OCLC Research Sponsors Software Contest to Encourage Innovation

[Teets,Mike]

OCLC Research Sponsors Software Contest to Encourage Innovation

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, January 27, 2005-OCLC Research today announced a
contest intended to give developers an outlet for creative software
development of library services. Contestants can enter by going to
www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/contest/ .

The contest is intended to encourage innovation and development of
Web-based services for libraries and library users. Contestants will be
challenged to think differently about their environments by working with
deconstructed functional components of library services.

The prize is $2,500.00 US.

Entries will be judged by a panel of expert practitioners and
academicians from OCLC and the library/information community: Thom
Hickey (Chief Scientist, OCLC), Tip House (Chief Systems Analyst, OCLC),
Elizabeth Lane Lawley (Associate Professor and Director, Lab for Social
Computing, Rochester Institute of Technology; blogger), Mike Teets
(Executive Director, Product Architecture and Development, OCLC), Roy
Tennant (User Services Architect, California Digital Library; Owner,
Web4Lib and XML4Lib electronic discussions; author), and Jon Udell (Lead
Analyst, InfoWorld; author; blogger).

Full details are available on the contest Web site.
More information

OCLC Research Software Contest
http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/contest/

Contest Judges
http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/contest/judges.htm