LibraryCamp June24th Call for Speakers

I'd be happy to cover a number of topics. I enjoy the uber-geeky code side and I really enjoy being the nutz-N-boltz Drupal guy. What I don't know is how much of a need there would be for THE BASICS at this event?

Here are a variety of topics I'd be good for:

• What is Drupal? {A look at its founding, evolution, and role as a Web Content Framework today.}
• Getting Started: {Getting past the WELCOME screen and into content creation and configuration with light use of CCK/VIEWS}
• CCK/VIEWS {Skipping the basics and heading straight for the GUI that we all know and love}
• Webform Module: {This gem is a must have for giving users a powerful form that emails submissions, stores submissions in the database for sorting and retrieval. Useful for tricked out CONTACT forms and a variety of other data gathering forms.}
• Community Involvement: I am fond of saying that "Drupal is an awesome community that just happens to use a piece of software by the exact same name!" In this session I focus on drupal.org, Groups.drupal.org, Camps/Cons, BOOKS, IRC, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, PODCASTS, and all of the ways that one can keep connected to the community.}
• Intro to Module development: {Sometimes you just have to write some code}

If anything on this list sparks an idea in you, share it. I can put a presentation together for it.
- DV

Thanks, DV. Also the wiki updates have been productive.

I would be happy to contact people at organizations we might want to hear from (Smithsonian, WhiteHouse.gov, DCPL?) to see if we can get them to talk about their Drupal Projects. Any thoughts on that?
I'll be interested to see what the volunteers here are willing to speak about and what the attendees would like to see covered. I lean towards a hybrid of planned talks and unconference sessions.

Hi all, sorry for the delay in responding - family crisis kept me offline for a couple of days.
- Did some of us want to get together around CIL (Mon or Tues night = best for me) to do some work F2F? And yes - the SurveyMonkey acct we have is pro & I can export the results to organizers easily.
- Did you want me to announce the survey to Drupal4Lib? If you want to do some back & forth via email vs. here, feel free to contact me at sclapp@cslib.org
Thank you,
Sharon C.

FYI - I am still interested and willing to present, but I'm getting ready to present at the Alabama Library Association conference (I speak on Wednesday) and then a week later at Drupalcon. Count me "Non-Specifically In" and we'll figure out what I can talk about after I get through these first two presentations.

Hey, everyone. This event is now less than a month away and I really think we need to get a good idea of who will be presenting and how things will be structured.

To get that ball rolling again, I put together a suggested schedule (I just made it up, so feel free to suggest something else) and condensed everyone who might want to present, and if they've mentioned it, what topics they can cover (see below). We also haven't really done much advertising, so perhaps we should do that. I asked DCPL, the Smithsonian, and WhiteHouse.gov about presenting, with no luck. If our library-specific folks can't fill all the spots we need, maybe we can send out a message to the DC Drupal Group that meets monthly and I hear is pretty large. The rrom we're in can easily be divided in half.

9-10:30 Intro / Keynote (need to get a keynote speaker if we want one)
10:30-11:30 Session
11:30-12:30 Session
12:30-2 Lunch
2-3 Session
3-4 Session

The following individuals expressed an interest in presenting at the LibraryCamp:

Domesticat

Highermath

Libtechie

Webwriter

Ahoymehearties (Center for Democracy and Technology, cdt.org - internet privacy)

jblyberg

DougVann
- What is Drupal? {A look at its founding, evolution, and role as a Web Content Framework today.}
- Getting Started: {Getting past the WELCOME screen and into content creation and configuration with light use of CCK/VIEWS}
- CCK/VIEWS {Skipping the basics and heading straight for the GUI that we all know and love}
- Webform Module: {This gem is a must have for giving users a powerful form that emails submissions, stores submissions in the database for sorting and retrieval. Useful for tricked out CONTACT forms and a variety of other data gathering forms.}
- Community Involvement: I am fond of saying that "Drupal is an awesome community that just happens to use a piece of software by the exact same name!" In this session I focus on drupal.org, Groups.drupal.org, Camps/Cons, BOOKS, IRC, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, PODCASTS, and all of the ways that one can keep connected to the community.}
- Intro to Module development: {Sometimes you just have to write some code}

Ryan Price (liberatr)
- Calendar: Date-enabling content, allowing for signups, reminders, etc. Organic groups kind of enter into this as well.
- SOPAC/Millenium/etc: How to integrate with the library back-end.

Michael Keara (User Advocate)
- designed and built a new Drupal based site collaboratively with the Ottawa Public Library (http://biblioottawalibrary.ca)

Krystee
- case study on a Library's Teen Program site that we are doing. Something along the lines of "Jumping in Feet First instead of Head First with Drupal".

Does any one have a preference on these topics? If you do, your comment is your vote.
I'm more of a provider of information and less so a consumer. Thus, I will refrain from expressing much with regard to what sessions and topics are preferable.
What about any one else?
- DV