I was going to point to that too, and also note that the DevXS event was the brainchild of two students at the University of Lincoln, who went onto work at the University - including developing 'Jerome' a library search interface using MongoDB and the Sphinx index/search s/w http://jerome.library.lincoln.ac.uk/

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On 13 Oct 2011, at 23:04, Robert Robertson wrote:

> Hi Ellen,
> 
> The event hasn't been held yet but it might be worth taking a look at what DevCSI are doing with their DevXS event http://devxs.org/ and seeing what comes out of it after the fact.
> 
> The DevCSI initiative (http://devcsi.ukoln.ac.uk/blog/) has run quite a few hackday events (inlcuding dev8D ) as part of an effort to build a stronger community of developers in HE in the UK and some of their events and challenges have been around library data. 
> 
> DevXS is their first major foray into trying the same idea with CS and other students but it might offer some ideas for events that could raise interest in longer term service learning projects or tackle specific tasks.
> 
> cheers,
> John
> 
> 
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> From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ellen K. Wilson [[log in to unmask]]
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> Subject: [CODE4LIB] CIS students, service learning, and the library
> 
> I am wondering if anyone has experience working with students
> (particularly CIS students) in service learning projects involving the
> library. I am currently supervising four first-year students who are
> working on a brief (10 hour) project involving the usability and
> redesign of the homepage as part of a first year seminar course.
> Obviously we won't get the whole thing done, but it is providing us with
> some valuable student insight into what should be on the page, etc.
> 
> I anticipate the CIS department's first-year experience program will
> want to continue this collaboration, so I'm trying to brainstorm some
> projects that might be useful for future semesters particularly for
> freshmen who are just beginning their course of study in computer
> science, information technology, or information systems. This semester's
> project was thrown together in only a few days and I would like to not
> do that again! Ideas would be appreciated.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ellen
> 
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