Welcome to code4lib Code4Lib BC! Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas.
Begun You can find the public discussion channel on the Code4lib Slack in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and professional development opportunities for folks from British Columbia and surrounding areas#c4lbc.
If you're interested in hosting, please [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mh8haGBziQHiBkG_0byNgIEPxWIsBjKAXOss0cE9fJs/edit?usp== sharing take a read over our Planner'''First Annual Code4lib BC Event''' ==s Guide].
== '''WhenNinth Annual Code4Lib BC Unconference 2024''': November 28 and 29, 2013==
'''WhereSave the dates!''': SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC [http://goo.gl/maps/iyC0j map]
'''Cost''': $20* Thursday, 16 May and Friday, 17 May
'''Accommodations''': Info coming soon.
This year'''Register here''': s C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by VCC at the [https://code4libbc2013www.eventbritevcc.ca/about/college-information/contact-us/downtown-campus/ Downtown Campus].
'''=== 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 is a group of dynamic This year’s event will feature lightning talks and breakout sessions. Lightning talks are brief, 10-minute presentations on topics related to library technology practitioners throughout the province who want technologies. Breakout sessions are an opportunity to build new relationships as much as develop new bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, yet sustained period of problem solving, software solutions to problemsdevelopment and fun.
* '''Tag dWhat'hashs included''': #c4lbca room, coffee/tea, wifi, power
If you’re ready * '''What to get bring''': your hands dirty with library technology practitioners, register here: https://code4libbc2013.eventbriteideas and enthusiasm.ca/
Our first annual code4libBC event could not have been made possible without the generous financial support of* '''Mastodon 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.
Feel free ===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas=== If there’s a neat project you've been working on, a cool new tool you want to email Paul Joseph 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. === Schedule === '''''Please note that all times are PST (code4libBC ChairVancouver, Canada) at paul.joseph@ubc''''' ==== Day 1 ==== {| class="wikitable"| 8:30 || Venue opens|-| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements|-| 9:15 || Lightning talks* |-| 10:30 || Break|-| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)* |-| 12:00 || Lunch|-| 1:00 || Breakout sessions * |-| 2:30 || Break|-| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)* |-| 4:00 || Breakout reports|-| 5:00 || Social event|} ==== Day 2 ===={| class="wikitable"| 8:30 || Venue opens|-| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements|-| 9:15 || Lightning talks* |-| 10:30 || Break|-| 10:45 || Lightning talks (continued)* |-| 12:00 || Lunch|-| 1:00 || Breakout sessions * |-| 2:30 || Break|-| 2:45 || Breakout sessions (continued)* |-| 4:00 || |-| 5:00 || |} === Sponsors === While Code4Lib BC no longer solicits sponsorship, we want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [https://bc.ca with questions or commentslibraries.coop/ BC Libraries Cooperative]. === 2024 Organizers === * James Fournie* Dan Sifton* Eka Grguric* Tamarack Hockin* John Durno* Scott Leslie* Trevor Smith* George Villavicencio * Rebecca Dickson = '''Past Events''' = See our [[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.
