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.

Registration is now open for Code4Lib BC's fourth annual unconference!

• December 1 and 2, 2016
• Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC, Vancouver BC
• Register now ($30 for both days)
• Propose a lightning talk or breakout session

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.

The event will feature lightning talks in the mornings, breakout sessions in the afternoons, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically 10-15 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 - let us know about it!

What's included: wifi, power, coffee/snacks

What's NOT included/what to bring: a laptop, lunch (on-campus options here and here), your ideas and enthusiasm

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.

Program

Here's a partial list of talks and breakout sessions that have already been confirmed for this year's unconference. There are more to come - watch this space!

Lightning Talks

• MediaConch, video format validation for Archivematica (Sarah Romkey)
• TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade (Holly Hendrigan)
• A Coal Miner’s History: Mapping Digitized Audio Interviews (Daniel Sifton)
• simple library apps with Google Apps Scripts (Terry Brady)
• Defining Projects using Gherkin Syntax (Sara Allain)
• UX design on research data site (Jessica Gallinger)
• Islandora On This Day module (Mark Jordan)
• Provincial Digital Library update (Daniel Sifton/Caroline Daniels)

Breakout Sessions

• Intro to SQL (Alex Garnett)
• Awesome Excel tips (Trevor Smith)
• PDL technologies Up Close (Daniel Sifton)
• FOLIO (Andrew Nagy)
• reSearcher and project sustainability
• Intro to Git and GitHub

Schedule

Thursday, December 1

Friday, December 2

Organizers

• Sara Allain
• Jeff Davis
• James Fournie
• Tamarack Hockin
• Mark Jordan
• Paul Joseph
• Cynthia Ng

Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.

See our past events page.