Issue 1: The 2020 Issue

Welcome to the 2020 issue of BCLA Perspectives! We are very happy to be back to help facilitate conversation and communication in the library, archival, and information communities. Like the Miscellany issue of 2019, there's no one theme for this issue. We wanted to...

Introduction   Diversity, inclusion, and equity are fundamental values of the American Library  Association (ALA Core Values of Librarianship, 2004). Despite the continued growth of  visible minority populations in Canada and the United States however, librarians of...

Introduction In August 2020, Capilano University’s Marketing and Digital Experience (MDX) sent out a call to faculty inviting them to be featured in their new 60 seconds with...video series. The goal of the series was to introduce faculty members to students and other...

This article was originally submitted to BCLA Perspectives in February 2020. Ioana Liuta works as a library assistant for Simon Fraser University Interlibrary Loans and as a student librarian for UBC Library, for AskAway service, BC’s online library research chat. She...

Sunni Nishimura is a settler librarian of Japanese, Scottish, and English descent, privileged and grateful to live and work on the traditional and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwxwú7mesh-speaking people. As a settler, and someone who has directly...

I don’t always get hired for my dream job, but when I do, it’s in the middle of the first wave of a global pandemic. Leaving the public service for academic librarianship was a dream I’d nourished for years. I vividly recall one point in 2018, while walking around the...

Preamble During this transitional time of remote learning in post-secondary, we chose a question-and-answer format to share our logistical responses to COVID-19 closures, as well as our initial reflections. We are curious how others would answer these questions and...

Introduction On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic posed and continues to pose threats to Canada's public physical and mental health, as well as the economy. On top of these...

Libraries have always been leaders in providing accessible services and adjusting to new trends. Libraries continually develop and evaluate their service models in order to provide the most relevant, authoritative and timely information to their patrons. At the Fort...

This article was originally submitted to BCLA Perspectives in February 2020. Supporting sustainability through liaison I recently began a new gig as an academic librarian, moving from a corporate law organization. Over the past year I’ve been adjusting to working at...