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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.

Code4lib BC Unconference 2016

Registration is now open for Code4Lib BC's fourth annual unconference!

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 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 - let us know about it!

What's included: wifi, power, coffee/snacks

What's NOT included/what to bring: a laptop, lunch (on-campus options here and here), 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.

Program

Here's a partial list of talks and breakout sessions that have already been confirmed for this year's unconference. There are more to come - watch this space!

Lightning Talks

  • MediaConch, video format validation for Archivematica (Sarah Romkey)
  • TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade (Holly Hendrigan)
  • A Coal Miner’s History: Mapping Digitized Audio Interviews (Daniel Sifton)
  • simple library apps with Google Apps Scripts (Terry Brady)
  • Defining Projects using Gherkin Syntax (Sara Allain)
  • UX design on research data site (Jessica Gallinger)
  • Islandora On This Day module (Mark Jordan)
  • Provincial Digital Library update (Daniel Sifton/Caroline Daniels)
  • ElasticSearch API: Using Aggregation Queries to Do Cool Stuff (Schuyler Lindberg)
  • Introduction to Docker (James Fournie)
  • Web Analytics with Piwik (Jonathan Schatz)
  • Getting Things Done: Understanding and Analyzing Workflow (Cynthia Ng)

Breakout Sessions

  • Intro to SQL (Alex Garnett)
  • Awesome Excel tips (Trevor Smith)
  • PDL technologies Up Close (Daniel Sifton)
  • FOLIO (Andrew Nagy)
  • reSearcher and project sustainability
  • Intro to Git and GitHub for libraries (Sara Allain/Mark Jordan)
  • Using Islandora for Publishing XML (Michael Joyce)

Schedule

Thursday, December 1

8:30 Doors open
9:00 Welcome & Announcements
9:15 Lightning Talks
  • Provincial Digital Library Update (Daniel Sifton/Caroline Daniels)
  • Building Quick and Dirty Library Tools with Google Apps Script (Terry Brady)
  • Makerspaces and the Maker Community in the Lower Mainland (Maryann Kempthorne)
  • Web Analytics with Piwik (Jonathan Schatz)
  • TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade (Holly Hendrigan)
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Lightning Talks, cont'd
  • ElasticSearch API: Using Aggregation Queries to Do Cool Stuff (Schuyler Lindberg)
  • Getting Things Done: Understanding and Analyzing Workflow (Cynthia Ng)
  • Defining Projects using Gherkin Syntax (Sara Allain)
11:30 Lunch (On Your Own)
1:00 Breakout Sessions
  • Intro to git/github for libraries (Sara Allain/Mark Jordan)
  • PDL technologies up close (Daniel Sifton)
2:30 Break
2:45 Breakout Sessions, cont'd
  • FOLIO (Andrew Nagy)
  • Digital Collections (Terry Brady)
4:00 Breakout Reports
5:00 Social Event

Friday, December 2

8:30 Doors open
9:00 Announcements
9:15 Lightning Talks
  • A Coal Miner’s History: Mapping Digitized Audio Interviews (Daniel Sifton)
  • Introduction to Docker (James Fournie)
  • Makers Making Change (Harry Lew)
  • MediaConch: A Video Format Validation Tool for Archivematica (Sarah Romkey)
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Lightning Talks, cont'd
  • A Single Page Web App to Inventory 900,000 Books! (Terry Brady)
  • UX Design of a Research Data Management Micro-site (Jessica Gallinger)
  • Islandora On This Day module (Mark Jordan)
11:30 Lunch (On Your Own)
1:00 Breakout Sessions
  • Needling The Haystack: An Introduction to SQL and Query Languages (Alex Garnett)
  • reSearcher (CUFTS/GODOT) and project sustainability
2:30 Break
2:45 Breakout Sessions, cont'd
  • Using Islandora for Publishing XML (Michael Joyce)
  • Awesome Excel Tips (Trevor Smith)
4:00 Breakout Reports
4:30 End of Day

Organizers

  • Sara Allain
  • Jeff Davis
  • James Fournie
  • Tamarack Hockin
  • Mark Jordan
  • Paul Joseph
  • Cynthia Ng

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

Past Events

See our past events page.