2027 BC Library Conference
Dates
April 21-23, 2027
Venue
Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel
Location
Territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and other hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (hun-ki-meen-um) speaking people, in Richmond.
Future Conferences
Dates
April 21-23, 2027
April 26-28, 2028
Venue
Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel
Location
Territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and other hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (hun-ki-meen-um) speaking people, in Richmond.
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Past Conferences
Conference 2026
Conference 2025
Conference 2024
Conference 2023
Conference 2022
Conference 2021
Conference 2020
Conference 2019
Conference 2018
Conference 2017
Conference 2016
Conference 2015
Conference 2014
Conference 2013
Conference 2012
Conference 2011
Conference 2010
Conference 2009
Conference 2008
Conference 2007
Conference 2006
Conference 2005
Conference 2004
Conference 2003
Conference 2002
Conference 2001
Conference 2000
1999 Imagination in Action (Richmond)
Keynote: Kaycee Hale
1998 Joint
Keynote: John Ralston Saul
1997 Vital Connections: Libraries & Communities (Surrey)
Keynote: Rex Murphy
1996 Ensuring Our Future: Libraries Working Together (Whistler)
Keynote: Roch Carrier
1995 Putting People First (Victoria)
Keynote: Elizabeth Marinez
1994 Delivering Quality in Tough Times (Vancouver; joint conference with CLA)
Keynotes: John Kettle, Thomas Childers
1993 Bridging the Gap (Pentiction)
Keynote: Herbert S. White
1992 Making the Connection (Whistler)
Keynote: Ray Spaxman
1991 In the Human Cause (Vancouver; parallel conference of BCLA, BCLTA)
Keynote: Ursula Franklin
1990 Working in Interesting Times (Victoria)
Keynote: Alan Borovoy
1989 Building Linkages (Penticton)
Keynotes: Margaret Chisholm, Sharon Wood
1988 Power, Politics and People (Vancouver; parallel conference of BCLA, BCLTA, LTBC)
Keynotes: Will Van der Elst, Les Fowlie
1987
1986 Libraries & Librarians in the 1990’s: The Future is Now (Vancouver)
Keynotes: Dr. Roger Summit, Marianne Scott
1985 Changing Images: Library Promotion in the 1980’s (Vancouver)
Keynotes: Charles Robinson, Jane Gale
1984
1983
1982
1981 Libraries on the Move, Western Regional Conference (Jasper, Alberta; co-sponsored by BCLA, ALA, SLA and ALTA)
Keynotes: Don Harvey, Alan Fotheringham