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.
==Code4Lib North: the NinthThe. OCAD ... Eleventh? McMaster University May 10, December 3-114, 20182025==
Oh yeah, we're back all right and we've missed you. The 2018 2025 Code4Lib North meeting will be held at the [https://www.ocaduscds.ca/services/Library/about-the-library/learning-zone.htm the OCADU Library Learning ZoneThe McMaster Sherman Centre]. We'll begin each day at a suitable time, like Probably around 9:30 am30am again.
[https://www.google.cacom/maps/place/122+St+Patrick+St,+Toronto,+ON+M5T+2X8/@?q=43.653649262680900000,-79.3899546,18.98z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x882b34cf3f118511:0x27d4ef7238e31a1e!2s122+St+Patrick+St,+Toronto,+ON+M5T+2X8!3b1!8m2!3d43.6535037!4d-79.3901536!3m4!1s0x882b34cf3f118511:0x27d4ef7238e31a1e!8m2!3d43.6535037!4d-79.3901536 122 St. Patrick Street, Level 1 (also accessible from 113 McCaul Street)]917828000000 Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship<br />Toronto, ONMills Memorial Library<br />M5T 2X81280 Main St. W.<br />Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6]
Breakout sessions will take place in the Library on the second floor in rooms MCC 201 and 2015C as well as in the Inclusive Design Institute at 205 Richmond in room RHA 220.==Register==
[https://wiki.code4lib.org/images/0/07/Code4LibNorth2018Map.png Room Locations Map (PNG)] ===Register=== [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/code4lib-north-20182025-tickets-8803578741 1788089386489?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is available through EventBrite]Eventbrite.]
We will be observing the Code4Lib [https://github.com/code4lib/antiharassment-policy/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md Code of Conduct].
===Schedule===
''Subject to change''
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| Michael Ridley Tim Ribaric || Explanable AI (XAI) & LIS The limes meme, but with API and JSON data || 30 mins. 15 minutes || mridleyelibtronic@uoguelphcode4lib.ca (@mridley)social ||
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| John Fink Brett Williams || A peek at two decentralized data sharing protocols: IPFS and dat Google Sheets for Arbitrary Metadata Transformations & Visualizations || 15-20 mins. minutes || johnbrett.finkwilliams@gmailoma.com (@adr) org ||
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| Giles Orr Erin Moorhead || Cipher Suites for Nginx and HAProxy Rogue Data: Wielding Open Data to Assess Your Institution’s Research Outputs || 15-20 mins. minutes || emoorhe@uwo.ca
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| Mark Weiler, Mariana Jardim, Aneta Kwak || Driving towards conformance: A WCAG 2.0 (AA) road trip || 30 mins. || mweiler@wlu.ca, mariana.jardim@utoronto.ca, aneta.kwak@utoronto.ca
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| Gillian Byrne Sam Popowich || Public Computing Service Delivery Model: work in progress emacs! || 20 mins. minutes || gbyrne@torontopubliclibraryredlibrarian@mastodon.ca (@gillmbyrne)social
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| Clara Turp || Automatically updating holdings on vendor platform: work in progress || 20 mins. || clara.turp@mcgill.ca
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| Alan Harnum MJ Suhonos || Towards holistic technology for libraries Machine Writable Cataloguing || 20 minutes || mjsuhonos@torontomu.ca|-|-| Magnus Berg || Supporting Cultural Analytics || 15 minutes || magnus.berg@utoronto.ca|-|-| Alison Hitchens || Exploring GenAI as an Administrator (no, not a talk inspired by Ursula Franklinsys admin) || 15minutes || ahitchen@uwaterloo.ca|-|-| Ken Lui || Canadian Public Data Rescue Initiative data download workflow - ECCC catalogue as an example || 20 mins. minutes || aharnumkenlh.lui@ocaduutoronto.ca|-
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* Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions==Code4Lib North: the Tenth. Feel free to [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info email me instead] if you don't want to enter anything hereMcMaster University. May 30-31, 2019==
====Hackfest & Group Discussion Ideas====Depending on feedback we might spend some time running a HackFestThe 2019 Code4Lib North meeting will be held at [https:/Group Discussions instead of just presentations/scds. Add your ideasca/ the McMaster Sherman Centre]. We'll begin each day at a suitable time, like 9:30 am.
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| Thomas Guignard || Getting started with virtualization. The aim would be for attendees ===Schedule===''Subject to end up with a working instance of Vagrant/Ansible/Docker, and maybe run something like [https://github.com/folio-org/folio-ansible FOLIO]. I have zero knowledge or understanding of any of this, so if someone smarter than me is willing to run such a workshop, it would be amazing! Thanks :) |change'' {| tom@timtom.ch (@timtomch)border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
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! ! Thursday May 30! Friday May 31| John Daniel -|10:00-10:30| Data hacking workshop. Do you like hackingDoors open, scraping, munging, mapping, or just working with data? Bring your most vexing dataset problems, compare tips and tricks, and maybe learn something new. Fun for anyone who likes Unicode, CSV, XMLcoffee/XSLsnacks| Doors open, JSON, Databases, Perl, Statacoffee/R/Python/Pandas/NumPy/Jupyter & data tables, images, video, and geospatial (raster & vector) snacks|-| jdaniel@etresoft.ca (@etresoft)10:30-12:00|}Opening Remarks 10
* Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions. Feel free to [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info email me instead] if you don't want to enter anything hereLearning R for data analysis with the Ontario Sunshine List dataset (John F.) 15
====Socials & things to do besides c4l====* There will likely be Building a conference social on Thursday night, we're currently working it outsuccessful documentation initiative (Kaitlin N.* The ) [http[https://www.torontocomicsslides.com/ Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF)] is on May 12-13 right after c4l! Coincidence?* Next door to OCAD is the Art Gallery of Ontario, which is currently hosting the exhibit [http://ago.ca/exhibitionslibrarypixels/kusama Infinity Mirrors by Yayoi Kusamadocs Slides]. If you're interested in visiting while you're in town, you will need to get your tickets in advance from the AGO website as there are only a very limited amount of same day tickets available.] 15
===Accommodations===The organizers have reserved a block of rooms at University of Toronto's Chestnut Residence, which is a 5 minute walk from OCAD. To receive the conference rate, reservations must be made by April 13, 2018. 'Morning break ''
Rooms cost $119/night + HST and include a full buffet breakfast. Reservations can be made by emailing frontdesk.chestnut@utoronto.ca or calling 416-977-0707, Ext 0 and referring Quick tricks to the Code4Lib North to get the discounted rate. Cancellation policy is 48 hours in advance and a credit card number will be required to hold the space. All rooms are private with ensuite washroom, linen and towels are provided. Housekeeping services the rooms weeklymake your images look good (Thomas G. ) Complimentary wifi is provided. For details, see http://www.chestnut.utoronto.ca/home/summer/.10
===Accessibility===The St. Patrick Street and McCaul Street entrances are both accessible. The 2nd floor Library can be reached via elevator G (located down the hallway from the Learning Zone). There are two single-use gender neutral washrooms in the Learning Zone and one more outside the second floor Library in addition to the two gendered, non-accessible washrooms. A microphone will be available for speakers. If you have any additional accessibility needs or concerns, please [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info contact us].| Day 1 Hackfest/Discussion Recaps 10
===Transportation===Code4lib North attendees can enjoy a 10% discount when traveling with VIA Rail and Porter AirlinesBeyond Alt-Text: Trends in Online Accessibility (Ian F. Use the information below when booking your tickets) [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zxev0a2ohy1h3t/Code4Lib%20North%20-%20Beyond%20Alt-Text%20-%20Trends%20in%20Online%20Accessibility.pdf?dl=0 Slides]] 45
Why Vue.JS (Rachel W.) [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14xDy2ylz0JoNm4n8hV2ApfH-dtEUwy7Wq96OnRJpTkI/edit?usp====VIA Rail discount====sharing Slides]] 15
'''Discount codeBalancing centralized project commitments with local priorities (Cameron M.) [[https:''' 13693//wiki.code4lib.org/images/8/82/Code4libNorth2019-CMetcalf.pdf Slides]] 10
'''Instructions|-| 12:''' Log in or create a profile on 00-13:30| LUNCH| LUNCH|-| 13:30-14:00| Cluster Computing for Humans -OR- Have you heard of this HPCPack? (Tim R.) [[https://reserviadocs.viarailgoogle.cacom/searchpresentation/d/1Jr18eiRO5nseSEz_Dtk8ofnlm1MyI2rTZblRWs2a0MY/edit#slide=id.aspx the VIA Rail reservation systemp Slides] prior to booking]| Lightning Talks (PowerBI & Jupyter notebooks - Tim R. On the Passenger information screen, select "Convention fare" from the “Discount Type” dropPyMarc -down menu, and enter the discount code above for your convention or event in the “Discount code” fieldJohn D. The conference fare will be shown on the next page[[https://slides.com/jdingle/c4l19n 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
'''Discount16:''' 10% off the best available fare in Economy, Economy Plus, Business, Business Plus, Sleeper class. "Subject to the conditions 15 - Wrap-up and restrictions of the fare plan to which the additional discount is being appliedclosing remarks|-| 17:30| Social - [https://www." Discount does not apply in any Escape fares and Prestige Classmeritbrewing.ca/ MERIT Brewing], [https://goo.gl/maps/gHPqJHqCgEw3qA568 107 James St N.]||}
'''Valid:''' May 8th, 2018 to May 13th, 2018 from all stations throughout the VIA system to Toronto, Ontario and return.
'''Restrictions:''' Fare applies to a maximum of two passengers per booking. One complimentary stopover ====Talk Sign Up====Code4Lib North is allowed at no additional charge. For travel a great opportunity to talk about anything you are working 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 onlypondering 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
{| class="wikitable"! scope="col" | '''Name'''! scope="col" | '''Topic'''! scope=Porter discount==="col" | '''Time (5 Min - 30 min)'''! scope="col" | '''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|-|}
'''Discount code* 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''' C4LIBNt want to enter anything here.
'''Instructions:''' Please [https://flyporter.com/Flight?culture=en-CA===Hackfest &promocodeGroup Discussion Ideas=C4LIBN book online] or through your travel agent using promo code “C4LIBN”===We will spend some time running HackFest & Breakout Discussions. The discounted fares are available for booking from March 2, 2018 to May 14, 2018Add your ideas here.
{| class="wikitable"! scope="col" | '''Discount:Name''' Porter Airlines is proud ! scope="col" | '''Idea'''! scope="col" | '''Way to offer a 10% discount on available base fares (with contact*'''|-|Thomas Guignard || Update the exception [https://github.com/librarycarpentry/lc-webscraping/ Library Carpentry Web Scraping lesson] as part of the lowest class fare during a public seat sale) for travel to and from code4lib North[https://librarycarpentry. Porter offers complimentary inorg/blog/2019/03/lc-flight snacks and beverages (including beer and wine), Gate Porter service for carrymozilla-on and access to the Porter Lounge in Toronto and Ottawa, where free Wiglobal-Fi and comfortablesprint/ Library Carpentry global sprint] || [https://twitter.com/timtomch @timtomch], leather seating is available[mailto:tom@timtom.ca tom@timtom.ca]|-|Kaitlin Newson || Create a "Hosting Code4Lib North" page for the wiki || [https://twitter.com/kaitlinnewson @kaitlinnewson]|-|}
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'''Restrictions:''' The promo code is intended for use by ====Socials & things to do besides c4l====* There will likely be a conference attendees and organizers and is not meant for distribution outside of authorized channels. Porter’s fare rules and conditions apply. For any questions regarding Porter’s services or any pre-travel concernssocial on Thursday night, contact us at 1-888-619-8622details TBA.
===Twitter===
*Hashtag: [http://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23c4ln18 23c4ln19 #c4ln18c4ln19]
===ContactSlack===
Questions and* Join the #code4lib channel on the [https:/or concerns? Please contact /code4lib.slack.com code4lib slack]* Instructions to join the code4lib slack are found [mailtohttps:kaitlin@scholarsportal//code4lib.info Kaitlin Newsonorg/irc here]
===VIA Rail discount=2018 Organizing Group====Alan Harnum<br />Chris Landry<br />Kaitlin Newson<br />Kim Pham<br />Thomas Guignard
===Sponsors===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.
Code4Lib North would like '''Discount code:''' 13938 '''Instructions:''' Log in or create a profile on the VIA Rail reservation system prior to thank OCAD University for providing space for this meetingbooking. On the Passenger information screen, OCADU IT Services for providing wiselect "Convention fare" from the “Discount Type” drop-fidown menu, and both [httpsenter 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://www''' 10% off the best available fare in Economy, Economy Plus, Business, Business Plus, Sleeper class.bibliocommons"Subject to the conditions and restrictions of the fare plan to which the additional discount is being applied.com/ BiblioCommons] " Discount does not apply in any Escape fares and [httpsPrestige Class. '''Valid://www''' May 28th, 2019 to June 2nd, 2019 from all stations throughout the VIA system to Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto, Ontario and return.ocls '''Restrictions:''' Fare applies to a maximum of two passengers per booking.ca/ One complimentary stopover is allowed at no additional charge. For travel on all fare plans in Business class, the Ontario Colleges Library Servicefirst 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 [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info Kaitlin Newson] for providing financial sponsorship. ===Sponsors===
Code4Lib North would like to thank McMaster University for providing space for this meeting.
==Code4Lib North Past Events==
code4lib Ottawa meetups are now organized using Meetup.com. [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Sign up] to be informed of upcoming meetings.
===Next Meetup===
'''Date:''' Thursday April 9th, 2015
Keep an eye on the [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Meetup] page for further details.
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'''
'''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])
'''April 30, 2013 - Meet, and share your favourite Library technology'''
| [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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==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)<br>
'''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.
Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:
* [https://ernieejo.github.io/ Erin Johnson], [https://www.lib.uwo.ca/ Western Libraries]
* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public LibraryMetropolitan University
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Marc d'Avernas, Waterloo Region District School Board
* Whitni Watkins, St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future == * Jess Whyte, University of Toronto, Ontario* Sudbury, Ontario* Ottawa, Ontario* Montreal, Quebec
==Mailing list==
The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.