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We're looking to officially The official kick off of the chapter occurred on October 17th, 2012 at the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic conference. The As with the main code4lib organization, the goal of the organization Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic is to connect librarians, hackers, designers, architects, curators, catalogers, artists and instigators in the Philadelphia and greater Tri-State area (and if you're further out, that's cool too). Sign up for the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4lib-mid-atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group] as we work out the details there for future meetings and activities. === Governance & Contact Info === Because we're an informal group who share a common interest, there's no real Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic governance per-say. Decisions about meet-ups and activities generally work with someone pitching an idea on the mailing list. Therein, if you have an idea for a project, improvement or activity for the group, just send off a quick email to the Google Group, and before you know it, you'll most likely be "head" of said idea or activity. We're a good place to be an Experimentational Clearinghouse(tm), so don't hold back with ideas... With this in mind, we want to structure the regional meetings to tailor to what the community wants -- be it more formal meetings with talks, roundtables, etc or just evening informal meetups at a downtown pub. To this end, we want to hear from YOU (you've read this far, so you must be interested). To be heard, just contact [mailto:david.uspal@villanova.edu David Uspal] or jump onto the mailing list and send a post with your ideas. === Call for Volunteers ===We're looking for volunteers, both for general long-term organizational duties and to help plan future events. Positions that we know we need include a social media expert, an IRC guy/gal, and a social functions organizer. We also need volunteers to help us with needs we as yet don't know we need (and feel free to identify them). If you're interested in helping the chapter, sign up for the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4lib-mid-atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group] and post what you'd be interested in. We're a friendly bunch so don't be afraid to jump right in. === Host a Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Meetup === As well as volunteers, we're definitely looking for future hosts for our Last Wednesday of the Month meet-ups. May, June and October 2013 are currently earmarked, but we're open after that. Typically, we meet in a conference room for one to two hours (having a projector and laptop/computer on hand recommended) and adjourn to a local restaurant or bar for a social hour. If you're interested in hosting, contact [mailto:david.uspal@villanova.edu David Uspal] and he'll get you on the calendar. To keep us "regionally diverse", we're trying to keep on a 3:1 (previously 2:1, since updated) host schedule -- i.e for every three events hosted in Philadelphia (the gravitational center of this region), we'd like to get one outside the city as well. As such, we're especially looking for hosts outside the Center City Philadelphia area. So far, our informal meet-ups have been "Quaker Style", aka anyone who has something to say gets up and presents (no formal time limits, but keeping it 10-15 minutes to be polite.) Feel free to plan your future meetup in this fashion or feel free to experiment with the formula. We're an easy-going bunch, so feel free to has as you'd like. == Past Conferences == For the October 17th kickoff meeting, the conference was located at [http://library.villanova.edu/ Falvey Memorial Library], [http://www1.villanova.edu/ Villanova University], and was held as part of the series of tech conferences, nicknamed the "Tech Trifecta", held at Falvey Library over the week of October 15th, 2012. Video, slide presentations, and abstract pages from this event coming soon(tm). Our first informal meetup was held at the end of November at the Landmark Americana in University City.  January 20th, 2013 saw us meeting at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. April 24th, 2013 saw us meeting at Samuel L. Paley Library, Temple University. May 29th, 2013 saw us meeting at the Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia. June 26th, 2013 saw us meeting for a tour of Hive4A, a coworking/makerspace in Allentown, PA. August 28th, 2013 saw us meeting at Samuel L. Paley Library, Temple University. October 16, 2013 will see us meeting at Falvey Library at Villanova as part of the "Tech Superfecta" series of tech conferences.

== Call for Volunteers = Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic 2013 Schedule of Events ===

We're looking for volunteers, not only for The following is the kick-off conference, but current schedule for general long-term organizational duties. Positions that we know we need include a social media expert, an IRC guy/gal, and a social functions organizer. We also need volunteers to help us with needs we as yet don't know we need (and feel free to identify them). If you're interested in helping the chapterevents on October 16, list your name, email address, affiliation and area of interest here and I'll pull together a Skype chat in the near future2013:

* 9:30 – 10:00 Registration and Coffee Time (Coffee and Pastries available) 10:00 – 10:15 Introduction 10:15 – 10:45 Chad Nelson, Modern Development Best Practices : Testing, Continuous Integration & Automated Builds 10:45 – 11:15 David K Uspaland Chris Hallberg, davidDOTuspalATvillanovaDOTeduBootcamp – A Primer on Responsive Design 11:15 – 11:30 Break 11:30 – 12:00 Katherine Lynch, Villanova UniversityOmeka_a11y: Developing for Digital Exhibits with Accessibility in Mind 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Provided) 1:00 – 1:30 Beverly D. Charlot, Guy who put the initial wiki entry together and official contact point Gaming: Engaging Students through Library Research 1:30 – 2:00 Denise Mangold, Monitoring Systems for the 2012 conferenceMaximum Efficiency and Quick Response to Issues 2:00 – 2:15 Breakout Planning 2:15 – 3:30 Breakout 3:30 – 3:45 Breakout Reporting 3:45 – 4:15 Lightning Talks 4:15 – 4:30 Closing Remarks 5:00 Dinner at Gullifty’s (on your own)

* Scott Williams'''Modern Development Best Practices : Testing, scottwiATupennDOTeduContinuous Integration & Automated Builds Chad Nelson, Penn Museum, willing to help with anythingJenkins Law Library'''

* Matt ZimmermanThis presentation will provide overview of some benefits and drawbacks of some current best practice trends in modern software development. Specifically, mzimmermanATbrynmawrDOTedu, Bryn Mawr College, soft skills stuff (communications, organizingI'll be talking about methods for testing your code to prevent bugs, cat herdingthe what and why of continuous integration, getting people and about automating deployments across your environments to play nicely together)increase uniformity and reduce "works on my machine" type problems.

* Mark WilhelmChad Nelson is a Librarian, markDOTwilhelmATthomsonreutersDOTcomDeveloper, Thomson Reuters, willing to help with anythingand Oft-do-well at Jenkins Law Library.

* 8:00a Expanding on the short talk from our last Code4Lib Mid- 9:00a Coffee Hour (Light Refreshments provided) * 9:00a Atlantic Meet- 9:15a Opening Remarks * 9:15a – 9:45a GOKbup, the Global Open Knowledge Base: What it Builds On, David Uspal and What It Can Help Build - John Mark Ockerbloom, University Chris Hallberg will discuss the integration of Pennsylvania * 9:45a - 10:15a Learning to Be Accessible: Programming for Web Accessibility through a Teaching Bootstrap into the various programs and Learning Environment – Katherine Lynchcontent management systems (specifically, Drexel University * 10:15a - 10:30a Concrete5, WordPress, and VuFind) at Falvey Library over the summer of 2013. Break * 10:30a - 11:00a Preparing Live CD/DVD This discussion will focus on responsive design principles, tips and tricks to get your current content ready for Integrating Koha ILSresponsive design, GSDL/DSpace with Features of a Mail Server - Mohan Raj Pradhan, HealthNet * 11:00a – 11:30a Inside some pitfalls we encountered along the Kuali OLE Project – Michelle Suranofskyway, Lehigh University * 11:30p - 12:00p (Title TBD) - Karen Coombs, OCLC * 12:00p - 1:00p Lunch (Provided) * 1:00p - 1:30p Breakout Planning * 1:30p - 3:00p Breakout Session * 3:00p - 3:30p Breakout Session Discussion * 3:30p - 4:15p Lightening Talks * 4:15p - 4:30p Closing Remarksand things to consider when beginning a responsive design project.

== Abstracts ==UPDATE: A big thank you David Uspal is a member of the Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library Technology Development Team, which works to Karen Coombs create and implement research technology that make research easier for stepping in on short notice to fill our final open presentation slotfaculty, students and staff. Her talk title Chris Hallberg is the graduated Villanova grad assistant and resident front-end engineer to VuFind and abstract will be up shortlyVuDL.

* [http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_summit_2012 VuFind Summit 2012] (Oct 15th and 16th) -- The follow-up to 2010's 2.0 planning meeting will include detailed discussion of the new release and opportunities to network ''Omeka_a11y: Developing for Digital Exhibits with other VuFind users.Accessibility in Mind Katherine Lynch, Temple University Libraries'''

* [http://wikiIn recent years, many institutions have become interested in building online exhibits to spotlight digital preservation efforts and special collections materials.code4libAdditionally, web accessibility, or design and coding measures taken to ensure that websites, tools, and interfaces are understandable and operable by disabled users, is also a growing concern in Higher Education, and the Libraries community specifically.org/index.php/Code4lib_Mid-Atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic 2012] (Oct 17th) -- Code4Lib For online exhibits, there is Omeka, an Open Source content management system designed to act as a volunteeruser-driven collective friendly solution for compiling items into a digital archive with recognized metadata standards, and making them available in highly customizable exhibit websites, no coding required. This year, Temple University Libraries has begun experimenting with Omeka for possible use with online exhibits and other needs. However, in terms of hackersweb accessibility, designersOmeka lacks critical features in its core to be considered truly accessible. In order to use Omeka’s easy-to-adopt software without sacrificing the user experience for disabled students, architectsTemple University Libraries has developed “Omeka_a11y, curators” an accessible forked version of Omeka. Omeka_a11y features front-end interface improvements that make it easier for disabled users to perceive, catalogersunderstand, artists and instigators from around navigate across Omeka sites. This presentation will cover the worldfollowing points of the project, who largely work for and with of web accessibility as it relates to libraries, archives and museums on technology "stuff." The Midthe digital humanities: -Atlantic conference What is a kickweb accessibility? -off What are the responsibilities of nonprofit organizations and Higher Education institutions? - Understanding Web Accessibility Policies - Using Omeka for a Philadelphia Area/TriOnline Exhibits -State chapter of Accessibility testing practices - Creating an enhancement path for inaccessible software - Developing “Omeka_a11y” - Impact on the organizationOmeka user community.

* [http://vustuff.org VuStuff III] (Oct 18th) -- VuStuff Katherine Lynch is an annual conference on the intersections between technology and scholarly communication. It takes place every Fall Senior Digital Library Applications Developer at Villanova Temple University's Falvey Memorial LibraryLibraries in Philadelphia. This year's conferenceShe works in the Digital Library Initiatives Department, VuStuff III, will seek presentations from regional librarians on technology developing and scholarly communication maintaining software solutions that aid in their respective libraries. We hope to foster an ongoing conversation among regional librariesthe creation, in order to further storage, and preservation of digitally-archived materials. Over the development course of technology in service of scholarly communicationher career, she has also earned a national reputation for her research and presentation efforts related to educating software and web developers on how to design and program for web accessibility for disabled users.

The registration fees for these three conferences are as follows'''Gaming:Engaging Students through Library Research Beverly D. Charlot, Delaware State University - William C. Jason Library'''

* VuFind Summit 2012, October 15th This talk will present and 16th, $50demonstrate an interactive library research (ILR) game designed for incoming freshmen students.00 Registration Fee * Code4Lib MidThe ILR game was developed to engage student participation and measure learning outcomes at the conclusion of each information literacy session provided during the school year. First-Atlantic 2012Year University Seminar and English Composition I students are taught basic research and critical thinking skills utilizing the established guidelines from the Association of College and Research Libraries. The structure is very similar to interactive games used by students today. Accessible online, October 17ththe game also provides an additional opportunity to review library information at their leisure, $25reinforcing the goals and objectives covered during the IL session.00 Registration Fee * VuStuff IIIIn today’s global environment, October 18ththese skills are imperative as technology continues to evolve and information increasingly overwhelms society via the Internet, Freeprint, electronic and digital formats.

*David K Uspal, davidDOTuspalATvillanovaDOTedu'''Monitoring Systems for Maximum Efficiency and Quick Response to Issues Denise Mangold, Villanova University, Make a Good Ideas List under the Governance heading'''

Questions on the 2012 conference can be directed to vustuff@villanova.eduDenise Mangold is a UNIX systems administrator at Villanova University, and before that was a Senior Engineer with Comcast supporting mission critical systems such as SAP, Billing and Human resource systems. Other inquiriesDenise was lead engineer for high availability systems, or general comments can be directed the company SME on Clustering and site to David Uspal at davidDOTuspalATvillanovaDOTedusite replication, and also worked as a disaster recovery specialist consultant for Sungard for a number of years.