====== VuFind 2.0 Conference ======

The VuFind 2.0 conference was designed to highlight trends and goals in VuFind development and help set priorities for the future of the software.

===== Conference Dates =====

The main conference was held on Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 and Thursday, September 16th, 2010.

===== Location =====

Events took place at [[http://www.acc-villanovaconferencecenter.com/|The Villanova Conference Center]], in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.

===== Registration =====

Registration for the conference is now closed.  The attendee list can be viewed here:

[[community:conferences:2.0_conference:attendee_list|VuFind 2.0 Conference - Attendee List]]

===== Schedule =====

This was the preliminary schedule for the event, though some minor variations occurred.

==== Day One (Wednesday, September 15th, 2010) ====

7:00-8:30 	Breakfast, Conference Center Dining Room

8:30-9:30	Full group session – Introductions & opening comments (J. Lucia)

9:30-10:00	Combining VuFind & Summon (Demian Katz)

10:00-10:30	Using VuFind with ExLibris Primo Central (Christopher Spalding)

10:30-10:45	Break

10:45-11:30	Social Metadata Sharing (Greg Pendlebury)

11:30-Noon	Group Reaction & Idea Generation

Noon-1:00	Lunch

1:00-1:30	VuFind & Authority Data (Demian Katz)

1:30-2:00	Form Groups for Breakout Session I

2:00-3:30	Breakout Session I

2:45-3:00	Afternoon Break

3:30-4:30	Breakout Session I Discussion

6:00 p.m.	Group Dinner at Great American Pub

==== Day Two (Thursday, September 16th, 2010) ====

7:00-8:30	Breakfast, Conference Center Dining Room

8:30-9:00	Welcome, announcements, day one summary

9:00-9:30	VuFind in a Multi ILS Environment (Luke O’Sullivan)

9:30-10:00	Using VuFind with Voyager’s Web Services (Birong Ho)

10:00-10:15	Form Groups for Breakout Session II

10:15-10:30	Break

10:30-Noon	Breakout Session II

Noon-1:00	Lunch

1:00-1:30	Breakout Session II Discussion

1:30-2:30	Brainstorming, Bright Ideas, What You Didn’t Get to Say Yet

2:30-2:45	Break

2:45-End	Building the 2.0 Roadmap, task volunteers


===== Discussion Topics and Presentations =====



These are some of the topics discussed or considered for discussion at the conference.

  * Connecting VuFind with external systems
    * Summon
    * EBSCO Discovery Service
    * WorldCat
    * Google Maps
    * Forthcoming Elsevier API?
    * Middleware layers? Jangle,XC Toolkit etc.
    * Primo Central
  * Supporting non-MARC records in VuFind
    * EAD
    * Special Villanova projects
    * XC OAI Toolkit
  * Using authority in VuFind (external APIs and/or harvesting)
  * Using VuFind in a consortial / multi-library environment
  * Completing the driver specifications to include support for common ILS function such as Holds and Renewals
  * Building a social infrastructure for sharing user-generated data between VuFind instances
  * additionally, sharing social data between other organizational systems
  * Test-driven development
  * Usability studies
  * Follow-up discussions of topics from [[http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Discovery|the 2008 Source Discovery Portal Camp]]
  * VuFind basics for new users (help with customization, etc.)

===== Video Recordings =====

Recordings of portions of the conference may be viewed at the following links (Microsoft Silverlight required):

  * [[https://vums-web.villanova.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=0505fb008f3d4f78b08f23d0224f880c|September 15 2010 - Morning Session]] 
  * [[https://vums-web.villanova.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=b8c005c433d246349fc642780611f93a|September 15 2010 - Afternoon Session]]
  * [[https://vums-web.villanova.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=a54eee4875324e9dabecbf414618254e|September 16 2010 - Morning Session Part 1]]
  * [[https://vums-web.villanova.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=4c46edc839e64af8bd48dc6b724add2c|September 16 2010 - Morning Session Part 2]] 
  * [[https://vums-web.villanova.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=43dd273cff9f48549cf8e62cd31ed62a|September 16 2010 - Afternoon Session]]

===== Outcomes =====

The conference resulted in the development of the [[http://vufind.org/docs/roadmap2.pdf|VuFind 2.0 Roadmap]] (PDF document).

===== Contact Information =====

If you have further questions or comments, feel free to email Demian Katz (demian DOT katz AT villanova DOT edu) or comment on one of the mailing lists found on our [[http://vufind.org/support.php|support page]].