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Hello and Happy Friday Was this the first time the Code4Lib BC Spring Workshops was been posted to the CODE4LIB list server? I'm inquiring as I like to go the workshops in Vancouver as they are not to far to travel from Prince George. Might I have missed the post for this earlier or is there another place I should be checking for up and coming events in the Vancouver or Western Canada area. Thank-you ~Ben System Administrator Geoffrey R. Weller library UNBC, BC Canada PH (250) 960-6605 [log in to unmask] On 2014-04-23, 5:14 PM, "Chan, May (Library)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >General Info > > >When: Friday, May 2, 2014 > > > >Cost: $15 per workshop (note: lunch is not included) > > > >What: Four half-day workshops are being offered at two different venues >in Downtown Vancouver. See below for further details. > > > >Register at: >https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2014-code4lib-bc-spring-workshops-tickets-1110 >7666329 > > > >Who: 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. > >As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the Code4Lib Code of Conduct, which >seeks to provide a welcoming, harassment-free environment. Please see the >Code of Conduct<http://bit.ly/coc4lib> for further details. > > > >Special thanks to Vancouver Public Library, Simon Fraser University, and >the BC Libraries Cooperative for their support in making these workshops >possible. > > > >Locations and Schedule > > >At VPL Central (Peter Kaye Room) > >9:00am-12:00pm Web/Usability Testing on a budget! / Cynthia Ng > >12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Break > >1:00pm-4:00pm Introduction to Designing for the Web Today: HTML5, >CSS3, and JQuery / Schuyler Lindberg > > > >At SFU Harbour Centre (Room 1500) > >9:00am-12:00pm Intro to Python / Alex Garnett > >12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Break > >1:00pm-4:00pm Intro to Archivematica / Mark Jordan > > >Workshop Descriptions > >Web/Usability Testing on a budget! > >With Cynthia Ng >· If you take care of even a small part of the website, you want >to have some kind of feedback from your users. However, you're just one >person, and you have a budget of $100. What do you do? This session will >give you some hands on practice using a few methods to help you do some >usability testing on a low budget. >· Please bring a laptop, multiple sheets of paper, and at least >one pen. > >Cynthia Ng is currently on contract as an Accessibility Librarian at the >Centre for Accessible Post-secondary Education Resources BC (CAPER-BC) >housed at Langara College. She takes a holistic approach with focus on >users to improve library websites. She also frequently volunteers as a >mentor at technology events. > > > >Introduction to Designing for the Web Today: HTML5, CSS3, and JQuery > >With Schuyler Lindberg >· A practical introduction to HTML5, CSS3, & JQuery, this >workshop will cover the fundamentals of modern front-end web design. Not >your typical "hello world!" code-from-scratch approach, it will >demonstrate how to 'stand on the shoulders of giants' and take advantage >of open source tools and templates to very quickly construct a >fully-functional, responsive, HTML5 web site. Bring a laptop and your >favorite text editor (I recommend Sublime Text). No prior experience >necessary. > >Schuyler Lindberg completed his MLIS at SLAIS in 2012, and after a stint >as a Digital Asset Management Consultant at BC Hydro, began his current >role as Interaction Designer for Digital Projects at UBC Library Systems >& Information Technology where he tests, designs, and develops user >interfaces for library web applications. He is currently building a >unified portal for the library's digital collections > > >Intro to Python > >With Alex Garnett >· This 3 hour workshop will introduce the fundamentals of Python >as a first (or second) programming language. It will provide an overview >of syntax, best practices, and how to get from A to B in simple, >purposeful tasks, taking string parsing as an example. This will include >a brief review of (relatively) sane approaches to doing iterative >development on your own, including how to solve errors on a case-by-case >basis, without having to read coding manuals from cover to cover. >Participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own machines >(Windows, Mac, or Linux okay) so that they can walk away from the >workshop with a workflow that works for them. > >Alex Garnett works on Data Curation and Digital Preservation at SFU >Library. Most of his coding is self-taught, which is a good thing when it >isn't a bad thing. He doesn't always like it when he hears people start >evangelizing about how everyone should learn to code, but he's caught >himself talking about how some people really ought to learn really useful >and fun things like string functions on occasion. He has strong feelings >and a bad back. > > >Intro to Archivematica > >With Mark Jordan >· This 3 hour workshop will introduce >Archivematica<https://www.archivematica.org/> as a comprehensive, >ready-to-deploy digital preservation platform. We will also cover basic >preservation planning and long-term management of preserved content. >Participants will have the opportunity to run Archivematica on their own >laptops. >· Preparation for the workshop: Please come with a Mac, Windows, >or Linux laptop that has the most recent version of >VirtualBox<https://www.virtualbox.org/> installed. (Note that virtual >machines will run slowly on computers with less 4 GB of RAM.) A virtual >machine image running Archivematica will be distributed at the workshop. >Participants who cannot bring a laptop will be partnered with someone who >has one. > >Mark Jordan is Head of Library Systems at Simon Fraser University. His >current obsession is automating digital preservation processes but he is >also interested in a lot of other things. > >---------------------- >May Chan >Cataloguing Manager >Burnaby Public Library >Tel: (604) 436-5424 >Fax: (604) 436-2961 > >The contents of this message may not necessarily reflect the position of >the Burnaby Public Library. If you have any concerns about this message, >please email [log in to unmask]<BLOCKED::mailto:[log in to unmask]>. >P Consider the environment before printing this email. >