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North

2019-04-26T13:31:42Z

SarahRomkey: /* Talk Sign Up */

[[File:C4l north logo.png|thumbnail|Code4Lib North Logo]]

Welcome to the home of the Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

==Code4Lib North: the Tenth. McMaster University. May 30-31, 2019==

The 2019 Code4Lib North meeting will be held at [https://scds.ca/ the McMaster Sherman Centre]. We'll begin each day at a suitable time, like 9:30 am.

[https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.262680900000,-79.917828000000 Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship Mills Memorial Library 1280 Main St. W. Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6]

===Register===

[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/code4lib-north-2019-tickets-59046220836 Registration is available through Eventbrite.]

We will be observing the Code4Lib [https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md Code of Conduct].

====Talk Sign Up====
Code4Lib North is a great opportunity to talk about anything you are working on or pondering about. It can be as short as a 5 min lightning talk to just throw out some ideas or up to a 30 min talk on whatever you like

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | '''Name'''
! scope="col" | '''Topic'''
! scope="col" | '''Time (5 Min - 30 min)'''
! scope="col" | '''Way to contact* (twitter, email, etc.)'''
|-
| Catie Sahadath || Harvesting Metadata to make Systematic Review Searching more Accessible || 20 minutes || @metacatie Catie.Sahadath@uOttawa.ca
|-
| Kaitlin Newson || TBA || 15 minutes || @kaitlinnewson
|-
| Jess Whyte || Floppy/CD imaging and metadata pulls || 10 minutes || @jesswhyte jessica.whyte@utoronto.ca
|-
| Tim Ribaric || I'll tell you soon || 20 minutes || @elibtronic tribaric@brocku.ca
|-
| Sarah Romkey || How we Github: a journey || 15 minutes || @ArchivesSarah sromkey@artefactual.com
|}

* Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions. Feel free to [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info contact us instead] if you don't want to enter anything here.

====Hackfest & Group Discussion Ideas====
We will spend some time running HackFest & Breakout Discussions. Add your ideas here.

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | '''Name'''
! scope="col" | '''Idea'''
! scope="col" | '''Way to contact*'''
|-
| Your name || Your idea || Your contact info (twitter, email, etc.)
|-
|Thomas Guignard || Participate in the [https://librarycarpentry.org/blog/2019/03/lc-mozilla-global-sprint/ Library Carpentry global sprint] || [https://twitter.com/timtomch @timtomch], [mailto:tom@timtom.ca tom@timtom.ca]
|-
|}

* Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions. Feel free to [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info contact us instead] if you don't want to enter anything here.

====Socials & things to do besides c4l====
* There will likely be a conference social on Thursday night, details TBA.

===Twitter===

*Hashtag: [http://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23c4ln19 #c4ln19]

===Slack===

* Join the #code4lib channel on the [https://code4lib.slack.com code4lib slack]
* Instructions to join the code4lib slack are found [https://code4lib.org/irc here]

===VIA Rail discount===

Code4lib North attendees can enjoy a 10% discount when traveling with VIA Rail. Use the information below when booking your tickets. Please note that VIA Rail has no service to Hamilton, attendees will need to transfer to GO Transit in Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto. The discount only applies to the portion of the trip operated by VIA Rail. GO Transit does not offer conference discounts :( If you have a Presto card, you can use it to pay for your GO Transit fare.

'''Discount code:''' 13938

'''Instructions:''' Log in or create a profile on the VIA Rail reservation system prior to booking. On the Passenger information screen, select "Convention fare" from the “Discount Type” drop-down menu, and enter the discount code above for your convention or event in the “Discount code” field. The conference fare will be shown on the next page.

'''Discount:''' 10% off the best available fare in Economy, Economy Plus, Business, Business Plus, Sleeper class. "Subject to the conditions and restrictions of the fare plan to which the additional discount is being applied." Discount does not apply in any Escape fares and Prestige Class.

'''Valid:''' May 28th, 2019 to June 2nd, 2019 from all stations throughout the VIA system to Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto, Ontario and return.

'''Restrictions:''' Fare applies to a maximum of two passengers per booking. One complimentary stopover is allowed at no additional charge. For travel on all fare plans in Business class, the first stopover is allowed at no additional charge, provided that this stopover takes place in Toronto, Montréal or Ottawa only.

===Contact===

Questions and/or concerns? Please contact [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info Kaitlin Newson].

===Sponsors===

Code4Lib North would like to thank McMaster University for providing space for this meeting.

==Code4Lib North Past Events==

To see past Code4Lib North events, go to [https://wiki.code4lib.org/North/Past_Events the past events page].

==Code4lib North Meetups in Toronto==

Status: Active

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Toronto, Ontario. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa group) 

'''Meetup Group:''' [http://meetup.com/code4libtoronto/ code4lib toronto]

'''Website & Blog:''' [https://code4libtoronto.github.io/ code4libtoronto.github.io]

'''Mailing List:''' code4libtoronto-list@meetup.com

'''Hashtag:''' #code4libTO also used: the general #code4lib

===Past Meetups===

The first meetup was a simple social meetup on June 21, 2012. The idea is that other meetups will have presentations/talks to be had either before or during.

August 14, 2012 - [http://cynng.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/code4lib-cool-tool-day/ Cool Tool Day]

December 13, 2012 - [http://wp.me/pHQ83-rb Talk Notes]

April 19, 2013 - session to encourage collaborative talks/presentations/hackfest ideas

== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

code4lib Ottawa meetups are now organized using Meetup.com. [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Sign up] to be informed of upcoming meetings.

Keep an eye on the [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Meetup] page for further details.

===Past Meetups===

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

'''Tuesday October 7th, 2014'''

Speakers:

* Mark Baker - Principal Architect at Zepheira provided a brief overview of some of Zepheira’s BibFrame tools in development.

* Jennifer Whitney - Systems Librarian at MacOdrum Library presented OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) – a neat and powerful tool for cleaning up messy data.

* Sarah Simpkin, GIS and Geography Librarian & Catherine McGoveran, Government Information Librarian (both from UOttawa Library) - presented on a recent UOttawa sponsored Open Data Hackfest as well as to introduce you to Open Data Ottawa.

'''Location:''' MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Ottawa, ON ([https://www.google.ca/maps/place/1125+Colonel+By+Dr,+Carleton+University,+Ottawa,+ON+K1S+5R1/@45.3835317,-75.6975174,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cce067662eae8cf:0x9cd8d41fd34473d1 map])

'''April 30, 2013 - Meet, and share your favourite Library technology'''

'''June 13, 2012 - Lightning Talks'''
{| border=1
! Description of Talk
|-
| '''Devin Crawley''' from the Ottawa Public Library gave us a quick preview of the API to their BiblioCommons catalogue. The API will be publicly available this fall.
|-
| '''William Wueppelmann''' talked about what's going on at Canadiana.org and how they host and manage their huge digital collection and their efforts to achieve certification as a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR).
|-
| '''[[User:Bethmaru|Mary Beth Baker]]''' spoke about the [[North/Possible Collaborators Ottawa|local tech scene in Ottawa]] and got us to consider the potential for collaboration with other groups.
|}

'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
{| border=1
! Presenter
! Description of Talk
|-
| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}

==Code4lib North Meetups in Montreal==

'''Status''': Active

'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Montreal, Quebec. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa and Toronto groups) 

'''For more information:''' Please email Clara Turp (clara.turp@mcgill.ca) for more information.

'''Slack Channel and Hashtag:''' #code4lib-mtl

'''Wiki page:''' [[Code4Lib_Montreal]] - check here for upcoming or past meeting information.

== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

* [https://ernieejo.github.io/ Erin Johnson], [https://www.lib.uwo.ca/ Western Libraries]
* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
* John Fink, McMaster University
* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
* Amy Buckland, McGill University
* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
* Carol Serroul, CISTI
* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://alanharnum.ca Alan Harnum], Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries
* Marc d'Avernas, Waterloo Region District School Board
* Whitni Watkins, St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
* Jess Whyte, University of Toronto

== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future ==

* Toronto, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Ottawa, Ontario
* Montreal, Quebec

==Mailing list==

The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.

2018 Keynote Speakers Nominations

2017-10-12T22:27:06Z

SarahRomkey:

Nominations for invited speakers/keynotes for Code4Lib 2018 in Washington, D.C. will open on '''September 18th''' and close on '''October 15, 2017'''.

Voting will start on Monday, October 23, 2017 and continue through Monday, November 13, 2017.

Please include a description and any relevant links and try to keep the list in alphabetical order.

The criteria for nominating a candidate to act as keynote are below:
*Speaker’s name (First Name, Last Name)
*Brief description of individual (250-word max)
*Pertinent links (Maximum of 3)
*Contact information of candidate (email address)

''We strongly encourage you to nominate speakers who are local to the D.C. Metropolitan Area.''

Please follow the formatting guidelines:

<pre>

== Nominee's Name ==

Description of no more than 250 words.

[[Link(s) with contact information for nominee]]

</pre>

__TOC__

==Jane Doe (example)==
Jane works at ________, doing _______.

Some pertinent history/biography/hyperlinks that elucidates why Jane would be a good keynote speaker.

== Chris Bourg ==

Chris Bourg is the Director of Libraries at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she also has oversight of the MIT Press. Prior to assuming her role at MIT, Chris worked for 12 years in the Stanford University Libraries, most recently as the Associate University Librarian for Public Services.

Chris is keenly interested in issues of diversity and inclusion in higher education; and in the role libraries play in advancing social justice and democracy. She is currently serving as Chair of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion of the Association of Research Libraries and has written and spoken extensively on diversity, inclusion, and leadership.

Chris has a PhD in Sociology from Stanford University, and spent 10 years as an active duty U.S. Army officer, including 3 years on the faculty at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

[https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/what-happens-to-libraries-and-librarians-when-machines-can-read-all-the-books/ "What happens to libraries and librarians when machines can read all the books?" - 2017 talk about the role of machine learning and AI in libraries]

[https://youtu.be/O2L64H3D52M?t=2059 "Libraries, technology, and social justice" - Access 2016 keynote address]

[https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/ Blog]

[https://twitter.com/mchris4duke Twitter]

== Terry Brady ==
Terry Brady is a software developer in Seattle working for the Georgetown University Library. Terry is the lead developer for DigitalGeorgetown. Terry is a committer for the DSpace repository platform. Terry has built applications for higher education, government, non-profit, and corporate institutions including LexisNexis and the National Archives and Records Administration--including the amazingly handy File-Analyzer. Strengthening communities is a passion of Terry's: he regularly participates in the DSpace Community Advisory Team meetings, and initiated the recent DSpace Users Group meeting hosted by Georgetown University in August of 2017. Terry does what all developers do, he writes code enthusiastically, and many times for no personal advantage, merely because it's work that needs doing, or is an interesting challenge. His work inspires that same approach in others; his observations on the work we all do will be equally inspiring.

[https://github.com/terrywbrady/info GitHub]
[https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer File-Analyzer]
[https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/ DigitalGeorgetown]

==David Brunton==
David Brunton was hired is the Chief of Repository Development at the Library of Congress. In his time here, David has contributed to a number of important group efforts at LC, including: electronic Copyright Deposit, the Twitter archive, the National Digital Newspaper Program, digitization workflow, and more recently, crowdsourcing. David's first library job and his first coding job were both during his undergraduate years in the mid-nineties, and he has been doing one, the other, and both ever since. David is a fun and engaging speaker.

==Carla Hayden==
Carla is the US Librarian of Congress. She is the first female and first African American to hold this post. She has previously worked in public libraries, the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, and headed the American Library Association. Her position and vast experience would make her an excellent candidate. She could potentially discuss how technology and the library intersect at the highest level of US government.

[https://twitter.com/libnofcongress]
[http://time.com/4494775/carla-hayden/]
[https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2016/09/carla-hayden-harnessing-the-power-of-technology-with-the-resources-at-the-library-of-congress/]

==Jessica Marie Johnson==
Jessica Marie Johnson is an assistant professor of history at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Her work is focused around radical black feminist praxis in the digital humanities. One of her more recent projects is titled "The Codex," a triptych that also functions as an exploration of the Atlantic slave trade by using code and software applications.

[http://history.jhu.edu/directory/jessica-johnson/]
[https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/digital-humanities-interview-jessica-marie-johnson/#!]
[http://dh.jmjafrx.com/]

==Veni Kunche==
Veni Kunche is a coder, maker, and mentor who works at the U.S. Geological Survey (as a Sr. Software Engineer) and Blasterra (as CEO and Founder). At Blasterra, she focuses on developing programs for people learning to code, but also focuses on teaching women to code. She is based in D.C..

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/venikunche/ Linkedin]
[https://twitter.com/venikunche @venikunche]
[http://www.codewithveni.com/ Code with Veni]

==Shane Lin==
Senior Developer at the University of Virginia's Scholars' Lab.

Shane studies the history of computing and the impact of digital technology on culture and politics. His dissertation, “Kingdom of Code: Cryptography and the New Privacy” tracks the development of civilian encryption technology and the emergence of cryptography as an academic field of study, the debates over crypto regulation, and the concomitant construction of a new, far more expansive notion of privacy from 1975 to 2000. His perspectives on technology, encryption, and privacy would be especially interesting to a wide audience.

[http://scholarslab.org/people/shane-lin/ Shane Lin]
[http://scholarslab.org/digital-humanities/the-long-and-messy-history-of-privacy/ Privacy Post]

==Elrick Ryan==
Elrick is a mashup of developer and designer he has coined Devsigner X. He holds bachelors degrees in both Web Development and Multimedia Design. Capable of taking ideas all the way from a dot grid notebook, through the design phase, and into production, he loves the challenge of bringing amazing design to life with code. Creativity is in his blood. Problem solving is at his core. Collaboration is in his heart. He fell in love with code because of design and because of Flash fell in love with JavaScript and has never looked back. He has designed for many different mediums and has written code across the full breadth of the stack which makes him truly The B.O.A.T. -- The Builder Of All Things.

[https://frontside.io/about/elrick-ryan Frontside.io]
[https://twitter.com/elrickvm @elrickvm]

== Bess Sadler ==
Bess Sadler is a library coding (and Code4Lib) institution. Bess has been building digital repositories for over fifteen years. She is a co-founder of both the Blacklight and <s>Hydra</s> Samvera software projects, and is a passionate advocate for open source software and DevOps culture. Before joining DCE, Bess was the Manager for Application Development at Stanford University Library, where she managed a portfolio that included EarthWorks, Library Systems, DevOps, linked data infrastructure development, and strategic planning for long term digital preservation and sustainable development practices. In her spare time, Bess enjoys gardening, cooking, contributing to social justice movements, and reading comic books.

https://twitter.com/eosadler
https://curationexperts.com/who-we-are/

==Jeffrey Spies, Ph.D.==
Dr. Spies is the CTO and co-founder of the Center for Open Science [https://cos.io/], a non-profit technology company missioned to increase the openness, integrity, and transparency of research. His research and interests are motivated by increasing research efficiency. As CTO at COS he is responsible for technical strategy, product vision, software architecture, external partner/funder development, and management of COS Labs—COS's research and development team. He also co-lead's SHARE—an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries and COS to create a free, open dataset of research activity across the research life-cycle.

[https://jeffspies.com/ Website]
[https://twitter.com/jeffspies Twitter]

== Dr. Timothy C. Summers ==
Dr. Summers, a world leading expert on how hackers think and normal chaos (https://www.howhackersthink.org/), is a hacker, professor, author, frequent media commentator, TED speaker, and consulted expert. He is a trusted advisor and consultant to Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, and governments worldwide. He specializes in the scholarship and practice of hacker cognitive psychology (the hacking mindset) and the normal chaos paradigm, enabling him to advise organizations on handling uncertainty. Timothy is the CEO of Summers & Company, a strategic management and cyber advisory firm that uses scholarship and practice techniques to evaluate management decisions to ensure that organizations can deal with a variety of uncertainty. He is the Founder of WikiBreach.org, a public database of cyber breach data which scrapes the Internet for cyber-attacks as they happen and he is Co-Founder of the Normal Chaos Group, an organizational practice and research think tank dedicated to the pragmatic approach of normal chaos as a paradigm for business, government, and non-governmental organizations for organizational advancement. Timothy is the Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Engagement within the College of Information Studies (Maryland’s iSchool) at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is frequently requested to provide expert commentary by domestic and international media outlets and academic institutions on topics of risk and cyber crises. Timothy carries a Scientiæ Baccalaureus in Computer Science from Elizabeth City State University, Scientiæ Magister in Information Security Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Management from Case Western Reserve University.

[https://ischool.umd.edu/faculty-staff/timothy-c-summers Timothy C. Summers]
[https://theconversation.com/protect-your-privacy-during-turbulent-times-a-hackers-guide-to-being-cyber-safe-69026 Protect your privacy during turbulent times: A hacker’s guide to being cyber-safe]
[http://www.barrons.com/articles/no-such-thing-as-privacy-in-the-modern-campaign-1455944517 No Such Thing as Privacy in the Modern Campaign]

== Gregg Vanderheiden ==
Gregg Vanderheiden is a Professor in the iSchool and Director of Trace R&D Center at the University of Maryland – College Park. He directs the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Universal Interface and Information Technology Access (NIDILRR/ACL) and co-directs Raising the Floor, an international consortium of companies and organizations building the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII). Has worked in technology and disability for over 45 years; was a pioneer in Augmentative Communication (a term taken from his writings in 1979), and in cross-disability access to ICT of all types. His work is found in computers, phones, Automated Postal Stations, Amtrak ticket machines, and airport terminals. Most of the initial access features in both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac operating systems came from his Center. He co-chaired both WCAG 1.0 and 2.0 working groups, and has worked with over 50 companies and numerous government advisory & planning committees including FCC, NSF, NIH, GSA, NCD, Access Board and White House. He has received over 30 awards for his work on technology and disability. He is a past President of RESNA and a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Dr. Vanderheiden holds degrees in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Technology in Communication Rehabilitation and Child Development, an interdisciplinary degree between the departments of Electrical Engineering, Communicative Disorders, Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education and Educational Psychology, from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

[http://GPII.net http://GPII.net]
[http://trace.umd.edu http://trace.umd.edu]
[https://ischool.umd.edu/faculty-staff/gregg-vanderheiden https://ischool.umd.edu/faculty-staff/gregg-vanderheiden]

==Whitni Watkins==
Whitni Watkin’s carefully curated set of hard skills, spanning library systems, languages, and operating systems, allows her to thrive as a web services engineer at one of the United States’ largest technology corporations, serving over 100,000 customers worldwide. But it is Ms. Watkins’ passion for creating empathetic communities at the intersection of technology, libraries, and education that set her apart as a thoughtful technologist with an uncanny ability to understand not only computer systems but also the social systems in which technologists work. This passion has led her to work with Girls Who Code, to establish Boston’s LibTechrs meetup group which is open to all with an interest in technology, to lead the Massachusetts Library Association’s technology group, and to encourage women to enter technology fields and to feel accepted and confident in those fields. A sought-after public speaker, having spoken at Electronic Resources & Libraries, Code4Lib, and ALA Annual and MidWinter, as well as many other conferences in the United States and Canada, including as Keynote at EBSCO Presents, Ms. Watkins would craft and deliver a keynote that brings us together from our diverse viewpoints and ready us for the conference for people who code for libraries.

[http://whitni.us Whitni Watkins' homepage]
 
[https://www.slideshare.net/nimblelibrarian/purposeful-empathy-towards-better-processes-and-products Purposeful Empathy slidedeck]
 
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitniwatkins Whitni Watkins on LinkedIn]

==Pamela Wright==
Pamela Wright is the U.S. National Archives' first Chief Innovation Officer. She oversees the Agency's online public access Catalog, web, social media, and authorities programs as well as the Innovation Hub. She has hosted coding communities and worked with other institutions to help the Agency become a more digital, citizen-centric institution. She has a goldmine of content and adores coders who can do interesting and enlightening things with it. She launched the Citizen Archivist Dashboard, which has been a gateway for the public to engage in new ways with our content. She is currently collaborating with staff from the Smithsonian and Library of Congress on History Hub (see link below).

[https://twitter.com/PamelaSW]
[https://historyhub.history.gov/welcome]
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-wright-8ab59861]

== Gene Luen Yang ==
Comic artist and author, Gene Yang has greatly broadened diversity representation in comics with successful titles such as '''American Born Chinese''', '''Boxers and Saints''', and '''The Shadow Hero'''. In 2016, the Library of Congress named him as an Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. In this capacity, Yang has pushed a mission of 'Reading Without Walls' to encourage literacies of all types. Additionally, he has recently started a graphic novel series, '''Secret Coders''' with artist Mike Holmes. This series aims to introduce kids to actual magic they can perform at home: computer programming. As several kids try to uncover the mysteries of their school, they face puzzles and challenges that teach readers about programming.

[http://geneyang.com/ http://geneyang.com/]

[http://geneyang.com/secret-coders http://geneyang.com/secret-coders]

== Kate Zwaard ==
Kate Zwaard was named the Chief of National Digital Initiatives at Library of Congress in August 2016 after 5 years work as the product manager for digital repository development in the LoC. Prior to her work at LoC, she worked at the US Government Printing Office as program development specialist and then as their lead program planner. Kate and her NDI group recently launched [https://labs.loc.gov/ LoC Labs], a platform to encourage innovation with Libarry of Congress digital collections", in September 2017. Her experience as programmer and then as a leader gives her great insights from several perspectives.

[https://twitter.com/kzwa https://twitter.com/kzwa]

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/kzwaard https://www.linkedin.com/in/kzwaard]

[https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-141/ https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-141/]

== Kate Deibel ==
Kate Deibel is the Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian at Syracuse University. An ardent advocate for usable and accessible technologies, her work focuses on disciplinarity, technology adoption, comics, and disability. Kate earned her PhD in computer science and engineering at the University of Washington in 2011 with a multidisciplinary study of the social and technological factors that hinder adoption of reading technologies among adults with dyslexia, and while working as a web applications specialist at the University of Washington Libraries she focused on ensuring that technologies are effective tools for both library patrons and staff. By challenging the assumptions that we make about accessibility and our patrons' experiences with library technology, Kate's work pushes us to be more empathetic, realistic, and creative when we design library systems.

[https://twitter.com/metageeky https://twitter.com/metageeky]

[http://2017.code4lib.org/talks/The-Most-Accessible-Catalog-Results-Page-Ever The Most Accessible Catalog Results Page Ever]

[http://www.mashcat.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Katherine-Deibel-mashcat-two-headed-monsters.pptx Shall We Become Two-headed Monsters? Cross-disciplinary and multiliteracy perspectives for Mashcat’s goals]

BC

2016-11-22T19:25:19Z

SarahRomkey: Changed VideoConch to actual name of tool, MediaConch :)

Welcome to code4lib BC!

Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas.

= '''Code4lib BC Unconference 2016''' =

'''[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2016-code4libbc-unconference-tickets-26429947685 Registration is now open]''' for Code4Lib BC's fourth annual unconference!

* December 1 and 2, 2016
* Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC, Vancouver BC
* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2016-code4libbc-unconference-tickets-26429947685 Register now] ($30 for both days)
* [https://goo.gl/forms/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 Propose a lightning talk or breakout session]

=== 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.

The event will feature lightning talks in the mornings, breakout sessions in the afternoons, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically 10-15 minutes in length 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. If there is a neat project you're 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 with the community - [https://goo.gl/forms/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 let us know about it]!

'''What's included''': wifi, power, coffee/snacks

'''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, lunch (on-campus options [http://www.food.ubc.ca/feed-me/ here] and [http://www.ams.ubc.ca/foodanddrink/ here]), your ideas and enthusiasm

'''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.

=== Program ===

Here's a partial list of talks and breakout sessions that have already been confirmed for this year's unconference. There are more to come - watch this space!

==== Lightning Talks ====

* MediaConch, video format validation for Archivematica (Sarah Romkey)
* TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade (Holly Hendrigan)
* A Coal Miner’s History: Mapping Digitized Audio Interviews (Daniel Sifton)
* simple library apps with Google Apps Scripts (Terry Brady)
* Defining Projects using Gherkin Syntax (Sara Allain)
* UX design on research data site (Jessica Gallinger)
* Islandora On This Day module (Mark Jordan)
* Provincial Digital Library update (Daniel Sifton/Caroline Daniels)

==== Breakout Sessions ====

* Intro to SQL (Alex Garnett)
* Awesome Excel tips (Trevor Smith)
* PDL technologies Up Close (Daniel Sifton)
* FOLIO (Andrew Nagy)
* reSearcher and project sustainability
* Intro to Git and GitHub

=== Schedule ===

==== Thursday, December 1 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
|-
| 11:30 || Lunch (On Your Own)
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
|-
| 5:00 || Social Event
|}

==== Friday, December 2 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 9:00 || Announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
|-
| 12:00 || Lunch (On Your Own)
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
|-
| 4:30 || End of Day
|}

=== Organizers ===

* Sara Allain
* Jeff Davis
* James Fournie
* Tamarack Hockin
* Mark Jordan
* Paul Joseph
* Cynthia Ng

Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.

= '''Past Events''' =

See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.

BC

2015-12-01T00:24:13Z

SarahRomkey: Added link to Archives 101 slides

Welcome to code4lib BC!

Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas.

== '''Third Annual Code4lib BC Event''' ==

'''When''': November 26 and 27, 2015

'''Where''': UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Dodson Room

'''Cost''': $30 for both days!

'''Register''': https://code4libbcfall2015.eventbrite.ca

'''What''': Digital libraries and archives are on library, archive and museum practitioner's minds these days. As cultural institutions make increased efforts to expose their special and local collections, questions of best practices, digital object management and online access are ripe for discussion and collaboration. Conversations are already underway about the idea of a BC provincial digital library and the code4libBC gang thought it would be a great idea to focus this year’s unconference event on all things related to digital libraries and archives. Some of the themes we’re interested in exploring include:

* conceptualizing what we mean by "digital libraries",
* how to incorporate archives and museums into the concept,
* understanding users, organizational contexts, and digitization best practices and workflows,
* planning the development of digital libraries and archives,
* leveraging the technologies that power them,
* extending projects beyond single institutions, and
* increasing their relevance by charting new directions.

Like in previous years, we’re looking for participants to join us in 2 days of lightning talks and breakout sessions related to digital libraries and archives. Some suggestions include:
* user experience/user interfaces
* search and discovery technologies
* metadata creation/aggregation/reuse
* technologies and infrastructure
* organizational issues
* case and innovation studies highlighting specific services
* digital preservation
* the sustainability of digital libraries.

'''Who''': A diverse and open community of library developers and non-developers engaging in effective, collaborative problem-solving through technology.Anyone from the library community who is interested in library technologies are welcome to join and participate, regardless of their department or background: systems and IT, public services, circulation, cataloguing and technical services, archives, digitization and preservation. All are welcome to help set the agenda, define the outcomes and develop the deliverables!

'''Why''': Why not? code4libBC is a group of dynamic library technology practitioners throughout the province who want to build new relationships as much as develop new software solutions to problems.

'''Hashtag''': #c4lbc

'''Code of Conduct''': As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Code4Lib Code of Conduct, which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment. Please see the [http://bit.ly/coc4lib Code of Conduct] for further details.

'''Sponsorship''': We will be relying on the support of sponsors to subsidize the unconference and to help keep the registration costs affordable. Sponsors will enjoy many benefits, including full recognition in promotional materials and wide exposure among code4libBC attendees. This year's conference offers ... levels of sponsorship:
* coming soon

Our third annual code4libBC event could not have been made possible without the generous financial support of:
* interested in sponsoring us? let us know!
And special thanks to the BC Libraries Cooperative for assisting the organizing group with administrative duties.

'''Organizers''': Also thanks to all our organizers
* Paul Joseph (Chair)
* Caroline Daniels
* Cynthia Ng
* Gordon Coleman
* Jeff Davis
* Mark Jordan
* Shirley Lew
* Tamarack Hockin

Feel free to email Paul Joseph at paul.joseph@ubc.ca with questions or comments.

'''Lightning Talk Proposals and Breakout Suggestions''': https://goo.gl/A9IkSf

'''Feedback''': to come when event completes

=== Schedule ===
DRAFT! Schedule is currently a placeholder.

==== Thursday ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VedSQrihppkpcMeBdD-cz-rdpNeRhH5C_lxVpfatISs/edit?usp=sharing Fun & Games with APIs], Calvin Mah, SFU
* [https://cynng.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/semi-automating-batch-editing-marc-records-using-marcedit/ Semi-Automated Editing Metadata and MARC Records], Cynthia Ng, BCLC
* [http://www.slideshare.net/tdsmithCapU/2015-11-26-cpsld-sql CPSLD + SQL = positive fun!], Trevor Smith, Douglas College
* [http://www.slideshare.net/accesstomemory/project-documentation-with-sphinx-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-restructuredtext Project Documentation with Sphinx - Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love reStructuredText], Dan Gillean, Artefactual
* Oral History in your Institutional Repository: Yes You Can!, Holly Hendrigan, SFU
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
* Open Collections Overview, Paul Joseph, UBC
* Open Collections Architecture, Stefan Khan-Kernahan, UBC
* Open Mic: What do you want from this event?
|-
| 11:30 || Lunch (On Your Own) [http://www.food.ubc.ca/feed-me/ Suggestions] [http://www.ams.ubc.ca/foodanddrink/ More Suggestions]
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
* Using the Open Collections API to Build Cool Things, Stefan Khan-Kernahan, UBC
* [https://cynng.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/batch-record-editing-processes-breakout-group-notes/ Batch Data Loads](, Trevor Smith, Douglas College
* Islandora
* Archives group
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
* [http://www.slideshare.net/SeanMcNamara8/open-collections-api-full-text-analysis-code4libbc Open Collections Full Text Downloading and Analysis, Sean McNamara, UBC]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCjNdiNMvhUq8cv8-iTVHQSb52BWQLONMjMaNzQUdNM/edit Aggregated Circ Data as a Scholarly Metric/Indicator], Dana McFarland, VIU
* 3:00 - 3:30 Digitization Centre tour (max. 10), Rob Stibravy, UBC
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
|-
| 5:00 || Social at Pit Pub
|}

==== Friday ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 9:00 || Announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
* XML Databases and Document Stores, Michael Joyce, SFU
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NfomMWMRMD9Q4V92icJoBblAiMqJKJcDqajhf7jiS-8/edit?usp=sharing Demo of MIK] (the Move to Islandora Kit), Mark Jordan, SFU
* Making moves: Migrating from CONTENTdm to Islandora, Hillary Webb, ECUAD
* Open Collections Future - Linked Data APIs, Stefan Khan-Kernahan, UBC
* PDL Report, Caroline Daniels, KPU
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
* Speeding up Digital Preservation with a Graphics Card, Alex Garnett, SFU
* Scripting Named Entity Recognition (NER) to pluck names, organizations and locations from text, Peter Tyrrell, Andornot
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TLXKprQr-UjwO0F4J-DHs2H_fO4W4dGclF7UldCcjcw/edit PCDM: A Data Model and a Community Model], Justin Simpson
* Built to grow: scalability factors to consider before commencing your next digital library software project, Marcus Barnes, SFU
|-
| 12:00 || Lunch (On Your Own) [http://www.food.ubc.ca/feed-me/ Suggestions] [http://www.ams.ubc.ca/foodanddrink/ More Suggestions]
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
* SQL Basics, Jeff Davis, BCLC
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N0PAsINt4Jm_DShMAcsjuaQf-KmFCLgtZ8GhUul96Hs/edit#slide=id.p Archives 101 for Librarians], Sarah Romkey, Artefactual / [https://cynng.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/code4libbc-day-2-archives-101-for-digital-librarians/ Notes]
* digital learning objects
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
* Web Analytics in Libraries, Jonathan Kift, VPL
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f8B_DICHhEZ3eB4mYa98PV-ixOeuQG-o727jiWEHrEM/edit BCGI-PLN], Dana McFarland, VIU
* [https://cynng.wordpress.com/2015/11/27/code4libbc-day-2-moving-forward-with-code4libbc-breakout-notes/ Moving Forward with Code4lib]
* 3:00 - 3:30 Digitization Centre tour (max. 10), Rob Stibravy, UBC
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
|-
| 4:30 || End of Day
|}

= Past Events =
== '''2015 Code4lib BC Spring Workshops''' ==

=== General Info ===

'''When''': Friday, May 1, 2015

'''What''': SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings St., Vancouver [https://goo.gl/maps/YiqRk Google map link]

'''Cost''': $20 + taxes/fees per workshop, [http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2015-code4lib-bc-spring-workshops-tickets-16206078818 register now!] (note: lunch is not included)

'''What''': Four half-day workshops

'''Who''': A diverse and open community of library developers and non-developers engaging in effective, collaborative problem-solving through technology. Anyone from the library community who is interested in library technologies are welcome to join and participate, regardless of their department or background: systems and IT, public services, circulation, cataloguing and technical services, archives, digitization and preservation.

As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Code4Lib Code of Conduct, which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment. Please see the [http://bit.ly/coc4lib Code of Conduct] for further details.

=== Schedule ===
{|
! 9am-noon
| Room 1
| <strike>Get your hands dirty with Data Management Plans with Eugene Barsky</strike>CANCELLED
|-
|
| Room 2
| User Experience Fundamentals with Haig Armen
|-
|
| Lunch Break On Your Own
|-
! 1-4pm
| Room 1
| Intro to Shell Scripting: The Terminal Does Not Hate You with Alex Garnett
|-
|
| Room 2
| If you build it, will they come? Best practices for managing an institutional repository with Lisa Goddard, Don Taylor, Tara Stephens-Kyte
|}

=== Session Descriptions & Speaker Bios ===
==== Friday May 1, 9am-12pm ====

Room: 1
* <strike>Workshop: Get your hands dirty with Data Management Plans</strike>CANCELLED
* <strike>Speaker: Eugene Barsky
''Description:'' In this 3 hour session, we will start with a general overview of data management plans (DMPs) and best practices for research data management. We will introduce DMP Builder – the collaborative Canadian national tool to create DMPs and integrate them into grant and ethics applications. After reviewing the DMP basics, our attendees will work in small groups on an assigned research data scenario (example - http://goo.gl/Vut6dE). The groups will be creating a real data management plan and using online DMP Builder software to prepare the case for funding submission. At the end of the session, we will reconvene to share experiences and learn from each other.

''Bio:'' Eugene Barsky is the Research Data Librarian at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is interested in engineering information, data management in the physical sciences and has published extensively in the library literature.</strike>

Room: 2
* Workshop: User Experience Fundamentals
* Speaker: Haig Armen
''Description:'' Whether you are creating a website, an interactive book, game, mobile app, networked device, installation or responsive space, the most important differentiators always ends up being the user experience. The UX Fundamentals course is a balance of theoretical principles and practical methodology designed to give participants a basic introduction to the field of Interaction Design. Participants in the course will be asked to solve hypothetical design problems within a design studio culture.

''Bio:'' Haig Armen is an Assistant Professor of Design and Dynamic Media at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and a designer living in Vancouver, Canada. For a number of years Haig has been exploring the intersection of art and programming, focusing on the areas of data visualization, gestural interfaces and wearable technology. His research centres around designing Meta Products – network-enabled objects and design-led entrepreneurship. As a producer of CBC Radio 3′s groundbreaking online magazine during 2001-2005, Haig created editorial and design strategies that have earned CBC international accolades. Haig has had the honour of winning a variety of awards throughout his design career, including three Webby Awards, two Prix Italia for Web Arts and Drama and a Gold Medal from the Art Director’s Club of New York to name only a few.

==== Friday May 1, 1-4pm ====

Room: 1
* Workshop: Intro to Shell Scripting: The Terminal Does Not Hate You
* Speaker: Alex Garnett
''Description:'' Have you ever had to use a command line interface before? Was it to do one specific thing that you needed and didn't understand particularly well? Did you enjoy the experience? Did you nervously make a joke about DOS? Does reading the word "DOS" right now make you nervous? Are you a nervous person?
This workshop will teach some of the particularities of working in a modern bash shell, connecting to external servers, using some helpful command line programs you probably don't know about, and generally making the entire terminal experience much more pleasant for you than it probably is right now. Highly recommended for amateur programmers who have started learning a language or two but still hate hate hate not being able to use their mouse and a nice GUI for certain things. The gun* is good. The mouse is evil. (The gun is a bash shell in this analogy.)

''Bio:'' Alex is a Data Curation and Digital Preservation Specialist at SFU Library. He is extremely verbose in real life, but not when programming, which is why he loves shell scripting, since it lets him type little nonsense invocations like $ ps aux | sed -e $(echo "s/.*/man paps/g") which better programmers would tell you are both useless and unintelligible. He believes that the world is full of suffering and that everyone should learn regular expressions.

Room: 2
* Workshop: If you build it, will they come? Best practices for managing an institutional repository
* Speakers: Lisa Goddard, Don Taylor, Tara Stephens-Kyte
''Description:'' Many BC institutions have just heard the news that an institutional repository (IR) is imminent for them. Others already have an established IR but feel that it’s time for a spring polish. In either situation, you will benefit from hearing 3 experts speak about their experiences managing an IR. Presenters will touch on variety of topics during the 3 hours including policy development, content recruitment, metadata, staffing, and copyright. This workshop will offer a chance to hear what worked, and what didn’t work, at three university libraries. It will also be a great chance to share concerns and best practices with others in the province who are dealing with the challenges of establishing an IR.

''Bios:''

Lisa Goddard is the Associate University Librarian for Digital Scholarship and Strategy at University of Victoria Libraries. She holds degrees from Queen's, McGill, and Memorial University, and is currently completing an MA in Humanities Computing at the University of Alberta. Lisa's research interests include open access publishing, semantic web technologies, digital publishing & preservation, and digital humanities. Lisa was previously the Scholarly Communications Librarian at Memorial University where she implemented and managed the Eprints research repository.

Donald Taylor is the Simon Fraser University Copyright Officer and also coordinates Summit, the SFU digital research repository at the Simon Fraser University Library and oversees Interlibrary Loans. Although copyright is his main focus, he still maintains a deep interest in Open Access and the use of IRs as grey literature repositories.

Tara Stephens-Kyte is the Digital Repository Librarian responsible for managing cIRcle, UBC’s digital repository at the University of British Columbia. She considers this to be a pioneering role that draws on diverse areas of interest, including open access publishing, workflow design, and metadata interoperability and standardization, among others.

== '''Second Annual Code4lib BC Event''' ==

'''When''': November 27 and 28, 2014

'''Where''': SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC [http://goo.gl/maps/iyC0j map]

'''Cost''': $20

'''Register''': [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/second-annual-code4libbc-regional-library-technology-conference-tickets-12988552109 here]

'''What''': It’s a 2 day unconference! A participant-driven meeting featuring lightning talks in the mornings, breakout sessions in the afternoons, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically 5-10 minutes in length (15 minutes is the maximum) on topics related to library technologies: current projects, tips and tricks, or hacks in the works. Breakout sessions is an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, yet sustained period of problem solving, software development and fun. In advance of the event, we will gather project ideas in a form available through our wiki and registration pages. Each afternoon the code4libBC participants will review and discuss the proposals, break into groups, and work on some of the projects.

'''Who''': A diverse and open community of library developers and non-developers engaging in effective, collaborative problem-solving through technology.Anyone from the library community who is interested in library technologies are welcome to join and participate, regardless of their department or background: systems and IT, public services, circulation, cataloguing and technical services, archives, digitization and preservation. All are welcome to help set the agenda, define the outcomes and develop the deliverables!

'''Why''': Why not? code4libBC is a group of dynamic library technology practitioners throughout the province who want to build new relationships as much as develop new software solutions to problems.

'''Hashtag''': #c4lbc

If you’re ready to get your hands dirty with library technology practitioners, join us!

'''Code of Conduct''': As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Code4Lib Code of Conduct, which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment. Please see the [http://bit.ly/coc4lib Code of Conduct] for further details.

'''Sponsorship''': We will be relying on the support of sponsors to rent space in Harbour Centre, subsidize the cost of wireless and to help keep the registration costs affordable. Sponsors will enjoy many benefits, including full recognition in promotional materials and wide exposure among code4libBC attendees. This year's conference offers three levels of sponsorship:
* Room sponsorship
* Wireless sponsorship
* Coffee break sponsorship

Our second annual code4libBC event could not have been made possible without the generous financial support of:
* BCCATS (The Cataloguing and Technical Services Interest Group of BCLA)
* BC Libraries Coop
* Kwantlen Polytechnic University Library
* Simon Fraser University Library
* Surrey Public Library
* University of British Columbia Library
* University of Victoria Library
And special thanks to the BC Libraries Cooperative for assisting the organizing group with administrative duties.

Thank you to the following companies for donating amazing door prizes:
*[http://earnesticecream.com/wp/ Earnest Ice Cream]
*[http://sugru.com/ Sugru]
*[http://www.makerlabs.ca/ Maker Labs]
*[[File:ORM_logo_box25_hex.jpg|link=http://www.oreilly.com/ O'Reilly]]

'''Organizers''': Also thanks to all our organizers
* Paul Joseph (Chair)
* Caroline Daniels
* Cynthia Ng
* Gordon Coleman
* Jeff Davis
* Mark Jordan
* Shirley Lew
* Trish Mau
* Tara Robertson
* Tamarack Hockin

Feel free to email Paul Joseph at paul.joseph@ubc.ca with questions or comments.

'''Lightning Talk Proposals and Breakout Suggestions''': [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1famX1yHSzFIHpe-Ey8pv3sLoKsXQFOD3chx_87RsvCA/viewform Submit proposals and suggestions].

'''Feedback''': If you attended this event, please [http://goo.gl/forms/hM5Vwp8Acs fill out the feedback form] to let us know what you thought!

=== Schedule ===

==== Thursday ====
{|
| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
|-
| ||
*Gordon Coleman - [http://www.sfu.ca/~gcoleman/coleman_c4l_battlestar.pptx.pdf Adapt, integrate, collaborate: Applying lessons from Battlestar Galactica to academic libraries]
*Dan Gillean - [http://www.slideshare.net/accesstomemory/introducing-the-drmc Artefactual/MoMA digital repository to meet the needs of museum collections]
*Trevor Smith - [http://www.slideshare.net/tdsmithCapU/code4-lib-20141128-how-to-hack-your-ils-and-make-friends-on-campus How to hack your ILS and make friends on campus]
*Joyce Wong - UX tools & techniques
*Galen Charlton - [http://zadi.librarypolice.com/~gmc/putting-the-cat-in-the-catalog/#/ Putting the cat in the catalogue: a feline-inspired OPAC theme for Koha]
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
|-
| ||
*Dan Gillean - AtoM's XML-to-XSLT conversion feature for creating user-friendly PDF finding aids
*Mark Jordan - [https://github.com/mjordan/scrapingforfunandprofit Web scraping for fun and profit]
*Dethe Elza - Hive learning community in Vancouver
|-
| 11:30 || Lunch (On Your Own) [https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ll=49.284184,-123.108673&t=m&source=embed&ie=UTF8&msa=0&spn=0.013997,0.023561&z=15&mid=zbVv-xY22M6M.kfXbyYqBeS24 Suggestions]
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
|-
| ||
''Breakout proposals are still coming in & will be accepted until the start of the sessions on each day of the event.''
|-
| ||
'''Virtualization/Evergreen install - Room 1500''' - This breakout will introduce participants to different kinds of virtualization, step them through a simplified Evergreen install and result in a virtual machine image that can be easily loaded. Facilitated by Scott Leslie of the BC Libraries Co-op. Participants should bring a laptop to this session.
|-
| ||
'''Place-based access to First Nations-related information in BC libraries - Room 1510''' - Participants will be invited to explore the possibilities for an indigenous mapping project using user-defined coordinates. Targets might include maps, images, digitized material or surrogates. Facilitated by Dana McFarland of Vancouver Island University. [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BHxcic1atJ_gkDDgwXEqQl0QgAr9yz9WaPTxNGWdXG4/edit#slide=id.g52e0aa430_05 Resources Dana collected before the session] [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R_-XdDx-tECbjdzrSQ9SJWahb4OfKb_o4VN6dmhcqMU/edit Google doc of notes from session]
|-
| ||
'''AtoM sandbox - Room 1420''' - AtoM is an open source, web-based, multilingual archival description software developed by Artefactual Systems. It was originally commissioned by the International Council on Archives to make it easy for archival institutions to put their archival holdings online. Artefactual systems will be on hand to answer questions while participants work in the sandbox. Participants should bring a laptop to this session.
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'''Islandora sandbox - Room 1420''' - This breakout is for code4libbers interested in getting some hands-on experience with Islandora, an open source general-purpose repository platform. The facilitator (Mark Jordan, SFU) will be on hand to provide an overview of Islandora's capabilities and to answer questions. Participants should bring a laptop to this session.
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'''Web scraping - Room 1420''' - Maryann
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| 3:15 || Break
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| 3:30 || Breakout Reports
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| 5:00 || Social at [http://www.malones.bc.ca/ Malone's] the first drink is on us, and Thursday nights they have karaoke!
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==== Friday ====
{|
| 9:00 || Announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
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*Trevor Smith - [http://www.slideshare.net/tdsmithCapU/code4-lib-20141129-python The LITA Forum & library data in Python]
*Daniel Sifton - [http://www2.viu.ca/ds-dev/siftonlightning.pdf Using MapBox and geoJSON to showcase historical slides and audio recordings] - [http://www2.viu.ca/ds-dev/itsalive.html link to demo site]
*Scott Leslie - [http://slides.com/scottleslie/deck#/ How your library can REALLY protect free speech and anonymity: Expanding anonymous, uncensored internet access for library patrons]
*Paul Joseph - [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_pNjRxa0mBPVXZPTlNfNU53WEk/view When campus IT comes knocking]
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| 10:30 || Coffee break
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| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
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*Misty De Meo - [http://www.mistys-internet.website/c4lbc14-fits/#/ Identifying performance bottlenecks and submitting improvements for Archivematica]
*Galen Charlton - [http://zadi.librarypolice.com/~gmc/lld-cats/#/ Levering linked data tools for traditional catalogues (and traditional cataloguers)]
*Alex Garnett - Little bins in big workflows: Using small programs to automate tasks & solve problems
*Sarah Sutherland - CANLII
*Colleen Bell - lessons learned from teaching PHP to library school students
*Stefan Khan-Kernahan - UBC Library Open(ish) Collections
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| 11:30 || Lunch (On Your Own) [https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ll=49.284184,-123.108673&t=m&source=embed&ie=UTF8&msa=0&spn=0.013997,0.023561&z=15&mid=zbVv-xY22M6M.kfXbyYqBeS24 Suggestions]
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| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
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''Breakout proposals are still coming in & will be accepted until the start of the sessions on each day of the event.''
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'''Demystifying APIs''' - Alex Garnett, Data and Preservation Librarian at SFU, will provide a brief, hands-on overview of interacting with various APIs using a command-line terminal. No prior knowledge of programming is required, only a willingness to learn about fun things like shell scripts and HTTP methods and POSIX environments.
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'''Format Policy Registry - Actionable Preservation Planning (with Archivematica sandbox)''' - Artefactual systems has developed a Format Policy Registry (FPR) for Archivematica users to track and update file format policies within the Archivematica dashboard. Developer Justin Simpson will discuss the potential for integration of the FPR into other digital preservation and digital access tools, using examples from Hydra, Islandora, and Dataverse. The vision of coordinating digital preservation tasks within an institution and crowdsourcing solutions to digital preservation problems across multiple institutions will be discussed. An Archivematica sandbox will be available throughout the breakout session. Sarah Romkey (Artefactual Systems) will be available to answer questions while participants work in a live Archivematica instance. Participants should bring a laptop to this session.
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'''Is Evergreen Ready for Academic Showtime?''' - An informal discussion about what academic libraries need in an integrated library system, and about how (if at all) the open source [http://evergreen-ils.org/ Evergreen] ILS meets those needs. Folks who are knowledgeable about Evergreen will be on-hand to explain features and answer questions.
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'''DIY Low-Cost Open Source Hardware Solutions for Libraries''' - With the availability of open source hardware platforms such as Arduino, it is now possible to create DIY low-cost hardware-software solutions that help improve the functioning of libraries while also improving the experience of both staff and patrons. In this breakout, participants will gather to make a wish-list of different DIY hardware solutions, then subdivide into smaller groups to paper prototype given hardware solutions to further expand the details.
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'''DH in the Library''' - This breakout session is for anyone excited by the potential for libraries offered by the emergence of Digital Humanities. Participants are invited to explore how the activities libraries already do really well could be re-imagined to support, engage in and do digital humanities work. Expected outcomes would also be to identify opportunities for future DH-related library services.
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| 3:15 || Break
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| 3:30 || Breakout Reports
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| 4:00 || End of Day
|}

=== Lightning Talk Proposals and Breakout Suggestions ===
Submit them using this [http://goo.gl/1mPwlM Google form]. This time around we're trying an additional format, something we call "From Pitch to Prototype to Program". See form for more details.

== '''2014 Code4lib BC Spring Workshops''' ==

=== General Info ===

'''When''': Friday, May 2, 2014

'''Cost''': $15 + taxes/fees per workshop (note: lunch is not included)

'''What''': Four half-day workshops are being offered at two different venues in Downtown Vancouver. See below for further details.

'''Who''': A diverse and open community of library developers and non-developers engaging in effective, collaborative problem-solving through technology. Anyone from the library community who is interested in library technologies are welcome to join and participate, regardless of their department or background: systems and IT, public services, circulation, cataloguing and technical services, archives, digitization and preservation.

As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Code4Lib Code of Conduct, which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment. Please see the [http://bit.ly/coc4lib Code of Conduct] for further details.

'''Register here''': https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2014-code4lib-bc-spring-workshops-tickets-11107666329

'''''Special thanks to Vancouver Public Library, Simon Fraser University, and the BC Libraries Cooperative for their support in making these workshops possible.'''''

=== Locations and Schedule ===

'''At VPL Central (Peter Kaye Room)'''

{|
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| 9:00am-12:00pm || Web/Usability Testing on a budget! / Cynthia Ng
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| 12:00pm-1:00pm || Lunch Break
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| 1:00pm-4:00pm || Introduction to Designing for the Web Today: HTML5, CSS3, and JQuery / Schuyler Lindberg
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'''At SFU Harbour Centre (Room 1500)'''

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| 9:00am-12:00pm || Intro to Python / Alex Garnett
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| 12:00pm-1:00pm || Lunch Break
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| 1:00pm-4:00pm || Intro to Archivematica / Mark Jordan
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|}

=== Workshop Descriptions ===

==== Web/Usability Testing on a budget! ====
''With Cynthia Ng''

* If you take care of even a small part of the website, you want to have some kind of feedback from your users. However, you're just one person, and you have a budget of $100. What do you do? This session will give you some hands on practice using a few methods to help you do some usability testing on a low budget.

* Please bring a laptop, multiple sheets of paper, and at least one pen.

* Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11wHoD6fO8WCdVJaH9iNTfce8_qK6JefHYhSUuXqOQjg/edit?usp=sharing

''Cynthia Ng is currently on contract as an Accessibility Librarian at the Centre for Accessible Post-secondary Education Resources BC (CAPER-BC) housed at Langara College. She takes a holistic approach with focus on users to improve library websites. She also frequently volunteers as a mentor at technology events.''

==== Introduction to Designing for the Web Today: HTML5, CSS3, and JQuery ====
''With Schuyler Lindberg''

* A practical introduction to HTML5, CSS3, & JQuery, this workshop will cover the fundamentals of modern front-end web design. Not your typical "hello world!" code-from-scratch approach, it will demonstrate how to 'stand on the shoulders of giants' and take advantage of open source tools and templates to very quickly construct a fully-functional, responsive, HTML5 web site.

* Bring a laptop and your favorite text editor (I recommend Sublime Text). No prior experience necessary.

''Schuyler Lindberg completed his MLIS at SLAIS in 2012, and after a stint as a Digital Asset Management Consultant at BC Hydro, began his current role as Interaction Designer for Digital Projects at UBC Library Systems & Information Technology where he tests, designs, and develops user interfaces for library web applications. He is currently building a unified portal for the library's digital collections''

==== [http://tinyurl.com/c4lbcpython Intro to Python] ====
''With Alex Garnett''

* This 3 hour workshop will introduce the fundamentals of Python as a first (or second) programming language. It will provide an overview of syntax, best practices, and how to get from A to B in simple, purposeful tasks, taking string parsing as an example. This will include a brief review of (relatively) sane approaches to doing iterative development on your own, including how to solve errors on a case-by-case basis, without having to read coding manuals from cover to cover.

* Participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own machines (Windows, Mac, or Linux okay) so that they can walk away from the workshop with a workflow that works for them.

''Alex Garnett works on Data Curation and Digital Preservation at SFU Library. Most of his coding is self-taught, which is a good thing when it isn't a bad thing. He doesn't always like it when he hears people start evangelizing about how everyone should learn to code, but he's caught himself talking about how some people really ought to learn really useful and fun things like string functions on occasion. He has strong feelings and a bad back.''

==== [https://github.com/mjordan/archivematicaworkshop Intro to Archivematica] ====
''With Mark Jordan''

* This 3 hour workshop will introduce [https://www.archivematica.org Archivematica] as a comprehensive, ready-to-deploy digital preservation platform. We will also cover basic preservation planning and long-term management of preserved content. Participants will have the opportunity to run Archivematica on their own laptops.

* Preparation for the workshop: Please come with a Mac, Windows, or Linux laptop that has the most recent version of [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] installed. (Note that virtual machines will run slowly on computers with less 4 GB of RAM.) A virtual machine image running Archivematica will be distributed at the workshop. Participants who cannot bring a laptop will be partnered with someone who has one.

''Mark Jordan is Head of Library Systems at Simon Fraser University. His current obsession is automating digital preservation processes but he is also interested in a lot of other things.''

== '''First Annual Code4lib BC Event''' ==

'''When''': November 28 and 29, 2013

'''Where''': SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC [http://goo.gl/maps/iyC0j map]

'''Cost''': $20

'''Accommodations''': Info coming soon.

'''Register here''': https://code4libbc2013.eventbrite.ca/ 2013-11-21: We are full at 80 people but the waitlist is open.

'''What''': It’s a 2 day unconference! A participant-driven meeting featuring lightning talks in the mornings, hackfest in the afternoons, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically 5-10 minutes in length (15 minutes is the maximum) on topics related to library technologies: current projects, tips and tricks, or hacks in the works. Hackfest is an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, yet sustained period of problem solving, software development and fun. In advance of the event, we will gather project ideas in a form available through our wiki and registration pages. Each afternoon the code4libBC participants will review and discuss the proposals, break into groups, and work on some of the projects.

'''Who''': A diverse and open community of library developers and non-developers engaging in effective, collaborative problem-solving through technology.Anyone from the library community who is interested in library technologies are welcome to join and participate, regardless of their department or background: systems and IT, public services, circulation, cataloguing and technical services, archives, digitization and preservation. All are welcome to help set the agenda, define the outcomes and develop the deliverables!

'''Why''': Why not? code4libBC is a group of dynamic library technology practitioners throughout the province who want to build new relationships as much as develop new software solutions to problems.

'''Tag d'hash''': #c4lbc

If you’re ready to get your hands dirty with library technology practitioners, join us!

As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Code4Lib Code of Conduct, which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment. Please see the [http://bit.ly/coc4lib Code of Conduct] for further details.

Our first annual code4libBC event could not have been made possible without the generous financial support of:

* BCCATS (British Columbia Cataloguing and Technical Services Interest Group)
* BC Electronic Library Network
* BC Libraries Cooperative
* Kwantlen Polytechnic University
* Simon Fraser University
* University of Victoria

And special thanks to the BC Libraries Cooperative for assisting the organizing group with administrative duties.

Also thanks to all our organizers
* Paul Joseph (Chair)
* Calvin Mah
* Caroline Daniels
* Cynthia Ng
* Gordon Coleman
* Jeff Davis
* John Durno
* Mark Jordan
* May Chan
* Shirley Lew

Feel free to email Paul Joseph at paul.joseph@ubc.ca with questions or comments.

'''Lightning Talk Proposals and Hackfest/Breakout Suggestions''': Submit them [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NVEGsJZvqNLyqxATdYvNonGuPmlDAFOJn-R2vGpIvWg/viewform here].

=== Schedule ===

==== Thursday ====
{|
| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements
|-
| || Lightning Talks
* Paul Joseph - Opening Talk
* Linda Woodcock - [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-vRlkrh5Pi_NGl5Tnd2N3VVblU/edit?usp=sharing RDA: 10 Things]
* Mark Jordan - [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1015702/linked_to/Making%20TGM%20Terms%20Linkable.pdf Linked Data in SFU's Editorial Cartoons Collection]
* Marcus Emmanuel Barnes - [http://www.slideshare.net/MarcusBarnes/code4-lib-bc-2013-lightening-talk SFU Library's METS-Bagger Tool]
* Misty De Meo - Archivematica Format Policy Registry (FPR)
* Cynthia Ng - [http://t.co/vIHCuuGExZ Shifting Perspectives: From Disability Accommodation to Universal Design]
* Stefan Khan-Kernahan - Course Reserves at UBC
* May Chan - [http://ow.ly/rhk3L Hackfests for the Uninitiated]
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Schedule Jam
|-
| 11:00 || Breakout Sessions
* Connecting Public Services and Library Data (NE side of room) with Janis
* [[Creating_a_toolkit/process_for_collaborative,_grassroots_archiving_of_significant,_small_BC_websites_using_DIY_tools]] with Scott (NW side of room)]
* Omeka Plugin with John and Jon (South Central side of room)
* accessibility https://docs.google.com/document/d/13zM-Q84eYJqvfLdYWU8PkAf_z8RbeJC_iskPB5QlSo8/edit
* Learn more about UBC'c Reserves Project
* How to build in accessibility
|-
| 1 Hour || Lunch (On Your Own) [http://eg2013.sitka.bclibraries.ca/social-events/#thursday-lunch Suggestions]
|-
| 3:15 || Break
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| 3:30 || Breakout Reports
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| 5:00 || Social
|}

==== Friday ====
{|
| 9:00 || Announcements
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| || Lightning Talks
* Mark Jordan - [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1015702/linked_to/docr_smd%20%40%20%23c4lbc.pdf DOCR/SMD] [https://github.com/mjordan/docr-smd Source code]
* Peter Tyrrell - Parsing PDF into Various Formats, [https://gist.github.com/peaeater Powershell scripts]
* John Durno - Uploading to Internet Archive via API
* Colleen Bell - Integrating ERM & Libguides Content
* James MacGregor - PKP Article Level Metrics with OJS and OMP
* Jonathan Schatz - The Story of BC Libraries' IT Environments
* <strike>Sarah Sutherland - RFP Evaluation Process</strike>
* Paul Joseph - UBC Digital Library Framework
* Calvin Mah / Todd Holbrook - SFU Library - Hours Database
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 11:00 || Breakout Sessions
* New bibliographic environment with May and Mark
* Engaging digital asset viewer
* library hours tool & api
* UBC IT Reorg by Paul
* Learn more about Archivematica with Misty and Courtney
* Library Hours Tools & API
* Hacking ILS's - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a8gH5JAJXSt4eix5TOaWnm0aUWTTv5U1jgqEc1zAYg4/edit Google doc]
|-
| 1 Hour || Lunch (On Your Own) [http://eg2013.sitka.bclibraries.ca/social-events/#thursday-lunch Suggestions]
|-
| 3:15 || Break
|-
| 3:30 || Breakout Reports
|-
| 4:00 || End of Day
|}

=== '''Lightning Talk Proposals''' ===

John Durno, University of Victoria
* Filling up the Internet Archive using their S3-like API. UVic recently uploaded 750G of old newspapers and metadata (over 15,000 issues) to the IA via their API, based on Amazon's S3, by way of a simple python script making use of the boto library and a wrapper supplied by one of the IA developers. The API proved surprisingly robust, and I'd like to spread the word.

Peter Tyrrell, Andornot
* Setting up Apache Solr to index and search over multiple source types: database and fielded data, Excel/CSV, scanned mags and newspapers, PDFs, word processor documents, websites, geolocations, etc. Focus will be on schema and DataImportHandler considerations, plus amusing anecdotes as time allows.
* Another option would be: scripts that parse a PDF into a TIF, JPG, TXT, and positional XML per page via djvulibre and imagemagick libraries. Make 'em ready for indexing and flexible display.
* I could maybe go over how to (and how NOT to) represent and display hierarchical (cough, archival) data in an Apache Solr index. Mostly this would be a juicy rant about how just how ruddy difficult I found it.

Stefan Khan-Kernahan, The University of British Columbia
* UBC is launching an in-house product for managing course reserves that helps streamline workflows between faculty & library, within library staff (e.g copyright control etc.), and library & student, which I'd like to present on, the content of which would be on completed modules to date and learning lessons for others

Marcus Emmanuel Barnes, Simon Fraser University
* Normalizing existing digitized content into standardized packages for robust long-term management. A report on SFU Library's METS-Bagger tool, with a discussion of the benefits, design principles used for the packaging specification, and potential next steps.

Colleen Bell, University of the Fraser Valley
* I've been using PHP, JSON, and Libguides widgets to integrate Libguides content into our ERM and ERM content into our Libguides. This is particularly useful for libraries using SFU's researcher suite, but could provide ideas for anyone, since the code generated by the PHP can be displayed in any web page.

Mark Jordan, Simon Fraser University
* Libraries are realizing the potential for both exposing their locally managed content as Linked Data and for consuming Linked Data. One of the types of local data that offers a lot of promise for leveraging Linked Data's capabilities is the controlled subject terms applied to local digital collections. I would like to demonstrate how I've enriched SFU's Editorial Cartoons Collection's descriptive metadata with URIs from http://id.loc.gov, paying particular attention to those from the Thesaurus for Graphic Material.
* Explanation and demo of docr/smd, a distributed Optical Character Recognition platform designed to use smartphones and tablets to do the OCR.

May Chan, Burnaby Public Library
* Hackfests for the Uninitiated. For all sorts of reasons, hackfests can be intimidating to first-timers and especially to those who have little or no programming ability. To encourage those new to this form of collaborative learning, my LT will relate key a-ha! moments from my first hackfest experience, especially some difficult truths learned.
* The Code4Lib Conference Gender and Minority Scholarships. One of the ways Code4Lib supports gender and cultural diversity is to offer conference scholarships to women, transgendered persons and persons of ethnic or aboriginal descent. As a way to encourage potential BC applicants, this LT will give some nuanced background on the scholarship program and application process.

Calvin Mah / Todd Holbrook, SFU Library
* SFU Library - Hours Database. The Library Hours Database developed by Todd Holbrook at SFU Library is a tool for managing library hours. The SFU Library hours page is generated by this database: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/hours

Sarah Sutherland, Canadian Legal Information Institute
* I would like to discuss the process involved in evaluating the responses to requests for proposals for technology projects. There are often several very good submissions once the basic requirements are met, and at that point it becomes more about the style of the vendor and what kind of project it is. We recently went through this process, so I will use some anonymized examples from our process to illustrate my talk.

Cynthia Ng, CILS @ Langara College
* Shifting Perspectives: From Disability Accommodation to Universal Design 
Too often we design for the "average" user and then tack on accommodations for those with disabilities, but there is no "average" user to speak of, and we all use "assistive" technology. With this presentation, I hope to help shift the way we think about library services and their delivery.

Linda Woodcock, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
* RDA : 10 Things. Walks through an RDA record focusing on new data elements and changes from AACR2. Will talk about benefits to user and possibilities for the future use of new data.

Jonathan Schatz, BC Libraries Cooperative
* This summer a colleague and I toured three library federations BC as "field librarians". These treks were part of a unique project to survey the IT environments of the Co-op's member libraries. In addition to sharing the data with the libraries as actionable status reports, we are developing an app to track all this member data for our support team, allowing for a high-level snapshot of Sitka libraries. I want to tell a quick story about what sorts of configurations and solutions we saw out there, what seem to work, what to avoid and perhaps some DIY tips for technology management for libraries with fewer resources.

James MacGregor, Simon Fraser University Library
* Public Knowledge Project has been working with PLOS to implement article level metrics within OJS and OMP. We are past the initial development stage, with a number of implementations live in production environments. We will discuss the available toolset, and future plans for it.

Misty De Meo, Artefactual Systems
* Archivematica Format Policy Registry (FPR) 
Archivematica is an open-source digital preservation platform. 
Starting with version 1.0, Archivematica has made much of the standard behaviour of Archivematica configurable. The FPR provides a database of the recognized formats in Archivematica along with the rules used to control how files are identified, how metadata is extracted, and how files are normalized, all of which is customizable by users without changing the Archivematica source code. This lightning talk would go over the FPR and what it enables in Archivematica, as well as the open-source FPR administrator app.
* FITS performance optimizations 
Archivematica has begun work on performance improvements to reduce the performance overhead of the FITS file identification tool in digital preservation workflows. This lightning talk would go over the major performance bottlenecks discovered and discuss the ways in which Archivematica is working to improve them.

=== '''Hackfest/Breakout Suggestions''' ===

Requests, but facilitator needed:
* Want to put us where the user is - discuss
* collaboratively improve an open source project's crappy documentation
* my website is stuck in a crappy institutional CMS. What can I do with it?

John Durno, University of Victoria
* Develop an Omeka module that uses the Internet Archive to host video and audio content, essentially using Omeka as the front end user interface while taking advantage of the IA's media delivery/streaming capabilities. I envision two components: content and metadata would be uploaded via Omeka's admin interface. The IA's media player would be embedded in the public interface for content delivery.

Stefan Khan-Kernahan, The University of British Columbia
* Building a more engaging digital asset viewer than what is provided by ContentDM/competitors. Details: current digital asset presentation (e.g Content DM), whilst providing all the ""necessary"" information for the user (image + metadata etc.) simply lack in user engagement. If universities are expecting to build interest in these collections among current/future students, they need to cater for a more involved experience. I am proposing an image viewer for digital assets that allows tagging/hotspot that trigger supplementary information beyond metadata (e.g. video explanations of areas on maps, how they came to be etc)

Karen J. Nelson, Capilano Unversity Library
* Could we have a quickie: 1. FRBR explanation. 2. ditto data exchange. 3. ditto linked data. 4. bibframe. 5. WEMI language

Jonathan Jacobsen, Andornot
* I'm working on a virtual exhibit project using Omeka right now, so I second the idea of an Omeka breakout session. Would love to connect with some other Omeka users/developers. In particular, to discuss the Solr plug-in.

Scott Leslie, BC Libraries Cooperative
* [[Creating a toolkit/process for collaborative, grassroots archiving of significant, small BC websites using DIY tools]]

May Chan, Burnaby Public Library, and Mark Jordan, Simon Fraser University
* New bibliographic environment. This breakout session will provide opportunities for us to explore new and emerging models for bibliographic data, such as FRBR, the DCMI Abstract Model, and BIBFRAME with the context of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Linked Data. This breakout will take the approach of self-directed learning in a collaborative environment (i.e. there will be no expert talking heads). In the first hour, we will individually review some [http://ow.ly/rb9jo suggested background material]. As we work through the material, we will record topics of interest and questions [http://ow.ly/rb9ql here]. Feel free to add other suggested resources and related topics/questions at any time. Feel free to add to the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuvRlkrh5Pi_dDVzbVFCY1ZLR2x0cmVwT3FERk5ZZmc&usp=sharing Glossary]. In the second hour, based on things learned and topics/questions generated in Hour 1, we will assemble into groups of 2 or 3 and develop a 10-minute 'overview' of one topic/question to explore further. We can sign up for them once we collectively finalize the topics. In the last hour, we will present our overviews to the larger group.

Janis McKenzie, Simon Fraser University
* What do we really know about library use and what can we do with this information? The general idea of this breakout session is to connect those who made decisions about public services (and want to make more informed public service decisions) and those who have access to data on how library resources of all types are being used. The expected outcome would be to work towards identifying the types of activities that reflect how libraries are used today, with a focus on the impact of new, emerging, and future library services.

2015 Preconference Proposals

2014-10-22T18:54:02Z

SarahRomkey: Added Archivematica proposal

== Instructions ==
Thank you for considering proposing a pre-conference! Here are a few details:

* We will be taking pre-conference proposals until '''November 7, 2014'''
* If you cannot or do not want to edit this wiki directly, you can email your proposals to cmh2166@columbia.edu or collie@msu.edu
* Examples from the 2014 pre-conference proposals can be found at [[2014 preconference proposals|http://wiki.code4lib.org/2014_preconference_proposals]]
* If you are interested in ''attending'' a particular pre-conference, please append your name below that proposal (indicating interest in more than one proposal is fine!)
* If you have an idea for a pre-conference, but cannot facilitate yourself please post the idea below and email cmh2116@columbia.edu or collie@msu.edu
* '''NOTE:''' Pre-conferences are NOT included in the Code4Lib Conference price and will be held on Monday, February 9, 2015 as either full day or half day sessions
* Please use the template for proposals provided in the pre-formatted block below

=== Proposal formatting guidelines: ===

<pre>

=== Preconference Title: ===

One of:
'''"Full Day"'''
'''"Half Day [Morning]"'''
'''"Half Day [Afternoon]"'''

* Facilitator's name, affiliation, and email address
* Second facilitator's name, affiliation, email address, if second speaker

Abstract

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

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== Pre-conference Proposals ==

Post your ideas here!

=== Delivering and Preserving GIS Data ===

'''Half Day [Morning]'''

* Darren Hardy, Stanford University, drh@stanford.edu
* Jack Reed, Stanford University, pjreed@stanford.edu

We will discuss how to set up a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) to deliver GIS data, to manage GIS content in a Fedora repository for preservation, and to establish metadata requirements for good spatial discovery. By the end of the workshop you will have a working SDI! This workshop is a compliment to the GeoBlacklight workshop in the afternoon.

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# [[User:Ssimpkin|Sarah Simpkin]]
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=== A hand's on introduction to GeoBlacklight ===

'''Half Day [Afternoon]'''

* Darren Hardy, Stanford University, drh@stanford.edu
* Jack Reed, Stanford University, pjreed@stanford.edu

GeoBlacklight is a discovery solution for geospatial data that builds on the successful Blacklight platform. Many libraries have collections of GIS data that aren’t easily discoverable. This will be a hands-on workshop, focused on installing and running GeoBlacklight which builds on the morning workshop "Delivering and Preserving GIS Data".

''Interested in Attending''

If you would be interested in attending, please indicate by adding your name (but not email address, etc.) here

# [[User:Ssimpkin|Sarah Simpkin]]
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===RailsBridge: Intro to programming in Ruby on Rails===
'''"Half-Day" [morning]'''
* Contact Carolyn Cole, Penn State University, carolyn@psu.edu
* Additional instructors welcome

Interested in learning how to program? Want to build your own web application? Never written a line of code before and are a little intimidated? There's no need to be! [http://www.railsbridge.org/ RailsBridge] is a friendly place to get together and learn how to write some code.

RailsBridge is a great workshop that opens the doors to projects like [http://projectblacklight.org/ Blacklight] and [http://projecthydra.org/ Hydra] and [https://github.com/traject-project/traject Traject].

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=== Replace yourself with a painfully complex bash script...or try Ansible ===
'''Half Day [Morning]'''

* Chad Nelson, chad dot nelson @ lyrasis dot org
* Blake Carver, Blake dot carver @lyrasis dot org

Abstract:

[http://www.ansible.com Ansible] is an open source automation and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration_management configuration management] tool that focuses on simplicity to help make your life as a developer, or a sysadmin, or even a full on devops-er, easier. This workshop will cover the basic building blocks used in Ansible as well as some best practices for maintaining your Ansible code. We will start by working through a simple example together, and then participants will be given time to work on their own projects with instructors providing guidance and troubleshooting along the way. By the end of the session, participants will have a working knowledge of Ansible and be able to write a working [http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks.html playbook] to meet local needs.

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=== Intro to Docker ===
'''Half Day [Whenever]'''

* John Fink, McMaster University, john dot fink at gmail dot com
* Francis Kayiwa, Kayiwa Consulting , francis dot kayiwa at gmail dot com

Abstract:

[http://docker.io Docker] ([http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/9669 jbfink code4lib journal article]) is an open source Linux operating system-level virtualization framework that has seen great uptake over the past year. This workshop will take you through the basic features of Docker, including setup, importing of containers, development workflows and deploying. Knowing when Docker is useful and when it isn't will also be covered. Ideally, every attendee will have ample experience creating and running their own Docker instances by the end.

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=== Code Retreat ===
'''Full Day'''

* Jeremy Friesen, University of Notre Dame, jfriesen at nd dot edu
* Additional facilitators welcome; Especially if you have CodeRetreat experience.

Abstract:

"Coderetreat is a day-long, intensive practice event, focusing on the fundamentals of software development and design.
By providing developers the opportunity to take part in focused practice, away from the pressures of 'getting things done', the coderetreat format has proven itself to be a highly effective means of skill improvement.
Practicing the basic principles of modular and object-oriented design, developers can improve their ability to write code that minimizes the cost of change over time." [http://coderetreat.org/about About Code Retreat]

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=== Presentations workshop ===

'''"Half Day [Afternoon]"''' (but could be expanded based on interest)

* Chris Beer, Stanford University, cabeer@stanford.edu
* Additional facilitators welcome.

This is a preconference session intended for first time Code4Lib speakers, habitual procrastinators, experienced speakers, those thinking about offering lightning talks, etc. If you're preparing a talk for this year's Code4Lib, this workshop is an opportunity to rehearse your presentation, get feedback from peers, get familiar with the presentation technology, etc.

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=== Dive into Hydra ===

One of:
'''"Half Day [Afternoon]"'''

* Justin Coyne, Data Curation Experts, justin@curationexperts.com
* Bess Sadler, Stanford University, bess@stanford.edu

Hydra is a collaboration of over 30 educational institutions who work together to solve their repository needs by building open-source software. Dive into Hydra is a course that bootstraps you into the Hydra software framework. We'll start at the basics and walk you through the various layers of the Hydra stack. We'll conclude by installing the Worthwhile gem, enabling every participant to walk away with their own Institutional Repository. Participants who have prior exposure to web programming will get the most out of this course. It's recommended (but not required) that you attend "RailsBridge" prior to this workshop.

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=== code4lib/Write The Docs barcamp ===

One of:
'''"Full Day"''', with options for jumping in for half a day

* code4lib wrangler: Becky Yoose, yoosebec at grinnell dot edu
* Write the Docs contacts: TBA

Abstract

''Placeholder for now - more information will be available before the proposal deadline''. More information about Write the Docs at http://docs.writethedocs.org/

There will be a nominal fee (t/b/d) for non-Code4LibCon attendees (subject to organizer approval).

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=== Linked Data Workshop ===

One of:
'''"Full Day"'''

* Karen Estlund, University of Oregon, kestlund@uoregon.edu
* Tom Johnson, DPLA, tom@dp.la

Abstract:

Developer-focused linked data workshop. More info to come.

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=== Archivematica for users and developers ===

One of:
'''"Full Day"'''

* Sarah Romkey, Artefactual Systems, sromkey@artefactual.com
* Justin Simpson, Artefactual Systems, jsimpson@artefactual.com

Abstract:

This is a workshop intended for both end-users of Archivematica (librarians, archivists, systems administrators) as well as developers who are interested in Archivematica feature development, or use of Archivematica back-end features for integration into other projects.

In the morning, the end-users will meet with Sarah for a hands-on Archivematica training session. We will discuss processing configurations, use cases, and installation/hosting options for Archivematica. We will also demonstrate DIP upload to Archivematica's access system, AtoM. During this time, developers will meet with Justin and other Artefactual developers for a hackaton style session focusing on Archivematica development and integration.

For the afternoon, we plan to bring the two groups together to discuss, share use cases, and have breakout sessions focused on specific topics that arose from the morning and afternoon sessions.

When signing up, please indicate if you are an end-user or a developer.

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