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ePub / eBook Hackday

Hacking ePub / eBooks

Venue to be arranged

September 2011

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Programme

This programme is currently in draft form.

Day 1

0930 - 1000
Registration and Coffee, put you ideas on the brainstorming wall
1000 - 1015 Introduction to the event and the DevCSI project
Overview of ePUB JISCmail discussion and ideas presented
Explanation of the day
Mahendra Mahey (UKOLN, University of Bath)
1015 - 1045
Ebooks and the technology behind them
  • Statistics about ebooks
  • Accessibility
  • Usability
Emma Tonkin (UKOLN, University of Bath)
1045 - 1115 60 second pitch on what you want from the event (e.g. issues you need addressed, your aims etc)
1115 - 1230
The story and demonstration of Calibre and Formats, ePub
Kovid Goyal (Calibre)
1230 - 1345
Lunch, networking, ideas on the wall, tentative team tormation and check-in to rooms
1345 - 1415
Metadata Issues for Ebooks and The Metadata Forum
 Stephanie Taylor (UKOLN, University of Bath)
1415 - 1500

OpenInkpot and how to hack it
Mikhail Gusarov (OpenInkpot)

1500 - 1545 Calibre and how to hack it
Resources available to help us build things, Modules, libraries, services.
Kovid Goyal (Calibre)
1545 - 1600
Coffee break, ideas on the wall and tentative team formation
1600 - 1615 Lightning Talk 1
Speaker 1
1615 - 1630
Lightning Talk 2
Speaker 2
1630 - 1645
Lightning Talk 3
Speaker 3
1645 - 1700
Lightning Talk 4
Speaker 4
1700 - 1830 Hack / Ideas teams working together
1830 - 1930
Break (back to hotel room etc)
1930 - 2100
Dinner and team working
2100 till late Hack / Ideas teams working together (last person locks up!)

 

Day 2

0830 - 0930
Breakfast
0930 - 0945
60 second summary of ideas/hacks teams are working on
0945 - 1230 Hack / Ideas teams working together
1230 - 1330
Working lunch
1330 - 1500 Hack / Ideas teams working together and finishing off (depending on progress we may try and do presentations in this slot to finish earlier)
1500 - 1515
Coffee
1515 - 1630 5 minute presentations of what teams have worked on and conclusion to event (including prizes)
1630
Finish