What
Midwest Fedora User Group Meeting. A place to meet in person to discuss topics, share experience and learn about Fedora, Hydra, Islandora, PCDM and other such fun things.
Who
This event is free and open to all who want to participate. Fedora veterans, enthusiasts and curious technologists from the Library, Archive and Museum community are welcome.
Note: registration is required. Register here.
When
22-23 October 2015
Day 1: 9:00am - 5pm
Day 2: 9:00am - 3pm
Start and end times are subject to change depending on schedule. See Agenda below.
Where
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, IL
Morton Auditorium
Directions
If you are coming from O'Hare airport the fastest and most convenient way to get to the museum is taking the Blue Line train to the Monroe stop and walk two blocks east on Monroe Street.
Driving directions, parking and other information are found on http://www.artic.edu/visit/directions-and-parking
Enter through staff entrance before 10am. Participants will be escorted through the staff entrance.
The staff entrance is on 125 East Monroe Street. Walk on Monroe past Michigan Avenue and proceed for a few hundred feet and you will see a big loading dock on the right side, just before the train tracks. The staff entrance is a white door to the right of the dock.
Attendees
Agenda (tentative)
Note: agenda is subject to change. Presentation submissions are still open: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1S1OYhbFMffA-mqZ4OK5ix4l4f3Z5Gw5TkegRxqml5Xw
Day 1 (October 22)
Individual presentations
| Time | Topic | Presenter | Description |
9:00 - 9:30 | Welcome and Introductions | ||
9:30 - 9:45 | Federation / Projection in Fedora 4 | William Cowan (Indiana University) | |
9:45 - 10:00 | Cantaloupe IIIF image server | Alex Dolski (UIUC) | |
10:00 - 10:15 | Break | ||
10:15 - 11:15 | Presentations – TBD | ||
11:15 - 12:00 | Tech Tour of the Art Institute | ||
12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch | ||
1:00 - 1:15 | Fedora and Sufia at NWU | Kristi Holmes (Northwestern University) | Our team would be happy to share the work we're doing on our Fedora 4/Sufia repository - both in terms of customizations (VIVO ontology, NLM publication classes) and outreach/engagement with key users. Violeta Ilik is leading this effort (violeta.ilik@northwestern.edu). Thanks - look forward to the user group meeting. |
1:15 - 1:30 | Fedora and Avalon Media System | Carrick Rogers (Indiana University) | I would be happy to present on Avalon Media System and our usage of Fedora within the project. AMS is currently on Fedora 3 and I'd be happy to talk about our usage of Fedora 3, lessons learned from our data models and what we're looking at improving as we look at a Fedora 4 upgrade. |
1:30 - 1:40 | Galter Health Sciences Library use case | Violeta Ilik (Northwestern University) | Galter Health Sciences Library is running a repository built on Fedora/Hydra (Sufia project) and we would love to share our experience with this outstanding group. we are utilizing external LOD vocabularies, ontologies to better capture the scholarly output on the Northwestern University Medical Campus. |
1:40 - 2:20 | Other short presentations (if available) | ||
2:20 - 2:30 | Break | ||
2:30 - 4:30 | Round table discussions:
| Create discussion groups centered on the given topics to discuss and gather ideas about cutting edge and in-progress Fedora related projects | |
4:30 – 4:45 | Discussion and wrap-up | ||
4:45 | Free museum visit | Museum is open till 8pm on Thursdays! Feel free to visit. | |
7:30 | Dinner at Vapiano? | See Dining below |
Day 2 (October 23)
Hands-on workshops
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 3:00 | Workshop schedule TBD |
Other Information
Lodging
Fancy hotels near the museum:
Palmer House (Hilton)
Less fancy but convenient locations:
Longman and Eagle – TINY hotel & restaurant on the hip Logan Square neighborhood. Across the Blue Line stop, 20 minutes from downtown
You can also look for Airbnb locations near the California, Western, Damen Blue Line stops.
Dining
GePaDe – my favorite breakfast and lunch place, across the museum entrance. You must try their cannoli and gelato. They serve pizza too.
Museum Cafe – the AIC lower level cafe offers healthy, tasty and convenient lunch options. Can get crowded in the summer.
Vapiano – across the Palmer House. Good pizza & pasta
