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=== Ideas for topics ===
* Initial suggested topic for the preconference : lucene/solr (** "A backend for your new catalogue in 15 minutes. Bring your data!"). Yes, ** for example, various programming interfaces to Solr/Lucene could be explored: Java, PHP, Perl, etc. ** all mixed up: one integrated search interface to all your content and data (whatever it is) * put your library in the cloud using Amazon EC2 et al.
* Text mining -- the process of extracting information out of unstructured text -- might be an interesting topic. More specifically, text mining includes the processes of relevancy ranking search results, automatically classifying documents, automatically categorizing documents (not the same as classification), entity (name, place, organization, date) extraction, keywords and key phrase extraction, and summarization. With the increasing availability of full text books and journal articles, text mining provides a way to make sense of large corpuses of content in ways traditional cataloging are unequipped to deal with.
=== Stylish questions ===
* A real geeky coding session for library hackers or a more guided but "hands on" approach? Please no "workshop" in the "28 minutes talks/2 minutes questions" style.
=== Organization ===* What infrastructure will everyone is expected to come with his/her own laptop* we could be available? BYO hardhosted [http:/software/www.helsinki.fi/teknos/opetustilat/keskusta/u40/default.htm here] or [http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksandria/english/ there] by the University of Helsinki.* GOOD wifi required : should we ask for a wired network too? Reliable net connection* server : we don't think there's a need for a server, as we may as easily set something up on EC2, a home server, etc. But I (nicomo) could be wrong here : pls give your point of view if need be.* number of people : we're thinking about a cap at 50. Which seems a lot for a hands-on thing, maybe?That's the working assumption at least for now.
