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About Code4Lib

• About Code4Lib - Background and history of the community
• A Guide for the Perplexed - Building skills for working with library technologies
• How to hack code4lib - For those newer to the community
• Code4Lib Indoctrination (This is a Google doc open to all including anonymous feedback.)
  • "How do we make code4lib a more inclusive place for newcomers?
    Or, how do we quickly indoctrinate newbies to our values and ways of doing things?"
  • Suggestions, ideas, and follow-up actions solicited.
• One recommended tool/resource for n00bs - For new coding librarians/library Coders
• Mentorship Program
• Skill Sharing Clubs - Find people with similar interests in your field.
• Zoia or the Code4Lib IRC bot

Software Usage and Documentation

• Umlaut - OpenURL link resolving middleware
• Patterns for Collaborative Code - Patterns to make your open source 'more open', more amenable to distributed development and use at multiple institutions without forking.
• ILS Documentation
• OSS Directory
• Working with MARC
• Rogue - principles for standards creation
• ProjectManagement - list of project management and issue tracking software that are frequently mentioned on the Code4Lib mailinglist

Current topics

• Code4Lib Regional Meeting Streaming
• Code4Lib Website Update
• OCLC Policy Change
• SirsiDynix: Integrated Library System Platforms on Open Source
• Parsing Library Data
• Robots Are Our Friends
• Libraries Sharing Code
• Code4Lib Tagline brainstorm

Other Code4Lib Sites

• code4lib.org
• planet.code4lib.org
• journal.code4lib.org

Code4Lib Journal

• Code4Lib Journal - information and working documents

Code4Lib 2017 Conference

• 2017 Host Proposals
• 2017 Conference Committees
• 2017 Conference Volunteers
• 2017 Social Activities
• 2017 Lessons Learned
• How To Plan A Code4LibCon

Code4Lib 2016 Conference

• 2016 Hosting Proposals
• 2016 Conference Committees
• 2016 Lessons Learned (2015 Lessons Learned)
• How To Plan A Code4LibCon
• Volunteer for the 2016 Code4Lib Conference
• Social Activities for 2016

Local / Regional Groups

United States

• New England Code4lib - New England
• Code4LibNYC - NYC and surrounding areas
• Code4Lib Mid-Atlantic - Philadelphia and the Greater Tri-State Area
• Code4libMDC - Maryland, Washington D.C, Virginia, and surrounding areas
• Code4LibSE - North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Well, you get the idea
• Code4Lib Midwest - Wherever that is...
• Chicago - Chicago is a city in the Midwest
• PNWCode4Lib - Pacific Northwest
• Code4Lib West - California North and South

Canada

• Code4Lib Great Eastern - Atlantic Provinces
• code4lib North - Ontario and surrounding areas
• Code4LibYEG - Edmonton, Alberta (also new in 2013)
• Code4Lib BC - British Columbia (new in 2013)

Europe

• Code4Bib - Dutch Code4Bib
• Code4lib.hu - Group of Hungarian library developers

Asia/Pacific

• Code4Lib Japan - (new in 2010!), see also tweet from Jerry Lee
• Code4GLAM Australia - coders, hackers, developers and technologists in the Australian GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) sector.

Interest Groups

• ILS Interoperability - A group working to develop an infrastructure for interoperating between discovery layers and integrated library systems.
• Open Source Book Widgets - A list of open source book widgets
• Open Source Discovery - Open Source application to enhance and support "discovery" in libraries
• Mobile Applications - A group interested in mobile web and native application development for libraries
• Sources Of Metadata - list of api's and sources of interest to libraries
• Fiscal Continuity - A group exploring whether and how to make long-term fiscal arrangements for conferences (and perhaps other activities)