breaksalot.orgHackfest was great. It seemed more productive this year than last, both personally and for others I talked to. Part of my productivity was due to my intent to work on a project I suggested: Refactoring Fac-Back-OPAC. We got a new branch created and did some code cleanup and merging with Helios, and I signed Birkin, Harish, and Mark up as committers on the code repository. I didn't take any photos, but I did one small video.
From "Observing Student Researchers in their Native Habitat": "Students do not know the difference between electronic resources and what's in the OPAC.... That's the biggest disconnect that we found. If you have a federated searching tool, put it up front."