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=== When and Where Register===Dates: May 5-6, 2011<br />Location: * 1280 Main St. West, [http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=4151756913136304412&q=mcmaster+university+mills+memorial+library&hl=en&dtab=0&sll=43.260928,-79.91933&sspn=0.773056,1.227722&ie=UTF8&ll=43.647007,-80.532532&spn=0,0&z=10 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - ] (map)* Mills Memorial Library, [http://library.mcmaster.ca/lyons Lyons New Media Centre] (4th floor)
=== Cost Schedule===Keep with tradition set last year - No cost and McMaster University has tentatively agreed ''Subject to provided coffee, lunch, space, and wireless.change''
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding= Format ===Day 1:* Hackfest (send problems/proposals to John Fink and Nick Ruest)Day "2* 5-minute lighting talks* 20-minute talks* BOAF/breakouts " class=== 20-minute talks ===I'd like to start a new tradition with Code4Lib North and deposit the slides and *maybe* recordings of the presentations in our IR. If people are cool with this, I can get it all setup prior to the event. {| border=1! Name! Title"wikitable"
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| Scholars Portal team 10:00-10:30|Doors open, coffee/snacks| Programming at Scholars Portal: apps and APIsDoors open, coffee/snacks
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| William Wueppelmann 10:30-12:00|Opening Remarks 10 Learning R for data analysis with the Ontario Sunshine List dataset (John F.) 15 Building a successful documentation initiative (Kaitlin N.) [[https://slides.com/librarypixels/docs Slides]] 15 ''Morning break '' Quick tricks to make your images look good (Thomas G.) 10 | The Canadiana Web APIDay 1 Hackfest/Discussion Recaps 10 Beyond Alt-Text: Trends in Online Accessibility (Ian F.) [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zxev0a2ohy1h3t/Code4Lib%20North%20-%20Beyond%20Alt-Text%20-%20Trends%20in%20Online%20Accessibility.pdf?dl=0 Slides]] 45 Why Vue.JS (Rachel W.) [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14xDy2ylz0JoNm4n8hV2ApfH-dtEUwy7Wq96OnRJpTkI/edit?usp=sharing Slides]] 15 Balancing centralized project commitments with local priorities (Cameron M.) [[https://wiki.code4lib.org/images/8/82/Code4libNorth2019-CMetcalf.pdf Slides]] 10
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| MJ Suhonos || NoSQL, No Worries12: A Multimillion00-Record Index on a USB Stick13:30| LUNCH| LUNCH
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| Dan Chudnov 13:30-14:00|| WWICCluster Computing for Humans -OR- Have you heard of this HPCPack? Linked Library Data as a Customer Service Medium(Tim R.) [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jr18eiRO5nseSEz_Dtk8ofnlm1MyI2rTZblRWs2a0MY/edit#slide=id.p Slides]]| Lightning Talks (PowerBI & Jupyter notebooks - Tim R., PyMarc - John D. [[https://slides.com/jdingle/c4l19n Slides]])
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| Mita Williams 14:00-15:00|Hackfest and group discussions| We're jamun (Hackfest and we hope you like jamun too) group discussions
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| William Denton 15:00-15:15|''Afternoon break''| Getting started with R''Afternoon break''
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| 15:15-16:30
| Hackfest and group discussions continue
| Hackfest and group discussions continue
16:15 - Wrap-up and closing remarks
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| 17:30
| Social - [https://www.meritbrewing.ca/ MERIT Brewing], [https://goo.gl/maps/gHPqJHqCgEw3qA568 107 James St N.]
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=== 5-minute lighting talks =Talk Sign Up====Code4Lib North is a great opportunity to talk about anything you are working on or pondering about. It can be as short as a 5 min lightning talk to just throw out some ideas or up to a 30 min talk on whatever you like
{| borderclass=1"wikitable"! scope="col" | '''Name'''! Titlescope="col" | '''Topic'''! scope="col" | '''Time (5 Min - 30 min)'''! scope="col" | '''Way to contact* (twitter, email, etc.)'''|-| Kaitlin Newson || Building a successful documentation initiative || 15 minutes || @kaitlinnewson|-| Tim Ribaric || Cluster Computing for Humans? || 20 minutes || @elibtronic tribaric@brocku.ca|-| Sarah Romkey || How we Github: a journey || 15 minutes || @ArchivesSarah sromkey@artefactual.com|-| Rachel Wang || Why Vue.js? || 10 - 15 minutes || @rwangca|-|Thomas Guignard || Quick tricks to make your images look good || 10 minutes || @timtomch tom@timtom.ca
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====Hackfest & Group Discussion Ideas====We will spend some time running HackFest & Breakout Discussions. Add your ideas here. {| borderclass=1"wikitable"! BOAF - scope="col" | '''Name''' ! Titlescope="col" | '''Idea'''! scope="col" | '''Way to contact*'''|-|Thomas Guignard || Update the [https://github.com/librarycarpentry/lc-webscraping/ Library Carpentry Web Scraping lesson] as part of the [https://librarycarpentry.org/blog/2019/03/lc-mozilla-global-sprint/ Library Carpentry global sprint] || [https://twitter.com/timtomch @timtomch], [mailto:tom@timtom.ca tom@timtom.ca]|-|Kaitlin Newson || Create a "Hosting Code4Lib North" page for the wiki || [https://twitter.com/kaitlinnewson @kaitlinnewson]
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== First Meeting: Kingston ON, May 6-7, 2010 =VIA Rail discount===
'''May 6-7, 2010Discount:''' * Thursday: 2pm-5:30pm10% off the best available fare in Economy, followed by dinner Economy Plus, Business, Business Plus, Sleeper class. "Subject to the conditions and drinks* Friday: 9am-4:30pmrestrictions of the fare plan to which the additional discount is being applied." Discount does not apply in any Escape fares and Prestige Class.
=== Program =Code4lib North Meetups in Toronto==
'''FridayMeetup Group:'''[http://meetup.com/code4libtoronto/ code4lib toronto]
===Past Meetups===
The first meetup was a simple social meetup on June 21, 2012. The idea is that other meetups will have presentations/talks to be had either before or during.
August 14, 2012 - [http://cynng.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/code4lib-cool-tool-day/ Cool Tool Day]
December 13, 2012 - [http://wp.me/pHQ83-rb Talk Notes]
April 19, 2013 - session to encourage collaborative talks/presentations/hackfest ideas
== Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa ==
'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario
code4lib Ottawa meetups are now organized using Meetup.com. [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Sign up] to be informed of upcoming meetings.
Keep an eye on the [http://www.meetup.com/Code4lib-Ottawa/ Meetup] page for further details.
===Past Meetups===
The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:
'''Tuesday October 7th, 2014'''
Speakers:
* Mark Baker - Principal Architect at Zepheira provided a brief overview of some of Zepheira’s BibFrame tools in development.
* Jennifer Whitney - Systems Librarian at MacOdrum Library presented OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) – a neat and powerful tool for cleaning up messy data.
* Sarah Simpkin, GIS and Geography Librarian & Catherine McGoveran, Government Information Librarian (both from UOttawa Library) - presented on a recent UOttawa sponsored Open Data Hackfest as well as to introduce you to Open Data Ottawa.
'''Location:''' MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Ottawa, ON ([https://www.google.ca/maps/place/1125+Colonel+By+Dr,+Carleton+University,+Ottawa,+ON+K1S+5R1/@45.3835317,-75.6975174,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cce067662eae8cf:0x9cd8d41fd34473d1 map])
'''April 30, 2013 - Meet, and share your favourite Library technology'''
'''June 13, 2012 - Lightning Talks'''
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| William Denton || OpenFRBR '''Devin Crawley''' from the Ottawa Public Library gave us a quick preview of the API to their BiblioCommons catalogue. The API will be publicly available this fall.
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| Walter Lewis || Exposing Linked Data '''William Wueppelmann''' talked about what's going on at Canadiana.org and how they host and manage their huge digital collection and their efforts to achieve certification as a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR).
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| Art Rhyno '''[[User:Bethmaru|Mary Beth Baker]]''' spoke about the [[North/Possible Collaborators Ottawa| Open Layers local tech scene in Ottawa]] and Newspapers (Walter Lewis)got us to consider the potential for collaboration with other groups.|} '''April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session'''{| border=1! Presenter! Description of Talk
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| MJ Suhonos [http://twitter.com/maxneuvians Max Neuvians] || [http://mytplsocial-biblio.ca Location/ Social-aware Mobile Searchbiblio.ca]: An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative.
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|Alan Harnum [http://twitter.com/scilib Richard Akerman] || Building A [http://betatwitter.torontopubliclibrary.cacom/ Library Websitescilib Richard Akerman] with and [http://www.endecatwitter.com/ Endecabethmaru Mary Beth Baker] technologyare organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them.
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==Code4lib North Meetups in Montreal==
'''Status''': Active
'''Purpose:''' To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Montreal, Quebec. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa and Toronto groups)<br>
'''For more information:''' Please email Clara Turp (clara.turp@mcgill.ca) for more information.
'''Slack Channel and Hashtag:''' #code4lib-mtl
'''Wiki page:''' [[Code4Lib_Montreal]] - check here for upcoming or past meeting information.
== Who's interested in Code4Lib North? ==
Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:
* [https://ernieejo.github.io/ Erin Johnson], [https://www.lib.uwo.ca/ Western Libraries]
* Wendy Huot, Queen's University
* Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
* Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
* Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
* [http://thebookpile.wordpress.com Warren Layton], Natural Resources Canada Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
* Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
* Mita Williams, University of Windsor
* John Fereira, Cornell University
* [http://datalogue.wordpress.com MJ Suhonos], Toronto Public Library
* Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
* David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
* Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
* [http://monmemexpmlozeau.com ca/ Patrick M. Lozeau]
* Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
* Graham McCarthy, [http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ Ryerson University]
* Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
* [http://coffeecode.net Dan Scott], Laurentian University
* Lawrence Wardroper (Coursts Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
* Matt McCollow, McMaster University
* [http://www.parser.ca/z678/ George Duimovich], NRCan Library (Ottawa)
* Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
* Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
* [http://wagathonalanharnum.tumblr.com/ ca Alan Harnum], Toronto Public LIbrary Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University (Toronto ON)
* Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
* Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
* Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
* Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
* Anthony Petryk, Carleton Universityof Ottawa
* Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
* [http://lab.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cistilabswiki/index.php/Glen_Newton Glen Newton], Carleton University
* [http://stefansinclair.name/ Stéfan Sinclair], McMaster University
* [http://williamjturkel.net/ William J Turkel], University of Western Ontario
* Shirley Lew, [http://library.vcc.ca/ Vancouver Community College], (Vancouver BC)
* [http://twitter.com/edbilodeau Edward Bilodeau], [http://www.mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University]
* Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries
* Marc d'Avernas, Waterloo Region District School Board
* Whitni Watkins, St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
* Jess Whyte, University of Toronto
== Meeting Location Suggestions for the Future Mailing list==