Holding a Successful Hackathon

HOLDING A SUCCESSFUL HACKATHON

TOD COLEGROVE, PH.D., MSLIS

MARCH 8, 2016 COMPUTERS IN LIBRARIES CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON DC

About the University of Nevada, Reno:A land-grant state university, established: 1874

Location: Reno, Nevada

Students: 20,003 – 16,837 undergraduates (Spring 2015)

Academic & Research Faculty: 913

Full-time faculty holding highest degrees in their fields: 93 %

Degrees offered: 145+, a comprehensive selection of degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level.

Accredited by: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (since 1938), plus 20 professionally accredited programs.

University of Nevada, Reno, website “History, Stats, and Highlights”. Retrieved March, 2016F from http://www.unr.edu/

About the University

“Inspired by its land-grant foundation, the University of

Nevada, Reno provides outstanding learning, discovery, and engagement programs that

serve the economic, social, environmental, and cultural needs

of the citizens of Nevada, the nation, and the world.”

Outreach Mission:

HOLDING A HACKATHONGET STRAIGHT ABOUT WHY

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HOST YOUR COMMUNITYS’ HACKATHON(S)

NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND1

EASELS. WHITEBOARDS. MARKERS.

CTITICAL PATH2

- rolling whiteboards

LOTS OF POWER STRIPS.CRITICAL PATH3

HYDRATION IS IMPORTANT…AKA CAFFEINE4

ABOVE ALL, COMMITMENTGO BEYOND JUST INVOLVED5

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COMING UP:

QUESTIONS?