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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.
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].
== '''Sixth Ninth Annual Code4lib Code4Lib BC Unconference 20182024''' ==
'''Save the dates!'''
*Thursday, 29 November 16 May and Friday, 30 November17 May* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is now open]
This year's C4LBC will be held in NanaimoVancouver, BC, and jointly hosted by the University of Vancouver Island and Vancouver Island Regional Library. Again! The Thursday events will be held in downtown Nanaimo VCC at VIRL's Harbourfront Branch. Friday's activities will be held the the VIU campus. 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 more. [https://www.eventbritevcc.ca/eabout/2018college-code4libbcinformation/contact-unconferenceus/downtown-vancouver-island-tickets-50429527073 Registration is now open!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.
* '''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 SuggestionsFood===
===Food=Coffee & baked goods====* Nemesis coffee - [https:/Transportation/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]
=== Schedule ===
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcementsand announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talks talks* [https://docscynthiang.google.comca/presentation2024/d05/1UhJWHKf15ZX7fbH1k3odpQ7J-QTrmbepvKefCBXBSMA16/edit?usp=sharing Code4libBC: What's an Unconference] presentation-giving-back-to- Cynthia Ng* The Art of the Kludge - Julie Cole* Using LibAnswers as an ecommunity-through-transparency-resource management and ticketing system - Patricia Pang* Breaking Down a-public-handbook/ Giving back to the IT Silo community through transparency and a public handbook] - Jeff NarverCynthia "Arty" Ng* The Never-Ending Wrangle[https: enabling fulltext search in Supplejack //github.com/telezoic/PostTwitter Twitter Archiving, Post- Daniel Twitter] - Dan Sifton* "Wait I can't lose that!" Saving circ data with MS Office during a system change - Trevor Smith
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| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak
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| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd* Children's Coding Gadgets and Early Literacy Skill Development - Code-a-Pillar, Osmo, and Sphero - Caitlin Ottenbreit* Open to change: Migrating to Evergreen - James Fournie / Gwenda Bryan / Dan Sifton / Geoffrey Allen* Digitization challenges for small organizations - Christine Meutzner* Weeding Reports - Trevor Smithtalks (continued)* [httphttps://webappdocs.librarygoogle.uvic.cacom/jdurnopresentation/durnos_old_computers_c4lbc_20181128.pdf Retrod/1nMJttwl7u8Rlv2x4b4b9tH_cbafZe4AQ6n1KinG_Muw/edit Find a Space] -computing collection 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
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| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)
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| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions sessions * Hosting Code4libBC - Cynthia Ng, Daniel Sifton . . . Navigating project management/strategic planning* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XuxxL6arEcpAzDWnGKTNC7xBH881-DqOSAkuJT_aXW8/edit?usp=sharing Web Archiving Community of Practice] - Dana McFarland / Larissa RinghamExcel party
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| 2:30 || Break
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| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd sessions (continued)*Excel for Librarians - Trevor SmithHelp we had a data breach*Creativity Commons: Open House - Jason/Jonathan BigalowIT centralization* All the things UX
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| 4:00 || Breakout Reportsreports
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| 5:00 || Social Event event at The Permanent Library (330 Pender St) feat. [httphttps://whitesailsbrewingwww.instagram.com/ White Sails Brewerypretendwinebar/ Pretend Wine Bar] with pizza from * [httphttps://mambogourmetpizzamaps.comapp.goo.gl/ Mambo PizzaWVUchkZHbstXfRHE9 Directions]from VCC to the Permanent Library (about a 2 min walk)* Big thanks to [https://goointernetarchivecanada.glorg/6MM7vv DirectionsInternet Archive Canada] from VIRL to White Sails!
|}
==== Day 2 : Friday, May 17 ====Events will be held at [https://www2.viu.ca/map/ VIU's Building 305, Room 507] 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. Parking: Closest is Lot N; some spaces in Lots F & C are short-term; [https://www2.viu.ca/facilities/Campus_Development/Site%20Map%20and%20Info/Site%20Map%20BARRIER%20FREE%20ROUTES%20Nanaimo%20Campus.pdf VIU Parking Map]
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || AnnouncementsWelcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talkstalks* Sets with Tommy and Gina CatalogerGPT: Curation and selection in Supplejack an AI powered cataloguing assistant as agentic collaboration - Daniel SiftonGlen Greenly* Integrating Point of Sale with your ILS Moving to the Cloud: Better late than never? - Philippe LajoieScott Leslie* Advocacy & Digital Licensing - Emily Mathews* Legislative Library Tools Moving our library to Capture Video/Website the Folio LSP - Charles HoggOlga Kalachinskaya* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18Ohz2bDcVr0FvKppD3q-oh6AjS6f3_mPES1mRF4Iww8/edit?usp=sharingWagtail CMS (built on django/python), my experiences getting out of the drupal/wordpress paradigm] - Dan Lerch
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| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak
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| 1011:45 00 || Lightning Talks, cont'd talks (continued)* Patron Counters OpenAthens and the Ironies of Automation - James Fournie Ryan Regier* Attack of the webforms! Title list comparison using Pandas/Jupyter - Paul BurryJames Fournie* ILS cloud migration Telidon update - Olga KalachinskayaJohn Durno* Hacking devices Cloud server disaster plan! - Calvin Mah
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| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)
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| 1:00 30 || Breakout Sessions* [https://cynthia.gitlab.io/intro-to-git-and-gitlab/ Learn to Collaborate and Contribute to Projects on GitLab + with Git!] - Cynthia Ng* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oerwPDMnYEHSa5JTnjGzoGOsHXvP9oToJxG11QIfEUI/edit?usp=sharing I '♥' Wikipedia] - Dana McFarland/Andie Tomlinsonsession organization
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| 21:30 45 || BreakBreakout sessions *
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| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd <!--* Linking video and audio in the Hansard (Expanded/Discussion) - Mike Sinclair* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LyL5AlPTTMW2YMT6-YG2p4iSiYQBA76RFwnH9h3wIyY/edit?usp=sharing All the DOCs]: Documentation and workflows - Cynthia Ng / Tamarack Hockin* Wordpress nightmare - Allison Trumble -->Break
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| 43:00 || Breakout Reportssessions (continued)* Library as platform - Maryann Kempthonre* Cries for help / Tales of fails|-| 5:00 ||Meet up somewhere for drinks <!-- at [http://dev-viusu.pantheonsite.io/students-union-pub/ VIU Student Pub] -->
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| 4:00 || Breakout session reports
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= '''Past Events''' =
See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.