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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

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, [https://goo.gl/forms/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 let us know about it]! Code4Lib BC is a great opportunity to share with the community.

* '''HashtagWhat's included''': #c4lbca room, coffee/tea, wifi, power

* '''Code of ConductWhat to bring''': As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Code4Lib Code of Conduct, which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment. Please see the Code of Conduct for further detailsyour 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 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. [https://forms.gle/FH6DxDJgq18jPM5A6 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea] ===Food=== Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries) will be available at the venue. [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'''.) 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====* 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] (Thurs only) - 3rd floor* Marugame Udon - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=9331854931384302026 589 Beatty St]* MeeT Gastown - [https://maps.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.com/?cid=12866074011377369903 658 Homer St] === Draft Schedule === '''''Please note that all times are PST (Vancouver, Canada).'''''  ==== Day 1 : Thursday, May 16 ====

| 98:00 30 || Welcome & AnnouncementsVenue opens

| 9:15 00 || Lightning TalksWelcome and announcements

| 109:30 15 || Coffee breakLightning talks* [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

| 10:45 30 || Lightning Talks, cont'dBreak

| 1110:30 45 || Lunch Lightning talks (On Your Owncontinued)* [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

| 12:00 || Lunch|-| 1:00 || Breakout Sessionssessions * Navigating project management/strategic planning* Excel party

| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'dsessions (continued)* Help we had a data breach* IT centralization* All the things UX

| 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 ====

| 98:00 30 || AnnouncementsVenue opens

| 9:15 00 || Lightning TalksWelcome and announcements

| 109:30 15 || Coffee breakLightning 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 

| 10:45 30 || Lightning Talks, cont'dBreak

| 1211:00 || Lunch Lightning talks (On Your Owncontinued)* 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

| 112:00 || Breakout SessionsLunch

| 21:30 || BreakBreakout session organization

| 21:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'dsessions *

| 42:00 45 || Breakout ReportsBreak

| 3:00 || Breakout sessions (continued)* |-| 4:30 00 || End of DayBreakout session reports

=== 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 ===

* Mark JordanJohn Durno* Paul JosephScott Leslie* Trevor Smith* George Villavicencio * Rebecca Dickson