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Code4Lib North’s first meeting is happening soon! Here are the 4Ws:

What : Code4Lib North = http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/North
Where: Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario (exact rooms to be determined)
When: Thursday (afternoon/evening) and Friday (all day), 6-7 May 2010
What’s it going to cost me?: No charge. Queen’s University is generously donating the space,
the Internet access, and food

Code4Lib North is a local chapter of the Code4Lib community of people involved in libraries and technology. The annual Code4Lib conference began in 2006.  Since then, several local chapters have started in different regions of the United States, as well as in Japan, Hungary, and the Netherlands.  This is the first Canadian chapter meeting. Code4Lib North is meant to bring together librarians, programmers, and other interested people from Ontario, Quebec, New York, Vermont, and nearby areas.

Questions or comments? Check out the Code4Lib North website, send mail to the mailing list, or e-mail Wendy Huot <wendy.huot@queensu.ca> and William Denton <wtd@pobox.com>.

Hosted by Convergent Library Technologies
Speakers: Kimberly Bolan, Kimberly Bolan & Associates; Rob Cullin, Evanced Solutions

When: January 12, 1:00 pm EST.
Cost: Free
Register online at www.clibtech.com by selecting “Webinar” from “Events Schedule”
OR or call 1-866-213-8880 x116

Convergent Library Technologies is pleased to host this unique opportunity to hear two popular speakers discuss their thoughts on innovation and best practices in a 21st century oriented public library. This popular session was recently presented at both the California Library Association conference and Indiana Library Federation conference, both held in November 2008.

Please join us. Space is limited.

Presentation Overview

This practical, how-to presentation focuses on worldwide best practices for 21st century public libraries. Twenty-one examples and ideas from both public libraries and non-library organizations will be shown and discussed. Examples provided will include such topics as Library 2.0, Web 2.0, facilities, marketing and branding, collections, community collaborations, and customer service. Presenters will encourage group discussion of the examples shown.

Kimberly Bolan is a library consultant based in Indianapolis, IN. She specializes in facility planning and design, strategic planning, and library service improvement. Kim holds an MLS from Syracuse University, is the author of Teen Spaces, Technology Made Simple, and numerous journal articles. Prior to becoming a consultant Kim served in several public library administrative positions. Kim was named a 2004 “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal and has presented at numerous state and national conferences. She’s active in PLA, YALSA, NYLA and ILF, is a community editor for WebJunction, an advisor to ALA Editions and runs her own popular blog, http://indielibrarian.blogspot.com/.

Rob Cullin is the co-founder of Evanced Solutions, a company that grew out of a consulting project to design a library program and events registration application for a local library. That project turned into a presentation at PLA and evolved into a commercially sold product. Rob has enjoyed working extensively with libraries of all sizes, but especially small and medium ones, helping them integrate technology into their public service plans. He has worked with Kim on a number of projects and spoken on his own and with her a numerous conferences. A big proponent of Web 2.0, Rob focuses on how to make that concept real and tangible in public libraries.

• When: Oct. 1 - 4, 2008
• Where: Hamilton, Ontario 
• How: Visit the conference website to register
• What: Check the conference website for the exciting program! Keynotes this year will be Karen Schneider and Bob Young!

Check out the social events too - fun, food and games in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum! Pub crawl in Hess Village! Appetizers in the Art Gallery!

This year the conference will be held in Hamilton, Ontario at the Sheraton Hamilton Hotel (conference) and Hamilton Public Library (Hackfest) from October 1-4 and is hosted by:

• McMaster University
• Hamilton Public Library
• Mohawk College
• Brock University

*Reserve your room at the Sheraton by Sept. 5^th to secure the conference rate.* Spots are filling up fast - please register soon! 

Need conference funding?

• You may qualify for a grant! There are two grants available, each worth $1000:
• ProQuest Student Travel Grant (for students only)
• Equinox-Evergreen First-Timer Grant (for first-time Access attendees only)
• More information about these grants and to apply, see the conference website

What’s new with the Public Knowledge Project: Open Journal Systems,
Open Conference Systems, Open Monograph Press, Lemon8-XML

Wed June 25 2:30 to 5

2:30 to 3:30 What’s New: Open Journal Systems, Open Conference
Systems, Open Monograph Press

A review of the new releases and plans for the Open Journal System,
Open Conference System. Discussion of the planned Open Monograph
System and annotation tools.

3:30 to 5 Lemon8-XML Beta Presentation

Lemon8-XML is a web-based application designed to make it easier
to convert academic papers from typical word-processor editing
formats such as MS-Word .DOC and OpenOffice .ODT, to publishing
layout formats such as XML. It provides the ability to edit document
metadata such as the list of authors, as well as robust citation
editing, checking and correction.

Speakers:

Kevin Stranack, Research Associate, Public Knowledge Project
MJ Suhonos, System Developer, Public Knowledge Project

Location:

Rm. 2009 (Conference Rm., Library Administration)
Robarts Library
130 St. George St.

N.B. This meeting will also be streamed lived for remote attendees.
Details to follow

Call for Proposals for Access 2008

Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date: October 1-3, 2008 (Hackfest: Oct 1; Conference: Oct 2-4)
CFP Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2008
URL: http://access2008.mcmaster.ca

Access is Canada’s premier library technology conference, featuring a single stream of sessions that deal with technology planning, development, challenges and solutions. We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks on the following topics (other ideas are more than welcome):

• customized web applications and search interfaces
• open source software
• national and provincial/state-wide consortia technology initiatives
• information policy
• digital and social media
• library catalogue innovations
• digitization projects
• institutional repositories
• end-user searching behaviours
• protocols and metadata

…or anything else suitably geeky, innovative and/or awe-inspiring!  Sessions are usually 45 minutes or 1 hour in length. Proposals should include:

• your name, title, institutional affiliation, contact information, blog/website URL
• 100 word (max) abstract describing your proposed presentation
• co-presenters you will (or hope to) present with

Submission Procedures:

• deadline for submission is February 22, 2008
• send your proposal to Amanda Etches-Johnson, Program Chair, at etchesa AT mcmaster.ca
• each submission will be acknowledged and all presenters will be notified of the status of their proposal by April 15, 2008
• if you’d simply like to recommend topics and/or speakers (other than yourself), feel free to get in touch! 

Depending on the number of submissions, we can’t promise that every proposal will be accepted. However, we will have sessions set aside for Lightning/Thunder talks, which provide an informal opportunity to share your ideas with your peers.

For more information about Access, see the Access 2007 website. Alternatively, feel free to get in touch with the members of the Program Planning Committee:

Amanda Etches-Johnson
User Experience Librarian, McMaster University
etchesa AT mcmaster.ca

Jenn Horwath
Virtual Branch Manager, Hamilton Public Library
jhorwath AT hpl.ca

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