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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 areasPlease add Keynote speaker nomination using the template below. See [https://wiki.code4lib.org/2025_Keynote_Speakers_Nominations 2025 Keynote Speakers Nominations] as example.
You can find Keynote speaker nominations for the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in #c4lbcCode4Lib 2026 Conference will be accepted through October 24, 2025.
== '''Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 2025''' ==
* Thursday, 16 October and Friday, 17 October* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-code4lib-bc-unconference-registration-1677528636309/ Register now]__TOC__
This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by Emily Carr.==Kate Deibel==
Location: Emily Carr University of Art Katherine "Kate" Deibel has had a varied career in academia working within and Designacross many disciplines, 520 E 1st Aveincluding computer science, education, disability, comics, digital literacies, and libraries. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/wDsSfdrZwAJyEYLb6 Map to get there]After transitioning in her first year of graduate school, Rennie Hall (inside she earned her PhD in computer science and engineering at the front entrance)University of Washington in 2011 with a multidisciplinary study of the social and technological factors that hinder adoption of reading technologies among adults with dyslexia. For more information on transit As an ardent advocate for usable and parkingaccessible technologies, please check the [https://wwwshe works and educates to ensure that library technologies are effective tools for both library patrons and staff.ecuad.ca/about/visit/parking-transit Emily Carr Campus LocationHaving worked in library technologies at the University of Washington and Syracuse University Libraries, Parkingshe now is the systems librarian at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Transit, Contact page]spearheading their adoption of open library systems such as FOLIO and VuFind.
=== What's it all about[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xs3p6vfnjkx5h9gw2f4sz/deibel-cv.pdf? rlkey=5428wdpyauvmpvmtelqlqy89r&e=1&dl=0 CV]
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 backgroundEmail contact information [mailto:katherine.deibel@gmail.com]
This year’s event will feature lightning talks and breakout sessions. Lightning talks are brief, 10-minute presentations 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. ==Annalee Newitz==
* '''What's included''': Annalee Newitz is a roomscience journalist who also writes science fiction. They are the author of several books, coffee/teaincluding Automatic Noodle, wifian instant USA Today bestseller, The Terraformers, which was nominated for the Nebula Award, and Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age. They have a monthly column in New Scientist magazine, powerand are the co-host of the Hugo-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. (from Website)
* '''What Newitz was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship for 2002 to bring''': your ideas 2003, supporting them as a research fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2004 to 2005 Newitz was a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and enthusiasmfrom 2007 to 2009 was on the board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.(from Wikipedia)
* '''Socials Hashtag'''[https: `#c4lbc`//www.techsploitation.com/ Website][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annalee_Newitz Wikipedia]
* '''Code of Conduct''': As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Email contact information [httpmailto://bitannalee@gmail.ly/coc4lib Code4Lib Code of Conductcom], which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment.
If you need help with funding your attendance==Xe Iaso==Xe Iaso is "a technical educator, you can conference speaker, twitch streamer, vtuber, and philosopher that focuses on ways to help make technology easier to understand and do cursed things in the process." They are best-known in the code4lib community for their work on [https://formsgithub.glecom/Y6ZcWyXihBowrdndA request a bursaryTecharoHQ/anubis Anubis] , which "weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests to stop AI crawlers" and is widely used by October 3code4libbers defending cultural heritage web sites from bot onslaught. They are [https://xeiaso.net/talks/ an experienced and engaging conference speaker]. They have gotten pretty engaged with the code4lib community as they support our use of Anubis, 2025and I think it would be neat if we all got to meet each other.
===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===https://xeiaso.net/
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[mailto:me@xeiaso.net email]
[https://forms.gle/DEkDVn1rT35bdRj87 Submit a lightning talk or breakout session idea]==Nate Matias==
''Breakout Session Ideas''* Struggling Through Burnout (esp [https://natematias.com/ Dr. J. Nathan Matias] is a social scientist and Cornell faculty member who "stud[ies] digital governance and behavior change in IT); Getting Our DIY Ethic Back (Daniel Lerch)* GenAI Critical Literacy workshop demo + discussion (Michelle Ng) (20 person limit)* Knowledge management groups and M365/SP migration headaches (Michelle Ng)* Protecting website content created networks shaped by libraries AI systems" and server resources from Gen "collaborate[s] with the public in citizen behavioral science, working for a world where digital power is guided by evidence and accountable to the public." His research includes concrete interventions to improve the quality of discourse and safety in online communities. These days, he's interested in speaking on AI (Desy Wahyuni)governance, "community-led field experiments in computing, social-psychology, and technology governance", and independent, non-corporate research. He is an [https://natematias.com/speaking/ experienced public speaker] and also one of the nicest people you will ever meet.
===Food===[https://social.coop/@natematias mastodon][mailto:nathan.matias@cornell.edu email]
Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries, granola bars, fruit) will be available at the venue.==FirstName LastName==
Attendees are encouraged to explore the wide range Description of food and beverage options nearby. Local organizers have provided a few recommendations below. If you have dietary restrictions/preferences, feel free to ask for specific suggestions!the person (100 words or less)
====Coffee & baked goods====* ECU's Caf - on campus* Nemesis coffee - [https://mapswiki.appcode4lib.goo.glorg/MLD3mahZS29Z6bYMA 555 Great Northern Wy2026_Keynote_Speakers_Nominations Relevant websites, if any]* 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 - Email contact information [httpsmailto://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 east 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://vancouversoupcompanysomeone@example.com/ Vancouver Soup Company] - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/8ehwmwD1NoogsMR47 292 E 1st Ave] (9 min. walk) === Schedule === '''''Please note that all times are PT (Vancouver, Canada).''''' ==== Day 1 : Thursday, October 16 ==== {| class="wikitable"| 8:30 || Venue opens|-| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements|-| 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* 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|-| 11:45 || ECU campus tour / Lunch!|-| 1:15 || 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|-| 4:00 || Breakout reports|-| 5:00 || Social event at Red Truck Beer Company [https://maps.app.goo.gl/VH93xQZ1nJzvziBZ8 295 E 1st Ave]|} ==== Day 2 : Friday, October 17 ===={| class="wikitable"| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements|-| 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|-| 10:30 || Break|-| 11:00 || Lightning talks (continued)* Working with APIs: Flows and Runner in Postman - Olga Kalachinskaya* Bulk DOI generation in DSpace with the Super-Duper-App! - Daniel Sifton* Building an assignment planner on Playlab - Joyce Wong|-| 11:45 || Lunch|-| 1:00 || Breakout sessions* Finalized day-of based on attendee interests. See list of proposals above or [https://docs.googlesomeone@example.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].|-| 4:00 || Breakout session reports / Who wants to host Code4Lib BC 2026?|} === Sponsors === We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative]. === 2025 Organizers === * Cynthia Ng* Dan Lerch* Daniel Sifton* George Villavicencio * Hillary Webb* James Fournie* Janis McKenzie* Michel Castagné* Michelle Ng* Rebecca Dickson* Scott Leslie* Tamarack Hockin* Trevor Smith = '''Past Events''' = See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.
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If you're interested in hostingwould like to nominate anonymously/without Code4Lib wiki account, please you can send email to [httpsmailto://docsmsl321@lehigh.google.com/document/d/1mh8haGBziQHiBkG_0byNgIEPxWIsBjKAXOss0cE9fJs/edit?usp=sharing take a read over our Planner's Guideedu Maccabee Levine]and he will add the nominee to this page.