Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2016 Pre-Conference Proposals

2015-10-07 Thread Harlow, Christina Marie 
Hi everyone:

Thank you for all the great feedback and ideas on Code4Lib pre-conference 
workshops.

The pre-conference group has started off planning for this with a focus on 
having plenty of time to liaise with the accepted workshop leaders on questions 
like when and with whom to share the workshop preparation 
materials/installation instructions/etc, as well as how to best support last 
minute installation/changes the day of (i.e. not just relying on wifi for 
downloads, having instructions easy to find and access, etc.).

We will look into the (very good) idea of having a shared virtual space for 
preparation materials provided by the leaders of each pre-conference workshop 
so that attendees can prepare in advance. Perhaps we can also use that space to 
share any questions that come up for other attendees going through the 
installation processes. We will reach out to the workshop leaders earlier than 
last year with list of registered attendees so they can get preparation 
materials to the shared site and directly to attendees as soon as they are able.

I’m uncertain that we will be able to offer a library box loaded with 
pre-conference materials for all the possible pre conference spaces, but we 
will definitely look into it. And we will recommend for workshop leaders to 
have back up downloads via thumb drive or other such device of necessary 
materials/applications/etc.

If someone wants to propose a pre-conference on preparing for pre-conferences, 
we welcome your submission.

Thanks,
Christina

Christina Harlow
Cataloging & Metadata Librarian
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
306Z1 Hodges Library
865-974-0029
charl...@utk.edu<mailto:charl...@utk.edu>

On Oct 7, 2015, at 2:53 PM, McKeehan, Morgan 
<morga...@live.unc.edu<mailto:morga...@live.unc.edu>> wrote:

I recently attended a workshop as part of a conference for conservation of 
software-based artworks that did a great job of providing advance preparation 
for participants.  They sent emails with detailed instructions and links to 
this documentation on github (participants needed to install Virtual Box and an 
.ova file on their machines in advance of the workshop).

https://github.com/techfocus3/resources/tree/master/Virtual%20Machine%20Setup

There was also a link to a dropbox site participants could access for slides 
and supporting materials.  The organizers also gave us USB drives with the 
resources as soon as we arrived, but most people seemed to have already 
installed everything.  It worked out really well; I thought this was a great 
model.

-Morgan McKeehan
NDSR-NYC, Rhizome



From: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> on behalf of Katherine N. 
Deibel <dei...@uw.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 2:46 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2016 Pre-Conference Proposals

And just to add to this, even if you provide the links beforehand,
presenters should bring a few thumb drives with the software/files/etc.
as well just in case something needs to be reinstalled or there are a
few slackers who didn't read their pre-workshop e-mails.

Providing silly hats to wear while using the thumb drives is optional.


Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist
Information Technology Services
University of Washington Libraries
http://staff.washington.edu/deibel

--

"When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina."

On 10/7/2015 11:17 AM, Fox, Bobbi wrote:
Hi, Christina!

I don't have a workshop to propose, but I *do* have a plea for any workshop 
that is a hands-on-the-laptop experience:

That the presenter of said workshop provide links, in advance, to any software 
needed.  If the presenter would suggest the use of vagrant or docker (or 
whatever else is out there), then links to those tools, plus good, easy 
implementation instructions, should also be supplied in advance.  In addition, 
if the workshop is going to feature a particular language or framework, that 
should be specified in advance as well.  (why no, I *don't* know how to spin up 
a web server on my Windoze laptop; at work I do it in Linux!)

I have unfortunately been to too many workshops where the presenter either 
assumed a crystal-clear, fast, internet connection for the 40 participants, or 
assumed a lot more vagrant/docker knowledge than I, and several others, had.


(hmm, maybe I can find someone to propose an "everything you need to learn, 
software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on workshops...)

Cheers,
Bobbi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2016 Pre-Conference Proposals

2015-10-07 Thread Katherine N. Deibel 
And just to add to this, even if you provide the links beforehand, 
presenters should bring a few thumb drives with the software/files/etc. 
as well just in case something needs to be reinstalled or there are a 
few slackers who didn't read their pre-workshop e-mails.


Providing silly hats to wear while using the thumb drives is optional.


Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist
Information Technology Services
University of Washington Libraries
http://staff.washington.edu/deibel

--

"When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina."

On 10/7/2015 11:17 AM, Fox, Bobbi wrote:

Hi, Christina!

I don't have a workshop to propose, but I *do* have a plea for any workshop 
that is a hands-on-the-laptop experience:

That the presenter of said workshop provide links, in advance, to any software 
needed.  If the presenter would suggest the use of vagrant or docker (or 
whatever else is out there), then links to those tools, plus good, easy 
implementation instructions, should also be supplied in advance.  In addition, 
if the workshop is going to feature a particular language or framework, that 
should be specified in advance as well.  (why no, I *don't* know how to spin up 
a web server on my Windoze laptop; at work I do it in Linux!)

I have unfortunately been to too many workshops where the presenter either 
assumed a crystal-clear, fast, internet connection for the 40 participants, or 
assumed a lot more vagrant/docker knowledge than I, and several others, had.


(hmm, maybe I can find someone to propose an "everything you need to learn, 
software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on workshops...)

Cheers,
Bobbi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2016 Pre-Conference Proposals

2015-10-07 Thread McKeehan, Morgan 
I recently attended a workshop as part of a conference for conservation of 
software-based artworks that did a great job of providing advance preparation 
for participants.  They sent emails with detailed instructions and links to 
this documentation on github (participants needed to install Virtual Box and an 
.ova file on their machines in advance of the workshop).  

https://github.com/techfocus3/resources/tree/master/Virtual%20Machine%20Setup

There was also a link to a dropbox site participants could access for slides 
and supporting materials.  The organizers also gave us USB drives with the 
resources as soon as we arrived, but most people seemed to have already 
installed everything.  It worked out really well; I thought this was a great 
model.

-Morgan McKeehan
NDSR-NYC, Rhizome



From: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> on behalf of Katherine N. 
Deibel <dei...@uw.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 2:46 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2016 Pre-Conference Proposals

And just to add to this, even if you provide the links beforehand,
presenters should bring a few thumb drives with the software/files/etc.
as well just in case something needs to be reinstalled or there are a
few slackers who didn't read their pre-workshop e-mails.

Providing silly hats to wear while using the thumb drives is optional.


Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist
Information Technology Services
University of Washington Libraries
http://staff.washington.edu/deibel

--

"When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina."

On 10/7/2015 11:17 AM, Fox, Bobbi wrote:
> Hi, Christina!
>
> I don't have a workshop to propose, but I *do* have a plea for any workshop 
> that is a hands-on-the-laptop experience:
>
> That the presenter of said workshop provide links, in advance, to any 
> software needed.  If the presenter would suggest the use of vagrant or docker 
> (or whatever else is out there), then links to those tools, plus good, easy 
> implementation instructions, should also be supplied in advance.  In 
> addition, if the workshop is going to feature a particular language or 
> framework, that should be specified in advance as well.  (why no, I *don't* 
> know how to spin up a web server on my Windoze laptop; at work I do it in 
> Linux!)
>
> I have unfortunately been to too many workshops where the presenter either 
> assumed a crystal-clear, fast, internet connection for the 40 participants, 
> or assumed a lot more vagrant/docker knowledge than I, and several others, 
> had.
>
>
> (hmm, maybe I can find someone to propose an "everything you need to learn, 
> software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on workshops...)
>
> Cheers,
> Bobbi
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2016 Pre-Conference Proposals

2015-10-07 Thread Goben, Abigail 
Or a LibraryBox! I've done a couple of workshops now where slides, data, 
handouts, etc was all on my LibraryBox so we weren't relying on web to 
get those files passed around.


Abigail

On 10/7/2015 1:46 PM, Katherine N. Deibel wrote:
And just to add to this, even if you provide the links beforehand, 
presenters should bring a few thumb drives with the 
software/files/etc. as well just in case something needs to be 
reinstalled or there are a few slackers who didn't read their 
pre-workshop e-mails.


Providing silly hats to wear while using the thumb drives is optional.


Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist
Information Technology Services
University of Washington Libraries
http://staff.washington.edu/deibel

--

"When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina."

On 10/7/2015 11:17 AM, Fox, Bobbi wrote:

Hi, Christina!

I don't have a workshop to propose, but I *do* have a plea for any 
workshop that is a hands-on-the-laptop experience:


That the presenter of said workshop provide links, in advance, to any 
software needed.  If the presenter would suggest the use of vagrant 
or docker (or whatever else is out there), then links to those tools, 
plus good, easy implementation instructions, should also be supplied 
in advance.  In addition, if the workshop is going to feature a 
particular language or framework, that should be specified in advance 
as well.  (why no, I *don't* know how to spin up a web server on my 
Windoze laptop; at work I do it in Linux!)


I have unfortunately been to too many workshops where the presenter 
either assumed a crystal-clear, fast, internet connection for the 40 
participants, or assumed a lot more vagrant/docker knowledge than I, 
and several others, had.



(hmm, maybe I can find someone to propose an "everything you need to 
learn, software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on 
workshops...)


Cheers,
Bobbi





--
Abigail Goben, MLS
Information Services and Liaison Librarian
Assistant Professor

Library of the Health Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
1750 W. Polk (MC 763)
Chicago, IL 60612
ago...@uic.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2016 Pre-Conference Proposals

2015-10-07 Thread Fox, Bobbi 
Hi, Christina!

I don't have a workshop to propose, but I *do* have a plea for any workshop 
that is a hands-on-the-laptop experience:

That the presenter of said workshop provide links, in advance, to any software 
needed.  If the presenter would suggest the use of vagrant or docker (or 
whatever else is out there), then links to those tools, plus good, easy 
implementation instructions, should also be supplied in advance.  In addition, 
if the workshop is going to feature a particular language or framework, that 
should be specified in advance as well.  (why no, I *don't* know how to spin up 
a web server on my Windoze laptop; at work I do it in Linux!)

I have unfortunately been to too many workshops where the presenter either 
assumed a crystal-clear, fast, internet connection for the 40 participants, or 
assumed a lot more vagrant/docker knowledge than I, and several others, had.


(hmm, maybe I can find someone to propose an "everything you need to learn, 
software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on workshops...)

Cheers,
Bobbi

Re: [CODE4LIB] Call for Code4Lib 2016 Pre-Conference Proposals

2015-10-07 Thread Linda Ballinger 
Yes!!! I would love a workshop/session/whatever on "everything you need to
learn, software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on
workshops". That would be such a help, as it's so often assumed.  --Linda

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Fox, Bobbi  wrote:

> Hi, Christina!
>
> I don't have a workshop to propose, but I *do* have a plea for any
> workshop that is a hands-on-the-laptop experience:
>
> That the presenter of said workshop provide links, in advance, to any
> software needed.  If the presenter would suggest the use of vagrant or
> docker (or whatever else is out there), then links to those tools, plus
> good, easy implementation instructions, should also be supplied in
> advance.  In addition, if the workshop is going to feature a particular
> language or framework, that should be specified in advance as well.  (why
> no, I *don't* know how to spin up a web server on my Windoze laptop; at
> work I do it in Linux!)
>
> I have unfortunately been to too many workshops where the presenter either
> assumed a crystal-clear, fast, internet connection for the 40 participants,
> or assumed a lot more vagrant/docker knowledge than I, and several others,
> had.
>
>
> (hmm, maybe I can find someone to propose an "everything you need to
> learn, software package-wise, to take advantage of Code4Lib hands-on
> workshops...)
>
> Cheers,
> Bobbi
>