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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].
== '''Ninth Annual Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 20242025''' ==
'''Save the dates!'''* Thursday, 16 October and Friday, 17 October* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-code4lib-bc-unconference-registration-1677528636309/ Register now]
* ThursdayThis year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, 16 May and FridayBC, 17 Mayand hosted by Emily Carr.
 This year's C4LBC will be held in VancouverLocation: Emily Carr University of Art and Design, BC520 E 1st Ave. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/wDsSfdrZwAJyEYLb6 Map to get there], Rennie Hall (inside the front entrance). For more information on transit and hosted by VCC at parking, please check the [https://www.vccecuad.ca/about/college-informationvisit/contactparking-us/downtown-campus/ Downtown transit Emily Carr CampusLocation, Parking, Transit, Contact page].
=== What's it all about? ===
* '''What to bring''': your ideas and enthusiasm.
* '''Mastodon Socials 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.
If you need help with funding your attendance, you can [https://forms.gle/Y6ZcWyXihBowrdndA request a bursary] by October 3, 2025.
===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
Is there If there’s 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? , Code4Lib BC is a great opportunity to share that with the community.
Please take a moment to [https://forms.gle/FH6DxDJgq18jPM5A6 propose DEkDVn1rT35bdRj87 Submit a lightning talk or breakout sessionidea]  ''Breakout Session Ideas''* Struggling Through Burnout (or both!esp in IT). If there’s a neat project you've been working on; Getting Our DIY Ethic Back (Daniel Lerch)* GenAI Critical Literacy workshop demo + discussion (Michelle Ng) (20 person limit)* Knowledge management and M365/SP migration headaches (Michelle Ng)* Protecting website content created by libraries and server resources from Gen AI (Desy Wahyuni) ===Food=== Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries, a cool new tool you want to show offgranola bars, or an interesting development in fruit) will be available at the world venue. Attendees are encouraged to explore the wide range of library technology that food and beverage options nearby. Local organizers have provided a few recommendations below. If you want to discusshave dietary restrictions/preferences, Code4Lib BC is a great opportunity feel free to share that with ask for specific suggestions! ====Coffee & baked goods====* ECU's Caf - on campus* Nemesis coffee - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/MLD3mahZS29Z6bYMA 555 Great Northern Wy]* Kafka’s Coffee Roasting and Bakery - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/y5KRY7wp8nHVHqpG8 577 Great Northern Wy]* Kranky Cafe in Mount Pleasant - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/c5zutNWHf9XiESsx7 228 E 4th Ave]* Tim Hortons - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/k78BjheVVKBFtxCR6 889 Great Northern Wy]* L'Atelier Patisserie - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/K79rrCYwFWdJx2rz9 599 E Broadway] (15 min. walk) ====Meals====* Steve's Poké Bar - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/DBDWoY4T5xZCTV656 891 Great Northern Wy]* Rotating Food Trucks - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/FDeCRQk9R3wEyKcdA 577 Carolina St.]* ECU Ramen bar - on campus, level 1 near the communityeast exit* Chai Wagon - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/FXfday9yK4aCMgyE6 196 E 2nd Ave] (12 min. walk)* ECU Caf, Nemesis, Kafka's, and Kranky cafe also have lunch food* [https://vancouversoupcompany.com/ Vancouver Soup Company] - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/8ehwmwD1NoogsMR47 292 E 1st Ave] (9 min. walk)
=== Schedule ===
'''''Please note that all times are PST PT (Vancouver, Canada).'''''
==== Day 1 : Thursday, October 16 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Icebreaker activity|-| 9:30 || Lightning talks* Remember When We Were Excited About Virtual Worlds? Let’s Try That Again - James Fournie* Sustainable Local Development; or, Two PHP Scripts in a Trench Coat - John Durno* User Experience: Case study plus discussion of a planned BCLA interest group - Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin* [https://cynthiang.ca/2025/10/16/presentation-how-to-stay-web-accessible-applying-wcag-2-1-2-2/ Making the Web Accessible: Putting WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 into Practice] - Cynthia Ng
|-
| 10:30 || Break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)
* Challenges of Identity and Access Management Policies and Documentation - Caitlin Lindsay * Manipulating MARC: Indigenous Cataloguing Beyond the Standards - Taya Jardine & Christina Needham* Developing introductory, interactive workshop modules on GenAI Critical Literacy - Michelle Ng
|-
| 1211:00 45 || ECU campus tour / Lunch!
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| 1:00 15 || Breakout sessions * Manipulating MARC (redux) - facilitators: Taya Jardine & Christina Needham* Digital sovereignty, the surveillance state, & protection of privacy - facilitator: John Durno* Cookin' with VR - facilitator: James Fournie 
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)
* UX breakout! - facilitators: Janis McKenzie & Mark Goodwin* Are all the ULs hanging out without us? Consortial LSP planning and rumours - facilitator: Tamarack Hockin
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| 4:00 || Breakout reports
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| 5:00 || Social eventat Red Truck Beer Company [https://maps.app.goo.gl/VH93xQZ1nJzvziBZ8 295 E 1st Ave]
|}
==== Day 2 : Friday, October 17 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Venue opens
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| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements
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| 9:15 || Lightning talks
* Transforming Unstructured Data in a Knowledge Base: Exploring the Potential of RAG and LLMs at SFU Library - Ian Song* Consent Not Required: (AI) Technology as Connection - Coco Chen & Rebecca Ardron* Building AI Literacy in the Public Library - Jaclyn Fong* Defending Library Services Against AI Scrapers - Scott Leslie
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| 10:30 || Break
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| 1011:45 00 || Lightning talks (continued)* Working with APIs: Flows and Runner in Postman - Olga Kalachinskaya* [https://github.com/telezoic/SuperDuperPDF/blob/main/superduperPDF.pdf Bulk DOI generation in DSpace with the Super-Duper-App!] - Daniel Sifton* Building an assignment planner on Playlab - Joyce Wong
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| 1211:00 45 || Lunch
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| 1:00 || Breakout sessions * Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP7AZMzRzI_sLUnaLJ9mu0gvayJ0gU2mnScjMPvlQ9DFfCZw/viewform?usp=header submit your own].
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)
* Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP7AZMzRzI_sLUnaLJ9mu0gvayJ0gU2mnScjMPvlQ9DFfCZw/viewform?usp=header submit your own].
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| 4:00 || |-| 5:00 || Breakout session reports / Who wants to host Code4Lib BC 2026?
|}
=== Sponsors ===
While Code4Lib BC no longer solicits sponsorship, we We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative].
=== 2024 2025 Organizers ===
* Cynthia Ng
* Dan Lerch
* Daniel Sifton
* George Villavicencio
* Hillary Webb
* James Fournie
* Dan SiftonJanis McKenzie* Eka GrguricMichel Castagné* Tamarack HockinMichelle Ng* John DurnoRebecca Dickson
* Scott Leslie
* Tamarack Hockin
* Trevor Smith
* George Villavicencio
* Rebecca Dickson
= '''Past Events''' =
See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.
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