When
17-18 December 2018
10:00am - 4:00pm each day
Remote Participation
https://duraspace.zoom.us/my/fedora
Where
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Milton S Eisenhower Library M Level Digital Research and Curation Center (DRCC) Conference Room
Precise location on google maps - head for the security desk, which is on the northern side end of the floor. The DRCC is located in staff areas (through the hallway to the right as you face the circulation desk) behind the security desk. Tell security guards you are here for the Fedora Users Group meeting at the DRCC
Visitors will need to provide a valid photo ID
Arriving by Metro/Bus
Homewood Shuttle
Purple Charm City Circulator
Arriving by Car
Campus Visitor Parking
Lodging
Closest hotel is the Inn at the Colonnade
Meals
Morning coffee and snacks will be provided.
There are many wonderful lunch options around campus,
What to Bring
A laptop for hackathon activities
Attendees
If you plan to attend the meeting, please add your name below.
- Aaron Birkland Johns Hopkins University
- Joshua Westgard, University of Maryland
- Doron Shalvi , National Library of Medicine
- Ben Wallberg , University of Maryland (Monday only)
- Jennifer Gilbert, National Library of Medicine (Monday only)
- Hanh Vu Johns Hopkins University
- Jim Martino Johns Hopkins university
- Lindsay Franz National Library of Medicine
- Mark Patton, Johns Hopkins university
- Karen Hanson, Johns Hopkins university
- Elliot Metsger, Johns Hopkins university
- Peter Eichman, University of Maryland
Agenda/Presentations
The theme of this Fedora user's group meeting is improving Fedora based on experience in the field. With more institutions having experience with Fedora 4+ in production, or interested in adapting fedora 4+, now is an excellent opportunity to translate this experience into improvements in Fedora. In that context, the format of this meeting will be a series of presentations, updates, and/or discussions, followed by a hackathon with the goal of producing code, design, or documentation.
Possible discussion/presentation/update topics
(please add items here. Feel free to comment or add your name if a topic is of particular interest)
- The Public Access Submission System (PASS) JHU's experience and pain points
- Link is to a google doc with various notes from our experience. This would be the basis of a presentation and one of many inputs for possible hackathon topics
- Fedora from a sysadmin perspective - configuring, deploying, or maintenance (e.g. backup/restore).
- Performance - experience reports, workarounds, and wins.
Hackathon tasks
TBD. This will be determined by a discussion at the end of the first day, based on shared interests, experience, and practical consideration. The goal at the end of the first day will be to produce a concrete set of tasks for individuals or teams to accomplish on the second day. Ideally, these tasks will be inclusive of the talent in the room. Possible areas include software development, design, or documentation updates.
Schedule
(proposed. Feel free to add a presentation to the calendar, or ad it to the discussion/presentation topic list above)
Day 1
Time | Topic | Presenter |
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10:00 - 10:30 | Welcome and Introductions | |
10:30 - 11:00 | Update from UMD | TBD |
11:00 - 11:30 | Update from NLM | TBD |
11:30 - 12:00 | Presentations | |
12:00 - 1:15 | Lunch Break | |
1:15 - 1:45 | Presentations | |
1:45 - 2:15 | Presentations | |
2:15 - 2:30 | Break | |
2:30 - 3:00 | Discussion and Hackathon planning | |
3:00 - 3:30 | Discussion and Hackathon planning | |
3:30 - 4:00 | Discussion and Hackathon planning |
Day 2
Time | Topic | Presenter |
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10:00 - 10:30 | Hackathon launch | |
10:00 - 11:30 | Hackathon | |
12:00 - 1:15 | Lunch Break | |
1:15 - 2:15 | Hackathon | |
2:15 - 2:30 | Break | |
3:00 - 3:30 | Hackathon planning | |
3:30 - 4:00 | Wrap up, report out, and next steps |