Professional development is a broad concept—encompassing anything from formalized courses and certificates, to conference attendance, journal clubs, and involvement in professional associations—but it is specific…
Like many, I am worried about our environmental crisis and whether we can achieve the transformative change necessary to avoid catastrophic impacts within our lifetimes…
We want to acknowledge the Coast Salish First Nations, on whose land we both reside, work, and study. For the Simon Fraser University Burnaby campus,…
From the editors: We asked 2019/2020 President Chris Middlemass about how to get involved in the BCLA. She shares her experience, explains the different BCLA…
We span all different levels of professional and paraprofessional library work (some of us working outside of libraries) and are spread across BC. While…
YAACS (Young Adults and Children’s Services) is a section of the British Columbia Library Association. Our purpose is to support library staff in the provision…
Do you enjoy Readers’ Advisory (RA) or want to know more about it? The BCLA Readers’ Advisory Interest Group (RAIG) is a community of library…
The importance of archives and the value of records has found a resurgence in pop culture thanks to television and movie references like the…
The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) supports academic librarians and the profession. As the only national association representing the interests of librarians as…
The Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) is (in my opinion) one of the best resources for professional development in our region. This association is an…
The British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association (BCTLA) is a Professional Specialist Association (PSA) under the umbrella of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation. Its purpose is to…
From your answers in the 2018 Professional Learning Assessment Survey and the BCLA Perspectives 2018 technology survey, to surfing the web and drawing from our own knowledge…
