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For anyone that works at a Voyager library that isn't on Voyager-L or the Voyager Systems Administrator's list. If you have any questions, please contact me at [log in to unmask] (please note that in order to participate, you will have to be a ExLibris customer and register for the EndUser conference (or at least the Saturday portion)) Edward -------- Original Message -------- EndUser Voyager Hackfest Collaboration: Call for Participation Hello Voyager Hackers, New to EndUser in 2007 is a Voyager Hackfest. A hackfest is when a group of programmers and developers get together to work on a task. Hackfests have been a popular occurrence at computer-related conferences in years past and have been popularized in the library world by the Access conference [1] held in Canada each year. The 2002 Access Hackfest was described as a “collaborative effort to solve real world library problems using freely available tools” [2]. While many hackfests are competitions in which programmers compete against each other, the EndUser Voyager Hackfest will follow the Access conference tradition of collaboration. The hackfest will be three hours and will take place on Saturday, April 28 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon. The meeting room will have Internet access. Participants must bring their own laptops if they wish to have computer access during the hackfest. Hackfest participants will be required to be registered for EndUser 2007. Because of the size of the room, the hackfest is limited to 20 people. Anyone who registers after the hackfest is full will be placed on a waiting list A mailing list will be set up soon where hackfest participants and other interested parties will be able to discuss the project(s) that will be hacked on at EndUser. If you have any questions, please contact Edward M. Corrado at [log in to unmask] Please pass this notice on to anyone at your institution that you feel may be interested in participating. The hackfest is session number is 73 on the EndUser 2007 website - http://www.enduser2007.com Sincerely, Edward M. Corrado [1] For more information about the history of the Access hackfest, please see the following Web Sites: 2002-2004: http://curtis.med.yale.edu/hackfest/ 2005: http://access2005.library.ualberta.ca/hackfest.php 2006: http://www.access2006.uottawa.ca/?cat=6 [2] Access 2002 Website: http://www.access.uwindsor.ca/units/access/main.nsf/hackfest?OpenForm -- Edward M. Corrado http://www.tcnj.edu/~corrado/ Systems Librarian The College of New Jersey 403E TCNJ Library PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 Tel: 609.771.3337 Fax: 609.637.5177 Email: [log in to unmask] -- Edward M. Corrado http://www.tcnj.edu/~corrado/ Systems Librarian The College of New Jersey 403E TCNJ Library PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 Tel: 609.771.3337 Fax: 609.637.5177 Email: [log in to unmask]