Gah, I think I forgot to announce this on the list, but there's also
this google map:
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213549257652679418473.0004ce6c25e6cdeb0319d&msa=0
which I put on the social page
http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_social_activities
I'll go ahead and add the hotel and conference site to that as well if
it's not already there.
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Because it seems like it might be useful, I've started a publicly-editable
> google map at
>
> http://goo.gl/maps/LWqay
>
> Right now, it has two points: the hotel and the conference location. Please
> add stuff as appropriate if the urge strikes you.
>
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>
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 06:41:26PM -0500, Cynthia Ng wrote:
>> > I'm sorry, but that doesn't actually clear up anything for me. The
>> > location on the layrd page just says Chicago. So, is the conference
>> > still happening at UIC? Since the conference hotel isn't super close,
>> > does that mean there will be transportation provided?
>>
>> The entire conference and pre-conference is at UIC. The Forum is a
>> revenue generating part of UIC. The pre-conference will be at the
>> University Libraries on Monday with the exception of the Drupal one.
>>
>> The hotel is a mile or thereabouts from UIC Forum. Here is the problem
>> with us natives planning. It never crossed our minds that walking a mile
>> while on the *upper limit* of our shuttling to and from work is not the
>> norm for everyone. This was brought to our attention and we will have a
>> shuttle from the Hotel to the Conference venue.
>>
>> >
>> > While we're on the subject, are the pre-conferences happening at the
>> > same location?
>>
>>
>> See above.
>>
>> ./fxk
>>
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:41:54AM -0800, Erik Hetzner wrote:
>> > >> Hi all,
>> > >>
>> > >> Apparently code4lib 2013 is going to be held at the UIC Forum
>> > >>
>> > >> http://www.uic.edu/depts/uicforum/
>> > >>
>> > >> I assumed it would be at the conference hotel. This is just a note so
>> > >> that others do not make the same assumption, since nowhere in the
>> > >> information about the conference is the location made clear.
>> > >>
>> > >> Since the conference hotel is 1 mile from the venue, I assume
>> > >> transportation will be available.
>> > >
>> > > That's a good assumption to make. As to the confusion I said to you
>> > > when you asked me about this a couple of days ago.
>> > >
>> > > http://www.uic.edu/~kayiwa/code4lib.html was supposed to be our
>> > > proposal. If you look at the document it also suggests that we were
>> > > going to have the conference registration staggered by timezones. We
>> > > have elected not to update that because as that was our proposal. When
>> > > preparing our proposal we borrowed heavily from Yale's and IU's
>> proposal
>> > > and if someone would like to steal from us I think it is fair to leave
>> > > that as is.
>> > >
>> > > If you want the conference page use the lanyrd.com link below. I can't
>> > > even take credit for doing that. All of that goes to @pberry
>> > >
>> > > http://lanyrd.com/2013/c4l13/
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > ./fxk
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >> best, Erik Hetzner
>> > >
>> > >> Sent from my free software system <http://fsf.org/>.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Speed is subsittute fo accurancy.
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Speed is subsittute fo accurancy.
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> Bill Dueber
> Library Systems Programmer
> University of Michigan Library
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