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This page is an archive of information about older [[BC|Code4Lib BC]] events. For recent or upcoming events, check out the [[BC|main Code4Lib BC page]].
== '''Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 2025''' ==
* Thursday, 16 October and Friday, 17 October
* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-code4lib-bc-unconference-registration-1677528636309/ Register now]
This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by Emily Carr.
Location: Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 520 E 1st Ave. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/wDsSfdrZwAJyEYLb6 Map to get there], Rennie Hall (inside the front entrance).
For more information on transit and parking, please check the [https://www.ecuad.ca/about/visit/parking-transit Emily Carr Campus Location, Parking, Transit, Contact page].
=== What's it all about? ===
It's a 2-day unconference - a participant-driven meeting bringing together a diverse and open community of library developers and non-developers engaging in effective, collaborative problem-solving through technology regardless of their department or background.
This year’s event will feature lightning talks and breakout sessions. Lightning talks are brief, 10-minute presentations on topics related to library technologies. Breakout sessions are an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, yet sustained period of problem solving, software development and fun.
* '''What's included''': a room, coffee/tea, wifi, power
* '''What to bring''': your ideas and enthusiasm.
* '''Socials Hashtag''': `#c4lbc`
* '''Code of Conduct''': As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the [http://bit.ly/coc4lib Code4Lib Code of Conduct], which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment.
If you need help with funding your attendance, you can [https://forms.gle/Y6ZcWyXihBowrdndA request a bursary] by October 3, 2025.
===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
If there’s a neat project you've been working on, a cool new tool you want to show off, or an interesting development in the world of library technology that you want to discuss, Code4Lib BC is a great opportunity to share that with the community.
[https://forms.gle/DEkDVn1rT35bdRj87 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea]
''Breakout Session Ideas''
* Struggling Through Burnout (esp in IT); Getting Our DIY Ethic Back (Daniel Lerch)
* GenAI Critical Literacy workshop demo + discussion (Michelle Ng) (20 person limit)
* Knowledge management and M365/SP migration headaches (Michelle Ng)
* Protecting website content created by libraries and server resources from Gen AI (Desy Wahyuni)
===Food===
Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries, granola bars, fruit) will be available at the venue.
Attendees are encouraged to explore the wide range of food and beverage options nearby. Local organizers have provided a few recommendations below. If you have dietary restrictions/preferences, feel free to ask for specific suggestions!
====Coffee & baked goods====
* ECU's Caf - on campus
* Nemesis coffee - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/MLD3mahZS29Z6bYMA 555 Great Northern Wy]
* Kafka’s Coffee Roasting and Bakery - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/y5KRY7wp8nHVHqpG8 577 Great Northern Wy]
* Kranky Cafe in Mount Pleasant - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/c5zutNWHf9XiESsx7 228 E 4th Ave]
* Tim Hortons - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/k78BjheVVKBFtxCR6 889 Great Northern Wy]
* L'Atelier Patisserie - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/K79rrCYwFWdJx2rz9 599 E Broadway] (15 min. walk)
====Meals====
* Steve's Poké Bar - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/DBDWoY4T5xZCTV656 891 Great Northern Wy]
* Rotating Food Trucks - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/FDeCRQk9R3wEyKcdA 577 Carolina St.]
* ECU Ramen bar - on campus, level 1 near the east exit
* Chai Wagon - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/FXfday9yK4aCMgyE6 196 E 2nd Ave] (12 min. walk)
* ECU Caf, Nemesis, Kafka's, and Kranky cafe also have lunch food
* [https://vancouversoupcompany.com/ Vancouver Soup Company] - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/8ehwmwD1NoogsMR47 292 E 1st Ave] (9 min. walk)
=== Schedule ===
'''''Please note that all times are PT (Vancouver, Canada).'''''
==== Day 1 : Thursday, October 16 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Venue opens
|-
| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Icebreaker activity
|-
| 9:30 || Lightning talks
* Remember When We Were Excited About Virtual Worlds? Let’s Try That Again - James Fournie
* Sustainable Local Development; or, Two PHP Scripts in a Trench Coat - John Durno
* User Experience: Case study plus discussion of a planned BCLA interest group - Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin
* [https://cynthiang.ca/2025/10/16/presentation-how-to-stay-web-accessible-applying-wcag-2-1-2-2/ Making the Web Accessible: Putting WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 into Practice] - Cynthia Ng
|-
| 10:30 || Break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)
* Challenges of Identity and Access Management Policies and Documentation - Caitlin Lindsay
* Manipulating MARC: Indigenous Cataloguing Beyond the Standards - Taya Jardine & Christina Needham
* Developing introductory, interactive workshop modules on GenAI Critical Literacy - Michelle Ng
|-
| 11:45 || ECU campus tour / Lunch!
|-
| 1:15 || Breakout sessions
* Manipulating MARC (redux) - facilitators: Taya Jardine & Christina Needham
* Digital sovereignty, the surveillance state, & protection of privacy - facilitator: John Durno
* Cookin' with VR - facilitator: James Fournie
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)
* UX breakout! - facilitators: Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin
* Are all the ULs hanging out without us? Consortial LSP planning and rumours - facilitator: Tamarack Hockin
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout reports
|-
| 5:00 || Social event at Red Truck Beer Company [https://maps.app.goo.gl/VH93xQZ1nJzvziBZ8 295 E 1st Ave]
|}
==== Day 2 : Friday, October 17 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning talks
* Transforming Unstructured Data in a Knowledge Base: Exploring the Potential of RAG and LLMs at SFU Library - Ian Song
* Consent Not Required: (AI) Technology as Connection - Coco Chen & Rebecca Ardron
* Building AI Literacy in the Public Library - Jaclyn Fong
* Defending Library Services Against AI Scrapers - Scott Leslie
|-
| 10:30 || Break
|-
| 11:00 || Lightning talks (continued)
* Working with APIs: Flows and Runner in Postman - Olga Kalachinskaya
* [https://github.com/telezoic/SuperDuperPDF/blob/main/superduperPDF.pdf Bulk DOI generation in DSpace with the Super-Duper-App!] - Daniel Sifton
* Building an assignment planner on Playlab - Joyce Wong
|-
| 11:45 || Lunch
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout sessions
* Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP7AZMzRzI_sLUnaLJ9mu0gvayJ0gU2mnScjMPvlQ9DFfCZw/viewform?usp=header submit your own].
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)
* Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP7AZMzRzI_sLUnaLJ9mu0gvayJ0gU2mnScjMPvlQ9DFfCZw/viewform?usp=header submit your own].
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout session reports / Who wants to host Code4Lib BC 2026?
|}
=== Sponsors ===
We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative].
=== 2025 Organizers ===
* Cynthia Ng
* Dan Lerch
* Daniel Sifton
* George Villavicencio
* Hillary Webb
* James Fournie
* Janis McKenzie
* Michel Castagné
* Michelle Ng
* Rebecca Dickson
* Scott Leslie
* Tamarack Hockin
* Trevor Smith
== '''Ninth Annual Code4Lib BC Unconference 2024''' ==