BCLA President Daphne Wood and I had the pleasure of representing the Association at this year’s Union of BC Municipalities Conference in Victoria. As in past years we partnered with the BC Libraries Cooperative, the BC Library Trustees Association, and the...
BCLA Perspectives
Volume 8 (2016)
Tumbler Ridge Public Library combats economic downturn with resume building workshops
First, a short history lesson to provide context. Tumbler Ridge, a district municipality in northeastern British Columbia, was built in the early 1980’s to support the Japanese funded North East Coal Development project. As such, it is the youngest community in the...
Walking with the library: Increasing visibility and community ownership through walking tours
Building a case for the relevancy of libraries is a familiar and ongoing campaign: it is the proverbial thorn in the foot that does not seem to be going away any time soon. However, as libraries progress and expand their services and programs to meet the elusive and...
Using MDM systems to manage multiple mobile devices
Imagine this: Your workspace covered in iPads, and Android tablets. You are expected to set three devices up for an upcoming program for youth, one for roving in the adult department, and the rest need to be reset and re-imaged after being returned from your device...
Library and Archives Canada goes west (and east)
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) published a call of interest to the nation’s cultural resource and heritage sector seeking public service partnerships in late 2015. On Oct. 5, 2016, Dr. Guy Berthiaume, the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, formalised a new...
A survival guide for new librarians
When I graduated from New York’s Vassar College in 2011 I knew that I wanted to be a librarian. I thought, “Yeah, that seems like a pretty straightforward path.” How little I knew. My career as a librarian has taken me down every path but the straight and narrow—but I...
An interview with British Columbia Library Trustees Association President Donna Macdonald
Donna Macdonald is halfway through her second term as President of the British Columbia Library Trustees Association (BCLTA) and has also enjoyed a remarkable career as a community leader. Last May, her memoir about serving 19 years as a city councillor in Nelson, BC,...
Titles to talk about from the Readers’ Advisory Interest Group
The BCLA Readers Advisory Interest Group would like to share three titles with you. Happy reading! The Spawning Grounds by Gail Anderson-Dargatz A family saga set in the Thompson-Shushwap region of BC, this story intertwines two families, one white, the other...
Five cohorts of Indigitization project participants unite for inaugural Indigitization Futures Forum at UBC
Based at the Irving K. Barber Centre at the University of British Columbia, Indigitization is a collaborative project that provides grants and training to First Nations community groups to support their digitization projects. Digitizing First Nations materials...
In brief with Whistler Public Library
Creating Collective Impact With the relatively limited resources of local non-profits that provide unique and necessary social services, the Whistler Public Library is leveraging its space to support the collective impact of these public resources. The library hosts...