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Contents

• 1 Mashup at the Mitchell
• 2 How do I get involved?
• 3 Event location
• 4 Schedule for the day
• 5 Internet usage policy

Mashup at the Mitchell

Libraries maintain vast and exciting collections of maps and photographs, newspapers, and much more, and are key parts of our cultural and social memory.

As part of the LibraryHack mashup and apps competition, the State Library of NSW is holding "Mash up at the Mitchell", a free, one day hack event on Saturday May 7, encouraging you to build apps, mashups, and more using their wonderful and unique collections. What you produce on the day can be entered into the Libraryhack competition.

Read more about the challenges you can work on at this hack day here.

Produced by Web Directions, who've run hack events for the NSW and Federal Governments, as well as the exciting Amped hack series, Mash up the Mitchell features a number of challenges, to engage your skills whether you're a designer, developer, user experience expert, or big thinker.

How do I get involved?

Well first of all you need to register here. Then just come along to the Mitchell Library on Saturday May 7 and work on one of the challenges set out here.

All day we'll keep you fueled with food and drinks, we'll have experts from the library as well as expert design and development mentors on hand to help you make the most of the event, and we'll wrap it all up with a showcase of the best on the day, along with some incentive prizes.

And, you'll have made a great start on an entry for the LibraryHack competition (entries for this close on May 31), which has thousands of dollars in prizes.

So put together a team, or just turn up on the day and we'll help you find one, and we'll see you there.

Event location

Mitchell Library Friends Room, Macquarie Street Sydney. You can find a full map on the registration page.

Schedule for the day

Saturday May 7 2011

8am-9am: Registration

9am-6pm: Hacking, challenges, workshops

6pm-7pm: Showcase and reception

Internet usage policy

In coming along to the Mashup at the Mitchell Hack Day, you agree to the Reading Rooms Internet usage policy.