Event: Co-op Gaming Experience

Apr 7, 2026 | Highlights

Join Chris Knapp, Children’s & Teen Librarian from the London Public Library, next Tuesday, April 14th at 10am – 11am for his workshop The Co-op Gaming Experience: Cross-generational inclusion, exploring unique ways to promote cross-generational...

Event: Open Data & AI

Apr 1, 2026 | Highlights

Next Wednesday, April 8th at 10am-11am Pacific, Law Librarian Mita Williams will present on Open Data and AI and how library staff can contribute to making community data accessible through existing projects. Mita asks, “What if we used AI asn an excuse to...

Event: Accessibility in Audiobooks

Mar 19, 2026 | Highlights

A quick reminder that next Wednesday, March 25th, BCLA is pleased to learn from Simon Jaeger (NNELS) and Ioana Gandrabur (CELA) who are hosting “Navigating Toward Better Accessibility in Audiobooks” at 10am-11am Pacific. The workshop will include a...

BCLA Annual General Meeting: Call for Resolutions

Mar 18, 2026 | Highlights

The BCLA Resolutions Committee accepts proposals, formulated as resolutions, from individual BCLA members and groups, which are intended to direct BCLA to take action or make comments on topical issues. Resolutions are an important formal mechanism through which BCLA...

BCLA Intellectual Freedom Statement

Mar 6, 2026 | Highlights

At our February meeting, the Board approved the BCLA Intellectual Freedom Statement. The final statement is the result of an extensive review done over 2 years, with the goal of creating a statement that supports library work and library workers in all the different...

Welcoming 2 newest members of the BCLA Anti-racism Committee

Mar 3, 2026 | Highlights

On behalf of the BCLA Board and the Anti-racism Committee, I’m pleased to welcome the two newest members of the Anti-racism Committee: Maki Cairns (she/her) works as a library information clerk at Burnaby Public Library and a library assistant at New Westminster...