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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's Guide]. == '''Fifth Ninth Annual Code4lib Code4Lib BC Unconference 20172024''' ==
'''Save the dates!'''
* Thursday, 30 November and Friday, 1 December, 2017
This year's C4LBC will be held in Nanaimo, BC* Thursday, 16 May and jointly hosted by the University of Vancouver Island and Vancouver Island Regional Library. The Thursday events will be held in downtown Nanaimo at VIRL's Harbourfront Branch. Friday's activities will be held the the VIU campus, 17 May* [https://www. 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 moreeventbrite.ca/e/872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is now open]
This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by VCC at the [https://www.eventbritevcc.ca/eabout/2017college-code4libbcinformation/contact-unconferenceus/downtown-vancouver-island-tickets-37762407377 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.
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, 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 Suggestions===
Is there 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? Submit your [https://goo.gl/forms/bbArtR1Mhweuq5L33 lightning talk/breakout suggestion]===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
===Transportation===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.
Are you traveling from Victoria or the Lower Mainland? Are you interested in sharing transportation? Do you have any dietary restrictions? Please let us know by filling out this [https://gooforms.glgle/forms/68AWe1YPwJ3w7cs12 surveyFH6DxDJgq18jPM5A6 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea]
Transportation to Nanaimo from the mainland is best made by ferry to Departure Bay, or by seaplane/helijet *[http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/hbna-current.php BC ferries from West Van to Departure Bay]. If you are interested in carpooling from the Vancouver area, please let us know in the transportation survey.*[http://www.seairseaplanes.com/schedules Seair Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver*[http://www.harbourair.com/book-a-flight/locations/nanaimo/ Harbour Air Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver*[http://helijet.com/helijet-introduces-nanaimo-vancouver-flights/ Helijet to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver.*[http://www.tofinobus.com/ Tofino Bus] and [https://www.islandlinkbus.com/ IslandLinkBus] from Victoria and Other Island Locations to Nanaimo. Also, if you are interested in locating a carpool from Victoria to Nanaimo please say so in the transportation survey.===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! ===Accommodations=Coffee & baked goods====The Coast Bastion Hotel offered a discount for early bookings* Nemesis coffee - [https://maps. But if yougoogle.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're reading this after Oct 30th the discount has elapseds Donuts Gastown - [https://maps. Other options can be found google.com/?cid=13423786774947035631 199 Water St] ====Meals====* [https://goowww.glvcc.ca/aSm4MQ hereservices/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]
=== Schedule ===
==== Thursday, 30 November ====Events will be held at [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/'''''Please note that all times are PST (Vancouver+Island+Regional+Library/@49.1655907,-123Canada).9386119,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5488a15814a89c2b:0xa00f9e80da1f7296!8m2!3d49.1655907!4d-123.9364232 VIRL's Harbourfront library branch].''''
Parking==== Day 1 : Recommend underground parking under library. Entrance to lot off Front St. or Museum Way.Thursday, 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* Code4lib/BC[https: What's it all about //cynthiang.ca/2024/05/16/presentation- Cynthia Ng* Canadian Federated Data Repository giving-back- Alex Garnett* Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful - Trevor Smiththe-community-through-transparency-and-a-public-handbook/ Giving back to the community through transparency and a public handbook] - Cynthia "Arty" Ng* [https://drive.googlegithub.com/open?id=10KdeR8LkrGMvZHQfSCkBmNSuhtelezoic/PostTwitter Twitter Archiving, Post-BpGl_k3_2K9591a4A Games Day in the LibraryTwitter] - Kevin BrashDan Sifton* What"Wait I can's in the Bag? Indexing and querying Bags t lose that!" Saving circ data with Elasticsearch MS Office during a system change - Mark JordanTrevor Smith
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak
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| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'dtalks (continued)* Restoring an interactive videotex art exhibition from the mid-1980s - John Durno* I[https://docs.Tgoogle. things at FVRL: Spherocom/Spark robots, Green Screens and VR Experience - Traci Monchamp presentation/ Lewis Vacek d/ Tamarack Hockin1nMJttwl7u8Rlv2x4b4b9tH_cbafZe4AQ6n1KinG_Muw/edit Find a Space] - Andy Peterson* ILS Migration Change Management: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Implementing Time of Flight People Counting at UVic Libraries - Janice BanserJohn Durno* Contest of champions: Headless battle Improving online user experience through collaboration with public service staff - Daniel SiftonJanis McKenzie
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| 1112:30 00 || Lunch (Provided)
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| 1:00 || Breakout Sessionssessions * GODOT has left the building : the CUFTSNavigating project management/GODOT end of life debrief for everybody- Maryann Kempthornestrategic planning* Show + tell IT things breakout : VIRL Creativity Commons - Geoffrey Allen / FVRL IT Things - Traci Monchamp, Lewis Vacek, Tamarack Hockin Excel party
|-
| 2:30 || Break
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| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd* Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful sessions (expandedcontinued) - Trevor Smith* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rz9V89VmxqIJD6c9zistu5T_JZ_ujErHpNZm5joUx64/edit?usp=sharing/ Web Archiving: Coordinating efforts, sharing best practices] - Dana McFarlandHelp we had a data breach* IT centralization* Hosting Code4libBC - Geoffrey Allen, Cynthia Ng, Ben Hyman, Daniel SiftonAll the things UX
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| 4:15 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, 1 December May 17 ====Events will be held at [https://www2.viu.ca/map/ VIU's Building 305, Room 509] 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.  The same bus, with the same friendly, qualified driver, will deliver attendees to the Departure Bay ferry terminal at the end of the day.  Parking: Closest is Lot N; Lot D is closed due to construction [https://www2.viu.ca/eventservices/parkingmap.asp 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* Supplejack Triclops Architecture CatalogerGPT: an AI powered cataloguing assistant as agentic collaboration - Daniel SiftonGlen Greenly* Opens source, open access, open data Moving to the Cloud: Better late than never? - Maryann KempthorneScott Leslie* Linking video and audio in Moving our library to the Hansard Folio LSP - Dan Kerr / David TurnerOlga Kalachinskaya* Automating your EZproxy - James Fournie
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak
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| 1011:45 00 || Lightning Talks, cont'dtalks (continued)* Using Islandora to centralize access to distributed content OpenAthens and the Ironies of Automation - Mark Jordan Ryan Regier* Systems Projects in Special Libraries Title list comparison using Pandas/Jupyter - Charles HoggJames Fournie* OCR tools for nonTelidon update -Latin alphabets - Rebecca DicksonJohn Durno* Through the Looking Glass: A Parallel World of Print Collections Data Cloud server disaster plan! - Jean BlackburnCalvin Mah
|-
| 1112:30 00 || Lunch (Provided)
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| 1:00 30 || Breakout Sessions* Parse, Harvest, Repeat: Hands on metadata ingestion in the Supplejack stack - Daniel Sifton / James Fourniesession organization
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| 2:30 || Break|-| 21:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'dsessions * Linking video and audio in the Hansard (Expanded/Discussion) - Dan Kerr / David Turner* All the DOCs: Documentation and workflows - Cynthia Ng / Tamarack Hockin|-| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
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| 42:30 45 || End of DayBreak
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| 53:00 || Meet up at [http://dev-viusu.pantheonsite.io/students-union-pub/ VIU Student Pub]Breakout sessions (continued)*
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| 4:00 || Breakout session reports
|}
==== Feedback =Sponsors ===
Post conference, don't forget We want to fill out acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://drivebc.googlelibraries.comcoop/open?id=111KryIRlWFywHojIfaFt2ziViJuQDdvENHxIDyThpqI feedback formBC Libraries Cooperative].
=== Organizers ===Thank you to [https://archive.org Internet Archive] for generously sponsoring Thursday's social event at their Vancouver HQ
* Daniel Sifton* Dana McFarland* Ben Hyman* Geoffrey Allen* Charles Hogg* Paris Carr* James Fournie* Cynthia Ng* Tamarack Hockin* Corey DavisFinally, thanks to [https://virl.bc.ca VIRL] for their support.
=== 2024 Organizers ===
Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.* James Fournie* Dan Sifton* Eka Grguric* Tamarack Hockin* John Durno* Scott Leslie* Trevor Smith* George Villavicencio * Rebecca Dickson* Cynthia Ng
= '''Past Events''' =
See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.