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This page is an archive of information about older [[BC|Code4Lib BC]] events. For recent or upcoming events, check out the [[BC|main Code4Lib BC page]].
== '''Fifth Annual Code4lib BC Unconference 2017''' ==
'''Save the dates!'''
* Thursday, 30 November and Friday, 1 December, 2017
This year's C4LBC will be held in Nanaimo, BC, and jointly hosted by the University of Vancouver Island and Vancouver Island Regional Library. 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.
[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2017-code4libbc-unconference-vancouver-island-tickets-37762407377 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 [http://bit.ly/coc4lib Code4Lib Code of Conduct], which seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment.
===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 [https://goo.gl/forms/bbArtR1Mhweuq5L33 lightning talk/breakout suggestion]
===Transportation===
Are you traveling from Victoria or the Lower Mainland? Are you interested in sharing transportation? Do you have any dietary restrictions?
Please let us know by filling out this [https://goo.gl/forms/68AWe1YPwJ3w7cs12 survey]
Transportation to Nanaimo from the mainland is best made by ferry to Departure Bay, or by seaplane/helijet
*[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 in the transportation survey.
*[http://www.seairseaplanes.com/schedules Seair Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver
*[http://www.harbourair.com/book-a-flight/locations/nanaimo/ Harbour Air Seaplanes to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver
*[http://helijet.com/helijet-introduces-nanaimo-vancouver-flights/ Helijet to Nanaimo] from YVR or down town Vancouver.
*[http://www.tofinobus.com/ Tofino Bus] and [https://www.islandlinkbus.com/ IslandLinkBus] from Victoria and Other Island Locations to Nanaimo. Also, if you are interested in locating a carpool from Victoria to Nanaimo please say so in the transportation survey.
===Accommodations===
The Coast Bastion Hotel offered a discount for early bookings. But if you're reading this after Oct 30th the discount has elapsed. Other options can be found [https://goo.gl/aSm4MQ here.]
=== Schedule ===
==== Thursday, 30 November ====
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].
Parking: Recommend underground parking under library. Entrance to lot off Front St. or Museum Way.
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors open
|-
| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1M1lC5ZosVXIkoNSMpM-6FvChcbn8ILdn0vJ-frwXDeY/edit?usp=sharing Code4lib/BC: What's it all about] - Cynthia Ng
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AaHddtez0MxGUeZjsXoilA0_KQ7LrfcWRBIMeItS5nI/edit?usp=sharing Canadian Federated Data Repository] - Alex Garnett
* Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful - Trevor Smith
* [https://drive.google.com/open?id=10KdeR8LkrGMvZHQfSCkBmNSuh-BpGl_k3_2K9591a4A Games Day in the Library] - Kevin Brash
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UknFe0E0-U4DAKiNV9hQH-E6WQiERrFTkycvdZM5JRc/edit?usp=sharing What's in the Bag? Indexing and querying Bags with Elasticsearch] - Mark Jordan
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
* Restoring an interactive videotex art exhibition from the mid-1980s - John Durno
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13ETpshoL-YbRZaGuihG77sAaTjG4IAhM9zRzQOdLFnk/edit#slide=id.p3 I.T. things at FVRL: Sphero/Spark robots, Green Screens and VR Experience] - Traci Monchamp / Lewis Vacek / Tamarack Hockin
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xlFfKANrl3Ub_d5O5lGz_Fs4u9Gt6Uz8dfjYTKWTlh8/edit?usp=sharing ILS Migration Change Management: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly] - Janice Banser
* Getting Started with RFPs - Trevor Smith
* [http://hdl.handle.net/10613/5229 Contest of champions: Headless Battle] - Daniel Sifton
|-
| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
* GODOT has left the building : the CUFTS/GODOT end of life debrief for everybody- Maryann Kempthorne
* Show + tell IT things breakout : VIRL Creativity Commons - Geoffrey Allen / FVRL IT Things - Traci Monchamp, Lewis Vacek, Tamarack Hockin
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
* Using Ms Access to make vendor reports or local workflows less painful (expanded) - Trevor Smith
* Hosting Code4libBC - Geoffrey Allen, Cynthia Ng, Ben Hyman, Daniel Sifton
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
|-
| 5:00 || Social Event at [http://whitesailsbrewing.com/ White Sails Brewery] with pizza from [http://mambogourmetpizza.com/ Mambo Pizza]
* [https://goo.gl/6MM7vv Directions] from VIRL to White Sails
|}
==== Friday, 1 December ====
Events will be held at [https://www2.viu.ca/map/ VIU's Building 305, Room 509]
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.
The same bus, with the same friendly, qualified driver, will deliver attendees to the Departure Bay ferry terminal at the end of the day.
Parking: Closest is Lot N; Lot D is closed due to construction, some spaces in Lots F & C are short-term; [https://www2.viu.ca/eventservices/parkingmap.asp VIU Parking Map]
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors open
|-
| 9:00 || Announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
* [http://hdl.handle.net/10613/5230 Supplejack Triclops Architecture] - Daniel Sifton
* Open Source, Open Access, Open Data - Maryann Kempthorne
* Linking video and audio in the Hansard - Mike Sinclair
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qd2vczQqx-SCgIMXp89UTMYW7C5P-r92d4yfpq77VF8/edit?usp=sharing Getting Started with Automating your EZproxy] - James Fournie
* Smallest Possible Library Online Tools "SPLOT" - Scott Leslie
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k08ku9tfarqkfAlN5H1WDhcBvWZOiy5VzGNsxCcB92E/edit?usp=sharing We have detected spider/robot activity on our site] - Calvin Mah
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ymp2BuB3kq-3cvFSuQRoS8EWMIx4LWSDP_MJOE5_GkQ/edit?usp=sharing Using Islandora to centralize access to distributed content] - Mark Jordan
* Systems Projects in Special Libraries - Charles Hogg
* OCR tools for non-Latin alphabets - Rebecca Dickson
* [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UVCQxDW9wVQFyRykiHsNkroGaQeE441Y Through the Looking Glass: A Parallel World of Print Collections Data] - Jean Blackburn
|-
| 12:00 || Lunch (Provided)
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
* [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q2ZOPYZz3SZ4WdePkrXKqEGhYuYHW07WQDuEIwNw5ps Parse, Harvest, Repeat: Hands on metadata ingestion in the Supplejack stack] - Daniel Sifton / James Fournie
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rz9V89VmxqIJD6c9zistu5T_JZ_ujErHpNZm5joUx64/edit?usp=sharing/ Web Archiving: Coordinating efforts, sharing best practices] - Dana McFarland
* [[Brainstorming possible SPLOTs]] - Scott Leslie & Jonathan Schatz
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
* Linking video and audio in the Hansard (Expanded/Discussion) - Mike Sinclair
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LyL5AlPTTMW2YMT6-YG2p4iSiYQBA76RFwnH9h3wIyY/edit?usp=sharing All the DOCs]: Documentation and workflows - Cynthia Ng / Tamarack Hockin
* Wordpress nightmare - Allison Trumble
|-
| 4:00 || Breakout Reports
|-
| 5:00 || Meet up at [http://dev-viusu.pantheonsite.io/students-union-pub/ VIU Student Pub]
|-
|}
==== Feedback ====
Post conference, don't forget to fill out the [https://drive.google.com/open?id=111KryIRlWFywHojIfaFt2ziViJuQDdvENHxIDyThpqI feedback form]
=== Organizers ===
* Daniel Sifton
* Dana McFarland
* Ben Hyman
* Geoffrey Allen
* Charles Hogg
* Paris Carr
* James Fournie
* Cynthia Ng
* Tamarack Hockin
* Allison Trumble
Comments or questions? Get in touch with us at c4lbc-organizers@googlegroups.com.
== '''Fourth Annual Code4lib BC Unconference 2016''' ==
* December 1 and 2, 2016
* Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC, Vancouver BC
* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2016-code4libbc-unconference-tickets-26429947685 Register now] ($30 for both days)
* [https://goo.gl/forms/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 Propose a lightning talk or breakout session]
=== 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 - [https://goo.gl/forms/YFrcIF4UpQRnj5eD3 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 [http://www.food.ubc.ca/feed-me/ here] and [http://www.ams.ubc.ca/foodanddrink/ here]), your ideas and enthusiasm
'''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)
=== Schedule ===
==== Thursday, December 1 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors open
|-
| 9:00 || Welcome & Announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
* [http://162.243.138.115/BCPDLc4l.pdf Provincial Digital Library Update] [PDF] (Daniel Sifton/Caroline Daniels)
* [https://github.com/terrywbrady/UsingAppScript Building Quick and Dirty Library Tools with Google Apps Script] [https://gitpitch.com/terrywbrady/UsingAppScript/master GitPitch Version](Terry Brady)
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18oBOD-KsRLz6uUoaLuqrsirN2TaK_W7ZgerE6qvB4Bc/edit Makerspaces and the Maker Community in the Lower Mainland] (Maryann Kempthorne)
* Web Analytics with Piwik (Jonathan Schatz)
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
* TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade (Holly Hendrigan)
* [https://github.com/schuyberg/pixelating_queries ElasticSearch API: Using Aggregation Queries to Do Cool Stuff] (Schuyler Lindberg)
* [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)
* Introduction to FOLIO (Andrew Nagy)
|-
| 11:30 || Lunch (On Your Own)
|-
| 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)
* PDL technologies up close (Daniel Sifton)
|-
| 2:30 || Break
|-
| 2:45 || Breakout Sessions, cont'd
* FOLIO workshop (Andrew Nagy)
* Digital Collections (Terry Brady)
|-
| 4:15 || Breakout Reports
|-
| 5:00 || Social Event at [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1quffBt9Lx5ljEoBQc3jSUmzqZ1neV29ncsVzJ5ixDaU/edit (new) Pit Pub]
|}
==== Friday, December 2 ====
{| class="wikitable"
| 8:30 || Doors open
|-
| 9:00 || Announcements
|-
| 9:15 || Lightning Talks
* [http://162.243.138.115/Code4LibCoal.pdf A Coal Miner’s History: Mapping Digitized Audio Interviews] [PDF] (Daniel Sifton)
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18krnqMha_G7TMqYuzWeQzgRGEOmNBv0dEbCbV9XACr4/edit?usp=sharing Introduction to Docker] (James Fournie)
* [https://www.dropbox.com/s/zowdt88dl802y5l/Code4Lib%20-%20Makers%20Making%20Change%20-%20Chad%20Leaman.pptx?dl=0 Makers Making Change] (Chad Leaman)
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UCs7FL17EwYZKpYa12W20xrbC2sySZXiCTY0sNqOxNI/edit MediaConch: A Video Format Validation Tool for Archivematica] (Sarah Romkey)
|-
| 10:30 || Coffee break
|-
| 10:45 || Lightning Talks, cont'd
* [https://gitpitch.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/BarcodeInventory A Single Page Web App to Inventory 900,000 Books!] (Terry Brady)
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2jDAZuuWUJyX2VMZzRaSHYxcUU/view?usp=sharing UX Design of a Research Data Management Micro-site] (Jessica Gallinger)
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MEqGuIh2-f8dnjocyNLozxfq3NrqDV2y8vI_aJTSDZo/edit?usp=sharing Islandora On This Day module] (Mark Jordan)
|-
| 11:30 || Lunch (On Your Own)
|-
| 1:00 || Breakout Sessions
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kMhgAQr27ax8fb34wZnwBR-zQvW0eXxma2kdMD0vSk0/edit Needling The Haystack: An Introduction to SQL and Query Languages] (Alex Garnett)
* reSearcher (CUFTS/GODOT) and project sustainability
* Blockchain (Related [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZiwlG5eSMexDiabokpXjca9E2N4rU674 past presentation] and [https://medium.com/on-archivy/decentralized-autonomous-collections-ff256267cbd6#.3apze2n29 article]) (Peter Van Garderen)
|-
| 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
|}
=== Program ===
Alphabetical by presenter/facilitator.
==== Lightning Talks ====
''Defining Projects using Gherkin Syntax'', Sara Allain, Artefactual
* 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.
''Building Quick and Dirty Library Tools with Google Apps Script'', Terry Brady, Georgetown University
* 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).
''A Single Page Web App to Inventory 900,000 Books!'', Terry Brady, Georgetown University
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
''Introduction to Docker'', James Fournie, VCC
* 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.
''TechBC Memory Project metadata upgrade'', Holly Hendrigan
* 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.
''UX Design of a Research Data Management Micro-site'', Jessica Gallinger, SFU
* 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.
''Islandora On This Day module'', Mark Jordan, SFU
''Makerspaces and the Maker Community in the Lower Mainland'', Maryann Kempthorne
''Makers Making Change'', Chad Leaman, Neil Squire Society
* 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.
''ElasticSearch API: Using Aggregation Queries to Do Cool Stuff'', Schuyler Lindberg, UBC
''Getting Things Done: Understanding and Analyzing Workflow'', Cynthia Ng
* 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.
''MediaConch: A Video Format Validation Tool for Archivematica'', Sarah Romkey, Artefactual
* 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.
''Web Analytics with Piwik'', Jonathan Schatz, BC Libraries Cooperative
''A Coal Miner’s History: Mapping Digitized Audio Interviews'', Daniel Sifton, VIU
* 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.
''Provincial Digital Library Update'', Daniel Sifton and Caroline Daniels
* A brief overview of strategies, efforts, and technologies regarding the BC Provincial Digital Library.
==== Breakout Sessions ====
''Intro to git/github for libraries'', Sara Allain and Mark Jordan
* A hands-on introduction to git, GitHub, and their potential uses in the library environment.
''Digital Collections'', Terry Brady, Georgetown University
* A group discussion.
''reSearcher (CUFTS/GODOT) and project sustainability'', Jeff Davis
* SFU has discontinued support for CUFTS/ERM, GODOT, and the CUFTS knowledgebase. This breakout will be a group discussion about what happens next.
''Needling The Haystack: An Introduction to SQL and Query Languages'', Alex Garnett, SFU
* 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?"
* 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.
''Using Islandora for Publishing XML'', Michael Joyce, SFU
* 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.
''FOLIO'', Andrew Nagy, EBSCO
* An introduction to [https://www.folio.org/ FOLIO], a project to develop an open source Library Services Platform.
''Provincial Digital Library Technologies Up Close'', Daniel Sifton, VIU
* 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!"
''Awesome Excel Tips'', Trevor Smith
* 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.
=== Organizers ===
* Sara Allain
* Jeff Davis
* James Fournie
* Tamarack Hockin
* Mark Jordan
* Paul Joseph
* Cynthia Ng
== '''Third Annual Code4lib BC Event''' ==
