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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.
* Thursday, 16 May and Friday, 17 May* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is now open] This year's Code4Lib BC C4LBC will be held on the North Shore of Metro in Vancouver, BC, and jointly hosted by West Vancouver Memorial Library and Capilano University. The Thursday events will be held VCC at the West Vancouver Memorial Library[https://www. Friday's activities will be held at Capilano University's main vcc.ca/about/college-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.
* '''What's included''': wifi, powera room, coffee/snackstea, luncheswifi, prizes.power
* '''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, dinner, your ideas and enthusiasm.
* '''Mastodon Hashtag''': [https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23c4lbc&src=typd `#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===
====Coffee & baked goods====* Nemesis coffee - [https://wwwmaps.capilanougoogle.cacom/about?cid=3116382671480623498 302 W Hastings St]* Revolver coffee -capu[https:/get-to-know-us/our-campusesmaps.google.com/capu?cid=7637660912074558893 325 Cambie St]* Purebread -main-campus/ Directions to Capilano University], [https://wwwmaps.capilanougoogle.cacom/about?cid=448773891542528173 159 W Hastings St]* Lee's Donuts Gastown -capu/get-to-know-us/our-campuses/parking-services/ Parking Services website] or [https://gmaps.google.pagecom/CapULibrary?share Google Mapscid=13423786774947035631 199 Water St]
===Accommodations=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]
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning 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
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| 10:30 || Break
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| 10:45 || Lightning 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
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| 12:00 || Lunch (provided)
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| 1:00 || Breakout sessions
* Navigating project management/strategic planning* Trevor's Excel Party (Tips, tricks, use cases)
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| 2:30 || Break
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| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)
* Help! We had a data breach* IT centralization* All Things UX
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| 4:00 || Breakout reports
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| 5:00 || Social eventat [https://internetarchivecanada.org/ Internet Archive Canada HQ] (330 Pender St) feat. [https://www.instagram.com/pretendwinebar/ Pretend Wine Bar]* [https://maps.app.goo.gl/maps/6KsoUh8XsAXp6ABm8 mahony | Burrard LandingWVUchkZHbstXfRHE9 Directions]* Karaoke?from VCC (about a 2 min walk)
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==== Day 2 : Friday, 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 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
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| 10:30 || Break
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| 1011:45 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
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| 12:00 || Lunch (provided)
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| 1:00 30 || Breakout sessions* * session organization
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| 21:30 45 || BreakBreakout sessions * Practical applications of AI in Libraries
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| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)* * Break
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| 43:00 || Breakout reportssessions (continued)|-* ILS Migrations| 5:00 ||Meet up somewhere for drinks* eResources Troubleshooting
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| 4:00 || Breakout session reports
|}
=== Sponsors ===
= '''Past Events''' =
See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.