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Welcome to code4lib Code4Lib BC! Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas.

Begun You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas#c4lbc.

== '''Sixth Ninth Annual Code4lib Code4Lib BC Unconference 20182024''' ==

*Thursday, 29 November 16 May and Friday, 30 November17 May* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is now open]

This year's C4LBC will be held in NanaimoVancouver, BC, and jointly hosted by the University of Vancouver Island and Vancouver Island Regional Library. Again! The Thursday events will be held in downtown Nanaimo VCC 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.  [https://www.eventbritevcc.ca/eabout/2018college-code4libbcinformation/contact-unconferenceus/downtown-vancouver-island-tickets-50429527073 Registration is now open!campus/ Downtown Campus].

The This year’s event will feature lightning talks, and breakout sessions, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief , 10-minute 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!

* '''What's included''': wifi, powera room, coffee/snackstea, luncheswifi, prizes, limited transportation from downtown Nanaimo to VIU campus.power

* '''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, dinner, your ideas and enthusiasm.

* '''Mastodon Hashtag''': `#c4lbc`

* '''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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===Food[https:/Transportation===/forms.gle/FH6DxDJgq18jPM5A6 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea]

Are you traveling from Victoria or the Lower Mainland? Are you interested in sharing transportation? '''''Please contact: *carpool from Victoria to Nanaimo please contact Charles Hogg at charles.hogg@leg.bc.ca.*carpool from Lower Mainland to Nanaimo please contact James Fournie at jfournie@vcc.ca. Transportation to Nanaimo from the mainland is best made by ferry to Departure Bay, or by seaplane/helijet *[http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/hbna-current.php BC ferries from West Van to Departure Bay]. If you note that all times are interested in carpooling from the PST (Vancouver area, please let us know.*[http://www.seairseaplanes.com/schedules Seair Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or downtown Vancouver (Flights can be delayed due to weather this time of yearCanada)*[http://www.harbourair.com/book-a-flight/locations/nanaimo/ Harbour Air Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or downtown Vancouver (Flights can be delayed to due weather this time of year)*[http://helijet.com/helijet-introduces-nanaimo-vancouver-flights/ Helijet to Nanaimo] from YVR or downtown Vancouver.*[http://www.tofinobus.com/ Tofino Bus] and [https://www.islandlinkbus.com/ IslandLinkBus] from Victoria and Other Island Locations to Nanaimo.  This year were are please to offer a draw for a chance to win one of two travel bursaries [$300 each]. One for a student, one for a non-student: [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CA7MCh63ko70LVdEPFkq6IiGryKQifR7DkMeVgsH7-Q Enter the Bursary Draw]. '''Bursary update:''' The draw is now closed. Congratulations to this year's bursary recipients: Kristen Allford and Paul Burry! ===Accommodations=== The [https://www.coasthotels.com/hotels/bc/nanaimo/coast-bastion-hotel/ Coast Bastion Hotel] has reserved a block of 10 rooms per night at the government rate (Nov 28/29) Guests can call 800-663-1144 and quote “Code4Lib” or group code CBI-GFC18933 to book under the block.  This block will be held until October 29th, any remaining rooms will be sent back to general inventory. After that, guests can still book under the block, but based on general availability. *Comfort Rooms – 2 beds $117.00*Superior Rooms – 2 Bed or 1 Queen bed $127.00*Premium Rooms – 1 King bed $137.00 Other accommodation options can be found [https://goo.gl/aSm4MQ here.] === Schedule ===

| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens

| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcementsand announcements

| 9:15 || Lightning Talks talks* Code4lib/BC: What's it all about (redux) - Cynthia Ng* Using python, panda dataframes, tkinter & selenium to supplement the limited functionality of Sierra's web-based Library Inventory Program: Circa - Julie Cole* Using LibAnswers as an e-resource management and ticketing system - Patricia Pang* Breaking Down the IT Silo - Jeff Narver* The Never-Ending Wrangle: enabling fulltext search in Supplejack - Daniel Sifton

| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak

| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'dtalks (continued)* Children's Coding Gadgets and Early Literacy Skill Development - Code-a-Pillar, Osmo, and Sphero - Caitlin Ottenbreit* Open to change: Migrating to Evergreen - James Fournie / Gwenda Bryan / Dan Sifton / Geoffrey Allen* Digitization challenges for small organizations - Christine Meutzner* Weeding Reports - Trevor Smith* [http://webapp.library.uvic.ca/jdurno/durnos_old_computers_c4lbc_20181128.pdf Retro-computing collection at UVic Libraries] - John Durno

| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)

| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions sessions * Hosting Code4libBC - Cynthia Ng, Daniel Sifton . . . * Web Archiving Community of Practice - Dana McFarland / Larissa Ringham

| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd sessions (continued)*Excel for Librarians - Trevor Smith*Creativity Commons: Open House - Jason/Jonathan Bigalow

| 4:00 || Breakout Reportsreports

| 5:00 || Social Event at [http://whitesailsbrewing.com/ White Sails Brewery] with pizza from [http://mambogourmetpizza.com/ Mambo Pizza]* [https://goo.gl/6MM7vv Directions] from VIRL to White Sailsevent

| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens

| 9:00 || AnnouncementsWelcome and announcements

| 9:15 || Lightning Talkstalks* Sets with Tommy and Gina : Curation and selection in Supplejack - Daniel Sifton* Integrating Point of Sale with your ILS - Philippe Lajoie* TBA - Emily Mathews* Legislative Library Tools to Capture Video/Website - Charles Hogg* Wagtail CMS (built on django/python), my experiences getting out of the drupal/wordpress paradigm - Dan Lerch

| 10:30 || Coffee breakBreak

| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd talks (continued)* Luigi Pipelines - James Fournie* Attack of the webforms! - Paul Burry* ILS cloud migration - Olga Kalachinskaya* TBA - Paris Carr* TBA - Calvin Mah

| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)

| 1:00 || Breakout Sessionssessions * Learn to Collaborate and Contribute to Projects on GitLab + with Git! - Cynthia Ng* I '♥' Wikipedia - Dana McFarland/Andie Tomlinson 

| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd <!--* Linking video and audio in the Hansard sessions (Expanded/Discussioncontinued) - Mike Sinclair* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LyL5AlPTTMW2YMT6-YG2p4iSiYQBA76RFwnH9h3wIyY/edit?usp=sharing All the DOCs]: Documentation and workflows - Cynthia Ng / Tamarack Hockin* Wordpress nightmare - Allison Trumble -->|-| 4:00 || Breakout Reports

| 54:00 ||Meet up somewhere for drinks <!-- at [http://dev-viusu.pantheonsite.io/students-union-pub/ VIU Student Pub] -->

==== Feedback =Sponsors ===

Post conferenceWhile Code4Lib BC no longer solicits sponsorship, don't forget we want to fill out acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://drivebc.googlelibraries.comcoop/open?id=1_N53WO2OCGdWybvS6wHHPH6dlCxbmgjnLTwk6DuEDwM feedback formBC Libraries Cooperative] . . . and get a chance to win a prize!

=== 2024 Organizers ===