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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]Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 2025''' for Code4Lib BC's fourth annual unconference!==
* December 1 Thursday, 16 October and 2Friday, 2016* Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC, Vancouver BC17 October* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/20162025-code4libbccode4lib-bc-unconference-ticketsregistration-26429947685 1677528636309/ Register now] ($30 for both days)* This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by Emily Carr. Location: Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 520 E 1st Ave. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/formswDsSfdrZwAJyEYLb6 Map to get there], Rennie Hall (inside the front entrance). For more information on transit and parking, please check the [https:/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 Propose a lightning talk or breakout session/www.ecuad.ca/about/visit/parking-transit Emily Carr Campus Location, Parking, Transit, Contact page].
=== 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 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, Code4Lib BC is a great opportunity to share with the community - [https://goo.gl/forms/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 let us know about it]!
* '''What's included''': wifi, powera room, coffee/snackstea, wifi, power
* '''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, lunch (on-campus options [http://www.food.ubc.ca/feed-me/ here] and [http://www.ams.ubc.ca/foodanddrink/ here]), your ideas and enthusiasm.
* '''Socials 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.
=== Program ===If you need help with funding your attendance, you can [https://forms.gle/Y6ZcWyXihBowrdndA request a bursary] by October 3, 2025.
Here's a partial list of talks ===Lightning Talk and breakout sessions that have already been confirmed for this year's unconference. There are more to come - watch this space!Breakout Session Ideas===
==== Lightning Talks ====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.
* MediaConch, video format validation for Archivematica (Sarah Romkey)* TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade (Holly Hendrigan)* A Coal Miner’s History[https: Mapping Digitized Audio Interviews (Daniel Sifton)* simple library apps with Google Apps Scripts (Terry Brady)* Defining Projects using Gherkin Syntax (Sara Allain)* UX design on research data site (Jessica Gallinger)* Islandora On This Day module (Mark Jordan)* Provincial Digital Library update (Daniel Sifton/Caroline Daniels)* ElasticSearch API: Using Aggregation Queries to Do Cool Stuff (Schuyler Lindberg)* Introduction to Docker (James Fournie)* Web Analytics with Piwik (Jonathan Schatz)* Getting Things Done: Understanding and Analyzing Workflow (Cynthia Ng)/forms.gle/DEkDVn1rT35bdRj87 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea]
==== ''Breakout Sessions ====Session Ideas''* Struggling Through Burnout (esp in IT); Getting Our DIY Ethic Back (Daniel Lerch)* GenAI Critical Literacy workshop demo + discussion (Michelle Ng) (20 person limit)* Knowledge management and M365/SP migration headaches (Michelle Ng)* Protecting website content created by libraries and server resources from Gen AI (Desy Wahyuni)
* Intro to SQL ===Food=== Coffee/tea and light snacks (Alex Garnettthink: pastries, granola bars, fruit)will be available at the venue. 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====* Awesome Excel tips (Trevor Smith)ECU's Caf - on campus* PDL technologies Up Close (Daniel Sifton)Nemesis coffee - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/MLD3mahZS29Z6bYMA 555 Great Northern Wy]* FOLIO Kafka’s Coffee Roasting and Bakery - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/y5KRY7wp8nHVHqpG8 577 Great Northern Wy]* Kranky Cafe in Mount Pleasant - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/c5zutNWHf9XiESsx7 228 E 4th Ave]* Tim Hortons - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/k78BjheVVKBFtxCR6 889 Great Northern Wy]* L'Atelier Patisserie - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/K79rrCYwFWdJx2rz9 599 E Broadway] (Andrew Nagy15 min. walk) ====Meals====* reSearcher and project sustainabilitySteve's Poké Bar - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/DBDWoY4T5xZCTV656 891 Great Northern Wy]* Intro to Git and GitHub for libraries (Sara AllainRotating Food Trucks - [https:/Mark Jordan/maps.app.goo.gl/FDeCRQk9R3wEyKcdA 577 Carolina St.]* ECU Ramen bar - on campus, level 1 near the east exit* Chai Wagon - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/FXfday9yK4aCMgyE6 196 E 2nd Ave] (12 min. walk)* Using Islandora for Publishing XML ECU Caf, Nemesis, Kafka's, and Kranky cafe also have lunch food* [https://vancouversoupcompany.com/ Vancouver Soup Company] - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/8ehwmwD1NoogsMR47 292 E 1st Ave] (Michael Joyce9 min. walk)
=== Schedule ===
'''''Please note that all times are PT (Vancouver, Canada).'''''  ==== Day 1 : Thursday, December 1 October 16 ==== 
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcementsand announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning TalksIcebreaker activity
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| 109:30 || Coffee breakLightning talks* Remember When We Were Excited About Virtual Worlds? Let’s Try That Again - James Fournie* Sustainable Local Development; or, Two PHP Scripts in a Trench Coat - John Durno* User Experience: Case study plus discussion of a planned BCLA interest group - Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin* [https://cynthiang.ca/2025/10/16/presentation-how-to-stay-web-accessible-applying-wcag-2-1-2-2/ Making the Web Accessible: Putting WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 into Practice] - Cynthia Ng
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| 10:45 30 || Lightning Talks, cont'dBreak
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| 1110:30 45 || Lunch Lightning talks (On Your Owncontinued)* Challenges of Identity and Access Management Policies and Documentation - Caitlin Lindsay * Manipulating MARC: Indigenous Cataloguing Beyond the Standards - Taya Jardine & Christina Needham* Developing introductory, interactive workshop modules on GenAI Critical Literacy - Michelle Ng
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| 11:45 || ECU campus tour / Lunch!|-| 1:00 15 || Breakout Sessionssessions * Manipulating MARC (redux) - facilitators: Taya Jardine & Christina Needham* Digital sovereignty, the surveillance state, & protection of privacy - facilitator: John Durno* Cookin' with VR - facilitator: James Fournie 
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| 2:30 || Break
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| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'dsessions (continued)* UX breakout! - facilitators: Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin* Are all the ULs hanging out without us? Consortial LSP planning and rumours - facilitator: Tamarack Hockin
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| 4:00 || Breakout Reportsreports
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| 5:00 || Social Eventevent at Red Truck Beer Company [https://maps.app.goo.gl/VH93xQZ1nJzvziBZ8 295 E 1st Ave]
|}
==== Day 2 : Friday, December 2 October 17 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 89:30 00 || Doors openWelcome and announcements
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| 9:00 15 || AnnouncementsLightning talks* Transforming Unstructured Data in a Knowledge Base: Exploring the Potential of RAG and LLMs at SFU Library - Ian Song* Consent Not Required: (AI) Technology as Connection - Coco Chen & Rebecca Ardron* Building AI Literacy in the Public Library - Jaclyn Fong* Defending Library Services Against AI Scrapers - Scott Leslie
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| 910:15 30 || Lightning TalksBreak
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| 1011:30 00 || Coffee breakLightning talks (continued)* Working with APIs: Flows and Runner in Postman - Olga Kalachinskaya* [https://github.com/telezoic/SuperDuperPDF/blob/main/superduperPDF.pdf Bulk DOI generation in DSpace with the Super-Duper-App!] - Daniel Sifton* Building an assignment planner on Playlab - Joyce Wong
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| 1011:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'dLunch
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| 121:00 || Lunch (On Your Own)Breakout sessions|* Finalized day-| 1of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https:00 || Breakout Sessions//docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP7AZMzRzI_sLUnaLJ9mu0gvayJ0gU2mnScjMPvlQ9DFfCZw/viewform?usp=header submit your own].
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| 2:30 || Break
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| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'dsessions (continued)|* Finalized day-| 4of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https:00 || Breakout Reports//docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP7AZMzRzI_sLUnaLJ9mu0gvayJ0gU2mnScjMPvlQ9DFfCZw/viewform?usp=header submit your own].
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| 4:30 00 || End of DayBreakout session reports / Who wants to host Code4Lib BC 2026?
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=== Organizers Sponsors ===
We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative]. === 2025 Organizers === * Cynthia Ng* Dan Lerch* Daniel Sifton* Sara AllainGeorge Villavicencio * Jeff DavisHillary Webb
* James Fournie
* Janis McKenzie
* Michel Castagné
* Michelle Ng
* Rebecca Dickson
* Scott Leslie
* Tamarack Hockin
* Mark Jordan* Paul Joseph* Cynthia Ng Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.Trevor Smith
= '''Past Events''' =
See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.
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