BHL-AU Visit to MOBOT 2011

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BHL-AU Staff visit to Missouri Botanical Garden.

Dates

Tuesday November 8th - Saturday November 12th and
Wednesday November 16th - Wednesday November 23rd, 2011.

Travel details

Passenger	Flight	From	Departs	To	Arrive
Simon Sherrin	QF428	Melbourne	Tue.Nov.08@11:30	Sydney	Tue.Nov.8@12:55
	QF11	Sydney	Tue.Nov.08@15:00	LAX	Tue.Nov.8@09:50
	AA818	LAX	Tue.Nov.08@12:15	STL	Tue.Nov.8@17:45
	AA2293	STL	Sat.Nov.12@16:00	ORD	Sat.Nov.12@17:10
	AA1235	ORD	Wed.Nov.16@19:55	STL	Wed.Nov.16@20:41
	AA521	STL	Wed.Nov.23@19:30	LAX	Wed.Nov.23@21:50
Ely Wallis	DL1854	ATL	Sun.Nov 20@14:15	STL	Sun.Nov 20@15:02
	QF3173	STL	Mon.Nov 21@19:30	LAX	Mon.Nov 21@21:50

• Note Ely Wallis travel details only for flights into and out of St Louis.

Contact Details

Simon Sherrin

Email: ssherrin@museum.vic.gov.au
Twitter: @thesherrin
Mobile: Australia: +61 402 848 548 (until Tues 8th Nov)
US: +1 415 738 9096 (from evening Tuesday 8th Nov, till 23rd Nov)

Ely Wallis

Email: ewallis@museum.vic.gov.au
Twitter: @elyw

Goals

1. <Prioritize and Implement Portal User Interface and Functionality Requirements >
2. <Get the AU UI rolled into US http://projects.biodiversitylibrary.org/issues/420>
3. <Get BHL-US/UK & AU databases in synch & determine how to keep them synched. http://projects.biodiversitylibrary.org/issues/419 >
4. <Handling PDFs within the BHL framework for BHL-Australia. http://projects.biodiversitylibrary.org/issues/414>
5. <Determine how to do localization for serving http://projects.biodiversitylibrary.org/issues/417>
6. <Get AU up & scanning & depositing in IA http://projects.biodiversitylibrary.org/issues/421>
7. <Explore International Copyright issue with AUS 1923-1955 scanned books http://projects.biodiversitylibrary.org/issues/411>
8. <Make title searching less literal>
9. Flickr integration discussion
10. Use of MediaWiki for OCR correction
11. iTunesU and any connection with Australia

List of Activities

BHL-Australia Meeting with Ely and Simon 2011-11-21.doc
BHL Meeting - Simon and Bianca 2011-10-22.doc
BHL Meeting with Simon 2011-11-23.doc

November 8 (Tuesday)
ARRIVE St.Louis, MO
Chris F in Woods Hole
17:45: American Airlines 818. Simon Sherrin arrives at Lambert International (STL), it is a 30 minutes taxi ride (cost about $30 - $35 USD) to the Garden. Ask for the Main Entrance of the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110) in order to pick up the keys and the badge. The apartment number is M3 at 1901 Maury, 3rd Floor and it is at a walking distance from the Garden's entrance.
19:00: If not too tired and hungry, William could accompany Simon to eat somewhere and/or go to buy groceries, if he prefers so.

November 9 (Wednesday)
St.Louis, MO
(Conference Room booked all day)
Chris F arrive from Woods Hole 4pm
09:00: William will meet Simon outside the Trelease House to accompany him to the Center for Biodiversity Informatics (CBI) in the CBEC Building.
09:30: Get to know the office and settle down in the cubicle, followed by introductions to the team.
10:00: Tour the Garden and
12:00: Lunch
13:00: <Collaborative Work / meetings.>
17:00: Adjourn for the day
PM: Dinner *and* let Simon crash.

November 10 (Thursday)
St.Louis, MO
09:00: <Collaborative work with Mike on synchronizing US & AUS databases.>
17:00: Adjourn for the day
PM: Dinner - Chris F to plan group dinner for those who can attend.

November 11 (Friday)
St.Louis, MO
09:00: <Collaborative work with Mike on synchronizing US & AUS databases.>
17:00: Adjourn for the day
PM: Dinner

November 12 (Saturday)
DEPART St.Louis, MO
AM: Could be used to rest or get to know the Botanical Garden or the City.
13:30: It is usually recommended to be at the airport around 2 hours before departure and the taxi ride to the airport is around 30 minutes.
16:00 American Airlines 2293. Departs Lambert International (STL) to Chicago, Illinois (ORD).

November 13 (Sunday)
Second Global BHL Planning Meeting Meeting details
Chicago

November 14 & 15 (Monday & Tuesday)
Life and Literature Meeting LifeAndLiterature.org
Chicago

November 16 (Wednesday)
BHL Staff fall meeting 2011 Meeting details
20:41: American Airlines 1235. Simon Sherrin arrives at Lambert International (STL).
ARRIVE St.Louis, MO

November 17-18 (Thursday & Friday)
MOBOT
Our Chinese colleagues will be visiting MOBOT and your are most welcome to join us during their activities. Agenda details. Meeting Notes.

November 19 (Saturday)
<TBD>
Our Chinese colleagues will be leaving on this day.

November 20 (Sunday)
<TBD>
15:02: Delta1854. Ely Wallis arrives to Lambert International Airport (STL).

November 21 (Monday)
[<Collaborative work / meetings>]

19:30: Delta 1854. Ely Wallis departs from Lambert International Airport (STL).

November 22 (Tuesday)
[<Collaborative work / meetings>]

November 23 (Wednesday)
DEPART St.Louis, MO
[<Collaborative work / meetings>]
19:30: American Airlines 521. Simon departs Lambert International (STL) to Los Angeles (LAX).

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