Re: [CODE4LIB] Info request - Library Hackathon for students
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 however directed mostly at librarians wanting to dip their toes into tech. Speaking of DPLA, the applications for the third round of community reps close tomorrow Feb. 13. It's a great way to learn more about DPLA and to share that knowledge with your community! http://dp.la/info/2015/01/15/apply-to-dpla-reps-third-class/ Danielle -- Danielle Cunniff Plumer dcplumer associates 512-508-3099 danie...@dcplumer.com On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Heather Claxton claxt...@gmail.com wrote: My husband's company uses student hack-a-thons as recruitment tools. It gives them a chance to see what the students can do, talk to them in a casual manner, offer mentoring ect. Generally, they sponsor a prize as a thank you for letting them observe the hack-a-thon. On the flipside, it's a great marketing ploy on the organizers end, since a lot of senior students are starting to look for potential job opportunities, and will participate purely for that reason. You could probably contact your university career center to help you find an interested/local sponsor. Good luck! I hope it turns out well. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Craig Boman craig.bo...@gmail.com wrote: 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? From the list archives, it looks like most of the hackathons at libraries have been for librarians, rather than university students. Please feel free to share any ideas. Thanks, Craig Boman Applications Support Specialist University of Dayton Libraries 300 College Park Dayton, OH, 4569
[CODE4LIB] Info request - Library Hackathon for students
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? From the list archives, it looks like most of the hackathons at libraries have been for librarians, rather than university students. Please feel free to share any ideas. Thanks, Craig Boman Applications Support Specialist University of Dayton Libraries 300 College Park Dayton, OH, 4569
Re: [CODE4LIB] Info request - Library Hackathon for students
-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 hackathon at the Univ of Minnesota last year. The event wasn't sponsored by the Libraries, but rather by a campus developers' group. Getting enough students in attendance to spin up several different projects was challenging - we had a number of staff professionals there to mentor projects and help them get underway, and ultimately I think we had more staff in attendance than students. For logistical reasons (room scheduling), we held it on a Friday and Saturday if I recall. We knew it would be difficult for a lot of students to be able to stay for long periods amidst class schedules, but that was the biggest hindrance in the end. It is difficult to schedule the time needed to do focused work on a project, even when the project is somewhat planned ahead. I think we began it with a handful of ideas to work on, and had enough attendees to get two groups going. One of them was pretty successful, despite bootstrapping the project from nothing. Getting people together to work on an existing project that's able to onboard contributors quickly would work even better. (by the way, I'm a UD alum) - -- Michael Berkowski University of Minnesota Libraries m...@umn.edu 612.626.6137 PGP Public Key: http://z.umn.edu/mjbpubkey -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlTbfssACgkQ01KJk46VC2ZgWgCgh7QGr8sHwEjNrQHGKsdFqykM 3UAAoJmXJz1ZOw+Vp1H3yPlupH4wFjp3 =CmPl -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [CODE4LIB] Info request - Library Hackathon for students
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 towards app-building and entrepreneurship, because of what the students wanted to do and a big business school on campus, but it's still a lot of smart students hanging around for a day or two, hacking and coding and doing really interesting work. The organizer, Sarah Shujah, wrote up the first one here: The Steacie Library Dungeon Hackfest: Hackers in the Library Coding, Collaborating and Creating, by Sarah Shujah https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/2774 Here's the one next week: http://hackfest.library.yorku.ca/ She and the others did everything you'd expect about getting the word out. Talking to profs in key undergrad courses in comp sci and engineering helped, and attendance has become an assignment in one course. Food helps, but we all know that, as does keeping an eye out for people sitting on their own and making sure they're enjoying it and have something to do. Having university IT developers and admins around really helps, whether they're just doing their work or they're acting as helpers or mentors. Bill -- William Denton ↔ Toronto, Canada ↔ https://www.miskatonic.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Info request - Library Hackathon for students
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 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? From the list archives, it looks like most of the hackathons at libraries have been for librarians, rather than university students. Please feel free to share any ideas. Thanks, Craig Boman Applications Support Specialist University of Dayton Libraries 300 College Park Dayton, OH, 4569
