Samvera Camp - UCLA 2019

Data Curation Experts will lead a four-day Samvera Camp hosted by University of California, Los Angeles from Monday, September 9th through Thursday, September 12th, 2019. Samvera Camp is open to all developers interested in building skills working with the Samvera technology stack. High-level course topics include:

• Ruby, Rails, and collaborative development using Github
• The Samvera framework including Fedora and Solr
• Content and Metadata management
• Introductory Blacklight including search and faceting
• Advanced Topics and Participant Q&A

Camp will be led by Mark Bussey and Bess Sadler.

LOCATION

Camp will take place on the UCLA campus in the Charles E. Young Research Library (aka “YRL”) - West Electronic Classroom (WEC), 2nd floor, Room #23167.

Here are some maps to help you get around campus.

• Google map of campus and Charles E Young Research Library
• Campus map
  
• Campus restaurants

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

This is a list of recommended hotels:

• Tiverton House (https://www.uclahealth.org/tiverton/)
  310-794-0151
  
  
• UCLA Luskin Center (https://luskinconferencecenter.ucla.edu/)
  855-522-8252
  Guests are welcome to book through the website using the “Conducting business with a UCLA department” special rate. Government rates are available on an individual basis as occupancy allows by calling the hotel directly.
  
  
• UCLA Guest House (http://guesthouse.ucla.edu/)
  310-825-2923
  
  

TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM CAMPUS

Check out this page for directions, parking, and transportation options