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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.

Princeton, NJ Police Department

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

Hospitals & Urgent Care

Princeton Primary and Urgent Care Center

609-919-0009
707 Alexander Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
PPUCC website
7 minute drive from Princeton campus

Princeton Medical Center (Penn Medicine)

609-853-7000
One Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Princeton Health website
10 minute drive from Princeton campus

Capital Health Medical Center Hopewell

800-637-3474
1 Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534
Capital Health website
20 minute drive from Princeton campus

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.

Community Support Volunteers

During all days of the conference, including post-conference 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

Sharon Clapp

(she/her/hers)

Smiling middle aged white woman wearing headset and reading glasses. Not a professional photo, but quick recent image from her pc camera to remind you that she is here to be helpful, community support volunteer.

Carolyn Cole

(she/her)

Carolyn Cole

Bobbi Fox

(she/her/hers)

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

Soojeong Herring

(she/her/hers)

Soojeong Herring

Francis Kayiwa

(he/him/his)

Black Man with a Blue and White Stripped Shirt. Background is a faded green background.

Ann Marie Mesco

(she/her/hers)

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

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.

Anne Slaughter

(she/her/hers)

A smiling white woman with dark blue eyes and long wavy light brown hair, wearing a teal blue dress and a necklace with gold and silver colored beads, against a lighter blue background.

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 #c4l23 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.

Esmé Cowles

(he/him)

Slack: escowles

A bald, middle-aged white man with a close-trimmed red beard which is graying at the chin, wearing tortoiseshell glasses and a dark blue hoodie.

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.

Eric Phetteplace

(he/him)

Slack: Phette23

A black-and-white photo of a smiling white man with a beard wearing a collared shirt.

Kevin Reiss

(he/him)

Slack: kevinreiss

Kevin Reiss

Community Support Volunteer Schedule

On-Site

Tuesday — Morning Preconferences

A smiling white woman with dark blue eyes and long wavy light brown hair, wearing a teal blue dress and a necklace with gold and silver colored beads, against a lighter blue background.

Anne Slaughter

Tuesday — Afternoon Preconferences

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

Ann Marie Mesco

Wednesday — 8:30am - 11am

Soojeong Herring

Soojeong Herring

Black Man with a Blue and White Stripped Shirt. Background is a faded green background.

Francis Kayiwa

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

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 — 1pm - 3pm

Carolyn Cole

Carolyn Cole

Smiling middle aged white woman wearing headset and reading glasses. Not a professional photo, but quick recent image from her pc camera to remind you that she is here to be helpful, community support volunteer.

Sharon Clapp

Wednesday — 3pm - 5pm

A smiling white woman with dark blue eyes and long wavy light brown hair, wearing a teal blue dress and a necklace with gold and silver colored beads, against a lighter blue background.

Anne Slaughter

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

Ann Marie Mesco

Wednesday — Reception

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

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

Bobbi Fox

A bald, middle-aged white man with a close-trimmed red beard which is graying at the chin, wearing tortoiseshell glasses and a dark blue hoodie.

Esmé Cowles

Thursday — 8:30am - 11am

Carolyn Cole

Carolyn Cole

Black Man with a Blue and White Stripped Shirt. Background is a faded green background.

Francis Kayiwa

Thursday — 11am - 1pm

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

Ann Marie Mesco

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

Bobbi Fox

Thursday — 1pm - 3pm

Soojeong Herring

Soojeong Herring

Smiling middle aged white woman wearing headset and reading glasses. Not a professional photo, but quick recent image from her pc camera to remind you that she is here to be helpful, community support volunteer.

Sharon Clapp

Thursday — 3pm - 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

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

Thursday — Game Night

Soojeong Herring

Soojeong Herring

A bald, middle-aged white man with a close-trimmed red beard which is graying at the chin, wearing tortoiseshell glasses and a dark blue hoodie.

Esmé Cowles

Friday — 8:30am - 11am

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

Bobbi Fox

Smiling middle aged white woman wearing headset and reading glasses. Not a professional photo, but quick recent image from her pc camera to remind you that she is here to be helpful, community support volunteer.

Sharon Clapp

Friday — 11am - 1pm

Black Man with a Blue and White Stripped Shirt. Background is a faded green background.

Francis Kayiwa

Carolyn Cole

Carolyn Cole

Online

Tuesday
Morning Preconferences
Eric Phetteplace (Phette23)
Tuesday
Afternoon Preconferences
Mike Giarlo (mjgiarlo)
Wednesday
8:30am - 11am
Esmé Cowles (escowles)
Wednesday
11am - 1pm
Kevin Reiss (kevinreiss)
Wednesday
1pm - 3pm
Mike Giarlo (mjgiarlo)
Wednesday
3pm - 5pm
Eric Phetteplace (Phette23)
Thursday
8:30am - 11am
Kevin Reiss (kevinreiss)
Thursday
11am - 1pm
Esmé Cowles (escowles)
Thursday
1pm - 3pm
Eric Phetteplace (Phette23)
Thursday
3pm - 5pm
Mike Giarlo (mjgiarlo)
Friday
8:30am - 11am
Kevin Reiss (kevinreiss)
Friday
11am - 1pm
Esmé Cowles (escowles)

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