Welcome to code4lib Code4Lib BC. This ! Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and the surrounding areas.
--------------You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in #c4lbc.
WhenIf you're interested in hosting, please [https: November 28 and 29//docs.google.com/document/d/1mh8haGBziQHiBkG_0byNgIEPxWIsBjKAXOss0cE9fJs/edit?usp=sharing take a read over our Planner's Guide].
Where: SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, == '''Eleventh Code4Lib BCUnconference 2026''' ==
Cost: $20Save the date! This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by Vancouver Public Library.
Register here: https://code4libbc2013.eventbrite.ca/* Thursday, 26 November and Friday, 27 November
Location: VPL Central Library at Library Square, 350 West Georgia Street, in the [https://www.vpl.ca/rentals/alice-mackay-room Alice McKay Room]. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/MtUfLCKdoag7CFvA9 Map to get to Library Square].
'''=== What''': It’s a 2 day unconference! A participant-driven meeting featuring lightning talks in the mornings, hackfest in the afternoons, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically 5-10 minutes in length (15 minutes is the maximum) on topics related to library technologies: current projects, tips and tricks, or hacks in the works. Hackfest is an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, yet sustained period of problem solving, software development and fun. In advance of the event, we will gather project ideas in a form available through our wiki and registration pages. Each afternoon the code4libBC participants will review and discuss the proposals, break into groups, and work on some of the projects.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.
'''Who''': A diverse The event most often features lightning talks and open community of library developers and non-developers engaging in effectivebreakout sessions. Lightning talks are brief, collaborative problem10-solving through technology.Anyone from the library community who is interested in minute presentations on topics related to library technologies . Breakout sessions are welcome an opportunity to join and participatebring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, regardless yet sustained period of their department or background: systems and ITproblem solving, public services, circulation, cataloguing software development and technical services, archives, digitization and preservationfun. All are welcome to help set the agenda, define the outcomes and develop the deliverables!
* '''What's included''': a room, coffee/tea, wifi, power
* '''WhyWhat to bring''': Why not? code4libBC is a group of dynamic library technology practitioners throughout the province who want to build new relationships as much as develop new software solutions to problemsyour ideas and enthusiasm.
* '''Socials Hashtag''': #c4lbc
If you’re ready to get your hands dirty with library technology practitioners* '''Code of Conduct''': As a Code4Lib event, register herewe adhere to the [http://bit.ly/coc4lib Code4Lib Code of Conduct], which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment.
https://code4libbc2013.eventbrite.ca/=== Registration and Call for Proposals ===
Our first annual code4libBC event could not have been made possible without A call for proposals and registration will open in the generous financial support fall of:2026. Watch this page!
* BC Electronic Library Network* BC Libraries Cooperative* Kwantlen Polytechnic University* Simon Fraser University* University of Victoria=== Sponsors ===
And special thanks We want to thank [https://www.vpl.ca/ Vancouver Public Library] for hosting us, and the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative ] for assisting the organizing group with continued administrative dutiesand fiscal support.
Feel free to email Paul Joseph (code4libBC Chair) at paul.joseph@ubc.ca with questions or comments== Past Events == See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.