On Nov 13, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Erik Hatcher wrote:
+1, Bess! I'm especially psyched for the kata demonstrations and
sparring matches we'll have at the end of the session :)
I'll tinker with the advanced session description a bit when I can,
but let's run with that for the time being. I'm happy to have Noami
join me however she likes.
I'll be the eye candy!
Erik
On Nov 13, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Bess Sadler wrote:
Hey, how about this? I've been discussing this off list with Erik
and Naomi and this is what we came up with (I also added it to the
wiki):
This is a proposal for several pre-conference sessions that would
fit together nicely for people interested in implementing a next-
gen catalog system.
1. Morning session - solr white belt
Instructor: Bess Sadler (anyone else want to join me?)
The journey of solr mastery begins with installation. We will then
proceed to data types, indexing, querying, and inner harmony. You
will leave this session with enough information to start running a
solr service with your own data.
2. Morning session - solr black belt
Instructors: Erik Hatcher (and Naomi Dushay? she has offered to
help, if that's of interest)
Amaze your friends with your ability to combine boolean and
weighted searching. Confound your enemies with your mastery of the
secrets of dismax. Leave slow queries in the dust as you
performance tune solr within an inch of its life. [We should
probably add more specific advanced topics here... suggestions
welcome]
3. Afternoon session - Blacklight
Instructors: Naomi Dushay, Jessie Keck, and Bess Sadler
Apply your solr skills to running Blacklight as a front end for
your library catalog, institutional repository, or anything you can
index into solr. We'll cover installation, source control with git,
local modifications, test driving development, and writing object-
specific behaviors. You'll leave this workshop ready to
revolutionize discovery at your library. Solr white belts or black
belts are welcome.
And then anyone else who had a topic that built on solr (e.g.,
vufind?) could add it in the afternoon. Obviously I'm biased, but I
really do think the topic of implementing a next gen catalog is
meaty enough for a half day and I know people are asking me about
it and eager to attend such a thing.
What do you think, folks?
Bess
On 12-Nov-09, at 4:10 PM, Gabriel Farrell wrote:
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 02:47:42PM +0000, Jodi Schneider wrote:
If you'd be up for it Erik, I'd envision a basic session in the
morning.
Some of us (like me) have never gotten Solr up and running.
Then the afternoon could break off for an advanced session.
Though I like Bess's idea, too! Would that be suitable for a
conference
breakout? Not sure I'd want to pit it against Solr advanced
session!
The preconfs should be as inclusive as possible, but I'm wondering
if
the Solr session might be more beneficial if we dive into the
particulars right off the bat in the morning. There are only a few
steps to get Solr up and running -- it's in the configuration for
our
custom needs that the advice of a certain Mr. Hatcher can really be
helpful.
You're right, though, that the NGC thing sounds more like a BOF
session.
I'd support that in order to attend a full preconf day of Solr.
Gabriel
Elizabeth (Bess) Sadler
Chief Architect for the Online Library Environment
Box 400129
Alderman Library
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
b...@virginia.edu
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