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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.
* UpdateThursday, 16 October and Friday, 17 October* [https: We are //www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-code4lib-bc-unconference-registration-1677528636309/ Register now sold out!]
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 Emily Carr. Location: Emily Carr Universityof Art and Design, 520 E 1st Ave. The Thursday events will be held at [https://maps.app.goo.gl/wDsSfdrZwAJyEYLb6 Map to get there], Rennie Hall (inside the West Vancouver Memorial Libraryfront entrance). Friday's activities will be held at Capilano University's main campusFor more information on transit and parking, please check the [https://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.
* '''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.
* '''Socials 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.
If you need help with funding your attendance, you can [https://forms.gle/Y6ZcWyXihBowrdndA request a bursary] by October 3, 2025.
===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
''Breakout Session Ideas''* [https: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//docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16sFCWjhFYeiaGqU5BrFMEdEQVN7sORthMmnuQsWfVO8/edit?usp=sharing See what's already been submitted]SP migration headaches (Michelle Ng)* Protecting website content created by libraries and server resources from Gen AI (Desy Wahyuni)
===Food/Transportation===
====Coffee & baked goods====* ECU's Caf - on campus* Nemesis coffee - [https://wwwmaps.capilanouapp.cagoo.gl/aboutMLD3mahZS29Z6bYMA 555 Great Northern Wy]* Kafka’s Coffee Roasting and Bakery -capu[https:/get-to-know-us/our-campusesmaps.app.goo.gl/capu-main-campus/ Directions to Capilano Universityy5KRY7wp8nHVHqpG8 577 Great Northern Wy], * Kranky Cafe in Mount Pleasant - [https://wwwmaps.capilanouapp.cagoo.gl/aboutc5zutNWHf9XiESsx7 228 E 4th Ave]* Tim Hortons -capu[https:/get-to-know-us/our-campusesmaps.app.goo.gl/parking-services/ Parking Services websitek78BjheVVKBFtxCR6 889 Great Northern Wy] or * L'Atelier Patisserie - [https://gmaps.pageapp.goo.gl/CapULibrary?share Google MapsK79rrCYwFWdJx2rz9 599 E Broadway](15 min. walk)
===Accommodations=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)
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| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Icebreaker activity|-| 9:30 || Lightning 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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| 10:30 || Break
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| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)
* 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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| 1211:00 45 || ECU campus tour / Lunch (provided)!
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| 1:00 15 || Breakout sessions * 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 (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 reports
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| 5:00 || Social event* at Red Truck Beer Company [https://maps.app.goo.gl/maps/6KsoUh8XsAXp6ABm8 mahony | Burrard LandingVH93xQZ1nJzvziBZ8 295 E 1st Ave]* Karaoke after?
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==== Day 2 : Friday, October 17 ====
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| 9:15 || Lightning 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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| 10:30 || Break
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| 1011:45 00 || Lightning 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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| 1211:00 45 || Lunch (provided)
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| 1:00 || Breakout sessions
* * Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https://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 (continued)
* * Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP7AZMzRzI_sLUnaLJ9mu0gvayJ0gU2mnScjMPvlQ9DFfCZw/viewform?usp=header submit your own].
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| 4:00 || Breakout session reports|-| 5:00 ||Social event* [https://goo.gl/maps/K4xetNSFzyVKB1cv5 Coach House Lounge]Who wants to host Code4Lib BC 2026?
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=== Sponsors ===
* Michel Castagné
* Glen GreenlyMichelle Ng* Maryann KempthorneRebecca Dickson* Patricia LeskuScott Leslie* Jennifer O'DonnellTamarack Hockin* Fiacre O'Duinn* Rebecca Slaven* Andrea Tartaglio 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.