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Conduct & Safety

Code4Lib Community Code of Conduct

Code4Lib seeks to provide a welcoming, fun, and safe community and conference experience and ongoing community for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment in any form. Discriminatory language and imagery (including sexual) is not appropriate for any event venue, including talks, or any community channel such as the chatroom or mailing list.

Harassment is understood as any behavior that threatens another person or group, or produces an unsafe environment. It includes offensive verbal comments or non-verbal expressions related to gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religious beliefs, sexual or discriminatory images in public spaces (including online), deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.


—CodeOfConduct4Lib

➳ Read and contribute to our full Code of Conduct document on GitHub

Emergency Resources

See also the contact information for community support volunteers on this page.

Ann Arbor, MI Police Department

Please take a moment to consider the varied relationships that different communities have with the police before involving them in a situation.

Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Your call is routed to the nearest crisis center in the national network of more than 150 crisis centers. All services are available 24/7.

Safety Information for Michigan and Ann Arbor

Community Support Volunteers

During all days of the conference, including workshops and sponsored evening activities, there will be Community Support Volunteers available to help provide support for anyone who has been harassed, threatened, abused, or feels the CodeOfConduct4Lib has been violated during the conference.

Contacting a Community Support Volunteer

  • Send an email to c4lcommunitysupport@googlegroups.com. Only Community Support Volunteers are subscribed to this mailing list, and no archive is kept.
  • Use the anonymous reporting form.
  • Message the @css group on the Code4lib Slack team. You can also ping Community Support by writing a message containing the phrase c4lcss or c4lcsv (no hashtag) in any public channel. Not a member of the Slack team? Sign up here.
  • Message @community_support_volunteers on the Code4Lib Discord

On-Site Community Support Volunteers

Bobbi Fox

(she/her/hers)

An old white woman with glasses and wavy long greying brown hair.

Soojeong Herring

(she/her/hers)

Soojeong Herring

Ann Marie Mesco

(she/her/hers)

Woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing glasses and a black sweater

Eric Phetteplace

(he/him)

A bearded, bald man with a wide-eyed, wild look holding a green copy of Ulysses by James Joyce which matches his t-shirt.

Bess Sadler

(she/they)

A white woman with light brown hair that is short on the sides and long on top. She is wearing rimless glasses and a black t-shirt. She is smiling. There are fairy lights behind her.

Andromeda Yelton

(she/her)

A white woman looks straight at the camera with a half-smile. She has curly brown hair and glasses. There's a soft white-and-grey cat draped over her shoulder.

Online Community Support Volunteers

Community Support Volunteers are also present on various online code4lib platforms, primarily Slack and the livestream. IRC and the #c4l24 conference hashtag feed have some coverage as well, but if you should observe or experience a code of conduct violation on IRC or the hashtag, please contact the community support volunteers via Slack, email, or the anonymous reporting form.

Natasha Allen

(she/her)

Slack: Natasha Allen

Natasha Allen

Mike Giarlo

(he/him/his)

Slack: mjgiarlo

A white, freckle-faced male with blue eyes, chin-length curly dark brown hair, and a beard is smiling in front of a light green wall. He is wearing a green t-shirt and a grey & green Seattle Supersonics baseball cap.

Coral Sheldon-Hess

(she/her)

Slack: coral

Coral Sheldon-Hess

Community Support Volunteer Schedule

On-Site

Monday — 1 - 3pm

A bearded, bald man with a wide-eyed, wild look holding a green copy of Ulysses by James Joyce which matches his t-shirt.

Eric Phetteplace

A white woman with light brown hair that is short on the sides and long on top. She is wearing rimless glasses and a black t-shirt. She is smiling. There are fairy lights behind her.

Bess Sadler

Monday — 3 - 5pm

A white woman looks straight at the camera with a half-smile. She has curly brown hair and glasses. There's a soft white-and-grey cat draped over her shoulder.

Andromeda Yelton

Woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing glasses and a black sweater

Ann Marie Mesco

Tuesday — 8:30am - 11

Soojeong Herring

Soojeong Herring

An old white woman with glasses and wavy long greying brown hair.

Bobbi Fox

Tuesday — 11am - 1pm

A bearded, bald man with a wide-eyed, wild look holding a green copy of Ulysses by James Joyce which matches his t-shirt.

Eric Phetteplace

A white woman looks straight at the camera with a half-smile. She has curly brown hair and glasses. There's a soft white-and-grey cat draped over her shoulder.

Andromeda Yelton

Tuesday — 1 - 3pm

A white woman with light brown hair that is short on the sides and long on top. She is wearing rimless glasses and a black t-shirt. She is smiling. There are fairy lights behind her.

Bess Sadler

Woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing glasses and a black sweater

Ann Marie Mesco

Tuesday — 3 - 5pm

Soojeong Herring

Soojeong Herring

An old white woman with glasses and wavy long greying brown hair.

Bobbi Fox

Tuesday — Reception

A white woman with light brown hair that is short on the sides and long on top. She is wearing rimless glasses and a black t-shirt. She is smiling. There are fairy lights behind her.

Bess Sadler

An old white woman with glasses and wavy long greying brown hair.

Bobbi Fox

Wednesday — 8:30am - 11

A bearded, bald man with a wide-eyed, wild look holding a green copy of Ulysses by James Joyce which matches his t-shirt.

Eric Phetteplace

A white woman with light brown hair that is short on the sides and long on top. She is wearing rimless glasses and a black t-shirt. She is smiling. There are fairy lights behind her.

Bess Sadler

Wednesday — 11am - 1pm

A white woman looks straight at the camera with a half-smile. She has curly brown hair and glasses. There's a soft white-and-grey cat draped over her shoulder.

Andromeda Yelton

Woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing glasses and a black sweater

Ann Marie Mesco

Wednesday — 1 - 3pm

Soojeong Herring

Soojeong Herring

An old white woman with glasses and wavy long greying brown hair.

Bobbi Fox

Wednesday — 3 - 5pm

A bearded, bald man with a wide-eyed, wild look holding a green copy of Ulysses by James Joyce which matches his t-shirt.

Eric Phetteplace

A white woman looks straight at the camera with a half-smile. She has curly brown hair and glasses. There's a soft white-and-grey cat draped over her shoulder.

Andromeda Yelton

Wednesday — Game Night

A bearded, bald man with a wide-eyed, wild look holding a green copy of Ulysses by James Joyce which matches his t-shirt.

Eric Phetteplace

Soojeong Herring

Soojeong Herring

Thursday — Morning Postconferences

Soojeong Herring

Soojeong Herring

Woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing glasses and a black sweater

Ann Marie Mesco

Thursday — Afternoon Postconferences

Woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing glasses and a black sweater

Ann Marie Mesco

Online

Monday
1 - 3pm
Coral Sheldon-Hess (coral)
Monday
3 - 5pm
Mike Giarlo (mjgiarlo)
Tuesday
8:30am - 11
Coral Sheldon-Hess (coral)
Tuesday
11am - 1pm
Natasha Allen (Natasha Allen)
Tuesday
1 - 3pm
Mike Giarlo (mjgiarlo)
Tuesday
3 - 5pm
Mike Giarlo (mjgiarlo)
Wednesday
8:30am - 11
Coral Sheldon-Hess (coral)
Wednesday
11am - 1pm
Mike Giarlo (mjgiarlo)
Wednesday
1 - 3pm
Natasha Allen (Natasha Allen)
Wednesday
3 - 5pm
Natasha Allen (Natasha Allen)

Photography Policy

Do not photograph, film, or audio-record anyone at Code4Lib without their expressly-given permission beforehand. Color- and pattern-coded lanyards are available at the registration desk to help indicate the wearer’s preference for photography ONLY. Please note, regardless of lanyards, you must always ask before filming or audio-recording attendees.

Lanyard color code

Green
Photographs always okay, as this represents expressly-given permission beforehand
Yellow
Ask before photographing
Red
Photographs never okay, don’t ask
Zebra-striped
Community Support Volunteers, available for any concerns