Hi, Tom.

I will put you down. I'm glad you'll be joining us. You don't have to
bring your own data set, but it might be cool if you did. Many people
are bringing Marc XML dumps of part of their library catalogue, for
example, or else another data set with which they work regularly.
It's for playing around with, and so you have something to take back
with you (to show to policy makers?)

See you in Athens!

Bess

On 12-Dec-06, at 9:03 PM, Tom Keays wrote:

> Hi Bess,
>
> Put me down for this too. I hadn't made up my mind until I heard you
> and Eric and Art on Library Geeks. Lucene and Solr sound really
> excellent.
>
> I don't have a specific dataset that I'm working with; will there be
> one provided or should I dredge something up? I'm not a systems
> librarian (alas), but I have interest in finally getting up to speed
> on this. I hope to evangelize.
>
> Tom Keays / [log in to unmask]
>
> On 11/27/06, Bess Sadler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Since the request I sent out last week, I've received quite a lot of
>> email expressing interest in a lucene pre-conference, but it hasn't
>> been an overwhelming amount. Based on this, I think it's safe to
>> reserve the smaller, wi-fi enabled room that we've been discussing,
>> and to plan for a max of 40 - 50 people. The group consensus seems to
>> be that we do not need to charge a registration fee, although there
>> have been requests for refreshments during the afternoon session, so
>> maybe during lunch we can take up a collection and send someone out
>> for donuts.
>>
>> Here is my proposal for a pre-conference format:
>>
>> A full day event devoted to lucene and solr, led by Erik Hatcher. The
>> morning will be devoted to background and theory, and the afternoon
>> will be an opportunity to try some hands-on projects. Participants
>> should either bring a wi-fi enabled laptop or be prepared to look
>> over someone else's shoulder. So that we can get as much accomplished
>> in the workshop as possible, we will provide a list of software and
>> documentation to be downloaded before the workshop. If you are
>> interested in working with a specific data set, please bring the data
>> set with you, preferably on a sharable media format (e.g., CDROM, USB
>> Flash Drive) so that we can exchange data sets quickly and easily. To
>> save time at the event, please get your data into XML before the
>> conference.
>>
>> Enough people are interested in ILS related topics that it might be
>> worth forming groups around specific ILS products. If you are one of
>> these people, email the list if you're interested in setting up such
>> a thing.
>>
>> To keep things simple, maybe registration can consist of just an
>> email to me? But we will need to put something on the conference
>> registration website, and send a message to everyone who has already
>> registered in case they are not also on the code4lib mailing list.
>> This would be the day before the conference proper, so that's Feb 27,
>> right?
>>
>> Comments? Suggestions?
>>
>> Bess
>>
>>
>>
>> Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler
>> Head, Technical and Metadata Services
>> Digital Scholarship Services
>> Box 400129
>> Alderman Library
>> University of Virginia
>> Charlottesville, VA 22904
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>> (434) 243-2305
>>
>
>
> --
> Tom

Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler
Metadata Specialist for User Projects

Digital Research and Instructional Services (DRIS)
Box 400129
Alderman Library
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904

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