I propose some hacky time!
I don't have a specific project in mind (though I have some ideas), but in the wake of the DLF Forum, I think a focus on ArchivesSpace &/or Hydra would be germane.
I see this going one of three ways:
- an install fest
- a play-with-Jennifer's-ArchivesSpace-tester (I'll bring my laptop running my test instance) session for n00bs and non-coders
- a more technical session for folks who know, or are interested in Ruby. (I'm a n00b, so I can't lead a super-technical session, so I'd need help for that.)
If the day fills up with talking, I'm not above facilitating a post-THATcamp hackfest at a nearby drinking establishment.
About Jennifer Hecker
I am the director of the (THATCamp-inspired!) Austin Fanzine Project, founder of the Austin Archives Bazaar, and an enthusiastic supporter of proactive documentation of social and artistic communities. I also advocate every chance I get for archives and libraries, as they are respectively the foundations and the engines of our civilization.
For a decade, I was a manuscript archivist specializing in processing large literary collections. Major projects include the Norman Mailer Papers, the David Mamet Papers and the Morris L. Ernst Papers, all at the Harry Ransom Center, and the Richard W. Pound Olympic Collection at the University of Texas Libraries. I am currently working with the UT Libraries to improve access to archival materials for both the public ("users") and the archivists themselves.
