Hi all, Our next Research IT Reading Group <https://wikihub.berkeley.edu/display/istrit/Research+IT+Reading+Group> will focus on campus hackathons. Last year, Research IT supported two hackathons: #HackFSM <http://digitalhumanities.berkeley.edu/hackfsm> for the Bancroft Library’s Free Speech Movement Digital Archive and #HackTheHearst <http://hackthehearst.berkeley.edu> for the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. Mary Elings, Head of Digital Collections at the Bancroft, and Michael Black, Head of Research & Information Systems at the Hearst Museum, will present on their experiences as hackathon organizers. We hope to continue tinkering with the format of the event and explore hackathons as a place of mutual benefit for a variety of students, community members, and hosting campus organizations. We heartily invite the perspectives of other campus members who have hosted, participated in or supported hackathons.
Some questions up for discussion will be: - How can we make hackathons a beneficial experience for both participants and hosts? - How do hackathons in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, art galleries, museums) space compare with hackathons in the private sector / tech industry? - What constitutes a compelling challenge for hackers? What is reasonable scope for a hackathon project? - What preparation goes into a hackathon? (e.g. data prep, API documentation, event planning, outreach, co-sponsors, etc.) - What resources can / should be made available to participants? What criteria should be used for judging? When: Thursday, January 29 from noon - 1pm Where: 200C Warren Hall, 2195 Hearst St (see building access instructions below). Event format: The reading group is a brown bag lunch (bring your own) with a short ~20 min talk followed by ~40 min group discussion. Quinn Dombrowski (Research IT) and Camille Villa (Research IT) will be facilitating. Mary Elings (Digital Collections, Bancroft Library) and Michael Hearst (Hearst Museum) will be presenting on their experiences organizing HackFSM <http://digitalhumanities.berkeley.edu/hackfsm> and HackTheHearst <http://hackthehearst.berkeley.edu>, respectively. Please read/review the following in advance of the 1/29 meeting ============================== ==> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Pen0bck_4VbkZ4aWFjdmVLQnZNYTQ3OWtSSkZyWm5SaHRr/view?usp=sharing>“Hackers Descend On a Campus Near You”, Chronicle of Higher Education <http://chronicle.com/article/Hackers-Descend-on-a-Campus/151239/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en> ==> “#HackFSM: Bootstrapping a Library Hackathon in Eight Short Weeks <http://research-it.berkeley.edu/publications>” (skim, but focus on sections 4.1 and 5) ============================== Warren Hall access: For those who do not have keycard access to the building, please take the elevator to the second floor (stairwell door requires keycard). Before noon, let the receptionist know you're joining the Reading Group in 200C and s/he will let you in and show you the way. After noon, look for a sign next to the receptionist window to the right as you exit the elevators. We'll post a note with a phone number that you can call or text, and someone will come out to open the locked doors. We look forward to seeing you Thursday! Cheers, Camille
