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    OCLC Research Sponsors Software Contest to Encourage Innovation
    OCLC Research today announced a contest intended to give developers an opportunity to create innovative software for library services.
    hickey@oclc.org
    
    
    
    http://www.oclc.org/research/announcements/
    http://www.oclc.org/research/announcements/oclc_research_news.rdf
    January 27, 2005
    Contestants can enter by going to <A href="http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/contest/default.htm">www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/contest/</A>.
    <P>The contest is intended to encourage innovation and development of Web-based services for libraries and library users. Contestants will be challenged to think differently about their environments by working with deconstructed functional components of library services.</P>
<P>The prize is $2,500.00 US.</P>
<P>Entries will be judged by a panel of expert practitioners and academicians from OCLC and the library/information community: Thom Hickey (Chief Scientist, OCLC), Tip House (Chief Systems Analyst, OCLC), Elizabeth Lane Lawley (Associate Professor and Director, Lab for Social Computing, Rochester Institute of Technology; blogger), Mike Teets (Executive Director, Product Architecture and Development, OCLC), Roy Tennant (User Services Architect, California Digital Library; Owner, Web4Lib and XML4Lib electronic discussions; author), and Jon Udell (Lead Analyst, InfoWorld; author; blogger).</P>
<P>Full details are available on the contest Web site.</P>
    <P>OCLC Research Software Contest<BR><A href="../researchworks/contest/default.htm">http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/contest/</A></P>
<P>Contest Judges<BR><A href="../researchworks/contest/judges2005.htm">http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/contest/judges2005.htm</A></P>
    
    Thom Hickey
    +1-614-764-6075
    
    Bob Bolander
    bolander@oclc.org
    +1-614-761-5207
    
    
    
    Chief Scientist
    OCLC Research
    Communications &amp; Programs Manager
    OCLC Research