The state of library education in British Columbia is vital to the future of the sector. This issue of BCLA Perspectives, The Education Issue, takes a close…
Christina Neigel is an Associate Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley. She has been a member of the teaching staff for the Library…
Dr. Luanne Freund is an Associate Professor and the Acting Director of the iSchool@UBC: School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies. BCLA Perspectives (BP): What…
Diane Thompson is both an instructor and the Chair of the Library and Information Technology program at Langara College. The interview responses feature contributions from…
Professional experience – from practicums to internships, co-op jobs and classroom-based community projects – is not just a line or two on a resume to help…
In the era of fake news and alternative facts, evaluating information with a critical eye has become more important than ever. Since the American election…
How often do you see friends’ plaintive calls for book recommendations on Facebook? The responses are usually numerous but completely scattershot, unfocused on the particular…
I was recently lamenting the challenge of finding the right continuing education opportunities in the special libraries world. Our libraries and users are so specialized…
This was our first time attempting a survey of this magnitude and the responses were overwhelming. In total, 128 participants contributed to our questionnaire on…
Here, we saw research and information retrieval and cataloguing jump to the top of the list. Some research and information responses were internet specific, some…
Although we anticipated that questions two and three might be too similar in the responses they produced, the results were far different. MLISers focused responses…
This question was more divisive than the others. Two issues stood out: online courses and theory. Both techs and MLISers were split on their desire…
This was a tough question to analyze. Admittedly, we could have chosen better wording to solicit more specific responses. As expected, most see a trend…
Question five was intended as a grab bag – to solicit final thoughts after considering the preceding questions. The variety of responses made it impossible…
