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Because it seems like it might be useful, I've started a publicly-editable google map at http://goo.gl/maps/LWqay Right now, it has two points: the hotel and the conference location. Please add stuff as appropriate if the urge strikes you. On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 06:41:26PM -0500, Cynthia Ng wrote: > > I'm sorry, but that doesn't actually clear up anything for me. The > > location on the layrd page just says Chicago. So, is the conference > > still happening at UIC? Since the conference hotel isn't super close, > > does that mean there will be transportation provided? > > The entire conference and pre-conference is at UIC. The Forum is a > revenue generating part of UIC. The pre-conference will be at the > University Libraries on Monday with the exception of the Drupal one. > > The hotel is a mile or thereabouts from UIC Forum. Here is the problem > with us natives planning. It never crossed our minds that walking a mile > while on the *upper limit* of our shuttling to and from work is not the > norm for everyone. This was brought to our attention and we will have a > shuttle from the Hotel to the Conference venue. > > > > > While we're on the subject, are the pre-conferences happening at the > > same location? > > > See above. > > ./fxk > > > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:41:54AM -0800, Erik Hetzner wrote: > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> Apparently code4lib 2013 is going to be held at the UIC Forum > > >> > > >> http://www.uic.edu/depts/uicforum/ > > >> > > >> I assumed it would be at the conference hotel. This is just a note so > > >> that others do not make the same assumption, since nowhere in the > > >> information about the conference is the location made clear. > > >> > > >> Since the conference hotel is 1 mile from the venue, I assume > > >> transportation will be available. > > > > > > That's a good assumption to make. As to the confusion I said to you > > > when you asked me about this a couple of days ago. > > > > > > http://www.uic.edu/~kayiwa/code4lib.html was supposed to be our > > > proposal. If you look at the document it also suggests that we were > > > going to have the conference registration staggered by timezones. We > > > have elected not to update that because as that was our proposal. When > > > preparing our proposal we borrowed heavily from Yale's and IU's > proposal > > > and if someone would like to steal from us I think it is fair to leave > > > that as is. > > > > > > If you want the conference page use the lanyrd.com link below. I can't > > > even take credit for doing that. All of that goes to @pberry > > > > > > http://lanyrd.com/2013/c4l13/ > > > > > > Cheers, > > > ./fxk > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> best, Erik Hetzner > > > > > >> Sent from my free software system <http://fsf.org/>. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Speed is subsittute fo accurancy. > > > > -- > Speed is subsittute fo accurancy. > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library