At the very least, the people who are interested in ths that happen to be going to ELAG should get together at some point and discuss this. That said, I don't think the Dutch Code4Lib folks should wait on ELAG if they want to start planning something now. Edward On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Boheemen, Peter van < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > It is good to hear people from the code4Lib community will attend ELAG this > year. > We organized ELAG last year in Wageningen (http://library.wur.nl/elag2008/ > ) > ELAG has been around for 32 years now and I have been visiting it for quite > a few years now. > I think ELAG originated as a get together of the European National > Libraries, to share their experiences regarding the relative new topic of > library automation. > ELAG is a loosely organized group of enthusiastic people, like code4lib is. > The conferences were a mixture of more and less technical attendants and > presentations. > Besides the presentations of papers it always had workshops. You take part > in one of the workshops. They come together on several occasions during the > conference to discuss their topic. Each workshop presents their conclusions > on the last day. > Some of us would like Elag to develop in an even more technical direction > like code4lib. > Last year we introduced Lightning Talks, which were received very well. > So please come an join us in Bratislava in april ( > http://indico.ulib.sk/MaKaC/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=5) > We will be very happy with your participation. > > And for what concerns a Dutch Code4Lib group as Etienne suggested. I am all > for it and may be we can ELAG as the European platform for code4lib like > activities. > > Peter > > > Drs. P.J.C. van Boheemen > Hoofd Applicatieontwikkeling en beheer - Bibliotheek Wageningen UR > Head of Application Development and Management - Wageningen University and > Research Library > tel. +31 317 48 25 17 > http://library.wur.nl > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Code for Libraries namens Edward M. Corrado > Verzonden: zo 25-1-2009 2:46 > Aan: [log in to unmask] > Onderwerp: Re: [CODE4LIB] Dutch Code4Lib > > I really don't know much about ELAG besides I'm going there. I think > they have the program set, or just about set, for this year so I don't > know if anything could me done formally in 2009 but maybe an informal > thing could be arranged the day before or the day after? At the least > maybe contacts can be made for 2010? > > Does anyone know more about ELAG? > > Edward > > > On 1/23/09, Hamparian,Don <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Do you see any opportunities to partner with them for an European > meeting? > > Or is that more trouble then its worth? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Ross Singer > > Sent: Thu 1/22/2009 4:06 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Dutch Code4Lib > > > > Eric, this is a good point. I will be at ELAG this year, and I think > > Ed Corrado will, too. > > > > Past presentations look to be very in line with Code4lib and, in fact, > > it was billed to me as "If you think of Access or Code4Lib but in a > > scenic European setting with great beer then you'll have a good idea > > of what we are planning" by Ron Davies, one of the coordinators. > > > > -Ross. > > > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> On 1/22/09 1:02 PM, "Ed Summers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >>> Wow, this sounds too good to be true. Perhaps this is premature, but > >>> do you think there might be interest in hosting a code4lib2010 in the > >>> Netherlands? (he asks selfishly). > >> > >> On another note, there is already a library conference that is > apparently > >> very similar to the Access tradition and Code4Lib that takes place in > >> Europe, and I think it is called European Library Automation Group > (ELAG). > >> See: > >> > >> http://indico.ulib.sk/MaKaC/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=5 > >> > >> While I would love to have a Code4Lib "thang" in Europe, maybe there is > >> something already in place. This year it is in Bratislava (Slovakia). > Next > >> year I believe it takes place somewhere in Norway. > >> > >> -- > >> Eric Morgan > >> > > >