What
D.C. Fedora User Group Meeting (registration)
Where
USDA National Agriculture Library
10301 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD
Arriving by Metro/Bus
From Washington, DC, take the Green Line to College Park Station, and then take the 86 Bus north to the National Agriculture Library.
Arriving by Car
From the Washington Beltway I-95/I-495 take exit 25 for US-1/Baltimore Ave toward Laurel/College Park. The Library is the 14 story building on the right. There is free parking on the north side of the building.
When
31 March - 1 April 2015
10:00am - 4:00pm
Attendees
Agenda/Presentations
Day 1 (31 March)
The first day will feature presentations and project updates from Fedora community members, along with an update on the status of Fedora 4 and DuraSpace. The agenda will be created based on presentation topics submitted by attendees, so please propose a topic when you register.
Time | Topic | Presenter |
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10:00 - 10:30 | Welcome and Introductions | |
10:30 - 11:00 | Update on DuraSpace and Fedora 4 | David Wilcox, DuraSpace Andrew Woods, DuraSpace |
11:00 - 11:30 | Chuck Schoppet, USDA/NAL | |
11:30 - 12:00 | Ben Wallberg, UMD Libraries | |
12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch | |
1:00 - 1:30 | Erin Tripp, discoverygarden inc. | |
1:30 - 2:00 | A. Soroka, University of Virginia | |
2:00 - 2:30 | Break | |
2:30 - 3:30 | Short Presentations & Project Roundtable |
|
3:30 - 4:00 | Discussion and Wrap-up |
Day 2 (1 April)
The second day will focus on Fedora 4 training. The following agenda is based on feedback submitted by attendees during registration.
Time | Topic |
---|---|
10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome and Introductions |
10:15 - 11:15 | Introduction and Feature Tour |
11:15 - 11:30 | Break |
11:30 - 12:30 | Migrating from Fedora 3 to Fedora 4 |
12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
1:30 - 2:30 | Hands-on with Fedora 4 |
2:30 - 2:45 | Break |
2:45 - 3:45 | Fedora into the Future |
3:45 - 4:00 | Discussion and wrap-up |
Summary
This event will include one day of Fedora User Group presentations and one day of Fedora 4 training.