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Greetings, individuals!

We've had five very good talks proposed so far; it'd be great to have
even more.  The deadline is this Friday, November 13th.

As a reminder, you may submit your talk proposal at
http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2010talks_Submissions.  More
details are below.

-Mike


On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 14:25, Michael J. Giarlo
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks for Code4lib 2010.
> Code4lib 2010 is a loosely-structured conference for library
> technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be
> inspired, and forge collaborations.  The conference will be held from
> Monday, February 22nd (pre-conference day) to Thursday, February 25th,
> 2010 in Asheville, NC, US.  More information can be found at
> http://code4lib.org/conference/2010/
>
> Head over to the call for proposals page at
> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2010talks_Submissions and submit
> your idea for a prepared talk for this year's conference!  Proposals
> should be no longer than 500 words, and preferably many less.
>
> Prepared talks are 20 minutes (including setup and questions), and
> focus on one or more of the following areas:
>  * tools (some cool new software, software library or integration platform)
>  * specs (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones)
>  * challenges (one or more big problems we should collectively address)
>
> The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of:
>  * usefulness
>  * newness
>  * geekiness
>  * diversity of topics
>
> We cannot accept every prepared talk proposal, but multiple lightning
> talk and breakout sessions will provide everyone who wishes to present
> with an opportunity to do so.
>
> Proposals can be submitted through November 13th. Voting will commence
> soon thereafter and be open through December 1st.  Successful
> candidates will be notified by December 3rd.
>
> We look forward to your participation!
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Code4Lib 2010 Conference Program Committee
>  * Kevin Clarke
>  * Gabriel Farrell
>  * Mike Giarlo
>  * Susan Teague-Rector
>  * Roy Tennant
>