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Welcome to the home of the new Ontario/Canada chapter of [http[File://code4libC4l north logo.org/ png|thumbnail|Code4LibNorth Logo]]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.
==Mailing list==Welcome to the home of the Ontario/Canada chapter of [http://code4lib.org/ Code4Lib]. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.
Want to participate in ==Code4Lib North meetups and receive "North"-oriented Code4Lib announcements? Join : the code4lib mailing listTenth. (The code4lib McMaster University. May 30-north mailing list was discontinued.)31, 2019==
== Second MeetingThe 2019 Code4Lib North meeting will be held at [https: //scds.ca/ the McMaster University ==Sherman Centre]. We'll begin each day at a suitable time, like 9:30 am.
=== Sign Up ===We can handle a maximum of 50 people and you can signup here: http[https://c4ln2011www.eventbritegoogle.com/maps?q=43.262680900000,-79.917828000000 Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship<br />Mills Memorial Library<br />1280 Main St. W.<br />Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6]
=== When and Where Register===Dates: May 5-6<br />Location: * 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)
=== Accommodation === Our helpful folks in Research Collections put this [httphttps://librarywww.mcmastereventbrite.ca/archivese/visiting guide] together a while backcode4lib-north-2019-tickets-59046220836 Registration is available through Eventbrite.]
=== Parking, Campus Map, Public Transit ===* [http://parking.mcmaster.ca/ Parking] - I understand we have We will be observing the most expensive parking in OCUL. I'm sorry :(* Code4Lib [httphttps://parkinggithub.mcmaster.cacom/June25UpdatedMapWithAutomation.PDF Campus map] - we are building #10 - Mills Memorial Library* [http://www.hamilton.ca/CityServices/transit?WT.mc_id=hsr&WT.hamilton_redirect_friendly=1/ Public Transit] * HSR buses that come to campus are: [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyrescode4lib/F831E17Fantiharassment-2373-48C8-A808-F7DB7873400Epolicy/0/JA11Route1.pdf 1], [http:blob/master/wwwcode_of_conduct.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/FB34FB4E-EF3A-4154-AF2D-46C06F05F06F/0/JA11Route51.pdf 51md Code of Conduct], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/53F0A87E-6DA9-4E04-A6A6-6BF5E7482806/0/JA11Route5.pdf 5c], [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/B25032CD-ABC4-40D3-8509-FA6CCB7DB4CA/0/JA11Route52A.pdf 52], and [http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/650AA6C2-DD5F-422F-86A6-E0D6EA688CEE/0/JA11Route10.pdf 10] - The 10 and 52 drop off by the hospital, the others drop off right outside Mills.
=== Cost Schedule===Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed ''Subject to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.change''
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding= Format =="2" class="wikitable"Day 1|-! ! Thursday May 30! Friday May 31|-| 10:00-10:30* Hackfest (send problems| Doors open, coffee/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)snacksDay 2| Doors open, coffee/snacks* 5|-minute lighting talks* 20| 10:30-minute talks12:00* BOAF/breakouts| Opening Remarks 10
=== 20-minute talks ===I'd like to start a new tradition Learning R for data analysis with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the eventOntario Sunshine List dataset (John F.) 15
{Building a successful documentation initiative (Kaitlin N.) [[https://slides.com/librarypixels/docs Slides]] 15 ''Morning break ''  Quick tricks to make your images look good (Thomas G.) 10 | border=Day 1Hackfest/Discussion Recaps 10 Beyond Alt-Text: Trends in Online Accessibility (Ian F.) [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zxev0a2ohy1h3t/Code4Lib%20North%20-%20Beyond%20Alt-Text%20-%20Trends%20in%20Online%20Accessibility.pdf?dl=0 Slides]] 45 Why Vue.JS (Rachel W.) [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14xDy2ylz0JoNm4n8hV2ApfH-dtEUwy7Wq96OnRJpTkI/edit?usp=sharing Slides]] 15 Balancing centralized project commitments with local priorities (Cameron M.) [[https://wiki.code4lib.org/images/8/82/Code4libNorth2019-CMetcalf.pdf Slides]] 10 |-| 12:00-13:30| LUNCH| LUNCH|-| 13:30-14:00| Cluster Computing for Humans -OR- Have you heard of this HPCPack? (Tim R.) [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jr18eiRO5nseSEz_Dtk8ofnlm1MyI2rTZblRWs2a0MY/edit#slide=id.p Slides]]| Lightning Talks (PowerBI & Jupyter notebooks - Tim R., PyMarc - John D. [[https://slides.com/jdingle/c4l19n Slides]])|-| 14:00-15:00| Hackfest and group discussions| Hackfest and group discussions|-| 15:00-15:15| ''Afternoon break''| ''Afternoon break''|-| 15:15-16:30| Hackfest and group discussions continue| Hackfest and group discussions continue! Name! Title16:15 - Wrap-up and closing remarks
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| You 17:30|Social - [https://www.meritbrewing.ca/ MERIT Brewing], [https://goo.gl/maps/gHPqJHqCgEw3qA568 107 James St N.]| foo!
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=== 5-minute lighting talks =Talk Sign Up====Code4Lib North is a great opportunity to talk about anything you are working on or pondering about. It can be as short as a 5 min lightning talk to just throw out some ideas or up to a 30 min talk on whatever you like
{| borderclass=1"wikitable"! scope="col" | '''Name'''! Titlescope="col" | '''Topic'''! scope="col" | '''Time (5 Min - 30 min)'''! scope="col" | '''Way to contact&#42; (twitter, email, etc.)'''|-| Kaitlin Newson || Building a successful documentation initiative || 15 minutes || @kaitlinnewson|-| Tim Ribaric || Cluster Computing for Humans? || 20 minutes || @elibtronic tribaric@brocku.ca|-| Sarah Romkey || How we Github: a journey || 15 minutes || @ArchivesSarah sromkey@artefactual.com|-| Rachel Wang || Why Vue.js? || 10 - 15 minutes || @rwangca|-|Thomas Guignard || Quick tricks to make your images look good || 10 minutes || @timtomch tom@timtom.ca
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| You || foo!
|}
=== BOAF(Breakouts) ===If we have enough time on the final day, &#42; Just so we can devote an hour talk to you about getting slides or two follow up questions. Feel free to [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info contact us instead] if you don't want to people breaking out into birds of a feater groupsenter anything here.
====Hackfest & Group Discussion Ideas====We will spend some time running HackFest & Breakout Discussions. Add your ideas here. {| borderclass=1"wikitable"! BOAF - scope="col" | '''Name''' ! Titlescope="col" | '''Idea'''! scope="col" | '''Way to contact&#42;'''|-|Thomas Guignard || Update the [https://github.com/librarycarpentry/lc-webscraping/ Library Carpentry Web Scraping lesson] as part of the [https://librarycarpentry.org/blog/2019/03/lc-mozilla-global-sprint/ Library Carpentry global sprint] || [https://twitter.com/timtomch @timtomch], [mailto:tom@timtom.ca tom@timtom.ca]|-|Kaitlin Newson || Create a "Hosting Code4Lib North" page for the wiki || [https://twitter.com/kaitlinnewson @kaitlinnewson]
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| You || foo!
|}
----&#42; Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions. Feel free to [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info contact us instead] if you don't want to enter anything here.
'''Code4lib North Pub Night Meetup in Ottawa, Ontario'''====Socials & things to do besides c4l====*Dates: Either Friday the 17th or Saturday the 18th of SeptemberThere will likely be a conference social on Thursday night, 2010*Locations: I'm open to other suggestions, here are mine for the moment:::The Exchange Pub Rideau and Sussex Stdetails TBA.::D'Arcy McGee's Sparks st. and Elgin St. *Time: 5-7Laptops, demos, problems, topics of discussion welcome!
Purpose: To connect with other code4libers in the area and start building a strong code4lib community North of the border. Or for me (selfishly) to meet other cool people who may have gone to the first meeting ;)===Twitter===
Comments*Hashtag: [http:/suggestions/interested in helping? Let me know via the discussion pagetwitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23c4ln19 #c4ln19]
Thanks!--[[User:Bethmaru|Bethmaru]] 20:08, 5 August 2010 (PDT)===Slack===
UPDATE: There hasn't been any activity on this second meeting proposal and * Join the date is coming up quite swiftly. I'm still interested in meeting people and building this community, however I'm going to put this #code4lib channel on hold for the time being[https://code4lib. Let me know via the discussion page if you're at all interestedslack.com code4lib slack]--* Instructions to join the code4lib slack are found [[Userhttps:Bethmaru|Bethmaru//code4lib.org/irc here]] 18:53, 8 September 2010 (PDT)
== First Meeting: Kingston ON, 6 -7 May 2010 =VIA Rail discount===
=== Sign up ===Code4lib North attendees can enjoy a 10% discount when traveling with VIA Rail. Use the information below when booking your tickets. Please note that VIA Rail has no service to Hamilton, attendees will need to transfer to GO Transit in Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto. The discount only applies to the portion of the trip operated by VIA Rail. GO Transit does not offer conference discounts :( If you have a Presto card, you can use it to pay for your GO Transit fare.
Free registration -- but registration is now closed (we have 40+ signed up).'''Discount code:''' 13938
=== When '''Instructions:''' Log in or create a profile on the VIA Rail reservation system prior to booking. On the Passenger information screen, select "Convention fare" from the “Discount Type” drop-down menu, and Where ===enter the discount code above for your convention or event in the “Discount code” field. The conference fare will be shown on the next page.
'''May 6-7, 2010Discount:''' * Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm10% off the best available fare in Economy, followed by dinner Economy Plus, Business, Business Plus, Sleeper class. "Subject to the conditions and drinks* Friday: 9am-4:30pmrestrictions of the fare plan to which the additional discount is being applied." Discount does not apply in any Escape fares and Prestige Class.
Meeting location'''Valid:* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&source=embed&msa=0&msid=103786326471006763157.0004700577498a9166e33&ll=44.227888''' May 28th,-76.494584&spn=0.0092262019 to June 2nd,0.012875&z=15| 93 University Ave2019 from all stations throughout the VIA system to Aldershot, Queen's UniversityOakville or Toronto, Kingston Ontario] (map) * Meeting room: [http://library.queensu.ca/library/floorplans/index.php?library=Douglas&floorpos=4F&section=North_Reading_Room#map| 1966 North Reading Room, Level 7, Douglas Library Building] (floorplan) - located on the top floor, just follow the signs to find the roomand return.
=== Cost ==='''Restrictions:''' Fare applies to a maximum of two passengers per booking. One complimentary stopover is allowed at no additional charge. For travel on all fare plans in Business class, the first stopover is allowed at no additional charge, provided that this stopover takes place in Toronto, Montréal or Ottawa only.
There was no charge. Queen's University very generously supplied the space, the Internet connection, and free lunch on Friday!===Contact===
=== How to get involved ===Questions and/or concerns? Please contact [mailto:kaitlin@scholarsportal.info Kaitlin Newson].
Join the mailing list. That is where the planning will happen.===Sponsors===
=== Format ===Code4Lib North would like to thank McMaster University for providing space for this meeting.
* 5-minute lighting talks* 20-minute talks* BOAF sessions* Maybe a hackfest.==Code4Lib North Past Events==
=== How many are attending? ===To see past Code4Lib North events, go to [https://wiki.code4lib.org/North/Past_Events the past events page].
45 people have registered. Most will be attending.
=== Program =Code4lib North Meetups in Toronto==
'''Thursday May 6Status:'''Active
* 2pm-5pm'''Purpose: Open format ''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Toronto, Ontario. (hang out and hackblatantly copied from the Ottawa group)* Evening: Go out for dinner and drinks <br>
'''FridayMeetup Group:'''[http://meetup.com/code4libtoronto/ code4lib toronto]
* 9am-4'''Website & Blog:30pm''' [https: Schedule currently "under construction" -- see table below//code4libtoronto.github.io/ code4libtoronto.github.io]
Morning Break'''Mailing List: 10:30''' code4libtoronto-10:45 .... Lunch: 12-1 ...list@meetup. com
Afternoon'''Hashtag: 5 minute lightning talks .... "Birds of a feather" breakout sessions (sign up sheets on front table)''' #code4libTO also used: the general #code4lib
===Past Meetups===
 
The first meetup was a simple social meetup on June 21, 2012. The idea is that other meetups will have presentations/talks to be had either before or during.
 
August 14, 2012 - [http://cynng.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/code4lib-cool-tool-day/ Cool Tool Day]
 
December 13, 2012 - [http://wp.me/pHQ83-rb Talk Notes]
 
April 19, 2013 - session to encourage collaborative talks/presentations/hackfest ideas
 
 
== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==
 
'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario
 
code4lib Ottawa meetups are now organized using Meetup.com. [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Sign up] to be informed of upcoming meetings.
 
Keep an eye on the [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Meetup] page for further details.
 
===Past Meetups===
 
The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:
 
'''Tuesday October 7th, 2014'''
 
Speakers:
 
* Mark Baker - Principal Architect at Zepheira provided a brief overview of some of Zepheira’s BibFrame tools in development.
 
* Jennifer Whitney - Systems Librarian at MacOdrum Library presented OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) – a neat and powerful tool for cleaning up messy data.
 
* Sarah Simpkin, GIS and Geography Librarian & Catherine McGoveran, Government Information Librarian (both from UOttawa Library) - presented on a recent UOttawa sponsored Open Data Hackfest as well as to introduce you to Open Data Ottawa.
 
'''Location:''' MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Ottawa, ON ([https://www.google.ca/maps/place/1125+Colonel+By+Dr,+Carleton+University,+Ottawa,+ON+K1S+5R1/@45.3835317,-75.6975174,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cce067662eae8cf:0x9cd8d41fd34473d1 map])
 
'''April 30, 2013 - Meet, and share your favourite Library technology'''
 
'''June 13, 2012 - Lightning Talks'''
{| border=1
! Name! Descriptionof Talk
|-
| William Denton || OpenFRBR '''Devin Crawley''' from the Ottawa Public Library gave us a quick preview of the API to their BiblioCommons catalogue. The API will be publicly available this fall.
|-
| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data '''William Wueppelmann''' talked about what's going on at Canadiana.org and how they host and manage their huge digital collection and their efforts to achieve certification as a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR).
|-
| Art Rhyno '''[[User:Bethmaru|Mary Beth Baker]]''' spoke about the [[North/Possible Collaborators Ottawa| Open Layers local tech scene in Ottawa]] and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)got us to consider the potential for collaboration with other groups.|} '''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''{| border=1! Presenter! Description of Talk
|-
| MJ Suhonos [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://mytplsocial-biblio.ca Location/ Social-aware Mobile Searchbiblio.ca]: An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
|-
|Alan Harnum [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || Building A [http://betatwitter.torontopubliclibrary.cacom/ Library Websitescilib Richard Akerman] with and [http://www.endecatwitter.com/ Endecabethmaru Mary Beth Baker] technologyare organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
|-
|Wendy Huot || "Your feedback, please": library web design critique|-|Glen Newton || [http://zzzoot.blogspottwitter.com/2009/07/project-torngat-building-large-scale.html Using Open Source Tools for Visualization and Semantic Mapping in a Large Scale Article Digital Librarywarlayton Warren Layton]|-| Eric Palmitesta || XQuery |-| John Miedema || A quick demo of [http://codewww.googlejasongriffey.com/p/openbook4wordpressnet/wikilibrarybox/index OpenBook WordPress Plugin Update - Why It's Cool to Love OpenURL +++LibraryBox]|-|Nasser Saleh || Coagmento!: , a potential collaborative search toolwireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use.
|}
 
 
==Code4lib North Meetups in Montreal==
 
'''Status''': Active
 
'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Montreal, Quebec. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa and Toronto groups)<br>
 
'''For more information:''' Please email Clara Turp (clara.turp@mcgill.ca) for more information.
 
'''Slack Channel and Hashtag:''' #code4lib-mtl
 
'''Wiki page:''' [[Code4Lib_Montreal]] - check here for upcoming or past meeting information.
 
== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==
Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:
* [https://ernieejo.github.io/ Erin Johnson], [https://www.lib.uwo.ca/ Western Libraries]
* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Natural Resources Canada Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* [http://datalogue.wordpress.com MJ Suhonos], Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://monmemexpmlozeau.com ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Coursts Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathonalanharnum.tumblr.com/ ca Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, Carleton Universityof Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries
* Marc d'Avernas, Waterloo Region District School Board
* Whitni Watkins, St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
* Jess Whyte, University of Toronto
== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future Mailing list==
* Toronto, Ontario* Sudbury, Ontario* Ottawa, Ontario* Montreal, QuebecThe code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.
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