Here are some tips for running women-friendly tech events, which is often a
problem for hackathons (including ones I've helped run, honestly):
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Women-friendly_events

- Coral

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Craig Boman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Code4Lib,
>
> Has your library ever hosted a hackathon for university students? If so,
> would you do it again? Anything you wish you had known before hosting the
> hackathon?
>
> From the list archives, it looks like most of the hackathons at libraries
> have been for librarians, rather than university students. Please feel free
> to share any ideas.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Craig Boman
> Applications Support Specialist
> University of Dayton Libraries
> 300 College Park
> Dayton, OH, 4569
>