Revision as of 16:59, 12 October 2015

A "hyperlocal" Code4Lib chapter, which has been in existence since around 2010.

Mailing List

Google Group Use this to chat about local issues, propose meetings, and let us know about local events.

8:30: assemble / coffee
9:00: start / welcome
9:15: lightning talks
10:30: break / order lunch
10:45: lightning talks
12:00: lunch / group walk to cupcakes / getting to know one another / group photo
13:00: library tour
13:30: hackathon breakout(s) / lightning talks / other breakouts / BOFs (in parallel)
15:00: break
15:15: more content, TBD
16:15: wrap-up (sustaining energy & engagement?)
16:30: end
17:00: social at local pub

If you have an idea, please sign up for a slot! These are quick, low-pressure talks, and you'll get good karma.
Examples of lightning talks given at the last national Code4Lib.

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Distant reading of texts from the HathiTrust, JSTOR, and/or EEBO
Eric Lease Morgan (Librarian-At-Large)
On EAD
Esther Verreau (and Kate Flynn?), UIC
Creating Simple Event Displays from an RSS Feed using JavaScript
Paul Keith, Chicago Public Library
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These are up for debate! These are just some possible topics; we need at least four. If you have an idea, add it to the list! If we end up with more than four, we will conduct a straw poll to determine the most relevant/popular.

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Lunch and parking map
Food options are mostly clustered in three places: Greektown (N of the freeway along Halsted), Taylor street (SW of campus), and University Village (S along Halsted).

Public Transit: Take the Blue Line west from the Loop; get off at the UIC-Halsted stop. Walk south.
More information on visiting UIC, including (better) mass-transit directions
Parking in a UIC lot will cost $13 for a full day.
If you're driving, there are several parking lots available (marked on the above map); I recommend the one south of campus (1135 Morgan). Note that no streets connect Harrison with Taylor, including Morgan, between Racine and Halsted; to reach the south lot, come up Morgan from Roosevelt.
Circle Interchange difficulties
- Circle Interchange (the confluence of I-90 and I-290 just NE of campus) construction is ongoing.
- Construction is causing traffic havoc nearby, especially near the corner of Harrison and Halsted. The Harrison bridge over I-90 doesn't currently exist. Best to avoid this area if possible.
- The Morgan street exit from I-290 has been closed for some time. According to IDOT:
  - Exiting access is prohibited from Westbound I-290/Congress Parkway
  - From Southbound I-90/94 - exit Adams Street
  - From Northbound I-90/94 - exit Ashland Avenue, backtrack east via Jackson Boulevard or Harrison Street

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 ==Breakout/Hackathon Sessions @13:30-15:00==
 * These are up for debate!  '''These are just some possible topics; we need at least four.'''  If you have an idea, add it to the list!  If we end up with more than four, we will conduct a straw poll to determine the most relevant/popular.
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