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Dear Code4Lib 2009 Participants: This year, as in previous years, we're having two open-ended, informal breakout sessions during the Code4Lib conference. These have been useful for folks who wanted to discuss issues, follow up on the topics from keynotes and other talks, learn more about a project or a standard, or actually work on developing a specification or hacking out useful code. The best part about the breakout sessions is that any attendee can propose and lead a session, and we will have several rooms available to accommodate crowds of various sizes as appropriate. Right now the schedule allows for two 70-minute blocks for these, one on each of the two full conference days, Tuesday Feb 24, and Wednesday Feb 25. There's a page at code4lib.org to collect advance suggestions and proposals from any attendee who wants to run a session. Please put your session idea and name on the page or email me off-list and I'll add them to the page. Pick a day (if it matters), give your proposed session a descriptive name, and add a short description if it's not self-evident what it's about. It's easiest too if we have a point person for each breakout session, so put your name next to the proposal. You can always add or change names later. http://code4lib.org/node/276 When the conference starts we'll have flip charts listing all the proposals we collected on the web page, with room for anyone to add or change proposals. Before the breakouts start, we'll take a quick show of hands to divvy up the rooms according to interest. Smaller groups will just spread out in the ballroom. -- Jean Jean Rainwater Co-Leader, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library Providence, Rhode Island 02912 401.863.9031 [log in to unmask]