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
>