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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
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