WorldCat Mashathon Amsterdam

Date/Time:

• 05/13/2009 - 1:30pm - 9:00pm
• 05/14/2009 - 1:30pm - 9:00pm

International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, Cruquiusweg 31

Registration for the Event has now closed (12 May 2009)

Here are the slides for day 1 presentations:

• Introduction to WorldCat.
• WorldCat Search API.
• WorldCat Identities.
• WorldCat Registry.
• xIdentifier Services (xISBN, xISSN, xOCLCnum).
• Terminologies Service.
• Single combined presentation-125 slides.

Here are the slides for day 2 presentations:

• SRU and CQL Tutorial.

Join fellow coders for a two-day WorldCat Mashathon at the International Institute of Social History. Sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network and IISH, the WorldCat Mashathon gives participants the opportunity for two full days of brainstorming and coding mash-ups with local systems and other Web services to take advantage of all that WorldCat, the world’s largest bibliographic database, has to offer. To get an impression of what the event may be like, take a look at pictures from the WorldCat Hackathon in New York.

• It’s a chance for anyone interested in structured data to get their hands on the WorldCat Search API.
• Participants both inside and outside the library industry are encouraged to participate.
• Gain development access to over 135 million bibliographic records from more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
• Integrate these resources with many others to create innovative new services.
• Share your creative vision and be a part of the next wave of online library development.

Roy Tennant of OCLC Research and longtime Code4Lib participant will kick off the session. Additional OCLC staff from across Europe will also be available for questions and breakout facilitation. Ideas, outcomes and code from the Mashathon, together with a linked participants list, will be shared during and after the event for others to download and build on.

Web Services provided for the Mashathon by OCLC include the following:

• WorldCat API
• xISBN, xISSN, xOCLCNUM
• WorldCat Identities
• Registries including institution, reviews, citations (lists), tagging
• Terminologies
• Metadata Crosswalk

(See the Services section for more information.)

Bring your laptop, your ideas and your curiosity, and we’ll supply breakfast, lunch and snacks. We will also facilitate forming dinner groups for Wednesday night. Also, every participant receives a t-shirt.

A small registration fee of 25 Euros is required to participate. Space is limited to the first 65 participants, so register early to assure your participation. So far, we have received registrations from Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States.

Suggestions as to where to stay can be found in this list and map of hotels.
Amsterdam has a lot of things to see and do, while you are there. Information on that, as well as all basic practical information, can be found at this private website and at the official I AMsterdam portal.

Sign up to share rides, rooms, or whatever.

If you've signed up, introduce yourself and what you're working on.

Draft Schedule

08:30 - 09:00 	Continental breakfast, Registration
09:00 - 09:30	Introductions, overview of the two days, etc.
09:30 - 10:30	Brief descriptions and examples of available services
10:30 - 12:00	Form breakout groups, get space assignments, get started if time
12:00 - 13:00	Box lunch, free to take a break or continue work
13:00 - 16:00	Work in breakout groups

Evening - optional no-host dinner groups or keep working
 
08:30 - 09:00	Continental breakfast
09:00 - 12:00	Breakout groups
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
13:00 - 14:00	Breakout groups, including preparing for reporting back/demoing to the group
14:00 - 15:30	Reports from breakouts
15:30 - 16:00	Wrap-up

The language of the meeting will be English. All WorldCat Mashathon activities will be covered by a BSD license.

• Login or register to post comments
• Calendar