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Welcome to code4lib Code4Lib BC! Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas.
Begun You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas#c4lbc.
If you're interested in hosting, please [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mh8haGBziQHiBkG_0byNgIEPxWIsBjKAXOss0cE9fJs/edit?usp=sharing take a read over our Planner's Guide]. == '''Fifth Ninth Annual Code4lib Code4Lib BC Unconference 20172024''' ==
'''Save the dates!'''
* Thursday, 30 November and Friday, 1 December, 2017
This year's C4LBC will be held in Nanaimo, BC* Thursday, 16 May and jointly hosted by the University of Vancouver Island and Vancouver Island Regional Library. The Thursday events will be held in downtown Nanaimo at VIRL's Harbourfront Branch. Friday's activities will be held the the VIU campus, 17 May* [https://www. This year's organisers are trying hard to make everything as easy as possible for mainlanders travelling to the island, so stay tuned for details on transportation, accommodations, and much moreeventbrite.ca/e/872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is now open]
This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by VCC at the [https://www.eventbritevcc.ca/eabout/2017college-code4libbcinformation/contact-unconferenceus/downtown-vancouver-island-tickets-37762407377 Registration is now open!campus/ Downtown Campus].
=== 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 This year’s event will feature lightning talks, and breakout sessions, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief , 10-minute presentations which are typically 10 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!
* '''What's included''': wifi, powera room, coffee/snackstea, luncheswifi, prizes, limited transportation from downtown Nanaimo to VIU campus.power
* '''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, dinner, your ideas and enthusiasm.
* '''Mastodon 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.
===Lightning Talk Proposals and Breakout Suggestions===
Is there a neat project you've been working on, a cool new tool you want to show off, or an interesting development in the world of library technology that you want to discuss? Submit your [https://goo.gl/forms/bbArtR1Mhweuq5L33 lightning talk/breakout suggestion]===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
===Transportation===
Are If there’s a neat project you traveling from Victoria 've been working on, a cool new tool you want to show off, or an interesting development in the Lower Mainland? Are world of library technology that you interested in sharing transportation? Do you have any dietary restrictions? Please let us know by filling out this [https://goowant to discuss, Code4Lib BC is a great opportunity to share that with the community.gl/forms/68AWe1YPwJ3w7cs12 survey]
Transportation to Nanaimo from the mainland is best made by ferry to Departure Bay, or by seaplane/helijet *[httphttps://wwwforms.bcferries.comgle/schedules/mainland/hbna-current.php BC ferries from West Van to Departure Bay]. If you are interested in carpooling from the Vancouver area, please let us know in the transportation survey.*[http://www.seairseaplanes.com/schedules Seair Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver*[http://www.harbourair.com/book-FH6DxDJgq18jPM5A6 Submit a-flight/locations/nanaimo/ Harbour Air Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR lightning talk or down town Vancouver*[http://helijet.com/helijet-introduces-nanaimo-vancouver-flights/ Helijet to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver.*[http://www.tofinobus.com/ Tofino Bus] and [https://www.islandlinkbus.com/ IslandLinkBus] from Victoria and Other Island Locations to Nanaimo. Also, if you are interested in locating a carpool from Victoria to Nanaimo please say so in the transportation survey. ===Accommodations===The Coast Bastion Hotel offered a discount for early bookings. But if you're reading this after Oct 30th the discount has elapsed. Other options can be found [https://goo.gl/aSm4MQ here.breakout session idea]
=== Schedule ===
==== Thursday, 30 November ====Events will be held at [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/'''''Please note that all times are PST (Vancouver+Island+Regional+Library/@49.1655907,-123Canada).9386119,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5488a15814a89c2b:0xa00f9e80da1f7296!8m2!3d49.1655907!4d-123.9364232 VIRL's Harbourfront library branch].''''
Parking==== Day 1 : Recommend underground parking under library. Entrance to lot off Front St. or Museum Way.Thursday, May 16 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcementsand announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talkstalks* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1M1lC5ZosVXIkoNSMpM-6FvChcbn8ILdn0vJ-frwXDeY/edit?usp=sharing Code4lib/BC: What's it all about] Giving back to the profession through transparency and a public handbook - Cynthia "Arty" Ng* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AaHddtez0MxGUeZjsXoilA0_KQ7LrfcWRBIMeItS5nI/edit?usp=sharing Canadian Federated Data Repository] Twitter Archiving, Post- Alex Garnett* Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful - Trevor Smith* [https://drive.google.com/open?id=10KdeR8LkrGMvZHQfSCkBmNSuh-BpGl_k3_2K9591a4A Games Day in the Library] - Kevin Brash* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UknFe0E0-U4DAKiNV9hQH-E6WQiERrFTkycvdZM5JRc/edit?usp=sharing What's in the Bag? Indexing and querying Bags with Elasticsearch] Twitter - Mark JordanDan Sifton
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'dtalks (continued)* Restoring an interactive videotex art exhibition from the midFindaSpace -1980s - John DurnoAndy Peterson* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13ETpshoL-YbRZaGuihG77sAaTjG4IAhM9zRzQOdLFnk/edit#slide=id.p3 I.T. things Implementing Time of Flight People Counting at FVRL: Sphero/Spark robots, Green Screens and VR Experience] UVic Libraries - Traci Monchamp / Lewis Vacek / Tamarack Hockin* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xlFfKANrl3Ub_d5O5lGz_Fs4u9Gt6Uz8dfjYTKWTlh8/edit?usp=sharing ILS Migration Change Management: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly] - Janice Banser* Getting Started with RFPs - Trevor Smith* [http://hdl.handle.net/10613/5229 Contest of champions: Headless Battle] - Daniel SiftonJohn Durno
|-
| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessionssessions * GODOT has left the building : the CUFTS/GODOT end of life debrief for everybody- Maryann Kempthorne* Show + tell IT things breakout : VIRL Creativity Commons - Geoffrey Allen / FVRL IT Things - Traci Monchamp, Lewis Vacek, Tamarack Hockin
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd* Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful sessions (expandedcontinued) - Trevor Smith* Hosting Code4libBC - Geoffrey Allen, Cynthia Ng, Ben Hyman, Daniel Sifton
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout Reportsreports
|-
| 5:00 || Social Event at [http://whitesailsbrewing.com/ White Sails Brewery] with pizza from [http://mambogourmetpizza.com/ Mambo Pizza]* [https://goo.gl/6MM7vv Directions] from VIRL to White Sailsevent
|}
==== Day 2 : Friday, 1 December May 17 ====Events will be held at [https://www2.viu.ca/map/ VIU's Building 305, Room 509] A bus (with a friendly, qualified driver) will pick up attendees from the Coast Bastion on Friday morning at 8:20 am. If needed the bus will return for another load of passengers ~20 minutes later.  The same bus, with the same friendly, qualified driver, will deliver attendees to the Departure Bay ferry terminal at the end of the day.  Parking: Closest is Lot N; Lot D is closed due to construction, some spaces in Lots F & C are short-term; [https://www2.viu.ca/eventservices/parkingmap.asp VIU Parking Map] 
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
|-
| 9:00 || AnnouncementsWelcome and announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talkstalks* Supplejack Triclops Architecture - Daniel Sifton* Open Source, Open Access, Open Data - Maryann Kempthorne* Linking video and audio in Moving to the Hansard - Mike Sinclair* [Automating your EZproxy](httpsCloud://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qd2vczQqx-SCgIMXp89UTMYW7C5P-r92d4yfpq77VF8/editBetter late than never?usp=sharing) - James FournieScott Leslie* Smallest Possible Library Online Tools "SPLOT" Moving our library to the Folio LSP - Scott LeslieOlga Kalachinskaya
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'dtalks (continued)* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k08ku9tfarqkfAlN5H1WDhcBvWZOiy5VzGNsxCcB92E/edit?usp=sharing We have detected spider/robot activity on our site] OpenAthens Authentication vs IP EZProxy - Calvin Mah * [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ymp2BuB3kq-3cvFSuQRoS8EWMIx4LWSDP_MJOE5_GkQ/edit?usp=sharing Using Islandora to centralize access to distributed content] - Mark Jordan * Systems Projects in Special Libraries - Charles Hogg* OCR tools for non-Latin alphabets - Rebecca Dickson* Through the Looking Glass: A Parallel World of Print Collections Data - Jean Blackburn Ryan Regier
|-
| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessionssessions * [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q2ZOPYZz3SZ4WdePkrXKqEGhYuYHW07WQDuEIwNw5ps Parse, Harvest, Repeat: Hands on metadata ingestion in the Supplejack stack] - Daniel Sifton / James Fournie* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rz9V89VmxqIJD6c9zistu5T_JZ_ujErHpNZm5joUx64/edit?usp=sharing/ Web Archiving: Coordinating efforts, sharing best practices] - Dana McFarland* Brainstorming possible SPLOTs - Scott Leslie & Jonathan Schatz
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd* Linking video and audio in the Hansard sessions (Expanded/Discussioncontinued) - Mike Sinclair* All the DOCs: Documentation and workflows - Cynthia Ng / Tamarack Hockin
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout Reports|-| 5:00 || Meet up at [http://dev-viusu.pantheonsite.io/students-union-pub/ VIU Student Pub]
|-
| 5:00 ||
|}
==== Feedback =Sponsors ===
Post conferenceWhile Code4Lib BC no longer solicits sponsorship, don't forget we want to fill out acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://drivebc.googlelibraries.comcoop/open?id=111KryIRlWFywHojIfaFt2ziViJuQDdvENHxIDyThpqI feedback formBC Libraries Cooperative].
=== 2024 Organizers ===
* Daniel Sifton
* Dana McFarland
* Ben Hyman
* Geoffrey Allen
* Charles Hogg
* Paris Carr
* James Fournie
* Dan Sifton
* Eka Grguric
* Tamarack Hockin
* John Durno
* Scott Leslie
* Trevor Smith
* George Villavicencio
* Rebecca Dickson
* Cynthia Ng
* Tamarack Hockin
* Corey Davis
 
 
Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.
= '''Past Events''' =
See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.

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