Re: [code4lib-midwest] code4lib "midwest" [agenda and challenge]

From: Rob Casson <rob.casson_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 21:07:58 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Solr will surely get mentioned/used during the meeting, so it might be
worth your time to attend Erik Hatcher's webinar on Thursday, "Rapid
Prototyping Search Applications with Solr":

     http://www.lucidimagination.com/solutions/events

should be a great crash course for the unfamiliar.  cheers,
rc

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu> wrote:
>> We are now up to sixteen registrants (Woot!)...
>
> Here is our tentative Friday agenda for the "Midwest" Meeting:
>
>  * 10 o'clock - Meet & greet
>  * 10:30 - Show & Tell / Lighting Talks
>  * Noon - Lunch at the Dining Hall
>  * 1 o'clock - Tour of campus
>  * 2:30 - Code4Lib Challenge
>  * 3:30 - Hack Session
>  * 6 o'clock - Social Event
>
> But I wanted to especially highlight the Code4Lib Challenge. In one of preplanning conference calls a number of months ago, the idea of a "challenge" was proposed, and here is what we hope to do:
>
>  1. from the lightning talks, pick one or two really really cool things
>  2. present the selected ideas to library employees
>  3. ask the employees to "challenge" the Meeting attendees
>     to solve a particular computing problem
>  4. hope someone from the Meeting picks up the banner and hacks a solution
>  5. present the solution back to employees at a later time
>
> Or something like that. Wish us luck, and we'll let y'all know how it goes.
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
> University of Notre Dame
>
> (574) 631-8604
>
Received on Mon Jun 07 2010 - 21:09:42 EDT