Hi Everyone,

Just a few announcements about Code4Lib 2011. We are so happy that so many could join us this week in Bloomington. We kicked off our pre-conferences today and are looking forward to an exciting week.

I have a couple of announcements for this list about code4lib 2011.

For all those not in attendance, we will be streaming the conference live – this will be done in 4 sessions (Day 1 morning, Day 1-afternoon, Day 2 all day, Day 3 till noon) to get access to the streams please go to: http://www.indiana.edu/~uits/code4lib/program/sessions.php

Also, one of our sponsors for this year's code4lib 2011 conference, Elsevier, is hosting a code challenge that will take place from now until March 1, 2011. It is open to all but I am trying to help them find those in the code4lib community who are interested in working with their brand new API for their SciVerse Suite. There are some cool prizes too. For more on this event — please see below.

Thanks again for all of your suggestions that will make code4lib 2011 a conference to remember.


Best,

Robert

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Elsevier Code Challenge – Building OpenSocial Apps for Libraries
Elsevier is sponsoring a code challenge to build OpenSocial apps for Libraries. Using JavaScript and HTML5, Librarians can write customized apps for the SciVerse suite: ScienceDirect, Scopus and Hub. The Elsevier Challenge is now open for all librarians and coders and closes on March 1, 2011.

The prizes for this code challenge are as follows:

Prizes:

1.       $1500 (Amazon gift card)

2.       $1000 (Amazon gift card)

3.       $500  (Amazon gift card)
The next web is going to be based on apps that allow librarians and end users to customize their search needs. Elsevier’s new SciVerse platform has extended Apache Shindig, the OpenSocial container, for apps to appear alongside search results, full-text articles and meta-data, which can be accessed through the Sciverse APIs. Using open APIs and open data, apps can mashup SciVerse content with third party data and services.

The Elsevier Challenge at Code4Lib challenges librarians to build better tools and services on the SciVerse suite: ScienceDirect, Scopus and Hub and customize the search tools for their library and users.

To register for the challenge, email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
For instructions: go to http://developer.sciverse.com/code4lib
To get started: http://developer.sciverse.com/sdk
For more information, email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>


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Robert H. McDonald
Associate Dean for Library Technologies and Digital Libraries
Associate Director, Data to Insight Center-Pervasive Technology Institute
Executive Director, Kuali OLE
Indiana University
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