This document summarizes Sharon Clapp's presentation on coding, open source, collaboration, and librarianship at the Connecticut Library Association Conference. Some of the key points discussed include: the importance of coding and a "making" mindset; teaching coding to girls through Mozilla Webmaker curriculum; partnerships between the library and campus programs like TRiO and the Innovation Center for coding activities; inspiration from open source communities; and resources for learning to code like Codecademy and local meetup groups.

1. OpenforInnovation&Learning
Coding,OpenSource,Collaboration&Librarianship
Connecticut Library Association Conference
April 21, 2016
Sharon Clapp, Digital Resources Librarian
Elihu Burritt Library
Central Connecticut State University

2. Coding
● The new literacy(?)
● “Code is law” (Lessig,
2000)
● Empowerment - a
building, making,
hacking mindset
● The important part is
the way coding makes
you think
http://www.moth
erjones.com/me
dia/2014/06/com
puter-science-
programming-
code-diversity-
sexism-
education

4. STEMforGirls!DayatCCSU
● Mozilla Webmaker
curriculum
“Web Literacy”
-
https://teach.mozil
la.org/web-literacy
● (New) Thimble
https://thimble.web
maker.org/en-US
● “Web make a movie
poster” exercise

5. https://thimble.webmaker.org/project/58873/remix

6. TRiOProgram,theInnovationcenter&thelibrary
● “Be an innovator”
course…
● 3d printing, Raspberry
Pi
● Google Coder
distribution -
https://googlecreativel
ab.github.io/coder/

7. Opensource&community=inspiration&opportunity
Open source, the TRiO program, the Institute for technology
and Business development = an opportunity for partnership and
collaboration
● Industrial mindset: winning = proprietary, patents,
tightly held intellectual property
● Digital mindset: winning = “Network effects” - the more
people use a product, the more valuable it becomes. Open
Source.
● Community connections - the Drupal Open Source Software
Community

8. NYCCampattheUN-July2015
BecauseCodingcangetyouinthedoor…eventhedooroftheUN!

9. Supportforlearningtocode(resources&communities)
● For librarians, archivists & museum folks - Code4Lib
● Code.org - https://code.org/
● Codecademy - https://www.codecademy.com/ |
CodeSchool - https://www.codeschool.com |FreeCodeCamp
- https://www.freecodecamp.com/
● Meetup.com groups: Drupal, Wordpress, Storrs Web
Development, New Haven.io, PyLadies, RailsBridge
● Open Camps this Summer (July 2016) at the UN -
http://opencamps.org/