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VuFind Summit 2012
Location
The VuFind Summit will take place at Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
Dates and Fees
October 15-16: VuFind Summit ($50 registration)
The VuFind Summit is followed by a couple of other (non-VuFind-specific) events which may also be of interest to VuFind users:
October 17: code4lib Atlantic ($25 registration)
October 18: VuStuff (free)
For more information on all three events, see the Villanova Tech Trifecta page.
Live Streaming
The VuFind 2012 Summit will be live streamed. To follow along with the proceedings, head over to:
http://vumslx.vuad.villanova.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/Full/041b0d9920934a6283e7cc3e4fa4b15a21
Presenting at the Summit
There will be several 30-minute presentation slots (20 minute talk + 10 minute Q&A) during the summit, and we will be accepting proposals from anyone interested in sharing their VuFind-related work. You can submit talk proposals here.
There will also be some 5-minute “lightning rounds” for discussing small but interesting VuFind hacks and enhancements. If you have an idea for a lightning round, please sign up on this wiki page.
Lightning Round Signup
1. – available slot –
2. – available slot –
3. The GIL-Find UC: a VuFind consortial OPAC. A brief look at modifications made to our VuFind branch in order to use it as a front end to Voyager's Universal Catalog. Sean Purcell, University System of Georgia.
4. – available slot –
5. – available slot –
6. – available slot –
Summit Breakout Sessions
The Summit will include at least two 90-minute “breakout sessions” for small groups to get together and brainstorm. Feel free to suggest topics here on the wiki; at the actual conference, breakout groups will be formed by vote using ideas from this page.
Breakout Ideas
- Z39.50 ILS driver extension
- VUFind for consortia
- Supporting RDA/FRBR
Travel Funding
Travel expense funding is no longer available – the request period has ended.
Hotel Information
For details on places to stay for the conference, see this page.
Tentative Schedule
This is a preliminary schedule for the two-day event. Some details are subject to change. Presentation topics will be filled in after the proposal submission window is closed.
Day 1: 8:00a - 9:00a Coffee Hour (Light Refreshments) 9:00a - 9:30a Opening Remarks 9:30a - 10:30a VuFind 2.0 Introduction -- Demian Katz, Villanova University, USA 10:30a - 10:45a Break 10:45a - 11:30a Roadmap Review & Discussion 11:30a - 12:00p VuFind as a Participatory Scientific Information Discovery, Access, Evaluation and Sharing Service -- Filipe Manuel dos Santos Bento, University of Aveiro, Portugal 12:00p - 1:00p Lunch (Provided) 1:00p - 1:30p Changing the Channel: Bringing Primo Central API Content into VuFind -- Spencer Lamm and Chelsea Lobdell, Swarthmore College/Tri-College Consortium, USA 1:30p - 2:00p Lightning Talks/VuFind Hacks 2:00p - 3:30p Breakout Session I 3:30p - 4:15p Breakout Session I Discussion 4:15p - 4:30p Closing Remarks 6:00p Unofficial Dinner Meet-up (Gullifty's) Day 2: 8:00a - 9:00a Coffee Hour (Light Refreshments) 9:00a - 9:30a Opening Remarks, Announcements & Housekeeping 9:30a - 10:00a VuFind eContent -- Mark Noble, Marmot Library Network, USA 10:00a - 10:30a Implementing Next Generation Discovery Tool VuFind in South Asia -- Mohan Raj Pradhan, HealthNet Nepal 10:30a - 10:45a Break 10:45a - 11:30a Brainstorm Session: Open Indexing 11:30a - 12:00p VuFind: On the Road & On the Wall -- David Uspal, Villanova University, USA 12:00p - 1:00p Lunch (Provided) 1:00p - 1:30p Using Multiple Indices in VuFind -- Oliver Goldschmidt, University of Technology Hamburg-Harburg, Germany 1:30p - 2:00p Lightning Talks/VuFind Hacks II 2:00p - 3:30p Breakout Session II 3:30p - 4:15p Breakout Session II Discussion 4:15p - 4:30p Closing Remarks