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First Jane-athon

The Jane-athon prototype in Hawaii took place in December 2014.

The first Jane-athon took place on 30 January 2015 at ALA MidWinter in Chicago, USA.

The aim was to build upon a Jane Austen base r-ball.

Outcomes

Outcomes were presented in the Jane-athon report to the RDA Forum, February 1, 2015 by Thurstan Young and Kathy Glennan:

The combined unedited data from the first Jane-athon is available in the Jane-athon 1 (raw) r-ball.

The combined curated data from the first Jane-athon, removing duplicates, errors, and data with unresolved issues, is available in the Jane-athon 1 (curated) r-ball.

Outline

  • 07:30 Registration
  • 08:30 Introduction (PDF of presentation slides)
  • 09:00 The Bladerunner (P.K. Dick) r-ball + Break
  • 10:00 The Jane-athon: RIMMFing Jane resources + Lunch
  • 13:30 Feedback on RIMMFing
  • 14:00 Results of combining r-balls + Break
  • 14:45 RDA and Linked Data (PDF of presentation slides)
  • 15:30 Next steps
  • 16:00 End

Team

Core organizers

  • Gordon Dunsire (JSC)
  • James Hennelly (ALA Publishing)
  • Diane Hillmann (MMA)
  • Deborah Fritz (TMQ)
  • Richard Fritz (TMQ)
  • Jon Phipps (MMA)

The Coaches

  • Kathy Glennan (JSC)
  • Thurstan Young (British Library)
  • Plus Deborah, Diane, and Gordon

The Helpers

  • Judy Kuhagen (JSC)
  • Melissa Wood (ALA Publishing)

Presentations

Survey results

An online survey of participants was carried out shortly after the Jane-athon. Results are given in the Summary of Participant Responses to the First Jane-athon.

Announcements, blogs, etc.

Philip K. Dick

The first Jane-athon also used a draft r-ball for the motion picture Blade Runner, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick.

The Jane number of Dick is 2, using the new RDA subject relationship: Jane (Person) is subject of Austenland is Secretly a Tribute to Philip K. Dick (Work) has subject Philip K. Dick (Person).

Photos

Photograph taken by James Hennelly at the first Jane-athon
Photograph taken by Richard Fritz at the first Jane-athon
Photograph taken by Elizabeth Mitchell at the first Jane-athon
Photograph taken by James Hennelly at the first Jane-athon