Distributed search! On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Erik Hatcher <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm interested presenting something Solr+library related at c4l10. I'm > soliciting ideas from the community on what angle makes the most sense. At > first I was thinking a regular conference talk proposal, but perhaps a > preconference session would be better. I could be game for a half day > session. It could be either an introductory Solr class, get up and running > with Solr (+ Blacklight, of course). Or maybe a more advanced session on > topics like leveraging dismax, Solr performance and scalability tuning, and > so on, or maybe a freer form Solr hackathon session where I'd be there to > help with hurdles or answer questions. > > Thoughts? Suggestions? Anything I can do to help the library world with > Solr is fair game - let me know. > > Thanks, > Erik > > > On Nov 9, 2009, at 9:55 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: > > Hi all, >> >> It's time again to collect proposals for Code4Lib 2010 preconference >> sessions. We have space for six full day sessions (or 12 half day >> sessions (or some combination of the two)). If we get more than we >> can accommodate, we'll vote... but I don't think we will (take that as >> a challenge to propose lots of interesting preconference sessions). >> Like last year, attendees will pay $12.50 for a half day or $25 for >> the whole day. The preconference space will be in the hotel so we'll >> have wireless available. If you have a preconference idea, send it to >> this list, to me, or to the code4libcon planning list. We'll put them >> up on the wiki once we start receiving them. Some possible ideas? A >> Drupal in libraries session? LOD part two? An OCLC webservices >> hackathon? Send the proposals along... >> >> Thanks, >> Kevin >> >