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==Code4Lib 2025 Hosting Information==
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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.
  
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Voting is closed.
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You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in #c4lbc.
  
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==Code4Lib 2024 Hosting Guidelines==
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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].
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===Schedule (tentative)===
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* Proposal period opens: 5/17/2024
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* Proposal period ends: TBD
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* Voting opens: TBD
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* Voting closes: TBD
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===2025 Host Voting Committee===
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== '''Ninth Annual Code4Lib BC Unconference 2024''' ==
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* Esmé Cowles
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* '''Your name here!'''
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==2025 Hosting Proposals==
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'''Save the dates!'''
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'''Please list your proposal below.'''
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==Previous Hosting Proposals==
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* Thursday, 16 May and Friday, 17 May
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* [[2024 Hosting Proposals]]
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* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is now open]
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* [[2020 Hosting Proposals]]
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* [[2019 Hosting Proposals]]
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* [[2018 Hosting Proposals]]
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* [https://c4l-phl.github.io/ 2016 Hosting Proposal]
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* [http://osulp.github.io/code4lib-pdx/ 2015 Hosting Proposal]
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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1amxzn4xs26ILszZek5nIEEfd4qHNfLjp1BAc5CU5YKw/edit 2014 Hosting Proposal]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20131022165223/http://tigger.uic.edu/~kayiwa/code4lib.html 2013 Hosting Proposal]
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* [https://sites.google.com/site/code4lib2012seattle/ 2012 Hosting Proposal]
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==Code4Lib 2025 Location Proposals Proposed Template==
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This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by VCC at the [https://www.vcc.ca/about/college-information/contact-us/downtown-campus/ Downtown Campus], Room 420
  
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===Welcome to ...!===
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=== What's it all about? ===
  
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Place details such as notable landmarks, activities, transit information.
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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.
  
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===The Conference===
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This year’s event will feature lightning talks and breakout sessions. Lightning talks are brief, 10-minute presentations on topics related to library technologies. Breakout sessions are an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, yet sustained period of problem solving, software development and fun. 
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* '''What's included''': a room, coffee/tea, wifi, power
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* '''What to bring''': your ideas and enthusiasm.
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* '''Mastodon Hashtag''': `#c4lbc`
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* '''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.
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===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
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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.
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[https://forms.gle/FH6DxDJgq18jPM5A6 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea]
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===Food===
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Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries) will be available at the venue.
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[https://www.vcc.ca/services/eat-shop--more/cafeteria/ VCC's Downtown Cafeteria] (Floor 3) offers a variety of entrees and upscale diner-style food prepared by talented students from the Culinary Arts program. (Open '''Thurs only'''.)
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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!
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====Coffee & baked goods====
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* Nemesis coffee - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=3116382671480623498 302 W Hastings St]
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* Revolver coffee - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=7637660912074558893 325 Cambie St]
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* Purebread - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=448773891542528173 159 W Hastings St]
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* Lee's Donuts Gastown - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=13423786774947035631 199 Water St]
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====Meals====
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* [https://www.vcc.ca/services/eat-shop--more/cafeteria/ VCC Downtown Cafeteria] (Thurs only) - 3rd floor
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* Marugame Udon - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=9331854931384302026 589 Beatty St]
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* MeeT Gastown - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=8486430434256396620 inner Courtyard, 12 Water St] (vegetarian)
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* Meat & Bread - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=5974644075226205790 370 Cambie St]
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* Nuba - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=16710652764342550272 207 W Hastings St] (veg friendly)
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* Pholicious - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=464715567622825479 430 W Pender St]
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* Ready-to-eat at City Market (unless you're boycotting Loblaws!) - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=12866074011377369903 658 Homer St]
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=== Schedule ===
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'''''Please note that all times are PST (Vancouver, Canada).'''''
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==== Day 1 : Thursday, May 16 ====
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{| class="wikitable"
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| 8:30 || Venue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning talks
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* [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
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* [https://github.com/telezoic/PostTwitter Twitter Archiving, Post-Twitter] - Dan Sifton
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* "Wait I can't lose that!" Saving circ data with MS Office during a system change - Trevor Smith
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| 10:30 || Break
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| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)
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* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nMJttwl7u8Rlv2x4b4b9tH_cbafZe4AQ6n1KinG_Muw/edit Find a Space] - Andy Peterson
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* Implementing Time of Flight People Counting at UVic Libraries - John Durno
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* Improving online user experience through collaboration with public service staff - Janis McKenzie
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| 12:00 || Lunch
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| 1:00 || Breakout sessions
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* Navigating project management/strategic planning
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* Excel party
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| 2:30 || Break
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|-
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| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)
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* Help we had a data breach
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* IT centralization
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* All the things UX
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| 4:00 || Breakout reports
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| 5:00 || Social event at The Permanent Library (330 Pender St) feat. [https://www.instagram.com/pretendwinebar/ Pretend Wine Bar]
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* [https://maps.app.goo.gl/WVUchkZHbstXfRHE9 Directions] from VCC to the Permanent Library (about a 2 min walk)
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* Big thanks to [https://internetarchivecanada.org/ Internet Archive Canada]!
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|}
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==== Day 2 : Friday, May 17 ====
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{| class="wikitable"
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| 8:30 || Venue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning talks
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* CatalogerGPT: an AI powered cataloguing assistant as agentic collaboration - Glen Greenly
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* Moving to the Cloud: Better late than never? - Scott Leslie
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* Moving our library to the Folio LSP - Olga Kalachinskaya
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| 10:30 || Break
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| 11:00 || Lightning talks (continued)
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* OpenAthens and the Ironies of Automation -  Ryan Regier
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* Title list comparison using Pandas/Jupyter - James Fournie
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* Telidon update - John Durno
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* Cloud server disaster plan! - Calvin Mah
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| 12:00 || Lunch
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| 1:30 || Breakout session organization
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| 1:45 || Breakout sessions
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| 2:45 || Break
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| 3:00 || Breakout sessions (continued)
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| 4:00 || Breakout session reports
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Venue needs: first half of 2025 conference that can accommodate roughly 200-300 attendees and meet Code4Lib's technical requirements.
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=== Sponsors ===
  
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===The Cost===
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We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative].
  
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Approximate costs to attendees such as venue, lodging, and travel.
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Thank you to [https://archive.org  Internet Archive] for generously sponsoring Thursday's social event at their Vancouver HQ
  
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===Sponsoring Organizations===
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Finally, thanks to [https://virl.bc.ca VIRL] for their support.
  
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CLIR/DLF will be the fiscal host regardless of location but we welcome institutional support for the conference.
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=== 2024 Organizers ===
  
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===Organizational Committee===
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* James Fournie
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* Dan Sifton
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* Eka Grguric
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* Tamarack Hockin
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* John Durno
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* Scott Leslie
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* Trevor Smith
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* George Villavicencio
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* Rebecca Dickson
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* Cynthia Ng
  
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Who are you!
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= '''Past Events''' =
  
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[[Category:Code4Lib2025]]
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See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.

Revision as of 19:05, 17 May 2024

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.

You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in #c4lbc.

If you're interested in hosting, please take a read over our Planner's Guide.

Ninth Annual Code4Lib BC Unconference 2024

Save the dates!

This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by VCC at the 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.

This year’s event will feature lightning talks and breakout sessions. Lightning talks are brief, 10-minute presentations on topics related to library technologies. Breakout sessions are an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, yet sustained period of problem solving, software development and fun.

  • What's included: a room, coffee/tea, wifi, power
  • What to bring: your ideas and enthusiasm.
  • Mastodon 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.


Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas

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

Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea

Food

Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries) will be available at the venue.

VCC's Downtown Cafeteria (Floor 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

Meals

Schedule

Please note that all times are PST (Vancouver, Canada).

Day 1 : Thursday, May 16

8:30 Venue opens
9:00 Welcome and announcements
9:15 Lightning talks
10:30 Break
10:45 Lightning talks (continued)
  • 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
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Breakout sessions
  • Navigating project management/strategic planning
  • Excel party
2:30 Break
2:45 Breakout sessions (continued)
  • Help we had a data breach
  • IT centralization
  • All the things UX
4:00 Breakout reports
5:00 Social event at The Permanent Library (330 Pender St) feat. Pretend Wine Bar

Day 2 : Friday, May 17

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
10:30 Break
11:00 Lightning talks (continued)
  • OpenAthens and the Ironies of Automation - Ryan Regier
  • Title list comparison using Pandas/Jupyter - James Fournie
  • Telidon update - John Durno
  • Cloud server disaster plan! - Calvin Mah
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Breakout session organization
1:45 Breakout sessions
2:45 Break
3:00 Breakout sessions (continued)
4:00 Breakout session reports

Sponsors

We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the BC Libraries Cooperative.

Thank you to Internet Archive for generously sponsoring Thursday's social event at their Vancouver HQ

Finally, thanks to VIRL for their support.

2024 Organizers

  • James Fournie
  • Dan Sifton
  • Eka Grguric
  • Tamarack Hockin
  • John Durno
  • Scott Leslie
  • Trevor Smith
  • George Villavicencio
  • Rebecca Dickson
  • Cynthia Ng

Past Events

See our past events page.

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