Wow, this looks like it was a great event. I don't suppose any of the talks were recorded, or that any slides are available? I'm particularly interested in Karen Estlund's talk about NoCode: Digital Preservation of Electronic Records...and well, all of the talks :-)
//Ed On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Kyle Banerjee <kyle.baner...@gmail.com> wrote: > Code4Lib Northwest was held June 7 at the White Stag building in Portland, > OR. > > Registration was closed and a waiting list established at least a month > before the event because the room capacity of 65 was reached. Ten 20 minute > sessions and 13 lightning talks listed at > http://groups.google.com/group/pnwcode4lib/web/code4lib-northwest-2010 made > for a full day. Our official timekeeper (a screaming flying monkey who gets > upset if people yak too long) was the only one who was bored as everyone > stayed focused to the end. > > About half of the attendees filled out evaluation forms. Roughly 70% rated > it as excellent, and everyone else gave it the next highest rating. A number > of themes appeared in the responses. People loved the format consisting of > short presentations and lightning talks. They also gave the content, food, > and venue high marks. > > However, both at the post conference evaluation and in written comments, > people said they'd like more opportunity to interact directly with others. > Breakout sessions, short Q/A sessions after every couple speakers, and other > ideas were suggested. These ideas and others will be considered for > improving next year's event. > > Significantly, a number of excellent technologists with a feel for the > code4lib spirit indicated willingness to help organize the next Code4Lib > Northwest, so we're already looking forward to Code4Lib Northwest 2011. > > Respectfully submitted, > > kyle >
