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Ivy Plus Libraries Discovery Day 2017 at Brown University

Agenda

Sunday, June 4

noon – 5:00pmRegistration, Rockefeller Library Lobby, 10 Prospect St.
1:00 – 4:00pm
Digital Scholarship Lab in Rockefeller Library
Hackathon (2 channels)

Open to all (not just for developers!) Sign up when you register.



    • Channel A: StackLife (data provided) — integrating virtual browse in discovery systems

    • Channel B: Linked Data Authorities (data provided) — leveraging authorities to provide users with another robust method for exploring our data and finding materials of interest



Rockefeller Library, Digital Scholarship Lab, Room 137

5:00 – 6:00pm
Sculpture of 'Lamp/Bear', located on Brown Campus
Tour of the Brown Campus 

Join Ned Quist, AUL for Research and Outreach Services for a tour of campus sights including an installation of Urs Fischer, Untitled (Lamp/Bear), on the Simmons Quad.

Meet in Rockefeller Library Lobby, 4:30pm

The tour will end at Flatbread Company (see below).

See TOUR MAP

6:00pm –Informal Dinner (guests welcome)
Pizza & Salad, $10-$15 (cash preferred); Buy drinks at the bar

Flatbread Company
161 Cushing St, Providence, RI 02906
0.5 miles from Rockefeller Library


Monday, June 5

Location: Rockefeller Library, 10 Prospect Street
Directions

8:00 – 9:00Registration/Coffee
9:00 – 9:15Welcome – Harriette Hemmasi, University Librarian
9:15 – 9:30Galadriel Chilton – Ivy Plus Libraries, Director of Collection Initiatives
9:30 – 11:30Round Robin (Each institution presents; 7 minute limit)
11:30 – 1:00Lunch (provided)
1:00 – 1:45Unconference Discussions: Session One

  • UX Strategies
  • New Experimental Discovery systems
  • User Authentication / Remote Access
1:45 – 2:30Unconference Discussions: Session Two

  • Navigation Between Data Silos
  • Discovery to Delivery (easyBorrow and beyond!)
  • Discovery Business Analytics
2:30 – 2:45Break
2:45 – 3:30Summary of Unconference Discussions
3:30 – 4:00Hackathon Recap
4:00 – 4:30What can we do as a group moving forward?
4:30 – 5:00Wrap up