In keeping with BCLA’s mission to advance libraries throughout British Columbia, the theme of BCLA Perspectives December 2017 issue is rural libraries. This special issue…
Bookmobiles have been around North America for quite a long time. Horse drawn libraries appeared in the late 1800s, and the first motorized version arrived…
We asked rural library workers in BC and beyond to tell us what makes the rural library landscape unique. Here’s what they had to say!…
In 2018, the University of British Columbia will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on the UBC Vancouver…
Northern British Columbia is a vast geographic area that encompasses the northern half of the province: everything north of Quesnel, east to the Alberta border,…
For most library practitioners, keeping up with developments and trends in the field is a key part of day-to-day life. Whether you’re a library student,…
‘Beyond BC’ is an occasional Perspectives feature highlighting work being done by library professionals outside of British Columbia. It’s far too easy to concentrate outreach efforts on…
The good folks at BCLA Perspectives asked me, Scott Leslie, Systems Manager at the BC Libraries Cooperative, if I would be interested in writing something…
The following article was originally written as an assignment for Simon Fraser University History Professor Mark Leier’s course “Canadian Labour and Working-Class History.” Students were…
Reflecting upon rural libraries reinforces the similarities between us and our large urban counterparts. The services we take pride in here in Smithers are, at…
‘A Day in the Life’ is a new Perspectives feature by BCLA’s Public Libraries Interest Group. The aim is to highlight interesting folks from around the province…
Libraries in the Media is a regular BCLA Perspectives feature compiling library-related news from the province and beyond. NOVEMBER Barry Gerding. “New branding for Okanagan…
