 |
 |
Hi all, Our first code4lib Ottawa meetup had a great turnout and more than few calls for it to to be repeated. So to keep things rolling along, I'm proposing a second event: Date: Tuesday April 24th, 5pm Location: The Exchange Pub, 50 Rideau Street (entrance inside Rideau Centre) The reservation is under "Warren / code4lib" and the reserved room is downstairs. While the first meeting was more of a meet-and-greet, I thought it might be fun to add an educational component for this second gathering. To that end, we'll start with a Show and Tell session. Anyone who wants to demo what they're working on or something interesting related to libraries and technology is encouraged to take the floor, even if it's five minute lightning talk. An HDTV with an HDMI input is available if you want to show something on screen. We'll likely have about an hour or so of talks followed by the usual social gathering. We already have a few volunteers: * Max Neuvians from the uOttawa ESIS program will be talking about "Social-biblio.ca : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative". * Mary Beth Baker will provide a quick intro to Girl Develop It Ottawa (http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Ottawa/) and also seek some input for the wireless-friendly Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. * Warren Layton will give a quick demo of LibraryBox, a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where security restrictions can limit network use. Please send an RSVP to [log in to unmask] if you're wish to attend and/or present. See you at the meetup! Cheers, Warren Layton