== 2011 Code4Lib Midwest Meeting ==
The Code4Lib "Midwest" Meeting will be held at the University of Illinois at Chicago:
* '''Who''' - Anybody and everybody is invited, especially if you are interested in aspects of computers and librarianship
* '''What''' - A Code4Lib "mini-conference"
* '''When''' - Thursday, July 28th starting at 0830 until Friday, July 29th around 1300
* '''Where''' - Room 1470 Richard J. Daley Library, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Illinois) ([http://www.library.uic.edu/ home page], [http://www.parking.illinois.edu/visitorparkinginfo.htm parking maps])
* '''Why''' - Because community is a good thing, and communication is the key to our success
*'''Contact''' Your local hosts are Francis Kayiwa and Abigail Goben, please see above for our email addresses if you need to contact us.
Suggested Hotel:
Crown Plaza
733 W. Madison
Chicago, IL
[http://www.parking.illinois.edu/visitorparkinginfo.htm Parking Information]
Public Transit Information:
[http://www.transitchicago.com/ Transit Chicago]
=== Agenda ===
Thursday
8:30 Room is open
9 a.m.-9:30 a.m. (approx) Lightning Talks
Peter Schlumpf presentation
9:30-12 p.m.
Lightning presentations (tbd day of)
12 p.m.-1 p.m. Lunch
1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Matthew Reidsma
Jeremy Prevost
Christine McClure
3--5 p.m. Hackfest
5:30-?? Happy Hour at [http://www.villainschicago.com/Default.aspx/ Villains]
Friday
8:30 a.m. Welcome
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Presentations
Rich Wolf presentation
Eric Lease Morgan
Margaret Kipp
1 p.m.-5 p.m. Room is available for hackfest, etc etc
=== Lightning Talks, Show & Tell, and Workshops ===
If you would like to give a lightning talk, do a show & tell, or even give a more formal workshop, then please add your topic and name below. This will help others learn more about what the Meeting will have to offer.
* The New Research Library and Data Curation - Rick Johnson
* My DPLA Beta-Sprint proposal ([http://infomotions.com/blog/2011/07/my-dpla-beta-sprint-proposal-the-movie/ The movie!] [http://dh.crc.nd.edu/ Sample applications] - Eric Lease Morgan
* learning jQueryUI & working on non-library projects - Ken Irwin
== Previous C4L Midwest Regional Meetings ==