Hello, Nishit. I'm not sure what kind of response you were looking for. I volunteered to be on the program planning committee for the upcoming Code4Lib meeting, so part of me wants to respond from a program planning perspective. I'm also a member of the anarchistic Code4Lib community, so I want to respond from that one-person/one-vote perspective as well. So here is a reply with the two perspectives rolled into one.
>From the first perspective, this probably isn't the ideal mailing list to >bring up the question of scheduling this into the meeting. The meeting >planning is happening on the code4libcon Google Group >(http://groups.google.com/group/code4libcon). Hopefully you have been in >touch with the Code4Lib meeting hosts to see if they have any concerns or >objections to what you are proposing. If not, I'd do so pronto! >From the second perspective, I see a couple of problems. First, the proposed >schedule has the prototype built during the meeting itself. Others may voice >otherwise, but I go to the meeting to absorb the content from presentations >and to network with attendees. So I, for one, wouldn't be interested in using >the time during the week on heads-down coding. (Others may feel otherwise, >obviously.) (Also note that Code4Lib typically hasn't had a heads-down coding >challenge during the meeting like what I've seen at the Open Repositories >meeting. Not that it couldn't be tried, but you'd be swimming against a >strong tide of tradition at this late date.) Second, all of the selections >are being done by Elsevier, which is out-of-character for a highly >participatory group like Code4Lib. You might want to revisit that part to see >if you can get community engagement at the selection stages as well. Thanks for sponsoring the meeting last year and this year. I hope this constructive criticism is helpful. Peter On Dec 29, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Bhuva, Nishit (ELS-NYC) wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > My name is Nishit Bhuva and I am the Partner Development Manager in the > Developer Network team at Elsevier. I am sure many of the Code4Lib > members must be aware of SciVerse Applications > <http://www.applications.sciverse.com/action/userhome> that are > developed on the Elsevier platform. For the members who are new to this > platform, the apps on SciVerse basically assist researchers in > accelerating their scientific study by saving time and effort and > presenting targeted information, rather than having them go through the > vast amount of scientific data available. > > We are very excited about the Code4Lib conference. Elsevier was one of > the sponsors for Code4Lib 2011 and we are also on the sponsors list for > Code4Lib 2012. Since SciVerse apps are excellent tools that bring > precise scientific information at the fingertips of researchers, we are > interested in engaging with all members of Code4Lib to use their > expertise and assist the scientific community in accelerating their > research. To facilitate the engagement with Code4Lib members, we are > interested in organizing an App Challenge prior to and during the 2012 > conference. This challenge will give Code4Lib members an opportunity to > showcase their talents on a global platform. Below is a draft outline > for the challenge we are interested in organizing (this draft is open > for discussion). > > Stage 1: Submit your concepts/ideas for an app. > > * Concept/Idea submission begins on January 9, 2012. > > * Deadline for submission will be January 31, 2012. > > * Submissions should include a detailed concept/idea description > and poster/slides showing functionality of the app. > > * Top 10-15 concepts/ideas will be selected by Elsevier. > > * Entries could be as individuals/teams. > > > > Stage 2: Build an app based on selected concepts. > > * The poster/slides of selected entries will be displayed on all > days of the conference. > > * Members of the winning teams will build apps during the 4 days > of the conference (February 6 - 9, 2012). > > * End deliverable will be a working prototype of the app. > > * Three winners will be selected by Elsevier > > * Winners receive cash rewards after the conference. > > * Entries could be as individuals/teams. > > > > Some of you might be wondering that what happens to concept/ideas and > prototype apps that are not selected. The good news is, these go to the > SciVerse Labs Applications gallery where: > > * The concepts can be used by any developer to build apps and, > > * Original developers of app prototypes will have an opportunity > to continue their work. > > I would be glad to hear from all members about their thoughts on this > challenge and also discuss other possibilities to engage during the > conference. > > Happy Holidays to all ! > > > Best, > > Nishit -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS peter.mur...@lyrasis.org +1 678-235-2955 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 800.999.8558 Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org LYRASIS: Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers.
