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Welcome to code4lib BC!  
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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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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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You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in #c4lbc.
  
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== '''Fifth Annual Code4lib BC Unconference 2017''' ==
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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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'''Save the dates!'''
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== '''Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 2025''' ==
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* Thursday, 30 November and Friday, 1 December, 2017
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This year's C4LBC will be held in Nanaimo, BC, and jointly hosted by the University of Vancouver Island and Vancouver Island Regional Library. The Thursday events will be held in downtown Nanaimo at VIRL's Harbourfront Branch. Friday's activities will be held the the VIU campus. This year's organisers are trying hard to make everything as easy as possible for mainlanders travelling to the island, so stay tuned for details on transportation, accommodations, and much more.
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* Thursday, 16 October and Friday, 17 October
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* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-code4lib-bc-unconference-registration-1677528636309/ Register now]
  
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[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2017-code4libbc-unconference-vancouver-island-tickets-37762407377 Registration is now open!]
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This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by Emily Carr.
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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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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].
  
 
=== What's it all about? ===
 
=== What's it all about? ===
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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.
 
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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The event will feature lightning talks, breakout sessions, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically 10 minutes in length 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. If there is a neat project you're 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 with the community!
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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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'''What's included''': wifi, power, coffee/snacks, lunches, prizes, limited transportation from downtown Nanaimo to VIU campus.
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* '''What's included''': a room, coffee/tea, wifi, power
  
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'''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, dinner, your ideas and enthusiasm.
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* '''What to bring''': your ideas and enthusiasm.
  
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'''Hashtag''': #c4lbc
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* '''Socials Hashtag''': `#c4lbc`
  
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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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* '''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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===Lightning Talk Proposals and Breakout Suggestions===
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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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Is there 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?
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===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
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Submit your [https://goo.gl/forms/bbArtR1Mhweuq5L33 lightning talk/breakout suggestion]
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===Transportation===
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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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Are you traveling from Victoria or the Lower Mainland? Are you interested in sharing transportation? Do you have any dietary restrictions?
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[https://forms.gle/DEkDVn1rT35bdRj87 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea]
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Please let us know by filling out this [https://goo.gl/forms/68AWe1YPwJ3w7cs12 survey]
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Transportation to Nanaimo from the mainland is best made by ferry to Departure Bay, or by seaplane/helijet
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''Breakout Session Ideas''
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*[http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/hbna-current.php BC ferries from West Van to Departure Bay]. If you are interested in carpooling from the Vancouver area, please let us know in the transportation survey.
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* Struggling Through Burnout (esp in IT); Getting Our DIY Ethic Back (Daniel Lerch)
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*[http://www.seairseaplanes.com/schedules Seair Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver
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* GenAI Critical Literacy workshop demo + discussion (Michelle Ng) (20 person limit)
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*[http://www.harbourair.com/book-a-flight/locations/nanaimo/ Harbour Air Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver
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* Knowledge management and M365/SP migration headaches (Michelle Ng)
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*[http://helijet.com/helijet-introduces-nanaimo-vancouver-flights/ Helijet to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver.
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* Protecting website content created by libraries and server resources from Gen AI (Desy Wahyuni)
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*[http://www.tofinobus.com/ Tofino Bus] and [https://www.islandlinkbus.com/ IslandLinkBus] from Victoria and Other Island Locations to Nanaimo. Also, if you are interested in locating a carpool from Victoria to Nanaimo please say so in the transportation survey.
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===Accommodations===
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===Food===
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The Coast Bastion Hotel offered a discount for early bookings. But if you're reading this after Oct 30th the discount has elapsed. Other options can be found [https://goo.gl/aSm4MQ here.]
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Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries, granola bars, fruit) will be available at the venue.
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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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====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)
  
 
=== Schedule ===
 
=== Schedule ===
  
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==== Thursday, 30 November ====
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'''''Please note that all times are PT (Vancouver, Canada).'''''
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Events will be held at [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Vancouver+Island+Regional+Library/@49.1655907,-123.9386119,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5488a15814a89c2b:0xa00f9e80da1f7296!8m2!3d49.1655907!4d-123.9364232 VIRL's Harbourfront library branch].
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==== Day 1 : Thursday, October 16 ====
  
 
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| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
 
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| 9:15 || Icebreaker activity
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* Code4lib/BC: What's it all about - Cynthia Ng
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* Canadian Federated Data Repository - Alex Garnett
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* Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful - Trevor Smith
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| 10:30 || Coffee break
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| 9:30 || Lightning talks
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* Remember When We Were Excited About Virtual Worlds? Let’s Try That Again - James Fournie
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* Sustainable Local Development; or, Two PHP Scripts in a Trench Coat - John Durno
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* User Experience: Case study plus discussion of a planned BCLA interest group - Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin
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* [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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* Restoring an interactive videotex art exhibition from the mid-1980s - John Durno
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* I.T. things at FVRL: Sphero/Spark robots, Green Screens and VR Experience - Traci Monchamp / Lewis Vacek / Tamarack Hockin
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* ILS Migration Change Management: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - Janice Banser
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| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)
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* Challenges of Identity and Access Management Policies and Documentation - Caitlin Lindsay
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* Manipulating MARC: Indigenous Cataloguing Beyond the Standards - Taya Jardine & Christina Needham
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* Developing introductory, interactive workshop modules on GenAI Critical Literacy - Michelle Ng
 
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| 11:45 || ECU campus tour / Lunch!
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* GODOT has left the building : the CUFTS/GODOT end of life debrief for everybody- Maryann Kempthorne
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* I.T. things at FVRL: Sphero/Spark robots, Green Screen . . .(expanded) - Traci Monchamp / Lewis Vacek / Tamarack Hockin
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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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| 2:30 || Break
 
| 2:30 || Break
 
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* Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful (expanded) - Trevor Smith
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* UX breakout! - facilitators: Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin
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* Web Archiving: Coordinating efforts, sharing best practices - Dana McFarland
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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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| 5:00 || Social Event at [http://whitesailsbrewing.com/ White Sails Brewery] with pizza from [http://mambogourmetpizza.com/ Mambo Pizza]
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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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Events will be held at [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Vancouver+Island+University/@49.1575093,-123.9674261,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5488a3ed204a06ef:0x62f26560f569d288!8m2!3d49.157362!4d-123.96189 VIU's Building 355, Room 211]
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A bus (with a friendly, qualified driver) will pick up attendees from the Coast Bastion on Friday morning at 8:20 am. If needed the bus will return for another load of passengers ~20 minutes later.
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The same bus, with the same friendly, qualified driver, will deliver attendees to the Departure Bay ferry terminal at the end of the day.
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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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* Supplejack Triclops Architecture - Daniel Sifton
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* Opens source, open access, open data - Maryann Kempthorne
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* Linking video and audio in the Hansard - David Kerr / David Turner
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* Working with APIs: Flows and Runner in Postman - Olga Kalachinskaya
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* [https://github.com/telezoic/SuperDuperPDF/blob/main/superduperPDF.pdf 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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* Systems Projects in Special Libraries - Charles Hogg
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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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* Parse, Harvest, Repeat: Hands on metadata ingestion in the Supplejack stack - Daniel Sifton / James Fournie
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=== Organizers ===
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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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=== 2025 Organizers ===
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* Cynthia Ng
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* Daniel Sifton
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* George Villavicencio
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* Ben Hyman
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* Hillary Webb
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* Geoffrey Allen
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* Charles Hogg
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* Paris Carr
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* James Fournie
 
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* Janis McKenzie
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* Michel Castagné
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* Michelle Ng
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* Rebecca Dickson
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= '''Past Events''' =
 
= '''Past Events''' =
  
 
See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.
 
See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.

Latest revision as of 01:00, 19 October 2025

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.

You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in #c4lbc.

If you're interested in hosting, please take a read over our Planner's Guide.

Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 2025

This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by Emily Carr.

Location: Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 520 E 1st Ave. Map to get there, Rennie Hall (inside the front entrance). For more information on transit and parking, please check the 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.

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.

  • What's included: a room, coffee/tea, wifi, power
  • What to bring: your ideas and enthusiasm.
  • Socials Hashtag: `#c4lbc`
  • Code of Conduct: As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Code4Lib Code of Conduct, which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment.

If you need help with funding your attendance, you can request a bursary by October 3, 2025.

Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas

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.

Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea

Breakout Session Ideas

  • 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/SP migration headaches (Michelle Ng)
  • Protecting website content created by libraries and server resources from Gen AI (Desy Wahyuni)

Food

Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries, granola bars, fruit) will be available at the venue.

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!

Coffee & baked goods

Meals

Schedule

Please note that all times are PT (Vancouver, Canada).

Day 1 : Thursday, October 16

8:30 Venue opens
9:00 Welcome and announcements
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
  • Making the Web Accessible: Putting WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 into Practice - Cynthia Ng
10:30 Break
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
11:45 ECU campus tour / Lunch!
1:15 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
2:30 Break
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
4:00 Breakout reports
5:00 Social event at Red Truck Beer Company 295 E 1st Ave

Day 2 : Friday, October 17

9:00 Welcome and announcements
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
10:30 Break
11:00 Lightning talks (continued)
11:45 Lunch
1:00 Breakout sessions
  • Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or submit your own.
2:30 Break
2:45 Breakout sessions (continued)
  • Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or submit your own.
4:00 Breakout session reports / Who wants to host Code4Lib BC 2026?

Sponsors

We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the BC Libraries Cooperative.

2025 Organizers

  • Cynthia Ng
  • Dan Lerch
  • Daniel Sifton
  • George Villavicencio
  • Hillary Webb
  • James Fournie
  • Janis McKenzie
  • Michel Castagné
  • Michelle Ng
  • Rebecca Dickson
  • Scott Leslie
  • Tamarack Hockin
  • Trevor Smith

Past Events

See our past events page.

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