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== WorldCat Hackathon ==

'''November 7-8, 2008'''

'''9:00 am – 4:00 pm'''

'''[http://tinyurl.com/59qzdf Science, Industry and Business Library], New York Public Library, 188 Madison Avenue'''



'''[[Presentations|Hackathon Presentations]]'''

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[[Image:Poster-sm.jpg|right]]Join fellow coders, hackers and tech-enthusiasts for a two-day ''WorldCat Hackathon'' at the New York Public Library. Sponsored by the '''OCLC Developer’s Network''' and [http://labs.nypl.org/ NYPL Labs] of  [http://nypl.org/ The New York Public Library], the WorldCat Hackathon gives participants the opportunity for two full days of brainstorming and coding mash-ups with local systems and [http://techessence.info/apis/ other Web services] to take advantage of all that [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat], the world’s largest bibliographic database, has to offer. 

* It’s a chance for anyone interested in structured data to get their hands on the new [[SearchAPIDetails|WorldCat Search API]]. 
* Participants both inside and outside the library industry are encouraged to participate.
* Gain development access to 1.2 billion items from more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
* Integrate these resources with [http://techessence.info/apis many others] to create innovative new services.
* Share your creative vision and be a part of the next wave of online library development.

[http://roytennant.com/speaker.html Roy Tennant] of OCLC Programs and Research and longtime [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib] participant will kick off the session. Additional OCLC staff from WorldCat Web Services and product management will also be available for questions and breakout facilitation. Ideas, outcomes and code from the Hackathon, 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 Hackathon 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|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 Friday night. Also, every participant receives a [[HackathonShirt|t-shirt]].

A small registration fee of US$ 30 is required to participate. ''Space is limited to the first 65 participants'', so register early to assure your participation. 

[[share|Sign up to share rides, rooms, or whatever.]]

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

'''Draft Schedule'''

 8:30 - 9:00 	Continental breakfast, Registration
 9:00 - 9:30	Introductions, overview of the two days, etc.
 9:30 - 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 - 1:00	Box lunch, free to take a break or continue work
 1:00 - 4:00	Work in breakout groups
 
 Evening - optional no-host dinner groups or keep working
  
 8:30 - 9:00	Continental breakfast
 9:00 - 12:00	Breakout groups
 12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
 1:00 - 2:00	Breakout groups, including preparing for reporting back/demoing to the group
 2:00 - 3:30	Reports from breakouts
 3:30 - 4:00	Wrap-up

'''About the venue'''

The Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL), a part of the New York Public Library, is the nation’s largest public information center devoted solely to science and business. 

[http://tinyurl.com/59qzdf Science, Industry and Business Library]
New York Public Library
188 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016

All WorldCat Hackathon activities will be covered by a [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php BSD license].

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