Great idea! Dare I threaten the inclusion of SoCalers? On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:57 AM, "Tom Cramer" <tcra...@stanford.edu> wrote:
> I threw in "Junior University" as a sop for our UC friends--it's one of my > favorite Stanford put downs. > > But seriously, we recently had digital librarians from Cal and UC Santa > Barbara here for a two day session focused on GIS, Blacklight and Hydra, and > it was enormously productive. (We met at Stanford because it was "halfway" > between Santa Barbara and Berkeley -- ahem!) It made me think we should be > doing this more regularly, especially as many of us seem to be converging on > common tools and methods, more so than in recent years. Perhaps a regional > C4L is the way to structure an ongoing, interinstitutional exchange. > > We'd be up to help plan, and even host, an event if others in NorCal are also > interested. And OCLC does have rather nice offices, just 30 min north of us, > so we could also meet there and see Roy's corporate jet up close (though I'm > sad to hear it seems to be in the shop). > > - Tom > > > On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Roy Tennant wrote: > >> You mean from that...uh...farm? As a Cal Alumni I am actually legally >> obligated not to mention the word "Stanford". So sorry, nothing personal. >> ;-) >> >> All kidding aside, MY BAD. You just have so much talent gathered in one >> spot the light is blinding. I can't even look your direction. :-) >> Roy >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Tom Cramer <tcra...@stanford.edu> wrote: >> >>> Roy, >>> >>> As a local Northern Californian, I like this idea. >>> >>>> For example, we have CDL in Oakland, several nearby UCs, CSUs, large >>> publics, >>>> and community colleges to draw from. >>> >>> >>> We might even get some people from a private (Leland Stanford) Junior >>> University to come to a local event :) >>> >>> - Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Roy Tennant wrote: >>> >>>> I am definitely interested in a Northern California regional Code4Lib >>>> group, but my ability to jet down to LA for a two-hour meeting is >>>> regrettably limited. Likewise my ability to jet up to Seattle or >>> Portland, >>>> unfortunately. Perhaps a better strategy might be to focus on a local? >>> For >>>> example, we have CDL in Oakland, several nearby UCs, CSUs, large publics, >>>> and community colleges to draw from. We should be able to put together a >>>> decent showing on our own, I would imagine. >>>> Roy >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Collier, Aaron <acoll...@calstate.edu >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Josh - it was great to see you again this year! >>>>> >>>>> We've got a lot of interest throughout the CSU and northern CA to form a >>>>> regional group, Which a few of us are starting to pull together. >>>>> >>>>> Is there interest in expanding the LA group throughout CA? I'm also >>>>> wondering if we should try to expand this beyond CA into a "Western >>>>> Regional", although there is already a PNW regional or keep it somewhat >>>>> smaller? >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps a discussion topic for the May meeting. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: code4lib-los-ange...@googlegroups.com [mailto: >>>>> code4lib-los-ange...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Nathan Gomez >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 6:04 PM >>>>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU; code4lib-los-ange...@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: 2nd meetup for code4lib LA - May 15th >>>>> >>>>> We had an excellent first meeting of the code4lib Los Angeles regional >>>>> "chapter" last month on the USC campus. Two dozen people from 10 >>>>> institutions across the county (and beyond) showed up to talk about >>>>> libraries and technology. Our second meeting is now scheduled and we >>> hope >>>>> you can join us. >>>>> >>>>> Date | Time: >>>>> May 15th, 2014 | 11am to 1pm. >>>>> >>>>> Location: >>>>> Santa Monica Public Library (map: http://goo.gl/maps/8mPKC) >>>>> >>>>> Parking: >>>>> An underground parking structure can be accessed from 7th Street between >>>>> Santa Monica Blvd. and Arizona Ave. The first thirty minutes are free. >>>>> Rates are $1 per hour for the first two hours and thirty minutes. After >>>>> that, the rate is $1 per thirty minutes. Weekdays the daily maximum is >>> $10. >>>>> The Library does not provide validation for parking. >>>>> >>>>> Agenda: >>>>> The next meeting will again be mostly informal, but we will also have a >>>>> few short presentations. By request, we will have a presentation on >>>>> continuous integration & deployment and another presentation on using >>>>> Python and the pymarc library to work with bibliographic records. >>>>> >>>>> If you have something you would like to present, please send me a note >>> and >>>>> I will add it to the agenda. We also have a shared document of topics >>>>> requested where you can add a topic or sign up to present on one: >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvhkP_NFwnOldEVqZHg3SmpvVUFtOEctUVRmZW8ya3c&usp=sharing >>>>> >>>>> See you there! >>>>> >>>>> Joshua Gomez >>>>> Library Systems Programmer >>>>> University of Southern California >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>>>> "code4lib Los Angeles" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an >>>>> email to code4lib-los-angeles+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>
