Code4Lib Chicago

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

Resources

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

Fall 2015 Meeting

• November 23, 2015
• Daley Library, UIC, Room 1-470
• Watch this space for details.
• Register via EventBrite

  At this point, all tickets are taken; you are welcome to sign up for the waitlist. Allan will let you know as soon as anyone cancels.

Schedule

• 8:30

  assemble / coffee

• 9:00

  start / welcome

• 9:15

  lightning talks (see below)

• 10:30

  break

• 10:45

  lightning talks (continued)

  if lightning talks run short, we can commence with the Group Activity before lunch (see below)

• 12:00

  group photo / lunch

• 1:00

  library tour (Meet in 1-470)

• 1:30

  Group activity; begin Breakout/Hackathon Sessions when complete (see below)

• 2:30

  break

• 2:45

  Breakout/Hackathon Sessions (continued)

• 4:15

  wrap-up in 1-470 (sustaining energy & engagement?)

• 4:30

  end

• 5:00

  social at Jak's Tap http://jakstap.com/bar_and_grill_location_chicago_il.html

Lightning Talks

• 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.
• These are set as five minute slots, but at least a few will go over. So there's some flex time at the end.

Slots

• 9:15-9:20

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• 9:20-9:25

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• 9:25-9:30

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• 9:35-9:40

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• 9:40-9:45

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• 9:45-9:50

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• 9:50-9:55

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• 9:55-10:00

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• 10:00-10:05

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• 10:05-10:10

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• 10:10-10:15

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Break

• 10:45-10:50

  Distant reading of texts from the HathiTrust, JSTOR, and/or EEBO

  Eric Lease Morgan (Librarian-At-Large)

• 10:50-10:55

  On EAD

  Esther Verreau, UIC

• 10:55-11:00

  Creating Simple Event Displays from an RSS Feed using JavaScript

  Paul Keith, Chicago Public Library

• 11:00-11:05

  Explore Chicago Collections

  Tracy Seneca and Kate Flynn, UIC

• 11:05-11:10

  TopicHub: identify content of interest in one repository and deposit it in another

  Jeremy Prevost, MIT

• 11:10-11:15

  Building History: exploring campus history with Neatline and Omeka

  Adam Strohm, IIT

• 11:15-11:20

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• 11:20-11:25

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• 11:25-11:30

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• 11:30-11:35

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• 11:35-11:40

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• 11:40-11:45

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Group Activity

• We're planning to try something a little different: a group mind-map, to warm up for the Breakout sessions.
• Write down on the specified Post-It color (provided): Your name, and one of the following topics:
  • Green: the thing which made me most proud this week
  • Yellow: the library technology I'm most excited about right now
  • Pink: the most annoying thing about my library's website
  • Blue: something I'd like to see at the next Chicago Code4Lib meetup
• Stick your post-it on the whiteboard in 1-470, close to another topic which you consider related. Please feel free to move other peoples' post-it notes around!
• Now do another one! Do several!
• Talk amongst yourselves.

Breakout/Hackathon Sessions

• Up for debate: these are just some possible topics. We need four total.
• 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.
• For inspiration, here is the list of pre-conference workshops at the last national Code4Lib

Meteor.js tutorial

• In web dev circles, Meteor is the new hotness. It lets you make single-page apps which synchronize automatically between clients/users and the cloud/server. It also lets you kick out iOS and Android apps easily. It's pretty slick.
• Let's get a Meteor.js installation up and running. We'll do this tutorial, at least as much as we can. Be prepared for things not to work; let's figure them out together!
• No prior experience necessary, although familiarity with JavaScript will be useful.
• Macintosh/Linux only, unless you have experience using Cygwin on Windows.
• Allan Berry will lead (for better or worse)

Metadata/data hackathon

• A discussion around tools and workflows for cleaning up messy data; bring your own data sets to work on if you like.
• We will bring some metadata to share, but please bring your own if you have some! Messier the better!
• Kate Flynn will lead.

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UIC Environs: Lunch and Parking

• 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).

Evening social

• Join us at Jak's Tap at 5:00pm, for beer and further discussion!

  Jak's is within walking distance of UIC, a block or two north, across the freeway. Parking can be challenging up there, although meters are usually available on Jackson Blvd.

Getting to UIC

• 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