If you weren’t able to make it to the conference, you can still see all the great talks!! Check out the videos from the conference at Archive.org.
Also all slides and videos are linked from the conference schedule.
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The videos from the Code4Lib 2008 conference are being added to Google video. Some are also on the Internet Archive site. Keep an eye as new ones appear.
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I posted about the new Library 2.0 Gang Podcast a little while ago only to find that I had jumped the gun. Now it is really really available - so check it out - subscribe - and listen often
You can listen to it via Library Journal or the new Library 2.0 Gang [...]

I recently spoke with Aaron Swartz and other Library 2.0 Gang members about the Open Library and other Code4Lib conference topics.
You can listen to it via Library Journal or the new Library 2.0 Gang page hosted by Talis.
You can check out my blog post summarizing what Aaron spoke about at the conference if [...]

Trevor Owens talked to us about Zotero. The slides are already online and the video should be there soon.

What is it?
Zotero is a Firefox add on that lets you:

store items and take notes

bring in attachments

drag and drop into the collection and tag things if you want

archive entire webpages and highlight text and add sticky [...]

I have created a set on Flickr with a ton of pictures from the recent Code4Lib conference in Portland - as you see - I didn’t get out of the hotel much, but I did review each restaurant we ate in.
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In Andrew Nagy’s presentation From Idea to Open Source, he took us through the process of creating VuFind, an open-source OPAC replacement/Library portal.
At Villanova, they wanted to develop a portal for library patrons that would let people search the catalog, the article databases and digital library all in one - and keep it separate from [...]

Jonathan Brinley, Edward M. Corrado, and Jodi Schneider talked to us about the Code4Lib Journal, a project that had been talked about for years but never implemented until recently. The moral of this story is stop talking and just do it.
They decided to use an agile development philosophy, which basically means don’t over-engineer complicated rules [...]

What a great way to open a conference like Code4Lib. The first keynote was presented by Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive.
Brewster started by reminding us that the reason he was there talking to us and the reason he is working on the Internet Archive is because the library metaphor easily translates to the [...]

I will write up my summary of Koha Camp soon - but for now, check out my pictures from yesterday and today (and future Code4Lib conference pictures) on Flickr.
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Code4Lib here I come! I’m in Portland - after two planes and 2 screaming babies, I’m ready to geek out with my fellow code4libers. I’ll keep you all posted as I learn great new things!!
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I was lucky enough to win a scholarship to attend Code4Lib last year - and to be on the committee that chose this year’s winners - so I’m happy to announce that the winners have been chosen:
We are happy to announce the winners of the Oregon State University / Code4lib Scholarships.
The OSU / Code4lib Gender [...]

I’m registered - are you?? Check out the program and details at the official site.
The conference will be held at the Embassy Suites Downtown Portland. A single suite is $150 per night, which includes full breakfast and free happy-hour. To make reservations, please call the hotel directly at (503)279-9000 and let the guest representative [...]

Last year I was lucky enough to win a scholarship to attend the Code4Lib conference. Now it’s your turn to give it a whirl. The announcements are up at the Code4Lib site. There are 2 scholarships - one for minorities and one for women.
Good luck to all! It’s a great conference!

My Code4Lib Lightening Talk is now available on video. While I was listening to others I thought “Wow, 5 minutes is a long time! Look how much they can cover” - but when I got up there - I learned that 5 minutes is not long at all!!! Anyway, if you want to [...]

code4lib Conference Videos

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ZeroConfOpenMetaSearch: the code4lib talk wrap-up

More of my links
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My pictures now show up in searches. You can see my Code4Lib pics along with others by searching for the code4lib2007 tag.
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I know I’m not done with my summaries yet - and I’ll get to them over this week (in between my term paper writing), but I wanted to share my conclusions with you while they were still fresh in my mind.
First - I feel woefully behind the times. I thought that I was doing [...]

Open Source Endeca in 250 Lines or LessCode4Lib2007 Presentation
bibapp - Google CodeThe BibApp is an ‘Institutional Bibliography’. The service matches people with citations. Once the data is captured, Librarians look for archivable works and can engage people in personalized copyright instruction.
Apache Lucene - OverviewApache Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely [...]

That’s what Atlanta’s airport reminded me of. I felt like we were being herded like cattle. I had been in that airport before - but only for plane changes, so I had no idea what their security was like. As Philly we have different entry points for each terminal - so there [...]

So this morning I got into the conference room and set up. I hit the mute button my PC and assumed that it worked. I thought the beeping was coming from someone else’s IM - but it wasn’t - IT WAS MINE! I’m so bad! Sorry to everyone who heard my tiny IRC/AIM [...]

Karen Schneider did the first keynote. Sorry it took me so long to write this up, but it was a really great talk and the recording I got was a bit muffled and I wanted to get this right.

Karen started by informing us that we’re in a State of Emergency in our profession:

We have [...]

My posts are all out of chronological order - but at least I’m posting
Roy Tennant opened up the conference on Wednesday with Ranganathan’s 5 Laws for Conferences.

Restrooms are for useNo explanation needed here
For every attendee his/her opportunity to participateCode4Lib offers breakout sessions & lightening talks which anyone can sign up for [...]

eIFL.net - Home PageeIFL.net is an independent foundation that strives to lead, negotiate, support and advocate for the wide availability of electronic resources by library users in transition and developing countries. Its main focus is on negotiating affordable subscription
RESCARTA FoundationThe ResCarta Foundation, a non-profit organization, was founded to encourage the development of a single set [...]