Issue 1

The BCLA Perspectives editorial team – co-editors and board members – are very pleased to officially introduce the publication’s new editors. Cassie McFadden, Tim McMillan, and Leah Payne are taking the helm of BCLA Perspectives from co-editors Alyssa Green, Leanna...

The Academic Librarians Section is conducting a review of its current mandate and name. This has been an ongoing discussion within the section for a number of years. In 2010, ALS, then known as the Academic Librarians in Public Service Section (ALPS), distributed a...

The BCLA Readers Advisory Interest Group would like to share three engaging titles with you to suggest to your patrons when they are looking for something new to read. Each of these three could also work when you are in that precarious state known as “librarian...

Through the LawMatters program, Courthouse Libraries BC (CLBC) helps provide legal information to the public throughout British Columbia. CLBC also hosts the websites Clicklaw and Clicklaw Wikibooks, which provide access to legal information and education for British...

Lauren Hjalmarson. “First Nations group's new library meant to boost literacy.” Kelowna Now (Oct. 2, 2015). Neeta Garcha. “Dozens attend official opening of new Summerland library.” Global News (Oct. 3, 2015). Jennifer Thuncher. “Squamish Public Library sees busiest...

The New Westminster Public Library opened its doors on Aug. 15, 1865, becoming the first library open to the public in British Columbia. But how do you throw a 150th birthday party? Nobody lives to 150, so there were a lot of unknowns. The first question to answer was...

The topic of competition is not a new one for libraries. For decades, libraries have confronted questions about the effect, if not the threat, of new social, cultural, and technological developments on the services that libraries provide. From the first computers to...

A book, a magazine, a tennis racquet anyone? Families in Lethbridge, Alberta, now have a new opportunity to try out some options to have fun and keep fit, thanks to the availability of sports equipment and new programming at the library. The Lethbridge Public Library...

Since 2013, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the Museum of Anthropology, and the iSchool have supported 19 projects from B.C. First Nations organizations through the Indigitization: Aboriginal Audio Digitization and Preservation Program. This innovative...