Exciting opportunity. I bet we could get several people from the Ball State Library IT shop up to ND for this.

Jim


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> LeVan,Ralph
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:53 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
> 
> +1
> 
> I suspect a few of us from OCLC would attend.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of
> > Scott Garrison
> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 8:37 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
> >
> > +1
> >
> > ELM, I'm happy to help coordinate in whatever way you need.
> >
> > Also, if we can find a drummer, we could do a blues trio (count me in
> on bass). I
> > could bring our band's drummer (a HUGE ND fan) down for a day or two
> if
> > needed--he's awesome.
> >
> > --SG
> > WMU in Kalamazoo
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eric Lease Morgan" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2010 4:38:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
> >
> > On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Jonathan Brinley wrote:
> >
> > >>  2. share demonstrations
> > >
> > > I'd like to see this be something like a blend between lightning
> talks
> > > and the ask anything session at the last conference....
> >
> > This certainly works for me, and the length of time of each "talk"
> would/could be
> > directly proportional to the number of people who attend.
> >
> >
> > >>  4. give a presentation to library staff
> > >
> > > What sort of presentation did you have in mind, Eric?
> > >
> > > This also raises the issue of weekday vs. weekend. I'm game for
> > > either. Anyone else have a preference?
> >
> > What I was thinking here was a possible presentation to library
> faculty/staff
> > and/or computing faculty/staff from across campus. The presentation
> could be
> > one or two cool hacks or solutions that solved wider, less geeky
> problems.
> > Instead of "tweaking Solr's term-weighting algorithms to index OAI-
> harvested
> > content" it would be "making journal articles easier to find". This
> would be an
> > opportunity to show off the good work done by institutions outside
> Notre Dame.
> > A prophet in their own land is not as convincing as the expert from
> afar.
> >
> > I was thinking it would happen on a weekday. There would be more stuff
> going
> > on here on campus, as well as give everybody a break from their normal
> work
> > week. More specifically, I would suggest such an event take place on a
> Friday
> > so the poeple who stayed over night would not have to take so many
> days off of
> > work.
> >
> >
> > >>  5. have a hack session
> > >
> > > It would be good to have 2 or 3 projects we can/should work on
> decided
> > > ahead of time (in case no one has any good ideas at the time), and
> > > perhaps a couple more inspired by the earlier presentations.
> >
> >
> >
> > True.
> >
> > --
> > ELM
> > University of Notre Dame