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'''* Thursday, 16 May and Friday, 17 May* [https: $20//www.eventbrite.ca/e/872117846957/?aff=oddtdtcreator Registration is now open]
This year'''Accommodations'''s C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by VCC at the [https: Info coming soon//www.vcc.ca/about/college-information/contact-us/downtown-campus/ Downtown Campus].
=== What'''Register here''': https://code4libbc2013.eventbrite.ca/s it all about? ===
It'''What''': It’s s a 2 -day unconference! A - a participant-driven meeting featuring lightning talks in the mornings, hackfest in the afternoons, with coffee, tea bringing together a diverse 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 open community of library technologies: current projects, tips developers and tricks, or hacks non-developers engaging in the works. Hackfest is an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a shorteffective, yet sustained period of collaborative 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 technology regardless of the projectstheir department or background.
'''Who''': A diverse This year’s event will feature lightning talks and open community of library developers and non-developers engaging in effectivebreakout sessions. Lightning talks are brief, collaborative problem10-solving through technology.Anyone from the library community who is interested in minute presentations on topics related to library technologies . Breakout sessions are welcome an opportunity to join and participatebring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a short, regardless yet sustained period of their department or background: systems and ITproblem solving, public services, circulation, cataloguing software development and technical services, archives, digitization and preservationfun. All are welcome to help set the agenda, define the outcomes and develop the deliverables!
* '''WhyWhat's included''': Why not? code4libBC is a group of dynamic library technology practitioners throughout the province who want to build new relationships as much as develop new software solutions to problems.room, coffee/tea, wifi, power
* '''Tag d'hashWhat to bring''': #c4lbcyour ideas and enthusiasm.
If you’re ready to get your hands dirty with library technology practitioners, register here* '''Mastodon Hashtag''': https://code4libbc2013.eventbrite.ca/`#c4lbc`
Our first annual code4libBC * '''Code of Conduct''': As a Code4Lib event could not have been made possible without , we adhere to the generous financial support of[http://bit.ly/coc4lib Code4Lib Code of Conduct], which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment.
* BCCATS (British Columbia Cataloguing and Technical Services Interest Group)
* BC Electronic Library Network
* BC Libraries Cooperative
* Kwantlen Polytechnic University
* Simon Fraser University
* University of Victoria
And special thanks to the BC Libraries Cooperative for assisting the organizing group with administrative duties.===Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
Feel free to email Paul Joseph (code4libBC Chair) at paul.joseph@ubc.ca with questions or comments.
== If there’s a neat project you'''Lightning Talk proposals and Hackfest/Breakout suggestions''' ==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.
Submit them [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NVEGsJZvqNLyqxATdYvNonGuPmlDAFOJn-R2vGpIvWg/viewform here].=== Schedule ===
View submissions '''''Please note that all times are PST (Vancouver, Canada).''''' ==== 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://docsbc.googlelibraries.comcoop/forms/d/1NVEGsJZvqNLyqxATdYvNonGuPmlDAFOJn-R2vGpIvWg/viewanalytics hereBC 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.
