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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.
* Thursday, 16 May and Friday, 17 May* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is now open] This year's Code4Lib BC C4LBC will be held on the North Shore of Metro in Vancouver, BC, and jointly hosted by West Vancouver Memorial Library and Capilano University. The Thursday events will be held VCC at the West Vancouver Memorial Library[https://www. Friday's activities will be held at Capilano University's main vcc.ca/about/college-information/contact-us/downtown-campus./ Downtown Campus], Room 420
=== 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.
* '''What's included''': wifi, powera room, coffee/snackstea, luncheswifi, prizes.power
* '''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, dinner, your ideas and enthusiasm.
* '''Mastodon Hashtag''': [https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23c4lbc&src=typd `#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.
===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
====Coffee & baked goods====* Nemesis coffee - [https://wwwmaps.capilanougoogle.cacom/about?cid=3116382671480623498 302 W Hastings St]* Revolver coffee -capu[https:/get-to-know-us/our-campusesmaps.google.com/capu?cid=7637660912074558893 325 Cambie St]* Purebread -main-campus/ Directions to Capilano University], [https://wwwmaps.capilanougoogle.cacom/about?cid=448773891542528173 159 W Hastings St]* Lee's Donuts Gastown -capu/get-to-know-us/our-campuses/parking-services/ Parking Services website] or [https://gmaps.google.pagecom/CapULibrary?share Google Mapscid=13423786774947035631 199 Water St]
===Accommodations=Meals====* [https://www.vcc.ca/services/eat-shop--more/cafeteria/ VCC Downtown Cafeteria] (Thurs only) - 3rd floor* Marugame Udon - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=9331854931384302026 589 Beatty St]* MeeT Gastown - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=8486430434256396620 inner Courtyard, 12 Water St] (vegetarian)* Meat & Bread - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=5974644075226205790 370 Cambie St]* Nuba - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=16710652764342550272 207 W Hastings St] (veg friendly)* Pholicious - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=464715567622825479 430 W Pender St]* Ready-to-eat at City Market (unless you're boycotting Loblaws!) - [https://maps.google.com/?cid=12866074011377369903 658 Homer St]
==== Day 1 : Thursday, May 16 ====
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| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning talks * Icebreaker activity [https://cynthiang.ca/2024/05/16/presentation-giving-back-to-the-community-through-transparency- Patricia Lesku* Scraping index pages and VuFind implementation - Louise Brittain Boisverta-public-handbook/ Giving back to the community through transparency and a public handbook] - Cynthia "Arty" Ng* Blended learning in libraries[https: Google IT Support Certificate Program at Surrey Libraries //github.com/telezoic/PostTwitter Twitter Archiving, Post- Erol Olcay* Implementing an IT service desk! Twitter] - Tamarack Hockin / Jason SwanDan Sifton* Upgrading public computers and creating "Wait I can't lose that!" Saving circ data with MS Office during a game space for youth system change - Camille GinneverTrevor Smith
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| 10:30 || Break
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| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)
* Authorities cleanup [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nMJttwl7u8Rlv2x4b4b9tH_cbafZe4AQ6n1KinG_Muw/edit Find a Space] - Trevor SmithAndy Peterson* Implementing values in practical ways Time of Flight People Counting at UVic Libraries - Cynthia NgJohn Durno* Tell Your Story: Ebook creation for 11Improving online user experience through collaboration with public service staff -14 - Patricia Lesku* * Janis McKenzie
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| 12:00 || Lunch (provided)
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| 1:00 || Breakout sessions
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| 4:00 || Breakout reports
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| 5:00 || Social eventat The Permanent Library (330 Pender St) feat. [https://www.instagram.com/pretendwinebar/ Pretend Wine Bar]* [https://maps.app.goo.gl/maps/6KsoUh8XsAXp6ABm8 mahony | Burrard LandingWVUchkZHbstXfRHE9 Directions]from VCC to the Permanent Library (about a 2 min walk)* Karaoke after?Big thanks to [https://internetarchivecanada.org/ Internet Archive Canada]!
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==== Day 2 : Friday, May 17 ====
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| 8:30 || Doors openVenue opens
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| 9:00 || AnnouncementsWelcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning talks
* PrivacyCatalogerGPT: an AI powered cataloguing assistant as agentic collaboration -protecting technologies - Chelsea PalmerGlen Greenly* Code club for seniors Moving to the Cloud: Better late than never? - Dethe ElzaScott Leslie* Fair and FAIR data sharing in Moving our library to the Global South Folio LSP - Alicia UrquidiOlga Kalachinskaya* A review of open-source ERM options in 2019 - James Fournie* Organizing Ideas podcast - Allison Jones / Karen Ng
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| 10:30 || Break
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| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)
* RefDesk Dashboard for Springshare data OpenAthens Authentication vs IP EZProxy - Trevor Smith Ryan Regier* Implementing OpenAthens for eResource authentication Title list comparison using Pandas/Jupyter - Hillary Webb* * * James Fournie
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| 12:00 || Lunch (provided)
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| 1:00 30 || Breakout sessions* Web archiving - Dana McFarland* Project management - Trevor Smith
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| 2:30 45 || Break
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| 23:45 00 || Breakout sessions (continued)* Establishing a code club for adults/seniors - Dethe Elza* Who wants to host Code4Lib BC in 2020?
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| 4:00 || Breakout reports
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| 5:00 ||Meet up at [https://goo.gl/maps/K4xetNSFzyVKB1cv5 Coach House Lounge]
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=== Sponsors ===
= '''Past Events''' =
See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.