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* If you'''Thursdayre interested in hosting, 28 November and Friday, 29 November''please [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mh8haGBziQHiBkG_0byNgIEPxWIsBjKAXOss0cE9fJs/edit?usp=sharing take a read over our Planner's Guide].

'''Save the dates!''' * Thursday, 16 May and Friday, 17 May* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is now open] This year's Code4Lib BC C4LBC will be held on the North Shore of Metro in Vancouver, BC, and jointly hosted by West Vancouver Memorial Library and Capilano University. The Thursday events will be held VCC at the West Vancouver Memorial Library[https://www. Friday's activities will be held at Capilano University's main vcc.ca/about/college-information/contact-us/downtown-campus. Stay tuned for details on transportation/ Downtown Campus], accommodations, and much more. Room 420

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.power

* '''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, dinner, your ideas and enthusiasm.

* '''Mastodon Hashtag''': [https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23c4lbc&src=typd `#c4lbc]`

Is there If there’s a neat project you've been working on, a cool new tool you want to show off, or an interesting development in the world of library technology that you want to discuss? , Code4Lib BC is a great opportunity to share that with the community.

* [https://forms.gle/3jrtXhcaSEhKhMxT8 FH6DxDJgq18jPM5A6 Submit your a lightning talk/or breakout session idea]

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16sFCWjhFYeiaGqU5BrFMEdEQVN7sORthMmnuQsWfVO8/edit?usp=sharing See what's already been submitted]==Food===

===FoodOtherwise, attendees are encouraged to explore the wide range of food and beverage options nearby. Local organizers have provided a few recommendations below. If you have dietary restrictions/Transportation===preferences, feel free to ask for specific suggestions!

Do you have dietary restrictions====Coffee & baked goods====* Nemesis coffee - [https://maps.google.com/? Let us know when you registercid=3116382671480623498 302 W Hastings St]* Revolver coffee - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=7637660912074558893 325 Cambie St]* Purebread - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=448773891542528173 159 W Hastings St]* Lee's Donuts Gastown - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=13423786774947035631 199 Water St]

====Meals====* [https://westvanlibrarywww.vcc.ca/visitservices/libraryeat-shop--more/locationcafeteria/ VCC Downtown Cafeteria] (Thurs only) -hours Bus and parking information for West Vancouver Memorial Library3rd floor* Marugame Udon - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=9331854931384302026 589 Beatty St] or * MeeT Gastown - [https://gmaps.google.com/?cid=8486430434256396620 inner Courtyard, 12 Water St] (vegetarian)* Meat & Bread - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=5974644075226205790 370 Cambie St]* Nuba - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=16710652764342550272 207 W Hastings St] (veg friendly)* Pholicious - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=464715567622825479 430 W Pender St]* Ready-to-eat at City Market (unless you're boycotting Loblaws!) - [https://maps.google.pagecom/WestVanLibrary?share Google Mapscid=12866074011377369903 658 Homer St]

* [https==== Day 1 ://www.pinnaclepierhotel.com Pinnacle Hotel]: Rates start at $229.00/night.Thursday, May 16 ====

{| class="wikitable"| 8:30 || Venue opens|-| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements|-| 9:15 || Lightning talks* [httphttps://wwwcynthiang.lonsdalequayhotelca/2024/05/16/presentation-giving-back-to-the-community-through-transparency-and-a-public-handbook/ Giving back to the community through transparency and a public handbook] - Cynthia "Arty" Ng* [https://github.com Lonsdale Hotel/telezoic/PostTwitter Twitter Archiving, Post-Twitter]- Dan Sifton* "Wait I can't lose that!" Saving circ data with MS Office during a system change - Trevor Smith |-| 10: Rates start at $15930 || Break|-| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)* [https://docs.50google.com/night nonpresentation/d/1nMJttwl7u8Rlv2x4b4b9tH_cbafZe4AQ6n1KinG_Muw/edit Find a Space] -refundable or $206Andy Peterson* Implementing Time of Flight People Counting at UVic Libraries - John Durno* Improving online user experience through collaboration with public service staff - Janis McKenzie|-| 12:00 || Lunch|-| 1:00 || Breakout sessions * |-| 2:30 || Break|-| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)* |-| 4:00 || Breakout reports|-| 5:00 || Social event at The Permanent Library (330 Pender St) feat.25[https:/night refundable/www.instagram.com/pretendwinebar/ Pretend Wine Bar]* [https://maps.app.goo.gl/WVUchkZHbstXfRHE9 Directions] from VCC to the Permanent Library (about a 2 min walk)* Big thanks to [https://internetarchivecanada.org/ Internet Archive Canada]!|}

=== Sponsors =Day 2 : Friday, May 17 ===={| class="wikitable"| 8:30 || Venue opens|-| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements|-| 9:15 || Lightning talks* CatalogerGPT: an AI powered cataloguing assistant as agentic collaboration - Glen Greenly* Moving to the Cloud: Better late than never? - Scott Leslie* Moving our library to the Folio LSP - Olga Kalachinskaya

While Code4Lib BC no longer solicits sponsorship, we want to acknowledge the contributions of our hosts|-| 10:30 || Break|-| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)* OpenAthens Authentication vs IP EZProxy - Ryan Regier* Title list comparison using Pandas/Jupyter - James Fournie|-| 12:00 || Lunch|-| 1:30 || Breakout sessions * |-| 2:45 || Break|-| 3:00 || Breakout sessions (continued)* |-| 4:00 || |-| 5:00 || |}

* [https://westvanlibrary.ca/ West Vancouver Memorial Library]* [https://library.capilanou.ca/ Capilano University] as well as continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative].=== Sponsors ===