-code4lib grew out of other efforts such as the <a href="http://etig.wordpress.com/access/">Access Conference</a>, <a href="http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/">web4lib</a>, <a href="http://perl4lib.perl.org/">perl4lib</a>, /usr/lib/info (2003-2005, see <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050525004058/http://usrlib.info/">archive.org</a>) and <a href="http://oss4lib.org/">oss4lib</a> which allow technology folks in libraries, archives and museums to informally share approaches, techniques, and code across institutional and project divides. Soon after the mailing list was created, the community decided to setup a <a href="http://code4lib.org/irc">#code4lib</a> IRC channel (chat room) on freenode. The first face-to-face <a href="http://code4lib.org/conference">meeting</a> was held in 2005 in Chicago, Illinois, USA and the now-annual conference started in 2006 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA, and has continued since. <a href="http://code4lib.org/local">Local meetings</a> have also sprung up from time to time and are encouraged. A volunteer effort manages an edited online <a href="http://journal.code4lib.org">journal</a> that publishes relevant articles from the field in a timely fashion. We existed for a number of years before deciding to develop a <a href="/logo/">logo</a>.
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