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+1, Bess! I'm especially psyched for the kata demonstrations and sparring matches we'll have at the end of the session :) I'll tinker with the advanced session description a bit when I can, but let's run with that for the time being. I'm happy to have Noami join me however she likes. Erik On Nov 13, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Bess Sadler wrote: > Hey, how about this? I've been discussing this off list with Erik > and Naomi and this is what we came up with (I also added it to the > wiki): > > This is a proposal for several pre-conference sessions that would > fit together nicely for people interested in implementing a next-gen > catalog system. > > 1. Morning session - solr white belt > Instructor: Bess Sadler (anyone else want to join me?) > The journey of solr mastery begins with installation. We will then > proceed to data types, indexing, querying, and inner harmony. You > will leave this session with enough information to start running a > solr service with your own data. > > 2. Morning session - solr black belt > Instructors: Erik Hatcher (and Naomi Dushay? she has offered to > help, if that's of interest) > Amaze your friends with your ability to combine boolean and weighted > searching. Confound your enemies with your mastery of the secrets of > dismax. Leave slow queries in the dust as you performance tune solr > within an inch of its life. [We should probably add more specific > advanced topics here... suggestions welcome] > > 3. Afternoon session - Blacklight > Instructors: Naomi Dushay, Jessie Keck, and Bess Sadler > Apply your solr skills to running Blacklight as a front end for your > library catalog, institutional repository, or anything you can index > into solr. We'll cover installation, source control with git, local > modifications, test driving development, and writing object-specific > behaviors. You'll leave this workshop ready to revolutionize > discovery at your library. Solr white belts or black belts are > welcome. > > And then anyone else who had a topic that built on solr (e.g., > vufind?) could add it in the afternoon. Obviously I'm biased, but I > really do think the topic of implementing a next gen catalog is > meaty enough for a half day and I know people are asking me about it > and eager to attend such a thing. > > What do you think, folks? > > Bess > > On 12-Nov-09, at 4:10 PM, Gabriel Farrell wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 02:47:42PM +0000, Jodi Schneider wrote: >>> If you'd be up for it Erik, I'd envision a basic session in the >>> morning. >>> Some of us (like me) have never gotten Solr up and running. >>> >>> Then the afternoon could break off for an advanced session. >>> >>> Though I like Bess's idea, too! Would that be suitable for a >>> conference >>> breakout? Not sure I'd want to pit it against Solr advanced session! >> >> The preconfs should be as inclusive as possible, but I'm wondering if >> the Solr session might be more beneficial if we dive into the >> particulars right off the bat in the morning. There are only a few >> steps to get Solr up and running -- it's in the configuration for our >> custom needs that the advice of a certain Mr. Hatcher can really be >> helpful. >> >> You're right, though, that the NGC thing sounds more like a BOF >> session. >> I'd support that in order to attend a full preconf day of Solr. >> >> >> Gabriel > > Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler > Chief Architect for the Online Library Environment > Box 400129 > Alderman Library > University of Virginia > Charlottesville, VA 22904 > > [log in to unmask] > (434) 243-2305 >