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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.
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[[File:C4l north logo.png|thumbnail|Code4Lib North Logo]]
  
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You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in #c4lbc.
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Welcome to the home of the Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib].  Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.
  
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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].
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==Code4Lib North: The.... Eleventh? McMaster University, December 3-4, 2025==
  
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== '''Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 2025''' ==
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Oh yeah, we're back all right and we've missed you. The 2025 Code4Lib North meeting will be held at the [https://scds.ca The McMaster Sherman Centre]. Probably around 9:30am again.
  
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* Thursday, 16 October and Friday, 17 October
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[https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.262680900000,-79.917828000000 Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship<br />Mills Memorial Library<br />1280 Main St. W.<br />Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6]
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* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-code4lib-bc-unconference-registration-1677528636309/ Register now]
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This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by Emily Carr.
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==Register==
  
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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).
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[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/code4lib-north-2025-tickets-1788089386489?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is available through Eventbrite.]
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For 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].  
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=== What's it all about? ===
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We will be observing the Code4Lib [https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md Code of Conduct].
  
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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.
 
  
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This year’s event will feature lightning talks and breakout sessions. Lightning talks are brief, 10-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. 
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===Schedule===
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''Subject to change''
  
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* '''What's included''': a room, coffee/tea, wifi, power
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! Wednesday December 3
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! Thursday December 4
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| 10:00-10:30
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| Doors open, coffee/snacks
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| Doors open, coffee/snacks
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| 10:30-12:00
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| Opening Remarks  10
  
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* '''What to bring''': your ideas and enthusiasm.
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''Morning Break''
  
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* '''Socials Hashtag''': `#c4lbc`
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|12:00-13:30
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| LUNCH
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| LUNCH
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* '''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.
 
  
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If you need help with funding your attendance, you can [https://forms.gle/Y6ZcWyXihBowrdndA request a bursary] by October 3, 2025.
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====Talk Sign Up====
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Code4Lib North is a great opportunity to talk about anything you are working on or pondering about. It can be as short as a 5 min lightning talk to just throw out some ideas or up to a 30 min talk on whatever you like
  
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===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
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<! -- Below is a sample for formatting. When you sign up, please feel free to delete it -->
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| Erin Moorhead || Rogue Data: Wielding Open Data to Assess Your Institution’s Research Outputs || 15 minutes ||
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| Sam Popowich || emacs! || 20 minutes || @redlibrarian@mastodon.social
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| J. Random Librarian || Why Books are the Best Ever OK || 10 minutes || @jrandom@hell.site
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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.
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==Code4Lib North: the Tenth. McMaster University.  May 30-31, 2019==
  
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[https://forms.gle/DEkDVn1rT35bdRj87 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea]
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The 2019 Code4Lib North meeting will be held at [https://scds.ca/ the McMaster Sherman Centre]. We'll begin each day at a suitable time, like 9:30 am.
  
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''Breakout Session Ideas''
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[https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.262680900000,-79.917828000000 Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship<br />Mills Memorial Library<br />1280 Main St. W.<br />Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6]
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* Struggling Through Burnout (esp in IT); Getting Our DIY Ethic Back (Daniel Lerch)
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* GenAI Critical Literacy workshop demo + discussion (Michelle Ng) (20 person limit)
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* Knowledge management and M365/SP migration headaches (Michelle Ng)
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* Protecting website content created by libraries and server resources from Gen AI (Desy Wahyuni)
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===Food===
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===Register===
  
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Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries, granola bars, fruit) will be available at the venue.
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[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/code4lib-north-2019-tickets-59046220836 Registration is available through Eventbrite.]
  
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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!
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|- 12:00 - 13:30
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| LUNCH
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====Coffee & baked goods====
 
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* ECU's Caf - on campus
 
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* Nemesis coffee - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/MLD3mahZS29Z6bYMA 555 Great Northern Wy]
 
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* Kafka’s Coffee Roasting and Bakery - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/y5KRY7wp8nHVHqpG8 577 Great Northern Wy]
 
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* Kranky Cafe in Mount Pleasant - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/c5zutNWHf9XiESsx7 228 E 4th Ave]
 
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* Tim Hortons - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/k78BjheVVKBFtxCR6 889 Great Northern Wy]
 
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* L'Atelier Patisserie - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/K79rrCYwFWdJx2rz9 599 E Broadway] (15 min. walk)
 
  
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====Meals====
 
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* Steve's Poké Bar - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/DBDWoY4T5xZCTV656 891 Great Northern Wy]
 
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* Rotating Food Trucks - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/FDeCRQk9R3wEyKcdA 577 Carolina St.]
 
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* ECU Ramen bar - on campus, level 1 near the east exit
 
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* Chai Wagon - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/FXfday9yK4aCMgyE6 196 E 2nd Ave] (12 min. walk)
 
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* ECU Caf, Nemesis, Kafka's, and Kranky cafe also have lunch food
 
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* [https://vancouversoupcompany.com/ Vancouver Soup Company] - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/8ehwmwD1NoogsMR47 292 E 1st Ave] (9  min. walk)
 
  
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=== Schedule ===
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===Schedule===
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''Subject to change''
  
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'''''Please note that all times are PT (Vancouver, Canada).'''''
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! Thursday May 30
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! Friday May 31
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| 10:00-10:30
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| Doors open, coffee/snacks
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| Doors open, coffee/snacks
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| 10:30-12:00
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| Opening Remarks  10
  
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==== Day 1 : Thursday, October 16 ====
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Learning R for data analysis with the Ontario Sunshine List dataset (John F.) 15
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Building a successful documentation initiative (Kaitlin N.) [[https://slides.com/librarypixels/docs Slides]]  15
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''Morning break ''
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Quick tricks to make your images look good (Thomas G.)  10
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| Day 1 Hackfest/Discussion Recaps  10
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Beyond Alt-Text: Trends in Online Accessibility (Ian F.) [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zxev0a2ohy1h3t/Code4Lib%20North%20-%20Beyond%20Alt-Text%20-%20Trends%20in%20Online%20Accessibility.pdf?dl=0 Slides]] 45
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Why Vue.JS (Rachel W.) [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14xDy2ylz0JoNm4n8hV2ApfH-dtEUwy7Wq96OnRJpTkI/edit?usp=sharing Slides]] 15
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Balancing centralized project commitments with local priorities (Cameron M.) [[https://wiki.code4lib.org/images/8/82/Code4libNorth2019-CMetcalf.pdf Slides]] 10
  
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| 8:30 || Venue opens
 
 
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| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
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| 12:00-13:30
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| LUNCH
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| LUNCH
 
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| 9:15 || Icebreaker activity
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| 13:30-14:00
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| Cluster Computing for Humans -OR- Have you heard of this HPCPack? (Tim R.) [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jr18eiRO5nseSEz_Dtk8ofnlm1MyI2rTZblRWs2a0MY/edit#slide=id.p Slides]]
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| Lightning Talks (PowerBI & Jupyter notebooks - Tim R., PyMarc - John D. [[https://slides.com/jdingle/c4l19n Slides]])
 
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| 9:30 || Lightning talks
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| 14:00-15:00
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* Remember When We Were Excited About Virtual Worlds? Let’s Try That Again - James Fournie
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| Hackfest and group discussions
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* Sustainable Local Development; or, Two PHP Scripts in a Trench Coat - John Durno
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| Hackfest and group discussions
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* User Experience: Case study plus discussion of a planned BCLA interest group - Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin
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* 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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| 15:00-15:15
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| ''Afternoon break''
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| ''Afternoon break''
 
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| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)
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| 15:15-16:30
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* Challenges of Identity and Access Management Policies and Documentation - Caitlin Lindsay
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| Hackfest and group discussions continue
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* Manipulating MARC: Indigenous Cataloguing Beyond the Standards - Taya Jardine & Christina Needham
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| Hackfest and group discussions continue
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* Developing introductory, interactive workshop modules on GenAI Critical Literacy - Michelle Ng
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16:15 - Wrap-up and closing remarks
 
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| 11:45 || ECU campus tour / Lunch!
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| 17:30
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| Social - [https://www.meritbrewing.ca/ MERIT Brewing], [https://goo.gl/maps/gHPqJHqCgEw3qA568 107 James St N.]
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| 1:15 || Breakout sessions
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* Manipulating MARC (redux) - facilitators: Taya Jardine & Christina Needham
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* Digital sovereignty, the surveillance state, & protection of privacy  - facilitator: John Durno
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* Cookin' with VR - facilitator: James Fournie
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====Talk Sign Up====
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Code4Lib North is a great opportunity to talk about anything you are working on or pondering about.  It can be as short as a 5 min lightning talk to just throw out some ideas or up to a 30 min talk on whatever you like
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{| class="wikitable"
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! scope="col" | '''Topic'''
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! scope="col" | '''Time (5 Min - 30 min)'''
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! scope="col" | '''Way to contact&#42; (twitter, email, etc.)'''
 
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| 2:30 || Break
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| Kaitlin Newson || Building a successful documentation initiative || 15 minutes || @kaitlinnewson
 
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| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)
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| Tim Ribaric || Cluster Computing for Humans? || 20 minutes || @elibtronic tribaric@brocku.ca
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* UX breakout! - facilitators: Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin
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* 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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| Sarah Romkey || How we Github: a journey || 15 minutes || @ArchivesSarah sromkey@artefactual.com
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| Rachel Wang || Why Vue.js? || 10 - 15 minutes || @rwangca
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|Thomas Guignard || Quick tricks to make your images look good || 10 minutes || @timtomch tom@timtom.ca
 
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| 5:00 || Social event at Red Truck Beer Company [https://maps.app.goo.gl/VH93xQZ1nJzvziBZ8 295 E 1st Ave]
 
 
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==== Day 2 : Friday, October 17 ====
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&#42; Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions.  Feel free to [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info contact us instead] if you don't want to enter anything here.
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====Hackfest & Group Discussion Ideas====
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We will spend some time running HackFest & Breakout Discussions. Add your ideas here.
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|Thomas Guignard || Update the [https://github.com/librarycarpentry/lc-webscraping/ Library Carpentry Web Scraping lesson] as part of the [https://librarycarpentry.org/blog/2019/03/lc-mozilla-global-sprint/ Library Carpentry global sprint] || [https://twitter.com/timtomch @timtomch], [mailto:tom@timtom.ca tom@timtom.ca]
 
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|Kaitlin Newson || Create a "Hosting Code4Lib North" page for the wiki || [https://twitter.com/kaitlinnewson @kaitlinnewson]
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* Transforming Unstructured Data in a Knowledge Base: Exploring the Potential of RAG and LLMs at SFU Library - Ian Song
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* Consent Not Required: (AI) Technology as Connection - Coco Chen & Rebecca Ardron
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* Building AI Literacy in the Public Library - Jaclyn Fong
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* Defending Library Services Against AI Scrapers - Scott Leslie
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&#42; Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions.  Feel free to [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info contact us instead] if you don't want to enter anything here.
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====Socials & things to do besides c4l====
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* There will likely be a conference social on Thursday night, details TBA.
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===Twitter===
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*Hashtag: [http://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23c4ln19 #c4ln19]
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===Slack===
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* Join the #code4lib channel on the [https://code4lib.slack.com code4lib slack]
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* Instructions to join the code4lib slack are found [https://code4lib.org/irc here]
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===VIA Rail discount===
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Code4lib North attendees can enjoy a 10% discount when traveling with VIA Rail. Use the information below when booking your tickets. Please note that VIA Rail has no service to Hamilton, attendees will need to transfer to GO Transit in Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto. The discount only applies to the portion of the trip operated by VIA Rail. GO Transit does not offer conference discounts :( If you have a Presto card, you can use it to pay for your GO Transit fare.
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'''Discount code:''' 13938
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'''Instructions:''' Log in or create a profile on the VIA Rail reservation system prior to booking. On the Passenger information screen, select "Convention fare" from the “Discount Type” drop-down menu, and enter the discount code above for your convention or event in the “Discount code” field. The conference fare will be shown on the next page.
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'''Discount:''' 10% off the best available fare in Economy, Economy Plus, Business, Business Plus, Sleeper class. "Subject to the conditions and restrictions of the fare plan to which the additional discount is being applied." Discount does not apply in any Escape fares and Prestige Class.
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'''Valid:''' May 28th, 2019 to June 2nd, 2019 from all stations throughout the VIA system to Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto, Ontario and return.
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'''Restrictions:''' Fare applies to a maximum of two passengers per booking. One complimentary stopover is allowed at no additional charge. For travel on all fare plans in Business class, the first stopover is allowed at no additional charge, provided that this stopover takes place in Toronto, Montréal or Ottawa only.
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===Contact===
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Questions and/or concerns? Please contact [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info Kaitlin Newson].
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===Sponsors===
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Code4Lib North would like to thank McMaster University for providing space for this meeting.
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==Code4Lib North Past Events==
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To see past Code4Lib North events, go to [https://wiki.code4lib.org/North/Past_Events the past events page].
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==Code4lib North Meetups in Toronto==
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Status: Active
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'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Toronto, Ontario. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa group)<br>
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'''Meetup Group:''' [http://meetup.com/code4libtoronto/ code4lib toronto]
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'''Website & Blog:''' [https://code4libtoronto.github.io/ code4libtoronto.github.io]
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'''Mailing List:''' code4libtoronto-list@meetup.com
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'''Hashtag:''' #code4libTO also used: the general #code4lib
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===Past Meetups===
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The first meetup was a simple social meetup on June 21, 2012. The idea is that other meetups will have presentations/talks to be had either before or during.
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August 14, 2012 - [http://cynng.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/code4lib-cool-tool-day/ Cool Tool Day]
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December 13, 2012 - [http://wp.me/pHQ83-rb Talk Notes]
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April 19, 2013 - session to encourage collaborative talks/presentations/hackfest ideas
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== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==
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'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario
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code4lib Ottawa meetups are now organized using Meetup.com. [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Sign up] to be informed of upcoming meetings.
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Keep an eye on the [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Meetup] page for further details.
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===Past Meetups===
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The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:
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'''Tuesday October 7th, 2014'''
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* Mark Baker - Principal Architect at Zepheira provided a brief overview of some of Zepheira’s BibFrame tools in development.
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* Jennifer Whitney - Systems Librarian at MacOdrum Library presented OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) – a neat and powerful tool for cleaning up messy data.
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* Sarah Simpkin, GIS and Geography Librarian & Catherine McGoveran, Government Information Librarian (both from UOttawa Library) - presented on a recent UOttawa sponsored Open Data Hackfest as well as to introduce you to Open Data Ottawa.
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'''Location:''' MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Ottawa, ON ([https://www.google.ca/maps/place/1125+Colonel+By+Dr,+Carleton+University,+Ottawa,+ON+K1S+5R1/@45.3835317,-75.6975174,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cce067662eae8cf:0x9cd8d41fd34473d1 map])
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'''April 30, 2013 - Meet, and share your favourite Library technology'''
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'''June 13, 2012 - Lightning Talks'''
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| '''Devin Crawley''' from the Ottawa Public Library gave us a quick preview of the API to their BiblioCommons catalogue. The API will be publicly available this fall.
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* Working with APIs: Flows and Runner in Postman - Olga Kalachinskaya
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* Bulk DOI generation in DSpace with the Super-Duper-App! - Daniel Sifton
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* Building an assignment planner on Playlab - Joyce Wong
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| '''William Wueppelmann''' talked about what's going on at Canadiana.org and how they host and manage their huge digital collection and their efforts to achieve certification as a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR).
 
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| '''[[User:Bethmaru|Mary Beth Baker]]''' spoke about the [[North/Possible Collaborators Ottawa|local tech scene in Ottawa]] and got us to consider the potential for collaboration with other groups.
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* 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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'''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''
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| [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://social-biblio.ca/ Social-biblio.ca] : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
 
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| [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] and [http://twitter.com/bethmaru Mary Beth Baker] are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
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* 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 / Who wants to host Code4Lib BC 2026?
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| [http://twitter.com/warlayton Warren Layton] || A quick demo of [http://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/ LibraryBox], a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
 
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=== Sponsors ===
 
  
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We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative].
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==Code4lib North Meetups in Montreal==
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'''Status''': Active
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'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Montreal, Quebec. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa and Toronto groups)<br>
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'''For more information:''' Please email Clara Turp (clara.turp@mcgill.ca) for more information.
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'''Slack Channel and Hashtag:''' #code4lib-mtl
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'''Wiki page:''' [[Code4Lib_Montreal]] - check here for upcoming or past meeting information.
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== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==
  
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=== 2025 Organizers ===
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Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:
  
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* Cynthia Ng
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* [https://ernieejo.github.io/ Erin Johnson], [https://www.lib.uwo.ca/ Western Libraries]
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* Dan Lerch
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* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
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* Daniel Sifton
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* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
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* George Villavicencio
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* [http://www.miskatonic.org/ William Denton], York University
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* Hillary Webb
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* John Fink, McMaster University
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* James Fournie
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* [http://ruebot.net/ Nick Ruest], [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster University]
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* Janis McKenzie
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* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
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* Michel Castagné
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* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
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* Michelle Ng
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* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
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* Rebecca Dickson
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* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
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* Scott Leslie
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* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
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* Tamarack Hockin
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* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
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* Trevor Smith
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* John Fereira, Cornell University
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* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
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* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
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* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
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* Peter Schlumpf, [http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/ Avanti Library Systems]
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* Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
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* Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
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* Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
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* Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
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* Tim Ribaric, Brock University
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* Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
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* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
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* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
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* [http://pmlozeau.ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
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* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
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* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
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* [http://johnmiedema.ca John Miedema]
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* Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
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* Rob McDonald, Carleton University
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* Amy Buckland, McGill University
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* Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/[http://search.ourontario.ca OurOntario]
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* Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
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* Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
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* Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
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* [http://bethmaru.com Mary Beth Baker], CIC (Ottawa)
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* Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
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* Carol Serroul, CISTI
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* Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
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* Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
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* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
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* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
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* Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
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* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
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* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
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* [mailto:bobbi_fox@harvard.edu Bobbi Fox], Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
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* Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
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* Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
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* [http://twitter.com/alxp Alexander O'Neill], Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
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* Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
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* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
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* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
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* [http://alanharnum.ca Alan Harnum], Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University (Toronto ON)
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* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
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* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
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* Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
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* John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
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* Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
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* Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
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* Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
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* David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
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* Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
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* Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
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* Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
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* Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
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* Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
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* Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
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* [http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/avellino.html Andre Vellino], CISTI / University of Ottawa
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* [http://twitter.com/markswartz Mark Swartz], Queen's University
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* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
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* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
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* Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
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* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
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* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
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* Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
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* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
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* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
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* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
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* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
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* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
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* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries
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* Marc d'Avernas, Waterloo Region District School Board
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* Whitni Watkins, St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
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* Jess Whyte, University of Toronto
  
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= '''Past Events''' =
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==Mailing list==
  
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See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.
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Code4Lib North Logo

Welcome to the home of the Ontario/Canada chapter of Code4Lib. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.

Code4Lib North: The.... Eleventh? McMaster University, December 3-4, 2025

Oh yeah, we're back all right and we've missed you. The 2025 Code4Lib North meeting will be held at the The McMaster Sherman Centre. Probably around 9:30am again.

Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship
Mills Memorial Library
1280 Main St. W.
Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6

Register

Registration is available through Eventbrite.

We will be observing the Code4Lib Code of Conduct.


Schedule

Subject to change

Wednesday December 3 Thursday December 4
10:00-10:30 Doors open, coffee/snacks Doors open, coffee/snacks
10:30-12:00 Opening Remarks 10

Morning Break

12:00-13:30 LUNCH LUNCH


Talk Sign Up

Code4Lib North is a great opportunity to talk about anything you are working on or pondering about. It can be as short as a 5 min lightning talk to just throw out some ideas or up to a 30 min talk on whatever you like

Name Topic Time (5 Min - 30 min) Way to contact* (socials, email, etc.)

<! -- Below is a sample for formatting. When you sign up, please feel free to delete it -->

Erin Moorhead Rogue Data: Wielding Open Data to Assess Your Institution’s Research Outputs 15 minutes
Sam Popowich emacs! 20 minutes @redlibrarian@mastodon.social
J. Random Librarian Why Books are the Best Ever OK 10 minutes @jrandom@hell.site

Code4Lib North: the Tenth. McMaster University. May 30-31, 2019

The 2019 Code4Lib North meeting will be held at the McMaster Sherman Centre. We'll begin each day at a suitable time, like 9:30 am.

Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship
Mills Memorial Library
1280 Main St. W.
Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6

Register

Registration is available through Eventbrite.

|- 12:00 - 13:30 | LUNCH |-


Schedule

Subject to change

Thursday May 30 Friday May 31
10:00-10:30 Doors open, coffee/snacks Doors open, coffee/snacks
10:30-12:00 Opening Remarks 10

Learning R for data analysis with the Ontario Sunshine List dataset (John F.) 15

Building a successful documentation initiative (Kaitlin N.) [Slides] 15

Morning break

Quick tricks to make your images look good (Thomas G.) 10

Day 1 Hackfest/Discussion Recaps 10

Beyond Alt-Text: Trends in Online Accessibility (Ian F.) [Slides] 45

Why Vue.JS (Rachel W.) [Slides] 15

Balancing centralized project commitments with local priorities (Cameron M.) [Slides] 10

12:00-13:30 LUNCH LUNCH
13:30-14:00 Cluster Computing for Humans -OR- Have you heard of this HPCPack? (Tim R.) [Slides] Lightning Talks (PowerBI & Jupyter notebooks - Tim R., PyMarc - John D. [Slides])
14:00-15:00 Hackfest and group discussions Hackfest and group discussions
15:00-15:15 Afternoon break Afternoon break
15:15-16:30 Hackfest and group discussions continue Hackfest and group discussions continue

16:15 - Wrap-up and closing remarks

17:30 Social - MERIT Brewing, 107 James St N.


Talk Sign Up

Code4Lib North is a great opportunity to talk about anything you are working on or pondering about. It can be as short as a 5 min lightning talk to just throw out some ideas or up to a 30 min talk on whatever you like

Name Topic Time (5 Min - 30 min) Way to contact* (twitter, email, etc.)
Kaitlin Newson Building a successful documentation initiative 15 minutes @kaitlinnewson
Tim Ribaric Cluster Computing for Humans? 20 minutes @elibtronic tribaric@brocku.ca
Sarah Romkey How we Github: a journey 15 minutes @ArchivesSarah sromkey@artefactual.com
Rachel Wang Why Vue.js? 10 - 15 minutes @rwangca
Thomas Guignard Quick tricks to make your images look good 10 minutes @timtomch tom@timtom.ca

* Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions. Feel free to contact us instead if you don't want to enter anything here.

Hackfest & Group Discussion Ideas

We will spend some time running HackFest & Breakout Discussions. Add your ideas here.

Name Idea Way to contact*
Thomas Guignard Update the Library Carpentry Web Scraping lesson as part of the Library Carpentry global sprint @timtomch, tom@timtom.ca
Kaitlin Newson Create a "Hosting Code4Lib North" page for the wiki @kaitlinnewson

* Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions. Feel free to contact us instead if you don't want to enter anything here.

Socials & things to do besides c4l

  • There will likely be a conference social on Thursday night, details TBA.

Twitter

Slack

  • Join the #code4lib channel on the code4lib slack
  • Instructions to join the code4lib slack are found here

VIA Rail discount

Code4lib North attendees can enjoy a 10% discount when traveling with VIA Rail. Use the information below when booking your tickets. Please note that VIA Rail has no service to Hamilton, attendees will need to transfer to GO Transit in Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto. The discount only applies to the portion of the trip operated by VIA Rail. GO Transit does not offer conference discounts :( If you have a Presto card, you can use it to pay for your GO Transit fare.

Discount code: 13938

Instructions: Log in or create a profile on the VIA Rail reservation system prior to booking. On the Passenger information screen, select "Convention fare" from the “Discount Type” drop-down menu, and enter the discount code above for your convention or event in the “Discount code” field. The conference fare will be shown on the next page.

Discount: 10% off the best available fare in Economy, Economy Plus, Business, Business Plus, Sleeper class. "Subject to the conditions and restrictions of the fare plan to which the additional discount is being applied." Discount does not apply in any Escape fares and Prestige Class.

Valid: May 28th, 2019 to June 2nd, 2019 from all stations throughout the VIA system to Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto, Ontario and return.

Restrictions: Fare applies to a maximum of two passengers per booking. One complimentary stopover is allowed at no additional charge. For travel on all fare plans in Business class, the first stopover is allowed at no additional charge, provided that this stopover takes place in Toronto, Montréal or Ottawa only.

Contact

Questions and/or concerns? Please contact Kaitlin Newson.

Sponsors

Code4Lib North would like to thank McMaster University for providing space for this meeting.

Code4Lib North Past Events

To see past Code4Lib North events, go to the past events page.


Code4lib North Meetups in Toronto

Status: Active

Purpose: To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Toronto, Ontario. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa group)

Meetup Group: code4lib toronto

Website & Blog: code4libtoronto.github.io

Mailing List: code4libtoronto-list@meetup.com

Hashtag: #code4libTO also used: the general #code4lib

Past Meetups

The first meetup was a simple social meetup on June 21, 2012. The idea is that other meetups will have presentations/talks to be had either before or during.

August 14, 2012 - Cool Tool Day

December 13, 2012 - Talk Notes

April 19, 2013 - session to encourage collaborative talks/presentations/hackfest ideas


Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa

Purpose: To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario

code4lib Ottawa meetups are now organized using Meetup.com. Sign up to be informed of upcoming meetings.

Keep an eye on the Meetup page for further details.

Past Meetups

The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:

Tuesday October 7th, 2014

Speakers:

  • Mark Baker - Principal Architect at Zepheira provided a brief overview of some of Zepheira’s BibFrame tools in development.
  • Jennifer Whitney - Systems Librarian at MacOdrum Library presented OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) – a neat and powerful tool for cleaning up messy data.
  • Sarah Simpkin, GIS and Geography Librarian & Catherine McGoveran, Government Information Librarian (both from UOttawa Library) - presented on a recent UOttawa sponsored Open Data Hackfest as well as to introduce you to Open Data Ottawa.

Location: MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Ottawa, ON (map)

April 30, 2013 - Meet, and share your favourite Library technology

June 13, 2012 - Lightning Talks

Description of Talk
Devin Crawley from the Ottawa Public Library gave us a quick preview of the API to their BiblioCommons catalogue. The API will be publicly available this fall.
William Wueppelmann talked about what's going on at Canadiana.org and how they host and manage their huge digital collection and their efforts to achieve certification as a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR).
Mary Beth Baker spoke about the local tech scene in Ottawa and got us to consider the potential for collaboration with other groups.

April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session

Presenter Description of Talk
Max Neuvians Social-biblio.ca : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
Richard Akerman Richard Akerman and Mary Beth Baker are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
Warren Layton A quick demo of LibraryBox, a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.


Code4lib North Meetups in Montreal

Status: Active

Purpose: To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Montreal, Quebec. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa and Toronto groups)

For more information: Please email Clara Turp (clara.turp@mcgill.ca) for more information.

Slack Channel and Hashtag: #code4lib-mtl

Wiki page: Code4Lib_Montreal - check here for upcoming or past meeting information.


Who's interested in Code4Lib North?

Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:

  • Erin Johnson, Western Libraries
  • Wendy Huot, Queen's University
  • Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
  • William Denton, York University
  • John Fink, McMaster University
  • Nick Ruest, McMaster University
  • Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
  • Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
  • Warren Layton, Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
  • Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
  • Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
  • Mita Williams, University of Windsor
  • John Fereira, Cornell University
  • MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
  • Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
  • David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
  • Peter Schlumpf, Avanti Library Systems
  • Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
  • Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
  • Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
  • Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
  • Tim Ribaric, Brock University
  • Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
  • Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
  • Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
  • Patrick M. Lozeau
  • Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
  • Graham McCarthy, Ryerson University
  • John Miedema
  • Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
  • Rob McDonald, Carleton University
  • Amy Buckland, McGill University
  • Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/OurOntario
  • Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
  • Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
  • Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
  • Mary Beth Baker, CIC (Ottawa)
  • Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
  • Carol Serroul, CISTI
  • Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
  • Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
  • Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
  • Dan Scott, Laurentian University
  • Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
  • Matt McCollow, McMaster University
  • George Duimovich, NRCan Library (Ottawa)
  • Bobbi Fox, Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
  • Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
  • Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
  • Alexander O'Neill, Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
  • Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
  • Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
  • Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
  • Alan Harnum, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University (Toronto ON)
  • Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
  • Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
  • Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
  • John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
  • Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
  • Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
  • Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
  • David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
  • Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
  • Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
  • Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
  • Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
  • Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
  • Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
  • Andre Vellino, CISTI / University of Ottawa
  • Mark Swartz, Queen's University
  • Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
  • Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
  • Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
  • Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
  • Glen Newton, Carleton University
  • Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
  • Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
  • Stéfan Sinclair, McMaster University
  • William J Turkel, University of Western Ontario
  • Shirley Lew, Vancouver Community College, (Vancouver BC)
  • Edward Bilodeau, McGill University
  • Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries
  • Marc d'Avernas, Waterloo Region District School Board
  • Whitni Watkins, St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
  • Jess Whyte, University of Toronto

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