Re: [CODE4LIB] Info request - Library Hackathon for students

2015-02-12 Thread danielle plumer
Some DPLA Community Reps put together a hackathon planning guide last fall ( http://dp.la/info/2014/10/07/dpla-community-reps-produce-hackathon-planning-guide-now-available/). It was based in part on some notes I made after planning a hackathon for the Texas Digital Library las spring, which was

Re: [CODE4LIB] Info request - Library Hackathon for students

2015-02-11 Thread Michael Berkowski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Craig, On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Craig Boman said: Dear Code4Lib, Has your library ever hosted a hackathon for university students? If so, would you do it again? Anything you wish you had known before hosting the hackathon? We held a student

Re: [CODE4LIB] Info request - Library Hackathon for students

2015-02-11 Thread William Denton
On 11 February 2015, Craig Boman wrote: Has your library ever hosted a hackathon for university students? If so, would you do it again? Anything you wish you had known before hosting the hackathon? We do one---next week it's our third year---and it's gone very well. It's taken a turn

Re: [CODE4LIB] Info request - Library Hackathon for students

2015-02-11 Thread Coral Sheldon-Hess
Here are some tips for running women-friendly tech events, which is often a problem for hackathons (including ones I've helped run, honestly): http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Women-friendly_events - Coral On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Craig Boman craig.bo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear