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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'''Fifth Annual Code4lib BC Unconference 2017''' ==s Guide].
== '''Save the dates!Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 2025'''* Thursday, 30 November and Friday, 1 December, 2017==
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/wDsSfdrZwAJyEYLb6 Map to get there], Rennie Hall (inside the front entrance). For more information on transit and parking, please check the [https://www.eventbriteecuad.ca/eabout/2017visit/parking-code4libbc-unconference-vancouver-island-tickets-37762407377 Registration is now open!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.
* '''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.
* '''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.
===AccommodationsFood===The Coast Bastion Hotel offered Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: 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 discount for early bookingsfew recommendations below. But if If youhave dietary restrictions/preferences, feel free to ask for specific suggestions! ====Coffee & baked goods====* ECU're reading this after Oct 30th the discount has elapseds Caf - on campus* Nemesis coffee - [https://maps. Other options can be found app.goo.gl/MLD3mahZS29Z6bYMA 555 Great Northern Wy]* Kafka’s Coffee Roasting and Bakery - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/aSm4MQ herey5KRY7wp8nHVHqpG8 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] (15 min. walk) ====Meals====* Steve's Poké Bar - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/DBDWoY4T5xZCTV656 891 Great Northern Wy]* Rotating Food Trucks - [https://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)* 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] (9 min. walk)
=== Schedule ===
'''''Please note that all times are PT (Vancouver, Canada).''''' ==== Day 1 : Thursday, 30 November October 16 ====Events will be held at [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Vancouver+Island+Regional+Library/@49.1655907,-123.9386119,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5488a15814a89c2b:0xa00f9e80da1f7296!8m2!3d49.1655907!4d-123.9364232 VIRL's Harbourfront library branch].
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcementsand announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talks* Code4lib/BC: What's it all about - Cynthia Ng* Canadian Federated Data Repository - Alex Garnett* Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful - Trevor SmithIcebreaker 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'd* Restoring an interactive videotex art exhibition from the mid-1980s - John Durno* I.T. things at FVRL: Sphero/Spark robots, Green Screens and VR Experience - Traci Monchamp / Lewsi Vacek / Tamarack HockinBreak
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| 1110:30 45 || Lunch Lightning talks (Providedcontinued)* 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 * GODOT has left the building Manipulating MARC (redux) - facilitators: Taya Jardine & Christina Needham* Digital sovereignty, the CUFTS/GODOT end surveillance state, & protection of life debrief for everybodyprivacy - Maryann Kempthornefacilitator: John Durno* I.T. things at FVRL: Sphero/Spark robots, Green Screen . . .(expanded) Cookin' with VR - Traci Monchamp / Lewis Vacek / Tamarack Hockin facilitator: James Fournie
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| 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* Web ArchivingUX breakout! - facilitators: Coordinating efforts, sharing best practices Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin* Are all the ULs hanging out without us? Consortial LSP planning and rumours - Dana McFarlandfacilitator: Tamarack Hockin
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| 4:15 00 || Breakout Reportsreports
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| 5:00 || Social Event event at Red Truck Beer Company [httphttps://whitesailsbrewingmaps.com/ White Sails Brewery] with pizza from [http://mambogourmetpizzaapp.goo.comgl/ Mambo PizzaVH93xQZ1nJzvziBZ8 295 E 1st Ave]
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==== Day 2 : Friday, 1 December October 17 ====Events will be held at [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Vancouver+Island+University/@49.1575093,-123.9674261,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5488a3ed204a06ef:0x62f26560f569d288!8m2!3d49.157362!4d-123.96189 VIU's Building 355, Room 211] 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.
{| 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 Talks* Supplejack Triclops Architecture - Daniel Sifton* Opens source, open access, open data - Maryann Kempthorne* Linking video and audio in the Hansard - David Kerr / David TurnerBreak
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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'd* Using Islandora to centralize access to distributed content - Mark Jordan * Systems Projects in Special Libraries - Charles HoggLunch
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| 2:30 || Break
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| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd* Linking video and audio in the Hansard sessions (Expanded/Discussioncontinued) - David Kerr / David Turner|* Finalized day-| 4:00 || Breakout Reports|-| 4:30 || End of Day|-| 5:00 || Meet up at based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [httphttps://dev-viusudocs.pantheonsitegoogle.iocom/students-union-pubforms/ VIU Student Pubd/e/1FAIpQLSeP7AZMzRzI_sLUnaLJ9mu0gvayJ0gU2mnScjMPvlQ9DFfCZw/viewform?usp=header submit your own].
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| 4:00 || Breakout 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
* Dana McFarlandGeorge Villavicencio * Ben Hyman* Geoffrey Allen* Charles Hogg* Paris CarrHillary Webb
* James Fournie
* Cynthia Janis McKenzie* Michel Castagné* Michelle Ng* Rebecca Dickson* Scott Leslie
* Tamarack Hockin
* Corey Davis 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.