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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.
==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 [https://scds.ca The McMaster Sherman Centre]. Probably around 9:30am again.
[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]
==Register==
[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/code4lib-north-2025-tickets-1788089386489?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is available through 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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! Wednesday December 3
! Thursday December 4
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| 10:00-10:30
| Doors open, coffee/snacks
| Doors open, coffee/snacks
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| 10:30-12:00
| Opening Remarks 10
''Morning Break''
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|12:00-13:30
| LUNCH
| LUNCH
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====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
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | '''Name'''
! scope="col" | '''Topic'''
! scope="col" | '''Time (5 Min - 30 min)'''
! scope="col" | '''Way to contact* (socials, email, etc.)'''
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| Tim Ribaric || The limes meme, but with API and JSON data || 15 minutes || elibtronic@code4lib.social ||
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| Brett Williams || Google Sheets for Arbitrary Metadata Transformations & Visualizations || 20 minutes || brett.williams@oma.org ||
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| Erin Moorhead || Rogue Data: Wielding Open Data to Assess Your Institution’s Research Outputs || 15 minutes || emoorhe@uwo.ca
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| Sam Popowich || emacs! || 20 minutes || @redlibrarian@mastodon.social
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| MJ Suhonos || Machine Writable Cataloguing || 20 minutes || mjsuhonos@torontomu.ca
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| Magnus Berg || Supporting Cultural Analytics || 15 minutes || magnus.berg@utoronto.ca
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| Alison Hitchens || Exploring GenAI as an Administrator (no, not a sys admin) || 15 minutes || ahitchen@uwaterloo.ca
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| Ken Lui || Canadian Public Data Rescue Initiative data download workflow - ECCC catalogue as an example || 20 minutes || kenlh.lui@utoronto.ca
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==Code4Lib North: the Tenth. McMaster University. May 30-31, 2019==
[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/code4lib-north-2019-tickets-59046220836 Registration is available through Eventbrite.]
====Talk Sign Up====
! scope="col" | '''Topic'''
! scope="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
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| Your name Sarah Romkey || Your topic How we Github: a journey || Length 15 minutes || Contact info (twitter, email, etc@ArchivesSarah sromkey@artefactual.)com
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| Catie Sahadath Rachel Wang || Harvesting Metadata to make Systematic Review Searching more Accessible Why Vue.js? || 20 10 - 15 minutes || @metacatie Catie.Sahadath@uOttawa.carwangca
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| Kaitlin Newson Thomas Guignard || TBA Quick tricks to make your images look good || 15 10 minutes || @kaitlinnewsontimtomch tom@timtom.ca
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! scope="col" | '''Way to contact*'''
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| Your name Thomas Guignard || Your idea 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] || Your contact info ([https://twitter.com/timtomch @timtomch], email, etc[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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* Join the #code4lib channel on the [https://code4lib.slack.com code4lib slack]
* Instructions to join the code4lib slack are found [https://code4lib.org/irc 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===
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)
==Mailing list==
The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.