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| − | Welcome to code4lib BC! | + | 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.
| + | You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in #c4lbc. |
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| − | == '''Fifth Annual Code4lib BC Unconference 2017''' == | + | 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!''' | + | == '''Eleventh Code4Lib BC Unconference 2026''' == |
| − | * 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. | + | Save the date! This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by Vancouver Public Library. |
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| − | [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2017-code4libbc-unconference-vancouver-island-tickets-37762407377 Registration is now open!] | + | * Thursday, 26 November and Friday, 27 November |
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| | + | 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]. |
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| | === 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! | + | The event most often features 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 NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, dinner, your ideas and enthusiasm.
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| − | '''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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| − | ===Lightning Talk Proposals and Breakout Suggestions===
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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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| − | Submit your [https://goo.gl/forms/bbArtR1Mhweuq5L33 lightning talk/breakout suggestion]
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| − | ===Transportation===
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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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| − | 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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| − | *[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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| − | *[http://www.seairseaplanes.com/schedules Seair Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver
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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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| − | *[http://helijet.com/helijet-introduces-nanaimo-vancouver-flights/ Helijet to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver.
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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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| − | 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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| − | === Schedule ===
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| − | ==== Thursday, 30 November ====
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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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| − | | 8:30 || Doors open
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| − | | 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements
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| − | | 9:15 || Lightning Talks
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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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| − | * Games Day in the Library - Kevin Brash => [https://drive.google.com/open?id=10KdeR8LkrGMvZHQfSCkBmNSuh-BpGl_k3_2K9591a4A slides]
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| − | * What's in the Bag? Indexing and querying Bags with Elasticsearch - Mark Jordan
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| − | | 10:30 || Coffee break
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| − | | 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
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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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| − | * Contest of champions: Headless battle - Daniel Sifton
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| − | | 11:30 || Lunch (Provided)
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| − | | 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
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| − | * GODOT has left the building : the CUFTS/GODOT end of life debrief for everybody- Maryann Kempthorne
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| − | * Show + tell IT things breakout : VIRL Creativity Commons - Geoffrey Allen / FVRL IT Things - Traci Monchamp, Lewis Vacek, Tamarack Hockin
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| − | | 2:30 || Break
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| − | | 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
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| − | * Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful (expanded) - Trevor Smith
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| − | * Web Archiving: Coordinating efforts, sharing best practices - Dana McFarland
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| − | * Hosting Code4libBC - Geoffrey Allen, Cynthia Ng, Ben Hyman, Daniel Sifton
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| − | | 4:15 || 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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| − | * [https://goo.gl/6MM7vv Directions] from VIRL to White Sails
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| − | ==== Friday, 1 December ====
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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 305, Room 509]
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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.
| + | * '''What's included''': a room, coffee/tea, wifi, power |
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| + | * '''What to bring''': your ideas and enthusiasm. |
| − | | 8:30 || Doors open
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| − | | 9:00 || Announcements
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| − | | 9:15 || Lightning Talks
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| − | * Supplejack Triclops Architecture - Daniel Sifton | + | |
| − | * Opens source, open access, open data - Maryann Kempthorne
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| − | * Linking video and audio in the Hansard - Dan Kerr / David Turner
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| − | * Automating your EZproxy - James Fournie
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| − | | 10:30 || Coffee break
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| − | | 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
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| − | * Using Islandora to centralize access to distributed content - Mark Jordan
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| − | * Systems Projects in Special Libraries - Charles Hogg
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| − | * OCR tools for non-Latin alphabets - Rebecca Dickson
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| − | * Through the Looking Glass: A Parallel World of Print Collections Data - Jean Blackburn
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| − | | 11:30 || Lunch (Provided)
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| − | | 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
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| − | * Parse, Harvest, Repeat: Hands on metadata ingestion in the Supplejack stack - Daniel Sifton / James Fournie => [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q2ZOPYZz3SZ4WdePkrXKqEGhYuYHW07WQDuEIwNw5ps Breakout Guide]
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| − | | 2:30 || Break
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| − | | 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
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| − | * Linking video and audio in the Hansard (Expanded/Discussion) - Dan Kerr / David Turner
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| − | * All the DOCs: Documentation and workflows - Cynthia Ng / Tamarack Hockin
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| − | | 4:00 || Breakout Reports
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| − | | 4:30 || End of Day
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| − | | 5:00 || Meet up at [http://dev-viusu.pantheonsite.io/students-union-pub/ VIU Student Pub]
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| − | ==== Feedback ====
| + | * '''Socials Hashtag''': #c4lbc |
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| − | Post conference, don't forget to fill out the [https://drive.google.com/open?id=111KryIRlWFywHojIfaFt2ziViJuQDdvENHxIDyThpqI feedback form]
| + | * '''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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| − | === Organizers === | + | === Registration and Call for Proposals === |
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| − | * Daniel Sifton
| + | A call for proposals and registration will open in the fall of 2026. Watch this page! |
| − | * Dana McFarland
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| − | * Ben Hyman
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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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| − | * Cynthia Ng
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| − | * Tamarack Hockin
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| − | * Corey Davis
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| | + | === Sponsors === |
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| − | Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.
| + | We want to thank [https://www.vpl.ca/ Vancouver Public Library] for hosting us, and the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative] for the continued administrative and fiscal support. |
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| − | = '''Past Events''' = | + | == Past Events == |
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| | See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page. | | See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page. |