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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's Guide].
== '''Sixth Annual Code4lib Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 20182025''' ==
=== 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.
===Accommodations=Meals==== The * Steve's Poké Bar - [https://wwwmaps.coasthotelsapp.comgoo.gl/hotelsDBDWoY4T5xZCTV656 891 Great Northern Wy]* Rotating Food Trucks - [https:/bc/nanaimomaps.app.goo.gl/coastFDeCRQk9R3wEyKcdA 577 Carolina St.]* ECU Ramen bar -bastionon campus, level 1 near the east exit* Chai Wagon -hotel[https:/ Coast Bastion Hotel/maps.app.goo.gl/FXfday9yK4aCMgyE6 196 E 2nd Ave] has reserved a block of 10 rooms per night at the government rate (Nov 28/2912 min. walk) Guests can call 800-663-1144 and quote “Code4Lib” or group code CBI-GFC18933 to book under the block. This block will be held until October 29th* ECU Caf, any remaining rooms will be sent back to general inventory. After thatNemesis, guests can still book under the blockKafka's, but based on general availability. and Kranky cafe also have lunch food*Comfort Rooms – 2 beds $117[https://vancouversoupcompany.00*Superior Rooms – 2 Bed or 1 Queen bed $127.00*Premium Rooms – 1 King bed $137.00 Other accommodation options can be found com/ Vancouver Soup Company] - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/aSm4MQ here.8ehwmwD1NoogsMR47 292 E 1st Ave](9 min. walk)
=== Schedule ===
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| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcementsand announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talks * [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UhJWHKf15ZX7fbH1k3odpQ7J-QTrmbepvKefCBXBSMA/edit?usp=sharing Code4libBC: What's an Unconference] (redux) - Cynthia Ng* The Art of the Kludge - Julie Cole* Using LibAnswers as an e-resource management and ticketing system - Patricia Pang* Breaking Down the IT Silo - Jeff Narver* The Never-Ending Wrangle: enabling fulltext search in Supplejack - Daniel SiftonIcebreaker 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* Children's Coding Gadgets and Early Literacy Skill Development - Code-a-Pillar, Osmo, and Sphero - Caitlin Ottenbreit* Open to change: Migrating to Evergreen - James Fournie / Gwenda Bryan / Dan Sifton / Geoffrey Allen* Digitization challenges for small organizations - Christine Meutzner* Weeding Reports - Trevor Smith* [http://webapp.library.uvic.ca/jdurno/durnos_old_computers_c4lbc_20181128.pdf Retro-computing collection at UVic Libraries] - John DurnoBreak
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| 1210:00 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 Sessions sessions * Hosting Code4libBC Manipulating MARC (redux) - Cynthia Ng, Daniel Sifton . . . facilitators: Taya Jardine & Christina Needham* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XuxxL6arEcpAzDWnGKTNC7xBH881-DqOSAkuJT_aXW8/edit?usp=sharing Web Archiving Community Digital sovereignty, the surveillance state, & protection of Practice] privacy - Dana McFarland / Larissa Ringhamfacilitator: John Durno* Cookin' with VR - facilitator: James Fournie
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| 2:30 || Break
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| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd sessions (continued)*Excel for Librarians UX breakout! - Trevor Smithfacilitators: Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin*Creativity Commons: Open House Are all the ULs hanging out without us? Consortial LSP planning and rumours - Jason/Jonathan Bigalowfacilitator: Tamarack Hockin
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| 4:00 || 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.com/ Mambo Pizza]* [https://goo.gl/6MM7vv DirectionsVH93xQZ1nJzvziBZ8 295 E 1st Ave] from VIRL to White Sails
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==== Day 2 : Friday, October 17 ====Events will be held at [https://www2.viu.ca/map/ VIU's Building 305, Room 507] 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. Parking: Closest is Lot N; some spaces in Lots F & C are short-term; [https://www2.viu.ca/facilities/Campus_Development/Site%20Map%20and%20Info/Site%20Map%20BARRIER%20FREE%20ROUTES%20Nanaimo%20Campus.pdf VIU Parking Map]
{| 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* Sets with Tommy and Gina : Curation and selection in Supplejack - Daniel Sifton* Integrating Point of Sale with your ILS - Philippe Lajoie* Advocacy & Digital Licensing - Emily Mathews* Legislative Library Tools to Capture Video/Website - Charles Hogg* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18Ohz2bDcVr0FvKppD3q-oh6AjS6f3_mPES1mRF4Iww8/edit?usp=sharingWagtail CMS (built on django/python), my experiences getting out of the drupal/wordpress paradigm] - Dan LerchBreak
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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 * Patron Counters - James Fournie* Attack of the webforms! - Paul Burry* ILS cloud migration - Olga Kalachinskaya* TBA - Calvin Mah* Cries for help / Tales of fails Lunch
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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) - Mike Sinclair* Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https://docs.google.com/documentforms/d/1LyL5AlPTTMW2YMT6-YG2p4iSiYQBA76RFwnH9h3wIyYe/edit1FAIpQLSeP7AZMzRzI_sLUnaLJ9mu0gvayJ0gU2mnScjMPvlQ9DFfCZw/viewform?usp=sharing All the DOCsheader submit your own]: Documentation and workflows - Cynthia Ng / Tamarack Hockin* Wordpress nightmare - Allison Trumble -->|-| 4:00 || Breakout Reports|-| 5:00 ||Meet up somewhere for drinks <!-- at [http://dev-viusu.pantheonsite.io/students-union-pub/ VIU Student Pub] -->
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| 4:00 || Breakout session reports / Who wants to host Code4Lib BC 2026?
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==== Feedback =Sponsors ===
=== 2025 Organizers ===
* Cynthia Ng
* Dan Lerch
* Daniel Sifton
* Dana McFarlandGeorge Villavicencio * Ben Hyman* Jason Kuffler* Charles Hogg* Paris CarrHillary Webb
* James Fournie
* Cynthia Janis McKenzie* Michel Castagné* Michelle Ng* Rebecca Dickson* Scott Leslie
* Tamarack Hockin
* Allison Trumble* Geoffrey Allen 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.
