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Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas.
 
Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas.
  
= '''Code4lib BC Unconference 2016''' =
 
  
'''[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2016-code4libbc-unconference-tickets-26429947685 Registration is now open]''' for Code4Lib BC's fourth annual unconference!
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== '''Sixth Annual Code4lib BC Unconference 2018''' ==
  
* December 1 and 2, 2016
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'''Save the dates!'''
* Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC, Vancouver BC
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* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2016-code4libbc-unconference-tickets-26429947685 Register now] ($30 for both days)
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*Thursday, 29 November and Friday, 30 November
* [https://goo.gl/forms/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 Propose a lightning talk or breakout session]
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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's activities will be held the the VIU campus. This year's 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.
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[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2018-code4libbc-unconference-vancouver-island-tickets-50429527073 Registration is now open!]
  
 
=== What's it all about? ===
 
=== What's it all about? ===
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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.
 
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.
  
The event will feature lightning talks in the mornings, breakout sessions in the afternoons, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically 10-15 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 neat project you're 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 with the community - [https://goo.gl/forms/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 let us know about it]!
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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 neat project you're 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 with the community!
  
'''What's included''': wifi, power, coffee/snacks
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'''What's included''': wifi, power, coffee/snacks, lunches, prizes, limited transportation from downtown Nanaimo to VIU campus.
  
'''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, lunch (on-campus options [http://www.food.ubc.ca/feed-me/ here] and [http://www.ams.ubc.ca/foodanddrink/ here]), your ideas and enthusiasm
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'''What's NOT included/what to bring''': a laptop, dinner, your ideas and enthusiasm.
  
 
'''Hashtag''': #c4lbc
 
'''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. Need an ear, hand, or help? C4LBC helpers: [https://twitter.com/therealarty @therealarty] (she/her) [https://twitter.com/skrrrl @skrrrl] (he/him)
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'''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.
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=== Sponsors ===
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While Code4libBC no longer solicits sponsorship, we want to acknowledge the contributions by our hosts:
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* [http://http://virl.bc.ca/ Vancouver Island Regional Library], and
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* [https://library.viu.ca/ Vancouver Island University Library],
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as well as continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.libraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative].
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===Lightning Talk Proposals and Breakout Suggestions===
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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?  
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Submit your [https://goo.gl/forms/477mUwdPWj7qCCVk2 lightning talk/breakout suggestion]
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See what's already been [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IooK5wBd7JinNnNVdrh9dV_e5XgMfEqVZ3WDWesz-t0 submitted] 
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===Food/Transportation===
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Do you have dietary restrictions? Let us know when you register.
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Are you traveling from Victoria or the Lower Mainland? Are you interested in sharing transportation? Please contact:
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*carpool from Victoria to Nanaimo please contact Charles Hogg at charles.hogg@leg.bc.ca.
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*carpool from Lower Mainland to Nanaimo please contact James Fournie at jfournie@vcc.ca.
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Transportation to Nanaimo from the mainland is best made by ferry to Departure Bay, or by seaplane/helijet
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*[http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/hbna-current.php BC ferries from West Van to Departure Bay]. If you are interested in carpooling from the Vancouver area, please let us know.
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*[http://www.seairseaplanes.com/schedules Seair Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or downtown Vancouver (Flights can be delayed due to weather this time of year)
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*[http://www.harbourair.com/book-a-flight/locations/nanaimo/ Harbour Air Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or downtown Vancouver (Flights can be delayed to due weather this time of year)
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*[http://helijet.com/helijet-introduces-nanaimo-vancouver-flights/ Helijet to Nanaimo] from YVR or downtown Vancouver.
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*[http://www.tofinobus.com/ Tofino Bus] and [https://www.islandlinkbus.com/ IslandLinkBus] from Victoria and Other Island Locations to Nanaimo.
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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!
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===Accommodations===
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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)
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Guests can call 800-663-1144 and quote “Code4Lib” or group code CBI-GFC18933 to book under the block.
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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.
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*Comfort Rooms – 2 beds $117.00
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*Superior Rooms – 2 Bed or 1 Queen bed $127.00
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*Premium Rooms – 1 King bed $137.00
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Other accommodation options can be found [https://goo.gl/aSm4MQ here.]
  
 
=== Schedule ===
 
=== Schedule ===
  
==== Thursday, December 1 ====
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==== Day 1 ====
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Events will be held at [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Vancouver+Island+Regional+Library/@49.1655907,-123.9386119,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5488a15814a89c2b:0xa00f9e80da1f7296!8m2!3d49.1655907!4d-123.9364232 VIRL's Harbourfront library branch].
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Parking: Recommend underground parking under library. Entrance to lot off Front St. or Museum Way.
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{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
| 8:30 || Doors open
 
| 8:30 || Doors open
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| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements
 
| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements
 
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talks  
* Provincial Digital Library Update (Daniel Sifton/Caroline Daniels)
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* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UhJWHKf15ZX7fbH1k3odpQ7J-QTrmbepvKefCBXBSMA/edit?usp=sharing Code4libBC: What's an Unconference] - Cynthia Ng
* [https://github.com/terrywbrady/UsingAppScript Building Quick and Dirty Library Tools with Google Apps Script] (Terry Brady)
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* The Art of the Kludge - Julie Cole
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18oBOD-KsRLz6uUoaLuqrsirN2TaK_W7ZgerE6qvB4Bc/edit Makerspaces and the Maker Community in the Lower Mainland] (Maryann Kempthorne)
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* Using LibAnswers as an e-resource management and ticketing system - Patricia Pang
* Web Analytics with Piwik (Jonathan Schatz)
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* Breaking Down the IT Silo - Jeff Narver
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* The Never-Ending Wrangle: enabling fulltext search in Supplejack - Daniel Sifton
 
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| 10:30 || Coffee break
 
| 10:30 || Coffee break
 
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| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
 
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
* TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade (Holly Hendrigan)
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* Children's Coding Gadgets and Early Literacy Skill Development - Code-a-Pillar, Osmo, and Sphero - Caitlin Ottenbreit
* ElasticSearch API: Using Aggregation Queries to Do Cool Stuff (Schuyler Lindberg)
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* Open to change: Migrating to Evergreen - James Fournie / Gwenda Bryan / Dan Sifton / Geoffrey Allen
* [https://cynng.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/code4libbc-presentation-getting-things-done-discovering-efficiencies-in-workflow/ Getting Things Done: Understanding and Analyzing Workflow] (Cynthia Ng)
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* Digitization challenges for small organizations - Christine Meutzner
* Introduction to FOLIO (Andrew Nagy)
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* Weeding Reports - Trevor Smith
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* [http://webapp.library.uvic.ca/jdurno/durnos_old_computers_c4lbc_20181128.pdf Retro-computing collection at UVic Libraries] - John Durno
 
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| 11:30 || Lunch (On Your Own)
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| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)
 
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| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
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| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions  
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NK7DS-6D1PPr9acZdXwLjLCq76ALdjN-PFxmov8OTgU/edit#slide=id.p Intro to git/github for libraries] (Sara Romkey/Mark Jordan/Holly Becker)
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* Hosting Code4libBC -  Cynthia Ng, Daniel Sifton . . .
* PDL technologies up close (Daniel Sifton)
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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XuxxL6arEcpAzDWnGKTNC7xBH881-DqOSAkuJT_aXW8/edit?usp=sharing Web Archiving Community of Practice] - Dana McFarland / Larissa Ringham
 
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| 2:30 || Break
 
| 2:30 || Break
 
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| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
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| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd  
* FOLIO workshop (Andrew Nagy)
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*Excel for Librarians - Trevor Smith
* Digital Collections (Terry Brady)
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*Creativity Commons: Open House - Jason/Jonathan Bigalow
 
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| 4:15 || Breakout Reports
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| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
 
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| 5:00 || Social Event at [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1quffBt9Lx5ljEoBQc3jSUmzqZ1neV29ncsVzJ5ixDaU/edit (new) Pit Pub]
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| 5:00 || Social Event at [http://whitesailsbrewing.com/ White Sails Brewery] with pizza from [http://mambogourmetpizza.com/ Mambo Pizza]
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* [https://goo.gl/6MM7vv Directions] from VIRL to White Sails
 
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==== Friday, December 2 ====
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==== Day 2 ====
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Events will be held at [https://www2.viu.ca/map/ VIU's Building 305, Room 507]
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A bus (with a friendly, qualified driver) will pick up attendees from the Coast Bastion on Friday morning at 8:20 am. If needed the bus will return for another load of passengers ~20 minutes later.
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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]
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| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
 
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
* A Coal Miner’s History: Mapping Digitized Audio Interviews (Daniel Sifton)
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* Sets with Tommy and Gina : Curation and selection in Supplejack - Daniel Sifton
* Introduction to Docker (James Fournie)
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* Integrating Point of Sale with your ILS - Philippe Lajoie
* Makers Making Change (Harry Lew)
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* Advocacy & Digital Licensing - Emily Mathews
* MediaConch: A Video Format Validation Tool for Archivematica (Sarah Romkey)
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* Legislative Library Tools to Capture Video/Website - Charles Hogg
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*  [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
 
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| 10:30 || Coffee break
 
| 10:30 || Coffee break
 
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| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd  
* A Single Page Web App to Inventory 900,000 Books! (Terry Brady)
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* Patron Counters - James Fournie
* UX Design of a Research Data Management Micro-site (Jessica Gallinger)
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* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RqSjNxDWnT4-IiqQPP4PyW823R4jOxG4/view Attack of the webforms!] - Paul Burry
* Islandora On This Day module (Mark Jordan)
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* ILS cloud migration - Olga Kalachinskaya
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* Hacking devices - Calvin Mah
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| 11:30 || Lunch (On Your Own)
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| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)
 
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| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
 
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
* Needling The Haystack: An Introduction to SQL and Query Languages (Alex Garnett)
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* [https://cynthia.gitlab.io/intro-to-git-and-gitlab/ Learn to Collaborate and Contribute to Projects on GitLab + with Git!] - Cynthia Ng
* reSearcher (CUFTS/GODOT) and project sustainability
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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oerwPDMnYEHSa5JTnjGzoGOsHXvP9oToJxG11QIfEUI/edit?usp=sharing I '♥' Wikipedia] - Dana McFarland/Andie Tomlinson
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| 2:30 || Break
 
| 2:30 || Break
 
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* Using Islandora for Publishing XML (Michael Joyce)
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* Linking video and audio in the Hansard (Expanded/Discussion) - Mike Sinclair
* Awesome Excel Tips (Trevor Smith)
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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LyL5AlPTTMW2YMT6-YG2p4iSiYQBA76RFwnH9h3wIyY/edit?usp=sharing All the DOCs]: Documentation and workflows - Cynthia Ng / Tamarack Hockin
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* Wordpress nightmare - Allison Trumble -->
 
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| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
 
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* Library as platform - Maryann Kempthonre
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* Cries for help / Tales of fails
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| 5:00 ||Meet up somewhere for drinks <!-- at [http://dev-viusu.pantheonsite.io/students-union-pub/ VIU Student Pub] -->
 
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=== Program ===
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==== Feedback ====
  
Alphabetical by presenter/facilitator.
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Post conference, don't forget to fill out the [https://goo.gl/forms/eisFcofDCtEl7jL52 feedback form] . . . and get a chance to win a prize!
 
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==== Lightning Talks ====
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''Defining Projects using Gherkin Syntax'', Sara Allain, Artefactual
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* The team at Artefactual has recently started using Gherkin, a human-readable syntax for defining software feature acceptance tests, in select software development projects. In this lightning talk, Sara will show how Gherkin acceptance tests are developed and how they're used by both end-users and developers.
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''Building Quick and Dirty Library Tools with Google Apps Script'', Terry Brady, Georgetown University
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* The ubiquity of Google Drive solves many problems (file sharing, web publishing, bulk editing) that are cumbersome to build in a home-grown application.  With a little bit of JavaScript magic, you can build a custom solution on top of the Google Apps your users use every day.  See http://georgetown-university-libraries.github.io/#google-sheets for some examples.  Google Apps Script is a server-side implementation of JavaScript supporting API calls to Google Services.  This presentation will describe the various ways that your custom code can be deployed for a library audience (formula function, embedded in a document, web service, document add-on).
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''A Single Page Web App to Inventory 900,000 Books!'', Terry Brady, Georgetown University
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* After completing a reorganization of our stacks, the Georgetown University Library needs to perform an inventory of 900,000 books within our stacks.  This project needs to be completed before migrating our catalog to a new ILS (integrated library system) vendor in 2017.
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* The Georgetown University Library has developed an application that allows student workers with a barcode scanner and a Chromebook to rapidly move through the stacks and scan each item.  The tool queries the ILS database to verify the item's status and location, while allowing the user to verify the Title, Call Number and Volume of each item.  The tool will also highlight call number sorting errors with each scan.
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* This presentation will describe the solution that we have developed and the challenges that were overcome during the project.  The code (and a video demonstration of the project) are available at https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/BarcodeInventory.
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''Introduction to Docker'', James Fournie, VCC
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* Docker is an open-source application container engine that is taking the IT world by storm.  James will introduce you to Docker -- what Docker is and isn't and how Docker might help you or your organization write or deploy software.
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''TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade'', Holly Hendrigan
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* Holly will provide an update to the TechBC Memory Project, her oral history project that has undergone a substantial makeover since last December's Code4Lib. She will tell the story of all the moving parts that came together when the collection migrated to SFU Library's Digital Collections.
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''UX Design of a Research Data Management Micro-site'', Jessica Gallinger, SFU
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* The SFU Library is creating new web content to help researchers manage their data. Receive a whirlwind tour of the UX methods (personas, interviews, prototyping, user testing, etc.) applied to design an effective micro-site around the needs of the end user. A high-fidelity prototype in InVision will be demoed.
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''Islandora On This Day module'', Mark Jordan, SFU
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''Makerspaces and the Maker Community in the Lower Mainland'', Maryann Kempthorne
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''Makers Making Change'', Harry Lew, Neil Squire Society
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* Makers Making Change, a community based initiative that links makers, volunteers with technical skills, with people with disabilities with the goal of making affordable, open source assistive technolgies for those people with disabilities centered around community resources such as 3D printers in libraries and maker spaces.
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''ElasticSearch API: Using Aggregation Queries to Do Cool Stuff'', Schuyler Lindberg, UBC
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''Getting Things Done: Understanding and Analyzing Workflow'', Cynthia Ng
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* How does work move through your organization? Does the order make sense? How many times is it passed on? How many people is it handled by? Do all the steps still need to done in the current work environment? This presentation provides some suggestions on methods to understand and analyze workflow using technical services as an example, but which can be applied in other areas.
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''MediaConch: A Video Format Validation Tool for Archivematica'', Sarah Romkey, Artefactual
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* MediaConch is a new tool for validating preservation video files.  In this presentation, Sarah will talk about how we're integrating this tool into Archivematica, an open-source digital preservation system, and how Artefactual Systems approached this development project.
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''Web Analytics with Piwik'', Jonathan Schatz, BC Libraries Cooperative
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''A Coal Miner’s History: Mapping Digitized Audio Interviews'', Daniel Sifton, VIU
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* Leveraging skills we developed in an earlier mapping project, we're using a rich set data from our Dspace instance to map the spoken word in the form of conversations [both audio and transcripts] about coal mines from the years 1900 – 1945 in and around the city of Nanaimo.
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''Provincial Digital Library Update'', Daniel Sifton and Caroline Daniels
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* A brief overview of strategies, efforts, and technologies regarding the BC Provincial Digital Library.
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''Intro to git/github for libraries'', Sara Allain and Mark Jordan
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* A hands-on introduction to git, GitHub, and their potential uses in the library environment.
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''Digital Collections'', Terry Brady, Georgetown University
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* A group discussion.
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''reSearcher (CUFTS/GODOT) and project sustainability'', Jeff Davis
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* SFU has discontinued support for CUFTS/ERM, GODOT, and the CUFTS knowledgebase. This breakout will be a group discussion about what happens next.
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''Needling The Haystack: An Introduction to SQL and Query Languages'', Alex Garnett, SFU
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* Have you ever thought to yourself, "western nations seem powerless to defend against the creeping tide of fascism, but at least I know how to search within a database real well, as if that makes anything OK?"
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* Good news -- now you can! This workshop will provide an introduction to SQL and related query languages for people who have little to no experience using modern database backends. We'll discuss the differences in difference SQL implementations, how to efficiently retrieve data from already-existing databases that you might encounter in your job, and hopefully demystify some general concepts of querying. If you've ever had a graphical database design course, so much the better; we'll be trying to supplement but not rehash those concepts. Please bring your own laptop.
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''Using Islandora for Publishing XML'', Michael Joyce, SFU
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* Islandora is well known in the library community as a digital repository. At Simon Fraser University we have been experimenting with it as a publishing platform for XML. Instead of simply presenting an XML file in the browser, we transform it to HTML for display. In this breakout session, we will examine the code for two projects: the TechBC Memory Project, a collection of oral histories, and a text transcription of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge.
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''FOLIO'', Andrew Nagy, EBSCO
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* An introduction to [https://www.folio.org/ FOLIO], a project to develop an open source Library Services Platform.
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''Provincial Digital Library Technologies Up Close'', Daniel Sifton, VIU
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* An in depth demo of the harvesting/mapping/ingestion process in both the DPLA technology stack and in SuppleJack (from DigitalNZ) for consideration in a BC-PDL environment. Note, attendees will have an opportunity to explore the interfaces where they exist and where possible, but will not be interacting with these platforms at the command level. If you want to do this, however, this session might be a good place to get an understanding of the hidden pieces. To paraphrase Tom Vu, "Come to [this] seminar!"
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''Awesome Excel Tips'', Trevor Smith
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* Want to wrangle your data into submission either for collection management or budgeting?  Learn how to use Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, advanced queries, or even a dashboard all inside Excel.
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=== Organizers ===
 
=== Organizers ===
  
* Sara Allain
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* Daniel Sifton
* Jeff Davis
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* Dana McFarland
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* Ben Hyman
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* Jason Kuffler
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* Charles Hogg
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* Paris Carr
 
* James Fournie
 
* James Fournie
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* Cynthia Ng
 
* Tamarack Hockin
 
* Tamarack Hockin
* Mark Jordan
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* Allison Trumble
* Paul Joseph
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* Geoffrey Allen
* Cynthia Ng
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Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.
 
Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.

Revision as of 20:45, 11 December 2018

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.


Sixth Annual Code4lib BC Unconference 2018

Save the dates!

  • 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's activities will be held the the VIU campus. This year's 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.

Registration is now open!

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.

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 neat project you're 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 with the community!

What's included: wifi, power, coffee/snacks, lunches, prizes, limited transportation from downtown Nanaimo to VIU campus.

What's NOT included/what to bring: a laptop, dinner, your ideas and enthusiasm.

Hashtag: #c4lbc

Code of Conduct: As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Code4Lib Code of Conduct, which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment.

Sponsors

While Code4libBC no longer solicits sponsorship, we want to acknowledge the contributions by our hosts:

as well as continued administrative and fiscal support from the BC Libraries Cooperative.

Lightning Talk Proposals and Breakout Suggestions

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?

Submit your lightning talk/breakout suggestion

See what's already been submitted

Food/Transportation

Do 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.

Transportation to Nanaimo from the mainland is best made by ferry to Departure Bay, or by seaplane/helijet

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: Enter the Bursary Draw. Bursary update: The draw is now closed. Congratulations to this year's bursary recipients: Kristen Allford and Paul Burry!

Accommodations

The Coast Bastion Hotel has reserved a block of 10 rooms per night at the government rate (Nov 28/29)

Guests can call 800-663-1144 and quote “Code4Lib” or group code CBI-GFC18933 to book under the block.

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 here.

Schedule

Day 1

Events will be held at VIRL's Harbourfront library branch.

Parking: Recommend underground parking under library. Entrance to lot off Front St. or Museum Way.

8:30 Doors open
9:00 Welcome & Announcements
9:15 Lightning Talks
  • Code4libBC: What's an Unconference - Cynthia Ng
  • The Art of the Kludge - Julie Cole
  • Using LibAnswers as an e-resource management and ticketing system - Patricia Pang
  • Breaking Down the IT Silo - Jeff Narver
  • The 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-Pillar, Osmo, and Sphero - Caitlin Ottenbreit
  • Open to change: Migrating to Evergreen - James Fournie / Gwenda Bryan / Dan Sifton / Geoffrey Allen
  • Digitization challenges for small organizations - Christine Meutzner
  • Weeding Reports - Trevor Smith
  • Retro-computing collection at UVic Libraries - John Durno
12:00 Lunch (Provided)
1:00 Breakout Sessions
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 White Sails Brewery with pizza from Mambo Pizza

Day 2

Events will be held at VIU's Building 305, Room 507

A bus (with a friendly, qualified driver) will pick up attendees from the Coast Bastion on Friday morning at 8:20 am. If needed the bus will return for another load of passengers ~20 minutes later.

Parking: Closest is Lot N; some spaces in Lots F & C are short-term; VIU Parking Map


8:30 Doors open
9:00 Announcements
9:15 Lightning Talks
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Lightning Talks, cont'd
  • Patron Counters - James Fournie
  • Attack of the webforms! - Paul Burry
  • ILS cloud migration - Olga Kalachinskaya
  • Hacking devices - Calvin Mah
12:00 Lunch (Provided)
1:00 Breakout Sessions
2:30 Break
2:45 Breakout Sessions, cont'd
4:00 Breakout Reports
  • Library as platform - Maryann Kempthonre
  • Cries for help / Tales of fails
5:00 Meet up somewhere for drinks

Feedback

Post conference, don't forget to fill out the feedback form . . . and get a chance to win a prize!

Organizers

  • Daniel Sifton
  • Dana McFarland
  • Ben Hyman
  • Jason Kuffler
  • Charles Hogg
  • Paris Carr
  • James Fournie
  • Cynthia Ng
  • Tamarack Hockin
  • Allison Trumble
  • Geoffrey Allen


Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.

Past Events

See our past events page.