Welcome to Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic, a Philadelphia Area/Tri-State chapter of the [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib] organization.
== About ==
The official kick off of the chapter occurred on October 17th, 2012 at the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic conference. As with the main code4lib organization, the goal of the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic is to connect librarians, hackers, designers, architects, curators, catalogers, artists and instigators in the Philadelphia and greater Tri-State area (and if you're further out, that's cool too).
Sign up for the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4lib-mid-atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group] as we work out the details there for future meetings and activities.
== Call for Volunteers Proposal to host 2016 National Conference in Philadelphia ==* Our proposal: [c4l-phl.github.io]* Please note a shared google docs folder has been created as a workspace. If you need to be added, please contact someone on the planning committee either directly or via the code4lib-midatlantic mailing list.* We meet on google hangouts using this link [https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/gzsx2gu7iazevjakorhovcfwuia]
We're looking for volunteers, both for general long-term organizational duties and to help plan future events. Positions that we know we need include a social media expert, an IRC guy/gal, a social functions organizer, and a kind soul to host/run our listserv. We also need volunteers to help us with needs we as yet don't know we need (and feel free to identify them). If you're interested in helping the chapter, list your name, email address, affiliation and area of interest here and I'll pull together a Skype chat in the near futureBackground reading:* [[How To Plan A Code4LibCon]]* [[2014 Lessons Learned]]* [[Useful information from 2012]]
* David K Uspal, davidDOTuspalATvillanovaDOTedu, Villanova University, Guy who put the initial wiki entry together and official contact point for the 2012 conference== About ==
* Tim ClarkeThe official kick off of the chapter occurred on October 17th, tclarkeATmuhlenbergDOTedu2012 at the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic conference. As with the main code4lib organization, Muhlenberg College, willing the goal of the Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic is to help with anythingconnect librarians, hackers, designers, architects, curators, catalogers, artists and instigators in the Philadelphia and greater Tri-State area (and if you're further out, that's cool too).
* Scott Williams, scottwiATupennDOTedu, Penn Museum, willing to help with anythingSign up for the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4lib-mid-atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group] as we work out the details there for future meetings and activities.
* Matt Zimmerman, mzimmermanATbrynmawrDOTedu, Bryn Mawr College, soft skills stuff (communications, organizing, cat herding, getting people to play nicely together)=== Governance & Contact Info ===
* Mark WilhelmBecause we're an informal group who share a common interest, markDOTwilhelmATthomsonreutersDOTcomthere's no real Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic governance per-say. Decisions about meet-ups and activities generally work with someone pitching an idea on the mailing list. Therein, Thomson Reutersif you have an idea for a project, willing improvement or activity for the group, just send off a quick email to help the Google Group, and before you know it, you'll most likely be "head" of said idea or activity. We're a good place to be an Experimentational Clearinghouse(tm), so don't hold back with anythingideas...
* Nico CarverWith this in mind, nicoATudelDOTeduwe want to structure the regional meetings to tailor to what the community wants -- be it more formal meetings with talks, University of Delawareroundtables, Multimediaetc or just evening informal meetups at a downtown pub. To this end, A/V nerd, willing we want to help hear from YOU (you've read this far, so you must be interested). To be heard, just contact [mailto:david.uspal@villanova.edu David Uspal] or jump onto the mailing list and send a post with anythingyour ideas.
* Leanne Finnigan=== Call for Volunteers ===We're looking for volunteers, lfinnigaATmc3DOTeduboth for general long-term organizational duties and to help plan future events. Positions that we know we need include a social media expert, Montgomery County Community Collegean IRC guy/gal, Can and a social functions organizer. We also need volunteers to help us with anythingneeds we as yet don't know we need (and feel free to identify them). If you're interested in helping the chapter, sign up for the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/code4lib-mid-atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Google Group] and post what you'd be interested in. We're a friendly bunch so don't be afraid to jump right in.
Also, === Host a good channel to get information currently is the newly formed Google Group (information on this is in the about section above).Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Meetup ===
== Past Conferences ==Thanks to all who made As well as volunteers, we're definitely looking for future hosts for our Last Wednesday of the Code4Lib MidMonth meet-Atlantic kickoff conference a success! ups. For the May, June and October 17th kickoff meeting2013 are currently earmarked, the but we're open after that. Typically, we meet in a conference was located at [http:room for one to two hours (having a projector and laptop//librarycomputer on hand recommended) and adjourn to a local restaurant or bar for a social hour.villanova.edu/ Falvey Memorial Library]If you're interested in hosting, contact [httpmailto://www1david.uspal@villanova.edu/ Villanova UniversityDavid Uspal], and was held as part of he'll get you on the series of tech conferences, nicknamed the "Tech Trifecta", being held at Falvey Library over the week of October 15th, 2012calendar. Conferences held included the [http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_summit_2012 VuFind Summit 2012] (October 15th and 16th), Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic (October 17th), and [http://vustuff.org VuStuff III] (October 18th).
ScheduleTo keep us "regionally diverse", we're trying to keep on a 3:1 (previously 2:1, since updated) host schedule -- i.e for every three events hosted in Philadelphia (the gravitational center of this region), we'd like to get one outside the city as well. As such, we're especially looking for hosts outside the Center City Philadelphia area.
* 8:00a - 9:00a Coffee Hour (Light Refreshments provided) * 9:00a - 9:15a Opening Remarks * 9:15a – 9:45a GOKbSo far, the Global Open Knowledge Base: What it Builds On, and What It Can Help Build our informal meet- John Mark Ockerbloomups have been "Quaker Style", University of Pennsylvania * 9:45a - 10:15a Learning aka anyone who has something to Be Accessible: Programming for Web Accessibility through a Teaching say gets up and Learning Environment – Katherine Lynchpresents (no formal time limits, Drexel University * but keeping it 10:15a - 10:30a Break * 10:30a - 11:00a Preparing Live CD/DVD for Integrating Koha ILS, GSDL/DSpace with Features of a Mail Server - Mohan Raj Pradhan, HealthNet * 11:00a – 11:30a Inside the Kuali OLE Project – Michelle Suranofsky, Lehigh University * 11:30p - 12:00p Complementary Flavors: REST Web Services and Object Oriented Programming - Karen Coombs, OCLC * 12:00p - 1:00p Lunch (Provided) * 1:00p - 1:30p Breakout Planning * 1:30p - 3:00p Breakout Session * 3:00p - 3:30p Breakout Session Discussion * 3:30p - 4:15p Lightning Talks * 4:15p - 4:30p Closing Remarks == Abstracts ==UPDATE: A big thank you 15 minutes to Karen Coombs for stepping in on short notice to fill our final open presentation slot. Her talk title and abstract will be up shortlypolite. GOKb, the Global Open Knowledge Base: What It Builds On, and What It Can Help Build John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania The Global Open Knowledge Base (GOKb) is a project funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation to build an open, community-maintained knowledge source concerning electronic resources available to libraries. It aims Feel free to unify information provided by vendors and other sources to facilitate the acquisition and use of digital content for education and research. The success of GOKB inherently depends on a rich network of collaboration, data, and standards. For example, the implementation of GOKB draws on JISC's architectural and editorial work plan your future meetup in its KB+ project, the data models and formats of DLF's ERMI and UKSG and NISO's KBART, and the repository and rules infrastructure provided by Kuali OLE. The usefulness of GOKb, in turn, depends greatly on the openness and reusability of its data. For example, the use of linked data for GOKb enables its information this fashion or feel free to not only be consumed by a variety of RDF-aware applications, but also potentially combined experiment with related data that promotes use of electronic resources, such as link resolution, rights, open access, and contents data. We welcome ideas and discussion on ways to help build up, and build on, the work of GOKb. Learning to Be Accessible: Programming for Web Accessibility through a Teaching and Learning Environment Katherine Lynch, Drexel University This presentation details a recent internship led by Katherine Lynch at Drexel University Libraries, with a visually disabled undergraduate computer science majorformula. This internship had two goals – for the student to learn how to program for the web using XHTML/HTML5, CSS, Javascript (including jQuery UI elements), and PHP, and to give the student experience in formal accessibility testing by conducting We're an accessibility audit of Drexel University Libraries' topeasy-visited web pagesgoing bunch, testing for accessibility errors, then devising and implementing solutions so feel free to has as needed. This presentation will detail the methods of learning employed for this internship, particulars on the web development environment created to work with the studentyou's assistive technology, and the outcome of Drexel University Libraries' web accessibility audit. The conclusion will include suggested techniques for conducting an audit and solving common accessibility problems for one’s own library’s websited like.
== Past Conferences ==
For the October 17th kickoff meeting, the conference was located at [http://library.villanova.edu/ Falvey Memorial Library], [http://www1.villanova.edu/ Villanova University], and was held as part of the series of tech conferences, nicknamed the "Tech Trifecta", held at Falvey Library over the week of October 15th, 2012. Video, slide presentations, and abstract pages from this event coming soon(tm).
Preparing Live CD/DVD for Integrating Koha ILS, GSDL/DSpace with Features Our first informal meetup was held at the end of a Mail ServerNovember at the Landmark Americana in University City.
Mohan Raj PradhanJanuary 20th, HealthNet2013 saw us meeting at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Abstract Coming SoonApril 24th, 2013 saw us meeting at Samuel L. Paley Library, Temple University.
May 29th, 2013 saw us meeting at the Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia.
June 26th, 2013 saw us meeting for a tour of Hive4A, a coworking/makerspace in Allentown, PA.
Inside the Kuali OLE ProjectAugust 28th, 2013 saw us meeting at Samuel L. Paley Library, Temple University.
Michelle SuranofskyOctober 16, Lehigh University2013 will see us meeting at Falvey Library at Villanova as part of the "Tech Superfecta" series of tech conferences.
Kuali OLE is a grant and partner funded project that is developing a community source Library Management System. This project is a large undertaking and from the outside, the organization, development process, project management, and governance may be unclear.=== Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic 2013 Schedule of Events ===
This presentation will break down The following is the inner workings of current schedule for the projectevents on October 16, it's history, organization, workflow, challenges and successes from the perspective of a developer working for one of the partner schools - Lehigh University.2013:
== 9:30 – 10:00 Registration and Coffee Time (Coffee and Pastries available) 10:00 – 10:15 Introduction 10:15 – 10:45 Chad Nelson, Modern Development Best Practices : Testing, Continuous Integration & Automated Builds 10:45 – 11:15 David Uspal and Chris Hallberg, Bootcamp – A Primer on Responsive Design 11:15 – 11:30 Break 11:30 – 12:00 Katherine Lynch, Omeka_a11y: Developing for Digital Exhibits with Accessibility in Mind 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Provided) 1:00 – 1:30 Beverly D. Charlot, Gaming: Engaging Students through Library Research 1:30 – 2:00 Denise Mangold, Monitoring Systems for Maximum Efficiency and Quick Response to Issues 2:00 – 2:15 Breakout Planning 2:15 – 3:30 Breakout 3:30 – 3:45 Breakout Reporting 3:45 – 4:15 Lightning Talk Sign-Up ==Talks 4:15 – 4:30 Closing Remarks 5:00 Dinner at Gullifty’s (on your own)
We have room for six lightning talks at the 2012 conference. Sign-ups will be done on the whiteboard on the day of the conference, but if you want to sneak in early and reserve a spot, you can do so below.
Unfamiliar with lightning talk format? You can find good resources on them [http'''Modern Development Best Practices ://perl.plover.com/lt/osc2003/lightning-talks.html here] and [http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/07/30/lightningtalk.html here].Testing, Continuous Integration & Automated Builds Chad Nelson, Jenkins Law Library'''
This presentation will provide overview of some benefits and drawbacks of some current best practice trends in modern software development. Specifically, I'll be talking about methods for testing your code to prevent bugs, the what and why of continuous integration, and about automating deployments across your environments to increase uniformity and reduce "works on my machine" type problems.
1Chad Nelson is a Librarian, Developer, and Oft-do-well at Jenkins Law Library.
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4.'''Bootcamp – A Primer on Responsive Design David Uspal and Chris Hallberg, Villanova University'''
5. Expanding on the short talk from our last Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Meet-up, Greg Murray David Uspal and Chris Schwartz -- Improving Metadata Quality: An Iterative Approach Using ScrumHallberg will discuss the integration of Bootstrap into the various programs and content management systems (specifically, Concrete5, WordPress, and VuFind) at Falvey Library over the summer of 2013. This discussion will focus on responsive design principles, tips and tricks to get your current content ready for responsive design, some pitfalls we encountered along the way, and things to consider when beginning a responsive design project.
6. David Uspal -- Philadelphia Digital Humanities Call is a member of the Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library Technology Development Team, which works to create and implement research technology that make research easier for Volunteersfaculty, students and staff. Chris Hallberg is the graduated Villanova grad assistant and resident front-end engineer to VuFind and VuDL.
== Tech Trifecta ==
The Tech Trifecta is a series of three conferences to be held at Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University over the week of October 15th, 2012. The three conferences making up the Tech Trifecta week include:
* [http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_summit_2012 VuFind Summit 2012] (Oct 15th and 16th) -- The follow-up to 2010's 2.0 planning meeting will include detailed discussion of the new release and opportunities to network ''Omeka_a11y: Developing for Digital Exhibits with other VuFind users.Accessibility in Mind Katherine Lynch, Temple University Libraries'''
* [http://wikiIn recent years, many institutions have become interested in building online exhibits to spotlight digital preservation efforts and special collections materials.code4libAdditionally, web accessibility, or design and coding measures taken to ensure that websites, tools, and interfaces are understandable and operable by disabled users, is also a growing concern in Higher Education, and the Libraries community specifically.org/index.php/Code4lib_Mid-Atlantic Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic 2012] (Oct 17th) -- Code4Lib For online exhibits, there is Omeka, an Open Source content management system designed to act as a volunteeruser-driven collective friendly solution for compiling items into a digital archive with recognized metadata standards, and making them available in highly customizable exhibit websites, no coding required. This year, Temple University Libraries has begun experimenting with Omeka for possible use with online exhibits and other needs. However, in terms of hackersweb accessibility, designersOmeka lacks critical features in its core to be considered truly accessible. In order to use Omeka’s easy-to-adopt software without sacrificing the user experience for disabled students, architectsTemple University Libraries has developed “Omeka_a11y, curators” an accessible forked version of Omeka. Omeka_a11y features front-end interface improvements that make it easier for disabled users to perceive, catalogersunderstand, artists and instigators from around navigate across Omeka sites. This presentation will cover the worldfollowing points of the project, who largely work for and with of web accessibility as it relates to libraries, archives and museums on technology "stuff." The Midthe digital humanities: -Atlantic conference What is a kickweb accessibility? -off What are the responsibilities of nonprofit organizations and Higher Education institutions? - Understanding Web Accessibility Policies - Using Omeka for a Philadelphia Area/TriOnline Exhibits -State chapter of Accessibility testing practices - Creating an enhancement path for inaccessible software - Developing “Omeka_a11y” - Impact on the organizationOmeka user community.
* [http://vustuff.org VuStuff III] (Oct 18th) -- VuStuff Katherine Lynch is an annual conference on the intersections between technology and scholarly communication. It takes place every Fall Senior Digital Library Applications Developer at Villanova Temple University's Falvey Memorial LibraryLibraries in Philadelphia. This year's conferenceShe works in the Digital Library Initiatives Department, VuStuff III, will seek presentations from regional librarians on technology developing and scholarly communication maintaining software solutions that aid in their respective libraries. We hope to foster an ongoing conversation among regional librariesthe creation, in order to further storage, and preservation of digitally-archived materials. Over the development course of technology in service of scholarly communicationher career, she has also earned a national reputation for her research and presentation efforts related to educating software and web developers on how to design and program for web accessibility for disabled users.
So, why link three conferences together into one larger event week? Well, since all three conferences are technology related and since we've gotten a lot of cross-conference interest, the staff for all three events have decided to pool their resources and offer all three events in the same week. The idea is to make travel arrangements for visitors much more convenient (as well as cheaper), while pooling resources among all three conferences helps keep the cost down on all three.
Just interested in Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic? You can register for just Code4Lib, or a combination of any of the three.
The registration fees for these three conferences are as follows'''Gaming:Engaging Students through Library Research Beverly D. Charlot, Delaware State University - William C. Jason Library'''
* VuFind Summit 2012, October 15th This talk will present and 16th, $50demonstrate an interactive library research (ILR) game designed for incoming freshmen students.00 Registration Fee * Code4Lib MidThe ILR game was developed to engage student participation and measure learning outcomes at the conclusion of each information literacy session provided during the school year. First-Atlantic 2012Year University Seminar and English Composition I students are taught basic research and critical thinking skills utilizing the established guidelines from the Association of College and Research Libraries. The structure is very similar to interactive games used by students today. Accessible online, October 17ththe game also provides an additional opportunity to review library information at their leisure, $25reinforcing the goals and objectives covered during the IL session.00 Registration Fee * VuStuff IIIIn today’s global environment, October 18ththese skills are imperative as technology continues to evolve and information increasingly overwhelms society via the Internet, Freeprint, electronic and digital formats.
== Governance ==Beverly D. Charlot is the Coordinator of Technical Services at Delaware State University, William C. Jason Library. This Department includes Acquisitions, Cataloging, Digitization, Circulation Access, Serials and Resource Sharing. Prior to my current position Beverly was the Systems and Resource Sharing Librarian with a Master’s Degrees in Library and Information Science (MLIS) and Management Science (MSM).
For the upcoming 2012 conference, we're looking to mimic the national conference in format. After that, we want to structure the regional meetings to tailor to what the community wants -- be it more formal meetings with talks, roundtables, etc or just evening informal meetups at a downtown pub. To this end, we want to hear from YOU (you've read this far, so you must be interested). To be heard, just contact David Uspal (info below) or add your good ideas to the wiki below.
Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic Good Ideas List (name, email address, affiliation and idea):
*David K Uspal, davidDOTuspalATvillanovaDOTedu'''Monitoring Systems for Maximum Efficiency and Quick Response to Issues Denise Mangold, Villanova University, Make a Good Ideas List under the Governance heading'''
== Contact Info ==This presentation will go over how we monitor our systems at Villanova University and how we respond to potential and actual problems to minimize impact to the user community.
Inquiries or general comments can be directed to David Uspal Denise Mangold is a UNIX systems administrator at davidDOTuspalATvillanovaDOTeduVillanova University, and before that was a Senior Engineer with Comcast supporting mission critical systems such as SAP, Billing and Human resource systems. Denise was lead engineer for high availability systems, the company SME on Clustering and site to site replication, and also worked as a disaster recovery specialist consultant for Sungard for a number of years.
