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.
Pittsburgh PA Police Department
- Emergency: 9-1-1.
- Non-emergency: dial 3-1-1
- Phone: 412-323-7800
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
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
UPMC Mercy
412-232-8111
1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
UPMC Mercy website.
10 minute drive from conference hotel.
Allegheny General Hospital
412-359-3131
320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Allegheny General website.
10 minute drive from conference hotel.
UPMC Walk-in Primary Care Clinic at Mercy South Side Outpatient Center
412-488-5705
2000 Mary St., Pittsburgh, PA 15203
UPMC Primary Care Clinic website.
12 minute drive from conference hotel.
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.
- English: 1-800-273-8255
- Español: 1-888-628-9454
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1-800-799-4889
- Chat: Go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Recovery Groups
Alcoholics Anonymous Pittsburgh
Narcotics Anonymous
Search results for local meetings.
See also the local East End and North Pittsburgh groups.
Community Support Volunteers
During all days of the conference, including pre-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.
- Call a Community Support Volunteer at 734-707-1817.
- Use the anonymous reporting form.
- Use the
/supportcommand on the Code4lib Slack team. Not a member of the Slack team? Sign up here.
On-Site Community Support Volunteers
Natasha Allen
Eric Phetteplace
Jeremy Friesen
Anne Slaughter
Wayne Graham
Bobbi Fox
Ann Marie Mesco
Shawn Averkamp
Online Community Support Volunteers
Community Support Volunteers are also present on various online code4lib platforms, primarily Slack. IRC and the #c4l20 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
Slack: natasha
Wayne Graham
Slack: wayne
Chad Nelson
Slack: bibliotechy
Bobbi Fox
Slack: bobbifox
Mike Giarlo
Slack: mjgiarlo
Community Support Volunteer Schedule
On-Site
Sunday - Morning Preconferences
Natasha Allen
Ann Marie Mesco
Sunday - Afternoon Preconferences
Wayne Graham
Eric Phetteplace
Monday - Conference Day 1 (Morning)
Ann Marie Mesco
Eric Phetteplace
Monday - Conference Day 1 (Afternoon)
Jeremy Friesen
Anne Slaughter
Monday - Reception (Evening)
All community support volunteers attending the event — look for the black & white striped lanyards!
Monday - Overnight (Phone only)
Natasha Allen
Tuesday - Conference Day 2 (Morning)
Shawn Averkamp
Anne Slaughter
Tuesday - Conference Day 2 (Afternoon)
Shawn Averkamp
Natasha Allen
Tuesday - Game Night
Jeremy Friesen
Eric Phetteplace
Tuesday - Overnight (Phone only)
Natasha Allen
Wednesday - Conference Day 3 (Morning)
Bobbi Fox
Eric Phetteplace
Online
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
- Solid green printed with {code4lib}: Photographs always okay – this represents expressly-given permission beforehand
- Yellow: Ask before photographing
- Red: Photographs never okay, don’t ask