[Web4lib] Re: Code4Lib 2007 Call for Proposals

[Ross Singer]

Jakob,

Although I don't know if such a conference currently exists in Europe,
I think you could find a lot of interest (I can think of people from
England, Germany, Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands off the top of my
head that would most likely attend such an event) if you wanted to
organize something similar.  We have had some interest in holding a
Code4lib in Europe, but (and I speak for myself and not Code4lib,
here) I think the logistics (and cost) make that fairly unlikely in
the near future.  We did have attendees from Europe and Asia last
year, but not many.

It would be nice to have more Pan-Atlantic/Pan-Pacific
cross-pollinization of ideas and energy and while holding a separate
event in Europe or Asia (or Australia, Africa or S. America) won't do
much to help that, pragmatically it makes more sense to just start
doing /something/ now.

So, nerd-conferences, be fruitful and multiply!
-Ross.

On 10/17/06, Jakob Voss <jakob.voss at gbv.de> wrote:
> Roy Tennant wrote:
>
> > Call for proposals - Code4lib 2007
> >
> > We are now accepting proposals for prepared talks for Code4lib 2007. [1]
>
> You're lucky, I wish we had a similar event in Europe. Have you had any
> participants from old Europa (and Asia) last year? I was at the ECDL
> (European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital
> Libraries) and there were some fruitful workshops and interesting
> results, but in general it is more scientific-orientated and just too
> large and expensive.
>
> Code4Lib seems to be much more practical, isn't it? Do you see chances
> for a Code4lib in Europa? We have Talis in UK, brilliant PICA developers
> in the netherlands, ExLibris in Israel (although my impression of
> ExLibris is that they are pretty reserved and more
> top-down-business-orientated), and a strong Open Archive movement,
>
> I'd like to have a real meeting of developers where we can openly
> discuss without all the scientists that lack in practical relevance and
> all the library politicians and businessmen that don't understand the
> spirit of sharing but only want to promote their company or products.
>
> Well, I'm dreaming, am I not? :-)
>
> Greetings,
> Jakob Voss
>
>
>
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