Hi everyone -

I’m very pleased to announce that Data Curation Experts will lead a four-day Hydra Camp hosted by the University of California Santa Barbara Library from Monday, February 22nd through Thursday, February 25th, 2016. Hydra Camp is open to all developers interested in building skills working with the Hydra technology framework. High-level course topics include:
	• Ruby, Rails, and collaborative development using Github
	• The Hydra framework including Fedora and Solr
	• Content and Metadata management
	• Introductory Blacklight including search and faceting
	• Advanced Topics and Participant Q&A
Space is limited to 30 participants, so sign up now!

REGISTRATION
The 4-day course costs $925.  Spaces can be reserved at: http://hydracamp-ucsb-2016.eventbrite.com <http://hydracamp-ucsb-2016.eventbrite.com/> 

FACILITY & ACCOMODATIONS
Class will take place on the UC Santa Barbara Campus in the newly rennovated main library building: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/building <http://www.library.ucsb.edu/building>

Attendees are responsible for arranging their own transportation to and from Santa Barbara, CA (Goleta).

A limitied number of rooms have been reserved at the Pacifica Suites hotel for the class rate of $169/night. To make your reservations, please call the hotel directly and request the group name "Hydra Camp at UCSB Library".
Pacifica Suites
5490 Hollister Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Phone: (805) 683-6722 | Toll Free: (800) 338-6722
http://www.pacificahotels.com/pacificasuites <http://www.pacificahotels.com/pacificasuites> 
Rooms are limited and the class rate is only available for bookings must be made before January 21st, so please reserve your room promptly.

CANCELLATIONS
Registrations are transferrable and can be cancelled up to the Friday before the event.

Cheers
- Mark

Mark Bussey
Data Curation Experts
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