[Web4lib] VuFind Interest Group Meeting at ALA

[David Dorman]

At 05:52 PM 01/09/2008, Joseph Lucia wrote:
>    Pardon the cross-posting.   I want to announce this one more 
> time so you can add it to your calendar before heading to 
> Philadelphia -- if you're coming.
>
>   At the upcoming ALA Mid-winter meeting in Philadelphia, Villanova 
> University library staff will be hosting a 
> VuFind<http://vufind.org/> Interest Group meeting.  The meeting 
> will occur on Saturday, January 12 from 10:30 a.m. to Noon in the 
> Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 308.

If you can't make this event, the Index Data/CARE Affiliates booth 
(#230) is hosting a half hour presentation of VUFind by Andrew Nagy 
of Villanova University at 11:30 a.m. on Monday.

David


>    Anyone interested in learning more about the VuFind project is 
> welcome to attend.  Topics to be addressed will include:
>
>the current development roadmap;
>prospects for extension and/or integration of VuFind into other 
>library open source environments;
>implementation and support options; and
>general issues related to the features & underpinnings of the software.
>
>    The Villanova VuFind development team (Andrew Nagy & Chris Barr) 
> will be present for a candid discussion about how we can grow 
> partnerships and scale up this project.  We are interested not only 
> in VuFind as such but also in the larger question of how to 
> catalyze open source growth and success and the library space.
>
>     We will also be hosting VuFind demos throughout the conference 
> at the PALINET<http://www.palinet.org/> Booth in the exhibit 
> hall.  PALINET is now a provider of implementation and support 
> services for libraries interested in VuFind but that lack the 
> technical resources to take on such a project without additional help.
>
>     We hope to see many of you there!
>
>*********
>Joe Lucia
>University Librarian
>Villanova University
>610-519-4290
>
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