Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas.
== '''First Annual Code4lib BC Event''' ==
== '''WhenSixth Annual Code4lib BC Unconference 2018''': November 28 and 29, 2013==
'''WhereSave the dates!''': SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC [http://goo.gl/maps/iyC0j map]
'''Cost''': $20*Thursday, 29 November and Friday, 30 November
This year's C4LBC will be held in Nanaimo, 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 at VIRL's Harbourfront Branch. Friday'Accommodationss activities will be held the the VIU campus. This year''': Info coming soons 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.
'''Register here''': [https://code4libbc2013www.eventbrite.ca/e/2018-code4libbc-unconference-vancouver-island-tickets-50429527073 Registration is now open!]
'''=== What''': It’s a 2 day unconference! A participant-driven meeting featuring lightning talks in the mornings, hackfest in the afternoons, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically 5-10 minutes in length (15 minutes is the maximum) on topics related to library technologies: current projects, tips and tricks, or hacks in the works. Hackfest is an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, yet sustained period of problem solving, software development and fun. In advance of the event, we will gather project ideas in a form available through our wiki and registration pages. Each afternoon the code4libBC participants will review and discuss the proposals, break into groups, and work on some of the projects.s it all about? ===
It'''Who''': A 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.Anyone from the library community who is interested in library technologies are welcome to join and participate, regardless of their department or background: systems and IT, public services, circulation, cataloguing and technical services, archives, digitization and preservation. All are welcome to help set the agenda, define the outcomes and develop the deliverables!
'''Why''': Why not? code4libBC The event will feature lightning talks, breakout sessions, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief 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 group neat project you're been working on, a cool new tool you want to show off, or an interesting development in the world of dynamic library technology practitioners throughout the province who that you want to build new relationships as much as develop new software solutions discuss, Code4Lib BC is a great opportunity to problems.share with the community!
'''Tag dWhat'hashs included''': #c4lbcwifi, power, coffee/snacks, lunches, prizes, limited transportation from downtown Nanaimo to VIU campus.
If you’re ready '''What's NOT included/what to get bring''': a laptop, dinner, your hands dirty with library technology practitioners, register here: https://code4libbc2013ideas and enthusiasm.eventbrite.ca/
Our first annual code4libBC event could not have been made possible without the generous financial support of'''Hashtag''':#c4lbc
* BCCATS (British Columbia Cataloguing and Technical Services Interest Group)* BC Electronic Library Network* BC Libraries Cooperative* Kwantlen Polytechnic University* Simon Fraser University* University '''Code of VictoriaConduct''': 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.
And special thanks to the BC Libraries Cooperative for assisting the organizing group with administrative duties.=== Sponsors ===
Feel free While Code4libBC no longer solicits sponsorship, we want to email Paul Joseph (code4libBC Chair) at paul.joseph@ubc.ca with questions or comments.acknowledge the contributions by our hosts:
'''Lightning Talk Proposals and Hackfest* [http:/Breakout Suggestions'''/http: Submit them //virl.bc.ca/ Vancouver Island Regional Library], and* [https://docslibrary.googleviu.comca/forms/d/1NVEGsJZvqNLyqxATdYvNonGuPmlDAFOJn-R2vGpIvWg/viewform hereVancouver Island University Library]. ,
== Tentative Schedule ==as well as continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative].
=== Thursday Morning Lightning Talk Proposals and Breakout Suggestions===={|! Name! Title|-| Paul Joseph || Opening Talk|-| ... || |-| ... || |-| ... || |-| ... || |-| ... || |}
=== Friday Morning ===={|! Name! Title|-| ... || ...|-| ... || ...|-| ... || ...|-| ... || ...|-| ... || ...|-| ... || ...|}Is there 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?
== '''Lightning Talk Proposals''' ==Submit your [https://goo.gl/forms/477mUwdPWj7qCCVk2 lightning talk/breakout suggestion]
John Durno, University of Victoria* Filling up the Internet Archive using their S3-like API. UVic recently uploaded 750G of old newspapers and metadata (over 15,000 issues) to the IA via their API, based on AmazonSee what's S3, by way of a simple python script making use of the boto library and a wrapper supplied by one of the IA developersalready been [https://drive. The API proved surprisingly robust, and I'd like to spread the wordgoogle.com/open?id=1IooK5wBd7JinNnNVdrh9dV_e5XgMfEqVZ3WDWesz-t0 submitted]
===Food/Transportation===
Peter Tyrrell, Andornot* Setting up Apache Solr to index and search over multiple source types: database and fielded data, Excel/CSV, scanned mags and newspapers, PDFs, word processor documents, websites, geolocations, etc. Focus will be on schema and DataImportHandler considerations, plus amusing anecdotes as time allows.* Another option would be: scripts that parse a PDF into a TIF, JPG, TXT, and positional XML per page via djvulibre and imagemagick libraries. Make 'em ready for indexing and flexible display.* I could maybe go over how to (and how NOT to) represent and display hierarchical (cough, archival) data in an Apache Solr index. Mostly this would be a juicy rant about how just how ruddy difficult I found itDo you have dietary restrictions? Let us know when you register.
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.
Stefan Khan-KernahanTransportation to Nanaimo from the mainland is best made by ferry to Departure Bay, The University of British Columbiaor by seaplane/helijet * UBC is launching an in[http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/hbna-house product for managing course reserves that helps streamline workflows between faculty & library, within library staff (ecurrent.g copyright control etcphp BC ferries from West Van to Departure Bay].)If you are interested in carpooling from the Vancouver area, and library & student, which I'd like please let us know.*[http://www.seairseaplanes.com/schedules Seair Seaplanes to present on, the content Nanaimo] from YVR or downtown Vancouver (Flights can be delayed due to weather this time of which would year)*[http://www.harbourair.com/book-a-flight/locations/nanaimo/ Harbour Air Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or downtown Vancouver (Flights can be on completed modules delayed to date 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 learning lessons for others[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!
Marcus Emmanuel Barnes, Simon Fraser University* Normalizing existing digitized content into standardized packages for robust long-term management. A report on SFU Library's METS-Bagger tool, with a discussion of the benefits, design principles used for the packaging specification, and potential next steps.===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)
Colleen Bell, University of the Fraser Valley* I've been using PHP, JSON, Guests can call 800-663-1144 and Libguides widgets quote “Code4Lib” or group code CBI-GFC18933 to integrate Libguides content into our ERM and ERM content into our Libguides. This is particularly useful for libraries using SFU's researcher suite, but could provide ideas for anyone, since book under the code generated by the PHP can be displayed in any web pageblock.
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.]
Mark Jordan, Simon Fraser University* Libraries are realizing the potential for exposing their locally managed content as Linked Data. One of the types of local data that offers a lot of potential for leveraging Linked Data's capabilities is the controlled subject terms applied to local digital collections. I would like to demonstrate how I've enriched SFU's Editorial Cartoons Collection's descriptive metadata with URIs from http://id.loc.gov, paying particular attention to those from the Thesaurus for Graphic Material.* Explanation and demo of docr/smd, a distributed Optical Character Recognition platform designed to use smartphones and tablets to do the OCR.=== Schedule ===
==== Day 1 ====
May Chan, Burnaby Public Events will be held at [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Vancouver+Island+Regional+Library* Hackfests for the Uninitiated/@49. For all sorts of reasons1655907, hackfests can be intimidating to first-timers and especially to those who have little or no programming ability123. To encourage those new to this form of collaborative learning9386119, my LT will relate key a-ha17z/data=! moments from my first hackfest experience, especially some difficult truths learned3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5488a15814a89c2b:0xa00f9e80da1f7296!8m2!3d49.* The Code4Lib Conference Gender and Minority Scholarships1655907!4d-123. One of the ways Code4Lib supports gender and cultural diversity is to offer conference scholarships to women, transgendered persons and persons of ethnic or aboriginal descent. As a way to encourage potential BC applicants, this LT will give some nuanced background on the scholarship program and application process9364232 VIRL's Harbourfront library branch].
Parking: Recommend underground parking under library. Entrance to lot off Front St. or Museum Way.
Calvin Mah {| class="wikitable"| 8:30 || Doors open|-| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements|-| 9:15 || Lightning Talks * [https:/ Todd Holbrook, SFU Library/docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UhJWHKf15ZX7fbH1k3odpQ7J-QTrmbepvKefCBXBSMA/edit?usp=sharing Code4libBC: What's an Unconference] - Cynthia Ng* SFU Library The Art of the Kludge - Hours Database. Julie Cole* Using LibAnswers as an e-resource management and ticketing system - Patricia Pang* Breaking Down the IT Silo - Jeff Narver* The Library Hours Database developed by Todd Holbrook at SFU Library is Never-Ending Wrangle: enabling fulltext search in Supplejack - Daniel Sifton|-| 10:30 || Coffee break|-| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd* Children's Coding Gadgets and Early Literacy Skill Development - Code-a tool -Pillar, Osmo, and Sphero - Caitlin Ottenbreit* Open to change: Migrating to Evergreen - James Fournie / Gwenda Bryan / Dan Sifton / Geoffrey Allen* Digitization challenges for managing small organizations - Christine Meutzner* Weeding Reports - Trevor Smith* [http://webapp.library hours. The SFU Library hours page is generated by this databaseuvic.ca/jdurno/durnos_old_computers_c4lbc_20181128.pdf Retro-computing collection at UVic Libraries] - John Durno|-| 12: 00 || Lunch (Provided)|-| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions * Hosting Code4libBC - httpCynthia Ng, Daniel Sifton . . . * [https://wwwdocs.libgoogle.sfucom/document/d/1XuxxL6arEcpAzDWnGKTNC7xBH881-DqOSAkuJT_aXW8/edit?usp=sharing Web Archiving Community of Practice] - Dana McFarland / Larissa Ringham|-| 2:30 || Break|-| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd *Excel for Librarians - Trevor Smith*Creativity Commons: Open House - Jason/Jonathan Bigalow|-| 4:00 || Breakout Reports|-| 5:00 || Social Event at [http://whitesailsbrewing.cacom/aboutWhite Sails Brewery] with pizza from [http:/hours/mambogourmetpizza.com/ Mambo Pizza]* [https://goo.gl/6MM7vv Directions] from VIRL to White Sails|}
==== Day 2 ====
Events will be held at [https://www2.viu.ca/map/ VIU's Building 305, Room 507]
Sarah SutherlandA bus (with a friendly, Canadian Legal Information Institute* I would like to discuss qualified driver) will pick up attendees from the process involved in evaluating Coast Bastion on Friday morning at 8:20 am. If needed the responses to requests bus will return for proposals for technology projects. There are often several very good submissions once the basic requirements are met, and at that point it becomes more about the style another load of the vendor and what kind of project it is. We recently went through this process, so I will use some anonymized examples from our process to illustrate my talkpassengers ~20 minutes later.
Parking: Closest is Lot N; some spaces in Lots F & C are short-term; [https://www2.viu.ca/facilities/Campus_Development/Site%20Map%20and%20Info/Site%20Map%20BARRIER%20FREE%20ROUTES%20Nanaimo%20Campus.pdf VIU Parking Map]
Cynthia Ng, CILS @ Langara College
* Shifting Perspectives: From Disability Accommodation to Universal Design<br>
Too often we design for the "average" user and then tack on accommodations for those with disabilities, but there is no "average" user to speak of, and we all use "assistive" technology. With this presentation, I hope to help shift the way we think about library services and their delivery.
{| class="wikitable"| 8:30 || Doors open|-| 9:00 || Announcements|-| 9:15 || Lightning Talks* Sets with Tommy and Gina : Curation and selection in Supplejack - Daniel Sifton* Integrating Point of Sale with your ILS - Philippe Lajoie* Advocacy & Digital Licensing - Emily Mathews* Legislative Library Tools to Capture Video/Website - Charles Hogg* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18Ohz2bDcVr0FvKppD3q-oh6AjS6f3_mPES1mRF4Iww8/edit?usp= sharingWagtail CMS (built on django/python), my experiences getting out of the drupal/wordpress paradigm] - Dan Lerch|-| 10:30 || Coffee break|-| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'''Hackfestd * Patron Counters - James Fournie* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RqSjNxDWnT4-IiqQPP4PyW823R4jOxG4/view Attack of the webforms!] - Paul Burry* ILS cloud migration - Olga Kalachinskaya* Hacking devices - Calvin Mah |-| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)|-| 1:00 || Breakout SuggestionsSessions* [https://cynthia.gitlab.io/intro-to-git-and-gitlab/ Learn to Collaborate and Contribute to Projects on GitLab + with Git!] - Cynthia Ng* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oerwPDMnYEHSa5JTnjGzoGOsHXvP9oToJxG11QIfEUI/edit?usp=sharing I '♥'' ==Wikipedia] - Dana McFarland/Andie Tomlinson
John Durno|-| 2:30 || Break|-| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, University of Victoriacont'd <!--* Develop an Omeka module that uses the Internet Archive to host Linking video and audio content, essentially using Omeka as in the front end user interface while taking advantage of the IA's media deliveryHansard (Expanded/streaming capabilities. I envision two componentsDiscussion) - Mike Sinclair* [https: content and metadata would be uploaded via Omeka's admin interface//docs. The IA's media player would be embedded in the public interface for content deliverygoogle.com/document/d/1LyL5AlPTTMW2YMT6-YG2p4iSiYQBA76RFwnH9h3wIyY/edit?usp=sharing All the DOCs]: Documentation and workflows - Cynthia Ng / Tamarack Hockin* Wordpress nightmare - Allison Trumble -->|-Stefan Khan| 4:00 || Breakout Reports* Library as platform -Kernahan, The University of British ColumbiaMaryann Kempthonre* Building a more engaging digital asset viewer than what is provided by ContentDMCries for help /competitors. DetailsTales of fails|-| 5: current digital asset presentation (e.g Content DM), whilst providing all the ""necessary"" information 00 ||Meet up somewhere for the user (image + metadata etcdrinks <!-- at [http://dev-viusu.) simply lack in user engagementpantheonsite. If universities are expecting to build interest in these collections among currentio/future students, they need to cater for a more involved experience. I am proposing an image viewer for digital assets that allows tagging-union-pub/hotspot that trigger supplementary information beyond metadata (e.g. video explanations of areas on maps, how they came to be etc)VIU Student Pub] -->|-|}
==== Feedback ====
Karen J. NelsonPost conference, Capilano Unversity Library* Could we have a quickiedon't forget to fill out the [https: 1//goo. FRBR explanationgl/forms/eisFcofDCtEl7jL52 feedback form] . 2. ditto data exchange. 3. ditto linked data. 4. bibframe. 5. WEMI languageand get a chance to win a prize!
=== Organizers ===
Jonathan Jacobsen, Andornot* Daniel Sifton* Dana McFarland* Ben Hyman* Jason Kuffler* Charles Hogg* Paris Carr* James Fournie* Cynthia Ng* Tamarack Hockin* Allison Trumble* I'm working on a virtual exhibit project using Omeka right now, so I second the idea of an Omeka breakout session. Would love to connect with some other Omeka users/developers. In particular, to discuss the Solr plug-in.Geoffrey Allen
Scott Leslie, BC Libraries Cooperative* Creating a toolkit/process for collaborative, grassroots archiving of significant, small BC websites using DIY toolsComments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.
= '''Past Events''' =
May Chan, Burnaby Public Library, and Mark Jordan, Simon Fraser University* New bibliographic standards and Linked DataSee our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page. This breakout session will provide opportunities for participants to explore and experiment with new and emerging models for bibliographic data, such as FRBR, the DCMI Abstract Model, and BIBFRAME within the context of Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Linked Data. Practical outcomes of the session will include converting MARC21 data into MARCXML and Dublin Core XML, using the BIBFRAME tool (http://bibframe.org/tools/) to transform MARCXML into BIBFRAME resources, and linking data values used as access points in MARC21 records to URIs from the Library of Congress’s Linked Data Service at http://id.lov.gov. Because this breakout will take the approach of supporting self-directed learning in a collaborative environment, participants should prepare for this session by reviewing the following:** A Quick Intro to Linked Data / Michael Hausenblas*** Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/mediasemanticweb/quick-linked-data-introduction*** Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMjkI4hJej0** Linked Open Data: What is it? / Europeana*** Video: http://vimeo.com/36752317** 30 Minute Guide to RDF and Linked Data / Ian Davis*** http://www.slideshare.net/iandavis/30-minute-guide-to-rdf-and-linked-data** DCMI Abstract Model*** http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/** RDA Relationships Oveview*** http://www.rdatoolkit.org/backgroundfiles/RelationshipsOverview_10_9_09.pdf** Moving Library Metadata Towards Linked Data / Jennifer Bowen*** http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferBowen/moving-library-metadata-toward-linked-data-opportunities-provided-by-the-extensible-catalog** BIBFRAME tutorial / Jeremy Nelson*** http://tuttdemo.coloradocollege.edu/calcon-2013-session/** Linked Data First Steps & Catch-21 / Karen Coyle*** http://kcoyle.blogspot.ca/2013/07/linked-data-first-steps-catch-21.html
