From WorldCat Developers' Network
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November 5-6, 2009
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Campus Map
Register to Attend - $30 fee [Registration now closed]
Presentations from the WorldCat Mashathon Seattle:
- OCLC Web Services tour.
- WorldCat Search API.
- WorldCat Identities.
- WorldCat Registry and OpenURL Gateway
- xIdentifier Services (xISBN, xISSN, xOCLCnum).
- Autosuggest feature preview.
- SRU CQL Review.
- Terminologies Service.
Join fellow coders for a two-day WorldCat Mashathon at the University of Washington. Sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network and UW Libraries, 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 and the WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam.
- 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 144 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 who have created these services 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.
- WorldCat Search 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 Thursday night. Also, every participant receives a t-shirt with the Mashathon logo on this page.
Hotels
Nearby hotels include:
- The Watertown - ($179+/night)
- Hotel Deca - ($98+/night)
- University Inn - ($129+/night)
There is also a list of sites that provide nearby hotel options.
Things to Do
Seattle has a lot of things to see and do, while you are there. Information on activities and practical information can be found at the Seattle metroNatural site.
Sharing
Sign up to share rides, rooms, or whatever.
If you've signed up, introduce yourself and what you're working on.
Schedule
08:30 - 09:00 Continental breakfast, Registration 09:00 - 09:30 Introductions, overview of the two days, etc. 09:30 - 11:30 Brief descriptions and examples of available services 11:30 - 12:00 Form breakout groups, get space assignments 12:00 - 13:00 Box lunch 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
All WorldCat Mashathon activities will be covered by a BSD license.
