A around local issues people might encounter.

Note: this workshop will be tailored as a follow-on to the morning's RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails workshop, but everyone is welcome

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Shawn Kiewel
* Jon Stroop
* Jeremy Morse
* Karen Miller

=== DPLA Intro/Hacking ===

* Presenter(s)/Leader(s): TBD
* Guy Who'd Be Interested in Helping: Jay Luker, Smithsonian Astrophysics Data System (jluker at cfa.harvard.edu)

This is a stub proposal entered solely to beat the submission deadline. I think there's be sufficient interest in this session, but only thought of it yesterday and haven't had time to coordinate with actual DPLA'ers and confirm that any of them are definitely coming.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name

=== Fail4lib ===
* Jason Casden, NCSU Libraries (jmcasden at ncsu.edu)
* Andreas Orphanides, NCSU Libraries (akorphan at ncsu.edu)

The Code4lib community is full of driven people who embrace the risks that are often associated with new projects. While these traits lead to the incredible projects that are presented at Code4lib, creative technical work also often leads to unexpected, vexing, or disappointing results even from eventually successful projects (however you define the term). Learning more about how our colleagues deal with failure in various contexts could lead to the development of better methods for communicating the value of productive failure, modifying project plans ("The Pivot"), and failing more cheaply.

Hopefully we can define the format as a group, but a fairly high level of participation is crucial if this is to be a worthwhile preconference. Some possible agenda items that could be mixed and matched to fill the afternoon:

# Given willing presenters, a series of 10-20 minute presentations that go into some depth about specific failures.
# Depending on the number of participants, either a multi- or single-track series of unconference-like themed discussions on various aspects of failure, possibly including themes like:
#* Technical failure
#* Failure to effectively address a real user need
#* Overinvestment
#* Outreach/Promotion failure
#* Design/UX failure
#* Project team communication failure
#* Missed opportunities (risk-averse failure)
#* Successes gleaned from failures
# A panel of participants who have prepared in advance to answer moderator and audience questions about their experience with failure.
# A prepared reading assignment that we could all forget to read, creating a shared fail in order to start the preconference on the right foot.

I'll serve as a moderator (if needed) and participant and would welcome more organizers. I am happy to be outvoted by participants on any of these points--I just want to get us talking about our screw-ups, blind spots, and anvils dropping from the sky.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Becky Yoose

=== Solr 4 In Depth ===
* Contact: Erik Hatcher (erik.hatcher at lucidworks.com)

The long awaited and much anticipated Solr 4 has been released! It's a really big deal. There are so many improvements, it makes the head spin. This session will cover the major feature improvements from Lucene's flexible indexing and scoring API up through SolrCloud in a digestable half-day format.

'''I plan on attending:'''
* First and last name
* Esmé Cowles
* Jon Stroop
* Adam Constabars
* Kevin Clarke
* Jacob Andresen

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2012 preconference proposals

2012-02-01T00:10:44Z

Tommytech: /* Interest in Attending */

=Proposals for 2012 Code4LibCon Preconferences=
Proposals closed Sunday, November 20, 2011, so we can finalize the list and add them to registration! (The deadline for preconference proposals has passed.)

Spaces available: main meeting room (max 275) + 5 breakout rooms (max 30-50).

'''Please include a "Contact/Responsible Individual" name and email address so we know who is willing to put on the proposed precon.
'''
==Full Day==

=== Developing applications using REST web services ===

Been hearing about web services but don’t know where to start to build something? Have you built applications that use read services but are stumped by OAuth, Content Negotiation and HTTP Headers? Come dig in and learn how to build applications that interact with both read and write REST services. We’ll cover the basic principles and practices of REST services and discuss the Atom Publishing Protocol as a REST service and its extensibility. The group will examine and test the CouchDB HTTP API by building a simple list creation tool. You’ll learn how OCLC’s platform web services leverage Atom to expose the data and business processes from OCLC’s library systems. By the end of the session, you’ll know the basic principles of REST services, be able to perform Create, Read, Update and Delete operations via REST and be able to authenticate to REST services via API keys and OAuth.

Come ready to learn and code!

Presenter: Karen Coombs - coombsk at oclc dot org

==== Interest in Attending ====

*Sam Kome
*Ray Schwartz (schwartzr2@wpunj.edu)
*Jim Robinson
*David Bucknum
*Jean Rainwater
*Joshua Gomez
*Andy Kohler
*Michael North
* Tom Keays (keaysht at lemoyne dot edu)
*Charlie Morris
*Michael Lindsey
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen (morning only)
* Jørn Thøgersen
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen
* Dre
* Andrew Darby
* Timothy Clarke (tclarke@muhlenberg.edu)
* Keith Folsom
* Rebecca Jones
* Michael Doran (doran@uta.edu)
* Ray Henry (ray dot henry at pcc dot edu)
* Stephanie Collett
* Bohyun Kim
* Matt Connolly
* Cynthia Ng

==Half Day Morning==

=== Linkfest ===

We've had talks and sessions galore about Linked Data at code4lib in past years. Let's focus on linking. Bring data you want to publish and link to or link from and your ideas about new ways we can push data linking into being part of our regular approach to how we put our libraries' content and services on the web. At the start of the session we'll run a quick poll to see who wants to link to what and how, and we'll pair or group up and get to work from there. May a kajillion links bloom!

If you need an "intro to linked data" we can prep a good list of readings/talks to review before you come. But please come ready to link!

Organizer type person: Dan Chudnov, GWU Libraries, @dchud or dchud at gwu edu

==== Interest in Attending ====
* Becky Yoose
* Tom Johnson
* Ed Summers
* bernardo gomez ( bgomez at emory dot edu )
* William Gunn
* Jason Ronallo
* Keri Thompson
* David Lacy
* Corey A Harper
* Matt Phillips (mphillips@law.harvard.edu)
* Declan Fleming
* Shaun Ellis (shaune@princeton.edu)
* Wendy Robertson
* Joel Richard (richardjm AT si DOT edu)
* Devon Smith
* Ron Peterson (ronp@udel.edu0
* Scott Hanrath (shanrath AT ku DOT edu)
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman AT kumc DOT edu)
* Sean Chen
* Laura Smart
* Tommy Ingulfsen

=== What's New in Solr ===

This session will bring folks up to speed on the latest developments in Lucene and Solr. There's always a lot of new capabilities as well as tips and tricks on using Solr in clever and powerful ways.

Presenter: Erik Hatcher - erik . hatcher @ lucidimagination dot com

==== Interest in Attending ====
* "Gabriel Farrell" <gsf24@drexel.edu>
* "Erik Hetzner" <erik.hetzner AT ucop BORK edu>
* "Kevin S. Clarke" <ksclarke@gmail>
* "Michael B. Klein" <mbklein@gmail>
* Demian Katz (demian DOT katz AT villanova DOT edu)
* "Mark Mounts" <mark.mounts@dartmouth.edu>
* Anoop Atre ~ anoop.atre AT mnsu . edu
* David Isaak <david.isaak@kpchr.org>
* John Pillans <jpillan@indiana.edu>
* John Wynstra (john.wynstra@uni.edu)
* mark a. matienzo (mark at matienzo dot oh are gee)
* Sepehr Mavedati (sepehr DOT mavedati AT utoronto DOT ca)
* Mads Villadsen
* Jonathan Rochkind
* Shahin Sahebi (shahin.ezzatsahebi at utoronto dot ca)
* Naomi Dushay (ndushay at stanford dot edu)
* Jeremy Nelson
* Kirk Hess <kirkhess@illinois.edu>
* Gary Thompson
* Larry Baerveldt <lrbaerveldt@gmail.com>
* Dennis Schafroth <dennis @ indexdata.com>
* Bobbi Fox <bobbi_fox at harvard dot edu>
* Ed Fugikawa <ed at coalliance dot org>

=== Knocking Down Silos: Tools and Approaches for Simplifying Discovery ===

What strategies have you used to merge silos to give users a more streamlined search experience? How are libraries using tools like Drupal, Islandora, Dublin Core, Solr and Blacklight to make article, catalog and/or repository content discoverable via a single interface? If you’re interested in these issues, challenges and conundrums join us for a morning of thinking, dreaming and scheming.

Speakers/Facilitators will be:
- Thom Cox - Manager of Library Information Technology Services - Tufts University
- Ken Varnum – Web Systems Manager - University of Michigan Libraries
- Stephen Westman – Analyst Programmer, Emerging Technologies and Services - Oregon State University Libraries

Contact: Margaret Mellinger - margaret dot mellinger at oregonstate dot edu

==== Interest in Attending ====

*David Uspal (david DOT uspal AT villanova DOT edu)
*Tammy Allgood Wolf
*Wayne Schneider
*Laney McGlohon
*Andrea Schurr (Andrea-Schurr AT utc DOT edu)

==Half Day Afternoon==

=== Git -r done ===

A session to cover all things Git, everyone's favorite distributed version control system. This session should cover a little bit of the history of Git, how it works, and how it's different than other version controls systems like SVN. Practical application should also be covered, including how to clone existing repos and contribute code back to them, how to host your own repository, and best practices for setting up a distributed network.

Looking for attendees with real-life Git experience to share it, so we can all broaden our understanding of possible use-cases and nifty advanced features.

Coordinator: <del>Ian Walls, ByWater Solutions, @sekjal or ian.walls at bywatersolutions com</del>

Coordinator Stand-In: Michael B. Klein, Stanford University Libraries, @mbklein or mbklein at stanford.edu

Helper: Cary Gordon, Cherry Hill Company, @highermath / cgordon@chillco.com

==== Interest in Attending ====

* Patrick Berry (pberry@csuchico.edu)
* Chris Sharp (csharp@georgialibraries.org)
* Matt Critchlow (mcritchlow@ucsd.edu)
* Peter Murray (Peter.Murray@lyrasis.org)
* Margaret Heller (mheller@dom.edu)
* Kevin S. Clarke (ksclarke@gmail)
* Michael B. Klein (mbklein@gmail)
* Demian Katz (demian DOT katz AT villanova DOT edu)
* Benjamin Shum (bshum@biblio.org)
* Sibyl Schaefer (sschaefer@rockarch.org)
* Tammy Allgood Wolf (tammy.allgood@asu.edu)
* Chad Nelson (cnelson17 AT gsu DOT edu)
* Lisa Kurt (lkurt@unr.edu)
* Matt Phillips (mphillips@law.harvard.edu)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe (d.jayasinghe@utoronto.ca)
* John Wynstra (john.wynstra@uni.edu)
* Declan Fleming
* Shaun Ellis (shaune@princeton.edu)
* Mads Villadsen
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
* Shahin Sahebi (shahin.ezzatsahebi@utoronto.ca)
* Devon Smith
* Jeremy Nelson
* Stephanie Collett
* Ron Peterson (ronp@udel.edu)
* Gary Thompson
* Brian McBride (brian.mcbride at utah.edu)
* Jacob Reed (jacob.reed at utah.edu)
* Bohyun Kim (bohyun.kim at fiu.edu)
* Larry Baerveldt <lrbaerveldt@gmail.com>
* Wayne Schneider
* Matt Connolly
* ernesto valencia
* Ed Fugikawa <ed at coalliance dot org>
* Andrea Schurr (Andrea-Schurr at utc dot edu)

=== Blacklight ===

This session will be walk-through of the architecture of Blacklight and what we have been improving since the rails 3 upgrade. In addition to the architecture of the software, we will also briefly discuss the architecture of the Blacklight community and what has made it successful so far.

For part of the session we will install Blacklight live and get it up and running. This install demo will include a How-To on basic customizations in Blacklight using a test-driven approach (one of the cornerstones of the Blacklight community).

For more information about Blacklight see our wiki ( http://projectblacklight.org/ ) and our GitHub repo ( https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight ). We will also send out some brief instructions beforehand for those that would like to setup their environments to follow along and get Blacklight up and running on their local machines.

Presenters: Jessie Keck, Stanford University - jkeck at stanford dot edu | Molly Pickral, University of Virginia - mpc3c at virginia dot edu

==== Interest in Attending ====
* bernardo gomez ( bgomez at emory dot edu )
* Mark Mounts <mark.mounts@dartmouth.edu>
* Sibyl Schaefer (sschaefer@rockarch.org)
* John Pillans (jpillan@indiana.edu)
* Mang Sun (mang.dot sun at rice dot edu)
* Emily Lynema (emily_lynema at ncsu dot edu)
* mark a. matienzo (mark at matienzo dot oh are gee)
* Daniel Lovins (daniel dot lovins at nyu dot edu)
* Jonathan Rochkind
* Keith Folsom
* Kirk Hess <kirkhess@illinois.edu>
* Jason Stirnaman (jstirnaman AT kumc DOT edu)
* David Drexler <ddrexler@eou.edu>

=== DACS and EAD Overview ===

This session will look at what DACS (Describing Archives: a Content Standard) is and describe the ten required elements. Then there will be an overview of what EAD is, how it works, and the required elements. The final part will be a practice session on taking a paper finding aid and coding it using DACS and EAD.

Presenter: Doris Munson, Eastern Washington University, dmunson at ewu dot edu
(please feel free to contact me if you are interested in being a co-presenter)

==== Interest in Attending ====
* Francis Kayiwa ( kayiwa@ YouEyeSee dot edu )
* Carmen Mitchell (carmenmitchell at gmail dot com)

=== [[Digging into metadata: context, code, and collaboration]] ===

Working with library/archival metadata is difficult. This preconference will tackle pressing questions and will show some of the intricacies of metadata (including AACR2/MARC) with exercises to demonstrate why inconsistencies exist in the data. What steps can the cataloging & metadata community take to help improve the quality of this data? What tools & techniques could help? Rules have evolved over time leaving dirty legacy data. Systems have impacted--and will continue to impact--data structure & design. How can this data be aggregated and refined for use in a new emerging data environments? What assumptions can safely be made and when do you need to inquire about local practice? We will end with a hack-fest where you can ask questions of experienced catalogers and get help with your metadata related problems. Bring your laptops and data.

Person Herder: Becky Yoose, Grinnell College, yoosebec at grinnell dot edu

Collaborators/Facilitators: Corey Harper, New York University - corey dot harper at nyu dot edu | Shana L. McDanold, University of Pennsylvania -
mcdanold at pobox dot upenn dot edu | Laura Smart, Caltech - laura at library dot caltech dot edu

==== Interest in Attending ====
* Peter Green (pmgreen@princeton.edu)
* David Isaak (david.isaak@kpchr.org)
* Alex Rolfe (arolfe@georgefox.edu)
* mark a. matienzo (mark at matienzo dot oh are gee)
* Sarah Johnston (johnsts@stolaf.edu)
* Derek Merleaux (derek@merleaux d0t net)
* Adam Wead (awead {at} rockhall d.t 0 R G)
* Tania Fersenheim (tania dot fersenheim at gmail) (I'm only a maybe because I may have a conflict in this time slot)

=== "Geo" ===
This session will explore, we hope collaboratively, the presentation of objects on maps. There will be a section on workflow, a section on discovering objects via "geobrowse," a section discovery of objects via "geosearch," and an exploration of the discovery and presentation of geo-referenced images (e.g. historic maps). There will be open discussion on other approaches to map-based discovery. Emphasis will be placed on simplicity of workflow and implementation. Technologies include: Atom, Django, Solr, and OpenLayers.

Presenters: Mike Graves, UNC Chapel Hill, gravm at email dot unc dot edu; Tim Shearer, UNC Chapel Hill, tshearer at email dot unc dot edu
(please feel free to contact Tim if you are interested in being a co-presenter)

==== Interest in Attending ====
* "Gabriel Farrell" <gsf24@drexel.edu>
* Anoop Atre ~ anoop.atre AT mnsu . edu
* Chad Nelson (cnelson17 AT gsu DOT edu)
* Jason Casden (jmcasden AT ncsu DOT edu
* Dileshni Jayasinghe (d.jayasinghe@utoronto.ca)
* Sepehr Mavedati (sepehr DOT mavedati AT utoronto DOT ca)
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen
* Wendy Robertson
* Joel Richard (richardjm AT si DOT edu)
* Jonathan Rochkind
* Naomi Dushay (ndushay at stanford dot edu)
* Scott Hanrath (shanrath AT ku DOT edu)
* Aaron Collier (acollier AT csufresno DOT edu)
* David Lacy (david DOT lacy AT villanova DOT edu)
* Jen Weintraub (jweintraub AT library dot ucla dot edu)
* Sean Chen
* Bobbi Fox (bobbi_fox AT harvard dot edu)

== Half-day Evening ==

=== Microsoft Campus Visit ===
Join us for a trip across Lake Washington to Microsoft Headquarters. Bus will depart from the conference hotel at 4:15pm on Monday. We will visit the Microsoft Home, the Envisioning Lab, and/or the MS Library. The we'll head over to Microsoft Research for drinks and appetizers, and you'll see some great demos of some cool new (and free!) technologies coming out of MSR. Bus will get back to hotel by 9:00pm, plenty of time to hit a pub. You'll learn about:

1. Layerscape -[http://communities.worldwidetelescope.org/]

2. ChronoZoom - [http://research.microsoft.com/chronozoom/]

3. F# - [http://www.tryfsharp.org]

4. Microsoft Academic Search - [http://academic.research.microsoft.com]

5. Microsoft Audio Visual Indexing System - [http://research.microsoft.com/mavis]

Space is limited, so reserve your seat today Email Alex at the address below.

Coordinator: Alex Wade, Microsoft Research, awade at microsoft dot com

Presenters: Behrooz Chitsaz; Rob Fatland; Christophe Poulain; Michael Zyskowski

==== Interest in Attending (Registration closed! We are now at capacity.) ====
* Declan Fleming
* Matt Critchlow
* Tom Keays (keaysht at lemoyne dot edu)
* Jason Ronallo
* mark a. matienzo (mark at matienzo dot oh are gee)
* Mark Mounts <mark.mounts@dartmouth.edu>
* Kyle Banerjee <banerjek@uoregon.edu>
* Evviva Weinraub
* Emily Lynema <emily_lynema at ncsu dot edu>
* Jason Casden <jmcasden AT ncsu DOT edu>
* Daniel Lovins <daniel.lovins@nyu.edu>
* Cynthia Ng
* "Gabriel Farrell" <gsf24@drexel.edu>
* Shaun Ellis (shaune AT princeton DOT edu)
* Derek Merleaux (derek@merleaux d0t net)
* Mads Villadsen
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen
* Jørn Thøgersen
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen
* Dileshni Jayasinghe
* Matt Phillips (mphillips@law.harvard.edu)
* Wendy Robertson
* Shahin Sahebi
* Matt Connolly <mjc12 AT cornell dot edu>
* Jeremy Nelson
* Naomi Dushay (ndushay at stanford dot edu)
* Dre
* Ken Varnum (varnum umich edu)
* Andrew Darby (agdarby at miami dot edu)
* David Uspal (david DOT uspal AT villanova DOT edu)
* REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

[[Category: Code4Lib2012]]

2012 c4l2012 social activities

2012-01-27T18:01:39Z

Tommytech: /* Newcomer dinner */

==Ideas==
* Woodinville distillery tour
* Seattle distillery tour
* Favorite local breweries
* Favorite local tea houses
* Visit hackerspace
* Evergreen/Koha - Open Source ILS brewery/tea house meetup

==Planned events==

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

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

'''Plans'''
* When: Tuesday evening (2/7) '''Note that this year's dinner is on Tuesday'''
* Time: 6 PM (ish) or whenever you can get your group together
* Mastermind (if you have any questions): [mailto:yoosebec@grinnell.edu Becky Yoose]

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

'''Restaurants'''

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

[http://www.sazeracrestaurant.com/index.php Sazerac] (AWESOME happy hour menu that runs until 8)
* Martin Haye - n
* William Gunn - n

[http://oasiankitchen.com/ O'Asian Kitchen and Lounge] (Asian)

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

[http://www.pikebrewing.com/index_html.shtml Pike Brewing] (local brewery, pub food)
* Ken Varnum - n
* Chad Nelson - n
* Ed Summers - v
* Tommy Ingulfsen - n

[http://www.rockbottom.com/ The Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery] (American)

[http://www.wildginger.net/ Wild Ginger] (Asian, a bit overpriced)

[http://www.thepurplecafe.com/index.html Purple Cafe] (American, Wine Bar)

[http://www.cafepaloma.com/ Cafe Paloma] (Mediterranean)
* Jean Rainwater (leader) - v

[http://www.thecollinspub.com/ Collins Pub] (Pub Food, great beer selection)
* Francis Kayiwa - v
* Michael Lindsey - v

[http://www.mcmenamins.com/311-six-arms-home Six Arms - McMenamins] (Pub Food) ''Meeting place TBA. Leave email and I'll coordinate late next week. --Joel''
* Joel Richard (richardjm AT si.edu) (leader) - v

[http://www.611supreme.com/ 611 Supreme] (Crepes and Full Bar) ''Meet in the conference hotel lobby at 6pm. Look for the short woman in a trench coat and wide brim hat ~Becky''

*Becky Yoose (leader) - v
*Cynthia Ng - n
*Zoe Chao - v
*Justin Coyne - n
*Stephanie Collett -n

[http://www.panafricamarket.com/wp/ Pan Africa Restaurant & Bar] (Pan African) CLOSED MONDAYS

'''Restaurants between .5 and 1 mile from hotel'''

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=serious-pie Serious Pie] (Tom Douglas restaurant, inventive pizzas, good local beer list). ''They don't take reservations, so we'll wing it. Not sure what the conference lobby is, but let's meet there at 6PM. Look for Cary, a tall man in a yellow jacket''

*Cary Gordon (leader) - v

[http://www.allmenus.com/wa/seattle/204592-ballet-restaurant/menu/ Ballet] (Vietnamese)

[http://www.kokebrestaurant.com/ Kokeb Ethiopian Restaurant] (Ethiopian) ''Let's say meet at the lobby at 6pm like everyone else. Woohoo!''

* Andreas Orphanides (leader) - v

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=dahlia-lounge Dahlia Lounge] (Pacific Northwest cuisine, $$$)

[http://www.mattsinthemarket.com/ Matt's in the Market] (Northwest Cuisine, $$$)

[http://www.placepigalle-seattle.com/ Place Pigalle] (French)

[http://www.chezshea.com/ Chez Shea] (French)

[http://www.elysianbrewing.com/elysian.html Elysian Breweries and Pubs] (Pub Food)

[http://www.mezaseattle.com/index.html Meza] (Latin Fare)

[http://lovinghut.us/seattle/index.html Loving Hut] (Vietnamese/Veg*n)

[http://inthebowlbistro.com/index.php In the Bowl] (Veg*n, Asian)

[http://www.plumbistro.com/ Plumb Bistro] (Veg*n)

[http://highlineseattle.com/ Highline] (Veg*n, bar)

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

[http://bravehorsetavern.com/ Brave Horse Tavern] (another Tom Douglas, good regional beer list, yummy food. Near South Lake Union. Would require a ride on the South Lake Union Trolley (SLUT), but it's easy to get to/use from downtown.

[http://flyingfishrestaurant.com/ Flying Fish] (Seafood)

[http://www.allmenus.com/wa/seattle/3437-cafe-flora/menu/dinner/ Cafe Flora] (FANTASTIC Veg*n restaurant. Use Metro bus #11 to get there)

[http://www.teapotvegetarianhouse.com/index.htm Teapot Vegetarian House] (Veg*n, Asian)

[http://spaceneedle.com/restaurant/ Space Needle] (American, Pricy; but what the heck, listed it anyway for those who want the experience)

==Social Map - places of interest==
[http://g.co/maps/4m5pk Code4lib 2012 - Seattle - social events, hangouts, and places to see]

==Seattle Events Feb 5-9==
===Sunday, February 5, 2012===
* Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band/Live Wyya/Adrian Xavier/Selecta Raiford/DJ Courtland, Neumos: http://neumos.com/neumos.php
* Michael The Blind/The Els, Skylark: http://www.skylarkcafe.com/
* Addaura/Alda/Hallow, Comet
* "I Am My Own Wife" 7:30pm at Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle Center) http://www.seattlerep.org/Plays/1112/IM/

===Monday, February 6, 2012===
* Silent Movie Mondays: Last Command 1928, http://stgpresents.org/artists/?artist=1829#, Show at 7:00pm, The Paramount Theatre $10
This all-classic film series, First Oscars, is accompanied by live music from the historic Mighty Wurlitzer organ, one of the last three remaining organs of its kind to reside in its original environment, played by critically acclaimed organist Jim Riggs.

===Tuesday, February 7, 2012===
* Lionize/Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster, El Corazon: http://elcorazonseattle.com/
* The Pulltab Playboys/Rachel Lyn Harrington & The Knock Outs/The James Low Western Front, Sunset: http://sunsettavern.com/
* Twin Sister, Vera: http://theveraproject.org/shows/
* The Features, Chop Suey: http://www.chopsuey.com/
* Wilco/White Denim, Paramount Theatre: http://stgpresents.org/
* "I Am My Own Wife" 7:30pm at Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle Center) http://www.seattlerep.org/Plays/1112/IM/

===Wednesday, February 8, 2012===
* The Golden Blondes/The Jet Age/Mr. Drinx & The Pot Heads, Sunset: http://sunsettavern.com/
* Pipsisewah/The Chasers/The Magic Mirrors, Tractor: http://www.tractortavern.com/
* Dengue Fever vs Secret Chiefs 3, Moe Bar :http://bit.ly/yJtfXv (how could you pass the opportunity to see someone play this thing :http://bit.ly/wB5AgZ

===Thursday, February 9, 2012===
* SAM Opening - Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise: http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/gauguin
* The Jayhawks, Neptune Theater: http://stgpresents.org/
* Digital Leather, Comet
* Savani World Quintet/Super Sones, Columbia City Theater: http://www.columbiacitytheater.com/
* Blvd Park {album release}/Nettle Honey/Creeping Time, Tractor: http://www.tractortavern.com/
* Eleanor Friedberger, Crocodile: http://thecrocodile.com/index.html

===Ongoing Events===
* Seattle Art Museum: Tours are every Saturday & Sunday at noon, and the First Thursday of every month at 10:30, 11:30 am, 12:30 & 1:30 pm.
* EMP: Exhibits on display include: Battlestar Galactica, Nirvana, Avatar, and Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film
* Teatro ZinZanni: ¡Caliente! http://dreams.zinzanni.org/
* Pacific NW Ballet: performing Don Quixote at McCaw Hall http://www.pnb.org/
* Oklahoma!, Sunday matinee and nightly: 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Avenue http://www.5thavenue.org/show/oklahoma

==Local events/places==
* Metrix Create Space
* Ada's Technical Books
* Northwest Outdoor Center
* Center for Wooden Boats
* Empty Sea Studios acoustic music

==Local Beer Places==
* Map of [http://beermapping.com/maps/citymaps.php?m=seattle#lat=47.66723703450515&lng=-122.28263854980469&z=5 beer venues] maintained at Beermapping.com.
* List of [http://www.washingtonbeer.com/breweries/seattle-king-co/ local breweries] ([http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=201783184139227541123.0004813e64758434cb054&source=embed&ll=47.558921,-122.106171&spn=0.442982,1.234589&z=10&source=embed map]) maintained by the Washington Beer Commission

==See also==
[http://orbiscascade.org/index/c4l-things-to-do-in-seattle Things to do in Seattle, from the hosts]