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Just wanted to provide a lodging update. The block we have at the Nassau Inn is full. If you are interested in overnight lodging at the summit here are a couple of options: There are a couple of Airbnbs within walking distance of the university: https://www.airbnb.com/s/Princeton-University--Princeton--NJ--United-States?guests=&checkin=11%2F03%2F2015&checkout=11%2F06%2F2015&ss_id=pfffd05b&source=bb (The summit is at the corner of Nassau St and Washington Rd) The Hilton Doubletree is a few miles outside of Princeton on US Route 1 South. They have free shuttle service that can pick you up from the Princeton Junction train station as well as bring you to and from the University for the summit. The current room rate for a double room or single king bed is $118 without tax: http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-jersey/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-princeton-PCTDTDT/index.html A more luxurious option still within walking distance is the Peacock Inn ($280 per night +): http://www.peacockinn.com/ Best, Nikitas On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:16 AM, Nikitas Tampakis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Registration for the Blacklight Summit (Wednesday, November 4th - Friday, > November 6th) hosted by the Princeton University Library is now open on > Eventbrite: > > > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blacklight-summit-fall-2015-tickets-18250511772 > > We have set up a room block at the Nassau Inn, which is within walking > distance of Aaron Burr Hall, where the summit will take place. The rate for > a double room (2 queen beds) is $140. Including taxes, that is about > *$161* per night. Single occupancy is fine. You can reserve your room > either by calling the Nassau Inn at 800-862-7728 and mention the Booking > ID 21001, or online at the following link: > > https://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp?groupID=1504349&hotelID=13522 > > Please note that the room block will be held until* Saturday, October 3rd* (this > Saturday). > > Here is a link to a tentative agenda/schedule for the summit: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/10f9c8uBUls_WvdZvkB64fegslPVF5A1YvVgZRGC76BE/edit > > We are planning on splitting up the time roughly in 2 sections. The first > half (Wednesday and possibly spilling into Thursday AM) will be dedicated > to specific applications powered by Blacklight. Rob Cartolano of Columbia > University will open up the summit with a presentation on the history of > the Blacklight project. The participants with running Blacklight instances > will provide demonstrations of their applications. The rest of this section > will be split up into sessions about customizing/extending Blacklight > applications as well as any moving parts involved getting the applications > into production. *Please suggest specific sessions on the agenda.* > > The second half of the summit (Thursday/Friday) will be focused on the > Blacklight gems/plugins and discussing a roadmap for future development. We > will look at any open issues regarding these plugins and see if any > behaviors built into existing Blacklight applications can be shared with > the community (either by bringing them into an existing gem’s codebase or > by building a new gem). We will then dive into building out these new > features. > > Looking forward to seeing you at the summit. Please don't hesitate to ask > me any questions you may have. > > Best, > > Nikitas Tampakis > Ruby on Rails Developer > Princeton University Library >