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2013 social activities

2013-02-11T17:11:11Z

Was: /* Read/Write Library Field Trip, Monday 2/11 */

== Ideas ==

* Aviary: super-crazy cocktails. http://www.molecularrecipes.com/molecular-mixology/aviary-cocktails/ . List your name if you're interested, whether Sunday, Monday, and/or Tuesday (after newcomer dinners) work, and whether you're just interested in stopping by, or doing a 7 cocktail tasting flight.*
** statsfool: sunday/monday/tuesday, either drinks or flight.
** Amyhannah: monday/tuesday, drinks, probably not the flight.
** anarchivist: sunday/monday, prefer drinks over flight but could be convinced
** [[User:highermath|highermath]]: monday (could use 10 cocktails after Drupal subCon, I am sure). Uber now works in Chicago, so I would do the flight.
** [[User:pberry|pberry]]: any night but Wednesday (that's Goose Island night) and I'd be up for drinks or flight, although leaning away from flight.
** [[User:thatandromeda|thatandromeda]] oh my gosh yes, any time, probably not the flight.
** [[User:Gdave|gdave]] beautiful site, I would be interested, Sun,Mon,Tues. either drink or flight.
** [[User:shawnc12|shawnc12]]: sunday/monday, either drink or flight
** wdenton: any night, either drink or flight
** beatricep: sunday/monday drink, highly susceptible to flight by peer pressure..
** ryan hess: sunday/monday drink or flight
** infosoph: sunday/monday yes/yes!!
** [[User:Pfeeley|Pfeeley]]: sunday/monday/tuesday, either drink or flight
** [[User:Ksprague|Ksprague]]: tuesday, drink or flight
** [[User:schwartzray|schwartzray]]: anything on any day
* Brewery tour - some possible candidates would be Goose Island, Brew Bus http://www.chicagobrewbus.com/, Piece, Revolution, Half Acre.
* Library field trips - because we're library geeks. Possible places include Newberry and Read/Write.--Read/Write Library confirmed for February 11.--Newberry Library confirmed for February 14.
* Art Institute of Chicago - Only open until 5pm, but possible for people coming in early enough on Sunday. There seems to be enough interest here to actually have a group, when and where should we meet? I added my email so that we could discuss details off the wiki.
** escowles: I'm getting in around noon on Sunday, and interested in this.
** pgrayove at gmail dot com: I'm getting in around noon on Sunday too. I'm interested.
** ranti: And I am.
** tshearerlib: Coming in at around the same time and hope to get to the museum by 1:00. Lunch first?
* Local Option http://localoptionbier.com/ - So you've heard of Hopleaf, you've heard of Maproom. Come to Chicago's *ahem* best kept secret for good food and an evening session on Monday. We will need a tally to make requisite arrangements. Target for arrival at bar: 7ish. Probably a group gathering to head north around 6:30 in hotel lobby (if you want to take the #8 Halsted bus that is).
** kayiwa
** Linda Ballinger
** Courtney Greene
** John Pillans
** +6 from NCSU incl one Bret Davidson
** Megan Kudzia
** Andrew Darby
** erinrwhite
** [[User:ianc|Ian Chan]]
** Will Clarke
** Cody Hanson
** Jesse Brown
** Sharon Clapp
** Matt Cordial +1 (my friend and I were already planning a Monday trip here)
** Ray Schwartz

== Planned Events ==

===Read/Write Library Field Trip, Monday 2/11===
Field trip to the [http://readwritelibrary.org/ Read/Write Library] 6:30PM-9PM

Come help catalog the Read/Write Library catalog and hack on the library catalog. We will get food or go to a nearby restaurant depending on interest. We will also invite friends from Code for America to hang out and talk civic data. Bring your laptop along if you have one.

Let us know if you are coming so we can figure out food:
* Margaret Heller
* Ranti Junus
* James Griffin
* Wayne Schneider

'''Directions to the library from UIC:'''

''Bus''

Take the #8 Halsted Bus north to Chicago (Bus will say "#8 Halsted/79th North to Broadway/Waveland")
Take the #66 Chicago Bus west to California (Bus will say either "#66 Chicago west to Austin" or "#66 Chicago West to Pulaski." You can take either one because both Austin and Pulaski are further west than we are so both stop at California)
The Chicago bus stops on the west side of California, which is the side of the street we're on. On California, walk a block north to Walton.

''Train + Bus (slightly faster/more reliable, but only by about 5-10 minutes)''

Walk to the UIC/Halsted Blue Line
Take the O'Hare train (toward the Loop) and go all the way through the Loop and back west. Get off at Chicago and use the exit that says "North side of Chicago Ave" (or something similar — I don't remember exactly).
Take the #66 Chicago Bus west to California (Bus will say either "#66 Chicago west to Austin" or "#66 Chicago West to Pulaski." You can take either one because both Austin and Pulaski are further west than we are so both stop at California)
The Chicago bus stops on the west side of California, which is the side of the street we're on. On California, walk a block north to Walton.

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

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

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

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

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

'''Restaurants'''

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

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

* Al Cornish - v (leader)
* Carolyn Cole - n
* Dileshni Jayasinghe - v
* Will Clark - n
* Adam Constabaris - v
* Patrick Hogan - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

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

[http://littlegoatchicago.com/ Little Goat] - Izard just opened a diner across the street from G&G that is walk-in only.

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

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

*Jason Ronallo (leader)- v
*Alicia Cozine - n
*Mark Mounts - v
*Barbara Hui - n
*Amy Deschenes - n
*Adam Strohm - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

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

[http://www.roditys.com/index.html Roditys] (Greek) -- Reservations made for 6:30pm. Let's meet in the hotel lobby at 6pm and walk over from there.

* Rosalyn Metz (leader) - v
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]] - v
* [[User:Jacobandresen|Jacob Andresen]] - n
* Karen Miller - n
* Dre - v
* Mahria Lebow - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

Code4lib Chicago Celery Salt Society - [http://www.alsbeef.com/ Al's Beef]

* Jason Casden (leader) - v - No reservations. We can walk from the hotel at 7.
* Charlie Morris - n
* Cory Lown - v
* Carolina Garcia - n
* Cody Hanson - n
* Ken Varnum - v
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://avecrestaurant.com/# Avec] (Small plate)
Family-style small plate and tapas. Great Yelp reviews. We'll meet in the conference hotel at 6:00 <strike>6:45</strike> (they don't take reservations, but have stuff to sip on if there's a wait). Less than 10 minute walk from hotel.

* Shaun Ellis (leader) - v
* Jon Stroop - v
* Paula Gray-Overtoom - n
* Emily Zervas - n
* Cynthia Ng - neither
* Sarah Dooley - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

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

* Justin Coyne (reserver) - v - Reservation for Blackbird for 6 at 8:30pm
* Matt Cordial - v
* [http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/User:Camcclure Christine McClure - n]
* Devin Higgins - n (devinhiggins at gmail)
* Ken Irwin
* Tad Merchant - n (tadoneus @ gmail)
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

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

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

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

* Andrew Nagy (leader) - v
* Virginia Schilling - n
* Jane Sandberg - n
* Richard Aroksaar - n
* Jesse Brown - n (jfbrown78 at gmail dot com)
* James Van Mil - n (james.vanmil at gmail)
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

[http://www.idreamoffalafel.com/ I Dream of Falafel] (Mediterranean) -- No reservations -- this is a casual place. Supposed to be an 8 minute walk from the hotel. Let's meet at 6:20pm in the Crowne Plaza lobby. I have chin-length brown hair and probably will be holding a paper scribbled with 'falafel.'

* Emily Lynema (leader) - v
* Christie Peterson - n
* James Stuart - v
* Emily Shaw - n (emilyfshaw at gmail dot com)
* Ian Chan - n (ichan@csusm.edu)
* Zeno Tajoli - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://www.jaipurchicago.com/ Jaipur] (Indian; Reservation made for 6 at 6:30)
-- Let's meet in the crowne plaza lobby @ 6:15; it's supposed to be a 6 minute walk

* Andrew Darby (leader) - v
* Josh Wilson (joshwilsonnc at gmail) - n
* Tim Thompson - n
* Mariela Hristova - n
* ryan hess - n
* Patrick Feeley - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

[http://www.mythaitakumi.com/index.html MyThai Takumi] (Japanese Thai) Reservation at 6:15. Meet in the hotel lobby at 6 pm. Look for the women in a trench coat and hat.

*Becky Yoose (leader) b dot yoose at gmail - v
*May Chan - n
*David Anderson - newby
*Terry Brady - new
* Dave Menninger - n
*Shawn Carraway -n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://www.nellcoterestaurant.com/ Nellcôte] (French)

[http://chicago.provincerestaurant.com/ Province] (American with Central/South American/Spanish influence)

[http://thepublicanrestaurant.com/ The Publican] (Seafood)

* Jay Luker (eater) - v - Rezzie is for 8pm
* Mark Matienzo (tweeter) - v
* Devon Smith (pickle eater) - repeat offender
* Chris Sharp (dead horse beater) - v
* Michael B. Klein (greeter) - v
* Bill McMillin (meeter) - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://saigonsisters.tumblr.com/ Saigon Sisters] (Vietnamese) Reservation for 6:15, meet in hotel lobby
* Margaret Heller - v and leader
* Sharon Clapp - n
* Sean Crowe - n
* Meghan Finch - n
* Maccabee Levine - v
* James Griffin - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

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

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

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

* Rachel Shaevel (herder, self-proclaimed dictator, and reservation maker) - n (we're on for 6:15!)
* Myrna E Morales (follower) - n
* Sarah Thorngate - n
* Steven Marsden - n
* David Lacy - v
* Luke Gaudreau - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

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

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

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

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

[http://www.theberghoff.com/default.aspx The Berghoff] (German)
* Declan Fleming - v (leader) I checked reservations, and for 6 people, the first time open after the conf is 7:30, so I grabbed that.
** Let's meet in the lobby at 7p and cab over (or would people rather walk?)
* Dave Green - n
* Steven Villereal - n
* Peter Murray - v
* Trey Terrell - n
* Mike Giarlo - v
* '''Capped at 6'''

[http://www.yelp.com/biz/frontera-grill-chicago Frontera] (a Rick Bayliss Mex-American restaurant) Reservations are for 7:30, so perhaps the group could get a drink in the lobby beforehand. Either way, we'll depart at 7pm.
: (''note: the drinks at the bar at frontera are very tasty.'')
*Dan Suchy (leader and over-eater) - v
*Matt Critchlow - v
*Carmen Mitchell - v
*Maureen Callahan - n
*David Cliff - n
* Patrick Berry - 3rd year red-shirt freshman
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

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

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

[http://honkytonkbbqchicago.com/ Honky Tonk Barbeque] (BBQ)
*Allan Berry (leader) - n
*Dhanushka Samarakoon - v
*Jason Raitz - n
* '''Capped at 6'''

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

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

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

[http://www.chezjoelbistro.com/ Chez Joël] (French/Tangiers food) I am leaning towards an early dinner of 6:15 as I have to take-off to make sure the Game Night takes off without a hitch. So leave the conference hotel by 5:45 if it is walk weather or 6PM if it is taxi weather.

* Francis Kayiwa (knackered leader) - v
* Megan O'Neill Kudzia - n
* Esther Verreau - n
* Michael Neidhardt - n
* Rikke Willer - n
* Esme Cowles - v
* '''Capped at 6'''

=== Veg*n Dinner ===

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

Max *6* people per party this year.

'''Party #1: Chicago Diner''', Wednesday Night http://www.veggiediner.com/ "meat free since '83"
Will they easily be able to accommodate 6 folks walking in?
We'll plan on meeting in the conference hotel at 6pm and taking the 8 bus up there (3411 N. Halsted St Chicago, IL 60657).
# Jason Ronallo (jronallo@gmail.com)
# Linda Ballinger (linda dot ballinger at gmail)
# May Chan (msuicat at gmail dot com)
# Demian Katz (demian DOT katz AT villanova DOT edu)
# David Uspal (david dot uspal at villanova dot edu) In for the Country Fried StAEk and/or the Soul Bowl. Ex-Vegetarian (which may make it a crime for me to go), so if the list is full and you still want in, feel free to email me and I'll gladly turn over my spot to an actual Veg*n.
# Cynthia Ng (cynthia dot s dot ng at gmail)
Capped at 6

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

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

=== Bourbon and barbecue ===
'''When:''' Wednesday, 2/13, 7:00 PM

Friend of mine tells me his cousin manages a Chicago restaurant, Chicago q, and I should go there and tell him my friend sent me. [http://www.chicagoqrestaurant.com/menus/dinner.php Menu] keeps talking about artisanal barbecue and extensive bourbon options. DONE.

Reservation is at 7 for a party of 8. Add yourselves.

We can take the number 20 bus to the Red Line. We should plan to meet in the lobby at 6:10; that way we can work with the bus tracker and make a leisurely trip over.

* Andromeda Yelton
* Chris Day [cday2 at saic.edu]
* Abigail Goben
* Rosalyn Metz [rosalynmetz at gmail dot com]
* Dileshni Jayasinghe [d dot jayasinghe at utoronto dot ca]
* Ray Mathew
* Dre (Barbecue, yes. Bourbon... well, we'll see.) akorphan at ncsu.edu
* Sean Chen schen at law.duke.edu

=== Non-beery get together ===
'''When:''' Wednesday, 2/13, Meet at hotel lobby at around 6:30 (and take public transport over to the park) OR meet us at the rink at 6:45, skating rink closes at 8 PM

'''Where:''' [https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/ice_skating_at_themccormicktribuneicerink.html McCormick Tribune Ice Rink]

'''Contact:''' @dchud, @ranti, @yo_bj (b dot yoose at gmail), @wendyrlibrarian

'''Cost:''' $10 skate rental, people watching free

Come and (attempt to) skate with us! This is also a good people watching opportunity, so if you don't want to skate, there will be places to hang out around the rink and the park. There is a [http://www.parkgrillchicago.com/cafe/food-menu cafe] near the rink as well, with hot drinks and food.

FYI - For those of you who want something else to munch on while hanging out, there's a [http://www.garrettpopcorn.com/chicago-locations/4-east-madison-street/ Garrett Popcorn Shop] a couple blocks away.

# Chris Sharp (indicating interest)
# Becky Yoose (ready to fall on her butt repeatedly for the entertainment of others)
# Peter Murray
# Shawn Carraway
# Karen Coombs
# Michael Levy
# Christie Peterson
# Andrew Pasterfield
# Virginia Schilling
# Al Cornish
# Sibyl Schaefer
# Kalee Sprague
# Luis Baquera (ready to distract everyone with his own fantastic wipeouts while Becky composes herself)
# Maccabee Levine
# Sarah Shealy (I'm pretty sure I'll fall spectacularly as well :) )

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

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

'''Class is full.'''

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

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

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

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

=== Game Night! ===

See the http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_game_night page for the latest details and to sign up for individual games or add games you're willing to lead/teach!

Moved this from idea to an actual event. Still getting some details, but here's what we know:

Game Night! Type of games might vary due to interest and what people bring. Looks like interest right now is mostly on light to mediumish games with a dash of abstracts ;).

Rough Schedule:
* 7:30 setup
* 7:45 start playing games!
* 10:30 start winding down (don't start new games)
* 11:00 all done, turn off the lights

We have a conference room at the UIC library (Richard J. Daley Library MC 234, 801 S. Morgan, Chicago) reserved for 7:30 on Tuesday the 11th. I'll try to show up at the lobby and hang out there for at about 7:15. I'll be the guy with a code4lib nametag and a box of games ;). Not sure how late we'll play, it looks like the library is open till 1:00am, but I suspect I will for now put a rough ending time of 11pm.

(Note, there's also some discussion on Cards Against Humanity. I will try to make sure there's an alternative game, but I don't know if I want to prohibit any games. I would say though to remember to be respectful and courteous to those around you. I will probably be pondering this issue for a while)

The original list of people who signed up is below.

I (Jon Gorman) will bring some board games and pick up some cards. Add your name to the list below if you're interested in attending. Also not if you can bring games. Bringing games is NOT REQUIRED. If you can bring a game you can teach, that's great and will make sure we're not just stuck playing the games I bring.

(I've added some comments to the game lists below)
* jtgorman, aka Jon Gorman: I'll bring Time's Up: Total Recall, Tsuro, Hey, That's My Fish, Hive, and some more I haven't decided on yet. (My profile over at http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ is jtgorman as well if you want to browse my games and make requests)
* yo_bj: I have some games I can bring as well (Kill Doctor Lucky, Fluxx, Godzilla: Stomp, Munchkin Zombies, etc.). Monday doesn't have anything major planned...
*danwho: I 'll bring the Cards Against Humanity set.
*escowles (Mon/Tue preferred): I've got lots of games I could bring like Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Age of Renaissance, Elfenland, Agricola, Le Havre, Smallworld, RoboRally, etc. etc.
** Take your pick! All good games. I'll try to finalize my list of games before Friday - JonG
*jen_young: I'm local and I have quite a few games. Just about every version of Fluxx, Bananagrams, Gloom, Munchkin Cthulu,Cards Against Humanity, Apples to Apples, Risk, Last Night on Earth, etc.)
**All good games! If you don't mind bringing a box that would be awesome. I particularly like Apples to Apples, Last Night on Earth and Gloom - JonG
* decasm: Interested in Go (aka igo, weiqi, baduk) anytime, not just game night. I can do Catan as well. (And as much as I love it, Cards Against Humanity is probably a violation of the new Code of Conduct.)
** I look forward to losing my first game of Go to you ;) - JonG
** I'd love to learn Go. <del>Perhaps after the newcomer dinner?</del> Oof... won't make for Tues. But would still be interested to learn. --ranti.
* csharp: I'm interested in playing games - whatever people bring. I almost always travel with a pack or two of playing cards ;-). Monday or Tuesday nights are fine.
* moneill: I would love to join in! I have a version of Catchphrase floating around somewhere, and I think I have Battleship...I need to go weed around in that drawer and see what else presents itself. Tuesday would be my preferred night, but I will make it work!
** Don't worry too much about bringing a game if transportation is a problem. One thing I've done w/ stuff like catchphrase is not take the box but to put pieces and cards in a bag - JOn G
* demiankatz: I'm always up for a game. I'm hoping to travel light so probably shouldn't bring anything, but if there's a local game shop, I might be persuaded to pick up something new as a souvenir.
** Don't worry, I think there will be plenty of games - JonG
* sekjal: I've got [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion Dominion], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68448/7-wonders 7 Wonders], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30933/bang-the-bullet Bang!], [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18333/ecofluxx EcoFluxx] and [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/116/guillotine Guillotine] that I can bring. ++ on Cards against Humanity! Prefer non-conflict with beer night.
** Also all good games. I have 7 Wonders, but can bring some other games if you bring that. - Jon G
* arty: so totally interested. Unfortunately, I have no games to contribute.
** No prob.
* sanderson: I would be interested. I can bring [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/478/citadels Citadels] (2-7 players)
** Citadels would be awesome and means I don't have to bring it ;) - JonG
* dvdndrsn: Definitely in! Can bring Innovation, Tichu, Dominion, but Cards Against Humanity sounds good.
** I'll put in a vote for Tichu, heard good things about it - Jon G
* smkiewel: I'm likely to join. Can bring Arkham Horror and Munchkin.
** Arkham Horror seems rather bulky to travel with, but if you want to play bring it ;) - Jon G
** mbutler: If someone actually brings Arkham Horror I'd throw down. Otherwise, whateve.
* jkwilson: I'd like to attend Monday or Tuesday. I have a bunch of games but I'd prefer not to travel with them, and anyway it sounds like they're covered above. I'll bring the 5-6 player Catan extension.
* ejlynema: Interested, but will probably attend Newcomer dinner on Tuesday. Like Dominion and 7 Wonders, but probably don't have room to bring in suitcase. Anyone bringing Tsuro?
** I can bring Tsuro - Jon G
* Christie Peterson (save4use): Also interested, but also probably attending newcomer dinner on Tuesday. Can bring [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11/bohnanza Bohnanza] and one deck of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_%28game%29 Set].
**Bohnanza and Set would be awesome - JonG
**Done! I will bring them both -- C
* dgcliff: I'd be interested. Can bring Ticket to Ride.
* mbklein: definitely interested. Will check on my (currently unpacked) games. I am dying to play Cards Against Humanity. If we can't find a way to reconcile it with the Code of Conduct, we need a different Code of Conduct.
** Considering that this is a public event, and that no one knows everyone's sensitivity levels in the room, it might not be a good idea to break out a crass, adult version of apples to apples in the middle of the gaming room. :cP (yo_bj)
* duspal: In. My board game collection is small but mighty (Arkham Horror, Catan, Vampire: Prince of the City, Deadlands: Battle for Slaughter Gulch, Arabian Nights, Diplomacy, Shogun, and Cosmic Encounter off the top of my head, amongst a few others). Let me know ahead of time if anyone is interested, since they're all relatively big...
** If you really want to play Cosmic Encounter, I can bring my copy (Fantasy Flight edition, 3 expansions), just let me know - JonG
*librarywebchic: I'm willing to bring a set and teach folks how to play Majhong. Need at least three to play though.
**beatricep: Uno gets no respect. ;-) @librarywebchic: I have always wanted to learn to play Majhong. If you're still bringing it, I'm in!
** Agreed, I don't know Majhong and I love learning new games. - JonG
** I actually know a few different rule sets. It's too bad I don't have a travel set or I'd bring a 2nd one -Arty
** I'm local and can bring a mahjong set. I've had no one to play with for years, so have probably forgotten how. -Linda B
* jcraitz: I'm in after the newcomer dinner. I'll bring Citadels and Bang!
**I think someone higher in the list offered to bring citadels, but won't hurt to have two copies just in case one of you don't show ;) - JonG
**Aww no. left my games at the office. Looks like I'll have to jump in someone else's game.
* julia: I'll be the freeloader who showed up and didn't bring any games.
* kenirwin: interested in attending
* sdellis: attending
* ianc: interested in attending, a little rusty but definitely up for a couple rounds of Mahjong, also want to try something new too!
* haschart: Interested in attending, if I can make it work with the newcomer dinner. Big fan of Dominion lately, but probably cannot bring it `cause the "Big Box" with the base game and two expansion sets is bigger than my suitcase. I could bring "Race for the Galaxy" if there's any interest.
* jessebrown: Interested in attending. I can bring Set and Zombie Fluxx.
* terrywbrady: I would like to attend
* dan fehrenbach (dnfehren): I would like to attend, can bring Pandemic if anyone is interested.
* dileshni: interested in attending.
* Corey Harper: definitely interested in attending if space allows.
* saverkamp: interested in attending.
* Emily Shaw: I like games.
* Alan Dyck: I play Carcassonne and Munchkin among others. I see those listed so I'm bringing a game some friends and I have been creating: Wandering Monster.
* Heidi Frank (hf36@nyu.edu) - I love card games like gin/rummy, but am open to anything.
* Sibyl Schaefer - attending, and will bring anything that fits in my carry-on

-- *Please, please, please, if you're signing up on this list, also sign up for a paritcular game slot to start out the evening or put your game in: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_game_night
we're having so many people sign up after Jan. 14th we're in risk of overflowing the room. (I should have put in a cap limit, but given how late I realized this, I haven't *

I have to confess, I started trying to organize what games certain people were bringing, but it got confusing fast and I don't want anyone to feel compelled to bring anything or feel bad if they can't make it. So if there is something you're dying to play, let me know and I'll try to bring it if I have it.

== Social Map - Places of Interest==

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

== Layar: augmented reality Code4Lib view of Chicago ==

There's a "Code4Lib 2013" layer in [http://www.layar.com/ Layar], an augmented reality app that runs on both Android and iOS. You can use it to scan around the city to see two kinds of things: 1) tweets using the #c4l13 or #code4lib hashtag (if the tweets are geolocated so they can be
nailed to a point) and 2) points of interest from the [https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213549257652679418473.0004ce6c25e6cdeb0319d&msa=0 shared Google Map].

To use it:

* install Layar on your phone
* run it and click to go into Geo Layers mode
* search for "code4lib 2013"
* launch the layer and look around

See Code4Lib people and events overlaid on top of Chicago, in real time! See an alternate view of the city that's all about libraries and coders!

To make your own tweets appear, use the #c4l13 hashtag and make sure the tweet is geolocated. In Twitter's client you need to do this by enabling geolocation in settings and then enabling it for each tweet.

Source code running this: [https://github.com/wdenton/laertes Laertes]. Bill Denton set it up and is very curious to find out if it's useful, so let him know if you try it out.

== Local Events ==
Events Listings
* Chicago Reader http://www.chicagoreader.com/
* The City of Chicago’s Events Guide: http://www.choosechicago.com/
* Metromix Chicago: http://chicago.metromix.com/events
* Timeout Chicago: http://timeoutchicago.com/
* Chicago Studio Club's [http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?title=LIVE%20MUSIC%20in%20Chicagoland%20via%20Chicago%20Studio%20Club!%20&height=1000&wkst=1&hl=en&bgcolor=%2399ff99&src=info%40chicagostudioclub.net&color=%237A367A&ctz=America%2FChicago Live Music Google Calendar]

== Local Food ==
== Local Drinks ==
==Chicago Events Feb 10-14==

=== Sunday February 10===
Theater - [http://www.neofuturists.org/ Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind] "...with its ever-changing "menu," is an attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes. " 7pm.

Theater - [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chunks/Event?oid=8557720 Chunks] : Funny, Heartbreaking, Gross. 7pm & BYOB!

===Monday February 11===

Music - [http://www.hideoutchicago.com/event/208497-robbie-fulks-michael-miles-chicago/ Robbie Fulks at the Hideout]

[http://fedora4lib.org/ fedora4lib] - 7 pm to whenever

===Tuesday, February 12===

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

[http://fedora4lib.org/ fedora4lib] - 7 pm to whenever

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

'''''Directions: '''''
The Newberry is at 60 W Walton St. It could take half an hour to get there from the conference hotel via CTA, so those of you who wish to take public transit as a group can meet me in the hotel lobby by 3:00. We will then go to the UIC-Halsted El stop (5 blocks from hotel), change trains in the Loop, then walk 3-4 blocks to the Newberry. Otherwise, plan on making your preferred way there and meet in the Newberry lobby by 3:30.

'''''Sign Up List'''''
# Michael Doran - doran@uta.edu
# William Denton - wtd@pobox.com
# Wayne Schneider - wschneider@hclib.org
# Matt Cordial - rev3lator [at] gmail.com
# ryan hess - mhess8 [at] depaul.edu
# [[User:ianc|Ian Chan]] ichan@csusm.edu
# Richard Aroksaar - richard_aroksaar@nps.gov
# [name] - [email address]
# Laurie Lee Moses - lmoses [at] colum.edu
# Ray Schwartz - schwartzr2@wpunj.edu

== Music ==

There's a [http://www.rdio.com/people/wdenton/playlists/2229053/Code4Lib_2013_in_Chicago/ Code4Lib 2013 in Chicago] collaborative playlist on Rdio. If you're a subscriber, have a look, and add something you think everyone would like to hear or use as their personal soundtrack while they're hacking and exploring Chicago.

[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 social activities

2013-01-30T12:11:02Z

Was: /* Thursday, February 14 */

2013 preconference proposals

2013-01-25T21:53:58Z

Was: /* Intro to Blacklight */

Please sign up to attend by January 15th. Doesn't mean you can't change your mind, but we will use the host committee will use these numbers to assign rooms.

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.

This event is open to the library community. There is a nominal fee ($10) for non-Code4LibCon attendees.

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, mahria at uw edu
*Paula Gray-Overtoom, pgrayove at gmail.com
*Dhanushka Samarakoon, dhanu80 at g mail com
*Leo Robert Klein <del>(when he figures out what date this is)</del> - 2/11 (9a-5p)

=====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
* Patrick Berry, pberry@csuchico.edu
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen, kfc@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen mn at statsbiblioteket dot dk
* Joe Atzberger, ohiocore@gmail.com
* Shawn Carraway carraways at midlandstech dot edu

=== 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
* Curtis Thacker
* Rosalyn Metz rosalynmetz at gmail com
* James Van Mil - james.vanmil at gmail com
* Andrew Nagy
* Ranti Junus
* Aaron Collier - acollier at csufresno edu
* Demian Katz - demian dot katz at villanova dot edu
* Jacob Andresen - jacob at reindex dot dk
* Erin White - erwhite at vcu edu
* Zeno Tajoli tajoli at cilea it

=== 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
* James Stuart
* 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 and the Rails framework. Participants will build a working Rails application.

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

There is some pre-preconference preparation needed so that we can effectively use our time.

'''IMPORTANT''': From this point on if you sign up you '''must''' do the following in order to be prepared for the preconference workshop:
# Add your name below
# fill out the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpxd0tzU1ZscnU5QUUtd0JGUk9qQkE6MA#gid=0 experience survey]
# read [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQEvljB6MWOdxqcibYsQDVMT2hCevk7Y5cm3143_eaU/edit the emails you have missed]

'''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 - jgmorse at umich
# 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 - ogg{at}ucar{dot}edu
# Ian Walls - iwalls{at}library{dot}umass{dot}edu
# Steven Villereal – villereal{at}gmail{dot}com
# Hillel Arnold - hillel{dot}arnold{at}gmail{dot}com
# Josh Wilson - joshwilsonnc at gmail
# Cynthia Ng - cynthia [dot] s [dot] ng [at] gmail
# Ian Chan
# Heidi Frank - hf36{at}nyu{dot}edu
# Mark Mounts - mark{dot}mounts{at}dartmouth{dot}edu
# 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 - lmcglohon@getty.edu
# Nancy Enneking - nenneking@getty.edu
# Jason Raitz - jcraitz at ncsu dot edu
# Nick Cappadona
# Steven Marsden - steven.marsden@ryerson.ca
# Linda Ballinger - ballingerl at newberry dot org
# Brendan Quinn - brendan-quinn at northwestern dot edu
# Michael Levy - mlevy {at}ushmm {dot}org
# Michael North (m-north at northwestern dot edu)
# Shawn Averkamp - shawnaverkamp{at}gmail{dot}com
# Allan Berry - allan{dot}berry{at}gmail{dot}com
# Cody Hennesy - chennesy at library dot berkeley dot edu
# Devin Higgins - higgi135 at msu dot edu
# Emily Zervas - emily{dot}zervas{at}gmail{dot}com
# Rob Dumas - rdumas {at} chipublib {dot} org
# Evan Boyd - eboyd /at/ ctschicago /period/ edu
# William Hicks - William{dot}hicks{at}unt{dot}edu
# Lauren Ajamie - lauren dot ajamie at nd dot edu
# David Anderson - david dot anderson3 at nih dot gov
# David Bucknum - dabu at loc dot gov
# Dave Menninger - dave.menninger at gmail dot com
# Chris Day - cday2 at saic dot edu
# Corey Harper - corey dot harper at nyu dot edu
# Dileshni Jayasinghe - d dot jayasinghe at utoronto dot ca
# Harish Nayak - hnayak at library dot rochester dot edu
# David Cliff dgcliff@iu.edu
# Cody Hanson codyhanson@umn.edu
# Laurie Lee Moses lmoses{at}colum{dot}edu
# Sibyl Schaefer sibylschaefer at gmail dot com
# Alisak Sanavongsay asanavongsay{at}ucmerced.edu
# Wayne Schneider wschneider at hclib dot org

'''IMPORTANT''': From this point on if you sign up you '''must''' do the following in order to be prepared for the preconference workshop:
# Add your name above
# fill out the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpxd0tzU1ZscnU5QUUtd0JGUk9qQkE6MA#gid=0 experience survey]
# read [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQEvljB6MWOdxqcibYsQDVMT2hCevk7Y5cm3143_eaU/edit the emails you have missed]

===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:'''
* 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
* Erin Fahy - erin.fahy at mtholyoke edu
* Karen Coyle - kcoyle at kcoyle.net
* Charles Draper
* David Uspal
* Shawn Kiewel - smkiewel at uga dot edu
* Stephanie Collett - stephanie dot collett at ucop dot edu
* Declan Fleming - declan at declan dot net
* David Gonzalez - d.gonzalez26 at umiami dot edu
* Jeff Peterson - gpeterso at umn dot edu
* May Chan - msuicat at gmail dot com
* Kathryn Stine - kathryn dot stine at ucop dot edu
* Tim Thompson - t.thompson5{at}miami{dot}edu
* Eben English - eenglish [at] bpl dot org
* Marisa Strong - marisa dot strong at ucop dot edu
* Michael Lindsey - mackeral at gmail dot com
* Mike Hagedon - hagedonm at u dot library dot arizona dot edu
* Scott Fisher - first/last name with dot in between at ucop dot edu
* James Griffin - griffinj at lafayette dot edu
* Jesse Brown - jfbrown78 at gmail dot com
* [[User:gdave|Dave Green]] david dot L dot green at dartmouth dot edu
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen mn at statsbiblioteket dot dk
* Mads Villadsen, mv@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Jørn Thøgersen, jt@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Julien Gibert, gibert at abes dot fr
* Lisa Gonzalez, lgonzalez@ctu.edu
* Charles Ledvina, charles@indexdata.com
* Jim LeFager, jlefager@depaul.edu
* Debbie Maron, dmaron@purdue.edu
* Carolina Garcia - cg116 nyu
* Tracy Seneca- tjseneca@uic.edu
* William Denton - wtd@pobox.com
* Andrew Darby - agdarby at miami dot edu
* Gary Maixner maixner2 at uiuc 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 (astein at uh.edu)
* Harrison Dekker
* Ian Walls - iwalls{at}library{dot}umass{dot}edu
* Scott Hanrath
* [[User:Kevenj|Keven Jeffery]]
* James Van Mil - james.vanmil at gmail com
* Sean Crowe - sean.crowe@uc.edu
* Karen coyle - kcoyle at kcoyle.net
* David Lacy - david dot lacy at villanova dot edu
* mark matienzo
* David Uspal
* Emily Lynema - ejlynema at ncsu dot edu
* Sean Chen
* Donald Mennerich
* Allan Berry - allan{dot}berry{at}gmail{dot}com
* Declan Fleming - declan at declan dot net
* Chick Markley -- chick at qrhino dot com
* Rosalyn Metz -- rosalynmetz at gmail com
* Devin Higgins - higgi135 at msu dot edu
* Emily Zervas emily{dot}zervas{at}gmail{dot}com
* May Chan -- msuicat at gmail dot com
* Kathryn Stine - kathryn dot stine at ucop dot edu
* Tim Thompson - t.thompson5{at}miami{dot}edu
* James Griffin - griffinj at lafayette dot edu
* Dave Menninger dave.menninger at gmail dot com
* [[User:gdave|Dave Green]] david dot L dot green at dartmouth dot edu
* Rikke Willer - riwi at dtic dot dtu dot dk
* Michael Poltorak NIelsen mn at statsbiblioteket dot dk
* Mads Villadsen, mv@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Jørn Thøgersen, jt@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Joe Atzberger, ohiocore@gmail.com
* Julien Gibert, gibert at abes dot fr
* Christie Peterson - cpeterson at jhu dot edu
* Jim LeFager - jlefager@depaul.edu
* Harish Nayak - hnayak at library dot rochester dot edu
* William Denton - wtd@pobox.com
* Shawn Carraway carraways at midlandstech dot edu
* Naomi Dushay - ndushay at stanford dot edu

=== 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 - ogg{at}ucar{dot}edu
* Terry Brady
* Betsy Coles - bcoles{at}caltech{dot}edu
* Brendan Quinn - brendan-quinn at northwestern dot edu
* Shawn Kiewel - smkiewel at uga dot edu
* Steven Villereal – villereal{at}gmail{dot}com
* Ryan Eby
* Dean Farrell
* Ian Chan
* Mark Mounts - mark{dot}mounts{at}dartmouth{dot}edu
* Carl Jones
* Laney McGlohon - lmcglohon@getty.edu
* Nancy Enneking - nenneking@getty.edu
* Allan Berry - allan{dot}berry{at}gmail{dot}com
* Andrew Darby - agdarby at miami dot edu
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen - kfc@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Corey Harper - corey dot harper at nyu dot edu
* Gary Maixner - maixner2 at uiuc dot edu
* Sibyl Schaefer - sibylschaefer at gmail dot com

=== 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 - jgmorse at umich
* 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
* David Gonzalez - d.gonzalez26 at umiami dot edu
* Courtney Greene - crgreene at indiana dot edu
* Evan Boyd - eboyd /at/ ctschicago /period/ edu
* William Hicks - William{dot}hicks{at}unt{dot}edu
* Lauren Ajamie - lauren dot ajamie at nd dot edu
* David Anderson - david dot anderson3 at nih dot gov
* Michael Lindsey - mackeral at gmail dot com
* David Bucknum - dabu at loc dot gov
* Scott Fisher - first/last name with dot in between at ucop dot edu
* Chris Day - cday2 at saic dot edu
* Carolina Garcia - cg116 nyu
* David Cliff dgcliff@iu.edu
* Cody Hanson codyhanson@umn.edu
* Laurie Lee Moses lmoses{at}colum{dot}edu
* Alisak Sanavongsay asanavongsay{at}ucmerced.edu
* Wayne Schneider wschneider at hclib dot org

=== 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
* Justin Clark, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
* Anita Patel, Berkman Center for Internet and Society

=== 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 (maybe) - cynthia [dot] s [dot] ng [at] gmail
* Patrick Berry, pberry@csuchico.edu
* Erin White, erwhite at vcu edu

=== 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 - erin.fahy at mtholyoke edu
* Esmé Cowles, escowles@ucsd.edu
* Jon Stroop
* Adam Constabars
* Kevin Clarke
* Jacob Andresen (jacob at reindex dot dk)
* 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
* Kalee Sprague - kalee dot sprague at yale dot edu
* Jeff Peterson - gpeterso at umn dot edu
* Erik Hetzner
* Demian Katz - demian dot katz at villanova dot edu
* Eben English - eenglish at bpl dot org
* Raman Chandrasekar
* Jason Ronallo - jnronall@ncsu.edu
* Eric Larson - elarson@library.wisc.edu
* Mike Hagedon - hagedonm at u dot library dot arizona dot edu
* Jesse Brown - jfbrown78 at gmail dot com
* Steven Marsden - steven.marsden@ryerson.ca
* Zeno Tajoli - tajoli at cilea it
* Charles Ledvina - charles att indexdata dott com
* Tracy Seneca - tjseneca@uic.edu
* Tod Olson - tod at uchicago dot edu
[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2013 preconference proposals

2013-01-25T21:50:43Z

Was: /* RailsBridge Intro to Ruby on Rails */

Please sign up to attend by January 15th. Doesn't mean you can't change your mind, but we will use the host committee will use these numbers to assign rooms.

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.

This event is open to the library community. There is a nominal fee ($10) for non-Code4LibCon attendees.

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, mahria at uw edu
*Paula Gray-Overtoom, pgrayove at gmail.com
*Dhanushka Samarakoon, dhanu80 at g mail com
*Leo Robert Klein <del>(when he figures out what date this is)</del> - 2/11 (9a-5p)

=====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
* Patrick Berry, pberry@csuchico.edu
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen, kfc@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen mn at statsbiblioteket dot dk
* Joe Atzberger, ohiocore@gmail.com
* Shawn Carraway carraways at midlandstech dot edu

=== 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
* Curtis Thacker
* Rosalyn Metz rosalynmetz at gmail com
* James Van Mil - james.vanmil at gmail com
* Andrew Nagy
* Ranti Junus
* Aaron Collier - acollier at csufresno edu
* Demian Katz - demian dot katz at villanova dot edu
* Jacob Andresen - jacob at reindex dot dk
* Erin White - erwhite at vcu edu
* Zeno Tajoli tajoli at cilea it

=== 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
* James Stuart
* 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 and the Rails framework. Participants will build a working Rails application.

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

There is some pre-preconference preparation needed so that we can effectively use our time.

'''IMPORTANT''': From this point on if you sign up you '''must''' do the following in order to be prepared for the preconference workshop:
# Add your name below
# fill out the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpxd0tzU1ZscnU5QUUtd0JGUk9qQkE6MA#gid=0 experience survey]
# read [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQEvljB6MWOdxqcibYsQDVMT2hCevk7Y5cm3143_eaU/edit the emails you have missed]

'''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 - jgmorse at umich
# 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 - ogg{at}ucar{dot}edu
# Ian Walls - iwalls{at}library{dot}umass{dot}edu
# Steven Villereal – villereal{at}gmail{dot}com
# Hillel Arnold - hillel{dot}arnold{at}gmail{dot}com
# Josh Wilson - joshwilsonnc at gmail
# Cynthia Ng - cynthia [dot] s [dot] ng [at] gmail
# Ian Chan
# Heidi Frank - hf36{at}nyu{dot}edu
# Mark Mounts - mark{dot}mounts{at}dartmouth{dot}edu
# 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 - lmcglohon@getty.edu
# Nancy Enneking - nenneking@getty.edu
# Jason Raitz - jcraitz at ncsu dot edu
# Nick Cappadona
# Steven Marsden - steven.marsden@ryerson.ca
# Linda Ballinger - ballingerl at newberry dot org
# Brendan Quinn - brendan-quinn at northwestern dot edu
# Michael Levy - mlevy {at}ushmm {dot}org
# Michael North (m-north at northwestern dot edu)
# Shawn Averkamp - shawnaverkamp{at}gmail{dot}com
# Allan Berry - allan{dot}berry{at}gmail{dot}com
# Cody Hennesy - chennesy at library dot berkeley dot edu
# Devin Higgins - higgi135 at msu dot edu
# Emily Zervas - emily{dot}zervas{at}gmail{dot}com
# Rob Dumas - rdumas {at} chipublib {dot} org
# Evan Boyd - eboyd /at/ ctschicago /period/ edu
# William Hicks - William{dot}hicks{at}unt{dot}edu
# Lauren Ajamie - lauren dot ajamie at nd dot edu
# David Anderson - david dot anderson3 at nih dot gov
# David Bucknum - dabu at loc dot gov
# Dave Menninger - dave.menninger at gmail dot com
# Chris Day - cday2 at saic dot edu
# Corey Harper - corey dot harper at nyu dot edu
# Dileshni Jayasinghe - d dot jayasinghe at utoronto dot ca
# Harish Nayak - hnayak at library dot rochester dot edu
# David Cliff dgcliff@iu.edu
# Cody Hanson codyhanson@umn.edu
# Laurie Lee Moses lmoses{at}colum{dot}edu
# Sibyl Schaefer sibylschaefer at gmail dot com
# Alisak Sanavongsay asanavongsay{at}ucmerced.edu
# Wayne Schneider wschneider at hclib dot org

'''IMPORTANT''': From this point on if you sign up you '''must''' do the following in order to be prepared for the preconference workshop:
# Add your name above
# fill out the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpxd0tzU1ZscnU5QUUtd0JGUk9qQkE6MA#gid=0 experience survey]
# read [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQEvljB6MWOdxqcibYsQDVMT2hCevk7Y5cm3143_eaU/edit the emails you have missed]

===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:'''
* 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
* Erin Fahy - erin.fahy at mtholyoke edu
* Karen Coyle - kcoyle at kcoyle.net
* Charles Draper
* David Uspal
* Shawn Kiewel - smkiewel at uga dot edu
* Stephanie Collett - stephanie dot collett at ucop dot edu
* Declan Fleming - declan at declan dot net
* David Gonzalez - d.gonzalez26 at umiami dot edu
* Jeff Peterson - gpeterso at umn dot edu
* May Chan - msuicat at gmail dot com
* Kathryn Stine - kathryn dot stine at ucop dot edu
* Tim Thompson - t.thompson5{at}miami{dot}edu
* Eben English - eenglish [at] bpl dot org
* Marisa Strong - marisa dot strong at ucop dot edu
* Michael Lindsey - mackeral at gmail dot com
* Mike Hagedon - hagedonm at u dot library dot arizona dot edu
* Scott Fisher - first/last name with dot in between at ucop dot edu
* James Griffin - griffinj at lafayette dot edu
* Jesse Brown - jfbrown78 at gmail dot com
* [[User:gdave|Dave Green]] david dot L dot green at dartmouth dot edu
* Michael Poltorak Nielsen mn at statsbiblioteket dot dk
* Mads Villadsen, mv@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Jørn Thøgersen, jt@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Julien Gibert, gibert at abes dot fr
* Lisa Gonzalez, lgonzalez@ctu.edu
* Charles Ledvina, charles@indexdata.com
* Jim LeFager, jlefager@depaul.edu
* Debbie Maron, dmaron@purdue.edu
* Carolina Garcia - cg116 nyu
* Tracy Seneca- tjseneca@uic.edu
* William Denton - wtd@pobox.com
* Andrew Darby - agdarby at miami dot edu
* Gary Maixner maixner2 at uiuc 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 (astein at uh.edu)
* Harrison Dekker
* Ian Walls - iwalls{at}library{dot}umass{dot}edu
* Scott Hanrath
* [[User:Kevenj|Keven Jeffery]]
* James Van Mil - james.vanmil at gmail com
* Sean Crowe - sean.crowe@uc.edu
* Karen coyle - kcoyle at kcoyle.net
* David Lacy - david dot lacy at villanova dot edu
* mark matienzo
* David Uspal
* Emily Lynema - ejlynema at ncsu dot edu
* Sean Chen
* Donald Mennerich
* Allan Berry - allan{dot}berry{at}gmail{dot}com
* Declan Fleming - declan at declan dot net
* Chick Markley -- chick at qrhino dot com
* Rosalyn Metz -- rosalynmetz at gmail com
* Devin Higgins - higgi135 at msu dot edu
* Emily Zervas emily{dot}zervas{at}gmail{dot}com
* May Chan -- msuicat at gmail dot com
* Kathryn Stine - kathryn dot stine at ucop dot edu
* Tim Thompson - t.thompson5{at}miami{dot}edu
* James Griffin - griffinj at lafayette dot edu
* Dave Menninger dave.menninger at gmail dot com
* [[User:gdave|Dave Green]] david dot L dot green at dartmouth dot edu
* Rikke Willer - riwi at dtic dot dtu dot dk
* Michael Poltorak NIelsen mn at statsbiblioteket dot dk
* Mads Villadsen, mv@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Jørn Thøgersen, jt@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Joe Atzberger, ohiocore@gmail.com
* Julien Gibert, gibert at abes dot fr
* Christie Peterson - cpeterson at jhu dot edu
* Jim LeFager - jlefager@depaul.edu
* Harish Nayak - hnayak at library dot rochester dot edu
* William Denton - wtd@pobox.com
* Shawn Carraway carraways at midlandstech dot edu
* Naomi Dushay - ndushay at stanford dot edu

=== 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 - ogg{at}ucar{dot}edu
* Terry Brady
* Betsy Coles - bcoles{at}caltech{dot}edu
* Brendan Quinn - brendan-quinn at northwestern dot edu
* Shawn Kiewel - smkiewel at uga dot edu
* Steven Villereal – villereal{at}gmail{dot}com
* Ryan Eby
* Dean Farrell
* Ian Chan
* Mark Mounts - mark{dot}mounts{at}dartmouth{dot}edu
* Carl Jones
* Laney McGlohon - lmcglohon@getty.edu
* Nancy Enneking - nenneking@getty.edu
* Allan Berry - allan{dot}berry{at}gmail{dot}com
* Andrew Darby - agdarby at miami dot edu
* Kåre Fiedler Christiansen - kfc@statsbiblioteket.dk
* Corey Harper - corey dot harper at nyu dot edu
* Gary Maixner - maixner2 at uiuc dot edu
* Sibyl Schaefer - sibylschaefer at gmail dot com

=== 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 - jgmorse at umich
* 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
* David Gonzalez - d.gonzalez26 at umiami dot edu
* Courtney Greene - crgreene at indiana dot edu
* Evan Boyd - eboyd /at/ ctschicago /period/ edu
* William Hicks - William{dot}hicks{at}unt{dot}edu
* Lauren Ajamie - lauren dot ajamie at nd dot edu
* David Anderson - david dot anderson3 at nih dot gov
* Michael Lindsey - mackeral at gmail dot com
* David Bucknum - dabu at loc dot gov
* Scott Fisher - first/last name with dot in between at ucop dot edu
* Chris Day - cday2 at saic dot edu
* Carolina Garcia - cg116 nyu
* David Cliff dgcliff@iu.edu
* Cody Hanson codyhanson@umn.edu
* Laurie Lee Moses lmoses{at}colum{dot}edu
* Alisak Sanavongsay asanavongsay{at}ucmerced.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
* Justin Clark, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
* Anita Patel, Berkman Center for Internet and Society

=== 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 (maybe) - cynthia [dot] s [dot] ng [at] gmail
* Patrick Berry, pberry@csuchico.edu
* Erin White, erwhite at vcu edu

=== 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 - erin.fahy at mtholyoke edu
* Esmé Cowles, escowles@ucsd.edu
* Jon Stroop
* Adam Constabars
* Kevin Clarke
* Jacob Andresen (jacob at reindex dot dk)
* 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
* Kalee Sprague - kalee dot sprague at yale dot edu
* Jeff Peterson - gpeterso at umn dot edu
* Erik Hetzner
* Demian Katz - demian dot katz at villanova dot edu
* Eben English - eenglish at bpl dot org
* Raman Chandrasekar
* Jason Ronallo - jnronall@ncsu.edu
* Eric Larson - elarson@library.wisc.edu
* Mike Hagedon - hagedonm at u dot library dot arizona dot edu
* Jesse Brown - jfbrown78 at gmail dot com
* Steven Marsden - steven.marsden@ryerson.ca
* Zeno Tajoli - tajoli at cilea it
* Charles Ledvina - charles att indexdata dott com
* Tracy Seneca - tjseneca@uic.edu
* Tod Olson - tod at uchicago dot edu
[[Category:Code4Lib2013]]

2012 c4l2012 social activities

2012-02-08T06:47:23Z

Was: /* Evergreen/Koha and friends dinner Wednesday */

==Ideas==
* Woodinville distillery tour
** +1
* Seattle distillery tour
* Favorite local breweries
* Favorite local tea houses
* Favorite local used bookstores
* Visit hackerspace
** +1

==Planned events==

===Pre-Newcomer + Veterans dinner /drink-up Monday===
Early in town for pre-conference?
First time at code4lib?
Don't know anyone at code4lib?
Join fellow c4l newbies + 2nd + 3rd timers + veterans.
You will gain a bunch of new/veteran code4libbers in one night!
Sign up below (NO CAP). You can show up only for dinner or drinks or both!

But put your name so that we have a rough idea about the number of ppl who will show up =)

'''Plans'''
* When: Monday evening (2/6)
* For Dinner: Meet at 6PM (ish)at the hotel lobby
* For Drinks: show up at Hideout between 8 -10 PM for local art, fancy cocktails, or Belgian beer
* For Hospitality suite intro chat/hangout: show up at 10 PM - midnight? at hospitality suite

Dinner: [http://www.yelp.com/biz/kastoori-grill-seattle Kastoori Grill -Indian & Himalayan/Nepalese/Tibetan (vegetarian-friendly)]
0.8 miles 15 min. walk
* Bohyun Kim - n/v (2nd-timer) (leader)
* Jason Clark - n/v leader
* Margaret Heller
* Sarah Johnston - n
* Andrea Schurr - n/v (2nd-timer)
* Jason Ronallo
* Karen Coombs - v
* Eric James
* Misty De Meo - n
* Keri Thompson - n
* Andreas Orphanides - v
* Tom Burton-West -v
* Keith Folsom - n
* Sam Meister - n
* Jen Weintraub - n
* Reservation made for 15. Bring cash if you can! =)

Drinks: [http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-hideout-seattle Hideout Lounge] for local art, fancy cocktails, and Belgian beer
0.3 miles 8 min. walk
* Bohyun Kim - n/v (2nd-timer) (leader)
* Jason Clark - n/v leader
* Lisa Kurt - n
* Margaret Heller
* Andrea Schurr - n/v (2nd-timer)
* Anoop Atre (Would love to if back from MS visit)
* Heather Pitts (maybe) - n
* Evviva Weinraub - Hope to join up if back from MS visit)
* Megan Banasek -n
* Misty De Meo (maybe) - n
* Keri Thompson (definitely)
* David Drexler (likely) - n
* Andreas Orphanides - v
* Rebecca Jones - n
* Chick Markley - v
* Ray Henry - n
* Jonathan Green (likely) - n
* Aaron Collier - n
* Tim Lepczyk - n

Hospitality suite intro chat/ hangout: just show up at the hospitality suite - no sign up required.

===Morning Run Tuesday===
I (Ray Schwartz) am organizing a morning run for anyone that would like to join me. It will be around 5 to 6 miles. I usually run a 10 minute per mile pace. And I would like to start around 7am. Select which days Tuesday or Wednesday or both mornings. Choose the date you wish via this Doodle link http://www.doodle.com/3tbigutqvkda5ib8

Link to the course map is at http://www.runningmap.com/?id=351428.

So far 4 have signed up for both Tuesday and Wednesday. Let's meet in the Lobby at 7am on Tuesday, and we will decide how to do Wednesday.

===Newcomer dinner Tuesday===
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 (2nd timer but it's been a ''long'' time)
<strike>* William Gunn - n</strike> - Sorry I must beg out, someone may want to take my spot.
* Rebecca Jones - n
* Chick Markley - v - leader
* Keri Thompson - n
* Andy Jackson - n
* Tom Burton-West -v
*'''capped at 6''' ''Reservation is at 6:30, I will be in lobby before walking over''

[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)
We are meeting in the lobby of the hotel at 6pm.
* Ken Varnum - n
* Chad Nelson - n
* Ed Summers - v
* Tommy Ingulfsen - n
* Adam Wead - v or .5n
* Dan Coughlin - n
*'''capped at 6''' ''(So, who's the fearless leader of this group? ~yo_bj)''

[http://www.rockbottom.com/ The Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery] (American)
It seemed like all the others were full so I thought it start this in case anyone else is as crazy unprepared as I am. Since we have no reservations feel free to join.
* Jonathan Green (jonathan at discoverygarden dot ca) - n
* Ed Fugikawa ( ed AT coalliance DOT org ) - n
* Zinthia Briceno - n (@zbriceno)
* David Talley - n ( dwtalley AT uw DOT edu ) -- Where to meet? Hotel main entrance, 6pm?
* Patrick Berry - v (@pberry) -- Lobby at 6pm sounds perfect. I'm the short blonde guy. I guess I will "lead" our merry band of famished folk.
* Al Cornish - v
* Tom Keays - v
* Andrew Pasterfield - n ( deesnutz AT gmail punto com )
* '''Not Taking Reservations -- Come with us at your own risk'''

[http://www.wildginger.net/ Wild Ginger] (Asian, a bit overpriced) "Reservations made under Jason Clark at 6pm for 6 people. Meeting in hotel lobby around 5:45pm."
* Jason Clark - n/v leader
* Tamar Sadeh - n
* Kevin Clarke - v
* Gary Thompson - n
* Keith Folsom - n
* Sarah Park - n (my Seattle friend recommended this place!)

[http://www.thepurplecafe.com/index.html Purple Cafe] (American, Wine Bar) ''reservation made under Calvin Mah for 6:30pm for the 6 of us. I'll be meeting in the hotel lobby at 6pm with some sort of sign. See you then!''
* Calvin Mah - (leader) - v
* David Isaak - n
* Aaron Collier - n
* Sean Hannan - v
* Joshua Gomez - v
* Charlie Morris - n
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://www.cafepaloma.com/ Cafe Paloma] (Mediterranean) Reservation for 6:15 -- Meet in hotel lobby at 6 -- I have short white hair and will be wearing a purple jacket.
* Jean Rainwater (leader) - v
* Kelley McGrath - n
* Lori Robare - n
* Emily Lynema - v
* Sarah Johnston - n
* Sam Meister - n
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://www.thecollinspub.com/ Collins Pub] (Pub Food, great beer selection) ''Meet in the lobby at 6:15pm''
* Francis Kayiwa - (leader) "(get hold of me at first dot last name at goog as the date gets closer with your mobile)" v
* Michael Lindsey - v
* Dan Suchy - v
* David Drexler - n
* Laura Smart - n
* Heather Pitts - n
*'''capped at 6'''

[http://www.mcmenamins.com/311-six-arms-home Six Arms - McMenamins] (Pub Food & they brew their own beer) ''Meet in the Lobby at 6pm. I've also emailed you. --Joel''
* Joel Richard (richardjm AT si.edu) (leader) - v
* Margaret Heller - v
* Sibyl Schaefer (sschaefer AT rockarch . org) - v
* Tim Lepczyk (timlepczyk AT gmail.com) - n
* Ray Schwartz (schwartzr2@wpunj.edu) - v
* Andrea Schurr (andrea-schurr AT utc DOT edu) - v(2nd-timer)
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://www.611supreme.com/ 611 Supreme] (Crepes and Full Bar) ''Reservation for 6 at 6:30. 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
*Stephanie Collett - n (2nd-timer)
*Bethany Nowviskie - n
* Ben Shum - n
*'''capped at 6'''

[http://www.panafricamarket.com/wp/ Pan Africa Restaurant & Bar] (Pan African)
CLOSED TUESDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the confusion. I have moved everyone to Long Provincial, so that you'll have a place held in case you want it. If Long Provincial doesn't suit you, please remove your name in case someone else wants the spot. Again, I'm sorry. --Jason

[http://longprovincial.com/ Long Provincial] Vietnamese (.7 miles from hotel; 15 minute walk)

Reservation for 6 for 6:30 (and I have a confirmation number!). Meet in the hotel lobby at 6 to allow for a strolling pace to walk over there.

Has a jellyfish tank.

*Jason Ronallo (leader?) - v?
*Nettie Lagace - n
*Bohyun Kim - n/v (2nd-timer)
*Wendy Robertson - n
*Jennifer Bowen - n/v (3rd timer)
*James Stuart - n
*'''capped at six'''

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

[http://momijiseattle.com/ Momiji] New Japanese restaurant in Seattle - [http://www.concierge.com/tools/blogs/unpacked/2011/10/momiji-seattle.html Reviewed in Concierge.com]

* Andrew Nagy (leader) - v
* Cory Lown - v
* Tod Robbins - n
* Dennis Schafroth - n
*<strike> Tammy Allgood Wolf - n</strike> Sorry, I'm not feeling well and am going to cancel, if anyone wants my spot.
* Tim Shearer - v
* Tim Clarke - n
*'''capped at six'''

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=palace-kitchen-dinner Palace Kitchen] (another Tom Douglas restaurant, w/ a focus on meat). ''I have made a reservation for 6 at 8pm. Let's meet in the conference lobby at 6:30pm and make our way slowly over; we will find things to do in the interim. Look for Mike Giarlo, a man who may be holding a sign that says "HI I'M MIKE GIARLO" or otherwise shouting his name or looking confused.''

* Mike Giarlo (leader) - v
* Carmen Mitchell - n
* Daniel Lovins - v
* Cary Gordon - v
* Declan Fleming - v
* Space available!!
* (CAPPED AT SIX!)

[http://sitkaandspruce.com/ Sitka and Spruce] (Eclectic, super-local and super-seasonal.) ''We have a reservation for 6 at 8:15pm. We'll meet in the conference lobby at 6:30 pm and head over - the owners also run [http://www.ferdinandthebar.com/home/ Bar Ferd'nand], a wine shop/bar in the same building, and we can kill time there before we eat. Look for Mark Matienzo or Hillel Arnold.''

* Mark Matienzo (leader) - v
* Hillel Arnold - sophomore
* Devon Smith - v
* Derek Merleaux - sophmore
* Jennifer Weintraub - n
* Peter Green - n (2nd)

[http://www.yelp.com/biz/japonessa-seattle Japonessa Restaurant] (Japanese + full bar)

''Reservations for 6 at 7:00pm - Meet in lobby at 6:15''

* Ryan Wick (leader) - v
* Kate Zwaard - n
* Joe Atzberger - v
* Scott Fisher - n (2nd-timer)
* Anoop Atre - n
* Lisa Kurt - n
* '''capped at 6'''

[http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=serious-pie Serious Pie] (Tom Douglas restaurant, inventive pizzas, good local beer list).

''No reservations for parties at Serious Pie...So, let's meet in the lobby at 6:30. Look for a guy wearing an 'Alma' sticker (me). Others out there...come and crash the 'capped at six' crowd heading to Serious Pie.''

* Christopher Spalding (leader) - v
* Robin Schaaf - n
* Jason Stirnaman - v
* Christina Morris - n
* Ray Henry - n
* Sean Purcell - n
* '''capped at 6'''

[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!''

''We have reservations for 6 at 6:45.''

* Andreas Orphanides (leader) - v
* Mark Mounts - v
* Joe Montibello - n
* Justin Littman - n
* Ron Peterson
* Bobbi Fox - sophmore
* (CAPPED AT SIX!)
Crashing the [http://www.seattlerb.org/ Seattle Ruby] meetup, which meets on Capital Hill at 7:00 on Tuesdays. Eat at [http://www.yelp.com/biz/poppy-seattle Poppy] before. Reservations for 6:15. Leaving from the hotel lobby at 5:45. ''If you dig Ruby, come to this. Seattle ruby produced Nokogiri, Vlad, Rubygems.org ....''
* Matt Zumwalt (leader) - v
* *Justin Coyne - n
* Misty De Meo - n
* Fumihiro Kato - n (2nd timer)
* Dan Brubaker Horst - n (3nd timer)
* Willy Mene - sophomore
* (CAPPED AT SIX)

[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)
Have reservations for 6.45. It's about a mile from hotel. 10min bus, 30 min walk. Meet in lobby @ 6 and we'll work out bus/walk/cab. -corey
* Tara Robertson - n
* Shawn Averkamp - sophomore
* Corey Harper - v (leader)
* Shaun Ellis - sophomore
* Jon Stroop - fifth year senior
* Birkin James Diana - v (hi Jon!; hey newcomers, I'm taking the 6th slot, but, if you're stuck for a signup, plz do feel free to bump/overwrite me - seriously!)
* '''capped at 6'''

[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)
* Jacob Reed - n
* Brian McBride - n

'''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://www.temperodobrasil.net/ Tempero do Brasil] I was excited to see Ipanema Grill 6 blocks from the hotel, unfortunately it seems to be closed for good. So this restaurant which is a 10 minute ($15) cab ride away and which also serves Brazilian cuisine (including the ever-tasty feijoada) will have to do. Reservation at 6:45, meet in lobby at 6:15 with a plan of getting in the taxis at about 6:30. I'll be wearing a red and white Hawaiian shirt.

* Robert Haschart - leader - v third year
* Molly Pickral - n
* Erik Hetzner - 2nd c4l
* Paul Deschner -n (where should we meet?)

[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)

==="Get Lamp" viewing Tuesday (9 PM) ===

"Tuesday, February 7, 9 PM or shortly after -Courtyard Ballroom"

Adam Wead and Michael Klein are organizing a viewing of [http://www.getlamp.com/ Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary]

It's not about Linux, Apache, MySQL or PHP, but if you don't have a one, you might get eaten by a grue.

If there is additional interest, there may be another viewing this week.

===Morning Run Wednesday===
I (Ray Schwartz) will not be running on Wednesday. Though several others have said that they will meet at 7am in the Hotel Lobby. I would recommend to walk straight down west to the water front and turn right-heading north, following the pedestrian path. It goes on or some miles, so it is a good choice.

===Veg*n Dinner Wednesday===

We'll pick a place with lots of veg*n options to go eat Wednesday for dinner. Vegetarians and non-vegetarians welcome.

*[http://lovinghut.us/seattle/index.html Loving Hut] Modest price. 1 mile from hotel. Will do bill splitting if we let them know up front.

Talked with Loving Hut and made a reservation for 15 for 6:30. Meet in the hotel lobby at 6.

*Jason Ronallo (jronallo AT gmail.com)
*Sean Hannan
*Ed Summers
*James Stuart
*Bohyun Kim
*Bethany Nowviskie
*Margaret Heller
*Laura Smart
*Sibyl Schaefer
*Cynthia Ng
*Andrea Shurr
*Eric James
*Birkin James Diana
*Sheree F
*Misty De Meo
*Reservation is for 15.

===Meat-Up Dinner Wednesday===

RIP Meat-Up. Going to Amazon for hurricanes.

(if you do not find a suitable burger joint, there are also some top-notch steakhouses in Seattle. Both the Metropolitan Grill and El Gaucho are delightful if folks are OK with $50 steaks. Just FYI, not trying to hijack your meat-up, Cary!. -mjgiarlo)

===Evergreen/Koha and friends dinner Wednesday===
Put your name and any food limitations, or suggestions of places to go. We'll figure where we're going later. For now, let's assume we're meeting in the hotel lobby at 6pm.

Since I don't see any seafood restaurant for dinners I'm (Anoop) suggesting this place and can make reservations:

Six Seven Restaurant & Lounge [http://www.opentable.com/six-seven-restaurant-and-lounge?scpref=170 | OpenTable entry]
2411 Alaskan Way, Pier 67
Seattle, WA 98121

* Tara Robertson
* Chris Sharp
* Tod Robbins - n
* Ben Shum
* Anoop Atre - n
* Matt Carlson - n
* Luis Baquera - n
* Larry Baerveldt (someplace with beer, natch)
* David Drexler -n (if there's space)
* Wayne Schneider

===[[2012 Craft Brew Drinkup|Craft Brew Drinkup]], Wednesday (9 PM)===

'''Wednesday, February 8, 9 PM-ish - LOCATION TBA'''

Like good beer? Bring some in your luggage! Some of us are planning to bring some of our favorite local, special, or homebrewed beers to share. Interested? Sign up on the [[2012 Craft Brew Drinkup]] page!

'''PLEASE POST WILLING TO HOST ON THE [[2012 Craft Brew Drinkup|DRINKUP PAGE]]''' :)

===Dim Sum Lunch Thursday===

For those of you staying in town after the last session on Thursday, [http://oasiankitchen.com/ O'Asian Kitchen] has dim sum service during the weekdays. Meet up around 12:35, meeting location tba. Bring cash for easier bill splitting.

*Becky Yoose
* Declan Fleming - love me some Dim Sum!
* Adam Wead
* Heather Pitts
* Sibyl Schaefer
* Anoop Atre
* Dan Suchy
* Carmen Mitchell
* Tara Robertson
* Ray Schwartz
* Cynthia Ng
* Corey Harper
* Joshua Gomez
* Cary Gordon
* Mike Giarlo
* Joe Atzberger
* Dileshni Jayasinghe
* Ryan Wick
* Dennis Schafroth
* Mike Durbin
* Ben Shum
* Dan Chudnov

==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==
===Saturday, February 4, 2012===
In case you are showing up really early.
* Belgianfest: http://www.washingtonbeer.com/belgianfest/
===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/
* Science Fiction + Fantasy short film festival, Encore screening. http://www.empmuseum.org/programs/index.asp?categoryID=216

===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/
* Intro to Arduino Workshop, 7pm at Metrix Create Space http://metrixcreatespace.com/

===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
* Amazon Tech in Seattle is having an open house next Wednesday at 5:30 PM with Werner Vogels and David Friedberg of the Climate Corporation. https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-open-house-february-2012/ ([http://g.co/maps/adpnt map])

===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
* Map of [http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/RegionMap.asp?rid=7600 beer venues] maintained by Ratebeer.com.

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

==Tour of the Seattle Public Library==

===Tuesday breakout session 3-4pm - max 20 ppl===

Meet by the coffee urns, leaving at 2:55pm (10% off at the gift shop if you mention that you are attending code4lib)

* Tara Robertson
* Bohyun Kim
* Shirley Lew
* Margaret Heller
* Ben Shum
* Chris Sharp
* Cynthia Ng
* Megan Banasek
* Chris Beer
* Peter Murray
* Bobbi Fox
* Joe Montibello
* Tim Lepczyk
* Mark Mounts
* Robin Dean
* Robert Haschart
* Zoe Chao
* Shawn Averkamp

More tour may come later. Stay tuned!

Jeff Christensen 206-387-4659

centaltours@spl.org

===Wednesday afternoon tour===
Tour on Tuesday was nice, but less of a "behind the scenes" experience than I'd hoped. The tour guide talked a bit about the building, architecture and some of the design aspects that worked (and didn't). Unfortunately the Wed tour will not include the automatic materials sorting room. Again, max 20 people.

Also, Wednesday needs a group wrangler.

Meet the tour guide by the gift shop, just inside the 5th Ave entrance.

* Anoop Atre
* Sean Chen
* Andrew Pasterfield
* Ed Fugikawa
* Jacob Reed
* Brian McBride
* Calvin Mah
* Duncan Barth
* Molly Pickral
* Jean Rainwater
* Matt Critchlow
* Heather Pitts
* Dennis Schafroth
* Corey Harper
*Greg Schrank
* Luis Baquera
* Tamar Sadeh
[[Category:Code4Lib2012]]

2012 preconference proposals

2012-01-26T19:53:09Z

Was: /* 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
*Jim Robinson
*David Bucknum
*Jean Rainwater
*Laney McGlohon
*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

==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)

=== 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>

=== 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

==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

=== 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)

=== 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)

== 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 preconference proposals

2012-01-26T19:52:19Z

Was: /* 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
*Jim Robinson
*David Bucknum
*Jean Rainwater
*Laney McGlohon
*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

==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)

=== 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>

=== 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

==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>

=== 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)

=== 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)

== 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 preconference proposals

2012-01-26T19:51:54Z

Was: /* 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
*Jim Robinson
*David Bucknum
*Jean Rainwater
*Laney McGlohon
*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

==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)

=== 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>

=== 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

==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>

=== 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)

=== 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)

== 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 preconference proposals

2012-01-12T15:15:12Z

Was: /* 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==

=== Hacking Content ===

What is the future of getting library information and resources into users’ hands at the right time and with appropriate context and relevancy. Learning management systems, library guides, Web-scale discovery systems-plenty of tools to choose from and still we see lots of opportunities for improvement. Let’s pick them apart and brainstorm ideas for projects that could address weaknesses in one or all of these systems. If you’re interested in these issues, challenges and conundrums join us for a day of thinking, dreaming and scheming. All skill sets and backgrounds needed.

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

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

==== Interest in Attending ====

=== 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
*Jim Robinson
*David Bucknum
*Jean Rainwater
*Laney McGlohon
*Joshua Gomez
*Wayne Schneider

==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

=== 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>

==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: Ian Walls, ByWater Solutions, @sekjal or ian.walls at bywatersolutions com

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)

=== 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)

=== 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 )

=== [[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 ====
* Jen Weintraub (jweintraub@library.ucla.edu)
* Peter Green (pmgreen@princeton.edu)

=== "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>

== 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 and the Envisioning Lab. 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]

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: Rob Fatland; Christophe Poulain; Michael Zyskowski
[[Category: Code4Lib2012]]

2012 preconference proposals

2012-01-12T15:14:42Z

Was: /* 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==

=== Hacking Content ===

What is the future of getting library information and resources into users’ hands at the right time and with appropriate context and relevancy. Learning management systems, library guides, Web-scale discovery systems-plenty of tools to choose from and still we see lots of opportunities for improvement. Let’s pick them apart and brainstorm ideas for projects that could address weaknesses in one or all of these systems. If you’re interested in these issues, challenges and conundrums join us for a day of thinking, dreaming and scheming. All skill sets and backgrounds needed.

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

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

==== Interest in Attending ====

=== 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
*Jim Robinson
*David Bucknum
*Jean Rainwater
*Laney McGlohon
*Joshua Gomez

==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

=== 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>

==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: Ian Walls, ByWater Solutions, @sekjal or ian.walls at bywatersolutions com

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)

=== 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)

=== 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 )

=== [[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 ====
* Jen Weintraub (jweintraub@library.ucla.edu)
* Peter Green (pmgreen@princeton.edu)

=== "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>

== 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 and the Envisioning Lab. 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]

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: Rob Fatland; Christophe Poulain; Michael Zyskowski
[[Category: Code4Lib2012]]

2012 preconference proposals

2012-01-12T15:13:42Z

Was: /* 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==

=== Hacking Content ===

What is the future of getting library information and resources into users’ hands at the right time and with appropriate context and relevancy. Learning management systems, library guides, Web-scale discovery systems-plenty of tools to choose from and still we see lots of opportunities for improvement. Let’s pick them apart and brainstorm ideas for projects that could address weaknesses in one or all of these systems. If you’re interested in these issues, challenges and conundrums join us for a day of thinking, dreaming and scheming. All skill sets and backgrounds needed.

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

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

==== Interest in Attending ====

=== 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
*Jim Robinson
*David Bucknum
*Jean Rainwater
*Laney McGlohon
*Joshua Gomez

==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

=== 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>

==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: Ian Walls, ByWater Solutions, @sekjal or ian.walls at bywatersolutions com

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)
* Wayne Schneider (wschneider@hclib.org)

=== 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)

=== 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 )

=== [[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 ====
* Jen Weintraub (jweintraub@library.ucla.edu)
* Peter Green (pmgreen@princeton.edu)

=== "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>

== 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 and the Envisioning Lab. 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]

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: Rob Fatland; Christophe Poulain; Michael Zyskowski
[[Category: Code4Lib2012]]

2012 talks proposals

2011-11-16T18:22:17Z

Was:

Deadline for talk submission is ''Sunday, November 20''.

Prepared talks are 20 minutes (including setup and questions), and focus on one or more of the following areas:
* tools (some cool new software, software library or integration platform)
* specs (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones)
* challenges (one or more big problems we should collectively address)

The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of:
* usefulness
* newness
* geekiness
* diversity of topics

Please follow the formatting guidelines:

<pre>

== Talk Title: ==

* Speaker's name, affiliation, and email address
* Second speaker's name, affiliation, email address, if second speaker

Abstract of no more than 500 words.
</pre>

== VuFind 2.0: Why and How? ==

* Demian Katz, Villanova University, demian.katz@villanova.edu

A major new version of the VuFind discovery software is currently in development. While VuFind 1.x remains extremely popular, some of its components are beginning to show their age. VuFind 2.0 aims to retain all the strengths of the previous version of the software while making the architecture cleaner, more modern and more standards-based. This presentation will examine the motivation behind the update, preview some of the new features to look forward to, and discuss the challenges of creating a developer-friendly open source package in PHP.

== Open Source Software Registry ==

* [[User:DataGazetteer|Peter Murray]], LYRASIS, Peter.Murray@lyrasis.org

LYRASIS is creating and shepherding a [[Registry_E-R_Diagram|registry of library open source software]] as part of its [http://www.lyrasis.org/News/Press-Releases/2011/LYRASIS-Receives-Grant-to-Support-Open-Source.aspx grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the adoption of open source software by libraries].
The goal of the grant is to help libraries of all types determine if open source software is right for them, and what combination of software, hosting, training, and consulting works for their situation.
The registry is intended to become a community exchange point and stimulant for growth of the library open source ecosystem by connecting libraries with projects, service providers, and events.

The first half of this session will demonstrate the registry functions and describe how projects and providers can get involved.
The second half of the session will be a brainstorming suggestion of how to expand the functionality and usefulness of the registry.

== Property Graphs And TinkerPop Applications in Digital Libraries ==

* Brian Tingle, California Digital Library, brian.tingle.cdlib.org@gmail.com

[http://www.tinkerpop.com/ TinkerPop] is an open source software development group focusing on technologies in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_database graph database] space.
This talk will provide a general introduction to the TinkerPop Graph Stack and the [https://github.com/tinkerpop/gremlin/wiki/Defining-a-Property-Graph property graph model] is uses. The introduction will include code examples and explanations of the property graph models used by the [http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ Social Networks in Archival Context] project and show how the historical social graph is exposed as a JSON/REST API implemented by a TinkerPop [https://github.com/tinkerpop/rexster rexster] [https://github.com/tinkerpop/rexster-kibbles Kibble] that contains the application's graph theory logic. Other graph database applications possible with TinkerPop such as RDF support, and citation analysis will also be discussed.

== Security in Mind ==

* Erin Germ, United States Naval Academy, Nimitz Library, germ@usna.edu

I would like to talk about security of library software.

Over the Summer, I discovered a critical vulnerability in a vendor’s software that (verified) allowed me to assume any user’s identity for that site, (verified) switch to any user, and to (unverified, meaning I didn’t not perform this as I didn’t want to “hack” another library’s site) assume the role of any user for any other library who used this particular vendor's software.

Within a 3 hour period, I discovered a 2 vulnerabilities: 1) minor one allowing me to access any backups from any library site, and 2) a critical vulnerability. From start to finish, the examination, discovery in the vulnerability, and execution of a working exploit was done in less than 2 hours. The vulnerability was a result of poor cookie implementation. The exploit itself revolved around modifying the cookie, and then altering the browser’s permissions by assuming the role of another user.

I do not intend on stating which vendor it was, but I will show how I was able to perform this. If needed, I can do further research and “investigation” into other vendor's software to see what I can “find”.

''If selected, I will contact the vendor to inform them that I will present about this at C4L2012. I do not intend on releasing the name of the vendor.''

== Search Engines and Libraries ==

* Greg Lindahl, blekko CTO, greg@blekko.com

[https://blekko.com blekko] is a new web-scale search engine which enables end-users to create vertical search engines, through a feature called [http://help.blekko.com/index.php/category/slashtags/ slashtags]. Slashtags can contain as few as 1 or as many as tens of thousands of websites relevant to a narrow or broad topic. We have an extensive set of slashtags curated by a combination of volunteers and an in-house librarian team, or end-users can create and share their own. This talk will cover examples of slashtag creation relevant to libraries, and show how to embed this search into a library website, either using javascript or via our API.

''We have exhibited at a couple of library conferences, and have received a lot of interest. blekko is a free service.''

== Beyond code. Versioning data with Git and Mercurial. ==

* Stephanie Collett, California Digital Library, stephanie.collett@ucop.edu
* Martin Haye, California Digital Library, martin.haye@ucop.edu

Within a relatively short time since their introduction, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_Version_Control_System distributed version control systems] (DVCS) like [http://git-scm.com/ Git] and [http://mercurial.selenic.com/ Mercurial] have enjoyed widespread adoption for versioning code. It didn’t take long for the library development community to start discussing the potential for using DVCS within our applications and repositories to version data. After all, many of the features that have made some of these systems popular in the open source community to version code (e.g. lightweight, file-based, compressed, reliable) also make them compelling options for versioning data. And why write an entire versioning system from scratch if a DVCS solution can be a drop-in solution? At the [http://www.cdlib.org/ California Digital Library] (CDL) we’ve started using Git and Mercurial in some of our applications to version data. This has proven effective in some situations and unworkable in others. This presentation will be a practical case study of CDL’s experiences with using DVCS to version data. We will explain how we’re incorporating Git and Mercurial in our applications, describe our successes and failures and consider the issues involved in repurposing these systems for data versioning.

==Design for Developers==

*Lisa Kurt, University of Nevada, Reno, lkurt@unr.edu

Users expect good design. This talk will delve into what makes really great design, what to look for, and how to do it. Learn the principles of great design to take your applications, user interfaces, and projects to a higher level. With years of experience in graphic design and illustration, Lisa will discuss design principles, trends, process, tools, and development. Design examples will be from her own projects as well as a variety from industry. You’ll walk away with design knowledge that you can apply immediately to a variety of applications and a number of top notch go-to resources to get you up and running.

==Building research applications with Mendeley==

William Gunn, Mendeley william.gunn@mendeley.com (@mrgunn)

This is partly a tool talk and partly a big idea one.

Mendeley has built the world's largest open database of research and we've now begun to collect some interesting social metadata around the document metadata. I would like to share with the Code4Lib attendees information about using this resource to do things within your application that have previously been impossible for the library community, or in some cases impossible without expensive database subscriptions. One thing that's now possible is to augment catalog search by surfacing information about content usage, allowing people to not only find things matching a query, but popular things or things read by their colleagues. In addition to augmenting search, you can also use this information to augment discovery. Imagine an online exhibit of artifacts from a newly discovered dig not just linking to papers which discuss the artifact, but linking to really good interesting papers about the place and the people who made the artifacts. So the big idea is, "How will looking at the literature from a broader perspective than simple citation analysis change how research is done and communicated? How can we build tools that make this process easier and faster?" I can show some examples of applications that have been built using the Mendeley and PLoS APIs to begin to address this question, and I can also present results from Mendeley's developer challenge which shows what kinds of applications researchers are looking for, what kind of applications peope are building, and illustrates some interesting places where the two don't overlap.

==Your UI can make or break the application (to the user, anyway)==

* Robin Schaaf, University of Notre Dame, schaaf.4@nd.edu

UI development is hard and too often ends up as an after-thought to computer programmers - if you were a CS major in college I'll bet you didn't have many, if any, design courses. I'll talk about how to involve the users upfront with design and some common pitfalls of this approach. I'll also make a case for why you should do the screen design before a single line of code is written. And I'll throw in some ideas for increasing usability and attractiveness of your web applications. I'd like to make a case study of the UI development of our open source ERMS.

==Why Nobody Knows How Big The Library Really Is - Perspective of a Library Outside Turned Insider==

* Patrick Berry, California State University, Chico, pberry@csuchico.edu

In this talk I would like to bring the perspective of an "outsider" (although an avowed IT insider) to let you know that people don't understand the full scope of the library. As we "rethink education", it is incumbent upon us to help educate our institutions as to the scope of the library. I will present some of the tactics I'm employing to help people outside, and in some cases inside, the library to understand our size and the value we bring to the institution.

==Building a URL Management Module using the Concrete5 Package Architecture==

* David Uspal, Villanova University, david.uspal@villanova.edu

Keeping track of URLs utilized across a large website such as a university library, and keeping that content up to date for subject and course guides, can be a pain, and as an open source shop, we’d like to have open source solution for this issue. For this talk, I intend to detail our solution to this issue by walking step-by-step through the building process for our URL Management module -- including why a new solution was necessary; a quick rundown of our CMS ([http://www.concrete5.org Concrete5], a CMS that isn’t Drupal); utilizing the Concrete5 APIs to isolate our solution from core code (to avoid complications caused by core updates); how our solution was integrated into the CMS architecture for easy installation; and our future plans on the project.

==Building an NCIP connector to OpenSRF to facilitate resource sharing==

* Jon Scott, Lyrasis, jon_scott@wsu.edu and Kyle Banerjee, Orbis Cascade Alliance, banerjek@uoregon.edu

How do you reverse engineer any protocol to provide a new service? Humans (and worse yet, committees) often design verbose protocols built around use cases that don't line up current reality. To compound difficulties, the contents of protocol containers are not sufficiently defined/predictable and the only assistance available is sketchy documentation and kind individuals on the internet willing to share what they learned via trial by fire.

NCIP (Niso Circulation Interchange Protocol) is an open standard that defines a set of messages to support exchange of circulation data between disparate circulation, interlibrary loan, and related applications -- widespread adoption of NCIP would eliminate huge amounts of duplicate processing in separate systems.

This presentation discusses how we learned enough about NCIP and OpenSRF from scratch to build an NCIP responder for Evergreen to facilitate resource sharing in a large consortium that relies on over 20 different ILSes.

==Practical Agile: What's Working for Stanford, Blacklight, and Hydra==

* Naomi Dushay, Stanford University Libraries, ndushay@stanford.edu

Agile development techniques can be difficult to adopt in the context of library software development. Maybe your shop has only one or two developers, or you always have too many simultaneous projects. Maybe your new projects can’t be started until 27 librarians reach consensus on the specifications.

This talk will present successful Agile- and Silicon-Valley-inspired practices we’ve adopted at Stanford and/or in the Blacklight and Hydra projects. We’ve targeted developer happiness as well as improved productivity with our recent changes. User stories, dead week, sight lines … it’ll be a grab bag of goodies to bring back to your institution, including some ideas on how to adopt these practices without overt management buy in.

==Quick and <strike>Dirty</strike> Clean Usability: Rapid Prototyping with Bootstrap==

* Shaun Ellis, Princeton University Libraries, shaune@princeton.edu

''"The code itself is unimportant; a project is only as useful as people actually find it." - Linus Torvalds'' [http://bit.ly/p4uuyy]

Usability has been a buzzword for some time now, but what is the process for making the the transition toward a better user experience, and hence, better designed library sites? I will discuss the one facet of the process my team is using to redesign the Finding Aids site for Princeton University Libraries (still in development). The approach involves the use of rapid prototyping, with Bootstrap [http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/], to make sure we are on track with what users and stakeholders expect up front, and throughout the development process.

Because Bootstrap allows for early and iterative user feedback, it is more effective than the historic Photoshop mockups/wireframe technique. The Photoshop approach allows stakeholders to test the look, but not the feel -- and often leaves developers scratching their heads. Being a CSS/HTML/Javascript grid-based framework, Bootstrap makes it easy for anyone with a bit of HTML/CSS chops to quickly build slick, interactive prototypes right in the browser -- tangible solutions which can be shared, evaluated, revised, and followed by all stakeholders (see Minimum Viable Products [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product]). Efficiency is multiplied because the customized prototypes can flow directly into production use, as is the goal with iterative development approaches, such as the Agile methodology.

While Bootstrap is not the only framework that offers grid-based layout, development is expedited and usability is enhanced by Bootstraps use of of "prefabbed" conventional UI patterns, clean typography, and lean Javascript for interactivity. Furthermore, out-of-the box Bootstrap comes in a fairly neutral palette, so focus remains on usability, and does not devolve into premature discussions of color or branding choices. Finally, using Less can be a powerful tool in conjunction with Bootstrap, but is not necessary. I will discuss the pros and cons, and offer examples for how to getting up and running with or without Less.

==Search Engine Relevancy Tuning - A Static Rank Framework for Solr/Lucene==

* Mike Schultz, Amazon.com (formerly Summon Search Architect) mike.schultz@gmail.com

Solr/Lucene provides a lot of flexibility for adjusting relevancy scoring and improving search results. Roughly speaking there are two areas of concern: Firstly, a 'dynamic rank' calculation that is a function of the user query and document text fields. And secondly, a 'static rank' which is independent of the query and generally is a function of non-text document metadata. In this talk I will outline an easily understood, hand-tunable static rank system with a minimal number of parameters.

The obvious major feature of a search engine is to return results relevant to a user query. Perhaps less obvious is the huge role query independent document features play in achieving that. Google's PageRank is an example of a static ranking of web pages based on links and other secret sauce. In the Summon service, our 800 million documents have features like publication date, document type, citation count and Boolean features like the-article-is-peer-reviewed. These fields aren't textual and remain 'static' from query to query, but need to influence a document's relevancy score. In our search results, with all query related features being equal, we'd rather have more recent documents above older ones, Journals above Newspapers, and articles that are peer reviewed above those that are not. The static rank system I will describe achieves this and has the following features:

* Query-time only calculation - nothing is baked into the index - with parameters adjustable at query time.
* The system is based on a signal metaphor where components are 'wired' together. System components allow multiplexing, amplifying, summing, tunable band-pass filtering, string-to-value-mapping all with a bare minimum of parameters.
* An intuitive approach for mixing dynamic and static rank that is more effective than simple adding or multiplying.
* A way of equating disparate static metadata types that leads to understandable results ordering.

==Submitting Digitized Book-like things to the Internet Archive==

* Joel Richard, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, richardjm@si.edu

The Smithsonian Libraries has submitted thousands of out-of-copyright items to the Internet Archive over the years. Specifically in relation to the Biodiversity Heritage Library, we have developed an in-house boutique scanning and upload process that became a learning experience in automated uploading to the Archive. As part of the software development, we created a whitepaper that details the combined learning experiences of the Smithsonian Libraries and the Missouri Botanical Garden. We will discuss some of the the contents of this whitepaper in the context of our scanning process and the manner in which we upload items to the Archive.

Our talk will include a discussion of the types of files and their formats used by the Archive, processes that the Archive performs on uploaded items, ways of interacting and affecting those processes, potential pitfalls and solutions that you may encounter when uploading, and tools that the Archive provides to help monitor and manage your uploaded documents.

Finally, we'll wrap up with a brief summary of how to use things that are on the Internet Archive in your own websites.

== So... you think you want to Host a Code4Lib National Conference, do you? ==

* Elizabeth Duell, Orbis Cascade Alliance, eduell@uoregon.edu

Are you interested in hosting your own Code4Lib Conference? Do you know what it would take? What does BEO stands for? What does F&B Minimum mean? Who would you talk to for support/mentoring? There are so many things to think about: internet support, venue size, rooming blocks, contracts, dietary restrictions and coffee (can't forget the coffee!) just to name a few. Putting together a conference of any size can look daunting, so let's take the scary out of it and replace it with a can do attitude!

Be a step ahead of the game by learning from the people behind the curtain. Ask questions and be given templates/ cheat sheets!

== HTML5 Microdata and Schema.org ==

* Jason Ronallo, North Carolina State University Libraries, jason_ronallo@ncsu.edu

When the big search engines announced support for HTML5 microdata and the schema.org vocabularies, the balance of power for semantic markup in HTML shifted.
* What is microdata?
* Where does microdata fit with regards to other approaches like RDFa and microformats?
* Where do libraries stand in the worldview of Schema.org and what can they do about it?
* How can implementing microdata and schema.org optimize your sites for search engines?
* What tools are available?

== Stack View: A Library Browsing Tool ==

* Annie Cain, Harvard Library Innovation Lab, acain@law.harvard.edu
* Jeff Goldenson, Harvard Library Innovation Lab, jgoldenson@law.harvard.edu

In an effort to recreate and build upon the traditional method of browsing a physical library, we used catalog data, including dimensions and page count, to create a [http://librarylab.law.harvard.edu/projects/stackview/ virtual shelf].

This CSS and JavaScript backed visualization allows items to sit on any number of different shelves, really taking advantage of its digital nature. See how we built Stack View on top of our data and learn how you can create shelves of your own using our open source code.

== “Linked-Data-Ready” Software for Libraries ==

* Jennifer Bowen, University of Rochester River Campus Libraries, jbowen@library.rochester.edu

Linked data is poised to replace MARC as the basis for the new library bibliographic framework. For libraries to benefit from linked data, they must learn about it, experiment with it, demonstrate its usefulness, and take a leadership role in its deployment.

The eXtensible Catalog Organization (XCO) offers open-source software for libraries that is “linked-data-ready.” XC software prepares MARC and Dublin Core metadata for exposure to the semantic web, incorporating FRBR Group 1 entities and registered vocabularies for RDA elements and roles. This presentation will include a software demonstration, proposed software architecture for creation and management of linked data, a vision for how libraries can migrate from MARC to linked data, and an update on XCO progress toward linked data goals.

== How people search the library from a single search box ==

* Cory Lown, North Carolina State University Libraries, cory_lown@ncsu.edu

Searching the library is complex. There's the catalog, article databases, journal title and database title look-ups, the library website, finding aids, knowledge bases, etc. How would users search if they could get to all of these resources from a single search box? I'll share what we've learned about single search at NCSU Libraries by tracking use of QuickSearch (http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/search/index.php?q=aerospace+engineering), our home-grown unified search application. As part of this talk I will suggest low-cost ways to collect real world use data that can be applied to improve search. I will try to convince you that data collection must be carefully planned and designed to be an effective tool to help you understand what your users are telling you through their behavior. I will talk about how the fragmented library resource environment challenges us to provide useful and understandable search environments. Finally, I will share findings from analyzing millions of user transactions about how people search the library from a production single search box at a large university library.

== An Incremental Approach to Archival Description and Access ==

* Chela Scott Weber, New York University Libraries, chelascott@gmail.com
* Mark A. Matienzo, Yale University Library, mark@matienzo.org

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== Making the Easy Things Easy: A Generic ILS API ==

* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library, wschneider@hclib.org

Some stuff we try to do is complicated, because, let's face it, library data is hard. Some stuff, on the other hand, should be easy. Given an item identifier, I should be able to look at item availability. Given a title identifier, I should be able to place a request. And no, I shouldn't have to parse through the NCIP specification or write a SIP client to do it.

This talk will present work we have done on a web services approach to an API for traditional library transactional data, including example applications.

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