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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'''Code4lib BC Unconference 2016''' =s Guide].
== '''[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2016-code4libbc-unconference-tickets-26429947685 Registration is now open]Ninth Annual Code4Lib BC Unconference 2024''' for Code4Lib BC's fourth annual unconference!==
* December 1 and 2, 2016'''Save the dates!''' * Dodson RoomThursday, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre16 May and Friday, UBC, Vancouver BC17 May* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2016-code4libbc-unconference-tickets-26429947685 Register 872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is nowopen] ($30 for both days)* This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by VCC at the [https://goowww.glvcc.ca/formsabout/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 Propose a lightning talk or breakout sessioncollege-information/contact-us/downtown-campus/ Downtown Campus], Room 420
=== 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 in the mornings, and breakout sessions in the afternoons, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically , 10-15 minutes in length minute presentations on topics related to library technologies. Breakout sessions are an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, yet sustained period of problem solving, software development and fun. 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, powera room, coffee/snackstea, wifi, power
* '''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.
* '''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.
=== Program ===
Here's a partial list of talks ===Lightning Talk and breakout sessions that have already been confirmed for this year's unconference. There are more to come - watch this space!Breakout Session Ideas===
==== Lightning Talks ====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.
* MediaConch, video format validation for Archivematica (Sarah Romkey)* TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade (Holly Hendrigan)* A Coal Miner’s History[https: 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)* ElasticSearch API: Using Aggregation Queries to Do Cool Stuff (Schuyler Lindberg)/forms.gle/FH6DxDJgq18jPM5A6 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea]
==== Breakout Sessions =Food===
* Intro to SQL Coffee/tea and light snacks (Alex Garnettthink: pastries)will be available at the venue.* Awesome Excel tips [https://www.vcc.ca/services/eat-shop--more/cafeteria/ VCC's Downtown Cafeteria] (Trevor SmithFloor 3) offers a variety of entrees and upscale diner-style food prepared by talented students from the Culinary Arts program. (Open '''Thurs only'''.) Otherwise, attendees are encouraged to explore the wide range of food and beverage options nearby. Local organizers have provided a few recommendations below. If you have dietary restrictions/preferences, feel free to ask for specific suggestions! ====Coffee & baked goods====* PDL technologies Up Close Nemesis coffee - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=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://www.vcc.ca/services/eat-shop--more/cafeteria/ VCC Downtown Cafeteria] (Daniel SiftonThurs only)- 3rd floor* FOLIO Marugame Udon - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=9331854931384302026 589 Beatty St]* MeeT Gastown - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=8486430434256396620 inner Courtyard, 12 Water St] (Andrew Nagyvegetarian)* reSearcher and project sustainabilityMeat & Bread - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=5974644075226205790 370 Cambie St]* Intro to Git and GitHub for libraries (Sara AllainNuba - [https:/Mark Jordan/maps.google.com/?cid=16710652764342550272 207 W Hastings St] (veg friendly)* Using Islandora for Publishing XML Pholicious - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=464715567622825479 430 W Pender St]* Ready-to-eat at City Market (Michael Joyceunless you're boycotting Loblaws!)- [https://maps.google.com/?cid=12866074011377369903 658 Homer St]
=== Schedule ===
'''''Please note that all times are PST (Vancouver, Canada).'''''  ==== Day 1 : Thursday, December 1 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://cynthiang.ca/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/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
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'talks (continued)* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nMJttwl7u8Rlv2x4b4b9tH_cbafZe4AQ6n1KinG_Muw/edit Find a Space] - Andy Peterson* Implementing Time of Flight People Counting at UVic Libraries - John Durno* Improving online user experience through collaboration with public service staff - Janis McKenzie
|-
| 1112:30 00 || Lunch (On Your Own)
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessionssessions *
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'dsessions (continued)*
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout Reportsreports
|-
| 5:00 || Social Eventevent at The Permanent Library (330 Pender St) feat. [https://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]!
|}
==== Day 2 : Friday, December 2 May 17 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || AnnouncementsWelcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talkstalks* 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 
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak
|-
| 1011:45 00 || Lightning Talks, cont'dtalks (continued)* OpenAthens Authentication vs IP EZProxy - Ryan Regier* Title list comparison using Pandas/Jupyter - James Fournie* Telidon update - John Durno
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| 12:00 || Lunch (On Your Own)
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| 1:00 30 || Breakout Sessionssessions *
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| 2:30 45 || Break
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| 23:45 00 || Breakout Sessions, cont'dsessions (continued)*
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| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
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| 45:30 00 || End of Day
|}
=== Sponsors === We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative]. Thank you to [https://archive.org Internet Archive] for generously sponsoring Thursday's social event at their Vancouver HQ Finally, thanks to [https://virl.bc.ca VIRL] for their support. === 2024 Organizers ===
* Sara Allain
* Jeff Davis
* James Fournie
* Dan Sifton
* Eka Grguric
* Tamarack Hockin
* Mark JordanJohn Durno* Paul JosephScott Leslie* Trevor Smith* George Villavicencio * Rebecca Dickson
* 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.