[Web4lib] Register now for WorldCat Mashathon US

[SNEARYA]

WorldCat Mashathon US
sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network
 
Join fellow coders, developers and tech-enthusiasts for the next two-day
WorldCat MashathonŠin 3 different locations. Sponsored by the OCLC Developer
Network, WorldCat Mashathon U.S. will be held Thursday and Friday, April 7-8
simultaneously in 3 locations:
€             Washington, DC
€             Columbus, OH
€             San Mateo, CA
 
We¹re testing this distributed model, to see if a Mashathon is just as fun
(and effective) if it¹s run simultaneously in multiple places that are all
connected via Webcast. Participants will spend the two days brainstorming
and coding mash-ups with Web services and APIs to take advantage of all that
WorldCat, the world¹s largest and most comprehensive bibliographic database,
has to offer. Developers from the library community and beyond are
encouraged to attend.
 
Why attend the WorldCat Mashathon U.S.?
€             Brainstorm potential apps for the WorldCat Search API, MapFAST
and other new OCLC Web services.
€             Learn more about the cooperative platform that OCLC is working
on‹and how you can contribute
€             Gain development access to 1.5 billion items from more than
10,000 libraries worldwide.
€             Integrate these resources with many others to create
innovative new services.
€             Meet fellow developers across the information industry.
€             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. OCLC staff will also be available at each location for
questions and breakout facilitation‹and we¹ll connect all the sites together
via chat, IRC, video conference and Webcast. Ideas, outcomes and code from
the Mashathon, together with a participants list, will be shared during and
after the event for others to download and build on.
Log into the Developer Network, and then Register
(http://www.oclc.org/developer/events/worldcat-mashathon-us) now for the
Mashathon
 
Alice Sneary
OCLC Developer Network
snearya at oclc.org
614-764-6016