Code4Lib Chicago

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

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

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

Schedule

• 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

Lightning Talks @10:45-12:00

If you have an idea, please sign up for a slot! These are quick, low-pressure talks, and you'll get good karma.

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

   Eric Lease Morgan (Librarian-At-Large)

2. On EAD

   Esther Verreau (and Kate Flynn?), UIC

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Breakout/Hackathon Sessions @13:30-15:00

1. Headless CMSs (Wordpress, Drupal)
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UIC Environs: Lunch and Parking

• Lunch and parking map, curated by Allan Berry
• 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).

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