The newsletter’s editorial team is pleased to welcome two new members: Nolan Kelly joins us as an editor and Kristina McGuirk as the editorial board’s new student…
The recent death of Brian Campbell, a strong proponent of intellectual freedom and access to information, has been felt by many in the British Columbia…
A few years ago, when I heard that the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s (BCIT) Student Association was opening a daycare on campus, the former…
Do you have fast internet at home? In your public library? Able to watch Netflix, YouTube, or use Skype with the video turned on? Listen to a music streaming service?…
When was the last time you heard that the physical book is dead? If you’re afraid this might be true, you need to visit the…
Something very exciting is happening quietly across Canada. Librarians representing every region of the country are working together on the Canadian Federation of Library Associations-Fédération…
The BCLA Reader’s Advisory Interest Group (RAIG) is pleased to share these titles with you and your voracious readers. We’re All in This Together by Amy Jones This…
Libraries Across Borders celebrates seven books written by exiled or refugee authors from the seven countries whose passports were recently banned from travel to the…
The seed for Out of the Stacks, a semi-regular meetup for information professionals, was planted at the University of British Columbia’s School of Library, Archival and…
Artist Darlene Gait credits her grandmother Cooper as the most significant creative inspiration in her life. “She told me that if you look into nature,…
Academic Librarians Section (ALS) The BCLA’s Academic Librarians Section undertook several initiatives in 2016. Key activities include: Creation of the ALS Name and Mandate Review…
At a recent meeting of the Young Adult and Children’s Services section (YAACS), discussion turned to the challenges of programming for teens. Teens are often…
The following is a comprehensive collection of news coverage of BC libraries over the past four months. OCTOBER Bryn Catton. “Sparwood Library hosts Michael Saad’s…
Brian Campbell, who pushed and prodded libraries to do more and do it better, who fought for the underdog, who was not afraid to tell…
Brian Campbell and I spent a lot of time together in airport departure lounges. Coming home once from a Working Together meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan,…
Like many of my colleagues, I was deeply saddened to learn of Brian Campbell’s death in December. In thinking about his many contributions to our…
We were appointed to the Vancouver Public Library Board in 2002, shortly after the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) swept to power. It was a…
Brian Campbell’s deep commitment to community engagement made working with him interesting and exciting. We worked on a number of innovative projects and Brian was…
Brian Campbell hired/promoted me to Bindery Supervisor in 2000. As my boss he could be demanding, but was also very fair, and I like to think…
It was with great sadness that I—like many people in Vancouver and across the library community—learned of Brian Campbell’s passing. Brian was an extraordinary person…
