We want to bring the code{4}lib experience to the library community in the Maryland, Washington, D.C., and the great Commonwealth of Virginia area. Our hope is that meeting at the regional level will strengthen our local connections and develop more real world collaborative efforts.

Next Meeting

Tuesday, 13 September, 2011 10:00AM to Noon at the Arlington Public Library, Central Branch in Arlington, VA

This meeting will be an interest meeting for code{4}libMDC. This Chapter was out of commission for a wee bit, so we want to suss out why in order to avoid another hiatus. If you have any bril ideas on how to fill the time, feel free to post them here. If no one posts anything, I shall have to present summat, and you don't want to see that happen.

Agenda

10 - Noon Main Meeting

• Introductions

• Discussion of current venue.

• Shameless plug for (http://www.fallforthebook.org/ Fall for the Book)

• Hash out possibilities of other venues.

• Is the frequency right? Will quarterly meetings still work?

• Is the Chapter's problem indicative of fragmented general regional Library collaboration?

• Update on the wider code{4}lib community

• Requests, ideas, and volunteers for topics for future gatherings

• Governance (do we want any?)

12:15–1:30 Lunch

There are a whole bunch of lunch spots near the Library.

Apologies

This section is for folks that *would* make it, were it not for their tyrannical bosses or onerous schedules.

Previous Meetings

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 9:00am to 4:30pm at National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, MD

This meeting will be a joint meeting between code{4}libMDC and the DC Fedora Users Group. This meeting is a joint meeting between the two groups, the first part of the day is code{4}libMDC meeting, centered on our stated goal to focus our second meeting on Fedora. This part of the meeting will follow the same time line as our initial meeting. After lunch, the meeting will be the initial meeting of the DC Fedora Users Group, however all are welcome and encouraged to attend. This part of the meeting will deal with the more technical aspects of Fedora.

Agenda

8:30–9:00	Coffee and sign-in

9:00–9:10	Welcome and Introductions

9:10–9:30	MarcEdit (Chuck Schoppet, NAL)

9:30-10:15	Fedora/DuraSpace/ Update (Thornton Staples) and DuraCloud project and LC pilot (Andrew Woods)

10:15–10:30	Break

10:30-12:00	Fedora Projects (NASA Goddard, University of Maryland, NLM)

12:00-12:15	code{4}libMDC business discussion

12:15–1:30	Lunch

1:30–4:30	Fedora Users Group technical discussions (with break) 

Code4LibMDC had it's first meeting on Friday April 3, at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville MD a.m. A total of 30 people attended including people from: USDA, NASA, National Agricultural Library, Library of Congress, The Supreme Court Library, The United States Senate Library, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.

Contents

  1. Welcome by Maria Pisa, NAL's Associate Director for Public Services
  2. Individual introductions
  3. Presentations
     · John Doyle from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) gave a presentation on the use of Fedora Commons at NLM.
     · Vernon Chapman from the Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) gave a presentation on Searching OAI-PMH metadata with SOLR. 
  4. Discussion of Next steps for Code4LibMDC
     · What will this group to be?
           · Open to all in the library community.
           · Showcase of library technology.
           · Formula for sharing of code and ideas.
           · A place for the development of collaborate projects.
     · How to get involved?
           · Prepare presentation on what you are currently working on:
               · Preparing for a new ILS.
               · Metadata translation
               · Digital repositories 
           · Share ideas.
           · Join smaller ad hoc meetings.
           · Set up a local Listserv for this group.     
  5. Scheduling
     · Meet quarterly for face to face meetings 
     · Hosted at sites in the area.
     · Vote on location of meeting on local Listserv.